Kagerou's smile faltered as Shadow pulled away. He had feared this. Shadow did not feel for him the way he felt for her. Of course, Kagerou knew his love was likely fake, a creation of the forces that left him unable to stop even when he knew it was wrong. However, that did not make the rejection hurt any less when Shadow moved away from him like he was some sort of suspicious freak.
"No," Kagerou whispered, as if in pain, as Shadow's hand slipped out of his, . Tears leaked from his devastated eyes. A sniffle escaped his crumpling face. Looking into Shadow's eyes seemed to physically hurt Kagerou but he couldn't tear his eyes from those beautiful orbs either. However, the unstoppable desires that filled his head weren't how to bring Shadow to love him. No, the first thoughts were how to wipe away the myriad of negative emotions, shown clear as day, from Shadow's beautiful face.
"Ah, I'm sorry," Kagerou immediately apologized, hastily stopping his crying and wiping away what little had already dropped before he drew his hands towards his chest and stomach, where they clutched his jacket and sweater tightly, "Please… Please, I don't want you to… I'll try my best to not worry you again." There was a weak, not very convincing smile on Kagerou's face as he gave one last, longing look at Shadow before turning his eyes to the side. He wasn't going to pull out some stupid excuse like how Shadow hadn't specified or anything. Stepping back was a clear enough sign that Shadow didn't like what Kagerou did just then. It could have been Kagerou's touch or gaze. He wasn't sure, and until he was sure that neither would hurt Shadow, he didn't feel like doing either anymore. No, actually, that was a lie. He very much wanted both, but not at the expense of Shadow's feelings. Just in case his urges ever reared their ugly heads again, though, Kagerou had his hands hold tightly to his hoodie and sweater.
An apology had been the first thing to pop into Kagerou's head. However, Shadow had asked him a question, and of course, Kagerou could not deny his love. "I love you," came the blunt confession, the words Kagerou had held inside for long. Although, would it really come as a surprise after his proposal? His eyes, even though they looked only at the random restaurant Shadow had chosen, shined as Kagerou spoke. One could only imagine how brightly they would have shone if he had been actually looking at Shadow. He couldn't stop himself from continuing the line of thought and his smile just kept on growing stronger and stronger the more he got off his chest, "I love you. I love your hair, your ears, the blue of your eyes, and how they shine through your unkempt bangs and those adorable streaks of fur. I love the way you're shy, even though I want to hear more from you. I think your mechanical arm, with its glow that can just barely be seen through the crack when it's looked at hard enough, is beautiful. I can't help but be hypnotized by your tail as it flicks to and fro behind you. Your hands, they look a little dirty? Were you working on something? How admirable. May I help you with whatever you were working on? Or just watch you? Then there's when I think about you and that's… well… ahh… You know, I also worry. You were just hospitalized, fully unconscious of all things. Have you felt anything strange? Light-headed or even a headache, maybe? Have you had a proper rest at all? You have such deep shadows under your eyes, which I worry over as much as I love them. How are you handling your memory loss? You haven't been lost, have you? I'm so sorry you had to be alone all this time. Here, let me…" Kagerou stopped speaking when Shadow suddenly appeared in his field of vision. as his mind belatedly registered that, during his impassioned and cheesy confession, he had turned his head despite making the resolve to not do that. What was worse, a hand was already beginning to reach up to Shadow's face. "Let me…," was what he wanted to say, but those thoughts never left his mouth. He couldn't do it, not when it was possible that Shadow didn't want to be touched. Hoping that nothing he had done made Shadow feel threatened, Kagerou hastily dropped his hand along with the one knee that he had raised, having never dropped it after his proposal. A little forcefully, he stuffed both of his hands into the pockets of his hoodie. He looked away again. His foolish, radiant smile weakened into a faint, wistful smile. Kagerou hated how his resolve had broken so easily, but seeing Shadow was like a breath of fresh air after hours breathing in clouds of smoke. He couldn't not smile after seeing her.
Assuming Shadow was still around after that embarrassing scene, Kagerou was ready to give an actual answer. "I love you," Kagerou confessed again, but this time, he actually explained the symptoms that he had just shown, "There's no rhyme or reason to it. I can't stop loving you, and on top of that, I can't stop myself from doing what I want to do, which just recently became something else on top of cherishing you for life. It's… the second one is even scarier than finding love for no reason, so I've been keeping it in check by just focusing on love. I hope you don't mind. Mostly, what I do, I do without thinking, and even when I can think, my body just ignores my head. That's why I proposed to you just now. It's… I think it's caused by the same thing that changed our bodies."
Just that would have been enough of an explanation. However, Kagerou didn't realize that, just like he didn't realize that his sentences came out jumbled and overall unpolished. He just kept on talking, trying to not only explain everything to Shadow but also make a case for her to not throw him away, "I'm… Like this, I'm probably a little dangerous. Some of the others at the hospital were starting a fight, so there's precedent. Still, never to you. I'd never be dangerous to you. I think I'd rather die than see you hurt. That's why I was hoping that maybe… maybe you could let me stay with you? Please, I know this is selfish of me to ask you, but that's all I want. To be with you and to help you. I wasn't lying when I said that I'd do anything for you… I suck at lying anyways."
There was more Kagerou wanted to say. However, this time, he did stop. He had lost his ability to deny what he wanted, but even desires could have an order to things. Right now, he wanted to hear Shadow's reply, so that meant he needed to stop talking.
He waited with a confusing expression. Kagerou's smile certainly looked happy and content with what little he had even now. However, his whole body, including said smile, trembled, shaking in both fear of Shadow's possible rejection and anticipation of Shadow's possible acceptance. The bells on Kagerou's wrist shimmered with sound, shivering with Kagerou's body. Besides the shaking and other basic functions like breathing and blinking, though, Kagerou's body didn't move an inch. He seemed determined to stay in this pose, eyes averted from Shadow and hands kept to himself so long as Shadow looked like she was uncomfortable with either. Kagerou wouldn’t have wanted to make his emotions this obvious, but it didn't look like he really had a say in even this trivial matter. [12/15]
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• Specialist -The user chooses to specializing in healing medical techniques and gains a great boost to their chakra control in that area. At Chunnin, they gain a -5 chakra reduction to perform techniques in their specialty. at Jounin, -10, at Konin -15 at Sannin -20. To clarify, they they gain a -5 chakra reduction every rank, to a maximum of -20 at sannin. All medical jutsu are still learnable by both sides, but the chakra control only applies to the chosen side.
• Grand Performance - The user can perform both types of arts (ninjutsu and genjutsu) through their performance or instrument, often casting them at the same time (must pay for both techniques). Can perform D rank techniques through instrument at gennin, C at Chunnin, B at jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin.
• Learn Medical techniques one (1) post faster.
• Learn ninjutsu (1) post faster.
• Learn genjutsu one (1) post faster.
• D"eye"versity - Through the use of custom techs, Kagerou can swap between the normally limited abilities and techniques for her sharingan, potentially giving her access to all eye abilities and mangekyou techs. She can never have more than the written limits at any one time (e.g. access to all eye abilities but cannot use more than two at a time). In addition to learning the required custom and whatever additional requirements that custom might have, Kagerou needs to fulfill certain conditions for a safe swap. Each Sharingan ability or technique swapped must be retrained and adjusted to, a process that takes twenty [20] posts at first for each Sharingan ability/technique, is reduced by two [2] posts every time the Sharingan ability/technique is safely retrained, and can take a minimum of six [6] posts per Sharingan ability/technique. If necessary, Kagerou can perform a riskier, instant swap on the fly without the readjustment period, but these swaps can only last for up to five [5] posts and disables the Sharingan, which needs to recover from the strain, for twice [x2] the number of posts that the swap lasted for. Techniques learned with the 'To Copy' Sharingan ability, which can be swapped out, are not forgotten but must be retrained every time Kagerou safely swaps to the 'To Copy' ability. Instant swaps to the 'To Copy' ability give Kagerou all of her copied techniques without needing to retrain them. For every time Kagerou safely swaps to her 'To Copy' ability, her copied techniques take two [2] less posts to retrain, going down to a minimum of one [1] post to retrain each copied technique.
• Miracle Performance - Kagerou can perform healing eiseijutsu through her performance/instrument as if it was ninjutsu of the same rank. When performing healing medical techniques, she can target anyone who can hear her music with the jutsu. I.e. she no longer has to be within touch range of the target to use healing hands.
• The Good Host - 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
• Mind and Body - A sound soul resides in a sound mind and a sound body. To ensure the health of all three, Kagerou must master every aspect of medicine. Kagerou gains an additional medical field type. The additional type needs to be trained separately from the first.
• Evergreen Growth - Life always finds a way, especially when it's helped by someone who truly cherishes it. Plants cultivated by Kagerou grow as if the soil they are nourished by is +1 grade higher than it actually is. Unfertilized soil yields crops in 2 rl weeks. Low-grade fertilizer yields crops in 1 week. High-grade fertilizer reaches a new level of fast and yields crops in 4 days. (Post-acceptance note: I just realized that there is an Evergreen religion in this guild. I did not mean for this to be a religious PA in any way. It's just botany. I hope that's not a problem.)
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2017 8:21 am
⦉Good luck when youwake up and realize all that you've lost.xxxxxxxxxxShining lies are what you're made of. I hope it'sworth the price that it costs.⦊ ❝Funny how history ends in an instant, how something so close can end up so distant.❞
【F I F T E E N⦁S I L E N T⦁G U A R D I A N】xxxxx◢ S h a d o w H ú n y i s t í r ◣xxxxx【O I N I N⦁N I N J U T S U - P U P P E T E E R⦁U K Y O】
[x] The sadness of rejection on the now-male Kagerou's face when I pulled away from him resulted in a twinge of sympathy, although it was still very much outweighed by mistrust. I watched silently as tears slid down his face, which he hastily wiped a moment later and gave a small, lackluster smile at the response of trying not to worry me. If I was worried about anything, it was the suddenness of the whole situation and what someone was doing proposing to me, when they hardly knew me. 'Love at first sight' was the stuff of fairy tales that could possibly exist, but not for me. At least, not in this situation.
