Making Feinds! Making Feinds! [Open]

[Midori Futotta]

Maru's House​

The door always remained unlocked… a few dared to enter the house because of the rumors that spreaded about the house being cursed. That when you go in you'll see body parts, and the demon will consume anyone who was foolish enough to step in. However those were simply just rumors. What people saw when they got curious enough to step into the house were dolls… everywhere you turned there were dolls! Some were happy, some dolls were crying, some had a lack of expression at all, and some didn't even have faces to begin with. Maru's house was his workshop, this is where he made his beautiful dolls to either keep him company or to use as spare parts to create new and better toys to began with.

He had shelves with arms of different sizes, a rack of legs from big to small, a rack of plastic and wooden female torsos that had been hollowed out to place the endoskeleton weapons inside.

The heads sat with different kinds of emotions sat on a different rack, jars of glass eyes of different colors all seemingly stared at Maru who sat at his bench and overlooking an unfinished doll he left at home forgotten. His three puppets, Jill the lone soul, Shi the worried mother, and Kawaii the best imaginary friend Maru created watched Maru in their coffins already updated with new weapons and features. Mary yawned, pulling out a scroll to see what was he about to make this time. Honestly he had no idea where to start, so he read the scroll to see if it would jog his memory.

The Unfinished Doll​

Mean Mami Puppet!
Made from plastic, steel, and wood
Weapons in every Limb
Chakra Voice Box
5 Limbs
White Hair

It was a nice list, due to the fact that it meant that he could make the doll however he wanted really, though he did not know how big he wanted it so he assumed that he wanted it around his height, since a puppeteer could make a puppet move as fast as he wanted no matter the size of it.

He walked over to the work bin and looked through the bin of finished limbs, he saw skinny limbs, thick limbs, and even a few chubby limbs. He picked up the limbs with the hourglass torso and he set off to his work...

He picked up an arm from the shelf and walked over to the workbench and started going at it with the metal shaver, the metal shaver used static electricy to sharpen the razor edge of the attached knife to extrmely high levels, it was mainly used to cut into metal, puppets a lot of the time, though in a fight it would be useless, due to the fact that it was attached to a large battery to keep it running. As he hollowed out the forearm he whistled to himself happily, as soon as he finisehd hollowing out the forearm he made a hand sign and placed a small seal on the back of the hollow, then attaching strings and a set of springs to it, this would let the Maru open up the hand and send a volley of senbon flying out, the only thing needed was senbon, which the Maru had a plenty, so the young shinobi grabbed 200 senbon and sealed them inside, so the machine gun arm was ready and good to go…

 

[Midori Futotta]

Maru grabbed the other arm of the unfinished doll and hollowed it out as well, brushing all of the plastic shavings into a disposal bin, after that he went and grabbed a scroll and sealed Dream Wrath Poison, then he went over to the weapons room and grabbed some pipes so the poison will come out in a gaseous form so it will strike fear into the hearts of those who went against her. Bringing the pipes back to the arm he would then attached all of the doll. Inside the room in the forearm that he carved out, so that which a flick of the wrist t Maru could shoot of the cannon of poisonous gass with the capabilities of poisoning his opponent. Then Maru attached small thin blades into each finger, then covering them with the plastic original fingers of the doll to make it look like there were no weapons in the fingers and that it was just a normal hand, he also made sure that all of the blades were razor sharp and capable of slicing flesh with ease, he had so much more to finish on this puppet that it made him giggle with glee, he just loved his job…

He had to choose which he should make first, to improve her head or the make legs. Maru chose to do the legs first because he didn't attach legs to his doll yet. Maru grabbed two, thick, female legs and walked over to the work site, he then sat and wondered what he could do with this part of the puppet, he decided to go into the explosives room and grab 20 explosive notes and edit the formula on the tag to explode on contact, he then hollowed the left leg out and placed a weak spring in the leg and set the stack on the springs, after that he made it so that on contact with something the leg would release one of the tags and cause it to explode, and so on until he ran out of tags.

