Trouble at the Mines (mission)

[rabble']

The mining site itself was horrifying, to say the least. A disease had swept over them quickly and took hold on the employees there at an incredible rate, leaving them incapable of doing anything by the next morning. Only a day had passed since they had cut off communications, yet quite a large number of them had already passed on because their bodies couldn’t handle it. Still the majority of them were alive, but considering their state, they probably wished they weren’t.

Rasping gasps and pained groans were plentiful among the mining site, along with gurgled sounds that made it seem as if some were slowly choking on their own fluids, most likely blood or vomit. The main physical indication of the disease was the skin seeming to have eroded away, the surface tissue looking like a sponge more than anything where holes ate through the flesh. Some were worse than others, limbs having already fallen off and lying nearby on the ground limply. Blood pools were common as well, the most likely cause of a lot of the deaths being blood loss.

None of them had the strength to move anymore, which was why they hadn’t called out for help. Almost all of them were in their cots still in the living quarters because they had been sleeping, but there were some bodies on the outskirts of the mine, which looked like some had tried running away only to collapse.

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The Amekage hadn’t noticed any of this yet, having been as talkative as ever while they made their way out towards the mine’s location. “Y’know, I bet their radio tower is broken or something. But then again the person they sent to check what happened never returned, which was why they sent in a request for this mission. Hmm, at least we shouldn’t let our guards drop, even if this just ends up being a stroll through the country,” he mused aloud, not bothering to keep his thoughts in his head as usual.

“I’m glad that we’re out here though, if nothing else I can start working on remembering everyone’s faces. It’s probably best if I get to know as many of the village’s shinobi as possible, so that it’ll be easier to tell if anyone’s trying to infiltrate. That and it may work as a morale booster, right? The community should feel closer if more intimate relationships are established, I’d think,” Kyo just kept on rambling, not really even stopping to give the others a chance to respond to him. It seemed like he was basically just talking to himself, finally getting a chance to think on what he should do in the village instead of being up to his ears in work since he had been promoted.

As they neared the mine, there was a body in the brush about ten meters to their right who suddenly took a strangled gasp when he heard Kyo’s rambling. “Help me,” he cried out weakly, the kage completely oblivious because he couldn’t hear that well and didn’t have any scouting abilities whatsoever really, besides his natural senses. The man who had called for help trembled as he tried to stand to no avail, just groaning in pain and glancing in despair down towards his detached right leg. For the most part his body was still intact, but on his cheek and riding down his neck to under his shirt there was the red sponge-like marking, where the disease had eaten through his skin.

[~Emi~]

The walk to the mine was rather pleasant, as Emi was able to walk in quiet, yet felt a little social as the Amekage was speaking to himself. It wasn't anything he was use to, but he suspected it was something meant to be relaxing, making the mission less tense. Emi was determined to show the new kage what he was capable of, so even if the walk was calm, he made sure to keep a watchful eye out for the surroundings while he kept a tight grip on one of his kunais. He didn't want any observers to be able to see it though, so he was careful not to being to obvious with holding it. Last time he checked he just had 6 kunais in total, which was a little few if it'd be a longer mission, but he hoped that the 150 shurikens would cover the lack of kunais.

Well, hopefully it won't be to many hostiles in there.

Emi sighed a little and closed his eyes as a strong wind hit him in the face. But as he drew a deep breath facing the wind, he could smell something he was very familiar with, blood. Without opening his eyes, he tried to locate the source of the blood, but quickly noticed that there wasn't only one source. He then heard the voice of the wounded man, which made him open his eyes, observing him from top to toe.

This man will die soon, maybe I should just end his agony?

The damage he had taken, was from a decease or curse of some kind, which made Emi a little careful not to get to close, since he didn't want to get whatever he had. Emi then noticed that the blood he had smelled had actually been a little weird, bot as fresh as ordinary blood used to be.

There's more corpses out there, want me to find them?

Emi said it coldblooded, as he didn't see any reason why these already doomed men would need him to care. And even though the man in front of them wasn't dead yet, Emi still considered him so, even though they'd be able to get some information out from him.

