Bottom feeders [Private]

Michi · Feb 4, 2016

Whoever this man was, this armored zealot chose an inopportune time to intervene. She sneered through the darkness this plate-wearing defender listed her crimes. "Innocent of all charges... sir." She replied as she turned on snapshot, an ANBU jutsu used most often for recordings of diabolical activity. From her lips came a song, its melody complex yet sweet and from it not one but two copies of herself were made but the genjutsu seemed ineffective on the armored giant as his gaze never left her. She scowled at this revelation, he seemed to be a decent tracker and she cursed her luck.

Her song changed, as she wove sorrow into her dark melody. It was the woeful sounds that escaped her small frame that reverberated off the walls and the floors, creating a vibrato throughout the dire space. The boy asked for death, a favor she would not be able to grant. "You will live, I healed the worst of it before ...Centurion arrived," she replied in a cold tone. She hesitated before she called this Sunahoshi wanna-be by his chosen name. "Just stay back and cover your ears," she recommended. He was not an intended victim of these attacks, while the terrible things she had done were intended to cause him pain and terror, he was still a weak, insufficient child with no means defense or protection. He would never survive a full-on assault, although his life was a nuisance, a lose end if you will. If he told his version of the events, albeit the 'true version' it would paint her as the villain she truly was. A consequence of having her first plan blow up in her face, literally (sadly) rather than metaphorically thanks to Mikaboshi's firebug touch.

Then he pulled out a weapon, a weapon she knew well. It was the cause of this war after all. It looked different, somehow changed since the last time she laid eyes on it (in response to both Mikaboshi's escape as well as the recent change in your chosen augments and IC efforts to create a 'god-killing weapon). "Black Blade," she muttered as the edges of her lips drew upward into a smile. "Sousuke, what a busy bee you have been... armor. A new slave..." she added as she pointed out Joou's presence. She was not familiar with the insect summon, only her love of spandex.

This armored behemoth was her intended quarry after all, there was no use holding back. In fact, he had gotten further than she surmised. She need to put him down. Sousuke did not appear to be doing anything in particular just yet and Shiori took this opportunity to add a layer of sound to her painful melody. It would revitalize her, but she did not need his vitality yet although she hungered for it. It failed to sate her. It was then that Sousuke finally struck back. A pair of strikes that hit her soundly, in the shoulder and in the gut. She buckled over from the second blow and let out a cough. "Are you ready to play darling?"

Jutsus

0 AP - Continue Requiem, Stop Clone, Continue snapshot
3 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke using Ambiance of the Forbidden [Mastered] - Northern Winds using Sound Crystallization to convert Wind Jutsu into Sound Jutsu and AE Special move Debilitate as well as Dark Sage Scorn of the Lich [Mastered] to change the secondary effect of this jutsu to Necrosis.
3 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke using Malevolent Sealing [Mastered] to place the Berserker Seal.
3 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke using Concussion Wave [Mastered] and if her previous attempt to afflict Necrosis on Sousuke failed she will try again with this attack. Otherwise allow the secondary effect to remain -as is-. This attack will be done using AE special move Focus.
0.5 AP - Shiori puts on a pair of gloves. (weapon)
0.75 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke with Uncalled for Shot [Mastered]
0.75 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke with Uncalled for Shot [Mastered]

Takahashi Aki · Feb 6, 2016

Unfortunately Sousuke's rouse of a secret identity did not last that long. His nemesis noticed the weapon far too quickly despite the fact that the weapon had indeed changed. Shiori's pun went unnoticed by Shiori but Joou was highly insulted by it. The sound of buzzing flared up as the Queen of the insect world would not have her pride wounded. "Nobility calls unto nobility. Harlots call unto harlots." She declared. The insect queen turned to Sousuke noticing that for the first time, if ever he had finally accepted what he was, and the position he was in. The two of them glowed silver for a moment as Joou elected to further heighten Sousuke's abilities. Wing designs would begin to tattoo the armour as the insect queen gave Sousuke her blessings so as to smite the impudent Shiori.

Sousuke had managed to cut into Shiori earlier. The weight of the song had been pushing him underneath what he considered to be his usual levels. Sousuke sheathed his weapons and charged his fist and aimed for Shiori's head. Genjutsu was the root of all problems. Genjutsu was the use mental prowess, and so Sousuke would attempt to silence her infernal singing with a single punch to the face with a lightning charged fist. The time had come to liberate him from her bewitching tune. Whether nor not impact was made Sousuke would redraw his twin blades and begin to cut into his cousin. He had been training himself not to grow weak at the sight of the red sand that was her blood. It was something most inhuman and most troubling to see. The Steward brought both blades down upon her in a delayed X formation. He would then with his right hand swing twice horizontally and then he would follow up with his left hand swinging the blade vertically in an effort to cleave flesh from bone.

Joou would follow up Sousuke's attack, she readied a stringer which she intended to stab Shiori with in order to fill her body with venom. The Queen doubled her efforts and called to her the swarm. The bees would come to a use later, but she had to call them to her side at this moment in time. "Riyota get out of here. Get to the tower. This is between me and her, and it unfortunate she used our relationship of student and teacher to get me here." He spoke to his student. Hopefully he was able to grasp what he needed to and get out before this place collapsed upon them.

Sousuke Actions
2AP - Contract Master Allow Joou to buff Sousuke's stats at the cost of hers
1AP observe Shiori
0 Quick Sheath Black Blade
2AP Volt Charge Master Rank please use as melee with the special action with the AE Focus move as well
0AP Redraw Black Blade
2.75 Cast Zanteksuken Master Rank on Shiori
2.75 Master Rank Higuma on Shiori

Joou
-3.25 Lethal Poisoning with special effect on Shiori
-1.5 One big happy family 4x Solider Bee army

Takahashi Aki · Feb 7, 2016

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Michi · Feb 7, 2016

The Stats:
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Takahashi Sousuke

HP: (63+lvl15) x (600) 44,985 [-6808] 38,177
CP: (37+lvl15) x (600) 31,200 [-6031] 20,344 [+582] 20,926
AP: 10.5 [-10.5] 0

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 27 (+2 Duelist) 29 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 28.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 25.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 26 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 26 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 27
Dodge: 23 (+1 Defensive Stance) 24 (-3 Requiem of Death) 21 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22
Genjutsu Save: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 21
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 22.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 19.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 20 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22
Genjutsu Difficulty: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 21
Puppet Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 16 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 16 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 16 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 18
Awareness: 15 (+2 Situational Awareness) 17 (-3 Requiem of Death) 14
Stealth: 15 (-3 Requiem of Death) 12

Totals:
- 5% chakra cost reduction
+30% taijutsu and ninjutsu damage
+35% damage other than taijutsu or ninjutsu
10% auto-hit
10% auto-dodge
+1 accuracy for all mastered jutsus
30% damage reduction
20% CP drain from melee attacks done to an opponent
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Black Blade (drawn, post Bull's Strength modifications)
Weapon Type: Long Sword
Weapon Damage Type: Slashing
Bonuses: 10% damage, and 0 acc
Augments:

Chakra Drain: user gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage dealt to a single target,
Trick Weapon: The user's weapon gains a secondary damage type in addition to it's normal damage type.
Vanguard: +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction.
Steady: When a weapon with this augment is used while in Defensive Stance, this reduces the accuracy penalties of Defensive Stance by half.

Effects:
Duelist
Contract Summon: Joou
Black Blade is drawn
Bezerker Seal has a 20% chance per round of activating. (Effect: -10% Damage dealt, -2 Dodge and -2 Accuracy. The user loses 3% Max Hp each round.)
Mystic Transmutation [-295 CP/round]
Defensive Stance - Observed Shiori for 2 AP
Requiem of Death: -3 to all secondaries and -2 to cumulative buffs.|Bonus:
Class: - 5% chakra cost reduction
Situational Awareness: Whenever the user attacks someone in stealth normally when doing a Blind Shot without the need of an Awareness check.
Sharp Insight: If the targeted opponent's Ninjutsu is lower than their Taijutsu, the user's Ninjutsu damage is increased by 10%. If the opponent's Taijutsu is lower than their Ninjutsu, the user's Taijutsu damage is increased by 10%. If both stats are equal, both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are raised by 5%. (both are equal in Shiori's case)
Offensive Insight: 10% auto-hit to the user's attacks.
Observation: For every AP they spend observing in Defensive Stance, the Quick Learner gains a +1 bonus to Accuracy and +5% Damage against the target they observe stacking up to +3 Accuracy and +15% Damage. If the target changes Style in any way, the bonus is negated, and they will have to observe the enemy in that style in order to gain the bonus again. May only observe 1 target at a time.
Forewarn: May activate up to 2 Activated Auto-dodges a round. The second costing +50% CP.
Adaptability: resists -3 Accuracy and Dodge from terrain effecting techniques such as Hidden Mist or Earthslide River, this amount is reduced from the cumulative debuffs and not per-jutsu. In addition, the user has +1 Dodge against all Delayed attacks, traps and binds.
Prediction: If the opponent uses the same technique as they have previously, the user gains +1 to resist or dodge it. Stacks twice. This buffs cancels if the user switches styles. Basic melee attacks are exempt from this.
Tactical Mind: +1 accuracy with all Mastered jutsu. Additional +.5 accuracy to all attacks every round after the second. Cannot gain more than +4 accuracy on any attack.
Tsukumogami
Journeyman: Jutsus cost 5% less chakra
Shinobi 101: Kinetic Genjutsu can be cast using Melee accuracy.
Clarity: The user is given a resistance check every round against Genjutsu as opposed to the normal round wait time. The user is always aware that they are in a Genjutsu unless the Genjutsu was treated as a Sneak Attack. This ability cannot be used with Willpower.
Defensive Technique: - When in defensive mode, the player receives -1 to accuracy per +1 to dodge instead of the normal +2 dodge -4 Accuracy defense penalty. The maximum amount of dodge for accuracy they may swap is 4. -10% Damage Taken while in Defensive Mode
Bull's Strength: +5% Weapon Damage Modifier. +3% Suppression and/or +3% Bleeding, depending on which status the weapon is capable of inflicting. Reduces all Natural Negative Accuracy Modifiers from Custom Weapons by -1 to a minimum of 0.
Slashing Style
Quickdraw: Drawing weapons or items costs 0 AP. In addition, the user may sheath their active weapon once per round for 0 AP.
Sixth Sense: When making an awareness check, the user has a 25% chance to auto-detect the target. This applies to targets in Stealth, hidden by clones, and under transformations. Sneak Attacks to the user have a 25% chance of being detected and losing their Sneak bonus.
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Shiori[/col]

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Takahashi Shiori

HP: (55+15lvl) x 600 = 41,325 [-6305] 35,020
CP: (40+15lvl) x 600 = 30,174 [-5819] 24,355
AP: 11 [-11] 0

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 23
Dodge: 23 [+1 from class] 24
Genjutsu Save: 23
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (+2 Dark Sage) 25
Genjutsu Difficulty: 27 (+2 from Duelist) 29
Puppet Accuracy: 23
Ranged Accuracy: 19
Awareness: 15
Stealth: 15

