Thankful for Oasis! [Open]

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The ball of molten fire burned bright in the skies of Kaze no Kuni, drenching the desert sands in a stifling heat. The visual haze was so thick that one couldn't tell one direction from another amongst the dunes, leaving one to fend only with their gut feeling on which way led to civilization or salvation, and which way led to a long slow death from thirst. The heat was indeed so great that even many of the cold-blooded animals such as snakes and lizards hid them against the sun, and more than one tardy beast made an example of the deadly heat just this day with their mummified corpses laying on the sands.

Yet above all this one might spy a streaking silver dot, perhaps seen as a mere mirage, perhaps kept from sight by the heat haze. Yet it was there, and it was Katsu. His silvery scales glinted brightly in the sunlight, his strong wings catching the wild desert wind currents, propelling himself ever Westward, deeper and deeper into the sand dunes. Katsu was out here for a personal mission of discovery, to seek out the rumored abandoned laboratory of Legion, in an effort to take hold of what knowledge may have been left behind.

Now, Katsu was indeed a hardy beast of a humanoid, his Draconic heritage granting him the ability to withstand the deadly heat as if it were a warm spring day, but even he would eventually be brought low by thirst if he was not careful. Which was why Katsu had slowly turned his course towards the North, towards a speck of green visible only from the skies. An oasis, a lush emerald gem of the desert, lay hidden within the folds of a great stand of shattered plateaus. Protected from the sands by these rock formations the center of the Oasis basin was dominated by a large pool of clear water, fine white sand coating the bottom, filtering out any impurities as the pool was supplied from an underground spring. Unexpectedly thick foliage surrounded the pool within the protection of the plateaus; thick strong cacti and even trees not normally seen in a tropical zone, but belonging to the Southern Temperate Zone. Surely any traveler desperate to find water would find this place as a gift from the gods!

As it was even Katsu enjoyed it for its pure beauty. It was obvious no human had ever been here before, not and having returned to civilization to tell about it. The only tracks in the area were that of various animals, and it was obvious that a den of some beast was located in one of the niches far from the water. Winging himself over to the highest section of the plateaus Katsu looked out over the Oasis, finding nothing amiss before leaping forward, out and down into the waters below. Blessed coolness washed over Katsu as he sunk to the very bottom of the pool, at least twelve feet down, and he gulped down some the waters before letting his gills do their work, pulling oxygen from the liquid around him to let him breathe. Sighing deeply Katsu closed his eyes and let his mind wander, a silver glitter deep within the pool, enjoying the respite from his travels, of course they were to eventually be interrupted by...what?

[Hoarfrost Imp]

From the far East Rahael trudged through the sands of Suna with her two shortswords, Cryo/Thermal enhanced katana, burendo, Tessaiga, red princess and much more like her compass and world map. The world was starting to make some sense, cosmic justice and all; she had been cut off from her Kusa ally but at the same time she had almost cut him off at the waist with a few moves that suggested she might be his superior but he had something above her she couldn't quite counter with typical movements and he use of her Dojutsu. It was that display of the 8 Gates that she came here to Suna to seek greater discipline, to hone her mind and body but the heat...Jesus the heat!

What had began as a few minutes became hours of just aimless wandering, the compass needle spinning time to time, leading her to believe maybe she had just been going around in circles, loop after loop after loop of this endless cycle and the sun as beginning to wear her down unfortunately. It was then at that time she caught a flash of something off in the distance, a filmy, wispy flicker that came and went as time went on by. Hope? Desperation? Disbelief? Whatever it was it sent her barreling towards it ful throttle, hopping dunes and scaling steep sand clefts. When she happened upon it she was sure...this was a damn dream. She'd bet her Tessaiga on it.

There was no word to describe this place, no way to... put to words just how lifelike and beautiful. From the towering spring of cacti and the lush overgrowth that crawled upwards towards the sun. But most of all was the lake in the center, ringed with small brush and plantlife, Rahael feeling the drought of her throat and how it almost ached at just the sight of such potential relief. She tore through it too, drawing her short sword and hacking away at the brush, seeing how many branches sprang back to reveal just how powerful and well nourished this plot of land be. Her face landed in the pool of water and she sucked in a mouthful, throwing her head back and cheering loudly. "AAAHHHH!!! Thank the heavens!" Another plunge had her smiling at the the few lizards that lizards here but... that thing down at the bottom, nah ho cared? This place like it housed all manner of creature an as long as she kept to her own who would bother her...right?

