Old words abound [Yoshi]

[Father 'Suke]

[continuing from here]

‘Suke was pleased with just the few hours already spent, much had been made appropriate and with much ease as well. It provided much capacity to actually improving the benefits of the area, and with them the many enduring capabilities of such to also provide a generous application. ‘Suke had remained in the position of his legs acting as the pillow for Yoshi, whom seemed to not have changed much at all since the time of the past. It was rather astounding how that happened, Suke became more so a giant while Yoshi appeared to remain tiny. Nonetheless, he did his duty to a fair ordeal and had incorporated much to the necessity of aid to Yoshi.

Now all that was needed was the awaiting moment of her waking up, that much was easy enough task for him to await on but in the same moment ‘Suke rested himself. His back aching, legs aching, arms aching, hell the entire body ached. But it was worth it, seeing it as punishment for not being able to protect her like he had seemed to promise so many years ago. She was a shinobi of the village, yet he couldn’t protect her and it drove him made to some degree in the knowledge of this. With a sigh of mixed feelings he shook his head and merely eased himself backwards, leaning on his hands that had slowly regained their strength.

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

There she was, lying softly in the lap of Suke, sleeping calmly for a couple of hours. The girl was incredibly pale to look at, almost appearing like a phantom. The girls limbs were so meagre, and she was so incredibly thin. Famished, dehydrated, malnutritioned. One thing was for certain, the girls body wasn't holding up too well. That was before talking of the second aspect that was required to make her human. So much had gone through her mind. Mental torture, physical torture, isolation, and now she was nothing but a broken husk. A broken husk that only barely managed to be clawed back from the deepest recesses of her mind through Ryosuke's techniques and aid... Now the shadow of a girl was slowly blinking again, awakening from a deep sleep... 

...The girls eyes were blank, yet not as blank as they had been when she had stopped feeling even pain. There was the tiniest of sparks glowing within them, and she was reacting to the world around her, although very little. The girl saw him before her, looked up at his chin from below. There were so many things that she couldn't place properly. Memories were completely distorted within her mind, yet she remembered each and every memory quite clearly. The tiny redhead knew where she was. The heart of Amegakure, the Kage tower. Remembering what she had gone through in detail, remembering all the pain, yet also the glimmer of good things. All of it wasn't important now. There was one thing she needed to make clear. The girl wasn't going to let go and give up, wither away like some flower..

Whispering softly, she knew what she wanted. Everything else could wait till later... "...So hungry..." The girl muttered. With how little fat she had on her body, and the fact that she hadn't eaten for what was probably days, should make it obvious what she was trying to say.. Yoshi simply wanted Ryosuke to find her something.. anything to eat.

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Nothing

[Father 'Suke]

Cooking/Baking
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Cooking and Baking allows the user to create superb dishes.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With a successful Cooking/Baking check, a cook can make nutritious meals out of just about any edible substance and can create hot meals even in the wilderness. Failure means that the food is disgusting and inedible. Cooking a meal generally takes no more than an hour, although the preparation of ingredients and dishes may take several. When choosing this skill the user must choose either Cooking or Baking. Baking is the ability to cook by dry heat without direct exposure to a flame, typically in an oven or on a hot surface. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

• Cooking: 0|125
  
• Baking: 0|125
  

‘Suke’s eyes blinked as he saw the girl slowly awakening, her eyes were not so empty as before, but they still held a longing. With a steady mind he could only smile to himself and nod when she spoke of being hungry. He could tell when he was healing her, the many numerous scars were also inside, and the many muscular fibers that were eroded within her had to be rebuilt. No amount of chakra could heal those sadly and that is where food preparation and cooking came at hand. He too was hungry, yet nowhere near as starved as she was. So with a nod he smiled, “Wait here a bit and I’ll prepare you some breakfast.”

He spoke, finally listing his stiff body up and replacing where his legs were with a pillow that had been found. Granted it was of no proper use but at the same time it was better than laying a head on the hard ground. With that said he went down to the first floor’s kitchen and began preparing something to cook with the chef. Spicy rice and chicken curry. His hands already getting in the mix as he began preparing the dish and creating it with what was available in the well-stocked kitchen. His hands massaging the many forms of the food available as well in the same mixture.

Preparing a small bowl first he began to whisk away at the coconut milk, applying the curry paste and fish sauce together in equal quantities. His cooking equivalently provided by heating a skillet with a portion the size of his face at the same time. Adding two table spoons of oil and heating until it breached the smoke barrier he began other preparations once setting the bowl down. Seasoning the chicken that he cut small chunks of with salt and pepper before tossing it on the skillet in a single layer. The skillet sizzled and popped, the chicken frizzling over the hot skillet.