I believe there's another 3 bodies nearby, but the whole area smell of blood, which makes it harder for me to detect the main sources. Something big has happened in the mine.

Another wind blew past them, carrying even more of the bad smelling blood scent, which made Emi to wince a little.



Techniques Used:

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Chi Kaori (Blood Scent)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: Passive
Effect: Allows the user to use their sense of smell to hunt down opponents who have been injured.
Special: The user must cut the opponent and allow them to bleed.
Drawback: Cannot tell differing scents apart.
Description: After injuring an opponent, the Hoshigaki will generally try to force an underwater fight by flooding the field or trapping someone with some other water-based techniques. However, that is not necessary, it just makes the hunt easier. The user is then capable of using their sense of smell to track the scent of the blood of the opponent, making it much more difficult to hide from them.
Limit: Must have Same no Gishiki.

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VIVENDUM CLADIBUS INFIRMA

MERE EXISTENCE DEFEATS THE WEAK

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[ooc: you can't use that technique because it requires you to have cut the person you're tracking, lol.]

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[/b] He commented with his usual enigmatic, impish sarcasm. Quae Occidis chinked softly at the Fictor's hip with every step he took, though this did little to hinder the God's incredible hearing; constantly, his chakra-accentuated ears were pricked and watching the air about him with intent. Some mystery surrounded the matter of these mines, and it was not entirely out of the question that destructive mortals were a part of the equation.

In the shrubbery, a trembling presence, felt thirty-five meters off. "Nos consortium; we have company. Fragile company. Thirty-five meters to the south-west." He enunciated, cutting across their petty speech. The pathetic groan the being gave off further confirmed August's suspicions of frailty. "Company in need of aid." This all before the small girl's notice; perhaps the direct cause.

The girl seemed to imagine she could smell other beings at a distance. Odd. But, more beings than that were being picked up by August's own senses. Still, what sort of human could smell with any precision at such a range? Perhaps she was not so insignificant as her stature would suggest. "I hear far more than three, child. It seems the whole area is flocked with the near-dead."

An opportunity was present, however. "This man is wounded, and - judging by the child's observations and what I can smell of him myself - carries some sort of dire infection. Rationabile est ponere such a thing has taken the entirety of the metallorum; mines. You may die if you progress further, providing the infection is airborne." Astutely, calmly, unfeeling, he recited. His grin remained, but his sleeves parted to reveal the gleaming hilt of his blade. One pale-skinned arm reached down and clutched it, causing another slight jangle.

"We should end his misery."

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Tremor Sense [35M Distance]
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal or ice. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. This is the beginning stage of the tremor sense technique and is the foundation of the tremor sense techniques. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life.

Kusomimi (Hells Ears) [70 Meters]
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Without this Jutsu the Clan is capable of just listening with sharpen hearing. What this Jutsu does is by using the chakra along their eardrum, labyrinth system, as well as the outer ear of the body the user makes their ear into something of a sonar. This sonar system enables the brain to remember certain points by sound wave frequencies that hits the ear from a pebble hitting the water, to a person walking along grass. The Sonar system enables the Shitakuma clan to basically see. This is greatly used when Rain falls down for every time a drop hits the ground it emits a sound so basically they are capable to see for the first time in their lives. When first learned the distance that one is capable of understanding and remembering is the distance of fifty meters. After each time learned the distance goes up by twenty meters.
Special: The first time learned the user must do the signs of Dragon, Rabbit, Dragon, Ram. After the first time there would be no need for the seals.
Drawback: Must be trained into this more then once. Without the proper training of a technique such as Kusokesuni and Advanced version sounds could cause dizziness or damage to the user. The sounds to create this must be sounds that are greatly abrupt and fast which must be near the ear like a Flash/Bang grenade.
Description: When sound frequencies hit the ear it creates a sonar in which the mind remembers in a certain distance until the sound waves hit the ear once again. It looks as if the user is capable of seeing in such a way but it is just a technique that enables the user to know where to go and how far objects are at. They are capable of seeing shapes, and size, but the thing is they are not capable of seeing defined objects.
Limit: Only a technique for the Shitakuma Clan

[rabble']

“Harsh… Maybe if you opened your eyes wider you’d be able to remember,” Kyo grumbled, a playful pout on his lips. The Amekage himself was oblivious to the presence of the dying workers until his teammates noticed them, and he finally ceased his pointless rambling when he realized that they had noticed something. Kyo knew that he hadn’t really any capabilities as far as scouting went, so momentarily he just shut up as he followed them. And when they came in sight of the mangled and deceased body he froze up, dark blue eyes wide as he just stared for a few seconds.

