Seeking the Blackened Heart [Cabal|Run Topic]

[Sand Council]

[col3]
Shouki
HP: 71,528 [-11600] 59,928
CP: 23,300- [-10000] 13,300
AP: 11
Notes:
Bleed I

Spoiler

- Duelist has been declared against Shouki by Shiori and Isaki.
- Has consumed Shiori, Isaki, Sousuke and Harupia's blood using Reaper of Faith.
- 50% damage reduction
E: 25

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Shiori
HP: -4,112 [-20400] -24,512 [+3919] -28,431 KO'd
CP: 16,430
AP: 0
Notes:

Spoiler

- Has focused duelist on Shouki: +2 Gen DC, +10% damage towards Shouki, +10% chance to auto-dodge and -2 Dodge/Save to any other opponents targeting her.
Class: +1 dodge
Human Anatomy: +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 apply to 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: user may cast a Genjutsu without being dropped out of Stealth once per round.
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.
Enthralling Voice: Genjutsu can be Sung to effect multiple targets at -1 DC per additional target. If used against a single target, the Genjutsu has +2 DC
ound Crystalization: May convert Wind and Non-Elemental Jutsu into Sound at no additional cost and all Sound Jutsu cost -5% Chakra. All sound ninjutsus do +15% more damage.
NA: 28, GD 30, E 25

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Sunaku Harupia
HP: 21,901 [-20400] 1,501 [+12000] 13,501
CP: 25,129 [-4045] 21,084 [+9900] 30,984
AP: 11
Notes:

Spoiler

- Black Sand Guards equipped (Vanguard, Lucky Dodge, Riot Shield).
Weapon: -1 acc, +5% damage, +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction.; +5% Auto-Dodge chance against unarmed attacks; 10% chance to reduce the damage of a ranged attack by 20%.
Terror of the Dunes
Sand Clone
Class Bonus: 10% Ninjutsu damage, -5% Cp cost
Sand Mastery: +15% sand damage
Sand Manipulation: may convert Earth and Wind Jutsu into Sand at no extra cost.
Protection of the Sands: Sand has a 60% chance to reduce an oncoming attack by 20% damage.
Jutsu Mastry: All Jutsu cost -10% Chakra, this includes Maintains. All Chakra cost penalties from choosing to use 'Special Actions' are halved.
Supercharge: When the user is hit with a Ninjutsu attack, any damage taken by it is reduced by 5%. This reduced damage is then added to their next Ninjutsu attack as bonus damage that cannot be buffed through any source (it can still be reduced). The user can be charged with the bonus damage of up to three attacks at a time. If this ability activates any further, then the newest damage will overwrite the oldest bonus damage. Effects which cut through, bypass, or otherwise negate Damage Reduction do not apply to this ability.
Insight: Hidden Actions are revealed to the user through PM. This does not apply to Genjutsu.
Acrobatics: Capable of performing one additional Activated Auto-Dodge per round.
Summoner: Creation's HP and CP are +5% Higher.
NA: 27,TA: 23,E/GS: 23,RA: 19,GD: 19

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[col3]
Isaki Naikishin
HP: 8,274 [-21430] -13,156 KO'd
CP: 19,772 [-2118] 17,654 [+1992] 19,646
AP: 11
Notes:

Spoiler

- Hoshitesson Phase 3 (Vampiric, Chakra Drain, and Siege) equipped.
- Weapon: +20% damage, basic attacks cost 0.5 AP, Ignores 20% DR, Gains HP equal to 20% of the damage done, gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage done. (Mystic Transmutation)
- Has focused duelist on Shouki: Unknown acc. buff, +10% damage towards Shouki, +10% chance to auto-dodge and -2 Dodge/Save to any other opponents targeting him
- Zaraki Style: + 30% physical damage done, + 15% physical damage taken.
- Gaia Seal: +20% Taijutsu and basic strike damage, -15% damage taken, +4 melee/ranged accuracy, +8% chance to cause bleed/suppression, takes +5% damage from illusionary/ninjutsu sources.
Class: +5% damage
Human Anatomy: +1 Critical Range, Critical hits do 2.25x damage
Journeyman: -5% Chakra Cost
Called Shot: +5% called shot chance

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Takahashi Sousuke
HP: 13,678 [-13600] 76
CP: 23,856 [-4650] 19,206 [+1245] 20,451
AP: 11
Notes:

Spoiler

- Black Blade has been drawn (Chakra Absorption, Overpower, Vanguard, Steady).
- Weapon: +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction; When a weapon with this augment is used while in Defensive Stance, this reduces the accuracy penalties of Defensive Stance by half; The users Basic Strikes deal x1.5 Damage (special augment); gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage done..
- Slashing Style - Feral Assault: Each consecutive slashing taijutsu does + 3% damage and gains +1 accuracy up to a total of +2 accuracy and +6% damage.
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.
Journeyman: -5% Chakra Cost
Nimble Hands: The user may perform jutsus or handseals for +0.25 AP while a weapon is equipped.
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 (not in use).
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.
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.
One with the Universe: -15% CP cost on ninjutsu and genjutsu.
Steel Curtain: The user takes -10% Damage taken from Taijutsu Attacks. All Ninjutsu Techniques against the user deal +5% Damage.
Iron Will: May convert Earth and Non-Elemental Jutsu into Metal at no extra cost. +15% damage for metal ninjutsu.
TA 29, NA 23, E 23, GD 23

|Terror of the Dunes
HP: 10,270
AP: 5
Effects:
-10% chance to suppress.
-Attacks cost 1 AP.
-Iron Sands: +5% chance of bleeding, and they gain +10% damage, but lose -1 accuracy due to the added weight. +25% cost.
Notes: Summoned by Harupia


Sand Clone
HP: 19,451
CP: 14,264
Effects: 3.33
-This clone may use level Earth/Wind/Sand jutsu up to Level C at Master Rank.
-This Clone may also perform Level B Sand Jutsu at Rank 1.
- Iron Sands: +5% chance of bleeding, and they gain +10% damage, but lose -1 accuracy due to the added weight. +25% cost.
Notes: Summoned by Harupia[/col3]

"Just so you know, your durability will break after so long!"

