Wicked Training [T]

[Chizuru]

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: ---

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I walked through the land with an intent and found a perfect candidate to aid me in my endeavors. A man came into my field of view and I confronted him about aiding me in a small task, and perhaps it was the provocative nature of my buttons but he agreed quite readily. I knocked his head to drop his consciousness and stabbed him afterwards. "Alright Lasciel, it is time to get to work and earn your keep in my head." The figure of the blonde woman in a toga appeared before me and spoke, 'As if my assistance is needed for you to know how to sew up a paltry wound like this.' With a sigh and roll of my eyes I took out my sewing kit and began to work, it would take time but it was not impossible. First I grabbed some of the small towels at my disposal and began to put pressure on the wound to slow the bleeding, I could not work if it continued at the rate it was.

Whilst using one hand to contain and constrict the flow of blood my other moved to grab a small bottle of disinfectant which I had brought with me. After several minutes when I felt the blood had slowed enough for me to work I soaked another small cloth in the disinfectant and removed the constricting towel and proceeded to clean the wound. Once satisfied I took a needle from my kit and my Y'la chimed in, 'No, no, that shall not do mine host. You must use a curved needle when stitching flesh together.' Such words made sense so I rooted about the small first aid kit I had obtained and threaded the needle with what was provided. Carefully I began to stitch through the flesh of the man I had wounded, tying off the thread after each stitch rather than continuing as if working upon cloth.

With the occasional tip from my Y'la Lasciel I worked upon the man and once the final stitch was completed I wiped the wound gently with the disinfected cloth and began to inspect the treated wound. My belief was that it was not terrible, but a voice in my ear criticized the work I had put in. 'Such a sloppy execution, the stitching is a bit haphazard, but it shall do for now. Cover the wound and make sure the gauze remains in place firmly.' Shooting a sidelong glance at the image I began to do just that and placed a gauze pad on the injury and used the medical tape to secure it firmly in place.

[Madame Loki]

rolls here

+5 tp | +8 sp

[DJ Loki]

***Enter***

Yuri walked through the are not really paying attention to what was going on around her. She was just wanted to enjoy nature for a bit, enjoy the feel of the breeze against her skin to smell of trees, the flowers and blood... "Wait what?" Yuri would say out loud as she smelled blood. She looked over to her side and then saw a someone there, with a man who was clearly bleeding. She would make her way over towards the two of them and sawed as the young lady patched the man up, or at least tried to. Yuri stood there in front of the two of them and would then ask, "So ah... what happened? If you don't mind me asking." As she asked her question Mr. Nette would begin to float over towards the two of them, he seemed to be drawn to the girl for some reason. "Leave her alone... geez." She would mumble under her breath as she watched him walk over towards her through the air upside down.

[Chizuru]

The man was beginning to awaken as I completed my work upon his injuries and I slowed his rising with a gesture, it would be a shame for the work I had just put in to be undone so quickly. He was muttering his curiosity about what had taken place so I informed him without speaking a single untrue word, "You were knocked unconscious and then stabbed, I am still learning but I managed to stitch up your injury." A woman had begun approaching as I was aiding the man and sending him on his way back home and I turned to her, there was a certain air about her that was familiar to me. Lasciel's actions caught my eye, though, and a twist of her unseen hand and snap of her fingers twisted a fate unfortunate for this newcomer.

Perhaps it was a sudden lengthening or shortening of her steps, but this approaching figure would find her foot within a small pile of animal feces that she would have otherwise avoided. Without bothering to lower my voice any I would speak to the spirit, "Oh Lasciel, you do so love your little pranks. Though I must admit that such limited contact with the mortal and immortal realms both must become quite dull after centuries." It was only now that I would acknowledge this newcomer vocally, "Greetings fellow wanderer of fate's tides, it would seem the destined meeting is at hand. You may call me Chizuru, and who might you be?"