Weapon Type: Gloves
Damage Type: Unarmed: May use handseals while armed with an Unarmed Weapon
Damage/Accuracy Modifiers: -10% damage; +2 accuracy
Augments:
Fata Morgana: Special Augment
Toxify: Basic Augment
Special Composition: Ninjutsu Basic Augment (Element: Sound)

Totals:
-1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
-10% chakra costs
+20% damage done to Sousuke
10% auto-dodge against Sousuke's attacks

Effects:
Duelist
Gloves armed
Requiem of Death [-530 CP/round]
Snapshot [0 CP/round]|Abilities:
Sonar: not affected by Sight-based Debuffs or Visual Genjutsu. However, their reliance on Hearing causes all non-Genjutsu sound related debuffs to be increased by +1 Debuff. They are also able to be affected by a second Audial Genjutsu, although it cannot be the same Genjutsu they are already being affected by. -1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
Dark Sage: All techniques cost -10% Cp. +2 Ninjutsu Accuracy
Shinobi 101: Genjutsu accuracy (Element: Sound)
Human Anatomy: The user gains +1 Critical Range to all attacks. All critical hits deal 2.25x Damage.
Insight: Hidden Actions are revealed to the user through PM. This does not include Genjutsu.
Shattered Reality: Targets effected with the user's Genjutsu take +10% damage from all damage types. This added damage is considered Illusionary, and cannot be reduced.
Illusionist: The user may cast a Genjutsu without being dropped out of Stealth once per round.
Willpower: The Cancel Jutsu may now apply to Genjutsu of any level as long as the user is aware of it effecting them. If a user affected by a Genjutsu but unaware of it, and casts Cancel, Cancel now has a 30% chance of taking effect anyway. Cancel may automatically dispel Genjutsu up to C-Rank, and no longer has a penalty against higher level Genjutsu. Cancel no longer requires handseals, and may be used as a free action once per round.
Strategist:
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Sousuke.
Elementalist: may now use a Major Affinity Move and a Minor Affinity move upon a single Jutsu (Up to B Rank) Both affinity moves must be different, and the user must have a Major Affinity in the Element.
Econimizer

Inventory:
[*]Headset
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Energy Drink x4
[*] Heavy Poison - Searing Mist[/url]
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Economizer Ability: Additional Core Inventory Slot

Belt Pouch #2
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Ninja Wire x9
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Ninja Wire x9

[*]Advanced Shop Purchase: Additional Core Inventory Slot #1:

Belt Pouch #2 Blood Pill x4
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Weak Poison - Castor Oil
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Weak Poison - Antivenom

[*]Free Item Slots:

Weapon Holster #1: Leather Gloves laced with Heaven's Touch as per Strategist Ability.
Weapon Holster #2: Bladed Fan laced with Iron Vein as per Strategist Ability.[/color]

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Joou

HP: 34,650 [-1386] 33,264
CP: 18,000 [-2920] 15,080
AP: 6 [-4.75] 1.25 ==> 1

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 22 (+2.5 from Class) 24.5 (-3 from Requiem) 21.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 19.5
Melee Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 16 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14
Ranged Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 16 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14
Ninjutsu Dodge: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 15 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13
Genjutsu Save: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 15 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13
Puppet Dodge: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 14 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 14 (+2.5 from Class) 16.5 (-3 from Requiem) 13.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 11.5
Genjutsu Difficulty: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 14 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12
Puppet Accuracy: N/A
Ranged Accuracy: 16 (+2.5 from Class) 18.5 (-3 from Requiem) 15.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13.5
Awareness: 13 (-3 from Requiem) 10
Stealth: 12 (-3 from Requiem) 9|Totals:
+10% melee damage
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Weapon: Stinger
Weapon Type: Piercing
Range: Melee
Damage: -15%
Accuracy: +3

Effects:
Requiem of Death -3 to all secondaries
Soldier Bees x1

Bonus:
Class: +10% melee Damage
Worker Beeshttp://ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=164[/col]

What Happened?

0.00 Seconds | Shiori continues Requiem, Stop Clone, continues snapshot.
- Genjutsu Check. Requiem
  - Genjutsu DC (Shiori): 19 + 29 = 48 Success, Sousuke is still aware that he is under a genjutsu due to his ability.
    Genjutsu Resistance (Sousuke): 11 + 20 = 31
    Genjutsu DC (Shiori): 7 + 29 = 36
    Genjutsu Resistance (Joou): 20 + 15 = 35 Success, but she is aware that she is under the effects of a genjutsu.
0.00 Seconds | Sousuke continues Mystic Transmutation.
1.90 Seconds | Sousuke uses his contract master ability Symbiotic Relationship to allow Jouu to buff Sousuke's secondaries at the expense of her own.
- Joou's stats were reduced as such: Melee Accuracy 19.5, Melee Dodge 14, Ranged Dodge 14, Ninjutsu Dodge 13, Genjutsu Save 13, Puppet Dodge 12, Ninjutsu Accuracy 11.5, Genjutsu Difficulty 12, Puppet Accuracy: N/A, Ranged Accuracy 13.5
  Sousuke's stats were increased as such: Melee Accuracy 27, Dodge 22, Genjutsu Save 21, Ninjutsu Accuracy 21, Genjutsu Difficulty 21, Puppet Accuracy 21, Ranged Accuracy 17
2.85 Seconds | Sousuke begins observing Shiori.
2.73 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke using Ambiance of the Forbidden [Mastered] - Northern Winds using Sound Crystallization to convert Wind Jutsu into Sound Jutsu and AE Special move Debilitate as well as Dark Sage Scorn of the Lich [Mastered] to change the secondary effect of this jutsu to Necrosis.
- Attack Roll (Shiori): 3 (-2 accuracy) + 25 = 26 Miss!
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 12 + 22 = 34
  10% Auto-dodge. Roll: 24. Failure
2.85 Seconds | Sousuke finishes observing Shiori.
- Sousuke's attacks increase as such: Melee Accuracy 27, Ninjutsu Accuracy 22, Puppet Accuracy 22, Ranged Accuracy 18.
2.85 Seconds | Sousuke uses quick draw to sheath Black Blade.
4.75 Seconds | Sousuke uses Volt Charge [Master Rank] with the special action to make the attack an offensive melee based attack using also AE special move Focus to attack Shiori.
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 1 + 27 +2 + 1 = 31 25% damage
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 8 + 24 = 32
  10% auto hit. Roll: 55 Failed
  10% auto dodge. Roll: 13 Failed
  Partial hits do not give way to secondary effects. Also, there was a misread in how 'disruption' would effect an opponent. It would not effect the offensive jutsus she has on her opponent.
  Shiori is electrocuted so takes 10% of the chakra she uses in damage.
4.75 Seconds | Sousuke redraws Black Blade using his quick draw ability.
5.41 Seconds | Joou attacks Shiori using Lethal Poisoning.
- Attack Roll (Joou): 12 + 2 + 19.5 Miss
  Evasion Roll: 12 + 24 = 36
  10% auto dodge. Roll: 93 Failed
5.45 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke using Malevolent Sealing [Mastered] to place the Berserker Seal.
- Attack Roll (Shiori):9 - 2 + 21 = 28 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 1 + 22 = 23
  10% auto dodge. Roll: 2 Success, attack has been auto dodged
  10% auto hit. Roll: 1 Success, attack has been auto hit
  - -10% Damage dealt, -2 Dodge and -2 Accuracy. The user loses 3% Max Hp each round
    The Berserk Seal has a +20% chance to activate per round. Roll: 38 Failed
7.37 Seconds | Sousuke attacks Shiori using Zantesuken [Mastered].
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 5 + 27 + 3 + 1 = 36 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 16 + 22 = 38
  10% auto hit. Roll: 60 Failed.
  10% auto miss. Roll: 12 Failed.
7.91 Seconds | Joou uses Big Happy Family - Solider Bee Army.
8.18 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke using Concussion Wave [Mastered] and if her previous attempt to afflict Necrosis on Sousuke failed she will try again with this attack. Otherwise allow the secondary effect to remain -as is-. This attack will be done using AE special move Focus.
- Attack Roll (Shiori): 15 +2 + 2 +25 =44 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 9 + 22 = 31
  10% auto dodge. Roll: 51 Failed
  10% auto hit. Roll: 27 Failed
  36% chance of causing 'Necrosis' effect. Roll: 90 Failed
  8.63 Seconds | Shiori puts on a pair of gloves (weapon).
  9.31 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke with Uncalled for Shot [Mastered]
  - Attack Roll (Shiori): 5 +2 + 23 = 30
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 8 + 22 = 30 50% hit
    10% Auto dodge. Roll: 90 Failed
    Attack Roll (Shiori): 15 + 2 + 23 = 40
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 10 + 22 = 32 Hit
    10% Auto dodge. Roll: 83 Failed
10.0 Seconds | Sousuke attacks Shiori with Higuma [Mastered].
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 13 + 27 + 1 = 41 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 20 + 24 = 44
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 74 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 42 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 1 + 27 +1 = 29 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 20 + 24 = 44
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 15 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 49 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 10 + 27 + 1 = 38 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 10 + 24 = 34
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 64 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 63 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 6 + 27 + 1 = 34 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 1 + 24 = 25
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 74 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 56 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 12 + 27 + 1 = 40 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 4 + 24 =28
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 4 Success
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 20 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 5 + 27 + 1 = 33 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 15 + 24 = 39
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 50 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 48 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 12 + 27 + 1 = 40 75% hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 15 + 24 = 39
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 49 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 23 Failed
10.0 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke with Uncalled for Shot [Mastered]
- Attack Roll (Shiori): 20 + 2 + 23 = 45 Hit (Crit)
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke) 8 + 22 = 30
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 97 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 16 Failed
  Attack Roll (Shiori): 11 + 2 + 23 = 36 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 19 + 22 = 41
  Reroll with Gen DC due to Fata Morgana Augment. Attack Roll (Shiori): 5 + 1 + 29 = 35 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke). Roll: 1 + 22 = 23
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 85 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 96 Failed
  Heaven's Touch (Poison). Strong Poison (20). Roll: 19 + 20 = 29 Failure
  Sousuke Poison Resist (25). Roll: 16 + 25 = 41

Notes:

Waiting on Riyota's post before I do any narrative and personal posting.
Forgot about Sousuke's +1 to Mastered Jutsus, changed some of the damage outputs.
Personal note regarding misinterpretation of the volt charge disruption effect, it only disrupts effects I am maintaining on myself sadly.

Michi · Feb 9, 2016

OC: Skipping Riyota per ROE. Been over 48 hours and has posted elsewhere on site since the mod.

IC:

"Never seen the boy in my life," Shiori replied as she prepared her next flurry of attacks. She was both lying and wrong, she really had no idea who the kid was but they had met before. Before when she was experimenting and trying to remember what she was capable of. He was sealed by her malevolent grace and for that reason he would be forever blessed and forever cursed. But who remembers the name or the face of something so mundane?

