[x] Sunagakure: Community Center

[Flower]

Sunagakure Community Center [Open]

otherwise known as the SCC

credited to Kazekage Shihana

Layout

• Courtyard [Courtyard, Fancy]
• Battle Arena [Battle Ring]
• Tavern [Tavern, Fancy]
• Market Place [Market Stall x4]
• Stable [Stable, Fancy] 
• Farmhouse [Breeding Kennel]
• Garden [Biome Garden x3]
  • Desert
  • Jungle
  • Swamp
• The Center (see 2nd post)

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Courtyard, Fancy
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Grounds
Effect: An unroofed area that is completely or mostly enclosed by the walls of a large building.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This courtyard features some grass, but the paths are paved with cobblestones or bricks. Wrought-iron benches are placed strategically throughout the place, and a simple fountain sits in the center of the area, surrounded by paving stones as well. A bust or two stand on pedestals in strategic locations. Purchase this component multiple times if you want a larger courtyard.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 60,000 Ryo

Battle Ring
Rank: "B"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Training Room
Effect: A dusty ring of honor stands, lined with racks of weapons, as a test of mettle for those who enter. Win or lose, sparring teaches everyone a little something.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A dusty ring of honor stands, lined with racks of weapons, as a test of mettle for those who enter. Win or lose, sparring teaches everyone a little something. Those who spend at least an hour sparring or training here add 4 Armour Points to the damage of each of their attacks until their next long rest, end of an event, or end of a mission. May also be built as training grounds.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 20,000 Ryo

Tavern, Fancy
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: An establishment for the sale of beer and other drinks to be consumed on the premises, sometimes also serving food.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This place serves wine as well as liquor and beer from its polished, marble-topped bar. It can call on the stronghold’s kitchen for food; alternatively, you can attach an extra kitchen assigned purely to this component. The tables are round, with solid chairs, and there are a few booths lining the walls. The cost of this component does not include any food or drink. The tavern can seat up to 20 people. If you need a greater capacity, you can purchase this component multiple times.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 40,000 Ryo

Market Stall [x4]
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Shop
Effect: A market stall is a typically immobile, temporary structure erected by merchants to display and shelter their merchandise in a street market or other setting.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Festive flagsspan across this open and vivacious courtyard while the sounds of animated haggling and the subtle clink of currency changing hands punctuate the air. Business is good enough here to warrant a permanent residence from merchants seeking small fortunes. Up to 3 Merchants have enough space to hold a small structure, and quality of goods as a more permanent placement (though merchants will have to remove stock and come back each day).
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 5,000 Ryo

Stable, Fancy
Rank: "A"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: A building for the lodging and feeding of horses, cattle, etc.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This stable has hay on the floor, but the ground is either wood or stone. The stables are lined with fresh hay, and each horse has access to its own water supply. The troughs are all made of stone, and there’s even a small fireplace in here to keep things warm in the winter. This place can hold up to 6 Large mounts at a time, each in their own stall. If you need a greater capacity, you can purchase this component multiple times.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 30,000 Ryo

Breeding Kennel
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: A large pen made to securely hold willing or unwilling beasts with the intention of breeding.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This expansion allows creatures to be held securely and safely, whether or not they desire to be, until the user chooses to release them. This component is for breeding purposes. The creature must not be humanoid, and this expansion may hold 5 creatures sized small, 3 sized medium, or 1 large. If built using 2 expansion units, this capacity is doubled, and the pens may house 1 huge creature. This expansion does not automatically include creatures, which must be acquired through other means. This expansion also may be bought multiple times. May be built as a Monster Cage, Roost, or even as Kennels. Every person using a Breeding Kennel and having its resources will receive a +20 Circumstance bonus to Animal Husbandry checks. This can be used as an Animal Pen.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 100,000 Ryo

Biome Garden [x3] (Desert, Jungle, Swamp)
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Room, 4 Stronghold Space, Grounds
Effect: A biome garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: When purchased, must choose 1 Region. The smell of green, growing life fills the air here. Lush vines laden with savory tomatoes grow alongside mandrake root, ephedra, and even more esoteric herbs. A single Biome is dedicated to a single region. It gives the temperature, and living conditions similar to that Region in order to give prime conditions of re-growing plants. Every person using this Biome and having its resources will receive a +20 Circumstance bonus to Agriculture checks.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 100,000 Ryo

General

Sunagakure’s Community Center is a section of the city which has been deemed an “open space” for citizens to participate in a variety of activities, such as specialized training and crafting, to meet one another and increase the village’s strength. Ninja or non-ninja who come to the SCC are expected to follow the rules, which are listed below, but are entitled to roam the grounds and make use of the various buildings and tools. Members of the ANBU patrol the district, often in disguise, to keep watch for any offenses but generally stay quiet and out of the way. Sometimes guards are posted at the entrance to various buildings for additional security. Nestled between rocks on almost every side, the center has an archway through which all people can enter which is guarded by several Sand ninja to the south. 

In the middle of the SCC is a courtyard with a simple fountain, a sign of wealth in the dry, desert climate, that splashes water into a small pool below. Benches are placed throughout, as well as tall lamps, for the comfort of the villagers. A stone tablet in the center of the courtyard hosts the names of the previous, distinguished Kazekage:

• Heero Kazume Uchiha [Nidaime Kazekage]
• Ranu Kia [Sandaime Kazekage]
• Kira Sankuchi [Yondaime Kazekage]

Granite pathways lead from the courtyard into the different areas of the district and are the main footpath throughout the area. Scattered palm trees rise up near the sidewalks and hang over the people as they walk by. If one follows the pathway to the west then they'll find an outdoor, Battle Arena open to the public. Ninja and non-ninja alike are encouraged to fight it out and demonstrate who is the strongest, and certain members are even willing to give rewards for participants. The battle ring is a round area of sand, blocked off by a wire gate, with a thirty meter diameter. People stand outside the ring and watch the fighters, cheering for their favorite. Some even place bets from the sidelines. Right across from the ring is a tavern which has been provided by the village officials. All sorts of merchants can sell their food and drink here to other people, as well as buy the nicest products. Ninja and other warriors often frequent the tavern, so it has a reputation for being rowdy. There are few windows inside and just a few circular tables that allow people to sit. A bar stretches along the back with various areas for people to serve their own drinks or food. Oil lamps are spaced throughout for ambient light. 

