The Kazeraikou mansion [NDE]

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Claire squinted at her Captain warily, unconsciously focusing in with her more advanced eye. What he was saying, it didn't seem to make sense. "What do you mean 'When I don't -' OHGODDAMMIT!!" her interrogation interrupted by a yelp born of surprise and terror. Which quickly gave way to annoyance. Just how the hell did he do that? Absolutely no hint, just them having a polite conversation when suddenly genjutsu.

Really it wasn't fair. But it was also kinda cool. She was going to need to learn how to do that one of these days. In the meantime she was stuck falling down a likely bottomless pit. Well, at least she wasn't going to have to worry about splattering all over some floor. Small consolation really. Even while she suspected it to be another of her Captain's illusions, she couldn't prove it to herself just yet, and so was entirely at the mercy of the technique.

She tried to pierce the illusion with her eyes, view the grassy lawn she was no doubt squirming against as she wailed in reflexive terror. Even as her logical mind tried to circumvent the scenario she was trapped in, her body was reacting in exactly the way one would expect if one were to suddenly fall down a massive pit of almost certain death. Her heart rate was skyrocketing, her breathing was hindered by the imagined positive air pressure, and her eyes burned as if drying out.

She failed however. She could not see beyond the veil of genjutsu that impeded her. Forever seeming to flail screaming into the abyss, she desperately scrambled to try and adjust her trajectory, that she might be capable of grasping onto a wall or some other form of action in order to arrest her falling, but was unable to achieve any sort of seeming with regards to successful action in this instance, which drove her instinctive desperation to new heights.

She flailed in a relatively stationary position as she soared down the pit of infinity, wanting only for it to stop. The pit shimmered to her sight, and her right eye seared as if aflame, but still there was no hope yet for the girl. She was doomed to fall forever if she could not discern some level of ability to escape from the technique, but such a thing seemed to still be just out of her capability to reach for the time being. But if she were to continue falling forever, then she might have all the time in the world to come up with something.

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Claire Sakurai, for she didn't know what else to call herself anymore, continued her ceaseless plummet into the bowels of the very earth. Or rather, so it would appear to her, and only her. Any outside observer would plainly see that there was no endless pit to despair of, and the rose-haired girl's crimson eyes should have been able to distinguish this fact as well, but for some reason, they were simply not capable of such.

It was difficult for her to hold back the panic, or rather, to prevent it from disrupting her very capability for cognitive reasoning ability. She felt the fear gnawing at the back of her mind, threatening to overwhelm her rationality at any moment now. The rising tide of darkness was starting to invade the edges of her eyes. It was growing increasingly difficult to breath. Her right eye throbbed painfully, as thought it were about to burst within its socket.

She blinked, tried to clear away the shadow creeping over her sight. If she could see beyond the infinite, see past the illusion into the reality, she would be capable of breaking the ties that bound her, dispelling the illusion of the bottomless hole that threatened to swallow her with each passing moment. Such a thing would have long-term benefits if she could manage it, but for the time being she was quite solidly encumbered.

It was then that the pain in her right eye ceased to bother her, though there remained a distant burning sensation that constantly burned into her very brain. If one were to look into her eye at this point, they would witness it morphing in a manner that was similar to when her other eye underwent the transformation process of gaining a second black marking, which settled itself opposite the first, forming a straight line with her pupil.

With her sight enhanced, she was able at last to see the grass upon which she struggled, far in the distance as a bottom to the bottomless. She still felt the momentum, but when the ground failed to approach, her instinctive mind grasped desperately at the evidence of falsehood. However, as the illusion finally broke around her, so to did her vision. While her right eye had seemed evolve now, shortly after both Sharingan had shattered, flecks of black scattered randomly around her pupil, swimming in a sea of scarlet.

She arose, disoriented, dusting herself off before glowering silently at her captain. Briefly she considered a break, so that she could speak with Tetsu, but could only clutch at her head with one hand in dizziness before so much as taking a single step. Her brain felt like jelly.

