Jas's mission thread [M]

[Lady Jaz]

Patrol the Streets
Rank: C
IIC Length: Two days
Difficulty: Moderate - Difficult
Objective: Patrol a section of Amegakure and make sure the village is safe.
Description: Having shinobi patrol the streets of Amegakure helps keep the civilians feeling safe, plus it's a chance to deal with internal issues like thieves or other criminal activity. It's important to make sure the village remains a secure environment, or else it may lead to weakness.
Reward: 11,250 Ryo

//Enter

Just what was the Amekage thinking employing a sick, crazed guy like that in the mission department in the tower? Raising both my hands and retying my long ruby hair into a ponytail. I began braiding it as I walked down the steps leading toward the village streets. I was still wearing my white bandage-like top which covered only my breasts while heaving my collar and stomach bare, and a pair of black baggy pants with zippers on both sides of each leg. They were baggy yes, but it was perfect when it came to movement.

My traditional ninja sandals no longer squeaked with each step, but they looked a little muddy from trampling through the mud all day long. Two tessen fans remained strapped to the belt of my butt bag (type 1) which held ten kunai knives, seven fragmentation grenades and nine blood clot pills. I also had my world map laying across the top of the items inside the bag as well. My shield (heavy) was attached to my back while my black timber wolf, Yoko walked alongside me.

The rain had died down to a mere drizzle by the time I had left the tower. Seeing so much rain probably wasn’t normal, but this was Amegakure after all. The buildings of the village stood moderately high, with water constantly dripping from the spouts running off the sides of each roof. Citizens wondered along the streets dealing with their businesses and daily lives. Routine, my mother would have said. Yoko lowered his nose to the ground, lapping at a puddle that he had come across. Despite the rain, there was always something to drink around here.

[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

Out in the middle of the street, a paper boy waving a “Read all about it! The sick! The sadistic! The cruelest of Amegakure strikes again!, read all about it!” The cover to cover picture of a large question mark covered the entirety of the front page while of course the headline read what was being called out. The article details of the tortured body of a young woman of fourteen. A girl of a prestigious clan yet having been completely ripped inside out by an unknown means. There was a metal contraption hooked to the entire ribcage ripped outwards like a reverse Venus flytrap.

Innards spilled about at the original crime scene also stated within the article but the posture of the body was more as relevant as a crucifixion. If one paid attention to current news of the village, one would know that these murders have been happening in these exact same manner for the past six days. All of them relatively the same age but also all were kunoichi and not only that but were red heads alike. The public have started calling this murderer Jack the Ripper.

[Lady Jaz]

Yoko and I had barely made it down the street when a paper boy ran into the clearing waving a newspaper around screaming something about a murder happening within the village. Immediately I approach the boy and exchange a couple of Ryo for the paper. The image plastered upon the front page was gruesome. What kind of person could do such a horrendous thing? The details showed of kunoichi in her early teens being brutally murdered and some other details that were related to the topic.

Red heads was the killer’s current flavour. I shivered at the thought, considering I was in fact, a red haired kunoichi. “Son, do you know where the crime scene is?” I ask the boy should he have not run off already. I flipped through the pages, hoping to catch glimpses of the scene from any of the photos should the boy not take me there. I knew that this killer needed to be brought to justice, but first thing’s first: I needed to find him.

[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

The little boy looked up at the red headed girl and instantly went wide eyed. There wasn’t just that but the boy immediately screamed, a scream of such shrill that he ran away with arms up in there air, the newspapers flying off into the soggy wind while arms flailing with his run. The boy would not be much help in this situation but there was an old granny muttering ‘to da kong’ over and over, pointing at the red head with a spine shivering gaze. Bony long fingers pointing at the woman without reserve and constant stares. It was as if there was a chant to the woman. She knew where the murders were being placed, but it would take some to get it out of her.

The pages would reveal little about the crime scenes themselves. Mostly the most suspect murder weapon, the victims, and small obituaries of the girls written by the families. The most recent death having a funeral twenty minutes from now. The people who were out on the streets already dispersed from the sheer horror display that the boy caused, and to what end they may have guessed it from. Needless to say, the suspect was watching all of this now, but was yet to be seen or noticed at all. The scents from all the people in the rainy streets easily conceal and hide his away, granted not knowing the individual helps with this.

