[E] Tsukiko Oshiro - 4

[Tieren]

Before lies a rather small, dark, and dank passageway. The size seems just big enough to walk through, as well as any companions without causing anyone to squish. Even the one with the large machine would find it just big enough for it to get through without scraping along the walls. It was as though each one was designed specifically for each person. Could this be what the person who registered all for the exam was typing in the entire time?

As the passage continued to be navigated, the lights barely lighting up the walls, floor, and ceiling, a voice would finally ring out through the area, one that was rather familiar. It was the registrar, and apparent proctor of the exams.

”Greetings to you all for participating in the exams. For passing through your doorways, you have chosen to partake in this years Chuunin Examinations. Before the exams truly begin, I have an announcement to make. Three participants did not meet the deadline. Asami Lei-Fong and Sasayaki Hateke of Leaf as well as Kaoru Takeuchi of Waterfall did not make it to their doors in time. As such, they have been disqualified, leaving the number of participants at Twenty Four.”

”Now then. As stated before, for these exams, you will be working alone, or with whichever animal or mechanical companion you brought with you. Each of you will be watched every step of the way. In a few moments, you'll step into a larger room where you will see a few things that we will be giving you for these exams.”

After those words were said, that room started to light up before each individual. It wasn't incredibly large, but gave a bit more breathing room unlike the previous passage. In the center of the room was a table. On it held a circular disk, a black box, and a small earpiece.

”Before you lies three things. A earpiece, that will help deliver special instructions. Anything you hear over the intercom is being broadcast to all areas. But anything that pertains directly to you will be played through the earpiece. If you choose not to wear it, be cautious, for you won't hear any special instructions that could cause you to fail the exams. The disk is something you eat should you feel the exams are too much. Your testing will end and you will immediately be ejected from the testing area to go back home. The black box is a room reset. It is a one time use. If you feel that you have come across something you cannot handle, throw the box at the ground and everything else in the room will disappear. But as I said, it is a one time use. If you use it on one thing, you may find yourself against a more difficult test later on.”

A few moments of silence passed before the words started up again, as though giving the participants a chance to collect the items and place them where they want them.

”Each of these exams is catered to the individual. We have obtained records of your abilities and your previous missions from your village. In the process, we have been able to formulate each exam to each person. The stronger you are, the harder it could end up being. So no two tests will be the same. We wish you the best of luck, and we hope to see you at the end of the exams.”

And with that, a light appeared at the end of the room, allowing each person to go through and begin their personalized experience.

[OOC: As stated in the post, each thread will be different. If you are S rank, you'll fight harder enemies than one who just got the 500 TP needed for the exams. So each examiner will be doing things differently. The name of each thread lists who will be in it, and the number is who your examiner is. There is no IIC for these threads. You can take as long as you need to when making a post as I want you all to think about it and work on the best possible post that you can. The examiners have a 3 day IIC. If the examiner has not posted in that time, PM me and I'll be sure to get another examiner to post. I will also make a note if an examiner has PMed me to tell me that they will be gone for a short period of time. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me or your examiner. Let the exams begin!]

[Spirit™]

Tsukiko listened intently on everything that was said during the announcement. As she listened her hands began to shake, caused by her growing anxiety about the exams, as well as a sudden burst of energy that she knew was just adrenaline but she also knew she would have to get her body under control if she was going to have any chance at passing these exams. She had heard rumors of people who attended the exams every year, only to be sent packing with a failing grade. She vowed to herself that she would never let anything like that happen to her. It was then that she heard the part where three of the contestants had been disqualified already.

That bit of news actually helped to calm her down, and she continued to walk through the dimly lit corridor until she came to a room. Less competition was what that meant, and that perked her up. The room grew quickly more luminous then the corridor before it, making the room seem slightly more spacious then what it really was. She could see the table and the three objects on it. A disk, a box, and an earpiece. She again listened as the purpose for all three were explained, and she made sure to take a mental note so that she wouldn't forget their purpose in the meantime. She slipped the small budded earpiece into her ear, hopping that the thing would be of some use to her. The disk was something she would most likely never use, she just wasn't a quitter.

