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[Lianaly Fox]

Learning - Weapons Specialization (Polearm) - 0/20 tp -First Post

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Weapon Specialization (Polearm)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User is skilled at dealing damage with 1 weapon. Choose 1 type of weapon (including unarmed strike or grapple). You deal extra damage when using this weapon.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains +2 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon. At "B" Class, user gains +1 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon (Increasing to +3). At "S" Class, user gains +1 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon (Increasing to +4).
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique.

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The wind whipped blue hair, making the strands fly back as it tried to stay attached to the tan head it was connected too. An inpassive frown stretched across a young face, the top have covered by the dark lense of a pair of goggles. Silver hoops dangled harshly from the child’s ears, contrasting the dark colors of most of her clothes. She had her cloak set open around her shoulders, held together by a small button so that it didn’t go flying off with each sharp turn to avoid trees and rocks in her path.

She was decked out in her usual Shinobi gear, her dark blue sleeveless turtleneck and baggy pants tucked into light high sandals. Bicep high gloves that had pouches strapped around her muscles, ending in fingerless opening. Her large duffle back was straining against her shoulder as it lagged behind her with her other loose articles, full of all of the random junk she likes to keep on her person. Her Naginata and Great Hammer was strapped to her back, keeping some of her cloak from bellowing, and her two short spears where strapped to her belt, per usual.

The girl had a hand resting on her Naginata’s pole, cyan eyes watching intently from behind her goggles as she nears a small group of trees. She eyed them carefully as the distance between the two closed rapidly, grip tightening harder as she prepared herself to draw her weapon. Her plan was to slice through the trees as cleanly as she could as she passed them, hoping that her timing would be just right to not swing incorrectly and possibly break her wrists or her blade. She’d have to time this at the last minute, since she’s treating this as training for her quick draw as well as increasing her mastery of the Naginata.

She had received a letter from her elder cousin earlier this month, about her request for him to teach her a style that she can gain a true expertise in her Naginata in. He was the only polearm user she knew that was far more skilled than her, so it was a no brainer that she’d seek him to be her martial master. The bigger issue was that he wasn’t in Kusa right now, instead off in Taki or something on a long term mission. She didn’t know the details, nor did she care to know, but what she does know is that she’ll have to wait a indefinite amount of time before he can actually come home to teach her.

This is why she decided to do further training on her own, improve her skill the only was she knows how until her cousin arrives back in Kusa. Which is why she was riding through the wilderness outside of her village, zipping through trees and driving over lakes. Her skill with her board is fresh and not the best, and her village is simply too compact for her to ride at full speed without worrying about hitting anyone or crashing into buildings.

Let along train at doing combat while riding.

So the wilderness it is, sure there may be a few travelers and a couple of critters she needs to not run over, but otherwise the grasslands was the perfect open area to ride in and train at. It's nice and empty too, no other shinobi that she has to train with like on training grounds, and if there was bandits or rouges around, she can probably out speed them on her board if she pushes it hard enough.

But back to the main event of course.

Chizu tensed further feeling as if time was moving in slow motion as the target inched closer and closer to her, little critters skittering out of the way as the speedy shinobi floated over the grass as it parted violently against the tip of her board and the forceful air crushing it into the ground as it kept her a float. In a flash, Chizu drew her Naginata and sliced through the trees as she passed, her bald cut straight through the trunks of the row of trees.

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[neko bo beko]

[ enter Harue & Ōmo ]

Nowadays, it was like Harue didn't even use her legs. She always sat perched on Ōmo's back it seemed, though of course that were not actually the case. But outside the village gates especially, the pinkette felt better sitting in the dip of her massive cat's spine, hands on his neck as she looks around and enjoys the surroundings. This was becoming more and more of a habit, wandering out of the village and taking leisurely strolls with her companion through the grasslands. It was peaceful and serene, and alone time and fresh air seemed to be the best thing for Harue. Inhaling deeply, she rocks back slightly to look up into the sky. She decides that the only thing that could make this beautiful day any better was.. a nap.

For once, Ōmo agrees. Together they find a shady patch of trees and set up shop. First, Ōmo circles in the unkempt grass and finds a comfortable place curled up. Harue follows into the grass, laying her head on her lion's flank with her legs outstretched, ankles crossed. She takes a moment to unsheathe her katana and set it in the grass beside her, as well as lay her light shield over it. She also checks the senbon in her half pouch. Lastly, she pulls her pack back into her lap, heaving it slightly. Sixteen books is a hefty haul. It was an entire encyclopedia of regional creature lore books she'd gotten that one time in Tea. The second batch! Unpacking them to look them over, she thinks about how she had no use for a second offering from..whatever higher power, and while at first she'd thought of selling them, she figured she didn't need the money. Instead, she'd prefer to gift it to her blue-haired friend. If only she could find her...