On the east side of the courtyard, the path goes by several market stalls that have been set up for any merchant that wants to set up shop. This area is known as the Market Place and hosts all sorts of interesting vendors, and attracts the wealthiest consumers. Up to twelve different vendors can set up in the Market Place at small, wooden stations that have been provided although usually one or more is already occupied by village officials. Two ANBU are constantly on guard inside the Market Place and patrol for any misbehavior. The street outside the shops bustles with large crowds, interested in all that the city has to offer. Space is provided further down the walkway for shop keepers to open their own permanent businesses, provided that they supply their own buildings and employees. 

On the north side of the courtyard, there is a tall, pillar-like sand and clay tower that stretches into the sky -- watching the sun as it makes its course throughout the day. The building was commissioned by Kazekage Shihana soon after she became the village leader. A series of stables line the right side of the tower, offering rooms for the companions of citizens that may frequent the tower. Up to six, large sized animal companions can fit in the stables, provided with food and water for their stay. Workers keep the area clean and an ANBU guard is always posted to make sure that the creatures are safe. Next to the stables is a small farmhouse that has been constructed for those looking to breed animals. There are several different pens and a public area for the animals to meet. People are encouraged to make use of the space for their own farming. 

Behind the tower are different biome gardens that have been designed for specific plants found in the Land of Wind. As one looks over the area it looks like one really big garden, but closer examination reveals that there are several different circular patches, about thirty meters in diameter, that dot the ground. A vast irrigation network runs across the garden and keeps it watered, even out here in the desert. The first biome is a desert garden filled with all sorts of palm trees and hardy bushes. Cactus with various flowers cause an aroma to spread over the center and look dazzling in the sunlight. A bridge crosses a small river that runs through the desert region and leads into the jungle biome, where long vines grow around all sorts of exotic plant that is hard to find in the Land of Wind. The shade of the bushes and trees keeps one cool and some benches have been placed for the pleasure of the visitors. A swamp biome lays a little further out, murky with fecund water and odd, water plants, but only determined gardeners venture out this far. A small pond stretches between the three biomes, providing them water and a short bridge that walks over top is illuminated with dim torches. There are two, twisted dragon statues on the water's edge that have a notch at their third eye that looks like it could hold a gem or crystal. Fireflies, butterflies, and other insects often flit around the garden. Workers come to the biomes often to keep the wildlife under control and to harvest the products, as does the Sand Medical Corp for their medicinal herbs. Ninja and non-ninja are encouraged to take advantage of the garden and plant whatever they desire. 

Staff

• TBA

Rules

• Death is enabled in the SCC only for those who choose to do so. Death must be agreed upon between all parties beforehand. 
• Stealing or looting from people, or any of the buildings, in the center is prohibited. 
• See the description of various components for the bonuses associated with each area. 
• Must pass through the gate to get into the SCC. May keep your weapons and equipment inside the community center, but sensors are active at the gate to watch for suspicious activity. 
• Ninja and non-ninja can open up permanent shops in the Market Place. They will need to provide any buildings, employees, and products that may be involved with the business and make a post in the thread detailing their shop. Please send a link of your shop to Flower in a PM to be added to the layout. Please also send a PM if you are removing your shop or components. Same rules apply for running a section of the tavern.

[Flower]

The Center

Layout

• Floor 1 -
  • Lobby [Common Area, Fancy]
  • "The Warrior's" Training Room [Training Area, Combat]
  • "The Thief's" Training Room [Training Area, Rogue]
  • Alchemy Lab [Alchemy Laboratory, Perfected] 
• Floor 2 -
  • Chakra Lab [Chakra Laboratory, Fancy]
  • Ritual Lab [Ritual Circle]
  • Study Hall [Study/Office, Luxury]
• Floor 3 -
  • Sunagakure Library [Library, Luxury] [Lots: 2/6]
    • Book Lot 1: Cryptography 
    • Book Lot 2: DNA Profiling 
    • Books donated by Snowflake, the White Wolf Kazekage
      
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      Specific Books
      Encyclopedia of Plant Lore all regions
      Encyclopedia of Creature Lore all regions
      A Gardener's Education (missing)
      Textbook of Animal Breeding (missing)
      The Art of Cooking (missing)
      
      The Grimoires:
      Grimoire Cognitas
      Grimoire Enamoris
      Grimoire Facilitas
      Grimoire Illusionatus
      Grimoire Mortalitas
      Grimoire Mutamateria
      Grimoire Repartus
      Grimoire Tempestus
      
      Other Legendary Books:
      The Book of War and Valor
      Creatures of Chaos and Mayhem (missing)
      Essential Alchemy
      Formula Book of Bodrak the Broken (missing)
      Legions of the Dead
      Little Blue Book of Riddles
      
      Lore Master books:
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume I: Animal Training and Handling
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume II: Appraisals
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume III: Covert Activities
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume IV: Cultural Studies
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume V: Craftworks: Artistic Expressions
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VI: Craftworks: Fabrics
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VII: Craftworks: Gems and Stones
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VIII: Craftworks: Glass and Pottery
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume X: Craftworks: Wooden
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XI: Gymnastics
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XII: Language Constructions and Speech Patterns
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XIII: Mechanical Devices
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XIV: Mental Acumen
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XV: Nature Studies
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XVI: Occult Studies
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XVII: Performance: Acting and Speech
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XVIII: Performance: Music and Dance (missing)
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XIX: Planar Studies
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XX: Professional Development
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XXI: Psychology (missing)
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XXII: Religious Studies (missing)
      Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XXIII: Survival
      
      
      Alchemy recipes:
      Splash Weapons -
      Apocalypse
      
      Binding Rituals:
      Magnetic Jutsu Bottle
      Jutsu Sealing Method
      
      TraveL Rituals:
      Item Instant Summons
      Create Teleportation Circle
      Phantasmal Conveyance
      Summon Friend
      Mutable Door
      Transmit Remains
      Cheetah’s Ineluctable Pursuit
      Linked Portal
      Zolobachai's Wagon
      Astral Sojourn
      
      Restoration Rituals:
      Sun's Renewal
      Ease Spirit
      Heal

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Common Area, Fancy
Rank: "A"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: Describe a type of shared lounge, most often found in dormitories.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This room features polished stone or wood floors with comfortable benches. The walls bear impressive murals and sound-dampening curtains. It might serve as a waiting room, a general meeting area, or an all-purpose room. Purchase this component multiple times if you want a larger common area.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 30,000 Ryo