[Lady Jaz]

When I approached the boy, he took one look at me and let out such a terrified scream that I winced and took an involuntary step backward. While he waved his arms in the air, he released the bundle of newspapers he had been holding into the air before taking off down the street. I knell down to pick up one of the newspapers when an elderly woman started jabbing her finger in my direction while muttering words that sounded.. Well crazy.

Raising to my full height, I shift the shield into a more comfortable position while regarding the elderly woman as she spoke in a bone-chilling voice. “Are you alright, ma’am?” I ask, my tone unsure. I knew nothing about the elderly, was she senile or simply crazed? By now everyone on the street was staring at me. Sigh. What was wrong with these people? “Ma’am do you know where the murders are being placed?” I ask, my tone firm and urgent.

Feeling the paper in my hands, I glance down at it only to find nothing of use. Various photos of the victim, and the details of a funeral occurring within the next twenty minutes. But after the boy’s screaming stunt, most of the citizens had cleared the area aside from the elderly woman. “Ma’am can you help me?” I ask again, annoyance creeping into my tone. I didn’t mean to grow annoyed, but there was something going on here and Yoko was having a difficult time sniffing out any scents in the area.

[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

The elderly lady only watches as events unfold, her eyes on this young girl and promptly twists a finger with a twirling ache as it were. Shuffling into the ally way and moving onwards with prompt action at the same instance. It was a leading down an ally, a very dark and damp ally that leads to nothing more than darkness and deep fog. If chosen to follow the lady, there would be available options to the possible pursue in accordance with the ‘help’ asked from. If not to follow the lady, well one will have to find other clues and such about the place while possessively being watched from the raining darkness by such a murderer gaze filling the air.

OOC: Sorry for the shortness, I'm battling a headache. However, the choice is yours, and do choose wisely...

[Lady Jaz]

He elderly woman moved into an alleyway, Yoko tensed as he stood from his seated position and moved forward to follow her, his nose pressed firmly to the ground. As much as he felt confident in following the woman, I stared at her and thought forget it! But I follow her anyway. The alleyway was dark and damp. The darkness had then lead to a dank looking foggy area.

I kept close to Yoko as he moved, although I was completely unable to see his midnight fur in contrast to the darkness of the alleyway. I was concerned since I actually couldn’t see most of anything. “Where are we?” I asked, my voice rather quiet. Was the woman leading us into a trap? I unstrap my shield from my back and attaches it to my right arm. I suddenly felt uneasy.. Where was this woman taking me?

[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

The old hag that led the girl along the many pathways of the ally soon would disappear from sight. Footsteps can still be heard going forwards, deeper into the dark and foggy night air, and it is there that the singing would begin. “So give them blood, blood, gallons of the stuff. Give them all that they can drink and it will never be enough. So give them blood, blood, blood. Grab a glass because there's going to be a flood.” The music that was played was from a recording device while the voice heard came from a man about the size of around five feet. This height itself ranged well as normal but what was absurdly different was the long red hair almost as though dyed with blood.

Furthermore, his body was clothed in blood drenched scrubs while he owned a sword, just a simple sword that wasn’t much to it. But the fact the sword had an edge like a chainsaw was furthermore deadly and tempting while skewering into a girl, the newest victim to be precise. Blood flowing out from the several wounds that splattered blood about the ground. Curious thing is that the girl was still alive, coughing up blood and begging for her life. “Oh I’m sorry girly but it looks like we have a visitor I’ve been just dying to see. So we’ll have to cut our lovely affair short,” his words cruel as he sliced along her chest down from gullet to navel like one would move a finger seductively down a lover. His crazed face looking towards the new comer as the girl below breathed her last breath with screaming agony.

OOC: Chose poorly me thinks, LOL.

[Lady Jaz]

Without an answer, I knew she had drawn us straight into a trap. Although I could still hear footsteps leading into the distance, but rather than following them I came to an abrupt halt. Shield up and at the ready, the sound of the most gruesome song had drifted into the alley as a man sung about blood. And lots of it. I exchange a look with Yoko while the wolf started growling.

A man stood at roughly five feet and had red hair longer than mine. In fact, I didn’t believe that the hair was red, the fact was his hair was matted in blood. Bile rose up in the bit of my stomach, the sight before me was horrendous. That poor girl, being butchered and was conscious and feeling everything that happened to her. As she begged for her life, the man carrying a chainsaw-like sword spoke again before ending the girl’s life.

