Test 1: Zieg, Zien, Rikamaru (Failed)

[👺 Usiel]

Welcome to the First Chuunin Exams Test

Be careful for you may die within the Event of the Chuunin Exams. Please take note that if a team member fails, then that means the whole team fails. A team member being inactive will not make you fail the exams.

The In Active In Character, or IIC is One and a half Days. This means that you have one day to post, or else you will be skipped. Stay active or you may in fact die. A Chuunin Examiner will be in charge of the situation that you are in. They will lead you through the exam to see if you are worthy in going into the Next Exams.

In this Exams you are here to Test your capability of the mind, body, and soul. You must go through the Exams without using any chakra what so ever. You must use your wits, your knowledge, and the things that are all around you such as your weapons, and the environment. Sometimes a ninja must prove themselves by pushing forward using their mind instead of their brawn.

Please follow along with the Chuunin Examiners for they will lead you through the situation.

The Team Within This Thread is...

Test Description

You are all found within a Large Hallway. Within the hallway is a plaided flooring in the color of a checker board. The Colors are Red and Black with gold lacing on the sides of each square. If one was to tap on the floor they would find out that it was simple enough with no specific types of hidden creations within the floor. The Walls are painted with a white like flower wallpaper that goes from one end of the Large Hallway to the opposite end where there is a normal size mahogany Door. On the left, and right hand side of the Large Hallway are five doors on each side. Each door is normal size, seeming to be oak wood, stained in a nice stained color. The door knobs are within the colors of dark gold. Each door has their own design to them that may or may not be different to them. (One would have to examine to see.) Each Door are separated within a distance of fifteen feet, while the last Door is through at the opposite end. Between each door, every three feet is a small candle light stick placed along the walls. The Ceiling is hard, and can not be open as an odd design is created on the ceiling.

The objective is to find a way out of this hallway and find a hidden scroll within one of the rooms. The Scroll will signify that the team are capable of going to the next test.

[zieg]

"Lets get started."

Zieg and his team had been lead to where their first test would be taken. Oddly enough they were in a room that didn't appear dangerous at all. His team was close by. He eyed the room. He and his team were at the end of the hall so they could clearly look and see that the hall was filled with ten doors, five on each side. Zieg took note of the doors that would of course be used. In between them candles. The room wasn't being lit by the candles it seems, so they served another purpose. Some sort of signifigence like the door. The floor looked suspiscious. Why were they padded with these colors? Zieg also took note that the floor would be filled with traps due to the design of the floor. If like he thought the doors served a purpose as to getting to their goal the floors would be filled with traps. Just walking up to the doors seemed too easy.

Without their use of chakra Zieg would find it hard to make it through here, since he concentrated mainly on using his techniques to help him. Not this time. This time he had to rely on his mind alone. His brain was even more boggled because not only did he have to look after himself but his team as well. If they fail, he fails. Zieg knew he could count on Zien but his other teammate was someone he didn't know. Would he be ready too?

Zieg stood tall with his hands in his pockets and his mind anylizing the situation. Find the scroll and get out of the room. Seems easy enough. That was hardly ever the case. This was his first chuunin exam but he knew better than any chuunin that things wouldn't be simple.

He decided that the best move to make would be to check the doors. Before he could do that he'd have to move through the floors that might be trapped.

We can't use chakra. This just may be Zien's playground. I'll have to work harder than him to keep up. First things first. These floors. I need to check them.

He looked to Zien and Rikamaru. "Hey grab some kunai. I want you to launch them at the black squares in the floor about five feet ahead of you. These floors might have traps. I predict that maybe a certain color triggers the traps. If so then we'll have to travel on the safe squares." Zieg wanted to check the black squares on the floor. Even if they did or didn't trigger traps he would too check the red squares. He drew four kunai from his pack and held two in each hand ready to launch. He waited for his team.

[深紅色ӗ]

<sup>Rikamaru & a group of other Gennin had been put in teams for the Exams. They both were from the same village but he wandered why he never met them. They had been led to a room for the first exam. "Checkered Floors? Somethin's off." He examined the floor as his team mate did as well. It seemed too he was uncertain about the room. Candles in front of doors & along the walls, what kind of game was this?