He continued though, turning it over once after four or so minutes, as it was browned on one side before transferring the chicken to a plate and pouring the fat off the skillet. Adding one more tablespoon of oil to the hot skillet, he incorporated shiitake caps and stir-fry to the same pleasing amount. Allowing those to brown with the sizzling sounds all as well over a five minute period. Adding ginger and garlic to the stir fry, he stirred it up for one minute, flipping the ingredients in the hot skillet during such time. Adding the chicken, red curry mix, and water to the skillet to bring to a boil, he set it down and reduced the heat.

Letting it sit there for two or so minutes, the chicken was now cooked all the way through and he now moved the ingredients all onto a dish on top of some rice. With a smile he began to garnish the dish with cilantro and orange skin peelings cut into small shaped flowers, just a couple though as to not overpower the dish. With a finale to it, he squeezed a lemon over it and carried it up stairs for his hungry guest. Hopefully she liked curry, and without anything additional outside of this, he was quite pleased with what he made. “Yoshi-chan, I hope you are hungry.” He asked, walking into the room with the sweet smelling dish.

0|125 SP
0|5 TP
Able Learner applied
Training thread here is on hold as no technique is being learned currently.

[Nekomata Minh]

+5 TP/LEARNED

+29 SP

Reroll in session

EDIT: Well...its a 37 now

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

Learning: 0/10 tp

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Stringed Instruments (Bass-Guitar)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to play a specific Stringed Instrument.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill indicates the player knows how to play at least one stringed instrument. Once this skill is acquired, the character can choose a specific type of stringed instrument. Each time he repeats the course he can add another stringed instrument. Stringed instruments include violins, lyres, harps, lutes, guitars, etc. Basic skill indicates the musician can play simple tunes. Specialization means the character can play more complex tunes and compose simple tunes. Mastery indicates the character is a virtuoso and can compose intricate pieces for his instrument. Those without this skill cannot play any instrument of this type. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

The girl was left in the room on her own as Ryosuke was leaving to create some breakfast. The silence was clawing at her mind, the remembrance of being in isolation was starting to bite. Alone, silence, alone, silence. Yoshi could feel her heartrate rising. Pearls of sweat was starting to form on her forehead, it was dripping from her cheeks. The girls eyes were widening, and she was starting to hyperventilate. Panic was setting in, the pain was rooted far too deep within her. Tears were starting to well up in her eyes, when something caught her eye. An old guitar was standing at the corner of the kage office. Dust was over it, yet it was shining slightly through all the years of misuse. The tiny, tortured, broken girl climbed across the floor to get her hands on it. Tears were still streaming down her cheeks, as she pulled it into her hands...

The fingers were swollen, and they were hurting. Though the healing done by Ryosuke made her capable of moving them properly. Holding it within her hands, she carefully touched a string. A low, deep tone echoed through the room. The sniffling immediately stopped. The heartrate was immediately slowing down. The panic was disappearing. Almost fearful of the bass, she grabbed the string between two fingers, pulling it out before letting it go. The deep resounding tone was calming her down. Despite it being a single tone, it was as if the girl could channel the entire pain within her into the music. Taking a deep breath, she stroked her fingers across the entirety of the strings. The whole rainbow of tones flushed through her mind, as she started giggling to herself. Placing herself against the wall at the corner so that she could hold the guitar properly, she was testing which strings would make which tones, without touching any of the modifier keys.

Repeating a couple of tunes, she was stringing together something extremely simple. What she remembered from her childhood were very basic tunes. Those were the tunes that she was attempting to recreate. Playing what she remembered from her mothers singing, she was clinging to old memories that could scare away the growing panic. Tranquility, calmness. Slowly the girls eyes closed. Tuning in with the movements, tuning in with the guitar, the tears were still visible on her cheeks, but she was finding herself. When Ryosuke returned to the kage tower, he would be greeted by tones of music. Though, compared to the masterpiece that was the original, her attempts were still infantile. The girl however, was learning, improving, adapting... but most importantly of all, she was enjoying herself dearly. Completely swallowed up in her music, the pair of eyes that met his as he finally spoke up, were very much alive. The girl appeared to be in incredible amounts of pain. Just sitting there in silence.. Yet she also appeared to be working through it far better than anyone could expect.

