Project 49A [Front Door]

[Flower]

The Front Door

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The whole laboratory itself stretched up into the sky about 50 or 60 feet. The building appeared to be made out of metal completely. Perhaps someone could bust through the wall...perhaps not. Either way the front door stood wide open. The entrance was about 1.5 meters wide and 3 meters tall. The door was also metal. All one had to do to enter was slip through the door.

Inside of the entrance was pitch black. Once completely within the depths of the place it would have been impossible to see beyond one's own hand in front of their face, if even that.

Near the entrance would be enough 8 in. flashlights for all members of the group, provided by Vahan. The flashlights would have to help the shinobi maneuver through the building, as there was no lights. What kind of man lived in the dark? Who knew?

All that was left was to enter the building and begin, unless, of course, the shinobi had another plan. It was up to them.

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[Enter]

Kai dashed towards the entrance both him and his team were assigned to. Sand caught in his trainers, all collected from running through the desserts of Kaze no Kuni. Once he had reached their destination Kai instantly stopped, throwing sand into the air due to the sudden stop in movement. Kai knew that he maybe didn't have to run as fast as he did to arrive at the front entrance in time but he just wanted to make sure, that being said his team probably still on their way here Kai looked at the door in front of him that lead down into the pit of monsters. To Kai it looked roughly a little less than two meters wide and 3 meters tall, tall enough a door to allow him his entrance into the laboratory.

The building that stood before him appeared to be made out of solid metal, stretching tall into the sky. "Not much of a secret..." Kai couldn't help but say to himself at the appearance of such a huge building for such secret research. Thinking over it a second time Kai realized that it was out in the middle of nowhere so it probably wouldn't matter if the building was even taller anyway. Kai was still equipped with all the items he had equipped before when he was at the meeting lobby and he was still wearing his casual clothes. He had 20 Kunai with him along with 2 combat knifes, this allowed extra room in his butt bag for other things. Looking around he noticed a small table to the right of the entrance with what appeared to be some kind of objects on it.

Walking closer Kai noticed that they were flashlights, about 8 inches in length. He walked over to the table, picking up one of the flashlights he hold it out in the palm of his hand. If they gave his team flashlights then it must be dark inside the laboratory. After all they must have been for his team, Kai thought this because there was exactly 4 flashlights on the table. That added up to the exact amount of members on his team. Sitting down beside the table, Kai would empty out his trainers of any sand. After this he would put them back on then await the rest of his teams arrival.

[thewire]

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Takeshi was right on Kai’s tail, coughing as the younger shinobi stopped in front of him and waving the sand away before placing his round glasses on his face and observing the building in front of them. The building was huge, and the door was wide open. Takeshi still had his ninja pouch of kunai, shuriken, Makibishi, grenades and senbon needles.

“Someone’s expecting us,” Takeshi said, looking into the dark rectangle that led into the den that held the monsters. “Either that, or they’re confident that they can keep any intruders out without locking the door. Either way, that doesn’t bode well for us.” Takeshi saw the table laid out with flashlights; who would leave them flashlights? Did these people WANT the shinobi to enter their secret lab?

“Does this feel right to anyone?” Takeshi would ask out loud, hoping one of his teammates would answer. “I don’t like this one bit.”

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

[Enter]

Mih was walking right behind Takeshi and for some reason, Kai was walking ahead of everybody. Maybe he was most psyched about it. Mih was there mostly because of the money awards and the fact that his team was going was only making his survival even more sure. Mih was feeling Yuki walking behind him. Everybody was here... But why was the front door wide open? There were two options for that and Mih but both of them under mind before making his first steps inside the building. The first option was that Sand Shinobi cleared and secured the entrance area before they sent more people inside the building. That was most likely the case because there were 8 in. Flashlights a couple of steps from the entrance through the building. Mih picked one of them up. As he did that, he went through the second theory up his mind. Maybe, the enemy was aware that there was somebody was sending shinobi in their laboratory and wanted to welcome their warmly.. If that was the case, the door would close behind them as they entered. No matter if it was his first or his second theory, Mih knew that his team should stick together. "I don’t like this one bit." Mih looked around - the place surely looked creepy. "Me neither, but we will think out something..

[Yuki.]

Yuki was standing right at the back of the group, far away from all of them making it clear that she was the outsider. She still all of her regular stuff with her, but she hadn't even taken one step past the entrance, even though it was wide open and flashlights were laying around on a table. She felt like the place was just one, big trap so she thought she would wait a while before going in. Everyone seemed to think the place looked a bit sketchy, especially about the door being wide open and the place dark as night, something that Yuki loved but this time she wasn't so sure.

Yuki would probably slip through the darkness and grab a flashlight later but for now, she stood away from the group, which probably wasn't the smartest idea and it also gave her a huge disadvantage. Still, Yuki wasn't one to care about stuff like that, she always did her own thing but she also didn't want her team to be harmed in any way. Even though not all of them seemed to be warming up to her. She leaned next to the door just in case so if the doors did close, she would have the chance to choose between leaving her friends, or going on her own. Plus, she was still close enough to her team for safety as Takeshi started making small talk with Mih.

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Listening to both Mih and Takeshi, Kai realized the most of their team was skeptical about just strolling on into the building. Everybody appeared to be voicing their opinions about the situation except for what Kai would now call her 'The Red-Head'. The only thing that Kai was skeptical about here was the fact that Yuki appeared to be trying to avoid the rest of the group. Kai grunted at the fact that she was leaning next to the door, eyes shifting and all. 'She thinks she is so cool doesn't she...' Kai thought to himself, turning back to the flashlight he still held in the palm of his hands.

Kai then stood up, looking around the rest of his group then turning to the door he would walk over to it then peek his head through the entrance. It appeared to be pitch black, assuming it would be pitch black the entire assignment Kai had a idea. Turning to the rest of his team again he would say "I think we should take turns with our flashlights. It looks dark in there and if its dark all the way through we would be in trouble if we ran out of charge in our flashlights.". Turning back to the entrance to the lab he would then continue, "The person who has their flashlight on at the time should be the one leading in front of the rest of the group, so we know where we are going.", Kai said this nervously. It was the first time he had spoke that much to other people in ages, being way too anti-social and all.

[thewire]

Takeshi nodded as Mih spoke, trying to assimilate all of the facts. The young redheaded girl that had joined their team at the beginning was standing away from them, which made Takeshi a little nervous. He was going to keep a direct eye on her until she proved she could be trusted.

Kai then piped up about the flashlights and how they’d be in trouble if they all ran out. He seemed nervous, as if speaking wasn’t something he was good at. Takeshi understood, and decided to take charge, at least for now.

“Okay,” he said, rubbing his palms together, “We need to stay in formation while we’re in there, or we’re gonna get destroyed. So, here’s an idea; Kaius, you take point with the flashlight, myself and…” he realised that he didn’t know the young woman’s name yet. “…and yourself,” he said, pointing at the woman, “will be in the middle and Mih, you bring up the back. I assume that puppet of yours has some range to it. If we move through this carefully, we should be back home for dinner. What do you all think?” Takeshi was more diplomatic than dictatorial, so he’d rather the opinions of his team before they did anything.

As he talked, he realised that he wasn’t going to have much room in his ninja pouch for a flashlight, so he’d have to leave something behind. He’d decide to leave behind two kunai, then pick up the flashlight and put it in his pouch.

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2x Kunai exchanged for 1x 8. in Flashlight

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

Mih nodded in response to Takeshi's speech. That was his answer to both his formation and the question he asked about his puppet's range. For some reason tho, Mih wasn't fully satisfied with being given orders so freely..

Now that he got his flashlight, and saw Kaius and Takeshi did so too, Mih turned his head back and noticed that Yuki wasn't yet in the room. Mih turned and walked towards her, picking up the flashlight that was for her on his way out of the gate and stopped when he reached her. This girl, that reminded Mih of S.Sana, for some reason, Mih felt that it wouldn't be so hard for him to talk to this girl -- A problem he had when he talked to other people.

"Here, that's for you" Mih handed Yuki her flashlight and smiled -- something he wouldn't do everyday and in every situation.. Why did he do that, he thought himself. Was it to comfort her with the team? She was staying out of their conversation up until now and was probably distancing herself from the rest of the team. "We are a team so we should stick together." He continued. "I got your back and now, we should get inside and get this job done with, as Takeshi said. If Yuki accepted the flashlight Mih handed to her, he would turn back again walking again inside the dark building through the door saying "We are waiting for you inside."

[Yuki.]

“…and yourself,” The man named Takeshi, apparently started “will be in the middle and Mih, you bring up the back. I assume that puppet of yours has some range to it. If we move through this carefully, we should be back home for dinner. What do you all think?” pointing at Yuki, gesturing for her to go in the middle of their so called formation. She answered back with a quick reply, as always. "The name's Yuki," She smirked as she spoke, hopefully giving them a sense that she wasn't that dangerous, even though she probably was.

While Yuki was still at the back of the group, Mih noticed her just leaning against the wall so she brought a flashlight for her too. "Here, that's for you" He spoke softly, still a little bit nervous but he seemed to be warming up to her bit by bit as he handed her the flshlight. Yuki looked a little bit surprised by this, but she grabbed the flashilight while giving a quick nod and a slight "mmm," as her way of saying thank you. "We are a team so we should stick together. I got your back and now, we should get inside and get this job done with, as Takeshi said." He then strode back in through the door, while saying, "We are waiting for you inside." Even though Yuki hated the idea of walking in there, she decided it was best she did, for the team as well as herself so she strode through the door, keeping the flshlight Mih handed her in her fist, keeping it off like Kai siad to save the battery.

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Kai watched as the red head introduced herself, 'Damn overconfident...' Kai continued in his trail of negative thoughts on Yuki. It was just the way she was so overconfident with herself, Kai thought she must think she was all cool smirking when she spoke and everything. Kai hated the overconfident type, guess that would add up to two things he hated about her. She was a non-ninja, and she was way too confident. The chances of Kai ever getting along with her were sure to be slim.

Moving on from that she walked through the entrance after Mih who previously had done so. Without being asked Kai knew that he had to go in with them too, despite the red head also being in there. Walking through the entrance Kai would join the other two, turning his head the opposite direction of Yuki whilst crossing his arms. Kai was definitely not going to like being on the same team as this girl, not one bit.

[Flower]

[OOC: Whoa whoa, everyone calm down. Let me get a post in. I'll post soon.]

[Flower]

[OOC: Hey, just allow me to get in a post between you guys. So like, I'm after Kaius in the posting order.]

As the group would enter into the building they would soon realize that the darkness was no joke, revealing the reason for their flashlights. The darkness would invade their eyes and cause them to see strange shadows moving across the walls. If they were to use their flashlight then they would notice that the walls were completely metal, with moss that was growing up along the sides of the walls.

The group was now walking down a hallway. This hallway was 3 meters wide and 10 meters tall. 5 meters down the hallway there was something very strange. To their right side would be an enormous hold in the wall. A hole so large that it took out an entire 4 meter diameter hole. What could do such a thing?

If they shined their flashlight in the hole they would see a new hallway. Now the games were starting to begin. Which way would the group go? What had made this hole in the wall? Which direction would lead them to their objective?

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[thewire]

OOC- So that makes the posting order myself, Mih, Yuki, Kaius and Flower as GM

Takeshi took his spot next to Yuki, behind Kaius and in front of Mih. When he realised that the darkness was going to mess with his eyes, he brought his own flashlight up and turned it on.

“It’s way too dark in here,” Takeshi explained if anyone questioned him, “Everyone should turn their flashlights on.” Takeshi swept the walls with his eyes, and saw solid metal walls covered with moss. Moss? Down here? That was not a good sign. This entrance must be terribly underused if moss was growing on the damn walls. Takeshi was becoming more apprehensive with every step. This did not feel right, not at all.

After travelling a little, Takeshi stopped and gaped openly at the huge hole in the wall. “What in the name of all the gods in heaven made that?” Now was the time to make a leadership decision; what route would they take? Would they keep going, or investigate the hole?

“I vote we move away from the creepy hole and keep going down the not-as-creepy doorway,” Takeshi said. “What do the rest of you want to do?”

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

Mih was walking right behind the group walking down the hallway until they reached a huge hole on the wall to their right. Apparently, it was leading to another hallway. Mih stopped for a while to think. His team entered the front door and the hallway up until now was really dark. If they weren't holding their flashlights, they would probably pass by this hole without even noticing it. "I vote we move away from the creepy hole and keep going down the not-as-creepy doorway," his teammate, Takeshi said. "No.. its so called 'creepiness' is the exact reason why we should enter it.." Mih made a small pause mixing things inside his head again to make sure he would be correct. "What we are approaching isn't a shop or some easily explorable cave. We are trying to invade into a secret laboratory and we are doing it through the front door. It is quite not likely for us to reach the target if we keep following a straight hallway." Mih took another look at the hole. "Plus, something made this huge hole, meaning that it was either trying to go in or out. In either conditions, it must be leading to either the place the thing came from or the place the thing went."

For Mih, success of this mission was important but he also wanted to escape this place alive and for him, continuing walking through the main hallway was going into a trap.. It was a too obvious entrance of a lab. Mih looked at Takeshi that was most likely trying to take leader decisions. "Takeshi, we should also have one flashlight on at a time." As he said that, Mih turned off his own flashlight. "As Kai said, we should take turns with the flashlights because we have no idea to what level they are charged and how long we will have to travel through darkness." Mih checked his pockets. Before Mih advanced any further in this place, he wanted to make sure he was prepared. He checked his pockets to see what items he brought with himself. Wrapped around his back was of course his puppet Shiwagana which he rarely left home without and it's Bo-Shuriken and Dart launchers were armed with 15 of each. He was lacking weaponry, however, he had nine blood cloth pills, two goggles, an additional 8 in. Flashlight and 12 Doka (Fire Pots). For the weaponry, he would have to rely on his teammates.. hopefully they would give him this and that.

"I vote we continue through the hole," Mih said with a voice, as calm and dark as always.

[Yuki.]

Yuki still had her flashlight off even though Takeshi had instructed that all the flashlights should be turned on but Mih on the other hand, agreed with Kai's idea of saving the flashlight's power, which Yuki also agreed on too. It seemed that their team was having even more issues now as Takeshi and Mih seemed to be having a small disargeement on whether to go through the creepy looking hole or take the main hallway. Personally, Yuki thought that the hallway was the best way to go but her instinct of curiousity was also pulling at her. Either way, Yuki thought both were traps so she proposed the idea of splitting up. "Hey, what if we went both ways?" Her tone wasn't exactly enthusiastic as she spoke but it wasn't completely unbothered either, "Mih and Kai should go together while me and Takeshi take the hall, then if anyone has any jutsus that can enable us to talk to each other, we can keep in touch that way," Yuki wasn't sure this was the smartest plan, or if certain people would agree with it but it was only an option she had come up with on the spot and this way, they would cover more ground. She then turned to the others for their approval.

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Looking around the rest of his group Kai would sigh. It looked like he had to make the deciding decision because everybody else seemed to have different ways of approaching this situation. All except Yuki's seemed reasonable to him, not because he didn't like her. In fact Kai would love to split up away from her and just go with Mih but if they were to survive this they would have to stick together, not having a single clue what they were up against. He looked from the simple obvious hallway to the hole in the wall. Still with his arms crossed he thought about it for a moment.

Everybody had appeared to agree with his idea of saving the flashlights power, Kai could help but be proud of himself as he made his first useful suggestion. Takeshi did however disagree with his statement saying that it was too dark in here and we would need the extra light, which to be fair seemed perfectly reasonable too. That was then he came to a decision that maybe we should have two flashlights on at once, that way we could have extra light all whilst having enough to spare. Kai then explained this to the rest of the group, "I think we should still preserve our light, but just like Takeshi said it is really dark in here. I think we should keep two flashlights on at once, and keep the others spare in case they run out of charge.".

Looking around the rest of the group for approval Kai would then look down to the ground, still with his arms crossed he would think about which way they should go next. The normal hallway did seem way to obvious, even if it appeared to be incredibly underused with all the moss growing on the walls. But this didn't help his decision as going through a hole which had appeared to be made recently by some thing didn't seem too good either. It was then that Kai made his decision, he hated traps more than anything. Even more than deformed creatures from hell. And it seemed that whatever made the hole in the wall was trying to find a way out, and it was way too close to achieving its goal. He looked to the hole and then the rest of the group. "We need to stop whatever made this hole, otherwise it could be a disaster.".

Kai then turned behind him, looking at the entrance they had just came through. "We need to find whatever made this and stop it, I say we go through the wall and find whatever made the hole." Kai turned his head back to his group then shifted his eyes between them. "Before it escapes..."

[Flower]

As the shinobi would be questioning what to do they would be losing valuable time. Whatever had made the hole in the wall might be moving closer, or further away. Either way it might be a bad thing. Meanwhile, not only did they have this to worry about but they would begin to hear movement around them. In the walls.

Strange happenings were occurring. They needed to make decisions quickly.

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[thewire]

Takeshi continued to dither, even though it was clear everyone wanted to go through the hole. If anything, now he needed to be practical, and now he looked at it, there wasn’t going to be enough room for them to move if they were attacked.

“You’re all right, of course,” he said, but then he gestured to the hole, “but there’s no room in there for any of us to move, especially if we’re engaged in close combat. We go down the hallway; easier to fight that way.” As Takeshi turned, he heard something. Looking around, he couldn’t pick it.

“Does anyone else hear that?” Takeshi asked, moving his flashlight around. “Where is that coming from?” Takeshi’s eyes darted around until he settled on the walls. Something was in the walls, and that was not comforting at all.

“Okay, that’s it; keep moving and stay quiet,” Takeshi said, moving down the hall. “Stay in formation and keep an eye on that hole. I don’t want anything sneaking up on us.” Takeshi had no idea if they were going to follow his orders or not, but that didn’t matter. Hallways had to lead somewhere, didn’t they?

[Pricillia "Cillia" Deus]

Damn! That sudden sound coming from the wall changed Mih's plans completely and what really got on his nerves was that Takeshi's orders right now seemed the really reasonable and Mih had no choice but follow them. He really hated being ordered around.. Who made Takeshi the leader in anyway? Following orders were against Mih's priciples but he could do nothing this time.. nothing but point out the mistakes Takeshi has done up until now.

"Yeah we should get away from this hole." Mih said calmly, trying not to allow note of anger in his voice. His principles were broken but his mind was as sharp as it always was. "However," Mih continued. "We will have to change the battle formation now that we know there is something behind us." Mih stopped for a second to think. He barely knew a thing about his team.. Takeshi was a sensory type? Kai was Genjutsu? Yuki? Mih had many possibilities rushing through his head, so much that he couldn't choose the right formation at first. Apparently, Takeshi was putting himself as a leader and that of course irritated Mih quite a lot but he couldn't allow his personal bothers mess up with the work of his team. He closed his eyes for a couple of seconds visualizing possibilities of what could happen with their further exploring of the main hallway. There was something coming from the behind and an unlimited amount of possibilities what lied ahead..damn that was confusing and coming up with a formation with minimum information was pretty hard. After 5-6 seconds, Mih opened his eyes. "Okay, first everyone, draw back!" First, the whole team had to pull themselves away from the hole. Now that they knew that there was something about to come from the hole they couldn't continue walking ahead without having the whole team on guard because of it. And if the whole team was concentrated on protecting the squad from the behind, something from the very front could attack them. If they moved from this very spot, they would be open to two possible attacks, from the back and from the front.

"I know that you guys want to protect yourselves before everything but believe me, that smartest choice right now is not to leave our exact positions and fight the creature that is headed to us." Mih turned on his flashlight and aimed it to the hole. "But first.. we will have to get it out of there." Mih turned his flashlight to Takeshi, then Yuki, then Kai. "Yuki.. Can you use your fire release inside the hole? .. and Kai, you set yourself on-guard.." Using Yuki's fire release would be a best way to pull the creature out. Mih got his puppet down from hsi back and put his hands together. "Chakra Ito, Kugutsu no Jutsu!!" Mih activated his chakra strings and connected them to Shiwagana's Bronzewood structured body. "Lets get his party started!" Having both his chakra strings and puppeteer techniques activated, Mih would now wait for Yuki's reply hoping that she would agreed on using a fire release technique to bring the creature out. If the creature wouldn't get out, Mih would rush Shiwagana inside the hole before he would enter himself. He had prepared himself for combat.

Techniques Used
Chakra Ito - Activate
Kugutsu no Jutsu - Activate

Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Chakra strings are a technique usually used by puppet users to allow them to control their puppets in battle.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times.
Description: The user is capable of controlling a puppet depending on the distance of the puppet. If the puppet surpasses a certain distance then the chakra strings simply disconnect leaving the puppet down along the floor. When first learned the user is able to control a puppet within the distance of up to 10 meters. Each time learned the distance increases by 10 meters. When the user reaches 200 meters there's an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. When the user reaches 400 meters there's again an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. These extra points do not go down by Class. User may learn an unlimited amount of times.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer.

Kugutsu no Jutsu (Puppet Technique)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Allows the user to effectively control puppets with lesser chakra strings allowing greater control per puppet.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times. Is able to learn 5 times max.
Description: When the user learns this technique they will reduce the amount of chakra strings needed to control a puppet. When user learns twice they will be to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String, Medium Puppets with 3 Chakra Strings, Large Puppets with 5 Chakra Strings, Huge Puppets with 9 Chakra Strings, Gargantuan Puppets with 11 Chakra Strings, and Colossal Puppets with 13 Chakra Strings. User must learn this Jutsu 3 times in order to control a Gargantuan Puppet. User must learn all 5 times in order to control a Colossal Puppet. After learning twice user will be able to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String regardless of continuous learning.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer. Must know Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)

[Yuki.]

Yuki at once used he fire sparrows to shoot through the whole just as Mih said, before slightly grasping the situation. Yuki didn't know if she was crazy or not but she started hearing noises thruogh the walls which sounded like animals scraping at them to her. She noticed that whatever was happening, it definitely wasn't something good so she growled in a low voice saying "We don't have time for this! Lets move!" Hopefully this would get her team to speed up and notice what was going on.

She would then turn to Takeshi or Mih for new orders, while crouching down in some shadows to hide herself. She would try to keep as quiet as a mouse, gesturing to the others to follow her into the hiding place. Mih got his chakra strings and attached them to his puppet after saying "lets get this party started!" so Yuki thought he was definitely in a battling mood.

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Fire Sparrow
Rank: D
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Creates swallows out of fire.
Special: handseals
Drawback: weak; will fizzle out after one post.
Description: The user forms handsigns and begins to heat the air around them in five concentrated spots. If heated high enough, the air will begin to burn in the shape of a sparrow. They will appear in a half of a second once this technique is mastered. Once formed, the user can send them towards their opponent with the point of a finger and a boost of chakra. The projectiles fly in a straight line, allowing for minimal control in direction while in flight. All though made from fire, they cannot do much damage beyond a burn since they lack substance and intensity of other fire jutsu.
Limit: Fire release