I mean, I couldn't lie that I thought she'd been attractive once I calmed down enough to think at the hospital. But I wasn't about to announce that to the world.
However, in response to my threat of a question, Kagerou announced once more that he loved me, and then continued quickly in an attempt to explain his affection. He complimented my hair, eyes, everything he could and then barraged me with questions, what I'd been doing and whether or not he could watch being the main ones that stuck out. He asked how I was after waking up in the hospital, and whether I'd gotten enough rest. I wanted to give him a snarky comeback but he reached toward me and I flinched back. That wasn't happening again.
The green-haired male realized what he was doing and dropped his hand again. My gaze flicked between the hand as it was forced into his jacket and his face, but I still said nothing. I watched his expression shift through emotions just over the course of a smile. Whatever had him infatuated so all of a sudden--be it something to do with the gender swap or the hormones that came with the new body--was clearly hurting him, and I felt bad. But I wasn't going to abandon my own feelings for a forced love. Besides, the latter didn't seem likely, since he'd sought me out, and although the things the male body experienced were powerful, this still seemed beyond that.
This time his explanation helped make a little more sense, and confirmed my thought. He couldn't control himself, sort of like the nagging desire that I had to get back to work. Hunger won out for the moment against it, but it was steadily becoming more powerful the longer I wasn't doing it. The small speech was ended with an unspoken agreement that he was thinking along the same lines I was.
A brief pause to gather his thoughts, and he tried a third time to describe what he felt. It still came out as a plea, but for the moment he seemed to have himself under control again. Letting him stick around probably wouldn't cause that much harm, right? I wasn't so sure I was comfortable with it, but a combination of wanting to get back to work and a small part of me being won over, I was inclined to let him at least watch while I made a fool out of myself. It wasn't like I actually got to use the forge or anything. I was too inexperienced for that. All I could do for the moment was clean up after the blacksmith while a nail practically stabbed me in the heart from a sheer desire to fix my mechanical arm.
I needed food, though. I hadn't eaten since waking up in the hospital, and who knew before then.
I glanced at the doorway beyond Kagerou that I'd been about to enter before, and then back at the young man once more. My gaze fell slightly as I tried to piece a simple sentence together. "You can stay..." I muttered finally and made my way back to the small restaurant, disappearing inside to, hopefully, give myself a couple of seconds to breath before Kagerou was on me again. Thankfully, the people inside had gone back to their lives and didn't pay any mind to what happened a couple minutes ago.
[ Tier 2 :: 3 / 5 ]
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Current Objectives: ✤ Stave off Kagerou ✤ Learn how to smith
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HeadlessKoko
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[ m o o d ] confused x|x [ h e a l t h ] fine x|x [ i n j u r i e s ] none
[ t h o u g h t ] "What?" [ l o c a t i o n ] Crafting District: Streets [ i n t e r a c t i o n ] Kagerou
When he received permission, only one thing could really express how grateful he felt. However, hugging was so clearly not allowed that Kagerou had to settle with a very loud sigh of relief and a very large smile. His body stopped shaking now that this small matter was settled. However, he still needed a moment to soak it all in. Kagerou observed herself as he stared longingly at Shadow entering the restaurant, The last part was him trying to convince himself, for both her own image and to not ruin the small advance she had just gained with Shadow.
Shadow had to cross his vision when she entered the restaurant. Alone, this really wasn't enough to say for certain if she was okay with having Kagerou stare at her. However, she had also said that it was okay for Kagerou to stay, and no one could possibly think that looking could be altogether avoided when two people were together, right? Kagerou decided as she stood up, eyes never leaving Shadow, Even though it was cheating, Kagerou couldn't help it. This feeling of love, it was new to her. She always liked most people she meant to a certain extent, but she would have never called it love in the romantic sense. Right now, even though the emotions hit her full force, she was only experiencing the tip of the iceberg of romance. She… The weird sensations in her, had switched gear to wanting to feel more of this experience that is love. She didn't mind. It was one of the better urges to have.
Smiling and counting his blessings, Kagerou followed Shadow into the restaurant, deciding that he was also hungry upon entering even though he hadn't eaten all that long ago, back when he was buying fruits not too far from here. How long ago that seemed, though.
For Shadow's sake, Kagerou tried to act normal and just not attract attention in general. His bells rung once upon entry and then stopped. Kagerou had bounced them into his hands, where they were held and silenced. With newfound restraint, Kagerou kept his hands to himself and followed behind Shadow at a reasonable distance to avoid both weird looks that might make her uncomfortable and just the general discomfort of having someone who was basically a stranger be all touchy-feely. This decision also included Kagerou tearing his eyes from watching Shadow for a bit to take a look at the menu so he would know what to order.
It was just supposed to be a short glance up to memorize the first thing he saw and then go back to watching Shadow. However, there was something on the menu that held Kagerou's gaze for a bit. <'Offers takeout'?> he read, . He mulled the thought over a bit longer before looking back to Shadow. In the brightly lit establishment, Kagerou was definitely sure Shadow had just been working. Just beyond him, there was a line for ordering food, so it was going to take some time regardless of how fast or simple the food was to make. That was a good foundation for what he was thinking, but he tried to read further into what Shadow would want.
So far, Shadow had been so withdrawn that it almost hurt Kagerou. However, that wasn't the problem right now. Well, it was, but not the bigger problem that actually mattered to Kagerou. What mattered now was that Kagerou still did not know if Shadow was feeling the same way he did. Obviously not on the love front, but everything else. It seemed appropriate that Shadow, who he had inexplicable feelings for, was also affected by this mess somehow. If that was the case and if she did just come back from work, then she probably wanted nothing more than to return to it. A clue would have been nice, but so far, Shadow had said so little, and even though Kagerou would have loved to watch her ever so closely--he was actually doing that now--he had chosen to not look at her for the better part of their time together. What's more, he didn't know anything about what Shadow was like in the past to use as a reference. Memories or no memories, there were certain things that just didn't change in people simply because they forgot everything.
In the end, Kagerou had to just blindly try. At the very least, it probably wouldn't hurt anyone if he did it right. Ever self-conscious when around his crush, Kagerou refrained from tapping Shadow on the shoulder, which was what he would have done with just about anybody. Instead, he just called out to her, "Hey, Shadow," while releasing his grip on his bells for just long enough to get two crisp, short rings out to help grab her attention. Bells back to being quiet in his hands and Shadow's attention hopefully captured, Kagerou tried his best to not stare too intensely as he offered, with a smile, "I can order take-out for both of us if it helps. I just need to know what you'd like to eat and where you'll be. In the meantime, you can go back and keep doing whatever it is that you want." He was kind of failing at the staring part. His eyes roamed all over Shadow but mostly over his face, both to take in her beauty and to learn just a little bit more about how she acted and reacted. For all intents and purposes, he was studying her and he was quite serious about this endeavor. At the same time, though, the disarming smile had never left Kagerou's face and he looked both happy and content, like he couldn't ask for more at the moment. [13/15]
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ஐ ♪~♫-~♫♪♫~~-♪♪♫ ❧c h a k r a☙ ♫♪♪-~~♫♪♫~-♫~♪ ஐ Chakra Pool: 435/435 Stamina Pool: 65/65
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• Specialist -The user chooses to specializing in healing medical techniques and gains a great boost to their chakra control in that area. At Chunnin, they gain a -5 chakra reduction to perform techniques in their specialty. at Jounin, -10, at Konin -15 at Sannin -20. To clarify, they they gain a -5 chakra reduction every rank, to a maximum of -20 at sannin. All medical jutsu are still learnable by both sides, but the chakra control only applies to the chosen side.
• Grand Performance - The user can perform both types of arts (ninjutsu and genjutsu) through their performance or instrument, often casting them at the same time (must pay for both techniques). Can perform D rank techniques through instrument at gennin, C at Chunnin, B at jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin.
• Learn Medical techniques one (1) post faster.
• Learn ninjutsu (1) post faster.
• Learn genjutsu one (1) post faster.
• D"eye"versity - Through the use of custom techs, Kagerou can swap between the normally limited abilities and techniques for her sharingan, potentially giving her access to all eye abilities and mangekyou techs. She can never have more than the written limits at any one time (e.g. access to all eye abilities but cannot use more than two at a time). In addition to learning the required custom and whatever additional requirements that custom might have, Kagerou needs to fulfill certain conditions for a safe swap. Each Sharingan ability or technique swapped must be retrained and adjusted to, a process that takes twenty [20] posts at first for each Sharingan ability/technique, is reduced by two [2] posts every time the Sharingan ability/technique is safely retrained, and can take a minimum of six [6] posts per Sharingan ability/technique. If necessary, Kagerou can perform a riskier, instant swap on the fly without the readjustment period, but these swaps can only last for up to five [5] posts and disables the Sharingan, which needs to recover from the strain, for twice [x2] the number of posts that the swap lasted for. Techniques learned with the 'To Copy' Sharingan ability, which can be swapped out, are not forgotten but must be retrained every time Kagerou safely swaps to the 'To Copy' ability. Instant swaps to the 'To Copy' ability give Kagerou all of her copied techniques without needing to retrain them. For every time Kagerou safely swaps to her 'To Copy' ability, her copied techniques take two [2] less posts to retrain, going down to a minimum of one [1] post to retrain each copied technique.
• Miracle Performance - Kagerou can perform healing eiseijutsu through her performance/instrument as if it was ninjutsu of the same rank. When performing healing medical techniques, she can target anyone who can hear her music with the jutsu. I.e. she no longer has to be within touch range of the target to use healing hands.
• The Good Host - 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
• Mind and Body - A sound soul resides in a sound mind and a sound body. To ensure the health of all three, Kagerou must master every aspect of medicine. Kagerou gains an additional medical field type. The additional type needs to be trained separately from the first.
