Tucked away within the valley leading into the Naka river is a rather secluded building that requires passage across a half-mile long free-hanging bridge to reach it's entryway. The bridge is under surveillance and presently occupied by masked JUEI operatives stationed at both ends.
This building is the JUEI Headquarters, the Intelligence Agency. Special Operatives of the ANBU and Oinin operatives are permitted entry generally easy aside from a specific method of identity check.
Covert operations perform by Juei and Eda agents are typically formed and assigned here as well as critical intelligence gathering and village secrets kept under lock and key. These operatives are at the express command of the Hokage who communicates her will to them through their Captain.
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Could the operative just barge in to the Director's office and present their report? Could they, for all intents and purposes, send a scroll, animal, or even teleport into Soga's house? Certainly. Were they though? Absolutely not. Unlike their partner, the operative had a respect for authority. While their partner hadn't been seen in the village walls in almost a decade, the operative had been requested to join their ranks, possibly at her friend's request to the Hokage, and they'd taken a special interest in becoming an ANBU after having a taste of leadership. This had meant a lot of study for promotions and a multitude of new subjects, but it was well worth it. The operative could be the shadowy link that worked from within the village, for the village, while their partner, a Sage, could do from the outside, free of all but a few restrictions. They left, quite frequently, to go about their daily life far off in the world, but the ease of access they had in their comings and goings to Konoha, they came in to headquarters frequently to report on activity, complete any missions, and accept those that needed assigning. Today was one of those days. Also known as Ji, the person under said mask would never confirm exactly who they were with any operative, even their superiors in ANBU, with no exception. They had wanted to keep who they were a secret for the safety of Konoha: should their partner be at odds with the village, they could distance themselves, and not ruin any working relationships. Anyone who needed to know, would know, but that was a pretty short list if the operative's requests had been granted: one Lahlil Nevarra, the Hokage, and one Sadayo Soga, the Special Operations Captain, who they called Director. They had come in using a spacetime technique, got into uniform, complete with mask, all alone, and then took up standing deathly still in the hall, waiting for permission to enter Lady Soga's chambers for an audience. As an animal, they knew the frequencies that humans could hear at was in a more narrow range than their own, so they not only made no physical movement, but were completely silent.
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A soft reverberating hum of a device faintly sounds twice in the upper corner on the wall above the door. A camera lenses hidden in plain sight. A pair of plain, dark tinted doors closed before the waiting operative are considerably lackluster in contrast to the encompassing wall. The hallway is lit well enough to cast shadows under a series of bronze relief pieces leading up to the door. Each relief sculpture depicts busy, straggling tree roots formed from the soft metal with large birds perching on every other piece. One long piece above the double door, also featuring root like pieces, harbors two devices at each end.
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The right door opens enough for an operative sporting a white mask with a vague red and blue likeness to a bird of prey to step out. The next distinct trait of this operative was how they wore their hair in an excessive ponytail and wore thick leather gloves. Aside from a grey uniform-like outfit nothing else was out of the ordinary. His gaze seem to meet with the mask of the fully decked out operative waiting before stepping out of the way passing simple instructions, "please head in." The operative went on his way with the door left open.
This room did have windows but the curtains were typically open enough to pour light on the door and desk across the room. In path of the window the Director was stooping over a desk tucking away a memo from Lahlil under a short stack of folders, "and please close the door behind you." The Director wore no mask. The habit of for-going a mask was typical. Her identity wasn't as important as her willing operatives. Her desk was tidy. It stayed tidy. Should the operative enter they would be greeted by the Director standing and the interior "wonders" that would endure so long as this position was hers. This wasn't a space she would overly embellish to kill the professional vibe the office. Sadayo wouldn't deny being a woman with a "sophisticated" tasted in art but this room wasn't going to feel like a polluted museum of interests to her operatives. Nothing that couldn't be taken down wouldn't be put it. Neutral colors to avoid clashing with the select design features she was significantly proud of. Two beast puppets, for instance, overhanging a ways above the door and one high over the desk. An earthy blue dragon and red phoenix which, collectively, seem like a pair too ornate for battle but the dragon as a vibe about it that suggests otherwise.
A hair lower from the hanging puppets was Sadayo's hanging garden. These glass spheres filled with cacti and flowering plants were too high that her average operative would have to worry about walking into and these ornaments. Each vase, if you will, were roped to hang from a long, mutli-armed human-like puppet. A woman, (possibly) bolted to the ceiling that was bound to a fabricated eternity of sadness and a testimony to Sadayo's skill only seen if simply one looks up. These pieces did not live in the museum. "Please pardon the wait, sit. Stand. Whichever." Then Sadayo reveals her arm from her cape to gestures her offer to an arm chair and following up with a courteous wave for the operative to speak. The doors, once close, clak loudly behind. "What brings you in?"
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Without verbal acknowledgement the operative did as bidden, a slight nod given with their semi-standard issue kitsune mask. Truth be told, it had been growing on them, and it would save her the trouble of outfitting another one if they were granted their request. The ends of their cape fluttered a brief instant near their hands, the doors closing when they finished stepping through from the subtle movement. Apart from one or two times ages ago, they couldn't remember the last time they'd been in this office, and probably never alone like this. They had to actually remember to speak normally. They cleared their throat, speaking in what could best be described as a loud whisper, doing what they'd practiced to conceal their voice."Respectfully, I am ready. With your endorsement, I request to ask the Hokage for Jounin consideration. When I pass selection, I intend to become a full fledged member of the ANBU... Ma'am."
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In light of the news, Sadayo arched a brow however with restraint to avoid looking too surprised. She swayed her hip with a change of footing. A hand came to her cheek in thought as opt to lean against the desk behind her. "Really?” Her fingers to her chin before she slips her arms back under her cape. I suppose it’s time you should advance. Have you felt out where you're interested in specializing. Could always use one of more everything. I can't say I know where your interests lie anymore." tab “I’ll forward a good word for you but Lahlil still has last say. Hopefully Lahlil can see the value in what you’ve accomplished. I might have a task for you by then if Lahlil doesn’t. ” Sadayo gave Ji a nod before whisking herself around the bend of her desk. Really sort of exciting to take a crack at the odds for get a new regular although the delight the Director found was tempered into a content smile. ”Don’t worry. We’ll be in touch.” Not that there really was anything to “worry” about. Sadayo was standing over the space where her chair should have it. Apparently her own chair was missing and she was peachy with making herself seem comfortable without. One hand sweeping out from under cap was holding her weight against her casual lean. ”Anything else on your mind?”
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As ever, they remained unmoving and non plus. Of course, they were most grateful, and would return the favor and praise with a long and professional career. Some day, they might even get the chance to relax as their true self in present company. Sadayo did not have to accept the Sannin's favor, but she had. "To speak freely, Director, I don't feel overly skilled in any one particular team billet. Ready as I may feel for further challenges, I have denied recommendations from my squad leader in the past to enroll in secondary schools, and have looked to the other initiates to fill gaps in squad composition. General ANBU seems to suit me just fine." That being said, the operative would take orders to become a Kite or even Strategist should Sadayo command, but she was asked frankly, so she answered in kind. They would drop down to one knee, arm resting atop the other in a kneeling salute as it were, staring down at the floor while they were being spoken back to about their wishes. "I won't disappoint you. I shall report back once the shinobi promotion has been confirmed for my official ANBU designation. Thank you, Ma'am... for everything." Adding that last bit of composure breaking thanks, they would not rise, but take a moment to feel out the whole village for the Hokage with their chakra. They rose to their feet, bowing at the waist, then their head carefully turned to look out past the wood and stone and rock, finding the target of their business. As befitting their kind, they did not simply walk out, but instead vanished in a blur, the door clicking softly closed behind them.
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|Joūnin❖|Puppeteer Specialist|A - Rank| Chakra 2,160/2,160| Stamina|1,390/1,390|Lightning/Water/Earth| AC | 61,600 | Ryo|両35,900||
It wasn't a bad thing to avoid specialization. Having a typical agent or even a "well rounded" operative able to slip in where needed were still devices worthwhile. It was until after the door clicks close behind Ji did Sadayo sigh and relaxed her neck into a languid droop. Her sight slink back over to the short stack of file folders where she stuck a message minutes ago. Maybe I should have surprised her with a high profile task.
High profile because the memo described a missing person with supposed S-class level capabilities and was a high ranked, registered jounin in Uzushio. The case was dry with little to no leads and only a description of the Jounin's physical appearance. Ji was surely capable being A-class and had access to skills Sadayo could only dream about.