"Well...I'm starting to think I've had better days than this. Had worse ones too though. Can these things do anything besides see through illusions?"

[Madame Loki]

Apr 10, 2016 7:07:15 GMT -7 Solus said:

Thanks Aimi and indeed, I would have dreaded having to revamp xD

Learning:

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Indomitable Fortitude
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User has gained mastery over their own fortitude power.
Special: ---
Drawback: May learn at a maximum of 6 times.
Description: Each time learned the user gains 1 extra point to their Fortitude. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points. This technique stacks with other Fortitude bonuses.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique.

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They indeed seemed to make a formidable pair, considering what had been achieved by the two of them when put together into a single house over the span of so little time. Getting up from his setting position despite the almost audible protestations from his body the Godaime would stretch as if he had just woken up from sleep although it was rather his desire for that sleep that seemed to propel his body at the moment.

“As do I, Madame.” the Godaime retorted, using the prefix that she had used for herself during their latest introduction. There was little left to say in this regard. Both were now creatures that harnessed the powers over both life and death, although the Godaime still preferred to think that he was slightly better at these skills than she was. Striding over to the shelf he would rummage around the pots for a few seconds.

Among them he found finally what he looked for: A jar of dried leaves. When opening it a minty fragrance wafted up from the piece of pottery. When dried these leaves would make an excellent spice that could easily replace mint, but the rumour had it that they had the power too to restore fatigue. As far as the Godaime knew this was not entirely true but there would be no harm in trying it anyway. In the worst case scenario his breath would smell a bit more minty for the rest of the day.

Popping one into his mouth he would return the jar to the shelf as he chewed. Being dried the leaf would break up quickly and dissolve in his mouth. No need to swallow there apparently. Turning to face Loki again she would speak up to him, turning back into the elegant couture she had donned earlier, giving the Godaime the impression again that she was indeed either augmenting her clothing with Genjutsu or the entire dress was an illusion.

Despite a slightly naughty thought for a second the Kazeraikou again decided to investigate further in this matter. He had standards after all. She requested a leave, to search for tomes that held the secrets to greater power. Although addled with fatigue the Godaime’s mind would immediately still make a few connections. He too could have use of such tomes. “Very well, but then I will have to ask something of you. Of whatever tome you find, bring me a copy.”

She too would probably recognize the prudence of supplying him with the tomes, after all had he not done the same favour with his assortment of rituals? “As do it… Of whatever you find, could you buy a second copy for me? Of course I will compensate you for it.” he pondered a bit, tapping his chin as he did the calculations in his head of how much this could potentially cost. Realizing he had subtracted the percentage rather than added it due to his fatigue he would redo the calculation swiftly in his head coming to a more applicable number.

“Yes, a copy of whatever you find for me too. I will fully compensate you for whatever you buy for me, money is not an issue.” Not a completely unexpected statement considering the statue of his house. For this he would unfortunately have to rely on her, his attention was on his village for the moment and he could not afford to leave now for a search like the one she was going on, though he should have for his own sake. As a result, this was a most fortunate circumstance.

Loki smiled when she heard the conditions in which Gosie laid before her. She smiled and then said, "I do believe that will be possible. If you will excuse me, I have some traveling preparations to make before I go." Loki gave a polite bow to the Hokage, and then made her way out of the mansion. She had another adventure set out before her, and she wondered, how fun would it be? Loki left out of the door and walked through the courtyard as she made her way to make her preparation to leave.  There was much she needed to do, but first she would need to address this burning feeling she has beginning to fell in her chest. 

{exit}

[Aimi Kaguya]

Sets: +50

Solus: Learned

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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Looking at himself, or rather, a copy of himself and Claire do battle, although the latter was not exactly doing much fighting at the moment. Snickering at the scene as it unfolded before him the Godaime would sit down on the rim around a fountain in his courtyard, unfolding his tome. ‘Creatures of Chaos and Mayhem’. Now there was a title that indicated that this would be a nice piece of good reading material.

