โโ Village: Konoha || Rank: ??? || Classes: Scholar & Genjutsu โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ Wulfram had carried a particular seal, as he strode forward he didnโt notice it flash. Then striding alongside him was the newest Head of the Uzumaki sent to assist by mutual acquaintances. Shuusui never broke pace. He kept walking as if he had always been there and not appeared out of thin air.โApologies, I was delayed Wolf. I am here now.โ โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ โโ Chakra: 3650/3650 || Stamina: 3500/3500 || Elements: Suiton & Doton || Theme: Fierce Storm
Posted: Sat May 30, 2020 11:48 am
โข โบ Walking through Midnight Dreary
She glanced over at the man that called her โAmazon' . She was entertained by it and knew that she didn't mean anything by it; if anything, she found it to be a compliment in disguise. She continued ahead but with a larger group now. This was a group that was filled with power, she knew it just by looking at the people around her and the balls to actually be here. She smiled and kept up the pacing with everyone else. Standing next to Wulfram, she noticed someone else appear and join them. By the way, things looked, they had enmassed an army of warriors to end this sinister twilight. The atmosphere was warm, and the cinders of once was floated in the darkness to only fade away moments later. 'What is capable of this?' besides besieging the Midnight Dreary, what was powerful enough to cover the world in darkness.
As Wulfram had decreed, it was time to disembark. The trip had done little for most of them and their idle hands; decks of cards and money had to be scrambled as Nava whistled for the Nagakana to join her at the portside of the ship. From there, she could see it, and her eye did little to conceal her nature as the Turtle Sage. When Wulfram departed, so too did they, with even San the Mountain slicing into the cold currents. Slowly, they rose from the waters, heads poking from the water unabaited by the water that rushed down from their emerging figures. Nava didn't even blink as the black expanse of her eyes, hydrophobic, repelled the brine. With nary a moment to dry off, they hit the treeline: some dressed in the garb of her people and the rest at the least color coded and bearing the Nagakana's symbol: a circle with a triangle within and a crescent below it. Her eyes fell on Belamos when she arrived, and only glanced over the rest.
underneath a large pile of murder a set of armor was sitting quietly for the longest time undisturbed by the events around it at least until one particularity pesky crow near the armors shoulder got to pecky. hopping around inching its way to the armors eye socket the little monster in one swift motion went for the eye hole, nipping at one of clems eyelashes. Sheer shock and pain filled the young woman's body as her eyes popped open, instinctively the gal began swinging her Large 5 foot cleaver around randomly dispersing the group of crows that had perched all around her body "BACK OF SKYRATS I AINT DEAD YET!!!" The distorted voice that came out from the armor sounded male and echoed out pretty far.After a few moments had passed along with the bird flying away...one even seemed to flip her its middle feather before escaping with the rest, Once she calmed down and got her barrings one thing popped up in her head..where am i... looking to her left then to her right. Confused by her surroundings the helmet seemed to tilt conveying her current state of mind." Its not the konha...last thing i did was.." slightly moving her hand so she could get up the sound of multiple bottles began to role" ...Oh right eheheheh damn... no where did i end up...WHAT THE HELL!?" Yet again taken for a loop this time by a dead sun which if her memory was correct and it was the sun should not of been that color..."Wait ami still drunk? nonono ugh my brain....ehhhh oh well." Freaking out was not going to help Clem knew this wasnt the time nor was it the time to goof around and play the fool not while it looked like the world was about to end. hooping up from the ground the armored wanderer dusted themselves off before picking a direction that could lead her to higher ground, since she at ;easted needed to figure out where she managed to drag herself this time.
โฑโฐโฑ A few hours after Kagami and Yusuke departed from the forest, Yatagarasu waited from his perched position in the center of the great roost. The fireball in the sky followed by the landing of Belamos Karna as the first arrival was too poetic to not be expected. As the fire set the trees alight, Yatagarasu slammed his talons onto the ground like the heavy fall of a gavel. Natural energy gathered and repaired the trees while containing Belamos's flame. Clearly arrogance and disregard for others flows through Utu's bloodline just as the light. Yatagarasu's internal thoughts oozed venom but were masked by a softer expression in the usually regal crow king's glowing crimson eyes. However, even Yatagarasu had to admit that Belamos's promptness and power would be an immense boon to the mission that was ahead of them. Nonetheless, Yatagarasu would answer Belamos's questions. "Belamos Karna, it's with a heavy heart that I inform you that Utu is dead. The dark god Jashin blinded the Sun and weakened him before murdering him. Now Utu's universe is being consumed by Jashin's disgusting appetite. I must ask you to be a calm leader while we fix the chaos Jashin has reaped on our world." Yatagarasu gave a concise, formal, and seemingly empathetic condolence to Belamos with the intention to explain more once others arrived. The crow king expanded his voice so that all within the Midnight Dreary Realm would hear his words to Belamos even before arriving to the roost. Yatagarasu returned his talon to the ancient yet mighty branch that he sat upon as a makeshift throne. Senshu, the traitorous raven advisor, was currently imprisoned in an agonizing pyre of Amaterasu in the eastern forests to avoid his needlessly complicated scheming. Noroi, his other advisor, would help gather all of the messenger crows from outside of the roost.