Maru would then started hollowing out the next leg, as he finished he grabbed 40 senbon and welded them to the inside of the front of the shin, making them all spring loaded but attached to the shin still, making the whole shin a retractable weapon of spikes, the leg would be easily able to spear some to Swiss cheese, and though simple the leg itself was very deadly, like the rest of the doll.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Kitsune was it search for a doll, but not any doll. She wanted one that looked practically lifelike. She even had a form in mind. She heard that there was a puppet maker living outside of the village in this old looking building. Kitsune could not really judge because she lives in a caravan. In her eyes he has the better of the two for at least he has a house. The House was supposedly curse, but that did not bother her either. Kitsune was a gypsy and she knows curses. In fact she plans to use one on the doll.

Kitsune knocks on the front door and if nobody replies she will try the door and find out that it was unlocked. “Hello? Is anybody home?” Either way she would not cross the threshold without some sort of reply. She did not want to be mistaken as a burglar. “I would like to commission you to make a doll for me.”

 

[Midori Futotta]

The boy once finishing up the legs Maru got out of his seat and detached the head to make some a few edits to it. Mostly everything about the puppet was done but it was missing one thing which was the voice box. Maru opened up the back if the head of the doll, putting the Chakra voice box inside of the hatch, connection it to a few mechanism by molding them together so chakra can flow easily to it to link the user's brain waves to her so she could speak. With the puppet construction finished, he only needed to put it together, and since he had extra time on his hands, he made all of the linking parts of the puppet so the user could disassemble the puppet and attack with the ends of all of the sharp limbs of the doll. After he popped all of the joints, then put the new doll on some clothing. A beautiful black blouse, a knee length black skirt, white stockings and black shoes. Maru took a step back to look at his new creation, quite impressed with the detail he put into making her.

However his thoughts on his new doll were interrupted by someone at the front door. Maru left his worksite to go see who had been at the door, when the female opened the door, she was greeted with many different she could see endless amount of females dolls all sitting together like a quite nursery. All of them looked strikingly real, like if you'd touch one of them they'll be warm and not cold as death…

“I usually don't get people asking for me to create them a doll.” Maru came out from a dark hallway, a mischievous grin on his face. The Puppet maker rubbing his hands together eager to hear what kind of doll did the woman wanted. “Come on in, let’s see what kind of doll you're looking to make. I'm sure you have something special in mind coming all the way to the outskirts of town to have a doll made.” Maru said gesturing for her to come in, as creepy as the boy may had been he was more than happy to take on the job.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Kitsune walks inside and looks around. They all were quite impressive and amazingly life like, which Kitsune was more than happy to see. However this was not the type of doll she was looking for and she was a little concern that he may turn her down. For the curse to work properly, the puppet must closely resemble the soul she plans to seal into it. “Yes I require a doll with a specific appearance.” KItsune continues to look around but was not seeing anything similar it what he currently had displayed in the hall, though perhaps she was just missing it in the forest of puppets. Her worry could be clearly seen on her face, but he should be able to tell it was not in a creeped out way. “Your work is quite nice and beautiful. You capture the human form well, but what about something a little more… feral?”

Spoiler

Kitsune believes it would be far better just to show Maru what she is looking for than to try to describe it to him. “Here let me show you want I am looking for.” With a single wave of her hand she casts an illusion on the puppet maker. Should he not resist the genjutsu, he would see an animal sitting on one of his carpets. The critter looks like a brown fox with long ears and a puffy white mane. If the illusion were to fail she would try again and would politely ask him not to resist. “I’ve came to a few different puppet makers already, but none of them did animals. Sorry to say you were lower on the list.” Quickly realizing how insulting that sounded she follows up, “That’s not to say I think any less of your work. It’s just a little out of the way.”

 

[Midori Futotta]

The young shinobi was a bit curious of what kind of what kind of doll the woman wanted. Maru wasn't too resistant to the genjutsu Kitsune cast; honestly he really had no reason to seem as though she was giving him a visual aid that will help Maru work better. Kitsune provided an interesting idea for the kind of doll she wanted. An adorable little fox like critter with brown fur and a white mane, the lady must have been an animal lover of some kind. “I see.” Maru said with a side smile. Truth be told he was able to make puppets in all shapes and sizes. This particular doll would actually be fun building up, the boy not really taking offense to him being low on the list of puppet makers she came to. Maru wasn't really an approachable person so it only would seem fair to ask him only as a last resort.Maru moved over to a small notebook, jotting down the few things he noticed in that genjutsu.