“What…?” His voice was so quiet compared to before, clearly in shock over whatever this was. The man hardly seemed to be listening to the other two, only snapping out of it when August suggested killing the injured and barely breathing man. “What are you saying?!” Kyo snapped, his fists clenched and trembling at his sides. As sad as it was, it seemed like he was the softest of the three present despite being the leader of the entire village. “Maybe if we can get medics here quick enough they could do something,” he suggested with a wavering voice, his heart pounding inside his chest at the thought of euthanizing an innocent like this.

For a second he could have sworn his vision blurred for a moment as he looked over the injured one closer, a knot twisting in his stomach and making him feel sick at the very sight. Even if they did go back, he had a feeling this man wouldn’t survive long with blood loss like that. “What the hell happened here?” Again he was quiet, sounding mortified as he glanced towards the mines again. He forced himself to pull it together though, and he shook his head to help snap himself out of it. “We should return to the village, bring out a medic to see if they can do anything. If not then… Then we should release the miners from this pain, and make sure to burn the entire area to make sure it doesn’t spread… Tell us what happened here, if you can,” that last order was directed at the diseased one, who barely managed to speak aloud.

“Don’t… D-dunno,” the man managed to choke out, and Kyo solemnly nodded.

"Do either of you have objections to that plan, then?" The kage looked towards his shinobi when he asked that, not really wanting to risk them being here longer than possible in case this thing was easily contagious. "If not, then you can head back now. I'll go further in and see if everyone's contracted this... Whatever 'this' is."

[~Emi~]

The Amekage appeared to be really mortified by the person they had found, which Emi a little curious, why would a kage care about a mortal man that much? But after the kage had asked the man about what had happened there, even the kage seemed to realize the man no longer should be forced to live in his current agony. August had already called dibs on the kill, so Emi looked a little disappointed on the man, but what thrill could it be to kill such a pathetic man anyway?

About that plan, wouldn't it better to drag the bodies to the inside of the mine, blow up the entrance to it, and then come back with the medic to search the surrounding and then the mine? It's to dangerous now, but if you're going further, I'd like to follow you, just in case Amekage-sama.

Emi wasn't really that worried about the kage's capacity of handling himself in any dangerous situation, but he had now started to question the kage's ability to do what was needed. He backed away a little from the body to avoid the worst stench as he started to sign some seals. When he had finished the seals, he slowly bend and put his hands on the ground. A small pile of mud in front of him started to rise up and the amount of mud affected quickly rose. After a short moment, a gorilla the size of an ordinary bear had formed in front of Emi.

Your purpose is to go to the entrance of the mine when all of the infected bodies are inside, but we three here are on the outside and then roar.

The command was directed to the gorilla, which made a short bow to Emi and then turned to the mine. It took three step closer and then stopped, as Emi formed a couple of other quick seals, which made the gorilla to turn into a grayish version of itself. When it had completely turned into a statue, Emi took some steps to get next to the kage again, and looked at him.

It's your decision, but I suggest we return with some medics when we've trapped the infection.

Emi sound a little different as he spoke, since he had grabbed his nose to avoid having to smell the rotten body. The fact that it was a deadly decease that spread on an unknown way, and that they could still be affected by it, scared Emi a little. He liked to have some control over the situation, and be able to use his own powers to survive, but he was now outside his expertise, making him very vulnerable.



