[E] Kanae Sankuchi - 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!]

[Kanae]

After Kanae and Gracie walked through the door, it slid shut behind them. Kanae blinked a couple of times to get used to the darkness. When her eyes had adjusted, she looked around. She was in some sort of passageway. It was big enough for Kanae and Gracie to walk through without banging into anything. There was only one way to go, so Kanae and Gracie followed the passageway until they entered another room. At this point, a voice that seemed to come from the ceiling started speaking to them. Kanae stopped walking and listened. It seemed like some people hadn’t made it through their door in time. She didn’t know the people whose names were called, but she noted that one, Kaoru Takeuchi, was from her village.

The voice paused for a few moments and the room in front of her lit up revealing a table with a couple of objects on it. Kanae walked over to the table as the voice explained what each item was for. The voice explained that each person’s exam was tailored for them before wishing the participants luck and falling silent. The lights were still on, so Kanae decided to double check her equipment. Kanae was wearing a long sleeved dark purple shirt and a black jacket with fur on the hood. Her long black hair was tied back in a ponytail. Kanae wore her wireless radio on her neck underneath her ninja headband. Her sniper goggles which contained zooming vision and night vision lenses were on top of her head. She wore a fully loaded senbon bracelet on each wrist, which was currently hidden by her jacket. Black jeans and black winter boots completed her outfit. Kanae’s war fan was strapped to her back with a large black ribbon. A small clay pouch was attached to her right upper arm and a bundle of wire was attached to her right hip. She had an XXL clay pouch attached to her right hip as well and another XXL clay pouch on her left hip. Her butt bag was securely attached to her right buttock and contained 30 zip ties, 6 kunai, 15 hira-shuriken, 20 exploding tags, 57 senbon, a multi-tool, 5 glow-sticks, and 3 sunrods. Her left buttock had a huge clay pouch attached to it. Each of her clay pouches were filled with clay. She stuck the black box and circular pill into her butt bag and attached the earpiece to her ear. She removed the wireless radio from around her neck and placed it into her butt bag too. Since everyone was taking a separate exam, it didn’t look like she would need it.

Once she had checked to make sure everything was in order, Kanae took out 4 slots of cherry flavored clay from her clay pouch and placed them into her mouth. Most of Kanae’s jutsus required time and preparation, so it wouldn’t hurt to start preparing now. After that, Kanae and Gracie headed towards the light that appeared at the end of the room, alert and aware that the Chuunin Exams had finally started.

206/210 Slots of Explosive Clay Remaining
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Jutsus Being Used:

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"Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary.
Effect: Allows the user to give a piece of clay explosive properties. Also determines the speed at which the user can produce a clay bomb(s). (See more below)
Special: Please refer to “Katsu”.
The clay bombs characteristics is directly dependent of the user rank of "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life).
The Amount of bombs; the amount of clay slots used to make a bomb; the size of the clay bomb; the maximum distance in which a clay creature may travel; and the amount of hands required to make a bomb will be stated within the bomb itself. (See more below)
Drawback: The user must load the piece of clay into a mouth begin to chew. Every clay creation requires a certain amount of clay slots and time to prepared. Certain bombs regardless of the users rank, will require additional time and perpetration (stated with the jutsu itself) (See more below)
Description: The user loads a piece of clay into there mouths (any mouth) and begins to command the mouth the chew at the piece of clay. What is truly occurring during this mastication process is that the user is injecting and infusing their chakra directly into the piece of clay. Due to the user's blood line trait, the relocation and concentration of their Tenketsu allows the user is able to pump and redirect a very large amount of chakra to there hands and into the piece of clay (more then humanly possible). The mouths of the user allow for rigorous chewing, ensuring that their chakra is evenly dispersed through out the piece of clay. Once the user feels that the piece of clay has been properly imbued with their chakra, the user commands the mouth to spit out the prepped piece of clay, allowing for the next stage in refinement to occur. (See "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)). If the user knows the D-ranked version of "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion), they may only create up to D-ranked Bombs. If the user knows the C-ranked version of this technique, they may create only C-rank bombs and the D-ranked bombs before that; and so on and so forth until S-ranked is achieved (though some Bombs may state other wise).

