Strengthen the Mind [Training]

[Tora Tsume]

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Stigma
Rank: "B"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: Creates a mark on a victim's head that is different depending on who sees it.
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 5 days per class level. This technique may be negated. When Cael was marked by the cultist, he felt strange, as if some invisible force had tried to enter him. He was doomed, and he could see it clearly in the faces of his friends. Shani was the first to turn away from him, and then Kellan… By means of this Jutsu, the user is able to mark the victim with a terrible fate. As the user performs the Jutsu and touches the victim, the victim is struck on the forehead with an invisible force. The force burns for a brief second during which time the mark can be seen. A save at this time will negate the Jutsu. After a few seconds, the mark fades from view. Any who see the victim must make a save. Those who make the save suffer no effect whatsoever, as the mark remains unseen by them. Those who fail the save will see upon the victim a mark of the most offensive nature for that particular person. For people of good nature, the mark appears of the vilest sort. For those of evil bent, the mark appears to be of pure good. For those of Neutral bent, the mark is simply offensive. Anyone failing their save will have their reactions shifted towards hostility.
Limit: Must know the Enchantment Perception.

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The land of water. A perfect location to train. Or rather, the only location the Chunin could do it. He sure hated going to the public training grounds set up by the village. There were too many people there. Filled with kids even, who think that they're all that, and who believe they are the greatest fighters of all. Obviously, it wasn't an ideal location to strengthen the mind and become a little stronger in combat. So, Tora had to find a better place to train. A lovely little rooftop was a pretty good place. It was isolated. It was silent. And most of all, it was empty.

For this specific jutsu, the young teen had to do a little more than simply focus. After all, in order to have a jutsu that holds it affect for several days required some thought behind it. The idea was simple. As enchantment Genjutsus worked, it was just a code inserted into the person who'd affected. However, while most enchantment Genjutsus affected a single individual, this specific jutsu was to affect anyone who sees the target. That way, the coded message one has to insert in the target is slightly more complicated, since it has to sample the surrounding all the time and adjust itself according to it. And that wasn't a simple idea to bring to life. Thus making the Chunin's life a little more complicated.

Still, he had to do it. So, taking it one step at the time, Tora decided to take it step by step. Sitting down in the middle of the rooftop, he shut his eyes and began the process. The first step he had to accomplish was actually understanding how the overall Genjutsu would work. Specifically, he had to understand what was the coding he wanted to apply to the target and how he would like to use it. After all, the coded message was to be transferred and burned into the target's mind via chakra and not some coding langue.

Having understood all that, Tora decided that he would first go over the overall idea. First, he had to cast the Genjutsu, which would probably need a lot of chakra. Or so he thought at first. Once cast, the coded message should get to work. First, a general sign would be burned to the target's forehead. It was essential as this was the template to any other sign that would appear there. Once the sign was burned, it fades. Then the next step is to have the chakra used sample the surroundings of the target to see if anyone was close. If someone was indeed found, then the chakra should turn the sign visible and creat some offensive image to the one seeing the target.

The general idea was pretty simple. However, in order to actually implement it some more work was needed, and Tora wasn't too sure he was ready to make it all happen. Instead, he decided to continue with the step by step method. The next step was figuring out how much chakra he would need to invest into the jutsu. Then, he would need to figure out how he would sample the surrounding of the target. And then he would need to figure out how to have the symbol adjust itself according to whoever sees it.

[Tora Tsume]

With the general idea of the Genjutsu in his mind, Tora was ready for the next step. In order to make this Genjutsu useful, he had to think about chakra consumption. After all, if he had to waste most of his chakra to make this Genjutsu, then it wouldn't be very effective. So, he had to find the optimal amount of chakra he had to invest in order to get the jutsu right and at the same time, use as little chakra as he could. Sadly, it wasn't exact science. Well, it was, but he really wasn't about to begin calculating the correct amount. A ball park was enough.

