Return of the Daemon of Stone (Mission C rank)

[Tara]

Rebel Scum - repeatable
Rank: C
IIC Length: 4 days
Difficulty: Medium Risk
Objective: Good: Apprehend the rebel forces | Evil: Murder
Description:
Reports have reached the tower of a small group of rebels gathering supplies. These individuals have been identified as members of the attempted overthrow of Iwagakure and extreme measures will be... overlooked when dealing with these people. In the previous attempted rebellion many shinobi were killed by the misguided civilians but another push will not be tolerated.
Reward: 38,000 Ryo | +4 Good or Evil Karma points
GM Required: No

Tara looked at down the alley that supposedly houses more rebels. She opened her fanged mouth and sighed at such a boring mission but she was still fairly weak compared to some others she supposed. Then she smiled a small smiles as he tail swished behind her. Maybe she can have some fun with the rebels to make her time worth it. Considering a warm up since her inactivity of the last few years she walked down the alley stretching showing off her short shirt and vest, making her best features known. Time of blood and death has returned to the unholy stone.

Tara was slow in her approach to what intel had told her the objective was. She debated internally as she walked on if she should leave any survivors at all for intel, or just get the intel herself and continue on. Licking her lips she was hungry to enjoy a meal of violence. Her eyes glowed red in the moonlight, horns protruding from the bob of hair.

She was well armed with the pouches of her vest having clay and he having greaves on. Not that she needed much armaments with her talents, she was going to charm her way in first, yes charm. She began to giggle at the thought.

[Xango]

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GAME MASTER

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The alleyway was quite lively. A few homeless wandered, ratty orphaned children roast a small cat's head in an oil can clamped to a burning trashcan. Rough looking men and women exchange expired food for what few coins make it this deep into the Iwa slums. It is night, 11:42 PM, practically a new day, but the light of the moon and from amalgam cooking fires and from broken streetlamps and a thousand vermin eyes is thrown chaotically by every greasy surface nearby.

You are

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Meters from a group of


3-20

Enemies representing rebel forces, each of whom is at

1-5

Character Class Level (1-D, 2-C, 3-B, 4-A,5-S), but you lack the Skill to pinpoint who is who, there are a total of

10-50

Non-Rebels wandering the streets; their attitude is Neutral.


You have currently been noticed by

1-3

Rebels; they watch you, only somewhat interested.

1-20·3-20·1-5·10-50·1-3

[Tara]

Tara eyes noted the numbers of people around. This late at night there was almost a quarter of a hundred, though she was only targeting 5 of them. Interesting her mind said to itself. Since she wasn't trying to be particularly stealthy, it wasn't a surprise when one made eye contact with her. With a smile, she bent forward to give the one who made eye contact a slightly better view and blew a kiss, before turning down a side alley just out of sight.

As she broke line of sight she reached into he extra large pouch on her back with her hand that had a mouth and began chewing the clay needed for her purposes. While she semi waited for one of the five to come check out the woman who obviously had been wanting to share some favor with the one that made eye contact she began making small vermin of her own that would blend in with all the rats and what not in the area. This was going to be her way to at least injure the group and they would have no way to know who did it.

One by one she produced fragmentation vermin as she infused them with metal from senbon and other minor metals she could find from the trash and what not. She maintained her position that was just out of sight only looking around the corner a time or two to see if the one she made eye contact was actually coming, and to not get caught. She wasn't the most combat oriented but she had her ways.