The scent of food was making her get to her feet, yet her fingers stayed locked around the bass, she simply refused to put it down. Walking clumsily, swaying a little from side to side, she accepted a bowl of food from him. Plopping down against the wall again, she placed the bowl locked between her knees. Holding onto the bass with one hand, she was digging into the bowl with the other. Stuffing it into her mouth, she was extremely hungry, yet it just wasn't working out. The rise was undercooked, and it felt like she was biting through small pellets. The chicken on the other hand was overcooked, making it extremely dry. Combined with the fact that the girl had been extremely hungry, and not cared even an ounce for how badly the food was cooked, she had taken a bite far too big for what she should've done. It meant that the girl, with her mouth dry from having had nothing to drink, was going to choke. The food simply got stuck deep within her throat as she had attempted to swallow..

Getting to her feet, she was swaying from side to side, coughing loudly, her face slowly turning blue. The bass had been dropped, as she was desperately trying to clear her airways. The girl simply couldn't get it loose again, and the panic was clear.

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Nothing

[KoKoKo]

Suke - 37 sp total

Yoshi +10 tp

+33 sp

[Father 'Suke]

First Aid: Healing
Rank: "E" (5 Training Points at all Times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill allows a character to properly tend to the sick and injured.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: While some basic medical knowledge is inherent in this skill (to the extent such can be said to exist), the character’s role is to provide an optimal environment to facilitate the patient’s own recuperative abilities, by monitoring the patient and tending to his needs as required.
Novice: Diagnose; Tend to injured characters such that their wounds heal at a faster rate; critical care requires 10 minutes/wound; can distinguish whether an individual is dead or merely unconscious.
Average: Stabilize a character knocked unconscious from trauma; critical care requires 6 minutes/wound; with a successful Average skill check to resuscitate a dying character.
Advanced: Function as a midwife to deliver children; diagnose injuries; critical care requires 4 minutes/wound
Expert: Properly set broken bones; amputate limbs; critical care requires 3 minutes/wound
Master: Critical care needs 2 min. per wound
Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Suke had entered the room hearing music, or what was something to be considered music but the noise wasn’t all that bad. He’d heard far worse before so it was a nice change of pace considering it was different from clangs and clashes of the sword. No, this was delicate compared to that and for that he had given food to the girl as such with the simple mind about it. However, he did not expect his food to be so bad that she was choking from it, it drove him mad thinking on that and as she choked he immediately rushed to her aid. His hands positioning themselves in the direct spot where he locked himself in behind her.

Slam. His gripped hands pushed into the spot of which he had been taught for the Heimlich maneuver and with it he had to hurry. Had to keep her from dying due to his ill attempt at cooking and for that he slammed his hands once again to feel the spot and force the food up. “Don’t you dare die. Don’t you dare die on me Yoshi-chan.” His hands pushing once more where he could hear the food being pushed upwards by the air he had forced. It was there that she would be safe, the moment the food was out of her system was when he would stop and set her back down.

“If my cooking is that bad, you don’t need to force yourself,” already using healing palms to heal the spot he was crushing as he knew with his body build that spot must’ve been hurt by him at least enough to cause damage. That only meant he’d done it right but at the same time he probably went too far. “I’ll get the chef to cook instead if you prefer, my first time cooking wasn’t the best I am now aware.” He was sorry, the sorrow was thick in his voice as he spoke in such necessity all the same. His healing of the area he was pushing to aid her was finished and he awaited to hear from her.

117|125 SP
0|5 TP

• 3d3 w/ +1 per die roll
  
• Able Learner: x1.5 die rolls
  
• Caretaker: +1 die roll
  
• Physician: +1 per die roll
  

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[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

Learning: 0/10 tp - 33 SP

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Stringed Instruments (Bass-Guitar)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to play a specific Stringed Instrument.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill indicates the player knows how to play at least one stringed instrument. Once this skill is acquired, the character can choose a specific type of stringed instrument. Each time he repeats the course he can add another stringed instrument. Stringed instruments include violins, lyres, harps, lutes, guitars, etc. Basic skill indicates the musician can play simple tunes. Specialization means the character can play more complex tunes and compose simple tunes. Mastery indicates the character is a virtuoso and can compose intricate pieces for his instrument. Those without this skill cannot play any instrument of this type. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

At this point the girl couldn't even cough anymore, instead it was just her body heaving as she was struggling to get free and get some fresh air. Hardly noticing Ryosuke had gone behind her, nor listening to what he had to say, it was somewhat of a shock to her when a determined and sudden squeeze around her torso forced her lungs to let go of air. Spitting out a poorly chewed ball of rice and chicken, the girl immediately started coughing, breathing deep and heavily. Immediately the purple color was vanishing from her cheeks. Yoshi would've likely collapsed onto the floor for a moment if it wasn't for Ryosuke holding onto her. The hunger though, was unbearable. It was sending cramp like pains through her body, and she simply couldn't make herself wait for something else to be cooked. So instead, she took extremely small bites out of the bowl, swallowing them fast and flushing it down with the glass of water Ryosuke brought along. It was odd how she wasn't communicating with him, but she was so fixated on instincts... It must've been an odd sight.