As his gaze met mine, I simply stood there staring at him. I was at a loss for words, despite Yoko continued to growl. I had a feeling I had just met Jack the Ripper…

[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

Jack gazed at the girl with a seductive and alluring gaze, tapping the bloody sword to his shoulder, droplets of refuse dripping from the blade with every tap to his shoulder. He was very happy to meet another red head, and he only smiled when he gazed at her. His body felt ever lighter when gazing at her with a tempting smile. “Oh my holding your bosom so well in those wrappings, that hair that just grips such emotion from me. You are the one that scared the little boy away. But you never noticed did you? That little boy,” his gaze softened and that face looked like the little boys, before it fell away and behind it was the face of a maternal one. Almost feminine yet the body was completely same.

Jack the Ripper was the newspaper boy, but not just that but it was the perfect way to catch his kills. “You see, girls love the innocent boy, always do and because of that they are ever so much easier to shack up and drench more dye for my hair.” He only smiled some more, disappearing with two shunshin to appear behind the girl by a single swiping space, “Such pretty hair you have. That assistant wasn’t lying, hope you don’t mind if I cut that and those wrappings away?” He smiled, twirling the sword and bringing it to a halt at a drawing space at his hip. A very posture that is grilled into his mind.

[Encounter made: Jack the Ripper.]

• Taimaster
  
• C-class
  
• Knows only Busosen and Shunshin
  

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• Shunshin no Jutsu - Sha (Body Flicker Technique - Trace) x2
  
• Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture)
  

Shunshin no Jutsu - Sha (Body Flicker Technique - Trace)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Allows the user to maneuver around objects while performing Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ko, or Zanzō.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: Normally when a user is performing one of the 5 Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) they are unable to skillfully maneuver around objects. They must perform the Jutsu in an open area. With this technique however they are able to move in a straight line however evading objects that may be in the way such as trees and others. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) while using same schematics.
Limit: Must know The 5 Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique).

Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The basic stance used for all of the Busōsen (Arms Flash) techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture User stands in a long "L" stance. The Forward foot is pointing towards the opponent while the back leg is perpendicular. The weight is evenly distributed between the 2 legs. The sword and sheath is attached to the belt on their hip. Their free hand holds onto the edge of the sheath, while their main hand readies itself near the Tsuba of the Sword. The main hand shoulder should face the opponent.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash).

[Lady Jaz]

The look Jack was giving me sent chills down my spine. Yoko sensed the vibe I was giving off and growled viciously toward the man. The compliments given regarding my attire sickened me to the point when I thought I was going to vomit, yet when she spoke about scaring that paper boy away, my attention was drawn to his face.

Shock struck me. He’s the boy! And to confirm my realization, Jack stated so in his own weird little way. “You are a sick twisted bastard.” I said through gritted teeth, my gaze flicking toward the dead woman before him. However when my gaze returned to Jack’s I regretted taking my eyes off him for he had disappeared from view. Suddenly his voice came from behind me, the seductive note it held turned my blood to ice. However, when I heard him shift behind me, immediately I disappeared from sight, leaving an image of myself remaining for a brief second.

I reappeared ten meters away, turning around just as I stepped out of the shunshin and threw my shield directly toward Jack’s chest; throwing it in a wide arc so that should it strike him, the shield will spin around and return to me in the process of knocking Jack over. Also, the moment I let go of my shield, my hand darted into my butt bag to retrieve four kunai [4|10], all the while my chakra blossomed within my body, creating an electrical charge as it did so. The metal of each kunai had sparks zapping around them as I threw all four kunai in his direction, following the shield.

As I drew the kunai from the bag, Yoko had moved toward me knowing that he was incapable to attacking the crazed man. The electrical currents within the metal would create large lightning bolts which will zigzag throughout the alley, lighting it up in the process. Since there was four kunai instead of one, there were many bolts present within the area. However, was Jack capable of protecting himself from the lightening assuming he avoided my shield? Or was the shield to the chest enough to knock him down long enough for my lightening infested kunai to electrocute him to death?