Since the jutsu was to work for several days, it would take a large amount of chakra already. However, if done right, it could be used in a different manner, and consume much less chakra. If instead of casting the Genjutsu and constantly sending chakra to make it work he could 'store' the chakra somewhere and only bring it to activision when there was someone around, then he could save plenty of chakra while casting the Genjutsu. So, instead of casting the Genjutsu in a regular manner, Tora decided to make this a little different, and instead, while the mark would burn in the forehead of his target, he would also create a little bank of chakra in the targets body, maybe even have his chakra circulate within his target.

Once he'd have his chakra stored inside the target, it would simply be used whenever needed, meaning it would be saved there and not wasted. Thus, saving a lot of trouble for the teen. Next, he had to make the chakra he used earlier do his dirty work. After all, having a bank of chakra inside the target's body is nice, but it wouldn't mean anything if the Genjutsu wouldn't be cast. So, some sort of condition was needed in order to make it pop out and bring the mark to life.

To do that, all Tora needed was a little more chakra that would sample the surroundings of the target. In order to achieve that, a little amount of chakra was needed to send out a pilot signal into the space, and see if anything returns. After all, everyone have chakra inside them, and once a pilot signal encounters a person, it would return with a little alteration. All Tora had to do was cast the Genjutsu in a way that if after the signal is sent something is returned, his jutsu would start working and alter the sign according to the person in front of the target.

Lastly, there was the alteration of the sign. To code something offensive wasn't a universal thing, so to have the sign change itself was dependant on the one looking at it. To do that all Tora had to do was actually bring into account the signal returning to the target's body. Chakra changes according to one's personality and alignment. To make it work, the Genjutsu cast would need to be cast in a way that would check every signal and make alterations according to that.

Now, theory was over and the actual training had to start. He had to see if he brought all of his theory to life and if it actually worked the way he would want it to. To do that, Tora would need to actually use some of his chakra and see how it works out. The next step was a little more practical. Sad. Annoying. But necessary.

[Tora Tsume]

Standing up and getting on his feet, the Chunin was ready to begin the practical part of his training and actually use the things he formulated in his mind in order to create the perfect Genjutsu use. Thus, he would finally be able to execute the jutsu in such a fashion that wouldn't put him to shame eventually when he tries to use it outside of such a calming setting. At any rate, it was time to get down to business!

First, he had to form the seals. Unlike other Genjutsu he had trained, this one was an all in one go kind of jutsu. The seals were the coding, and if done right, the jutsu should work itself out. There was an entire science behind the sequence of the seals, but it was only useful to know when trying to think up new jutsus and trying to get better at remembering the sequence needed for each Genjutsu used. But for now, instead of learning each seal and it's purpose, Tora just memorized the sequence of the seals and used that, so that he could focus on the other aspects of the Genjutsus.

With the sequence in order, all that was left was actually put the chakra into it. So, he had to test it somehow. He wanted to see if his theory was correct. To test it, Tora had to find a body with chakra which he could use the Genjutsu on. Or at least the little part of it so he could see how the jutsu sampled the environment and understand how he could make it work.

Luckily, all living beings had chakra, and luckily, in the land of water, trees were pretty darn common. Tora approached the edge of the roof, standing in front of a pretty tall tree – a perfect subject for the testing of said jutsu! Making the seals, Tora made sure that he put in some chakra in and store some of his chakra within the tree's own chakra circulation. While doing that, he noticed a general sign that looked like it was being burned into the tree. It looked good. Jumping into the tree and placing his hand on one of the branches, Tora could feel his own chakra there. At least that part worked well enough.

Sitting on top of the tree however, Tora expected that the next part would include a pilot signal of chakra leaving and trying to sample the surroundings. And yet, he didn't feel anything like that. Nor did he understand why. But he assumed that perhaps the implementation of the Genjutsu was wrong and he was only a few steps away from mastering the jutsu and adding it to his arsenal.

