Featherook Training Facility

[Nira]

Suichuu (Underwater)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user stay underwater for some time.
Difficulty Class
D Rank Difficulty Class - 20 minutes
C Rank Difficulty Class - 40 minutes
B Rank Difficulty Class - 80 minutes
A Rank Difficulty Class - 120 minutes
S Rank Difficulty Class - 180 minutes

Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After returning to surface the user must rest half of the time used underwater. As example, if the user has stayed under for 20 minutes, he’ll have to rest 10 minutes before the jutsu can be used again.
Description: Simple technique used by channeling chakra to mouth, lungs, ears and eyes. With chakra moved to mouth and lungs the user gathers air from the water and is able breath underwater, chakra guided to ears protects from the aching caused by pressure, lenses of chakra protecting eyes work like swim goggles.
Limit: Must have Water Release

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We don't have too much time to get into mastery techniques, so we'll just teach you how to breath underwater. The process is simple enough. You have to split water apart from air, so that you can breath normally when you find yourself under the waves. You should also guard your eyes and ears, so that you can see while unaffected by the pure pressure of deep water. There's a lot of factors to cover, but the technique requires very little power.

Splitting water into air is the most vital part. You need to realize that water has air infused inside. In fact, if water was broken down to its rawest components, it would just end up being some air. Interesting, isn't it? Liquid is formed by the unseen force of gas that exists all around us at all times. It's almost like building something from nothing, but we know that air is anything but nothing. It's what truly filled the surface of the world.

To divide air for yourself, you need a layer of chakra over your mouth and nose. These layers will act as shredders. As water passes through the layer of energy, it gets torn apart like paper through a flame. Just as the burning process reduces paper into thin ashes, the ripping process of the chakra will divide the water into its respective forms of air. As the air then filled your mouth, you will find yourself able to breath at any depth of the ocean.

You know well enough about the sensation of popping ears. That's the effect of pressure, or rather pressure change. Ears pop above ground due to air pressure, but water pressure is more intense. Water is a heavier substances, and transfers force more readily than the air. If you don't protect yourself, the pressure can rupture your eardrums, leaving you deaf. It's definitely too big of a risk to leave unaddressed. Hearing is very important, yeah?

To shield water pressure from your ears, another bit of chakra is needed. This second bit of chakra is used like ear muffs or ear plugs. It blocks out water from your eyes, although it still lets sound through to hear. Basically it's a filter against water. No matter what, liquid won't pass through the chakra, but anything else will have no issue. As we've discussed before, when chakra is dedicated, it won't shift to manipulate anything else.

Last is the eyes, since you need to see while underwater. Without goggles, everything underwater just becomes a blur. You have the mono-goggle, but you also need chakra goggles for your free eye. It has to keep water out just like the ears, but in a way that doesn't impair sight. The chakra lens must be rigid, so that the underwater image is as clear as looking through regular glass goggles of any kind that may be waterproof.

[~Emi~]

pretty much doing the description... so...
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[Nira]

ooc: Yeah, if only I had a pool here so I could fight fishes or something XD

Song of Mana
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu, Vocal
Effect: Aids in Chakra Regeneration
Special: Singing
Drawback: Affects allies and enemies.
Description: The bard sings a song of inspiration that extends in a ten meter radius with the user at the center. The song lasts for three posts and for each post those in the area will recover a D rank worth of chakra, the caster excluded.
Limit: Art of the Bard. 'Singing'.

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Chakra is a valuable resource, and difficult to recover outside of rest. With soul, you have the ability to siphon life from all around you, but you also need a method to recover your spiritual chakra energy as well. It's all well and good to dedicate it all into raw explosive power, but chakra is able to provide many other tactical benefits. Illusions and song effects all rely on this essence, and it would be most unwise to find yourself deprived.

The method of song is reliable only when you have your soul split apart. The song does nothing for the caster, so it must be shared between two others. The amount gained from this jutsu is applied over time, almost twenty seconds of music to regain a little more than you spent to use the technique. So, if used to recover the lost chakra of a split, you'd have to spend move ten minutes in order to regain all the divided energy back. Not for combat use.

If done in a duet, even if imperfect, you can achieve a significant regeneration speed. It's useless in battle, but valuable in the free space between such fights. A dozen minutes of free time is all it takes to return to a state of equilibrium. Combined with the short use of the blight siphon, and we'll become two parts of a completed to a whole. It would be our most absolute prepared starting state, assume he have no other doping mechanisms active.