How soon should this issue be addressed? What steps were needed? Sadayo lifts the folders, pulls the paper message free by its corner, and takes a seat on the desk. This would be a great time to have an actual desk chair again. Blonde hair, blue eyes, about six feet tall and able bodied. Who would know this man that would still be around after five years? Start from the top. What if Lahlil knew him or maybe she knew of someone who knew him? It wasn't likely too many of the new faces in the ranks would know the missing Jounin and that ruled out posing one too many questions to young genin. It wasn't possible to retrace this man's steps. [1/3]
In short, Sadayo opt to slide off her desk and fold the message up to stow in her pocket. She shut the window curtain and ultimately left her office through its doors. Where she went was a hop-skip and a walk down a flight of stairs to a locked room where records salvaged from the ages were stored. In a cabinet under lock and key (i.e a chakra reactive fuuin) there were items recovered from the Whirlpool on certain ninja of interest but not many and then even fewer recovered from the Hidden Leaf and Sand. This cabinet included the unresolved cases which were reported and recovered during the career of those fallen civilizations. Some cases were able to be looked into with the revival of a new Leaf but often yield little results in the long run. [2/3]
In the circumstances of the missing Kairi of the Whirlpool, Sadayo was presented with a vague bare-boned nightmare she'd almost gripe about not being trained for. His missing persons' file only had a detail of several accounts regarding how he failed to show up for a lesson at the academy. Then one miraculous addition of an artist's sketch. Wasn't much to work with aside from a face and name. No note on any sensory deductions or observations about chakra natures, Kairi's specializations, what it was he taught, or any details regarding special interests. [3/3]
Even the previous team on this case didn't conclude much worth while. The timing must have coincided with the initial conflict spring-boarding into the village's destruction. This rough, neglected mess was apparently Sadayo's problem now and as her problem she took the liberty to take the dinky file out and under her arm. The cabinet was closed, resealed, and she found herself taking her leave of the whole building entirely.
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|Joūnin❖|Puppeteer Specialist|A - Rank| Chakra 2,510/2,510|| Stamina|1,640/1,640|Lightning / Water / Earth|
Yokai, bugs, and murder was plenty for one person. Bugs were checked off the list. Yokai still hung in wait. Murder case was ready in wait on her plate. The assessment of the damages were so far incomplete. The issue had just occured, apparently, and time thus far had presumably been spent on surveying the scene of the crime.
In truth, Sadayo held little interest to linger over the site herself. Close up Investigations of mass murders scenes were found to difficult to look at in person since she became a parent. Too sad, truthfully. Despite the passing of time in her profession Sadayo seemingly wasn't "hard-boiled" or resilient enough to analyze the immediate aftermath of someone else's dirty work. Was she ever, really?
Ultimately, this investigation was in the hands of Juei rather than under care of the police but either party still included Sadayo. In time Sadayo was crossing the bridge to the black operative headquarters, through the building's doors, and en route to speak with essentially any returning operatives for the scoop. An operative sporting a mask hinting the likeness of a boar voiced their greeting to Sadayo first, "welcome back Director Soga." Memory of mask and the man came in hand to Sadayo. As director, you see, the young woman had to dedicate her profession to memory. An array of the unique faces hidden behind masks and the names given and belonging to each operative. As Sadayo's sights met the two dark, eyelets of the boar mask the name to surface was "Keiga." "Tell me, the investigation of a murder undergoing at outside the village gates, what do we know? Lahlil's findings conclude corpses have rotted." The operative wasn't quick to answer. A pause between the Captain of one of her subordinates was bleak left Sadayo to wonder if she were speaking to right person. She couldn't spare the dreaded wonder that her operatives weren't already on the case. "Ah. Yes, of course." The masked operative nodded. "The bodies have been moved already. I would like to review them and our findings thus far with you." What wonder it is to wear a mask! No on-lookers can see the look of embarrassment on one's face. [1/3 Detective - Rank: B] The bodies have been moved already. They were in the care of mortuary deep below in the underground of Juei. This mortuary was reserved for special casualties that could serve as the temporary resting place of a recovered operative, a very special bounty sought by the village, or unusual cases like this. "We recovered nine bodies and most held some form of identification." The soft, cold echo in a lit hallway carried Kegai and Sadayo's footsteps throughout their descent. The pair eventually turned into a splintering corridor. The lighting was still very well. "Nine. Did they all belong to the leaf?[2/3 Detective - Rank: B] [
The masked operative nodded, "it seems such is the case but we can't be absolute yet on where and who the victims were. Research will consult with police forensics to further determine the identities." Sadayo held nor voiced any objections. "Lahlil confirmed two identities. I want someone to ensure her findings are on record. Said victims have been confirmed to have living relatives in the village." [3/3 Detective - Rank: B]
"I understand." The mortuary facility, fortunately, had few in the means of occupants. Fewer operative deaths as of late but more open bounties remain to be plundered make for a chilled, empty morgue. The leading, living body who worked this level wasn't generally set up to fulfill typical funerary preparations. Taya, an eccentric operative who is used to being herself more than her serious self is charged with care of the morgue and lead medical examiner. She may perform anything from autopsies, collecting specimens from the body, to gathering the core information of a fallen person's genetic abilities. Performing her work on the dead has given her a very bright perspective on being alive.
"Aaah. I have been graced with a visit! Keiga with Boss Lady Soga! Hmm, I suppose you're here about today's untimely haul."Today's dead. The murder victims. Terminology regarding the deceased sometimes came in colorful descriptions to keep the mortal mundane light for Examiner Taya. Appearance wise, Taya was one of the several who hardly worked masked in her usual place of work and often stood apart from the other operatives. She was JUEI but she worked, even now, in full surgical uniform. Taya spun around in her roll-y chair before hopping to her feet. She lifted a pair of goggles up from her neck and onto her eyes and snatched a box of disposable gloves up for herself and the guests.
"Please wash your hands and put on a pair! I don't know how touchy-feely you want to get but I like a clean corpse if I can manage it. Oh, clean jackets on the rack too. Put em' on pretty please!" With Taya's instruction Keiga and Sadayo fulfilled her request under the impression the two would be in the morgue for a bit more than a minute. Taya dusted her gloved hands together and motioned the other operatives to follow her with a finger. She led them to a metal wall with big, metal drawers. Handles were slightly cool to the touch. "Subject one. You will find a considerably disturbing display that match the other eight of the victims brought in. Forewarned."[1/3 Detective - Rank: B] Taya rolled open the drawer. Sadayo did not look. She closed her eyes and held still.
"As you can se-ee," Taya began a considerably serious description of her findings with a lighter tone in tow to the somber sight Sadayo would not take in. "Dry skin. The whole exterior brings to mind an old burial tactic of the lost desert tribes." Keiga spoke, he was taking this display better than his superior. "Astonishing. Are these burns?"Burns? Dry and burned. The voice in Sadayo's head pressed her questions. Mummified? A-alright.Actual mummification isn't too hard to look at. Right?She could only imagine how Keiga was holding up. He's probably touching it. Dry. It's probably like feeling unrefined- nah-uh, don't you think about it. We'll think about it later.[2/3 Detective - Rank: B]
"Upon further review of the torso-""Not a lot to fight with. I don't think you can call this a clean kill." "Hmn, the torso!"' "No exterior lacerations. Tissue samples show no foreign toxins. Interior, uhm" Taya hummed a concerning note at ]something Sadayo wasn't willing to make sense of. "Organs were where they should be. It was awfully tricky since, I mean, no water. No fluids. It's bone dry if you'll pardon the phrase."The rumble of the drawer's wheels running about their track and a soft, sweetest thunder of metal meant Sadayo could open her eyes again. This is my job. This is my job and I gotta be good at it. "Quite a sight if they're all the same, I'll say."[3/3 Detective - Rank: B - 2]
"It's awfully unusual. The victims were dried out and their skin, samples of the epidermis show traces of burning. Here. I was able to get a photograph with the really fancy microscope." Taya waved the duo to follow her again. Across the room and into one of the tidy examination rooms where she working. Her results were documents and photos clipped on a string, pinned to a board, and an array of handwritten notes were clipped together. She pulled off her glove, Keiga and Sadayo did the same, and tossed the sullied gloves into a bin before reaching for a photo. One by one, Taya took three down and set them on a counter before the operatives. "Here. These are close-up of the- uhm- what's supposed to the epidermis, dermis, and hypodermics." Sadayo may have not been a fire-savy somebody but her experiences as nurse in over the years in hospitals gave her a good glimpse of burn cases. The Director's sights survey the findings from the microscope and slowly, bravely, drift upward to the mass of photographic evidence above. Sadayo's steady breathing was seeming to grow louder in her ears. tab The mortuary facility had fulfilled its purpose.