Techniques used:

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Deido Soushi no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Mud Creations) x 1
Rank: D, C, B,, S
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates animals out of mud.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The animals can be destroyed with attacks that are one rank lower than their rank or higher
Description: Once the handseals are finished three animals will be created out of the mud around the user. The type of animals depends on the technique's rank. The D version lets the user to create Rabbits or animals of similar size. The C version lets the user to create Dogs or animals of similar size. The B version lets the user to create Lions or animals of similar size. The A version lets the user to create Bears or animals of similar size. The S version lets the user to create Elephants or animals of similar size. One can only create one animal at a time. The animals can only travel up to ten meters away from the user. This technique can only be used once each two turns.
Limit: Must know Earth Release. Must have mud around. Must know Doton: Deido Bunshin no Jutsu (Earth Release: Mud Clone Technique)


Name: Doton: Nemutte iru bōei (The sleeping defense) x 1
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu(Earth)
Effect: Makes the mud creatures into sleeping defenders.
Special: “Handseals”
Drawback: immobile while guarding, and will be destroyed within 5 posts from when it wakes up unless it gets within the users range. They can also be destroyed while being in their statue form (1 rank higher damage than normal is required). Cannot have more statues of each rank than what he can summon using one Deido Soushi no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Mud Creations) of that rank. The transformation takes about 1/2 of the post in which it gets activated in.
Description: The user transform his mud creatures into rock creatures that looks like statues. However, the creatures still are able to see whatever their normal vision would show them and if they can see anything that would qualify as a threat to the user, itself or whatever the user has stated before turning them, they will turn back into their original form and be able to act as normal mud creatures until they’ve been destroyed. The statues exists on the placed area even if the user leaves the thread, however the user needs to visit them every 2 IC days to send in a small amount of chakra so they will be able to turn back.
Limit: Earth release, 500 TP in earth jutsus, Doton Soushi no Jutsu (Rock Creation Technique) C, Doton: Deido Yakiire no Jutsu (Earth Release: Art of the Mud Hardening) and Doton: Iwa no Yori (Earth Element: Stone Armor).

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VIVENDUM CLADIBUS INFIRMA

MERE EXISTENCE DEFEATS THE WEAK

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[/b] He declared softly, holding the white-tinted blade diagonally down to his side, a needle-like extension of his expansive, white sleeve.

August waited through the rant, however, dignified as ever. Still, his eagerness was slightly betrayed by the way that he progressed forth instantly as he heard even the slightest weakening of the empathic being's resolve.

"And so -" He stepped forward, measuring his stride by a compilation of all the vibratory and sound-based data that was occurring around him, and plunged the blade down with strength into the plague victim's neck; the man choked weakly on his own blood, and then exhaled his final breath. "It is done. Requiescant in pace." He said softly, yanking the blade free and spattering the infected blood all over the grass. It occurred to him that with his blade dripping, he could likely quite simply poke a hole in both his compatriots and seal their fates similarly.

He twisted his head, grinned back at them... and the moment passed. The Fictor trailed the tip of his sword through the grass as he retreated, and sealed it within its scabbard. His usual pose was quickly resumed, like an elastic. "I do not have any argument against your plan. Videtur prudentem in re. Unfortunate, but prudent."

The ground trembled where the Emi girl apparently formulated a new being, though whatever it was, it seemed incapable of speech. August directed his gaze toward its general location, and felt it cease, though it burdened the earth almost more, where it sat. August would have asked for specifics, if he had cared to receive them. The intricacy of the hollow tunnels before the Godly character was unfortunately quickly lost, though he thought he could sense movement inside. This hardly affected his judgement.

"I do believe eradication would be more... frugal; less risky. The fatality of this infection should be obvious. If it reaches the village through whatever vessel, everyone will desinet vivere; die."

Unconcerned.[/font][/ul][/ul]

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Tremor Sense [35M Distance]
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal or ice. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. This is the beginning stage of the tremor sense technique and is the foundation of the tremor sense techniques. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life.