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"Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary.
Effect: Allows the user to give a piece of clay explosive properties. Also determines the speed at which the user can produce a clay bomb(s). (See more below)
Special: Please refer to “Katsu”.
The clay bombs characteristics is directly dependent of the user rank of "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life).
The Amount of bombs; the amount of clay slots used to make a bomb; the size of the clay bomb; the maximum distance in which a clay creature may travel; and the amount of hands required to make a bomb will be stated within the bomb itself. (See more below)
Drawback: The user must load the piece of clay into a mouth begin to chew. Every clay creation requires a certain amount of clay slots and time to prepared. Certain bombs regardless of the users rank, will require additional time and perpetration (stated with the jutsu itself) (See more below)
Description: The user loads a piece of clay into there mouths (any mouth) and begins to command the mouth the chew at the piece of clay. What is truly occurring during this mastication process is that the user is injecting and infusing their chakra directly into the piece of clay. Due to the user's blood line trait, the relocation and concentration of their Tenketsu allows the user is able to pump and redirect a very large amount of chakra to there hands and into the piece of clay (more then humanly possible). The mouths of the user allow for rigorous chewing, ensuring that their chakra is evenly dispersed through out the piece of clay. Once the user feels that the piece of clay has been properly imbued with their chakra, the user commands the mouth to spit out the prepped piece of clay, allowing for the next stage in refinement to occur. (See "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)). If the user knows the D-ranked version of "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion), they may only create up to D-ranked Bombs. If the user knows the C-ranked version of this technique, they may create only C-rank bombs and the D-ranked bombs before that; and so on and so forth until S-ranked is achieved (though some Bombs may state other wise).

Each Ranked Clay bomb requires a certain amount of time to be prepped. The users class and the bombs rank directly effects the amount of time the user will have to spend in preparation. The increased speed is due to the fact that as the user grows in strength and skill, thus so does his or her abilities to handle clay and produce clay bombs. This amount of time has been measured in post lengths:

Creation Times D-Class C-Class B-Class A-Class S-Class
D-Rank Techs 1 Post 1 Post 1/2 Post 1/2 Post 1/2 Post
= 6 secs = 6 Secs = 3 Secs = 3 Secs = 3 Secs
C-Rank Techs 2 Post 1 Post 1 Post 1/2 Post 1/2 Post
= 12 secs = 6 Secs = 6 Secs = 3 Secs = 3 Secs
B-Rank Techs 3 Post 2 Post 1 1/2 Post 1 Post 1/2 Post
= 18 secs = 12 Secs = 9 Secs = 6 secs = 3 Secs
A-Rank Techs XXX 3 Post 2 Post 1 1/2 Post 1 Post
= 18 secs = 12 secs = 9 Secs = 6 secs
S-Rank Techs XXX XXX 3 Post 2 Post 1 1/2 Post
= 18 secs = 12 secs = 9 Secs

Limit: Sankuchi blood line. Must be learned Multiple time as the user cannot gain A rank without first knowing D, C and B ranks. Must know "Kuchisaki Seichuu" (Mouth Control)

"Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary.
Effect: Allows the user to give a prepped clay certain desired characteristics. Allow the user to control the clay creature. (See more below)
Special: Please refer to “Katsu”.
The speed at which a user can infuse the piece of clay is directly dependent of the user rank of "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion). The The amount of bombs; the amount of clay slots used to make a bomb; the size of the clay bomb; the maximum distance in which a clay creature may travel; and the amount of hands required to make a bomb will be stated within the bomb itself. (See more below)
Drawback: The user must have prepped a piece of clay using "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion). (See more below)
Description: Clay Life is the true culmination of what a clay creation can really do. Directly after the user completes the fusion process derived from "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion), he or she commands their mouth the spit out the piece of clay into their palm. The user further refines and molds this piece of clay using their fingers as it rests in his or her palms. During this refinement process, the users taps into their memory bank and focuses on a desired shape and characteristic they wish to endow their clay bomb with. This selected design is usually something which they have seen and witnessed from real life already. Once they are completed with the refinement process, a small clay version of what they desired rests within there hands. This refined piece of clay may take the shape of a variety of creatures; from insects to birds to reptiles or even mammals and must be stated by the user. (Some restrictions on what type of creature can be produced will stated by the jutsu itself).