• Evergreen Growth - Life always finds a way, especially when it's helped by someone who truly cherishes it. Plants cultivated by Kagerou grow as if the soil they are nourished by is +1 grade higher than it actually is. Unfertilized soil yields crops in 2 rl weeks. Low-grade fertilizer yields crops in 1 week. High-grade fertilizer reaches a new level of fast and yields crops in 4 days. (Post-acceptance note: I just realized that there is an Evergreen religion in this guild. I did not mean for this to be a religious PA in any way. It's just botany. I hope that's not a problem.)
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Royal Burrito
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 1:07 pm
⦉Good luck when youwake up and realize all that you've lost.xxxxxxxxxxShining lies are what you're made of. I hope it'sworth the price that it costs.⦊ ❝Funny how history ends in an instant, how something so close can end up so distant.❞
【F I F T E E N⦁S I L E N T⦁G U A R D I A N】xxxxx◢ S h a d o w H ú n y i s t í r ◣xxxxx【O I N I N⦁N I N J U T S U - P U P P E T E E R⦁U K Y O】
[x] I could feel eyes on the back of my head as I entered the restaurant and stopped to look at the menu. I was more than aware of the green-haired boy's eyes on me but for the moment I paid it no mind, seeing as ever now and then it diverted. Assumingly from an attempt not to stare. My focus, however, was on getting food so that I could get back to work. Time was ticking and I was getting more agitated with each passing minute. I'd started picking at the cracks on my arm again, hardly even noticing I was doing so. I only realized when I accidentally chipped a small shard off. Oops.
Part of me wondered if I'd been to this restaurant before and if someone would just know what I wanted. Because while I had a general idea of what sounded good, I didn't honestly know what tasted good. Although, with how empty my stomach felt, I was fairly certain I could eat just about anything. And a lot of it. After all, I was still growing... I think.
A bento box listed on the menu made it easy, since I'd probably eat what was in it regardless of what it was. As for a dessert, there was taiyaki or dango. Or both. I had the ryo for it, so it wasn't like the cost really mattered. Plus I might forget to eat until I was practically starving again. Though, so long as Kagerou hung around, that didn't seem as likely. As awful as it sounded, at least he could provide that. That did sound bad though. Kagerou seemed nice enough; she'd been the first one to speak to me on the same level when I came to in the hospital, and continued to be respectful of my space and my feelings despite whatever was happening to him. I couldn't hold anything against him, really, when he was barely in control of his own actions.
I heard my name and the small jingle of the bells tied at Kagerou's wrist, and turned an ear to listen before actually facing him. The restaurant had an option for take out, and he offered to get whatever I wanted, so I could go back to work. Was my irritation really that noticeable? The offer was tempting, but... I shook my head and patted the wallet at my hip. Later if I ever actually got to use the forge, maybe, but until then I was willing to wait. "It's fine. Get whatever you want. I can pay."
As if on cue, the person in front of me in line moved to the side to wait for their food, opening us up to order. The cashier stared at me expectantly, and I stared blankly back. Right, words. Damn it, I was just ordering food. Why was I finding it so difficult to do so? What did I want to eat again? Sighing inwardly with another glance at the menu, I ordered the bento, and two servings of both desserts that caught my attention before. I realized it probably looked like I was getting them for Kagerou and if he asked for some I'd probably share, but was certain I could also eat all of it myself. Once I was done I glanced at the young man so that that he could order, and handed over the ryo necessary for the meal. We were more or less shoved aside by the next person in line in everyone's attempt to get their food as quickly as possible.
Waiting, I picked at my arm again, caught myself and shoved my hands under my armpits to prevent further subconscious habits. Idle conversation was, obviously, no strong suit of mine but I gave it a shot anyway in an attempt to break the awkwardness. "Um... so were you raised in Kirigakure?"
[ Tier 2 :: 4 / 5 ]
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Current Objectives: ✤ Stave off Kagerou ✤ Get something to eat ✤ Learn how to smith
Items of Note: ✤
HeadlessKoko
[ a c ] 33320 x|x [ r y o ] 10330 x|x [ c h a k r a ] 1080 / 1085 x|x [ s t a m i n a ] 435 / 435
[ m o o d ] confused x|x [ h e a l t h ] fine x|x [ i n j u r i e s ] none
[ t h o u g h t ] "Need something to eat." [ l o c a t i o n ] Crafting District: Streets [ i n t e r a c t i o n ] Kagerou
Kagerou had no desire to argue with Shadow, and that was meant in the best way possible. If she wanted to pay, then he was more than happy to oblige. That being said, in his quest to leave a good impression on her, Kagerou did show restraint and manners in his order, two things that he sorely missed from his usual way of acting. He refrained from getting dessert, ordering only, "One serving of spicy rice cakes, please." Kagerou was mainly hungry because Shadow was. Plus, he could always just order more when he felt like it. Better to get it hot right before eating it than let it cool while eating other things first.
Almost as quickly as Kagerou finished his order, Shadow paid and the both of them were jostled aside by the next person in line. Kagerou glanced over at Shadow, and even though she looked alright, he still couldn't help but reproachfully challenge, "Hey," which was already more of a reaction than she would normally give to something as small as this. Actually, even now, he only complained because he was worried for Shadow, which was still rather confrontational for Kagerou. He was largely ignored, though, and because just trying to draw attention for a matter like this was something unlike him, he didn't pursue it any further.
One last huff and Kagerou glanced over at Shadow with a smile like nothing had happened. It was just in time to catch him picking at his arm, It was a pretty obvious conclusion, even before Shadow shoved his hands between his armpits.
"Hmm…," Kagerou had begun thinking when Shadow tried to strike up conversation. Well, that certainly made him happy, His smile practically beamed like a beacon. Like a puppy who had just gotten a treat, he nodded his head, so happy that his eyes squinted close. "Mhm. Mhm," Kagerou affirmed, "Born and raised in Kirigakure. That's probably why Jack," he did not remember to be polite and use the proper title, "asked me to show you around. Ah…" There was a short pause. Kagerou's smile returned to a normal size, but it didn't go completely away. At least, not initially. Hand on chin, Kagerou thought. A couple seconds in, ever so readable Kagerou's smile was suddenly replaced by some variation of an "oh no" look followed quickly by a shift of the eyes as she decided that she was not going to mention what she thought, for Shadow's sake of course. Not thinking straight enough to realize the blunder he had just made, Kagerou returned to smiling as he talked about part of what he was thinking, "Actually, I think I might be the only one in our current squad to be born in Kirigakure, but I think you and Jack were both raised here from a young age."
"Anyways," Kagerou moved on to another topic. It wasn't because he was trying to cover his mistake. He didn't even know he made one, after all. Rather, he just really wanted to help fix Shadow's little problem with his arm and couldn't help himself. He consciously took a step back to get a better view of Shadow's full body as he thought aloud, "Hm… You look around my size…" Then without further ado, Kagerou plopped his bag to the floor and began rummaging through the mess it had become with all the walking and running around. It appeared to be mostly filled with candy, some random small... things, and was that a brightly colored toothbrush? Yes. Yes it was. On that note, there were also a good number of roach-shaped items in the bag that were just chocolate as far as Kagerou knew. She had yet to actually find out what any of these things were. Apparently, within this confusing mess that Kagerou dug through, there were also clothes. At least, he was quietly muttering about how in the world his clothes managed to sink all the way to the bottom when he had put them on the top. Of course he knew how, but that wasn't going to stop him from complaining. [14/15]
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• Specialist -The user chooses to specializing in healing medical techniques and gains a great boost to their chakra control in that area. At Chunnin, they gain a -5 chakra reduction to perform techniques in their specialty. at Jounin, -10, at Konin -15 at Sannin -20. To clarify, they they gain a -5 chakra reduction every rank, to a maximum of -20 at sannin. All medical jutsu are still learnable by both sides, but the chakra control only applies to the chosen side.
• Grand Performance - The user can perform both types of arts (ninjutsu and genjutsu) through their performance or instrument, often casting them at the same time (must pay for both techniques). Can perform D rank techniques through instrument at gennin, C at Chunnin, B at jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin.
• Learn Medical techniques one (1) post faster.
• Learn ninjutsu (1) post faster.
• Learn genjutsu one (1) post faster.
• D"eye"versity - Through the use of custom techs, Kagerou can swap between the normally limited abilities and techniques for her sharingan, potentially giving her access to all eye abilities and mangekyou techs. She can never have more than the written limits at any one time (e.g. access to all eye abilities but cannot use more than two at a time). In addition to learning the required custom and whatever additional requirements that custom might have, Kagerou needs to fulfill certain conditions for a safe swap. Each Sharingan ability or technique swapped must be retrained and adjusted to, a process that takes twenty [20] posts at first for each Sharingan ability/technique, is reduced by two [2] posts every time the Sharingan ability/technique is safely retrained, and can take a minimum of six [6] posts per Sharingan ability/technique. If necessary, Kagerou can perform a riskier, instant swap on the fly without the readjustment period, but these swaps can only last for up to five [5] posts and disables the Sharingan, which needs to recover from the strain, for twice [x2] the number of posts that the swap lasted for. Techniques learned with the 'To Copy' Sharingan ability, which can be swapped out, are not forgotten but must be retrained every time Kagerou safely swaps to the 'To Copy' ability. Instant swaps to the 'To Copy' ability give Kagerou all of her copied techniques without needing to retrain them. For every time Kagerou safely swaps to her 'To Copy' ability, her copied techniques take two [2] less posts to retrain, going down to a minimum of one [1] post to retrain each copied technique.
• Miracle Performance - Kagerou can perform healing eiseijutsu through her performance/instrument as if it was ninjutsu of the same rank. When performing healing medical techniques, she can target anyone who can hear her music with the jutsu. I.e. she no longer has to be within touch range of the target to use healing hands.
• The Good Host - 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
• Mind and Body - A sound soul resides in a sound mind and a sound body. To ensure the health of all three, Kagerou must master every aspect of medicine. Kagerou gains an additional medical field type. The additional type needs to be trained separately from the first.