"But not before you," Shouki replied arrogantly. The young man was tiring, as were his allies. He was simply built for a longer game than they were. They were battered and beaten, huffing for air. The woman was knocked unconscious rather easily. It was a sad sight. Her lack of durability, it was amazing she had even lasted that long. She begged the Steward to look after her son, it was almost sweet that maternal instinct some women have. Perhaps he was an unloved child and that was what made him into this monster. If he was given hugs and kisses, made to eat his vegetables... maybe, just maybe... Fuck no, his mother was a saint for a whore right up until the moment she died. The circumstances of her death were rather fortunate but he was born a monster and it had nothing to with the man he grew to become. Some men are just born bad. "Children... I do not see you as the nanny type Sousuke,"</B><i></i> Shouki announced as he eyed the first victim to fall this day.

Sousuke withdrew his weapon and Shouki's shadow returned to his feet. Sousuke seemed to change his game plan. He was starting to get serious but it was too late. Shouki licked his lips in anticipation all the same, this pain would be glorious. Sousuke cupped his hand over Shouki's mouth and affixed a seal over his lips. "Mmhrrth Rwermmu"<i></i> Shouki mumbled in shock, but his actions unchanged (OC note: because he did not have if gagged as a conditional - kinky).

<B>"I took part in Kaito's defeat along with that of your other comrades. Not sure if you want to include Magentica in that, but Urufuu and Naganisa were present and turning on each other."

There was a look of surprise on Shouki's face that quickly seemed to melt into glee. He did not say anything, he could not. He muttered something but the words due to the seal over his mouth were nothing but random sounds. This was wonderful and exciting, he was starting to fear a lack of potential. They were diamonds in the rough, but he was under-utilizing his gifts. He had given Sousuke the chance to enter the village, to save it. That he did, but there was the matter of his ring. His ring that had not been put to good use. His fighting style was one-dimensional and the fear of defeat was not there, he did not need to sacrifice, to scrounge.

"You pack a mean punch stranger...I guess its wishful thinking to hope it goes along some medical knowledge?"

His former captor asked the young man. The young man with a sword, a sword that actually hurt. He was too small to hit so hard, but his reckless attacks seemed to strike bone on occasion. No matter, he punched himself in the groin as he stared at his opponents. Much of the pain and the damage he took over the past several moments was released into his nethers, as well as his opponents. It even made his stomach do a half-flip. There was a twinkle in his eye as he watched the swordsman deck the unconscious woman for whatever reason. There were things to say about that, such a naughty boy -- the best kind.

A tag narrowly missed affixing itself onto Shouki's neck as Sousuke came past him in a blur. A metallic box fell from the heavens but captured nothing as Shouki leapt skyward. A tendril of sand erupted from the earth immediately beneath him. He knew this trick, it was used already twice before. He twisted and writhed in mid flight, the stream of earth and sand shot past him. A muffled half laugh escaped past his gag as Isaki came up from behind him and placed a seal on his back. He could feel his chakra deplete, but he quickly struck himself in the jaw. If was enough to topple over the swordsman, but not quite enough to force the Steward and the sandwich to submit like good little girls. He could feel the seal fall off his back, that was one down and one to go.

The sandworm barreled for Shouki, he spun to the side allowing its bared 'teeth' to chomp at nothing but air. Again Sousuke tried to restrain him in a little metal box to no avail. With an open palm Shouki pressed against his own breast bone and shot a fresh dose of agony into his heart. It burned, as if it wanted to burst. He watched the expression of the last two standing. Two little shinobi all standing in a row. Break one... then there are five little shinobi on the floor. A final attempt by Sousuke ended in failure as had all the others. Sousuke was not looking so healthy... so bright. Was this toy almost broken as well? That would just mean some alone time for himself and the sandwich.

What Happened
0.00 Seconds | Shiori remains KO'd
0.00 Seconds | Sousuke cancels Shouki's summoned shadow.
0.00 Seconds | Sousuke sheaths his Ebon Blade
2.27 Seconds | Sousuke places a Leech Seal master rank with the CP drain effect

• Attack Roll: 20 | Evasion Roll: 7 HIT!

2.50 Seconds | Isaki uses Fist of Virtue (Charity) on Shiori.

• Attack Roll: 18 | Evasion Roll: None (KO'd target) HIT! Shiori's health has improved, but remains KO'd.
  On KO'd targets, heals are only 50% as effective.

2.73 Seconds | Shouki strikes self with Reciprocate.

• Attack Roll Shiori: None, she is KO'd so auto-hit.
  Attack Roll Sousuke: 7 | Evasion Roll: 14 MISS
  Attack Roll Harupia: 15 | Evasion 1 HIT!
  Attack Roll Isaki: 18 | Evasion 8 HIT!

4.55 Seconds | Sousuke casts Iron Coffin with the focus effect.

• Attack Roll: 3 | Evasion Roll: 3 MISS

4.56 Seconds | Harupia casts Sand Coffin on Shouki

• Attack Roll: 8 | Evasion Roll: 8 MISS!

4.57 Seconds | Harupia starts to rest.
4.77 Seconds | Isaki attempts to place a Leech Seal on Shouki.

• Attack Roll: 18 | Evasion Roll: 2 HIT!