[DJ Loki]

As Yuri stepped in the poop, she looked down, "That's about right." But as Yuri stepped in poop, Chizuru would have some poop fall on to her shoulder. Mr. Nette would would standing upside down looking over at Yuri with it's head cocked to the side. Yuri would sigh, "Sorry about that... I umm... wait." Yuri would take in everything that this girl just said and it sounded like she was talking to someone else that was there, but wasn't there. She squinted her eyes at the girl and then looked over at Mr. Nette, that seemed to be looking in a space around the girl, but not at the girl herself.

"Um... do you have like a Spirit that follows you... and make bad stuff happen where ever you go? And I'm Yuri... nice to meet you I guess?" Yuri really wasn't sure if it was nice to meet her at all. Was it a good thing that two beings like them would meet. What would happen, what could happen. Yuri shrugged her shoulders, maybe she could ask her a few questions.

[Chizuru]

Ritual of Maledictions
Rank: "B"
Type: Binding
Effect: The Pulverem's misfortune may be applied to Curses and donate them to those of less fortunate.
Special: To perform: ---; Duration: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Pulverem's most potent power lies within the ability to place their misfortune on others however this is not achieved by the user, but by the Y'la. The user does not learn this technique. The Y'la does, however the Training Points is applied to the user as if they learned the technique. The Y'la will perform this Ritual in a deep meditation as being part of the User. For these peaceful 2 hours, the Aura of Misfortune will not work with the user. The Y'la uses the user's and its own chakra and other materials when performing this Ritual as the Maledictions are created off of the stored Chakra. Before learning the Y'la will mischievously remove 23,000 Ryo from the user whenever the user has that amount of money as a Market Price. The Y'la will then perform this Ritual on its own as part of the User while 1,000 Ryo will disappear from the user as a weird force of nature or forgetfulness. Every 1,000 Rup the Y'la will always perform this Ritual in order to allow the user access to the power of Maledictions. The user has no say in this. Whenever the user has enough Ryo even if that Ryo is stashed away, the Ryo will disappear. For every 1,000 Ryo disappeared the Y'la is able to perform a Malediction. This means if the Y'la disappears 18,000 Ryo the Y'la may perform 18 Maledictions.
Limit: Must be a Pulverem. Must be a Ritualist for Binding Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 1,000 Ryo

My eyes sparkled for a moment as the woman spoke of her own possessive spirit, it could be something else but I was willing to take this omen upon my shoulder as a sign of good fortune to come. My lips began to curl into a smile both lovely and wicked as I spoke once more, "Has one blessed by the cursed Y'la come to me? Oh the things I could teach about the powers to both bestow and relieve misfortune they provide." I turned and knelt over the items I had been using and began to collect the medical supplies I had been using, directing her attention on the medical items while I slid the knife back into it's sheath within my sleeve. "It would come at a price though, and I speak not of money. Knowledge can be paid only with knowledge of equivalent value, though I am willing to accept future favors as well."

My eyes snapped to a point several feet to Yuri's left and spoke, "Lasciel, why don't you begin with the Maledictions we were discussing earlier. Curses may be of use if our young one wishes to reach towards the realm of god." The almost angelic looking spirit gave me a slight bow, 'Very well, mine host, but you are aware of the monetary costs the the power I provide will not be available to you for two hours.' I waved the words aside, "I am not concerned about such a thing, I will not need to demonstrate for her to learn." The spirit then returned to my side in an instant and sat in a meditative position and I could feel the aura receding as she withdrew her power from me and the wallet which I carried in the pack positioned over my posterior began to lighten at money disappeared from it.

Power flowed out of me and into the spirit as it began to work and brew the necessary power with the combination of my own chakra and the strife from whence her power stemmed. I could feel the fusion of energy as if it were coming from within me, and yet from some strange far off source at the same time. A queer feeling it was and I had no power to control such a thing. "So, dear child of fate," I said, "Which path shall you choose? The path to the realm of Gods or the path of the mortal, constantly in fear of the being you are tied to forever more?"

{please remove the 24,000 Ryo from me}

[KoKoKo]

done

[DJ Loki]

Yuri listened closely to what this woman was saying. Apparently she was indeed like Yuri, well not completely like Yuri, she clear had more control over what she was doing than Yuri did. She would squint her eyes and stare at her suspiciously. She was sure that the girl would be able to assist her, but she didn't like the idea of owing her favors in the future. Being that she was now the Kusakage, favors could go a long way, especially they were used for less than productive things. However, Yuri not being able to control her powers may prove to be even more dangerous.

Yuri closed her eyes as she thought about for a moment. When she opened up her eyes she saw Mr. Nette floating there staring back at her. She leaned her head over to the side to get a good look at this Chizuru, "Teach me how to control this..." Yuri would say with a determined look in her eyes. She was tired of being afraid of her power, of being afraid of everything. She was sure the moment she got a handle on this then her confidence would soar.... or at least that's what she hoped for.

[Chizuru]

"Let us first rid you of that silly notion. You will never be able to control your Y'la, they are not mindless beings. They are neither malevolent nor benevolent, and they are never to be trusted." I gave pause for a moment to allow for questions and what I said to sink in. "Now, considering you seem to have not befallen any ill fortune on your way to me then I believe you have accumulated Strife. Strife is the power source on which the Y'la create from the misfortune they feed upon and which we may use to harness their powers. Reach in yourself as if for chakra, yet look for an alternate power." I gave the woman a moment to do just that, "Can you feel it? It should have a sickeningly pleasant sensation, perhaps as if dipping your hand into a warm bath through a layer of sludge."

She was given yet another series of moments to try again, "Once you have a feel for dipping into the pool of Strife I want you to make use of that power to infuse it into that Aura that causes misfortune. You will expand it's borders with a technique known as the Baleful Aura, for this aura is an intricate part of you, this will be the first step to manipulating it properly."

[DJ Loki]

Learning: 0/30

Baleful Aura
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Aura of Misfortune becomes larger.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: As a movement, the Pulverem can increase the area of their Aura of Misfortune by 3 meters. Each round the aura remains expanded, it consumes a point of Strife. The Pulverem may dismiss this effect without sacrificing a movement.
Limit: Must be a Pulverem. Must know Strife Pool.
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"Of course not... should have know it wouldn't be that simple." Yuri sighed as she heard that she would be able to control the spirit. She would then focus in on what she was saying. Now she wanted her dig into her "strife pool". She sighed and then closed her eyes as she was trying to focus in on this pool that was apparently inside of her. she dug into herself, she could feel her chakra coursing through her but she did not feel the power that the girl was talking about. She continued to try and focus but she was getting nothing but the feeling of her own chakra.

She would continued to dig deeper, or at least she would try to dig deeper. The more she concentrated, the more chakra she would begin to gather up. She couldn't feel what the girl was talking about, or maybe it was that she didn't want to feel it. She was begin ask to access power that was partially responsible for the death of her mother and father. She was being asked to tap into the power of a being that did nothing but cause her pain, for its own amusement. She would open her eyes and when she did it was floating there right in front of her looking into her eyes.

She would stare back at the spirit, she was sending out all of her negative energy out towards the spirit. If it was going to be hitching a ride on her, then it would need to earn its' keep rather than just messing her shit up all the time. She would sigh as frown at Mr. Nette, until it would begin to reach out at her. He would then touch her on the head, and she would feel his cold grip on her. As she felt his touched, she would fill something stirring with in her. She glared up at the spirit and then closed her eyes once again. As she closed her eyes she would begin to focus.

She felt her chakra welling up inside of her, but she began to actively try to push that feeling out of the way. she was trying to push her chakra aside as she tried to make her way into the her own strife pool. She the more chakra that she pushed past, the closer that feeling felt. The warm comforting feeling would begin to fade away slowly and a sicken dark feeling would begin to take it's place. She would stop digging for a moment, as she had felt this feeling before back when she was younger. Apparently she had subconsciously began to block out the feeling herself.

Now she would have to try and draw out the feeling on her own. As continued to push forward knowing that what she was doing was for the good of the village. She would finally reach the the source of that feeling, and once there her face clearly showed her displeasure. She would push forward through the the muck and sludge that she was feeling, it all felt terrible, why would anyone want a power like this. Before she would finish that taught, she would finally push through and felt the surge of power on the other end. She let out a audible gasp as she found the power, "What... what do I do now? How do I infuse it with my aura?"

[Chizuru]

Malediction
Rank: "B"
Skill: Juinjutsu
Effect: By taking their own misfortunes a Pulverem may apply them to others in forms of Curses.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Pulverem's most potent power lies within the ability to place their misfortune upon others. These powers are called Maledictions. When the Y'la perform the Ritual of Maledictions, the user can perform Maledictions. The user may gain "types of Maledictions" by learning the Supplementary Techniques listed in Maledictions. Any Malediction that mimics a Jutsu uses the Pulverem's Class Level as the effective Class Level. Unless otherwise noted, using a Malediction is equal to the Rank of the Jutsu in Handseals. The Save to resist a Malediction is equal to 10 + 2 per Class Level + Impeccable Will. At "D" Class the Maledictions have a range of 6 meters. This range increases to 12 meters at "C" Class and 18 meters at "B" Class. The duration for these abilities is equal to the user's Impeccable Will, unless specified otherwise.
Limit: Must be a Pulverem. Must have performed Ritual of Maledictions.

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Quite the apt pupil, she showed quite a bit of promise with the access of the pool of Strife that was within her. "Well done, the Aura of Misfortune that surrounds you wherever you go emanates from your Y'la. To you it may seem a separate entity entirely, yet your bodies and souls are joined in a way you cannot imagine. It is through their connection with us that they experience the mortal realm, try to find it within." The girl was on her own on this front, each Y'la was a separate entity with very different personalities and methods. "The only help I can give you on this front is to focus upon your sight of it. You see it only through it's connection to you, trace that connection."

Lasciel's Perspective

I was in a deep meditative state as mine host began to teach this woman the secrets of unlocking the powers of the Y'la. It was a point of interest, but one to inquire about at another point in time, yet for now I must focus upon the task at hand. I had the chaotic power of Strife swirling within mine astral form while I contemplated the power itself. It was an energy born of misfortune with the sole purpose of spreading chaos and creating more misfortune from whence it can be forged again. Yet it could also be re-purposed for the means of creating curses into a power of Malediction, but that required some effort.

I would be required to mix the power of mine host with the power of Strife if I wished to create the power of maledictions for the use in entropic curses. Yet the power of life that is known as ki, or chakra, was a variable existence that was different not only from mortal to mortal, but could change while within a living mortal. I dipped into the reserves of Strife held within, feeling the tar coated bliss of it and weighed the amount which I grasped. I drew out only a very small portion of the power and then began to touch the essence of mine host's own source of energy.

Power of such a vastly different sensation began to flow into my astral form and it surprised me at how different it was from my own power. The sensation of chakra was almost alien, and yet I had to contain this power to get a handle on what it was that fueled mortals. I held firm to both Strife and chakra as firmly as the initial shock allowed and began to feel the two, tracing the energies for similarities, that would aid in the combination of them. Alas, my knowledge of Chizuru's energy was far too simple and I would need to examine it further if I wished to be able to properly examine the two for the creation of Maledictions.

Releasing the grip I had upon the power of Strife I allowed the energy to fade back into its normal circulation within the astral form I held within Chizuru. Now chakra was the sole power which was held within my spectral fingers and I began to search through this power, to analyze that which made it a source of not only life, but power as well. I could not leave the analysis only to that e tent, though, I would have to delve deeper into the power, figure out the components that it was formed from. Thus I allowed my mind's eye to open from within my meditative state and began to observe the energy that was mine host's chakra.

[Shallistera]

Loki +10
Chizuru +10

[DJ Loki]

Learning: 10/30

Yuri looked at her teacher and then nodded her head in understanding. She knew what it was that she would need to do... sorta. She would need to see her aura a misfortune for herself and control it huh? Well her Byakugan would not help her in this matter as it had not revealed much to her up till this point at all. Yuri would just focus on herself for the moment she looked down at her hands as she tried to grab hold of her own aura but she wouldn't even know what she was looking for. She looked around for Mr. Nette, and saw him floating around staring at her. She glance over at him, mentally demanding him to show her.

Mr. Nette just stared at the girl for a moment and then faded into the ground seemingly ignoring the girl. Yuri jaws would clench with anger as the annoying prick didn't seem like he was going to help her. She pushed the thing out of her mind for the moment as she tried to focus on herself, but then she remembered what Chizura had said, she needed to son of a bitch to help her. She needed it to show her how to use this power. She frowned and then shouted in her mind, "You owe me you ass you ruined my entire life. SHOW ME!!!!!" As she shouted, she felt a chill run down her spine.

As the chill ran up her spine Mr. Nette would come out of the ground, the sounds of clanking and creaking of a puppet could be heard. Yuri looked over her shoulder and saw him. on his finger tips were thousand upon thousand of strings. On the other end of the string was a puppet, that look exactly like Yuri. Her eyes would widen as Mr. Nette's head would snap to the side and begin to turn like the hands on a clock face. His fingers would begin to move like he was typing on a keyboard, and he then flared them.

As he flared his fingers the puppet Yuri would crash into her, and join into her body. The puppet would merge into her and as it did so she could feel something begin to grip her. Was Mr. Nette trying to control her now? She wasn't going to allow it. But as she went to struggle, she didn't feel any resistance. Instead she found Mr. Nette stand there behind her, motioning her to carry on. She raised an eyebrow, as the strings that was attached to Her Y'al had fallen away from his fingers. There was only one string remaining, that looked like it was connected directly to her soul.

Yuri looked at her hands and then saw the strings that Mr. Nette had in his hands coming out of her finger tips. The strings sprouted and then sprang into the environment, but it did not extend further then her aura of misfortune. The thread would begin to move about her body, and connect to the world. She could feel it, everything those threads touched, she could manipulate, she also felt there was more power to be discovered. She looked at the spiritual string, and then back at Mr. Nette, "I see, strings of fate, controlled by 'The Marionette of Misfortune' Mr. Nette, you are far more complicated than I thought." Yuri would say out loud as she was now going to attempt to extend her influence.

[Chizuru]

10/50

"Excellent, it seems that you have grasped what it is that you need to do. The limits that you can reach will be an additional three meters to the Aura." I tapped my finger upon my chin for a moment before a smile graced my lips. "Now, to continue your lesson. As previously stated, they are connected to us and the form you see is simply something they wish to be seen as. If we were to die they would continue to exist, though, but they aid us. Why do you think that is?" I paused, yet only briefly enough for her to consider, not to answer, "It is simple, because they would be inconvenienced. If we die they will live on, but it could be centuries, millenia, before another host which is compatible with them shows up for them to possess. They would be stranded until such a time."

Through the third sight of my mind's eye I found myself within the realm of the energy that flowed constantly within the bodies of all mortals, though through mine host in this situation. I peered ever deeper into the energy that flowed throughout her body and suddenly found myself within water, the sensation so real I nearly lost myself to keep from drowning. The panic lasted but a moment before I realized what had happened, I had entered the power itself and was presently within the flow of her Suiton based power. The fluid nature of hers was quite fitting for the water based power, but she seemed not to have any other elements within her control.

There was still more to explore, though, and I began to delve deeper past the surface nature of the elements to perceive something more. And so I delved and found myself next within a realm of constantly shifting colors and patterns far beyond what the mind of a mere mortal could comprehend taking place all at once in an elegantly shifting world of color. This was very likely the realm of Genjutsu that I made my way to, the color filled void made this seem to be the Pattern perception. Mine host still possessed more to come, but I was driving closer to the heart of her power, and my understanding of it grew.

Soon I would posses the understanding necessary to form Maledictions with her power combined with my own. Next I found myself in a realm of power far different from that which I had entered before, yet I could now feel the subtleties of the illusionary quality to the power. Searching through with the inner eye that pierces all barriers I looked around, now noticing all the different sensory experiences I was presently exposed to. Visually the scene before me unfolded into a nightmarish scenario for most humans, personally I found it rather trite.

Phantasm, that seemed to be where I had entered, yet there was one more stop before I would reach mine host's strength in its purest form. Continuing on through the eddies of power I slipped past the phantasmagoric sensations and into the next section of power. The alteration was immediate and drastic as I went from a world of phantasmagoric power to a vast, empty void. That was not the portion that stuck me so foreign, it was instead the feeling as I entered the place. A constantly shifting sensation filled my astral form form a revitalized feeling to strength and power flowing through limbs with no physical presence

[DJ Loki]

Learning: ?/30

Yuri continued to look a the strings as she listened to her teacher. She nodded her head in understanding as she explained the somewhat symbolic relationship that the two of them would now share. She would begin to wiggle her fingers and watched as the strings continued to move around her arms and fingers. She was trying to get a grip on how to control the power she had now been granted. She would look over her back at Mr. Nette, who didn't seem want to get her any more help then he already had. She could understand that, he had already opened up the door for her, it was time for her to take care of the rest.

As her fingers continued to wiggle the string got tighter around her body. She could feel the strings tightening, and she didn't know whether or not this was a good thing. She flexed her muscles as she tried to get a grip on things. She was try to extend the aura of her misfortune out another 3 meters as Chizura had said, but she wasn't having any luck doing so. She didn't understand, is seemed like she just didn't have the power necessary to push the strings further. It was then that she realized that she had forgotten a step. She needed to dive into her pool of strife.

She looked back at Mr. Nette who gave her nod. She smirked and then began to close her eyes. As she closed her eyes she focused on the feeling of her chakra. She would push aside the chakra that she was feeling as she tried to dive further into herself. She was trying to find that feeling that she had before, that feeling of power, and strength. As she dug further into herself, the feeling of her chakra would begin to fade, and a very familiar feeling would begin to spring forward. It was't a nice feeling that was over coming her. However she knew what was on the other end of it.

She continued to press forward, with a smile that began to creep across her face. As she pushed through the muck and misfortune, she would come out of the other side, and fall into a pool of power. She let out a gasp and a smile stretched across her face. As she smiled the spirit strings that she was controlling, turned from a blue-ish color to the same color red color of her hair. As the string lite up, Yuri's hair would began to glow as well. She would start to laugh a little bit, as the weight of the strings would seem to be lighten. As the power would come over her, the string that connected her to Mr. Nette would begin to change as well.

The string would seem to become thicker, and marking would begin to appear on it. The markings were small and barely viable to Yuri but still there. Yuri extend her hand forward and then the strings would begin to expand out around her. her aura would would stretch out in the form of strings, gripping onto everything within range. She would smile and then looked over at her teacher as she felt the power flowing through her. She then smiled, "What next? I feel like I can do almost anything." Yuri smile would begin to fade a little bit, because she was beginning to fear that she may become addicted to this power.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Loki +20 TP.
Chizuru +10 TP.

[Chizuru]

20|50

Quite impressive, she was capable of expanding the area of her Aura that spread a plague of Misfortune. It took a bit of time, though and I opened my sight to view her energy. Faint, the signature I read from the woman was far to faint to learn what would be most beneficial, but such was the way of things. "It seems you have not the strength to exclude others from the influence, so instead I will tell you how to sense curses." I paced for a moment before feeling the beginning of it, the faintest trace of a curse brewing within. "At present Lasciel is brewing the power for Curses within me, but first you should start with your Aura. While it itself is not a curse, it has a similar feeling to it." There would be no hints this time, Yuri would have to take what she had learned thus far to try and detect her Aura.

Enchantment. Even as the feeling of power faded I could feel rage boil within and focused to calm my mind to not interrupt my meditation. Further I slipped into the realm of power before I could undergo any further alterations to my mental state. Where I found myself was odd, it seemed almost as if I had made my way back to the field. There was something off, though, as I looked about the place with my Second sight, it took me a moment to realize what that was. It was not grass that I found my posterior positioned upon, but instead the bronze surface of an old balancing scale, similar to the one used by the Lady of Justice.

Yes, this was the core of the power that was known as chakra, a power that held a reflection of Chizuru herself within. The scale was a reflection of her belief in balance and as I looked I could tell that many of the representations had a hazy quality as if subject to change. This scale, though, was a solid, unmovable creation which locked the notion that the belief in balance would never falter or wane. Moving my mind throughout the realm of energy I examined the power surrounding the scale and noticed something particular.

It was a small, hazy trickle of water that flowed down from on high and it was instantly clear what such a thing represented. Takigakure no Sato, she presently held no love for a place such as that which would raise people willing to enact violence upon a person simply because they did not like what the other said. Such views were subject to change, time was already bringing the place back into her heart, but it would still take more for trust in the land to return. More articles were scattered about the empty space and I moved to examine them.

I spent several more minutes examining the individual articles, drawing meaning from each and every one of them before I drew my sight to a close. My form was drawn back to its present state and I knew what must be done next, though the mixing ratio would be another story entirely. Once again I began to draw upon the power of Strife and took the swirling energy in hand, feeling the corrupted purity of the power. Next I drew forth the power of chakra from the woman that hosted my spirit, drawing in only a trickle at a time.

[Shallistera]

+10

[DJ Loki]

Learning: 0/30

Curse Sense
Rank: "C" (Always at least 20 TP)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: A Pulverem can sense aura of the cursed.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Pulverem gains a precise awareness of the subtle auras given off by a cursed object or creature. A Pulverem detects cursed creatures (including creatures carrying cursed objects) within 10 meters. In addition, they can automatically determine if a Chakra Item is cursed by sight, without the need for a Lore Check.
Limit: Must be a Pulverem.
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Yuri looked down at herself as she was given her next task by her new teacher. So she was to sense out Curses was she? Well that seemed simple enough, right? She was cursed herself, and so was Chizuru, so it would be a simple task to feel the curse that the two of them shared right? She looked over her body as she tried to feel her own cursed aura. She was getting nothing, it felt like nothing. It felt as she normally did, which made sense, she was surrounded by this aura of misfortune all the time, it would only make sense that she would have gotten use to this feeling.

Yuri sighed a bit as it would seem that she was have some work to do. She looked around at the strings that were surrounding her. They had died down from their red tone back to the subdue blue, and Yuri would stare at them for a moment. If this was the embodiment of her curse, so if she would dig into these strings then she would understand it more. She looked at the strings, and then reached and grabbed at the one of the strings. She took the string into her hand and held it there for a moment. As she held the string in her hand, she didn't feel anything. She grimaced as she was a little annoyed she was hoping that would be enough.

It was not and now she was just holding this spiritual string in her hand. She clenched down on on the string as she tried to feel something from it. She closed her eyes but she still was feeling anything. She would calm herself down and she closed her fist tighter. She took several breathes as she tried to focus in on the not just the string but what made the string. As she was trying to concentrate, a chill ran down her spine once again. As the chill ran down, she opened her eyes to see Netta floating there in front of her. She glared at the annoying Marionette, as she didn't have time for his non sense.

She would try to wave him out of the way, and he would make what sounded like a chuckle and then floated off. As he left she would go back to focusing on the string in front of her. Maybe she wasn't getting enough from a single string, maybe she needed more. She then reached out and grabbed another "string of fate" and gripped hard. she was hoping that this would allow her to get a good feel of this curse stuff that Chizuru was talking about. However the only thing that changed as she grabbed hold of the second string, was her embarrassment of feeling nothing once again.

"So much for doing anything." She would mumble to herself as she wasn't sure what it was she was doing wrong. She grimaced and simply redoubled her efforts. She focused in on the two strings, and hoped that the strings would reveal something to her. She would not stop because of this simple failure. Her life had been nothing but a series of failures up till this point, so she would not let this deter her. She would open her eyes and look around for Mr. Nette. He was nowhere to be seen but she saw the string that connected the two of them and suck into the ground.

[Shallistera]

So wicked, +10 lol