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Jutsu:
Jasmine:

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Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Affects the enemy's mind and will power by making after images.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A Jutsu to move so swiftly that an image of the technique's user is left behind while moving within 10 meters. Most often it is used to dodge an incoming attack and get behind the opponent to perform a counter-attack. When first learned user is able to perform 1 after image within 10 meters. Each time learned user is able to create an extra after image within 10 meters. May learn to perform up to 5 after images within a single Jutsu. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics. May be used with other Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique).
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, Ko, and Kaunta

Kuma Tsume no Shisei (Bear Claw Stance)
Rank: “E”
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Primary stance in the Kumotate; precursor to further techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With the shield hooked to their dominant arm, the user will stand with their feet precisely shoulder-length apart, their body squared to the enemy. Their arm must be bent at the elbow at a rough right angle, placing the shield between them and the opponent. From this fortified stance all manner of defensive techniques can be used.
Limit: ---

Kuma Tsume – Modoru Nage (Bear Claw – Return Toss) [20]
Rank: “C”
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: With further training, the user will be able to throw their shield in such a way that it arcs around and returns to them.
Special: Utilizes the same principles as Bear Claw Toss.
Drawback: If met with sufficient obstruction the shield will still drop to the ground and not return to the user.
Description: Taking the methods of Bear Claw Toss even further, the user will learn to throw the shield in a Frisbee-like (or at least sideways) manner that causes it to rotate slowly while in the air and return to the user after it has made its journey. If met however with a “B”-rank obstruction (excluding people or animals) or a sufficiently hard unranked material it will still drop to the ground and require manual retrieval.
Limit: “Bear Claw Stance”, “Bear Claw - Toss”.

Charged Projectile [10]
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Charges a metal throwing projectile with lightning adding lightning damage.
Special: ---
Drawback: Can only do enough to slightly numb and paralyze (Only for a quarter of a post), if the user tries to make it stronger, it will end up backfiring and paralyzing their hand. Can only charge up to 5 slots at once
Description: The user holds as many kunai/shuriken, or metal projectile for that matter, as they can, up to 5 slots in their hands, and charges them with electricity. Extra lightning damage is added which will slightly paralyze or numb. The projectiles will shock the opponent weakly even if they don't make contact, but at least come close to.
Limit: Lightning release.[/ul]
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[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

This serial killer could only have gotten this way if he had become such a significant threat due to the knowledge to kill. Such knowledge persisted when accounting for her moving away from and then appearing in a new formulation of senses. His sword gripped strong while flowing swiftly, no matter of time at all, not even a second’s notice before it was slicing through the shield thrown at him, the blade’s saw like edges catches sparks while the maniac screams and scrambling voice cried out. He was using his ultimate maneuvers with this and this shinobi of red hair would make a fine collection to his blood stained clothing. The shield would be destroyed, the shield would be split in two, and before this the boy continued onwards.

His body rushed forwards, his sword prepped with another attack already in the midst of those senbon with electrical charge. His sword flashing with a twirl in the midst of this ten meter launching attack that can attack front and back. His body would be hit in the left arm and lower left lung areas, but the other two would miss from the vantage. The shocks riddling his body at last but the shocks were mild, even with the constant rain. His strike though, he wondered if it hit at all with its defining speed and appropriate chance of attack in its own making. The strike can cleave a person in two if fully connected, nonetheless much blood would be spilled at Jack the Ripper’s expense if he could help it.

This boy wouldn’t stop there though, he would go after that creature too with his own respective attack for it as well. Whether or not the previous attack connected he would still be capable of making full use out of his attacks. His body rushing towards that nearby animal with the sword swiping in definitive daring slash aimed for its eyes. The blade particularly meant to swipe the eyes and slash them out, “Yes yes, gouge them out, make droplets of deliciousness for my enjoyable feast. Oh yes, add more to my already bountiful meal you will.” This creature was a target just like the girl, no survivors were the goal.

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• Techniques still in use...
  
• Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture)
  

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• Keihatsu Ryuu: Aragami (Wild God)
  
• Used against the shield.
  

[li]Keihatsu Ryuu: Jinsoku Surasshu (Rapid Slash)
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• Used against the girl, full ten meter advance makes for attack to be at kidney level front to back as aimed (approximation).
  

[li]Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu: Genwaku (Art of Drawing the Blade: Blinding)
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• Used against creature, attempt at blinding with a swipe against the eyes.
  

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Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture)
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The basic stance used for all of the Busōsen (Arms Flash) techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture User stands in a long "L" stance. The Forward foot is pointing towards the opponent while the back leg is perpendicular. The weight is evenly distributed between the 2 legs. The sword and sheath is attached to the belt on their hip. Their free hand holds onto the edge of the sheath, while their main hand readies itself near the Tsuba of the Sword. The main hand shoulder should face the opponent.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash).