5.46 Seconds | Shouki strikes self with Reciprocate.

• Attack Roll Shiori: None, she is KO'd so auto-hit.
  Attack Roll Sousuke: 7 | Evasion Roll: 1 HIT!
  Attack Roll Harupia: 13 | Evasion 3 HIT!
  Attack Roll Isaki: 16 | Evasion 2 HIT!
  • KO'd, ninjutsu check will not longer be able to maintain this seal.

6.00 Seconds | Harupia's creation (Terror of the Dunes) attempts to swallow Shouki.

• Attack Roll: 5 | Evasion Roll: 6 MISS

6.82 Seconds | Sousuke attempts to bind Shouki in an iron coffin again.

• Attack Roll: 5 | Evasion Roll: 19

8.19 Seconds | Shouki attacks self with Reciprocate.

• Attack Roll Shiori: None, she is KO'd so auto-hit.
  Attack Roll Sousuke: 7 | Evasion Roll: 11 HIT!
  Attack Roll Harupia: 18 | Evasion 3 HIT!
  Attack Roll Isaki: None, he is KO'd so auto-hit.

9.09 Seconds | Sousuke Sousuke attempts to bind Shouki in an iron coffin again.

• Attack Roll: 4 | Evasion Roll: 4

[spoilername="Notes"]Conditionals as listed by Harupia did not occur for his sand clone. Clone did nothing this round.[/spoilername]

 

[Michi]

Shiori laid there, broken and useless. She could not move, she could not fight any longer. Her body had given out to the stress and the pain. Still, the pain continued in waves wracking her body but she was incapable of screaming. Incapable of fleeing. With each passing second, Shiori was closer to death. Shiori felt a slap or a punch, it was strange how it did not hurt. Perhaps she was going numb from all of the pain. The world a haze for just... almost a moment, but then the sea of agony resumed as terrible as it was before. Taking her deeper into a fitful slumber. Taker her closer to death.

[KO]​

 

[Rakujo Yumeko]

Naikishin would hear the man reply to what he had said, but it wouldn't be too long before his body started to feel light, along with his curse seal deactivating. At least he had been able to try to heal Shiori with a technique he knew, though a healing punch wouldn't sound quite right to any other person. As his body started to give out, causing him to fall to the floor. "Damn... it..." He would say quite quietly before hitting the ground, having taken too much damage, mainly due to not planning his attacks. He would lay there, bloodied and almost completely still.

[Naikishin is Knocked Out.]

 

[Takahashi Aki]

Sousuke could barely stand. His form was staggering. He leveled himself for the moment. At least Shouki had remained quiet. Thankfully he did not have to listen to him go on any more. Sousuke's analytical mind was a mess. Shouki had managed to dodge all of his attempts to bind him. He also managed to dodge the sandworm and Harupia's attempts to bind him as well. Shouki had managed to figure the plan against him. Sousuke made another gesture. Drain Shouki's chakra. Shouki given his attacks, or rather upkeep must have been drawing on empty. Sousuke's eyes narrowed. He focused. He formed hand seals and again tried to trap Shouki. This time he would have the metallic plates from the floor rip up and consume him. He needed to keep him from moving. If he could trap him, Harupia could then further trap him even more so to give him time to at least catch his breath... or to try something very dangerous. Sousuke closed his eyes and thought of it. The ring Shouki had left on the clock. Sousuke summoned the ring and held it in his hand. Gripping the ring with hesitancy. He knew what it was. He knew how it operated. He knew what was creatures lurked within it, but there was a sense of wrongness, a sense of violation.

Actions
0AP maintain chakra leech seal on Shouki
2.5AP continue to try and trap Shouki with iron coffin, cast the first one with focus, if miss try try again

 

[Sunaku Harupia]

His heart was pounding, and almost his entire body was aching from pain, which didn’t help hat whatever Shouki did to himself was also reflected on them. Haru could almost feel his eyes pop out as the psychopath attacked his own groin, though he managed to pull through it, saving his energy and trying to restore as much strength as possible. Still, the situation was dire, with two of them already unconscious, and Sousuke looking as if he was ready to fumble down at any second. It was getting harder and harder to focus, which wasn’t helped by the fact his own body seemed to be revolting against him. The Seal he had gained from Kuro at the gates...he had yet to discuss more about it with the sage or anyone else, and it seemed dormant for the most part...but now it was flaring up, both trying to bolster his body into action and...he wasn’t sure what it was doing with his mind. He was starting to feel more of balanced, more enraged by the whole situation...and it was harder not to imagine himself ripping Shouki in half after all this.

No, they couldn’t...at least not until they still felt the pain he did. Moving in closer Haru took a page out of Sosuke's book, trying to apply a Leeching Seal to Shouki's body. Hopefully he'd wouldn’t dodge his attempt for once. After he did that he pulled back, allowing his created Sand worm to attempt and swallow his opponent again in an attempt to separate him from his seal. Even if Sousuke succeeded in his own binding he didn’t want to take any chances. He would then try to rest as best as possible, while willing his sand clone to attempt and destroy the seal again, not sure why it didn’t react before. He must be getting more exhausted than he realized if his control over jutsu is slipping...but they had to put him down...for the sake of everyone here and all those beyond the Palace...
Mft, Wc= 336
OOC: The mention of the curse seal is not an activation Mod wise, simply something I want to add for flavor to the situation.