Title: Detective x2 Rank: B Information: Being an Anbu confers a certain amount of deducing, which helps in both kiting and figuring out a situation. Many poor decisions led on by false information have been written in history, and it's all up to the Anbu to figure out what is what! Another important point to being a detective is learning how to provide obvious leads to other detectives coming in behind you, with said evidence always pointing to your involvement. If questioning a person, you must do it quickly! Solo or Squad: Solo Minimum Post: 4 (PA, 3)
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|Joūnin❖|Puppeteer Specialist|A - Rank| Chakra 2,510/2,510|| Stamina|1,640/1,640|Lightning / Water / Earth|
tabWhen it was Sadayo who made the kill the defeated dead didn't seem to bother her as the sight of someone else's work. When kills happen in if she's present in scouting parties, she's considerably fine. It's work, right? Granted, some weird void of emptiness would still weigh itself on her chest for being a person roped involved a group charged with taking another's life. Normally, however, the void passes with the goal of their objection taking storm. After the Sand fell, Sadayo took nearly five years away from battle. Five years she spent picking up her side career in the hospital since she couldn't personally fund a puppet theater in the Whirlpool. She didn't want a whirlpool headband. The ex-sand ninja didn't want to be Sanea's subordinate but she became Chie's subordinate reluctantly to avoid losing Kyomei. Those five years were not only spent waiting for refugees or friends but patching up minor to critical injuries in what ordinary ways she could. Then what brief window of time after accepting a whirlpool headband from founding of the New Leaf didn't give her too much time to swing back into committing "justified" murder either. Maybe a few kills but taking another's life was very unlikely when Sadayo's work was primarily learning and trying to keeping the founding village stable and secure: borders had to be redefined and protected, trade routes had to be defended and petty crimes were often swept away without bloodshed, and being the working hands ready on these jobs didn't last long. Carrying a child for the bulk of the New Leaf's first year was a set back redirecting the woman away from her darker shinobi work. Her time has been spent a little differently since.
tab At any rate, the next step of the halfhearted investigation Sadayo was throwing herself into was to hear back about the findings from her operatives and do some digging in the meantime. Digging in the archvies, perhaps? Did Juei have anything on that sucks the life out of someone and leaves burns. A storage of documents noting the basis of known abnormal abilities was present in Juei. If any extraordinary ability lived in the village odds were Juei knew something about it. But this heated nature was looking a little out of their scope. Reports of the latest host of the Four-tailed, courtesy of the Lightning Empire, was maybe the height of heat-related abilities. [1/3 Detective, Rank B]
Uchiha had their strange fire and some observations of said ability were also prevalent on documents. Was it a lesser known ability? Vauge projections of suspected, prominent of abilities were also kept under lock and key in the archives. Intelligence projects in the works. The victims weren't chiseled away by the method of attack so the hardly seen, acidic nature of an ability believed to be prevalent in the Land of Waves was unlikely to be the culprit. [2/3 Detective, Rank B]
Were these results more akin to someone's unique ability? The very thought was possible but one cannot rule out the JUEI's data that easily. No matter what sort of ability it was killer would be a wanted criminal, at any rate. If Yokai were the culprits than maybe the visiting nobles would be better to identify the severity of the injuries. Whatever ancestry and blood the Sumire girl was their experience apparently name such as not being the cause of burns and the immense mummification. [3/3 Detective, Rank B]
Sadayo flipped passed another page of Juei records of fiery ability manifestations. None of the like were akin to the damages on the gate victims. Another page came. Sadayo, again, began her review of one's findings to spy a peculiar note. It was a very brief description of excessive heat and desiccated remains but a note follows to advise the reader to review the dossier on the allied head's of power. The woman pinched her brow and shook her head. No. That wasn't possible. The Lightning Imperials would should have nothing to do with this murder. . [1/3 Detective, Rank B]
Ugh. It wasn't unheard of for the Lightning Imperials the emperor to make a spectacle of themselves, though. But with an infringing act of murder? Civilians? Long shot. The Leaf might have been squashed by now. Sadayo left open one spread of notes and opened another. The dossier in question of their faraway allies could be slightly more insightful regarding the vague details of the heated ability, at least. However, further readings into the general report described only a little more than initially presented. Whoever wrote this segment of the report was arguably concerned by their findings. [2/3 Detective, Rank B]
Hot and dry heat. Slight exposure introduces a potentially critical situation. When the body isn't properly hydrated the effects of this ability pose a risk to increase the likelihood of fatality. Prolonged exposure requires immediate medical attention. Burns are very likely and vary in degree with range of exposure. If a target with this blood is not essential to the mission consider terminating this target quickly. Apprehend and use repressive measures otherwise. [3/3 Detective, Rank B #2]
That's it. No mention of how this ability is expressed or how many more people have been reported to demonstrate it. Meanwhile, the dossier on the Lightning Imperials wasn't as enlightening either. The only thing of note that something during the conference that gave this report was the Empress leaving her hand print on the Emperor's forearm. The print didn't fade. There's some suggestion, jotted down, that she'd disclose the nature of her ability but that required another inquiry. Looks like the Juei operatives were up to a total of at least four known people to demonstrate aspects of this ability. Sadayo took a moment to jot down the a summary of the ability descriptions and then was certain to close and return the set of documents into their proper place. Storage. In time, the Director turned her findings over to another operative entirely to make sense of the whole mess. The actual crime scene itself didn't get Sadayo's eye. The lady with a bunch of lofty titles had work to do. Elsewhere.
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Title: Detective x2 Rank: B Information: Being an Anbu confers a certain amount of deducing, which helps in both kiting and figuring out a situation. Many poor decisions led on by false information have been written in history, and it's all up to the Anbu to figure out what is what! Another important point to being a detective is learning how to provide obvious leads to other detectives coming in behind you, with said evidence always pointing to your involvement. If questioning a person, you must do it quickly! Solo or Squad: Solo Minimum Post: 4 (PA, 3)
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|Joūnin❖|Puppeteer Specialist|A - Rank| Chakra 3,210/3,210|| Stamina| 2,190/2,190|| Lightning / Water / Earth|
Let's see. The clone minding the heathens in the hospital and there was the clone minding the creature at the waterfall. Did she need another to keep tabs on her own affairs? Sadayo's JUEI office was the most decorated of her professional spaces: television monitors on one wall however obscured by a heavy curtain. iron-wrought wall ornaments sparse on plain walls that feature floral filigree with more, little iron song birds perched among the mix of dainty, dark flowers, sturdy bookcases, mounted wall scrolls with careful lines of empowering poetry, a hanging garden of green succulents and herbs; and, of course, puppets in suspense from ceiling. Although, the between her chair and the plain side of the entry door was darkness save for an ornate desk lamp. As planned, Sadayo arranged JUEI agents to mind the perimeter of their base. Anyone who wasn't supposed to be there was in for more trouble than usual. Leavings and exits were not to unnoticed within the crevice of the river. Lights were fashioned from candles, torches, and electronic means so long as they had the power still coursing through the facility. Now. What were Sadayo's personal affairs? Why, her kiddie, of course! She wanted her little one safe and sound and somewhere less than precarious. Anywhere that wasn't wandering, really. Goodness. it was times like this were pondering her parenting abilities might hurt more than it should. It was easy to dip into the self deprecating questions and darkness made it easier. Still. Still Sadayo had a job to do. In the grip of weakness and maternal worries, Sadayo stood and pounded her fist on her desk before she could produce a new clone into the darkness with a formed hand-seal. The clone left as quietly as she entered with barely a word from her original source who slump into a chair and covered her eyes from the lamp light. She groaned,"tell them you're a clone."
Sadayo, really, was waiting on a lead. She gave the order to press for an immediate report regarding the observations regarding going-ons at Gurinbarē-to and how they were responding. Any information regarding suspicious activity was welcome too. But JUEI couldn't be too suspicious themselves with survey jobs regarding external going-ons mandated by the head of their region. Being too invasive with their allies- their boss even- was a way to sow seeds of distrust and trouble. Although, keeping tabs on the outside for the sake of safety of the inside was a way JUEI could offer service when they could to the security of the Capital. The first word to the leaf, maybe, for the Capital's benefit? Trying to piece the next step together was harder than it should have been. Being partially responsible to combat a village wide crisis wasn't a chore that came around often.
