Timeless forest (Open 1v1)

[::Himiko::]

An ancient forest that stands the test of time becomes a battle ground today. Trees measuring 40 meters tall tower over the lush under grove below are numerous and plentiful. The trees themselves are thick and large; with branches large enough to support human weight. The atmosphere is rich and moist, almost inviting newcomers to stay. Plant life is abundant with thick foliage everywhere, with an odd lack of animal life to be found.

• One on one spar.
  
• No AC or mythic Summons
  
• No attacks on the first post.
  
• State items. Follow forum rules. 3 days IIC
  
• Remain casual. Have fun as always. Pm for anything.
  
• Starting point is center of map. Start distance 20 meters away from each other
  
• First post is yours.
  

[Draven]

Draven is traipsing through the forest, he figured he is half way out of this damnable place. There is a tree that he leans his left side against as he does an equipment check. Yep, his shields on his left hand and his SI-IMP 1.0 puppet is following behind him. He takes long look around the forest, as he takes a short break from the trek across this mammoth place. Once he had recovered some of his energy he nods to Imp and starts walking through the forest once again. His puppet Imp gives a quick jump then follows right behind him lagging 5 meters behind.

(noob fighter, criticism much appreciated.)

[::Himiko::]

Gentle footsteps graced the moss covered floor, as Kotomi wandered within the confines of the forest. The sweet moist air wafting pass her lips welcomed the young puppeteer to the battlegrounds, as she continued to walk forth. It was roughly afternoon when Kotomi had entered the forest, but the dense canopy made the surrounding appear as if dusk. It would seem as if this ancient forest had an air of sentience to its existence. As if living within this world had granted the archaic forest a mind of its own. Kotomi could sense such a old life force as over bearing and overwhelming. If the trees could speak, they would beckon the puppeteer to stay with them; for a length of time unknown. Kotomi would obliged to such a grand offer, if she did not value her life so. She was needed elsewhere, and must deny the forest its request. Fortunately for the forest, Kotomi could grant the request, through other means.

In the distance of 20 meters, a young man would present himself to the puppeteer. A ape like creature was within the company of such a man, trailing behind as if a pet. Perhaps he too was a puppeteer? The young man seemed armed and ready for combat as he stood before the woman. With deep breath, and exhale Kotomi would speak to the young man, hopefully catching his attention:

"So sad to know that this forest desires one of us to stay" said Kotomi in a melancholic voice.

On her body, she possessed 5 kunai, 5 smoke grenades, 4 stun grenades in her first butt bag. In her second butt bag, located above the first, she held 6 blood clot pills, 9 solider pills, and 2 slots worth of Ninja tape. Lastly, the cloak she wore possessed an arsenal of weapons as well; consisting of 16 exploding tags attached to 10 kunai. Over her eye, she possessed a mono-goggle with thermal sensing functions, and 25x zoom capabilities. Her most prized possession however, was neatly slung over her back in a large scroll. The Puppet Kyzer, would be summoned onto the battle field shortly after she spoke, making her next set of intentions obvious. Kyzer would stand before the woman, positioned 2 meters away. Ten threads of pure chakra would connect to the constructs backside soon after, invoking life into the inanimate object. The marionette would tower before the puppeteer, but allow the puppeteer to peer over its shoulder. With a slight tug of her index finger, the sword of the puppet would cross over its chest, signifying its readiness for the impending conflict.

"Please do me the honor of fulling such a request" she continued.

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Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)
Rank: "C" (1 Freebie) + (10 x 19)
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Chakra strings are a technique usually used by puppet users to allow them to control their puppets in battle.
Distance: 200 meters
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times.
Description: The user is capable of controlling a puppet depending on the distance of the puppet. If the puppet surpasses a certain distance then the chakra strings simply disconnect leaving the puppet down along the floor. When first learned the user is able to control a puppet within the distance of up to 10 meters. Each time learned the distance increases by 10 meters. When the user reaches 200 meters there's an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. When the user reaches 400 meters there's again an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. These extra points do not go down by Class. User may learn an unlimited amount of times.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer.