An amalgamation now of both human and Ancient skill, Shiori manipulated the winds into her song and the cacophony of sound came as a piercing roar, tainted with her malcontent. Sousuke evaded the attack easily despite the weighty gilded armor and Shiori furrowed her brow. Dam Takahashis. Sousuke rejoined in attack, his fist charged with an electrical current. Shiori arched her back in an unnatural way, her bones popped and snapped in a series of percussive sounds where she only felt the arching current graze her spine. She twisted about, her body writhed as her joints returned to their proper place. "Didn't you mother ever tell you it was impolite to hit a lady," she sneered as her painted lips curved upward to make a terrible expression.

Dark energies surfaced on Shiori's fingertips and she looked down at her own claw-like hand. The tendons beneath her taut skin seemed pronounced and her long painted nails did not seem so pleasant at this very moment. Shiori let out a feral sound as she lurched at the Steward, her hand drawn back and she attempted to dig her nails into his shoulder or back. Her fingers, meager damages at best the true damages would come later when that seal activated. Her cancerous chakra would infest the Steward, driving him to madness with pain and a reflection of hers... and his interminable wrath. Sousuke attacked a second time, Shiori ducked low, beneath the attempted assault and dove into the cold stone floor. She skidded across the ground, she crashed through the debris that littered the small fighting space and stood upright on the other side of the room. "I expected to lose this battle Sousuke, do not tell me that I overestimated you," Shiori scoffed as she wiped the dirt off her torso. Perhaps the statement should cause the Kazekage alarm, that she summoned the man here alone to fight a battle that she expected to lose. Was this intended to be a pyrrhic victory during Suna's last days or did she have a plan? A reason to be defeated. Did she believe that Sousuke would kill her - no. Death would be meaningless to her and if he had done his research and she knew he had, what she truly had to fear was not death but rather imprisonment. Her brothers had to go someplace and she intended to learn where. Now, before he could replicate the power of the Black Blade and her freedom would be eternally forfeit. She knew that he would not place her in the Obsidian Palace, that was the Deep Court and Orochi's realm, she would be at home there and perhaps even thrive. He could not place her in the Asylum, they were unequipped to deal with someone such as her and that was her previous vocation, having someone on the inside would not be difficult. That means he would have to figure something out, and best now before he got organized. best now when there was a chance of mistake. Best now before people know who or rather -what- she is.

"Look at yourself and you will find in the long run only hatred, loneliness, despair, rage, ruin, and decay," Shiori announced as her tainted song was hurled in Sousuke's direction. It failed to infect him, but he was on borrowed time for now. "I am not going to fade into the night. You will not do to me what you had done to my brothers, I will fight. Fight against the encroaching night," she declared. A fire had already been started in her heart a sickening combination of possessiveness, suspicion, rage, and humiliation - something that completely overtook her mind and threatened her to her very core. A part of her still was in love with him, whatever part of her was almost human. A part of her hated him still, and more feared him for what he could and eventually would do. Shiori gave him a low blow with her fist. She almost expected to hear a crack when she hit the pelvic bone.

Sousuke was fighting back, a flurry of strikes were returned. He was fast, and powerful still. The clang of metal against flesh resonated through the basement as Sousuke returned with an assault of his own. Through the dizzying attack Shiori again gave him yet another low blow. His ability to rear children might now be in peril as this time she thought she might have heard a *snap.* (OC: A crit to the junk, that will be a new thing for the Medics to treat. I hope you get Yume.)

Jutsus

0 AP - Continue Requiem, Continue snapshot, still wearing gloves.
2.75 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke using Fist of Sin: [Mastered] Wrath.
3 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke using Perfected Rasengan [Mastered] with single target ninjutsu accuracy with Rasen-Nova (Fire) special action which alters Rasengan into a fiery vortex, with a chance of causing the 'Flesh Burn' effect. Also using using Sound Crystallization to convert Non-Elemental Jutsu into Sound Jutsu and AE Special move Debilitate & Feint due to my ability that allows me to use a amjor and a minor on an attack and finally I am using Dark Sage's Scorn of the Lich [Mastered] to change the secondary effect of this jutsu to 'Necrosis'.
3 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke using Concussion Wave [Mastered] and if her previous attempt to afflict Necrosis on Sousuke failed she will try again with this attack. Otherwise allow the secondary effect to remain -as is-. This attack will be done using AE special move Focus and Control.
1.25 AP - Shiori attacks Sousuke with Nut Buster [Mastered].

Takahashi Aki · Feb 11, 2016

This battle was going downhill. Sousuke was not quite used to his new weapons and this was indeed the first time he had used this armour. Beneath the armour he found himself to be breathing with some difficulty. This was not the Shiori he was used to. A skillset that was ... not quite what he had expected either. "The element of surprise is something you have upon me." He admitted. This was not the Shiori he was used to, his mind repeated. He closed his eyes for a moment and focused. If he failed here, very few had the knowledge of what Shiori truly was, and what she could do.

She spoke of him how there was nothing but utter tragedy in his life. "Those are all present, yes. Those will be present nonetheless should you succeed, and that I cannot allow. I cannot allow you to revive your brothers." Gone was the empowered voice of the suit. There was an unease present, uncertainity. A sort of despair had finally breached him. Sousuke needed a moment to gather a second wind. He had to push himself forward. Should he perish here, his death would galvanize his nobles. Katuso would be either finally held accountable to being the Kazekage, or else someone would be. Shiori maybe a Takahashi, but she was not one by bloodline and thus she could not take the title. Unfortunately his nobles may have ... it was something Sousuke did not want to think of. Sungakure would continue on, but limping? "I will do as my father did. Endure for as long as he could, until he died probably by your hands. He knew what it meant to truly be alone. He was the man on the wall. He kept the people of Sungakure safe from the storms. He kept the books. He placed Hiro and Sungakure first in terms of health and happiness. He failed in that regard of the former. He kept his allies safe by giving them the idea to bury deep in the earth as well." Sousuke gripped his twin blades. "I have no other choice in the matter. You must be stopped. I cannot have back my time with the Shiori I knew as a child. The Shiori I grew up with." He grinded his teeth, "I will admit, I do miss our adventures as children. I cannot turn back the clock and return to those days. I would if I could... but I cannot and so we are here fighting." His voice was laced with a grief and a tiredness. Sousuke began the next round. "I will mourn for the Shiori I have lost, and I will stop the one who would bring an end to everyone here. Perhaps she is justified but her actions alone would be ruin to the world." Sousuke would go on the defensive here. He was meeting Shiori's attacks with his own. "Death is the only option here. There is no pact to be made here, unlike Mikaboshi who bartered terms with me as he had failed to originally take possession over me. Your path is so set."

0.5 AP If Berserker Seal activates, deactivate it
2.75AP Master Rank Heavenly Sword
0AP Sheath Sword
3AP Master Rank Flame Shield (Overcharge with EA)
0AP quick Draw Black Blade
2.75 Master Rank Higuma
1.25AP Master Rank Cross Rip IF AP provides, otherwise commit to auto attacks

Joou
3.25 2x Lethal Poisoning

27 96 86 64 86
26 99 50 27 20
13 57 68 62 38
63 9 86 49 39
60 57 58 8 87
99 11 46 21 56
94 48 70 7 54
10 89 6 83 1
3 64 65 38 8
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100 75 84 7 58
79 30 33 84 44
52 23 8 72 55
51 10 3 21 9
51 67 3 2 17
70 66 52 98 57
91 54 94 58 77
67 45 89 54 33
57 39 12 84 7
41 100 7 36 75

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13 15 2 18 11
10 16 8 12 20
3 6 4 8 19
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11 20 3 3 11
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4 8 11 16 14
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16 6 16 12 10
8 15 7 18 9
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Michi · Feb 12, 2016

The Stats:
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Takahashi Sousuke

HP: (63+lvl15) x (600) 38,177 [-567] 37,610
CP: (37+lvl15) x (600) 20,926 [-7533] 13,393 [+1636] 15,029
AP: 10 [-9.75] 0.25

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 27 (+2 Duelist) 29 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 28.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 25.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 26 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 26 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 27 (+0.5 Tactical Mind) 27.5
Dodge: 23 (+1 Defensive Stance) 24 (-3 Requiem of Death) 21 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22
Genjutsu Save: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 21
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 22.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 19.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 20 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22 (+0.5 Tactical Mind) 22.5
Genjutsu Difficulty: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 21
Puppet Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 16 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22 (+0.5 Tactical Mind) 22.5
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 16 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 16 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 18 (+0.5 Tactical Mind) 18.5
Awareness: 15 (+2 Situational Awareness) 17 (-3 Requiem of Death) 14
Stealth: 15 (-3 Requiem of Death) 12

Totals:
- 5% chakra cost reduction
+30% taijutsu and ninjutsu damage
+35% damage other than taijutsu or ninjutsu
10% auto-hit
10% auto-dodge
+1 accuracy for all mastered jutsus
30% damage reduction
20% CP drain from melee attacks done to an opponent
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Black Blade (drawn, post Bull's Strength modifications)
Weapon Type: Long Sword
Weapon Damage Type: Slashing
Bonuses: 10% damage, and 0 acc
Augments:

Chakra Drain: user gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage dealt to a single target,
Trick Weapon: The user's weapon gains a secondary damage type in addition to it's normal damage type.
Vanguard: +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction.
Steady: When a weapon with this augment is used while in Defensive Stance, this reduces the accuracy penalties of Defensive Stance by half.

Effects:
Duelist
Contract Summon: Joou
Black Blade is drawn
Heaven's Touch - not going to change to have this effect him because the next round has initiated.
Bezerker Seal has a 20% chance per round of activating. (Effect: -10% Damage dealt, -2 Dodge and -2 Accuracy. The user loses 3% Max Hp each round.)
Mystic Transmutation [-295 CP/round]
Defensive Stance - Observed Shiori for 2 AP
Requiem of Death: -3 to all secondaries and -2 to cumulative buffs.|Bonus:
Class: - 5% chakra cost reduction
Situational Awareness: Whenever the user attacks someone in stealth normally when doing a Blind Shot without the need of an Awareness check.
Sharp Insight: If the targeted opponent's Ninjutsu is lower than their Taijutsu, the user's Ninjutsu damage is increased by 10%. If the opponent's Taijutsu is lower than their Ninjutsu, the user's Taijutsu damage is increased by 10%. If both stats are equal, both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are raised by 5%. (both are equal in Shiori's case)
Offensive Insight: 10% auto-hit to the user's attacks.
Observation: For every AP they spend observing in Defensive Stance, the Quick Learner gains a +1 bonus to Accuracy and +5% Damage against the target they observe stacking up to +3 Accuracy and +15% Damage. If the target changes Style in any way, the bonus is negated, and they will have to observe the enemy in that style in order to gain the bonus again. May only observe 1 target at a time.
Forewarn: May activate up to 2 Activated Auto-dodges a round. The second costing +50% CP.
Adaptability: resists -3 Accuracy and Dodge from terrain effecting techniques such as Hidden Mist or Earthslide River, this amount is reduced from the cumulative debuffs and not per-jutsu. In addition, the user has +1 Dodge against all Delayed attacks, traps and binds.
Prediction: If the opponent uses the same technique as they have previously, the user gains +1 to resist or dodge it. Stacks twice. This buffs cancels if the user switches styles. Basic melee attacks are exempt from this.
Tactical Mind: +1 accuracy with all Mastered jutsu. Additional +.5 accuracy to all attacks every round after the second. Cannot gain more than +4 accuracy on any attack.
Tsukumogami
Journeyman: Jutsus cost 5% less chakra
Shinobi 101: Kinetic Genjutsu can be cast using Melee accuracy.
Clarity: The user is given a resistance check every round against Genjutsu as opposed to the normal round wait time. The user is always aware that they are in a Genjutsu unless the Genjutsu was treated as a Sneak Attack. This ability cannot be used with Willpower.
Defensive Technique: - When in defensive mode, the player receives -1 to accuracy per +1 to dodge instead of the normal +2 dodge -4 Accuracy defense penalty. The maximum amount of dodge for accuracy they may swap is 4. -10% Damage Taken while in Defensive Mode
Bull's Strength: +5% Weapon Damage Modifier. +3% Suppression and/or +3% Bleeding, depending on which status the weapon is capable of inflicting. Reduces all Natural Negative Accuracy Modifiers from Custom Weapons by -1 to a minimum of 0.
Slashing Style
Quickdraw: Drawing weapons or items costs 0 AP. In addition, the user may sheath their active weapon once per round for 0 AP.
Sixth Sense: When making an awareness check, the user has a 25% chance to auto-detect the target. This applies to targets in Stealth, hidden by clones, and under transformations. Sneak Attacks to the user have a 25% chance of being detected and losing their Sneak bonus.
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Shiori[/col]