That's when there's a crack, or a snap; some otherwise strange noise followed by a woosh of wind. It's enough to make Ōmo pick up his head and turn his massive muzzle towards the noise, and Harue follows suit. She puts her hands on Ōmo's side, pulling herself up to peak over his pink fur. In the short distance, she sees a gust of blue... she smirks, sitting up on her locked elbows, jumping excitedly to her knees and leaning over Ōmo. "HEY CHIZU!!" Harue exclaims excitedly, leaning forward with the weight of her shout. If the blue young'un had been closer, the pinkette would not have needed to yell so loud. Ōmo blinks, ears twitching as he looks to Harue with wide eyes. She ignores his confused look but a smile paints her lips.

Of course Chizu would not come to her right away, but no matter. Harue remained looking over Ōmo, but he rolls over with a huff and she snorts, sliding to sit with her back against his fur. His tummy exposed, he kicks his legs in the air obnoxiously as Harue shovels the books back into her bag in preparation of her friend approaching, granted she'd heard Harue's call.

[Lianaly Fox]

Learning - Weapon specialization (Polearm) - ?/20 tp -Second post

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The shout that suddenly cut through the air was utterly ignored, the mind of the bluenette entirely too focused on what she was doing right now to pay any mind to the words of whoever may have been in this area. With a grunt, Chizu U turned sharply and charged the still falling trunks, she slide under them and pushed off the ground with the added force of her board. With a lightning fast strike, Chizu kicked the trunks of each fallen tree into the air, expertly maneuvering her board in spins to get the proper momentum to launch the tall trees into the sky.

With the trees airborne, Chizu launched herself off of her board, soaring at the trees with her Naginata in hand and a excitement poking in her chest. She flew up, landing on one of the trunks at an downward angle, with a twist of her wrist, she ran along the trunk with blade slicing deep as it followed behind her. She sprang from the trunk in a flip above the still rising plants, then brought her Naginata down on the other tree, slicing lengthwise as she descended forcefully. She fell to the ground with a thump, the long grass flaring out away from her from the force of her landing.

She wasn’t finished however, she launched back into the side for the untouched trunk, clothing bellowing behind her as she sliced that trunk in half, causing its prices to join the forceful spinning of the previously cut wood. With all of the trees cut in half in some from, Chizu began to swing at the bits with clean cuts as they all fell, slicing halves and fourths and fourths into sixths. Finally, everything crashed to the ground in unison, the cyan haired child posed with her blade extended out from her, still couched from the landing. She was still for a second, then finally stood up straight, rolling her shoulders before spinning her Naginata with one hand.

The child looked over the chopped logs carefully, it wasn’t as precise as she hopped, some bits being uneven, other lopsided. Though she didn’t expect perfect cuts, she has become THAT skilled with her weapon yet, but she could only hope, yes? Shaking her head, Chizu reattached her weapon so her back and started to round up the logs into a large pile. Then she remember that somebody had called out to her in the middle of her training, and turned her cyan eyes to the wilderness behind her to search for who could have called for her.

Eyes immediately spotting the bright splotches of pink in the green grass, Chizu cocked her head to the side curiously, recognizing the smaller pink thing as the pink hair belonging to her friend...wonder what she was doing here. Instead of going to her immediately, Chizu have her a short wave and went back to what she was doing, pulling the logs into piles that had the organized by length and cut.

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[neko bo beko]

Just as Harue'd expected, Chizu'd not registered her shout. It was no matter; she knew the girl had a one-track mind, and it gave the pinkette enough time to gather her things. With the commotion of her friend's training behind her, Ōmo still rubbing around in the dirt on his back, Harue finished packing the books into her pack. She slings it over her shoulder, pulling her other arm through the strap easily. She fastens the opening from there, closing it around her books before adjusting her hood around it. She also gives her headband a nice, tighter knot. So much for a nap.