โฑโฐโฑ Yatagarasu waited for all of the others to gather before speaking again with the full context. "Welcome to the Midnight Dreary Realm and thank you all for answering my heralding. My name is Yatagarasu, king of the red-eyed crows and ravens, and former messenger of the gods. I am both blessed and cursed with the ability to see ever so slightly the divine realms and the tides of fate. As you can all see, the Sun has been blackened and the children of the light have been weakened from the death of Utu. Jashin, Utu's enemy, seeks to consume the universes of all the other gods and has succeeded in doing so in Utu's domain." Yatagarasu would allow the weight of this news to sink in with his audience as he used his mind's eye to see into the divine realms and understand what was transpiring in the great beyond. "Evergreen, Zelel, O-Inari, and Jashin have each grown in power with Utu's death but, mournfully, this is still a victory for Jashin overall as the other gods have lost their ally. While the other gods have absorbed various aspects of power, Zelel has claimed dominion over the Sun, but he cannot restore it while Jashin's corrupted natural energy continues to blind it. When the Sun is restored, Zelel will prevent Jashin from re-corrupting it, and the light will return. This is where all of you have a role." Yatagarasu looked out over all of them once again before continuing his proclamation. "Utu knew this prophecy just as I did and believed that he could conquer his destiny but he did establish a contingency. Utu created a beacon in his palace that when lit by enough of the light's children that it can fire a massive ray of light and restore the Sun. A seemingly simple errand, however..." Yatagarasu then stared down at Belamos and Aurelia specifically before elaborating. "For the beacon to be powerful enough to be successful it requires a sacrifice of one of his children. The blood of a god as well as the combined presence of enough children of the light will be enough to restore the Sun. Belamos, if you choose to shed your mortal coil then the Sun will be restored and you will be able to use the Sun as your doorway into Zelel's domain. From there I believe that he will help you rebuild Utu's universe but this will be an arduous and slow process. Be warned that this means you'll not become a full god immediately but it will put you on the path. I'm hopeful that one day you can restore the domain that Jashin destroyed. We'll need it for the darkness that's assuredly coming after this." This was the bulk of knowledge that Yatagarasu had access to. There was much that he still did not have a clear picture of. Yatagarasu truly hoped that Belamos would eventually be able to rebuild and take Utu's place to keep Jashin at bay but that aspect of the various prophecies was still opaque to him. He would also of course neglect to mention his central role in Utu's demise out of vengeance. "In summary, you must all go to Utu's palace and lay hands on the beacon and one individual of divine blood must ascend to the celestial realms. Nonetheless, my long decree is over at last. Ask me any questions you require for your task but don't delay as time is of the essence." Yatagarasu was behaving in a far more honest manner than he had before with his clandestine schemes of revenge but he suspected that he now had the same goals as his audience to set it all right again.
Dexterous Prince
Wolfe Whitehorn
LavenderandVelvet
-x- Rei -x-
Novasse
Torture Me Softly
Regalina Kaicho
Hazaan
___youwillknownihilism
Overlord Diaus
Posted: Sun May 31, 2020 8:25 pm
pup pup pupNothing is ever just black and white.
~Current Theme Music~:Inversions of Hope "Only one. How did you come upon that particular burn-uni?" The ruffle of the feathers of some inhabitants. A distant listener taking a particular precautionary measure. The Arashikage was one for flashy entrances not unlike Belamos but this time, he'd opted for an indirect approach. The bird provided answers to questions but not to all the questions that Toso believed needed answering. Call it curiosity, call it his own form of 'vengeance' for the black-winged avians playing a part in his stepson's rebellious phase but Yatagaru's straight narrow was...well that's just it, 'too straight and narrow.' "Ah. Sorry, you said questions one requires for their tasks yes-uni? That was in poor taste, wasn't it? I suppose everyone's task is mutually to bring back the sun, however,...I'd like to believe my task something much less straightforward. Some would find your answers satisfactory. We've been enlighted to the who and why but not the how and when. If I'm being bold. Had Jashin been capable of this why 'now' of all times-uni? I feel there is only a partial story to this riveting tale of evil dietic conquest. uni."
The 'man of mystery' looked at the massive group of 'chosen ones' before he chimed "Ah, but don't let my question impede on the current happenings going on. There is still a star that needs back its divine light. I'll just wait my turn." This made it seem apparent that he would be taking part but also simultaneously not taking part in the goings-on of the group. While they were likely going to be sent on some extravagant mission this 'stranger' that even Yatagarasu would find difficult to discern unless opening his third eye would then sit upon a lone stump and leaned his back against the trunk of the tree directly parallel to it and lowered his hat further obscuring his appearance. Looking into the fate of this 'man' called Tosokurui would almost be comparable to looking into the fate of three different people at once, and...one other thing that one would hardly call a person.
On one thread a budding leader of a free independent nation, on another the thread a man that would unravel Yatagarasu's dismissiveness in regards to the part he played a hand in, on another thread a man who could easily be kept quiet as he inadvertently had a hand as well in Utu's death by allowing the continued existence of his murderer...but then the threads of fate, the glimpse of it if Yata dare divined it, would utterly, for lack of a better term 'explode'. A man whom does not believe in fate in of itself, the type that causes an unfound level of parallel existences of deviating paths. No straight line. Webs and layers upon layers of possible 'fates'.