• Evergreen Growth - Life always finds a way, especially when it's helped by someone who truly cherishes it. Plants cultivated by Kagerou grow as if the soil they are nourished by is +1 grade higher than it actually is. Unfertilized soil yields crops in 2 rl weeks. Low-grade fertilizer yields crops in 1 week. High-grade fertilizer reaches a new level of fast and yields crops in 4 days. (Post-acceptance note: I just realized that there is an Evergreen religion in this guild. I did not mean for this to be a religious PA in any way. It's just botany. I hope that's not a problem.)
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Royal Burrito
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:52 pm
⦉Good luck when youwake up and realize all that you've lost.xxxxxxxxxxShining lies are what you're made of. I hope it'sworth the price that it costs.⦊ ❝Funny how history ends in an instant, how something so close can end up so distant.❞
【F I F T E E N⦁S I L E N T⦁G U A R D I A N】xxxxx◢ S h a d o w H ú n y i s t í r ◣xxxxx【O I N I N⦁N I N J U T S U - P U P P E T E E R⦁U K Y O】
[x] Thankfully, my semi-awkward question initiated a thought out response from Kagerou. I'd half expected a one word answer. Although that didn't really make sense with his personality, with his apparent habit of babbling. Not that it was necessarily a bad thing; it meant I didn't have to say as much, after all.
He was born and raised in the village, and that was part of why Jack asked him to help me. Probably. The Mizukage wasn't exactly easy to read, and I was half convinced he had ulterior motives for every word that came out of his mouth. Kagerou paused in his thoughts, thinking about something he decided against saying I guess, and mentioned he was probably the only one in our squad from Kirigakure. I wasn't sure what caught him off guard about what he said. Maybe it made him sound like he was only there because Jack asked him to, but after the display from before, I highly doubted that. That couldn't have all just been an act... right?
I made sure to give away none of my thoughts while I watched him rummage through his bag, keeping my expression carefully neutral.
There was a...shift, for lack of a better word, though I think I noticed it more while watching Kagerou than I did in myself. Features became softer and more rounded again, and should I have been able to see Kagerou's open front from the position he, no, she knelt, the change would have been obvious. On myself, the swelling of my small chest flattened out as it was meant to be and I almost gave a small sigh of relief that one thing seemed to have returned to normal. Until I felt the hairs stand on the back of my neck. I tore my gaze around from Kagerou's shuffling and glanced out the open doorway, leading to the darkened street beyond. Nothing. So why did it feel like I was being watched? I stared into the dusk, waiting for my cat-like eyes to adjust and give me a sign someone was hiding in the shadows--
"D'you want your food or not?" came an annoyed voice from behind me, nearly startling the life out of me. I turned wide eyes back to one of the workers, waving a bag at me to take. Dropping my gaze I grabbed the bag and hurriedly moved out of the way.
That feeling wasn't gone.
"Hey, um... Kagerou. We should probably go." I tried being blunt without sounding worried, waggling the package of food to make it seem I was in a hurry to get back to the forge. Which I was; that hadn't changed, and I was still getting more agitated by the minute wanting to get back to work. I just couldn't shake the sense of paranoia I felt all of a sudden. Did she think I was acting strange?
Without waiting for a response, I made my way back out onto the now quiet streets, more than willing to get away from the prying eyes of the restaurant. However, I did wait a moment for Kagerou to catch up once in the open air and gave my eyes a chance to adjust again. While the fresh breeze helped, the sense of someone watching me didn't leave.
[Calm down, there's nothing to worry about.]
There was everything to worry about. I had a span of memory that lasted less than a day at this point. I was fairly high-up in the village as a shinobi apparently, so who knew if I'd made enemies or...or something. The logical part of my mind was telling me I was being stupid, like the voice in my head, but the emotional part of me was running rampant.
[You're panicking.]
Despite my thoughts, I kept them as well hidden as possible, not wanting to worry my companion. Still I kept my gaze alert as if expecting trouble.
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Current Objectives: ✤ Stave off Kagerou ✤ Get something to eat ✤ Learn how to smith
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[ m o o d ] paranoid x|x [ h e a l t h ] fine x|x [ i n j u r i e s ] none
[ t h o u g h t ] "Is someone watching me?" [ l o c a t i o n ] Crafting District: Streets [ i n t e r a c t i o n ] Kagerou
Kagerou saw the change in his body first. she recognized as she watched her hands shrink. After that was about when she felt her clothes begin to sag off. In that same moment, some sort of terror gripped her. A kind of panic attack. All too aware of her own body now, she clutched at her now loose clothes, somehow fumbling the zipper of her jacket up in the meantime. the question exploded in her head, containing a double meaning. She felt her chest tighten, even though it technically grew, and her breath heighten. On one hand, the question was rhetorical, merely an exclamation of all the terrible things Kagerou had done. On the other hand, it was an actual question regarding what exactly these terrible things were. She hadn't hurt anyone so far. She had just been doing whatever she wanted to do, few holds barred. Was that so terrible? her mind forced her to accept the conclusion.
Again, she was going through a roller coaster of emotions, yet Kagerou managed one substantial thought, . One moment she had been so bold as to try whatever new experience crossed her mind. The allure had been so strong for her to reach out and kiss Shadow, for instance. Of course, the desire to please Shadow was stronger, or at least she made it so, she wouldn't have actually touched Shadow. Now, she wasn't even sure if she could successfully stand back up, much less make any sort of move without being worried over whether or not it would make Shadow hate her forever. She had already done so many things wrong, after all, even if she didn't know what exactly it was that left her this helpless.
Kagerou identified the primary emotion, a rare grimace filling her face. How she hated feeling regret. Normally, she would be sensible enough to understand that she had done as well as she could have, or at least accept her mistakes and move on. However, sensible was clearly not an option here nor now. She shivered in mounting fear and self-disdain for mistakes that were becoming less and less clear. For someone who believed in neither getting overly anxious nor berating herself, the sensations were new, strange, and completely unpleasant.
Considering the completely alien thoughts that invaded Kagerou's mind, she could hopefully be excused from not thinking about Shadow. However, as love would have it, just hearing his voice reminded Kagerou what was really important. She looked up at him, hands still clutched to her chest and looking very small in the oversized clothes. Although, maybe not actually that small. It looked like she was about Shadow's size as a girl. There it was, that love-filled, adoring gaze that Kagerou couldn't help. The eyes that soaked in every detail, including how Shadow had reverted to his original gender. However, behind it held also worry and borderline panic.
First, and most important, was the anxiety regarding Shadow's well-being, Kagerou wanted so much to make double sure. She stood up as he spoke, fully intent on reaching out to touch him and see if he was really okay. Except, this time, she managed to stop herself before her hands so much as twitched.
If anything, she looked frozen. Irrational thoughts and rational thoughts, triggered by the memory of Shadow's expression as he avoided her earlier, zoomed through Kagerou's head indiscriminately,
As if to prove Kagerou's worst suspicions, Shadow left the restaurant almost as soon as he finished speaking. Kagerou struggled to fight through the anxiety, slowly gaining her bearing on this mental illness. She turned quickly, one hand holding her pants up so that they wouldn't fall, and she sighed in relief when she saw that Shadow had paused out of the door. she insisted to herself,
Fearing being left behind more than anything, Kagerou picked up her bag and hastily zipped it up with hands and teeth while walking to Shadow before slinging it over to carry on both shoulders like a proper backpack should be carried. Suffice to say, she probably looked rather silly because while she handled the backpack, she also had at least on hand almost perpetually on her pants to keep them up even though she could probably do without them with how big her hoodie and even sweater were on her body. Even as a guy, it had actually almost covered up enough to allow for going without pants. As a girl, Kagerou could definitely pull it off while remaining decent. Would it look good? Probably about as good as wearing clothes several sizes too big would look.
"Shadow. Shadow," she asked, almost whimpered, quietly once she caught up to him. She wanted to know for certain if it was okay for her to be with him. Before hearing his answer, though, Kagerou wanted a clear view of his face. She got it, and got a good look of the focus his eyes looked at the dark streets with. His ears were perked up. From behind, those perked up ears hadn't really meant much, but upon seeing them in tandem with those eyes, it was obvious that something got his attention.
Well, that certainly triggered alarms. Not just because Kagerou loved Shadow, but also because she was a trained kunoichi. It was basically part of the job to worry upon seeing a teammate stare intently at something unseen with such focus. On top of being cute in Shadow's case, that sort of expression more often than not meant that he had noticed something of note. Normal Kagerou may have taken the hint but not done anything overt about it in case the something of note was dangerous. That way, they at least they held some element of surprise against the surprise. However, in her current anxiety-ridden and uninhibited state, Kageoru nervously asked without any tact, "Shadow? Wh-what are you looking at? Is there something you're looking f-for?". She turned to also peer out into the darkness. Albeit, with much less effect than Shadow's cat-like vision.
Kagerou didn't exactly know what Shadow felt about whatever he steadily looked for. He hid his panic well. The whole danger thing had been just a guess, jump-started by Kagerou's anxiety. She vaguely understood that it wasn't necessarily anything negative that made Shadow stare so hard, which was why her question had been so vague. However, to the anxious Kagerou, just about anything made her worry, is someone Shadow likes?>. [15/15]
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• Specialist -The user chooses to specializing in healing medical techniques and gains a great boost to their chakra control in that area. At Chunnin, they gain a -5 chakra reduction to perform techniques in their specialty. at Jounin, -10, at Konin -15 at Sannin -20. To clarify, they they gain a -5 chakra reduction every rank, to a maximum of -20 at sannin. All medical jutsu are still learnable by both sides, but the chakra control only applies to the chosen side.
• Grand Performance - The user can perform both types of arts (ninjutsu and genjutsu) through their performance or instrument, often casting them at the same time (must pay for both techniques). Can perform D rank techniques through instrument at gennin, C at Chunnin, B at jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin.
• Learn Medical techniques one (1) post faster.
• Learn ninjutsu (1) post faster.
• Learn genjutsu one (1) post faster.