[Tora Tsume]

Jumping back to the rooftop, Tora decided to take a moment and think about what could have went wrong during this time he cast the Genjutsu. In order to do that, he had to analyze what was it that prevented from the chakra to sample the surroundings for someone. Simply enough, in order to analyze it, all the Chunin had to do was to redo the jutsu, slowly and actually pay attention to the handseals, rather than just remember them by heart. By doing that, he could understand what went wrong.

Firstly, he began forming the seals. With each seal he rationalized why this one was particularly used and how it would help him. Once he was done, Tora still couldn't put his finger on that thing that was missing. It would appear as though he did everything right. So why wasn't the jutsu working? Why did he not feel his chakra sent out from the tree? That was the question in the back of his mind. He had to find the answer and understand it. Otherwise his time spent there would be for naught!

He did everything right. And there was no place it could've gone wrong. So the only conclusion was that it did indeed work. However, it was probably that he couldn't feel it due to the pilot signal sent being too weak. So, to test it out Tora had to try and amplify the signal as it would leave the tree. Sure, it wasn't part of the jutsu, but he had to make sure that his theory was correct, and in fact see it through.

So, once again he stood in front of the tree, forming the seals, molding chakra and casting the Genjutsu, which burned a mark onto the tree. So far so good. Jumping on the nearest branch, placing his hand on the tree, he could feel everything was the same as before. Now, he had to amplify any signal leaving the tree. It would drain him a little, but it was for a good cause. Focusing his chakra on his palm, Tora forced more of his chakra into the tree, essentially making it overflow. Now, any signal leaving the tree would be amplified and noticed.

Taking in a deep breath, Tora placed his palm on the tree again, feeling his own chakra there and smirking. Next he could feel waves of chakra leaving the tree one by one. Sure, they were weak and it was still barely noticeable, but at least he knew it worked and there was nothing wrong with his performance thus far. Only thing left was to actually make the signal identify the chakra sent back when someone was there.

The next step was crucial, and to do so Tora had to find a way to mimic a person's chakra in some way in order to see how the mark would appear. It would be a little rough, but he was sure that he'd be up for the challenge and he would enjoy it plenty.

[Tora Tsume]

In order to complete this last part, Tora had to somehow mimic a person. Sure, it sounds like a dummy would do the trick, but putting a scarecrow won't work for this. Since this jutsu affects specific persons, a scarecrow just wouldn't cut it. Instead, Tora had to somehow mimic a person by using chakra. To do that, he had to find some sort of vessel in which he could store his own chakra, or someone else's.

For now, he could simply look at the tree he cast the jutsu on and see if it worked on him. Maybe it would be enough to determine whether it was ready for other people. At any rate, the Chunin had to try and see if it worked. First thing's first: Casting the Genjutsu on that dumb tree once again. This has really gotten annoying.

Forming the seals, molding chakra, casting the Genjutsu while looking at the tree, he saw that general mark appear on it once again, burning itself on the tree. The Genjutsu was cast and Tora was ready to see if it worked. To do that, all he had to do was stand in front of the tree and see if the mark appeared once again and offended him, though he really couldn't figure out what would show up in front of him.

Once the mark was gone Tora closed his eyes and stood in front of the tree. Taking a deep breath he could only hope that he did that right and that it worked. Opening his eye, lifting his lids slowly and staring straight, allowing his blue gaze to see what offensive sign would appear in front of him. Honestly, once he saw the mark on the tree Tora couldn't help but giggle. It sure did work.

In front of him, burning in red letters, a mark appearing on the tree that represented everything Tora hated. That hippie peace sign, with a lovely little phrase under it. Help those weaker than you.. Awful. Disgusting. It was indeed a sign Tora would like to avoid at any cost. At any rate, it gave him a confirmation that the jutsu worked. At least on him. All he had to do was to find a living victim!

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

+43

[Tora Tsume]

43/60

Since the Genjutsu worked only on him, Tora couldn't really tell if it was ready to be used on others. He didn't understand what could be missing from the execution. He ran it in his head again and again, trying to understand what could possibly get wrong? He wanted to think about it as much as he could and run it in his head again and again to be sure he had it down right before trying it out on some random person. However...Fate had a little bit of a different plan in store.