A dentist, a pole dancer, a yoga instructor, a sexual predator, a career gambler, an animation enthusiast, an independent film developer, and idol producer, an art mogul, a homeless drunken vagrant, a man on death row, a five star touring chef, an architect, a ping pong champion, a village hero, a village villain, a village fool, happily married with three kids, divorced with no kids, kids but unmarried and a questionably abusive relationship, king of the mole people somehow dethroning the boss summon of moles...did that island even exist and why moles? A pirate, a...space pirate?..an eldritch abomination that could rival deities with no ulterior goal-driven not by power but the unfettered instinct to simply 'unmake' what has been made...and a guy who formerly hated feet being into feet all of the sudden. Naturally, Yata might regret seeing that fate the most...no wait...some poly aromantic 'hate love' with a police Captain and his wife. Oh no, they were getting more depraved by the second. A short-lived hit it and quit it with his head of special operations, student patient role-play with a green-haired woman...surprisingly wholesome, oh this one was nice just an old man on a rocking cha...oh my goodness he's fashioned his furniture out of children's corpses...it was almost neverending like black hole void of possible 'fates'...honestly it was kind of like watching really bad television until you hit the adult only channels and that surreal stuff they play on a.m television like that Airick Dandray show.
Hikage Ho: [Shady Step] Rank - [Passive of Hikage torihiki {Shady Dealings}] Description: Prevents the user from being recognized. Individuals who do know the user will get a feeling they know the wearer but not from where, or whom. This even goes so far as to fool sensors and doujutsu. There is a constant shade like line obscuring the wearer's face at all times only making the mouth visible.
โ ยท.ยธยธ.-;Buffs&-.ยธยธ.ยทยดโ Hikage Ho: [Shady Step] Rank - [Passive of Hikage torihiki {Shady Dealings}] Description: Prevents the user from being recognized. Individuals who do know the user will get a feeling they know the wearer but not from where, or whom. This even goes so far as to fool sensors and doujutsu. There is a constant shade like line obscuring the wearer's face at all times only making the mouth visible.
Style Training: โ Advanced Whirlwind Training {Jiyลซgata Senpลซ} All Speed Bonuses Granted from Jiyลซgata Senpลซ are mirrored in Reflex โ Switchblade {Jiyลซgata Senpลซ} Once per post, ignore speed detriment caused by a Jiyลซgata Senpลซ technique โ Perfecting Balance {Jiyลซgata Senpลซ} Soft Physical Use Grants a Temp 0.1 Speed Enhancement for the duration of combat, cannot be unbalanced unless with an attack exceeding current max soft physical knowledge. โ Corrupted Wind Training {Soul Slayer} The user has become familiarized with their weapon and how to swing it in order to create powerful bursts of wind. The user is able to use fuuton techniques that require fans with their scythe. โ Conditioned Physique {Teikiatsu} Simple Bukijutsu require 5 less stamina per rank of the technique. โ Stroke of Genius {Sumi-Efude} The user may mold and reproduce any ink techniques in this style without the need of hand signs. Additionally, fuuin can be reproduced with the brush and ink without requiring hand signs. Single instances of gathering concentrations outside of techniques in this style are doubled capping at the users maximum limit. โ Order Secret: Redirection {Arcane Knight} The user's tireless training with the Shield as a part of their everyday combat kit has taught them to effortlessly direct the force of an opponent's strike so that any of their added descriptive strength being used when interacting with a shield is nullified. โ Order Secret: Arcane Wisdom {Arcane Knight} he user has mastered their chakra during combat. This focus and chakra control allows the user to deflect ninjutsu with complex formless or shield techniques equal to the rank of the ninjutsu. โ Devil Fang {Jaryu} The user is able to pay the cost of a technique twice once every three posts. When this is done, the user can release the technique twice at the cost of a single activation, allowing them to overwhelm a single target with ease. This may be done while dual wielding but must pay 1.5x the reserves to do so. โ Venomous Fangs Fang {Jaryu} The user's attacks drain the target of stamina equal to the rank of stamina applied to techniques they are stricken with. โ Elemental Doubling {Elemental Channeling} Two Elements Applicable โ Elemental Body Flickering {Elemental Channeling} Elemental Shunsin don't consume ninjutsu slots โ Combining Elemental Training {Elemental Channeling} Bloodline Applicable โ Duality {Tendou} Allows the practitioner to substitute feet for hands in any Taijutsu technique when learned, and vice-versa. Techniques function the same, regardless of how useful the result may be. Training is typically completed either through meditation or repetition of physical training; in the latter case, this training takes an extra post to complete. โข Sum-Efude(Ink Based Chakra Cost) Reduced by ยฝ to a minimum of 5 โข Art of the Bloop: Ink & Brush Based Techniques Cost [10] less to cast โข Art of the Bloop: Every other Technique Costs [5] more to cast โข Class Everything: +6 โข Class Bloodline: +6 โข Class Ninjutsu: +8 โข Brushing Up: Fuuin Made With a Brush is reduced by [10] otherwise Increased by [5] โข Multi-Jointed: Can contort body seamlessly for disturbing outcomes. โข Endai Ika [ Far Reaching Squid ]: As if cracking a whip, the Hojo clan member is able to outstretch his arms up to 10 yards (30 Feet).
__ Nohea drug her boot into the dirt as she made the trek the dreary landscape, the whole view looked like something some antsy little preteen would scribble down in their dream journey, but hey? Who was she to knock the sacred land of a bunch of emo birds? Nohea was only here for one damn thing, her little sun, and it wasn't until she burst out from behind the view of a number of dead trees that Nohea found the prize she sought after. Along with a bunch of other no-name faces, that she didn't care to recognize or hear.