Still she kept a cracked, sun stroked and weary eye on it, brushing back her hair and sputtering with tentative delight. "Please don't be hostile..." A hand stayed precariously close to her Tessaiga.

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Floating near the bottom of the pool Katsu dozed with his eyes shut for a long time, but eventually a shadow would cross his position and cause him to gaze up through the clear waters, his inner transparent eyelids still shut to protect from anything in the water, but letting him see clearly. The rippling image from above seemed familiar, and as Katsu thought back he remembered a fiery tempered young girl. Katsu boggled at the astronomically small chance there was of meeting that same woman on the complete other side of the continent before slowly pulling himself into action. The back and forth motions of his tail began to slowly propel him forward and upwards, bringing him up in a lazy circle, his eyes still looking at the girl above.

Katsu's head would break the surface of the water slowly, his long copper hair clinging to his neck and shoulders, his silver scales glittering in the sunlight moreso at the surface of the waters. He would cross his arms and lay them atop the water, using a tiny bit of chakra to solidify the water at that point so that it looked as if he hung at the edge of a wall or ledge rather than mere liquid. Once Katsu was sure his perch was secure he gave a long slow inhale, pulling in the scent of the Oasis, the scent of the girl...no, by her scent she was indeed a woman. A petite beauty then. Katsu gave a gentle smile. He enjoyed looking at beautiful things, and this woman against this scenery? Splendid.

Of course Katsu still had manners, and he stayed a respectable five meters away from Rahael so as not to make her feel threatened, ”Well well. If it isn't the fiery hearted lass who was so opposed to me resurrecting the dead... Welcome, welcome. I'll tell you, that girl has been fine since that day. I don't think her mother lets her away more than fifty yards from the house, but she is hale and hearty, Ms. So what brings you so far out into the sands? You didn't seem the type to like the heat and sun of the great desert.”

[👺 Usiel]

Isley

Ooo, a neat looking blue scroll over there. Open it up and it looks like some kind of plan, it says Full Body Corset Blueprint. Neat.

Full Body Corset (Plans)
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Gadget, Mechanical, Body Shifter
Effect: A full-body suit allowing the user to manipulate their body to disguise themselves.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: When not active, this device looks like a mundane full-body suit made of supple black leather and banded with numerous metal cords and springs. To activate the device, user slip the hood over their head, place a clockwork mask over their face, adjust a bevy of settings and let the full-body corset readjust their body and face to nearly any vaguely similar form. While wearing a full-body corset, user suffer no penalty to Disguise checks from disguising themselves as a different race, gender, or age category. The device also changes visual complexity of the user's outer garments making them seem to wear something different. Additionally, the mask of the full-body corset and the overall ease of applying makeup to it grant the wearer a +25 enhancement bonus to Disguise checks.
Limit: These type of items may be bought inside any Gadget Shop with a 5% chance.
Cost: 200,000 Ryo Each

Katsugan

You one of those privacy invading spying pricks? If so, than these Covert Listening Devices will really appeal to you.

Covert Listening Device x10
Rank: "S"
Type: Secondary, 64 per Slot, Gadget, Surveillance, Transmitter
Effect: A covert listening device used to be placed that cannot be seen.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The covert listening device are tiny black clips that can catch on cloth, fasten to objects, and be hidden virtually anywhere. A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug or a wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. The use of bugs, called bugging, is a common technique in surveillance, espionage and in investigations. A bug does not have to be a device specifically designed for the purpose of eavesdropping. For instance, with the right equipment, it is possible to remotely activate the microphone of a radio, even when a call is not being made, to listen to conversations in the vicinity of the phone. Each is the 1 inch in diameter and 1/2 an inch wide. The range between a Covert Listening Device and Transmitter device is 1,000 meters (Communications for a single thread, sometimes outside another thread.)
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Gadget Shop.
Cost: 32,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each

[Hoarfrost Imp]

When the image at the bottom of the pool began to swim upwards, or at least began to swell in size she panicked, nostrils flared and she reached insipidly towards her Tessaiga, an automatic reaction she had yet to calm down but her company didn't attack, damn sure took their leisurely time, but ascended to break the surface of the water and peer across a her with scaly skin, serpent eyes and a curious lilt to it's expression...so imagine her surprise when it began to address her in a familiar tone. Pale eyes bulged and bemused questions raced through her mind, already trying to pick out who could possibly "No...no, no, no no way, Riza?!" She wasn't going to believe that one for one minute,such a creature turning once being that tasteless wench? No, she shifted her mind on track, did what was proper and activated that ancient blood.