There's still a bunch of noises coming from behind Harue; loud thumping, the sound of blades or... well, it was too distinct to be a blade- she gives a quick glance over her shoulder and can't help but watch for a moment. Chizu jumps through the air, chopping wood like a real shinobi should. What a lumberjack she would make, Harue thinks plainly, blinking. Shaking her head of the strange thought, she climbs to her knees and dusts grass off of her skirt. "C'mon, Ōmo." Harue says, bent over to gather up her katana and shield. First she fastens her katana to her hip, then sets her shield over her back, hiding her backpack. Satisfied, she spins on her heels and puts her fists on her hips, staring down at Ōmo who still grunts and plays in the grass.

When the large cat notices her staring patiently down at him, he blinks slowly and rolls to his front, shaking his body. Blades of grass and dried, crusty leaves flutter from his pink fur and Harue snorts, stepping to him and pinking leaves from his mane. "You're a dork," she mutters to Ōmo. When she looks up, she sees Chizu finally reciprocating Harue's earlier call. A simple wave, and Harue returns the wave idly. Just as quickly, the blue-haired girl is in her zone again. The pinkette emerges from their own small patch of trees to circle the clearing, Harue striding beside Ōmo for once instead of on his back. It's not a very far distance to cover, but it's a well enough stroll to enjoy. On her way over, Harue can see Chizu organizing chopped logs, presumably the ones she'd cut. Once within earshot but still on a considerable side-line, Harue stuffs one of her hands into her hoodie pockets and raises her other hand to her mouth to cup her projected voice. "You looked cool," Harue says over the distance, unsure if her friend will hear. Ōmo exhales heavily, setting his rump down in the grass beside Harue. After a moment, Harue decides to tack on, "Fancy meeting you here!"

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

+20 TP learned Fox

[Lianaly Fox]

Learning- Penetrating Strike (Polearm) - 0/20 tp - First post

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Penetrating Strike
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User's attacks are capable of penetrating the defenses of some creatures.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Choose one type of weapon that the user has already selected for Weapon Specialization. User's attacks with their selected weapon ignoring up to 5 points of Damage Reduction. This technique does not apply to Damage Reduction without a type (Such as Damage Reduction 10/—). At "B" Class, this is no longer reduced against DR without a type.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique. Must know Weapon Specialization with Selected Weapon.

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Chizu glanced down at her logs, crossing her muscular arms over her flat chest as she observed the wood, she nudged a large piece to its back, then huffed. Yeah, she didn’t really do as good of a job as she hoped, she’ll have to cut some of the excesse off of her logs until they’re even, then maybe find something to do with the leftover wood chips. Maybe soak them and use them for smoking some meat? Hmm, smoked meat did sound amazingly appetizing to the child, they have a smoker back at home but no wood chips to use in it. Of course there was probably better wood for smoking, something with more flavor like Hickory.

Ah well, the child redrew her Naginata and pressed the blade against the face of the log, then added a little pressure against the grain of the wood that she knows is there. As she expected, the blade sunk into the wood with little resistance, the bark splitting down its grains fairly cleanly. With a pull, the child completely split the log in halves, then propped the split pieces up so she could quickly trim the bark off of the wood chunks. Normally she wouldn't be using her Polearm for a task like this, a hand axe would be much better than her 4 foot pole with a 2 foot blade, but she wanted to train with her weapon’s precision. So what better way than physical tasks?

She began to repeat the process with the other logs, before she remember two things she has forgotten. First, she forgot Harue was here, second, she needs to go get her Hoverboard back from wherever it drove off to before it auto powered down due to not registering the rider. Deciding to chop at least one log down to size before dealing with her two issues. She propped another one up, and sliced this one into fourths, before trimming the bark off of those to. Once that was done, she stood tall and looked over to the Pinkette and….a giant pink lion?

Cool.

She stepped close to Harue and looked down at her coolly,

”Yo,” she started,”Nice lion. I’m just training right now, what about you?”

She cocked her head to the side, resting her hand on her hip.

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[neko bo beko]

It seemed like every time she saw Chizu, she was getting taller and taller. At first Harue hadn't really noticed; she was bent or had her shoulders moving, working at shaving the logs into fine, bark-less halves. So Harue hadn't seen her height. But now, as she approaches her, it's safe to say Chizu looks like she's almost Harue's age. If it weren't for her soft features, someone might think she is as old as Harue. It makes the pinkette straighten slightly, as if trying to test their respective heights. She smiles easily at her friend, then looks to Ōmo in passing when the kunoichi mentions him. "Oh, thanks! This is Ōmo. I met him recently, I actually wanted to introduce you two."