Keihatsu Ryuu: Aragami (Wild God)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A Battōjutsu that aimed at destroying the opponent's weapon.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture A technique that achieves a harmony of offense and defense, the user stands in Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture). Grabbing the handle of the sword near the Tsuba, the user thereafter steps forward with the front leg while unsheathing the blade in a horizontal attacking motion across the body while targeting and striking at the opponent's weapon. In the instant when the weapon hits the opponent's weapon, the user gives their sword a sharp twist and adds a sudden burst of speed to its impact. This technique is capable of destroying the opponent's weapon. Performing the unsheathing takes up no movements. The concentration of such a quick strike is evident; upon sheathing the sword, the user must sacrifice a movement to do. Normally performed as a Battōjutsu, this technique may be performed without needing to unsheathe, however performing will take up a movement.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash). Must know Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu (Art of Drawing the Blade).

Keihatsu Ryuu: Jinsoku Surasshu (Rapid Slash)
Rank: "A"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User charges forward and slashes rapidly. This move can hit the opponent from behind.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture ; Picture The user stands in Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture). Grabbing the handle of the sword near the Tsuba, the user thereafter steps forward with the front leg and slides across the floor (up to 10 meters) while unsheathing the blade nearly at the end of the slide, leaving behind a trail of a corkscrew rift that slashes in their wake. The corkscrew rift acts like Keihatsu Ryuu: Ryusen (Dragon Strike), however it swirls around in a large 2 ring corkscrew appearing behind the user in the length of the slide while it spreads out in a 3 meter spread from the point of origin.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash). Must know Keihatsu Ryuu: Ryusen (Dragon Strike).

Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu: Genwaku (Art of Drawing the Blade: Blinding)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A powerful Battōjutsu attack aimed at the opponent's eyes.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture The user stands in the Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture). Grabbing the handle of the sword near the Tsuba, the user thereafter steps forward with the front leg while unsheathing the blade in a horizontal attacking motion across the body aiming at the opponent's eyes. The user strikes with the tip of the sword aiming to cut into the eyes, but also the bridge of the opponent's nose. The opponent only sees a "flash" before everything turns black. This technique is not meant to kill but it will immobilize an opponent as the pain and shock of losing their eyes, as well as the cut through the bridge becomes immense while they bleed excessively.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash). Must know Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu (Art of Drawing the Blade).

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[Lady Jaz]

With my shield having been completely destroyed by Jack’s weapon, I suddenly felt completely exposed. For the first time in this fight, I suddenly felt genuine fear. However, as he moved forward and into the electrified kunai. Fortunately his left arm was struck by the bolts of lightning, but it didn’t slow him down. My gaze fell to the ground as he moved toward me. And with all of this happening within a split second, I realized that the alleyway floor was not made of concrete. This meant that I was able to use Raiton jutsu.

Weaving through a short three handseals, I immediately conjure up my ration chakra and sent it into my fingertips. After directing my hands to the ground, a large bolt shot from my hand and slammed into the ground with enough force to kick up dirt. Another fortunate thing was the fact that it was raining. Water makes the perfect conductor for electricity which meant that as my bolts surged along the ground toward Jack, the rain pounding down upon it would intensify the lightning to create even larger and dangerous strikes.

Jack had little to no chance of avoiding the attack due to being between two buildings. And the bolts were capable of traveling as far as ten meters, which was exactly the distance between Jack and myself. That also meant that in order to avoid the attack, he either had to take to the walls using the tree walking technique given to shinobi at the Ninja Academy, or to retreat back into the alley and into the main street. I doubt he would attack me head on without being struck by the bolts.

Meanwhile, Yoko had moved further down the alleyway, past me and was heading further away from Jack’s advance. He had left the area for one sole purpose: to find a way out for both himself as well me.