There were a lot of fun facts in here about various kind of creatures although some were almost too difficult to believe. Some facts he saw in these he knew to be completely wrong in the first place. Although this thing had been written as an encyclopaedia of wondrous creatures the Godaime knew how to take things with a grain of salt, especially in this section about creatures that could only be encountered in niche areas around the world.

For example there was mention of a creature that fed on souls. That must have been a misgiving in how this was written. The phasing in and out of existence the Godaime could believe. He was able to do that himself too, but a creature that fed on souls? Would souls not provide barely any sustenance if not any at all? They were after things that could not very accurately be described in terms of calories to start with.

[Solus]

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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What these creatures mainly had in common were that they were nigh impossible to find, even if one knew exactly what to look for or even how to bait one the amount of patience required afore one could even be glimpsed would have to attain almost mythical levels. The rest of the traits was a combination of various ‘monstrous properties’. These beast being either outlandish in appearance was a common theme.

For example, one of them was a bat that lived in the hottest areas in the world, hunting ships in packs for them being interesting to them as heat sources. A bat that could ignite things with its breath. Why not have it be a dragon-bat now one was at it. Apparently these creatures, according to Magister Heidenclark at least were huge in size. The other common theme, the size of the creatures was always far above average.

In front of him Claire had fallen to the floor, waving her arms aimlessly as she lay on the floor on her stomach, screaming to high heavens. Which reminded him in this manner of the fact that these creatures were still bats! They could move around the night by echolocation and their screams were so loud and high pitched that they were dangerous.

[Solus]

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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?? skill points at time of learning

Funny how connections were made. You see someone fumbling and you automatically in your head you make a connection to an animal that more or less behaves in the same way. Chuckling he would go to the next page, where the top of the page was graced by the image of a slightly bloated whale. This was an interesting thing to say the least. Starting with the very reason why it was bloated according to magister Heidenclark.

Apparently it had some gland that created a light gaseous phase that had the ability to float on air. Combine enough of it in a tiny enclosed space with a thin layer around it and like a ship of the air it would ride the very air itself. This was how apparently this whale like creature was able to float, using its peddles to move itself through the air without all too much effort. Once it caught the wind at its back it would just glide happily along.

On its way, according to the book these creatures would simply open their mouth, catching anything that simply flew in front of its gaping maw, entire flocks of birds would be consumed and any nutrients in the air would also be sucked into its ever hungry stomach. Although it ate little things it would a huge amount of such little things that altogether would amount to staggering amounts of food consumed.

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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Soarwhales, basically the same as regular whales but then of the sky. Heidenclark had clearly seen one of these up close as the description was quite detailed, very much in contradiction to some others as the creatures stated prior to the Soarwhale or that soul sucking snake he mentioned first, which made Gosei even suspected that all information about that creature was all second hand and could thusly not be trusted.

This was of course a part of the lore of what they called the ‘special’ region. It was however special in the sense that Krafts was ‘special’ cheese. There is no actual special region, it simply refers to a set of creatures that are either living in very specific environments, so specific even that in itself was rare. Or finding the actual creature itself was so rare that specifying where it lived no longer mattered in any meaningful manner.

Since it could be found practically nowhere it could practically be encountered everywhere, not that any people were ever to gaze upon such a creature on a daily basis. They were so rare it took a huge amount of luck to glimpse even one during a lifetime. A second time was statistically a larger chance (like how winning the lottery statistically meant you would have a greater chance winning it again) but most people would never ever see one.

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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Funnily enough it was this quirk of statistics that led those who happened to see one of these fantastical creatures to be labelled as madmen. Once one saw one the statistical chance of seeing another again would go up according to Heidenclark in the description of this particular animal. The author along they noted that this was why for a long time many thought soarwhales to be a figment of the imagination of such people.

The truth of course was that they did exist. The wealthy owned them, using them as vehicles for luxury transport or as staging areas for festivities or hunting parties. Something that this manual too described, along with the traders that used such creatures to ferry high value low weight goods such as gems. For this the creatures were perfect. They even fed themselves as long as the owner kept them in movement according to Heidenclark.