•Brown and Cream colored fur
•long ears
•round eyes
•Fox like in appearance

“Well usually I don't do many animal dolls.” Maru stated, as though he was about to turn her down but he followed up with “But seem as though I like a challenge and I have a couple of limbs for animals around, I'll be able to make what you've requested without a problem.” The boy was rather confident in his abilities in making what was requested, he already was thinking of the construction to make the doll look as real as possible. Building the doll wasn't an issue. However, Maru didn't know what kind of weapons did Kitsune wanted within her soon to be fox Puppet.

“So you have any idea's on the kinds of weapons you may want? After all your little fox will need some in order to help you out in a battle Mrs…” that was Kitsune que to give Maru her name without asking for it straight up.

 

[Ryu Hime]

“I'm not surprised you don’t. The puppet makers that did do them often were not the type of people to hire for this job." They were characters of high morality and would likely not overlook what she has plans to do with the puppet when it is finished. "Some of them asked too many questions. Though you seem to type to approve of what I plan on doing." Kitsune gives a maniacal laugh, but then suddenly has a coughing fit halfway through. She was to be dark and mysterious, but likely ended up looking like a fool. "Shikame, you can call me Ms. Shikame. As for the weaponry, it would likely be safer if we didn't provide with admonition." Essentially she was going to bring the puppet to life and if it decides to strike her, she would like to limit the ways it can attack. "Let’s keep things simple shall we? Claws and teeth would be just fine.”

 

[Midori Futotta]

When the woman began to laugh maniacally but then began to cough, Maru gave a few small chuckles. Seemingly amused by her good enough attempt at being dark and mysterious, but she later gave the puppet maker her name which was Shikame. The boy taking in account that she wanted to keep her weaponry to be simple, just sharp claws and teeth. “Alrighty then so just the basics for your doll.” He said, jotting down the last few things that the woman wanted. Now that he knew what Shikame had in mind for her puppet, Maru could actually work on building the friendly looking animal.

“It should talk maybe a couple hours for me to build your doll Shikame. You can wait out here or watch me build the puppet if you'd like. “ The boy nodded and began to go back down the dark hallway to his workshop. If the woman chose to wait outside for her puppets, Maru would gesture his hand to a empty seat that had been surrounded by his more non lethal dolls. But if she chose to follow him down the dark hallway, she'll see Maru going through a blue doorway. Racks of limbs and bodies of all kinds sat to the left side of his workshop along with boxes of weapons while to the right she'll be able to see three closed coffins which housed the puppets he used for combat.

Whether the woman would follow him or not Maru began to work on creating the puppet. Firsted he went over to where to the rack where there were limbs of all shapes and sizes picking up two hind legs and another two front legs with the paws still attached then. Walking over to his workbench and began to start his project. The first thing he did was hollow out the first limb using a few tools, as he hollowed out each limbs he hummed a happy tune to himself while he worked.

 

[Ryu Hime]

A while back Kitsune found a small piece of The Nightmare (A remnant of one of her gods) in the abandon mines of Iwagakure. The Nightmare promises Kitsune powers that of the dream walker. KItsune agrees to such powers and uses them sparingly. She knew she could gain more power through devouring a person's dream, but she restrained herself. Then after one incident she gave into temptation. Kitsune has grown addicted to eating dreams and during the night she is like a predator on the hunter, entering into dreams and devouring a part of their psyche. If she were to draw a tarot card that best represented herself, it would be ‘the lover’ in the reverse position. There was an imbalance within her and it felt like there were two entities with in her. Her Yin and Yang was no longer like that of a normal person. They had their own identities and often influenced one another.