To bide her time and subdue her frustration Sadayo took a small book from her a desk drawer. A notebook, actually, where someone had imparted their specialized knowledge to her in careful scripture: a technique she might find useful about pulling strings when her own strings wouldn't be enough. Underneath the scrolls in her bag, around her waist, Sadayo did have the wire in wait. The notes left for her were careful to describe how she could alter her methods for creating chakra strings to be implemented in fine wires. Fortify something physical that might not be stopped so easily someday. The author of these notes had a certain level of skill and was eloquent with their words well enough to further describe how to weave and bend wire. {Learned: ▰ Pattern Links [ Ayametori ] | Rank X | ▰ String Reeling Technique [ Ayatsuito no Jutsu ] | Rank X :: PA +1 Ninjutsu ]
Before she could reach the third technique left for her the knocking she was waiting for came. The boar-masked operative, Keiga, had arrived with the decoded missive from the field.
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In addition to the news of the activity at the Capital another missive was handed over Sadayo. A bingo book entry was stamped out. This entry has hardly familiar to Sadayo but this bounty's crimes were significant . This person had been deemed wanted by the Land of Fire for quite some time but the Director had people for handling bounty affairs beyond reviewing and approving candidates. An agent explained something was waiting for her beside the bounty completion and Sadayo had to travel into the depths of JUEI once more. In time, Sadayo had reached a secured space where the high-profile corpses were kept. This wasn't the ordinary morgue were often, nameless victims murdered by high-profile cases were courteously kept safe before burial services could commence. For instance, the numerous scorch victims were due to have their funeral and be (appropriately) cremated as soon this issue concerning the false night could be answered.
Two agents, masked and obscured by their uniforms stood beside a long, narrow box. In unison, both agents bow to greet the Director. Two male agents in full uniform, as per the norm, both remove their masks. "Madam,"the hooded agent holding a bear-like mask, Yayoi, spoke first. "We appreciate your time. Please all us to give you the run-down." Sadayo nodded, "be quick. I have to look into the cause of the false night." The second agent spoke, Dai, as he adjusted his mask to rest atop his head: a laughing man. "Yes Ma'am, the bounty for Suetsune, the tattoo artist from the Tea Country." Yayoi extends his arm with an offer of clipped documents to Sadayo with Dai's delivery," was processed and paid for. A Land of Fire mercenary executed the target and, fortunately, left the body intact."
Honestly, the notice and request to be in attendance of a presentation of a expensive corpse was a part of the job. Eyeballing a deceased bounty wasn't the prettiest part of being named the head of JUEI but it was necessary. Usually. Something, however, was feeling a little werid about this instance. Suetsune's body was presumably- and better be- in the opaque box as a temporary fixture before cremation. " We asked Taya," started Yayoi a slow, concise and audibly cautious relay to his superior, "to take a tissue sample and perform a thorough examination of the remains. As you can see, Madam, Suestune possessed invaluable genetics."
In Sadayo's hands was a printed diagram disclosing the first layer of Suetsune's genetic make-up and how his DNA matched up to records of abilities in JUEI's database. Invaluable genetics was a phrase that could fire up Sadayo's jealousy in just the right context. Her sights roll upward from the document to Yayoi and Dai. Warily watching the operatives for traces of what direction this foul briefing was going. Suetsune did indeed have potentially precarious abilities that could hinder many of her agents' innate resources, in the wrong hands."Ma'am,"Dai offered carefully with a candid bow of the head. "We don't intend for this conversation to sound anymore sinister than it may already. You're an exceptionally intelligent woman. A puppeteer. Our ranks see very little of those with your expertise." Dai turns his sights to the casket where he lifts open its heavy lid. A pale and listless man lay upon a bed of ice. Sadayo approaches the foot of the casket to take in the bounty: Suetsune. A solemn, beauty bereft of life and ability. His fragile, yet stalwart exterior was evidently unblemished and much like the chance photograph- mugshot- once taken in life. He was tall and was blessed with a gentle touch of androgynous ambiguity over his masculine jawline, neck, and tattooed chest. Dai stepped aside from the casket and bowed again,"our intentions are strictly for the well-being of the village. We seek nothing but to ensure its success and our ability to maintain such" Beating about the bush and Sadayo knew it. Dai and Yayoi's scheme was slowly being laid bare with as many sweet words to buffer the barrage ahead they fear was ahead of them. Yayoi follows suit and bows, finally disclosing their intent,"madam, we don't think his body should be cremated. The soul is gone. The chaplain provided Suetsune his funerary rights. " Sadayo wasn't amused. What these operatives were suggesting was a twist of her morals and value of hardwork. "You'd have me decimate a body for power?"What could have been an exceptionally profound glare was understated to and minimized to a bitter luster in her eyes under the furrow of her brow. A corner of her mouth and nostril twitch with disgust. The stench of decay wasn't stifling her sense of smell.
Taya must have done something. Yayoi and Dai must have done something to this corpse. "We wouldn't consider an alteration of the living," Dai says, avowing to their innocence against to what it was they could have done behind the Director's back. "No. You wouldn't." Where she could have scoffed at their ignorance of the puppeteer's craft, Sadayo instead dries her tone and drones. A bitter noise. Offended. She peels back the lining of the fresh robe the body was donned in to spy only a fraction of his tattoos: stalks of black bamboo from his neck to his core. Suetsune may have been a man of art first and foremost but the DNA analysis shows he was moreover a brat spoiled heavily by an advanced bloodline. "You spared yourselves immensely of a punishment. The process of alteration is incomplete. As it should be." Her tone was as cold and gritting as the lifeless, human ice pop beneath her fingertip as she follows the careful artwork on the bounty's chest. Sadayo knew what had to be done.
She hated that she knew. A cursed art. By the minimized odor, she could only assume someone had injected more than enough preservative and began to prep the form with the basics of a strong, terrible puppet. Pressing on Suetsune's sternum felt significantly stronger than an ordinary bone. Did they really spare themselves of a punishment? If the body was truly altered with a metal framework beneath the natural appearance then, well, maybe the Director might be having a change of heart? Although, it was killing her inside to wonder where the advanced puppet frame came from.{learned: ▰ Human Puppet Technique | Rank A]
The bounty's killer could have claimed all the right information for themselves if the money wasn't well enough a prize. For all they knew, this man's blood was already salvaged and put on the black market. Deep down, Sadayo knew it would be a terrible waste to lose to the black market and throw away something she's long desired. The Yozen's blood hinders the capabilities of those born with special powers and she knows this well from JUEI and Kyomei. What was a someone worth, like Sadayo, with just their hard work alone? When all the blessings of blood were stripped away it might feel like fighting on equal ground?
She was hesitant to accept what they all knew well was a boon to JUEI. Sadayo's wisened operatives could see such doubt in the Director's desire by the way her hands traced the tattoos. The stale look on her face was harder to crack. "Ma'am," Dai said as he raised his head. He looked upon the Director with an earnest look of concern with a tempered, consoling tone to suit,"this man sought to cripple the children of Evergreen."If only her unrequited flame didn't have to make things so difficult. Many operatives knew their Director dearly loved her child. Parenthood was arguably a weakness damning and unfair to prod at and certainly so in Sadayo's case. Protecting her child, in the past, has brought Sadayo to the point of attempting to withhold obvious evidence of her pregnancy with a wide scale, lengthy puppet show. However, Sadayo could only show her acceptance of Suetsune on her terms. She couldn't cave to a plucking of heartstrings and be manipulated into agreeing with them. Sadayo finally took her stare from the bounty's body at returns her attention to Yayoi and Dai with an astringent warning, her tone was grating with stern fury more and more she spoke,"do not repeat withholding a body without approaching me. Kichiri. Lahlil. I will not have you both forget I have eyes all over this facility and I will not hesitate to take your masks and remove you from my ranks. I have been able to keep JUEI from executing any unnecessary, explicitly unauthorized butchering under my command to discourage my operatives from playing mad scientist. We play scientist when I say we play scientist! I want all bodies accounted for and as they were upon arrival to the village unless otherwise." Becoming angry might have been a stretch but Sadayo was honestly getting uptight against suspicion that her own operatives were attempting to manipulate her above chancing to hoard a body. The bear and laughing mask operatives returned with sharp bows and appeals for her pardoning.
With Yayoi and Dai in the room, Sadayo's unusual flare of anger evokes the act of completing the alteration of man to puppet from her willing hands. Her hands hurrying to weave the hand signs. There was no turning back from this moment. Dai and Yayoi recoiled as one impressive eruption of orange strings, launching from her fingers and palms, jolts into Suetsune's body. Her chakra now swelling through the dozens of lines connecting now and tangling about the deceased. The technique viciously flaring up, in sequence, as bright orange to white brisk combustion's.