Tora made the seals, forming them and molding chakra, just to make sure he did it right. But before he could finish the door opened and there was some odd guy standing in it. Tora smiled and finished the seals, trying to cast the Genjutsu on the person. Putting his hands down, Tora expected a seal to be burned on the man's forehead. A sign. Something. He should at least scream! But in stead, what happened was the man looking at the Chunin and saying, "Hello." in such a casual way that it could make Tora vomit.

He did the same thing when he did it with the tree. And it worked. But this time, it was a huge fiasco. Not only did Tora fail, but the man even seemed happy to see someone else on top of that roof. Still, Tora couldn't understand what he could do in order to make the Genjutsu work. So, in order to do that, he wanted to understand the basic of the jutsu. In order to make it work, on the very base of it, he wanted to create a chakra storage inside someone else. Basically he had to send enough chakra into his target to allow it to work. And someone, he couldn't do it.

The only explenation Tora could think of was the fact that with all the wireless technology, transferring chakra from one person to another via air, would probably require a lot of chakra and a lot of effort. With that, it wasn't too hard to figure out that the missing link in the jutsu was touch. All that was left was to try again and make the man siffer a little bit to help Tora finish up the jutsu.

"You're a good fellow right? You'd consider yourself good? Someone with a strong code of keeping moral conduct? I need you."

[Tora Tsume]

The man in front of Tora was a little bit nervous as the teen spoke to him. Tora did sound a little overly excited, which may have been seen as something a little bit heinous. Yet the man decided to stick around and actually listen to what the Chunin wanted him, after all he was in his core a good man. So, instead of running away like he should have, the man stayed and said, "Sure."

It was then that Tora gave a sly smile. His hands his under his dark cloak. He had just one little thing to do. It was his final test to see if the jutsu worked, to understand whether he did things right or not. So, while his hands were hiding under the dark fabric, seals were being form. Taking a step closer after every little set of seals, approaching the man, focusing on it, making the jutsu work, ready to enchant the man. And once he stood in front of him, Tora's smile faded and the cold expression returned to his face. Blue eyes piercing the man. He was done with the seals.

Arm extending forward, put on the man's shoulder, forcing his chakra into the man, making that little step he had forgotten earlier. Using the man as his chakra vessel after coding it earlier with the seals. It was pretty nice to see the expression on the man as a foreign force entered his body. The expression of slight pain, uncomfortable feeling, the feeling of having a mark burned onto his face. Tora stared silently as he noticed the general mark appear on the man's forehead. It was a nice little confirmation that it indeed work.

"You're probably wondering what happened." Tora said as he noticed the mark vanish and then reappear as an offensive little message. He chuckled and took a step back, enjoying the sight of the man. "Could you please find a mirror and tell me what you see when you look into your face?" He asked as the man quickly reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny little mirror, looking at himself and screaming. Sadly though, when Tora wanted to fix it, the man had already run off. Oh well...

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

+17

- Just letting you know you're cutting it close. Some of your posts have great quality, while others are, well, lackluster. Be careful not to hurry too much!

[Tora Tsume]

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Forbidden Speech
Rank: "B"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: The user makes it impossible for a single creature to speak about a single topic.
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 is permanent. This technique may be negated. The topic should be as narrow as possible for the Jutsu to work properly. An appropriate topic might be events that occurred while the creature was in captivity, the whereabouts and names of tormentors, the secret location of a hidden treasure, the password into a guarded compound, the command word of an item, or the explanation behind some major occurrence. Invalid topics include verbal commands of Jutsus, a creature's whole life history, or anything too broad for a reasonable definition of a single topic. Whether a topic is too broad is up to the Higher Staff, who can have the Jutsu automatically fail if the user persists in attempting an invalid topic. Thus, this can be a dangerous Jutsu to attempt. The affected creature cannot communicate regarding the topic in any way. Speech becomes gibberish, writing is reduced to an indecipherable scrawl, gestures are impossible, and even is scrambled. The creature has not forgotten the information, however, and it can be a maddening occurrence for the creature to be unable to communicate information that might be of life-and-death importance to friends and allies.
Limit: Must know the Enchantment Perception.