Each Ranked Clay bomb requires a certain amount of time to be prepped. The users class and the bombs rank directly effects the amount of time the user will have to spend in preparation. The increased speed is due to the fact that as the user grows in strength and skill, thus so does his or her abilities to handle clay and produce clay bombs. This amount of time has been measured in post lengths:

Limit: Sankuchi blood line. Must be learned Multiple time as the user cannot gain A rank without first knowing D, C and B ranks. Must know "Kuchisaki Seichuu" (Mouth Control)

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

The light that Kanae had walked into seemed too bright to handle for a short period of time, and it didn't want to die away. Just as it was getting to be blinding though, it finally vanished and with it formed a forest in all directions. Trees surrounded the shinobi from Waterfall and grass moved beneath her feet. Was this seriously still the exams?

Suddenly, to her right, a scream came out among the green. A small boy broke through, tripping and landing in front of the girl. "Help! Help me please!" He cried out as he scrambled away a little. Just then, three orcs walked forward after him.

"Get back here, boy! Slaves don't run away on their masters!" yelled the one on the left. It was then that they stopped in front of the female and brandished their weapons before them. The one in the middle had a longsword, the one on the right holding a great axe, and the one on the left holding two short swords.

All three of them were a dark brown color, each with different types of white warpaint on them. They wore only small loincloths on their body, and a strap for a pack on their backs, usually used for hunted animals and edible plants. But they didn't like the female now. She was separating them from their slave, and that was not something that was done where they came from.

[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.

[Kanae]

As Kanae and Gracie walked towards the light, it grew bright enough to blind them. Once Kanae was able to see again, she found herself in the middle of a forest. Just as she was wondering if she was still in the Chuunin Exams, the same voice that had been giving instructions earlier informed her that two participants had already failed the exams. Kanae didn’t have much time to dwell on this though. From her right, she heard a piercing scream. The scream was soon followed by a young boy who tripped in front of her and begged for help. He moved behind Kanae just as three orcs appeared. The orcs were armed with various weapons, and they looked like they knew how to use them.

"Get back here, boy! Slaves don't run away on their masters!" Slave?[/i] Kanae thought, puzzled as she removed her fan from her back. She’d never been to a place where people kept slaves before. It looked like her first task in these exams would be to help the boy. But since she didn’t know anything about him, Kanae would have to be careful not to be too trusting or she could end up getting stabbed in the back.

Grasping her war fan with both hands, Kanae used Futon: Bukisuraisu. She brought the fan to her shoulder and slashed it diagonally downward; creating a large sickle-shaped gust of wind that was aimed at the orcs. Kanae continued chewing on the clay in her mouth, infusing it with her chakra at the same time. Gracie stayed where she was for the moment keeping an eye on both the boy and the orcs. If Kanae needed help handling the orcs, Gracie would join the fight, but for now she just used Detect Evil on the boy.

206/210 Slots of Explosive Clay Remaining
10/10 Slots of Training Clay Remaining

Jutsus Being Used:

SPOILER: Click to show

"Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary.
Effect: Allows the user to give a piece of clay explosive properties. Also determines the speed at which the user can produce a clay bomb(s). (See more below)
Special: Please refer to “Katsu”.
The clay bombs characteristics is directly dependent of the user rank of "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life).
The Amount of bombs; the amount of clay slots used to make a bomb; the size of the clay bomb; the maximum distance in which a clay creature may travel; and the amount of hands required to make a bomb will be stated within the bomb itself. (See more below)
Drawback: The user must load the piece of clay into a mouth begin to chew. Every clay creation requires a certain amount of clay slots and time to prepared. Certain bombs regardless of the users rank, will require additional time and perpetration (stated with the jutsu itself) (See more below)
Description: The user loads a piece of clay into there mouths (any mouth) and begins to command the mouth the chew at the piece of clay. What is truly occurring during this mastication process is that the user is injecting and infusing their chakra directly into the piece of clay. Due to the user's blood line trait, the relocation and concentration of their Tenketsu allows the user is able to pump and redirect a very large amount of chakra to there hands and into the piece of clay (more then humanly possible). The mouths of the user allow for rigorous chewing, ensuring that their chakra is evenly dispersed through out the piece of clay. Once the user feels that the piece of clay has been properly imbued with their chakra, the user commands the mouth to spit out the prepped piece of clay, allowing for the next stage in refinement to occur. (See "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)). If the user knows the D-ranked version of "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion), they may only create up to D-ranked Bombs. If the user knows the C-ranked version of this technique, they may create only C-rank bombs and the D-ranked bombs before that; and so on and so forth until S-ranked is achieved (though some Bombs may state other wise).

