I'm on a Green Road <Travel/RP/Open>

[Nira]

Tarah moved down the forest path. Her world map and gyrocompass were in hand, guiding her way northwest. Her two doton shadow clones, with the personalities of Aryia and Elsie, walked behind her. Each clone had a bag filled with five large goblets. Ten in total. There was some prep time needed to get them finished, and that was something to be done on the road.

As Tarah continued on the path, her shadow clones sang a song of recovery. Only one sang at a time, and they took turns with different songs from their old lives. The music fueled Tarah's chakra system, increasing it until she eventually reached full power again. The clones were left quite a bit drained, more than half of their chakra left to provide for Tarah, but their physical might was mostly preserved.

Each clones still held crystal longswords. There were four on each clone's hip. Similarly, Tarah had one metal sword on her left side, and three crystal swords. One crystal sword was on her left and two were on her right hip.

A golden guitar was strapped to Elsie's back.

It was a long walk, but the songs kept it from being too boring.

Up northwest of the fire country was the Land of Waterfall, the next destination.

<Move to Waterfall>

[Father 'Suke]

Moved to Taki no Kuni

[Nira]

Tarah swiped her blood across every goblet. Upon them, she infused her chakra, and let it bond with her blood to create three symbols. They were her seals to gaze out into the world. At the front of each goblet, there was now a simple line, which was an eye waiting to open. The base of the chalice had an ear with which to listen to the world. Inside the cup itself, at the bottom, there was the mouth that waited to speak.

The process was identical for all ten goblets. When each had been marked with Tarah's seals, she put them away again. The song for the restoration of chakra continued from the two doton shadow clones, which kept Tarah's energy from shrinking away as she went through her task.

The city capital wasn't too far away by this point. Water Country wasn't nearly as vast as the Land of Fire. Since the approach was starting, Tarah and her doton shadow clones transformed themselves. They took on the face of Ace Debutler Onta. Their clothes morphed soon after the change in appearance, to match the type of clothing that Ace wore back in Snow.

It was just about time to begin.

Tarah summoned three more doton shadow clones when her chakra peaked again. When they took form, she dismissed the two that accompanied her, since they were too low on chakra. The three she created now took their turns to sing to her and restore the energy, one singing at a time and one after another. Tarah had herself filled, only to divide again into three, with the creation of two more doton shadow clones. Together, the five clones each took their turns to provide song to Tarah, until she was finally prepared and fully charged one last time.

Within Tarah's physical body, she split into two. Her soul and chakra became halves, and then they were whole again. Two physical entities who were equal to one another. Vi Gesic took on one of the halves, since her personality was a good equalizing contrast to Tarah Featherook.

<Exit>

[Nira]

Tarah flew through the air, back to looking like her actual appearance. The five doton shadow clones she created a while back were alongside her, and she spoke to them with an air of impatience. "No luck meeting with the Takikage," she said. "We'll have to go with the backup plan, back to Yuki."

The clones, at the moment, were also back to usual appearances.

One of the clones, Elsie, complained. "Awwww, that's so far away. Can't we just go back home and relax?"

Tarah shook her head. She looked down at the ground several thousand meters below. "There's nothing to gain at home, nothing as big as what we're trying to do. We press on."

In Tarah's hand, she still held one of the goblets with the eye, mouth, and ear facial seals. Vi was currently accessing it, listening and watching the exchange between Tarah and the clones so that she didn't miss anything. When the group began to fly toward the east, Vi followed, somewhere around a thousand and eight hundred meters back.

Tarah consulted her world map and gyrocompass, to plot out the fastest route to the next destination. Although she was at full power right now, she didn't want to use stamina unnessessarily, in order to go all the way back to Snow.

The air above the ocean between Waterfall and Lightning was rather chilly, but the cold wasn't anything for her to be bothered by. It was a far faster route than going back through Fire.

So as to avoid drawing attention as a group of flying girls, Tarah split with her clones, having given them the direction and a point to meet up. They also wouldn't be moving so far that they'd be out of sight from one another. Two of the clones split a hundred meters northward, another two went the same distance southward, the final one trailed behind Tarah at the same distance.