Kugutsu no Jutsu (Puppet Technique)
Rank: "C" (30 x 5)
Skill: NinJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Allows the user to effectively control puppets with lesser chakra strings allowing greater control per puppet.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times. Is able to learn 5 times max.
Description: When the user learns this technique they will reduce the amount of chakra strings needed to control a puppet. When user learns twice they will be to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String, Medium Puppets with 3 Chakra Strings, Large Puppets with 5 Chakra Strings, Huge Puppets with 9 Chakra Strings, Gargantuan Puppets with 11 Chakra Strings, and Colossal Puppets with 13 Chakra Strings. User must learn this Jutsu 3 times in order to control a Gargantuan Puppet. User must learn all 5 times in order to control a Colossal Puppet. After learning twice user will be able to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String regardless of continuous learning.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer. Must know Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)

[Draven]

Draven was still leaning his right side against the tree. He heard something to his left and turned his head to see.

"So sad to know that this forest desires one of us to stay" said Kotomi in a melancholic voice.

He raised an eyebrow as he spotted some one in the distance. It seemed like for a split second, that there was a look that was exchanged between the two that said they knew each other. Their overall look sreamed they were shinobi from different origins. And the methodical eye that they both shared told him that they both had at least one deceptive minion that they had full control over. Puppeteers, a sneaky brand of ninja, the kind that analyzed a battlefield with an engineers mind. The kind that will use thought out and planned attacks that seemed like deception to others but art to the wielders of their deceptive minions. And with that time seemed to speed back up.

He witnessed the women take out her large scroll and produce handseals. He knew these seals because he had the same sealing jutsu. She was summoning an object, though he still could not confirm that she was in fact a puppeteer. Though fortunatly for him she was only slightly faster then him with handseals. While his opponent was producing these hand seals he started running at her with the speed of a Taijutus master, while his puppet with the same speed ran beside him on his left side. Him and his SI-IMP 1.0 had their shields drawn, both on their left arms. They were in full gallop going a distance of 10 meters in .6 seconds in a single movement. At this point the split up and Draven went right while his puppet went left. Within another movement he and his puppet had flanked the women moving another 10 meters, and ending up facing the women from 10 meters away, both him and his puppet on either side of her. He was an honorable enough man and waited for the women to draw out her puppet, cause that was the thing he was interested in anyway. Call it pride or arrogance, but he was a puppeteer and wanted to see what the women had to offer, in response to his own.

"Please do me the honor of fulling such a request" she continued.

And so the fight would commence.

(I hope I am doing my distancing correct, 10 meters per movement. Your med/tai spec and B class so you would have the handseal speed of a tai spec. Also the summoning object jutsu takes 12 handseals so then for you it would take less then half a round. which would be plenty of time for me to get into position?...)

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Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings) ((20)x4) ((10)x6) [100 meters]
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Chakra strings are a technique usually used by puppet users to allow them to control their puppets in battle.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times.
Description: The user is capable of controlling a puppet depending on the distance of the puppet. If the puppet surpasses a certain distance then the chakra strings simply disconnect leaving the puppet down along the floor. When first learned the user is able to control a puppet within the distance of up to 10 meters. Each time learned the distance increases by 10 meters. When the user reaches 200 meters there's an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. When the user reaches 400 meters there's again an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. These extra points do not go down by Class. User may learn an unlimited amount of times.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer.

Kugutsu no Jutsu (Puppet Technique) ((20)x5)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Allows the user to effectively control puppets with lesser chakra strings allowing greater control per puppet.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times. Is able to learn 5 times max.
Description: When the user learns this technique they will reduce the amount of chakra strings needed to control a puppet. When user learns twice they will be to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String, Medium Puppets with 3 Chakra Strings, Large Puppets with 5 Chakra Strings, Huge Puppets with 9 Chakra Strings, Gargantuan Puppets with 11 Chakra Strings, and Colossal Puppets with 13 Chakra Strings. User must learn this Jutsu 3 times in order to control a Gargantuan Puppet. User must learn all 5 times in order to control a Colossal Puppet. After learning twice user will be able to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String regardless of continuous learning.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer. Must know Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)

[::Himiko::]

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OOC: Admittedly, I'm rusty too. If there are any questions/confusions, let me know.

Unsummoning items Doesn't require handseals. That's why I didn't put that I used handseals. Not to sure about that distances at which you can travel, but I'll take your word for it.

Also, try not to control me. After I spoke and summoned my puppet, the fight would began. I wouldn't just be standing there as you take free actions, and I take none.

As for my movements, your partially correct if I was using handseals. I can use 30 handseals per round, and 8 movements per round. A c-ranked technique would cost 12 movements. I can perform 3.75 handseals per movement, so a C-ranked technique in 3.2 movements. Only 1/3 of my post would be used for any jutsus, not 1/2.

Above all, everything is an attempt.