2.5 Ap Use Leech Seal With affinity move Focus, and use the special effect to make it only drain Chakra Points.
If seal isn’t applied first time attempt one more time,also using Focus 2.5 Ap
Then spend 7.5 Ap or 5 Ap (depending on the success of the Seal) to rest.
Have the Sand worm attempt to swallow Shouki once again, and move away from the seal. All Ap
Have Sand Clone attempt to remove or destroy the seal. All Ap

 

[Sand Council]

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Shouki
HP: 59.928 [-6900] 53,028
CP: 13,300 [-7075] 6,225
AP: 11
Notes:
Bleed I

Spoiler

- Duelist has been declared against Shouki by Shiori and Isaki.
- Has consumed Shiori, Isaki, Sousuke and Harupia's blood using Reaper of Faith.
- 50% damage reduction
E: 25

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Shiori
HP: -28,431 [-6800] -35,321 KO'd
CP: 16,430
AP: 0
Notes:

Spoiler

- Has focused duelist on Shouki: +2 Gen DC, +10% damage towards Shouki, +10% chance to auto-dodge and -2 Dodge/Save to any other opponents targeting her.
Class: +1 dodge
Human Anatomy: +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 apply to 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: user may cast a Genjutsu without being dropped out of Stealth once per round.
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.
Enthralling Voice: Genjutsu can be Sung to effect multiple targets at -1 DC per additional target. If used against a single target, the Genjutsu has +2 DC
ound Crystalization: May convert Wind and Non-Elemental Jutsu into Sound at no additional cost and all Sound Jutsu cost -5% Chakra. All sound ninjutsus do +15% more damage.
NA: 28, GD 30, E 25

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Sunaku Harupia
HP: 13,501 [- 19387] -5886 [+1250][+3000] -1,636 KO'd
CP: 30,984 [-1140] 29,844 [+500] 30,344
AP: 10
Notes:

Spoiler

- Black Sand Guards equipped (Vanguard, Lucky Dodge, Riot Shield).
Weapon: -1 acc, +5% damage, +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction.; +5% Auto-Dodge chance against unarmed attacks; 10% chance to reduce the damage of a ranged attack by 20%.
Class Bonus: 10% Ninjutsu damage, -5% Cp cost
Sand Mastery: +15% sand damage
Sand Manipulation: may convert Earth and Wind Jutsu into Sand at no extra cost.
Protection of the Sands: Sand has a 60% chance to reduce an oncoming attack by 20% damage.
Jutsu Mastry: All Jutsu cost -10% Chakra, this includes Maintains. All Chakra cost penalties from choosing to use 'Special Actions' are halved.
Supercharge: When the user is hit with a Ninjutsu attack, any damage taken by it is reduced by 5%. This reduced damage is then added to their next Ninjutsu attack as bonus damage that cannot be buffed through any source (it can still be reduced). The user can be charged with the bonus damage of up to three attacks at a time. If this ability activates any further, then the newest damage will overwrite the oldest bonus damage. Effects which cut through, bypass, or otherwise negate Damage Reduction do not apply to this ability.
Insight: Hidden Actions are revealed to the user through PM. This does not apply to Genjutsu.
Acrobatics: Capable of performing one additional Activated Auto-Dodge per round.
Summoner: Creation's HP and CP are +5% Higher.
NA: 27,TA: 23,E/GS: 23,RA: 19,GD: 19

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[col3]
Isaki Naikishin
HP: -13,156 [-6800] -19,956 KO'd
CP: 19,646
AP: 0
Notes:

Spoiler

- Hoshitesson Phase 3 (Vampiric, Chakra Drain, and Siege) equipped.
- Weapon: +20% damage, basic attacks cost 0.5 AP, Ignores 20% DR, Gains HP equal to 20% of the damage done, gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage done. (Mystic Transmutation)
- Has focused duelist on Shouki: Unknown acc. buff, +10% damage towards Shouki, +10% chance to auto-dodge and -2 Dodge/Save to any other opponents targeting him
- Zaraki Style: + 30% physical damage done, + 15% physical damage taken.
- Gaia Seal: +20% Taijutsu and basic strike damage, -15% damage taken, +4 melee/ranged accuracy, +8% chance to cause bleed/suppression, takes +5% damage from illusionary/ninjutsu sources.
Class: +5% damage
Human Anatomy: +1 Critical Range, Critical hits do 2.25x damage
Journeyman: -5% Chakra Cost
Called Shot: +5% called shot chance

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Takahashi Sousuke
HP: 76 [-6800] -1,799 KO'd
CP: 20,451 [-1200] 19,251 [+1245] 20,496
AP: 11
Notes:

Spoiler

- Black Blade has been drawn (Chakra Absorption, Overpower, Vanguard, Steady).
- Weapon: +5% Damage Reduction while this weapon is equipped. While in Defensive Stance, this amount is increased to +10% Damage Reduction; When a weapon with this augment is used while in Defensive Stance, this reduces the accuracy penalties of Defensive Stance by half; The users Basic Strikes deal x1.5 Damage (special augment); gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage done..
- Slashing Style - Feral Assault: Each consecutive slashing taijutsu does + 3% damage and gains +1 accuracy up to a total of +2 accuracy and +6% damage.
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.
Journeyman: -5% Chakra Cost
Nimble Hands: The user may perform jutsus or handseals for +0.25 AP while a weapon is equipped.
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 (not in use).
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.
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.
One with the Universe: -15% CP cost on ninjutsu and genjutsu.
Steel Curtain: The user takes -10% Damage taken from Taijutsu Attacks. All Ninjutsu Techniques against the user deal +5% Damage.
Iron Will: May convert Earth and Non-Elemental Jutsu into Metal at no extra cost. +15% damage for metal ninjutsu.
TA 29, NA 23, E 23, GD 23

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It seemed ironic to him how they still tried to take him down head-on and how they forgot to consider the lives of their allies. He was supposed to be the bad guy. If they continued to hurt him, or rather allowed him to hurt himself then... their friends would die. He could have loads of fun with the dead, but like they say -- dead men tell no tales and well... his fun is done after they are dead and posed. He already has the attention of the man, well 'men' he wanted. A suitable challenge, a pair willing to play his game and maybe eventually they would become strong enough to make him regret this course of action. HA! REGRET! There is no regret for a masochist unless his suitors disappoint.