Vi followed at the same pace, keeping the distance she already maintained. Together, the girls with their makeshift formation flew across the shoreline and off toward the land where storms resided.

<Move to Land of Thunder>

[Celaena Kamyuja]

Moving

[Nira]

On a mountaintop cave, to the north of the Land of Thunder, Tarah perched herself and rested for the night. Her clones kept watch of her as it went, and those clones were removed from existance when Tarah next woke.

Again forming the split that allowed Tarah and Vi to coexist, the two sides of soul had a quick discussion, before Vi took off to a neighboring mountaintop about three thousand meters away.

The mountain had been a good find, in fact. Tarah first made three doton shadow clones out of the earth upon the mountain. She had them sing the song of chakra restoration, one after another, to keep Tarah at her full power. Vi did the same, but she only made two clones on her mountaintop.

Both of the soul sisters had a goblet with them, and each goblet still had the facial seals of eye, ear, and mouth. Neither was used yet, since they already discussed what they had to.

Although the doton shadow clones retained their standard appearance, the biomass in Tarah and Vi shifted so that they book took on a perfect duplication of Ace Debutler Onta.

The preparations complete, Tarah and Vi were guarded by their clones as they performed handseals. Vi's mountain was a bit plainer, and each of the two clones could easily view all the way to the bottom of the mountain. Due to that, each of Vi's clones watched either the north or south side of their mountain.

Tarah's mountain was a big messier, with paths and cliffs that obscured a bit of vision. The mountain was divided to thirds for each clone to look down from.

The perfected longsword, with the fire enhancement, was within Vi's possession. Tarah and her clones each had three crystal longswords each. One of the crystal longswords, in particular, held the remains of the Yukikage Ace.

Vi had two crystal longswords of her own to compliment her perfected version. Her clones had three crystal longswords each.

Tarah also had a disruptor among her possessions, buried in her winter coat's pockets.

When Tarah and Vi finished their handseals, they projected their spirit across the world. Tarah reached towards the cold lands, and Vi reached towards the moist ones.

[Nira]

After projecting their message to the two embassies, Tarah and Vi snapped back to their location.

Vi looked over towards Tarah's mountain, the Mount Ona that was referred to in both of their projections. She didn't expect someone to appear right away, but she still watched that mountaintop with caution, ready to take action if things didn't go peacefully.

Both of the soul sisters had their chakra restored with more songs from their doton shadow clones as they waited.

[Lord of Cold]

I peered at the mountain, which a local told me was Mount Ona. I had my long telescope with me, which I used to examine the top of the mountain. Normally, a small mountain like that would obscure the appearance of a person on top. But, with the explorer's equipment I had, the summit would seem twenty-eight times closer than it actually was. Even a five-thousand foot mountain, which this was not, would make a person seem to be 300 feet away, from five thousand feet from the base. These conditions were much more favorable; the mountain could be no more than three-thousand feet, and I was looking no more than one-thousand at the summit. Whilee there were cliffs, by riding around the base and looking at all paths from a distance I would still easily be able to see more than one moving form standing atop the mountain. I sighed. It seemed the person who called me was without honor, and refused to follow their own rule. Reaching into the bird cage behind me, I prepared a letter, but immediately scrapped it. The dishonor of Leaf was no news to the village. They knew this was their work. This could be an official meeting with the Hokage and the results would be no different. For the Axis of Evil was already apparent. Our enemies were known; they could not lurk in the shadows. If I die today, if I melt in springtime with the winter's snow, my will shall carry on.