It came with a rush of chakra, her eye veins bulging and the world exploding into bits of information she drank in. A scan... he was male, his chakra network was unique, expansive and powerful but talk of the dead...Riza wouldn't be that gracious, so who.. "You belong to...Kumo." She wasn't entirely convinced herself but that had been ages ago, she had grown somewhat and still looked like a child with all her soft features. If anything had changed it was her attitude, being out from underneath the want to perform for her Kage meant she could stretch her legs a bit. "I do not remember you name but I do know it started with a K, I think the same name for the Clay Masters of earth use to ignite their creations." She had met two of them in her lifetime.

"Forget me, the hell happened to you? Did your sharp tongue finally get you cursed?" Of course she jested, she had no idea if Kumo was even an ally anymore. best to not take a chance these days.

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Katsu had to chuckle under his breath at the woman's response. Sometimes he forgot how forgetful most people could be, but this person's memory must be terrible to forget such a unique face as Katsu's. Amusement plain on his face Katsu gave his name, ”I'm Katsu. It means Victory. Also, my tongue isn't sharp, but it is forked...” with that Katsu stuck out his tongue with a serpentine hiss at Rahael, the near foot long appendage indeed forked for the last two inches of its length, before slipping it back into his mouth.

”I looked this way the first time we met, Ms. I remember you didn't give me your name last time, would you mind telling me your name this time?” Katsu began to float on his back, using his tail to propel himself around the pool in a lazy circle, obviously still completely at ease. When he felt something land on his chest we was a little startled, but after looking down his confusion only grew. A number of listening devices sealed into a little plastic baggie, the bag in poor shape but still sealed. How odd. Looking over to Rahael he was about to ask her about them but realized by the look on her face that she had nothing to do with them... How strange...

[Fui]

Kats: A man approaches and hands you a voucher to add a room to your house. "If you build it... they will come." He informs you before walking off.

Smithy, Superior
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 2 Stronghold Space, Craftsman Room
Effect: A Crafting Room dedicated for all kinds of Blacksmithing/Metalworking.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Similar to the basic smithy, this area features a polished stone floor and marble-encased forge of the highest quality. Working in this smithy gives a character a +20 circumstance bonus on any Craft pertaining to Blacksmithing/Metalworking (Armour, Blacksmithing/Metalworking, etc.) checks. This area requires the services of a smith. There may be up to 4 people working in this area.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 40,000 Ryo



Isley:

What the-!? There was just a kid zooming past on a pink hover board, and now he's gone, hoverboard was left behind though. Mattel brand, huh? And the bottom has McFly written on it in fading black marker.

Hoverboard
Rank: "B"
Type: Main, Gadget, Mechanical, Transportation
Effect: Boards capable of allowing their rider to fly, or at least hover at high speeds.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Boards that resemble a skateboard without wheels that hover above the ground. The Hoverboard is a 3-foot-long to 5-foot-long board held aloft by a tiny but powerful forced-air system. Fast and portable, the Hoverboard can travel on most surfaces with ease, whether it be sidewalk, forest turf, or even water. The hoverboard can stay afloat approximately 6 to 8 inches off the ground. When being lifted for jumping purposes it may escalate up to 10 meters in the air. The feet placement allows the user to direct and move the hoverboard however they wish from moving forwards and backwards to simply changing directions. Note: In order to know how to use, user must first purchase a Book: Reference Book (Overview) book dedicated to Hoverboards.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Gadget Shop.
Cost: 23,000 Ryo

[Hoarfrost Imp]

So this was the same person as before? Not a chance. He hadn't had a tail or scales before, had he? She was fairly sure she'd remember a nimble and multi-lingual reptile of any sort being in her presence at any given time. But that was not the case now; The Katsu back then had been as hard assed as she had when they were protecting the Lord of Thunder, Raikou and The Lady Kage. Minds seemed to be at ease here now "Rahael." Was the name she supplied him with, no need to tag the Hyuuga on with the way her active eyes picked apart the man turned creature before her. He...wasn't like that before...surely? "This is one hell of a place to run into one another again, though this has been my training ground for the last three years." Not the oasis, Suna, but it may have sounded like she meant this lush paradise.

"I wouldn't dream of meeting someone I kneww, or at least knew of, way out here." She checked him over once more to discern his chakra points, nodding to herself in many ways. If appearances weren't enough, it was easy to say he was not human.

