Withered Roots [Event Thread]

[Madame Loki]

"And people wonder why I have trust issues." Loki said to his prison-mate. However, Loki asking to be released was just a courtesy, Loki much like the man next to had started to wiggles his shoulders as well, only his goal was getting his hands to together, not playing with himself...eww. After managing to get his hands together, he struggled to make the seals that he needed. Loki watched as  the guy who put him in this mess took the goggles that Loki had managed to steal fair an square. Was nothing sacred? After he painstaking formed his seals the sand that had spilled from the barrel during Loki ejection from the tower came to life, leaping off of the ground, and digging into the dirt near Loki. The sand quickly started to grind away at rock and dirt that surrounded him and soon enough the sand pushed Loki out of the ground.

With a sigh Loki's body rested where his his sand had pried him loose. Unwarranted he sent a kick at the back of the head of his prison-mate, hopefully stunning or knocking him out as a result. It would be his pay back from the sucker punch he received earlier. Whether or not Zaraki was in the area Loki would say, "Sand beats rock bitch... and I wasn't going back inside that tower even if you paid me." All Loki wanted was to be let out of the ground he hated to be confided to one place. It was a wonder why he became a ninja at all knowing that about himself. Loki was done helping with this crisis, all it had done was prove what Loki had already known. Everyone is out for themselves, and no one could be trusted, "What the hell am I doing here?" Loki asked to himself. A question that held more implications then he may have realized at that moment. 


Jutsu Use: 

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Doujou Kirikae no Jutsu (Soil Conversion Technique)
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Turns soil and other matter into sand.
Special: ---
Drawback: The largest drawback is that it takes time to be capable of doing such a thing as well as it takes an abundance amount of chakra in order to perform this technique. This technique should be used only if the user needs to use as a last chance for a large move.
Description: When the user does not have sand for them to use in a vast amount for Jutsus the user is capable of taking what sand that they do have to convert materials around them to create more sand. Depending on the type of rank the user is capable of learning this the user is capable of converting different types of material. The higher the rank is the stronger the material the user can convert.

C Rank - Can convert soft stone. Four meters per post.
B Rank - Can convert hard stone. Six meters per post.
A Rank - Can convert concrete and weak metal. Eight meters per post.
S Rank - Can convert all of the above at once. Ten meters per post.

Limit: Must have the Sand Release.

[Gohan]

Titania was held firmly by her captors as she tried to figure out what was going on. She guessed by now that an enemy had taken hold of her, but she was still clueless as to what the point of holding her up like this was. She found the energy to start wiggling around but still could not muster the strength to fully break out of whatever kind of hold she was being put under.
What kind of chakra is this? she would wonder. Knowing the element would definitely help, but she still couldn't use her Byakugan. She heard the distinct sound of her crossbow going off somewhat nearby and immediately tensed up her muscles. Not that tensing up did much good since the arrow found its way right into her stomach.

The pain surged through Titania's body and caused her to instinctively try to pull her arms towards her stomach with all her strength to try yanking the weapon out of her flesh. This was, in fact, a tear gas tipped bolt (unless it had been changed (unlikely)) which would most likely shroud her body in mist for the next few minutes.

[zarak729]

Trying to send the clones through the door was met with resistance, pounding against it with earthen fists not doing much good. One didn't need to be a mind reader to tell that the Kedoin's impatience was stretched thin, seeing him distribute exploding tags to his clones accomplished the same purpose, ten tags in total, four of which the clones would stick to the underside of their mouths, the other six, divided into three, stuck on the wall a few meters on either side of the Tower door. While the clones did this the Chuunin took the time to recheck his gear. The Melody Arm was set to the shock enhancement, the left nozzle of his Pouch Projector set to goo pouches and the right one set to Incendiary. His night vision goggles set to darkvision, the same as that of Lokis which he was passing in between his hands absentmindedly.

He watched the two prisoners, one of them who was shaking his arm and had a look of ecstasy o on his fac- NO. No no no no no. What the ALMIGHTY F**K was wrong with this dipshit?! He could sympathize with wanting a good wank but this was not the appropriate time to be practicing the five finger shuffle. Immediately he would walk over and remove the tags from the man, place his hand on his head and activate the Shock Enhancement to give his body a good shocking, just enough to stun or paralyze him. Beating the weasel, pumping the python or visiting with Papa Smurf or any other euphemism was NOT supposed to be carried out while being interrogated.

