Mikaboshi [Sand] -> Masashi Katsuo [Sand]

[Mikaboshi]

Old Character Name: Mikaboshi
Old Village/Missing: Sand
OCR Type: Free Rebirth
Last Known Where-abouts: Grand Palais - Sand IV Zones
Old IC Rank: Uh.... Rogue? Jounin? Got fired so dunno

New Character Name: Sunahoshi Katsuo
Preferred Username: Katsuo
New Village/Missing: Sand
New BL/CA: Santaru
Custom Class:

[u]Son of Primus[/u] [Veteran]
[b]HP:[/b] 60
[b]CP:[/b] 40
[i]Class Bonus[/i]: Kinjutsu Option, +10% Storm Damage
[i]High:[/i] Melee Accuracy
[i]Average:[/i] Ninjutsu Accuracy, Genjutsu DC
[i]Low:[/i] Puppet Accuracy, Ranged Accuracy

Main Branch/ANBU/Med-Nin: Main Branch
IC Rank: Kazekage Jounin, I suppose

Character Age: 26
Gender: Male
Sex: Male

Character's Physical Description
Katsuo stands at a mighty 6'2" and sports a well muscled physique from days of physical training and battle. Various scars cover his body itself though he has none on his face and has no particularly serious ones which are easily seen. With shaggy hair and green eyes, he is usually sporting a grin or smile of some kind even-- no, especially --when wrapped up in a fight. His wardrobe varies depending on function and necessity. Has a tattoo on the back of his right hand of a mitsudomoe in black ink as all Masashi warriors do.

Character's Mental Description
Katsuo was raised on the old stories of valor and bravery of generations long past. He constantly chases the ideals of protecting humanity and the greater good set down by the men and women that made humanity's freedom of today a possibility. But even despite that, Katsuo can't deny that he enjoys fighting a great deal. His blood boils with anticipation at the promise of a challenging battle and is always ready to face the next challenge. Despite, or perhaps in spite, of his love of a good-natured brawl Katsuo is a gregarious individual that also loves a good party with others. Ultimately where he finds his greatest challenge is truly reaching a level of understanding with other people as expressing himself honestly is not a strong suit of his. Like others who have a warrior's spirit, Katsuo is most at home on the battlefield and as a result it is through martial arts that he finds it easiest to express himself as a human being.

Multiple Personality Application: Already approved [LINK]

Mikaboshi - Lord of the Deep Court
Mikaboshi is less of an "alternate personality" so much as he is a passenger within Katsuo's psyche. As per their arrangement, Mikaboshi has no ability to wrest control from Katsuo that he isn't granted and the two have agreed to put aside any differences they had with each other in the past for the goal of putting down the Wind Country Daimyo Ishii Shiro.

Mikaboshi is considerably less direct than Katsuo is. With a reputation for deceit and mischief, Mikaboshi is a creature that rarely has his words taken at face value and for good reason. He is an ancient -- a form of natural spirit creature which typically takes after an aspect of their environment which was the deep underground in Mikaboshi's case. His intrinsic elemental make-up is that of the Shadow Element giving him a deep affinity for both Water and Fire Elements even if he seems to have an on and off again opinion of fire. He is irritable and easy to annoy but possesses a wealth of knowledge about the natural and supernatural worlds.

Character History: Unretired former PC. Character relations;

• Takahashi Sousuke - Cousins through Sousuke's mother who is a Masashi.

Clan Request: Sunahoshi. As previously mentioned the Sunahoshi Clan is not something that belongs to me but rather belongs to Sand Council. Only material directly related to Katsuo belongs to me.

Death/Retirement Thread: Mikaboshi is not "retiring" -- I am simply switching my active PC
Old Profile: HERE
Old Training: HERE
Old Dojo: HERE

Special Usergroups:
- Development Team

Old Stats: 3600
Old OOC Rank: S-Rank
Ninjutsu: 600
Taijutsu: 600
Genjutsu: 600
Stamina: 600
Chakra Control: 600
Agility: 600

Stat Cut: 0%
New Stats: 3600
New OOC Rank: S-Rank
Ninjutsu: 600
Taijutsu: 600
Genjutsu: 600
Stamina: 600
Chakra Control: 600
Agility: 600

Jutsu Mastery Swaps:
Keeping
WIP
Refunding
WIP
Swapping to
WIP

Other Refunds:
Refunding Hell Seal (Rank 3) - +155 TPs

• Purchased HERE for 35 pts
• Ranked up to Rank 2 and then 3 HERE for a total of 120 pts

Name of any Contract you currently own:
- Own Youkai Contract currently. Paying 300 points to keep my contract. RP in the next post because it breaks my coding for some reason.

Name of any Cursed Seals you currently own:
- Hell Seal (Rank 3) -- see above under OTHER REFUNDS
Name of Kinjutsu you own: Tsukumogami

Still actively roleplaying in any other threads?

• Meeting of the Deep Court [Private]

Things that do NOT transfer with your next character:

• Free Minor Affinity (Wind) [LINK]
• Free Major Affinity (Water) [LINK]

 

[Mikaboshi]

Choosing to keep my Youkai Contract (for 300 ASP) and also applying for a reskin of the S-Rank summon at the same time.