• D"eye"versity - Through the use of custom techs, Kagerou can swap between the normally limited abilities and techniques for her sharingan, potentially giving her access to all eye abilities and mangekyou techs. She can never have more than the written limits at any one time (e.g. access to all eye abilities but cannot use more than two at a time). In addition to learning the required custom and whatever additional requirements that custom might have, Kagerou needs to fulfill certain conditions for a safe swap. Each Sharingan ability or technique swapped must be retrained and adjusted to, a process that takes twenty [20] posts at first for each Sharingan ability/technique, is reduced by two [2] posts every time the Sharingan ability/technique is safely retrained, and can take a minimum of six [6] posts per Sharingan ability/technique. If necessary, Kagerou can perform a riskier, instant swap on the fly without the readjustment period, but these swaps can only last for up to five [5] posts and disables the Sharingan, which needs to recover from the strain, for twice [x2] the number of posts that the swap lasted for. Techniques learned with the 'To Copy' Sharingan ability, which can be swapped out, are not forgotten but must be retrained every time Kagerou safely swaps to the 'To Copy' ability. Instant swaps to the 'To Copy' ability give Kagerou all of her copied techniques without needing to retrain them. For every time Kagerou safely swaps to her 'To Copy' ability, her copied techniques take two [2] less posts to retrain, going down to a minimum of one [1] post to retrain each copied technique.
• Miracle Performance - Kagerou can perform healing eiseijutsu through her performance/instrument as if it was ninjutsu of the same rank. When performing healing medical techniques, she can target anyone who can hear her music with the jutsu. I.e. she no longer has to be within touch range of the target to use healing hands.
• The Good Host - 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
• Mind and Body - A sound soul resides in a sound mind and a sound body. To ensure the health of all three, Kagerou must master every aspect of medicine. Kagerou gains an additional medical field type. The additional type needs to be trained separately from the first.
• Evergreen Growth - Life always finds a way, especially when it's helped by someone who truly cherishes it. Plants cultivated by Kagerou grow as if the soil they are nourished by is +1 grade higher than it actually is. Unfertilized soil yields crops in 2 rl weeks. Low-grade fertilizer yields crops in 1 week. High-grade fertilizer reaches a new level of fast and yields crops in 4 days. (Post-acceptance note: I just realized that there is an Evergreen religion in this guild. I did not mean for this to be a religious PA in any way. It's just botany. I hope that's not a problem.)
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Royal Burrito
Lanfaer
Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2017 9:06 am
xxJack Harren Snipe xxxx xxBody Rank :: A - ranked // Title :: Mizukage (Konin) // Village :: Kirigakure no Satoxxxx
Chakra Pool :: 1, 565||1, 565______AC :: 60, 000 Stamina Pool :: 645||705______Ryo :: 100,000 [20,000 In Bank] Sage Chakra :: 348||488
-----[ A ] muffled bang came nearby as something crashed into a stack of crates, sending them falling to the ground. Scattered about as they were, it was easy to spot the cause of the collapse: one annoyed, and ruffled, Jack Harren Snipe sitting in the center, legs crossed, his cane held in the crook of his arm, and a hand pressed to the bag of his head as he rubbed it gingerly. Opening his eyes, the Mizukage looked around abashedly, though for some reason Shadow would likely be able to pick out it was a conscious display instead of a subconscious one. For Jack, however, his eyes were looking for something in particular, the further appearance of a floating, magical attraction that frightened him to his core. That shriek has been unintentional, and for someone like Jack who prided himself on his self discipline and the control of his bodily functions, it was a shock. But then, how else was one to react when looking up from a deep thought only to find someone breaking the laws of creation by floating on a cloud of hearts towards him? 'What had that look been in her eyes,' he pondered, eyes still scanning about in preparation of the worst. 'That desire, that...hunger?' -----Then his eyes settled on something else. Someone else. Kagerou Uchiha, with her smoldering eyes, her quivering lips, the jerky movements as if ready for an attack of internal proportions. Had those curves been there before, or did they form at the behest of the sudden heat that coursed through his body, the tightening of flesh and toe strange darkness at the edge of his vision as he focused upon her? -----Placing a hand to his eyes, swallowing past the parched landscape that was his mouth, the Mizukage reined himself in, detaching from his physical state to allow himself some semblance of sanity. This reaction, it was not okay, it was not natural. Antennae extended, Jack realized nearly instantly what the issue was: pheromones flooded the air to such a degree that he was surprised they anyone was able to breath. Even the antennae themselves warbled through their movements, as if dancing through a thick syrup that made movement nearly impossible. Gagging internally, choking on the mental 'taste' that came from the sensing, Jack knew that no matter what he mentally decided the part of his brain that controlled his body, the 'id', was now in control of his motor functions on a purely instinctual level. And that meant that no matter what he did, moving, interacting with Kagerou, was going to be a problem. From a purely scientific perspective, he realized that this change, whatever its origin, had incited his body to want to mate with the kunoichi. Unfortunately, or rather, fortunately, Jack had no idea what that would require, and so he simply closed his eyes, continued rubbing his nose in an effort to block the scent, and hoped Kagerou wouldn't look his. -----That Shadow was there was inconsequential: he didn't want to mate with his younger brother. Though why that wasn't the case he didn't know.
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|•| Passives |•| ► Genni Genjutsu [ Strengthen Genjutsu ] → By having the Sakkakugan active during a genjutsu, the user powers up the technique to the point where it can no longer be discerned as real or fake by non-Sakkakugan doujutsu. In addition to this, if the afflicted manages to find out they are in a genjutsu, it will require an additional [15] chakra for them to activate Kai. It also takes as much to use this technique. ► Izumi no Seirei → Custom Belt Buckle → Triples the recovery of chakra/stamina, the amount of which depends upon the method used [Must use listed methods in guild rules for base recovery cost]
► Tattoos and Contingencies → Open Spoiler
||→|| [All Tattooed techniques are stored using the Time Sealing technique, and made permanent by Tattooing and set storage length to "9,000 Years". Activation requires chakra to be placed into it via Contingency or direct use, but fuinjutsu never fades due to it being tattooed] ||←||
► [Chain] Contingency || → A fourth dimensional object tattooed upon a two dimensional plane, it causes a slight headache when looked at for too long. → Has several triggers locked within it that can activate depending on actions taken. The triggers are listed below, as well as the effect that occurs. Unless triggered effect is awakened, fuinjutsu does not appear to be a technique in nature, though double sensors will see a faint trace of chakra within the formation of the technique. Read technique description for more information. • When right pinky is curled into a ball, but the other fingers are not, activate False Place Technique fuinjutsu, placed left of the Contingency tattoo, as per direction. Unless otherwise specified by twitching the right big toe at time of casting, Genjutsu will draw from Tensa Fuin above heart for upkeep. • When the middle right part of upper lip is nipped with teeth, activate Voice of Persuasion fuinjutsu, placed just above belly button. If left upper lip is nipped with teeth, activate Voice of Terror instead. Unless otherwise specified by the twitching of the right big toe at time of casting, Genjutsu will draw from Tensa Fuin on right wrist for upkeep. • When left foot is angled at a nine o' clock orientation while the right is at a one o' clock orientation, activate Scattering Ashes fuinjutsu placed above the center Contingency tattoo after two second delay. If "stay" is spoken before time is up, this Chain is stopped. At time of casting, destination must be within Jack's mind, else the fuinjutsu is set to transport Jack and all in contact with him to his Island. If successive casting is required for destination to be reached, cost is paid automatically. Unless otherwise specified by the twitching of the right big toe at time of casting, jutsu will draw from Tensa Fuin to the above right of the Contingency.
► Tensa Fuin || → Tesseract Tattooed to the Upper Right of the Contingency → Allows the storage, and retrieval, of Energy such as Chakra, Sage Chakra, and Stamina within it, without limit. _____→ {2 5, 6 0 0cp} // {1 6, 6 6 2sp} // {1 4, 7 7 7sc} ► Tensa Fuin || → Tesseract Carved Into Cane Just Beneath Cap → Allows the storage, and retrieval, of Energy such as Chakra, Sage Chakra, and Stamina within it, without limit. _____→ {2 5, 6 0 0cp} // {1 6, 6 6 2sp} // {1 4, 7 7 7sc} ► Scattering the Ashes || → Shape of small candle flame above Contingency → Acts as technique of the same name when Trigger is activated or chakra placed into it. ► Voice of Persuasion || → Violin shape three inches below heart Contingency tattoo. → Acts as jutsu of the same name ► Voice of Terror || → Mask of fear shape three inches below heart Contingency tattoo, just right of Voice of Persuasion → Acts as Jutsu of the same name ► False Place Technique || → Standing Mirror shape three inches below heart Contingency tattoo, just left of Voice of Persuasion → Acts as jutsu of the same name.
► Kokohi no Jutsu [ False Place Technique ] || → Anime C Rank [Set to Trigger] → Kokohi no Jutsu is a simple Genjutsu technique which changes the appearance of a nearby object. The object is no larger than a human, maximum, and can be interacted with as if it were the appearance given.
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___Outside a genin stalked his former squad leader, and the oddly placed object of his current obsession, a red sash tied across his eyes as he searched the village. It wasn't hard to find Jack, cavorting with Shadow and the... now remarkably more feminine Kagerou. That would have struck Kirama as odd given the situation, if he wasn't out to end the one who had caught the eye of his precious Miki. See, while this strange set of circumstances had inspired in other varying emotions, it had set passion upon Kirama's heart and, thanks to Noemi, that passion had been stoked into the fires of war. ___Prodded onward by his fight in the hospital, the Hyuga used his clan's unique visual prowess to track Jack back down when he reappeared. His bid to find answers at the office may have been wrong, but at least being at the Sero afforded him the perfect position to scan the village. Thanks to his new toy he also saw with a precision he couldn't quite place, one that was in full effect now, just on the other side of a few walls from his greatest enemy in the world - or so that little voice in the back of his head kept insisting. ___A bow readied, though Kirama could still use some refinement with his favorite weapon, he had the advantage of surprise - or so he believed. One thing was for sure, his instincts befit someone who had his eyes set on Oinin. There probably wasn't another shinobi at his level capable of overseeing the village and gathering intel at the rate he did. He'd have to work on his lip reading though, one last piece to make his information complete. And as he stepped out into the open, apparently he'd also have to work on his aim. ___Though Kirama loosed his arrow with confidence, as he was trained, it sailed wide of its target, making wood the only possible landing spot for the pointy missile. To be realistic, Jack was Mizukage, it would probably take more than an arrow. And the miss in the current conditions should have been expected, but Kirama feared his prey's ability to disappear, and now froze in the face of his own failure.