Casually he would keep his gaze on Loki as he managed to escape utilizing his sand to grind the earth around him, making it easier to break free. There was no point in trying to restrain him then and he didn't seem to be a particular threat to him or the mission. As he expressed his disinterest into not going into the Tower Zakari felt that he could agree with his point of view. If there were a bunch of more qualified ninjas here he would be glad to pass the responsibility off to them. His life was his own and throwing it away for the Village was a load of bull. But he just didn't have a choice in the matter. Best to rush into the thick of things and regret it later. A little more help could do.

Throwing the Loki his goggles back at him he would stretch and move his clones away from the tags and get ready to detonate. "You sure bout that? Imagine how awesome it will be after we save everyone. They'll probably give us a medal and a big sack of Ryo each." A hollow laugh, what good was money if they were dead? "Trust me mate. I wanna go home and nap just as much as you do. But going back in there? Don't tell me you don't think thats fun? We're all gonna end up dead one day so why not eh?"

Forming the seals the exploding tags on either side of the doors would detonate, crumbling it away to leave two alternate entrances. Two clones would lead the way in each entrance, kunai with tags in hand, Zakari chose to come in from the right and if Loki, should he still wish to continue, could come in fromt the left.

Used ten exploding tags. 4 tags attached to clones.

[Solus]

Everyone who hasn't posted yet is skipped.

W

ith deafening bangs the Kedoin would blast two holes in the walls around the door of the tower. Small bits of rock and dust were blown into the lobby, obscuring sight, as a pressure wave slightly displaced everything that had not been turned over yet. A loud creaking noise reverberated through the clouds, resonating with the sickening sound alike a creaking door. Something was tearing apart. A second later the doors between the two holes came thundering forward, crashing loudly on the floor with the sound of something shattering, sending a second wave of pieces of wall, dust and splinters billowing into the lobby. The fine dust was a pain on the lungs and easily inhaled, as a result many of the Braum look alikes would fly into a coughing fit, along with the gagged hostaged, who instead of coughing made more like restrained gag sounds. Clearly coughing though. A bit like a dog with cut vocal chords. Yeh, this shit is inspirational.

[Madame Loki]

Loki rolled his eyes as he heard Zaraki give another speech. He was pretty bad at them. Regardless, Loki began to make hand seals and as he did so the sand near his barrel, and inside of his barrel started to come alive again. This time it turned into 3 copies of Loki’s current condition. Two of the clones had explosive tags inside of their bodies, thanks to the fact that Loki had stuffed to explosive tags into his barrel before all of this mess had started. One of the clones started to make hand seals, another grabbed Loki’s barrel and started to bring it over to him, the third took the goggles that Zaraki had tossed back at Loki, and put them on its head. As the clone finished its hand seals a cloud of sand appeared underneath Loki as he started to Float in the air.

Loki sighed and then said, “You’re terrible at speeches...please know that. The only reason I’m coming, is because I MIGHT, feel a LITTLE guilty, about sending you in there to die alone. But I won’t be much good to you other than support.” As Loki was speaking his was making hand seals, and after they had ended he disappeared from sight and his clone hopped onto the cloud of sand with him. The clone that now had Loki’s goggles on his head would be playing the role of Loki for the moment. Loki followed Zaraki to the door, and he and his understudy, positioned themselves to Zaraki’s left, as the door was blown open. As Zaraki clones went in, so too did Loki’s clones that housed the explosive tags within them.

When the dust started to clear, Loki notice that things were a lot different than they were when he left. The fake Loki lead over to started to move its mouth as the real Loki began to speak, “Well what now genius? This is completely different from before. I have no idea what’s going on.” When Loki finished speaking the clone mouth stopped moving. Loki needed to keep up the Illusion that the clone was him. That was why the clone now wore his goggles, to give his opponents the idea that he was too stupid to make his clones appear with goggles as well. He was going to need every advantage, and every surprise he could get. So he was going to have to try and think several steps ahead of everyone else. Everyone already thought of him as an idiot, so that was already something he could use to his advantage.