Sesshosuna-Oh

An ancient creature whose name translates directly to "King of Killing Sands", Sesshosuna-Oh has spent many years trapped within the binding ring that was granted to Kaito of the Cabal which then eventually fell into the hands of Mikaboshi and thus finally Sunahoshi Katsuo. Sealed there by a long dead hero of the Wind Country, Sesshosuna-Oh was once a member of the Youkai Contract and once released immediately resumed her role there as a representative. Released from her imprisonment, Sesshosuna-Oh officially signed Sunahoshi Katsuo as a member of the Youkai Contract after a short battle during which he managed to inflict a wound upon her and thus earn her respect. Descended from Ena in the way that many Youkai are, Sesshosuna-Oh is a Daiyoukai of noble birth and possesses the strength equatable to such a venerable creature. Much like other Youkai of her station, she is a shapeshifter though her forms are limited between her humanoid appearance and that of a gargantuan Sunan Sandworm.

Personality
Befitting of her station as a creature of immense power, Sesshosuna-Oh usually wears upon her features an expression of disinterest or distain for those around her save for her summoner which she regards as a person of importance to her as one of the few beings worthy of her respect. She speaks with the royal "We" as she considers herself a queen of the desert and has rarely been given a reason to question that assessment of herself given her great power.

Underneath the skin-deep apathy she wears as a mask on her face Sesshosuna-Oh is a creature of easy indignation and rage. Being a divine-blooded sandworm, Sesshosuna-Oh is prone to fits of outrage and tantrums if provoked. Much like other Youkai of her station, Sesshosuna-Oh covets the position of Contract Overlord and eventually plans to supplant her mother Ena but lacks the power for it in the current age and for the foreseeable future.

Sesshosuna-Oh has no particular dislike for any of the other terrestrial contracts but has a special dislike for any members of the Marine Mammal, Deep Sea or Shark Contracts as they are all creatures which dwell within the water that is poisonous to her more mundane cousins in the Wind Country desert. Like all other Youkai, Sesshosuna-Oh views members of the Kami Contract to be her eternal enemies and will occasionally ignore orders from her summoner to attack one if a member of the Kami Contract appears before her and is successful into taunting her into a rage. She is disdainful of Youkai Contract members which are A-Rank and below as she views them as Youkai of common blood and unworthy to interact with a noble creature such as she though she grants the proper respect to other S-Rank Youkai Contract summons.

Physical Appearance

In her humanoid form Sesshosuna-Oh takes the appearance of a petite woman with pale features and flaxen hair. The diminuative height of her humanoid appearance is a sore spot for her and will almost immediately trigger a tantrum of suitably disasterous proportions if it is referenced in a negative way. Still, she is a remarkably beautiful woman by human standards which is a reflection of the dark but divine blood that runs through her as a child of Ena, the Youkai Contract Overlord. If Sesshosuna-Oh decides to battle as in her humanoid form she dons a suit of black plate armor which is of unusual make for the Wind Country but is very reminiscent of what one might expect from a divine-blooded sandworm in human form. She fights with a long, two-handed blade called Cursebite that swirls with the same venomous curse that surrounds each of the thousands of teeth which fill the mouth of her sandworm form.

As a sandworm Sesshosuna-Oh is massive in scale. She rivals the legendary Barnyx in size and is just as terrifying to behold. Like many extremely old sandworms her morphology is unusual in that she has a number of almost prehensile appendeges around her head that each end in cruel spikes and talons. From within her gaping maw the bright heat from the first of her three furnace-like stomaches is readily apparent as the air sizzles and wavers with each defeaning roar. She is still able to communicate in worm form but that communication extends only as far as the person with which she has formed a bond with that has subsequently summoned her. Otherwise the only other noise she is capable of in this form is a horrifying screeching roar that easily identifies her as a creature of equal parts great power and great danger.

Spoiler

Note: Sesshosuna-Oh uses the same statistics for both her humanoid and sandworm forms. Her being in one form or another is simply an RP flavor aspect and has no bearing on her modded statistics. In addition, the below statistics represent the limit to which Sesshosuna-Oh's presence can be sustained during a battle. Once her HP is reduced to zero her connection to her summoner is broken and she disappears.<i></i>

HP: 34,500
CP: 25,000

Agility: 525
Stamina: 575
Ninjutsu: 350
Genjutsu: 525
Taijutsu: 525
Chakra: 500

PL: 3000
AP: 6

King of Killing Sands
Class Bonus: +2 Genjutsu DC, +1 Accuracy and +5% Melee Damage
High: Melee Accuracy
Med: Evasion, Genjutsu Save, Genjutsu Difficulty
Low: Ninjutsu Accuracy, Ranged Accuracy

Weapon Type: Cursebite/Cursed Teeth (Piercing, Slashing)
Weight: Light
Range: Melee
Damage: 210
Accuracy: +3

As an ancient veteran of many battles, Sesshosuna-Oh has well honed senses that give her a perception of the world around her which is a cut above the average mortal creature's. She is attuned to the earth in a way that a human being could never understand and thus has a mastery of her surroundings no matter what form she is in.