Each Ranked Clay bomb requires a certain amount of time to be prepped. The users class and the bombs rank directly effects the amount of time the user will have to spend in preparation. The increased speed is due to the fact that as the user grows in strength and skill, thus so does his or her abilities to handle clay and produce clay bombs. This amount of time has been measured in post lengths:

Limit: Sankuchi blood line. Must be learned Multiple time as the user cannot gain A rank without first knowing D, C and B ranks. Must know "Kuchisaki Seichuu" (Mouth Control)

Futon: Bukisuraisu
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Using a weapon or ones hand, the user slash's the air creating a sickle shaped gust of wind mixed with chakra that speeds out cutting anything in its way before eventually dissapitating.
Special: ---
Drawback: Accuracy counts and as the gust keep moving, they can damage anything in the area.
Description: Not to be confused with Temari's Kamaitachi no Jutsu which requires a fan. The user gathers chakra to there hands or weapon and slash the air, diagonally in front of them with much force as a sickle shaped gust of wind blows out incredibly fast. It can cut down opponents, inflicting a moderate amount of damage and chop down trees. It has even been known to cut through rock when used with enough force. Can also repel weapons and even sound waves.
Limit: Must have Wind Release

Detect Evil
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique where an animal companion is able to sense if there is evil in a person by using their animal instincts.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: An animal has a keen sense that no other person has. With this type of keen sense it can read one's body type, feel the intentions emitting from the body, as well as get an understanding of everything. It doesn't matter what a person does, the way they stand, how calm they are, how much they move, how they walk, or even the heartbeat of the person, an animal is able to sense the type of person they are. With this technique the animal is capable of figuring out of the person is perhaps an Evil intentioned character. This will help the animal feel threatened or feel more at eased, or to perhaps not even care or feel if one is perhaps suspicious in some way.
Limit: Must have an Animal Companion.

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

The orcs were barreling forward at an impressive speed, a guttural war-cry echoing across the clearing. The woman's slash of wind cut one orc across the chest, and he stumbled forward a few more steps before collapsing, his blood staining the ground beneath him. The other two had split apart, coming at the woman in a flanked position, and they were mere feet away in seconds.

The boy had continued to scramble away into the forest, his fear-addled brain focused on one thing: escape. However, there seemed to be no hidden malice within him, merely childhood innocence.

The shinobi would have little time to react to the orcs, how would she handle two opponents barreling at her at breakneck speeds?

[Kanae]

Kanae had managed to take out one of the orcs, but the other two were still standing and ready to attack her. The frightened boy ran for his life, but the orcs seemed to be more focused on Kanae right now than on retrieving their slave. Kanae wouldn’t be able to attack both orcs before they reached her, so she signaled Gracie to go after the orc on her left. Gracie would bark, growl, bite, and do everything in her power to try to slow the orc down until Kanae could deal with it. If Gracie felt that her life was in danger, she would move out of the orc’s way. Gracie knew that her life was more important to Kanae than passing the Chuunin exams.

Kanae lifted her fan and used Futon: Bukisuraisu again, this time aiming at the orc on her right. At the same time, she moved the clay she was chewing to the side of her mouth and held it there. Then Kanae took a breath and began infusing the air in her lungs with chakra. If Futon: Bukisuraisu missed the right orc, Kanae would follow up with the Wind Arrow Technique and attack the orc again. Otherwise, Kanae would aim the wind arrow towards the orc Gracie was facing. If either of the orcs got too close, Kanae would quickly Shunshin forward to get out of there way before continuing to attack them.

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Jutsus Being Used:

SPOILER: Click to show

Futon: Bukisuraisu
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Using a weapon or ones hand, the user slash's the air creating a sickle shaped gust of wind mixed with chakra that speeds out cutting anything in its way before eventually dissapitating.
Special: ---
Drawback: Accuracy counts and as the gust keep moving, they can damage anything in the area.
Description: Not to be confused with Temari's Kamaitachi no Jutsu which requires a fan. The user gathers chakra to there hands or weapon and slash the air, diagonally in front of them with much force as a sickle shaped gust of wind blows out incredibly fast. It can cut down opponents, inflicting a moderate amount of damage and chop down trees. It has even been known to cut through rock when used with enough force. Can also repel weapons and even sound waves.
Limit: Must have Wind Release