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Annnddd... some guy just walked up long enough to hand him a voucher, say something weird, and then leave, just waltzing off into the desert like it was nothing. Noting the time of year, Katsu had an inkling of what was going on. Every two years or so there was a strange distortion in reality that seemed to affect the more secluded places in the world, and those who happened to be in such places tended to get up to some serious shenanigans until the distortion corrected itself. They also tended to get a lot of loot as well!

So Katsu just shrugged, took the voucher, put it in the baggie with his new listening devices, sealed it back up, and turned his attention back to Rahael, leaning on his elbows on the water's surface once more. ”Pleased to meet you formally then, Rahael-san.

“Training huh? Well, the desert is certainly a great place to test your mettle.” Katsu said, avoiding the confusion that her comment may have produced by his earlier observations of the area. None of those tracks before had looked anything like a human's foot, for example. It was doubtful that she would have come out to this Oasis, out in the middle of nowhere, regularly and then erased her tracks every time. The more likely scenario is she simply meant the entire desert, thus. Also, Katsu was also capable of observing the changes in Rahael's body when she used her Byakugan. It was easy enough to realize the raised blood vessels surrounding white eyes meant he was being scanned, and Katsu had to say something!

”You know if you keep peeking at me in such a personal manner I'm going to start thinking you're flirting with me, Rahael-san.” Katsu smirked as be spoke, looking at Rahael in an amused fashion, waiting to see what reaction she had.

[👺 Usiel]

Isley

That pond is a bit corpsey, the body has an Auto-Injector on it, though! ... Except it's broken... Well, the cartridges are still good, and they have something in them even if they aren't full.

Auto Injector Cartridges (Overview) x4
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 4 per Slot (Scroll Length), Container
Effect: Specialized Cartridges capable of housing 5 Shots, used with Auto Injector Harness (Overview).
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: These devices are thin tubes with a length of 8 inches and 1.25 inches in diameter. Each Tube is able to house up to 5 doses inside. These thin tubes are primarily used for the Auto Injector Harness. Mostly made out of glass however some can be contained in metal as long as the dose does not counteract against the casing.
Limit: These types of items may be bought inside any Alchemist Shop.
Cost: 2,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each

Black Rose (1 dose per cartridge)
Rank: Very Rare, Medium
Type: Herb, All Regions, Spring/Summer, Poison Cure
Effect: An herb that is used to remove Very Rare poisons from wounds
Special: Preparation: --- ; Duration: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Found on Rose bushes. This rare rose is easily identified by its black, velvety flower and long white thorns. The thorns are hollow and absorb liquids at a rate of a pint every 5 minutes. The liquid is stored in the plant's fibrous roots. The black rose's roots are often used to draw Very Rare poisons from wounds, or placed under the tongue to absorb alcohol and prevent intoxication. Sometimes victims are tied down and pierced with the thorns to cause prolonged and painful exsanguinations. Drawing poisons out takes 1d4 rounds. Herb consists 8 doses.
Limit: Must know Herbal Knowledge for a Region. 5% chance of finding.
Cost: 59,000 Ryo per herb. 5,900 Ryo per Dosage.

Katsugan

It's getting hot in here. So take this fan and cool down a bit.

Fan, Hand (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Slashing, Fan
Effect: A fan designed for use in warfare and martial arts. Fans are used for offensive and defensive purposes.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +3 Amour Points of Damage. This weapon appears to the untrained eye as nothing more than a beautifully crafted fan. In fact, the vanes of the fan are crafted from steel, and the tips are needle-sharp. When first brought into melee, the wielder may attempt an Acting Check against an opponent's Sense Motive check when first used as an attack. If the wielder wins the user performs an unsuspecting feint within the first round of using the item. These items are normally small and no longer than 2 feet.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 2,000 Ryo

[Hoarfrost Imp]

Rahael damn near broke her neck with recoil, minor shock but mostly a streamline of pure disgust and revolt. She had a thing against the human reptile anatomy. A disposition we'll call it. "Oh. Nu uh." She shook her head vigorously to accentuate her point of course, not letting her concentration on his structure falter. She was looking past the mere physical construct andinto his energy center, the powerful concentration of chakra there about as hard to miss as a lighthouse on a clear night at sea. Course it registered as a joke late and she'd already given him the reaction he wanted "I am afraid I don't do cross species dates." Or dating at all. Se had to keep her duty to Oto but it was looking dreadfully quiet these days, Mayu was hard to contact and everything about the way of like she loved was slipping between he fingers at a rapid pace.