Training Area, Combat
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Training Room
Effect: A room to train in the art of Combat.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This open area allows guards and soldiers to train in the art of war. It has a rack of wooden weapons and padded armor, archery targets, and practice dummies. Training in these areas grant the user a Circumstance Bonus +1 additional TP per post. Up to eight people can train in such a place at once. If you need a greater capacity, you can purchase this component multiple times.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 100,000 Ryo

Training Area, Rogue
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Training Room
Effect: A room to train in the art of thievery.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This area allows rogues to practice their skills of theft and breaking and entering. Padded dummies lined with powder, bells, or blades hang from the ceiling or on ropes and pulleys, allowing rogues to practice picking pockets and balancing in unusual positions. Dozens of locks of various quality levels are forged into the wall. Walls of various difficulty allow climbing practice as well. Training in these areas grant the user a +1 Circumstance Bonus per Mastery when learning Agility skills. Up to eight people can train in such a place at once. If you need a greater capacity, you can purchase this component multiple times.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 100,000 Ryo

Alchemical Laboratory, Perfected
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Alchemy Room
Effect: An advanced laboratory to help Alchemists create concoctions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this laboratory, the alchemist has every tool they may need at their ready disposal. This includes the things described in Alchemical Laboratory, Basic, plus an even broader of tools. The walls of this place is covered with blackboards upon which all sorts of obscure notes can be scrawled. The floor is made of rough tile, all the easier to clean chemical spills off while not being too slick to cause slips in such situations. The room includes four basins, each which has a barrel (Barrel, Large (Overview)) of water suspended over it, complete with a tap to permit easy access at all times. An emergency barrel (Barrel, Large (Overview)) mounted on a hinged platform can be tilted to pour water over a person in case of emergency. A single Alchemist using this laboratory and having its resources all to himself receives a +100 circumstance bonus to their Alchemy. Alternatively, up to 4 alchemists can share this space at the same time, and they each receive a +80 circumstance bonus on their Alchemy skill.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 130,000 Ryo

Chakra Laboratory, Fancy
Rank: "A"
Type: Main, Room, 1 Stronghold Space, Laboratory
Effect: Laboratory used for the study of Chakra and Rituals.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Similar but superior to the basic Chakra laboratory, this room has every tool the aspiring meddler in Chakra might need at his ready disposal. The walls of this place are covered with blackboards upon which all sorts of arcane or obscure notes can be scrawled. The rough tile floor allows easy cleaning while also preventing slips and falls. Four basins are in the place, each of which has a barrel of water suspended over it, complete with a tap to permit easy access. An emergency barrel mounted on a hinged platform can be tilted to pour water over a person in case of an emergency. A single user using this laboratory and having its resources all to himself receives a +20 circumstance bonus on Jutsu Lore Skill checks. Alternatively, up to 4 users can share this space at the same time and gain a +10 circumstance bonus on such checks.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 30,000 Ryo

Ritual Circle
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1.5 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: A room for practitioners of Ritualists to help them perform their Rituals.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Concentric and intersecting circles, carved deep and laced with precious metals, glitter in faint candlelight against the stonework floor. The air hums with the deep potential of Chakra power and smells faintly of expended residuum. Rituals may be performed in half the usual time here without expending any additional components. If a ritual has component cost, this cost is then reduced by 10% when the ritual is performed in this Stronghold Space. While in here, the owners and allies gain an additional die roll pertaining to Rituals (highest number wins).
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 150,000 Ryo

Study/Office, Luxury
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1.5 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: A study is a room in a house which is used for paperwork, computer work, or reading.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This room represents the ultimate in office luxury. A well-appointed waiting room features an exquisite couch and a polished wooden desk. The main office features another stuffed couch and a set of comfortable chairs arrayed around a marble topped desk. The walls are covered with fine art, including a portrait of the owner of the stronghold and any family he might have. Using this study provides a up to 4 characters a +1 circumstance bonus per Mastery Die when learning Academia Skills.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 150,000 Ryo

Library, Luxury
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 2 Stronghold Space, Library
Effect: A collection of manuscripts, publications, and other materials for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Floor-to-ceiling glass-fronted cabinets with top-hinged doors keep the books here in pristine condition. The ladders slide along on wheels and rails for both safety and convenience. The marble floor has symbols inlaid that denote the section of the library in which you stand. The library includes two private study carrels and a number of smaller tables. A single large table allows a researcher more space to spread out texts or large maps. This library can hold up to 6 different lots of books on specific subjects. A book lot costs 250,000 Ryo and provides a +20 circumstance bonus on a specific Academia skill. Alternatively, the user can purchase a book lot of general topics, which costs 250,000 Ryo and provides a +10 circumstance bonus on all Academia checks. A book lot cannot be forged, nor crafted.
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 150,000 Ryo

General

The tall, sand-clay tower that stretches into the sky is the official Community Center and has an assortment of rooms for ninja and non-ninja to use in order to increase their strength and abilities. As soon as one enters, they'll find themselves in a wide lobby that stretches fifty meters across and thirty meters high. The statues of the previous Kazekage are lined up along the left and right walls, made from various stones that symbolically represent their reign as kage. A tapestry depicting the history of Sunagakure hangs on a wall behind a circular desk, where Izanami often sits and welcomes the guests. Various displays around the lobby show artifacts from Sunagakure's ancient history, such as trinkets of the first nomads who founded the village. Benches and arm chairs have been provided in the lobby for guests to sit down and relax. There are three doors in the lobby, one to the left, one to the right, and one straight behind the front desk and staircase. The door on the left leads into the Warrior's Training Room -- a room that has been designed for combat training. The ground is made of sand and soft dirt, and is filled with various dummies and targets for practice. The door on the right leads into a similar looking room, the Thief's Training Room, which also has various cones and obstacle courses to practice agility and other taijutsu.

Going behind the front desk and staircase, one comes to the Alchemy Lab which takes up an entire portion of the building. Four large basins dot the room and are filled with water from several barrels hanging in the air. There are several work areas and cabinets for tools that are near the basins, giving each alchemist their own place for crafting. A fireplace is always active in the middle of the room to heat water, or other activities, with ventilation leading out the roof. A display of tools rest on one table for public use next to several different sized wheels for chiseling and cutting. Citizens are encouraged to make use of the lab for their own efforts. A back door leads into the garden behind the Community Center for easy access to different herbs and alchemy supplies. 