With the enemy revealed as a puppeteer, the woman would take counter measures to battle him. As he dashed toward her, Kotomi would switch to single handed control over her Kyzer puppet. While control shifted to her left hand, her right hand would be free to enter her back pouch and remove 2 kunai paired up with exploding tags. As he closed the ten meter gap, with his ape puppet flanking her side also at 10 meters, Kotomi took action. With a flick of her left wrist, she commanded Kyzer to unleash a torrent of flames from his mouth. The burst of fire would stream forth toward the invisible binding with which the puppet and puppeteer held. Kotomi targeted his strings, which she knew would be formed between the two as they attempted to flank. The stream of fire would over reach 20 meters in length. At Kotomi's control, Kyzer would also pan his head up and down, attempting to ensure that he hit something if the enemy attempted to to move the strings. The flames would pan to reach a height of 20 meters above ground within this same action; an attack lasting 6 seconds. If successful, Kotomi would disrupt the bonds between the two; leaving the puppet to fall upon the floor.

Kotomi on the other hand, would trace the movements of male, and attempt to match them during Kyzer's assault. She and her puppet recoiled back 5 meters, as she threw her tagged Kunai toward the young man while he charged forth. The first tagged kunai would attempt to collide head on with the ninja, shielded or not. The second tagged kunai would be aimed toward the floor, right between them both (7.5 meter away). On his response, the tags should explode. If successful, either the tag would explode and harm the young man, or he would stumble upon the tagged kunai on the floor, and either move away giving Kotomi more distance, or harming himself.

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Kyzer Flame Thrower: (19/20)

-2 Kunai
-2 Exploding tags

[Draven]

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OOC: np working my way through, sorry forgot about the attempt rather then do. I could see positioning being like that "attempted to flank" anyway sticky situation hmmm....

Draven brought forth his chakra strings and attempted used it like a close line attack. Though he kept it low and close to the ground as he and his puppet started to flank at least the womens puppet. The strings were only a few inches off the ground and only a few inches away from the ankles of the beast. He kept his forward momentum and his puppet and the close line attack should hit if nothing goes wrong, but out of the corner of his eye he could see the women switch to a one handed control of her puppet, then her puppet would spew forth hot fire. By now the his strings should have been safe, they were well underneath Kyzers chin and close if not hitting his legs in an attempt to wrap up the puppets leg.

At this point the women and her beast matched him and his SI-IMP 1.0 going in all going in a single direction in the forest, (and I am to assume?) that he was only need to travel 5 meters more to get into his spot where he and his puppet would be flanking the women on either side both 10 meters away from her. But the women was moving with him and his puppet in the same direction along with her puppet as well. Which meant his attempt to truck up her puppet with his chakra strings would still be close to connecting. He had to figure out a way to stop her retreat.

Draven twitched his finger and raised the right hand of the puppet. The women sent forth a kunai, while at the same time he let a kunai be shot at the women from his puppets kunai launcher located in the palm of its hand. Draven woulds simply use his shield and block the incoming kunai while he keeps his run going to try and flank this women. But he then flicked his finger and angled his puppet so that he would be facing behind the women a few meters. It would not have been much of an angle change but enough for him to activate the puppets after burners and send the puppet flying forward in an attempt to get to that spot a few meters behind the women. All the while his chakra strings would finally if success full make contact with her puppets legs, and if not more since the chakra strings now created a lasso effect along the ground. As this was going on the women shot forth another kunai and it landed between him and her, he had no idea that it was an exploding tag at first, though he did not care much since he was not going to advance yet.

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Isshi no Otoshina (String Entrapment)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A skill that allowed the user to entrap, trip, or interfere movement against the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A technique used to grasp hold, or trip opponents or objects. This technique is used to restrict movements and buy some time to escape or perform a more powerful attack. This technique is for support purposes. Depending on the user's ability to perform Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings) depends on the length of this technique.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer. Must know Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)

Jikkouji Ni (At a Run)
Rank: “A”
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Through training, the user becomes able to block attacks even while jogging or running.
Special: Allows the user to use techniques like Bear Claw Stance; Bear Claw Block; Bear Claw Sharp Weapon Smashing, Bear Claw Blunt Weapon while in motion.
Drawback: The user must still hold a rough defensive pose with their arms else techniques still do not work.
Description: With training, the user no longer has to remain still to withstand attacks. They will now only need to hold an approximation of the Bear Claw Stance with their arms while running at a steady pace, however with their practice and physical strength they will now be able to block attacks as effectively while moving forward at speed as they would be able to while rooted to the spot.
Limit: “Bear Claw Stance”, “Bear Claw – Block” for “A”, “Steady Advance”.