OOC: Howdy howdy, please don't be too mad at Kirama. [ Tier 3: 1/5 ]
Items: Raikou Tenbukuro | 250/250 Chakra The Hands of Harmony
HeadlessKoko
Royal Burrito
Lanfaer
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*but with short hair
With hair cut short and shoes missing, Kagerou felt vulnerable, so very vulnerable. Therefore, it was no surprise that she squeaked, "Hue!" and ducked behind Shadow to cower when she heard the sudden crash in the otherwise quiet night. She clutched her own clothes tighter than before and looked warily at the source of the disturbance, peeking over Shadow's shoulder. She was close, very close, but technically not touching. She recognized the seated figure, even with his hands over his eyes. After all, very few people dressed like him.
"J-Jack?" Kagerou called to confirm but did not move. Her quiet voice very clearly conveyed her fear that it would garner someone's disapproval. Although, despite her caution, she did not think to address him with the proper suffix, a simple oversight. She was struck with the urge to help, but worried that she would just be a bother. Plus, she liked being this close to Shadow, which she found was a very silly and unworthy reason to not want to help someone but couldn't stop herself from considering a valid reason.
Before Kagerou's internal conflict could escalate, an arrow whizzed into the midst of the group. It hit wood with a solid "thud". No one had been harmed. Maybe it could have just been a showy way to attract attention. Kagerou, for her part, currently feared the worst in everything, so of course her first thought was, and of course her body immediately acted on that thought. One moment she was shaking behind Shadow. The next, she slid around him to stand protectively between him and the direction the arrow came from, a rather cross expression on her face. She wouldn't stand right in front, in case he would like a clear view of the situation, but an arm would be extended protectively to stretch between Shadow and danger.
All in all, she was probably looking a little silly. One hand still tried to hold up too baggy pants, and the side that wasn't held up quickly drooped. On top, Kagerou's equally baggy hoodie and sweater easily kept her decent, giving plenty of cover for anything that would be otherwise embarrassing considering her boxers were just as loose as her pants.
Kagerou's frown deepened when she saw the culprit, confused at who she saw. "Kirama?!" she asked, almost shouted. How her emotions shifted. One moment, meek. The next moment, displaying a bold anger that was out of character except in the most extreme situation. The moment that it became clear, in her opinion at least, that Shadow was in danger, the situation had already become extremely unacceptable, and even as her derailed mind convinced itself that what she did now was a mistake for reasons it could not find, Kagerou wasn't going to move from this spot where she could protect Shadow.
Words still laced with that ever so rare displeasure, she demanded an explanation, "Who or what was that arrow for?". She no longer shouted, but the calm tone she spoke in felt like it was stretched taut and ready to burst at any moment. She didn't want to hurt Kirama, even if that arrow had been meant for Shadow. Kagerou was just that kind of person. However, she was more than ready to do everything in her power to neutralize Kirama if he admitted to being a threat to Shadow. If that meant having to hurt him, then so be it.
That was Shadow, but what if Kirama had said he was aiming for Jack? Or what if he thought it was just a cool prank despite potentially endangering the lives of innocent civilians? To be honest, Kagerou had forgotten to consider anything outside of Shadow. Shadow was the main priority here, and her brain kept on screaming at her that she had forgotten something crucial or otherwise made a mistake that would ruin her life. It did little to ease her desire to protect Shadow. In fact, it made her feel like she had to protect him even more since apparently what she was doing now was clearly not good enough. [16/15]
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• Specialist -The user chooses to specializing in healing medical techniques and gains a great boost to their chakra control in that area. At Chunnin, they gain a -5 chakra reduction to perform techniques in their specialty. at Jounin, -10, at Konin -15 at Sannin -20. To clarify, they they gain a -5 chakra reduction every rank, to a maximum of -20 at sannin. All medical jutsu are still learnable by both sides, but the chakra control only applies to the chosen side.
• Grand Performance - The user can perform both types of arts (ninjutsu and genjutsu) through their performance or instrument, often casting them at the same time (must pay for both techniques). Can perform D rank techniques through instrument at gennin, C at Chunnin, B at jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin.
• Learn Medical techniques one (1) post faster.
• Learn ninjutsu (1) post faster.
• Learn genjutsu one (1) post faster.
• D"eye"versity - Through the use of custom techs, Kagerou can swap between the normally limited abilities and techniques for her sharingan, potentially giving her access to all eye abilities and mangekyou techs. She can never have more than the written limits at any one time (e.g. access to all eye abilities but cannot use more than two at a time). In addition to learning the required custom and whatever additional requirements that custom might have, Kagerou needs to fulfill certain conditions for a safe swap. Each Sharingan ability or technique swapped must be retrained and adjusted to, a process that takes twenty [20] posts at first for each Sharingan ability/technique, is reduced by two [2] posts every time the Sharingan ability/technique is safely retrained, and can take a minimum of six [6] posts per Sharingan ability/technique. If necessary, Kagerou can perform a riskier, instant swap on the fly without the readjustment period, but these swaps can only last for up to five [5] posts and disables the Sharingan, which needs to recover from the strain, for twice [x2] the number of posts that the swap lasted for. Techniques learned with the 'To Copy' Sharingan ability, which can be swapped out, are not forgotten but must be retrained every time Kagerou safely swaps to the 'To Copy' ability. Instant swaps to the 'To Copy' ability give Kagerou all of her copied techniques without needing to retrain them. For every time Kagerou safely swaps to her 'To Copy' ability, her copied techniques take two [2] less posts to retrain, going down to a minimum of one [1] post to retrain each copied technique.
• Miracle Performance - Kagerou can perform healing eiseijutsu through her performance/instrument as if it was ninjutsu of the same rank. When performing healing medical techniques, she can target anyone who can hear her music with the jutsu. I.e. she no longer has to be within touch range of the target to use healing hands.
• The Good Host - 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
• Mind and Body - A sound soul resides in a sound mind and a sound body. To ensure the health of all three, Kagerou must master every aspect of medicine. Kagerou gains an additional medical field type. The additional type needs to be trained separately from the first.
• Evergreen Growth - Life always finds a way, especially when it's helped by someone who truly cherishes it. Plants cultivated by Kagerou grow as if the soil they are nourished by is +1 grade higher than it actually is. Unfertilized soil yields crops in 2 rl weeks. Low-grade fertilizer yields crops in 1 week. High-grade fertilizer reaches a new level of fast and yields crops in 4 days. (Post-acceptance note: I just realized that there is an Evergreen religion in this guild. I did not mean for this to be a religious PA in any way. It's just botany. I hope that's not a problem.)
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Royal Burrito
Lanfaer
Nueromancer JMan240
(OOC: Yo ho yo ho. Um... JMan, I think it's okay if we just skip Lan and Burrito. I haven't asked them yet, but both of them seemed really busy and really unlikely to post before they end this arc... tomorrow.)
⦉Good luck when youwake up and realize all that you've lost.xxxxxxxxxxShining lies are what you're made of. I hope it'sworth the price that it costs.⦊ ❝Funny how history ends in an instant, how something so close can end up so distant.❞
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[x] There was a new tone to Kagerou's voice as she spoke, although I almost didn't notice it in my intent stare into the darkness. A slow scan around me revealed... nothing. But the sense of paranoia was a constant sharp p***k at the back of my neck. My tail twitched irritably as it seemed to know as much as the voice in my head that my agitation was pointless. After a moment, logic temporarily won out and I turned to respond to Kagerou. The tone in her voice had been one of panic as much as I felt, and worry. Though as trained shinobi, perhaps it made a sort of sense to feel anxious when someone else was focused on a potential target. Except their was none and my moment of mania was illogical.
I opened my mouth to tell her nothing was wrong when there was a crash nearby, making me, and Kagerou, jump. The green-haired girl hid behind me, as if I was any more useful in my current state, and I whirled to face the source of the sound, holding my puppet arm out to the side to cover whatever of her didn't fit behind me. She was close, uncomfortably so, but safety mattered more in that moment, letting me overlook the uneasiness. Of all people, Jack sat in a collapsed pile of nearby crates, whatever contents that were stored in them spilled on the ground around. Someone wasn't going to be pleased by this, and it was likely to attract attention from inside the restaurant. Glancing at the lit windows, my thought was confirmed, several peeping toms already watching in a variety of abject terror and snobbish amusement. At least one of them knew who the crates belonged to.
My eyes settled once more on Jack as the Mizukage rubbed the back of his head where he supposedly hit it on the way down. For some reason, be it because of his body language or some fragmented memory I couldn't place, I could tell that it was for show, and he wasn't actually hurting at all. He closed his eyes, rubbing his nose, but said nothing, giving no explanation for his sudden appearance, when I knew for a matter of fact that he hadn't been there a moment before. In fact, the fading ashes I recognized from the hospital gave him away.
The sense of being watched flared back into existence despite finding a possible source of it. A chill went down my spine and I barely suppressed a shudder. Then I heard a familiar whistle a split second before an arrow hit the wooden remains of one of the crates.
Instinct dictated a need to protect, and, grabbing Kagerou as she moved to defend me, I shoved her behind me as I turned, effectively attempting to switch our positions to put me between her and the direction the arrow came from. Though given her earlier display of obsession with me, whether or not she actually moved would likely just end with the two of us standing side-by-side rather than one in front of the other. What was I doing? Were we under attack? I-I wasn't ready for something so extreme so soon. My gaze locked on one of the boys I'd seen briefly while at the hospital. Why was another Kiri shinobi attacking us? But I realized something was off. Rather than preparing to fire once more, he stared at us like a deer in the headlights.
