Off again [Travel]

[Runeska]

Oddly enough, Aclime departed from village once again. He was back in charge of this body. Akai was silent once more, and he had... acquired control from Runeska. All Runeska seemed to be concerned about were the affairs that pertained to shinobi life or the village. Aclime felt like he'd have a much larger responsibility to fulfill after speaking with the current Mizukage, and would once again be imprisoned within responsibility as Runeska, limiting his ability to... well, be himself. For that, he had to leave and do something, anything, and do so pretty soon.

Having snatched his body from Runeska's control, he was still wearing the same clothes, and simply hoped they wouldn't bring him any trouble, since it would be obvious he was a shinobi or something. Now on the docks of Mizu no kuni, he had very few items on him. There was the new Kyuushi on his left waist, ready to drow, the Tokihage on his right waist side, both securely tucked or clipped onto his belt, and the Tenkyo Buyoku on his back.

He'd taken a boat to Hi no kuni and paid a little fare to get there onboard a small but quick traveling passenger vessel. Up on deck, the wind would blow the robe he wore over his vest lightly. Periodically, he would check his robe pocket for his compass for direction, and pull out his new acquired book when bored, as he didn't talk to the other customers. Soon enough though, Hi no kuni would appear over the horizon, and once there, he'd disembark. There was no reason to check the map in his robe, as he was familiar enough with this place, having been here many times. This was Hi no kuni, but just where would the kamyuja wonder this time?

[KoKoKo]

On it

[Runeska]

Now in the land of fire, it was time to be a little reckless and irresponsible. If he didn't forcefully exercise the chaotically fueled kamyuja blood within his veins, he might accidentally do so while under the influence of another personality, which may... have unforeseen repercussions. Simply put, he quite literally picked a random direction, simply traveling in an upward location for a time. East was out to the question, as he'd been that way many of times to get to land of thunder and Miyazaki sensei.


Straight west was the land of wind, a nation he'd just left. It'd be too soon to revisit there without reason. So, he simply traveled in great leaps and bounds through the lush forests, traveling at inhuman speeds via bulk jumps. Soon he approached, and then crossed a border of a land he'd never been to before. The lush forests had changed somewhat, and the land felt different. That being said, he had been completely reckless. As he travelled, he'd kept all his senses open as a precaution, keen for any dangers around him, should they be man, beast, or environment. So far, he'd not sensed anything or anyone. For that, he kept his own strength and aura concealed. Carefully, he checked his map and retraced his approximate path and direction, and realized, this was taki no kuni.

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Mind's eye of kagura A ranked
Mind's eye extension B ranked
Mind's eye A ranked
Chakra suppression
Bulk jump B ranked

[KoKoKo]

Moved

[KoKoKo]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 438px; background:url(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/Aquarillion/Untitled_zpsa1249a48.png); border: 5px white solid;] 芸 Tsukiko 術 Tsukiko arrived at her home land safely with a smile on her face and all her items with, she had fixed her dress on the way over so that the black dress now covered her breasts properly again. On her head sat the Hat type two containing a Yatake set, around her neck and inside her ear sat a wireless communication set. Around her waist a type 2 utility belt containing a lensatic compass, two ink grenades, 60 exploding tags, two painting scrolls, two slots of water water and ink catridges for the two multi use brushes she had on her. Then the final two sltos taken up by a slot of each poison and oil cartridges. She sent on the items she had gained via the freak event on to the gate via use of Li clan animals earlier. She didn't want to go back yet, she wanted to search around the area for available land or properties for sale. Although it was out of the village she needed an area where both she and her new friend Bae could study and help people.... of course somewhere quiet enough to read still. Tsukiko would check the headband around her neck making sure it was still in a nice condition, the 75 butterflies were on the 15 red and white lilly flowers nestled upon her arms. Her 24 vines of the zassou clan were retracted within their allotted slots all near enough invisible unless her hands were looked at thoroughly. Finally upon her back were two large raven like wings, the wings which belonged to the tsubasa clan - although her many rituals gave away most of her skills she didn't mind too much. She wasn't really a fighter unless she had to... which made her wonder why she was attending the chuunin exams in the near future. As she walked she noticed ahead of her a figure, she cuoldn't make out if it was friend or foe but either way she wanted to try to avoid a fight for now so she would still approach but do so in a way she hoped would't cause need for conflict.