Effect: Sesshosuna-Oh gains +2 Accuracy and +2 Awareness

In her great and massive sandworm form, Sesshosuna-Oh projects a shadow that can literally block the sun for long moments at a time as she dives and coils around the battlefield. While in humanoid form she is able to manifest her great shadow as a powerful spatial effect that temporarily robs the battlefield of the sun's rays... or any other source of light.

Effect: Sesshosuna-Oh can change the visibility of the battle field, causing the environment to be treated as Pitch Black for a single round.
Cost: 1 AP to initiate.

Note:
- This may only be used twice per battle.
- If Sesshosuna-Oh is removed from the battle, the visibility shifts back to its original state.

The aspect of Sesshosuna-Oh which grants the great beast her name is a terrible dehabilitating curse that Sesshosuna-Oh harbors in her body. Much like the Patient Zero of a virulent disease the harmful curse is no danger to Sesshosuna-Oh herself but over the years she has managed to weaponize it against her foes. She is able to either project the curse in a blast of deadly vapor from her mouth or channel the deathly effect through either the teeth of her sandworm form or the long two-handed sword she carries in mortal form called Cursebite.

Effect: Sesshosuna-Oh releases a powerful wave of poison targeting up to three at +2 Accuracy dealing 4,050 Damage. Upon a full hit the target makes a Poison Check against Sesshosuna-Oh's Poison Difficulty. Upon a successful check, all auto dodge bonuses are negated for the remainder of the round. If the target does not have any auto dodge bonuses, they suffer a -2 Dodge Debuff, this may not stack.
Cost: 3 AP and 2,300 Cp.

Notes:
- This may use Melee Accuracy, however this may only target up to two if used in this way.

Focusing the effects of her devastating spiritual and physical presence, Sesshosuna-Oh inflicts upon one of her opponents a vision of how futile it is to battle against a beast as legendary for it's savagry as a sandworm which can cause those without the will to resist to crumble for a short time under the weight of such a situation.

Effect: Sesshosuna-Oh makes a Genjutsu Check at -1 Gen DC on a single target. Upon a successful check, the target has suffers -3 Dodge, -3 Accuracy, -3 Awareness, and all jutsu cost +20% Cp.
Cost: 3 AP and 3,025 Cp to initiate, 1,515 Cp/Rnd.

Notes:
- Each round a Genjutsu Check is made between Sesshosuna-Oh and the target, the target have +1 to there next check, stacking up to +2.
- Another level 8 Genjutsu may attempt to over ride this genjutsu by making a check versus the original roll of the technique.
- This technique may only be used on a single target once.
- This may only be used in general twice per battle.
- This technique may only be maintained on a target for two rounds.
- Once Sesshosuna-Oh is removed from the field, this genjutsu is instantly negated.

Like most sandworms of her size Sesshosuna-Oh harbors numerous harpoon-like appendages within her mouth which are pressurized by her body to be fired out like ballista bolts. In human form Hate Spike simply takes the form of a brutal stab with Cursebite.

Effect: Sesshosuna-Oh targets a single target dealing 1950 Damage at -1 Accuracy with +1 Critical.

Special Action: At the cost of +20% Cp, upon a critical, this technique increases the called shot ranking on targets head automatically.

Cost: 2.25 AP and 710 Cp to initiate.

Proud as she is for being a Youkai of noble birth, Sesshosuna-Oh is also a sandworm which carries with it a host of qualities that make her dangerous but the combination of the two has produced a truly frightening quality in her. Able to manifest a wave of supernatural terror and physical power, Sesshosuna-Oh can press down upon the willpower of her opponents and chip away at their mental constitution by simply willing it.

Effect: Sesshosuna-Oh may automatically target up to three separate targets with a wave comprised of her supreme aura. Each target makes six checks against the aura dealing 462 Damage at +1 Accuracy each. Each wave has an 8% chance to cause .5 AP's worth of suppression, up to two times. This damage is considered illusionary and can not be reduced in any shape or form.

Cost: 2.75 AP and 2,060 Cp to initiate.

Note:
- This technique may only be used once a round.

"I would like to state my appraisal of this decision for the record."

Mikaboshi's disapproval slithered through Katsuo's body like a shiver running down his spin. The young man didn't need the ancient creature which was boarding inside his head to say anything else about the decision he was making -- they both knew it was a bad idea. But still, Mikaboshi was going to whether Katsuo decided to let him or not.

"Go ahead." Katsuo told Mikaboshi, stating his message out-loud instead of using the internal connection they had to "send" it directly to Mikaboshi. Katsuo only used that mental connection when he had to as it was much easier for him to simply speak with his voice. Mikaboshi saw and heard anything he did or said anyway so it might as well been directly solely at the ancient given that there wasn't likely another soul within miles from where they'd journeyed.

Once more standing upon the huge cairn of rocks which he, Sousuke and two mercenary ninja named Shiruko Makoto and Mizushima Nanami had brought low the Diamond Maelstrom by battling and defeating the resurrected corpse of Katsuo's uncle Daisuke, Katsuo thumbed over the onyx-colored ring that Mikaboshi had confiscated from Kaito over in his hand.

"This is not a good decision."