Kitsune chose to sit and wait for her puppet to be done. The illusion however remains to follow Maru around. Should he ever need a reference there would be one with him. The Illusion was a Nightmare jutsu and thus it had a life of its own so to speak. It was more than just visual, he could touch and feel its soft fur. As he would work the creature would jump onto the workbench and stare at him curiously. Of course as an illusion it can only truly interact with him, so its movements would not disrupt tool laying on the table.

 

[Midori Futotta]

After the legs were hollowed out, he would then get off of his work bench and walked over to a rack of weapons, he looked over them with a careful eye and grabbed the nearest one...a triple set of mechanical animal claws, the claws were good enough for cutting through bone and flesh, they were about one feet long, Maru grabbed four sets of the claws and then

First he sharpened them on a Whetstone, then began to look at the paws wondering how will he go about hiding the claws so the puppet would look harmless. He had an idea. The boy decided to make the claws similar to a mini snap-blade knife, that way the blades would simply extend out of the paws should the woman would ever need the blades to be a bit longer or a bit shorter. Once decided, the boy weaved a couple hand seals so the small paws will be able to hold blades as big as swords should she wanted her doll to have larger blades. Once the seal was made, he began to install the blades in each paw, attaching the paws back to the jointed legs. Maru gave a glance to the imaginary critter, it was a lot easier to reference it being able to look at it when he need to. The boy worked on attaching the legs to the unfinished, hollow body which had a curse seal just in case the user had the ability to use evil chakra with the puppet…. A feature he used a lot. Maru would then begin to work on the head, installing some exoskeleton teeth within the puppet. Each mechanical teeth were sharp like freshly sharpen knifes, the teeth would be hidden behind its friendly mouth. It will only bear its teeth when it's in combat but if not in combat the doll will look toothless.

…..

(3 Hours Later)

The construction was finished, Maru had finally finished the woman's small fox-like doll that had a very realistic bushy, brown fur. And by realistic, it meant that the fur he used was actually real animal fur that will even grow even bushyer if left unattended. The dolld muzzle is very cat-like, with a small, black, triangular nose. It has a fluffy cream-colored mane around its neck and a short, bushy, fox-like tail with a creamy tip. The doll had round , deep-brown glass eyes, long rabbit-like ears, and pink paw pads on its little feet to trigger the mechanical claws. Its paws are small with three toes and no visible claws. While unactivated the puppet would have its eyes closed, and it would curl up as if it was sleeping. Maru gazed at the puppet with a smile, he actually did a better job than expected.

Maru attached his chakra threads to the body of the small fox, seeing it spring to life. Its eyes opened up, through the speakers Maru made it yawn then jump off the table. Landing on all fours, then Maru began walking it to its owner to be…

As the woman sat there, she saw the fox creature hop out of the shadows. Wagging it's bushy tail as though it was ready to play! It looked so real! Like if the the woman would reach out to touch the critter it would be feel like a real animal and not artificial. Maru stepped out, making the fox doll jump into the woman's lap and then he detached his chakra threads to allow the woman to test her new companion out. “I have to say it's a pretty fun project, kinda got a bit carried away with making it look real. You might have to trim it every blue moon or so.” The puppet maker smiled, raising his hand to scratch the back of his head. Unsure of how the woman would react to her doll.

 

[Ryu Hime]

Three hours is a really long time to be sitting around waiting, not to mention she had her half of the project that still needs to be worked on. Recently Kitsune attained the abilities of the Inuzuka bloodline, however just because she got the bloodline does not mean she is going to mystically have a pet out of thin air. That was the current reason as to why she is here. She placed Maru in charge of making the body while her job was to imbue it with the illusion of life. She originally was going to her part after getting the puppet, but she figures why waste time. She hopes Maru does not mind if she messes around with his puppets.

Kitsune takes a ribbon out of one of the dolls hair and looks at the length. She was planning on making her pet a collar and this black ribbon seems fine enough to do it. Now before Kitsune attained and of these other bloodlines, she originally had the powers of a Hashigaki. The Hashigaki have the unique ability to manipulate vibrations in the air, crystallizing it into a solid form, a pristine crystal. Upon use, these crystals emit the sonic energy, at the Hashigaki's chosen target. This same ability also allows her to convert non-element and wind ninjutsu into sound jutsu. Kitsune creates several of these small gems with each containing an Energy Transfer jutsu within them. In other word she made chakra batteries and she sews them onto the ribbon.