There standing next to her among the crowd was probably the only person who could have given Nohea pause. Her father. It had felt like an eternity since she last saw him, and all at once, her emotions became flush on her face. He still didn't know about what happened since Aurelia and she had run off together. Could she keep it a secret? She had never been able to hide the truth from before. Shuffling up behind her sister, any words she could have spoken at that time dried up on her tongue. So instead she chose to not speak at all. Instead, her bright blue eyes looked over the area, the people, anywhere she could so that she wouldn't accidentally instigate a conversation.
The concepts of god and yokai was still new to clem simply due to the fact unlike most of the faces around her were all ninja or something similar unlike her who was a simple hunter...merchant...harvester. Now that she actually thought about it she may be abit weirder then she had first thought. Regardless of what she thought Clem listened to what the loud figure said and even though she listened to what this man...god? half god..it did not matter whatever he was spouting sounded like a loud of bull or at the every least charity work which to clem meant pointless. " Why...why are theses people a thing....ehehehe ehhh.." Clem really wanted to leave but at the moment she really had no clue how to get back to konha from here hell Clem realized she had no clue where here was. With no direction nor idea of what to do at the moment she decided to play the observer for awhile, Finding a rather tall dead tree the armored wanderer crouched down bending low before launching herself high up landing on the highest branch before it broke sending her down to the next branch. " Lets see here where is it..." digging around a large bag on her back Clem would pull out several iron pieces that once attached to each other made a crossbow with a rather good scope. Being one of the furthest from the groups around her she would have almost no trouble staying out of sight specially in this dim light. If worst came to worst she had plenty of skills to avoid these people if she found them to be a hindrance rather then a benefit
__ Zhi rocked from the balls of her feet to their heels as she remained at her little corner of the once burning scene. A heavy step of one of the fallen crow lord's, Yatagarasu's, three feet ended the blaze almost as quickly as she could have. She listened and observed, skills that took a certain micro-century to actually master, yet she still had a hard time sitting still for most of it. Belamos was first to be addressed by Yatagarasu to sate his understandable anger with a brief explanation of what was and why it had happened. Partially. Like the giant crow, Zhi had a certain awareness for the flow of time, but hers was far more wholesome thanks to her lineage. In comparison, Yatagarasu's clairvoyance was as good as a fortune teller at a stall beside the alley in a backwater town. The resigned divine messenger delivered his report, and the blue wall flower just kept on rocking back and forth. 'I still don't really get why father cannot track something big and scary like Jashin through time. Savaetu and the others keep explaining it, but... meh. We all realized really late what has happened... unfortunately.' Zhi remembered her father expressing a type of concern she hadn't seen in over five years, but this time he was much more serious than ever. Zelel set that overflowing power aside, knowing it would be of use in the fight against Jashin eventually, but did so with a very heavy heart. After all, he and Utu agreed to support each other to hold off the darkness until Evergreen could recover. The recovery process was too slow and Utu stopped communicating with anyone- apparently out of frustration. Zhi found herself lost in her own recollection of events, comparing the information with the truth that Yatagarasu spoke and that which was withheld. What was kinda bothering her was the part when Yatagarasu had found time- literally, and spoke with her father about any of his intentions. 'I know crows and ravens are smart and all... but maybe Yata-jii really is just a fortune teller. Papa has my siblings and I for his rare messages to the mortals here and for the other gods.' The young woman's thoughts just continued to wander until Yatagarasu was finally finished telling everyone what needed to be done and half-opened himself to their inquiries.
Zhi looked at Belamos, then Aurelia, and around again at everyone else who was present. Her temporal awareness also alerted her to the others still on their way through the forest. Most interesting, though, was another blip in the ever-shifting, erratic passages of time that surrounded Evergreen's free-willed creations. It was rare for this event to have the Arashikage appear, but Zhi remembered that it was always more fun in the few instances he did. Maybe this time he'd do something different too? His shrouded visage certainly did its job in keeping her from outright verifying it was Tosokurui, but it was hard to doubt her gut nowadays. The man of many more possibilities than most- a truly random and nearly-unpredictable outlier among the masses- took a crack at Yatagarasu's immortal wound with his supposedly only question. "Ha hah!" Kotori accidentally let a chuckle slip and she covered her mouth before thinking, 'I really liked the time when I got to meet him without hurting his people. He was really strange, kinda scary, but interesting anyway. The me that lived in that Arashigakure really enjoyed how lively it was up there.' She complimented the life that she had but technically never was, remembering various instances and memories that were hers yet not. Time was so unlike what anyone thought, but Toso's sharp-minded doubts manifested as the good questions that would likely not be answered before everyone else did what was asked of them anyway. Zhi knew the answers almost- ALMOST as well as Yatagarasu, but she wasn't able to be certain enough about how things came to be this time. What she did know was that this was the first time Utu was struck down by a ploy that must have somehow involved the God of Destruction. Zhi quietly agreed that it couldn't have been that god's work alone, which meant that someone in the world had to have helped from this side too. This world was a special bastion and it was finally showing wear in the divine war taking place beyond these skies. Zhi shared Zelel's worries, but stayed strong in heart and mind to see his will done entirely before she would return with her report. There was one lead that she could follow for answers, but it would be difficult to find him thanks to his growing bond to a darker destiny than he deserved. With no questions or comments that she was allowed to make, Zhi simply waited for
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"So you're telling me..." the Knight spoke up, eyes fierce as silver aura overtook him and the soul-infused blade he held at hand "that we've been called here over the death of a God. And that each of us is a tool in your bid to reignite his realm." He paused.