Flesh changing. Hardening into something of a lesser, inorganic material. The metal framework the agents already installed was just half of the ghastly conversion. Shaping the fine details of puppets with these strings was a costly task the Director would never advise but time was not on her side. Too much energy would be consumed when a more loving, familiar task would save one from the hassle of making arduous short-cuts. Suetsune would have to be incomplete with pieces of his form inoperable, like his mouth and eyes. The aesthetic features which further instills life to one animate puppet. He even still looked like Suetsune. As he was his identical likeness wasn't going to work in the long haul. His beauty was now as immortal as it was malleable. Her agents even devised and perfected the mechanisms. How? Sadayo wouldn't entertain the thought. Suestune's affections were kept and turned in for bonus payment and Yayoi and Dai converted a unique staff, sword, and scroll to suit Sadayo's whims. What little knowledge Dai and Yayoi had between them then gave Sadayo all she needed to whirl through a deeply mechanical installation. The cold was nothing now. When the work was over and the director was pressing herself on her time limit, she offered a hidden warning:"I know your intentions are in favor of our village. I don't select unfaithful swine. This will not happen again. Correct? "Chiding her operatives wasn't a preferable past time.
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- 13 Paragraphs, none of it training for Suetsune! Rank A [ 80 ] chakra , Specialization ▬⚬A -25 reduction, 55 Chakra
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{Enter from Office} There she was. Back in JUEI and behind the enclosure of a lackluster, heavy door at the end of a hallway where bronze sculptures hung. Her hanging garden of herbs and succulents delighted again to glow in their glass baubles in what sunlight could pour into the window between the river’s stone cradle. A tidy office. Clean was how she left it. Clean is how it remains. Forgoing her chair for a seat on the top of her desk, the Director was also forgoing certain choice tasks requiring her attention to complete for a solemn staring match with a brand new puppet. Suetsune was tall at a generous 6 feet and 2 inches according to the records concerning his life and death. Sitting on her desk gave Sadayo a slightly closer distance with the puppet standing upright. Her strings were hooked on his form and slowly flickering his languid eyelids open and close. Newly placed polished blue cabochons were set in lieu of the hollow black irises the man was born with. ”Kyomei can’t guilt me for your death. Some waterfall agent crossed the borders for the price on your head. Not even our territory.” [1/10]
Sadayo was not one to dismiss her puppets as husks and valued speaking to them. More so, she couldn’t deny Suetsune once had a beating heart and speaking to him was unlike her conversations with Hohoemi and his expressional counterparts. “In reference to our misdeeds can you help me determine who the monster is, Suetsune?” His eyelids were flicked closed again. “It was under this branch that a bounty was put on your head.” Pausing upon raising her arm, Sadayo guided the puppet to take several long strides backwards toward the entry door. “It was under my supervision the bingo book was amended to include your name and face for the crimes you’ve committed.” With the quick bend and of her right middle and index fingers, knuckle by knuckle, the puppet rapidly raised his arm and grasped a blade ejecting into the latching grip of his palm. A hallowed blade Sadayo was not born with the right to weild. Her stare remained dull but biased with an acrid stare against the thought of Suetsune’s ambitions. The puppet slung the blade with proficiency with barely any effort on the woman’s part beyond a bend of her wrist. Just a simple swing. [2/10]
“Of course, I gave my consent knowing what you’ve done. How many innocent, pious adults seeking Evergreen’s favor you slaughtered. How many blameless children you traumatized with crippling seals.” With a wave of her arm, he would swing again and step forward with his diagonal slice into the air. “With your cursed blood, too.” His sword was dismissed with a clicking sound as it was lodged back into the compartment in his arm and forced him to assume a resting stance. Sadayo truly wanted to see his blood action. Those marvelous tattoos meant more than just art. She slid off the desk, promptly approached the puppet and stripped the doll of its fresh linens. The tattoos on the puppet’s torso and left arm were just the surface. Suetsune was covered in art! His left shoulder featuring the splendid motifs of pine and plum. One floral display trailing into another as a cascade of camellia blossoms, elegant birds; and imagery of swirling water, flowers, all encompassing a delicate detail of a woman’s face on his left hand. His right hand, she found, sports a snarling Shishi cresting in smoke (the sight stirred a haunting memory). The puppet’s stomach and hips were covered in more bamboo and more chrysanthemum motifs. Such were just some of the illustrative secrets in plain sight. Her limited knowledge of the Yozen people taught her, however, there were more these living canvases than just serving as testaments to artistic expression than just symbolism. [3/10]
Diving further into the puppet’s lengthy mural was a task for another day. The itch to uncover the purpose of Suetsune’s art was plenty to stifle a complete observation for another time. Easiest, maybe, would be tapping into the smaller prints on his skin. Although starting out was a little like taking a step into a dark room. At the very least having strings on the puppet’s body was the first step and recalling the records of Suetsune’s known skills included sealings as the most obvious detail. Learning and discovery had focus and attention in common, yeah? What better for Sadayo to do than to stand there, hold Suetsune’s hands with her strings bound to the body and pour all her focus in molding energies that were partially her own to mold. In time, through buttoned-up frustrations, a tremor was made. As breathtaking the glowering Shishi in smoke was in art Sadayo, or perhaps Suetsune’s, chakra were rousing its face with unsettling ripples stretching the span of the image. More effort. More focus. The rippling tattoo seems to finally ease under Sadayo’s expense but all over a tedious span of trial and error before this thief, as she was, of Yozen blood seems to have cracked the first lesson of manipulating a tattoo. More wisping clouds whirling from original’s work were emerging like a burn without fire. [4/10]
One element. Just one mystery, surely, among many in the man’s framework. The other to pique interest was the brush. Of the accessories turned in and modified by her operatives was a sizable brush carved from giant timber bamboo. His primary tool? A colossal bamboo casing holding a companion scroll was recovered just as well beside the brush and handed over (surely for a hefty reward). Bamboo was evidently proving itself to be an interest to the fallen tattoo artist's person. What became of the tool was an artful transition of fibers to metal and her operatives design supposedly complemented what was learned of Suetsune’s skillset. A turn of the wrist uncoupled Suetsune’s massive brush, Karatake, from a socket in the puppet’s back and where she could guide the weapon into his hands while Sadayo knelt to the floor and pried open his scroll, Waridake and unfurl its secrets. [5/10]
What abilities made known through research and report include sparse details of what his fighting style was in life. In death, the report given to Sadayo revealed this tattoo artist held interest in a large heavy club that must have been lost over the course of time. Word of the club only came to light when after allegedly smashing the shin of a bounty hunter once pursuing him. In waridake, it seems, Suetsune left behind clues of his fabled club not being a metal, bludgeoning tool like the kanabo-tetsubo on the samurai puppet’s back but maybe a drawing? JUEI actually had intelligence on Ukyo making this discovery about her puppet actually very exciting! With a gentle touch, Sadayo unfurled the spool of paper to find a few more mindful strokes. Black ink strokes bending lines into suggestions of flowing shapes seemingly depicting ideas that likely never felt the pull of the artist’s chakra, perhaps? The drawn club was here, fluctuating lines forming a knife, and a grizzled warrior riding a Shishi. If this was a scroll for constructing fuuin and battle ready beasts then why were so many images untouched? Don’t Ukyo spend their art on their enemies? Or was this scroll a glorified sketchbook?[6/10]