I directed Tundra towards the hill. He was excited to climb the mount, and he took it at a trot. I checked my equipment carefully. I had a sword at my hip, a longsword to be specific. I had my war axe on my back, my weapon of choice, and I had my light shield which I was just learning to use clipped to my belt. I wanted movement for now, but I could grab the shield and raise it a moments notice to block a blow. But, for as much as I could tell, the people on the mountain were on foot. Tundra was my real advantage. I calmed the great beast. I didn't want him tired when we got to the summit.  I also tried to soothe the owl that as caged and attatched to the saddle. I wanted them calm and useful if I needed them. With all that I would arrive at the summit, but not be able to get there. There was a clone watching the path, so I would stop my horse, and proclaim forward. "I am Jorik of Ygnrid, the Yukikage. I am here for a meeting to discuss the death of Ace Debutler Onta." I would say it with confidence while I looked the person over. I hoped and prayed that the telescope at my hip would not betray my knowledge of the situation.

[Nira]

The clone looked over the Yukikage, but felt no recognition. There was one great flaw in the plan to immediately call two kages to the mountain: Tarah and her sisters didn't know the appearance or name of the Yukikage. They only ever saw and heard the Takikage, Rosalie Salt. They had to trust in the claim of the man before them, and did not have the confirmation necessarily to move forth without the Takikage. Still, they were quite able to entertain the supposed Yukikage.

The clone stepped aside and gestured her hand toward the summit. "Please proceed to the top, the meeting will take place there," she said.

Tarah Featherook sat on the edge of a small cliff by the peak. When the Yukikage arrived, she jumped down to the ground to greet him. Her face and voice were still the exact biological duplicate of Ace Debutler Onta, so her greeting was with the tone of a male. "Feel free to use any truth detection methods at your disposal, so long as it does not compromise my mind," she said.

The ability to decipher sound as a bard allowed Tarah to hear the Yukikage's self-introduction, but she otherwise would have figured it was the Yukikage, on account of it not being Rosalie Salt. "Welcome, Yukikage. I am the one who murdered Ace Debutler Onta."

[Lord of Cold]

I would ride to the top of the mountain at the behest of the guard. I was a new player on the poltical stage, so the announcement was obviously significant. There was a chance they didn't trust me, a chance that they hadn't heard enough of the new Yukikage to know for sure that I was he. A craven lord, knowing that, might have sent a pretender in his stead, to see what he could accomplish. But I am above that. Whether I live or die, this meeting will further the purpose of Yukigakure; if I sent a craven double I could not promise that.

As I reached the summit, a figure would approach me, and I would look upon the face of my old lord. I didn't know him well, but it sent shivers down my spine. I could not believe a living Ace would keep the village so long waiting, so I knew this was a captive or a fake. The one who seemed like Ace confirmed it to be the latter by saying they were the one who killed Ace Debutler. She freed me to use lie detection, but I did not bother. If Konoha wanted to deceive us, it mattered not. For all I knew, this pawn didn't even know the truth. Lies were irrelevant.

The face of Ace disturbed me. I looked down on him from my horse, refusing to dismount. I would at least have some psychological benefit by keeping my already towering form on a towering horse.  "Well then, Murderer, while your confession impresses and sickens me, I would ask you to take another form while you treat with me. There is no need to tarnish the reputation of the dead by stealing their faces." My question was an honest personal complaint, but it was also a tactical move. I would see another form of this person, and I would see the way in which they can imitate faces. This pawn of Konoha was going to yield some of its secrets, especially if I had to let it entertain me until my ally arrived.

[Nira]

"That is, in fact, why I called you here," Tarah raised her right arm, then began to curl her fingers. The fingers suddenly stretched out, becoming shiny and metallic. The skin of her right arm blackened. The shiny fingers sharpened to take the shape of sharp knives, the arm of Ace became a dangerous claw. "The reputation of the dead."

The claw melted, blackness faded back to skin, the arm returned to the form of Ace. Tarah stretched out the fingers a bit, then brought the arm back down to her side. "I may take a perfectly duplicated form of whoever I kill, and such a form cannot be distinguished upon physical inspection. But, if you truly do not wish to gaze upon this face, I can leave, and allow one of my guards to be your host."

Tarah leaned her back against the earth of the cliff behind her. She folded her arms, before looking up at the sky. "Otherwise, we can just start speaking. In particular, I wish to disclose to you all the events leading up to Ace's death."