"Noted." He responded, examining the ring further. It was a simple piece but made of a strange black metal and set with a single bright yellow gemstone called a citrine that... well. It didn't glow necessarily but it certainly thrummed with power.

According to Mikaboshi -- and Kaito -- the stone set within the ring contained a restrained entity that was a member of one of the legendary Spirit Contracts. Kaito described the ring as a conduit which siphoned power away from that entity and granted it to the wearer of the ring and Mikaboshi had intended to leverage that quality of the ring for his own use but Katsuo wasn't about that sort of power. Power obtained by enslaving another creature -- even a spirit creature -- was not something that he desired. Instead, he intended to release the creature and see if he could convince it to fight alongside him in return for it's release. If he could not then at least he would have the clear conscience of having released a tortured spirit.

Wrapping the ring within a closed fist, Katsuo focused his willpower on the ring causing spiders of electric power to run down his arm and leap from his hand in arcing bolts. After a few moments of gathering strength, Katsuo tightened his grip suddenly and crushed the ring in his fist, bending the iron of the band and shattering the gem set into it. Opening his hand, Katsuo was... underwhelmed. Perhaps destroying the ring had destroyed the entity contained within or sent it home entirely. Letting the obliterated remains of the ring and gem fall from his hand to the stone behind him, Katsuo scowled and shook his head in disappointment.

"At last, room to stretch!" Remarked a light-sounding voice from behind Katsuo causing him to whirl on the spot and bring his hands up in preparation to defend himself.

As he turned around, Katsuo beheld the strange entity that had apparently apparated into space behind him. She was... perhaps about five feet tall at the most, at least a full foot shorter than Katsuo causing him to have to look down at her, and she was absolutely gorgeous. With short, pale blonde hair and porcelain skin, the young woman stretched her arms into the air and pushed her bosom outwards -- which Katsuo could not help but take notice of given the neckline of the indigo and black dress she wore -- before apparently just now becoming aware of Katsuo, her right eye open as she regarded him.

"Well do not stand there gaping at Us, fool. Name yourself."

"Uh, Katsuo. Sunahoshi Katsuo." Katsuo stammered. This was not what he had been expecting. He could feel in the back of his mind Mikaboshi scratching for Katsuo to let his presence in so that he could communicate something but Katsuo pushed back against him for the moment. He wanted a moment to meet this creature without Mikaboshi telling him to push her to the ground and lay claim to her.

"Sunahoshi." She repeated out loud in fragmented syllables as if sampling each piece of his name and weighing the taste of it for a moment before moving on to the next one. "We are pleased to be released from the confines of Our prison however it would not do for a king to be in the debt of another and certainly not a human. We would grant you a single boon, human. Name it and it shall be so if within Our power to grant."

"I'm sorry, king?" Katsuo blinked, still surprised that what had come out of the ring was a pretty young woman who looked about as fearsome as a teddy bear. But as he questioned her kingship, the indignant look that the young woman snapped at him caused Katsuo to instinctively take a step backwards out of a primal sense of self-preservation. Suddenly every fight or flight instinct in his body was screaming at him to run away and finally the clawing presence of Mikaboshi in the back of his mind managed to fight it's way through.

"Beware you idiot this is a being far beyond either of us right now!"

The look of outrage suddenly vanished from the young woman's features, replaced by a curious raised eyebrow as she stepped forward... and was suddenly standing directly in front of Katsuo with her fingers lightly grasping his chin with an otherworldly strength that was completely unexpected from a woman of her slight frame. She pulled his face down to her level and she turned it back and forth for a moment before releasing him and smiling broadly as though she'd just heard a very funny joke.

"Is that you in there, Old Shadow? Did you get bound to a human body? How amusing." She announced, laughing out loud. There was no good-heartedness in the way she laughed. It was not a kind and jovial laughter but the laugh of one who found amusement at the expense of another. She clearly did not think much of Mikaboshi for her to mock him so and that made Katsuo suddenly feel very uncomfortable about the situation he was in. "The Great Black Wolf in a monkey's body. You always did have a soft spot for them but We never thought you would grow so deviant as to bond with one."

The regal-looking woman was overcome with rolling laughter which left Katsuo feeling very much like he was missing some very important information. It seemed like Mikaboshi recognized the young woman and she definitely recognized him as she called him by two of the old names by which he had once been known during the era of time known as the Old World before the rise of humanity in the Wind Country. Indeed she seemed comfortable with laughing at the expense of an ancient lord and even though Mikaboshi had by no means been the greatest of their number an ancient lord was no minor creature to be trifled with. If she were willing to laugh so heartily at the expense of Mikaboshi, she clearly had no fear of the potential consequences of such an act... which could only hold dire implications.

"What's the story here Bats, how does she know you?" He sent to Mikaboshi quickly as the young woman continued to laugh, making joke after joke at Mikaboshi's expense. Katsuo expected that under normal circumstances Mikaboshi would be furiously pushing him to defend his pride and attack her but he could sense nothing from the ancient lord but an overwhelming desire to withdraw.