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The next little jutsu Tora wished to learn was something he thought would come in handy should he find himself discovered in enemy territory. Surely, it would be nice to have the ability to limit someone's speech. Such a power would allow the Chunin to get some entertainment as well as give him something practical to do if he wants to torment someone or if he'd decide to conceal himself or whatever. At any rate, Tora wanted to learn how to do it, and in order to do that, once again he had to go over the whole process.

Firstly, Tora wanted to go over the jutsu in his head. He wanted to understand the ability from all perspectives. In order to do that he had to go from looking at the larger things and then go into the little things. It wasn't too much of a hassle, since that allowed him to build up his understanding of the jutsu and allowed him to master it in a much easier manner than simply practice it again and again like a sad little lamb.

At any rate, sitting down, Tora shut his eyes and took in a deep breath. The idea was not to simply block the ability to talk, but to actually block the entire ability to communicate said information. To do that, Tora would have to someone affect the brain. Unlike the last jutsu, where Tora had to sample the outside, this time Tora had to sample what was going on inside. He had to test what the brain wanted to communicate and scramble it around so that the information won't reach the outside world in a complete manner.

It seemed like a simple idea overall, but it was not that at all. After all, jutsus were controlled with chakra. Bain waves and chakra were different things, and that meant that sampling it with chakra wouldn't be easy. It meant that the jutsu would have to affect the person in such a way that Tora's chakra would convert itself to brainwaves, and scramble it. And not just that, it would have to recognize the specific brainwave it would need to scramble, otherwise it would just be too much for a finite amount of chakra to handle.

Work was to be done, and Tora was the one who had to do it. Well, of course it was him. If anyone else would do the work for him, he would end up doing nothing, and learning nothing. Surely, that wasn't something the Chunin wished, not at this time in his life at least. So, he would have to approach the subject himself, and make it work for him. He would have to roll up his sleeves and begin the process of learning yet another technique to increase his strength and get him a step closer to becoming a force not many could compare to.
 

[Tora Tsume]

Analyzing a Genjutsu was never a simple task. Especially ones ranked high like this one. It would take a lot of mental fortitude to understand every aspect of the jutsu on such a level that would allow complete mastery of it. Luckily, thinking and analyzing was Tora's forte, and he could sit and analyze Genjutsus for hours and hours. So, this particular one wasn't any different than others. All he had to do was begin with the basics and move forward to understand the deeper aspects of the technique.

Beginning his hard work, Tora first considered the class of the jutsu and the Perception it belonged to. Since it was a high ranking Enchantment type technique, it meant that the affects would not be completely illusionary, but rather affect the mind in a real way. It was a jutsu that allowed the user to make alterations in the target's mentality, allowing the user control over various aspects of the target, be it positive or negative. The perception was one that wouldn't create illusions, but rather change perspective, which meant that the understanding of basic Genjutsu was a little different there.

Firstly, in order to affect someone's mind in the jutsu, one would need to have access to the brain. That meant that in order to use jutsus effectively, the user would need to understand what part of the brain the jutsu would affect and in order to do that he had to understand, at least in a general manner, what parts the brain contained. Possesing this kind of knowledge would allow the user a great understanding of the utilization of the various Genjutsus in the perception.

Understanding that meant that the teen had to realize what part of the brain would he need to access in order to allow alterations with this particular technique. Since it dealt with information Tora expected the Genjutsu would probably have something to do with the memory. But that first assumption would prove to be wrong since the Genjutsu simply messed up any information processed about a specific subject. So, since it wasn't the memory, it was probably the part of the brain in charge with communication.

Sure, Tora wasn't a brain expert, but that little piece of information, or rather, the realization was of massive value to him, mainly because it helped him focus on the right aspects of the Genjutsu. Realizing that meant he could take a step forward and try to understand something a little deeper, like maybe how to convert his chakra to something that would mess with any information process.