[Y]

EDIT: Shit, wrong account. Hold on a second.

[Lord of Cold]

It wasn't giving away all its secrets, but it admitted it could take the form of whoever it killed and that it could turn its body into a claw. I think it was trying to intimidate me, but I wouldn't budge. I had already gone over the possible outcomes of this meeting, and they were all for the best. I would not make a guard stand in the place of this being. I sensed I might already be interacting with the pawn of a pawn; to go through any more layers of hierarchy might risk getting the words scrambled. "No, I will not have you leave me with a guard. But you should be weary of devaluing the names of those you kill. I will hear of the events leading up to Ace's death; was it you behind the Embassy and Hospital?" It was a risky thing to say, but I cared not. If this person would own up to it, I would have some respect for that, and if they didn't, I would perform an investigation later.

[Nira]

"Not entirely," Tarah said as she lowered her head and met with the Yukikage's eyes. This was one of the expected questions, though it came a bit earlier than she expected. Still, the honest answer was ready in her mind. "The hospital was where I fought Ace, so I am responsible for however that place ended up. The embassy was a place I visited, but did not return to, except indirectly to contact you. I know, outside of first hand knowledge, that it was damaged. I ended the life of the one that caused the damage, in case you're worried about the attacker striking again."

Tarah looked down at her body. She recalled her conflict with Ace, and how it started. After gathering all the memories of the events that unfolded, she recited it back to the Yukikage. "It began peacefully enough. I came to set up a play, and to hire some actors to supplement special effects with ninjutsu. However, a Leaf shinobi suddenly showed up in the embassy without warning. When I attempted to kill the Leaf shinobi, Ace stopped me, citing judgment and trial, among other things. I agreed not to kill that particular Leaf shinobi, and we ended up taking him to the hospital since he was supposedly unconscious. Other Leaf shinobi eventually showed up, though Ace and I had no way of knowing. Something they did caused some rumbling, but we were indoors so we couldn't be sure what caused it. He raised the alarm, and felt suspicious of me. Seeing that, I killed him so he couldn't hinder me. Later on, I ended the lives of the other Leaf shinobi as well. My agreement with Ace was still in effect, though, so I never killed the first Leaf shinobi. He's wandering around who knows where."

After finishing, Tarah reviewed what she said and made sure she didn't miss anything. It seemed to include the gist of the events, truthfully told. Now it was up to the Yukikage to ask for any specific details, or to express any confusion.

[Lord of Cold]

I did not know much of whether this was fact, but I knew one thing. There was no way she honestly and legitimately fought Leaf Ninja. There was something odd there. I believed the words attributed to Ace. I was told he was a fair and just ruler, and so he would likely defend the weak, even if they were the vassals of the enemy. But there was something very odd. The story seemed to place this woman as another agent; somebody apart form and free from the Leaf Villages dealings. The narrative, while clear, would be odd. It would palce her as an ally of Ace who turned suddenly when Ace suspected her. But what did Ace suspect? And, if Ace suspsected her, I probably should as well.

"While I suspect you're narrative is colorful in its truthfulness, I have a few pressing question for you. To whom do you owe your fealty? To what end were your hiring these 'actors?' And why would a Leaf Shinobi pose such a threat that your reaction would be to kill them?" I would ask the questions slowly and politely while examining this person. I looked down from Tundra, not taking my eyes off of the murderer. I needed to know some things. If she told me everything I needed to know, and the answers seemed earnest, I would nod as she spoke. The story was finally coming together.

[Nira]

"Fealty?" Tarah chuckled, with her past lives immediately springing to mind. "There is no obligation I have beyond my family, and the deals I make. Right now, upon this mountain, everything I say and do is of my own will, and for my own personal benefit. Money or power are the objectives, both if possible.

I mean, I am also part of a secret organization that's lead by a past life, though that truth tends to sound like fiction to too many people. No need to worry about that organization, though. They don't deal with villages, and they focus on truth, beauty, and philosophy.