If one travels up the spiral staircase, they will find three different doorways at the top arranged in a triangle around them. The first leads to the Chakra Lab, a specialized room for discovering the secrets of chakra and jutsu. Blackboards and framed posters around the room are etched with arcane markings, and diagrams, that seem to illuminate some secret knowledge about chakra and the origin of all jutsu. Sometimes teachers and mentors come to the Lab and spread new information about jutsu. There are several desks and chairs for students to sit and investigate their different projects, as well as scrolls on different chakra-related topics on the shelves. The second door leads to the Ritual Lab where concentric circles are etched around the room, seeming to glow in the colorful candlelight, and laced with precious silver and gold. Often there are ritualist at work and chanting fills the room. Different, basic ritualist tools have been provided and there are small basins of water to allow one to wash off before and after ceremonies. The third door leads to the Study Hall where students and masters can be found, diving deep into different texts and scrolls arranged on the nearby shelves. There are desks lined up in the room that have small lamps to provide individual light for hours of learning. 

One can travel up the spiral staircase and to the third floor to see the beautifully crafted Sunagakure library, which has a wide, glass ceiling on top of the tower. The sunlight falls on row after row of library books broken into two sections: cryptography and DNA profiling. There are expected to be more sections in the near future. A circular front desk, and salt-water aquarium with fish from the coast, rest in the middle of the floor and acts as a home-base for multiple librarians. Paintings of the previous Kazekage, and famous, historical events in Sunagakure's past, are depicted on the wall and overlook the busy readers. There are various glass displays throughout the library that hold an occasional herb or petrified organism. Long and short table are scattered through the library, for individuals or groups to take advantage of the space and information. There are some sections of the library that are locked to guests and hold secret rooms that only the highest ranked ANBU are aware of. Rumors suggest that there are all sorts of mysterious oddities surrounding the Sunagakure library -- such as that a ghost roams on Aisle 12 or that some of the doors lead to alternate dimensions. Whatever the truth is for the brave to discover. At night the moon and stars shine through the glass ceiling and cause the most spectacular displays to read under. Sometimes a meteor shower will pass just perfectly overhead. 

Staff

• TBD

Plots

• TBA

[Flower]

[Shihana enter.]

Kazekage Shihana entered the Sunagakure Community Center and looked around at the various buildings and spaces that had been provided. It surprised her, but she was pleased knowing that it was less power that the government would have and more fun for the villagers. She couldn't do much for them, but she could do this much. She was dressed in a white and black dress which fell down past her knees, and a white cloak that had "Fourth" stitched in red on the back. Her white hair was not held up today and fell lazily down her back, a strand of black hair on her left side. Her messenger pack was strapped over her shoulder to fall by the right side of her waist, and a polearm was strapped to her back. Inside her messenger pack wasn't much, just her ryo and a ritual book. Shihana brought with her many of the books from the old library, the First Edition, created by Shiki and told the workman on the crew for constructing the library to make a third section for Shiki's books and recipes which he had donated. Shihana felt that it would be a good representation of his memory.

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Books donated by Snowflake added to the library.

Specific Books
Encyclopedia of Plant Lore all regions
Encyclopedia of Creature Lore all regions
A Gardener's Education (missing)
Textbook of Animal Breeding (missing)
The Art of Cooking (missing)

The Grimoires:
Grimoire Cognitas
Grimoire Enamoris
Grimoire Facilitas
Grimoire Illusionatus
Grimoire Mortalitas
Grimoire Mutamateria
Grimoire Repartus
Grimoire Tempestus

Other Legendary Books:
The Book of War and Valor
Creatures of Chaos and Mayhem (missing)
Essential Alchemy
Formula Book of Bodrak the Broken (missing)
Legions of the Dead
Little Blue Book of Riddles

Lore Master books:
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume I: Animal Training and Handling
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume II: Appraisals
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume III: Covert Activities
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume IV: Cultural Studies
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume V: Craftworks: Artistic Expressions
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VI: Craftworks: Fabrics
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VII: Craftworks: Gems and Stones
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VIII: Craftworks: Glass and Pottery
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume IX: Craftworks: Metals
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume X: Craftworks: Wooden
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XI: Gymnastics
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XII: Language Constructions and Speech Patterns
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XIII: Mechanical Devices
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XIV: Mental Acumen
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XV: Nature Studies
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XVI: Occult Studies
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XVII: Performance: Acting and Speech
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XVIII: Performance: Music and Dance (missing)
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XIX: Planar Studies
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XX: Professional Development
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XXI: Psychology (missing)
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XXII: Religious Studies (missing)
Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume XXIII: Survival


Alchemy recipes:
Splash Weapons -
Apocalypse

Binding Rituals:
Magnetic Jutsu Bottle
Jutsu Sealing Method

TraveL Rituals:
Item Instant Summons
Create Teleportation Circle
Phantasmal Conveyance
Summon Friend
Mutable Door
Transmit Remains
Cheetah’s Ineluctable Pursuit
Linked Portal
Zolobachai's Wagon
Astral Sojourn

Restoration Rituals:
Sun's Renewal
Ease Spirit
Heal

[Flower]

Summon Friend
Rank: "B"
Type: Travel Ritual
Effect: User create a variation of the Teleportation Circle. As the symbols begin to glow, the form of the user's old friend begins to coalesce before the user. The hazy form becomes solid and he steps from the circle, glad to see you.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Instantaneous
Drawback: ---
Description: This ritual allows the user to summon a person with which they are familiar. The user must have spent at least 1 week’s time with the target person, although this time does not have to have been consecutive. This ritual allows the user to perform a variation of the Teleportation Circle constructed specifically for this Ritual. At any time in the future, the user can summon that person adjacent to the user as a movement equal in handseals of the Jutsu, at which time the Ritual is discharged. The user's Travel Ritual Mastery determines how far away the target can be and still be affected by the ritual.
Average: 1 mile
Advanced: 100 miles
Expert: 1,000 miles
Master: Anywhere in the World
The target person is aware of the summoning ritual as it is performed and who is performing it. The target person can resist the summoning; and if he or she chooses to do so, the ritual automatically fails, with the loss of any components involved.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Travel Rituals. Must know Create Teleportation Circle.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 17,000 Ryo

[copying & training]

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Shihana went to the First Edition Library, established by Shiki Senri, in order to find some of the travel rituals that had been stored away in the archives. There was one in particular that she needed to copy down, so Shihana brought her ritual book with her as well -- prepared to get down all of the instructions and components so as to perform the ritual later. She was dressed in her standard black and white dress, but had a white Kazekage cloak over her shoulders that had the kanji for "Fourth" stitched into the back. She found the rituals rather quickly and skimmed through to locate the Summon Friend ritual that she wanted to learn and pulled out the pages, giving them a quick scan. She sat down at one of the tables and got out her own ritual book, beginning the long process of transcribing all of the words to her own copy. She left room in the margins for notes and copied all of the hints and tips that she could surmise from the different articles that surrounded her in books on the shelves.