Your chakra system moves in spirals. The point of the Song of Mana is to move that flow along in a faster pace, so that more chakra can be generated in a short amount of time. You're paddling in a maelstrom, with all your effort adding to the strength of the storm rather than taking away. You're not escaping from the motions, you're borrowing power to direct back at a higher pace of travel. Adding more identical ingredients to an recipe.

Think about a whirlpool within the sink. As the water rushes down into the drain, it spirals about. If you wanted to, you could move your hand through the water just so, in a way that enhances the spin. It's better illustrated in a closed system with no drain, though. The more you rotate a liquid, the more circular momentum it will gain. This dips it into a deep vortex of sorts. The swirling continues automatically, you're just adding a helping hand.

When you do not share a split soul, you can at least perform this technique upon allies. It affect enemies too, though, so beware how you spend your songs. Keep its range in mind. If only friendlier units are within ten meters of you, then you have the freedom to enhance energy generation with this method of singing. The more people are affected by your song, the more raw chakra is regenerated. There is no penalty based on quantity.

[Tieren]

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[Nira]

Heroism
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: This Jutsu imbues a single creature with great bravery and morale in battle.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 creature. The user is able to perform this technique on the target they touch. The duration of this technique lasts for 1 hour per class level. This technique may be negated. This Jutsu imbues a single creature with great bravery and morale in battle. The target gains a +1 Rank in striking attacks and +2 in Saves, and Skill Checks.
Limit: Must know the Enchantment Perception.

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Lasting defense exists in a more righteous path, and we can borrow from it. Heroism, true heroism, comes with its rewards. It is a path that increases your skillfulness, which will be incredibly useful in the Chuunin Examinations. You already have rough experience with all forms of skills thanks to your background, but additional boosts to your wide range of abilities will help close the gap lost from the transitioning generations and eras.

Heroism is born of bravery and morale. As one on the side of the lawful demons, you have access to this as well. It takes bravery to stand up to superior opponents, along with morale to stay confident without an urge to retreat. It may be more selfishness and stubbornness than raw heroism, but the emotions and effects are identical. Stand as a war hero would, but for yourself instead of all your fellow comrades. Stay faithful to your desires.

This isn't about rash action, it's about confidence of absolute mental state. You are to be sure of yourself at all times, and rush in fully prepared to give it all you have. Don't do anything less than your all. There's no need to copy any of those novel villains. Monologues have no place in the real world, nor does mercy need to be given to everyone you face. Pragmatic is the name of the game. Rush in and take your foe out as quick as you can.

In battle, the heroic may bear the crest of their beliefs. Their faith gives them strength, but you can substitute that with your selfish desires for power. Whatever fills you with determination can be used to blot of fear and increase the efficiency of your skills. Other replacements can be intense emotions such as love, fright, or hatred. The type of feelings that force you to do everything in your power to complete an objective, in favor of emotion.

The sound of drums is used to bring fear to enemies, and strength to allies. To hear the marching song as you advance gives you more confidence to your steps. If you keep that rhythm in your mind, you march without an obstruction in sight. It's a hidden type of mental block, which can be removed at will. You just need some chakra assistance, and the energy better intensifies your desired force of will, which propels you far towards goals.

Everything is within reach. If you can accept that, then you can take the power reserved once only for heroes. The energy of chakra enhances all your general abilities, making you a juggernaut of confident skill. People often fault bravery, because they assume it's the same as rash action. Rather, it's the state of mind where you can clearly see your objectives. The last thing that comes to mind, is telling yourself what you can't do.

[Draven]

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[Nira]

Singing
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill that turns a character into an accomplished singer.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Character with this skill is an accomplished singer and can use this ability to entertain others and perhaps earn a small living. No skill check is required to sing in most circumstances. The character can also create choral works on a successful skill check. Use Musical Instrument Task Skills to see what a user can do and the difficulty checks as Musical Instrument Task Skills are similar to Singing. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

43/125sp

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Let's work on some singing again, while they're working out their basic punches. You're already ahead of them in strength buildup, so work on your voice a little, yeah? Sing out to them, I'm sure they'll enjoy a bit of music as their work on their routine. Ah, what's a good workout tune... If you want to be active, your music needs to have a nice beat. Something quick paced, without anything complex to weigh it down.

The tune has to be consistent too, with a fair amount of repetition. If your beat breaks, the rhythm breaks apart as well. That confuses the listener, and in a workout routine, that can lead to their distraction. Might be a good weapon in combat, but not a good performance for people who are training. It isn't quite fair to them, so to speak. It has to be as smooth as a heartbeat. The faster it goes, the hard you work, so match the pace.