If the negotiation for the play actually succeeded, without any interruption from that Leaf stranger, there was a tidy profit to be made there. Actually, if you're up for putting on the play, I'd love that. I have a script prepped, through I didn't bring it since I figured the possibility was low once we finished our discussion here."

Tarah sifted through all her past interactions, just to make sure she didn't fail to consider anything. Since she delivered the objectives of her mission into the hands of the Leaf, that deal had been executed, leaving her no other lawful agreements with the Leaf or the Hokage. She also had no active missions or quotas as the Deputy Chief of the Konoha Military Police.

Funny enough, Ace asked the same question back at the hospital. However, at that time, since Tarah was currently on a mission she agreed to do for the Hokage, the only honest answer she could give was to announce loyalty to Konoha. Being trapped by that question was likely one of the most bothersome reasons to kill Ace. Thankfully, that was no longer the truth, and Tarah had the ability to deal as a free agent.

The Order of the White Lotus, having no major world imbalance they needed to step up and undo, were mostly in a passive state. All they were doing right now was teaching and recruiting.

There had been no word from the Lord Uchiha, Anotsu. Vi still wanted to visit the Uchiha temple in the future, to see if it had been restored as the king wished. The deal to obtain the spiritual body had not been fulfilled there, but Tarah met her part of the deal, and had no further obligation there, either.

The deal with Ace had been completed. He technically met his obligation, by being too dead to actually do anything to break a contract. Of course, death tended to void a lot of contracts, but Tarah successfully met the requirements to spare the unknown Leaf shinobi anyway.

Tarah Featherook was a clean slate as far as deals and contracts were concerned.

"As for the Leaf Shinobi. It was a pretty bold action on my part, so of course Ace asked the same question. My answer remains the same. I have met a handful of powerful shinobi, and as strong as I've tried to be, inevitably there are those who rival and exceed my power. I once fought a Sound Shinobi, and our match was close, though we were able to be friendly at the end. However, among the Leaf ninja I know, there are those who were both evil, and strong enough to make me wary.

At the time in the embassy, though there was no guarantee, the presence of a Leaf shinobi with an unknown amount of power meant that there was a risk of danger to me. To attempt to eliminate risk of personal danger was the right choice."

The fact about evil and powerful Leaf shinobi was actually a separate statement from the fact that the Leaf shinobi was a danger to Tarah. The fact that evil and powerful shinobi exist could be said for any village, but it was also a truthful statement that could be easily interpreted as justification for killing the Leaf shinobi. Originally, the revelation that Tarah was a shinobi of the Leaf would have ruined the play, making it impossible to peacefully complete the mission given by the Hokage. That was why the unknown Leaf shinobi was a potential danger to Tarah. There was also a possibility that the shinobi was evil and powerful, but that was a bigger problem for Yuki than it was for Tarah.

"I understand that announcing an attempted murder put Ace on guard. I also understand that, due to all the circumstances, his willingness to suspect me as things went wrong was a justifiable course of thought. That said, it took about half a minute to kill Ace. That is shorter than any conversation that would have convinced him of anything, and also a much more reliable action. It did mean that I'd eventually have to meet you, but right now there's no rumbling or Leaf shinobi that we need to worry about, and so there's no need for reliable action.

Sorry if that seems like a threat. I value my personal safety more than yours, and I hope you feel the same way. Not because I want you to consider defending yourself from me, but because I wish for you to understand why I have arranged this meeting in my advantage. That has lead to this situation where I have guards and you have none, but know that I never intended to call you and the Takikage here to wound either of you.

By the way, did I mention the Takikage was called here? I might have failed to include that in the invitation. I was trying to sound demanding, which I am, but fair warning so that there's no future misunderstanding."