At various points in the transcription, there were certain diagrams that she had to redrawn in her own text. Her imagery was not as good as the previous illustrator, so she had to do so several times to get the image perfect. As she wrote down all of the information, Shihana committed it to memory and made mental notes on how to perform the ritual. She stood up after a while and went to quiet section of the library and grabbed a blackboard. She reached for the chalk and drew with it, creating the diagrams that she had learned. The white on black left a stark contrast and Shihana began to run her chakra into it even as she looked at the different, concentric orbs that wove into one another. There were six circles in total, all overlapping to some extent. She let her mind go blank and could feel the energy running through the diagram and filling the space behind it with a special air -- as if it were shifting through physicality. Though Shihana knew that she would need to get a private room in order to really practice her rituals. 

She requested one at the desk and was shown to a room where she could finish transcribing the ritual and practice it as well. The light was dim as she stepped up to the ritual books and began to transcribe the material. But when she had finished and all of it was out of her, Shihana stood up and took out all of the items she needed to practice the ritual. She started off with a piece of chalk, like before, and drew the diagram from earlier in the middle of the room -- on the stone floor. She drew it wide enough for a person to fit through and filled it with a piece of hair that she had taken from Kikkai, her companion, as a medium through which to concentrate her energy. Then Shihana let her chakra run out on to the floor and into the sigil, fueling it with power and seeming to make it glow a light blue color. She opened the ritual book and began to say the series of verses that she had transcribed in her own ritual book, a beautiful poem about a couple who were separated and used this ritual to find one another after many years. As she said this poem all of her chakra ran into her legs and down into the ground, into the circle where the ritual was beginning to take place in response. 

[Flower]

Summon Friend
Rank: "B"
Type: Travel Ritual
Effect: User create a variation of the Teleportation Circle. As the symbols begin to glow, the form of the user's old friend begins to coalesce before the user. The hazy form becomes solid and he steps from the circle, glad to see you.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Instantaneous
Drawback: ---
Description: This ritual allows the user to summon a person with which they are familiar. The user must have spent at least 1 week’s time with the target person, although this time does not have to have been consecutive. This ritual allows the user to perform a variation of the Teleportation Circle constructed specifically for this Ritual. At any time in the future, the user can summon that person adjacent to the user as a movement equal in handseals of the Jutsu, at which time the Ritual is discharged. The user's Travel Ritual Mastery determines how far away the target can be and still be affected by the ritual.
Average: 1 mile
Advanced: 100 miles
Expert: 1,000 miles
Master: Anywhere in the World
The target person is aware of the summoning ritual as it is performed and who is performing it. The target person can resist the summoning; and if he or she chooses to do so, the ritual automatically fails, with the loss of any components involved.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Travel Rituals. Must know Create Teleportation Circle.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 17,000 Ryo

2. [??/40]

The sigil began to glow and pulse with the chakra that Shihana had been providing, eager to merge with Kikkai's hair that had been thrown into the center of this strange conglomeration. The verses of the poem seemed to sing it to life, and soon the diagram was turning into an actual portal. The color was at first a light blue which shifted into a bright, violet hue that flooded out of the space. It wasn't big yet, perhaps the size of a small companion, but it grew with each passing moment. Soon Shihana felt as if she was staring into a portal to some other world, which in fact she was. The ritual quickly ended then, as it seemed that she had not gone far enough and paid for the special components which were necessary to actually use the ritual. She knew that even this was a big step in the right direction and began to look over her ritual book. She made sure to fill in any gaps in the information so that she could remember it next time. Then she set out to get all of the tools cleaned up and put back where they were supposed to go. 

Rituals seemed to take a lot of energy out of her, probably because she didn't know much about them yet, and so she took some time after this to relax. Later on she returned inside the library and to her private room. For a while she sat in deep meditation, a trick that she had learned for her genjutsu training, and let her mind wander and acquire as much chakra as she could from the atmosphere and collected it in her aura. She thought, silently, of her many gods and goddesses and invoked their energies as she prepared for the ritual that she was going to perform. She pulled out her ritual book and referenced the diagram as she drew it once more, being careful that every circle was in the proper place and positioned correctly. Then she brought forth several candles and lit them around the room, giving off a dim glow. Her chakra responded quickly to the changes in the environment, seeming to soak in the spiritually-rich air and prepare for the technique she was learning. She could almost feel Kikkai on the other side of the portal as she began to send her chakra into the sigils. 

All of a sudden the circles began to glow like last time, a soft blue that light up the surrounding walls, and she could feel her chakra seeping into the creation. The portal suddenly began to respond to her mind as well, and seemed to be searching for Kikkai across space. However, she was not around and so could not be used to complete the rite. But Shihana forced the portal to remain open and said the verses of the poem once more. She watched how the portal reacted and analyzed its behavior, preparing herself for her work as a travel ritualist. It changed colors according to her will and chakra, becoming violet when she thought intensely of Kikkai and the portal seemed to know through whatever divine laws. She closed off the portal and took a breather, regaining her composure, and then decided that she needed to open it one more time in order to increase her strength and skill level with the ritual before she contacted her companions. Mistakes in a travel rituals could be quite costly and end somebodies life on this plane of existence, as Akumu had informed Shihana more than once. Shihana opened up her ritual book and took down the new notes she had learned. 

