The Jewels of Zhogvol {Event Thread}

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The Jewels of Zhogvol

"..." I wait in the backyard of a courtyard in an old Uchiha clan hideaway. Apparently the surviving clan members had made use of this building as a hideout a long time ago however that could have very well been a century for all it meant to me. I never knew anything of this place, I never knew anything of the massacre. For me, all I know is the Stone Village. It's home to me, it's all I've ever known. The Leaf Village, that place has no special meaning to me, positive or negative. A young servant girl dressed in some sort of sleek modern maid outfit opens a door behind me and traces the path, her slippers thumping on the wooden floorboards and stone path. I glace back at her and find that she's bringing me some tea in a beige clay cup. I can see some steam coming off the beverage in the cool, morning air telling me it is freshly brewed. Did she make this herself I wondered silently before she spoke. "Some tea Lord Uchiha?" she offers, not really giving me the option to say no as she kneels down and holds the tray in her hands before me. "Please..." I trail off as I reach out and take the cup from the tray.

She stands and bows curtly as she stands and reenters the house. With her motion I see a flicker behind her. As she turns her short black dress flicks upward my keen eyes can't help but notice her lack of underwear as something pink enters my vision. My eyes also don't miss the action of her right hand flicking her skirt up purposely meaning that my seeing her was no accident. She was tempting me.

The maid, according to my sister Ko, was a woman from an offshoot of the Uchiha. Part of the family but far enough separated that they no longer possessed the sharingan. Most likely an ancestor of hers was adopted into the clan, it was known to happen. It stood to reason that she was seeking to gain my attention and enter the main house, or something along those lines. It made sense. Currently I am both the Tsuchikage of the Stone Village and the next in line to inherit the title of head of the Stone branch of the Uchiha clan. If she managed to seduce me, she would earn a great deal of influence and power. No longer the servant but instead a lord. She wasn't at all failing in her endeavors either. That action in and of itself was most graciously welcome. My attention, if not previously occupied, would have been easily captured.

Right now however I had bigger plan. I take a small sip of the tea given to me as the maid slinks her way back into the house and I ponder to myself if I should join her. Barley. Excellent. I set the tea down onto the dirt beside me as I return my gaze to the Koi pond before me. I recline in my position, leaning my weight onto my two hands behind me. A smell, gentle breeze graces me for a moment causing my red and white coat to flutter a little as a koi fish darts beneath the waters surface making a small splash with the action but it doesn't reach me. Again behind me I hear something, this time the shifting of dirt and grass. "... And you are?" I ask aloud to the presence. My right hand instinctively moves to the brim of my baseball cap as my left shifts to a small file on my person. As I wait for a response I tense the muscles in my legs and feel the strain of my jeans on them. I didn't know this person or these people, it was quite possible I was at the end of the line right now. At least not if I have anything to say about it however.

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At just under 5' tall, Michiko stands covered completely by her dark black cloak. With the hood drawn up and over the shadows cast across preventing most from seeing her face. Under the cloak the only scrap of clothing worn is her BDU Trousers. Her steel skin not polished to perfection but not displaying any battle damage remains nearly completely concealed. Her feet and hands , when glimpsed during movement, could easily be mistaken for shiny gauntlets and greaves if her steel skin is in any state of defense, otherwise her skin remains soft and pliable. The Utility Belt holding up her pants contains, 151 Exploding Tags, 38 locking tags, 25 Incendiary tags, 23 Lightning tags, 25 Ice tags, 15 hira-shuriken and a simple Baseplate Compass. The Butt Bag connected to the Utility Belt contains 10 Kunai and a wireless radio. Having received word of a new job through a contact with the AnBu, Michiko set out a while back for the meeting location. Some run-down building purposed to be utilized by the uchiha at some point, but un-managed mostly at this point. The travel to the location extremely short thanks to the fact she had already been back in the land of earth already attempting to track down some old texts for the previous kage. Previous Kage. That thought lingered for a moment. The new kage was the rumored contact of the new job. She'd heard little of this new individual. But she already did not like him. She knew deep in her core this charlatan was no Godric. Too much had changed in her time away. And as much as she hated her own blood-kin by nature, Michiko longed for the return of the Dark hand of the Hyūga. This new Kage reeked of positive "good behavior" in such a manner to have zero undertones of something sinister. And while normally that would mean a well played ruse, she feared in this case it was on the up and up. The thought made her steel skin "crawl" with annoyance. She must have arrived too early. Quietly moving closer behind cover Michiko looks around, no one else around waiting for the mission. A simple maid delivering tea. And, oh my, from this angle it appears the maid is not wearing any underwear. Subconsciously licking her lips a smile spreads across her face Michiko begins to move forward but stops her movement last second regaining her composure. Blinking a few times and shaking her head slightly she moves with less stealth and more conviction towards the kage now that the maid has left. "... And you are?" So the kage was at least not a complete dunder. The smile from her face however now gone and replaced with a dead-pan expression. Her eyes narrowed, if it were not for the mission and the politics of assassination Michiko pondered simply taking his head for her mantle-place. But the politics behind such an action gave her a proverbial headache and the lack of having her own mantle-place made the action less palatable. "I hear there is a mission to be had. One regarding a 'hunt for jewels'. I was told to meet the mission provider here. Its a pleasure , Kage." Her words soft in tone slightly firm on the word "kage" with only the slightest hint of contempt. Her body however bows in a manner as if to convey respect, the position was still higher ranked than she and the position itself at least demanded some respect. SPOILER: Click to show Items used. [0] SPOILER: Click to show Active Jutsu [0] SPOILER: Click to show Non-Draining and/or semi-Permenant Effects. [0] SPOILER: Click to show Miscellaneous Relevant Passives[2] SPOILER: Click to show Know Their Pain Rank: "B" Skill: NinJutsu Effect: Get an understanding of how much life a target has. Special: --- Drawback: This does not work on undead. Description: The user looks over another creature and can discern how close it is to releasing its soul. There are no hand movements, no actions, the user simply looks at the target and can simply know how much more life the target has before the soul finally leaves the body. This does not work on undead. This is normally used for NPC purposes. Opponent's cannot state how much life a PC character will have unless they are at the verge of death. Limit: Must be a Soulcaster. Kikaichu no Jutsu (Destruction Bug Host Technique) -[10TP] Rank: D Skill: Ninjutsu Effect: Allows the user to control the kikaichu given to him by the Kikaichu Ishoku ritual. Special: N/A Drawback: The kikaichu feed from the shinobis chakra. Description: This allows the user the control the kikaichu in the use for their techniques. he bugs feed and live off the Chakra which the body stores and in return the Ninja gets to control and command the bugs, using them as their primary fighting technique. These bugs have the ability to drain chakra through physical contact with the enemy (and possibly consume a fraction of the host's chakra as well.) Limit: Must have Kikaichu Ishoku