[Runeska]

The surrounding lush greenery swayed in the slight breeze of the loosely condensed forest. Sun shined in patches through the trees, one of which Runeska had stood near as he read over his map. So, where to go next? He knew nothing about Taki, so… Suddenly, there was a presence nearby. He simply waited it out as the presence drew closer. It’s pace was slow, but not quite methodical, so he was unsure what its intentions were. It could just be a random traveler, but could easily be a shinobi of the land. But, Taki and Kiri were in the waterbelt alliance together, so there shouldn’t be any troubles to occur. There was also the power level to consider. It felt much weaker than his own, so likely, he could defend himself If need be.

Finally, the person owning the presence appeared. It was a woman in a black dress, with a peculiar shade of silvery white hair, like his own. Almost immediately, he recognized her as a potential shinoibi, due to a number of odd traits which were lumped together. For instance, there were the wings on her back which he knew belonged to a specific clan. Then, there were the flowers on her arms. He simply thought wood release, but there was no real way of knowing. He also noticed the butterflies following her, but couldn’t form an opinion about them. Though, if it wasn’t obviously enough, she wore her headband upon her neck.

So a taki nin, huh? He looked at her and took a step forward when it seemed he was noticed. She had an elegant look that seemed like she wouldn’t be the violent type, most due to that dress, which looks difficult to move about in. He made a small gesture to his mist head which covered his scar on his forehead and the one over his eye. “Hello Miss. Don’t be alarmed, I’m an ally. I mean no harm. I’m simply travelling, but it seems I don’t know my way around this land. I hope I’m not a bother.” As he spoke, he anxiously scratched the silver locks of hair on his head and brushed a few from before his face. He tried sounding polite and harmless, but was actually quite nervous, not because of danger, but from the possibility of causing a scene. Personally, he’d be concerned about foreign shinobi in his lands, but would that be her case?

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Same passives

[KoKoKo]

[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, width: 438px; background:url(http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i435/Aquarillion/Untitled_zpsa1249a48.png); border: 5px white solid;] 芸 Tsukiko 術 The gentlemen appeared before her, as she continued her walking. Around her the 75 butterflies would flutter as a few landed on the floors upon her arms to feed or upon her silvery locks to rest. From the inside pocket of her dress she would pull out her glasses, they had small and square lenses - they didn't do much for her but help when she read the fine print books. However they would make her look like less of a threat which either way could play in her favour. They could either: She was glad she had put her glasses on when it became evident that she had been spotted too. "Hello Miss. Don’t be alarmed, I’m an ally. I mean no harm. I’m simply travelling, but it seems I don’t know my way around this land. I hope I’m not a bother.” Do not worry Shinobi of the Mist, I am fully aware of our alliance. I have read near enough all the available books in the village... None of the hidden jutsu scrolls though just so you are aware. Although he spoke of the alliance there are always people in the world who would seek power above all else and this way she covered her own ass... while still showing off a little. Tsukiko would keep her blank expression as she studied the gentleman, the same hair colour as her.... common.... but his height. She knew people were in all different shapes and sizes but from his height she couldn't guess his age, after all her younger brother was taller than her and her parents shorter. As she examined him several of her butterflies would begin to flutter over and around him but with a quick tsch they would return. She didn't want him to feel like that was an attack at all... the smoother and less conflict the better, she just hoped he felt the same way.

[KoKoKo]

A call came over her radio - she was summoned back to the village and with a bow would turn on her heels and fly away.

// exit

[Runeska]

Well, having seen the lady dissapear into the distance, Aclime likewise went about his path. Confusion to why she left didn't occur to him. If they found eachother at a later date, he'd simply insist what he'd said before. For now, he was somewhat lost in this land, so, he'd just head continue on adventuring towards other deeds.

[Exit]

[Runeska]

[Enter]

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Botany (Specific Region) learning for grassland
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. This knowledge is broader than the Agriculture skill, as it extends to plants (including trees) without obvious food or textile uses. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.