She added that to her mental inventory, and then decided to check her weaponry one last time before she proceeded. She had eight bolas-boleadoras, fifteen marbles, one soldier pill, fifty-seven senbon, thirty hira-shuriken, thirty-two makibishi, two frag grenades, two incendiary grenades, three glass cutters, and two kunai all in her butt bag, and she counted them all with a quick swipe of her hand. She began running her hands through the dark brown cloak she wore that hid her clothes and face. There were two kunai, six blood clot pills, three smoke grenades, three stun grenades and one frag grenade and they were all hidden inside the folds of her cloak.

Tsukiko then took the wide ski goggles around her neck and lifted them up over her eyes. These goggles had a few neat tricks hidden inside them that would augment her vision, not that she really needed to augment her vision much after she finished what she was about to do next. She sent a surge of chakra to her eyes, activating the doujutsu that lie dormant in them. She remembered the times when she was younger, and all the seals she used to have to complete to get the eyes to work, but now all it took was a small bit of chakra. A smile curled the corners of her lips and she progressed forwards, walking into the next light that was guiding her along. She walked into the room, and hoped that things would get started quickly. She had no idea how long her confident facade would last.

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Jutsu Used:

O-Dai Ryuugan (Honorable Dragon Eye)
Rank: "A"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The power of the Ryuugan Doujutsu is unleashed, allowing the user to see the elements of Lightning, Air, and Water up to a certain distance and increase general seeing distance of one's eyes.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: Cannot see out of natural line of sight, takes a negligible amount of Chakra to maintain. Cannot pierce Genjutsu.
Description: The final stage of the Kazeraikou Doujutsu forces a temporary change of the user's eyes. The iris and pupil of the eye become one and change to a color decided at the first awakening depending on their mood. The color is like a cloud and swirls around the user's eye when looking around. Small lines of white will flash across the eyes like lightning bolts and continually do so as long as the eye is active. The glowing continues and on top allows for the eyes to slightly even light up in their respective color. With the Final stage of the Ryuugan Doujutsu unleashed, it allows the user to see the elements of Lightning, Air, and Water within one's viewing parameters. One's natural sight is also enhanced giving the capability of 8x zoom capabilities. The user sees the elements as three new, vibrant, and opaque colors that mesh perfectly with their normal vision, giving the user the ability to see the three elements without hindering their normal vision in the slightest. Of course normal vision can hinder this special sight, as the user cannot see through walls or other things as normal. Once the user reaches C Rank they no longer have to do handseals to activate the eyes.
Limit: Must be a Kazeraikou, must have Raiton, Fuuton, Suiton releases. Must have Ryuugan

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

Within the bright light, a figure appeared before the Kazeraikou from Snow. The figure stood rather tall, and had a rather large black cloak. But the strange thing about it was that it had a head with four sides to it, turning around and revealing the four different faces.

"We've been expecting you! We're so glad you could join us."[/color] Said the first, a happy and smiling face.
"Though... some of us more so than others..."[/color] said the next, being a angry and less pleasant face.
"And... um.... well... Welcome! I... I guess."[/color] added the third, looking shy and scared.
"Come on! Follow us!"[/color] Said the final face, looking more childlike and adventurous.

The strange and tall figure, standing at least seven and a half feet tall walked forward through the light before it faded away, revealing a rather large, but mostly empty room. It seemed dark and depressing, but the figure just kept walking through, not stopping to let her catch up.

"So! Tell us a little bit about yourself. What brings you to the Chuunin Exams?[/color]
"Is it really worth your time or are you just here to find an easy way to die?"[/color]

The head continued to flip, the one that was speaking at the time always facing toward the Kazeraikou, but still always knowing where it was going to go.