Grabbing one of the nearby dolls and casting a puppet fusion jutsu on it, but not using the jutsu to fuse it with another puppet. Puppet fusion is a creation jutsu and thus will allow the puppet to move on its own accord. Tying the ribbon around its neck, the crystal should provide chakra to the creation thus maintaining the jutsu in her stead. The doll might not be alive per se, but it certainly gives off the illusion of life.

As soon as Maru came into view the little puppet jumps out of her laps and runs to Maru. She trips along the way a takes a fall. She looks like she was about to cry, but somehow holds her composure. KItsune really had to wonder what he would think of it. “Sorry got a little bored and you know what they say, idle hands are the devils workshop.” Kitsune inspects her own puppet as it now lays in her lap like a real animal. She begins to stroke the fur and it felt so real. “You did a real impressive work. Thank you this will do nicely.” KItsune strings her puppet and sends it to cheer the little one up. “Hope you don’t mind be borrowing one of your girls. I wanted to test out my ‘Illusion of Life.’ As you can guess there are no strings controlling her at the moment.” The little girl smiles as the critter comes to great her and she gives it a big hug. "Still haven't figured out how to give it a voice though."

 

[Midori Futotta]

When the boy came into view he saw one of his dolls that he didn't use as much as the three he had I'm his workshop room began to jump off of the original spot she was in and began to run at him. But the poor girl tripped and fell down, although the doll looked like she was ready to burst out in tears. Maru took off his glasses, cleaned them, rubbed his eyes then looked at the little doll again to see that the little doll was still alive and moving. The first thought was that he finally cracked, his obsession with his dolls made him completely mad. But then Kitsune explained to Maru that she was fiddling with one of his dolls and Maru sighed in relief.

“For a second there I thought I needed to go into a mental hospital.” Maru said jokingly, laughing at the thought but then there was the question of how did she bring this doll to life. The woman was rather apologetic for having used one of his dolls without permission but he honestly wouldn't have noticed the little girl if it hadn't have been for her meddling. He might would have dusted her off, get her some fresh clothes then let her sit there and look pretty. He needed to add this doll to his list of companions he chose to carry with him in public.

“Well usually I give the dolls a voice that I control via chakra threads, but with some minor improvements I might will be able to give the little one a voice. “ the boy said confidentiality, staring at both how the little doll girl and the critter had both acted. The boy still was mind blown that the little doll was moving about like a normal person without having strings attached.

 

[Ryu Hime]

The last shard on the puppet’s ribbon turns to dust as the jutsu within it is used up. One could hear the sound of shattering glass when in disintegrates. The puppet that was once seemingly full of life, suddenly goes completely lifeless. The puppet body went limp and Kitsune shakes her head. “As I said the illusion. Hmmm.”

Kitsune’s illusions are special as in she weave a little elemental chakra into it; wind to be exact. It is not enough for her illusion to have physical presence but enough for her to make a sound crystal. Having master all of three senses she can cast them without hand seals or with the four sense she can cast one handed seals; this is how she does it. Hakuren hold one hand open with her palm up and her other hand weaves some seals. She was crystallizing a piercing cry jutsu and as she holds it up Maru would hear the sound of a girl laughing cheerfully.

“I could use this for the voice… But being an illusion only the target would hear it however.” KItsune sighs frustration. “I thought I was on to something there.” Normally the crystal will say intact until either the jutsu runs its course, she stops focusing chakra into it or the illusion is resisted. “Well, back to the topic at hand.” Kitsune’s hand which held the crystal quickly closes into the fist and the sound crystal that held the illusion is crushed by force. This would end the illusion in an improper manor and such action distorts the minds of their prey, mixing in reality and fiction within their selves and inflicting severe mental trauma in the process.