Sousuke's first attack was an attempt to restrain the Cabal member. The tag missed, but Shouki's eyes brightened and the corners of his lips twitched upward. Not a bad choice, a fun choice even. There always was something liberating about being trapped, although his victims never seemed to agree. His prison friend, the sandwich placed a seal on his body. He could feel it sap away his energies. The dull chill that permeated through his body, clenching his heart and lung, trying to steal his breath. A final strike to the gut, Shouki allowed ripples of pain to run through his own body and then flow outward into his opponents. Pain was something that was intended to be shared. As the Kazekage fell, the seal over Shouki's lips fell away. Shouki took in a deep lungful of air and then hacked. "Dusty," he complained.

"You are a durable one. I am liking you more and more,"</B><i></i> Shouki announced as he hefted his giant blade with one hand -- it was time to finish this. "I have a special game I would like to play with you." Shouki had a mischievous look on his face as he made this statement. He swung his giantblade at Haru, it cut into the shinobi who was taking great pains to conserve his strength perhaps so he could fight a little longer. It was working, making him last. He lasted longer than the rest because he was resolute. Willing to suffer. Willing to stand fast through the pain. Now he only needs to be able to strike back with enough force to make all of this worthwhile. "I want a game like no game that has ever been played,"<i></i> Shouki explained. He attacked Haru once again. "I want an opponent I can fear, and..."<i></i> Shouki moved in close to Haru as he made his final devestating blow. "If I cause you the right kind of pain, perhaps you can make me feel something so I can know I am alive."[/color][/b] He whispered into Haru's ear as the shinobi was laid to rest on the ground with his allies.

He slid his bloodied blade under the leather strap that went crosswise over his back. The blood smeared onto his clothes, something Shouki did not seem to notice or mind. He frowned as he started mouthing a child's rhyme: Eenie meanie miney moe. Catch a a tiger by its toe. If it hollers let it go. Eenie... meanie... miney... moe... His finger landed on the woman. With a shake of his head he lifted the near dead medic by the neck. It would be easy enough to snap it, end her misery and her weakness. Short games are never fun games. He rested her limp body over his shoulder, death made for a short and uninteresting game. The guilt of a death would be lifelong but in time dull, the wonder and fear of the taken however carried a greater psychological toll and he was a man of his word. He was going to cause the right kind of pain. He had a second shoulder and a second victim. He pulled the swordsman from the ground by his hair. Pretty, prettier than the girl. Dam men in this town making him question his sexuality.

There was enough blood to leave a message. And so, a message was left for his playmates.

I̩̺̹ͮͭ̿̒̅̽ͅ ͕͍͒͊̿̓̑̊ȟ̥͔͉̱̖ͣ̍ͥͩa̅ͥͩv̤͚̫̰͕͗̍̃ë̮̗̱̱̓ ̞̗̪̦c̦̩̱̮̓̈̇ͭ̑͒ͧo̬̤̹ͤͅṃ̘̜̪̳̾e̼̗̰̥͎ͦ́ͫ̋͐ͣͦ ̤̜̪̲ͮͦͯͪt̮̙̪ͤ̈̍ͥ͊̽ô͛ͮ ̤̮͔̝̿s͔̘̝̟͈̠͌͐̋t͇͔͑͗ͩa͐ͤ̀ͣ̏ͯ͊ŷ̱͕̬̬̰͍͊.̬ ̼̗̼͈̩̖ ̰͈ ̗̝͕̲̩͖̥ͧͣ́͑ ̙̦̤̥͙̞͒ͤ ̼̖ͯẀ̘͗̍͑ͬͮo͈͇̟̟͍̔̐n̼̗'͈̟̫͈͍̘ͣ̓̓ͨ̿̽ͅt̤̙̗͔̞͊ͮ̎̈́ͧͫ̈́ͅ ̰̝̼̤̈́ͨͮy̞͔ͩͤͮ̓̒̚ó͍̖̱͕͋ù̥͖̩̤ͩͪ̉͆̿ ̼̩̭͉̇͛̓͊̇p͕̩̘̫̞͓͛͌l͊ạ̜̟͑̑ͮͨͯy͉̘?̥͓̟͉̘̻͗̄́̇
͍̺̰̺̞͌͋ͩ̋̇
̮̖̗̦̼͑̎ͭI͍̠͈ ̭͙͎͉̖͓̇ͬ̏h͙̪͈͇̫͙͛ͪ̂a͍̟ͭv̜͖̻e̬͎̿ ͈͎͖͔̊ẗ̲̗̝̘̖͓̠̉̃̾ͧ̉ͫa̱͈͖̫̯̲̣ͥ̊̿ͥ̔ͩͧk̐̾ê̮̚n͛̾ ̝̎̾́ͨỳ̥͍͚̜̝ͤ̿̈̔̀o͎̺͕͎̮̞ͣ̎ͥ̄̓͑u̯͗̾ͭ̈́̉̽r͇͔ ͔̫̹͛̚f̳̮̰̰̽r̫̰͕̟̮̤̜̐͛͛ͬ̈́́i̝̰̯̺͑̈ͦ̔ͥ̊̊e̹̫̤̠͚͌̊́ͣͬ̾̚n̩̎͑̂d͚̲̟̏̂̽͆s̀́̌̒̓͗̇
͎̹̬̯͙̓̂
̙̰͉͎͇̪̾̏̎ͦͧ̂̋Y̱̫̗͎̝̻̦̏̅͑̅̀ö̗̟̪ͥͨ̚u̼r ͙̬͙̰̫̜̥͋ͩ̇̑ͮ̋f̍͗̓ͥͣr̞̝̊̅ͬ̌̚ͅͅī͉̹̩̙̳̑ͦͨè͍̈͂̆́ñ̘̜̤̂̀ḓ̞ͅs͈͈̲̱̄̀ͧ͊ͮ ͍͍̗̰̟̔ͬw̋ͧ̐i̯̤̭̍̉ͅl̽̅ͥ̌l̩̻̄ͧ̐̒̅ ̦̱̹̹̲͙̹͐ͭ̔ͣ͊b̭̠̯̭̼̰͕̔̊ͫ̌̒e͎̬ͧ͋̅̍̀ ̞̬̗͚̺̹͈̒͐̊ͧ̒ͤí̟̚n̤͙̙̙̩̯ ̺̘̦̻̋ͭͩp͖̈ͬͩ̒̐͒i͎̙̩ͥ̄ẹ̻̎͛ͯͧ͐̇c̼̬͙̱͖̭͂̄ͦ̓͒ͅes͌̾̋