Jutsu:

Jasmine:

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Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: A lightning jutsu that travels along the ground towards an enemy.
Special: Boar, Ram, Snake
Drawback: Can only travel across earth and water. There is a maximum range of 10 meters and can be dodged if seen approaching.
Description: After forming handseals, the user creates a wave of electricity in their hands and shoots it into the ground. This jutsu can vary in power from a small surge to a powerful stream of lightning capable of ripping through solid rock. It is ideal to use in conjunction with a water jutsu.
Limit: Must know Lightning Release.[/ul]
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[Father 'Suke]

Jack the Ripper

Oh what a spark show that was made out of the area and such. Jack the Ripper only smiled with a laughter as the first wave of rebounding shocks made way into his sliding forwards body, “Yes yes, fill me up with all that power, drive me full with insanity of your many lightning shocks.” His laughter crying out as he sang the song one last time, “So give them blood, blood, gallons of the stuff. Give them all that they can drink and it will never be enou…” His voice cut off as he had finally breathed his last breath with a coughing up of much blood. The body of the assassin on the ground as it seemed nonetheless. The electrical shock barrage will have held a ten meter range throughout the entry point which he was hit, meaning slight burns to anyone not in the center of the blast bust still within the ten meter range.

[OOC: well done you electrocuted the criminal, there is however nothing to scavenge from him, the electrical burns on his sword too much for its damage. You may exit on your leisure.]

[Lady Jaz]

My eyes remained locked on Jack’s as he sang his way to hell. Was I pleased of his departure? Absolutely! Was I upset about my shield being destroyed? Not really, I can buy another one. Was I changed after this ordeal? My mind replied with silence. The sparks danced along the ground, some had hit me since I stood at the beginning of the assault. Yet the bolts had not caused any real pain. Why? Because I was in shock and still stunned by the events that had just happened.

Of how close I was to dying.

Yoko had returned then, his bark snapped me out of my inner turmoil. He had found a way out of the alleyway. Seeing that nothing on Jack’s person, even the sword would do me any good. I didn’t want anything from him, even if it were useful. Anything from him would surface memories I would rather keep hidden. I turn away from the man’s body, the dead girl too and walk aimlessly out of the alley while Yoko worriedly followed me.

//Exit

[Lady Jaz]

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Rank: D
IIC Length: Two Days
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: Pick up trash left across town.
Description: Amegakure is a compact city built on its height. There are a lot of civilians that actually thrown their trash down from the balconies or windows. Mixing in with the constant rain, this has made for quite a sight. Shinobi are asked to go onto the lower levels of Amegakure and clean up. You may take this mission multiple times in a row without returning to the tower.
Reward: 3,750 Ryo[/ul]

//Enter

Was it wise to return to the alleyway that I had slain a man in? Probably not. Yoko didn’t seem fold of the idea either but I just wanted to see with a bit more light. Prior to leaving the tower to buy more weapons, I had gone home to change. My shirt and black pants were being washed and the blood stains removed. So in its place, I wore a short dark blue kimono which only reached to just above my knees. A pair of black skin-tight shorts sat beneath them due to a large split riding up the right side of the kimono.

Said kimono had an inch thick black trim around the edges while it was secured with a black satin sash. The V running along my chest revealed a large cleavage which also had a thinner black trim. My butt bag was attached around the right side of my waist like usual. The ten kunai knives, seven fragmentation grenades and nine blood clot pills were all sitting inside. I had also come with a world map which was lying across the items inside my butt bag, too. Two Tessen fans were strapped to my waist beside the bag while a pair of gauntlets covered my hands. My shield (heavy) was attached to my back.

My foot wear were a pair of black sandals which wrapped up around part of my calf. My long ruby hair was tied back into a braid which cascaded down the length of my back. The very tip of the braid dangling just above my bottom, resting within the crevice at the base of my spine. I had secured the braid with a leather thong while sides of my fringe cupped my heart shaped face. I was a little pale today, but my mauve coloured eyes were alert and troubled. Despite I wore my gauntlets, I thought about grabbing a poker but instead decided to use my hands.

A large white bag was in my left hand while I will be using my right to pick up the trash. However, upon stepping into the alley, I spotted that the area where Jack had died was cleaned thoroughly. The dirt even held no traces of blood. The woman’s corpse was also removed and that area was cleaned. Sigh. Perhaps Shiguro was right, I should have cleaned up after myself. Yoko nudged my right hand with the tip of his nose. It seemed as if he had sensed my distress. Damn that assistant! “It is fine, Yoko. Let’s get this mission over with.” I said with a small smile and left the alley.

