Art At Its Finest (Training)

[pandoru]

Two pairs of feet walked silently along the worn paths of Iwagakure. It was early, which probably was a poor choice on the teens part. Many people were still sleeping, and for those that lived near to the training grounds, they’d be getting a very rude awakening. Unless, other clan members happened to be nearby. Such people might find the sounds of detonation, no matter how small, sweet music to their ears.

Mouth Control
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: If the mouth’s aren’t used correctly, the clay could not be created the right way, so training into this is necessity.
Description: The Sankuchi member that was born with the mouths has to learn to train into the usage of the mouths in the correct manner, as though they were their own mouths they talk and eat with. The Sankuchi train with their extra mouths often in order to use their abilities to their full potential; by training into their extra mouths, they’re able to create better creations, infuse better chakra and other such things.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi
(Note: E rank is for human mouth, D for one extra mouth, C for extra mouth and regular mouth, B for second extra mouth, A for two extra mouths, S for all three mouths. At the same time.)

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Upon reaching the training ground, the redhead took a seat on a stump, Monomane sitting down beside the girl, and remaining there as she removed her hand from its shoulder. The hand moved, sticking itself inside of the bag on the girls hip. She had practiced this at home the other day, but failed to accomplish much of anything, except getting an odd taste in her mouth of course. Pandoru’s second mouth didn’t quite fuction how it was supposed to just yet, and so her standard one had to be used.

A small piece of clay was removed from the bag, and with a small amount of hesitation, the girl placed it in her mouth. She had to admit, she was terrified of swallowing the thing. While she, sadly enough, also was unaware of how to infuse the clay with her chakura, she was sure her body would do it on its own if the clay got inside of her, and the thought of blowing up was extremely unpleasant. Especially since her family would be talking about it for days, not because their daughter had just exploded, but because of what a work of art it was.

What was worse was that other clan members would probably be jealous.

The odd taste that she remembered getting yesterday was back, but that was to be expected. Unless she’d used a different kind of clay, the flavor should be the same. It wasn’t really an unpleasant flavor, just... odd. Like earth.

Which also was kind of an obvious thing.

The clay was chewed for a while before she moved it to the other side of her mouth with her tongue. She couldn’t quite understand how some people could make sculptures like this. It seemed almost impossible, at least for her, since she couldn’t seem to do much else but roll the thing into a ball. Perhaps she could just lengthen the piece and call it a snake. Or a worm.

This training had its benefits though, she supposed. If she ended up losing her arms in battle, she’d have no fingers to control puppets or additional mouths to chew the clay for her. This would be her only choice, unless she decided to forfeit or die. Neither were solutions that she enjoyed.

After a moment, the clay was spat out into her hand, and the girl licked her lips, wiping them with the back of her hand afterwards. The clay had dried them a bit, it seemed. She’d have to start carrying chapstick with her.

[Yun.]

+5
Add it to Bio. <3
You mind If I have my charrie drop by this thread? o.o

[pandoru]

(OOC I don't mind at all. ^^ )

[Yun.]

[Kewl. <3 Just need to enter the village. ("\o.o I'll be here soon, feel free to post. ^^]

[pandoru]

Mouth Control
Rank: E , D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: If the mouth’s aren’t used correctly, the clay could not be created the right way, so training into this is necessity.
Description: The Sankuchi member that was born with the mouths has to learn to train into the usage of the mouths in the correct manner, as though they were their own mouths they talk and eat with. The Sankuchi train with their extra mouths often in order to use their abilities to their full potential; by training into their extra mouths, they’re able to create better creations, infuse better chakra and other such things.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi
(Note: E rank is for human mouth, D for one extra mouth, C for extra mouth and regular mouth, B for second extra mouth, A for two extra mouths, S for all three mouths. At the same time.)

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It was almost unheard of that such a basic technique in the clan had been ignored, especially one that was essential to furthering their abilities, but Pandoru had held little interest in the fancy explosions and fragile craftsmanship when she was younger. Only after witnessing the techniques in action did she regret not spending a bit more time training the additional mouth.

Said mouth was turned and lifted so that an exposed cyan eye could examine her palm. The tongue had been creating a disgusting amount of saliva recently, perhaps from lack of activity, and so the girl had bandaged it up. Slowly the wrapping was undone, and the mouth opened immediately, giving a rather unpleasant gurgle.

