Ichika growled and side stepped to avoid getting into a collision with the truant girl from the academy. She bit her tongue on a rude remark as some employee approached the group and pulled a pouting, indignant face at his question. "I am no troublemaker! I'm here on orders from Sensei Jujubean to retrieve art. It is a personal work for him so it is likely a portrait. You know what I'm talking about, don't you?" She put her hands on her hips as she waited expectantly for a positive answer. She did not consider this to be a group errand and was not happy to be competing with the other students, even though Jujubean assured her they would all pass if they retrieved the art.
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Directly after her entrance, Yui would nearly be taken out by Mina again had it not been for raising her foot a second early. She helped her fallen friend up while a pair of well adjusted footsteps would approach them. An adult came to the trio of children, Yui looking up at the rather annoyed looking man while he asked if there was anything that they might need help with. The other girl would seemed to be pretty indifferent about pleasantries and went directly for why they came. Yui cradled her large drawing pad in her arms and would scribble down a response for the man to read.
"He told us to come here and get his art to bring to him. Then we would be able to become Genin. Sorry about the mess..."
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〖×〗【TITLE: Academy Student】▰【RANK: E】▰【CHAKRA: 100 || 100】▰【STAMINA: 100 || 100】
“Neither of you could break my fall...?” Mina groaned as she sat up with Yui’s help. Her small frame swayed and she was so dizzy that her eyes looked like small swirls. She shook her head with a metallic rattle, regaining her focus before she stood up and mumbled a thanks to her friend as she dusted herself off. In all of the excitement, Mina didn’t even notice the disheveled adult walk up to the group until it was too late.
“We-!” Mina was about to answer before Ishika cut her off. If I didn’t know any better, it’d seem like she thinks she’s doing this by herself. The red head thought as she looked at Ichika and narrowed her eyes slightly. Something about how the blonde was talking set her off a little, like a little twitch of irritation in the back of her mind.
Mina put that aside for the moment. Despite wanting to call her out on it at this exact moment, the three of them had business to attend to. “Yeah, that’s right!” Mina chimed with a grin after reading Yui’s note. “Sensei didn’t give us much information to go off of though, besides to ask the curator.” The girl stopped as something the man said finally caught up to her. “Other troublemakers? Is something going on?”
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Impenitently the man tapped his foot while the trio of little ones explained themselves. Even if the midst of their words he would look away rather annoyed as if his mind dwelled on other more important things. With a dismissive hand the curator waved the trio off. "Oh yes yes. That artwork as you so put it is in the basement. Down the hallway and to your left you'll find a maintenance door. Just follow the steps down and your there. Now if you'll excuse me, if you are not part of the delinquent group then I have no time to answer any other questions. Good day!" A few hurried click clack of his black shoes on the tilled floor and the would be genin were all left alone in the art gallery to do as they pleased it seemed.
Though the choice was wholly up to them, if any did decide to follow the man's direction then those students would find themselves standing at a pitch black stairway that almost radiated with a entropic aura. Any young souls who would brave this void would begin to hear a curious humming at the bottom that grew louder with every step. By the time that one reach the bottom they would hear a loud chorus of music playing alongside it's mysterious perpetrator, a ghost dressed in a stereotypical artist fashion. A white smock covering his whole body and a beret that leaned too much to one side of his head. In font of him was a white canvas that seemed to be in mid process of becoming his latest and greatest creation. Meanwhile all around the small room were paintings lining every bit of all possible save for a few missing spots here and there. A pair of open chests lay sitting untouched in the corner.
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Ichika ignored the mild-mannered academy student and the clumsy one, holding onto every one of the curator's condescending words. Once he finished the directions, she raced to the staircase in question, though she hesitated at the darkness. However, she was not willing to let the other girls beat her to it, so she took a few cautious steps until the sound of humming made itself known to her. She immediately regretted not having a weapon at the ready.
In lieu of a weapon, she formed hand seals to create a weak clone. She had the identical Ichika wander down the potentially treacherous steps. The real Ichika dispersed the clone at the bottom of the stair case so she could retain any information it had gathered, though all she saw was a strange sight.