As if hearing Chizu mention the nice-ness of him, Ōmo puffs up his chest and raises his nose, making a thoughtful noise. He looks Chizu in the eyes, holding eye contact do their gazes meet; it's not intimidating, but instead he is regarding Harue's friend closely. His chocolaty eyes would appear to glimmer if Chizu looks into them. "Sorry to impede your training, I can be fast." The pinkette would smile, her hands coming up to rest on her pack straps awkwardly. She looks at Ōmo sideways as he still tries to hold Chizu's gaze, and she nudges him slightly. He huffs, satisfied, and lowers his head to Chizu in acceptance. Harue rolls her eyes and lets out an airy laugh to pass the gap between topics.

"Anyways, I just had something for you. I.. don't know when your birthday is, but I guess I don't need a special occasion to give you books." Lips pulling into a sly smile, Harue leans heavily into Ōmo. "But I can wait! You can finish what you were doing, if you'd like. I have nowhere to be."

[Lianaly Fox]

Learning - Penetrating Strike (Polearm) - ?/20 tp - Second post

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Chizu’s empty Cyan eyes stared into the Lion's, Omo apparently, chocolate eyes from behind her dark lenses when he decided to stare her down. The Child taking the time to glance over the giant cat herself, he was of course, massive, like most lions. She could see that he was actually more impressive than other lions she’d seen, while similarly built with a powerful, muscled body. His Mane was the real star that made him a step above the rest, the Child couldn’t help but admire the soft pink color, similar to Harue’s own hair, and the way his mane fell around his shoulders and appeared so silky vs the coarser look of other lions was pretty awesome. Nodding quietly to herself, she deemed the Lion “Cool” and went to the next thing she needed to address.

”I don’t mind.”

She spoke plainly, reaching a hand out to the Lion casually, she didn’t touch him, but he did look pretty soft, she likes soft things. If he would let her pet him she would, running her hand through his soft mane with an appreciative hum. If not she would just let it drop, not really bothered about the missed opportunity.

”Just try not to get in any blast radius, I don’t want to accidentally hurt either of you. Though you should be fine really, I don’t plan to use my Bomb anyways.”

Chizu looked over the grassland silently, eyes catching on an indented path in the high grass that was probably where her board went. She glanced back at Harue,

”December 23. Do as you wish.”

Then she started towards the indented, pushing through the high grass with no problems, knowing that there was nothing alive in this area that can be stepped on anyways. The sounds of her train had surely scared most of them off, and if something was attracted to the sounds she couldn’t see or hear it, she was sure she’d notice if a predator was prowling the area. Spotting her Board laying prone on the ground, blue lights shut off indicating that it had powered down because it didn’t sense her on it. She kicked the board up into her hands and walked back to her pile of lumber, than started the next step of whatever the hell she was doing.

Acquiring small rocks.

But she had not seen many small rocks she could use for her project, but she did see this nice sized that was perfect for breaking! Actually it was just a few meters west from her if she remembered correctly. Knowing the easiest way to verify that was to just look, the Child glanced up at the sun, then looked west from where she was standing. As she thought, she could see the top of a rock pushing out of the tall grass, so she walked the distance to it and knocked on the stone a couple of times. That was mostly to see how sturdy it was, to see how much effort it would take to break it into pieces.

Finding it acceptable, the girl picked up the boulder and balanced it between her shoulder and her head, then walked back to her pile of stuff so she can get to work on breaking it down. Holding her Naginata firm in one hand, she readied herself mentally, she needed to do these very carefully if she didn’t want to break her Naginata, it IS only a standard weapon, but it should resist breaking well enough. Huffing once, the girl spread her feet in a wider stance and balanced the boulder in the palm of her outstretched hand. She stood there for a second, then launched the Boulder straight up into the air, directly above her positive so that it falls back on her head. It soared up for about 5 meters into the air, reaching its peak in the sky before falling back on the child as she planned.

By then, the child already had her Naginata ready and watching the boulder with an intense stare. As it drew closer and closer to crushing the girl, she tightened, then relaxed her grip on her weapon. Once it was 7 feet from her, she lifted her weapon and slashed upwards with a straight angle, pushing all of he power into her move as the Blade of her weapon sliced through the stone, not as cleanly as she hoped, as some rock shards broke off and flew in every which direction. Luckily she was wearing goggles to protect her eyes and upper half of her face. The halves of the boulder fell on either side of her, almost clipping her right side if she hadn't leaned out of the way. The child looked at the haves and huffed.