Once we were back in the street, Yoko moved slightly ahead. His nose was pressed to the ground while he searched for traces of filth. Amegakure, despite the constant rain was a relatively clean village. The high metallic buildings carried little to no rust and were often cleaned by other shinobi for a small profit. We shinobi are proud of our village and like to keep it looking respectable. But there was always one or two people that have to ruin it for all of us by throwing trash out onto the street rather than in one of the waste bins that litter the village. So that’s where I come in.
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[Lady Jaz]

Amegakure no Sato was not my primary residence, but it is still my village. A village that I am loyal to. My actual residence is actually outside in the capital. My Ame home was much smaller than my primary residence, but I love it all the same. Yoko spotted the nearest waste bin located at the end of a street near the alley. Large amounts of rubbish had been dumped beside the bin while the bin itself remained a quarter fill. Sigh. People can be so lazy at times.

I knell down and start gathering up the trash before dropping it into the bin. Why my bag when there was a bin right in front of me? The mud around the bin itself had chunks of plastic where people have ditched small dishes from the market. I pick up those as well and toss them into the bin. The area wasn’t that dirty. Yoko dug out some other pieces of trash hidden behind the bin and picked them up as well. Once everything around there was cleaned, the pair of us moved along. A residential area had a row of tall buildings which had litter scattered around the edges of each structure.

Yoko began digging again while I picked up the loose parts and shoved them into my bag. We moved along the side of the street slowly, covering inch by inch until by the time we had finished, the entire section of the street had been cleared. The gutters of the buildings were visible and the rain cleaned away the rest. My bag was already half fill as well. “Good work, Yoko! Let’s check the next street.” I said, hugging my wolf with my right arm. Carrying the bag in my left, I round the corner and saw the exact same thing on the next street. The gutters had litter in them.

Frowning, I knell down and repeat the process again. Yoko dug out the large stuff stuck into the ground while I picked them up and shoved them into the bag. A broken bottle was discarded near Yoko’s nose while he moved forward to dig it out. However, before he reached the actual bottle, I reached forward and grabbed it along with the pieces. My gauntlets’ metallic structure would have prevented the glass from cutting me but it would have cut Yoko if he dug at it. Once the bottle was in the bag, we covered the rest of the street quickly.

Yoko and I had just completed the entire block when I realized that I had trash peeking out from the lips of my bag. I knew then that I was unable to pick up any more. The areas surrounding Amegakure were relatively tidy and just seeing me walk by with a fill bag of trash had kids scurrying across the street and dumping their trash into the bin. It seems that upon seeing me, those kids had no intention in dumping their trash in the right area. They were going to bin it in the street. If only I could catch them in the act.

[Lady Jaz]

Or was it my lucky day after all? A teenaged boy rushed around the corner holding an empty carton. Rice and noodles had one been inside that carton. He moved quickly and glanced over his shoulder. It was the street Yoko and I had just cleaned. I pick up the bag and tighten my grip on it before hurrying after him. When I rounded the corner the boy had just dropped the carton and was moments away from walking away when I caught him.

“Hey! We just cleaned that. Pick up that carton and put it in the trash!” I snapped, approaching the boy just moments before he took off. Yoko broke into a run and snapped his jaws at the boy. Four legs are always faster than two. With a growl rumbling in his throat, Yoko pushed himself forward until the boy turned around and picked up the carton he just dropped. I jab my finger toward the nearest waste bin and glare at him. “Do not let me catch you littering again, kid. I may not be so lenient.”

My tone was cool, my mauve gaze boring into his grey one. The kid took one look at Yoko’s icy gaze and shuddered. Yeah, he knew what I meant. The wolf gave a growl-like bark. “Yeah, sure thing ma’am. I won’t do it again!” He said, his voice quivering. He better not. “Go and play.” I growled and turned away from the street and headed toward a dumpster just a block short of the Amekage tower. By now the rain had turned into a drizzle which left me heading back to the tower alongside Yoko who’s tail was swaying happily.

Another job well done!