It was all a tad logical of course. Gosei flipped back to the pages of the soul eating animal. He had been quick to dismiss this claim, but then again, might there even be some truth in this? He took note of it, determining to take in consideration if he could find anyone that had sighted such a creature. He would want to see such a creature of the special region for himself before he believed it existed, even though it was possible.

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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These were creatures of gigantic size or with incredible powers, there was of course also in the special region a category of creatures that was rare for the areas they inhabited were so specific that it could not be grouped under another region. Flipping through the pages of his copy of ‘Monsters of Chaos and Mayhem’ the Godaime would quickly lull upon another manifestation of such creatures that was grouped in this disparate region.

A ‘Beer Lurker’. Now here was a creature no one wanted to encounter. They were rare but not specifically so that a human would not be able to encounter them once in a lifetime. Rather, they seemed to be omnipresent in beer. Hence the name probably. Now this was a little bugger. The Godaime would peer at the pages and the illustration of a filthy worm, scanning the words as his finger ran across the lines on the page.

It was a parasite, that could live inside water or any water based liquid. Most notably beer. It used the nutrients inside the barley water in order to provide the necessary building blocks for its reproduction and through beer it found its prey. Notably the creature cannot survive outside of water, killing it nigh instantly the moment it is poured onto dry land. At least that could be a little justice when an infestation required the destruction of a batch.

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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These creatures were the very reason why it was imperative that distillery installations were to be kept squeaky clean. Apart from other hygiene issues swallowing one of these could very well mean the end of the host. A very slow and painful death. Heidenclark, being an adventurer as much as a scientist as he travelled the world in search of these fantastic creatures had penned down a short eyewitness account of seeing how one of these creatures wrecked havock upon the unsuspecting.

According to him the patient had been drinking one night, only to be afflicted by horrible cramps the next morning. The man had been Heidenclarks guide during the travel in a region on one of the islands and in a slightly ‘greasy inn’ as the magister himself described it they had stayed for the night and drank. During the night the man had developed serious cramps and lay writhing in bed. Towards the evening of the next day the sickness had progressed.

Apparently the man had started to bleed from multiple openings on the body. Someone had sent for a doctor from a nearby village at this point but when the good man had arrived it was already too late. At the suggestion of the doctor that this could be the work of a beer lurker Heidenclark had bribed the man into performing an unauthorised autopsy, desiring to see the creature for himself that had killed his companion.

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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Gosei chuckled at this point, the man had some characteristics of himself, willing to go to great lengths like he to obtain the power contained in knowledge and then even had the balls to write down that the offence had taken place. Still the creature had been encountered in the bowels of the target, unable to have made it ‘out’ and thus in pure luck had survived inside the man, although it had dies as soon as it was outside the body.

This was where Heidenclark had gotten the idea that the creatures could not survive out of water or a body, he had observed it being so. The creature was a horrible death punishment, it had dissolved the organs of the victim, which according to heidenclark had turned into a filthy mush that smelled of rank pus and old cheese and also had the image of such cirrhosis. The creature was stuck in the bowels, interrupted on its way out.

Interesting how the creature had managed to kill its host before being able to move on. How it was supposed to survive after killing its host was a mystery, including to Heidenclark. He speculated that the creature would survive in the dead body and then would make its way to the groundwater after the body was buried. This seemed like a likely theory by the Godaime as the aberration would not be able to survive after feeding on a victim.

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Lore, Monster (Special Region)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Players with this skill have accumulated a great deal of knowledge regarding the myriad of foul creatures that prowl the world.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whether acquired from the "fairy tales" of youth, "tall tales" related in various ale houses, weird stories told by travelers or knowledge gained from books, the character has devoured any information he could regarding monsters and their habitats strengths, and weaknesses. If a character makes their skill check, the user will know all information pertaining to that creature. This roll should be made secretly for if the character fails by less than 20, a Game Master should relate false (and preferably dangerously misleading) information. If the Character fails by 20 or more, they cannot recall anything about the subject. Each Skill level allows the user knowledge of each Creature category (Example: Novice can identify Common Creature not Animal or Vermin, Master can identify Nearly Impossible Creature not Animal or Vermin) within a region. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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These creatures were so heavily specialised in living in a specific environment it would become almost impossible to survive. What if people slightly changed their brewing process? Or if the governments of all countries decided to shut down all breweries that did not conform to some kind of reinheitsgebot? This would immediately eliminate the entire problem but would also highlight the fragility of the creatures in the special region.