When she was done, she took a few deep breaths, let out a soft burp, before going to the corner with her bass again. Feeling somewhat responsible for having choked on the food, she spoke calmly as she was stroking the strings of the bass, making sure it hadn't broke when she dropped it. The tones mixing with her voice, even if she wasn't singing, felt rather calming and interesting. Perhaps she ought to pick this up as a hobby... 

"...I'm sorry.. I was just so hungry and then I stuffed my face.. It was completly my fault." The girl said it. Even if he had served her something that wasn't properly cooked, the one she was harsh towards was herself.

Placing her fingers onto the first E string, the girl was gently stroking it, listening to the different tones as she started working through the different modifier keys. The tones were going from dark to light, and she was pretty sure that it had everything to do with the vibration, lenght and material of the string. Quietly she was mapping out the different keys within her mind, and watching her slowly and methodically do it, while her mind was focussing on something else, proved just how intricate and developed she truly could be. Even so, she wasn't among the greatest learners in the world. In fact, many would argue that she learned rather slow. Yet the way in which she did so, was schematic and straight forward. The girl wasn't a person to ever find herself in a slump.

With the keys on the E-string more refined, she started playing the same song again. Although the tones were mostly the same, whenever she had to use the E-string she made sure that she was also using the correct modifier. It took a little practice, and there were a few missteps, but in general the rate at which she was improving could be said to be rather astounding, especially considering her circumstances. Now that she had the very basic uses of the strings nailed down, and that she was starting to work deeper into the modifier keys and the advanced tones, she was starting to enjoy playing the bass more and more. There wasn't a doubt in her mind that she would have to visit a music shop at some point and get some guidelines and assistance in becoming an actual bassist. Perhaps it was exactly what she needed to return to being a human rather than a soldier or puppet. The wild red hair was hanging loosely over her shoulders, getting in her eyes and otherwise being an extreme bother. It was so long that if a strand escaped from behind her ears - which due to the amount of uncut hair she had was quite likely, it reached all the way down to her belly button. It made playing the bass all the more difficult.

"...Is there a chance you could get the girl who saved me to help me cut my hair?.. I think I would like... an actual haircut, and she seemed girly and pretty.."

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None.

[KoKoKo]

Both learned

Suke 125 sp total

Yoshi 57 sp total

narutoforumrp.proboards.com/thread/103073/skill-training-rolls?page=74&scrollTo=980514

[Father 'Suke]

History, Local (Ame no Kuni)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: The character with this skill is a storehouse of facts about the history of a region the size of a Country.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The character with this skill is a storehouse of facts about the history of a region the size of a Country. For example, the character will know when the ruined tower on the hill was built and who built it (and what happened to him). He knows what great heroes and villains fought and fell at the old battlefield and what great treasure is supposed to be kept in a local temple. He knows how the mayor of the next town miraculously grew hair on his balding pate. A GM can provide information about local sites and events as the user requests it when pertaining to an Event. Furthermore, the user can try to retell these events as entering stories. Once the subject is chosen, they can attempt a skill check and, if successful, add that tale to their repertoire. The character can tell these stories to entertain others, however, telling stories to hostile beings is probably not going to do any good. If user has 25 or more Ranks in History, Local (Specific Country) user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Evidence Analysis to Profile, and gain Information on people. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Culture user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to History pertaining to the Culture. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

She apologized for eating so rash of an amount, Suke only understanding that with the intense hunger that it could undoubtedly bring about the similar respects without much contrast. So he could not help but smile at her with the same eyes of kindred heart and soul as before. A simple smile among his lips as he did such and could only nod now, as she extended to another question. “Yes, I’m certain I can ask Jasmine to do that in between the missions I send her out on to build the new hospital. I’m changing the village with her and many others’ help. Changing it to be a better place, something better than what we’ve entered into.”