[Lord of Cold]

This woman was a woman of many words and great nebulousness. She talked for a long time but said very little. She explained some obscure focuses which her organisation respected, but she did not bother to mention their names. She acknowledged she wanted money and power, and that this meeting was a way of gaining it. Admirable, but it began to make me suspect that those desires were her tie to the evil empire of Konoha. She explained her justification for killing Ace, and she stated that she killed him out of ease; that it would have simply been harder to persuade him and gain his trust than to simply kill him. She claimed he was a fast death, and my stomach lurched a little bit when she said that. Ace Debutler, dead in under a minute. If she was not bluffing, this woman was a major threat. She proceeded to explain that the Lady Takikage was called here. I wondered what had been keeping her. Her journey should have been shorter than mine,  as I had been shipwrecked in the Land oF Tea. Regardless, it was fair and foul news. She was the only hope of Yukigakure. Her friendship with Ace had caused an alliance, and if this gathering went poorly with her here... Yukigakure would not be able to survive the coming war alone.

I adjusted the saddle slightly with my hand, still looking down upon this woman who claimed great power and a desire for more. I adjusted my hair quickly, before speaking back to this woman. "I respect your considerations of your own safety, and I know better than to cross you now. " I said, trying to let her know I was listening carefully and that I didn't think she was a total monster. But she was, to a small degree, a lunatic. I would nod a few times before speaking again. "I suppose if you are expecting the esteemed Lady Takikage, we ought to wait for her. I wouldn't want you to have to recount so much to her, and I wouldn't want to leave her out of all this fun." Another silence would fall very briefly before I spoke again. "But still I wonder how you expect wealth and power to come to you by this meeting. ."

[Nira]

Tarah smiled and nodded. ”Yes, it is about time to get to my intentions. I’m not too worried about the Takikage, since Ace wasn’t a part of her village. I called her because I overheard her saying how Yuki and Taki had been allies for many years. She also asked for Ace to visit her embassy when he had the time, since they had things to talk about, so I figured they were companions of a sort. If they were decent friends, she might be willing to help ease the burdens of what I intend to ask for.”

Tarah absentmindedly ran her hand across the cliff wall. It felt cool to the touch. ”Besides, if it comes down to it, I’m sure you can fill her in for me. She’s bound to be more comfortable hearing things from you than me.”

One of Tarah’s shadow clones began to sing in the language of Necril, the language of the undead. She sang a soft ballad, one that almost couldn’t be heard over the mountain winds. Crystals began to grown of the cliff wall. They formed using the energy provided by Tarah’s chakra, and slowly showed a list of glistening numbers.

”I give my apologies in advance if my request enrages you.”

Lines of crystal separated a few of the numbers.

”As I’ve said, my duplication of Ace’s body is perfect. I speak with his voice, and my every feature is true to him. The reason for such a perfect transformation is that I consumed his entire physical body. Had I wished to do so, there would be nothing that remains of him.

But that is not the case. The last remnant of Ace Debutler Onta is in my possession. It is sealed in such a way that, with a thought, I can have them cease to exist.

What I have to offer are two things, and I ask for an immense amount in exchange.

The first, obviously enough, is the last remnant of Ace’s body. The second is a deal.

A perfectly duplicated body is a great utility. When someone contracts a job from me, I like to fulfill it to the best of my abilities. Using Ace’s face and voice in certain jobs will carry an enormous benefit to me, and I will suffer no drawbacks. However, the cost of doing so is to associate the result of a job with Ace’s face. Regardless of whether or not people know that Ace is dead, if I succeed in a robbery or assassination, the victims will connect Ace’s face with that particular event. As a result, his physical identity will be stained, and his reputation will fall together with that.

If the man doesn’t stay dead, well, I don’t think he’ll be very popular when a chunk of his public appearances are unfavorable to the public. I have no reason to use his face for my peaceful jobs, like my plays and constructions, so he also wouldn’t even get the benefit of credit from those.

The deal I offer is to, if my requests are fulfilled, never to use Ace’s appearance again. That promise will go into effect the midnight after my requests are fulfilled.”

All the crystal numbers and lines had finished forming on the cliff wall. They were arranged in a large vertical list. Tarah snapped her fingers, and symbols began to appear next to each number. The top symbol was the only one that wasn’t recognizable: a castle tower symbol.

The rest were symbols of shinobi villages.