Kusomimi (Hells Ears) [70 Meters]
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Without this Jutsu the Clan is capable of just listening with sharpen hearing. What this Jutsu does is by using the chakra along their eardrum, labyrinth system, as well as the outer ear of the body the user makes their ear into something of a sonar. This sonar system enables the brain to remember certain points by sound wave frequencies that hits the ear from a pebble hitting the water, to a person walking along grass. The Sonar system enables the Shitakuma clan to basically see. This is greatly used when Rain falls down for every time a drop hits the ground it emits a sound so basically they are capable to see for the first time in their lives. When first learned the distance that one is capable of understanding and remembering is the distance of fifty meters. After each time learned the distance goes up by twenty meters.
Special: The first time learned the user must do the signs of Dragon, Rabbit, Dragon, Ram. After the first time there would be no need for the seals.
Drawback: Must be trained into this more then once. Without the proper training of a technique such as Kusokesuni and Advanced version sounds could cause dizziness or damage to the user. The sounds to create this must be sounds that are greatly abrupt and fast which must be near the ear like a Flash/Bang grenade.
Description: When sound frequencies hit the ear it creates a sonar in which the mind remembers in a certain distance until the sound waves hit the ear once again. It looks as if the user is capable of seeing in such a way but it is just a technique that enables the user to know where to go and how far objects are at. They are capable of seeing shapes, and size, but the thing is they are not capable of seeing defined objects.
Limit: Only a technique for the Shitakuma Clan

[rabble']

As Kyo listened to the other two, he could have sworn it felt like his stomach was bottoming out in his chest. Especially when August suddenly moved to kill the collapsed man in front of them, his breath caught in his throat and his body trembled as he watched and heard the helpless soul choking on his own blood with pained sounds. How weak was he, for one of his subordinates to have to… No, it wasn’t that he was weak. The white haired one was simply ruthless, dangerous.

“What the hell?!” Kyo had another outburst once his shaky mind came back to its senses, and he stormed forward before grabbing the front of August’s shirt and slamming him up into a nearby tree. “Do not slaughter civilians when you haven’t the authorization for it,” he hissed before pushing harshly on the other’s chest and taking a couple steps away while running a shaking and frustrated hand through his hair. For a few seconds he remained silent as he considered Emi’s proposal as well, hating himself for realizing that the other two were actually right.

These diseased people were a huge risk, no matter how innocent they were. “Alright, alright,” he mumbled with a sigh, revising his plan as he continued, “So we should seal them all away and go grab a medical specialist for an opinion before we just start killing all of them.” With that last part he sent August a glare, and the irritation was clear in his tone as well. The Amekage had been relatively lucky, he hadn’t even killed anyone before that mission he set up for all for all of the shinobi. This situation that he had been thrown into all of a sudden, it was too much.

“I can do it myself, lock them all away I mean. And we’re not going to just blow up the entrance to the mines, I don’t want to risk a cave-in nor suffocate them… Also, because we don’t know anything about whatever this is, I want to confiscate your weapon, August. The blood that stains it is too dangerous,” he tried a new suggestion, keeping a close eye on the white haired one because his trust in the other man wasn’t exactly high at the moment. He still felt a little sick, thanks to the mere thought of how easily this man had killed someone like that.

[~Emi~]

The execution of the infected man had been done, but the Amekage surprised Emi once again by having such a strong reaction. Even though it had been very coldblooded, Emi like how August had handled the execution, like it was some kind of ritual. For some reason, the weird language he spoke even made sense in that situation.

Excuse me Amekage-sama, but wouldn't allowing the poor man suffer further be a greater crime? There was no way he'd survive getting back to even meet someone that could help him.

The lost respect was obvious in his voice even though he had bowed down as he spoke. Emi didn't really care about the man, but the kage's reasoning didn't make sense if he were about to punish August for such trivial matters. But as August walked back to them, Emi kept his distance, knowing full well that the blade now was infected, and that August might as well be in danger now. When the kage said he wanted to stay behind and take care of it himself for the second time, Emi nodded and knew he shouldn't be foolish enough to question it again.

As you wish, I will head back to the headquarters and report what we've found. August might want to stay away from ordinary people until we know he hasn't been infected. If something happens here Amekage-sama, make sure that this statue notice it, then regardless of what happens, I'll come.