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Takahashi Shiori

HP: (55+15lvl) x 600 = 35,020 [-19,566] 15,454
CP: (40+15lvl) x 600 = 24,355 [-6247] 18.108
AP: 10 [-10] 0

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 23 (-2 Higuma) 21 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 19
Dodge: 23 [+1 from class] 24 (-2 Higuma) 22 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 20
Genjutsu Save: 23
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (+2 Dark Sage) 25 (-2 Higuma) 23 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 21
Genjutsu Difficulty: 27 (+2 from Duelist) 29
Puppet Accuracy: 23 (-2 Higuma) 21 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 19
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-2 Higuma) 17 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 15
Awareness: 15
Stealth: 15

Weapon Type: Gloves
Damage Type: Unarmed: May use handseals while armed with an Unarmed Weapon
Damage/Accuracy Modifiers: -10% damage; +2 accuracy
Augments:
Fata Morgana: Special Augment
Toxify: Basic Augment
Special Composition: Ninjutsu Basic Augment (Element: Sound)

Totals:
-1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
-10% chakra costs
+20% damage done to Sousuke
10% auto-dodge against Sousuke's attacks

Effects:
Duelist
Gloves armed
Requiem of Death [-530 CP/round]
Snapshot [0 CP/round]
Higuma: -2 accuracy and dodge for 2 rounds - round 1 of 2|Abilities:
Sonar: not affected by Sight-based Debuffs or Visual Genjutsu. However, their reliance on Hearing causes all non-Genjutsu sound related debuffs to be increased by +1 Debuff. They are also able to be affected by a second Audial Genjutsu, although it cannot be the same Genjutsu they are already being affected by. -1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
Dark Sage: All techniques cost -10% Cp. +2 Ninjutsu Accuracy
Shinobi 101: Genjutsu accuracy (Element: Sound)
Human Anatomy: The user gains +1 Critical Range to all attacks. All critical hits deal 2.25x Damage.
Insight: Hidden Actions are revealed to the user through PM. This does not include Genjutsu.
Shattered Reality: Targets effected with the user's Genjutsu take +10% damage from all damage types. This added damage is considered Illusionary, and cannot be reduced.
Illusionist: The user may cast a Genjutsu without being dropped out of Stealth once per round.
Willpower: The Cancel Jutsu may now apply to Genjutsu of any level as long as the user is aware of it effecting them. If a user affected by a Genjutsu but unaware of it, and casts Cancel, Cancel now has a 30% chance of taking effect anyway. Cancel may automatically dispel Genjutsu up to C-Rank, and no longer has a penalty against higher level Genjutsu. Cancel no longer requires handseals, and may be used as a free action once per round.
Strategist:
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Sousuke.
Elementalist: may now use a Major Affinity Move and a Minor Affinity move upon a single Jutsu (Up to B Rank) Both affinity moves must be different, and the user must have a Major Affinity in the Element.
Econimizer

Inventory:
[*]Headset
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Energy Drink x4
[*] Heavy Poison - Searing Mist[/url]
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Economizer Ability: Additional Core Inventory Slot

Belt Pouch #2
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Ninja Wire x9
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Ninja Wire x9

[*]Advanced Shop Purchase: Additional Core Inventory Slot #1:

Belt Pouch #2 Blood Pill x4
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Weak Poison - Castor Oil
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Weak Poison - Antivenom

[*]Free Item Slots:

Weapon Holster #1: Leather Gloves laced with Heaven's Touch as per Strategist Ability.
Weapon Holster #2: Bladed Fan laced with Iron Vein as per Strategist Ability.[/color]

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Joou

HP: 34,650 [-1386] 33,264
CP: 15,080 [-3800] 11,280
AP: 7 [-6.5] 0.5

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 22 (+2.5 from Class) 24.5 (-3 from Requiem) 21.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 19.5
Melee Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 16 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14
Ranged Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 16 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14
Ninjutsu Dodge: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 15 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13
Genjutsu Save: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 15 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13
Puppet Dodge: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 14 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 14 (+2.5 from Class) 16.5 (-3 from Requiem) 13.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 11.5
Genjutsu Difficulty: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 14 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12
Puppet Accuracy: N/A
Ranged Accuracy: 16 (+2.5 from Class) 18.5 (-3 from Requiem) 15.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13.5
Awareness: 13 (-3 from Requiem) 10
Stealth: 12 (-3 from Requiem) 9|Totals:
+10% melee damage
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Weapon: Stinger
Weapon Type: Piercing
Range: Melee
Damage: -15%
Accuracy: +3

Effects:
Requiem of Death -3 to all secondaries
Soldier Bees x1

Bonus:
Class: +10% melee Damage
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What Happened?

0.00 Seconds | Continue Requiem, Continue snapshot, still wearing gloves.
- Genjutsu Check (Shiori). Roll: 9 + 29 = 38 Success
  Genjutsu Resist (Sousuke). Roll: 6 + 21.5
0.00 Seconds | Sousuke continues Mystic Transmutation.
0.00 Seconds | Berserker Seal
- Activation Check (Sousuke). Roll: 27 Failed to activate.
2.75 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke using Fist of Sin: [Mastered] Wrath.
- 2.75 Seconds | Sousuke uses Master Rank Heavenly Sword and blocks Shiori's attack with a barrier. The damage from Shiori's barrier exceeds the HP of the wall and therefore Sousuke's Heavenly Sword does not cause her any damage.
  - Attack Roll (Shiori): 6
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 17
    Attack Roll (Shiori): 1
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 13
2.75 Seconds | Sousuke sheaths his sword.
4.64 Seconds | Joou attacks Shiori with Lethal Poisoning.
- Attack Roll (Joou): 15 + 2 + 19.5 = 26.5 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 2 + 22 = 24
  Shiori suffers -1 accuracy and dodge for the remainder of the round.
5.75 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke using Perfected Rasengan with single target ninjutsu accuracy with Rasen-Nova (Fire) special action which alters Rasengan into a fiery vortex, with a chance of causing the 'Flesh Burn' effect. Also using using Sound Crystallization to convert Non-Elemental Jutsu into Sound Jutsu and AE Special move Debilitate & Feint due to her ability that allows her to use a major and a minor on an attack and finally she is using Dark Sage's Scorn of the Lich [Mastered] to change the secondary effect of this jutsu to 'Necrosis'.
- 5.75 Seconds | Sousuke uses Master Rank Flame Shield (Overcharge with EA). Barrier has 8773 HP. The barrier blocks the attack.
  - Attack Roll (Shiori): 18
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 11
    - 66% chance of activating 'Flesh Burn' effect. Roll: 96 Failed.
      36% chance of causing the 'Sear' effect. Roll: 86 Failed.
      36% chance of causing the 'Burn' effect. Roll: 64 Failed.
5.75 Seconds | Sousuke quickdraws Black Blade.
8.50 Seconds | Sousuke attacks Shiori using Master Rank Higuma.
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 10 + 27.5 +1 = 38.5 75% Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 16 + 21 = 37
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 26 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 99 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 8 + 27.5 + 1 = 36.5 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 12 + 21 = 33
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 50 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 27 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 20 + 27.5 + 1 = 48.5 CRIT
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 3 + 21 = 24
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 20 Success. Auto-dodged.
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 13 Success. Auto-hit.
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 6 + 1 + 27.5 = 34.5 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 4 + 21 = 25
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 57 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 68 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 8
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 19
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 62
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 38
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 6
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 2
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 63
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 9
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 1
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 20
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 86
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 49
8.75 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke using Concussion Wave [Mastered] and if her previous attempt to afflict Necrosis on Sousuke failed she will try again with this attack. Otherwise allow the secondary effect to remain -as is-. This attack will be done using AE special move Focus and Control.
- Attack Roll (Shiori): 8 + 2 + 20 = 30 25% damage
  Evasion Roll (Sousuke) 11 + 20 = 31
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 39 Failed.
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 60 Failed.
9.28 Seconds | Joou attacks Shiori with Lethal Poisoning.
- Attack Roll (Joou): 20 + 2 + 19.5 = 41.5 CRIT
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 3 + 22 = 25
  Shiori suffers -1 accuracy and dodge for the remainder of the round.
9.75 Seconds | Sousuke attacks Shiori with Master Rank Cross Rip.
Attack Roll (Sousuke): 3 + 1 + 2 + 27.5 = 33.5 Hit
Evasion Roll (Shiori): 11 + 18 = 29
10% Auto-dodge. Roll: 57 Failed
10.0 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke with Nut Buster.
Attack Roll (Shiori): 19 + 2 + 18 = 39 Hit
Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 2 + 22 = 24
- 10% Auto dodge. Roll: 39 Failed. Roll: 58 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 60 Failed. Roll: 8 Success
  16% chance to cause the target to suffer -1 Accuracy to their next Offensive Action. Roll: 87 Failed
  Heaven's Touch (Poison). Strong Poison (20). Roll: 17 + 20 = 37 Success, Sousuke is now poisoned. BUT this was a consumed poison. EDIT: Forgot about toxify augment.
  Sousuke Poison Resist (25). Roll: 8 + 25 = 33

Notes:

Excellent job. The debuffs make a big difference in how often you can hit me and how often I can hit you. Look at the difference in the attacks and the damages.
Be careful! Your CP is starting to dwindle.
With your melee attacks you can effectively damage me, consider adding a poison to your weapon to really seal the deal. The AP to damage/benefit ratio is in your favor.
Now that you are able to hurt me in this manner, I suppose I will have to make it harder for you to hit me while I attempt a counterattack. My moves will be posted shortly.