”This is my request, my demand: Three hundred thousand ryo extracted from your treasury and given to me in cash.

Then, alongside that, an amount totaling one million and seven hundred thousand ryo to be divided among these shinobi villages. Alongside those, I also want a package I provide to be given to each village.

Two million ryo is the combined cost, hence why I wanted the Takikage to come and hopefully share the burden out of loyalty to your alliance. To confirm everything is done correctly, I’d have to ask that the cash and messengers be physically brought before me before they are sent out.

Afterward, I will use my methods to simultaneously contact each village to confirm the payment. I will then request that a few of them return their ryo amounts to you, either fully or partially, so that you will be unable to tell who has genuinely given the money back to you in good faith, and who I have close ties with.

So, though I ask for two million, it’ll likely cost you less than that, but you won’t know how much less.”

The symbols and numbers were arranged as listed:

[Lord of Cold]

Long have I thought this world to be a good place. I saw plunder and loot before me, fortunes ripe for the taking and conquests abound. I saw oppurtunity for those who were strong, and I saw protection for the meek. But now I see a whole new light, a world which is not what I once thought it was. Perhaps it is the light of spring stripping away the purity of winter, but I think this event is proof that there is evil in this world, and that it must be vanquished. But I had to pay the fee. Yukigakure was a dying village, and the dishonor would be too great. The treasury was a remnant of an old age anyway. Under my rule the government was shrinking rapidly, becoming more efficient. The ryo we had sat, ready for some great work, but relatively useless. I expected few of these nations to aid me; the Hidden Snow was not loved by many, but I cared not. To sunder Ace's reputation like this would be a great dishonor. This would be my last dealing with ambivalence. From this moment forward I am a champion of justice.

"I will pay your exorbitant fee. But with some provisions. I must see the package, of course, and it will be named as yours and not mine." I reached behind me and pulled out the owl and penned a letter in the pommel of the saddle where the imposter could not see. It was noisy and messy, with all sorts of crinkling paper sounds, but it was legible. Unless she objected, I would pen the whole thing and attatch it to the owl. I would whisper the word for waterfall and send it on its way All it said was "Lady Takikage, do not come to Mount Ona. Pen me if you seek information. The deal is settled and it'd be best if you do not give Ace's killer more chances to bargain. -the Yukikage" After that I spoke again, while turning my horse 90 degrees away from Ace's face. "Unless I can receive Ace's remains now, I will expect to see you in 10 days in Dårlig Ulv Stranden, on the north shore of Yuki no Kuni. Is that agreeable?"

[Nira]

Tarah nodded, seeing no problem with the Yukikage's provisions.

Then there was the writing. Tarah listened in to the scratches against the paper, and her hearing translated the noise into words for her. She didn't have any issue with the Yukikage's warning to the Takikage, since their deal had already been agreed upon. No alarm or protest was made.

"That will be fine, I shall see you there and then," Tarah agreed. "Feel free to bring anyone you want next time we meet. I don't expect you to lay a trap or rig the money, but I must still warn again it, and I will check to see if such a thing was done."

Tarah clapped her hands twice, alerting her three clones on the mountain. The clones immediately sank underground and swam down the mountain. Tarah turned and began walking off. She followed the path on the side opposite the Yukikage's entrance.

"Thank you for coming, Yukikage," she called out. "I hope this interaction, when relayed to the Takikage, will strengthen the alliance between your villages. Have a safe journey home."

Algorithmic Decipher
Rank: C-rank
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary
Effect: The user understands sound made by writing or various forms of tapping (Morse code). He or she can also mimic the said sounds as well.
Special: ---
Drawback:---
Description: The user can comprehend and decode sound waves emitted through tapping. This is done by hearing a string of sounds, measuring there pitch, flow, consistency, etc. Any forms of writing/tapping, will now be understood and reproduced by the user. This is extremely useful in spying on opponent or even sending messages back and forth. From the sounds of writing they can discern what has been written and pinpoint morse code messages.
Limit: Art of the Bard, must unlock Auditory Comprehension