"What the hell?" She blurted aloud without thought at the sight. Immediately, her back straightened as she tried to correct herself. "U-um, we're looking for a Sensei Jujubean art work..." she said with mild trepidation. Only at the face of potential consequences did she decide that she and the other girls were a group and the retrieval mission was no longer a solo effort.
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The ghost neither spoke nor acknowledged Ichika's presence. Instead he would only continue to tab colors from her his palette and smear them onto his canvas in wide arcs. Were the young girl in a position to what just what this spectral artist was trying to paint was when she would discover that it's white surface was completely and utterly blank! Every stroke of the brush left it's mark on the canvas, but as soon as the brush ceased it's contact the paint faded from view. Regardless the artist paid no mind to this. In fact were his expressions anything to go by one would assume that he was painting a delightful master piece.
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At least the man helped them. Even if he was acting quite rude while they were calmly explaining themselves with the obvious exception of the smaller, more volatile girl who had been tasked with coming with them to get this painting. The man informed the trio of its current location: down in the basement somewhere underneath the building. Excited, Yui looked to her comrades...comrade. The other girl had gone speeding off towards the maintenance door in question. Yui followed the trail while making sure not to accidentally bump into anything while pursuing their friend here.
At least until they got to the staircase. The entire place was dark and there was a strange feeling of dread that was coming deeper inside. A strange humming noise came from whatever was inside though the girl couldn't really identify what it was. To her, it was just a boisterous humming sound. Yui hesitated, looking back at Mina and waiting for her to go in first. After some amounts of waiting or being pushed ahead, Yui would slowly go down while biting her lip. She hated dark basements like these, especially if somebody was out and about in them. About halfway down the stairs, Yui would freeze and need encouragement from herself to continue, eventually touching the bottom of the stairs. Music played in the chamber around her as Yui saw what the others did, a ghostly figure dressed as some kind of artist just playing music down here all spooky. She jumped behind Mina at the sight and only poked her head out once Ichika had finished her words to it. She likely would have input if not cowering behind Mina.
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Mina seemed a little taken aback by the man’s total disinterest. “We just wanted to help…” she mumbled to herself as he walked away, her gaze downcast. Even though it wasn’t that big of a deal, being cast aside like nothing didn’t exactly make the girl feel good either. But now was neither the time or the place for it; the three of them had a job to do after all! “Alright, let’s get a move on!” She cheered, making a visible one-eighty from second before. Mina pumped her fist as the three students followed the curators directions.
Mina was actually a little familiar with the center, having spent a decent amount of time visiting the exhibits, and she would try to talk to Yui about some of the ones she remembered. Mina was in no rush to catch up to Ichika, not yet, if only to enjoy looking at some of the pieces on the way. But soon enough the trio found their way farther and farther away from the paintings she knew all too well, and her and Yui caught up to their ill tempered companion.
A sly look crept over Minas face as the blonde girl slowed down proportional to the darkness. “What, scared suddenly?” She ribbed, elbowing the girl slightly. If she was being honest, the eerie darkness unsettled her too, and she had to will her legs to move her forward. The red head began to sweat a cold sweat and tremble a little as the darkness seemed to grow and grow into its own kind of monster, the accompanying humming being the rumbling of its stomach.
After a few minutes of walking, Mina blinked and turned around to see Yui frozen in place. Seeing the silent girl come to a stand still put some kind of thought in Minas head; if she was acting scared, then how would that make her comrade feel? Mina put on a soft smile and held out her hand to her friend. “It’s gonna be okay, follow me.” She said.
Soon after the three made it to the bottom only to enter a room with a lone man painting...nothing? Ichika spoke first, and a wave of irritation washed over Mina and dispersed her fear for a moment. “So now suddenly its ‘we’ and not ‘I’” she mumbled dryly to Yui. Once Ichika was done speaking and received no response from the man, Mina took a step forward. “Hellooooo? Mister Artist Man, did you hear her?” She called out, loud and clear and obnoxiously. “We hear for JuJubean Senseis art piece? Earth to Artist Man?”