Emi bowed down again before taking a few steps back. The fact that Kyo would confiscate the infected blade made Emi know that the Amekage could at least analyze situations, even though he was to emotional about lives. He really didn't want to leave the two, but he wasn't the one to refuse a god twice. So Emi turned around, and walked away from the scene as he released the grip of the nose when he got out from the worst stench.

[Exit]

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VIVENDUM CLADIBUS INFIRMA

MERE EXISTENCE DEFEATS THE WEAK

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Before the Amekage even had the chance to move - for violence was clear in his tone - August had flicked his head in the direction of the hostile. The thumping footsteps of indignation were certainly rash, and August knew that if he so chose, he may have his blade from his scabbard and have it run straight up the Amekage's torso, infecting him beyond a doubt. Still, this was an unnecessarily rash action, he felt; though incredulity could be heard, and a certain level of anger, it was nowhere near enough to resurrect legitimate retribution, or so August judged.

Especially considering the causation. It seemed this man valued mortal spans somewhat preciously.

As he so thought, August was hefted up by the collar and shunted forcefully against a wall August had hardly known to be there, which was surprising, but it did not shatter his resolve; mere moments after the initial impact his grin resumed its full force, and he metaphorically stared the Amekage down as he shouted at point blank range. "Your shouting is unnecessary, domino Amekage. I could hear you quite well if you whispered, at this range." From just above the iron hold, his head tilted, and momentarily his expression sobered... Regret? "On such a subject, is it not considered cruel to manhandle the blind?" And then he was smiling again. Since no sharp piece of metal had thus far entered any vital areas of his person, there was no reason for any concern whatsoever.

He cared not. Still this was his plaything.

He was let go, though the heft had been superficial regardless; August's heels had barely left the floor. The Amekage was certainly not a beacon of physical strength, though this was nothing more than was expected. The Fictor's grin considered to shine with fierce intensity at the back of his attacker's head, even as the subject evidently turned away. Even when the Amekage requested for August's weapon to be confiscated, his smile faltered little. He considered arguing, for the sake of the blade that stood so far above the edifice of this mere beast, but the internal struggle showed not; he inclined his head, concisely unstrapped the bloodied, sealed weapon and passed it over to the Amekage.

However, as the exchange took place and the sheath was clutched at by the other party; over the extension:

"I wonder, mortalem whose name I know not, how do they come to select the rulers of Amegakure no Sato? Is it for their mettle?" The child's prattle was a subtle extra load, but the added pressure did well to tense the atmosphere. "Or is it for their ability to watch other men do their dirty work? Si memini, it was in near your first day of office when I was required to slaughter a man on your behalf. If you partook at all, domino Amekage, I wonder how your will measured to mine."

And with that cordial speech, he relinquished the weapon and gave a gracious bow, with a wide sweep of his sleeves that came full circle to enclose his erect, dignified posture once more. The littler little thing gave a parting speech, and skipped off.

"I take it that my presence is no longer needed?" August inquired on that same congenial note.

Unspoken:

'Or wanted.'

The thought amused him.

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Tremor Sense [35M Distance]
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal or ice. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. This is the beginning stage of the tremor sense technique and is the foundation of the tremor sense techniques. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life.

Kusomimi (Hells Ears) [70 Meters]
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Without this Jutsu the Clan is capable of just listening with sharpen hearing. What this Jutsu does is by using the chakra along their eardrum, labyrinth system, as well as the outer ear of the body the user makes their ear into something of a sonar. This sonar system enables the brain to remember certain points by sound wave frequencies that hits the ear from a pebble hitting the water, to a person walking along grass. The Sonar system enables the Shitakuma clan to basically see. This is greatly used when Rain falls down for every time a drop hits the ground it emits a sound so basically they are capable to see for the first time in their lives. When first learned the distance that one is capable of understanding and remembering is the distance of fifty meters. After each time learned the distance goes up by twenty meters.
Special: The first time learned the user must do the signs of Dragon, Rabbit, Dragon, Ram. After the first time there would be no need for the seals.
Drawback: Must be trained into this more then once. Without the proper training of a technique such as Kusokesuni and Advanced version sounds could cause dizziness or damage to the user. The sounds to create this must be sounds that are greatly abrupt and fast which must be near the ear like a Flash/Bang grenade.
Description: When sound frequencies hit the ear it creates a sonar in which the mind remembers in a certain distance until the sound waves hit the ear once again. It looks as if the user is capable of seeing in such a way but it is just a technique that enables the user to know where to go and how far objects are at. They are capable of seeing shapes, and size, but the thing is they are not capable of seeing defined objects.
Limit: Only a technique for the Shitakuma Clan