[Flower]

Summon Friend
Rank: "B"
Type: Travel Ritual
Effect: User create a variation of the Teleportation Circle. As the symbols begin to glow, the form of the user's old friend begins to coalesce before the user. The hazy form becomes solid and he steps from the circle, glad to see you.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Instantaneous
Drawback: ---
Description: This ritual allows the user to summon a person with which they are familiar. The user must have spent at least 1 week’s time with the target person, although this time does not have to have been consecutive. This ritual allows the user to perform a variation of the Teleportation Circle constructed specifically for this Ritual. At any time in the future, the user can summon that person adjacent to the user as a movement equal in handseals of the Jutsu, at which time the Ritual is discharged. The user's Travel Ritual Mastery determines how far away the target can be and still be affected by the ritual.
Average: 1 mile
Advanced: 100 miles
Expert: 1,000 miles
Master: Anywhere in the World
The target person is aware of the summoning ritual as it is performed and who is performing it. The target person can resist the summoning; and if he or she chooses to do so, the ritual automatically fails, with the loss of any components involved.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Travel Rituals. Must know Create Teleportation Circle.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 17,000 Ryo

3. [??/40]

[Akumu enter.]

Now that she had a lot of the information about the ritual written down, Shihana took a walk outside of the library and went to meet with Akumu, who knew to turn into his human form before appearing at the SCC. He human form was a small boy with long black hair that covered his left eye. He often did not speak, because he didn't know common, but strolled into the center as if he owned the place -- looking very young compared to many of the other guests. Akumu met up with Shihana near the library and followed her inside to the private room. Akumu had not seen her much as Kazekage and found the whole experience very odd, especially since he was more used to Valerys than Shihana. In the private room the two set about performing the ritual together, so that Shihana could learn to summon Akumu when she needed to do so. He stood next to Shihana while she drew a diagram of concentric circles on the ground in front of herself. As she did, Shihana let chakra run down her arms and into the chalk and almost thought of it like a sort of spiritual practice or prayer. The chakra flowed into the earth and listened to her call through the sigil or portal.

Soon it began to glow with that all too familiar light blue. Shihana took out her ritual book and began to read the verses about the lovers who found one another through this jutsu in draconic, so that Akumu could understand. He seemed kind of bored as Shihana continued, but she ignored him and allowed her chakra to flow into the portal even more as she read the poem. Soon it was charging with all of her power and beginning to open up a hole in space-time from in front of her. Akumu stood at her right hand side, and it was at this moment that she had to start concentrating on him. She wanted to make sure that the portal was connected to Akumu and able to teleport him if she ever needed to -- but knew that her mind needed to be steady. One wrong misstep and Akumu could find himself ending up on the wrong side of the Land of Snow. Shihana let out three, controlled breaths to concentrate and focus on Akumu. His mind to which she was empathetically linked. All of a sudden the portal that was beginning to open up on the ground changed from a light blue to a dark, navy portal of swirling luminosity. 

Shihana looked at with wonder, and the more she thought about Akumu the more that the portal began to pulse. She got closer, while retaining her focus, to peer inside and could almost see a mist beginning to form out of the portal. The mist was light at first but became heavier with each moment that passed, until the mist seemed to be taking on a form. Shihana could feel her chakra rapidly decreasing and moving into the technique, being used to sustain it for as long as possible. After a while, she noticed that the form that was appearing was a misty replica of Akumu -- in his childhish form. She could hear the creature snort back a chuckle from her right side, but then Akumu noticed that his own body was being wrapped with chakra. "Let it happen," Shihana instructed as her own energy moved around his body and began to try to pull him into the portal so that she could teleport him at will. She was not yet strong enough, however, and feared to pull him through the portal lest it not work and he be stuck on some other plane. Akumu was already hesitant from his own past experiences in the Abyss, and breathed a sigh of relief when Shihana decided to try again and be more certain that the portal would be able to pull him through. No matter what, the final seal would not be placed until after Shihana had completely mastered these basic of space and teleportation of another person. 

[Flower]

Summon Friend
Rank: "B"
Type: Travel Ritual
Effect: User create a variation of the Teleportation Circle. As the symbols begin to glow, the form of the user's old friend begins to coalesce before the user. The hazy form becomes solid and he steps from the circle, glad to see you.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Instantaneous
Drawback: ---
Description: This ritual allows the user to summon a person with which they are familiar. The user must have spent at least 1 week’s time with the target person, although this time does not have to have been consecutive. This ritual allows the user to perform a variation of the Teleportation Circle constructed specifically for this Ritual. At any time in the future, the user can summon that person adjacent to the user as a movement equal in handseals of the Jutsu, at which time the Ritual is discharged. The user's Travel Ritual Mastery determines how far away the target can be and still be affected by the ritual.
Average: 1 mile
Advanced: 100 miles
Expert: 1,000 miles
Master: Anywhere in the World
The target person is aware of the summoning ritual as it is performed and who is performing it. The target person can resist the summoning; and if he or she chooses to do so, the ritual automatically fails, with the loss of any components involved.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Travel Rituals. Must know Create Teleportation Circle.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 17,000 Ryo

4. [??/40]

Akumu watched as Shihana started the ritual over again and felt kind of sad that it had to all be done over. He watched as she got into a meditative trance and went deep into her mind, cleansing herself of all of the chakra and ritual work from before. She said a soft prayer, to some evil goddess he was sure, and then opened her eyes to start over again. She drew the portal on the ground as she had the other times and read from the verses she had copied in her ritual book. By now she was starting to memorize and fine tune the passages for the most beneficial results. The portal began to glow light blue and then Shihana focused on Akumu once more. Her companion braced himself for the chakra that suddenly washed over his form as he began to feel his physicality feel like water. It was as if all of his atoms and the bonds that held them together were being shifted or morphed and he had to agree to let it happen.

As they got further with the ritual, Shihana could see that the hazy form of Akumu as a child was becoming more and more solid. Each second that passed and Akumu allowed the ritual to take place, the more he filled the space inside of the diagram. Shihana had to stay entirely focused on the ritual so that she would not waver with her focus, sending Akumu into some distant and unknown plane. She saw that Akumu was getting more and more solid, and then felt a surge of her chakra leave her body as her companion began to materialize in the other spot. In a moment Shihana clapped her hands and ended the ritual, knowing that there were still some factors that she had to finish before she could spend the money to use of the correct components. She took the notes that had been stored in the Sunagakure Library and began to read them even closer -- assessing the nature of the seal that one could make from the Summon Friend ritual.