The kunoichi wrinkled her nose, eyes shifting to glance at the lifeless puppet beside her. She much preferred the noises, or lack there of, that Monomane made. A soft sigh was given, and the piece of clay she had been chewing on earlier was stuffed into the mouth. It certainly wasn’t very large, but she didn’t care much. Size didn’t matter to her right now, just as long as the second pair of teeth had something to chew on.

The actual process of chewing was much more difficult than the girl expected, and she found her brow furrowing in a slightly frustrated manner. For a moment, the mouth did absolutely nothing, simply having its teeth clenched, but refusing to move. Fingers twitched, and soon the mouth began to chew. Relief crossed Pandoru’s features, and she gave a sigh. Well, at least the grotesque thing worked. She had been nervous that perhaps the muscles in it had lost the ability to function.

She allowed it to chew for a few more minutes before the wad of clay was spat out. Nothing had been created, and so it remained a wad, though a bit more wet now. Her hand was tired, the muscles in it tense from the chewing. She would rest it for now, and if it decided not to cramp, then she’d continue the training.

A break of about ten minutes as taken, and the mouth had spent almost the entire time drooling. It was, put simply, disgusting. The bandage the mouth had been previously wrapped in was used to wipe her palm. The now sopping bandage was held out at arms length with her thumb and index finger, an absolutely replused expression on the girls face. It was no wonder she had ignored the mouth for so long; they were gross. Either that, or she was just one of the ‘lucky’ individuals that had a mouth that drooled far too much.

After disposing of the cloth, the girl wiped her hands on her pants. She really hoped this whole ‘drooling’ thing would pass with time. If it didn’t, that mouth may have found itself bandaged up again relatively soon. Useful as the technique was, she wasn’t sure if she wanted to use it if it meant her clothes would constantly be getting wet with saliva.

She shook out her hands, and once again, the clay was pushed inside of the mouth. Unfortunately, chewing wasn’t any easier that it had been the first time. She grunted, eyes narrowing as she glared at the malfunctioning mouth. The girl was tempted to slap it, but she didn’t want it to suddenly decide to work at that specific time and bite her. Although, she would admit, it would be a funny story to tell. How often was one bitten by their own hand?

For a moment, the girl found herself chewing on nothing, trying to understand the feelings of the muscle movement in her jaw. If she could mimic those motions in her hand, then perhaps this whole process would be that much easier. Fingers were flexed a few times, and after a bit of hard focusing, the chewing motions became easier. It seemed as if she’d discovered something, and the slightest twitch at the corner of her mouth displayed the satisfaction she had with herself. With another unpleasant gurgle from the hand, the chewed piece of clay was spat out, landing with a soft and slightly wet noise on the ground. This time though, the hand wasn’t the only thing to make a noise, and Pandoru groaned, her other hand raising to grip her wrist.

Her hand had developed a rather unpleasant cramp.

[Yun.]

+6.
<3 Good job

[pandoru]

6/10

After rubbing tenderly at the hand for a few minutes, the pain had faded, at least to the point where it was tolerable. She rotated her wrist slowly, and after flexing her fingers a few times, the redhead felt it was alright to try again. The tongue of the second mouth passed over its lips, smacking them, obviously ready for an additional piece of clay. Well, it was nice to see that it was actually cooperating now. Picking up the piece of clay between two fingers, she gave it a quick look-over. Three pieces of grass needed to be removed, since she wasn’t entirely sure how the hand would respond to them.

They were removed easily enough, and the putty placed once again into the open mouth. Teeth bit down, almost early, and for a moment Pandoru was afraid her fingertip was going to be nipped. She doubted it would be painful on any intolerable level, but it was just... strange that the mouth seemed eager. As if it had suddenly developed its own mind; this unfightable urge to chew and sculpt the chakura-absorbent material.

A slender brow arched. That was certainly an interesting thought. She was pretty sure additional minds weren’t part of the blood limit her clan had been blessed with. Then again, she could be wrong. After all, she’d ignored it for most of her life. There very well could be strange little facts that her parents hadn’t informed her of, or perhaps it was just another thing that made her ‘lucky.’ There could be some demented defect where if your hand-mouth drools a lot, it also develops its own mind.

Though that was a bit too creepy for her liking.

Pandoru stood, since the stump she had been sitting on was growing less and less comfortable by the second. Aquamarine hues stared as the mouth chewed, and honestly, she was surprised at the progress that had been made. She had expected the hand to continue being difficult, not chewing and overall just causing the girl annoyance. However, it chewed without much difficulty, and after a few short minutes, which felt like ages to the kunoichi, the clay was pushed back through the lips of the mouth, resting on the tip of that slimy tongue.

