Mid-day Forest Training

[Kioshi]

Puppet Eyes Rank: "B" Rank Skill: NinJutsu Effect: This allows the user the capability to see through the eyes of the puppet. Special: ---- Drawback: Must be learnt many times. If a user wishes to see with multiple puppets he needs to learn how to see it by how many slots he knows and by how many puppets he has. Description: With this technique the user sees what the puppet sees. The brain takes the time to transfer the images as it divides up the images so then the user can see in a new way. Everytime a user learns this the user gets the capability to see through another puppet's eyes, by the usage of Chakra Strings. Limit: Must be a puppeteer. Must know the Kugutsu no Jutsu

Kioshi stood up, looking around. He was bored at the festival, and nothing was seeming to catch his intrest, so he decided that some mid-day training couldn't hurt. "Now to choose a spot..." he thought, glancing around. He noticed off in the distance a thick, wooded area. "Perfect" he muttered, walking over to it. A vendor eyed him suspiciously along his way over, but Kioshi wordlessly forgave him for the look. He was used to it after all the years of dealing with it. Well...he was an albino, creepy looking teenager wearing all black with a backpack on that could hold nurmerous things. Why NOT eye him that way...?

Kioshi soon reached a nice, large clearing that he thought would be good to train, so he took off his pack and opened it slowly, pulling out a medium sized puppet and setting it down. "Kugutsu no Jutsu!" he shouted, the puppet springing to life as it rose up from off the ground, staring off in the distance emotionlessly. Kioshi smirked slightly, but then let the smile fade quickly as he became focused. He wanted today to work on a technique he had been eagerly anticipating to use.

He foucused all of his chakra, dividing it half into his puppets eyes and half into his own. He closed his eyes, as it was his first time trying this technique, and focused on what his puppet would be seeing. A flash of an image appeared to him, making his eyelids flutter. He tried again, this time maintaining the image for around 2 seconds or so.

He opened his eyes and gasped for air. Even though this was a low level technique, it was still taking a lot of his energy. He sat down for a moment to rest, letting his puppet lay itself down, too. He released the chakra from it the build his energy up again.

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

+7 7/80 B ranks are 80 TP not 30 ^^

[Kioshi]

Oh, ok, I'll change it! Thank you!

[Kioshi]

Kioshi sighed and stood up again, tired but willing to work so that he may learn the technique well. It would benefit him greatly in later missions, this much he knew, and as long as that statement held true, the technique was worth learning and working for.

Kioshi channeled his chakra and muttered, "Kugutsu no Jutsu", his puppet rising as he he said it. The puppet stood, lifeless, but ready. Kioshi lowered his eyes and then closed them so that he could better focus his chakra and mental focus. He channeled again, half of his chakra into the puppets eyes and half into his. A image fluttered quickly across Kioshi's field of vision, and, seizing his chance, he grabbed the image mentally.

Kioshi could actually SEE what his puppet was seeing! But, as soon as this thought ran through his mind, the tie broke, and darkness enveloped his vision once again in his closed eyes. He swore under his breath and opened his eyes, sitting and releases the chakra on his puppet to rest again. This is going to be a bit tougher than I had predicted..., he thought.

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[Itsuki v2]

+3

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[Kioshi]

Kioshi looked around, admiring the forest he was sitting in. The sunlight streamed through the tree branches silently, the birds chirping softly, a gentle wind brushing against his back.

Enough pleasantries, he thought. It was time to work.

Kioshi stood up again, stating strongly "Kugutsu no Jutsu". His puppet, Hikashu, rose again quietly. Kioshi smiled; he loved his puppets. Straightening his face into an emotionless state, he closed his eyes again. He once again divided up his chakra between his puppet's eyes and his own.

This time, an image immediately sprung into his vision, and it was much easier to sustain. He held it for as long as he could; he figured that he made it for about a minute or two until he became too exhausted to hold it for any longer. He released his chakra hold on his puppet's eyes, but not on his puppet. He kept his eyes closed; he wanted to try something new.

He divided up his chakra again, and, once the image of what his puppet could see came into his view, he attempted to hold the image and move his puppet at the same time. To his disappointment, the image disappeared almost immediately when he tried to move the puppet. He sighed, releasing his chakra hold on his puppet and looking around, discouraged.

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[james]

Sometime after leaving the tower of the Mizukage's, Shinkichi and Ryko traveled a little while over towards the Kinzoku District. Despite being heavily dominated by the cyberpunk infastructure of Kirigakure, this region of the village still possessed various forests and fields for shinobi to train in. The Chunin that had escorted the youth here kept yawning and talking about how boring it all was to be a ninja... One could easily tell that Shin hadn't enjoyed his line of work too much.


"So, you say you needed help with learning how to track things, did ya?" he offered, turning to Ryko. "Can you at least first tell me the things that you would think you need to know so that you can track someone down?? It is a vital skill to have in the field of ninja work.."