It was a subtle thing at that, and as he looked he smiled kindly, “Is there anything else I can get for you? Perhaps quarters of your own somewhere in the village perhaps. I’m certain most of the staff here will think it odd if you start staying in the bedroom and office allocated to me.” He chuckled at the idiocy of the rumors that could be sprouted, all the while cleaning up the place and picking up files and mission documents all about. The office was indeed a tattered mess, his organizing of the area was merely to keep his mind awake and to allow himself to move about with more ease.

He went so far as to begin reading through one of the files, looking across the information as he gathered scope of the process of what had been happening. His mind reeling as he looked across the information with a scope of curiosity to the mixture. Individuals have escaped from the prisons located in hidden vaults underneath one of the surrounding buildings, and that wasn’t all. The previous Amekage’s double had been assassinated as well, and that brought information to mind of the boy’s holding of that dagger when he was tested. It made sense now, the actual reasoning of bringing up the past Amekage like that.

However, as he looked through the information, he gathered information as well. Taking in the information of the past events that had occurred during his time away from the village. But then also the timing wasn’t all that much worse when picking up the information that had occurred for the last five Amekage that never stayed long enough to be recognized fully. Of the five, there were little to no changes made and his mind reeled on that fact. That was among the time of a full generation of civilians and there was nothing to show for it but blood. That pissed him off but he didn’t dare show it, merely placing the scroll against a shelf on the wall as he calmed down.

It would take a moment but soon the place started to look like an actual office rather than a place that had a maelstrom inside it. A small look and he lit some incense to allow a purging of odors that could have accumulated. The incense smelling of lilac and sage burning as one to cleanse evil spirits according to tribal medicine men. His work around the area allowed for the desk to also have some semblance of cleanly order, his gear atop it only as well as the kunai given to him by the boy who had once tried to kill him, or test him. Really the two seemed rather similar, trial and death all in one as it were.

0|5 TP
0|125 SP
Able Learner Applied

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

Learning: 0/10 tp - 57 SP

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Stringed Instruments (Bass-Guitar)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows a user to play a specific Stringed Instrument.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This skill indicates the player knows how to play at least one stringed instrument. Once this skill is acquired, the character can choose a specific type of stringed instrument. Each time he repeats the course he can add another stringed instrument. Stringed instruments include violins, lyres, harps, lutes, guitars, etc. Basic skill indicates the musician can play simple tunes. Specialization means the character can play more complex tunes and compose simple tunes. Mastery indicates the character is a virtuoso and can compose intricate pieces for his instrument. Those without this skill cannot play any instrument of this type. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

"..I don't mind where you want to place me.. I just don't want to be alone, or with people who look at me like I'm the biggest threat to our country since... well, ever?.." Speaking softly, that was truly how the girl felt about it all. Rumors and the like weren't exactly bothering her much, as long as they weren't negative rumors. Thus far, the girl hadn't left the Amekage tower even once. The world outside, all the people who had been there to watch her lose her head.. It wasn't possible for the girl to imagine how she would be recieved now that she had returned back into the fold. There was however, quite the likelihood that it wasn't going to be a pretty reception.

There was one other thing that the girl would be very interested in, however. It had been so many years since she had been here, so many years since she had fled from who she was... "I would also like to be escorted to what was once my home.. I'd like to see the place that I grew up in."

Now that she had a good feeling for the different tones, the time had come to play something else. With the past and the foundation laid, she started working through all the pain, loneliness, fear and misery that she had felt. The tones that were leaving the bass were light, with a few deep strokes occasionally. The music was incredibly heavy. Sitting there with her legs crossed and her head bent, the dark red hair was covering for her face. Silent tears were appearing over her cheeks. The vibrations were echoing through her body. All of the old scars were aching terribly. Through the tones of her own music, she was recovering. The mental wounds were deep, yet she was rebuilding. The wounds wouldn't be allowed to become scars, or forgotten. It was something that she had managed to survive, and there was still a place for her in the world.

Constantly, her fingers were moving faster, and more precisely. Despite the tears in her eyes, she was moving her head and body slightly in rhythm to her own music. Looking at her, it was quite obvious what had been going on. The girl had been dying. The girl had been a thousand feet deep under water. Yet, all she asked for, for herself to return to the surface, was a tiny breath of fresh air. Now that she had been given that, she was blooming, a flower in adversity. Now that she had reached this level, and had worked through all the different strings and modifiers, she'd need something a little more challenging. Something that wasn't based entirely on her experiences and instinct. So, when Ryosuke might've thought she was done requesting things from him, there was a little last thing...