Michi · Feb 13, 2016

Time to Say Goodbye


Sousuke blamed her for his father's death and her bitter song faltered for only a moment as she glared at him. The old man was not dead, that was an impossibility. She let out a huff of hot air through her flared nares and sand escaped from a single eye. She wiped it away with her forearm, she was not going to protest his claim. She would take the blame, let it steel his resolve. Let him finish this now. He threatened her with death, a sin he was not ready yet to commit. Soon enough he would be, but not while she still had value. She was something he could try to control. Try to hurt. Even if death was his ultimate choice, it would not last for long. She no longer had any qualms with feeding. "No," Shiori replied in a low rumble. "It is only the world that you knew that will be washed away," she warned as her terrible song continued still. From her lips this painful melody hit a shrill high that seemed to defy biological limits. Her hands were diminutive, impossibly so in his human form as she curled her long fingers into a tight fist. Imbued with dark energies that cut through the stale air, she struck. Her blow was stopped short as Sousuke's weapon slashed through the air, a trail of chakra in his blade's wake was all that met her. It felt like she struck a brick wall.

Sousuke was fighting defensive rather than offensive as he started to block her attacks.

The slutty bee poisoned her. Shiori let out a cry, she could feel the venom course through her like acid rotting her from the inside. She buckled over but only for a moment. It hurt.

Shiori gritted her teeth as her hands ran through a series of handseals. Flames and a swirling vortex of chakra contained within the palm of her hand. She spun around and put her weight behind the attack but it immediately fell into a wall of flame and disappeared. From Shiori's pale lips the song persisted over the clash of weapons and the whistle of air over hands that snapped through a series of seals at a dizzying pace but before she could unleash her next attack she was subject to Sousuke's unrelenting assault. She could feel her body break beneath his strikes and she let out a cough and with it a mouthful of crimson sand that spilled onto the floor. She retched while her shaking hands completed a series of complex seals and a wave of noise. It only barely hit him. Shiori was breathing heavy when Joou's stinger pierced her a second time. Her knees buckled and she felt dizzy but she took a pair of staggering steps back and despite a furrowed brow she forced a pained smile. "Just about there," she whispered.

Sousuke's blade sliced into her only once, cutting deep into her exposed abdomen. She let out a pained sound but maintained her unsteady stance. Shiori sprinted forward with what energy she had and uppercut his family jewels.

Jutusus

Shiori continues snapshot [M] and Requiem [M]
3 AP Shiori uses Invisibility [Mastered] to enter stealth against Sousuke and Joou using Enthralling Voice.
- Conditional: IF taken out of stealth, use the special action.
2.75 AP Shiori attacks Sousuke with Fist of Virtue: Temperance
3 AP Shiori attacks Sousuke with Parasitic Infestation using her Illusionist ability to remain in stealth.
Conditional #2: If taken out of stealth a second time, spend 1 AP to re-enter stealth.
Conditional #3: If attacked by an attack prior to entering stealth, use Desert Deflection as a reactionary against Sousuke's attack.
Conditional #4: Drink Energy Drinks with remaining AP.

Be gentle Sousuke! Remember how your CA works against stealth, this should be a good clean end to me.

Miroku Riyota · Feb 13, 2016

Riyota was still trying to focus on breathing, so the demand from his teacher to make his way to the Kazekage office was a bit optimistic. The cursed seals were working their way up his neck now, and as his sanity traced away he let out a cry of fear and anguish, belting out his energy with such sheer force that it all but shattered the chair and had the potential to knock the combatants slightly further away from their current arena. As he fell to the ground and sprawled out, he could feel tears dripping down his face and his breathing was becoming erratic. His leg was too damaged for the boy to stand, so he began slowly dragging himself along the ground. Hoping to find anything to prop himself up with.

[[Sorry for the short post, I couldn't think of much to put without getting involved.]]

Takahashi Aki · Feb 14, 2016

"The world I know is the world that is shared by many. It's not just my clan or the Sunahoshi living in this world. It's the mere existence of humans. Your rise to power will extinct humans and many more." He answered her as she made her claim. "Humans for good or for worse populate this world, and not Ancients. Who truly knows if there are Ancients who live in other parts in the world. Perhaps they were vanquished. Perhaps they are hiding. Perhaps they live happily with humans." Sousuke offered. It was the only thing he could say. In truth there were a lot of bad people out there. They, like Ancients, would claim power through a mountain of corpses. It was a difficult thing.

Sousuke felt a pang of guilt as he struck at Shiori causing her to cry out. She was in pain. While this was not the Shiori he grew up, she still resided in that body. Flesh was still flesh. Her voice had changed but every once in a while it lingered. Sousuke winced at the sound of another cry as he continued to cut into her. There it was though a smile. Did she was a release from this? Her words evidenced this. "..." He did not want to go through with this truthfully. Shiori was once again making hand seals. He needed to counter her again. With the dual blades they again continued the dance of death. In the oldest of cultures this was the oldest clash of all times. Swords and sorcery. Sousuke remembered as a child being told stories of Primus and his sword conquering the sorcery of the sky that Fuujin wielded. Still though she did not make use of her earth jutsus. "Curious that a member of the earth court has not used a single earth jutsu. Perhaps you are mistaken about who you truly are." Shiori had indeed mounted a most powerful offensive against him, but luckily his defenses held. On the sidelines he watched as Riyota was having trouble maintain himself. Slowly but surely a cursed seal began to manifest itself. He did not wish to see his student lose himself entirely. "I am sorry it had to come to this." He finally said to her as he drew his blades closer towards her weakened form. "If only you had taken a different path. If only you were... were truly ... human" Sousuke would observe her and counter attack her accordingly he would then attempt to trap her and finish her in moments to come. Should he find the opening to do so.

-0.75 If Shiori enters stealth attack her instantly with an basic strike (repeat accordingly)
-2.75 AP Master Rank Fatal Draw
-2.75 AP Master Rank Higuma using the special effect to mod in 1 second
-0AP Sheath Blade Blades
-3AP Master Rank Tree Bind Shiori using melee accruacy due to 101

MFT

59 62 68 39 69
59 94 27 49 6
14 71 14 78 53
27 61 7 22 74
70 21 33 50 56
53 41 87 39 59
36 61 97 27 85
100 29 9 99 35
99 67 53 90 38
13 85 90 62 63
9 23 53 31 45
27 71 42 49 66
50 69 46 15 74
64 59 13 55 21
100 65 52 50 4
38 8 48 75 83
11 68 67 53 43
37 32 95 78 20
10 88 46 20 53
34 81 31 13 69

8 14 12 8 9
18 10 14 13 8
8 20 9 1 19
4 10 3 17 20
15 12 3 12 2
13 20 8 13 13
17 4 10 15 19
12 9 15 10 5
3 4 8 9 7
7 7 16 11 6
7 6 19 14 10
12 2 7 12 6
7 9 9 8 4
13 18 10 11 10
2 18 8 10 8
2 5 12 11 2
15 10 3 5 11
4 16 5 1 9
15 10 3 9 4
4 13 7 5 15

Michi · Feb 15, 2016

The Stats:
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Takahashi Sousuke

HP: (63+lvl15) x (600) 37,610 [-7957] 29,653
CP: (37+lvl15) x (600) 15,029 [-6138] 8,891 [+2283] 11,174
AP: 10.25 [-9.25] 1

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 27 (+2 Duelist) 29 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 28.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 25.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 26 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 26 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 27 (+1 Tactical Mind) 28
Dodge: 23 (+1 Defensive Stance) 24 (-3 Requiem of Death) 21 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22
Genjutsu Save: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 21
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 22.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 19.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 20 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22 (+1 Tactical Mind) 23
Genjutsu Difficulty: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 21
Puppet Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 16 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 22 (+1 Tactical Mind) 23
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 16 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 16 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 18 (+1 Tactical Mind) 19
Awareness: 15 (+2 Situational Awareness) 17 (-3 Requiem of Death) 14
Stealth: 15 (-3 Requiem of Death) 12

Totals:
- 5% chakra cost reduction
+30% taijutsu and ninjutsu damage
+35% damage other than taijutsu or ninjutsu
10% auto-hit
10% auto-dodge
+1 accuracy for all mastered jutsus
30% damage reduction
20% CP drain from melee attacks done to an opponent
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Black Blade (drawn, post Bull's Strength modifications)
Weapon Type: Long Sword
Weapon Damage Type: Slashing
Bonuses: 10% damage, and 0 acc
Augments:

Chakra Drain: user gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage dealt to a single target,
Trick Weapon: The user's weapon gains a secondary damage type in addition to it's normal damage type.
Vanguard: +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction.
Steady: When a weapon with this augment is used while in Defensive Stance, this reduces the accuracy penalties of Defensive Stance by half.

Effects:
Duelist
Contract Summon: Joou
Black Blade is drawn
Bezerker Seal has a 20% chance per round of activating. (Effect: -10% Damage dealt, -2 Dodge and -2 Accuracy. The user loses 3% Max Hp each round.)
Mystic Transmutation [-295 CP/round]
Defensive Stance - Observed Shiori for 2 AP
Requiem of Death: -3 to all secondaries and -2 to cumulative buffs.|Bonus:
Class: - 5% chakra cost reduction
Situational Awareness: Whenever the user attacks someone in stealth normally when doing a Blind Shot without the need of an Awareness check.
Sharp Insight: If the targeted opponent's Ninjutsu is lower than their Taijutsu, the user's Ninjutsu damage is increased by 10%. If the opponent's Taijutsu is lower than their Ninjutsu, the user's Taijutsu damage is increased by 10%. If both stats are equal, both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are raised by 5%. (both are equal in Shiori's case)
Offensive Insight: 10% auto-hit to the user's attacks.
Observation: For every AP they spend observing in Defensive Stance, the Quick Learner gains a +1 bonus to Accuracy and +5% Damage against the target they observe stacking up to +3 Accuracy and +15% Damage. If the target changes Style in any way, the bonus is negated, and they will have to observe the enemy in that style in order to gain the bonus again. May only observe 1 target at a time.
Forewarn: May activate up to 2 Activated Auto-dodges a round. The second costing +50% CP.
Adaptability: resists -3 Accuracy and Dodge from terrain effecting techniques such as Hidden Mist or Earthslide River, this amount is reduced from the cumulative debuffs and not per-jutsu. In addition, the user has +1 Dodge against all Delayed attacks, traps and binds.
Prediction: If the opponent uses the same technique as they have previously, the user gains +1 to resist or dodge it. Stacks twice. This buffs cancels if the user switches styles. Basic melee attacks are exempt from this.
Tactical Mind: +1 accuracy with all Mastered jutsu. Additional +.5 accuracy to all attacks every round after the second. Cannot gain more than +4 accuracy on any attack.
Tsukumogami
Journeyman: Jutsus cost 5% less chakra
Shinobi 101: Kinetic Genjutsu can be cast using Melee accuracy.
Clarity: The user is given a resistance check every round against Genjutsu as opposed to the normal round wait time. The user is always aware that they are in a Genjutsu unless the Genjutsu was treated as a Sneak Attack. This ability cannot be used with Willpower.
Defensive Technique: - When in defensive mode, the player receives -1 to accuracy per +1 to dodge instead of the normal +2 dodge -4 Accuracy defense penalty. The maximum amount of dodge for accuracy they may swap is 4. -10% Damage Taken while in Defensive Mode
Bull's Strength: +5% Weapon Damage Modifier. +3% Suppression and/or +3% Bleeding, depending on which status the weapon is capable of inflicting. Reduces all Natural Negative Accuracy Modifiers from Custom Weapons by -1 to a minimum of 0.
Slashing Style
Quickdraw: Drawing weapons or items costs 0 AP. In addition, the user may sheath their active weapon once per round for 0 AP.
Sixth Sense: When making an awareness check, the user has a 25% chance to auto-detect the target. This applies to targets in Stealth, hidden by clones, and under transformations. Sneak Attacks to the user have a 25% chance of being detected and losing their Sneak bonus.
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Shiori[/col]