The seal was the same shape as the initial diagram, but it was much smaller and could fit on a piece of paper or an article of clothing. Shihana drew the seal in her own ritual book and all of the notes with casting the complex component. When she had written all of this out, she practed several times on drawing the seal with chakra imbued in her fingertips. Each time it seemed as if her seal for the ritual were getting closer to becoming the portal that she had created before. Now that she was so used to its application, casting it from the seal she would be easier. Shihana focused on one of the small seals she drew and sent her chakra into it, forcing it to open up slightly and form a navy blue portal that sucked into space-time. Shihana looked at it with wonder as the familiar mist began to pour out of it and into the air. She knew, from the look on Akumu's face, that he recognized it too and that soon the seal would be just as powerful as the portal. She got the two ritual books side-by-side, making sure that the notes matched and that she ahd gotten all the information about the ritual as she could before leaving for the exams.

[Tieren]

+40 Learned

And, assuming I don't have to roll (It's been awhile, okay? ), successfully copied.

[Flower]

Summon Friend
Rank: "B"
Type: Travel Ritual
Effect: User create a variation of the Teleportation Circle. As the symbols begin to glow, the form of the user's old friend begins to coalesce before the user. The hazy form becomes solid and he steps from the circle, glad to see you.
Special: To perform: 1 hour; Duration: Instantaneous
Drawback: ---
Description: This ritual allows the user to summon a person with which they are familiar. The user must have spent at least 1 week’s time with the target person, although this time does not have to have been consecutive. This ritual allows the user to perform a variation of the Teleportation Circle constructed specifically for this Ritual. At any time in the future, the user can summon that person adjacent to the user as a movement equal in handseals of the Jutsu, at which time the Ritual is discharged. The user's Travel Ritual Mastery determines how far away the target can be and still be affected by the ritual.
Average: 1 mile
Advanced: 100 miles
Expert: 1,000 miles
Master: Anywhere in the World
The target person is aware of the summoning ritual as it is performed and who is performing it. The target person can resist the summoning; and if he or she chooses to do so, the ritual automatically fails, with the loss of any components involved.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Travel Rituals. Must know Create Teleportation Circle.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 17,000 Ryo (affected by stronghold, see below)

Summon Friend Seal
Rank: "C"
Skill: Fūinjutsu
Effect: A universal Seal that allows the user to release the power performed by Summon Friend.
Special: ----
Drawback: ---
Description: The duration of this seal is 24 hours after performing the Seal. Performing the Seal takes up handseals equal to rank of Jutsu. The user can choose where to apply the Seal, so long as the object is inanimate. This Seal becomes a Teleportation Circle specifically designed for Creature Companions. The Teleportation Circle lasts for 24 hours, but the Ritualist can extend the duration by spending Chakra equal to Healing Hands (Moderate) every 24 hours to sustain it. The Ritualist may apply the Teleportation Circle onto a Jutsu/Item Sealer such as a Scroll or a Jutsu-Book. Doing so allows the Teleportation Circle to last until activated (Unless the item is destroyed). The Ritualist does not need to see or even be on the same plane to sustain the effect. If the ritual's effect is sustained without interruption for a year and a day, the teleportation circle becomes permanent. Activating the seal uses up Healing Hands (Light) worth of Chakra and user must perform Handseals equal to rank of Jutsu. Performing this Seal uses up the Ritual; meaning user must perform the ritual again in order to perform the Seal. Activating the Seal releases the Seal power and the Seal disappears (regardless if it may be permanent.) The seal's strength is dependent on the ritual when first performed. Example: If the user is Advanced in Travel Ritual and performed Summon Friend Seal retains the power of ritual as Advanced. If the user increases their knowledge in Travel Rituals after performing the Ritual the seal's power does not change.
Limit: Must know Summon Friend Ritual.

[Performing Seal.]

- 15,300 ryo (17,000 base - 1,700 for Ritual Circle) for ritual

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Ritual Circle
Rank: "S"
Type: Main, Room, 1.5 Stronghold Space, Room
Effect: A room for practitioners of Ritualists to help them perform their Rituals.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Concentric and intersecting circles, carved deep and laced with precious metals, glitter in faint candlelight against the stonework floor. The air hums with the deep potential of Chakra power and smells faintly of expended residuum. Rituals may be performed in half the usual time here without expending any additional components. If a ritual has component cost, this cost is then reduced by 10% when the ritual is performed in this Stronghold Space. While in here, the owners and allies gain an additional die roll pertaining to Rituals (highest number wins).
Limit: Must be created by a Construction Crafter.
Cost: 150,000 Ryo

After having adequately mastered the Summon Friend ritual, Shihana brought Akumu with her downstairs to the second floor and toward the door that led them into the Ritual Lab. Inside of the Ritual Lab there were all sorts of glowing, concentric circles and she could feel her chakra reacting almost immediately to the atmosphere. The whole area seemed to fill with power and Shihana immediately got down to business, setting up for her ritual in a moment. Akumu stood beside her, looking out from his long black hair, and paid attention as Shihana used him as a source of concentration for her ritual. She also opened her Jutsu Book and had it on the ground -- ready to be filled with a seal and her chakra.

Akumu watched as the power built and the portal opened up, showing his own form on the other side, and he could feel himself being sucked away as Shihana took a piece of graphite and drew the seal into the Jutsu Book. The seal seemed to radiate off the page when Shihana was done and would be filled with all of her, and Akumu's, essence. Ready to be unleashed at a later date. She would close and seal the jutsu book with a thread now that her task had been completed. She pulled out her ritual book and flipped through it thoughtfully, wondering if there was anything else she needed to do before the exam. 

[Christoff]

15,300 Ryo Subtracted

[Flower]

Having learned the ritual and performed the seal with Akumu's assistance, Shihana decided that her work was done at the Community Center for the moment and to head back out into the Sand Village. She had other business that needed to be attended. With that she turned, bringing Akumu with her, and left the SCC.

[Shihana exit. Akumu exit.]

[Flower]

[enter.]