"..Lastly.. I'd really like a real bass, and maybe some song nodes?"


With that, she returned to inspecting the bass. There were plenty of things that the girl still had to learn to be a proper musician. Maintaining the bass, adjusting the sound of the strings through calibration, and that not even discussing the highest level of the music itself. There were still strings that she was slow at reaching, and strings she needed more perfection to make sound right. Yet, this was a new hobby, and a hobby that she didn't think she'd soon be giving up upon.

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None.

[Nira]

Ryosuke: +5, learned. 48/125 sp.

Yoshi: +10, learned. 74/125 sp.

Rolls: narutoforumrp.proboards.com/post/980584

[Father 'Suke]

The things she asked for were difficult to find, that much was the truth of the matter as he only massaged his chin, tapping it while thinking on a place to have her be. A place that didn’t perceive her as the biggest threat either was also something of which was going to be a troublesome factor. However, perhaps near the ruins of the old hospital there could be a few districts there for people who were accepting. Given they had grown up around a hospital, so change and danger were nothing different and then also the fact that most of those families could resolve their hatred and disgust for likeness of her music.

Then also a place of which Yoshi had been before ‘Suke had met her. That wasn’t as bad, in fact that wouldn’t be as troublesome as an earlier job and that was all that really had distinguishing qualities he had to be mindful of. And the last thing she wanted was a real bass, and that too was of little concern. In fact as he looked onto all three of these he didn’t worry very much and in fact smiled as he began to discuss the layout. “Alright, well I can do all of that. For a place to live, there is an apartment complex down in the fourth district, the one near the destroyed hospital.

“The new hospital will be replacing the rubble but not that far away is the apartment complex I think I can send you. Many of the children you introduced me to either had parents or they themselves live or have lived there. So therefore you will actually be a shining light to them. The instrument you want I also have no qualms of delivering to your select place of living, that isn’t much of an issue either. As for visiting your old home, I can escort you there now before my next engagement.” He chuckled at the knowing that is schedule was a busy one. Being kage just wasn’t as glamorous as most would have assumed, and he was right in the thick of it.

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

Learning: 0/10 tp - 74 SP

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Stringed Instruments (Bass-Guitar)

Rank: "D"

Skill: Skill

Effect: A skill that allows a user to play a specific Stringed Instrument.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: This skill indicates the player knows how to play at least one stringed instrument. Once this skill is acquired, the character can choose a specific type of stringed instrument. Each time he repeats the course he can add another stringed instrument. Stringed instruments include violins, lyres, harps, lutes, guitars, etc. Basic skill indicates the musician can play simple tunes. Specialization means the character can play more complex tunes and compose simple tunes. Mastery indicates the character is a virtuoso and can compose intricate pieces for his instrument. Those without this skill cannot play any instrument of this type. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.

Limit: ---

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

"...Okay, I think that would be fine." There was nothing within her tone that revealed what she was truly thinking. There was nothing in her breathing or expression that revealed what she was truly thinking. The eyes were blank, and most of all the girl seemed like  a spectator to the world. So many years of bowing her head and simply accepting what was being said to her.. There was however the music, through which the girl simply couldn't lie. Just as she had started speaking, her fingers were moving faster across the strings. The tones were getting shorter, and she was making more mistakes. The distinction between what she was attempting to be percieved as, the shinobi, and the person, was slowly breaking. Through the music, through her talent, she was slowly coming to terms with what she honestly felt and wanted. The facade was breaking, and it was breaking down quickly.
Another spark was lighting up in her mind. The rate through which she played the music was slowing down, as expressions were slowly starting to emerge onto her face. From having shown nothing, now the girl appeared worried. Then, with a long stroke, she allowed all the tones of the bass to go off at once, biting her lower lip she rose her head to look at Ryosuke.

"...Actually, I don't know if that is okay.. When you left to cook me something, I felt so scared and vulnerable, so lonely... I know you're busy and everything.. but I think I would sleep better on your  couch than in a random appartment I don't know.."


Lowering her head, she was holding onto the feeling. Knowing that this was what she needed to embrace rather than discard and pretend didn't exist, she was clinging onto the small feelings. Even if those feelings were negative, she did not want to return to being a robot. Starting to play again, it was with a whole other calmness. There was a flow through her body, as if she had unlocked something that had been closed for way too long. The emotionless girl was slowly turning around. A smile that Ryosuke hadn't seen on her lips since they were children were forming. Fingers were starting to move faster. Now that the girl was breaking free from her own self-imposed hell, a whole other instinct kicked in. Eyes were focussing onto the bass, as she was simply hitting nodes that came to mind. Stringing it all together, it was how she felt. Chaotic, broken, yet moving forwards and gaining momentum. The bass kept playing, continously going faster... and then the strings broke. With a snap, it shot up and whipped her across the cheek. A long red line, with a stray drop of blood as it had literally cut into her skin. Yet the girl seemed completely unphased, just looking at the bass with confusion.