A blink and the dojutu was back dormant, waiting for the moment she called upon it to do her bidding.

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If Rahael had been expecting Katsu to be disheartened by her almost violent disgust at the idea of flirting with him she was wrong. Katsu quite frankly burst out laughing at her recoil, taking a good few moments to get himself under control again, ”Ahaha.. Yeah, that's what about twenty percent of the women do if I flirt with them. Another sixty or so percent just give me that quiet, scared 'No'. I think another few percent react completely violently and take a swing at me, and whatever is left over let's me take them on a date at least once.

“To be honest I've gotten used to th... oh hey a fan.” Katsu was interrupted by a hand fan falling out the sky, making a small splash before Katsu snatched it up and stored it with the rest of his stuff. ”Wonder how much stuff I'll get this time around...”

[OOC: Collected Items Thus Far:

10 Covert Listening Devices
1 Superior Smithy Voucher
1 Hand Fan]

[👺 Usiel]

Isley

It's getting hot in here. So take this fan and cool down a bit.

Fan, Hand (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Slashing, Fan
Effect: A fan designed for use in warfare and martial arts. Fans are used for offensive and defensive purposes.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +3 Amour Points of Damage. This weapon appears to the untrained eye as nothing more than a beautifully crafted fan. In fact, the vanes of the fan are crafted from steel, and the tips are needle-sharp. When first brought into melee, the wielder may attempt an Acting Check against an opponent's Sense Motive check when first used as an attack. If the wielder wins the user performs an unsuspecting feint within the first round of using the item. These items are normally small and no longer than 2 feet.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 2,000 Ryo

Katsugan

Thud! That must have hurt, that thick book just fell on your head, weird considering the only thing that's been above you was a bat. Hmm, Book of the Vampire, another Bram Stoker book?

Ritual Book 400 pages
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Reference Book
Effect: A book intended to be consulted for information on specific matters rather than read from beginning to end.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A reference work is a book or serial publication to which one can refer for confirmed facts. The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Reference works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end. The writing style used in these works is informative; the authors avoid use of the first person, and emphasize facts. Many reference works are compiled by a team of contributors whose work is coordinated by one or more editors rather than by an individual author. Indexes are commonly provided in many types of reference work.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop.
Cost: 6,000 Ryo

Blood Hunger
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: Target craves the taste of blood. Moreover, the Target needs to drink blood to survive.
Special: To perform: 3 hours; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Drawback - Gives Back 1 Augmentation Point. The Target must drain a pint of blood from a living creature once every 24 hours. Doing so is a movement, and the Target can only drain blood from a willing, helpless, or dying (but not dead) creature. The bitten creature takes normal damage from a bite attack plus an extra 10 points of Armour Points of damage from the blood loss. If the Target goes 24 hours without consuming blood, the Target loses 1d4 Movements. Drinking a pint of blood cures the ability damage caused by blood deprivation in 1d6 rounds. Ability damage caused by blood deprivation cannot be restored through natural healing. Target must have a Natural Bite attack to take this Augmentation.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 9,000 Ryo Performing Price: 2,000 Ryo

Ultraviolet Allergy
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: Ultraviolet light burns the user's flesh and causes it to ignite.
Special: To perform: 12 hours; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Drawback - Gives Back 3 Augmentation Points. Ultraviolet light (including direct sunlight) burns the user for 12 Armour Points of Fire damage per round and causes any light, flammable clothing they are wearing to ignite.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 9,000 Ryo Performing Price: 2,000 Ryo

Achilles Heel
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: User has a major weakness that can be exploited.
Special: To perform: 1 hours; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Drawback - Gives Back 2 Augmentation Points. Any attack on this small spot gains an additional +20 Armour Ponts.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 9,000 Ryo Performing Price: 2,000 Ryo

Fangs
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: Target's teeth are a Transmutation and can transform into vicious fangs.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Takes up 1 Augmentation Point. Target gains a vicious bite attack that deals piercing damage dependent on the Target's size: Small 5 Armour Points, Medium-size 10 Armour Points, Large 15 Armour Points. The Target's bite is treated as a Natural Weapon. This Augmentation Ritual can be used in conjunction with the Acidic Saliva or Venomous Bite Augmentation Ritual.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 12,000 Ryo Performing Price: 9,000 Ryo

Sleepless
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: The Target has lost the need for sleep.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Takes up 1 Augmentation Point. This ritual augments the Target's brain allowing the Target no need of sleep. The Target no longer requires sleep. In fact the Target cannot sleep. However, the Target still needs rest, and are still subject to all of the other causes of fatigue.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 12,000 Ryo Performing Price: 9,000 Ryo