Granted, Sadayo’s own artistic skills didn’t greatly focus on two-dimensional creations (although that might have been her sense of modesty doing the thinking) and Suetsune’s lifework revolved around it. By some chance, maybe the cursed technique converting human to puppet salvaged some of his honed skills? A chance, maybe. At the very least since having figured out channeling chakras through the puppet was a very viable thing Sadayo could do, recreating the knife or the club was her best bet for testing his Ukyo abilities. The tricky part was manipulating a brush and its fine edge through an exterior force. From Sadayo to strings to Suetsune’s posture, assuming a more dynamic stance as he took hold of his long brush. A little ninja magic here and there soaks Karatake’s bristles from the reservoir of ink and Sadayo assists the puppet in making the first strokes for the drawing of a wobbly, spiked club. The exertion of a little more ninja magic, akin to the tattoo, the club wiggled before it could surge to life and stretch off the page. It was hard to believe, actually, to see her puppet’s drawing wrench and writhe of paper. [7/10]
So much enthusiasm for a cursed bloodline, it seems. This temporary appeasing of jealousy eggs on Sadayo's zeal. Hopping up onto her feet, Sadayo eyed her marvelous creation wildly as she snatches up the scroll by its case then turns to drag it away behind her. One 'lackluster' puppeteer, feeling delightfully greedy, zips back behind her desk in long, whisking strides with bamboo scraping against the floor and around the curve of the Director's desk. Taking cover behind her tidy desk, Sadayo ducks and mimics the swing of a weapon with gusto guiding Suetsune to collect the new club in both hands and quickly conducting him to a pivoting swing into the wall! The club was gone with a thundering wallop as it met the sturdy office wall. Sending a splutter of black ink up and along the wall where Suetsune had turned and pounded the wall. If anything could take a beating it could surely be the JUEI director's office wall. Accordingly, Sadayo rises eager to see her puppet’s empty hands and massive black splatter on the wall. Ponytails puffing, rising with the wide eyed wonder in her eyes. Despite the slow dribble of ink on her amber wall, Suetune's ink creations were temporary and it seems that skill, imagination, and brute force were just one combination of the Ukyo skillset. [8/10] He truly was a find. But it was particularly to dismiss that this man was once human. Minding the new spray of droplets over her desk Sadayo cautiously places Waridake over the center. She was certain to unroll the massive spool of paper to reveal the extent of her findings. The images of weapons, concept of creatures, and delicate strokes were needed to be preserved, plainly, and separated from the works to come. With care, the JUEI Director collected a pair of scissors from a drawer and faithfully severed Suetsune’s work from the scroll. She guardedly eyed the puppet as if waiting for him to turn from the wall with a verbal objection to decimating his treasure. "I'll frame them." She said aloud decidedly versus the masculine tone sounding an objection in her imagination. "Despite how I feel these drawings had been prepared for your next victim I feel partial to preserving them." All along the puppet stood statically on her strings still facing the mess on the wall. The snippet of paper was set aside, scissors were returned and replaced with an empty plain folder from a second drawer. The drawings were stored between the new folder and stowed away. For now. [9/10]
"In death, you have no choice than to serve your penance as the King of Hell sentences your soul to atone for your crimes." Expecting no reply, Sadayo spoke still in a cutting tone slowly slipping into a somber timbre as her boots clocked across the floor to Suetsune. She pauses only to bend at the knee, collect the long brush, and waggle her fingers to whip the weapon back into its socket. Another turn and twist of her wrist compels the puppet to turn on heel with a twittering click to face her. His subdued stare was empty as Sadayo’s was sternly glaring back. She hissed. "And in death, your body has no will to resist. I will make you atone for your plot to burden my baby, the people you killed, and all the little children you traumatized with your disgusting proficiency."[10/10]
She turned sharply with a purposeful, pointless, smack of her ponytails to the puppet's shoulder. The sound of her boot smearing a chance puddle of ink under her heel clicks.
[TIER 4 PUPPET TRAINING - Suetsune]
"You can start by cleaning up this mess." Although all the work was through her fingers watching someone else deal with the dirty work was still somewhat satisfying even if it was just Sadayo who was the one walking away to fetch towels and supplies from the backroom. In time, despite Sadayo being the one pulling the strings, Suetsune was wiping up the ink mess. Gradually. All the while as her left hand was working, Sadayo took a seat at her desk. Save for her left hand, Sadayo began to favor and follow whatever it was she had to do with her right hand. Carrying on with JUEI business as usual in a slow gather of papers, folders, and writing utensils. Reports had to be written.
tab As far as reports go there were three. Two, technically, but someone had to complete the process of a bounty claim. One. The findings of the massacre at the gate. The incident where the Land of Iron envoys were initially accused but however have become blameless. On a fresh piece of paper, Sadayo put pen to paper only eyeing her cleaning progress with Suetsune off and on: 'With inspection of the victims our resources conclude the select visiting nobles from the Land of Iron are currently blameless with reason that the cause of death of the 9 individuals outside the gate were caused by a different advanced bloodline ability. Inspection of the crime scene reveals nothing of value, such as purses, gold, silver, jewelry or currency were found among the casualties. At this time we deem the culprit choose to rob the travelers after cleanly assassinating each person in the same way. The only worldly item left behind was a single wooden case that was emptied. Upon examination on recovered corpses the wounds fit the description of a lesser known ability which Juei miraculously possesses a record of. Extremely hot and dry heat appear to be the primary features behind this ability. ' [Reflective Report Preparation, Rank C, 1 of 2]
The off-setting photographs from Examiner Taya’s work in the basement morgue were actually in reach. A select few of the uncanny findings were documented and stored in a file which, at some point, were later brought to the Director’s office (ideally after she was gone). Inside were the images of the crime scene and the bundle would be attached with a paperclip to the rest of the report. The standard review included photos of emptied wooden cases, torn corn purses scattered on the ground, and burned fragments of monetary notes. Desiccated hands of murder victims at the scene. Sadayo had no intention of reopening this file. She continued scrawling her notes: "We're up to an approximate count of four people- in the shinobi world- who were known or we anticipate to have this bloodline. The culprit included.” [Reflective Report Preparation, Rank C, 2 of 2 Murder at the Gates ]
There were actually some notes on the subject Sadayo wanted to discuss! However the exact words she had in mind were best in reservation for an in-person discussion. Trivial notes, really. Whether anything could actually become of this investigation was probably a question of luck. Leads were feeling cold despite being a hot topic.
The second report. The Crow Lands and the Eclipse was most latest and actually experienced first hand. “Until more definitive, trust-worthy resources can support or disprove this information, the following details are my exact experience. I advised these notes to be considered until more input becomes available….” Sadayo would go on to describe her brief adventure to the Crow Lands with Coda. Following the coordinates provided by JUEI operatives regarding the direction and projections of a Fire Imperial vessel moving in response to activity JUEI presumes was connected to something important. There was no intelligence regarding other worthwhile things that would need a large vessel’s presence. It was a gamble to either nothing or something that Sadayo and Coda pursued. [Reflective Report Preparation, Rank C, 1 of 2]
Further details would include the number of people present at this apparent gathering in the Dreary lands. The faces, their physical descriptions, colors of armors, and weaponry would carry on where the Director could not fit names. The members of Fire, however, were documented accordingly to the best of the Director’s knowledge. Known forgien names, however limited, were listed too. Her description was an aftermath of loss. Anger. Frustration. The words of the crow, and the adoring faithful revealing herself and tripping in her words, a detail which stood out to the Director most of all[Reflective Report Preparation, Rank C, 2 of 2 ].