Any real figure was still absent, though she did notice it had taken the time to roll the clay into a sphere. Well, if all other sculpting failed, she supposed she could just throw exploding clay balls at the opponent. As the pain in her muscles returned, she hissed between clenched teeth, and the clay fell once again to the earth below.

[Yun.]

+4
add it.

[pandoru]

Clay Manipulation
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive, Ninjutsu
Effect: The Sankuchi member will take a wad of their clay and place them into their extra mouth; the mouth will then start to chew the piece of clay for a long period of time. This ability causes the mouth to shape and mold the clay into a small sculpture of whatever the user desires. (Not limited to animal creations, anything can be created from clay.)
Special: ---
Drawback: The next rank can only be trained into if all of the ranks of the four skills under the desired rank is trained into. The sculpture made will be reflected on the user’s ability and skill in the ability, also each sculpture takes time an patience to be made, the ranks making it easier to create, but harder depending on creation size. Creations:

E – One to Two posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
D – Two to Three posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
C – Two to Four posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
B – Two to Six posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
A – Two to Eight posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
S – One to Ten posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.

Description: The clay will enter the extra mouth, and using the tongue and teeth of the extra mouth, it will shape, form and mold the clay into a mini sculpture.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi

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Slow rotations with her thumb had been done to help loosen the tense muscles in her palm. Truthfully, the girl hadn’t expected something as simple as chewing to be so difficult. Then again, she had a mouth where mouths should not be. The muscle structure was probably different in this hand than in the other one. However, the girl had no interest in having her hand disected to confirm that suspicion, so it would remain an assumption for now.

And probably for a long while after that.

She flexed her hand a few times, making sure it had the proper blood flow and that it wouldn’t be cramping. As fascinating as a toothache in a second mouth would have been, continuing to train it would be much more difficult if that were to occur. “Why can’t this be more like you, Otouto?” she asked to the wooden creation, still hunched over beside her. “At least you don’t salivate everywhere when we’re walking...”

As expected, the puppet didn’t respond. Why would it? It was wood after all. No vocal cords or throat to hold them in, let alone lungs for passing the necessary air.

The recently discarded piece of clay was picked up once again, and Pandoru frowned. The saliva from the hand mouth had made it horribly sticky, and she didn’t really want to be holding it longer than necessary. And so, she didn’t. Almost immediately, the clay was pressed back into the mouth, and chewing began once again. It was easier this time, which the kunoichi was thankful for. Perhaps all the mouth needed was a bit of a warm up.

Aquamarine eyes focused hard as the teeth chewed, working the clay, attempting to form it into the desired shape. Nothing complex, as she was positive she didn’t have that kind of skill yet; a fish would do for now. Flat fins would be easy to shape, and with the only major detail being scales, hopefully it wouldn’t be too stressfull.

It was a bizarre feeling to have the clay moving around in her palm, even more so when the tongue brushed along the inside of her hand. It sort of tickled really. She blinked once when the clay was spat out much sooner than expected, and scowled when it looked nothing like she wanted. It didn’t have to be pefect, but this... thing looked nothing like a fish. It had teeth marks, and a flattened edge that looked like it was supposed to be a fin, but failed miserably. Sighing, Pandoru rolled the clay between her fingers, then pressed it back into the mouth.

“Now do it right.”

She doubted that talking to the mouth would improve its abilities at all, but it gave her something to do while she waited. A few more minutes and a headache later, the tongue passed from between the lips with a small creation at the end. The tiny fish had been created, resembling a very fat goldfish actually. It was no more than an inch and a half long.

Quite cute really, and the kunoichi allowed herself a small, private smile.

[Yun.]

+ 4
o.o

[pandoru]

(OOC You're evil XD IC)

The fish may have been simple, but the girl didn't ned a Nara to tell her that it lacked quality. Not to mention it was a bit on the boring side. If Monomane had the ability to speak on any level, even through body language, Pandoru was sure he would have agreed. It probably should have been tossed away since repetitive use of the earthy matter was probably giving it some kind of explosive properties, even if it hadn't been intended. But, if there was one thing the redhead disliked, it was wasting perfectly good art supplies.