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Honestly, Kyo could hardly believe the other two, how uncaring they were sure as hell not helping the knot in his stomach. And really if they were going to act like this, he didn’t give a damn about the disappointed tone in the child’s voice. “Killing a man when we know nothing of his condition is worse, Emi,” he muttered, hardly getting why he even needed to explain this. It was true that they were shinobi, but they weren’t monsters… Right?

“Blind or not you’re still a shinobi,” Kyo hissed in response to the light haired one, sure as hell not about to start feeling bad about treating August roughly. Sure he should have enough control over himself to not burst out like that, but he was far too pissed at the moment to care. “We should be doing what’s best, not what’s easiest,” he spat that last word out like a curse as he shot the blind one a glare, his blood still boiling as it flowed through his veins. When the sword was handed to him he set it up against a tree for now, not really wanting to hold onto it longer than necessary.

August’s following words did their job, if the point was to piss of the kage even further. “The point of that mission is to help prepare people, yes, but it’s not meant to turn them into ruthless killers. The ones in that mission were going to die regardless of who killed them, and I swear if I ever hear about you killing civilians without the proper authorization again, you will be joining them in that prison,” he warned hotly, tensions running very high at the moment.

“You’re dismissed,” he grumbled as he summoned a glowing blue halo horizontally near his feet, but even though it was very bright August wouldn’t be able to detect it. Despite it not having any physical properties, Kyo was able to stand up on it as if it were completely solid. To the blind one, however, it would seem as if he were just floating in midair. The Amekage summoned another halo in front of him as well, this one having ten tendrils coming out the sides. At first it would seem as if those weren’t there at all either, but soon they took on a solid property so the man could perhaps hear them moving throughout the air.

Kyo ascended from the ground with the halo he was standing on after picking up the sword to make sure August wouldn’t just walk off with it, and the second chakra entity that he summoned was used to pick up the corpse of the man on the ground. The kage flew off closer to the mines, using the tendrils of his second halo to pick up any bodies that he found along the way. He set them carefully in the entrance of the mines, treating the ones who were still alive with care. The grotesque sights and scents were certainly getting to him, especially with the blow to the ego he took from August’s accusing words. However he was determined, not wanting to just rush in and kill everyone while there may still be a chance to save them. He didn’t want to make the village seem like it was run by brutes, after all.

It took quite some time for the Amekage to gather up all of the diseased people he found and place them in the front of mines, but once he had he used the strong tendrils to pick up a large rock and block of the majority of the entrance. He did leave gaps though, to make sure that they wouldn’t run out of air. And once he was finished, he made his way back to the village as well.

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Seiðr Halo x2
Rank: E
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates a Halo made out of chakra near their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: These halo have no effect on the world unless jutsu are used with them. The bright glow makes stealth hard if not impossible.
Description: The user creates a bright glowing Halo made out of chakra with a diameter of 100 centimeter near their body. The colour of the glow can be altered by the user. Per time learned, one is capable of creating another Halo. When first created, a Halo will appear within a meter from the user, and from then on tend to swirl about behind their back unless they are used. The user can move these Halo through the air as they please as long as they are within eyesight.
Limit: Clan jutsu.

Chakra Gavinha x1
Rank: E
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Makes it possible to let tendrils come out of the Halo, allowing the user to perform more jutsu with the Halo.
Special: ---
Drawback: These tendrils have no effect on the world unless jutsu are used with them. The bright glow makes stealth hard if not impossible.
Description: Once activated, the user can make several bright glowing tendrils slide out of the Halo, all made out of chakra, and all having the same kind of glow as the Halo they come out of. Per time this jutsu is learned, one can create 10 tendrils per Halo.
Limit: One must have the at least one Seiðr Halo activated.