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Takahashi Shiori

HP: (55+15lvl) x 600 = 15,454 [-12,527] 2927 [+2042] 4,969
CP: (40+15lvl) x 600 = 18,108 [-3807] 14,301
AP: 10 [-9.75] 0.25

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 23 (-2 Higuma) 21 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 19
Dodge: 23 [+1 from class] 24 (-2 Higuma) 22 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 20
Genjutsu Save: 23
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (+2 Dark Sage) 25 (-2 Higuma) 23 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 21
Genjutsu Difficulty: 27 (+2 from Duelist) 29
Puppet Accuracy: 23 (-2 Higuma) 21 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 19
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-2 Higuma) 17 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 15
Awareness: 15
Stealth: 15

Weapon Type: Gloves
Damage Type: Unarmed: May use handseals while armed with an Unarmed Weapon
Damage/Accuracy Modifiers: -10% damage; +2 accuracy
Augments:
Fata Morgana: Special Augment
Toxify: Basic Augment
Special Composition: Ninjutsu Basic Augment (Element: Sound)

Totals:
-1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
-10% chakra costs
+20% damage done to Sousuke
10% auto-dodge against Sousuke's attacks

Effects:
Duelist
Gloves armed
Requiem of Death [-530 CP/round]
Snapshot [0 CP/round]
Higuma: -2 accuracy and dodge for 2 rounds - round 1 of 2|Abilities:
Sonar: not affected by Sight-based Debuffs or Visual Genjutsu. However, their reliance on Hearing causes all non-Genjutsu sound related debuffs to be increased by +1 Debuff. They are also able to be affected by a second Audial Genjutsu, although it cannot be the same Genjutsu they are already being affected by. -1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
Dark Sage: All techniques cost -10% Cp. +2 Ninjutsu Accuracy
Shinobi 101: Genjutsu accuracy (Element: Sound)
Human Anatomy: The user gains +1 Critical Range to all attacks. All critical hits deal 2.25x Damage.
Insight: Hidden Actions are revealed to the user through PM. This does not include Genjutsu.
Shattered Reality: Targets effected with the user's Genjutsu take +10% damage from all damage types. This added damage is considered Illusionary, and cannot be reduced.
Illusionist: The user may cast a Genjutsu without being dropped out of Stealth once per round.
Willpower: The Cancel Jutsu may now apply to Genjutsu of any level as long as the user is aware of it effecting them. If a user affected by a Genjutsu but unaware of it, and casts Cancel, Cancel now has a 30% chance of taking effect anyway. Cancel may automatically dispel Genjutsu up to C-Rank, and no longer has a penalty against higher level Genjutsu. Cancel no longer requires handseals, and may be used as a free action once per round.
Strategist:
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Sousuke.
Elementalist: may now use a Major Affinity Move and a Minor Affinity move upon a single Jutsu (Up to B Rank) Both affinity moves must be different, and the user must have a Major Affinity in the Element.
Econimizer

Inventory:
[*]Headset
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Energy Drink x4
[*] Heavy Poison - Searing Mist[/url]
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Economizer Ability: Additional Core Inventory Slot

Belt Pouch #2
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Ninja Wire x9
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Ninja Wire x9

[*]Advanced Shop Purchase: Additional Core Inventory Slot #1:

Belt Pouch #2 Blood Pill x4
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Weak Poison - Castor Oil
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Weak Poison - Antivenom

[*]Free Item Slots:

Weapon Holster #1: Leather Gloves laced with Heaven's Touch as per Strategist Ability.
Weapon Holster #2: Bladed Fan laced with Iron Vein as per Strategist Ability.[/color]

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Joou

HP: 34,650 [-1386] 33,264
CP: 15,080 [-3800] 11,280
AP: 7.5 [-0] 7.5 ==> 1

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 22 (+2.5 from Class) 24.5 (-3 from Requiem) 21.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 19.5
Melee Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 16 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14
Ranged Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 16 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14
Ninjutsu Dodge: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 15 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13
Genjutsu Save: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 15 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13
Puppet Dodge: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 14 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 14 (+2.5 from Class) 16.5 (-3 from Requiem) 13.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 11.5
Genjutsu Difficulty: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 14 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12
Puppet Accuracy: N/A
Ranged Accuracy: 16 (+2.5 from Class) 18.5 (-3 from Requiem) 15.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 13.5
Awareness: 13 (-3 from Requiem) 10
Stealth: 12 (-3 from Requiem) 9|Totals:
+10% melee damage
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Weapon: Stinger
Weapon Type: Piercing
Range: Melee
Damage: -15%
Accuracy: +3

Effects:
Requiem of Death -3 to all secondaries
Soldier Bees x1

Bonus:
Class: +10% melee Damage
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What Happened?

0.00 Seconds | Continue Requiem, Continue snapshot, still wearing gloves.
- Genjutsu Check (Shiori). Roll: 8 + 29 = 37 Success
  Genjutsu Resist (Sousuke). Roll: 14 + 22 = 36
0.00 Seconds | Sousuke continues Mystic Transmutation.
0.00 Seconds | Berserker Seal
- Activation Check (Sousuke). Roll: 59 Failed to activate.
2.68 Seconds | Sousuke attacks Shiori with Fatal Draw.
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 12 + 1 + 2 + 28 = 43 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 8 + 20 = 28
3.00 Seconds | Shiori uses Invisibility [Mastered] to enter stealth against Sousuke and Joou using Enthralling Voice.
- Genjutsu DC (Shiori): 9 + 2 + 29 - 1 = 39 Success, but Sousuke is aware that he is under an illusion
  Genjutsu Resist (Sousuke): 18 + 22 = 40
  Genjutsu DC (Shiori): 10 + 2 + 29 - 1 = 40 Success
  Genjutsu resist (Joou): 14 + 13 = 27
  - Shiori is considered to be in stealth for both Joou and Sousuke
3.41 Seconds | Sousuke attacks Shiori with a Basic Strike.
- Situational Awareness: Whenever the user attacks someone in stealth normally when doing a Blind Shot without the need of an Awareness check.
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 13 + 1 + 28 = 42 Success
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 8 + 20 = 28
  - Shiori is no longer in stealth. Shiori uses conditional to return to stealth. 40% chance to remain in Stealth if they would be removed from stealth for any reason for the duration of the round. Roll: 62. Failed.
4.00 Seconds | Shiori attempts to re-enter stealth.
- Stealth Roll (Shiori): 8 - 1 + 15 = 22 Failure
  Awareness Roll (Sousuke): 8 + 14 = 22
  Stealth Roll (Shiori): 20 - 1 + 15 = 34 Success
  Awareness Roll (Sousuke): 9 + 10 = 19
  - Shiori is only considered to be in stealth for Joou.
4.39 Seconds | Sousuke uses Master Rank Higuma using the special effect to mod in 1 second.
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 1 + 1 + 28 = 30 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 19 + 20 = 39
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 68 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 39 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 4 + 28 + 1 = 33 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 10 + 20 = 30
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 69 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 59 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 3 + 28 + 1 = 32 Miss
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 17 + 21 = 38
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 94 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 27 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 20 + 1 + 28 = 49 Critical Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 15 + 21 = 36
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 49 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 6 Success
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 12 + 1 + 28 = 41 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 3 + 20 = 23
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 14 Success
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 71 Failure
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 12 + 1 + 28 = 41 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 2 + 20 = 22
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 14 Success
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 78 Failure
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 13 + 28 + 1 = 42 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 20 + 20 = 40
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 53 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 27 Failed
  Shiori is not considered to be in stealth for Joou.
  6.75 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke with Fist of Virtue: Temperance
  - Attack Roll (Shiori): 8 + 19 + 2 = 29 Miss
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 13 + 22 = 35
    Reroll with Gen DC due to Fata Morgana Augment. Attack Roll (Shiori): 13 + 2 + 29 = 44 Hit
    Evasion Roll (Sousuke): 17 + 22 = 39
    Poison Roll Strength (Shiori): 20 + 4 = 24 Failed
    Poison Roll Resistance (Sousuke): 25 + 10 = 35
    10% chance of auto-dodge. Roll: 85 Failed
  6.09 Seconds | Sousuke sheaths his weapon.
  9.01 Seconds |
  Sousuke uses Master Rank Tree Bind against Shiori using melee accuracy due to 101.
  - Gen DC Roll (Sousuke): 28 + 1 + 3 = 32 Miss
    Gen Resist Roll (Shiori): 23 + 17 = 40
9.75 Seconds | Shiori attacks Sousuke with Parasitic Infestation using her Illusionist ability to remain in stealth.
- Gen DC Roll (Shiori): 29 + 20 = 49 Critical Success
  Gen Resist Roll (Sousuke): 21 + 15 = 36
  This jutsu has a 44% chance to “Linger”. Roll: 100 Failed

Notes:
You should use Joou as well for better damage.
Remember your abilities.

Michi · Feb 15, 2016

OC: You could have decked me in the face. I am as good as my word Riyota. I said I was not going to kill you and gave you the interaction you sought. This is just warming Sousuke up to the battle system because it has been awhile for him but the man is a beast when practiced. =O In any case, I am astonished I am upright this round still. So... one more round I guess.

IC:
The boy was an odd one indeed. A powerful unseen force served as a propellant and sent Shiori or rather Suna staggering several steps back. She craned her neck at the curiosity. "Worthy vessels are not a rare commodity any longer it seems," she muttered out loud as she visual identified her own handiwork on the young man. It was merely practice during a time not long ago when she was confused, still attempting to remember. Still simply practicing the art that both plagued and blessed the Sunahoshi line for generations. She did not even remember etching that antediluvian marking on the boy. "Where did you get that?" Shiori snapped, her voice acerbic. What did she give him? What terrible consequence would befall them all for her action, her trespass against a street-rat she did not think could ever live.