That was at least for the special ones. All the others seemed to be giant versions of more regular animals. That, or they had some kind of special property that was outside the realm of any other creature. Or, as Gosei knew, they were a very special kind of creature, with almost god-like power. He knew this to be a thing from his main summoning family, whose counterparts in nature would have to be very strong creatures.

Also creatures of very high intellect, the likes of which were usually not seen in normal animals. This allowed them to inhabit the world ‘differently’. Almost like humans did, not being part of the landscape but bending it to their wills to create an environment that favoured them, rather than they favouring a certain type of environment. That was why such creatures would usually inhabit very specific parts of certain regions.

An AnBu came to Gosei’s side, carrying a letter. It was stamped to the Hokage. With a half smile on his face the Godaime remember that that was he. A handprint had been placed at the bottom of the vellum. Was that blood? The Godaime wondered, scratching slightly at it to ensure that it was indeed what he thought it to be. The AnBu came prepared, bringing paper, quill, ink and steel blue sealing wax. Just as he was used to using. Writing a reply the Godaime would finish the letter with his seal, proceeded by sealing it using the very same seal, giving the letter to the AnBu to be sent. This was going to be interesting.

[Aimi Kaguya]

Hey Solus, I heard you were lookin' for a grade. Well I got one here in my back pocket...

+45 TP. Congrats! You got over 125 SP!

... I'm only giving you 125 though. You mastered the skill. Hype :V

narutoforumrp.proboards.com/post/1010691/thread

[Solus]

Thanks Aimi ^^ Are you sure tho? 125 seems so lacklustre o.o

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Chain Missile
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Chakra Missile capable of ricocheting off of the initial target to strike additional targets.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Affects any 1 creature, plus 2 creatures per Class Level as long as they are not more than 10 meters away from one another. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 120 meters plus 60 meters per class level. The duration of this Jutsu is Instantaneous. Bolts of pale blue energy spring forth from the user's hand and slam into the desired target. An instant later, the bolts bounce away toward other creatures, slamming into each one. Missiles of Chakra energy dart from the user's hand to unerringly strike a creature. The missiles strike 1 creature initially, then spring to other targets. Each missile deals 5 Armour Points of force damage. 2 missiles strike the primary target per Class Level. After the missiles strike, they ricochet to a number of targets up to the number of missiles created by the Jutsu. Each secondary target takes 5 Armour points of damage, as if struck by a single Chakra missile. User chooses secondary targets as they like, but they must all be within 10 meters of the primary target, and no secondary target can be struck more than once. User can choose to affect fewer secondary targets than the maximum (to avoid allies in the area, for example). Missiles without a secondary target do not ricochet off the primary target. Jutsus, Items, and abilities that protect against Chakra missile (such as the Shield Jutsu) also protect against this Jutsu. If the primary target has that sort of protection, the Jutsu has no effect against it but still springs to all secondary targets. The missiles strike unerringly, even if the targets are in melee or have anything less than total cover or concealment. The user cannot single out specific parts of a creature to strike. This Jutsu cannot target or damage inanimate objects.
Limit: Must be a Shape Transformation Specialist. Must know Chakra Missile.
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Of course there was for Gosei always one little problem. His inability to master the power of the Force appropriately. Above him another swarm of birds flew by. It was usual for this time of year, large swarms of little birds would gather and roam the land until the end of autumn would once again come around and these swarms would immediately turn south again and leave for quite a while until the menace would return again in spring.