Jutsu Used by Loki:

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Suna Bunshin no Jutsu (Sand Clone Technique)
Rank: "D" "C+"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The user creates clones of sand.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: For D Ranks The Clones that are created are basically useless, only used as a distraction, only used to stand/move and cannot be used to attack. One meter of sand is needed per clone.
Description: If the user has an abundant amount of sand along the ground the user is capable of focusing their chakra along the sand to where they are capable of controlling the sand's structure to create a vast amount of clones if capable. When first learned the user is capable of creating up to five Clones, this is for the D Rank Version. If the user learns the C Rank version they are capable of creating ten clones. At C rank the clones are capable of attacking and using sand techniques. The C rank of this may be learned an additional four times to create a maximum of thirty clones.
Limit: Must have the Sand Release. (10 Clones)D-Rank



Invisibility
Rank: "C"
Skill: Genjutsu
Effect: Makes the target they touch invisible.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: Affects anyone who sees the target. The user is able to perform this technique on the target they touch. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 minutes per class level. This technique may be negated. The creature or object touched becomes invisible, vanishing from sight, even from darkvision. If the recipient is a creature carrying gear, that vanishes, too. If the user performs the Jutsu on someone else, neither the user nor their allies can see the subject, unless they can normally see invisible things. Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become visible; items picked up disappear if tucked into the clothing or pouches worn by the creature. Light, however, never becomes invisible, although a source of light can become so (thus, the effect is that of a light with no visible source). Any part of an item that the subject carries but that extends more than 10 feet from it becomes visible, such as a trailing rope. Of course, the subject is not silenced, and certain other conditions can render the recipient detectable (such as stepping in a puddle). The Jutsu ends if the subject attacks any opponent. For purposes of this Jutsu, an attack includes any Jutsu targeting a foe or whose area or effect includes a foe. Actions directed at unattended objects do not break the Jutsu. Causing harm indirectly is not an attack. Thus, an invisible being can open doors, talk, eat, climb stairs, summon and have them attack. If the subject attacks directly, however, it immediately becomes visible along with all its gear.
Limit: Must know the Glamour Perception.

Jutsu used by clone:

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Nimbus
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The user takes the knowledge of Suberi Suna Nami and is capable of creating a cloud made out of compacted sand. This technique is somewhat simple as the user creates a cloud, and using the knowledge of the wind release the user can push the Sand Cloud in all directions. The Cloud of sand is strong enough to keep the user placed on top of the cloud and stand within midair on top of a cloud. This technique is used for escaping or traveling purposes.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: ---
Description: When the user performs the small amount of handseals the user quickly forms a massive cloud of sand that is in the size of their own choosing, usually done to fit for that of the user. The user is capable of controlling the very sand up down and all around in every direction allowing the user to float in the air and move high into the air in an elevated manner. When the user learns this technique the user is capable of moving in the same amount of movements per round as himself in which designates as to how fast this Sand Cloud can become.
Limit: must know Suberi Suna Nami (Sliding Sand).

items used

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Used 2 explosive tags, 1 inside of each non-goggle wearing clones.

[zarak729]

The cringe. It was too much. Having Loki point out his penchant for making terrible speeches a vein literally throbbed on the Chuunins forehead. This was one of those moments that are branded into your memory forever, to forever look back upon and hate yourself for. He was grateful to the kid though, he didn't seem incompetent at all and understood a little something of battle strategy by the way he hid himself and left behind a dummy. Mentally he cursed himself for not learning any Invisibility techniques yet but no time to learn one now. His clones were complete copies of him after all and as he placed his own goggles over his eyes his clones would mimic the action with their fake ocular apparatus. It would have to do, the Earth Armor would limit his movements to be viable.

"Support is fine. Keep an eye on my ass and I'll look out for yours. The plan is simple, find the bad guys, beat them up."

As they walked inside the building, Loki from the left with his clones and two of Zakari's, while the Kedoin from the right with another two of his, sporting the kunai with Ice Tags on the handles he had divided among them earlier, the scene that met his eyes was far too confusing. There were lookalikes of a rather spooky individual all around the lobby, definitely a bad guy if there ever was one. A female was being harassed by a bunch of clones, two of them holding a crossbow in her direction. He couldn't exactly see what was going on over there but it was probably something he would have to sort out and clear up. Yeah...fuck that shit.