Hands were pressed together, and the clay lost its given form as it was smashed between them. It was rolled and smoothed, the tongued slipping out to pull it back inside as the girl finished. It appeared that the more she continued to train this additional mouth, the less strange and disgusting it became. Perhaps the mouth salivated as much as it did because it was bored. Now that it was kept busy, the amount of liquid that had gotten on her clothes had drastically decreased.

Of course, such thoughts came too soon.

The mouth seemed to cough almost, which got the girls attetion instantly. Pandoru looked down, blinking the single exposed eye. The clay was spat out, a single wing flattened and formed on its side, squishing against the girls chest before bouncing back onto the ground.

"..Ew..." was her only comment, wiping the wet spot with her non-mouthed hand. Though, she couldn't help but be curious as to why this little 'choke' had occured. She got to her knees, examining the partially shaped clay. Its color seemed to have changed, which was interesting in itself, and the girls eyes widened when she heard the slightest crack.

A bang followed, loud but completely harmless, and she gave a startled yelp as she toppled over.

[/ Toki /]

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Add it.

[Yun.]

((Gonna make this one short, wanna start training. <3))

The air cold and calm, it's sound ringing through the ears of the young boy as in the clearing, was Nadosuke. He walked closer, the squeek of his blue sandals against the grass form the rive earlier. He sighed, looking around the area until he saw a bit of crimson standing out of the green, he walked closer as he found himself stepping out of a row of small bushes, looking at the girl form afar. Who is she?...she's kinda cute he said with an weird smile on his face, she seemed the same age, and normally, Nadosuke was a one for girls. He straightened his jacket and stepped closer, into the clearing to the range he would be seen as he smiled and spoke. Why, hello there, may I ask your name, little lady? He smiled, normally, it didn't matter what girl it was, he would find one and usually move out a few days later. He sighed and waited for the girl with the crimson hairs response.

[pandoru]

Having yet to pick herself up off the ground, the girl gave a small, surprised squeek. She was on her feet in seconds, spinning on her heel to face this new person, a hand on Monomane's shoulder. The puppet slowly lifted its head, lifeless eyes turning to look at this person as well, as if looking him over to see if he was any threat.

Though, it didn't seem that was the case. The blonde seemed pleasant enough, as he was smiling and at least greeted the girl. Her muscles, tense at the time, relaxed, and the hand on her puppet dropped. If this person had intended on harming her, he probably would have done so by now. The redhead also couldn't find any kind of headband on him. Perhaps he wasn't a shinobi at all?

"Ah...," she hesitated, eyes darting to the side for a moment, as if she'd forgotten her name and the answer was carved into the tree bark. It wasn't intentional; the girl just wasn't much of a talker. Quickly though, she found her voice, and the kunoichi spoke softly, "...Toujitakumi Pandoru." She paused. Now that she got a good look at him, he seemed quite charming really. "... and... you are?"

[Yun.]

Nadosuke smiled, she seemed to have very quick reflexes to Nadosukes reactions. He smiled even wider as she showed her aqua marine eyes. He seemed to find that a redeeming quality about her as she placed her hand onto the shoulder of the wooden puppet near her. Yet, her gaurd seemed to go down as she let go of the Puppets control. He frowned, knowing she was trusting him, he soon got the idea she could be a good girl, not wanting to have any fun, like lighting things on fire and spray painting the walls. He sighed, yet again, he then heared the girl speak, telling her name...Toujitakumi Pandoru....T-TOUJITAKUMI!?! Nadosuke was shocked, this girl might actually be a member of Nadosukes family! He sighed let his hang, knowing that it would be akward going out with family.
He laughed a bit as he quickly raised up both hands as if he was being told to do so by the cops, only to show the two, gurgling mouths that were sealed onto his hands. He smiled and nodded, he opened up his mouth and spoke. Nadosuke Okaji...of the Toujitakumi Bloodline...Hey there..Sis? Cuz? he told her as he waited for a response.

[pandoru]

Aquamarine hues widened for a fraction of a second, and the girl blinked. The additional mouths in the boys hands said enough on their own, but to actually have the clan confirmed was different. Well, as far as she knew, most of them, if not all did live in the earth country, so she probably shouldn't have been as surprised as she was. Perhaps she just hadn't expected to encounter another Sankuchi outside of immediate family so soon.

Brother? Not a chance. Cousin? Possibly, through some kind of loop and long string of relations, as she hadn't heard this persons name mentioned in any kind of family conversation. Maybe he was one of the rare few that didn't live in this country, and thus was, as sad as it sounded, forgotten. Though, all were simply idea's being turned over in the girls head.