Kagerou beat me to questioning him, announcing his name a 'Kirama', to add to the many I'd relearned that day--or maybe learned? It was hard to tell. She was clearly angry with him, for good reason, and demanded an answer from the dark-haired young man. My mind shifted through what little I could remember about my abilities. While I knew of hand seals and a variety of techniques I had, I couldn't place images with any of them to remember what order to use, so I focused on the bow Jack gave me. I had no confidence that I could fire better than someone who seemed to carry it as his primary weapon, but it was something to protect Kagerou and Jack with. Except I had no arrows. Damn it.
I was forced to settle with my puppet arm. It wasn't much, but I'd learned a great deal about it examining it earlier, the process bringing some fragments together in an order that I could comprehend. I knew that the senbon launcher at the base of the wrist still worked, as did the strange device that allowed me to absorb chakra. While neither provided a physical defense against arrows, I could fire one of the poison-laced senbon to stop him, or absorb a Ninjutsu if he decided to use that instead. Holding the arm out in front of me, I braced it with my other hand at the wrist and steadied my breathing so I could aim. The talking would be left to the other two.
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Current Objectives: ✤ Stave off Kagerou ✤ Get something to eat ✤ Defend Kagerou and Jack
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HeadlessKoko
Lanfaer
Nueromancer JMan240
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[ m o o d ] paranoid x|x [ h e a l t h ] fine x|x [ i n j u r i e s ] none
[ t h o u g h t ] "Defend them!" [ l o c a t i o n ] Crafting District: Streets [ i n t e r a c t i o n ] Kagerou, Jack, Kirama
xxJack Harren Snipe xxxx xxBody Rank :: A - ranked // Title :: Mizukage (Konin) // Village :: Kirigakure no Satoxxxx
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-----[ 'S ]trange, the things that go through one's mind as one faces near-certain death.' -----As the arrow plunked loudly into the wood beside his face Jack's head snapped backwards against the wood in shock, though it lolled to the side a moment later, away from the arrow. Hair obscuring his face, his hat having fallen from its perch from the force of the jerk, the Mizukage remained still with his hands at his sides, palms splayed towards the dark night sky. 'Night...' came the thought, skittering across his consciousness with prickling little finger. 'It is a time for secrecy, for complexity, for...death.' An odd thought to have, but then, this burning sensation within his chest, the sudden cold from the air as it caresses the tips of his arm hair. Goose flesh should have risen, should have erupted at such a transgression against its sanctity, and yet the Mizukage found he could find no justification, mentally, for it to do so. Nor for the way his right hand was twitching, the fingers each jerking towards his palm, one at a time. Curious, that was. -----The last time that had happened was when he'd eviscerated the Jiongu girl, Koko. -----Every single shadow, every piece of deeper darkness within the island, suddenly pulsed. ----- Just on the edge of hearing...what was that? Was someone whispering? -----Something at the edge of one's vision twitched, appearing and disappearing in an instant to another place, another time. Whispers followed, swelling just for a moment until it was gone. A bare whisper, nothing more, and yet for those who had experienced it before it was a precursor to a nightmare. Dread permeated the island, a miasma of anxiety and paranoia as the shadows whispered of dark secrets, the best kept, the most secret of all Truths within the hearts of those who heard them. Truths that no one, ever, had the right to know, let alone the ability to do so. From above the crescent moon, waxing towards its fullness, cast its clean, pale light upon those below. -----And what they saw within those shadows would likely give them pause. -----Writhing figures, eyes, mouths, inhuman shapes that defied reason. Insects, animals, creepy crawlies aimed to dig into one's flesh. All could see it, and worse, to the eyes of the Hyuuga...they were real. Or, at least, the chakra within them was definitely taking the shapes normally perceived by others. -----Taking a deep breath, slightly raspy in sound, a burning light, as deep as blood, burst from beneath the black mop of Jack's hair as the strands floated, shifting around his skull as chakra surged within his frame. A sensor might well be frightened by the amount of chakra burning within him, and worse, from the strange, twisted expression hidden within the shadows of his face. Something inhuman lay within the bloody depths of those eyes as his voice, carrying within it an undertone, as if something deeper, darker, were speaking at the exact same time as he, issued forth. "You have one breath, Kirama, to explain. One." -----"Make. It. Count."
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|•| Passives |•| ► Genni Genjutsu [ Strengthen Genjutsu ] → By having the Sakkakugan active during a genjutsu, the user powers up the technique to the point where it can no longer be discerned as real or fake by non-Sakkakugan doujutsu. In addition to this, if the afflicted manages to find out they are in a genjutsu, it will require an additional [15] chakra for them to activate Kai. It also takes as much to use this technique. ► Izumi no Seirei → Custom Belt Buckle → Triples the recovery of chakra/stamina, the amount of which depends upon the method used [Must use listed methods in guild rules for base recovery cost]
► Tattoos and Contingencies → Open Spoiler
||→|| [All Tattooed techniques are stored using the Time Sealing technique, and made permanent by Tattooing and set storage length to "9,000 Years". Activation requires chakra to be placed into it via Contingency or direct use, but fuinjutsu never fades due to it being tattooed] ||←||
► [Chain] Contingency || → A fourth dimensional object tattooed upon a two dimensional plane, it causes a slight headache when looked at for too long. → Has several triggers locked within it that can activate depending on actions taken. The triggers are listed below, as well as the effect that occurs. Unless triggered effect is awakened, fuinjutsu does not appear to be a technique in nature, though double sensors will see a faint trace of chakra within the formation of the technique. Read technique description for more information. • When right pinky is curled into a ball, but the other fingers are not, activate False Place Technique fuinjutsu, placed left of the Contingency tattoo, as per direction. Unless otherwise specified by twitching the right big toe at time of casting, Genjutsu will draw from Tensa Fuin above heart for upkeep. • When the middle right part of upper lip is nipped with teeth, activate Voice of Persuasion fuinjutsu, placed just above belly button. If left upper lip is nipped with teeth, activate Voice of Terror instead. Unless otherwise specified by the twitching of the right big toe at time of casting, Genjutsu will draw from Tensa Fuin on right wrist for upkeep. • When left foot is angled at a nine o' clock orientation while the right is at a one o' clock orientation, activate Scattering Ashes fuinjutsu placed above the center Contingency tattoo after two second delay. If "stay" is spoken before time is up, this Chain is stopped. At time of casting, destination must be within Jack's mind, else the fuinjutsu is set to transport Jack and all in contact with him to his Island. If successive casting is required for destination to be reached, cost is paid automatically. Unless otherwise specified by the twitching of the right big toe at time of casting, jutsu will draw from Tensa Fuin to the above right of the Contingency.
► Tensa Fuin || → Tesseract Tattooed to the Upper Right of the Contingency → Allows the storage, and retrieval, of Energy such as Chakra, Sage Chakra, and Stamina within it, without limit. _____→ {2 5, 6 0 0cp} // {1 6, 6 6 2sp} // {1 4, 7 7 7sc} ► Tensa Fuin || → Tesseract Carved Into Cane Just Beneath Cap → Allows the storage, and retrieval, of Energy such as Chakra, Sage Chakra, and Stamina within it, without limit. _____→ {2 5, 6 0 0cp} // {1 6, 6 6 2sp} // {1 4, 7 7 7sc} ► Scattering the Ashes || → Shape of small candle flame above Contingency → Acts as technique of the same name when Trigger is activated or chakra placed into it. ► Voice of Persuasion || → Violin shape three inches below heart Contingency tattoo. → Acts as jutsu of the same name ► Voice of Terror || → Mask of fear shape three inches below heart Contingency tattoo, just right of Voice of Persuasion → Acts as Jutsu of the same name ► False Place Technique || → Standing Mirror shape three inches below heart Contingency tattoo, just left of Voice of Persuasion → Acts as jutsu of the same name.
► Kokohi no Jutsu [ False Place Technique ] || → Anime C Rank [Set to Trigger] → Kokohi no Jutsu is a simple Genjutsu technique which changes the appearance of a nearby object. The object is no larger than a human, maximum, and can be interacted with as if it were the appearance given.
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"I Must Drag Truth Kicking and Screaming into the Light"
Something terrifying filled the air. It made Kagerou's very skin crawl. Goosebumps appeared on her arms so strongly that Kagerou wouldn't have been surprised if Shadow could feel it through the sleeve of her baggy clothes. The previous shuffle of I-protect-you-and-you-protect-me had put Kagerou and Shadow side-to-side, with Kagerou's still outstretched arm pressed stubbornly across his front because she was going to have something in front of him, regardless of her realization just recently that Shadow moved like someone far above the level of some genin kid. However, whereas before she had been so absorbed in nearly touching Shadow, and had even been overjoyed, when Shadow moved to protect her, such thoughts were no longer on Kagerou's mind. Instead, she was filled with vague uncertainties and nasty flash backs from the sudden change in their environment. Kagerou's mind flitted to an image that fled from the very edges of her vision, she tried to catch what felt like an encroaching threat that disappeared as soon as she was about to lay eyes on it. The sensation was familiar. She had felt it earlier in the day, but unlike then, she did not have the self discipline to keep calm and carry on. Her head and eyes sought desperately to catch what she greatly hoped were merely figments of her imagination. Imagine that, the hope that she was crazy instead of actually experiencing these things crossed her mind. Like the illusive figures that wandered past the boundaries of her vision, fear edged the borders of her mind. However, there was a driving force that kept the storm of emotions at bay, a rationale stronger than the primal emotion of fear. It gave purpose to her movements and she ceased looking for fleeting images in favor of seeking the facts. Why? Because one thing was clear. Jack meant to kill. Kirama could very well die.
That knowledge gave Kagerou an entirely new angle on the situation, bringing to light details that she had previously missed in her uncontrolled reaction to what she could only perceive as a threat to her happiness. Maybe slowly compared to the Mizukage and the jounin she stood near, but with admirable speed for a genin, she quickly turned the facts presented to her. There had been never any danger at all to Shadow. Kirama's arrow was clearly aimed for Jack, despite its miss. The uncharacteristic anger she held for him held no purchase. Now, she was just confused and suspicious. Jack wasn't as important as Shadow, but Kagerou would have needed to be gone far off the deep end to forget that he was the Mizukage. No excuse, not even the mental turmoil that Kagerou suspected everyone in this little debacle was under, could completely avoid punishment.