//Exit

[Lady Jaz]

You Sure I'm Up For This Job? //Enter The rain sounded like pebbles upon my rooftop as I stepped inside my secondary residence in Amegakure. But after today’s events, I hurried home to barricade myself inside my home to avoid feeling such anxiety; yes I believed that after my stunt this morning, the village council was after me. Living in fear of being killed by my own village was not something that I had planned for my career as a shinobi. Sigh. My sandals were removed and placed just beside the doorway as the door swung shut behind me. My navy coloured kimono was soaked to the skin after being outside in the rain. It clung to my curves and was bordering on chafing. Stretching, I remove my shield (heavy) from my back and laid it against the wall in the lobby and unhooked my butt bag and lifted the flap concealing 10 kunai, 7 fragmentation grenades and 9 blood clot pills before flipping the flap back over and placing the bag beside my shield upon the floor. Next went my gauntlets, world map and two tessen fans. My hands slowly began removing the weave it was in before tossing the now loose strands over my right shoulder. After a shower, I will finally begin my mission. Emerging from my room half an hour later dressed in a pink and yellow yukata, my long hair was tied back into a regular pony tail and my feet were encased in a pair of pink socks. Yoko was asleep on my bed as I pulled the curtains shut after closing the window. With the mission slip in my right hand and a box in the other, I laid the box’s contents out on the work desk to the right of my bed and finally began to work… SPOILER: Click to show Name: MAKE A HOSPITAL P.1 Rank: C IIC Length: 2 days Difficulty: Easy Objective: Create the plans for the new hospital for Amegakure. Description: The new Amekage sees it necessary to turn the rubble of the old hospital into something new, something superior and at the same time something far more aiding to the injured of the village. As said, plans need to be drawn up for an appropriate hospital, such plans for one that supersede the old. These plans are to be drawn up at the leisure of the one given task to perform and with such there are also a few key products to be gained by such a thing. Mastery (101+ SP) of the following skills are necessary to complete this mission: Engineering Public Works, Carpentry/Woodworking, and Cartography (Overland). Reward: 8000 + 500 for every skill mastered during the duration of this mission.

[Lady Jaz]

Unrolling the scroll labelled Techcraft I examine its contents and was immediately greeted by a series of images. Said images were unmarked and untitled and consisted of strange looking equipment with various smaller images of what I presumed was pieces of it. The first image I picked up looked like a large cylinder which had a square input monitor which housed a set of keys and a large screen. Peering closely to the image itself, I noticed that the screen had a series of blank spaces sitting beneath the words: Enter Code.

Beneath this was the keyboard. Now, at this point I wasn’t all that tech savvy, but something told me that whatever was on that screen was there to unlock something else. Perhaps the cylinder was encasing something of importance and that the monitor and keyboard was used to gain access to it? Flipping the image over, there was a list of words on the back stating that it was a safe of some kind and that it was used to store something. Did this mean that my assumption was correct?

Placing the image down upon the desk, I pick up another image and flipped it over to see the contents. In this image was a building with an assortment of lasers criss-crossing in front of it. The lawn was trimmed short and the gates were closed and barred. The building itself looked like the Bank of Amegakure, the one that was robbed by a series of thieves. But I remembered the building’s top plague had the building’s name engraved in it. The plague in this image was a clear slate which clearly had not been touched by any man before.

My eyes moved down toward the lasers protecting the front of the building. The beginning of the lasers were out of sight, embedded into the gates, even. But I knew from memory that the walkway heading up to the entrance to the building was encased in a large 12 foot hedge. Were the lasers inside that hedge, hidden from prying eyes? Flipping the image I was greeted with another image. The image was an exact replica, but the gate posts were removed and the hedge had been burnt back to reveal a metallic looking post with small laser heads sticking out of it.

The lasers were pointing in various directions and were turned on. The only differences between the first image and this one was that the parts hiding the lasers had been removed to show the device. But were the lasers motion detector lasers, or were they the type of laser that burned trespassers and other objects that it came into contact with? Curious, my gaze falls to the concrete in the pathway leading up to the actual building. The concrete was immaculate and unscathed. Closing my eyes, the memory of the mission was bought back into focus. The grounds there were untouched as well.

Motion detector lasers, then.

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Able Learner Trait

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Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Use this skill to recognize how a device works or even what a device does.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Use this skill to recognize how a device works or even what a device does. For example, a user enters a building and discovers a strange-looking device in the center. With a successful Techcraft check, they can discover what the device does. With another successful check, they may determine that it has a sensor on the front and is therefore most likely controlled by a remote similar to a tracker. Anything the characters might have seen before does not require a check to identify. However, that still leaves a ton of gadgets left for the technician to figure out. A check is made when the device is strange, industrial, or specialized, or when the character has only a brief moment to examine it. All checks are Difficult, or Very Difficult. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
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