"...It kinda broke."

The bass  had been so old and worn out that her intense  playing had cost it absolutely  everything. Now the thing was broke and she had nothing further to play on. Looking to Ryosuke, she made a grimace. It was a pout. Clearly she was pretending to be more upset than she really  was.  Though, for someone who had killed her own feelings so long ago, her 'condition' was improving rather quickly.

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[Father 'Suke]

Suke watched as the girl slowly changed from merely a robust robotic entity into the girl once again, many years must have passed that those feelings hid themselves away inside her. He only had a few ideas as to why this was so to begin with. The new kage could only figure out a few things at a time and with his increasingly busy schedule she wished to stay at the tower rather than anywhere else for the time being and he just couldn’t say no, not to her anyways. So he rubbed the back of his head, looking at the ceiling for a bit and then listened when all of a sudden there was an audible sound outside the melodies of the instrument.

His eyes looked keenly and then saw that the instrument had broken and was in shambles as he chuckled lightly on such a matter. A shaking of his head with a content smile as he only chuckled that much more, “Shall we go for now then? I’ll clean up the mess and get this place looking better when we return, for now we can go and get yourself a new bass and visit your old home. Sound good?” He asked, knowing his time was limited and was slowly dwindling as it was so he had to make sure all things were accounted for. Oh Goddess, it appeared that he was becoming busier by the passing minute, why couldn’t it end?

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

"...Sounds good to me, and thank you for letting me stay here. I know others might look at you a bit funnily.." From there, the girl picked up the broken bass and dragged it with her as she stepped towards the door. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door to the elevator, stepping in and placing herself against the back. The scarlet red eyes were looking around calmly. It had been so long since she  had  seen anything other than walls. They were going to get out into the free open air. They were going to visit a place where the girl had left  so much of herself behind. Swallowing, the girl was both excited and nervous. Goosebumps were spreading across her body. Now that she was allowing herself to feel again, there were so many sensations. 

Looking sideways to Suke as he got onto the elevator, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a moment as the doors closed. It was clear that she was getting claustrophobic. So much time spent in way too small quarters would do that to anyone. The breathing was changing, and it was clear that panic was setting in. Reaching out to grasp at something, anything, she got hold of something soft and warm. It reminded her of something that she had long forgotten. When she had fallen and gotten hurt, this was the exact sensation that had been there when a hand had reached down for her, and she had taken it. Looking to her side, she found the cause, and immediately pulled her hand to herself again, backing against the corner of the elevator, embarassed. Yoshi had grabbed onto Ryosuke's hand and held it tightly for a good five or so seconds.... Embarassed, she said nothing, instead she just looked at him as if struck by lightning as the elevator doors opened at the bottum floor, allowing them to leave the Kage tower if they so pleased. An awkward moment of silence, before  she stuttered sheepishly..                     

"...I uh.. didn't mean to..?"

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[Father 'Suke]

‘Suke had watched as she picked up the bass guitar and dragged it to the elevator; however he pointed her towards another elevator, one hidden within the office that he had opened up for her. It was inside the history scroll he had read and figured to put it to use. The elevator was lacking a fresh clean, dusty and such yet he pushed the buttons and allowed for it to take them to the top exterior of the tower. The four mouths component of the tower’s entity of which he only smiled. Granted during the ride up to the exterior his hand was held tightly, he allowed it to happen, not bothering to point it out as of yet.

However, now he opened up the exterior door and what would welcome them is the rush of wind, a listing of dust to mix and then be washed out by the fresh rain smell. The exterior showing a canopy of the northern face of the tower, its long tongue sticking out like a sidelong pillar. Out of the mouth, or entry of the exterior was the view of the village, able to spy along many and most of the skyscrapers as he smiled and looked to her. “What do you think?” His eyes looking to her for an answer. They wouldn’t spend long up here, in fact he already made a plan to pick her up and jump down from the tower and shunshin off the building’s wall last minute.

That was his plan to get them to the bottom floor anyways once Yoshi was done taking in the view and enjoying the rush of fresh air. He stayed watchful, smiling as he did so while only gazing out in the midst of the area himself, enjoying the air and the sound of rain that was poorly lacking within the tower’s sound proofing walls. He enjoyed it, and he wondered if she did as well.