Shock Absorber
Rank: "C"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: The Target is capable of surviving amazing falls by reducing the impact of the ground on their body.
Special: To perform: 12 Hours; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Takes up 1 Augmentation Point. An augmentation performed on a target's body, creating a shock absorber which allows the Target to withstand from falling damage. When falling, the Target ignores falling damage from falls less than 30 meters. For attack damage the damage caused is reduced by 25%.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 12,000 Ryo Performing Price: 9,000 Ryo

Confusion
Rank: "A"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: User is able to instill confusion in others and cause them to act randomly while they are under the user's thrall.
Special: To perform: 3 hour; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Takes up 4 Augmentation Points. User may affect 1 target within 3-meter-radius of the user. Targets of the user's Augmentation must succeed at a Will Save, of 10 + 2 per Class Level, or become confused for 1d4 rounds. Victims receive another Save each round to break free against the same Save. The target remains confused until they make a save or the time limit is met. While confused, the target acts randomly. Roll on the list below each round the target is confused to determine what the target does.
1-3 Attack closest target with most powerful attack
4-8 Move to a random direction
9-12 Do nothing and become flat-footed
13-15 Use random Augmentation on closest Target
16-18 Try to increase in elevation using whatever means at hand.
19-20Fall unconscious

User may use this Augmentation a number of times a day equal to 2 per Class Level.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 35,000 Ryo Performing Price: 26,000 Ryo

Lifedrinker
Rank: "S"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: User gains the ability to drain the life forces of their opponents, sucking their energy to replenish their own health.
Special: To perform: 3 hour; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Takes up 6 Augmentation Points. Whenever the user makes an unarmed attack, they may elect to forego their normal unarmed damage and instead drain the target's energy. If the user elects to do so, the target undergoes Moderate Damage. IF the user successfully damages the target in this way, they gain temporary 9 Armour Points.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 48,000 Ryo Performing Price: 36,000 Ryo

[Hoarfrost Imp]

Rahael gave a subtle shake of her head, a giggle even...it felt good to giggle again...jeez how long had THAT been since? "Well, you say you look the same but I beg to differ. Less women were doing that long before...this." She made a small gesture towards him "Curious question though...did you just suddenly wake up like that or..ya nno...a cool story behind it?" Finally letting her hair down was a bless in and of itself, a low rumble of delight caught behind the cage of her teeth. "Whether he answered or not she was looking around this place, how absolutely wonderful it was and the fact it could hold up through all of this harsh weather... she had to take some of this water home with her SOMEHOW.

"How is Raikage Raikou these days?" She asked idly in absent thought.

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”Ah well the sad truth of it is I was fourteen when it happened so I wasn't getting much attention from the Ladies at that point. Also not so interesting as much as painful and life-shattering to my entire family. Apparently I was always going to turn into this from the moment I was conceived. Gotta love genetics.” Katsu said that last with an obvious heavy sarcasm, rolling his eyes upward just in time to catch a book before it fell into the water. He hadn't even felt it hit his head!

With a quick motion Katsu threw the book up on the bank, and threw the rest of his new stuff there as well. No need to ruin anything by getting it soaked. After that he floated up higher and higher on the water until he was literally sitting on the surface, so Rahael wouldn't have to look down at him as he spoke to her. ”Raikou's been inactive as a Shinobi. Marii Kazeraikou, a distant cousin of mine, is the Raikage currently. I don't doubt she'll be staying a while either. Marii's got the determination to mow down any problem that springs up during her tenure. How about you Oto-nin? It seems to be quiet over in the country of Rice Patties...”

[OOC: Collected Items Thus Far:

10 Covert Listening Devices
1 Superior Smithy Voucher
1 Hand Fan
1 Bram Stoker Novel (Ritualist book with Vampire qualities)]

[Fui]

Kats - Wow, what's that complicated looking picture there? Says it's a Piston Enhancement Blueprint, that'll be useful to someone.