In a moment he had retrieved another goo pouch and thrown it in direction of the clones and Titania, with any luck that would clear up that problem. They could sort out the wounded and hostiles later, besides right now their focus was on the big fish. The clone to his left would throw its kunai with ice tag attached in time with his goo pouch throw, activating the tag after the pouch would detonate to freeze the goo and make it even harder to escape from. A frozen gooey prison. He still kept his eyes on the group, his clones at the ready to spring into action should a threat arise. 

Zakari would call out to Loki while keeping his eyes on the scene before him, "So...Those shady guys are bad right? I can't really tell so lets just beat them all up and sort it out later." A bit louder, "Where are the masterminds at!? Come out so we can whup your ass!"

Used:
Goo pouch
Ice tag attached to kunai

[lordspooky]

From my tucked away vista, certainly unseen by any eyes that darted around the width of the LEAF TOWER, I moved into motion. The Suiton bunshin that I created had been effective at holding the white-haired woman in the Water Prison; the other two succeeded in puncturing her with an arrow, which would certainly spell bad news for her in due time...

I went on to snicker in the kitchen alcove, but that was immediately interrupted by an explosion from outside. A clone of mine--one of those who held the crossbow--snapped its neck in the general direction, with no need for stern observation for so obnoxious an entrance. Coughing fits were soon produced in the lobby; all but my elemental bunshin had been affected by the debris plume that filled the -kage's tower. While I dillydallied in the kitchen, events occurred that I did not react to.

Having remembered the annoying voice of that brat who I had placed under a genjutsu earlier, I assumed he went to bring reinforcements. Oh? And who's voice had this been? One of my water clones that held Titiana in her prison could see a small battalion coming in to make matters more dire than necessary. I would remain in the kitchen and proceed to alter my guise once more: into Trisa. With everyone preoccupied by the going-ons in the lobby, I had plenty of time to register a new tactic to this Anti-Konoha plot. I still had numerous anarchists resembling my former guise, so that left me in the face of Trisa as a hidden character soon to be revealed...

Sometime following my Faceless transformation, a pouch and a kunai had been thrown in the direction of my Suirou no Jutsu using Suiton Clones. I was now under the impression that not everyone liked the white-haired woman. Even if these mere doppelgangers of my passed away in a sticky, frozen prison, then so would she.

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All Warped Visage techs in effect;

Flesh Fabric
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user can create clothing from their own body.
Special: ---
Drawback: Clothing created from this technique cannot grant additional properties (skin looks like armor, it is not armor). Flesh Fabric turns to dust after a set amount of time.
Description: With great control over the user's skin cells, the user can command their flesh to appear like cloth and fabric. The user commands the body to produce a layer a skin that is sloughed off from the body. This layer of skin is shaped and altered to the users desires before being removed from the body. The skin cells can mimic the texture, color, and patterns of any fabric, cloth, or armor the user has encountered before. This grants the user access of clothing made from their own body, made to look like anything they want. Unlike clothing created from a transformation technique, this fabric does not disappear when the user is harmed. It takes 1 post for the user to create a single set of clothing from their skin. This clothing lasts 4 hours, before turning to dust. For every rank the user is above "D-Class", they may extend this duration for 2 additional hour per rank.
Limit: Kedōin Blood Line. Must know "Warped Visage: Growth of Skin"

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[Name] Trisa
[Height] 5'6"
[Weight] 130lb

giggle.

[Solus]

OOC: Okay, sorry for the lateness and the anti-climax in this post.

A

t the sudden appearance of the two valiant knights the bundle of men at the door braced, foring a set of handseals. Around them they cast a semicircle shaped wall of flame, reaching up to the ceiling and starting at the walls at each side of their formation, sealing them more or less off from the rest of the room. Whatever their battle plan was, most of it so far seemed to consist of pitting everyone else against each other so they could sweep up the pieces later.