The eccentric character who felt like the Arashikage by description, even though it was hard to discern who he was. Sadayo tried her best to recall his clever dissection of the situation and words laid out by the Crow. His detail was almost overlooked entirely by the Director, who was honestly more concerned by the religious connections warping itself into all of this. The most tedious of lines to recall were his. Committing the most exact details to memory wasn’t a genetic boon Sadayo was blessed with but the heaviest of actions bled into her report. [Reflective Report Preparation, Rank C, 1 of 2]
She was honest with her descriptive recollection of the Fire Knight’s sudden outburst that was caught up against a cloaked individual’s defense but all thwarted by Zhi. The events that prompted Coda and Sadayo’s departure were revisited too. Without adrenaline coursing it was easier to recall the commotion. Concerningly biased concerns, although Sadayo forced herself to omit such exact feelings, about religious motivations and actions that lead…. [Reflective Report Preparation, Rank C, 2 of 2 ]
Nava. The name returns and her pen stops scratching notes. The girl was once a religious devotee who stood under Kya’s shadow who, regrettably, never proved to be much in Sadayo’s interest either. Both girls were selfish in the envious eye of a puppeteer who preferred to brandish humility and compassion before her own jealousies and pride. Unlike Sadayo (and her own sister, actually) the Sisters were brimming with goals for their idol. Contemptuous goals, perhaps? Five years in Whirlpool were five years spent rebuilding, grieving, healing, and learning to heal the sick and wounded. Five years spent discounting much of leadership and their allies. That was the past. Sadayo had long stopped writing and managed to shake away the last images of the backs of Whirlpool leaders in her mind’s eye with the rattling noise of Suetsune. tab This wasn’t a diary entry. Biased terminology had to be taken off the table. tab
The backroom of Sadayo’s office had a weird, multi-use purpose that changed somewhat based on her needs. Having tidied the ink mess Suetsune was retired to a sofa and sat upright, like a normal person. She shook of her strings, walked pass the sofa, and crossed the floor into the adjoining room for further work. Not JUEI related work per-say but work best kept out of sight. Her proficiency in toxins wasn’t something everyone absolutely needed to know about. Honestly, her naming system wasn’t that great and only seem to work better on puppets than toxins but it was easier to her than trying to label everything by numbers. Her miscellaneous collection of snippings of herbs, grasses, and crushed plant bits were all prepared and waiting. The bulk of what she was needing to do next was divide out the ingredients for the basic concoctions needing her ever-loving care and attention. The thornapple was first but it was being purposed for a basic recipe but for something slightly more advanced. A prickly seed pod, a long, delicate white flower, and a whole lush stem of the plant was reserved at some point and readied for this day. [1/2]
The seeds, apparently, were potent in producing hallucinations and such would be the star of this toxin. But beyond the visions this plant is happily apart of the Nightshade family. This plant is known as an aggressive, overrunning weed thrives in temperate climates. She sought a gaseous result from her toil over the thornapple and extracting the fragrant oils from the flower would go in handy. Distilling crushed seeds was a lengthy progress. [2/2; 1 Project B Apple Blossom's Thorn]
One final product was sweet to the senses but bottled and stored promptly out of reach. The bulk of the remaining projects, fortunately, were basic in design and didn't require an excessive amount of dedication to refine ingredients. The first basic item really had a terrible name. Deprived. The name couldn't truly help the toxin do all Sadayo's aching wants hoped of it. It wasn't possible to subject someone to a stronger drain at this level, not without more potent plants to dissect. Only a snippet from the root of an invasive plant from the carrot family would do well to even onset more detrimental cases of muscular paralysis. But really, for this toxin, a seemingly inconsequential snippet was enough to begin offsetting the feeling in someone's arms. [1/1][1 Project E - Deprived]
Scorn. The name was nice but the effects were just a little nicer. Scorning her stronger opponents with this gaseous spray. Not enough to deduct a person supremely of their strength but perhaps enough to just barely soften the blow, all the while, gradually grinding away their energy in slow chips. While one's energies are being sapped the body will go on as usual for someone working up a sweat with physical activity. The environment doesn't need to be warm once having been exposed to the smokey haze. [1/2]
All these gaseous creations couldn't be made in one clean sweep. Sadayo absolutely had to pause and clean everything before the next Kiss or Deprived or even Scorn could be cooked up. If not for the sink in this adjoining room and the ventilation above, even, this toxicology work would be a lot worse. By now, Sadayo would very much be seeing things and feeling weaker by the minute. Often she'd forget that she held no immunity to her own projects; and such would require correction. [2/2; 1 Project - Scorn]
Block was a more tricky creation however basic in design it was. Locating the appropriate ingredients to simulate a disorienting haze. No ordinary haze that could spring from her gaseous brews but a haze that made feeling out another's energys' a more strenuous task than it should have been. This couldn't be possible without someone's tender botanical care. A plant Sadayo bought off someone and then paid someone else to hybridize chakras into. [1/2]
Most ingredients came from plants, honestly, and it might not until the later spectrum of her studies could ground minerals come into play. Why, the thought of what ordinary salt might react with came to mind. Between the careful collection of an ashy substance, Sadayo grabbed and clicked a pen. Then scrawled a note on some corner of paper near her to expand her research into rocks. Then again, just sand in someone's eyes was annoying enough and probably exceedingly obnoxious when that someone has a doujutsu. [2/2; 1 Project - Block]
A slightly stronger creation was due next. The source of this creation was primarily just a quiet flaunt of botanical knowledge and the capability of knowing how to hide the detriment. Hydrangea, generally, are a lovely summertime bloom pleasant to the senses sight and smell. In a brief window of time, prior to the bloom, the hydrangea offers a multitude of green buds that carry a component called “Hydrangine” and as per noted in Sadayo’s reveal such is a name for coumarin umbelliferone. [1 /2]
A natural product of coumarin, a sweet smelling solid that happens to occur in hydrangea is linked to various human uses. At any rate, the plant possesses a toxic nature that shows itself when the leaves, flowers, bark, and/or buds are consumed. Cats, dogs, and humans are all prone to showing symptoms. Usually hydragin isn’t a lethal component making it a reasonable star ingredient to hinder the enemy. Grinding buds with mortar and pestle was, as per most plant-y bits, files out to be a goopy but simple procedure. Sadayo’s effort to mask the mashed buds came with light additions to mask the toxin's presence with sweet smelling components. An extract of the petals and ground hydrangea bark were included for extra potency. [2/ 2; 1 Project - Toxin; Doleful Drag]
The addition of harmless drops of blue, red, and green dyes into the master solution create a dark colored product. With a capping of the dark liquid toxin, Sadayo tidied up her hydrangea mess and spent another chunk of her time cleaning her supplies. Again. On her sights was a recipe for another, lesser concoction that would proudly make itself known. The name was simple and just glowing with creativity. Disgust. Disgust for those who are faster than her? Disgust toward anyone who manages to out-maneuver her weapon’s strikes or becomes the undoing of her planning? Granted, Disgust was designed with some hazardous plants which impart “stinging hairs” with contact but the sensation would never last. [1/1, 1 Project - Toxin; Disgust]
Another toxic solution was carefully capped and labeled. Her creations were adding up on a rack and each container labeled respectively with many a boldfaced note about what she could be grabbing: date of creation, contents, effects, and just then abbreviated gibberish regarding generic treatment. An unorganized mess in the making. Another routine round of cleaning her equipment follows on lead to her next creation. A diabolical creation she wasn’t sure if it was even morally sound to compile and contemplate use.[1/3]
A combination of plants, mostly, that pose an unfavored effect on the body. She sought to impose fatigue, numbness, and general malaise with a brush of her baddest brew. A mushroom was unwrapped from a cloth. The lone fungi had been secured in a portable, rotating storage box. Hidden away within a drawer, among other naturally occurring samples of toxic substances, was a dried mushroom with enough lethality among its stalk, cap, and gills to down an adult human. Enough exposure to this infamous shroom could cause acute liver damage but immense detrimental effects weren’t on the agenda for the toxin known as Ravage [2/3]
A small fraction, not enough to cause horrific damages, was snipped from the stalk. Small. Maybe enough to cover Sadayo’s littlest fingernail. Her opponents weren’t supposed to die from her toxins but suffer, rather, enough to allow the woman to get whatever job she needed done. Cooking this mushroom meant nothing. Its toxins would laugh and continue to thrive in any frying pan. Drying this particular mushroom out barely deterred its toxicity either. Several crushing rounds in the (once more) cleaned mortar and pestle to beat this dried flake into a further dead pulp was feeling like just one routine part of the toxicology game. [3/ 3 1 Project; Toxin, Legendary Ravage]
Wrapping up her work, Sadayo once more toils over cleaning her tools. Her dangerous ingredients were secured again and stored. The final products were recorded in a notebook, the likes she kept in this office, containing replications of her recipes. When she ceased her notes Sadayo paused to open a counter drawer where she collected plastic, empty film canisters and a blank sheet of sticker paper. Her methodical mess was often stored this way: toxins in labeled, black film canisters and medicines in sealed vials and syringes. She was done. For now.
After she popped each canister into her bag she left the adjoining room and returned to her typical office space. Suetsune was still languid on the sofa as she left him. Nobody had yet attempted to contact her. Her ink mess was clean. All she was missing now was her fancy cape. With a snap of her fingers, she dismissed Suestune and left. [EXIT}
Total Cost: 7,000 ryo Total Projects 6 Total Paragraphs 13 Reputation: Neutral; 0 Impact: None Earnings: XP: 640 RYO: 2,400 E[2] D[3] B[1] S[1]
Most simply put, any E-C rank shinobi mission requires a minimum of 1 paragraph. For B-S rank missions, a minimum of 5 paragraphs is required because they are more complex in nature. Toxicology Grandmaster Title: -4 paragraph reduction
Title: Disgust Rank: E Reputation: 0 Impact: 0 Information: This toxin feels like a bug bite and will sting for a few seconds when its applied with a physical wound. It lacks color and if this toxin is ingested through the mouth, it tastes like sour candy but carries a deceptive, sweet smell. This toxin feels like a bug bite and will sting for a few seconds when its applied with a physical wound. It lacks color and if this toxin is ingested through the mouth, it tastes like sour candy but carries a deceptive, sweet smell. • Basic: Effect of a Tier 1: Vertigo •PA +1Basic: Reduces a specific stat [Endurance] in an infected opponent by 2 until cured
Title: Basic Toxin, Scorn Rank: D Impact: 0 Information: This toxin has no odor but is a very pale, ashy color when Sadayo isn’t trying to hide it. In general this toxin looks and spreads like smoke. When this toxin enters the body the afflicted party might start to sweat. Normal bodily sensations are mimicked and may pass seamlessly into the affected person’s system without a hitch.