From this point on, "Katsu" is used to enlarge their clay creature to a desired size. While enlarged and fully formed, the clay creature will Permanently act in the same mannerism as the creature it is molded after and Only the mannerism of the clay creature it is molded after. A Clay bird will fly, A clay spider will crawl, a Clay fish will swim, etc. Information and restrictions on the clay creature is stated within the jutsu. This entire process of refinement is far quicker then the infusement process and posting time is not required in this case. The user rank within this jutsu determines which bomb he or she can create. If the user only knows the D-ranked version of "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life) he or she may only control D-ranked bombs. If the user only knows the C-ranked version of "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life) he or she may only control C-ranked bombs, and D-ranked bombs before that; and so on and so forth until S-rank (though some Bombs can state other wise).
Each clay creature has a varying enlarged size and shape:

D-rank Clay life: allows for the creation of creatures of the small size, no larger then a foot ball (6 inches in length, unless otherwise stated by the jutsu itself).
C-rank Clay life: allows for the creation of creatures of the medium size, no larger then a small table (6 in- 4ft in length, unless otherwise stated by the jutsu itself).
B-rank Clay life: allows for the creation of creatures of the large size, no larger then a table (4ft-8ft in length, unless otherwise stated by the jutsu itself).
A-rank Clay life: allows for the creation of creatures of the Huge size, no larger then a car (8ft-12ft in length, unless otherwise stated by the jutsu itself).
S-rank Clay life: allows for the creation of creatures of the Epic size, (12ft- in length, stated by the jutsu itself).


The clay creature follows the users will on a near telepathic level. The user dictates which direction a clay creature may go and also dictates when the clay creature will detonate. A clay creature cannot act and attack on its free will and requires the users command. It cannot move to areas which the user does not know or see and detonate thereafter. (This does not apply to certain clay bombs). The clay creature cannot travel great distances from the user or last indefinitely. The maximum distance in which the clay creature can move is the same as the user's visual distance (a normal human visual distance). As this distance increases, it becomes harder to control clay creature(s). Beyond the visual range, the user is unable to maintain control of their clay creature and they become useless as they cannot detonate (though some Bombs can state other wise).The users chakra that has been imbued into the clay creature does not last longer then 1 minute if not detonated (unless the jutsu states differently as well). Afterwards, the users chakra completely dissipates form the clay creature, returning it into harmless lumps of shapeless clay, regardless of what rank bomb has been created.
Limit: Sankuchi blood line. Must be learned Multiple time as the user cannot gain A rank without first knowing D, C and B ranks. Must know "Kuchisaki Seichuu" (Mouth Control)

Frag-Grenade (Fragmental Bomb)
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a bomb that expels harmful fragments
Special: Refer to “Katsu”.
Consumes 2 slot for one mouth
(Maximum size: small sized creature)
(Maximum amount: 1 creature for one slot used)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Permanent destruction of weapon: 1 slot worth, secondary. The clay creature is a bit slower in its movement then other clay creatures. (See more below).
Description: After molding and infusing a piece of clay, take the clay and further molds it around a piece of metal (Must be 1 slot worth of metal from a secondary item). Afterwards, the user may form any creature they wish from the clay (spiders, birds, etc. Small size). This clay creation moves about slowly, fulfilling the users desires. Upon command, this clay creature will explode, creating a blast in its wake. This explosion is roughly the equivalent to 1 of an “Exploding tag”. The explosion covers a radius roughly 3 meters in size, but due to the fact that metal was added to the clay creation, Fragmental scraps reach a radius of 8 meters in size. This shrapnel may cause serious lacerations, cuts and slashes as pieces of heated metal passes through the skin. Unfortunately, this small clay creature must carry the metallic object with it, because of this, the speed and movement of the clay creature is reduced (moving roughly 15% slower then normal clay creatures).
Limit: Must know "Katsu", Kuchisaki Seichuu (Mouth Control) at least once, C-ranked "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion) and C-ranked "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)

[Tara]

The one guy does end up trying to check out the little lady that had winked at him. He comes around the corner to find her squatting right there in the alley, smiling up at him. She motions for him to come closer with a smile on her lips. He comes within reach wondering if this was his lucky night not noticing the danger he was in as her little rat bombs moved slowly to the others. She had made quite the number.