"That is Sesshosuna-Oh, Son of Primus. She is--"

It only took Mikaboshi saying the name for Katsuo to recognize who she was. It was an old name, one that had long since passed into myth and legend much like the great ancient lords had, but Katsuo had once studied many of the hunting manuals left over from the Old World by generations of Rangers and knew many of those old names which most of had been consumed by antiquity. Sesshosuna-Oh was a beast of legend among beasts of legend. A Daiyoukai with the form of a sandworm of terrible size and power, she was notable for being a rival to the terrifying Barnyx for dominion of the desert dunes. Many of her legends spoke of a strange magic about her being which allowed her to perform feats such as shapeshifting and casting of dangerous curses. It was once said that she had been destroyed by the blade of an ancient hero but it seemed as if those legends had somehow exaggerated her demise. Swallowing hard and taking another step backwards, Katsuo considered for a moment how far he could make it from where he was standing before Sesshosuna-Oh might react to his flight but she'd already proven that she was extremely fast and extremely strong. To attempt to flee this situation was a gamble -- if he ran, Sesshosuna-Oh might be encouraged to chase him by the nature of the predator in her. Wiping tears from her eyes, Sesshosuna-Oh's laughing fit came to a slow end as she turned to regard Katsuo with a demanding presence sneaking back into her eyes and countenance.

"Very well, that is enough mirth for this day. Speak your boon, liberator so that We may go." Demanded Sesshosuna-Oh, her voice carrying with it the demand of a divine being. Katsuo and Mikaboshi were kings but this creature stood a step above that even if she identified herself as one. "We are eager to return to Our kingdom and survey what has changed."

Still, despite the peril he found himself in Katsuo also found that he could not convince himself to simply flee this situation. He had broken the binding ring for a purpose and unleashed a creature that legend said was catastrophe personified. It was too late to regret his choice but he might as well attempt what he'd come here for in the first place given that she was offering him a boon.

"Great Sesshosuna-Oh, I request the contract of your service." Katsuo announced after a moment of feigning consideration. The legends said that Sesshosuna-Oh was a Daiyoukai -- a Youkai spirit of noble birth -- which meant that she was a creature of extraordinary power. The idea of calling a living catastrophe to his side as an ally was not one that Katsuo particularly enjoyed but he would need every possible advantage to topple the Wind Daimyo's regime.

"You ask much. It is within Our power to grant but We would know if you are competent enough to contract with Us. We do not tolerate weak disciples." The intensity in Sesshosuna-Oh's eyes was stunning. Her height combined with her body type and beauty were almost enough to distract from the creature that he knew her to be but her eyes were something else entirely. There could be no mistaking her eyes for those of a human being. "Is this still your desire?"

Katsuo didn't respond but he nodded his head in agreement to which Sesshosuna-Oh grinned a wicked smile before flickering from sight. She'd backed all the way to the edge far from Katsuo where she stood at the very lip of the cairn for a moment before giving Katsuo a look that said "Get ready" and falling backwards off of the cliffside. Surprised that she would simply jump from the cliff, Katsuo began to make his way to the edge but stopped dead as a cacophonous roar split the wind which whipped around him. The cairn shook and trembled as Sesshosuna-Oh's true form emerged from the sand below, coiled around the large stone formation like a tremendous serpent and looming over the cairn. Her size alone cast a deep black shadow over the peak of the stone formation that Katsuo stood upon, blocking which would have been intimidating on it's own but Sesshosuna-Oh's physical appearance was just as much so if not more. A series of writhing appendages twisted around the perimeter of her head and her "face" for lack of a better term was a gaping maw of ash-filled breath and gnashing teeth. Once more Sesshosuna-Oh opened her mouth and bellowed a tremendous roar at Katsuo in what he assumed was a challenge. Though Mikaboshi said nothing to him, Katsuo could once more feel another wave of disapproval wash over him from the ancient lord who clearly disagreed with Katsuo's decision to accept the sandworm-youkai's challenge.

Wasting no time as he did not wish to keep the notoriously temperamental sandworm-youkai waiting on him, Katsuo squared his stance and focused his chakra causing the air around him to begin to heat up. Lightning sprang from his shoulders and ran down his limbs and body into the rock beneath him as he hummed a low note to focus his mind on the awakening of his energy. Extending his right arm, Katsuo created the image of his sword in his mind's eye and the lightning obliged him -- gathering into the slim, curved form of Tatsumasa in the grip of his fingers with it's blade glowing a bright gold and gilded lightning leaping from it into the air around him. Raising the sword above his head, Katsuo stepped forward as the aura surrounding his body magnified -- first doubling, then tripling in magnitude -- and swung the blade forward unleashing a howling blitz of voltaic power towards the looming form of Sesshosuna-Oh who made no attempt or move to dodge the attack. The blast of lightning slammed into the waiting jaws of the creature, causing it to wince slightly as it weathered through the storm of Katsuo's fury, then subsided and was gone leaving behind Sesshosuna-Oh's smoking onyx carapace which crackled with galvanic aftershocks from the attack. Releasing a heavy breath that sent a hard gust of wind across the surface of the plateau, Sesshosuna-Oh stayed still for a moment before lowering her head back to the edge of the cliff... and then transforming back into the young blonde-haired girl. The obsidian chitin of her plated body paled as the color faded away and crumbled into sand behind her as her humanoid form strode forth from the disintegrating remains of her "body" left behind her. Unsure of what to make of this, Katsuo did not relax his guard as Sesshosuna-Oh drew closer to him but she seemed unintimidated by his guarded stance. Raising her finger, Sesshosuna-Oh touched the tip of her index finger against the crackling flat of Tatsumasa's blade and pushed the sword away from her with a look on her face that very clearly said "Bitch, please".