"The children of a god. A dead god." Wulfram's hands visibly trembled as he tried not to lash out at Belamos or Aurelia, without understanding.
It had become his life's mission to prevent lives like his, or Ganymede's, from being repeated ever again. And now this crow, this messenger of the Gods, had the gall to ask this of them. The flippant and callous nature, but there was something more, there was a hidden nature to their words. There had to be some hidden thread as to how these who dared blot out the sun had done so. How had they been able to plot against one with the all-seeing realm of light? How could they have known how to blacken the sun now, what purpose and reason could Jashin, the god of death and ultimate balance, have had to strike out the sun. The Knight stared for moments at Nava, the Emperor's little ally, a woman who spoke herself a Jashinist, but unlike any the Knight had ever met before. She was purposeful and not wanton in her chaotic ways, she sought to change the world, not bring it destruction and ruin.
Then it struck him.
Wulfram's eyes fell to the heavens, to the eclipse, the reddened visage that fell over the world, then glanced into the red eyes of the crow. He sighed as he had set his mind to work, he thought he had figured the pieces together when another spoke out. The Arashikage had appeared amid the madness, and he spoke too.
The crow was burnt. Had he been beset upon by the God of the Sun prior? Wulfram grasped the knotted rope of the mystery now. The mottled patchwork of why, and how, a deity had been felled by mortals and a fellow deity that would have stood upon equal footing. A jealous and angry bird, with the ability to see the strings of fate and the divine realm. It stood to reason that with the threads of fate in one's own hand, or talons, they could be manipulated, pulled to their fancy. The Knight pointed to the squid-man, Lord of the Flying Village.
"He speaks of your burns." Wulfram wheeled his arm and lifted Ganymede in her blade to point at Yatagaru "You speak of your ability to see into the divine and of the ability to witness fate. Tell us true, beast. What ties bind you to Utu and his progeny? Are the Gods of this land really so callous and unassuming, weak and petty, that their quarrels and vendettas are unmet after years of stalemate and leave their realms in chaos, by the mere intervention of mortals? Or do the hands of fate witnessed interrupted by their trusted messenger carry ill omen?"
Luo Ibis | "The Tengu Outcast" | Civilian Advisor of Gurinbare-to | Human Sage
It was a right big ol' gathering fest of some big wigs and the crows. The lights were out, the talk of divine struggle were not all that amusing to him, yet his own anger boiled more at one particular involvement. Jashin, the sphere of influence on his corrupt ways had been what drove his very clan to its downfall over the years. As Wulfram spoke up, Luo's hand would raise and the wispy black void would leap abound and mark the knight. He'd feel nothing, but to others the knight would not fade from their sight but to chakra sense and other means of detection could only be seen as though there were two Luo's. A precaution, he was but only an advisor but it was still in the pay-grade to be of a protection to the Knight, as much he found it unnecessary.
He knew how angry the man must've been with the current situation, made a pawn in a game he was the Wolf to. Now a cruel twist of irony, all linked to that blade of his? The pointy eared halfling took a step forward, deciphering the speak of the crow's words and intently listening to the words of everyone. Crimson eyes were alive with the sharingan, such a thing helped see in a place such as the sage lands where natural chakra was overtly abundant. The glow of a demon caught his eyes, a Hell Shark lass that shone bright even in these vibrant lands of chakra, My, aren't you a bright one.... A noisy one, one of Konoha arrived as well if by sheer dumb luck that made him chuckle, a bit of a mishap to stumble into this crowd.
It was the shady one that had been of peculiar interest, the one who slipped from Luo's watchful gaze and fooled his sight even as he stared directly at him. Well aren't you curious? Luo found him quite lovingly in what been spoken. "The Shade speaks a valid point." Luo said quite abruptly after Wulfram reaffirmed what the *Shady One said, staring at the one who caught the halfing's attention as he tried to piece him together mentally but still been unable.
"I care not of whatever squabble those above me have. It's an equal benefit for us all to see the light get flipped back on." Luo with steepled fingers thought hard and decided to reaffirm the questions asked by Shade and Knight. "So, to decipher what this all is..." He began with one long lasting stare at the Shady One and now turned his eyes to the King Firefly who's chakra was equally as bright and vibrant as the Hell Shark been, blindingly so. Him and the other girl in his general direction shared similarities. Curious.
He looked at him as if to decipher a mental puzzle. "We're pawns in this, I would too enjoy hearing what ties have you and the murder have to the cause of the Sun. The Ruiner, Jashin, is always bleeding his forsaken blight upon this world but never this much, what is this story and pray tell in some semblance of understanding." Luo splayed his hands out to either side with a shrug, a smile as he addressed the Crow. So this is the one I'd would be serving if not for the cleansing, this crow Yatagarasu? Entertaining, if ominous. He kept to Wulfram's side still and returned his gaze back to King Firefly with his smile, at the very least he was glad to know there was a means of restoring the sun, but he wouldn't even begin to fathom what actually meant of their role in the matter. Knight's on edge today, more so than usual.
(*ooc note of Luo's Nicknames: Shady One and Shade refers to Toso, Amazon is Sheva, Knight is Wulfram, King Firefly is Belamos, Hell Shark is Nohea, Noisy One is Clem) ( Chakra detection and sensory would not detect Wulfram anymore, it would just appear as though he's a clone of Luo. Visually, he remains the same ) ( I quoted those I referenced directly or indirectly, too many names to keep track so keeping to those that are brought to Luo's IC attention)
Evanescently Magnificent
Has a demon, is cautious of and weary.