[Madame Loki]

Loki looked over at Zaraki when he shouted that they were just going to beat everyone up. As Zaraki said this two semi-circles of flames shot up into the air and reached the ceiling. Loki's clone mouth then opened to seemingly say, "Ok...yeah, good luck with that. I'll just stay right here and give you some super duper back up." Standing on top of the cloud of sand, Loki folded his arm as he wanted to see what Zaraki's next move would be. Loki's was more then likely the weakest person in the room, so it was would be best if he hung back for the moment and didn't try to over exert himself. Loki scanned the area checking to see if anything was out of the ordinary. If Zaraki was going to charge in, then he was going to have to act as a second pair of eyes to watch his back. 

[zarak729]

His maneuver would prove to be effective as the clones and the female they were harassing would be restrained by the concoction of goo and ice. If they took any further movements against them then he could simply light the mess up on fire and take them out all that much quicker. Still...setting incapacitated people on fire was a bit extreme and crossing some sort of moral line that shouldn't be crossed. The spooky lookalikes and hostages had been moved away from the lobby, probably to the back of the Tower to a more defensible position. And then to reinforce that fact a wall of flame would block their path ahead. 

"Looks like we gotta in after them bro," the Chuunin would say to Loki in undertone as he would step forwards, his two clones leading the way and providing cover should it come to it. "Keep your eyes peeled, there still might be a few of them down here somewhere. I'll extinguish the fire." He would take command of the two Earth Clones near Loki and bring them closer to the wall of flame and instruct them to use the Earth Spewing Technique to put out the flames and clear the path for them while he and the clones near him kept a lookout for any remaining dissidents. For this he would make the use of his goggles Thermal and X-Ray vision mode one after another. Thermal might not register due to all the flames around the Embassy as well as the heat from the WALL OF FLAME DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM. Still it was worth a try.

"If anyone is still down here please come out so I can whup your ass," the Kedoin would call out, his right fist itching to make practical use of his Melody Arm for once. He wasn't really expecting anyone to respond but if they did then it would save him plenty of time looking for them. If not then they could move ahead and deal with the big shots. The quicker they pwned them the sooner he could go home and eat a sandwich or something.

Techniques:

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Clones used
Tsuchi funshutsu no Jutsu (Earth spewing Technique) (20 TP)
Rank: “C” “B” “A” “S”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user takes a deep breath then spits out earth from his/her body, this can be used as a source for other jutsu or it can be used as a projectile.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: N/A
Description: The user holds the dragon seal and takes a deep breath expanding his rib cage but instead of oxygen, earth is exhaled. He will only spit out half his body weight of earth then the chakra from his body will then increase the mass according to the level of the jutsu. For a reason it is generally used to create earth where there is none, to allow the ninja to use other earth based jutsu. The earth is in a form of liquefied mud though after a few seconds of being in the open atmosphere it will harden into a natural, solid soil. The radius, speed and the amount of damage of earth varies at each rank. C rank = 5 meters. B = 10 meters. A rank = 20 meters. S rank = 40meters
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

Gadgets used:

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Thermal Vision
X-Ray Vision

[lordspooky]

With enough time to secure my guise as Trisa, I would listen intently to the actions happening within the lobby. I could hear the intense roar of a hot flame billowing in the confined space of this tower; among those whipping flames, the sound of voices came to me and I was now certain that not everyone had yet died in the inferno. I supposed I could have used Suiton to drown them.. but then, what good would that do in allowing their bodies to burn in the intense heat? It would prove better for me to re-situate myself and my environment. Carefully, I moved towards the created opening that led to kitchen. From a closer vantage, I could distinguish between the two voices and my masque furrowed. It was that boy from earlier!... he had brought back with him back-up and things were not looking favor-ful for those against the Hidden Leaf. Since I realized his presence, I would weave seals to again reach out to him with a subconscious assault. This Genjutsu had been a fear inducing creation, one that had been rarely used in situations like this. My chakra spread out in search of a tangible sustenance, one's who felt familiar and susceptible to illusory magic....
 
Intimidation went deeper than subterfuge; even as a trained shinobi, the innate talents of evil lay within me. Had I successfully managed to again capture the young fool Loki in my genjutsu, then perhaps his reactions would work well enough to spook the other unknown man in the LEAF TOWER lobby... I could only pray to darker deities; but even so, had he not succumbed to frightful terror, then perhaps I would move out myself and destroy this pitiful nuisance. Things were starting to heat up in the tower, and I still had two Water Clones at my disposal. With a combined effort, the reloaded the mechanism on the large crossbow.