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[neko bo beko]

"I don't mind," Chizu says coolly after returning Ōmo's intense staring contest. They both seem contented in each other, and Ōmo even leans into Chizu's offered hand with first his maw, sniffing her to register her scent. His ear flickers plainly when Chizu starts to favor his luscious mane, a deep rumble of a purr starting to emit from his chest. It makes Harue beam, her small frame packed full of excitement. Harue nods knowingly when she mentions the blast radius, and she holds that in her mind after the girl has walked away. Already decided what she's to do, however, Harue remains with her hands tucked around the straps of her backpack, excited to give her friend the encyclopedia. She wasn't sure how the girl would react, but she knew that even under a steely resolve she would still be inwardly pleased. Looking to Ōmo whose chest still rumbled mightily with a purr, the pinkette ushers for them both to take a step back. Harue also makes a mental note of the child's birthday; December 23... Capricorn, I think?

Harue watches, patient and intrigued, as the young girl practices the use of her polearm. She was definitely quite skilled in physical labor, and apparently more so than a lumberjack; her strength knew no bounds, and her toned muscles proved it. Harue looks to her arm and pinches the fat of her pectoral muscle. She hums disappointedly at her fleshy exterior; perhaps it was because she was more tuned to the illusionary essence.

A good 50 meters away from the girl now, Harue watches in horror as the young kunoichi threatens to be crushed by a boulder much larger than her. Grimacing, however knowing the girl well enough to know she has a plan, the pinkette watches and lets out an exhale of relief when the girl literally breaks the boulder in half. Just to be safe, Harue pulls her shield forward and ducks behind it, keeping her legs balanced under her as Ōmo leans into her as well, both of them out of harms way of projectiles. Needless or not, she replaces it on her back and clasps her hands together. Even from afar, the child was talented; as to no end as her strength.

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learned

[Lianaly Fox]

Learning - Weapons Specialization (Unarmed Strike) - 0/20 tp -First Post

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Weapon Specialization (Unarmed Strike )
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User is skilled at dealing damage with 1 weapon. Choose 1 type of weapon (including unarmed strike or grapple). You deal extra damage when using this weapon.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains +2 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon. At "B" Class, user gains +1 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon (Increasing to +3). At "S" Class, user gains +1 bonus on all attack damage when using the selected weapon (Increasing to +4).
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique.

”Not enough.”

The child mutter quietly, pulling the blade of her weapon close to her face so she could expect the edge. She examined the edge carefully looking for any chips or dulling that might have come from cutting rock with Naginata. Considering that the cut wasn’t smooth and all sorts of chips flew off everywhere, she expected some damage on her weapon. After a few seconds, the child huffed and attached her blade back to her back, settling on just sharpening it later. Chizu looked down on the halves on either side of her and crossed her arms.

Guess I’ll just have to smash them the old fashioned way.

She thought, uncrossing her arms and clenching her fist tightly, it shouldn’t be too much effort to break these rocks down. The only real dilemma may be that she could bruise her knuckles, which she normally wouldn't mind much aside from the fact that she didn’t really bring a stocked first aid kit this time.

Ah well, what happens happens.

Moving one boulder half on to its smoother side, Chizu felt along its side carefully, trying to get a good feel on where best to strike the rock so that it split correctly and didn’t just cave in against her fist. She tapped a spot lightly with her blunted nails then fell into a more comfortable position, the blue eyed child grunted as she reared her fist back, the other outstretched towards the spot she wanted to hit on the stone. She let the position hang for a second, then punched down in a flash, her fist colliding into the stone with a loud smash. The rock instantly caved into itself, a magnitude of cracks spreading against the surface as the entire thing started to crumble into pieces.

[neko bo beko]

Harue doesn't mind sitting and waiting, but she takes it literally; she's taken to sitting in the grass beside Ōmo. She folds her legs under her, ankles crossed beside her as she leans into Ōmo. She flattens and presses the skirt over her thighs before she dismounts her shield and places it beside her so she can rest comfortably against Ōmo. She drapes an arm over his back and he sets his head down heavily beside her, his nose blowing hot air against his paws resting beside her knees.

Admittedly, Harue hadn't meant to startle in her skin and perk up at the sound of what seemed like a small explosion. Her eyes are wide but she smiles excitedly as she watches the young girl obliterate a stone with her knuckles; very impressive. Harue clasps her hands together and gives out an encouraging hoot, though she's not sure if the child will hear it. "Woo!! Chizu-kun, you've got knuckles of steel!"