"Hey grab some kunai. I want you to launch them at the black squares in the floor about five feet ahead of you. These floors might have traps. I predict that maybe a certain color triggers the traps. If so then we'll have to travel on the safe squares." Rikamaru heard the other Gennin's words & applied to them. It did make since to him what he had said, about the floors being traps. "I only have four kunai. I shouldv'e bought some, how could I be so dumb?" Rikamaru grabbed his kunai anyways, for he would have to recover them after being thrown. As Rikamaru grabbed his kunai, he only grabbed three, he spoke out. "Only reason we can't use chakra is, what if someones a Hyuuga? They can use their Byakugan & see the chakra within the exploding tags or anything else chakra wise. Makes since doesn't it?"

Rikamaru threw his kunai to the balck squares as told by his team mate. They landed but he stood there & awaited to see if something was going to happen. Rikamaru then had an idea, if his team mate had a certain item or items, it might work. "Hey do you have any exploding tags? If we equip them to the kunai, them we just might can get the traps out the way." Rikamaru awaited for his response as he awaited for options since he didn't know what was going on that much. He relied on his intelligence for he did get out of something like this before. He closed his eyes but still had his ears open for commands meditating as he enclosed his hands as if he were holding a giant cup or something.</sup>

[zien]

Zien listened to his comrades as they have spoken standing there Zien heard Zieg talk about throwing some kunai's at the floor Zien then heard Rikamaru speak. "you do have a point about chakra Rikamaru." He had pulled out two kunais holding one in each hand. Seeing Rikamaru throw his kunais watching them hit the squares five feet away.

"hmmmm." Zien had wondered if something was going to happen. Hearing the word explosive tag from Rikamaru made him wonder. "Wait we shouldn't use a tag we could get hurt in the process." Being conserned about his team he didn't want them to get hurt by an explosion that could cause danger. Zien looked around seeing the walls of the hall way.

"If we do use an explosive tag it also causes the walls to probably collapse on to use is will be very dangerous. Maticulously Zien was paying a great attention to detail. "I think it's best if we take it slow if we try to rush through this we might be paying it with our life."

Zien had threw his kunais at two other squares aiming for a red one black. Zien had then quickly pulled out another kunai and then launched it towards another black square wondering if something might happen. He had then looked at the doors noticing that there were five doors possibly six but Zien couldn't tell because it was dark.

"We might want to also be careful about those doors we never know what could happen." Zien had to be careful because even though his companions can't use chakra this might be hard for him as well. begining to speak within himself so no one can hear what he was saying. "I might be careful though this is my type of area I can't use them because of the no chakra using rule." refering to his special technique that he wanted to keep hidden for a while until the time is right.

[zieg]

OOC: Zien the squares are red nd black not white and black.

Zieg had thrown his kunai at the black squares as his comrads did. He heard Rikamaru speak of explosive tags and Zieg's eyes jumped a bit. He eyed him.

"Explosive tags won't help us. In a mission like the current situation we can't blow our way towards our goal. We have to use as little effort and as much stealth as possible to achieve the objective. " Zieg knew that he and Zien worked better when Zieg gave the orders and his other companion made it clear that he would lead this team. Though Zieg hated to play leader he had to do it for himself more than anything. He would rather fall under as a supporter rather than leader.

He waited for something to happen. Every black square that was a decent amount of space between them had been hit. A line of kunais were made in front of them on black squares. Zieg looked at them and simply waited for something to happen.

[👺 Usiel]

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[Chuunin Examiner 3]

As the students threw their kunais they would land where they threw them with quite ease. There were no sounds, no suspicious formations all around. There was just the sudden sound of silence. Everything seemed ok, perhaps the floor was not the trap, perhaps something else was, perhaps they were just in the clear. One thing was for certain however, the floor was not a problem.

[zieg]

Zieg felt quite relieved to see that nothing happened when the black squares were hit. He eyed them closely and looked around afterwards. He drew eight more kunai, four in each hand. Three stuck out from the middle part of each finger and one flipped the opposite way so that the blade would stick out from the bottom half of the hand.