NecroPlant
Is annoyed and curious with, he cannot figure out who he is. On Luo's mind.
Novasse
Acknowledged, suspected link to Bel.
Ephemeral Ozymandias
Directly affirming Toso and Wulram's question with his own to get the story.
Wolfe Whitehorn
Direct ally, used Presence of Mind. Affirming their Dialogue with his own.
Dexterous Prince
Acknowledged and mulling together mentally of their link to the Sun. On Luo's mind just from reputation and mention alone.
Overlord Diaus
A notice of their bumbling entrance, heard but not acknowledged directly.
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 2:50 pm
Dead.
So, it had finally happened. His father, the First Light, the God of Destruction, was no more. He had known for a while- had felt the loss deep in his soul from the second his father had passed. The most peculiar thing was not that a god had died, it was that Belamos mourned him. Utu had abandoned his family when he was just a boy, set him on a path of violence and confrontation, and constantly beset him with ever greater challenges. Yet, still, he was his father. Utu had been there when he needed him most and through the adversity, the god had created, had forged Belamos into the man he was today. No, he did not love his father, but nor could he hate him. For good or ill, Utu was, and always would be, a part of him.
Outwardly, Belamos did not seem to react to the news of his demise. Whilst everyone around him began to arrive and probe the Crow with questions, Belamos neither moved nor broke the beast's gaze. To kill a god was no easy task, and he suspected this Yatagarasu knew more than he was willing to say. Whether this blow had been struck by one of Belamos's enemies or Utu's he knew not...but the knowledge itself was pointless to him anymore. He was at the end of his path, he knew it. He had felt it for a long time, the dusk of his life approaching. Now his end had made itself clear to him- a sacrifice. He would fulfill the purpose of his birth; the reason Utu had sired him. He would take the place of the God of the Sun, and by doing so, sacrifice everything he had ever believed in. Evergreen, Utu, Zelel...they all toyed with the lives of mortals. Standing in the background and letting their pawns enact their will. Mankind was nothing more than tools to them, and now he was to join their ranks? His eyes finally glanced over to Aurelia, who had just now shown up. His daughter; the only truly good thing he had ever wrought upon this world. A member of the next generation who would never see adulthood is he did not do this.
'For her. For them all. Very well.'
He turned around slowly, seeing the group of Shinobi assembled behind him. All of them confused, all of them capable in their own way. Yet, none of them were destined for this fate. None, save himself. Looking to his right, he saw his daughter, now appearing more a teenager than the little girl she would always remain in his mind. He placed a hand on the side of his upper arm, smiling as one would when they recalled a pleasant memory of someone long since passed "Aurelia.." His anger had faded away- in it's place there was a deep resignation. A finality which he had previously never experienced. It manifested in his voice as an even tempo and a kind tone. "He's...he's right. You're right. Utu is gone. Dead. I've known this day would come since I was younger than you are now. It's the reason I exist- the insurance policy of the gods. I-I...I have to go now" He placed his hand upon hers, and gestured to Nohea, beckoning her to draw closer. When she arrived, Belamos would address his daughter, together, for the final time. "I have to do what the Crow says. But, to do so means I won't be around much anymore. I'm going to depend upon the two of you to carry on strong without me. I know I wasn't the perfect father, but remember what I taught you. Show compassion where you can, and where you can't, show the totality of your strength." He knelt down, and embraced his daughters, placing one of his arms around each of them. He had to do so, simply so they wouldn't see the tears flowing down his cheeks "I am so proud of you both. I love you" He said in barely more than a whisper. He held them that way for a few heartbeats, long enough to evaporate the tears on his cheeks, and then arose slowly.
With great effort, he stepped past his daughters to address the crowd assembled in the clearing of the Midnight Dreary. He let his eyes scan across their faces, some of them familiar some of them strangers. His gaze lingered on Zhi for a noticeable amount of time. The irony of the situation was not lost on him. He had been unable to find Tsukina's killer until here, now, at the end. What's more, he could feel the Divinity in her as well. One of the people he most wanted to end, he could not. There would be a reckoning to come between them, but it would not be this day. Belamos tapped the end of his spear on the ground, drawing attention to himself. "There are questions that need answers, mysteries still unsolved. But, to me, they matter not. This crisis needs to be solved, here and now. And to do so, I will go. I know some of you, but most are strangers to me. However, I require your aid. Those of you who are born with the Light..." He raised a hand, creating a small orb of light which hovered above his palm ...lend me your power. Utu's light has touched all of us, whether you know it or not, whether you know him or not, it is irrelevant. My father is dead, and it appears I will take his place. Originally, I was the only one who carried his gift, but throughout the years it began to manifest in others such as yourselves. For one reason or another, you were all chosen. Whether a gift or a curse is a question left to wiser minds than myself. However, if you don't use that power for the good of the world right now" He gestured up, pointing to the blacked-out sun "Then that is the fate of our world. A darkness, a void, so encompassing than it devours even the possibility of change."
Belamos brought his spear up into the air and slammed it into the ground. The spear, Shoyku, had been given to him long ago by Utu on his 5th birthday. It was the only kindness the man had ever shown him, but it had seen him through the years faithfully. The Sunspear was connected with the realm of Utu, and it had been through this that he had accessed the Radiant Palace before, and so he would again. "Place your hands on the spear. Think of the reason you defend this world. The reason you fight. Channel that power and use it against he who would consume us all."