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Learning - Weapons Specialization (Unarmed Strike) - ?/20 tp - Second Post

Pulling the fabric of her turtleneck up as the dust burst into the air and floated off around her, the girl waved the dirty air away from her as she waited for the area to clear so she could see her work. After a second, the girl could finally see through the dust enough to see all of the broken rock shards and chunks scattered around her feet. She let go of her collar, the fabric staying stretched over her nose on its own, it wasn’t actually built in with a mask, but it was still stretchy and long enough to get the job done. The girl crouched down, one arm resting on her knee and the other reaching out to push the debris around, grabbing any decent sized chunk (Just big enough to not allow her hand to wrap around it completely) and setting it into its own pile. Any that were too small was cast aside in the grass, and any that was too big was put in a new pile to be broken down to size.

After a few seconds of organizing, the girl stood from her crouch and dragged over the other half to the giant boulder, deciding to get the next one over with. Truthly, she wished her gloves covers her knuckles, her skin may be tough, but having covering would’ve been nice. Rapping her knuckles against the rock carefully, she carefully searched around for a weak spot. Eventually she found a spot that was already cracked, though it was on one of the lower spots of a rock. Which wouldn’t really do, she’d much rather strike somewhere from the middle or upper surface of the rock. She paused for a second to think about what she wants to do, tapping her finger on the rock idly.

Perhaps she should just put her own cracks along the rock, it may not be a natural split, but oh well it should work just as good. Putting more of her weight against the boulder, she traded her stance and carefully positioned her other fist a foot from the surface of the rock. She let her fist hover for a sec as she scanned the rock once more, then thrusted her fist down with a jab. The instant her fist connected, the rock surface cracked under the pressure, but didn’t cave in like the other. That's mostly because she didn’t hit a weak spot, secondly because she didn’t hit it as hard as she did the other. She doesn’t want to break it just yet, just send cracks splitting the inside of the rock. She didn’t want too many cracks, that would probably make the rock split into pieces that are too small for what she wants.

[neko bo beko]

Resting beside Ōmo, leaning against him with her head resting against his flank, the pinkette eventually dozes off. While the sounds of crush and shattering drifts through her ears, mostly she goes undisturbed. The most grumbling she does is when Ōmo shifts, kicking his leg slightly to obtain a certain grip on the grass to readjust his weight. Unfortunately for Harue, her thigh gets in the way of his swipe; she groans, lifting her head and blinking blearily. She smacks her lips, rubbing drool from the corner of her chin before rolling over and resting on her stomach. She folds her arms under her chin and slips back into a dream, peaceful and serene. Ōmo takes to rolling on his side, the two sleeping similarly side by side.

[Nira]

Hm, fists of steel breaking rocks—as good a use for steel fists as any.

+20, unarmed strike learned.

[Lianaly Fox]

Learning- Penetrating Strike (Unarmed Strike) - 0/20 tp - First post

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Penetrating Strike (Unarmed Strike)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User's attacks are capable of penetrating the defenses of some creatures.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Choose one type of weapon that the user has already selected for Weapon Specialization. User's attacks with their selected weapon ignoring up to 5 points of Damage Reduction. This technique does not apply to Damage Reduction without a type (Such as Damage Reduction 10/—). At "B" Class, this is no longer reduced against DR without a type.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique. Must know Weapon Specialization with Selected Weapon.

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The child paused briefly, running her hand over the cracked stone slowly instead of pounding into it any more than necessary. From what her eyes could see, there was enough cracks on the surface of rock that interconnect and probably spiderwebbed deep down into the rock after she jab it from before. She took one more second to observe before nodding, deeming the boulder ready to be seriously broken into the chunks she requires. Before doing just that, she started to pick out any noticeable, detached shards that were jutting out of the rock due to her actions, she’d rather not punch down onto a sharp shard.

Her hands wouldn’t appreciated being punctured, not at all.

Once that was done, she finally cracked her knuckles and readied her body, going back into her former stance that she used before on the other half of the boulder. The Cyan haired Child reared back her fist, this time not focusing on a specific weak spot since she added her own all over it already, she punched down into the boulder half with a grunt, the weakened rock cavinging against her sheer force easier than the other, breaking apart into chunks and dust that flew out everywhere. The resounding BOOM was just as loud as the first, and it was smart to come out and do this away from her normal training areas, she knew that she would have bothered or damaged her Woods pretty bad if she did this at home.