With deft movements she got the sentry that she had lured into her embrace among other things. He was in bliss for a moment but she soon got him to a compromised position with her tail and wings suddenly wrapped around him. He hadn't noticed them while she kissed him. Her arms and legs wrapped around the sentry, and there she sprung her trap. Wrapping him up more, she handcuffed him to himself with his arms behind himself and stuff some clay into his mouth to stop him from calling out.

Then she struck for the throat with her fangs as she turned up the heat and drained the poor man for all he was worth. With his pants tying up his legs, and his arms cuffed, and being bound as such, there was not much the man could do but die. She was the demoness of Stone for good reason. All the while however the real trap was steadily coming closer to springing. Her little explosives were almost in position. As she fed on her victim, her horns began to glow and she got more vicious with her strikes of her fangs.

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Living Furnace
Rank: "B"
Type: Augmentation
Effect: User's body generates a tremendous amount of heat, and their touch can cause things to burn and melt.
Special: To perform: 12 hours; Duration: Permanent
Drawback: ---
Description: Internal - Takes up 3 Augmentation Points. User deals an extra 1 Armour Point of fire damage with every unarmed attack or attack with a natural weapon. 3 times a day, as a movement, the user can channel more of their body's heat and increase the fire damage to 12 Armour Points (instead of 1 point). User gains a resistance to hot conditions and can endure the hot sun without trouble.
Limit: Must be a Ritualist for Augmentation Rituals.
Cost: Market Price: 23,000 Ryo Performing Price: 17,000 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: Neutral - 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

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: Internal - 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

Dhampir Ancestry
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: A trait that enables the user to play with a humanoid opponent's will.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot gain any other Ancestry Traits.
Description: A rare few human bloodlines trace their linage back to a Dhampir, the offspring born of a vampire claiming the life a pregnant woman. A number of times per day equal to 3 per Class Level these humans can play with a humanoid opponent's will within the amount of time using a "D" Rank Jutsu. Anyone targeted must succeed on a Save (10 + 2 per Class Level plus their Enchantment Focus (Charm)) or fall instantly under the human's influence, as though by a Charm Person Jutsu (Strength of Jutsu is equal to user's Class Level). The ability has a range of 10 Meters. If the human possesses at least 2 Class Levels Lower than the user, this effect functions as the Dominate Person Jutsu. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Bewitching
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: A trait that allows the user to speak while manipulating the feelings of others.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Some humans have an uncanny ability to manipulate others, often due to an alluring physical trait. When dealing with NPCs whose starting attitude toward them is not Hostile, they can choose to use this ability to temporarily improve their attitude toward those NPCs by a greater degree than normal. When speaking, treat the NPC’s starting attitude as 1 level higher than it actually is for the purpose of determining their new attitude. The NPC’s new attitude lasts only for a number of minutes equal to 2 per Class level. After that time, the attitude returns to the state it was before the user spoke. If circumstances in the interim have rendered the NPC violent or hostile (such as from being attacked by the bewitcher), the NPC’s attitude remains where it is (rather than returning to its original state). This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Horned Demon
Rank: "B"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: User is born with a horn that is a great strength and a great weakness.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Many think of demons as the greatest of tempters and torturers. Despite this reputation, for some reason or another, the blood of the demons can be found among the humans. Powers that helped to grant demons their reputation can be found within the famous horns. The user is born with one or more horns coming out of their head. Each horn must be at least five centimeters long. These horns can be activated at will. When activated, any and all horns will glow bright enough to illuminate the area around the user. Activated horns will shed bright light in a 15-meter radius and dim light in a 15-meter radius beyond that. The color of the light can be different for each character. Horns cannot be deactivated on the same turn they are activated, nor can they be activated on the same turn they are deactivated. While a horn is activated and glowing, the user's GenJutsu gains a +2 bonus in difficulty against others, and the user also gains +20 bonus in striking damage. If the horn is struck by at least 20 armour points of damage, it will break. Broken horns can no longer be activated. Horns do not benefit from hardness or any other form of the user's damage reductions. If a horn is broken while deactivated, the user will get a -2 penalty to Will saves. If the horn is broken while activated, the user will be stunned for a round in addition to the will save penalty. Horns regenerate in 1 IC week. This trait replaces 2 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 2 Freebies.