Afterburners activated on SI-IMP 1.0 1/3 suhshin used.

[::Himiko::]

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I think I just K'O you, or injured you. The Kunai Thrown at you was armed with an exploding tag. It has a killing distance of 1 meter, and a wounding area of 2 meters. Since you wrote that you just blocked it, and really didn't describe what happened to the Kunai thereafter, its going to detonate next to you and take you out. Your shield is roughly 48 inches wide (assuming) but the whole blast radius encompasses 78 inches wide (2 meter).

The first tagged kunai would attempt to collide head on with the ninja, shielded or not. The second tagged kunai would be aimed toward the floor, right between them both (7.5 meter away). On his response, the tags should explode. If successful, either the tag would explode and harm the young man, or he would stumble upon the tagged kunai on the floor, and either move away giving Kotomi more distance, or harming himself.

Tag: Exploding
Rank: "A"
Type: Secondary, 80 per Slot, Explosive, Tag
Effect: Exploding tags are scraps of paper inscribed with a special writing, centering on the kanji for "explode" (爆, baku). Infused with chakra, they will explode after a set amount of time, remotely, or after being ignited by flame. The tags can be attached to a surface or wrapped around a weapon to be thrown at an enemy.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not put right.
Description: Paper that is 2 inches by 6 inches in size and 0.039" (1 mil) thick. These papers are exploding tags that are able to harm and kill opponents or just simply explode within a certain radius. They can be placed on targets, wrap around a weapon, or even thrown at opponents. Tags have a killing diameter of 1 meter, and a wounding diameter of 2 meters. Tags can be activated to explode within 6 seconds, or by a simple technique. May be attached to 3 items without taking up room in a single slot.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 12,000 Ryo per Slot, or 150 Ryo Each.

For the rest of your post, since I'm critiquing your work as well:

I can accept your attempt to dodge the flames, from harming your strings, but then you state that your attempting to close line my puppet with your chakra strings?, aiming for his chin, and his legs? Kyzer's attack lasted six seconds, while panning his flames up and down. If your attempting to close line my puppet, while my attack hasn't stopped, then I believe the flames will make contact; leaving your puppet disrupted in some way or form.

Lastly, if your attempting to interrupt my puppet with your own strings, your going to need to state How many strings your going to make the attempt with, and how many will still be attached to your puppet at the end of the close line.

If not, I can attempt to over power you, since you'll have to make the choice of either controlling your puppet, or stopping mine.

The ninja before her was not to be underestimated. His movements seemed to out shine her own, and so he had a tactical advantage in that sense. Kotomi could also see that the young man was attempting to befuddle the actions of her own puppet, with his own strings. As a counter measure, Kotomi reeled her puppet closer to her body, while moving back another 5 meters. She and her puppet attempted to keep a 10 meter distance from the enemy at all times. Kyzer of course, remained 1 meter away from its master.
With a grasp of her hand, she attempted to tightened the control onto her puppet, and commanded the construct. Kotomi was of a higher caliber skill within puppetry, and was far close to her own puppet than the enemy. Her dominance over the marionette should outshine her foes. With a remaining pulse of chakra, she commanded Kyzer to unleash another torrent of flames directly upon the ape puppet. Rather than severe the strings, Kotomi would simply destroy the puppet. The foe only seemed to attack the body of her puppet, and allowed Kotomi free reign over its head still.

The flames if Kyzer would rush outward from its mouth, with a stream of fire reaching 20 meters in length still. At her whim, the flames would engulf the floor in a panning motion, continuing to hunt down the puppet regardless if her moved or not. Kotomi could predict that if the puppet was moving parallel with its master, the flames Kyzer produced could potentially roast the strings and the puppet together in one quick motion.
In the aftermath of the flames, the forest would burn before the searing hot flames left by the puppet, leaving torched land for the enemy to transverse if her ever attempted to get close to his own puppet. If he would continue to attempt to control Kyzer, his ape puppet should surely be ravaged by the flames.

Kotomi performed her own actions as well, while Kyzer began to spit out flames. The explosion would have allowed Kotomi to take advantage of another attack if her was injured badly enough. With strings of chakra, Kotomi pulled forth 4 kunai on her right hand. The strings commanded the bladed to quickly hover, and shoot outward less than a second later. With the power of her puppetry controlling the Kunai, she commanded the blades like homing missiles. Two would be aimed for the enemies head, while the other two would be aimed for his legs. If he blocked one set, the other set would surely land. If he blocked them all, this only gave Kotomi the chance to connect her own strings to her foe, and make an attempt to over power him with her own puppetry skills. If he dodged them, Kotomi could simply reel the Kunai back in, and make a second attempt.