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

At the top of the tower, the girl wasn't saying anything. Instead she merely stood there, watching silently, as she remembered everything that she had once done in this village. Looking first to the academy, the girls sharp eyes saw Mrs. Finnigan, the janitor at the academy, still cleaning up other childrens messes and shouting at anyone who seemed even slightly unruly. Down below, she could see the various different restaurants that had once been serving food for her whenever her sensei had suggested they went out for a little bite to eat. Further out was the park. The place where she had said her farewells to the village so many years.

The wind was playing with her hair, and she seemed to be in a state of absolute bliss. Going so far as to look towards the sky and let the rain pour all over her face. Opening her  mouth, it was the taste of rain, the scent of fresh air.. It was freedom. Spreading her arms out to the side, what she was doing was a mix of crying and laughing. Doing a few quick spins, almost as if dancing, she let out a loud Woooo! towards the sky. Overjoyed, to the point where she couldn't have wished for anything else. It was everything she had dreamed of when she had been stuck in isolation. Even the cold rain against her skin was a welcome sensation. When Suke snook up behind her, she noticed nothing until he put his hands on her, and picked her up. Rather confused, she was about to ask what was going on, when Suke simply stepped out of the tower, into free air, making the both of them dive towards the ground at rapid speed. The dark red hair was flickering in the air, as the girl simply clung to Suke's chest. Normally, the first thing the girl would've done was to secure her fall.  To pull up large amounts of sand to allow her to land safely and softly. Yet, in this situation, all she managed to do was feel frightened and cling onto the person who was carrying her.

As he leapt off the wall with a shunshin, she let out a soft squeak, continuing to cling onto him even after he had placed his feet on the ground. Unable to understand why she was acting this way, she felt incredibly vulnerable.. Lowering ones guard.. It was a scary thing to do.

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[Father 'Suke]

‘Suke was pleased that she was in bliss up on the exterior, it was ever more of a pain to take her from that bliss and jump off the edge of the building and into the ground below. The fall actually was one of Suke’s first attempts at such a thing, crazier still was the fact that it was making him laugh. The duration of the fall was short but to those uninitiated it may feel longer. His eyes were narrow while he had taken Yoshi out from under and the two were falling and his laughter was almost similar to that of a mad scientist. Even more so, his leg pulsed off the edge of the slick steel building once they were in range of the bottom and that pulse formed.

His body sliding along the slick wet ground with the arc of a shunshin he performed only to then be steady and assist in setting Yoshi to her feet. “I do hope you enjoyed the ride down, much better than an elevator I assure you.” He spoke with a smile all at the same time as he dusted himself off from the elevator’s on rush and then looked around at the busy town center, a good plenty of lips and mouths were dropped upon the sudden appearance of the two of them in the busy area but needless to say he was unphased by it as he held a hand out to Yoshi, his old self and personality showing through the façade of the leader he had to put up at times.

With a kind voice he now spoke, “Shall we get going then Yoshi-chan? Or do you need a minute to catch your breath?” He of course was self-prepared for what he was going to do earlier, so his catch of breath had already been passed, but for Yoshi who probably wasn’t prepared for that fall must have had a bit of a need for more of the fresh air once stable. Or at least that was what was in ‘Suke’s head for the moment.

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

WORD COUNT: 360

TAGGED: @blackspire

TAGGED: LYNX

As the two of them finally touched ground. As he let her go, the first thing she did was nudge her shoulder into his chest in a defiant manner, looking at him as if she knew better. The kind of teasing look that she had always given him whenever she had won in training. Which she, for the record, almost always had. "You're still quite the jerk, aren't you." The words were slithering off her tongue. It was obvious that she was regaining more and more of what  she had lost. Taking a deep breath, she followed it with a low sigh, stepping a few steps ahead of Ryosuke, nudging her head towards  one  of the general stores, lifting her bass a little into the air. "I'll go see if I can have this repaired, then I'll meet you outside the village gates. Provided the elders aren't trying to overthrow you, having your own ANBU stop me."

With that, she started walking off, calmly. The villagers that had been around were still standing there, looking in amasement. A girl that by all rights were a few splitseconds from having her head seperated from her shoulders were now walking around freely through the village, with the Amekage himself keeping a watchful eye on her. It  was clear there was going to be issues in the near future, but for now, everything seemed to be going in the right direction.

//Exit\\

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