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Curse of the Putrid Husk [Madame Loki]
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: This illusion forces the subject to believe their flesh is rotting and falling off their body, and that their internal organs are spilling out.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Fear, Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 living creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 7 meters plus 6 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 2 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. This illusion forces the subject to believe their flesh is rotting and falling off their body, and that their internal organs are spilling out. If the target fails their save, they are dazed (and horrified) for 1 round. On the following round, they fall unconscious for 1d10 minutes, during which time they cannot be roused normally.
Limit: Must know the Phantasm Perception.

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For this event, I am treated as a [C RANK] character; Loki, a [D RANK]. I am a Genjutsu Specialist as well.

If successful, then:

Intimidation [0012sp] attempt on zarak729; due to the success of my Genjutsu, its effects should cause Loki to wail in terror, which in turn rise to intimidate his partner.

[Solus]

J

ust as everyone was about to make a move a flash of light would emanate from the group of rebels that had gathered at the base of the stairs behind the firewall. It was not just a flashbang being set off, but instead the wall of fire would expand at an immense rate, turning from a wall of fire into a blindingly bright white light. As the sight of the surroundings returned all the hostages had stood up, revealing themselves to be not hostages at all, but AnBu forces. The rebels too had turned into more staunch defenders of Konoha, who now stood spread around the room. One stood behind Braum, placing a hand on his shoulder, sending chakra through the young one which disrupted his sense of jutsu moulding.

Another one blocked the paths of Loki and Zakari, raising his hands and making a calming gesture with his hands. One thing was clear, there were so many AnBu here, if they decided to go medieval none of you would survive. A Dragon AnBu between all of them, only recognizable as a captain through his Dragon mask and gold thread epaulettes strode forth. ”We are sorry for eluding you as such, but this was an unannounced emergency test, designed to test your reactions in case of an unexpected coup.” The man stated, his voice distorted by the mask, as he crossed his arms in the middle of the room. ”Zakari, Loki, you two have succeeded the test and are awarded a reward. Report to the tower tomorrow to claim your reward.” With a snap of his neck the man now faced Braum, clearly he had some kind of sixth sense to sniff you out among all other people despite your misleading appearance. ”You have clearly failed. It is your job to support the legally elected Hokage no matter what. Luckily for you there has just been a legal switch of Kages. Report tomorrow to the tower for immediate re-education. That is all, any questions?”

[Madame Loki]

Loki let out a sigh as everything started to unfold. So all of this was some kind of test? Loki groaned, as his invisibility jutsu faded away, and his clones all turned back into sand. Loki let out sigh as the the sand rushed back into Loki's barrel. Loki looked over at the girl that was apparently that Braum guy from before, must have used some kind of transformation jutsu. Loki shrugged his shoulders, as he really didn't care. He just wanted to get out of here. He looked over at Zaraki, "Well this was all pointless, but at least it's over. I'll catch you later. "Loki then looked over at the Braum chick, or guy, or whatever he was. He shot him a glare, he didn't really know the guy, but he still didn't like him much. 

"I'll get you next time...douche!" Loki said as he started to float out of the tower on his cloud of sand. He was a beat up mess, and he knew that he was too weak, to be of an use to anyone. He would need to change that quickly. He needed to start taking a being a ninja, a little more seriously than he did before. Loki then disappeared into the night, as he headed home away from all of this mess. 

[exit]

[zarak729]

"I totally knew it was a simulation this whole time," Zakari said, going over to the nearest table and upturning it. "Totally. I was just going on along because of all the hard work you guys were putting in. Good job guys," he would start clapping, "I'd say we did very well. I'll come in tomorrow to grab my prize." He would use his Melody Arms sonic destruction feature to turn the table to sawdust. "Yep...This wasn't a gigantic waste of my time after all..." Dropping a smoke bomb, for effect, the Kedoin would casually walk out of Tower and make his way back home...

(Exit)

[lordspooky]

A force of immense pressure came upon me and immediately I had been overtaken. With what morsel of strength remained in me, I noticed ANBU guardians surrounding the lobby...

Before I fade to black, I hear the faint words of this all being but a ruse -- a mere emergency test! Preposterous..

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