More to do. More to learn. More to understand. Such is the way of the ninja.
 

[Tora Tsume]

The next thing on the to do list in order to master the jutsu was probably the most difficult part. Well, besides actually trying it at least. It was the part that required the most mental fortitude and understanding and pretty much brain waves and chakra and other things Tora got tired just by thinking about them. He had to realize just how he could use his chakra in order to filter out information and scramble it on it's way to communicate it.

The idea was to have the chakra planted inside the subjects mind such that any information that matched the chakra would be scrambled. First there was the whole idea of matching the chakra to brainwaves and then there was the whole scrambling part that was pretty damn impossible to figure out. At least that was what passed through the teen's head as he sat on the roof trying to figure out a way to match brainwaves. Sadly, the only conclusion he reached was that it was impossible to do and that he should probably give up on the idea. Luckily, he had another idea.

The brain communicated information to the body though electricity. The signals going from the brain to each nerve were based on voltage, very specific voltage that communicated the intentions of the user. So, instead of matching his chakra to brainwaves, which no one could still figure out how to do, Tora would match his chakra to the electrical signal that he wanted to catch, which was an easy thing to do. After all, in order to do that he would simply need the target to think about whatever it is Tora wanted to block, and that would be it. For now, it seemed like a good source to start with.

The next step was to figure out how to match the chakra to a specific signal. If the recipient of the Genjutsu wasn't to think about it for a while, it would only mean that the chakra would weaken and Tora would have done nothing. Instead, he had to somehow allow the chakra to act as a brain of it's own. Instead of mimicking electrical signals, Tora could have his chakra process them one by one and filter out anything that didn't match the subject. It would be like looking for something very specific and would require some thought.

The idea that came to Tora's head was to put something of a chakra net inside the target's head. The net would let any signal pass through it, and would only scramble signals that would relate to the subject. Of course if the net was to be too wide, it wouldn't be able to filter through anything, and the whole idea was to make it small enough to catch the specific thought Tora would instruct it to. The net would work as a filter and a scrambler that would come in handy when applying the Genjutsu on the user.

Now all that was left was to actually get up and figure out how to make it all happen. More hard work. Yay.
 

[Tora Tsume]

In order to complete mastering the Genjutsu, Tora had to practice. As much theory as he could cramp into his head, nothing could beat real and actual practice of the technique. After all, in theory everything could work perfectly, but in the real world there are unexpected circumstances to be aware of. Maybe he'll be under pressure. Maybe he'll be under attack. Maybe he'll have to make it quick and accurate. Whatever the case, Tora had to gain at least some experience before trying to use the jutsu all on his own.

Standing up to his feet, Tora took in a deep breath, looking up and trying to decide what would be the best way to master the jutsu. The simplest thing he could think of was to just devide it into several parts that would eventually combine into one perfect technique. First he would want to create the chakra net and see if it worked. Then he would want to 'shrink' it and focus it in a specific area. And lastly he would want to program the chakra so that electrical waves that go through it would be filtered in a specific way and jumbled up.

First thing's first, the Chunin wanted to create a chakra net and place it somewhere in front of him. To do that Tora had to pinpoint the correct seals used in the Genjutsu that would allow him to do that. Forming those seals and molding some chakra, Tora tried to put it enough chakra so that he could recognize it without noticing chakra with his eyes. Luckily, in the land of mist the moisture was pretty high and in the mist, chakra could be seen if enough of it was used.

In front of him, Tora could see a tiny layer of a misty cloud. Inside he could see what would seem like a net passing through it. It wasn't very noticeable but it was enough for him to understand and realize he at least did that simple thing correctly. It wasn't the difficult part, but it was something that allowed him to gain the confirmation he needed in order to move forward and continue to the next part.

Having the net was one thing, but shrinking it and placing it somewhere would require precision, focus and a lot of concentration. Luckily, Tora had all three!
 