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Through storm, or sleet, or rain, or snow, the ghost man would not budge from his artistic fever. It seems that if the trio wished to solve this case then they were going to have to get creative, perhaps something in the room could help them?
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Ichika frowned deeply as she received no response. The other girls were of no help, so she continued into the room and began to look around. If he tried to attack her, she would at least have back-up; or, worst case again, two people to run back to the curator for help. He was ignoring her so she decided to get real close to his painting, though it didn't look like anything was happening.
She waved a hand in front of his face, between him and the painting. If that go no response, she would actually put her hands on the canvas and try to move it out of his way.
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Yui was already on edge at the given situation, fearing the worst if a ghost of some kind was down here. The deafened girl would shudder while Mina's hand was extended towards her. She took it, though would still frown at Mina and Ichika as they headed down to look closer into the room. Any calls or cries from Mine proved to be ineffective. He was hell bent on finishing his painting of some kind, almost trace-like. Meanwhile, their third wheel would be trying to interrupt the artist and his piece. It was a wonderfully sane idea had this been a human of some kind. Yui waited to see the response from this kind of trick. If nothing significant did happen, she would step up to the painter and held her hand up to the brush, to see if any kind of paint would stick to her hand.
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Just as before the ghost provided no interaction nor hint that it could even see the children before it. Every attempt to make contact with either him, his paint brush, or his canvas would be meet with their flesh passing through the object(s) as they all shared in their owners intangibility.
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If there was one thing Ichika could not stand, it was being ignored. It brought back bitter memories of coming from such a big family that were more elevated in status than her, and she'd be damned before she went back to living like that. She threw her arms up in exasperated frustration. "Okay! This is ridiculous!" The fact that everything went through her hands like she wasn't real made her believe this was a genjutsu, just a trick. "This is all some dumb illusion," she asserted angrily as she walked up to Yui and channeled chakra to her hands to kai the girl out of the supposed genjutsu before applying the same technique to herself [ Kai ].
"This is dumb. I don't see anything with Sensei Jujubean on it," she growled as she looked around the room, expecting the illusion to fade away and for her to see the targeted painting they were here for.
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Not being the illusionist type sure felt like a very miniature victory when one worked. There you are. This ordeal was going to get a little hectic so long as they remained inside the exhibit wing. "That's fair. We're not perfect little mortals now, are we?" The energized disturbance in the wall she felt had two parts, apparently. The second half of such disturbance shot up from the ground below without so much as a stirring a disturbance beneath her feet. Sadayo really had no knowing that this disruptive duo in the Cultural center was a disruptive trio. She should've known. Now she was as stuck as any finger flicking reliant fop like her could be with his fingers interlacing and locking between her own.
Sadayo scoffed, shook her head mostly. "Adorable." A smile curled on her cheek at her lack of luck. The young man's grip was too solid. It would have been easier to dodge him if Sadayo had realized two bodies were there. "I'm a terrible partner. I seem to have a habit of fighting for the lead." The woman took a glance at her puppets to find them surviving truly as a wobbly mess. As a bunch of Sadayo's were trapped on someone else's strings.
Therefore, Sadayo chose to proceed with the stupid dance and guiding Demetrius's hands as they were interlocked with her own into a deceptively harmless gesture with each awkward step under his lead. A deceptive sway of hands that should work in her favor if obvious handsigns were justly out of the question. He may have had control of the movement but they very meager freedom of her wrists was making a difference. What puppets remaining puppets Sadayo had on her strings weren't exactly free to cut into the dance. Most puppets were busy flailing as if an amateur was in control but the pull on their "dance" was a step by step struggle to regain control.