"Relax yourself human, had We wished to take your life We would not have deigned to once more take this form." She admonished, fully pushing Tatsumasa away from her as she drew closer to him. "You are powerful for your kind. Not the most powerful We have seen but We are suitably impressed by the strength of your bite."

By now Katsuo had released his grip on Tatsumasa, allowing the blade to disappear into the air around him and relaxed his aura causing the heat in the immediate air around him to subside even though it did not seem to bother Sesshosuna-Oh in the slightest. In fact, it she had not even seemed to notice the difference in temperature. Reaching up once more to Katsuo with both hands, Sesshosuna-Oh grasped his head with each of her hands and pulled her down to his level once more before placing her lips against his. In that moment, Katsuo felt every inch of his body go rigid as a tiny amount of Sesshosuna-Oh's power flowed into him and she took from him a tiny amount of his power. Pressing her lips into his, Katsuo dared not attempt to pull away for risk of angering the creature that stood before him but each passing moment that they remained in contact the sensation of her power flowing into him grew in intensity before it felt like his body might literally split apart and she finally released him by withdrawing from the kiss. Releasing the side of his head away from her grasp Sesshosuna-Oh placed her right hand upon Katsuo's chest and pushed him away from her with casual indifference as her lips crackled slightly with a remaining vestige of the electrical power that had been flowing through Katsuo's body only moments before as reached up. Looking away from Katsuo, Sesshosuna-Oh reached up and touched an index finger to the side of her lower lip immediately silencing the lightning on the surface of her lips before turning away from him entirely and beginning to walk back towards the far edge of the plateau.

"The contract is sealed. If you call Us, We will answer. Take care not to call Us without cause, Master Sunahoshi. We will be most displeased with you if you waste Our time." She cautioned as she walked away from him, her voice just as loud as it had been when she stood directly in front of him despite the distance between them and the howl of the wind over the top of the plateau. Finally she reached the edge of the cliffside and then with another hop -- she was gone.

Realizing that he'd been holding his breath ever since Sesshosuna-Oh had broken the kiss with him, Katsuo sputtered and gulped down frantic breaths as the enormity of what had just happened hit him. Not only had he released a very ancient and very dangerous desert spirit from captivity, he had impressed her enough for her to grant him membership into the Beast Contract that she represented. From the radio silence he was experiencing from Mikaboshi, Katsuo assumed that the ancient lord was enjoying his own stunned silence while he absorbed the events that had just transpired. Blowing a deep sigh, Katsuo waggled his fingers and stretched his limbs to shake the bizarre shocking feeling that had run through his nervous system when she'd kissed him. It was strange being on the receiving end of that sensation; was that how it felt when other people touched his electrically charged skin? It wasn't a particularly comfortable feeling... but then again it hadn't been all together unpleasant. The kiss had certainly been nice. Allowing himself a confident grin, Katsuo decided to grant himself a "glass half-full" perspective as he began to make his way towards the outcropping that he'd used to climb up to the top of the plateau to make his way down from the cliff before a thought hit him.

"Hey, weren't we supposed to sign a thing or something?" He sent silently to Mikaboshi. All of the stories about Beast Contracts said something about a contract. Like a big scroll or something.

An exasperated sigh bouncing around within Katsuo's head was Mikaboshi's only answer.

 

[Mikaboshi]

Posted simply to get the ball rolling on my contract stuff while I am at work tomorrow. When I return I will update with jutsu swaps which are still forth-coming. Consider it WIP.

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Going to throw in my approval for the family member and character references.

 

[Tomomi]

Noting that Contract Team has taken your request in as noted here: https://www.ninpocho.com/viewtopic.php?f=414&t=51223

 

[Mikaboshi]

Old Character Name: Mikaboshi
Old Village/Missing: Sand
OCR Type: Free Rebirth
Last Known Where-abouts: Grand Palais - Sand IV Zones
Old IC Rank: Uh.... Rogue? Jounin? Got fired so dunno

New Character Name: Sunahoshi Katsuo
Preferred Username: Katsuo
New Village/Missing: Sand
New BL/CA: Santaru
Custom Class:

[u]Son of Primus[/u] [Veteran]
[b]HP:[/b] 60
[b]CP:[/b] 40
[i]Class Bonus[/i]: Kinjutsu Option, +10% Storm Damage
[i]High:[/i] Melee Accuracy
[i]Average:[/i] Ninjutsu Accuracy, Genjutsu DC
[i]Low:[/i] Puppet Accuracy, Ranged Accuracy

Main Branch/ANBU/Med-Nin: Main Branch
IC Rank: Kazekage Jounin, I suppose

Character Age: 26
Gender: Male
Sex: Male

Character's Physical Description
Katsuo stands at a mighty 6'2" and sports a well muscled physique from days of physical training and battle. Various scars cover his body itself though he has none on his face and has no particularly serious ones which are easily seen. With shaggy hair and green eyes, he is usually sporting a grin or smile of some kind even-- no, especially --when wrapped up in a fight. His wardrobe varies depending on function and necessity. Has a tattoo on the back of his right hand of a mitsudomoe in black ink as all Masashi warriors do.