During these actions, Kotomi tried to keep her 10 meter distance at all times, never allowing her foe to gain any position over her.

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Kyzer Flame Thrower: (18/20)
(-6/10) Kunai
Continuing puppetry control techniques.

Sōshūjin (Manipulating Attack Blades)
Rank: "C" (20)
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: This technique allows the user to hover multiple kunai in the air with Chakra String, and direct them to an opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Using this technique, the user can unleash a torrent of kunai much more quickly than if each one was thrown individually. The user wraps their chakra strings around a line of Kunai/Knives and shoots the Kunai/Knives towards the opponent. The user is unable to change the trajectory of the Kunai/Knives when launched. The distance of the Kunai/Knives is dependent on the user's ability to perform Chakra Strings. User is unable to perform this technique in conjunction with techniques that relies on user's hands to throw.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer, Must know Isshi no Otoshina (String Entrapment).

Sōen: Hitomi Gokū (Puppet Performance: Skillful Achievement with a Human Body)
Rank: "A", "S" (100)
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique that allows the user to take control of a human body and use it to their advantage as if it was a puppet.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A puppet performance technique where chakra threads are attached to various spots on a person's body; the head, torso, both arms, and both legs. The person being manipulated gains the ability to not only use their own techniques, but the skills of the puppeteer as well. The origins of this technique lie on the battlefield. When a puppet user's puppets were all destroyed, they would begin using corpses. To perform this technique with a living person would normally require both parties to cooperate with each other. However, a highly skilled user can control the target by force if the person is severely weakened or damaged rendering them unable to resist. To perform the higher version the user must learn the "S" Rank version of this technique.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer, Must master Puppetry.

[Draven]

[atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=border,0,true][bg=#990000][atrb=width,450px,true] The Deceptive Arts Draven had no clue that the kunai had a tag on it. Just his inattention to detail but the kunai struck his shield and he did not block an attack of this magnitude correctly. He could have covered his body in such a way so that the blast would cone around his shield, he did have the right skills and technique so that his shield could absorb the blast. But as inattention goes, the tag explodes. First his shield shatters. the shrapnal alone as the potential to kill him. But that's not how he is going to take his last breath. Instead the shield splinters into his left arm, and some into most of his torso and thighs. The wounds are life threatening but not instant death life threatening. The blast can easily kill him. But again his not how he goes out. Not with a bang. Though, the damage he takes is another slow killer. The blast takes his legs, and his left arm. Thankfully he was blocking on the run, so he absorbed it from the side. And the blast coteries the wounds so that he would not bleed out. But there are burns a plenty, as his whole left side including his face is scorched. Yet the pain as one could imagine is enough to put him in shock, but that's not how he goes either. As Draven's puppet also gets scorched to hell he gets blown back a good 5 meters and his body skids across the ground. He lays on his back as his puppet 15 meters away collapses to the ground. Without feet, or a left arm he would lay there for a few moments. He did have enough life left in him to raise his right arm, and a single thread still intact attached to his puppet. He then said with a severely raspy voice, "We dead yet Imp?" And with that last thread to his puppet he sends a bit of chakra to the mouth of his only precious puppet, "yEp" the puppet would speak but a single word in a high pitched raspy tone. This of course was just Draven speaking through his puppet, but it gave him solace when he gave his puppet life like qualities, like responding to his voice in such a manner. And finally what did Draven in for the final time was a shard still flying straight up in the sky. It was making its decent, aiming right for Draven. And right after the puppet had spoken, the shard from Draven's shield went sharp end first right into the forehead of the novice puppeteer. Its not like the world went black for Draven. But, more or less ceased to exist, as he was smote, dead. SPOILER: Click to show Fukuwajutsu no Kugutsu (Puppet Ventriloquism) (20) Rank: "C" Skill: NinJutsu Effect: Allows the user to speak through a puppet. Special: --- Drawback: Does not work if user is Mute. Description: Allows the user to speak through a puppet at a distance. The user relays the chakra strings from their fingers to their mouth, and all the way through one of the puppets. The user pushes their voice through the chakra strings so then the puppet may vocally speak out what the user says. The mimic will become exact to the user's voice. User is not able to speak through multiple puppets at the same time and must switch from puppet to puppet if needed. Limit: Must be a Puppeteer.

[::Himiko::]

Good fight, well played.