Even she could only wiggle puppets ever so slightly in her favor Sadayo still had a chance or two up her sleeve. One illusion wound her up in a dance. Another illusion could up her odds of getting out of a dance. She already had the favor of physically touching her target. Odds were suggesting something could work? If Sadayo's illusion didn't strike on point, well, there was always the wildly waving whip of water bubbling up from the core of a flailing, false Sadayo in tow of Demetria above.
ooc: Awfully fuzzy on how a genjutsu activated from a puppet should come into play. In other words, should the activation (when paid for use through a puppet) only be triggered by the actual puppet being seen, heard, felt etc? Or should this be a considered something more fluid and also be alternatively triggered by the puppeteer?
Ninjutsu is a little easier to wrap the noggin around as coming out from the puppet.
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⟡ Chakra Used: ┇40┇Stamina Used ┇#┇ ⟡ Remaining┆Chakra:┇2,210┇Stamina┇#┇ Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡Ψ◯⟡ ΞΞ Passives, Attributes, and Trainings ΞΞ ◈ Passives tab • Personal Attribute Reference: • Personal Attribute Reference: • Totally NOT Poisoned: Can hide hazards stripping them of common indicators i.e color, scent, and taste {Status Poison PA (B-rank)} • Personal Attribute Reference: • Detailed: Puppets are granted +1 Mechanism slot to work with in combat. The additional mechanism is NOT a Unique mechanism. • Personal Attribute Reference: ◈ Attributes tab ----- tab Ξ⟡ Combat Activity⟡ Ξ 4 Kawarami no Jutsu and 3 Shunshin Available 0 Kawarami no Jutsu and 0 Shunshin Used tab ⟡ Acitvations This Post!
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⟡ Puppet Activity Spread - [9 Tier 1 Puppets] ----------- In Pursuit of Demetria • [1/1 Activation :: Lh :: SADAYO 1]* Rank C [ 20 ] chakra. > Body Puppetry [ Ayatsuri Karada ] ▰Rank: C ▰Primary Sense: Sght ▰Additional Senses: Touch ▰Base Duration: 3 Posts ▰Upkeep: 10 Chakra ▰Trigger: Handseal ▰Source: Sight Phantasm ▰Status Effect: None ▰Description: The caster creates the illusion that the target's body is slowly being taken over by the caster. In the target's eyes, they are slowly becoming the caster, the further the transformation has progressed the less control over their body they maintain. This ends in a full body paralysis in the final post of the base duration.
• [1/1 Activation :: Lh :: SADAYO 2]* Rank C [ 20 ] chakra. Whip of Water [ Mizu no Muchi ] | Rank C With a handseal, up to a twenty-foot long whip of water can be formed from the hand. The Shinobi can also send an electric current through the whip to electrocute the opponent. Requires an amount of Raiton chakra or a Raiton technique to send an electric current through the whip. This technique applies Tier 3 drench when it strikes an object or area making Raiton techniques even more effective. • [0/1 Activation :: Lh :: SADAYO 3]* • [0/1 Activation :: Lh :: SADAYO 5]*
--- • [0/1 Activation :: Rh :: Suna Museum Puppet 1] Formless Only - Demetria • [0/1 Activation :: Rh :: Suna Museum Puppet 2] Formless Only - Usagi • [0/1 Activation :: Rh :: Suna Museum Puppet 3] Formless Only - Usagi tab ⟡ Lingering Jutsu
〓Activation ⟡ Puppetry String Technique | Rank E] + Use of this technique generates a set of strings on each hand with one string per finger to the user's deployed puppets. The user's strings are visible unless masked by an additional technique or a stealth node device. Moreover, strings will remain active until cancelled or broken by the user or another capable force. Once connected, puppets can travel anywhere within a single thread. This technique is considered basic. Does not require chakra to maintain. ⟡ Source :: Sup/Off:: {Sadayo, Puppet}
Mina just kind of ignored Ichika as she spoke, and she was finding that it was helping her be less frustrated. Mina was finally able to focus, then. She realized that all of her talking, goading, and joking wasn’t working out too well. So the idea that this whole thing was a Genjutsu hit her at much the same time as Ichika. But was it really that simple...? Surely this WAS and illusion, but was a simple Kai enough? So instead, Mina decided to just look around a little more, taking a few moments to look inside the open chests first.