+5 rolls at 1d12+1 because of grassland book

0/5

Having found the books he wished for, Aclime decided to just wander aimlessly. After all, he needed to understand the book itself. This meant, for him, he had to actually read and comprehend it. Carefully, he'd peruse the book starting from the first page. There was an index in the book, talking about the book's contents. Obviously, herbs were the subject at hand, The book however, mentioned each specific herb commonly found in these kinds of lands, starting in alphabetical order. Looking through further, he turned the page finding that the next page of the index organized the herbs from rarity, being easiest to locate, to more rare an obscure. Well, that made things interesting. He was tempted to simply look around, finding only interesting herbs.

That thought soon diminished however. That would be cheating. More importantly, it would damage his studies. Instead, he read the first page, hearing about the common herbs. Some were very large, trees in fact. The common herbs, as expected had very minute affects. They were also, relatively innexpensive. That made them uniteresting. They were things he could buy commonly.

Aclime paused about his wondering, having traveled for some time. The shop was gone, along with forest he'd been in. He was now on the open country side, dotted with random shoots of trees and folliage. Hm... maybe it'd be fun to find some other herbs while he was at it. Just why had herb collecting become so fun recently though? Maybe it was the outside and wilderness? No, more than likely, it was the open space and wondering, the freedom that he enjoyed.

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searching for

Sinquoi
Rank: Rare, Large
Type: Herb, Rural, Summer, Bodily Function
Effect: An herb that messes with the user's perceptive of time.
Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The red leaves of this unusually twisted tree should be burned and the smoke inhaled. This will have the effect of ‘dilating’ time (making it appear to pass slower.) For every minute experienced outside the influence of the herb, only 30 seconds will pass. A single dose is effective for 8 hours. Normally used by torturers to prolong agony, the leaves may also be used by people who must think quickly. It does not increase the speed at which a person moves (Under its influence all movement will seem sluggish), and does not impart any bonuses in combat for this reason, (you may see the blow coming more easily, but you will still be unable to avoid it.) Herb consists 16 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Rural Regions. 15% chance of finding.
Cost: 39,500 Ryo per herb. 1,975 Ryo per Dosage.

Well, this was the country side that he'd wandered onto. It was about as good a place as any to search. Aclime began looking around for twisted trees, with red leaves. He'd heard about the tree called sinquoi. If memory served right, the leaves had a mental affect to slow down time for the user. He ran about looking toward the scarce lands for such trees. Every time such a tree escaped his patrol, he left the tree which was wrong and quickly searched another. Occassionally, he'd stop and search and read through the botany book when he got bored, going as far as to rest and sit down.

Aside from these the books, the botany, herbalism, and agriculture books of grasslands, he also carried a map of the world, a compass, and the Tenkyo Buryoku on his back, Kyuushi on his waist, and Tokihaga on the other side on the left. There was also a gas mask with a d filter equipped, alongside the botany book for rural regions, which he referenced when searching. His guise would be just a wanderer for now. When he passed back through another rather tree devoid area, he would again walk and wander while reading the book for grassland botany, eventually making it to the less common herbs and finding some interesting things.

[The Roar of the Falls]

Rolls: +33 sp

Herb: Found

[Runeska]

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Botany (Specific Region) learning for grassland
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. This knowledge is broader than the Agriculture skill, as it extends to plants (including trees) without obvious food or textile uses. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.

+5 rolls at 1d8+1 because of grassland book

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searching for twice

Sinquoi
 
Rank: Rare, Large

Type: Herb, Rural, Summer, Bodily Function

Effect: An herb that messes with the user's perceptive of time.

Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: The red leaves of this unusually twisted tree should be burned and the smoke inhaled. This will have the effect of ‘dilating’ time (making it appear to pass slower.) For every minute experienced outside the influence of the herb, only 30 seconds will pass. A single dose is effective for 8 hours. Normally used by torturers to prolong agony, the leaves may also be used by people who must think quickly. It does not increase the speed at which a person moves (Under its influence all movement will seem sluggish), and does not impart any bonuses in combat for this reason, (you may see the blow coming more easily, but you will still be unable to avoid it.) Herb consists 16 doses.

Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Rural Regions. 15% chance of finding.

Cost: 39,500 Ryo per herb. 1,975 Ryo per Dosage.