Shiori and Sousuke continued to fight. Shiori's efforts to fade into the shadows was utterly ineffective, undeterred by her maneuvers Sousuke's superior situational awareness made it impossible for her to actually hide away. He doubted her still, who and what she was. He rejected what she was even when she was the enemy but woe... he did not see her a human. Her face dropped, she seemed older despite her defiant eyes. "I was no more human than a child is a man because he is playing house," she admitted. "Let's drop the pretenses now. We were never a family. We were never friends," she announced as her hands ran through an array of hand seals. Her lower lip quivered and her vision grew hazy, perhaps she was finally dying or this is what a broken heart felt like. It hurt, it hurt to breathe and it hurt to be alive. "Everyone is simply a tool and a utility to you!" She accused the Steward. She would perhaps know better than most, Sousuke was always there in a manner of speaking but emotionally he was always distant. Rarely, or rather never did he consider her sentiments or anyone else's for that matter.

She was breathing heavy, Sousuke had nearly struck her down with a flurry of strikes, many of which she evaded due more to luck than skill. Beads of sweat had emerged across her brow as she leaned forward. "Earth Court...? Do you want the world to swallow you whole cousin?"

Actions:

2.5 AP - Sand Missiles [M] Combo and Focus
2 AP - Cluster Attack [M] with special action Bludgeoning (The attack gains the Crush effect.) and AE special move Combo and Overcharge
3 AP - Desert Tendril Unleash [M] with AE special move Debilitate and Control
2.75 AP - Fist of Sin: Pride [M]

Conditional:
2 AP - Desert Deflection [M] as a reaction against the first attack that takes more than 2 seconds to cast/use. Also using AE special move Control.

Takahashi Aki · Feb 16, 2016

Shiori was reeling. Sousuke was also reaching his limits as well. Each time she tried to enter stealth he had countered her. "I have been swallowed by the earth before. I have seen things that would cause most to lose their minds. Even Mikaboshi was weary and concerned as to what I had seen." He answered. Outsiders were things to be concerned of. Their very existence was a danger, and more importantly they toyed with things that should have been left alone. "I battled a sandworm when I went to help the heir reclaim the surface. That is how I lost my arm. Perhaps though what you offer is an entirely different experience." Beneath the helmet Sousuke frowned at the remark of never truly being family with Shiori. That is where she was wrong. Their childhood was something forgotten it seemed. The studying. The childish adventures. Everything. It would do her good to remember these things, but another time. Not now.

"No Shiori. Not everyone is a tool or a utility to me. Believe it or not I do have friends in this world. Should I fail here you would consume them whole." He declared as he began to run calculations in his mind to proceed with the final strikes he needed. Sousuke prepared the twin blades for one final onslaught of slashes. He would cut his way through her and put her to sleep. His mind was nagging at him what to do next. He certainly did not wish to kill her. If he allowed her to live ... she would do this again and again. This would be an endless dance of death between the two of them. It would end with his demise, or hopefully old age. Though given the way how he felt lately and how things unfolded? Old age did not seem at all quite likely. "In the times past I never knew the love of a sibling Shiori. Not directly. Now that I look back upon everything now, ... I've come to realize you were the closest thing ever I had to sibling." Sousuke conjured psionic lightning upon his blade. His weapon crackled with power. Magentica had been victim to this attack before, and now Shiori would be too.

Sousuke Actions
-0.5AP cancel the Berserker Seal if it activates
-2.75 AP Master Rank Higuma using the special to mod this as a one second attack
-3AP Master Rank Chidori Control using the Focus AE Ability and the Chidori Blade effect
-Stop attacking Shiori when she is KO'd
-2.25APMaster Rank Kill Diver if Shiori is conscious
-2.25AP Master Rank Steel Weaving if Shiori is conscious

Joou
-2x 3.25 Lethal Poisioning with special effect on Shiori if Shiori is conscious

67 6 44 42 43
90 52 4 14 24
20 95 42 4 79
89 39 87 59 36
37 60 36 35 86
77 7 23 83 17
83 13 91 82 44
91 72 84 44 85
50 13 65 64 4
93 100 44 98 15
90 50 34 61 55
25 72 81 92 16
20 89 72 65 85
58 24 81 24 19
95 33 81 15 30
76 38 26 78 33
53 3 75 1 54
18 26 46 5 64
65 26 90 47 29
25 95 12 34 77

12 1 13 7 4
6 4 2 19 2
11 2 9 1 7
19 13 9 1 9
14 6 18 6 7
16 8 11 14 20
2 10 5 11 20
18 4 17 11 2
15 20 11 14 5
8 13 4 10 17
9 19 15 11 3
1 19 12 8 2
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Michi · Feb 17, 2016

The Stats:
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Takahashi Sousuke

HP: (63+lvl15) x (600) 37,610 [-7957] 29,653
CP: (37+lvl15) x (600) 11,174 [-2242] 8,932 [+1442] 10,374
AP: 11 [-2.75] 8.25

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 27 (+2 Duelist) 29 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 28.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 25.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 29 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 31 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 32 (+1.5 Tactical Mind) 33.5
Dodge: 23 (+1 Defensive Stance) 24 (-3 Requiem of Death) 21 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 25
Genjutsu Save: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 24
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 22.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 19.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 23 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 25 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 26 (+1.5 Tactical Mind) 27.5
Genjutsu Difficulty: 23 (-3 Requiem of Death) 20 (+1.5 Symbiotic Relationship) 24.5
Puppet Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 19 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 25 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 27 (+1.5 Tactical Mind) 28.5
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-0.5 Defensive Stance) 18.5 (-3 Requiem of Death) 15.5 (+0.5 Mystical Transmutation - Steady Augment) 19 (+3 Observation -2 Negated by Requiem) 21 (+1 Symbiotic Relationship) 23 (+1.5 Tactical Mind) 24.5
Awareness: 15 (+2 Situational Awareness) 17
Stealth: 15

Totals:
- 5% chakra cost reduction
+30% taijutsu and ninjutsu damage
+35% damage other than taijutsu or ninjutsu
10% auto-hit
10% auto-dodge
+1 accuracy for all mastered jutsus
30% damage reduction
20% CP drain from melee attacks done to an opponent
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Black Blade (drawn, post Bull's Strength modifications)
Weapon Type: Long Sword
Weapon Damage Type: Slashing
Bonuses: 10% damage, and 0 acc
Augments:

Chakra Drain: user gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage dealt to a single target,
Trick Weapon: The user's weapon gains a secondary damage type in addition to it's normal damage type.
Vanguard: +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction.
Steady: When a weapon with this augment is used while in Defensive Stance, this reduces the accuracy penalties of Defensive Stance by half.

Effects:
Duelist
Contract Summon: Joou
Black Blade is drawn
Bezerker Seal has a 20% chance per round of activating. (Effect: -10% Damage dealt, -2 Dodge and -2 Accuracy. The user loses 3% Max Hp each round.)
Mystic Transmutation [-295 CP/round]
Defensive Stance - Observed Shiori for 2 AP
Requiem of Death: -3 to all secondaries and -2 to cumulative buffs.|Bonus:
Class: - 5% chakra cost reduction
Situational Awareness: Whenever the user attacks someone in stealth normally when doing a Blind Shot without the need of an Awareness check.
Sharp Insight: If the targeted opponent's Ninjutsu is lower than their Taijutsu, the user's Ninjutsu damage is increased by 10%. If the opponent's Taijutsu is lower than their Ninjutsu, the user's Taijutsu damage is increased by 10%. If both stats are equal, both Ninjutsu and Taijutsu are raised by 5%. (both are equal in Shiori's case)
Offensive Insight: 10% auto-hit to the user's attacks.
Observation: For every AP they spend observing in Defensive Stance, the Quick Learner gains a +1 bonus to Accuracy and +5% Damage against the target they observe stacking up to +3 Accuracy and +15% Damage. If the target changes Style in any way, the bonus is negated, and they will have to observe the enemy in that style in order to gain the bonus again. May only observe 1 target at a time.
Forewarn: May activate up to 2 Activated Auto-dodges a round. The second costing +50% CP.
Adaptability: resists -3 Accuracy and Dodge from terrain effecting techniques such as Hidden Mist or Earthslide River, this amount is reduced from the cumulative debuffs and not per-jutsu. In addition, the user has +1 Dodge against all Delayed attacks, traps and binds.
Prediction: If the opponent uses the same technique as they have previously, the user gains +1 to resist or dodge it. Stacks twice. This buffs cancels if the user switches styles. Basic melee attacks are exempt from this.
Tactical Mind: +1 accuracy with all Mastered jutsu. Additional +.5 accuracy to all attacks every round after the second. Cannot gain more than +4 accuracy on any attack.
Tsukumogami
Journeyman: Jutsus cost 5% less chakra
Shinobi 101: Kinetic Genjutsu can be cast using Melee accuracy.
Clarity: The user is given a resistance check every round against Genjutsu as opposed to the normal round wait time. The user is always aware that they are in a Genjutsu unless the Genjutsu was treated as a Sneak Attack. This ability cannot be used with Willpower.
Defensive Technique: - When in defensive mode, the player receives -1 to accuracy per +1 to dodge instead of the normal +2 dodge -4 Accuracy defense penalty. The maximum amount of dodge for accuracy they may swap is 4. -10% Damage Taken while in Defensive Mode
Bull's Strength: +5% Weapon Damage Modifier. +3% Suppression and/or +3% Bleeding, depending on which status the weapon is capable of inflicting. Reduces all Natural Negative Accuracy Modifiers from Custom Weapons by -1 to a minimum of 0.
Slashing Style
Quickdraw: Drawing weapons or items costs 0 AP. In addition, the user may sheath their active weapon once per round for 0 AP.
Sixth Sense: When making an awareness check, the user has a 25% chance to auto-detect the target. This applies to targets in Stealth, hidden by clones, and under transformations. Sneak Attacks to the user have a 25% chance of being detected and losing their Sneak bonus.
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Shiori[/col]

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Takahashi Shiori

HP: (55+15lvl) x 600 = 4,969 [-5768] -799 Knocked Out
CP: (40+15lvl) x 600 = 14,301 [-477] 13,824
AP: 10.25 [-0] Knocked Out

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 23 (-2 Higuma) 21 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 19
Dodge: 23 [+1 from class] 24 (-2 Higuma) 22 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 20
Genjutsu Save: 23
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 23 (+2 Dark Sage) 25 (-2 Higuma) 23 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 21
Genjutsu Difficulty: 27 (+2 from Duelist) 29
Puppet Accuracy: 23 (-2 Higuma) 21 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 19
Ranged Accuracy: 19 (-2 Higuma) 17 (-2 Lethal Poisoning) 15
Awareness: 15
Stealth: 15

Weapon Type: Gloves
Damage Type: Unarmed: May use handseals while armed with an Unarmed Weapon
Damage/Accuracy Modifiers: -10% damage; +2 accuracy
Augments:
Fata Morgana: Special Augment
Toxify: Basic Augment
Special Composition: Ninjutsu Basic Augment (Element: Sound)

Totals:
-1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
-10% chakra costs
+20% damage done to Sousuke
10% auto-dodge against Sousuke's attacks