Piston Enhancement
Rank: "A"
Type: Main, Gadget, Bludgeoning/Mechanical, Gauntlet
Effect: A weapon enhancement that applies a large retractable piston into it allowing stronger attacks.
Special: ---
Drawback: May only be used in close-range. May Only Apply 1 Enhancement on Weapon.
Description: Picture: Picture: Picture A piston enhancement can come in various sizes. Some are larger than the size of a forearm, while some can be contained in a small area, like the width of a bath. Pistons are attached to the plates of a weapon. These pistons are pressurized so when they are drawn back and released, they add extra force behind the user's attack. The pressurized pistons retract inside the arms and release. A user may use this easily accessible feature to destroy or significantly damage an opponent. Holes are attached to the item in order to release the pressurized air. The Pistons may only be used once every round. The Piston releases 60 armour points worth of bludgeoning damage on top of an attack. It is capable of traveling up to 5 meters forward while blowing a hole in what is in its path that is unprotected.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Gadget Shop. With a 30% chance of finding.
Cost: 30,000 Ryo each.

Isley:

Stop! Hammer time!

Hammer, Great (Overview)
Rank: "B"
Type: Main, Bludgeoning, Hammer
Effect: A very large hammer, made for hurting things, badly.
Special: ---
Drawback: Due to the weapon's size each technique performed while wielding this weapon takes up 3 movements. Unable to perform Techniques with 2 or more attacks per Movement.
Description: A Two-Handed Weapon. These weapons do +16 Amour Points of Damage. A Great Hammer is 18 inches longer than a War Hammer and is too large for a Medium-size creature to use with 2-hands correctly. A large creature could use a War Hammer with two hands and will not suffer any drawbacks while wielding the weapon. A creature may learn Weapon Specialization: Speed Training to remove the drawbacks of Movement restrictions. If the user learns Wield Oversized Weapon the user is able to wield the weapon 1-handed.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 16,000 Ryo

[Hoarfrost Imp]

There were some things she didn't quite understand his dilemma, how this was shattering to his family if..they..huh. "So then if you don't mind me asking...what exactly..uh...are you?" It was a fair question and all considering that his make up was different, his chakra points ere more concentrated, a heavy circulation around the core and behind the eyes...maybe he was one of those...nah, she hadn't run into him with his active but she had met Kuro when his was burning bright...a Kazeraikou. "I will trade info for info,not village secrets, obviously."

As for Oto..."It has been quiet, nothing to account for. Just a bunch of... stagnant water. The entire world is at peace, they have no need for people like us anymore."

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Katsu caught the confused look on Rahael's face, and realized he hadn't told her enough, ”Oh, I think I forgot to mention, the rest of my family are all human, I'm the only one who had the DNA to allow this appearance...” Katsu gave a shrug as he spoke, showing his apparent acceptance of the matter. Slowly standing Katsu turned to face across the other side of the Oasis.

”Here I'll just show you.” Katsu exclaimed before he began to roll his shoulders over and over, eventually letting them fall limp, his arms at his sides. A long moment of silence, and suddenly a pair of growths shot out from the top of his shoulders, shifting his existing arms down lower on his torso, and quickly resolving themselves into a pair of massive wings. Rolling his neck Katsu flexed the muscles of his wings, spreading them wide and high, showing off his near twelve foot wingspan for a moment. Crouching low he raised his wings even higher, and with a sudden leap that left an abundance of grand ripples spreading across the clear pool he shot straight up into the air fifteen meters! His wings slowly flapping up and down he hovered at that elevation for a moment, beginning to inhale deeply.

”ROAR!”

The volume of sound that issued forth from Katsu's throat was not! something that could come from any humanoid, not naturally! The water frothed, the trees and plant-life shook, the few birds and flying creatures in the area fled immediately, while any animal that couldn't fly scrambled for cover. The sound was so loud, so piercing, that even at their distance Rahael would feel that her eardrums might burst from the noise. Obviously Katsu's voice was something closer to that of a damn Dinosaur's, or perhaps a mythical Dragon's, rather than a humanoid.

With his ungodly loud roar finished, Katsu let himself float back down to the water's surface, standing there looking over at Rahael, ”Understand?”

[OOC: Collected Items Thus Far:

10 Covert Listening Devices
1 Superior Smithy Voucher
1 Hand Fan
1 Bram Stoker Novel (Ritualist book with Vampire qualities)
1 Piston Enhancement Blueprint]

[👺 Usiel]

Katsugan

Have you always wanted to be a Healer? Well now you can pretend to be with this book of Restoration Rituals!