0/5



Aclime felt as though he'd learned quite a bit by simply leafing through the book. It wasn't enough though. What other interesting things were there to find? Listen to bird calls from overhead while the wind softly blew against his cheek, he turned another page. He'd already looked through the most casual of plants and found a few that might be... interesting to have. Yet, by perusing more he realized the knowlegde quickly left his mind, which wasn't good in the least. Had he forgotten already? He sat down for a moment and concentrated, reading slowly and absorbing the knowledge carefully looking at the pictures provided in the text book.  Everything would be made into a memorable detail.  With his face so close to the book though, his eyes began to hurt.

Aclime stopped his reading, instead, renewing his search for the herb... tree... yeah, tree.  Looking up, he could see the tree was right there.  Right, he had been searching for one.  He must have forgotten so while he was busy reading.  He set the book down carefully and reach up to the tree to take some of it's leaves, 16 doses worth, and placed them within his field pack.  After wards, he pick his book back up and began searching for another tree.  Truthfully, he was unsure he'd find another so soon, given it's relative rarity, so while he searched, he read through his book more, rather absentmindedly.

So, it seemed that small break was enough of an eye rest.  Resuming his reading, Aclime realized that some of the herbs that he'd already researched and known about from other regions were also in the grasslands, such as Yuumon.  There were others as well.  It didn't surprise him too much though.  As long as the climates were similar and enviornments were close enough, there shouldn't be a reason why they couldn't grow in different areas.  There sure was a lot of information though, so occassionally, Aclime found himeself frozen in place, reading his book carefully.  It was durring these times when he suddenly pause to observe his surroundings.  Was he being observed?  Watched?  He could be attacked at anytime by anyone if he dropped his guard.

Once his paranoia declined however, there was little reason to behave like this, so resumed searching.  Every tree would observed and quickly mentally marked from his list.  If they were usuaully twisted trees, they didn't fit the description.  If their leaves weren't red, they also didn't fit the description.  On the chance that he found the tree he was looking for however, he would stop, check again to be sure, then remove as many leaves as he could without harming the tree.  Afterall, if he took too many, he could wind up damaging the particular tree, and unintentionally damaging the enviornment.

[The Roar of the Falls]

+3 really only a para and possibly a half of your botany skill

Roll: No go

[Runeska]

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Botany (Specific Region) learning for grassland
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. This knowledge is broader than the Agriculture skill, as it extends to plants (including trees) without obvious food or textile uses. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.

+5 rolls at 1d8+1 because of grassland book

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Sinquoi

Rank: Rare, Large

Type: Herb, Rural, Summer, Bodily Function

Effect: An herb that messes with the user's perceptive of time.

Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: The red leaves of this unusually twisted tree should be burned and the smoke inhaled. This will have the effect of ‘dilating’ time (making it appear to pass slower.) For every minute experienced outside the influence of the herb, only 30 seconds will pass. A single dose is effective for 8 hours. Normally used by torturers to prolong agony, the leaves may also be used by people who must think quickly. It does not increase the speed at which a person moves (Under its influence all movement will seem sluggish), and does not impart any bonuses in combat for this reason, (you may see the blow coming more easily, but you will still be unable to avoid it.) Herb consists 16 doses.

Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Rural Regions. 15% chance of finding.

Cost: 39,500 Ryo per herb. 1,975 Ryo per Dosage.

3/5



Unfortunately, Aclime didn't find another such tree. Since he didn't, he paused to read some more of his book. He studied shortly, reading a particular page about a herb called Ur. He couldn't have guessed it from the name. Ur was a completely common herb found in the grasslands, but only durring winter. The interesting thing was that this herb could substitute for 1 days food. It could be useful while traveling long distances without enough supplies or time to make camp and cook and such. However reading down more, he saw that the herb that was mentioned had a nasty side effect. If used for more than 3 days, it seemed like it started to destroy and exhaust the body. Why would someone substitute that for food? Surely, there were better things.

He was about to read another book when he began to hear voices. Of course, these voices were coming from inside his own head. Apparently, Runeska felt like he was spacing out a bit too dangerously. Well, if he wasn't before, he certainly was now. Arguing and bickering amongst his personalities had to many times more confusing than occupying than reading a book. Pulling his mind back to his surroundings, he renewed his search.

