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Mission Type: Solo Mission
Mission Rank: C Rank
Objective: Please capture five shuriken scorpions. These creatures are very dangerous so please take caution when hunting them, we need them alive. Please review below for additional information regarding these creatures.
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Shuriken Scorpions
Shuriken Scorpions are the most poisonous arachnid found in Wind Country. While there have been reports of Shuriken Scorpions outside of Wind Country, they are few and far between because these scorpions prefer hot, dry settings only offered in the desert. Approximately 3 inches long (the size of a shuriken), these black invertebrates look no different from any other type of scorpion and that is what makes them so very dangerous. Shuriken Scorpions carry a powerful poison called
Necrosis, this poison causes severe nerve and tissue damage, causing paralysis, burning numbness in the extremities and eventual death as vital and delicate neural tissue is degraded in as little as just half an hour, depending on where an individual is stung.
Shuriken Scorpions can be very aggressive, the stinger is an effective hunting and defense tool for the scorpion. They rarely scuttle to the shadows and will often
hiss of wave its stinger menacingly if it sees a potential predator. Many an unfortunate avian have attempted to pluck a shuriken scorpion from the ground only to meet their death shortly thereafter. In fact it has become biologically programmed over the eons that birds will avoid all manner of scorpion in the desert.
It is believed that shuriken scorpion stings are the 8th leading cause of death for Wind Country shinobi and most common cause of death that can be directly attributed to an animal. While some animals are considerably more destructive and dangerous, such as the mighty Sandworm or Carnasaur, the Shuriken Scorpion is significantly more common and extremely dangerous. Some people actually revere the Shuriken Scorpion as a sign of strength and tenacity and tattoo themselves with an image of the scorpion on their back. They purposely expose themselves to the scorpion venom in small, calculated doses as to gain eventual immunity. They believe that in doing so enhances their vigor and call themselves a member of
The Order of the Scorpion.
Necrosis
Necrosis is a powerful poison carried in the stinger of the Shuriken Scorpion. Necrosis is known to cause rapid death in a victim in as little as thirty minutes but it could take as long as an hour in some cases. Symptoms are almost immediate and include searing pain as the site of injection that spreads distally and then centrally. It is said that the pain is so great that the pain simply stops after several minutes and that the
nothing or numbness felt is simply the nerves no longer sending impulses of pain to the brain. The Necrosis venom attacks every major organ system, blocking its ability to take up oxygen, causing cell death in a matter of minutes. Victims often die due to multi-organ system failure within the hour.
- Treatment: The most effective treatment is an anti-venom called Revite. Revite has been restricted to hospitals and is not available openly on the market due to its high cost. Second to this, supportive treatments are the most effective but as previously mentioned, this venom causes multi-system organ failure and this would also require a hospital setting to render effective care. A tertiary option and the only field option available is to suck out the Necrosis poison, then to tourniquet the affected extremity and seek medical attention as soon as possible and hopethat the poison does not spread to the body core before Revite can be administered.
Alternative Uses: A form of this venom is sometimes harvested from shuriken scorpions for use in ANBU interrogation. A weakened form of this will not kill a victim but still leave them in a similar degree of pain. Eventually with enough doses given there is the supposed possibility of multi-organ failure, but thankfully no victim has ever held out long enough to know this for sure.
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What Happens: You end up coming face-to-face with a member of the Order of the Scorpion. They are not dangerous and they do not attack you but you learn about their beliefs and perhaps even make a new friend. Information regarding this group can be found below.
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The Order of the Scorpion
Little is known about this special interest group. They are not believed to be a religious unit, but this cannot be known for certain. All that is known for certain is that these people believe that they must continually expose themselves to various poisons to fortify themselves and to increase their vigor. The venom of the shuriken scorpion is the final test for many of these members once they have exposed themselves to every other kind of venom available. Those who succeed and survive a full dose of a shuriken scorpion sting without medical care then mark their flesh with the symbol of their faith, manhood or vigor: a runic symbol resembling a scorpion.
Some believe this is a sub-sect of the Yamanaka Clan, a clan known for their skills as florists and the adept skill with poisons. These people take their family secrets and skills one step further and attempt to intake the most virulent forms of toxins with the hope of increased strength and vigor but this is only a theory.[/spoilername][/legend]|
This is Considered to be a Self-Modded Solo Mission
Important: Self-modded missions may be done twice in a week, however the second mission done yields half normal rewards. Players may also perform one mission with 2x the word count in order to gain the rewards of having done two missions. This still only yields half rewards for the second mission.
What Rank of Self-Modded Solo Missions can I perform?
- A user may only perform a mission of their current OOC Rank or lower. This mission is considered to be C Rank, so if you are C Rank or above, you may do this mission.
What are the rewards for Solo Missions?
- This is an C Rank Mission, for completing an C Rank Mission you will earn 2,500 Yen.
What is the required word count for this mission?
- This is an C-Rank mission, the word-count requirement is 350 Words.
Someone else has already caught this Mission Book entry, what now?
- This entry is considered to be a repetitive entry. Those ANBU can be rather liberal in their use of this toxin.
I have completed my mission, what now?
- Drop you mission off in character (IC) HERE. If you want, you can drop by the hospital after to give a medic something to heal if you were exposed to the toxin. Medics are always looking for missions!
I am not from Sunagakure but I am visiting and I would like to perform a solo mission listed, is that OK?
- YES! While you are always welcome to join our community (and we do encourage it), leaving people out of the fun goes against the out of character spirit of this community. You can serve as a mercenary or a helpful foreigner and complete these missions as well, just keep it in character and drop your mission off at the office as listed above but re-linked HERE. Just be sure that you have gotten permission from your primary community.
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