Character's Mental Description
Katsuo was raised on the old stories of valor and bravery of generations long past. He constantly chases the ideals of protecting humanity and the greater good set down by the men and women that made humanity's freedom of today a possibility. But even despite that, Katsuo can't deny that he enjoys fighting a great deal. His blood boils with anticipation at the promise of a challenging battle and is always ready to face the next challenge. Despite, or perhaps in spite, of his love of a good-natured brawl Katsuo is a gregarious individual that also loves a good party with others. Ultimately where he finds his greatest challenge is truly reaching a level of understanding with other people as expressing himself honestly is not a strong suit of his. Like others who have a warrior's spirit, Katsuo is most at home on the battlefield and as a result it is through martial arts that he finds it easiest to express himself as a human being.

Multiple Personality Application: Already approved [LINK]

Mikaboshi - Lord of the Deep Court
Mikaboshi is less of an "alternate personality" so much as he is a passenger within Katsuo's psyche. As per their arrangement, Mikaboshi has no ability to wrest control from Katsuo that he isn't granted and the two have agreed to put aside any differences they had with each other in the past for the goal of putting down the Wind Country Daimyo Ishii Shiro.

Mikaboshi is considerably less direct than Katsuo is. With a reputation for deceit and mischief, Mikaboshi is a creature that rarely has his words taken at face value and for good reason. He is an ancient -- a form of natural spirit creature which typically takes after an aspect of their environment which was the deep underground in Mikaboshi's case. His intrinsic elemental make-up is that of the Shadow Element giving him a deep affinity for both Water and Fire Elements even if he seems to have an on and off again opinion of fire. He is irritable and easy to annoy but possesses a wealth of knowledge about the natural and supernatural worlds.

Character History: Unretired former PC. Character relations;

• Takahashi Sousuke - Cousins through Sousuke's mother who is a Masashi.

Clan Request: Sunahoshi. As previously mentioned the Sunahoshi Clan is not something that belongs to me but rather belongs to Sand Council. Only material directly related to Katsuo belongs to me.

Death/Retirement Thread: Mikaboshi is not "retiring" -- I am simply switching my active PC
Old Profile: HERE
Old Training: HERE
Old Dojo: HERE

Special Usergroups:
- Development Team

Old Stats: 3600
Old OOC Rank: S-Rank
Ninjutsu: 600
Taijutsu: 600
Genjutsu: 600
Stamina: 600
Chakra Control: 600
Agility: 600

Stat Cut: 0%
New Stats: 3600
New OOC Rank: S-Rank
Ninjutsu: 600
Taijutsu: 600
Genjutsu: 600
Stamina: 600
Chakra Control: 600
Agility: 600

Jutsu Mastery Swaps:
Keeping

• E-Rank
  • Storm Bolt [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Lightning Fist [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Body Switch [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Transformation [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
• D-Rank
  • Thunderclap [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Electroshock [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Electrocution [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Contract Summoning [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Cancel [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
• C-Rank
  • Zeus Flash [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Lightning Torrent [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Volt Charge [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Stunt Double [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Elemental Clone [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Specter Shade [Shadow Element - Master Rank]
  • Dark Displacement [Shadow Element - Master Rank]
  • Shadow Dance [Buffing - Master Rank]
• B-Rank
  • Chidori [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Leech Seal [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Rasengan [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Chakra Blast [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Ebony Nightmare [Shadow Element - Master Rank]
  • Underworld Prison [Shadow Element - Master Rank]
  • Shadow Step Strike [Unarmed - Master Rank]
  • Anabolic Frenzy [Buffing - Master Rank]
• A-Rank
  • Chidori Control [Lightning - Master Rank]
  • Perfected Rasengan [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Morality Sealing [Non-elemental - Master Rank]
  • Torment of the Physical Plain [Will - Master Rank]
  • Delayed Agony [Kinetic - Master Rank]
  • Advanced Clone [Visual - Master Rank]
  • Shadow Summoning [Shadow Element - Master Rank]
  • Absolute Void [Shadow Element - Master Rank]
  • Higuma [Slashing - Master Rank]
  • Fist of Sin [Unarmed - Master Rank]
  • Fist of Virtue [Unarmed - Master Rank]
  • Dance of the Waxing Moon [Unarmed - Master Rank]
  • Devastating Aura [Buffing - Master Rank]

Refunding

• C-Rank
  • Mystic Transmutation [Tsukumogami - Master Rank]
  • Ice Shards [Ice Element - Master Rank]
  • Hypothermic Touch [Ice Element - Master Rank]
• B-Rank
  • Ice Prison [Ice Element - Master Rank]
  • Snowflake Shuriken [Ice Element - Master Rank]
• A-Rank
  • Koorikan [Ice Element - Master Rank]
  • Mental Kombat [Will - Master Rank]
• S-Rank
  • Kindred Fusion [Tsukumogami - Master Rank]

Swapping to
Not going to name my swaps for now -- need to apply for Kinjutsu first and want to keep these as floating Masteries until then. Total floating masteries is eight.