[Tara]

Tara finally lifted herself from her meal wiping the blood from her face as she stood above a desiccated husk. Using the remains of the clothes of the husk to wip0e various fluids off, she straighten herself the best she could then concentrated on her Katsu seal. The rat bombs, all 16 of them, turned the area where the other four rebels were standing into an arena for shrapnel. Several of the humans who were not targets may have been hit by the flaying chards all over the place.

Tara herself was safe behind the low wall that she had killed the sentry behind. With the explosion gone off she launched herself above the mayhem into the air to see who had survive for now it was time to eliminate them all. She had no mercy for the rebels, no care for any innocents caught in the cross fire. She observed from high in the air where few if any are likely to look especially in a black night like this night. The explosions would have ruined their night vision while hers is just fine.

She had all the cards in her hand as far as she was concerned. This was her prey and her hunt. Tara's bloody smile would send shivers into even the harden souls of shinobi much less these rebels.

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“Katsu”
Rank: E Rank
Skill: Special handseal.
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: If the user performs "Katsu" for detonation, their is no way to stop the detonation. The Bomb will explode no matter what (Though Certain bombs may be the exception to this rule, stated by the jutsu itself ).
If the user uses "Katsu" to enlarge a clay creature, that said clay creature Cannot revert back to its minuter version. The clay creature enlarges no matter what (Though Certain bombs may be the exception to this rule, stated by the jutsu itself).
Description: A special handseal. This seal denotes "Concentration". A sankuchi uses this sign for a variety of purposes; whether it is to alter the size of certain creations, cause a creation to detonate or give a special effect stated by a certain jutsu/clay creation. The handseal is one of the users hand head upward, his/her index and middle finger held upward, while his/her thumb, ring finger and pinky held inward towards the palm. The user may also hold both the index and middle fingers of both there hands together, crossing there pinky and ring finger, with there thumbs meeting as well. (Either way gives the same effect, no being superior to the other). Katsu is used in a the majority of the Sankuchi jutsus, and its effects are constant unless otherwise stated.

"Katsu" detonates any bomb the user selects, but detonates all of the same bombs for the same set. For example, if the user creates 2 clay spiders for "Tagging bombs" and 2 clay Birds for "Grenade", the user may choose to detonate the clay birds used for "Grenade" and Not the spiders used for "Tagging bomb".
However, the user detonates all the Clay birds at the same time and not one after another. In the case above, once the user decides to detonate the 2 clay birds used in "Grenade", they are both destroyed at the same time. (Some Jutsus may be the exception to this rule, stated by the jutsu itself).
Limit: Only useful to the Sankuchi. Anyone may learn this, but why?

Frag-Grenade (Fragmental Bomb)
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a bomb that expels harmful fragments
Special: Refer to “Katsu”.
Consumes 2 slot for one mouth
(Maximum size: small sized creature)
(Maximum amount: 1 creature for one slot used)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Permanent destruction of weapon: 1 slot worth, secondary. The clay creature is a bit slower in its movement then other clay creatures. (See more below).
Description: After molding and infusing a piece of clay, take the clay and further molds it around a piece of metal (Must be 1 slot worth of metal from a secondary item). Afterwards, the user may form any creature they wish from the clay (spiders, birds, etc. Small size). This clay creation moves about slowly, fulfilling the users desires. Upon command, this clay creature will explode, creating a blast in its wake. This explosion is roughly the equivalent to 1 of an “Exploding tag”. The explosion covers a radius roughly 3 meters in size, but due to the fact that metal was added to the clay creation, Fragmental scraps reach a radius of 8 meters in size. This shrapnel may cause serious lacerations, cuts and slashes as pieces of heated metal passes through the skin. Unfortunately, this small clay creature must carry the metallic object with it, because of this, the speed and movement of the clay creature is reduced (moving roughly 15% slower then normal clay creatures).
Limit: Must know "Katsu", Kuchisaki Seichuu (Mouth Control) at least once, C-ranked "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion) and C-ranked "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)