As he wandered the country side, every tree he found, he checked for the red leaves, of course, after verifying that that the tree was twisted enough to be the sinquoa. Whenever he failed, he quickly checked around him to secure his suroundings then wandered the lone countryside in search for more. In the case that he couldn't find them, he simply devoted more time to his search. Eventually thoush, he would rest again, aside a random tree once he'd used his botany knowledge to assure himself the tree was not poisonous or any such thing.

While he waited, he read through his book more, trying to figure what else to search for. He scoured the paths again, this time passing through the middle point of the book, at herbs he hadn't looked at yet. Next, he'd certainly take his hunt to the grass lands. It would be in just a few hours. So far... Ur wasn't a likely culprit. Then toward the middle of the book, he saw something called pipewood. It seemed to put the user in a midly more energetic mood where they could do more work in less time. While it sounded good, Runeska wasn't a smoker last he checked. The thought of it made Aclime laugh, as his more refined personality always tried to keep up the image of a good rolemodel. Finally, closing the book shortly, he rested his eyes for a moment, then continue travelling.

[Solus]

A man wandered past you with a woman, sitting down opposite from each other the man would mumble: "plus two, plus two, plus two." Virtually ignoring you the beautiful young woman -whom you might have seen before here- took out a strange dice and threw it on the ground. "Fifty, no plants today..." The man nodded in agreement and took out five dice, throwing them next to her on the ground. "A 6, a 7 and a 2. And those last two are a 6 and a 3." Raising his haed the man would look past you at nothingness. ""Sixty two! Sixty two! Out of one hundred twenty five! The light!" Confused he staggered off into the sticks, followed by the woman who shook her head disapprovingly.

[Runeska]

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Suddenly, two people appeared on the horizon, wandering past Aclime. It was a man a woman whom, the woman, looked familair(?) but he couldn't figure out from where. It left him with an odd feeling. The man began to call out the number 2, but it didn't feel like he was actually talking to Aclime. However, at the same time, Aclime suddenly felt as though he'd just gained something, something like an experience boost of a sort? The book suddenly made more since, and he felt more capable of identifying the herbs. As he felt this odd feeling, the woman in question threw some dice and told him there were no herbs today, in a weird rather cryptic manner.

Get away from them. Can't you tell? Those too are special. If I had to guess, they're possessed by moderators from the other world, watching our progress, making sure we stay within the lines and follow their rules. But I'm on to them, and this game.

Akai, I wish you wouldn't speak of such things. I'd much rather forget about that rule book. It seems much more likely to have been a joke. Something like this whole world being a game, and even this conversation I'm having with you being... someone else's actions... If I were to believe that.. then... well...

What? You'd go off the deep end? You're already talking to yourself about an existential crisis against your potential makers whilst wondering the countryside of a foreign nation and picking herbs and such like a wild man. I'd fair to say you're well aquainted with "the deep end" and what lies behind its edge. Now, I believe what you really want to do is protect your feeble mind by pretending this didn't happen and reading your merry little book. Don't worry, my lesser half, I won't stop you or anything...

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Botany (Specific Region) learning for grassland
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that allows the user to identify plants.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has a basic knowledge of plants and how they grow. They know how to tell various species of plants apart and under what conditions each type of plant grows best. Most of the time they can tell poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants. User must choose a specific Region each time they go up this Skill. A successful Botany Skill check provides knowledge of plants, while failure indicates the character does not know or cannot recall anything about that plant. This knowledge is broader than the Agriculture skill, as it extends to plants (including trees) without obvious food or textile uses. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Herb category (Example: Novice can identify Common Herbs, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. Here is some Difficulty Examples.
Trivial - Plant is in bloom
Easy - Plant is whole
Average - Identify plant fruit, leaves, tubers or seeds
Difficult - Parts of plant in a mixture or food
Very Difficult - Identify plant from charred remains

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.


+5 rolls at 1d6+1 because of grassland book

0/5

Sure, as if that were true. Aclime peered back down into his book to read more of his pages. Scouring for more information, he ran into another something interesting. There was a herb called wizard’s temptation. It was supposed to be something rare, and found naturally in the grasslands. This particular herb was a small plant sporting berries on it which weren’t recorded as being poisonous or anything. It was maybe a foot high counting the stem, but none of that was the importtnat part. It the roots which were sought after. Apparently, chewing one would enhance your mental sharpness and wit for an hour.