Shihana walked into the Sunagakure Community Center with her messenger pack strapped across her black dress and beige, Kazekage cloak. She had on an official hat as well this time, which shielded her face, as she made her way toward the center and eventually into the Ritual Lab which was open for public use. She had brought one of her small scrolls with her, which she took out and unraveled on the floor. No one else was in the area, so she had the space to herself as she started to set up the components for her rituals. She would spend four hours crafting the first set of sigils and circles, finally transforming them into a seal that she crafted into the scroll. Then she went on, filling up four of the scrolls pages with seals for her rituals. After all of this, several hours had gone by and she was feeling significantly drained. But it was nice to know that her scroll was filled and ready to be used when the time came.

Rituals Performed:

• Create Teleportation Circle, Seal x4
• 2-meters x3 (6,000 ryo)
• 5 meters x1 (5,000 ryo)

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Total: 11,000 ryo - 1,100 ryo (10% due to Ritual Circle) =

- 9,900 ryo

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Create Teleportation Circle
Rank: "B"
Type: Travel Ritual
Effect: The user inscribe a ring of sigils on a surface, bestowing it with the power to connect with portals.
Special: To perform: 4 hours; Duration: 24 hours
Drawback: ---
Description: The user creates a teleportation circle with a unique sequence of Chakra sigils, which the user and other Ritualists can use as a location marker for rituals such as Linked Portal and Planar Portal. The teleportation circle does not transport creatures anywhere on its own—it merely enables other travel rituals. The Ritualist chooses the size of the teleportation circle, which in turn affects the ritual’s component cost: 2 meter-diameter, 8 meter-diameter, 18 meter-diameter, or 32 meter-diameter. The teleportation circle lasts for 24 hours, but the Ritualist can extend the duration by spending Chakra equal to Healing Hands (Moderate) every 24 hours to sustain it. The user does not need to see or even be on the same plane to sustain the effect. If the ritual’s effect is sustained without interruption for a year and a day, the teleportation circle becomes permanent. When creating a Teleportation Circle the user may create a trigger for it. This trigger allows users of other Rituals to access the Teleportation Circle. Without knowledge of how to access the Teleportation Circle, the user cannot access it. The trigger password can be set to physical characteristics (such as height or weight) or creature type, subtype or kind. They can be set to Good, Evil, Law, or Chaos, or to pass those of the user's Religion. They can also be set by name, and other verbal or mental passwords.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Travel Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 1,000 Ryo per meter-diameter

Create Teleportation Circle Seal
Rank: "B"
Skill: Fūinjutsu
Effect: A universal Seal that allows the user to release the power performed by Create Teleportation Circle.
Special: ----
Drawback: ---
Description: The duration of this seal is 24 hours after performing the Seal. Performing the Seal takes up handseals equal to rank of Jutsu. This is a Touch based seal; meaning user must touch the target (non Living) in order to place the seal on them. The Seal is always visible. Performing this Seal uses up the Ritual; meaning user must perform the ritual again in order to perform the Seal.
Limit: Must know Astral Sojourn.

[ᖫᖭØMNÏᖫᖭ]

Transaction Made. Ritual Complete.

[Flower]

Loremaster Encyclopedia: Volume VII: Craftworks: Gems and Stones
Rank: "B"
Type: Main, Book, Textbook
Effect: Encyclopedia book pertaining to crafting with gems and stones.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Page Count: 300 pages each. These books each focus on a specific group of crafts based on the materials used. Each book grants a +30 competence bonus to Craft checks that work in the specified materials. Moreover, the books are full of timesaving hints, reducing the time required to make items by +5 (Example: Base Crafting time is 1/3rd of item cost. This book improves crafting time by +5 making it 1/8 of item cost).
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Special Book Shop. 5% chance finding.
Cost: 140,000 Ryo

1. [0/10]

After performing some of her rituals, Shihana found a nice quiet spot in the library and took a nap for a few hours before waking up and finding that she was laying down in front of a bookshelf that was dedicated to a variety of books donated by the previous kazekage, her mentor Shiki. It seemed like a sign and Shihana pulled down the Loremaster Encyclopedia Volume VII. It was based in gems and stones, and Shihana took it to one of the many desks and sat down to start reading so that she might increase her knowledge of her craft. As she opened the book, Shihana was amazed by what she found inside. The encyclopedia was highly detailed, more so than any texts she had ever seen before on the subject. Yes, it was true, while training with Kimyona he had introduced her to books that were written by prolific alchemist -- but this was greater than all of their works combined.

The first set of pages included a table of contents, which Shihana went through with the trained eye to figure out all of the topics that would be discussed in the following book. There was primarily two sections: one on stones, and one on gems. Shihana decided to start at the beginning and started to read the chapters that had been dedicated to stone crafting. She found that it was highly detailed and that this part of the book dealt mainly with stone weaponry -- talking at first about its history and how stone weapons were used since the dawn of man. Several rudimentary diagrams and illustrations of anthropological items had been provided and labeled for the reader's interest, which Shihana studied and memorized with a close eye. Although she didn't plan on crafting the stone weapons, Shihana wanted to understand the information and set about reading it anyways. Next came a chapter on stone items, such as containers. 

When she had finished her reading in the first section, Shihana began to read into the second section which interested her a great deal more. The whole second-half of the text was dedicated to crystals and other gems, and how to enhance them with one's crafting skills. The first chapters taught Shihana to go further in-depth with her gem-cutting. There were new styles of cutting the gems, that Shihana had never seen before, which required more precise devices and could cut into hexagonal and octagonal patterns. The book had various tips and tricks on how to form these cuts, which Shihana committed to memory and vowed to test out the next time that she was in the alchemy lab. The book had a list of each of the different kinds of gems, as well as their attributes, properties, and lore. She read over this section and had quite a bit of fun, discovering that each of the gems were different in their own special way and had a history that was associated with various myths and deities. She hadn't known that gems held such properties and thought about how she could use her chakra while crafting to commune with these divine beings. 

Once she had studied this much in the book, Shihana finally got to the thickest section with detailed tips and tricks on mineral alchemy. Of course, there were descriptions of the various crystal creations and gems that one could craft into items -- but also charts and info boxes on unique ways to make each creation in a short amount of time. Shihana knew that all of this was invaluable to her goals and started reading through them with haste, although she had to slow down to make sure that none of it left the halls of her memory. 

[Hoarfrost Imp]

-You learned it, lady!

[Flower]

Having learned a little bit from the books in the Sunagakure Library and completed some of her rituals, Shihana decided that it was time to head out and go to the crucible to test out her new skills.

[exit.]