Zieg launched them each at a red square which were next to the black ones. An armada of kunai had filled the squares in front of them. Zieg waited. Silence broke out within the room. He thought about it. As nothing continued to happen he concured that the floos had no traps in them. Least that far ahead. The young shinobi looked up and eyed the ceiling. Perhaps there was something of danger up there that could fall on their heads.

"The floors are safe but keep an eye on the ceiling. Anything could fall from there. Asides from that heres the plan. There are ten doors total. With three of us we'll have to each take a door. Rikamaru I want you to stay near. Me and Zien are gonna check the first two doors on the left hand side. Once we've done that we three will all take the other doors on the left side. We'll use the same formation with the doors on the right. Take note to the candles in between the doors as well. I'm not sure but I think they serve some other purpose rather than just providing light for us. Is the plan clear?"

Zieg thought on the matter. Chances of the scroll they were searching for wouldn't be the first few doors they check. Maybe the scroll is all the way at the end of the hall somewhere but Zieg's eyes couldn't reach that far even if he tried. The fact that he couldn't use jutsus felt sort of relieving, rather than feeling like a handicap. This was a true test of genius and ability. Zieg perhaps not the most brilliant of the Uchiha clan, nore his village but he was not gonna make error for this test. He wanted to make it to the next exams.

Zieg walked forward and gathered his 14 thrown kunai. He placed them back in his vest, pockets and pouche and started towards door one. There was a large number on the door. One. Zieg walked forward and touched the handle but he wouldn't open the door. He would wait for Zien to go to the door 15 feet next to his and Rikamaru get in between the two. Once that had happened Zieg would take a large breath.

He gripped the handle once his team was in position. Standing on the side where the door would open he opened it and stayed behind the door, walking along with it as it opened so he wouldn't be revealed when the door was open. Instead he would peak his head around to see what was inside. If something shot out he'd miss it. Or rather it would miss him. He kept his mind on the ceiling. He had fear of it still. Anything could fall from there.

[深紅色ӗ]

<sup>Rikamaru listened to his commands. He hadn't thought about the ceiling, nor the walls when he mentioned the exploding tags. Seeing as all the kunai were on the floor, it seemed that nothing was wrong with it. "The ceilings could be a problem come to think of it. He went to grab his four kunai then followed his instructions.

As Zein walked towards door one, Rikamaru did what he was told, & stepped in between door one & two. Zeig was at door two. Rikamaru waited for a signal as he stood watching the both of them. "Tell me when...to do whatever is needed." He kept his head up & listened out for anything they said, & also anything supicious as well.

OOC: Sorry for the short post. I was in a hurry. Computer time ended.</sup>

[zien]

As Zien had let go and started to breath after he and his team had thrown their kunais at the red and black squares on the ground he had heard Zieg say be careful of the ceiling and the candles. He nodded his head and walked over to grab his kunais off the ground. grab all three of his kunais he put them back into his pouch and then looked at Zieg as he had spoke the plain.

"Got it Zieg." Zien had watched Zieg as he had waited on him top get to door 2 and open it. He walked over to the door and grabbed hold of the handle and he began to sweat. "Ok I have to be careful." Zien had looked at Zieg as he began to open the door and then he looked at Rikamaru.

"ok lets do this." He carfully opened the door and then he continued to move over following the door moving his hand as it was about to connect with the wall making sure about the ceilling as he was close to Rikamaru he had backed up from the door moving in front of Rikamaru staring at it hoping something wasn't going to happen though he knew that something he had to be prepared for was yet to come.

[Chuunin Examiner 3]

As Uchiha Zieg would open the door, he would find himself in a very simple, square room, when he opened the door nothing would happen, nothing would catch him off guard. The door would open towards the room just like every other door within the hallway. The room that he would find himself in would measure roughly 15’ x 15‘, the walls would be painted white. These could not be seen truly of course, such details aren’t completely obvious without a light source. There is a switch to the right of the door near the far end if one would search, which can be assumed to turn on a light of sorts. A collection of six crates, varying in size, is located at the back of the room, stacked up against the far end wall directly opposite from the door. One Crate would measure three feet by three feet by three feet. Another would be two, and another would be one foot which would be on top of the six foot crate. Another Crate would measure about three feet by two feet by one foot, laying long ways with another crate about the same size laying on top of that box, however laying upwards, making a backwards "T". The Final box was just a simple Foot cubed box that was on top of the three foot box. On top of the Foot cubed box would be a stand of a for a sword, and a sword laying on the stand. The sword was to be a very finely crafted, double bladed sword. The Sword looked to be powerful, the steel finely polished, and the edges sharpened to a keen edge, a fine rare keep for anyone.

The door Hoshido Zien would enter would be Rather eerie in appearance, this room is circular in design, perhaps about 30 feet in diameter. Lit candles are the only lighting available, hanging from the wall in brass holders. The ceiling is high- extremely so. To the point that the top of it can’t be seen. Of course, it’s also possible that the ceiling is simply painted black, and this was meant to trick the eye. The walls and floor are stone, making the room itself a bit chilly. Upon closer inspection upon the walls, they would say over and over all around, written in read, one may think it would be blood, or perhaps just regular paint to mess with one senses, however the smell of blood could not be smelled. It would say "One always lie, one always truth"

[zieg]

Zieg turned his head over the door to see a half lit room. The light from the outside slightly burying in. He couldn't see much of the room. He squeenched his eyes. He looked around and noticed the switch on the wall to his right. He reached his hand out and flipped it. The light came on and revealed the room. The boxes sat on the opposite side. Zieg eyed them. They all had about different sizes.

The boy's mind began to ponder the situation. He noticed instantly the boxes and the sword. For what reason would a sword be there with crates? Most likely to bust them open bubt that seemed too easy. Why more than just one crate and if a scroll was inside one of those crates then why are the others there? Most likely they were traps of some sort, ready to bust out when Zieg bashed the crates open with the nicely crafted sword.

I know that they want me to bust open these crates. The scroll might be in one of them. Thats not what I am worried about however. I am worried about whats in the rest of those crates.

The young man thought about it hard and sighed.

"No other choice...." He opened his eyes and walked toward the crates. He figured he should use the sword on the stand. He wondered if the stand would be a trap. These exams made him quite paranoid but at the same time forced him to use his brain completely. Thats what he'd do. He could only pray the sword handle was not a sword. He grabbed it by the handle and lifted it slowly. It was quite heavy. He placed two hands on the handle and took it to the crates. He would start with the top and work his way down. He put the sword down and took the top crate down and put it on the ground. He did the same with the other set of crates and laid them on equal levels on the ground. From the smallest sized crate to largest they ranged themselves. Zieg started with the smallest crate.

He picked up the sword and lifted it over his head. Sweat trinkled down his face. He slashed the blade down on the side of the crate so it would appear to have been opened that way. He didn't slash completely through the middle of the crate but rather shaved a piece off the side. Couldn't harm anything like that he thought.

[zien]

Zien walked into the room continuing to get an erie presence from the room. "hmm I don't trust this room." Looking up at the ceiling or what he thought to be the ceiling stayingin that one spot he began looking around the room.

Trying to find something suspicious. "I still might want to make sure that ceiling doesn't fall and if it does I might not hear it. Zien had backed up to the door looking around on the ground and then he looked right back up. He had made sure he was close to the door. Making sure it wasn't going to shut He had then walked out of the door stepping into the doorway and looking right into the cracks of the door. "Hmmmm lets see."

He wanted to make sure nothing was going to happen. He looked at Rikamaru as he stood on the wall. "Rikamaru come here for a second don't touch this door but rather watch it I want to see something. After he had talked to Rikamaru he had walked into the room and then pulled out a kunai.

"Ok lets try this out see how far this ceiling is the kunai had came straight through his arm sleeve of his cloak in his hand was the kunai he tossed it up hard as he stood close to the door making sure that he wasn't going to get hurt by the ceiling. Making sure the ceiling wasn't going to fall on him squashing him like a bug.

[Chuunin Examiner 3]

(I gave some time for your partner to post, he has not so we are skipping him.)

Zieg

Actions of been Stated due to Trap and Die Roll

Everything was calm, everything was quiet. There were no traps that would set off the moment that Zieg would step within the room. The eerie feel of silence would emit in the air as those that would come about would reach in a room of solitude. Zieg was a great Ninja, a Great detective, he used his mind for everything, however he did not realize that the sword itself was the trap. He never thought that the sword itself would be the problem. No, the Stand may have been the problem, but it was not the stand, it was not the crates, it was the very sword.

When Zieg picks it up with one hand, nothing would happen, when he took it with two hands, that was when the trigger activated. Like a swiss army knife, with the sheer weight of the blade, the sword would unhing as it would slam down to the blade. It would work as if it was some sort of combat knife, but the latch was broken in which shoots back down to the handle. The Blade was heavy, the blade was sharp, in a clean move, as Zieg lifts the sword up, the blade comes down in a cutting form, taking out the fingers of not just one hand, but the second hand as well.

It would be painful, it would be horrible.

Zien

Zien would find out that the room was spotless, it was clean of traps. There was no way in hell would one person be capable of figuring out that there would be some sort of trap, for there were no traps around. As Zien would throw the Kunai in the air, towards the Cieling he find that an echo would push off in all directions, a loud booming sound, around the same time when Zieg's fingers would be cut off.

Then all would be silent unless Zieg screamed out from his fingers being cut off. The room itself was empty, except the eerie like feeling, a room given such an effect.

[zieg]

OOC: Damn. Thats just F'd up.........

The blade itself was the trap. Unbeckonist to Zieg's insight he wasn't aware that the actual sword would do something like that. In a swifr second the blade would come down and remove his fingers with a swift swipe. Zieg had went into a short state of shock. He didn't scream. He didn't move.

His eyes jumped and moved around. His eyes shifted down to his hands which were no longer full hands anymore. They appeared to be something completely different. Blood spluttered from them. Zieg stared at what was his hands and as he accessed the situation it all set it. He let out a large yell. It echoed through the room. It was long and loud. His voice broke several times during.

He fell to his knees and simply stared at the ground. His hands were hurt but that wasn't what made him terrified and in pain. It was more of a mental thing. He lost his hands. One of the most important tools avalable to a shinobi. What would he do without his fingers? The fingers needed for the handseals which was needed for jutsu.

He breathed heavily and didn't blink. He had a deranged and crazy look in his eyes. They were wide open and shot. He fell forward onto his stomach and his head smacked into the ground. His eyes still shot. After a moment of acceptance they lowered themselves slightly. His breathing started to slow.

"................."

Zieg simply accepted the fact that his fingers were gone, laying along side him on the floor next to the bloody weapon that did it.

Heh.....no fingers.....heh heh. Heh heh heh heh. Its over I guess....

He decided that living wouldn't be an option here. He was most likely gonna bleed to death but he'd have it that way rather than live having his livelyhood taken away from him. He would gladly accept death now. He was no longer a ninja. Not without his hands. He had entered the exams to pass and only ended up doing the exact opposite.

"Shit......."

[zien]

OOC: thats bullshit.

IC: Zien hears the large yell after he had checked the room. "Zieg." Zien had took off towards the room Zieg was in." He wasn't ware that Zieg had cut his hand off. Looking into the room he was more worried about Zieg then the others. "Zieg is everything al....." He broke into silence seeing his best friends fingers cut off the blood squrting from his fingers bleeding to death. Zien had to do something to stop the blood. "Zien had took his bandages off and then looked at Ziegs arm. "Damn too much blood ."

Zien had rush over to Zieg. "You can't die on me Zieg." Zien had rushed over to Zieg trying to stop the blood from coming out. "Zieg you should've been careful." Zien had then tried to wrap his ripped sleeve around Ziegs hand to stop the blood. "Damn it I can't stop the blood I wasn't able to protect my best friend." Zien's heart was pounding fast from the sight of the blood. "Zien had yelled out for Rikamaru go search for help now. Zien already knew that these Exams were hard already for just a group of genin since he knew his teamate had failed he would as well. "Zien walks over to a wall and the punches it with brute force.

"DAMN I WASN'T ABLE TO PROTECT HIM." Zien's anger rose through the roof he wan't to kill himself for not being able to protect Zieg at the time. "We should've stuck together." A tear fell from his eyes as he had his hand up to th wall." Zien had then got an idea. "I got it." Zien had walked back over to the blood bathed Zieg and then he started to look for his fingers. "I kniow for a fact that we will make it out of here alive. "Zien had to find the scroll. fast." Zien finds Zieg's fingers and then tightened the bandages around Zieg's hands to stop the bleeding.

Zien's plan was smart. "We only have 25 mins. until his fingers can't be reattached properly I will have to use my true speed." Zien had took of both pairs of his weights his ankle and wrist weights. "Ok lets do this I will have to be speedy the whole way through, Rikamaru you make sure Zieg doesn't go into a state of shock." Zien had then took off into the eriee looking room, room 2 he knew his speed would help him. Zien tries to search for the scroll looking for it with all his might.

still looking for the scroll Zien then decided he wasn't. "I will disqualify myself." Zien hen walks out of the room calm. "Body flicker." Zien used the body flicker techniqe to go right bak to the start line he knew that he was going to get disqaulifyed for using chakra anyway. Zien had then walked into the room. Picking up Zieg's fingers and placing them in his pouch.

"Zieg come on we are leaving." He had placed Zieg on his back and took off out of the room leaving the halway from the point were they had started heading through Zien had opened the Second Gate. "Heal Gate... Open." He had then tilted his body so that way he could make a crater in the wall big enough to make an exit.

I will find my own way out. "KAZE NO KEN." Zien had bulided enough enrgy in his hand to send an elephant flying. Zien had hit the wall where the staring point was and made a huge crater in the wall if there was a trap then it wouldn't matter Zien had made a hole big enough for him to leave the Exams to travel to the hospital.

OOC: well I had to do it to save my friend."

[zieg]

Zieg had closed his eyes and blanked out for a second. His breathing slowed and he began to feel a tad bit hazed. He was still alive. Barely it seemed. He thought he was going to die and he was able to accept that. He thought his life had ended when he lost his fingers. A shinobi without the ability to create handseals was useless it seemed. The though occured in his mind over and over. He hadn't considered the possability of getting his hands back.His fingers surgically put back on.

His eyes opened as pain shot through his hands and rattled his body. He opened his eyes to see Zien wrapping his hands up. The blood had covered much of the floor and stained Zieg's clothing. His eyes slowly moved toward Zien. His hair covered most his face. One eye shot from the darkness of his face.

"guh...." Words didn't escape his lips. He gritted his teeth as he was lifted up and put on his back after Zien had left. Zieg's head dropped over Zien's. The Uchiha was still half dead. His eyes remaind half open. He knew the team had failed and it was his fault. He whispered out a small phrase.

"So...rry....."

[Chuunin Examiner 3]

I am sorry you guys failed, it was an honor, I was honestly hoping you guys would win and finish through.

Just a heads up before you all entered a room everything was pre planned, every item, every trap...everything was planned so it was not like I tried to screw you guys.

[深紅色ӗ]

<sup>OOC: My bad. I couldn't post Firday Saturday, nor sunday. The weekend I didn't have access to a computer & friday I got out early because we had a fire drill & that was my only time to get on that day. & why the hell did we get only 1 & a half days to post. Everyone doesn't have a computer ya know.

IC: Rikamaru listened as Zein screamed from his fingers being cut off. He rushed to the room seeing blood pour down on the floor, then he looked at the blade. "Damn...If that just happened, then...we..." Rikamaru leaned against the wall hitting it as hard as he could as tears fell down his eyes. "WE FAILED! JUST BECAUSE OF SOME DUMB ASS TRAP WITHIN THAT DAMN BLADE!"

Zeig then rushed into the room & Rikamaru held Zein up taking off his coat tearing it trying to stop the blood just as Zeig rushed to find the scroll to get them out of the room. "Hey, just hold on. We're going to get you out." Rikamaru waited impatiently as Zeig went looking for the scroll to get them out.</sup>