He leafed through some more as he began to calm down. Ah, there was also peasants hope. This herb seemed to be everywhere. Unfortunately though, it was out of season. He should try some time. It was useful for healing moderate wounds, not that he got injured severely very often. Again, he turned the page and continued his trek across the countryside. His pace would be leisurely however, so that he could still keep relative awareness of his surroundings while still reading. His rate was astounding, so maybe he was speed reading. Hopefully, he wouldn’t forget something important and wind up messing up a perfectly good herb.

Still, he paused on another promising page again began memoring what he could the some of the herbs look close enough to confuse, unfortunately, which only showed his unfamiliarity. These herbs were ones where he actually paused he traveling rate in order to full come to terms with what he was reading and looking at. Soon enough, distinct differences began to point themselves, like the presence of flowers versus fruits or berries, or the way they were clustered together, not to mention leaf colors. Soon, his eyes hurt, so he closed to book and decided to find his next herb.

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Yuumon
Rank: Uncommon, Large
Type: Herb, Rural, All Seasons, Poison
Effect: An herb used to kills herbs, or makes herbs react with an opposite reaction.
Special: Preparation: --- ; Duration: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A tree that grows up to 15 feet high. The tree secretes a liquid is known to rot crops and farmland, causing it to be very much hated by farmers and the like. The leaves and roots are very brittle and contain a clear liquid. Break open the leaf or root and use the liquid inside. It's liquid rots most herbs and plants within 1 day as the plant absorbs it. This herb usually causes the rotted herb or plant to have an opposite effect. Herb consists 16 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Regions. Rural 50% chance of finding.
Cost: 9,000 Ryo per herb. 450 Ryo per Dosage.

This particular herb was one Runeska wanted. So, it was tree searching again. Being on the country side, Runeska had to travel quickly to find the stray random trees. He made sure to keep himself well out of site of random people on the road, by staying off it altogether. He didn’t want to meet more weird people, or moderators and Akai had called them, and didn’t know if that particular pair were still around, watching him. It made him shiver. Could they hide their presence as well if they wished? Well, regardless, it didn’t change that he had a herb to find.

Aclime immediately took any tree higher than 15 feet off his list and any tree significantly shorter as well. He’d search for trees which looked dry and brittle. He had to be careful though, less he make the mistake of crushing said leaves and bark. If he didn’t find one, he had to keep moving. But if he did, he’d carefully removes as many leaves as possible before depositing them on his person. They place he would choose would be the field bag, and rather carefully at that.

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+5 Learned. Skill Roll New Skill Rating: 84


Yuumon: Found!

[Runeska]

Botany for grassland

0/5 (88/126sk)

Once more, Aclime read through his book. After having speed read and glanced through for quite the while during his wondering, he managed to absorb a lot of information. The grasslands seemed to be a very interesting if not lucrative and useful area. It was unfortunate not to have one native to mizu no kuni. The same could be said of the dessert perhaps. Right now he was reading about a plant which had dark red delicious frut. Being that the fruit had nting to do with it’s use as a herb, if he found one, he could simply keep it for nourishment, as the fruit had no effect. What he needed was the resin.

Now, what was this plant? The plant was called harfy. It was a strange, being a cactus, roughly 15 inches big and surviving outside of dessert areas. Perhaps that’s why it was rare. The resin from this cactus was used to stop bleeding of a very serious nature, something that could potentially save lives. Maybe, he would keep some if he found it. But then again, it would have to be something rarely used, given its low amount of dosages per herb.

There was also Garthash tree. This one was found in spring, so was out of season, but rather than a tree, it was a bush, one that was supposedly well loved by wildlife. Ok, so it wasn’t only found, but that’s when it could be harvested. In either case, it was the bark that was useful. When made into a paste, once it hit the blood stream, it disabled chakra molding for a day. That would be extremely useful for Runeska. It could end a fight much sooner, or aid in capturing an opponent. All he’d essentially need is to cut them moderately deeply, a feat that was easily done with their various sword arts.