Title: Apple Blossom's Thorn Toxin Rank: B Reputation: 0 Neutral Information: Advanced Toxicology: Apple Blossom's Kiss
Title: Advanced Toxin; Doleful Drag Rank: D Reputation: 0 Impact: 0 Information: This toxin is dark, runny and ink like. Blends well with ink-like substances . Its scent is often reminiscent of a sweet, black liquorice. Sourced from hydrangea buds. ▰ Advanced: Reduces [Agility] in an infected opponent by 4 ▰+1 PA Advanced: The effect of a Tier 2 Status: Paralysis
• Reduces speed by 4 for the targeted area. • If the target is the arms or hands, hand signs or both arms somatic casting can only be used intermittently every other post or by paying [20] Stamina. This is halved if the target is capable of one-handed or one-armed somatic signs and only one limb is affected. or an alternative method. If holding a weapon one must pay [40] stamina to keep it from being disarmed. • If the target is the legs must pay an additional [20] resource to dodge, this is halved if only one leg is affected. If capable of somatic legs movements to cast jutsu then it can only be used intermittently every other post or by paying [20] stamina. This is halved if the target is capable of one-legged somatic casting. • The water walking and tree climbing techniques fail.
Title: Legendary Toxin, Ravage [WP] Rank: S Reputation: 0 Impact: 0 Information: This toxin is diabolical. Sourced from a small section of a poisonous mushroom and other (curable) bacteria that would cause paralysis in the body. When contact with the body is made, this liquid is absorbed forcing symptoms of this toxin to begin to appear: nausea, occasional vomiting, generally feeling unwell, a pain in the upper right quadrant of the abdomen, and extreme fatigue. Under regular circumstances, this liquid toxin would look like a slightly orange tint from the acidic qualities of the corrosive substance. What this toxin actually does to the target is as follows: ▰Legendary: The effect of a Tier 4 Status tabTier 4 Disease
• Reduces strength by 8. • Bukijutsu and Taijustu are 1-rank weaker. • Increase the cost of all techniques by [40]. • Reduces activations by [1]. • Depending on the disease may involve skin loss among other things.
▰ +1 PA Legendary: The effect of two Tier 3 Statuses. tab Tier 3 Paralysis
• Reduces speed by 6 for the targeted area. • If the target is the arms or hands the opponent cannot form hand signs or use somatic arm casting unless paying [40] additional stamina to do so. This is halved if the target is capable of one-handed signs or one-armed somatic casting and only one limb is affected. Cannot properly wield a weapon. • If the target is the legs or feet the opponent must pay an additional [40] stamina to dodge. This is halved if only one leg is affected. The opponent cannot use somatic leg or feet casting unless paying [40] additional stamina to do so. This cost is halved if only one leg or foot can be used for casting. • Every other post unless paying [40] stamina the infected is immobile • The water walking and tree climbing techniques fail.
tab Tier 3 Corrosion
• Armor is treated as [2] rank lower. Ex. Heavy armor would be treated as light armor. • Corrosion effects the resource used in defensive techniques, making defensive techniques cost [40] more resource to use or maintain. • Lowers endurance by 6.
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:40 pm
The fox masked woman walked down various pathways that normal shinobi and civilians never followed. Eventually finding her way through the spiraling pathways that lead into the valley containing the JUEI headquarters. However, they would not be going there today. Instead, the woman continued to walk until she came to a group of shinobi that had gathered at the edge of a chakra made forest. There were several shinobi with Anbu masks on as well as a few other shinobi with no masks. "Line up with the rest." The fox woman would say to Coda before walking over to the group of Anbu that had gathered. After a briefly speaking with them, the four anbu took off in different directions. Fox returned to the line, looking over the new recruits. The woman began walking down the line, stopping at each shinobi. On the second recruit would say, "You fail." The woman would say with no rhyme or reason as far as the other recruits could tell. Out of seemingly nowhere, an ANBU agent appeared and took away the recruit. This process would continue, a few other recruits being kicked out before they even had a chance and being taken away. The fox eventually came to Coda, looking her over. The woman shrugged slightly after awhile and walked to the center front of the group. After kicking out so many recruits, it seemed only Coda and two others were still in the process.
"Alright listen up. We have a course set up for you three to complete. The mission is as follows: There is a compound in this forest that has recently become the interest of the leadership of Konoha. The reason for why is classified. However, they have captured a person of interest that we need rescued. From our scouting team, we know that there is at least three guards protecting the compound. Lethal force is not authorized. You must track down and capture these individuals to be interrogated at headquarters. If one of the guards dies or the VIP is killed, the mission is considered a failure. As a covert operation it must not be known you are a Konoha Shinobi. Additionally, you will not be working as a team. You will each individually be doing this task." Fox would say to the recruits, a form of mission briefing. The woman would then point out one of the recruits and send him into the forest to begin the test.
An audible explosion could be heard shortly after approximately five minutes had passed, the recruit was then dragged out of the forest by two anbu operatives. The recruit was obviously not dead, but it was clear he had been hurt pretty bad. Fox pulled out a clip board and wrote down a few things on a piece of paper before holding it against her side. Fox then looked over at Coda. "Looks like your up." The woman would say. "Please try to not waste my time and do better than that other recruit."
Coda spent much of the performance with her hands planted firmly in that comfy jacket, waiting her turn patiently. There wasn't much information to be gleaned from outside the forest, but she could make some reasonable assumptions about potential approaches. The compound likely wasn't too terribly far beyond where they currently were. Judging by the auditory feedback the last guy probably hit a trap. A single explosion wouldn't make sense if things were escalating. She doubted that anyone who made it to the actual test here was weak enough to get taken out one shot in a straight up fight. Animals were likely a viable point of infiltration, but her bats, or even the form she'd stored, would draw too much attention.
She took a moment to consider the information she had, deciding against being a showoff, even though she wanted to. Instead she formed a single handsign and her form began to shift. For the purposes of everyone here, what took her place was a falcon of the variety commonly seen circling over the forests and perching atop the village. Coda's wings spread as she got acclimated, and then a few quick flaps propelled her airborne. She climbed above the trees, and settled into the relaxed glide the large birds of prey were known for as she sought information on her targets and the compound the fox had mentioned.
◁ Non-Activation Techs Used ▷ ıllıllı None ıllıllı
◁ Summon Techs Used ▷ ıllıllı None ıllıllı
◁ Active Modifiers ▷
[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/2 ] Any attack that follows a dodge or evasive technique is treated as a counterattack, and the user's total bonus to agility can be attributed to the strength of the next attack. When this ability is performed it cannot be used the following post.
[ Flowing Arts Training | Available | Cooldown 0/3 ] Once every [3] posts, the user may utilize an offensive technique that targets a specific part of the target's body that would disrupt their attack. This offensive attack deals damage regularly but allows the user to use their remaining activations as offensive as well.
[ Kyotoryuu Training | Available | Duration 0/2 | Cooldown 0/3 ] The Kyotouryuu practitioner can now react to an opponent by converting their speed into an agility boost for [2] posts with a [3] post cooldown. This requires no activation or resource cost.
◁ Passive Modifiers ▷
[ Yozen ] Fuuinjutsu techniques require [10] less chakra per body rank of the Yozen clansman (maximum of 60 at S+) without losing their potency.
[ Mach Style Training ] Make taijutsu complex, and "punch" ninjutsu orbs as projectiles. When in the shooter stance, the strength and speed of strikes is increased by [2] points instead of [1] point per rank.
[ Channeling Martial Skill Training ] Ability for techniques to carry two elemental properties. Ability to add bloodline elements.
[ Kaiser Fist Training ] The armor now emits a crackling, bright, white hot chakra that appears like a thin aura around the user. The chakra causes mild burns on contact. In addition, the user gains a [1] point increase to strength and speed per rank of the armor. ------- Kaiser Armor allows the user to regenerate 10 stamina per rank of chakra applied to each technique while the armor is active. The user may not generate more stamina than their reserves may hold. ------- The Kaiser Armor now causes searing burns upon contact that blister due to the crackling chakra. The user's strength and speed are increased by [1] point per rank of the armor. Taijutsu and bukijutsu techniques used while the armor is active create shock waves [5] feet in the direction of the attack per rank of the technique.
[ Mirror Image Arts Training ] The user may cast the Shadow Clone technique in conjunction with techniques from this style to replace mirror images with the clones. Casting Shadow Clones in this manner does not consume an activation. ------- The user has learned to control their chakra in a fine manner which allows them to create an additional mirror image per rank of the technique it is executed with. These additional images do not increase the strength of the parent technique.