Effects:
Duelist
Gloves armed
Requiem of Death [-530 CP/round]
Snapshot [0 CP/round]
Higuma: -2 accuracy and dodge for 2 rounds - round 1 of 2|Abilities:
Sonar: not affected by Sight-based Debuffs or Visual Genjutsu. However, their reliance on Hearing causes all non-Genjutsu sound related debuffs to be increased by +1 Debuff. They are also able to be affected by a second Audial Genjutsu, although it cannot be the same Genjutsu they are already being affected by. -1 Genjutsu save against Audial Genjutsu.
Dark Sage: All techniques cost -10% Cp. +2 Ninjutsu Accuracy
Shinobi 101: Genjutsu accuracy (Element: Sound)
Human Anatomy: The user gains +1 Critical Range to all attacks. All critical hits deal 2.25x Damage.
Insight: Hidden Actions are revealed to the user through PM. This does not include Genjutsu.
Shattered Reality: Targets effected with the user's Genjutsu take +10% damage from all damage types. This added damage is considered Illusionary, and cannot be reduced.
Illusionist: The user may cast a Genjutsu without being dropped out of Stealth once per round.
Willpower: The Cancel Jutsu may now apply to Genjutsu of any level as long as the user is aware of it effecting them. If a user affected by a Genjutsu but unaware of it, and casts Cancel, Cancel now has a 30% chance of taking effect anyway. Cancel may automatically dispel Genjutsu up to C-Rank, and no longer has a penalty against higher level Genjutsu. Cancel no longer requires handseals, and may be used as a free action once per round.
Strategist:
Duelist: +2 melee accuracy; 10% autododge against Shiori's attacks; +10% damage done to Sousuke.
Elementalist: may now use a Major Affinity Move and a Minor Affinity move upon a single Jutsu (Up to B Rank) Both affinity moves must be different, and the user must have a Major Affinity in the Element.
Econimizer

Inventory:
[*]Headset
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Energy Drink x4
[*] Heavy Poison - Searing Mist[/url]
[*] Kawarimi Target with Acid Vial attached as per Strategist Ability.
[*] Economizer Ability: Additional Core Inventory Slot

Belt Pouch #2
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Ninja Wire x9
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Ninja Wire x9

[*]Advanced Shop Purchase: Additional Core Inventory Slot #1:

Belt Pouch #2 Blood Pill x4
- Belt Pouch Item #1: Weak Poison - Castor Oil
- Belt Pouch Item #2: Weak Poison - Antivenom

[*]Free Item Slots:

Weapon Holster #1: Leather Gloves laced with Heaven's Touch as per Strategist Ability.
Weapon Holster #2: Bladed Fan laced with Iron Vein as per Strategist Ability.[/color]

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Joou

HP: 33,264
CP: 11,280
AP: 7.5 [-0] 7.5 ==> 1

Accuracy:
Melee Accuracy: 22 (+2.5 from Class) 24.5 (-3 from Requiem) 24.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 12.5
Melee Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 19 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 17
Ranged Dodge: 19 (-3 from Requiem) 19 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 17
Ninjutsu Dodge: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 18 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 16
Genjutsu Save: 18 (-3 from Requiem) 18 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 16
Puppet Dodge: 17 (-3 from Requiem) 17 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 15
Ninjutsu Accuracy: 14 (+2.5 from Class) 16.5 (-3 from Requiem) 16.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 14.5
Genjutsu Difficulty: 17 (-3 from Requiem)17 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 15
Puppet Accuracy: N/A
Ranged Accuracy: 16 (+2.5 from Class) 18.5 (-3 from Requiem)18.5 (-2 from Symbiotic Relationship) 16.5
Awareness: 13
Stealth: 12|Totals:
+10% melee damage
+10% more damage taken due to shattered reality, being under the effect of a genjutsu

Weapon: Stinger
Weapon Type: Piercing
Range: Melee
Damage: -15%
Accuracy: +3

Effects:
Requiem of Death -3 to all secondaries
Soldier Bees x1

Bonus:
Class: +10% melee Damage
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What Happened?

0.00 Seconds | Continue Requiem, Continue snapshot, still wearing gloves.
- Genjutsu Check (Shiori). Roll: 12 + 29 = 41 Success
  Genjutsu Resist (Sousuke). Roll: 1 + 22 = 23
0.00 Seconds | Sousuke continues Mystic Transmutation.
0.00 Seconds | Berserker Seal
- Activation Check (Sousuke). Roll: 67 Failed to activate.
0.91 Seconds |
Sousuke attacks Shiori with Higuma
- Attack Roll (Sousuke): 13 + 1 + 28.5 = 42.5 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 7 + 20 = 27
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 6 Success
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 44 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 4 + 28.5 + 1 = 33.5 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 6 + 20 = 26
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 42 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 43 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 4 + 28 + 1 = 33 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 2 + 20 = 22
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 90 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 52 Failed
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 19 + 1 + 28 = 48 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 2 + 21 = 23
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 52 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 4 Success
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 11 + 1 + 28 = 40 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 2 + 20 = 22
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 14 Failure
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 24 Failure
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 9 + 1 + 28 = 41 Hit
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 1 + 20 = 22
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 20 Failure
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 95 Failure
  Attack Roll (Sousuke): 7 + 28 + 1 = 36
  Evasion Roll (Shiori): 19 + 20 = 39 Miss
  10% Auto dodge. Roll: 42 Failed
  10% Auto hit. Roll: 4 Success

Shiori is knocked out.

Notes:
- You did one of the best options for your start move this round. I am so proud of you.
- Modded as per ROE at 48h post previous mod.
- Will give a few more hours before I make an IC post in case Riyota posts in this thread.
- Destination and fate is now in Sousuke's hands.

Michi · Feb 18, 2016

Shiori did not have the opportunity to make another attack as Sousuke took his finishing blow. A series of strikes made in such rapid succession that her body folded on impact. Her body fell limp with the final blow, her body crumbled to the ground. Laying there she seemed less... big. No, that is the wrong word for it. Less powerful. Her long red tresses fanned out behind her, a pool of red sand seemed to grow beneath her. She was pale and small. Was she always this small? Yes, she was. She was alive, just barely. The thready pulse that could be barely palpated. The shallow ragged breaths that barely moved her chest. Besides her most recent injuries, she was free of scars. Despite the time she had spent in Shouki's company. Despite the vocation they both knew. She seemed very human and not at all human in this near porcelain-like form.

Good job Sousuke -- you killed your sister.

Takahashi · Feb 19, 2016

[Placeholder. Absolutely couldn't resist myself, after all, I was the one being sought out. I'll put something up here before I post in my mission. ASAP.]

Takahashi Aki · Feb 20, 2016

[Uhh... with Jin'ichi away for a week, we can pick up something later.]

Shiori fell. Her body went limp. Sousuke turned and went to Riyota first and foremost. The metal plates that consisted of the helmet began to retract. "I am sorry. I am sorry you were a victim to this. This woman is not who she seems to be." He explained to his student. The Queen Wasp would come over and the two of them would look over Riyota's injuries. Joou would transform into her proper form. "This is Joou, the Wasp Queen. She is an ally of mine." The Wasp Queen would ever so slightly incline her heard forward to him. Sousuke would help Riyota get to his feet and fashion a crutch for him from what steel was left in the room. Joou would further help Riyota by stabilizing him. Sousuke would shake his head as he turned to Shiori's limp body. "Joou help Riyota out of the building."

The Queen Wasp narrowed her eyes at Sousuke. "Finish her and be done with this. As your father has said before, time is a flat circle. This will happen again." She warned him as she would attempt to take Riyota out with her.

Sousuke would approach the unconscious body. His eyes narrowed at her form. He knelt down and rolled her onto her back. "Good-bye Shiori." He kissed her on the forehead. He placed the palm of his hand on her cheek and allowed it to linger for a moment. "I lied. I know you loved me romantically, but I loved you as a sister." He stood up and took a step back. He drew his twin blades. He swallowed hard. He could ram one blade into her chest and the other through her throat. A messy end to her life. She had forced his hand. She had to be stopped. If he did not then they would be at this again and again. He gripped the sword handles. No. She deserved a clean death. Did she? "Damnit." Sousuke cursed. He raised his blades. He was going to cut through her. It was time. Time to lower them. Put an end to this. The weapons descended. They did not hit the intended targets. Shiori's head remained intact but it was between two blades. The two great silver blades would disappear. "I can't do it." He said as he reached down and picked Shiori up. He would carry her in his arms out of Expectations, for the last time.

What remained of sleazy hotel would find itself burning down as Sousuke used his plasma techniques to remove this building from existence. Where would he take her? He would take her to his old home. The Takahashi household was empty since the death of his fire.

[Topic left with Shiori and Riyota technically?]

Michi · Feb 20, 2016

OC: Since it has been 6 days since Riyota's last post in the thread and by ROE already skipped once, we can cleanly leave the topic.

IC:

Shiori was in this precarious place that lingered between life and death. Her battered and broken body laid sprawled out on the dirty floor. In the absence of a wakeful state, on closer inspection she did not look 'right'. She looked like a damaged porcelain doll, fine near invisible cracks in her flesh released the fine grains of crimson sand that speckled her body and stained the floor. She was breathing, just barely and her heart continued on despite being broken in more ways than one. She had always loved him and if she was going to have to die, at least it would be at the hand of the man she loved even if he would not... perhaps could not love her back.

She did not seek death or pain, she wanted desperately to live but to live one had to be free. In the absence of liberty there could only be death. She had her pride still, even until the end. She drew him here, to the place of her torment and fought him. A large part of her knew that there was a chance that she could not win. She actually planned to lose, to potentially die. To let him know the pain of loss, even if the loss was an enemy. It was an enemy who loved him, because she was losing a man who never loved her but in her death he would lose someone who loved him more than anything else in the world. It was a pain he would have to live with, a pain he would have to force down into the pit of his near empty heart and endure. Loss upon loss, her blood on his hands as witnessed by a young and broken youth. He would have to live with that. He would have to live with being the man who killed her -- his cousin, his potential lover, what some considered a deity. She was also a villain, but would that be enough to let him sleep at night? How many times would he have to tell him that and would he ever believe it even if he told it to himself a hundred times?

She would come back once again, it was an eventuality and she no longer had qualms taking from others what she refused herself for so long. It would be a matter of days, perhaps weeks and he would not know her. He would not see her. She would be a shadow in his memories. A phantom in the shadows and a nightmare lingering in his dreams. And she would return, he hopefully a madman in his torment but if he was indeed as soulless as the demon-sennin had intended then perhaps life would go on unchanged. Either way, she would be there... somewhere... watching and waiting. Growing. Enduring.

Topic Left

Miroku Riyota · Feb 21, 2016

What's wrong with me...What am I?... these thoughts cycled through Riyota's head as Sousuke came to his aid and apologized for all that had transpired. Hypocrite...kill...destroy...kill him. Riyota shook his head and let out a clearly audible scream in response to the war that was raging inside him. As metal formed into an object to help the boy walk, his hand shakily reached out to grab it. Carefully using it to get himself off the ground and prop himself up in place. As his eyes slowly moved over to the pair further on from him. Sousuke...Spa-Kill her... the two voices of his reason still battled internally. As Riyota slowly hobbled out of the forsaken building, the wasp queen at his side, he fell down to his knees. "No matter how disgusting this world is...nothing can compare...to the hell inside my head." these words would likely leave Joou confused or concerned as the boy slowly got up again and continued onwards to the hospital.

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