The words should be of inspiration's sake. To speak of them is to bring delight to the listeners. It must amplify their pride, so that they receive a boost in morale. Even if they aren't doing so well, encouragement can inspire them to action. Think again to the feeling of applause. Let that be the aura that your song gives off. An upbeat vide, yet with a hint of overwhelming pride. To hear that is to be given a chance to smile.

[Draven]

+5tp, Singing 43-61sp

[Nira]

Herbalism (Forest)
Rank: "E"
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.

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No bonus

Tarah Featherook cut away at the small potted plant with her pair of tiny gardening scissors. Her mother wanted her to attend to the family vegetation, much to her boredom. Her soul split was currently at her side in the form of Elsie Veratrose, since Elsie was the most experienced in the ways of herbalism. Elsie instructed Tarah about how to trim different forms of plants, so that they kept a fair appearance.

You have to be careful, dear. Plants are durable, but occasionally fragile. They're much like humans. If you cut at them improperly, then they will fall apart and die. The leaves are their connection to the sun in the sky. If you break that bridge, they lose a major source of their regenerative properties. The best way to cut it is around the point of the stem. You only want the leaf off, not the stem that leads to it.

Likewise, when you flesh out the dirt, you must not disturb the roots. The roots carry water and nutrients from the soil. Unlike sunlight, that's two separate sources of essence from one part of the plant. It's the most protected, being vulnerable only to that which dwells beneath the soil. When you switch out the earth around it, you have to pay attention to every little seam. It's their lifeline. Snapping the cord is like cutting the strings of fate.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+14 SP

Not the greatest roll at first, but give it time. For the meanwhile, here have a cookie.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+14 SP

Not the greatest roll at first, but give it time. For the meanwhile, here have a cookie.

Double post, disregard

[Nira]

Herbalism (Forest)
Rank: "E"
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.

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14/125 sp
No bonus

No, you're messing it up! I told you not to cut the stem. That's the little green part that leads from the branch to the leaf. That part needs to be left on the plant, so that the water pathways are still in existence. Plants operate against gravity by having their water pulled up by the nature of water itself. Water attracts its brethren. All the plant can do is make a void for that water to fill. It's size is bound by emptiness.

When you sever a stem, you empty a significant portion of a plant void. When the plant regenerates over that broken stem, it will likely be sealed off. This makes it more difficult for water to ascend, which can read to death. Take only what you need from the likes of trees, because there is little more they can give. When exhausted, it becomes a husk of wood lodged in the ground. Not even the roots can revive it at that point.

I know it's tedious, but the alternative is more so. It takes ages for a flora to reach the heights and quality it has now. When it's gone, there is no return. The extra effort you put into harvesting the features of a plant will save you from years of waiting. A fair trade off I think. Besides, unless parts are a hindrance. If you're making tea, you need to try and keep the contents strictly leaves, not stems.

[Father 'Suke]

+5 TP
+20 SP

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[Nira]

ooc: Applying +1 TP per post with the stronghold unit.

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: This technique creates clones of the user. However, these clones are actual copies, not illusions.
Special: "Clone Seal"
Drawback: The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power.
Description: The clones are capable of performing techniques on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after 1 or 2 solid blows. They can also disperse on their own. The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as the original. Shadow clones cannot be distinguished from the actual person even by the Byakugan because the clones have the exact same amount of chakra and aren't made from any other substance. A characteristic that is unique to the Shadow Clone Technique is that any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed. This makes the technique ideal for spying, since the user can simply send a clone to spy on a target, then have the clone disperse itself without returning to pass the information back to the user. (Cannot gain extra training points through training with Shadow clone.) User is able to make up to 5 clones at a time. Takes the amount of time to perform a "B" Rank Jutsu. Shadow Clones may travel between different threads within the same board.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu Technique. Must be Chūnin or gain Village Scroll.

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Chuunin at last! Now you can finally get that particular jutsu you've been eyeing to release us into the world like Vi. Kage Bunshin works on principles similar to your Soul Split technique, except that it is limitless in duration and provides memory feedback. These at the factors you need to touch up on in order to get the hang of this technique. The first step is something you're more than familiar with.

We should still review it, though. That's a given. In Kage Bunshin, you are splitting your chakra. Keep in mind that these are not living bodies, so you don't split your soul when you create them. That's the main difference compared to the Soul Split. They still need to have solid bodies, so you need to focus on the shell of their forms so that they are properly divided. A shadow clone that can't touch is useless.