[Spirit™]

Tsukiko listened to the four headed humanoid, her curiosity overwhelming every other emotion besides caution. She had read hundreds of thousands of books, many of them non fiction encyclopedias that contained a large wealth of knowledge. Never in all her research had she ever come across information about such a creature. She was curious but she made sure to keep a distance of at least five meters between herself and the creature. Listening to it talk, she got the feeling that each of the four faces had a different emotional range.

That discovery made her a little more apprehensive to approach the creature, since she didn't want to offend or hurt the creatures feelings. For the time being she would treat the creature like a bipolar person, and do her best to stay out of it's way. In the meantime Tsukiko followed the creature as it directed, scanning the creature with her active doujutsu. If there was anything really odd with it she would find out when she looked at it. The creature asked her two questions, one from two of the faces on it's head.

She answered the happier of the four faces first.
"The chuunin exams is a way of proving my worth to my village by achieving chuunin rank. Also, my village is not exactly considered one of the top tier villages, so by successfully completing these exams, I'll be able to improve upon the impression people get when they hear the word Yukikagure." The heads revolved as she spoke to the creature, and so when she answered the question of the grumpy face,he was looking directly at her.

"Oh, make no mistake about it, these chunnin exams are definitely worth it. I have no made no plans to die, nor have I made any contingency plans for the event of my death since I have nothing to leave behind or anyone to leave anything to. It's unfortuante but true." Her own words made her heart ache for friendship or family, really any sort of companionship but she carefully put the emotions to the side for future analyzing. This was not the time or place to be emotional.

Tsukiko followed the creature, finding her own question to ask.
"So where are you from?" She asked of the creature. "And what exactly is your role in these exams?" She figured two questions were equal to two questions and she hoped the creature wouldn't take exception to them.

Ooc: Doujutsu still active.

[Tieren]

Suddenly, above everything, a voice rang out, no matter where each participant was. It was the person who was in the main room and registered them for the exams.

"Attention, Participants. Hanabi of Mist committed suicide and has since been removed from the exams. Katsu Kazeraikou of Cloud has used his disk to remove himself from the exams. That is all."

And with that, silence came from over the intercom. It was clear that he made a point to let everyone know how the others were doing.

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

The creature turned to the blue face, as though in a constant loop, as it heard the responses that came to it. "Umm... well... we're supposed to be a guide but... well... we got lost..."[/color] Said the rather scared looking face.

But then it switched to the other. "But now we aren't alone! So... Perhaps we can get out of here together?"[/color] Said the green face, always with a childlike curiosity.

"Up ahead, I see three paths, but... There's really no telling which way is the right way to go. What do you think? Should we keep going straight, or head to the right or left?"[/color] Said the happier face as they entered a small passageway. It was big enough for the two to stand side by side, but the passageways in all directions were rather dark and hard to see down. And upon looking behind, it appeared that the way she had come from had all but disappeared.

[Spirit™]

"Lost, huh?" Tsukiko answered, slightly upset that she had been sent a guide that didn't know where it was or where it was supposed to be heading. She controlled her tone, keeping it polite so that she wouldn't offend the creature. They came to the split in the pathways, and the creature was looking to Tsukiko for directions. Instead of allowing her frustration get the best of her, Tsukiko instead pressed a button on the goggles over her face. This activated the Substance Locator Vision, and allowed her to scan the three pathways for any foreign elements. She hoped that if there was danger down any of the paths the goggles would give her a heads up.

"Give me a minute please." She said with a smile to the creature. She stepped slightly closer to entryway of each tunnel without passing their threshold. She scanned what she could see with the goggles, then switched from the Substance Locator Vision to X-Ray vision with the flick of the switch. Paired with the x8 zooming vision her eyes naturally possessed from the Doujutsu she wielded and she was confident that she would be able to spot if anything was amiss. If she was lucky she would also be able to spot any lighting, water or air doing something funny with the same doujutsu.