He then turned to the open forest, and gave the place a look over. Hopefully there had been some sort of urban creature that Ryko could practice his tracking skill on..

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ryuublade


please be sure to place the entire mission detail within a spoiler or somewhere inside your post. thanks.

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Tracking
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Characters use this skill to follow the trail of animals and other persons.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. Tracking means the user found a trail if they gain the check, while failure means they did not. If user fails this initial skill check, they simply cannot find that particular trail. After finding a trail, further checks may be necessary depending on the situation. Darkness, falling rain/snow, a dust storm, moving from one terrain to another (such as from sand to rock), one trail splitting into 2 or crossing water are examples why a user might need another Tracking check. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

[ryuublade]

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Name: Do It!

Rank: D

IIC Length: ----

Difficulty: ----

Objective: Train a skill with the Chunin NPC Shinkichi!

Description: Every once in a while, the orange-haired teen can be seen lurking around the Tower looking for students. In what art you ask? THE ART OF SKILLS! He is required to train people as a future prospect teacher at the Sujiouki.
Reward: 4000 per ryo

Restriction: Can be taken once per PC x1 a week [ie 7 real time days]; must train a Task Skill

Tracking

Rank: "D"

Skill: Skill

Effect: Characters use this skill to follow the trail of animals and other persons.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: Can be learned by an Animal. Tracking means the user found a trail if they gain the check, while failure means they did not. If user fails this initial skill check, they simply cannot find that particular trail. After finding a trail, further checks may be necessary depending on the situation. Darkness, falling rain/snow, a dust storm, moving from one terrain to another (such as from sand to rock), one trail splitting into 2 or crossing water are examples why a user might need another Tracking check. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.

Limit: ---

Ryko had traveled with his fellow ninja in arms Shinkichi to learn the art of tracking. He had taken Ryko through the mist village in to the Kinzoku District. It had many more plains and forrest which seemed like a new excellent place to start training. On the way over Shinkichi had complained about how boring it was to be a ninja and thought it over himself inside his head. Maybe if he had more aspiration to do more exciting missions then it might not be so bad despite all the boring labor.

Having headed far enough Shinkichi stopped and asked Ryko what he thought would be necessary for tracking. Ryko's face turned emotionless as he looked at him and quickly responded."I'm assuming tracking requires being able to point out anything leading towards the intended target. Whether it be blood, tracks, following thier scent and etc. Locking on to them with any means linking to them and following their trail without being duped.."  Ryko calmly replied hoping to impress his senior.


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[james]

"Hm, that's right." Shin noted as they continued to walk into the greenery of the metallic citadel. All else was quiet; not even the fowl of the air, nor the engines of the machines reached this far into the forest located towards the east of the village.

As they walked, Shinkichi would reveal to Ryko a scroll. Inside of this metallic cylinder had been another mission detail. "Hey, if you can help me on this mission, you're ability to track will increase."

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Name: Reptilian Rising
Rank: C
IIC: Not Set
Difficulty: Varies...
Objective: Capture the the lizards lurking in the Mist Village eastern forest!
Description: There have been reports of several lizards in the Kinzoku training forest scaring away some hyper-active students. A Chunin has been tasked with the objective of killing or capturing these creatures. But be warned -- it has been claimed that some of the lizards are humanoid. But wait... what could that all mean??
Reward: 3000 + Vault item

"Are you in?" The chunin inquired. Not only did Ryko seem to get the gist of the tracking skill, but now he would be able to practice using it in an actual mission!

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During this course of the training exercise, Shin simply prompted the Genin to do the following:

Observe his surroundings. Despite the misty cloak situated about the forest, one could still see the heavy imprints made in the mud. Also, the careful eye would spot other unnatural things in the forest. Shinkichi observed, and watched to see what Ryko would do;

At another interval, the Chunin leader gave the advice of distinguishing between various tracking marks. For example, they were hunting reptilian creatures and not mammals; therefore, one should study what sort and style of print is embedded within the fresh earth;

One final piece of advice that Shin offered to Ryko was to make his searches worth it. It attempt counted for something... That meant, the longer time spent in one attempt meant a higher success rate than in shorter repeats. Hopefully Ryko would understand this training advice.

"Do it!" He encouraged, hoping within himself that Ryko did indeed find these lizards...










So that he himself hadn't to worry about becoming their next meal!

[ryuublade]

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Still new to this XD Not use to rolls for skills such as this and just need a quick rundown for tracking and how to rp that out on here and proper procedure after. I believe a game mod is needed correct?  Or maybe a roll, do forgive me for noobness Great Kage-sama

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Ryko listened closely to the advice Shinkichi was explaining to him. One that he should always be aware of the surroundings as well as being able to identify the tracks of what ever he is searching for. Ryko was prepared to take on these lizard freaks and burn them to a crisp with his fire style jutsu or even use some earth jutsu to suffocate them. No matter what faced him, Ryko would be prepared and would fight to the best of his abilities. "Of course i'm in as Ryko said searching around the area carefully. "To be honest if I was better at water style like I am fire and earth I might've been able to make clones to help track these lizard creeps down. But I'll just suffice with myself then."