Ritual Book 200 pages
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Book, Reference Book
Effect: A book intended to be consulted for information on specific matters rather than read from beginning to end.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A reference work is a book or serial publication to which one can refer for confirmed facts. The information is intended to be found quickly when needed. Reference works are usually referred to for particular pieces of information, rather than read beginning to end. The writing style used in these works is informative; the authors avoid use of the first person, and emphasize facts. Many reference works are compiled by a team of contributors whose work is coordinated by one or more editors rather than by an individual author. Indexes are commonly provided in many types of reference work.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Book Shop.
Cost: 3,000 Ryo

Extended Vitality
Rank: "C"
Type: Restoration Ritual
Effect: User may convert Temporary Armour Points into actual healing capabilities.
Special: To perform: 10 minutes; Duration: 1 hour
Drawback: ---
Description: Turning rage, courage, and perseverance into healing energies, user is able to close wounds using nothing more than high morale. This ritual focuses their excitement and morale into physical form, closing their wounds as their courage grows. While this ritual is active, user converts all Temporary Armour Points into Healing Points, but only at half the original value. User cannot benefit from Temporary Armour Points while this ritual is active. If the healing is not needed (User is in full health) then the Temporary Armour Points are wasted.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Restoration Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 12,000 Ryo Performing Price: 9,000 Ryo

Heal
Rank: "A"
Type: Restoration Ritual
Effect: The green healing energies flow through the body in front of the user, and the user watches as every wound closes up in a few moments.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Instantaneous
Drawback: ---
Description: The Heal ritual allows the target to spend a single Healing Hands (Moderate) worth of Chakra to heal by 4 Healing Hands (Moderate). If the target has no Chakra to spend, user may spend their own Chakra in its stead.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Restoration Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 35,000 Ryo Performing Price: 26,000 Ryo

Cure Blight
Rank: "S"
Type: Restoration Ritual
Effect: Where there was pestilence, famine, and despair; the user brings health, abundance, and hope.
Special: To perform: 8 hours; Duration: Special
Drawback: ---
Description: Crops bloom, livestock thrives, and the peasants are happy in the wake of the user's work. Drawing forth disease, drought, hunger, and misery, this ritual improves the quality of life for those in the affected area. In a 2 mile radius, fields are fertile, rains plentiful, and the people happy. Creatures in this area gain a +10 bonus to First Aid: Healing, and Agriculture checks and a +2 bonus to Death Saves for the duration of the ritual as long as they remain in the affected area. Any crops or livestock will be especially productive and profitable for the time the ritual is active. This Ritual will negate a Storm of Insects ritual if performed in the same area. The duration of the Ritual depends on the user's Mastery of Restoration Rituals Lore.
Average: 1 day
Advanced: 1 week
Expert: 1 month
Master: 1 year

Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Restoration Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 48,000 Ryo Performing Price: 36,000 Ryo

Isley

My boomerang wont come back, but maybe that's just because it got stuck in that bush over there. Better snag it before the owner wants it back.

Boomerang, Average (Overview)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Bludgeoning, Club
Effect: A boomerang is made of wood and is flat, with a long haft, a pronounced forward curve, and a sharp backward bend at the head.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A One-Handed Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. The Range Increment of this weapon is 10 meters. The boomerang is primarily a hunting tool, but it is not uncommon for these versatile thrown weapons to be carried into battle. A boomerang is made of wood and is flat, with a long haft, a pronounced forward curve, and a sharp backward bend at the head. Though the boomerang can be used in melee, it is not designed for such a purpose. A thrown boomerang does not fly in a returning path; returning boomerangs are solely recreational. These weapons reach up to just under 1.2 m (4 feet) in length.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 4,000 Ryo

[Kamyuja Hitomi]

Walking through the desert on her own as she usually did, Hitomi found herself getting rather bored with everything. She hadn't found anyone interesting to play with for quite a while and she was beginning to think that maybe she'd have to attack a nearby village to have some fun or something. Lucky, lucky her however she was in the right place at the right time to hear something fantastic. A big ole' roar, something was around and it wanted to play with her, how awesome was that. She began to run toward the noise taking one big step, another big jump, and a big mighty, mighty jump into the air as she soared through the air as if gravity did not mean a thing to her. She leapt a total of two-hundred meters and landed loudly right by the noise she heard. She appeared to be by some sort of desert oasis, she liked oasis', they were nice. First thing was first however, two things were here. She said things as these so called people were not people as they were not Kamyuja ergo by the process of elimination, they were not people. She was about fifty meters away from them now and in plain view of those around who could think that she merely came from the sky or something.

Wearing only an orange t-shirt and a green skirt she wasn't the most threatening of people however she was one of the strongest you'd ever meet. And this thing had just challenged her to a shouting match. She was gonna yell so god damn loud.