In the meantime she made sure to keep aware of the creature's position relative to her own, so that she couldn't be caught off guard by a sneak attack. Tsukiko was a nice girl but she wasn't foolish, her profession was a ninja and caution was supposed to be a big part of reaching retirement age. She engaged the creature in a small bit of conversation while she read the results of her scans.
"Firstly, I would love to work with you to get out of here." She answered the more adventurous of the four faces. "But here's a question, if you are the guide, then where is your map?" Tsukiko wanted to keep the creature talking as much as possible, anything really, to keep it busy.

OOC: So what am I seeing in my scans Mister Examiner?

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Doujutsu Still Active

Sniper Goggles 1/2
Rank: "B"
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Gadget, Apparel/Surveillance, Spectacles
Effect: Close-fitting eyeglasses with side shields, for protection from glare, dust, water, etc.
Special: ---
Drawback: May hold up to 8 kinds of Surveillance Vision.
Description: There are different types of Goggles. There are different types of Goggles such as Cold Weather Goggles, Swimming, Power Tool Goggles, Blowtorch Goggles, Welding Goggles, Laboratory Goggles, and Aviation Goggles. Goggles are often worn as a fashion statement in certain subcultures, most often as part of the cybergoth subculture. They are usually worn over the eyes or up on the forehead to secure 'falls'. Goggles have enough carrying capacity for 8 types of Surveillance Vision. Does not fit in Scroll size Slots.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Gadget Shop.

Substance Locator Vision
Rank: "A"
Type: Secondary, 0 per Slot, Gadget, Surveillance, Vision
Effect: A vision relay that picks up a number of substances for tracking relaying them in a visual form.
Special: ---
Drawback: Only able to see certain types of substances.
Description: Some call this vision "Detective Mode" as it enables the user to find certain kinds of substances. This is used to track people down if needed. The kinds of substances it may locate are Alcohol residue, Tobacco residue, Blood residue, and specialized dye made for the Substance Locator Vision. Locator may be followed within the distance of a Board, such as a City within the time period of 1 week after Substance has been dropped.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Gadget Shop.
Cost: 9,000 Ryo Each


X-Ray Vision
Rank: "A"
Type: Secondary, 0 per Slot, Gadget, Surveillance, Vision
Effect: A vision relay that releases high-speed electrons to strike a solid target creating short electromagnetic radiation allowing the user to see behind walls.
Special: ---
Drawback: Only able to see through so much.
Description: A vision that allows the user to see skeletal figures, and metallic objects through other solid objects. They are only able to see through 2 meter worth of solid objects. If no obstruction is in the way the user is able to see another person's skeletal figure and/or metallically objects the person may hold within the distance of normal eye sight.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Gadget Shop.
Cost: 9,000 Ryo Each

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

Unfortunately, the girls confidence in her scans would be misplaced on two accounts. The right and left hallways would continue for a small space before her advanced vision and scanning would hit a static wall, one that would give her a pounding headache if she stared too long, and break the electronics if they were forced to continue staring at what appeared to be.. nothing? However, regular vision would see it continued past the static, but would be unable to make out details.

The center hallway would be see-able, but wouldn't provide much comfort. A den was there, with four badgers that were currently viciously tearing into what appeared to be the remains of multiple humanoid bodies, the exact species lost among the blood and gore.

The angry face flipped around, cackling.

"We don't need a map. You see, we're in no danger. YOU however.."

The rest would depend on if the ninja takes the visible danger, or risk the unknown.

[Spirit™]

The angry face was really starting to get on her nerves. That weird creature apparently was plenty safe, but Tsukiko was not. At least, that was what the creature had told her while she was scanning the different pathways. Two of the tunnels seemed to be blocked off from the scans, most likely from a jammer or EMP of some kind. The third contained four badgers, all of whom at that particular time were busy devouring meat that could have possibly been human beings not to long ago.

Still, Tsukiko would not be deterred. Heading down any other path besides the badger packed den would be a considerable risk, especially since she wouldn't be able to see any danger that might be lurking ahead of her.
"Ok," Tsukiko said to the four faced creature. "I can't see down two of the paths. They seem to be blocking my scans somehow. The middle tunnel I can see, but it seems to be stocked with some vicious looking badgers." She took a breath and then continued. "Yea, I'm going down the middle."