With that done, he turned back to his children. The elder Karna smiled down at his children, and then with his two hands, ruffled their hair as he had done since they were kids. "Aurelia, you are now the Dawn as I was. Nohea, you are now the Dusk. Carry the name Karna with pride, my daughters." As he finished talking, his Divine Persona flared back onto his body as Belamos flashed with a brilliant golden light. As quickly as the flash came, it was gone, and so was Belamos. All the remained of him was the spear he had planted into the ground, which now hummed gently and pulsated with a faint golden light. A thin beam of light extended from the tip of the spear, continuing high into the sky and centered on the blacked out sun. Hopefully, the rest of them knew what to do.
The Radiant Palace
Belamos appeared in the throne room faster than a mortal could blind. He had been here a few times, each time more unpleasant than this last. Yet, ironically, this seemed his inheritance. The Palace was empty, unadorned, and uncomfortable. In his mind, it was his tomb. Belamos walked down the carpeted walkway towards the throne, which sat upon it's raised golden dais. The beacon of Utu, the symbol of his power- the Sun Throne. As he walked, the faces of those long since lost passed through his mind. Vivian, his first and most loyal friend. She would be saddened to learn of his fate. Takumi, the man of one thousand plots. He realized none besides himself knew of the location of his friends grave, an unfortunate consequence of the secretive life they had led. Kenshin, the paragon of justice. He hoped, in time, the man learned a bit of flexibility in his views on the world, lest he snap. Toso, the man seemed to have a witty remark for everything. Despite his conflicts with the Arashikage in the past, he truly felt the Storm had never before had such a capable ruler. It's people, his daughters were in safe hands. Sonyo...how he had failed her. He could not be the man she wanted him to be, for he did not think she even knew who she was. He wished she would find peace, for none deserved it more than her. Hajime, his first apprentice. He wished he had been able to train the boy more, prepare him for the world. But he had a good head on his shoulders and a capable mind. He would go far, he knew it.
His daydreaming came to an end as he climbed the last stair and came face to face with the throne. It was a black onyx seat, inlaid with golden trim. As he looked at it, a small light arose from the seat and floated towards him at chest level. He knew what this was, and knew what must be done. To sit on this seat, he must sacrifice that which he valued most.
"So be it."
He said, his voice echoing in the empty hallway. He reached out and enclosed both of his palms around the small mote of light. Instantly, he felt...he wasn't sure what he felt. It was an indescribable sensation, simply because no words in any mortal language sufficed to describe it. He felt his mortality, his humanity, burned away in an all-consuming blaze. He doubled over, releasing a soundless gasp in response. Where his mortality was burned away, something...else filled the place where it had been. A power, a knowledge, that until this point he had never truly understood. He felt like he was going to be overwhelmed by the sheer magnitude of it! His entire life of training, all the might he had acquired over his long career, amount to slowly filling up a bathtub of water and now he was dropped in the middle of the ocean.
He had to stop, had to focus. He had a job to do, and if he failed now, the only other person that could do it was Aurelia. No. NO! He would not let her suffer this. To protect her, he would shed his mortality. He would burn himself down to the last atom and let the divine rebuild him as they saw fit. So he did what he did when he needed to overcome the impossible: he got angry. Every injustice, every slight, every time he had been a pawn of the gods- he unleashed it all at once. Fire began to encircle Belamos, thickening and swirling in an ever-increasing amount. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" He yelled out, channeling all the power he could muster and focusing it back into the orb. It was like trying to hold back a typhoon, but for his family, he would do it. He focused all of his light, all of his fire, and pushed it into the orb. This went on for what felt like an endless amount of time, and then, when he had no more left to give and the light settled, Belamos Karna turned to ash..and was no more.
|Joลซninโ|Puppeteer Specialist|A - Rank| Chakra 3210 / 3210 || Stamina|2,190 / 2,190|Lightning / Water / Earth|
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Dreary. That was about as suiting as anything to describe the expansive, dead forest under the cloak of night. What did Sadayo and Coda have now to guide them? A faint and thin beam of light scaling skywards towards the blackened sun that had erupted just some time ago. Moments, perhaps. Bird, surely, were watching their every step as the JUEI director and chunin took in their enlivened race to the beam. โWe canโt hide from the inhabitants of this land. Iโd anticipate their eyes wonโt be leaving us anytime soon. Avoid making yourself known to any visitors.โ
The closer she lead Coda to the origin of the light beam, the slower Sadayoโs pace became and her steps became lighter. Changing to a creeping crouch, Sadayo deftly turns herself about in a quick, tight circle and wordlessly motions for Coda to follow suit with a slow but firm sway of her arm. Never assume your location is secure. Be on your guard at all times. Do not allow yourself to give off an aggressive presence when the assignment doesnโt call for it. This wasnโt a hunt.
On the way, Sadayo had explained she wanted to be able to recall everything of note. Anything pertaining to black sun had to be heard. Anything regarding the black sun had to be seen. Therefore having help makes for a more broad account and experiences all the better. They had just missed the noble ascension of Belamos and the only trace to the Director could connect to this man ever being there was his spear as described in the information the Lightning Empire freely gave her. However, in this clearing stood many others of note and some were feeling familiar to her. Sadayo could recall some key traits regarding the appearance of the Arashikage from the Island Summit. Members of the Capital were present however their names escaped her if ever known to her. This was looking like a weird gathering save for the mysterious beam from the spear.