[Tora Tsume]

The next step was already clear in Tora's head. He had the idea in mind and all that was left was the execution. Controlling the size of the net was next. He wanted to make a small net of chakra and somehow place it inside the target's brain. To do that he would need to first learn how to create a smaller net and how to transfer it into someone while using the Genjutsu. For that, he needed some practice and some optimism.

First, Tora wanted to understand how to make the chakra net smaller. The obvious answer would be to use less chakra. But that would only mean that the net would be less effective. So instead he wanted to increase the chakra density and keep the small size. To do that he would have to inject the net with chakra over time rather than just push it in all at one blow. That would allow the chakra net to increase in density of chakra but not in size. Doing it slowly at first would be fine, and then he would need to master doing it pretty quickly.

Forming the seals, Tora created a chakra net, putting in as little chakra as he could so it would be small enough. Then he slowly injected more chakra while holding the last seal so he could still put in more and more of his chakra. After a short while, Tora decided to check it, releasing the seal and looking at the mist in front of him. As expected he could see a small square of chakra, or rather a small shaped square that was probably the net. It gave him at least indication that the size was indeed small and that the density was large enough to be seen through a misty cloud.

Next, Tora wanted to move the chakra net and position it wherever he wanted it. Placing it wouldn't be simple to check and test since seeing chakra wasn't something he could do. So, he would need a different indication to see if his little experiment worked. Simply enough, in order to test it, Tora decided to try and add some ninjutsu to his technique, just to check it's validity. So, adding a little bit of his elemental chakra, Tora would probably be able to see a wet little mark where he wanted the net, since he had the water element in him.

Making the seals, once again, molding chakra into it over some time, Tora allowed a little of his elemental chakra in as well. He then placed his hand on the ground and focused on a point a little further from him, aiming his chakra there, letting it flow through the floor to the desired location. Once he believed he was done, the teen stood up and walked the few steps forward to see if it worked. To his wonder, it did. The were a wet little square of chakra on the ground, indicating that he indeed allowed it to travel.

Next, he only had one step left before mastering the jutsu and trying it all out on someone new! Hopefully, he'd find someone, or maybe just hope to master it without a victim.

[Promeleon]

+47

Hate to drop that but you're almost there

[Tora Tsume]

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He has been training for a while now, and so far it seemed like it was going well. However, the next step required a little more than simply focusing on moving chakra around through whatever solid he wanted to. The next part required complete analysis of brainwaves and how they would be translated to electrical currents. He had to completely figure out how to program said chakra net to filter the correct thoughts and understand how that specific subject could be understood in electrical currents.

To understand this little piece of information he was missing, Tora wanted to once again go through the jutsu in his head and see how it would go. He was the one casting it after all, and thus he had control over what specific topic the target would be forbidden to talk about. That only meant that he could know what the topic was, and perhaps even know how the subject would relate to such topic in his head. That little understanding was enough to spark a little idea in Tora's head.

To program the chakra net, all he had to do was thinking about the topic. First he would create the chakra net, then he would allow the electrical currents in his mind go through it and let it recognize them. He would need to focus on that topic and anything that he might find relating to it. That would allow his chakra net to 'fuse' with the currents and recognize them once placed in the target's brain, which would then be easy to filter and scramble around. A lovely little idea.

Deciding that before finding himself a victim to try it on, Tora wanted to see if he could do it for himself. Sadly, it was only after he formed the seals that he realized he can't do it without some sort of electrical probe, which he didn't have. That could only mean he would need to find a target to practice on and try it all out. If only someone could just waltz in and offer himself as tribute...

[Tora Tsume]

The door opened just as Tora was about to head out. In the doorway stood that same weird person Tora tried his last jutsu on. Still with a mark on his head. He seemed angry and a little vexed. "WHY DID YOU DO THIS?!" He asked in a pretty dramatic manner. It was clear that he had a lot of frustration built up and perhaps he was a little sad too. But at any rate, it was annoying to listen to. That meant that Tora had a lovely little test subject!