<B>Find Me First​

What Happened?

• 0.00 Seconds | Shiori remains KO'd
  0.00 Seconds | Isaki remains KO'd
  0.00 Seconds | Sousuke maintains leech seal on Shouki.
  • Maintain check Sousuke: 8 | Maintain resistance check Shouki: 15 Failed
  2.27 Seconds | Sousuke attempts to trap Shouki in an iron coffin using AE special move focus.
  • Attack Roll: 10 | Evasion Roll: 16 MISS!
  2.5 Seconds | Haru attacks Shouki with a leech seal, using AE special move focus.
  • Attack Roll: 19 | Evasion Roll: 1 Success!
  2.5 Seconds | Haru attempts to rest for the duration of the round!
  2.73 Seconds | Shouki attacks himself with reciprocate.
  • Haru -- Nin Check Attack: 10 | Nin Check Resist: 3 HIT! 7951 HP remaining
    Sousuke -- Nin Check Attack: 15 | Nin Check Resist: 8 HIT!
    • Sousuke has been KO'd
    Shiori: There is no checks
    Isaki: There is no checks
  2.73 Seconds | Shouki draws his giantblade with the quick-draw ability.
  5.00 Seconds | Haru has rested for 1/4 of his AP. 10951 HP remaining
  5.22 Seconds | Shouki attacks Haru with Annihilation
  • Attack Roll: 18 | Evasion Roll: There is none. CRIT!
    • Bleed Roll: 92. Failed
      60% chance to have the damage of this attack reduced by 20%. Roll: 25 Success. Negated by the jutsus effect where it ignored a portion of DR
      1711 HP remaining
  6.58 Seconds | Shouki attacks Haru with Higuma with special action to have this attack modded at 1.5 AP.
  • Attack Roll: 8 | Evasion Roll: There is none. HIT!
    • 60% chance to have the damage of this attack reduced by 20%. Roll: 76 Failed!
    Attack Roll: 13 | Evasion Roll: There is none. HIT!
    • 60% chance to have the damage of this attack reduced by 20%. Roll: 13 Success!
    Attack Roll: 1 | Evasion Roll: There is none. HIT!
    • 60% chance to have the damage of this attack reduced by 20%. Roll: 55 Success!
    Attack Roll: 15 | Evasion Roll: There is none. HIT!
    • 60% chance to have the damage of this attack reduced by 20%. Roll: 13 Success!
    • Bleed Roll: 66. Failed
      Haru has been KO'd
      Haru has -1636 HP

[spoilername="Notes"]

• Last round I made a mistake regarding resting. Jutsus cannot be maintained while resting. "While resting you can not maintain any Jutsu Costs or dodge. Meaning any jutsu with maintain costs are negated and dropped."
• This made no difference in the outcome of the mod last round because the attack(s) missed anyways, but at the time Haru decided to start resting the sandworm/sandclone would have dissipated.

[*]Please note a non check differs from evasion.[/spoilername]

Topic Left with Shiori and Naikishin​

 

[Michi]

Shiori laid there, broken and useless. She could not move, she could not fight any longer. Her body had given out to the stress and the pain. Still, the pain continued in waves wracking her body but she was incapable of screaming. Incapable of fleeing. With each passing second, Shiori was closer to death. Shiori felt a slap or a punch, it was strange how it did not hurt. Perhaps she was going numb from all of the pain. The world a haze for just... almost a moment, but then the sea of agony resumed as terrible as it was before. Taking her deeper into a fitful slumber. Taking her closer to death.

She was removed from the scene by the least savory of characters, but at least she was not alone. We will soon learn if the adage holds true: misery loves company.

Shiori was removed from Topic​

 

[Rakujo Yumeko]

Naikishin's unconscious body stayed where it was until the end of the fight, in which he wouldn't much feel the attack that had hit him, and the subsequent feeling of being picked up by the man wouldn't do much to the white haired man. He didn't even have his own sleep world.

[Following Shouki, due to having been picked up by him.]

 

[Takahashi]

[Continued from: Seeking the Blackened Heart [OPEN]]

Laying upon the floor with blood dripping from his lips, the only show of life would be terribly shallow breaths. His little lungs would expand for but a fraction of what it was capable of, being halted by the prodding of broken ribs pushing inward. His consciousness was tethered to his physical form, like most of us, allowing for subconscious absorption of the environment to subtle degrees by nature even when sleep. He knew nothing after bring struck by darkness suddenly, but something did break through to his core.

He couldn't see, or hear quite well considering that the child himself was essentially in a forced sleep. However; he could still acknowledge the most primal sensations. When lifted into Shiori's arms he could feel warmth, though from where his mind had gone the warmth felt so distant. A glowing touch applied to one cheek while the other side of his face pressed against a tender breast. His reaction would be slight, his twisted and broken hand causing him to flinch as he unconsciously snuggled a bit closer to the warmth of his savior's flesh. Where his tooth had been knocked loose, the wound began to heal and stop bleeding thanks to Shiori's technique, but regrowing the tooth just wasn't possible. Blood dried on his lips while he was carried away from the site of his untimely defeat.