The girl stood up fully and waved the dust off with a lazy flick of her wrist, she waited for the dust to finish clearing, peering down at her work behind her darkened goggles. Once she could see better, the child immediately started to separate the rocks that were the proper size away from the ones that was too big and the ones that was too small. She tossed the small ones with the first shard pile, and the large ones with the other ones that needed to be broken further. Lucky she noticed she didn’t have as many big pieces to break down this time, unlucky cause she, as she feared, had too many pieces too small.

The Child huffed lightly.

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[Lianaly Fox]

Learning - Penetrating Strike (Unarmed Strike) - ?/20 tp - Second post

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She looked to the larger rocks, all jagged and misinformed like all of the broken rocks, she had to be carefull once she started to work on them, her knuckles were already a little bruised from breaking the boulders without some kind of protection. Don’t really want to cut them on rocks...but what else could she do to give her fists some endurance while messing around? Admittingly, Chizu has no really direction on why she’s doing what she’s doing, originally she just wanted to ride around, but then she wanted to chop something down, so she attacked the trees. Even breaking these rocks was more of a thing she did just cause she felt like it, she simply wanted rocks to go with the logs she cut.

For what? She honestly didn’t know, she just felt drawn to do it.

She...has something that she wants to do, she knows that much, she just doesn’t know what it is. It's just like how training used to be when she couldn’t actually remember anything, just her body moving and doing things on its own… How odd. The child simply shook her head, no longer feeling the need to question it. She walked over to the larger rocks, taking the first one she could reach in her hands, then propping it up on its side, she took another and repeated her action, setting it about the length apart that most of the big rocks are. Next she took a third rock and laid it on top of the two propped ones, leaving it sitting above the ground with a large opening underneath.

Happy with this, the child crouched for a second, looking at the target rock on eye level, then stood back up, rearing one fist up high, clenching it tightly. Like she did so many times before on this day, she punched down on the middle of the rock, her fist breaking the rock in halves as it passes through with little resistance. The girl paused for a second, thinking about if she was being too loud since Harue seemed to be relaxing not that far from her. Then shrugged and picked up the two halves, tossing them in the correct size pile. She started to repeat this process with all of the long enough rocks, the shorter ones would have to be broken a different way, and the ones just barely too big was reevaluated and tossed into the good pile if she could break off a piece without rendering it too small.

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learned

[neko bo beko]

Blearily, Harue comes to not a few moments later. Or perhaps it is hours or days later, she can never tell when she has a particularly good rest. She stretches, grunting as she adjusts against her beast's flank. It rises and falls slowly, steadily; Ōmo is still fast asleep.

Pulling herself into an upright position, she folds her legs into a pretzel or otherwise meditative way, placing her hands on the grass before her as she regains sense of her surroundings. The sound of distant crunch and crush reminds her she was waiting for Chizu to finish doing.. whatever it was she was doing. Growing something out of her own creativity, whatever it was, Harue was content with waiting for the blue haired kunoichi to re-approach her.

At least, that's what she tells herself. But waiting on the sidelines eagerly to give her friend her gift was a longer than usual wait. The seconds drag on slower and slower, and her confidence in the greatness of her gift dwindles. She touches the bag gingerly. It was no matter; regardless of the wait, Harue was set on watching the minutes tick by. Her patience was endless, after all.

[Lianaly Fox]

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Chizu stood back and took in her finished work, rocks all similar in size were piled high in the grass. The small ones all tossed aside in the grass because honestly, those were useless to her. Her log stacks were all in order by size and the area everything was flattened and cleared of grass. In other words it was pretty much perfect to start on the next part of her plan! Even if she didn't really know what it was yet.

The child dusted off her pants by patting them, causing the dust to rise up and off of its cloth. Then she stood back up and put her hands on her hips, bending her back backwards to stretch. She grunted softly and rolled her shoulders, remembering that there was something that Harue had wanted to give her.

Books was it?

She supposes she kept the older girl waiting for long enough, so the child rested her hands in her pockets and started to walk over to the Pinkette, who was sitting in the grass against her pink lion. Chizu’s long legs easily closed the distance between the duo, taking easy yet long strides until she finally drew up to the other. The child tilted her head to the side as she took in Harue,

”Didn’t you want to give me something?”

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