It isn't exactly a walk in the park. When we get used to treating soul and chakra as two halves of a whole, it's more stressful to divide them. You may accidentally make a soul split when forcing shadow clones, and that wouldn't do. Soul is something that hangs behind your form. It is an eternal shadow that lingers until the end of days. Chakra is a fluid system with a place in your personal biological makeup.

[Nira]

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A good way would be to focused a bit on your fire jutsu. Not the ones born of the sun fist, but the ones that depend on handseals. Ninjutsu is a raw extension of chakra. Perform the seal of the kage bunshin and then focus on releasing a large amount of chakra like a large scale technique. You don't have another clone technique beyond the soul split, so you have to rely on those principles to shape the solid form of the shadow clone.

It's harder with a single energy source, since you used to be able to divide the stress into two forms of energy. Soul and chakra were too unstable to last beyond a day, but still tough enough to withstand a significant amount of damage. Shadow clones don't have that resistance advantage, and tend to fall apart on a solid hit. That's not a reason to be discouraged. Shadow clones have the safeguard of providing memories of their experience.

Imagine every shadow clone is a balloon. It takes shape as you provide the energy of chakra, like air into a balloon. If you have a decent consistency of energy, the surface becomes rigid. That's how a form of energy like chakra becomes capable of picking up objects like a person would. It has reached a state of compression capable of mimicking flesh and blood. But, as a balloon would, the strike of a pin bursts it apart.

[Captain M]

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[Nira]

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Awesome, that's working out. Okay, now you have to divide your mind as well. Clones have a will of their own, and you have to create the potential to divide that into six. Not so much a literal split, but more of placing a copy of yourself in every clone. The chakra must arrange in such a way that it acts just like you, but knows that it is a clone. This way, it can comprehend the memories it gains before information is transferred to you.

What is the makeup of a clone's mind? They contain a copy of your anatomy, but it is unreal. Still, it must be maintained. A clone can still drown, so it interacts with the element of air like any other person. They must keep a rhythmic beat, as your heart does. The subconscious interactions between the mind and the body must be transferred into a shadow clone. Without that, they die mere seconds later.

Ever had imaginary friends? We don't count, obviously, since we're a part of you. Actually, we'd work out too. Such a friend is unreal, but has a personality and a thought process. It was created by you, but that's no fault to have. In the same way you attribute personality to an imaginary friend, you can attribute personality to a clone. It will think, feel, and be just like you. Or, if you wish, just like us.

[Nira]

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As always, it starts with our dearest Vi. Remember that a large part of the clone's mind is bound to passive actions. Things you do with barely a notice. That would be like breathing, blinking, feeling, and all such related things. Then you take active actions into account. That is the process of thought, then motor functions that allow one to move their body around as they please. It's best to have a clone in control of itself, after all.

Hm, what else. Oh, there are things shared by the passive and active minds. For example, reflexes are generally an active action, but that are driving by passive thoughts. Things like your instinctive brawler sense must be included in the clone. It is very easy to be flanked or injured without that innate sense of self in the clone. Shadow clones can barely take a hit, after all. A reflex is simple enough. Avoid pain and seek pleasure, yeah?

Careful with your steps, though. Don't make a clone too much like an animal. Beast are hard to control, you don't want a power struggle with your own clones. They are essentially your flesh and blood, however indirect. They must be controlled as easily as the rest of yourself. You can't command them like an arm, but they must share your thoughts and be clear allies. Nothing must be able to turn them away from the goal you have in mind.

[Nira]

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You are linked to every clone, and they to you. How else does the memory flow back into your mind? There must be something that the fallen mind can follow to return to its place in your head. This chain is actually not one of raw chakra, since it can't be disrupted. It's something deeper than that, almost like technology. The waves and bands that travel like the radio, but are able to reach your head with images and colors. Absolute experience communication.

Thanks to your experience with us, you're used to experience communication. It's those images you receive when our memories a deciphered and played back to you. Though, unfortunately shadow clones aren't very useful for unlocking the talents we already have, but they're good for strategic purposes. The fault in many things, as Vi says, is seeing it from too few perspectives. Shadow clones are the key to seeing it from all angles.

It's headache-inducing right now, isn't it? That's unavoidable. When you receive information from us, you tend to cut off from the presence and relive your old life. For shadow clones, it's a burst of memory from the present. Sudden and with little to no warning, you obtain so much time all at once. If we were a book, our old memories are like words written in invisible ink, while shadow clone memories are like extra pages being stapled on.

[Captain M]

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