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Sinquoi
Rank: Rare, Large
Type: Herb, Rural, Summer, Bodily Function
Effect: An herb that messes with the user's perceptive of time.
Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The red leaves of this unusually twisted tree should be burned and the smoke inhaled. This will have the effect of ‘dilating’ time (making it appear to pass slower.) For every minute experienced outside the influence of the herb, only 30 seconds will pass. A single dose is effective for 8 hours. Normally used by torturers to prolong agony, the leaves may also be used by people who must think quickly. It does not increase the speed at which a person moves (Under its influence all movement will seem sluggish), and does not impart any bonuses in combat for this reason, (you may see the blow coming more easily, but you will still be unable to avoid it.) Herb consists 16 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Rural Regions. 15% chance of finding.
Cost: 39,500 Ryo per herb. 1,975 Ryo per Dosage.

Having finished his reading for now, there were more herbs to find. Right now, he wanted more sinquoi. Aclime’s trek across the country would bring him toward another similar area to where he was earlier. He searched around for this vastly twisted tree, giving careful attention to his surroundings. Even if he found another sinquoi, if the leaves were already stolen erm… uh… harvested, then the tree was useless for him right now. Once he located a tree, he’d carefully remove as many leaves as possible and stash them away. If not, then better luck next time. Then RNG god’s would have to show him favor eventually. Stupid Akai… now you’ve got me doing it...

[The Roar of the Falls]

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New SP:104

Herb:No Luck

[Runeska]

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Jinab
Rank: Very Rare, Large
Type: Herb, Rural, All seasons, Bodily Function
Effect: An herb capable of keeping someone awake for a long period of time.
Special: Preparation: 1 hour ; Duration: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The dark chocolate brown bark of this small fast growing pine tree, may be eaten in order to allow a person to remain awake for 1d4 days, without the need for sleep. At the end of this period, they will collapse, absolutely exhausted for 1d4 days, and will only use half of their movements for the duration of time. It grows up to 10 feet in height. Herb consists 16 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for Rural Regions. 10% chance of finding.
Cost: 65,000 Ryo per herb. 3,250 Ryo per Dosage.

Well, sinquoi was gone, definitely and without doubt. Well, that, or the RNG gods in the other plane surely catch their favor from him today. That was what Akai kept swispering in the back of their mind. So then, Jinab? It was another tree, and again, it was the bark he wanted. Traveling the country side, this time, Aclime was searching for a tree no larger than 10 feet. It would look like a pine tree, so in his search, the only real way of knowing was to look for the dark chocolage brown bark. Aclime would devote a fair share of time towards this, all the while ignoring the voice of Akai who seemed to wish to move on towards something else. If he couldn’t find the jinab bark, he would search another part of the country side, traveling far from his current position in his search.

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Hertbalism (Specify Region)
Rank: "E" (5 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: Those with the herbalist knowledge can create potions and other assortments out of herbs.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Those with herbalist knowledge can identify plants and fungi and prepare potions, poultices, powders, balms, salves, ointments, infusions, and plasters for all purposes while using Herbal components. They can also prepare natural poisons and purgatives. A character with both Herbalism and First Aid: Healing skills gain bonuses when using their First Aid: Healing skill. Each Skill level allows the user to mix Herbs of each category (Example: Novice can mix Common Herbs, Master can mix Nearly Impossible Hearbs) within a region. When learning the user must learn for each Region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Botany.

For Grasslands
5 1d12+1

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While Aclime looked over the country side for Jinap, he also continued reading. This time however, he switched books. He was not reading through one for the same region, but had switched to the herbalism book. What he hadn’t expected was that the first book would never mention a means of how to collect the herbs. How to extract them. In that sense, it was a tease, and is perhaps why in the end, he became bored of leafing through its pages. One could say it was a teast.

The book itself was more or less easy to understand, but he took his time. Half of all the information was somewhat easy to think of, since he already knew the herbs, regardless to whether or not they were committed to memory. As one would think, you couldn’t simply rip and tear whatever plants you wish from the ground without consequence. From his reading, there were some plants with particularly weak constitutions. Such careless actions with these could damage the very substance he wished to collect.

Then, there the ways to make to speficic substances. Some of these were potions made by boiling the roots then straining the remains. For these such herbs, special notes were listed as to whether the user could harm themselves while extracting, or if the created potion had an expiration date. Aclime was merely looking through the beginnings of this book so far, at the most common herbs. As could be expected, the effects of most of these items were very small and minimal on the positives, while likewise having very severe drawbacks when overdosed. Special care had to be taken.