Thy time is done, great ancient [mission]

[Draven]

[enters]

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Name: Thy time is done, great ancient
Rank: C
IIC Length: 2 Days
Difficulty: Medium
Objective: Investigate one of seven temples in the various lands.
Description: The Tsuchikage has heard of various temples that are hidden throughout the lands. Being one who is fascinated by various religious deities, he wants to send his Shinobi to investigate the temples and see what these temples are all about. There are Seven that he has found out about, each with a different god and symbol to match it. The Tsuchikage wishes to get any and all information from these temples as, while each one is different, they all seem the same as well.
The temple of Xerxes in the Land of Fang
The temple of Zadkiel in the Land of River
The temple of Malandra in the Land of Tea
The temple of Gabriel in the Land of Stone
The temple of Uriel in the Land of Frost
The temple of Alyx in the Land of Bird
The temple of Sophron in the Land of Moon
Reward: 2,500 Ryo

Draven looks around the surrounding area. He just came down from a mountain ridge path that stretch's for many tens of meters behind him. He checks his shield and finds its secure on his left arm. He notices his usual attire his slightly dirtied from the trip, and will need some repair from where his puppet had been carrying him. Just a few tares here and there on his black gai. Other then that he checked his SI-IMP 1.0 and made sure it was ok. The puppet was durable and had not even a scratch.

With that Draven started searching the area. He flicked his finger and said to his puppet "Fly my pretty." And with that he controlled his puppet to take flight. It was only a few meters in the air, when he sent some chakra up to it so that he can see through its eyes. He was controlling the puppet with one hand while his other hand had his shield on, and that hand was up to his face covering his left eye.

Draven then flew the puppet high into the sky. He made it go 90 meters up into the air. The whole while he would turn the puppets head and turn it around trying to spy on the terrain around him. He started walking south along a path with his puppet over head being his second set of eyes. He was trying to search for a temple with a spacific logo or design or what ever the design from the mission scroll reveled about the ruins.

Draven walked a distance of 50 meters with his puppet overhead spying the area giving him a great advantage point for his sight. From there he would take note of anything that could be approaching him. He chose to keep to this path since it was in such a way that he could spy down with his puppet and see enough of a clearing so that nothing can come up and surprise him.

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Puppet in flight with good maneuverability.

Metsuki no Kugutsu (Puppet Eyes) (10)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Allows the user to see what a puppet may see.
Special: ---
Drawback: Difficult to move around while seeing through other eyes. Does not work if user is Blind.
Description: This technique allows the user to see through the eyes of a puppet if there are "Eyes" on the puppet. The user relays the chakra strings from their fingers to their eyes, and all the way through one of the puppets. User is able to see what the puppet sees through their own eyes. If the puppet is installed with any kind of visual enhancements then they are able to see through that kind of vision as well. User is not able to see through multiple puppets at the same time and must switch from puppet to puppet if needed.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer.

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.

[Sairo Zassou]

As Draven would continue his searching, he would notice a large temple amongst the trees. It was abandoned at the entrance and even inside from what he could see. The two large towers of the temple each bear the symbol listed on the Mission Slip that Draven had taken. Upon entering, Draven would be able to see two paths. The walls and floors were pure white and sometimes it was hard to tell where the wall ended and where the floor began. He could choose to go left or right, each one housing its own individual secrets. He had entered the Temple of Zadkiel. But what would he find there? What importance did this temple hold?

[Draven]

Draven brought down his puppet from the sky. He had it land in front of him before he entered the temple structure. He wanted his puppet to take lead, and it hop along in front of him. He had it leading him 5 meters ahead. He then entered the temple at looked from left to right taking careful note of the place. He noted the lighting and calculated which was the best direction to go so that he would have the best sun light to see. He then chose left and started walking down the path within the temple.

As Draven walked he looked from left and right methodicaly looking at the walls and checking the floor for anything that would catch him unaware, like traps or other unwanted hostilities. Like spiders, he hated spiders. It was unfair how they had these extra legs at which they walked with, and those googly eight eyes. "Gah" he thought to himself as that helped him search for anything that would be of note. He had a notebook and a pencil and had some paper ready in case he round any interesting symbols or writing of note.

If Draven ran across any type of symbology or writing that he should keep track of of should report back to the kage about he would take his paper and place it over the etching and scribble out what the symbol is. Or he would write down the writing the was found. Aside form that he had his full attention on what was around him, and for any hostilities.

[Tieren]

As Draven turned down his path, he would start to notice the symbol on the Mission Slip appearing more and more frequently. His walking would cause him to come across a large white Statue, one of a beast of massive proportions.

This beast looked as though he was on a throne and several statues of people were bowing before him. The place was eerily quiet for now before suddenly, a voice spoke throughout the halls.

"Who dares disturb the Throne of Zadkiel?"[/color] Said the voice. A small, and very faint light blue light was seen on the mane of the beast the statue was representing.

[Draven]

Draven took in everything as he looked around at all the statues and the massive statue on the throne. He stood side by side with his puppet to his left as he picked up on the symbol of the temple. Interesting, he said to himself as he was still unaware of true meaning of the area that he was in. Then he heard the voice coming from the massive statue.

"Who dares disturb the Throne of Zadkiel?"

A few things ran through Dravens mind after he heard the statue seem to speak. First he was never one to be uncooperative. He had a feeling displeasing any disembodied voice was probably a bad plan. This would severely dampen the likely hood of his success on his mission. Second this could be deception, and some ninja could be laying in wait in some dark corner of this temple. So he decided not to necessarily tell exactly who he was, but yet to still answer the question at hand, "I am the answer to the flow of the River, I am the Man of many bodies, I am the immovable object to the unstoppable force. I am the Stone man." He said in an epitaph to himself. "I am here in seek of answer. Tell me o' Throne of Zadkiel what is your nature, what are your secrets?" he finally exclaimed. He then waited for the voice to answer back. He waited in a readied stance of combat, trying to expect the unexpected.