Ym-hayrn (has been trained twice)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Makes it possible for a user to stand on the Halo.
Special: ---
Drawback: During this no other jutsu can be done with any of the used Halo.
Description: By letting all the tendrils in a Halo weave into each other, one is able to stand on a Halo by molding chakra to the body part touching the Halo in the same way one would to walk on water. The Halo the user is standing on must remain stationary unless this jutsu is learned again.
Limit: Must have at least one Seiðr Halo and Chakra Gavinha activated.

Gavinha Lithocarpus
Rank: A
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows one to make the tendrils of a Halo solid.
Special: ---
Drawback: During this no other jutsu can be done with the Halo. If the Halo is near the user he has a big chance the tendrils will hit them too on their way towards the opponent.
Description: Placing one’s hand on it, and sending a powerful surge of chakra through it, one allows all tendrils of one Halo to become tangible, which allows them not only to bash into objects with enough force to break a tree, but also to throw things like rocks, trees and even the opponent. These tendrils posses monsterous strength, and can only be destroyed when hit by one S-ranked or two A-ranked Jutsu.
Limit: Must have the Seiðr Halo and Chakra Gavinha activated.

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VIVENDUM CLADIBUS INFIRMA

MERE EXISTENCE DEFEATS THE WEAK

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August had expected as much, so the turn and casual, even stroll off back north, towards the village. The Fictor found it rather strange that, as his chakra-laden steps continued to hit the turf, that he could no longer detect the Amekage behind him; subtler noises, however, indicated that he was being held aloft, likely by some convenient ninjutsu, or so he judged in its relative silence.

"I should like it if my blade was returned to me with haste, mortalem. It is significant to me." The idea of Quae Occidis in the hands of such a frail being - among frail beings - was so disgusting that it twitched at the corners of his smile. Not that he thought the Amekage would care for his wishes at this point, but that did not at all prevent the pleasant request from being spoken. It was amusing to remind people of their tenuous tempers, and match them to his own.

In the distance, August heard the Amekage disappear, and quickly he could no longer hear the man at all. Calmly, without the accustomed jangle of the blade at his belt, August left the scene, returning to the village now run by a figure that had, again, failed to earn his respect.[/font][/ul][/ul]

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Tremor Sense [35M Distance]
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal or ice. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. This is the beginning stage of the tremor sense technique and is the foundation of the tremor sense techniques. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life.

Kusomimi (Hells Ears) [70 Meters]
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Without this Jutsu the Clan is capable of just listening with sharpen hearing. What this Jutsu does is by using the chakra along their eardrum, labyrinth system, as well as the outer ear of the body the user makes their ear into something of a sonar. This sonar system enables the brain to remember certain points by sound wave frequencies that hits the ear from a pebble hitting the water, to a person walking along grass. The Sonar system enables the Shitakuma clan to basically see. This is greatly used when Rain falls down for every time a drop hits the ground it emits a sound so basically they are capable to see for the first time in their lives. When first learned the distance that one is capable of understanding and remembering is the distance of fifty meters. After each time learned the distance goes up by twenty meters.
Special: The first time learned the user must do the signs of Dragon, Rabbit, Dragon, Ram. After the first time there would be no need for the seals.
Drawback: Must be trained into this more then once. Without the proper training of a technique such as Kusokesuni and Advanced version sounds could cause dizziness or damage to the user. The sounds to create this must be sounds that are greatly abrupt and fast which must be near the ear like a Flash/Bang grenade.
Description: When sound frequencies hit the ear it creates a sonar in which the mind remembers in a certain distance until the sound waves hit the ear once again. It looks as if the user is capable of seeing in such a way but it is just a technique that enables the user to know where to go and how far objects are at. They are capable of seeing shapes, and size, but the thing is they are not capable of seeing defined objects.
Limit: Only a technique for the Shitakuma Clan