Rather than being able to take Makeinu somewhere safe and begin treating him, one of the most wanted and dangerous enemies in the country had caught his mother's eyes. The boy himself felt nothing, no impending doom or powerful energetic pulses, he was inert. He knew nothing in depth or really even on the surface about the terrorists known as the Cabal, only grumbled curses from the old man he'd shared a hospital room with, who knew nothing more than the debris that had crushed his brittle limbs. As the woman carefully hid him away in order to go forth and face a greater threat, the unconscious youth didn't seem to want to leave her grasp. The protest was only signaled by a slight groan and twitching of the fingers. The warmth he had felt from her being withered away, passing the essence of loss further into his core without his acknowledgement.

​

While a battle the likes of which he'd never seen raged on, the sickly little boy remained unmoving and tucked away safely where none would likely find him. His feint signs of life and negligible amount of spiritual energy made him practically invisible among the titanic forces that clashed nearby. The darkness had embraced him, and the cool surface his battered body rested upon soothed him at a subconscious level. He could not move, and for all intents and purposes he would be entirely unaware of the events unfolding outside the private realm of his mind. However; within that mind, temporarily separated from the flesh vehicle known as a body, he dreamed. Something spoke to him, in a cold whisper, inaudible and irresistible .

Simultaneously, those who defended the village and by proxy Makeinu himself, were being badly beaten. In a plane where only his mind truly existed, his disembodied consciousness floated through an endless ocean of shadow and smoke. Cold gusts of flesh penetrating winds distorted the clouds of darkness, and though he had no form he felt his bones chill to painful degrees. The whisper the had pulled him in grew louder, the voice growing deeper and louder and closer until he knew the words being spoken.

"My gift to you is two-fold. You claim that you do not know how to flee so perhaps you have not yet been properly motivated enough to learn how. Because of that the first part of my gift I give to you is true fear. An experience to remind you for years to come what heart-rending terror is like."

It felt as though his skull was starting to crack, and the events within the prison flashed in random sequence before his mind's eye. The shadow and smoke that surrounded him caused a sense of "Déjà Vu" as it melded together into a humanoid form, covered in extensive ebony robes. The visage of the creature known as Mikaboshi floated before him, though several times the size previously encountered. The shadows sacrificed to construct the Dark Lord's form did little to remove from the infinite mass of void surrounding them. Makeinu could feel his heart, wherever it was, beating savagely against his chest. The memory of being in the face of someone who dwarfed him a million fold stung. Shiori had called him brother, but he treated her from Makeinu's point of view as no such kin. The wrestling of emotion that came with knowing he could do nothing and still having the urge to try resurfaced. It was the same sequence that lead to his body being further damaged beyond his initial frailties.

"My second gift is a gift of truth. No matter what other nonsense some might fill your head with, this is the foundation of our world. The strong live and the weak die. If you are weak you exist for no other reason than to be food for the strong. Forget this lesson at your own peril."

One by one, on the outside realm the great Shinobi battling Shouki fell. First it was Shiori herself, as if bound to be a testament to the truth her brother preached to her false offspring. The second to kneel before the might of the Cabal was a person of absolute pure insignificance to the child, and if not it would have been for the fact that the stranger had sought to help Shiori herself. The Kazekage-Steward himself eventually proved to be no match, leaving the head of the Sunaku clan as the last man standing before a practically unscathed foe. It was the worst case scenario for a Shinobi village, and surely if such weakness were made known internationally they'd be assaulted by just about anyone seeking to capitalize on their weakness. Now was the time.

Mikaboshi's voice would recite those two lessons, over and over for what was an indiscernible amount of time to the boy. Eventually, he had enough. "Shut! Up!" He screamed without a mouth, angrily distorting the dreamlike images with the resonating waves from his voice. Then it was all gone, followed by silence and total darkness. The presence of nothing. His eyes would open slowly, noticing light and his current predicament after a few groggy moments. Inhaling dust particles from the debris within his hidden location, he coughed and noticed the screeching pain in his lung. His right hand was broken and only partially functional. The metallic taste of his own dried blood still stained his thicker than average lips.

Pulling the gas mask over his mouth and sitting himself up, he seemed so lost and out of place. The tiny skeletal frame draped in a dark hooded sweater much too big, in the darkness of some broken wall's crevice. Well, when you put it that way perhaps he was in the right place after all. Forcing himself to his feet, he would eventually climb out and come tumbling down onto the earth. Laying there motionless for a moment, he soaked in the pain and tried to recollect himself and understand where he was. Having nightmares about ancient and primordial forces of evil wasn't very pleasant, if only because he had been effortlessly trounced by said being only some time ago.

"Shiori..." He mumbled, the soft and wispy voice he had muffled further by the gas mask. He remembered her, the woman who had come for him earlier in the day. Who had taken him to this place, and tried to prevent him from taking on something beyond his strength. Where was she? Why was he in that wall? His almost neon-like scarlet irises finally put into focus the field before him, seeing all the damage...The blood...And two bodies. Bodies he didn't recognize as familiar at all. Deciding to "Bite the Bullet" and endure his incompletely healed injuries, he sat up once more and the hood fell off. His thin hair, grayed and lackluster clung to his face. His forehead a bit more pronounced, and his large eyes unflinchingly looked at realist. His almost bridge-less and somewhat smooth-tipped nose was hidden by the mask. The most obvious features of all would no doubt be skin that was almost whiter than chalk, and so thin that a network of bluish-green veins showed itself upon his face.