Normally Snuggles would drive them off but it was off resting somewhere. His acute senses alerted him to the presence of an incoming projectile. Closing his book again he would quickly sidestep. Just an inch from his pristine clothes a large whitish glob of bird faeces would drop to the floor of his courtyard, leaving an ugly stain as the still hot liquid spread out in a splattered pattern. He could have been soiled! Blasted creatures!

The Godaime would angrily raise his hand, evoking a bolt of lightning in his hand, flinging it at the creatures above with all his might like the mighty god of Gods and the Lord of lighting. Unfortunately despite the heroic display the lightning bolt fell short and started to descend towards the ground before it would even reach the cloud of birds that continued to swirl above the Godaime as if they were mocking his attempts.

Realizing he needed something else than a thrown projectile in order to assail the flock above the Godaime would gather a bit of force chakra in his hand, raising it up at the sky. Had he activated his ryuugan he might have been able to aim at individual birds but at the moment he was aiming at a swarm of the creatures so the chance of him missing was astronomically small compared to the chance of him hitting at least something.

Charging force chakra to his hand he would gather enough for several bolts of force chakra firing them one by one from his fingers he would loose a full spread of missiles into the dark cloud above. These missiles seemed able to travel up far enough to actually inflict a certain sense of damage. That was had they hit. Apparently the creatures could sense his bolts incoming and had just enough time to dart out of the way. If only he could make them ricochet off one target and hit another.

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The clone saw the girl finally sit up at breaking the illusion, grasping her head. In the background the real Gosei stood, book in one hand and the other raised to the sky, firing bolts of pure chakra into the air that would ricochet off birds in an overhead passing flocking and hitting another. This would somehow explain how he managed it, there were two present. The clone would swagger over to the girl, standing in front of her and taking one of her hands in his.

Holding her right hand with two hands he would with his thumbs quite pleasantly massage her palm and back of hand at the same time. As a result of whatever he did your head would feel instantly better, whilst any pain in the eyes would too dissolve. “From what I can tell, this is about it. I have encountered the sharingan only ever so often. It is an aid in breaking Genjutsu. The ability to read the tiniest of movements allows the user to fight on equal footing with those they should normally not be able to. Finally, by careful observation with the sharingan, someone can learn very quickly how to emulate a jutsu, down to the exact flow of chakra. It is quite the asset. “ He noted, shortly petting the back of her hand before letting go. “I cannot see it, but apparently what I just did to your right hand should make your chakra flow faster through a certain point there. He spoke, taking her left hand and moving it next to her right so she could compare.

[Solus]

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umbling something about running an errand the real Godaime would leave for a bit, swaggering inside the mansion, leaving his clones behind once again. He would take out his scrolls, taking one in which he used his sealing technique to create a seal that would allow him to summon his one hundred and three thousand ryo worth of crafting components, his five ritual books and his copy of 'Creatures of Chaos and Mayhem'. Taking his other scroll the Godaime would put a new set of seals, these allowing him to summon his flying destruction machine, his harp, a small cooling box filled with various kinds of bread, fruit and meats, a thermos filled with tea and an entire pavilion complete with a chaise longue and a chair simply because he could.

Once completed with these tasks he would mumble something about running an errand and walk out of the mansion, leaving his clones behind.

[Solus]

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utside Snuggles would fly in, landing next to the mansion, its rumble signalling its arrival. Jumping off his creature the real Godaime had apparently returned, bringing along a body from abroad. Carrying the lifeless corpse of the woman in his hands he would move into the mansion, almost devotedly placing the empty soul cask on the floor of his chakra laboratory. It seemed he had brought in a new project.

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Captain Gosei, despite his many reputed flaws, was an extremely skilled individual. Claire acknowledged that readily. There was nobody she would rather study under in the village, and every day she lived with him was an honor. Even so, she had her misgivings when he took her hand, especially after the nonsense he'd already pulled in the pursuit of empowering her eyes. At this time, it seemed that he was giving her something of a massage, though it was augmented by his medical chakra and knowledge of acupuncture.