Kaze Ya no Jutsu (Wind Arrow Technique)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User is capable of breathing inwards and exerting outwards a large like arrow to pierce into the opponent's body.
Special: User takes in a deep breathe filling their lungs with air.
Drawback: Only one may be created at a time.
Description: The user molds chakra and breathes in. He or she then blows out and an arrow made of wind is shot from the user’s mouth. This arrow may be blocked as it is just a large consumption of wind, however it can not be deflected away. This means that the object must be large in size enough to defend from one against the wind. The size of the arrow is the size of the opponent's mouth with the length of three feet as it can travel up to the distance of twenty meters. This technique is used for short range to steer an opponent away from the user.
Limit: Must have the Wind Release

Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

[Chuunin Examiner 4]

The canine would move toward the Orc on the right, lunging at it with it's teeth bared. However, the Orc would pull out it's sword and lean back smoothly, avoiding Gracie's attack by scant inches before spinning around and kicking the canine in the ribs just as Gracie was landing. However the second swing of your fan would not catch the Orc again as it would leap – moments before you swing your fan – directly over you, pulling out it's Axe in the process. The Orc began twisting it's body violently with it's arm extended toward your head.

The blade of the Axe would cleave through your skull and temples, penetrating your brain, resulting in a hideous death should you not duck or make any means of avoiding the attack. The Orc would land behind you slam it's free arm against the ground while giving out a spin with it's legs launching them toward your collarbone. As it's leg slammed down, the Axe would move down toward your stomach in an attempt to disembowel you during your attempt at dodging.

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Orc on the left:

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Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user, through the sharpening of their five senses and an instinctual knowledge of flow, becomes aware of their surroundings and capable of defending against attacks.
Special: --
Drawback: Can only be learned up to your current Character Rank.
Description: The user strives to expand their senses, taking in data from all five senses and treating each of them as equally important. Through a combination of peripheral vision, hearing, and measurement of air pressure changes, the user becomes capable of perceiving threats around them and reacting accordingly. At E rank, the user can only perceive such threats as traps or projectiles. However, at the following levels, the user becomes capable of perceiving strikes from a foe of an equal level to the rank they have learned. Therefore, a B rank ninja could strike a C rank user of this technique and the user would not be able to perceive them via this technique and lose the majority of the benefits, though their dodging would benefit from the heightened awareness nonetheless. The user may only learn this technique up to their character’s rank. Thus, a C rank character could only learn up to the C rank version of Nameru. Nameru is limited to threats within twenty meters of the foe, as anything that doesn’t enter that radius is beyond the senses of a human to perceive. However, threats are perceivable once they enter that range.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Hyouuryuu Yuki (Drifting Snow).

Tentou (To Invert)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user inverts their stance, gently dodging a straight thrust or strike.
Special: --
Drawback: Cannot evade wide-radius attacks.
Description: The user steps forward with their off-foot, twisting it to face forward. As they do so, they turn their main foot perpendicular and away, creating a mirrored version of the normal stance. As they do this, the user rocks their body backwards slightly, allowing any attacks coming from the front to simply ghost past them. Learning the Tentou teaches one to be equally skilled with their main-side and off-side.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Hyouuryuu Yuki (Drifting Snow).

Bouseki Yuki (Spinning Snow)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user delivers a surprise kick with their off foot.
Special: --
Drawback: --
Description: The user steps forward with their off-foot and points it forward, as though performing the Tentou. Rather than shifting their main-foot backwards, however, the user lifts their main-foot off the ground and spins gracefully to deliver a powerful heel kick to the opponent. They then resume the stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Tentou (To Invert). [/ul]

Orc on the right:

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Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A flying spinning attack over the opponent capable of giving numerous cuts/bruises around the opponent's head.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User jumps up over the opponent while twisting their body downwards. When above the opponent they spin violently with their arms pointing downwards to the ground while holding onto their "Sidearm" weapons downwards. This attack is capable of slashing, gashing, bruising against the opponent's head, face, and shoulders. This attack is capable of cutting into the tendons, blinding, and even decapitating the opponent. Capable of breaking through defenses. User may learn multiple times to increase the ranking power by 1.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Mantis

Mantis Claw: Lynx Spin
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A fast diagonal spinning movement capable of covering an area between the knees and the head.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User stands in mantis pose and stretches their arms out as far back as possible. The user then slams 1 arm towards the ground, while giving out a spin with their legs launching them towards opponent. This becomes a flip attack as the user slams their legs down against a defense or normally an opponent's shoulder blade capable of breaking the collar bone (50% Chance). User is also able to continue the spin and attack downwards with their "Sidearm" weapons adding more of a devastating attack.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Mantis[/ul]
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[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.]