All the leaf ninja could do was wait, watch, listen, and hide under the cover of darkness and dead thicket. They had no business here otherwise.
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2020 5:45 pm
That was... an interesting experience. Coda couldn't remember a time since she was a small child that she had been carried anywhere. She sighed and righted her clothes, examining her surroundings. The sage lands. She'd never been here, having signed her own contract directly from Lahlil. The Yozen were also not... renowned for their unity with nature chakra in its traditional forms. A moment later a crow would hop hop hop past Sadayo's foot, staring intently at the same direction. Not a complex transformation, so not particularly expensive. The crows would surely not be fooled, but perhaps the others would if for whatever reason she was spotted. It was worth a shot, considering she'd have spent that much energy just getting here anyways. For her part, Coda had little idea what exactly was going on. She didn't know any of these people, she barely knew Sadayo, and her briefing had been, well, brief.
โ Persistent Modifiers โท 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 their strikes is increased by [2] points instead of [1] point per rank. This training requires five posts.
Channeling Martial Skill Training:
Ability for techniques to carry two elemental properties. Ability to add bloodline elements.
Flowing Arts Training:
After this skill is trained, 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.
Once every three 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:
As a result of intensive training geared toward defensive and evasive maneuvers, the Kyotouryuu practitioner can now effectively react to an opponent by converting their speed into an agility boost for two posts with a three post cooldown. This requires no activation or resource cost. Kaiser Fist Training:
The user's armor retains it's former effects. Now, the armor 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.
This training adds to the previous effects of the Kaiser armor's technique. In addition to that, the target's armor now allows them 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 final stage of training for the Kaiser Armor. In addition to it's previous effects, the Kaiser armor now causes searing burns upon contact that blister due to the crackling chakra. Additionally, the user's strength and speed are increased by [1] point per rank of the armor instead of it's original [1] point. Taijutsu and bukijutsu techniques used while this armor is active create shock waves five feet in the direction of the attack per rank of the technique.
Mirror Image Arts Training:
After learning the Shadow Clone Technique from the maruton list, 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.
tabA whoosh of wind blew through a small clearing in the woods before darkness coalesced into an oval-shaped portal. Two crows, one black and one white, flew out from the darkness in different directions, preceding a cloaked figure. Suga took a step into the Midnight Dreary and took a look around. The few memories the girl had of the dreary woods were very few and far between. But as she followed the unknown black crow through the perpetual night, the samurai felt a tightness in her heart as she ran her gloved fingers over the wood of the trees. There was something here for her, she knew it. There was a feeling of familiarity to the gothic atmosphere, and it made Suga feel like she was walking around a house sheโd once lived in years ago.
A searing flash of fire and the shaking ground snapped Suga from her reverie. Any feelings of recollection were going to have to wait! The girl took a wild stab in the dark and assumed that the crashing sun or whatever it was had something to do with why she was here. The samurai ran through the dark woods, following both crows through the trees. As the young girl got closer and closer to the source of collision, the trees all around her gradually started to be more damaged the further in they were. Like theyโd been scorched by a sudden dry heat theyโd wilted down. Suga felt a pang of sympathy on behalf of her sister towards the lifeless husks of the burned trees. It didnโt take long to find the source of the heat crash and what Suga found was a veritable crowd of people.
An entire group of what looked like shinboi flocked around a giant, three legged crow. Suga couldnโt help but stand back at the edge of the clearing and watch on as the crow spoke. She could tell that he looked familiar, but it wasnโt until he said his name did she remember! Yatagarasu! Suga stared in disbelief at the giant crow as waves and waves of memories flooded her mind. Of her as a little girl sitting at his feet, listening to him talk about how to properly manage chakra, or lecture on life. It was too much for the young samurai to handle. Like before the girlโs head felt light and a sudden dizziness hit her like a sack of bricks. Her vision spun and blurred and, when it eventually returned, Suga found sheโd placed a hand on the closest tree for support. Was that going to happen every timeโฆ? Sheโd wondered. Suga had so many questions for the King Crow, but a few things stopped her. Namely was the large group of strangers that also huddled around Yatagarasu. Each one seemed more powerful than the last, and equally pissed off. The girl instinctively pulled her hood further over her head just to make sure they couldnโt see her face.
Second was the subject of the crowโs current lecture. It was something that even under the best circumstances Suga would have a hard time keeping up with. Let alone when her memory seemed to be upending themselves all over her brain! A Sun God? Jashin? An individual of divine blood..? None of this was making much sense to the girl. So she tried to hang back in the shadows while she tried to listen and avoid any of the rather pissed off people. A plan that went about as good as one could have expected as the black crow flew from Sugaโs spot in the shadows and through the clearing to return to one of Yatagrasuโs advisors, a black-feathered beacon to everyone who saw it that someone else had arrived. Suga instinctively le tout an awkward chuckle through the shadow her hood cast, and made a small wave with a gloved hand. โUhโฆ Hi?โ She said awkwardly as Tsuki the white crow landed on her shoulder. The young samurai was frozen, unsure of what to do after that grand display
Substory 11: Objective- Ignite the Sun! (Growth) Techniques Learned: Kamui Base: Location: Bloodline x10: Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance, Izanagi, Grand Ballroom, Holy Lance, Assault of the Sun God Ninjutsu x6: Bukijutsu x5:
