Chaos with a capital C [Mission, DE, closed].

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

Enrai [credit goes to the photographer].


Description:

It was daybreak in Enrai. People were still asleep or about to go to work. There were a few clouds on the inky blue sky. The temperature was 28 degrees Fahrenheit (-2 degrees Celsius). There was no snow on the ground yet, but there was quite a bit of frost. Small bodies of water had definitely turned into ice by now.

Enrai is a large city with the perfect blend of old and modern architecture. The city center has a business district (west), a shopping district (south), a district where the richest people live (east) plus a district with old buildings (north). The latter is known as the "old town".

Not too far away from the center are a number of schools as well as sport centers. Two major market districts plus the local hospital can be found here as well. Many middle-upper class citizens live in this area.

The suburbs are strictly average. This is the area where most people live. Lower-middle class families live here due to cheaper housing.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Ryutatsu's emerald eyes flashed as he looked over the city. It looked to have four main districts and they have landed in he center of it all. From up here he ad yet to see the obvious criminals. It was on the chilly side of things as the dawn broke, but it should get warmer. It will be harder for his flower techniques but no matter they should still work. Besides the rose on his vest should do just fine.

Nightin Gale was returned to it's sheath with not much of an thought as Ryutatsu looked out across the landscape. The copper plated scabbard has a beautiful intricate Leaf and flower designed based off of cherry blossom tree and roses. Spirit Amber was set into the Gale's guard along with an skull shape gem on one side. His heavily laden vest was full of equipment it seemed.

The waist pack on his vest held two more sheath's for the dagger and the Tanto. But it's real haul was the fifteen Bo and Hira shurikens each for distance not that he did combat that far away. Those and a pair of Kunai also stashed in his pack were his metallic weapons for distance. To slow people down though he had fifty or so marbles and sixteen caltrops all steel of course. The pack also contained flint, twenty pieces or so, but it looked like he might not need that.

Ryutatsu was dressed in his normal Shinobi fatigues. He wore a shirt and pants combination overlaid with a tactical vest and a leg holster. His tactical vest had six tear away pouches that looked identical to each other to an outsider's eyes. But to the Kyoudo's metal sense three were full of metal shavings and dust. That meant anyone who knew Ryu well enough would know the other three was full of Silene Seeds. Those seeds were the secret of the Ikebana Clan and him.

His primary hand had a weird bracer gauntlet with a surprise for the unknowing. On the crest of his head was a pair of goggles that allowed Ryutatsu see in X-ray vision. Around his neck was a Shinobi plate and under the plate wrapped around his next was the wireless radio he acquired from Shiki with the ear piece in. . He had the right shoes for a long trek on is feet, comfortable and durable. In his pants pockets he had a flashlight pen, a stone of plenty, a pair of Obfuscating Eyes, eight tracers, and a set of five circular LED flashlights.

Ryutatsu's eyes had the same white dots that Shiki had as he activated his senses. He could feel an overwhelming sense of metal. It gave him a clearer picture of the city as it lay twenty meters around him. South and West would probably be the best for him for shops usually had flowers but there was more dirt and stuff to use to the North and the East. Hmm, well he would let Shiki decide as the warm radiance of the sun crested over him filling his body with it's renewing rays.

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Blood of Dragons
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: Long ago, your ancestors' blood mixed with that of dragons.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot gain any other Ancestry Traits.
Description: User gains a +5% trait bonus on Observation checks, gain Low-light vision, and gain a +2 Heritage bonus on saves against sleep and paralysis. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Sutatikku Nagare (Static Current) (20 Meters) (25 Rounds)
Rank: "C"
Skill: Kekkai Genkai Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to manipulate electrostatics and electric charges.
Special: Rat, Dragon, Ram, Tiger, Monkey, Dog, Horse, Rabbit once per 5 turns.
Drawback: Objects must be visible. While actively using this ability, the user must remain perfectly still, and no other jutsu may be used while the user is attempting to manipulate charges. Only metallic objects or semi-metallic objects can be manipulated.
Description: Allows the user to manipulate and control electrostatic, which is by definition electricity at rest. This gives the user the ability to move around both positive and negative charges on objects, which, in the end, can result in the ability to either repel or attract objects to and from each other. It must be noted that this jutsu strictly follows the concept of the Conservation of Charges. That means that without influence, all charges within nature are balanced at zero. Only when acted upon do these charges change. This ability is a requirement for all members of the Kyoudo Clan. When the user first gains this ability, they have only the ability to affect one object at a time within five meters of their person. At maximum, the user may move 10% of an object’s positive or negative charges to another object. While actively using this ability, the user must remain perfectly still, and no other jutsu may be used while the user is attempting to manipulate charges. Due to the relative electrical field produced by every person Kyoudo cannot affect people, and due to the low electronegativity of non-metallic objects, only metallic objects can be affected. It is only through mastery over the element of thunder that one can obtain this ability.
Limit: Kyoudo Clan only

Nameru (To Taste)
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user, through the sharpening of their five senses and an instinctual knowledge of flow, becomes aware of their surroundings and capable of defending against attacks.
Special: --
Drawback: Can only be learned up to your current Character Rank.
Description: The user strives to expand their senses, taking in data from all five senses and treating each of them as equally important. Through a combination of peripheral vision, hearing, and measurement of air pressure changes, the user becomes capable of perceiving threats around them and reacting accordingly. At E rank, the user can only perceive such threats as traps or projectiles. However, at the following levels, the user becomes capable of perceiving strikes from a foe of an equal level to the rank they have learned. Therefore, a B rank ninja could strike a C rank user of this technique and the user would not be able to perceive them via this technique and lose the majority of the benefits, though their dodging would benefit from the heightened awareness nonetheless. The user may only learn this technique up to their character’s rank. Thus, a C rank character could only learn up to the C rank version of Nameru. Nameru is limited to threats within twenty meters of the foe, as anything that doesn’t enter that radius is beyond the senses of a human to perceive. However, threats are perceivable once they enter that range.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Hyouuryuu Yuki (Drifting Snow).

Sutatikku Nou (Static Awareness)
Rank: B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows a member of the Kyoudo blood limit to manipulate and control electrostatic charges even out of their range of sight, in their personal static field.
Special: -
Drawback: One can only use this ability if it is in the range of their own electrostatic field. Only useful if one has trained Kyori Keiko a number of times. All manipulation of sensed objects is still, of course, limited by the other Kyoudo techniques.
Description: Normally one can only use their Sutatikku Nagare ability on objects they can see. However with much training and experience eventually a member of the Kyoudo become so attuned with their static field that they can 'feel' objects around them. All objects in nature carry an electrical charge even if it's at zero. An experienced Kyoudo can sense such things and manipulate them as long as it is within their own static field. This grants the user the ability of complete static awareness in their field. This is directly correlated to the amount of times one has learned Kyori Keiko (Distance Training).
Limit: Sutatikku Nagare (Static Current) ability, 500 tp in the Kyoudo clan. Once you have 500 TP of Kyoudo jutsus, this is automatically "learned".

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Layout of normal wear:

Head

Crest of Forehead

• Goggles - X-Ray Lenses

Around Neck

• Headgear(Village Headband)
• Wireless Radio
• No pouches installed - 0/1 Half Pouch
  
  

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Torso (Front)

Shirt
No Slots

Vest, Tactical
9/16 pouches

• Pouch 1 - Bag of Metal Shavings
• Pouch 2 - Bag of Metal Shavings
• Pouch 3 - Bag of Metal Shavings
• Pouch 4 - Bag of Silene Seeds
• Pouch 5 - Bag of Silene Seeds
• Pouch 6 - Bag of Silene Seeds
• Pack, Waist - Pouches 7 - 9
  7/7 Slots
  
• Slot 1
  
• Knife (Overview) - Steel
• Tanto - Knife (Overview) - Steel

[li]Slot 2[/li]

• Kunai - Steel
• Kunai - Steel

[li]Slot 3[/li]

• Flint x20

[li]Slot 4[/li]

• Bo Shuriken x15 - Steel

[li]Slot 5[/li]

• Hira Shuriken x15 - Steel

[li]Slot 6[/li]

• Caltrops x16 - Steel

[li]Slot 7[/li]

• Marbles, Small x50 - Steel

[/ul][li]Pouches 10 -16 not attached

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Torso (Back)

Copper-Plated Sheath down the Spine

• Nightin Gale (Katana) - Arandur
  

Legs

Pants
4 Pockets = 2 Slots

No pouches installed 0/2 Half Pouches

0/2 Pouches

Pocket 1 = 1/2 Slot

• Flashlight, Penlight
  

Pocket 2

• Plenty Stone

Pocket 3

• Obfuscating Eyes two of them

Pocket 4

• Five Circular LED lights
• Eight Tracers

Leg, Individual Equipment
0/3 pouches

Feet

Footwear

No Slots

• No Pouches Installed - 0/1 Half Pouch

Arms
Gauntlet (Overview) with attached Hidden Blade [Claw (Overview)] - Steel

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Shiki stood on the roof top over looking over the area around them as he started to devise a plan. He did one final pat down to make sure he still had all his gear and equipment and started moving towards the top of the roof top. His sapphire eyes gleamed as he started gazing along the roof tops around. The ship was already on its way back to Kumogakure and had seemingly slipped away undetected. He started to examine the area around him and nodded. 

"It's best we break into teams now... I'm a master tracker anyone else got any sensory abilities?" Shiki asked with a bit of impatience to his voice. He was getting excited to get the mission started.

[Starnaess]

as the twins joined the group they landed next to shiki hearing him talking about splitting into groups. They didnt mind whoever they would get assigned to . they just wanted some action and they wanted to get paid. While waiting for the remaining members to join on the roof they would look over at the city from the rooftop. It was beautiful yet cold. They would look toward the street trying to catch a glimpse of the people down there. in the street they looked there werent many people, mostly couples walking together hand in hand. They hoped those were not the target they needed to subdue for they were cute. After scouting the zone the twins would turn toward shiki waiting for the final decision to be made.

[kininata]

Kininata looked at the team, shaking his head to the question that Shiki had asked. 'My area is more around tactical analysis - get me information, and I'll assess it to make our lives easier. Sensory, though, nothing beyond the normal.' He replied to him.

He closed his eyes for a moment, considering what little he did know of his team at the moment, then looked out to the view of the city.

'We need to break into three teams. Team A, sensory experts and scouts, gathering information of likely targets and identifying areas or zones of control belonging to the criminal elements.' He took a moment to consider the rest of the team.

'Team B, infiltration among the citizens. Get a grasp of understanding the local's feelings, looking for signs of a wider intelligence network within the populace.'

Then he looked at Toshio. 'Team C, setting up a hideout. They will be responsible for finding a secluded spot away from the landing area, somewhere that can be secured as a base were we can meet up, disclose intelligence, and plan our next steps.'

He then looked around those who had gathered. 'It looks like Shiki has already stated his tracking expertise and I imagine Ryutatsu has some sensory equipment, if not talent, as well - I would advise they form the basis of Team A.' He didn't mention any other names, or where he best place himself - in the end, as much as he was part of the team, he was the foreigner, and it was an assignment relating to their home city. He had given his advice and suggestion. It was time to see how they viewed it.

[geninjames]

"If we are looking for drugs, I can get us some drugs pretty quick. Like any party give me ten minutes tops to find a supplier." James was used to buying narcotics since there was not much else to do around the village when off mission. "Me and someone else can infiltrate the organization as buyers, and put some tracking devices on any larger shipments we see." The plan was pretty simple. If there was a lot of product being moved then buying in bulk for a party shouldn't be unheard of. "The twins sex appeal would help out with looking more like legitimate partiers, no offense, but dealers like working with chicks because they think they can get some. We can get closer to the organization a lot faster that way since they think more with their lower head than their top one." James stated his strategy for attempting infiltration. He then activated his static field so that he could feel all metal in his vicinity. Something that would most definitely come in handy when determining who has the type of ordinance a dealer would carry.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

"It's best we break into teams now. I'm a master tracker. Anyone else got any sensory abilities?" told the amoured man.
The male made a note of this in case they had to track people down. He looked over to the other guy.

"My area is more around tactical analysis. Get me information, and I'll assess it to make our lives easier. Sensory, though, nothing beyond the normal" told the former Amekage.
Toshio simply nodded as he listened to what he had to say. It was clear to him that he had done something similar before.


"We need to break into three teams. Team A, sensory experts and scouts. Gathering information of likely targets and identifying areas or zones of control belonging to the criminal elements.
Team B, infiltration among the citizens. Get a grasp of understanding the local's feelings, looking for signs of a wider intelligence network within the populace." started the redhead.

His jade green eyes then met his own indigo ones. "Team C, setting up a hideout. They will be responsible for finding a secluded spot away from the landing area, somewhere that can be secured as a base were we can meet up, disclose intelligence, and plan our next steps." finished the man.

"If we are looking for drugs, I can get us some drugs pretty quick. Like any party give me ten minutes tops to find a supplier. Me and someone else can infiltrate the organization as buyers, and put some tracking devices on any larger shipments we see." suggested the younger guy.
"The twins sex appeal would help out with looking more like legitimate partiers, no offense, but dealers like working with chicks because they think they can get some. We can get closer to the organization a lot faster that way since they think more with their lower head than their top one." told the Genin.

"I think this is a good time to talk about our weaknesses. It won't be much use if a whole team or the majority of a team can't spot a genjutsu. This will make it harder for the culprits to defeat us as well.
We need to take the level of experience into account as well. We need two or three strong teams in order to succeed" informed the ivory-haired man.

"I would like the two of you to help me with forming the teams" inquired the man. He was looking at the redhead plus the armored man while he said this. The sun had started to rise and they had little time to lose.
Toshio wanted to get started on this mission too. He had not done anything like this in a while.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Ryutatsu shook his head as all the discussion went about around him. His experience has been direct conflict but when the mention of genjutsu went into the mix he smiled. He wasn't great at spotting it but he seemed to be able to shrug off most of the simpler ones. And few people wasted bigger ones on a kid. Then he had an idea as well for this was a criminal organization right? 

"Okay for sensory don't count on me being any sort of tracker. I am good with the immediate surroundings and well enough said. But for ideas for infiltration, do they use street kids or traffic in people? Because there is another hole we can exploit. Lastly weaknesses, Shiki knows me well enough to figure out where I need coverage. " He wasn't about to reveal all the holes in his style to a bunch of people he didn't really know. Shiki he trusted and the twins were from the dojo. James seemed a little underhanded but he was a Kyoudo, so maybe some clan loyalty. The rest nothing of the sort, heck one revealed to have been loyal to another village. 

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Shiki nodded as everyone seemed to be trying to pitch in information to the group which wasn't bad thing. But this was going on far to long and the information was getting way to cumbersome. "Alright. Enough." Shiki said a little annoyed. "Amekage. You are team leader one. Ryu you will accompany the Amekage. The twins will follow me. Having a team sitting back at a base seems wasteful... So rather The two person team Doc and James will be our QRF." (Quick Reaction Force.) 

Shiki looked around the city... "I'll take my team to Old town north. The QRF having James as a flex pick for combat and our only medic split half way between the two other teams means they could react to contact should something go down. So the QRF will go towards..." Shiki rotated his body slightly and pointed towards the east. "The rich part of town to the east." Shiki then pointed south. "Sending the Amekage and Ryu to the south makes the most sense. Ryu is a kid and can sense weapons and The Amekage can use his experience to handle the situation." 

Shiki looked down at his watch and looked back up. He pressed a button on the side of his helmet and the face guard opened up and retracted towards the back of his armor. The visor receded back into the side of the helmet. Shiki pulled his hood up over his head as he hid the rest of the armor system under his cloak. "Reports due every 15 minutes. If you are in danger and need back up the call word is 'Lightning crashes'. If you have your eyes on something important the call word is 'At the Market.'  If you have successfully planted a tracer on someone the call word is 'I made the deposit.' Finally if you have urgent information and need radio silence to get the information out say. 'flash flash flash.' before your message."

This was all basic radio etiquette of course but Shiki knew better then to assume any of them have had any real training with communication systems like this. "Alright... It's time to move." Shiki said as he moved towards the edge of the building. 

[Starnaess]

the twins didnt say much during the discussion, but they listened ot every detail. They though people were overthinking this too much.  The idea of splitting the group into three appealed to them , it  would've covered much more ground and thanks to the radio the teamwork would've been the same even when far apart. As shiki gave everyone their assignment they were happy they got assigned to his group. They wanted to see his lightning prowess in action.