If Maru shows signs of pain she will quickly apologize. “From your reaction you must never seen a master puppeteer at work.” There was quite the puppeteer in her little group of gypsies and it was from him she learned this jutsu. “The Jutsu used is call puppet fusion; it is a creation jutsu. Normally people use it to fuse multiple puppet into one amalgamation but it does not have to use in such a way. I’m sure you’ll learn it as you advance your studies.”

 

[Midori Futotta]

Although the illusion was a sight to be hold, it was still just an illusion of the small doll being alive. The puppet that was full of life and energy suddenly became just a lifeless before the boy's very eyes, it was rather depressing seeing the young doll who finally got Maru's attention only to go back to being lifeless again. But it was just an illusion so Maru didn't feel as bad. “Yeah, it was a pretty nice to see that one running around.” the boy said, chuckling to himself. “Wouldn't had looked at her differently if you hadn't of done that. “ the boy said reaching to the back of his head to scratch it, not sure if the woman would actually get what he was trying to say. The boy decided to walk over to the now lifeless doll, picking her up to get a good look at her before cradling her in his arms as if she was a newborn baby.

The woman must had been some kind of genjutsu master of sorts, perhaps along with his skills in puppetry he should study up on genjutsu as well. The boy wondering what Kitsune was about to do next to later show that she had created a crystal,a sound crystal to be exact. The boy leaned his head in to listen to what she sealed in the crystal, hearing the sound of girl laughing cheerfully. Maru looked down at his doll then back at the woman, unfortunately he was the only one that could hear the laughing. After a couple of moments the crystal shattered, the boy would then hold his head having a small headache from the illusions that he allowed to be casted on him. By the end of it he had a small belief that this doll was alive, that she had enough will to move around for a short period of time just to get Maru's attention. A silly thought but from the little illusions casted she, he had a little trouble in knowing what was real and what was a work of genjutsu.

The boy listened to what the woman had to say, he rubbed his chin as began to think that when he advances in his studies he'll learn the same puppet fusion justu that he could use to do the same kind of justu she used. “Thanks for the info, sure is nice having a person who has more knowledge of puppets around.” the boy smirked looking around. “So how long you're sticking around here if you don't mind me asking? It might get dark out and there might be badits out there waiting. Perhaps you can like maybe stay over...” The boy glanced from left to right, of course he tried to sounds innocent in his request but as the woman would probably already know. Maru saw the woman as a person who could bring all of his dolls to life, perhaps the genjutsu was getting to him. However he wouldn't act too aggressively in making her stay because the Anbu had already came to drag him out once already for the trouble he's caused.

 

[Ryu Hime]

“I think I may take you up on your offer thank you for having me.” Going through some handseals, Kitsune once again cast puppet fusion. However this time was different for she used multiple puppet, but fused them in an unusual manor. The child he cradle and the fox would become joined in a non-physical fashion. In a way the little girl puppet would have connect to the fox puppet as an Inuzuka has a connection to their canine companion.

“Now let’s make this last longer shall we?” Kitsune hold one hand open with her palm up and she crystallizes an Energy Transfer jutsu. Last time she made many little ones the size of a quarter. This time she made a bigger one the size of a heart. She placed all of her chakra and quite a bit of her own life-force into making it. “Place this with in the doll…” Kitsune then falls unconscious on in the chair she was sitting in. After a bit of rest Kitsune wakes up again. "Excuse me that took more out of me than I thought." Kitsune smacks her checks to help wake herself up. "Now that we have a heart. what it needs now is a soul." Kitsune places a curse on the doll and possesses it with her Yamanaka Abilities. The curse would prevent her soul from leave unless she breaks it. Kitsune was now a cursed doll. The draw back to her new body is that she would loose most of her abilities.

 

[Midori Futotta]

Re: Making Freinds! Making Freinds! [Open]

The boy somehow managed to convince the woman to say a bit longer! Maru's heart nearly leaped out of his chest and almost did a little dance. But trying to remain cool he simply smirked, seeing the woman now began to work on the doll he had cradling in his arms. First she did the same puppet fusion technique in a different manner, connecting the doll that he was holding and the fox he made through a bond similar to Inuzuka and their canines companion. Maru would honestly would've never thought of using puppet fusion in this kind of way, but now he had high hopes for his dolls now.