She tried to keep herself positive, especially since this was her first test in a way. She creeped towards the den of the badgers, staying low to keep out of sight. Tsukiko was uncertain if she could get close enough to the badgers without them recognizing her presence but then realized it didn't matter. She pulled six senbon from her butt bag and continued creeping forwards until she had a clear line of sight. Seeing the badgers munching on the raw meat made her stomach turn, but she had to continue. She cocked her hand back and launched the six senbon one after the other.

She would aim at the four badgers, launching the first four at each of the badgers hearts. The last two were aimed at the brains of the two closest badgers. At the very least if she was less accurate with her first four attempts she could take out the badgers closest to her. This would give her more time to prepare for the other two in case she missed. If the den was cleared then Tsukiko would use her goggles to scan the room in both x-ray and substance locator visions to make sure she missed nothing. If the badgers were still alive then she would position herself in between them and the four faced creature. She promised to get them to the end, and she was gonna do that.

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Doujutsu still active

Koushou Senbon Sogekihei (Advanced Senbon Sharpshooter)
Rank: B Rank
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: After mastering this technique the user can now throw the Senbon from long distances for extreme damage. From such long range normally one senbon is unable to do so much damage but with this technique one can hit exact marks and do major damage with a single throw.
Special: None
Drawback: Only one Senbon
Description: Throwing a single senbon from insane distances the user can hit major arteries and vital organs with a single throw doing devastating amounts of damage. (Harsh Damage)
Limit: Must be of the Senbon Taitoku, Must know the Senbon Taitoku Stance, Must know Senbon Sogekihei

Senbon Arashi (Senbon Storm)
Rank: A Rank
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Throwing six senbon at once the user is very accurate and powerful able to hit foes and do Major damage to foes.
Special: None
Drawback: Must have six senbon, must be a Senbon Taitokue Masurao
Description: Holding six senbon the user throws all six senbon with extreme accuracy. The user has the ability to throw all of them very powerfully and accurately doing major damage to foes.
Limit: Must be of the Senbon Taitoku, Must know the Senbon Taitoku Stance, Must know Sanjuu Senbon Tosu

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

Fortunately your sneaking up would go unnoticed by the Badgers until you released your six senbon. The two Badgers nearest you would fall immediately, notifying the remaining two badgers. As a result both badgers would quickly dig into the ground and avoid your senbon, leaving you and your accomplice wondering where they will surface from. The room around you would remain eerily silent for four seconds before both badgers suddenly erupted from the ground exactly one meter to both your left and right. Each Badger would simultaneously twist their bodies around and attempt to whip you with their tails at breakneck speed, aiming directly toward your face.

One would land directly in front of you and lunge forward to bite your leg while the other would twist around again and attempt to bite your neck, ripping out your throat should you not have the chance to avoid the attacks. However, the four faced creature would stand passively behind you, folding it's arms wearing the angry face with a devilish grin. Happily watching the scene evolving before it.

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Name: "Prolific Tunneler"
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Allows a creature to tunnel in even more difficult terrain types.
Special: ---
Drawback: The maximum amount of time this technique may be used for continuously is six posts. Once the time is up the user must wait for 1 round before using again. Cannot dig into anything harder than metal.
Description: The animal companion can further expand and master of an innate ability, which can be applied during battle. With powerful appendages, the creature is able to dig and push away earth as they move below ground. Hard rock and soil can easily succumb to a slew of strong blows delivered by the creature, and simply be pushed away like any other earth; ignoring the properties of the harder earth and treating it like any other earth. The creature cannot of course, move and tunnel into anything that is harder than metal.
Limit: "Tunneling". Animal Helper.