Wobbly standing on his feet, he shuffled over to the forms of those he assumed dead. Stopping at the body of a very tanned looking individual with long brown hair, he noticed inflating and deflating of the chest. He was breathing. Shifting his head to look at the other, covered in armor and sporting a damage metallic arm. Slowly the boy would spin around, looking at the whole scene and finally coming to a halt as he stared at an image painted in blood. Painted on the very wall he had fallen from the top of.

I̩̺̹ͮͭ̿̒̅̽ͅ ͕͍͒͊̿̓̑̊ȟ̥͔͉̱̖ͣ̍ͥͩa̅ͥͩv̤͚̫̰͕͗̍̃ë̮̗̱̱̓ ̞̗̪̦c̦̩̱̮̓̈̇ͭ̑͒ͧo̬̤̹ͤͅṃ̘̜̪̳̾e̼̗̰̥͎ͦ́ͫ̋͐ͣͦ ̤̜̪̲ͮͦͯͪt̮̙̪ͤ̈̍ͥ͊̽ô͛ͮ ̤̮͔̝̿s͔̘̝̟͈̠͌͐̋t͇͔͑͗ͩa͐ͤ̀ͣ̏ͯ͊ŷ̱͕̬̬̰͍͊.̬ ̼̗̼͈̩̖ ̰͈ ̗̝͕̲̩͖̥ͧͣ́͑ ̙̦̤̥͙̞͒ͤ ̼̖ͯẀ̘͗̍͑ͬͮo͈͇̟̟͍̔̐n̼̗'͈̟̫͈͍̘ͣ̓̓ͨ̿̽ͅt̤̙̗͔̞͊ͮ̎̈́ͧͫ̈́ͅ ̰̝̼̤̈́ͨͮy̞͔ͩͤͮ̓̒̚ó͍̖̱͕͋ù̥͖̩̤ͩͪ̉͆̿ ̼̩̭͉̇͛̓͊̇p͕̩̘̫̞͓͛͌l͊ạ̜̟͑̑ͮͨͯy͉̘?̥͓̟͉̘̻͗̄́̇
͍̺̰̺̞͌͋ͩ̋̇
̮̖̗̦̼͑̎ͭI͍̠͈ ̭͙͎͉̖͓̇ͬ̏h͙̪͈͇̫͙͛ͪ̂a͍̟ͭv̜͖̻e̬͎̿ ͈͎͖͔̊ẗ̲̗̝̘̖͓̠̉̃̾ͧ̉ͫa̱͈͖̫̯̲̣ͥ̊̿ͥ̔ͩͧk̐̾ê̮̚n͛̾ ̝̎̾́ͨỳ̥͍͚̜̝ͤ̿̈̔̀o͎̺͕͎̮̞ͣ̎ͥ̄̓͑u̯͗̾ͭ̈́̉̽r͇͔ ͔̫̹͛̚f̳̮̰̰̽r̫̰͕̟̮̤̜̐͛͛ͬ̈́́i̝̰̯̺͑̈ͦ̔ͥ̊̊e̹̫̤̠͚͌̊́ͣͬ̾̚n̩̎͑̂d͚̲̟̏̂̽͆s̀́̌̒̓͗̇
͎̹̬̯͙̓̂
̙̰͉͎͇̪̾̏̎ͦͧ̂̋Y̱̫̗͎̝̻̦̏̅͑̅̀ö̗̟̪ͥͨ̚u̼r ͙̬͙̰̫̜̥͋ͩ̇̑ͮ̋f̍͗̓ͥͣr̞̝̊̅ͬ̌̚ͅͅī͉̹̩̙̳̑ͦͨè͍̈͂̆́ñ̘̜̤̂̀ḓ̞ͅs͈͈̲̱̄̀ͧ͊ͮ ͍͍̗̰̟̔ͬw̋ͧ̐i̯̤̭̍̉ͅl̽̅ͥ̌l̩̻̄ͧ̐̒̅ ̦̱̹̹̲͙̹͐ͭ̔ͣ͊b̭̠̯̭̼̰͕̔̊ͫ̌̒e͎̬ͧ͋̅̍̀ ̞̬̗͚̺̹͈̒͐̊ͧ̒ͤí̟̚n̤͙̙̙̩̯ ̺̘̦̻̋ͭͩp͖̈ͬͩ̒̐͒i͎̙̩ͥ̄ẹ̻̎͛ͯͧ͐̇c̼̬͙̱͖̭͂̄ͦ̓͒ͅes͌̾̋

Find Me First​

It was hard to describe how it all made him feel, since for the most part there wasn't any overwhelming sense of urgency. What could he do any way? This didn't have anything to do with him as far as he knew, and all he really cared about at that moment was if the woman who had been kind to him was okay. Selfish thoughts and motivations teased at him, telling him to wander off before he ended up involved in something even more perilous...And yet. He ended up facing the two downed warriors and giving a small sigh. Grabbing the arm of the larger and more tanned of the two, he would pull the man across the dirt for a few feet. After that, he'd go back for the armored one and do the same thing. He would alternate this process, dragging both of the much larger and heavier males to somewhere safe. As if he knew of such a place... Thinking he could lift either of them even on his best day was a joke, but with determination and nothing to do he took his time hauling them off and keeping them close to one another. He wanted to find Shiori, but he didn't even know which way to look and going back into the prison where Mikaboshi dwelt seemed foolish. Perhaps if these two woke, they'd be able to offer him some assistance..

[MFT - Word count is 1643]

[Topic Left w/Sunaku Harupia & Takahashi Sousuke.]​

 

[Takahashi Aki]

[Topic left, and awaiting next thread]

 

[Takahashi]

[Thread w/Harupia & Sousuke.]