Snow Sucks. [Training | Closed]

[Koori.]

Shōton: Crystallization
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to create crystal to varying degrees.
Special: Handseals of the technique it is used with..
Drawback: It is impossible to crystallize electricity, wind, or fire. Any element that lacks a physical presence can not be crystallized. Sound Jutsu will act as if one rank stronger then their designated technique when being pitted against crystal. Sound techniques use their high frequency and vibration qualities to essentially shatter your crystals, as opposed to just break them, if they are geared towards acts of that nature *ie they are meant to damage physically and not some sort of genjutsu or the like*. When calculating damage vs the durability of your crystal, remember to add it together. If one person does an A rank vs you crystal that can withstand S rank, you can only endure one A rank more unless the crystal is redone/fixed which becomes costly.
Description: Using your abilities with the crystal release skill you are able to create crystal either by transforming the particles in the air, or a more prominent substance. The technique is your essential crystal technique. It governs two things: the amount of crystal you can create at once, and the strength of your crystalline constructs. At C rank the user is able to crystallize up to a 5x5 section of material per movement dedicated to the process after handseals. This of course can be edited to be proportionally the same such as a 6x4 meter area etc. Also, when you have this skill at C rank, your crystalline constructs are able to endure C rank damage before shatter. This defensive power stacks with whatever technique this is used with if applicable. As your rank increases so to does this techniques power. At B rank, your ability to crystallize becomes a 10x10 meter area, and its able to withstand up to a B rank. At A rank it increases to 20x20 meters, and is able to withstand up to an A rank amount of damage. At S ranks it increases once more to 40x40 meter area, and again is able to withstand an S rank amount of damage. With this technique the user is able to transport through crystalline structures of their own creation at a speed of 5 meters per movement (kind of like underground fish projectile). This technique is generally used passively within other techniques. This technique also allows a user to somewhat “dismiss” their crystal creations at will. When doing so the crystal seems to basically disintegrate.
Limit: Must have the Crystal release.

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You never realize how much you hate the snow until you're walking in it. TV makes it sounds so wonderful and nice, and I'll tell you what, that a load of bullshit. It gets in your pants, and socks, and makes your feet cold, like really cold. And it feels weird, maybe because its so cold. I rarely train myself these days, having acquired most of the techniques I need to be useful on the battlefield, in the hospital, and with the shinobi of my village, but there was always room for improvement, and considering I was embarking on this journey randomly to find Elgar, I may as well keep myself in tip top shape, and better myself in the process. Trekking through the snow the first order of business was to find a good spot, which was vastly impossible because I refused to settle for a spot covered in snow, which was difficult when you were in the firiggin' frost country. Non the less, I searched painfully for a half hour.

I finally came about an area that was clear of snow. Probably because most of the snow was on the trees covering the area, but the area was very wooden and the grass was still frosty. The trees, were very large and few and far between, and thus although providing a nice canopy for me to train under, still had a generally open area below the tree tops. I pulled out a scroll and made my way over to a recently fallen tree. I could tell it was recent, no moss on it or signs of decay yet. I sat on it and read the scroll. It appeared as though I was going to be furthering my knowledge in the crystal release, how appropriate. The grass was crystallized from the shear cold and would be perfect to train further into the release. This is a type of technique that would make my techniques stronger, and more durable, and allow to transform certain area before me into crystal like structures and bend them to my will. Nodding to myself and having the technique down, I was excited for the fun part of any training session, the doing.

I focused my chakra on the ground in front of me, and did the needed handseals for the technique. The crystals on the grass before me rose up and molded together, and started to form something. It was beautiful, Crystal was. I wasn't even sure what I was forming with my mind as I let my chakra flow freely and make random shapes. It was truly awesome. I created more and more crystals in a five by five meter radius around the small grass area before me. The crystals continued to rise until finally, I wanted it to make sense, I wanted the shape they formed to mean something, and take a shape that would be recognizable. Slowly but surely, I got up after doing so to examine my crystalline structure I had worked so hard to form into something. I cocked an eyebrow and tilted my head. Why the hell was I thinking of a rose? It turns out I had turned the crystals into a large crystal rose to stand in the middle of the clearing. Don't worry, I was just as confused, and what worst, is this wasn't the first time that had happened.

"That really makes me feel gay......Not that theres anything wrong with being gay or anything, I mean."

[Beltran]

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[Koori.]