It took a little more searching but Ryko was able to spot footprints embedded deep in the mouth even with all the surrounding fog around him. He got closer examining them not entirely sure what type of thing it was since he was utterly clueless when it came to animals. "It seems that I have happened to stumble upon some foot prints but i'm not sure if it's what were looking for. I have yet to memorize the difference between animals and their footprints. "  Ryko would say looking back towards Shinkichi with his emotionless face and tone starting to get serious with this training mission.

[james]

With a firm hand placed on his shoulder, Ryko would get a congratulations from Shinkichi. "Bro, you found them.. look!" What he had wanted was the boy to study the trackings.. "Notice the clawed feet? It has three toes.. and the print is about a.. wait." Shin stepped back and scratched his head for a second. "That can't be right.. this thing's at least two feet long." He cautiously scanned the perimeter.

How the fuck has something so big gone unnoticed for this long... he wondered. That's when a strange rustling roughly five meters to his and Ryko's right came from the foliage. Something was over there. Shin warned the genin to be careful..

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PM a moderator to grade your last 3 posts on tracking! good job so far.

[Promeleon]

So I'm guessing you quit the B-rank tech right? Next time make sure you have that training graded before switching your technique. +4 for the B-rank and +7 for the two observation posts, no rolls until the technique is trained. For your posts try to add a little more to your characters actions to make it seem like he really is training or at least thinking about the course of action.

[ryuublade]

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Ryko thought about everything he had learned up to now. New information to add over through the whole experience was the type of foot print as well. Even the size and length of the feet of what he was tracking. Taking everything so far Ryko realized that what he was dealing with was a very large lizard due to the fact of the foot print being so large and making such a imprint. So far he learned the basics of simply locating the tracks of his target. The next part was identifying as his teacher had just said. Other than being told that it was for the three toed feet he needed to recognize the prints as well as shape. For now he would remember these as reptile feet. Now all that was left was to follow the tracks and also keep out watch for anything out of order. Like false tracks or even sudden abruptness in the tracks themselfs. In that situation another trail would be needed most likely to keep out watch for the target. Ryko thought this all over in his head until he heard a rusting about 5m away causing him to immediately spring to his feet as he was warned to stay on his toes.

Ryko simply nodded as he watch the bush carefully with his eyes also trying to keep watch on his surroundings. "Give me the word and i'll have that thing become a BBQ in a matter of a few hand seals." Ryko would say as another thought hit him. He needed to watch out for the tracks for this might not even be what they are tracking or a rouge lizard. So not only must do all those other things but be painfully aware and minimize the damage as to not destroy any potential evidence during battle. Another possible key to tracking he thought to himself.

[james]

Shinkichi simply warned the student of being brash. "Hey.. not so fast, try to track them a while longer before we make our approach.." The chunin observed a moment more and came across another set of tracks. These led to the west, and had been fresher than those Ryko had found.

"..Hey!" he exclaimed in a tight whisper, "Look at these." His hand pointed towards the trail wherein the clawed footprints lay; the winding path led into the forest, and mist consumed the area.

"We had better be careful, man. I hear these guys have some typa heat vision." Quietly, he stalked forward..

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take the moderator's advice and train the technique another round.

[ryuublade]

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Ryko heeded the warning of his superior. He also just realized with the rustling that when tracking that he would most likely going against intelligent beings such as other ninjas. There was the possibility that the tracks he could be following were made to dupe him and draw him in to a trap or a ambush.  He acknowledged that as possibility and thought of other ways as where they might go on a place where he wouldn't be able to spot foot prints. Another thing was that he could be put in to a genjutsu and be lead on a wrong trail. Even something simple along the line of mixing up the tracks too.

He didn't let the thoughts consume him as he looked at the new tracks his teacher had pointed out for him. After that he simply followed after him keeping on guard as he remembered to stay alert what tracking because just following one trail didn't mean there weren't more around. He would also stay mindful as to not step in any possible tracks or other signs of the lizards that may give away their location.

Ryko started to go over all the other possibilities as to what could lead them to the Lizards location. Possible blood trail although it wouldn't be credible due to him not inflicting the wound it could be another wounded creature. There droppings which surely his teacher would be able to tell possibly. And carcasses of other dead animals or any claw markings since these lizards were supposedly huge. But at the moment it didn't matter and Ryko tries to focus on the now. But somehow got bored with the hole situation. Sighing he up and left his teacher right there to head back to the tower.

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