 They have heard about his strenght but they never got to witness it first hand. Definetly something to look foward to not to mention they would've been able to learn so much from this experience. The moment shiki mentioned finished talking, they would head toward him and say "we are ready" As they smiled they would look over to the other members of the group "good luck and have fun!" they would then turn their head back to shiki ready for their instructions.

With the wings still formed,  Caela could've easily flown around carrying her sister, but if needed she would've easily made them disappear for a more stealth approach.

[kininata]

Kininata received the information he was hoping for. Shiki had taken the more direct posture to issue orders and assign teams. He had also moved straight towards more active roles than allowing for a more passive support team, which would produce interesting effects for the assignment. Kininata nodded at the instructions from Shiki, giving the swordsman a respective bow.

He also listened keenly to the instructions for the other teams. What concerned him more was the possible clash between himself and Ryutatsu, his current partner. It was clear he wasn't one for sharing, and was showing a clear preference regarding having Shiki back him up. It made sense - end of the day, Kininata was an Amekage, a complete foreigner. Trust was going to be difficult. He just hoped that wasn't going to cause a serious issue if something unplanned happened.

'Ryutatsu-san, I'm ready to leave when you are.' He said. Now the clothes he wore was a plain brown/beige gi, with a simple pack for carrying his swords - in the pack he was also carrying his traditional gear, chuunin vest and his minor equipment. The folded windmill shuriken was slid into a slot on the back of the pack. The only real item out in the open was the sword carried at his side - the Tenkyo Buryoku Katana. He would follow Ryutatsu when he was ready to head out.

[geninjames]

James nodded. "I'm not sure I'm the best pick for extra combat support, but I'll do my best." In his mind he knew he lucked out. James wasn't't going to have to do much, just sit around and wait for trouble, and hopefully there wouldn't be any trouble.

[Marii K. Kazeraikou]

The male nodded as he listened to the other guy explaining how they were going to split up. 'I can't see him doing anything wrong with the way he has split up the groups. Not splitting up the twins is a very good decision due to the teamwork this mission requires.
Having an experienced shinobi in his twenties plus a very young shinobi is not a bad choice either. I just hope I can get along with James-san' thought Toshio.

"I don't mind being on a QRF team since I'm used to being a backup. I'm good at observation and reading body language. But I don't have chakra sensing or anything.
Keep in mind that I can not make limbs grow back or bring people back from the dead. Wounds, gashes, torn sinews or muscles, burns, infections, blood loss, poisons or broken bones however are not an issue" informed the man.

He turned to his partner. "I'm not sure I'm the best pick for extra combat support, but I'll do my best." told the younger male.
"I am sure you'll do fine. You got me to patch you up in case something happens" assured the medic. He looked back at the others.

"Remember to stay calm if you need me to heal someone. Look out for swellings, cold sweat and keep open wounds clean. Good luck everyone" told the man in a polite voice.
He would use his wood climbing abilities to walk down the building. Toshio made sure that nobody saw him before he got down.

The male would wait for his partner to come down. "Is this your first time in Enrai?" inquired the Chuunin. He wanted to find out what sort of person his partner was.
If they were working in a team, they needed to know each others strengths as well as weaknesses. But starting with some small talk would hopefully make the Genin feel more relaxed.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

With emerald eyes, Ryutatsu nodded first to Shiki and then to the former Amekage. He moved to the stair well and headed down at a normal walking pace. They were in the observation phase so no need to run off. He untied and pocketed his headband for now. He looked over his shoulder at Kininata as they exited the building and headed to the market to the south. "So we are heading to the market. I look older than I am but I still look young. So pretend to be my sitter or instructor as we walk around? That should alieve some suspicions. "

A sharp eye would notice a few unusual things of this kid. One he had the Kanji for Moon tattooed to his sword hand. Another for he appears 11 or 12 but he was saying he was younger than that. He was five foot four with a lean build but one could see much strength in that build. He had soot stains at the hems of his uniform from what looks like a forge. His sword was also very valuable looking and very deadly. He had the carriage of a person who had practiced the sword for many years. Which again was at odds with his age, there was a story there if one could pry it out of him or Shiki.