Pandoru gave a small humm, and nodded her head lightly. "... Nice to meet you." A hand lifted, finger lightly scratching a rose-hued cheek as her eyes shifted away again. It was no wonder the girl didn't make many friends with how easily embarassed she became due to her shy nature. The blonde in front of her probably thought she was weird.

[Yun.]

He smiled, the girl was shy, he liked that about her, knowing there was a part of her to bring out. He laughed as he placed his hand onto her shoulder, keeping the mouth closed as hoping not to get slobber on her shoulder. He spoke Well..I'm just glad I found someone I could call family.. he let out another quick laugh, trying not to show the pain of barely remembering the love of his parents before they died. He took his hand back, knowing that she was probably wondering why doesn't have a headband. He smiled yet again, knowing he should tell her, seeing she was family and all. Um, if you are wondering about me not having a headband, it's probably because I have been living outside villages, selling my crafts for food.. He smiled, trying to seem like a man above men as he placed his hand on the hilt of his katana. He looked up, letting the air flow through his blonde hair as he quickly hugged his cousin, normally, Nadosuke never acted like this, but...it was family..and probably the only family he knows now.

[pandoru]

The girls attention returned to Nadosuke when she felt the hand on her shoulder, and her eyes fell upon. The small bit of contact was a huge deal o the girl, who let very few into her 'personal space bubble.' Usually, if one wree to do that, he muscles would get so tense that it would feel like they'd just touched stone. That didn't happen this time though. Odd, in Pandoru's opinion, but perhaps it was because the boy before her was family.

Aquamarine hues moved as the hand did, and the kunoichi focused on the blonde's face as he spoke. A reasonable explaination it seemed, and a pretty easy way to make money, since the artwork of the clan was so popular. But still... "...sounds hard," she commented. No village meant that he had no real home, probably no close family and very few, if any friends to spend time with. It could have its benefits though... she just couldn't think of any.

A small noise, something between a gasp and a squeek, escaped the redhead as she was pulled against the other. 'It's just a hug...' she told herself. The convincing didn't seem to working though, as more color placed itself upon her cheeks. Sure, it was just a hug, but she'd also just met this person. Teeth bit down softly on her bottom lip, and the girl tried to decide whether to return the affection or push the boy away.

A decision was made, and an obvious one at that, as the girl lifted her arms and wrapped them lightly around the other. She probably should have been focused on training, but she couldn't help but notice how nicely her smaller frame allowed her head to tuck beneath the blonde's chin.

She pulled away and cleared her throat, hoping that the action would do something about her ever-growing blush. "So... what brought you here?"

[Yun.]

A smile spread across his face, he was boviously ecstatic to see someone related to him, it was probably the only family member he knew of for what, 10 years? He sighed as his chesnut eyes shone a bit. Pandoru asked him what he was doing in earth, he actually didn't know, mostly because the wind takes him where he the wind wishes to take him. He looked to Pandoru and sighed Well, just wandering, looking for some clay incase I run out. He told her, it was the truth, yet know he almost forgot since the apperance of the new family member took him off gaurd. As he waited for her response, he took his hand and began to scratch the back of his head, he knew he should ask the girl if she had any family around these parts if he was to get any help. So, who are your parents? he asked her, hoping he didn't touch a sensitave spot.

((Is it okay that it's short? I have alot of posting to do))

[pandoru]

(OOC: It's fine c: Something to work with and that's all I need. )

'Wandering' was the obvious reason, but if the teen wasn't a shinobi, one would think he'd try to stay away from shinobi villages. Though, that was simply Pandoru's opinion, and who was she to tell where one could and couldn't go? Besides, he'd mentioned clay, and the Earth country was definately the place to find it.

Especially when it was of the Sankuchi variety.

The redhead got to her knees, kneeling before her puppet as she tipped its chin up and pushed the scarf down. The slightest bit of dirt had placed itself on Monomane's cheek, likely kicked up from the small explosion that had happened a few minutes ago. She licked her thumb, wiping the smudge away, mothering the doll as if it was flesh and blood. As the question of her parents was thrown out, the girl stood. Not a very common topic of conversation, but that was no reason not to answer it. "My mother is Toujitakumi Hirameki, and my father is Toujitakumi Seru." She paused, "mother... sculpts mostly for the joy of it. Father's a jounin and puts the clay to use in combat. I don't see him much... missions and all."