Now she was about to make his doll come back to life like she did not too long ago, that part excited Maru. He reached out to grab the crystallized energy, checking the crystal out from all directions. "Thanks lady! Don't know how I could –” Seeing how the gypsy collapsed on the chair she had been sitting in, Maru had a look of concern on his face but he was soon relieved when seeing the woman wake up again. Now for her next idea she decided to actually give the doll a soul, little did he knows that she was able to curse the doll then possesses it with her Yamanaka abilities. Only if the doll is broken is when her soul will be freed, until then she is stuck as a doll. Maru walked over to the doll, picking her up so he could place the heart inside of her through her back like loading up batteries. Honestly maru didn't know what to expect, but he had to keep his fingers crossed.

Turning the doll over, Maru looked down and cleared his throat. "So are you awake already?” Maru asked, seemingly a bit skeptical if this method worked to bring at least one of his dolls to life, waiting patiently for a response.

 

[Ryu Hime]

The puppet within Maru’s arms shakes and trembles as if it was convulsing. As Kitsune’s soul took possession of the doll it chances the creation to better fit her tastes. Hair eyes and clothing all change but her size still remains the same, so she was relatively the same doll as before. The same thing could not be said of the furry creature that he had created earlier. It seems her soul was overly strong to change it into something more fitting of her needs. The small critter did not even resemble a puppet in anyway much less an animal anymore. The once canine complain was now a musical instrument, a violin made of clay with string made from chakra. “Perhaps I should not have bound them together.” KItsune would motion Maru to let her down or if he did not get the message will jump down herself. Kitsune would walk over to the instrument and pick it up. “If I ever decide to break the curse I am sure it will return to its normal form. However for now it is a worthy companion.” Kitsune plays the base of the violin under her chin and begins to play. The sounds were elegant like that of a master; it was as if her and her violin were of one mind.

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[Midori Futotta]

Maru didn't know what to expected, he waited and waited, hoping for something to happen. The puppet began to shake in his arms, writhing as the soul of the woman began to possess the doll. It was a sight to behold seeing the small doll begin to transform both itself and the little critter to change into a small violin. After a moment the now lifeless doll began to blink, hearing her talk made maru smile a bit. Being very careful with her, the young shinobi crouched down to set the little doll on her feet. Maru sat on the ground to be at least close to her level, still amazed that one of his dolls was actually moving around on its own but this curse will only continue until that doll is broken… a sad fate really but Maru clapped his hands together then happily announced. “Well I guess I'll have to protect you then huh? It'll be nice to see one of my dolls moving around this dark place to keep me company.”

The boy is usually dark, sometimes sadistic even but now he acted like a child with a new first born companion to keep around. Sure she had the soul of a woman, but Maru couldn't help but think if babying the now living doll. The boy would sit still then listened to the tune she played with her violin. The sounds had the grace of a master; it was as if her and her violin minds were in synch, almost as if the instrument was made for her tiny hands. Maru hummed happily along with the tune, wondering what other tricks did the little doll have. Being in a new body and all, Maru was surprised how quickly she picked up on moving around, much less play an instrument.

 

[Ryu Hime]

“My little Réalta, I can protect myself.” With her new body she should be nearly invincible for even if her body would be torn to sunder she could always put herself together again. The curse is like a lock and thus can be only opened with a key. “I will need to return in the morning my family must know of this. However for now let us rest it has been a long night.”
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[Midori Futotta]

Maru would then chuckle at the response of the little doll, she was pretty confident in her ability to protect herself so the young shinobi would have to rust that she can protect herself. “Alright Chibi, I'll trust you can protect yourself.” Maru teased. Although the boy was a bit hesitant in letting her leave, he couldn't just hold her hostage here. Plus she'll have to come back to check on her old body anyway. Maru stood from the floor, walking over to Kitsune’s old body to cover her with a blanket to make it look like she was merely sleeping.

"Okay, I'll see you around.” Maru said.

[Maru has Left]