In fact, it felt as if he was somehow smoothing over her very chakra system as a whole. It felt...well, really nice actually. Her eyes lidded halfway in a sleepy sort of pleasure, her posture slackening from its typical rigidity as she let his energy flow into her. When was the last time she had allowed herself to simply relax like this, letting herself simply be a girl with the closes thing she had to a father rather than a soldier and her Captain?

A long while. Years. Years spent with the sole focus of strengthening her body, mind, chakra, and spirit. Years spent pounding a self-imposed discipline into her very being, where others might have let themselves slacken to laziness. Carving away the softer parts of her personality to make room for the growth of a ruthless, cunning, but honorable enforcer of the Village's will. But in this moment it was like she was none of those things.

Gradually the warmth would spread through her body, causing an involuntary but quite pleased shiver to run down her spine as her cells basked in the improvement to the circulation of her chakra. She couldn't see how it flowed, not yet, but she could feel it. Her core tingled oddly, the sensation suffusing the rest of her body as it slowly crawled down to her feet and up to the very crown of her head. The broken tomoe of her eyes coalesced again, and the pale scarlet of her Sharingan darkened to a deep bloodred.

Suddenly she was able to see it. The way his chakra played across both her hand and his own, the way it mingled with her chakra and enhanced the efficiency with which it flowed. The way her chakra emanated from her own pores like a sort of electrical field, slightly shifting its behavior with her every breath. "I can see it...", she almost whispered. Never had she witnessed such a thing before. Ultimately however, the moment was lost, and her eyes faded back to there normal heterochromatic green-ringed blue.

[Kinzoku]

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Hey Sol. I'm kinda new to this so I hope you don't mind me using your skill learning template. Thanks!

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Observation
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Observation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

0 times learned
0 skill points at time of learning

Early Morning
Mabuki Compound
Kinzoku's Residence

Mind over Matter Jutsu
A black abyss of darkness. That was all Kinzoku could see. Though his eyes were open, it were as if he had been tossed into a void of nothingness. There was no color, no noise, or anything to relieve him of the emptiness that consumed him. Then finally...

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

"Three!"

A soft voice then responded to Kinzoku.

"Good...."

THUMP!

"One plus the last three makes four!"

"Alright then."

CLANG!

"Huh?!"

Kinzoku's mind raced as the new sound rang on repeat in his ears. But what could that mean. Up until this point there were only thuds and thumps. But a clang? Usually that sound was produced by two metals colliding. Did that mean there were five now and two hit the same spot? Kinzoku took his idea and went with it. Unsure of his answer, he spoke with more of a questioning tone than an affirmative one.

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Able Learner
Rank: "C"
Skill: Social Trait
Effect: The user has great aptitude for learning.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 2 Freebies.

[Kinzoku]

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Hey Sol. I'm kinda new to this so I hope you don't mind me using your skill learning template. Thanks!

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Observation
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Observation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

? times learned
?? skill points at time of learning

"Five?"

"No."

Suddenly, Kinzoku's pupils would dilate and colors would flow to fill the emptiness that was once cover by the absence of light. As his headband was removed from over his eyes, Kinzoku saw the error of his answer. To his side, was his mother and they were both staring at the fault of Kinzoku's answer.

In front of them were four kunai stuck in a tree. On the ground, by the base of the tree was another kunai. Seeing this made Kinzoku realize what happened. He was correct in assuming the thumps he heard were the kunai connecting with the tree. But for the clang, what had happened was his mother threw a kunai at another one, causing the metals to collide and one to fall.

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Able Learner
Rank: "C"
Skill: Social Trait
Effect: The user has great aptitude for learning.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: When learning a skill, the skill states how many times a die roll may be applied to show how much they learned within that skill. Example, when a user learns "Botany" they gain 5 die rolls. This "trait" increases the amount of die rolls by 1.5 rounded to the highest number at 1 die roll per learning, however any number higher than 1 die roll is rounded down. For example: User learns Botany and gains 5 die rolls. With this Trait they will gain 7 die rolls. However if a user learns Lockpicking they normally get 1 die roll, however with this Trait they will gain 2 die rolls.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 2 Freebies.