Shôton: Crystallization
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to create crystal to varying degrees.
Special: Handseals of the technique it is used with.
Drawback: It is impossible to crystallize electricity, wind, or fire. Any element that lacks a physical presence can not be crystallized. Sound Jutsu will act as if one rank stronger then their designated technique when being pitted against crystal. Sound techniques use their high frequency and vibration qualities to essentially shatter your crystals, as opposed to just break them, if they are geared towards acts of that nature *ie they are meant to damage physically and not some sort of genjutsu or the like*. When calculating damage vs the durability of your crystal, remember to add it together. If one person does an A rank vs you crystal that can withstand S rank, you can only endure one A rank more unless the crystal is redone/fixed which becomes costly.
Description: Using your abilities with the crystal release skill you are able to create crystal either by transforming the particles in the air, or a more prominent substance. The technique is your essential crystal technique. It governs two things: the amount of crystal you can create at once, and the strength of your crystalline constructs. At C rank the user is able to crystallize up to a 5x5 section of material per movement dedicated to the process after handseals. This of course can be edited to be proportionally the same such as a 6x4 meter area etc. Also, when you have this skill at C rank, your crystalline constructs are able to endure C rank damage before shatter. This defensive power stacks with whatever technique this is used with if applicable. As your rank increases so to does this techniques power. At B rank, your ability to crystallize becomes a 10x10 meter area, and its able to withstand up to a B rank. At A rank it increases to 20x20 meters, and is able to withstand up to an A rank amount of damage. At S ranks it increases once more to 40x40 meter area, and again is able to withstand an S rank amount of damage. With this technique the user is able to transport through crystalline structures of their own creation at a speed of 5 meters per movement (kind of like underground fish projectile). This technique is generally used passively within other techniques. This technique also allows a user to somewhat “dismiss” their crystal creations at will. When doing so the crystal seems to basically disintegrate.
Limit: Must have the Crystal release.

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A swift right leg immediately came through after my thought and nailed the crystallized flower into what seemed like a million pieces. The frail crystal structure was easily fragile to certain things, and at low ranks, was very easy to destroy. Rather then focusing on the Area, although I would certainly hope that to would increase as I trained, I perhaps wanted to this time increase overall density, and strength of the crystal structures. This was going to be difficult because the scrolls I had borrowed from Sounds' library on the subject (and by borrowed, I mean stole someone else') were very lacking in overall information on the Release as a whole. It wasn't a traditional release that one was born with. It was one that could be trained into and dicovered and more or less anyone could become a part of with hard work and training. It made it feel like it was a less then great accomplishment to have earned it, but I had never seen anything like it, so it wasn't like the whole was running around using crystal techniques, right?

I focused on the flower stem that was leftover from me booting the flower itself. There was still a decent amount of crystal left over from before, and instead of wasting my chakra trying to make a new form opf crystals completely, I intended to use what was already here in front of me. The idea was simple: put more chakra into your techniques to make them more condensed, and therefore be able to withstand more of a beating overall. Easier said then done, for sure. Focusing the chakra I pushed my chakra into the crystals before me and watched as another flower was formed. I don't know why the fuck I was making crystals okay I just was. Seemed like a good idea. They were small, and easily remakable, and were in a specific shape that would help me recreate them, and not just make some random block of crystals to keep breaking over and over again. After that was done shortly, it was on to actually going about hitting it to make sure it was actually stronger and I knew what the hell I was doing. I wanted it to increase in rank by one, the rank of techniques it could withstand before crumbling.

I crossed my two fingers together really quickly, and with a white puff of smoke, a shadow clone of myself appeared. This would still prove to be difficult to do because I was an illusionist. Most of my tactical assault was Genjutsu based and limited to some Ninjutsu, but then again, thats why I was here doing what I was doing now, wasn't it? I quickly ran through my memory bank and found a "B" Rank technique that I could easily use with the shadow clone to continually damage the crystal structure before me, and gauge how my progress was, and how much more truly needed to be done. The shadow clone nodded, and inhaled a deep breath of wind into his lungs. Without handseals, he molded the chakra quickly in the form of a drill, and spat out the otherwise invisible wind drill into the crystal. The drill ripped the crystal apart and tore it to shreds. Crystal chips went everywhere and it ripped through it like a hot knife through butter. I sighed greatly at this, hung my head for only a moment as my shadow clone stood in disbelief. It seemed as though it was back to the drawing board.

'.....Really?'

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[Elgar]

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