However, death was uncalled for. Kirama may have deserved punishment, but not of this severity. Then again, Kagerou would be hard pressed to agree with any sort of death penalty. Her body moved with her mind. The arm spread in front of Shadow gave a single, light push of farewell into Shadow before moving away with the rest of Kagerou's body. She stepped back and crossed behind Shadow. With neither social decorum nor second-thoughts to stop her, Kagerou found herself standing firmly between Jack and Kirama. She was much closer to Jack than Kirama, but only because Kirama was way off in the distance from where he had shot his arrow. The distance didn't really matter to her so long as it was comfortable to speak from, so she put little thought into just how far away she was from either. The pose she held was awfully similar to exactly how she had stood in front of Shadow. Her body was a little off-center, giving Kirama room to see Jack, but her outstretched arm covered the half of Kirama's body she did not directly stand in front of. In that single breath alotted for Kirama's explanation, Kagerou managed to get out a single word, "Wait." Hopefully she would be excused. She did have to walk around Shadow to get here, after all, and in clothes several sizes too big for her.
Kagerou's eyes had only barely caught Jack's when her newfound anxiety suddenly hit, along with the belated second guessing she had forgotten to consult at first. Beads of cold sweat formed, and for a moment, she had to close her eyes against the wave of anguish that swept through her. Everything she had planned to say flew away. Admittedly, she had moved purely on desire without considering the consequences in the least. Even though she was convinced the anxiety that gripped her was artificial, it did not make it any less real. What's more, she had every reason to believe and succumb to the anxiety now. Kagerou's anxiety burgeoned,
Fear permeated the very air, and it seeped out of Jack like water flowing out of shattered glass. What had once held it inside had been breached, and no sensible person would stray near without extra caution. That about accurately described how Kagerou thought about the Jack in this very moment, the Jack built solely from this single terrifying experience and stories she had heard but never believed. Jack was always a weird one, and when he became Mizukage, the stories, some would say urban legends, about him had only grown in number. Many of them, most of which were never intended to be taken seriously, were horror stories inspired by the rumors and mysteries surrounding him.
However, her eyes were closed for only a moment, not even a breath despite her prior worries. A case of an eternity in a moment. When her eyes opened, Kagerou's anxiety remained, but she was determined to fight through it. Call it trust in the village, and trust in not only its current leader but also the previous leader to choose an appropriate successor. Call it trust in what little she had seen of the Mizukage, as strange as the rumors described but also gentle enough to delicately handle an unconscious child mere moments before unleashing a devastating attack. Call it trust in innate human goodness, which was why Kagerou exposed her back to Kirama without thinking twice. Arguably, it could also be called naivety. Whatever it was labeled, it gave Kagerou second wind because, Under these conditions, it was hard to think of Jack as anything but a monster, but she tried.
The cold beads of sweat remained and the shaking her body had started some time when her eyes had been closed continued. Kagerou's lips trembled in fear, their characteristic smile or even a facsimile of it unable to find its place on her face. She couldn't even try. What she could do was to bring her eyes, which had dropped when closed, to look into Jack's. Wide-eyed in fear, Kagerou gazed into Jack's bloody depths, trying her best to tune out the otherworldly sounds and shadows, but even if studying Jack's twisted expression ended up simply making these distractions stronger, Kagerou would preservere. This was no small matter. She was no sensor, but it didn't take a sensor to see that Jack's eyes glowed with chakra in a color that was not their usual: a doujutsu. If this had just been to save Kirama, Kagerou probably wouldn't have been able to look into those eyes no matter how hard she tried. Not in her current state, at least. Fear would have moved her gaze before she even realized. However, her determination was not to be underestimated. This wasn't just about saving Kirama anymore. Now, Kagerou was trying to preserve the trust she had in Kirigakure, in the position of Mizukage, in Jack. As for that inhuman feeling that seemed to exude from the very depths of Jack's eyes? Well, she would think about that later. If Jack could wait two, maybe three, breaths, then he would hear Kagerou almost plead, each voice breaking through the surface of anxiety-magnified fear, "Please... Don't do this, Jack. Right now, there is something wrong with all four of us, and probably everyone else involved in the nightmare earlier today. If... If..." Her voice trailed off. She had wanted to say, but the doubt had surged, Her eyes closed with the loss of confidence, scrunched up tight to brace for impact and to hide the fear that swam through them. Pleading... That was not something Kagerou ever sought to resort to. That she had little other choice for tone testified to the ever mounting pressure each moment in this renewed nightmare placed on her unbalanced mental state. [17/15]
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• Specialist -The user chooses to specializing in healing medical techniques and gains a great boost to their chakra control in that area. At Chunnin, they gain a -5 chakra reduction to perform techniques in their specialty. at Jounin, -10, at Konin -15 at Sannin -20. To clarify, they they gain a -5 chakra reduction every rank, to a maximum of -20 at sannin. All medical jutsu are still learnable by both sides, but the chakra control only applies to the chosen side.
• Grand Performance - The user can perform both types of arts (ninjutsu and genjutsu) through their performance or instrument, often casting them at the same time (must pay for both techniques). Can perform D rank techniques through instrument at gennin, C at Chunnin, B at jounin, A at Konin, and S at Sannin.
• Learn Medical techniques one (1) post faster.
• Learn ninjutsu (1) post faster.
• Learn genjutsu one (1) post faster.
• D"eye"versity - Through the use of custom techs, Kagerou can swap between the normally limited abilities and techniques for her sharingan, potentially giving her access to all eye abilities and mangekyou techs. She can never have more than the written limits at any one time (e.g. access to all eye abilities but cannot use more than two at a time). In addition to learning the required custom and whatever additional requirements that custom might have, Kagerou needs to fulfill certain conditions for a safe swap. Each Sharingan ability or technique swapped must be retrained and adjusted to, a process that takes twenty [20] posts at first for each Sharingan ability/technique, is reduced by two [2] posts every time the Sharingan ability/technique is safely retrained, and can take a minimum of six [6] posts per Sharingan ability/technique. If necessary, Kagerou can perform a riskier, instant swap on the fly without the readjustment period, but these swaps can only last for up to five [5] posts and disables the Sharingan, which needs to recover from the strain, for twice [x2] the number of posts that the swap lasted for. Techniques learned with the 'To Copy' Sharingan ability, which can be swapped out, are not forgotten but must be retrained every time Kagerou safely swaps to the 'To Copy' ability. Instant swaps to the 'To Copy' ability give Kagerou all of her copied techniques without needing to retrain them. For every time Kagerou safely swaps to her 'To Copy' ability, her copied techniques take two [2] less posts to retrain, going down to a minimum of one [1] post to retrain each copied technique.
• Miracle Performance - Kagerou can perform healing eiseijutsu through her performance/instrument as if it was ninjutsu of the same rank. When performing healing medical techniques, she can target anyone who can hear her music with the jutsu. I.e. she no longer has to be within touch range of the target to use healing hands.
• The Good Host - 1/2 off all implant chakra requirements.
• Mind and Body - A sound soul resides in a sound mind and a sound body. To ensure the health of all three, Kagerou must master every aspect of medicine. Kagerou gains an additional medical field type. The additional type needs to be trained separately from the first.
• Evergreen Growth - Life always finds a way, especially when it's helped by someone who truly cherishes it. Plants cultivated by Kagerou grow as if the soil they are nourished by is +1 grade higher than it actually is. Unfertilized soil yields crops in 2 rl weeks. Low-grade fertilizer yields crops in 1 week. High-grade fertilizer reaches a new level of fast and yields crops in 4 days. (Post-acceptance note: I just realized that there is an Evergreen religion in this guild. I did not mean for this to be a religious PA in any way. It's just botany. I hope that's not a problem.)
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Royal Burrito
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Nueromancer JMan240
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:58 am
___Jack's chakra weighed on Kirama like a ton of bricks, engulfing everything he saw with horrors, but something in his chest bade him continue - is if not doing so would see it explode. The sensation of fear provoked in him movement again, bow raising once again as another arrow readied. Aim was taken, not much steadier this time, but the boy didn't bat an eyelash when Kagerou stepped between. He was here for Jack, in a roundabout fashion. Here to take what was rightfully his. "I'm here for-" He'd mustered up all his courage but couldn't make it through the sentence. However, it wasn't the overwhelming sense of fear he was feeling that stopped it. Something else was missing instead. ___The Genin blinked as his words were cut short by something strange leaving him, some motivation he couldn't place. His bow lowered with its departure and he stared between it and Jack in confusion. "I'm here for, or suppose I was here for, something involving Miki, I think. But I don't know why I felt the way I did just now. Why would I shoot an arrow at another member of the village?" He remembered a fight with Noemi, and a rage directed at Jack after Miki had spurned his attention. A rage fanned by the pink-headed Aburame into a plot to kill the one his squadmate fancied. But it all seemed like it was from a book he'd read months ago now, and the Hyuga was quite obviously shocked to find himself in his current predicament. ___Behind the sash, strained eyes deactivated as Kirama stowed his arrow in the quiver at his hip. Now free the same hand loosened the knot, and pulled the flowing red fabric back down to its place around his neck. What he'd done was unacceptable, that much was clear. As was the fact that he'd done it just moments ago, and not in some dream or the pages of a book. "Get out of the way Kagerou." His voice sounded drained, but sincere in its desire for her to not get herself hurt. Kirama didn't have an explanation to give Jack that could undo this, and it terrified him as much as Jack. This much would be clear from the dismay on his face alone. He could see better than any other Genin in the village, and still he had no answer to give.
Kagerou's smile faltered as Shadow pulled away. He had feared this. Shadow did not feel for him the way he felt for her. Of course, Kagerou knew his love was likely fake, a creation of the forces that left him unable to stop even when he knew it was wrong. However, that did not make the rejection hurt any less when Shadow moved away from him like he was some sort of suspicious freak. 