Other Refunds:
Refunding Hell Seal (Rank 3) - +155 TPs

• Purchased HERE for 35 pts
• Ranked up to Rank 2 and then 3 HERE for a total of 120 pts

Name of any Contract you currently own:
- Own Youkai Contract currently. Paying 300 points to keep my contract. RP in the next post because it breaks my coding for some reason.

Name of any Cursed Seals you currently own:
- Hell Seal (Rank 3) -- see above under OTHER REFUNDS
Name of Kinjutsu you own: Tsukumogami

Still actively roleplaying in any other threads?

• Meeting of the Deep Court [Private]

Things that do NOT transfer with your next character:

• Free Minor Affinity (Wind) [LINK]
• Free Major Affinity (Water) [LINK]

Complete and ready for approvals.

 

[Michi]

Sand's part in the use of the contract reskin to sandworm has been brought to Sand Council for discussion. Awaiting majority decision. Awaiting for councilers besides myself for approvals in the OCR otherwise.

 

[Senju Kazuki]

Name: Approved.
BL: Approved.
Class; Since you don't own a Kinjutsu right now, you should reform your Class to reflect this.
IC: Approved.
Age: Approved.
Gender: Approved.
Character's Physical Description: Approved.
Character's Mental Description: Approved.
Clan Request: Approved.
Stats: Approved.
Floating Masteries: 8 - Approved.
Total Yen Refund: 34000 (from Ice) + 12500 ( from Will) + 26500 (from Kinjutsu) = 73000 yen
Total ASP Refund: 145 to be deducted from your ASP pool or stats if you don't have any.

Second round of approvals is needed.

 

[Raizo]

*pulls out his non-existent reading glasses*

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... second approval granted. Still waiting on Contract/Council approvals for all things contract re-skin related, same note on the having a kinjutsu option in your class but not having a kinjutsu applied for (just resubmit if we/you missed it) and don't forget to apply for a name change

 

[Michi]

479 from last training post post was his present ASP
Refunding ASP from the following ranked up jutsus:
C-Rank (10 points)
Mystic Transmutation [Tsukumogami - Master Rank]
Ice Shards [Ice Element - Master Rank]
Hypothermic Touch [Ice Element - Master Rank] ------- 30 pioints
B-Rank (12 points)
Ice Prison [Ice Element - Master Rank]
Snowflake Shuriken [Ice Element - Master Rank] --- 24 points plus above 30 for a total of 54 points
A-Rank (15 points)
Koorikan [Ice Element - Master Rank]
Mental Kombat [Will - Master Rank] --- 30 points plus 54 above for a total of 84
S-Rank (No Points)
Kindred Fusion [Tsukumogami - Master Rank]
========================================
Refunding Hell Seal (Rank 3) - +155 TPs (this includes the gaining cost) for a new total from the above 84 for 239 as a new total.
Purchased HERE for 35 pts
Ranked up to Rank 2 and then 3 HERE for a total of 120 pts
Name of any Contract you currently own:
- Own Youkai Contract currently. Paying 300 points to keep my contract. RP in the next post because it breaks my coding for some reason. 300 minus 239 for 61 points. THIS taken from his banked ASP that was taken from his last training leaves him with 418 ASP in the bank.

Mikaboshi has 418 ASP in the bank remaining.

Approval for sandworm use -- Council only link

 

[Senju Kazuki]

479 from last training post post was his present ASP
Refunding ASP from the following ranked up jutsus:
C-Rank (10 points)
Mystic Transmutation [Tsukumogami - Master Rank]
Ice Shards [Ice Element - Master Rank]
Hypothermic Touch [Ice Element - Master Rank] ------- 30 pioints
B-Rank (12 points)
Ice Prison [Ice Element - Master Rank]
Snowflake Shuriken [Ice Element - Master Rank] --- 24 points plus above 30 for a total of 54 points
A-Rank (15 points)
Koorikan [Ice Element - Master Rank]
Mental Kombat [Will - Master Rank] --- 30 points plus 54 above for a total of 84
S-Rank (No Points)
Kindred Fusion [Tsukumogami - Master Rank]
========================================
Refunding Hell Seal (Rank 3) - +155 TPs (this includes the gaining cost) for a new total from the above 84 for 239 as a new total.
Purchased HERE for 35 pts
Ranked up to Rank 2 and then 3 HERE for a total of 120 pts
Name of any Contract you currently own:
- Own Youkai Contract currently. Paying 300 points to keep my contract. RP in the next post because it breaks my coding for some reason. 300 minus 239 for 61 points. THIS taken from his banked ASP that was taken from his last training leaves him with 418 ASP in the bank.

Mikaboshi has 418 ASP in the bank remaining.

Approval for sandworm use -- Council only link

Math is correct.

ASP total: 418

 

[Tomomi]

Akujin from Contract Team, here! We have approved of the use of sandworms along with the S-rank redesign. Have fun ^_^

Approval for Sandworm use along with S-rank reskin -- Contract Team only link