[Tieren]

The words were spoken directly to the Statue, but no response was given. After a few silent moments, a rumbling occurred throughout the temple. "YOU DARE DEMAND ANSWERS FROM ME?!?! WHO ARE YOU BUT A WEAKLING WHO CANNOT EVEN SPEAK HIS OWN NAME!"[/color] Said the large beast. Suddenly, the stone covering his body started to crack slightly before falling to pieces, revealing the large creature. On his head bore the symbol of Zadkiel. He took a step forward and looked Draven straight in the eye.

"I do not ask, I demand. Tell me who you are!"[/color] He shouted, the temple rumbling a little bit once more. As the beast moved toward Draven, the statues that were bowing also moved, turning to be bowing at Zadkiel at all times.

[Edit: Please stop PMing me to tell me that you've posted]

[Draven]

(sorry bout that)

Draven stood fast. he did not move, no fear would have shown on his face nor with his body language. Though, he would be gripping his shield with white knuckles. He though that this was enough to prove that it was not some twerp ninja from another village trying to get a rise out of him. And if it was then the lease this ninja deserved for showing such force is the name of his opponent, "I am Draven Shitakuma, form the Land of Stone." he said as respectfully as he could, will keeping his head held high.

Also he restated why he was in this place disturbing this statue as he had done, "Again I am here in seek of answers, and this time I ask you, who are you, and what is your nature." He stood firm, ready to raise his shield if needed. His right hand was also ready to put his puppet in flight if need be. He also was taking into account the other moving objects, the other statues that were now moving with the beast. Just in case he chambered a smoke grenade within the mouth of his puppet and a chambered kunai within the palm of the puppets kunai launcher.

Draven shifted his eyes counting the number of moving statues, he took note of the weapons that they all had, he took measure of the size of them all and the proportions of the limbs and torsos, calculating their reach. If this force would be too much he will have to retreat, but he wanted to get as much information from this place as he could before he would do that. As a final note to combat preparations he sent a line of chakra to his puppet and attacked it to the Kunai from within the puppets chambered kunai. He was ready for what could be thrown at him, or so he thinks.

[Tieren]

The beast known as Zadkiel stepped back briefly as the words came from him. He turned on the ninja and sat at his throne once again.

"I am Zadkiel, God of Ninjutsu in this world. It is through me that all Ninjutsu is possible. Without my existance, Ninjutsu could not exist. The powers of Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Ice, and Sound would be non-existant. The advanced abilities of Ice, Sand, and Wood would not be possible. And the secret wonders of Paper and Crystal would be void. You, however, are a user of Taijutsu. You hold no purpose in my domain unless you are here to try and claim it for this Stone Village of yours. With a simple stomp, I could leave your village in ruins."[/color] He said as the statues before him stood from their bowing position.

There were 24 statues that had now turned to face Draven. Each one held no weapon, but they were all displaying a different handseals. The corresponding statues held the same handseal, 12 on each side in three rows of four. A walkway was in the middle of them. It was clear that his affinity was Ninjutsu from the statues that were there. But now he said he was the God of Ninjutsu. There were 6 other temples, so what were the other 6 supposed gods of? And were they even temples of gods to begin with or just fakes? Had Draven chosen the correct temple right off the bat?

[Draven]

The temptation to to acquire what ever secret was to be had from this temple was great. But he decided against it, weather this was a real god or not, and the fact that the affinity is ninjutsu would be a serious challenge for him. On top of the fact that he was not prepared for such an encounter. If he were to be injured in this place with no means of seeking help he would be done for. So he said to Zedkiel, " O' great Zedkiel, God of Ninjutsu, I decline your challenge of claim, thus I am ill prepared for such a challenge. Please allow this humble Tiajutsu Master to return home and tell tale of the great Zedkiel."

With that Draven hoped that he can complete his mission and bring this information back to the kage. This is a very interesting temple, and would be of much interest to the village. He then waited in respect to the massive statue, wanting nothing more then to not anger the supposed god of ninjutsu. Again he wished not to get into a confrontation if he could help it. It would risk the mission, and was not needed anyway. And thus, he waited for the response.

[Tieren]

Zadkiel looked upon the Shinobi and felt he was being mocked. But he said nothing about it. All he did was stomp his paw down on the ground and the statues turned back to him and bowed.

"Be gone, Draven Shitakuma. And inform your leader that I do not wish for any further of your Ninja to snoop around my temple again. Lest you feel the wrath of Zadkiel."[/color] He said. The pieces of stone started to surround him again as he was encased in statue once more. He stomped his paw down once more and before Draven was a small stone shard with the symbol of Zadkiel etched on it. The voice continued. "Take that to your village and spread my word. This world will crumble, and we will be the harbingers of its destruction."[/color] And with that... The voice silenced, saying nothing further to Draven.

[Draven]

Draven picked up the stone shard of Zedkiel. He put it in his pocket then gave one more look at the statues. He took careful note of all the statues and the throne itself along with the statue of Zedkiel. It only took him a second and he did not want to linger. The though of fighting something that is beyond a ninjutsu master made his toes tingle. He just was not ready, so he turned around and exited the temple along with his notes and any symbols or writings that he could gather.

Draven flicked his fingers and with a simple commanded made his puppet Imp follow. He got down away form the temple and turned home and started the trek back to Stone Village.

[exit]