The Field [Train]

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A wide span of land caked with a thin layer of snow. Spanning out in a flat line with the occasional hill. The glistening whiteness of the snow can be rather teasing on the eyes, but nonetheless an easy place to spend a day’s worth of training. This area is private, vast and somewhat remote, which leaves a single person fully capable of claiming it as their own. Large pines shroud this area, towering over the edges like that of a crater. No buildings are visible for at least two miles and the village itself is perhaps three miles away.

It is early morning. The sun is moments from raising while shadows dance long the empty space, waiting until the last minute to flee back into the woods. The snow was reasonably thin this time, signifying that summer was present and at her highest. A faint crunching sound echoed throughout the field as Roman walked into the vast space of the field. To begin his day of training. So many ideas shifted through his mind’s eye as he wondered along the snow, occasionally kicking at the ground to reveal a few blades of greyish grass.

Having come dressed in a traditional Hakama, his white umanori trousers almost camouflaging in the vast now. It is only his navy coloured himo and his long black hair that gave away his location. Despite the snow, Roman wore the traditional ninja sandals over reddened feet. Having been bought up within this cool harsh environment, Roman does not mind the cold and often ventures out in the coldest times of the morning. Like now for instance. The sun always raises in the east, blanketing the horizon with its warm grace. But today, Roman had decided to learn how to navigate this area without the use of a compass he doesn’t own.

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The pale pink streaks along the rim of the trees shot up into the sky, casing away the blanket of night. Seeing the stars fading from the sky, Roman turned around to watch the sun as it mounted the horizon. Bringing forth a brand new day. Having stopped walking, Roman watched as the sun leaped off the horizon and took flight into the sky. He knew then that the area he was facing was east.

During the middle of the day, when searching the skies for directions, Roman noticed that it was always darker on the opposite side of east. The sky was always a darker shade of whatever colour it decided to be. Weather it was grey, white or blue. The shade was darker than the rest. With that settled, Roman knew that the darker area to east was always west. But how to determine north from south?

Turning back around to the rising sun, Roman had the sense that when looking at a compass, north was always to the left of him whenever he faced east. So stepping to his left, the sun was angled to his right. Was this north, and the opposite side was south. Turning his head whilst staying in the position he was in, Roman stared at the direction he believed to be south. If only it were that simple.

As a chilly wind was conjured from the west, it seemed as if the sun was at war with nature. The sun attempting to warm the planet, while the wind tried to freeze it. But telling the directions using the sun and the wind were do-able things, he was still left with wondering how to determine north from south. A compass always pointed north, but he didn’t have a compass and didn’t want one. If a person was capable of determining an accurate direction sense just by looking at the sky, or their surroundings, then why have a compass?

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Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: There are people who always seem to know where they're going as if they had an inner compass.
Special:
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. There are people who always seem to know where they're going as if they had an inner compass. The character with this skill is just such a person. They have an innate sense about which direction is north, south, east, west, etc. They need no compass. They also can read the stats and use them to navigate by, although they know nothing about navigating on the seas. They can read signs as well, using such information as the direction a river flows or which side a tree moss is growing on, in order to get a sense of where they are. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 2 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---[/ul]
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[Father 'Suke]

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