"Relax. I was about to fix it when you ran away. It's nice to see you again." Tora said coldly as he began forming the seals, remembering what he taught himself. First creating the net, slowly forming chakra into it, keeping it small. Then, thinking about himself, and his training on the roof and what happened with the man and the mark on is head. He didn't want him to blab this information to anyone, and it was the perfect way to shut him up. After a little while of walking forward to the man, Tora figured that he was ready.

Placing his hand on the man's shoulder, he focused on moving the chakra net to his head, right in front of his brain, so that any information passing through would be filtered. A perfect little location to place the net. He then of course disabled the Genjutsu he used earlier, allowing the mark to vanish, and taking a step back, looking at is piece of work. "Could you please tell me what happened? I want to see everything is alright with you." Tora said, lying of course.

Once the man opened his mouth to speak however, nothing of actual context came out. He was spitting out nonsense and looking a little frightened at it. "Don't worry. I just made sure you won't tell anyone. No permanent damage. You just won't be able to mention me, or what happened here."He said calmly and took in a deep breath of reliefe. "Run along now."[/font][/size]

[Promeleon]

What's that noise? Oh its the crowd going wild +13 slaaaaaaaam dunk.

[Tora Tsume]

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Shadow Mask
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: User causes a mask of shadows to form around their face.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: Affects anyone who sees the user. The user is able to perform this technique on themselves. The duration of this technique lasts for 50 minutes per class level. This technique may be negated. It does not impede their vision, cannot be physically removed, completely hides their features. User also gains a 50% chance each round to avoid having to make a saving throw against gaze attacks, just as if they averted their eyes. When the Jutsu's duration ends, the Shadow Mask fades over the course of 1d4 rounds (rather than immediately), giving the user time to keep their face hidden via other means. A successful Dispel GenJutsu performed against a Shadow Mask effectively ends the Jutsu and causes the same slow fading.
Limit: Must know the Shadow Perception.

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Tora was already getting pretty tired from all of his training. The mental strain was really a little much for him to handle all at once. So in order to get a little bit of relaxation, he decided to change his train of thought and go for something different. A genjutsu he would have an easier time mastering and benefit him greatly in the long run. It was a great way to let his mind rest and unwind from the strain the Chunin put on it. Maybe this little jutsu could even help him out in mastering something more complex in the future. Who knew?

At any rate, to begin, Tora first wanted to visualize the genjutsu. The idea was rather simple to understand. It was a Genjutsu manipulating shadows, or rather manipulating light. The basic idea of a shadow was having light blocked by some obstacle, which would prevent it from hitting the surface and break to reach the eye of whoever was looking. The refracting light was the thing Tora had to manipulate in order to perfect this jutsu. All he had to do was create some sort of mask around his face that would not reflect light.

Basic elements of physics already gave Tora a good idea of how to do this. The color not reflecting light was black, and so all he had to do was simulate something black around his face which would in turn swallow the light rays hitting his facial features and would not reflect to anyone looking at him, creating the illusion he actually has some sort of blackness rather than a face. The problem was actually simulating something resembling the black color.

In order to simulate a color Tora simply had to put a layer of chakra with the same wave length around his face as the color black. Simple physics would work wonders and allow the Chunin to simulate the color using his chakra, thus effectively coloring his chakra. However, it could only seem to be possible with certain seals he had to do in order to make it work. All that was left was to actually try it out and see if it works.

Forming the seals, Tora molded his chakra to his hand and placed it on the ground, trying to create a thin chakra layer on the ground. Shutting his eyes, he focused and let his chakra do the work. Once he opened his eyes he could see a black spot on the ground, effectively creating a new shadow without any seeming source. A lovely little trick that could allow him to master the Genjutsu! Next he simply had to place the chakra over his face and allow himself to see through it, which would simply mean make a one way mirror sort of trick with his chakra.

Forming the seals Tora focused on the Genjutsu, making the chakra do it's magic, forming a thing layer of it over his face and effectively creating a black mask around his face to anyone would would look at him. Looking around he could notice that his vision wasn't compromised and that he could see fine. A lovely testament to the jutsu working.

[zarak729]

Learned!