Name: "Tail Whiplash"
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Tailed creatures can whip their at very fast speeds.
Special: ---
Drawback: A tail, or tail like appendage that can be considered a tail must have a base length of at least 50cm for this technique to deal any real damage.
Description: Like a whip, a tail creature can unleash a quick strike with their appendage, which can quickly be followed up with another strike from the same appendage. As the tail strikes, they are capable of pulling the tail back at extremely fast speeds, allowing for a follow up attack. For 1 movement the animal helper spends toward this technique, they can launch an tail attack twice.
Limit: Animal Helper is tail (See Draw Back). Or appendages liken to tails (Octopus Tentacles).

[Tieren]

Just then, over the intercom, the voice of the main examiner spoke out once more.

"Attention participants. Axel Inuzuka of Waterfall, Rosalie Salt of Waterfall, and Raika Hebiarashi of Cloud have all forfeited their exam. Umei Maki of Sound has committed suicide. And..."

But before the thought could be finished, the sound of an explosion was heard.

"What are you doing?! You are contaminating my experiments!" Yelled the registrar. But what followed next was the sound of flames and his screams as he was burned alive. Silence followed the screams for a short time before everything around each and every participant disappeared, leaving them in darkness.

"We wondered where you had all been directed. My name is Mai Turino, and I am the actual Chuunin Exam Proctor. For those who are still here, my sincerest apologies for the miscommunication. The Land of Frost was not the destination of the exams, and when no one arrived, we knew something was wrong. Bear with me one moment, and I'll bring you back to the main room." Said a woman's voice.

A few silent moments passed before the darkness turned to light, and everyone found themselves in the main room, without the items given to them at the start of the exam, and completely unharmed.

[You may now post your exit here and your entrance into the registration room again. IIC enabled. 3 days until I make my next post, or until everyone has posted. Examiners, you have your PMs that I should be getting back from you. Time to move the exams to the next stage.]

[Spirit™]

Two badgers were down, the last two took the opportunity to burrow underground. Somewhere they'd be safe. The cave went eerily silent, and Tsukiko didn't even spare a glance behind her to her four faced companion. She didn't want to risk it. A few seconds later Tsukiko could hear a faint rumbling underground. The two remaining badgers burst from the ground, hovering in midair it seemed for a split second. The two launched their thick tails towards Tsukiko's face,

In pure reflex, Tsukiko ducked and combat rolled underneath the two badgers as they flew towards where her face had been a split second before. The kunoichi pulled three senbon from her butt bag as she completed the combat roll and rose to her feet. Tsukiko launched the three senbon at the two badgers. One to the first badger, one to the second, and the third back to the first badger. Tsukiko aimed every senbon right between the eyes, hoping to eliminate the threat as soon as possible.

If the badgers were completely dispatched, then Tsukiko would turn to the four faced creature.
"Damn, some help that you guys are..... You want me to find you a way through AND fight all the battles?" She had her hands on her hips and gave a stern gaze. "No, no, no. Something has got to change here." She was truly pissed, and even though she felt that way it was rare for her to express her emotions so articulately through words. Just then her earpiece would loudly come alive.

"Attention participants. Axel Inuzuka of Waterfall, Rosalie Salt of Waterfall, and Raika Hebiarashi of Cloud have all forfeited their exam. Umei Maki of Sound has committed suicide. And..." Tsukiko had to cringe as the sound of loud explosions filled her ear.
"What are you doing?! You are contaminating my experiments!" The scientist who had the participants sign up seemed very frustrated. Then his screams filled the earpiece as well as the roar and cackle of a large fire. Silence then followed and the entire cave Tsukiko was in turned to complete darkness. Then the comm came alive again.

"We wondered where you had all been directed. My name is Mai Turino, and I am the actual Chuunin Exam Proctor. For those who are still here, my sincerest apologies for the miscommunication. The Land of Frost was not the destination of the exams, and when no one arrived, we knew something was wrong. Bear with me one moment, and I'll bring you back to the main room." This voice was feminine in nature, and seemed a bit more human then the scientist was. Then the lights came back on, and Tsukiko found herself back in the registration room. She wondered what happened to the four faced man, but then realized it didn't matter.

EXIT