1 Reap what you sow. [Invite|Training] Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:12 am
Noriko
D-rank
It was an odd day to be in Hi no Kuni.
From what she'd heard about the place---no, even from the name---one would think that the Land of Fire would be a place of fair (if hot) weather and sunshine.
Today was just a big nooooope to that.
It was terrible....the one day she was supposed to be collecting herbs. The light breeze that came over the grassy knolls comforted the young girl in a periwinkle tunic-dress, ruffling her loose sleeves ever so slightly and tossing her hair, yet not so much as to annoy. Yes, even though the clouds overreached so much as to cover what normally might have been blue, down to where the sky met the edge of the earth to human eyes.
"Ugh....overcast is never good for the potency of herbs.... Hopefully I can make a good salve out of these...." She mumbled as such to herself as a distant crack of thunder rumbled into earshot.
That came as both a blessing and a curse to Noriko.
Where she was, with how fickle the weather seemed to be in the areas not near Konohagakure no Sato, it might as well have been signalling a flash-flood. As she was on top of a hill, she couldn't ask for more....but what if a thunderstorm broke out? High ground was never a good option there.
Simply sighing, the young woman resolved that she should probably find somewhere else to stay.
Droplets of water fell from the heavens as Noriko ambled aimlessly about the Hills. That is, until she found a small nook. Not quite a cave, this probably could not be called as such. It was more like a dugout. A small, seemingly natural---there was grass growing on it, and even the 'walls'---indentation in one of the mounds of giant dirt gave her shelter. Using what little supplies she had, she started a small fire. She had already gathered some tinder along with her medicinal plants; unsealing it from the marks on her palms, she placed it in a standard formation, and realized that she had no flint. She pondered a bit, and tried using chakra, despite not being naturally inclined to the Fire Release chakra nature. She took one of her basic Sealing Tags, and focused Lightning chakra at her fingers. Now, Noriko was never good at calligraphy, but a 燠 (Oki ~ Spark) seal was manageable for her. It took a small while, but she placed one of these on her hand, it sticking easily; she held it right next to the stack of dried wood. Closing her eyes and making the Half-Tiger hand kata, she opened her eyes in a split second to see a small burst of light pop out of the seal, and onto one of the sticks; this caused a small ember, which, with a bit of manual fanning, got the fire going.
She sat and waited out the drizzle, which was slowly turning into a deluge. She was expecting at least someone to show up....for this group she was planning. She did post up flyers.
But then she decided she was bored. So she entertained herself. Her sealing tag....the small kanji written on it did not occupy the entire blank circular sealing space that was surrounded by the generic sealing formula. So, she wrote another word that popped to mind: 雨燠 (Ame ~ Rain). The surroundings, of course, inspired that one. But....a rain of sparks...at the Half-Tiger kata, nothing happened. Frowning, Noriko willed it to work, squinting her eyes shut in concentration as she tapped the edge of the Sealing Tag. And then: Fssssssh. It somehow did....after the small geyser of sparks ended, she noted that the seal was not the same as it was before.... It was not 雨燠 'Ameoki' any more; it was 線香 (Senkō ~ Sparkler) Intrigued at how this could happen, Noriko began experimenting with other kanji. Like 音 (Oto ~ Sound. Not a very good idea.
A series of bangs reverberated through the surprisingly acoustic shallow valleys of the Rolling Hills region. The sound probably would have carried much farther had there not been the sound of rain splashing on what now appeared to be small river systems.
Noriko sighed and continued to amuse herself with her seals. Because she was not going out into that rain. Not without something to keep her dry.
And then something else hit her.
Modifying the seal for one of her few personal Sealing Techniques, the Water Release: Rain of Tears, she made it a personal-size suspension bubble. Modifying the range to only herself so as to avoid squandering her chakra (one could never be too careful as a non-village ninja, people are nasty sometimes) as well as modifying the technique to not explode but to make the water still form into small 'globules'. Perfect.
After putting it on paper, she tapped her hand on her neck to imprint the exact same seal. She was getting good at that, it would seem.....
After that, she erased everything she had on her seal and went out to test her new rainproofing......she could only hope it would, with the water coming down hard, almost in a curtain.
One step. The water within one inch of her congealed into a single mass, and made a sort of mini-waterfall around her. All around her. To the point where she seemed to be a walking mass of water, and all she could see....was water. Willing the power that changed her seal to work again, she managed to clear her vision again. Good enough.
Eh, I think that waiting it out would probably be better anyhow....if I attract attention now it would only come back to bite me. With that mental note, she sauntered---rather clumsily due to her nice, bulky suit of water---back into the inset cove that was her temporary dwelling.
After awhile, the young girl would start to doze off, the rain not letting up for quite some time and her hill becoming an island. Waking up, she found this out. She gulped. "Not good....Where the hell is Enoka...?!" She said this as she looked out to see that not five steps out of her little dugout, there was water. A lot of water. Veritable fjords.
At least the rain was clearing.
From what she'd heard about the place---no, even from the name---one would think that the Land of Fire would be a place of fair (if hot) weather and sunshine.
Today was just a big nooooope to that.
It was terrible....the one day she was supposed to be collecting herbs. The light breeze that came over the grassy knolls comforted the young girl in a periwinkle tunic-dress, ruffling her loose sleeves ever so slightly and tossing her hair, yet not so much as to annoy. Yes, even though the clouds overreached so much as to cover what normally might have been blue, down to where the sky met the edge of the earth to human eyes.
"Ugh....overcast is never good for the potency of herbs.... Hopefully I can make a good salve out of these...." She mumbled as such to herself as a distant crack of thunder rumbled into earshot.
That came as both a blessing and a curse to Noriko.
Where she was, with how fickle the weather seemed to be in the areas not near Konohagakure no Sato, it might as well have been signalling a flash-flood. As she was on top of a hill, she couldn't ask for more....but what if a thunderstorm broke out? High ground was never a good option there.
Simply sighing, the young woman resolved that she should probably find somewhere else to stay.
Droplets of water fell from the heavens as Noriko ambled aimlessly about the Hills. That is, until she found a small nook. Not quite a cave, this probably could not be called as such. It was more like a dugout. A small, seemingly natural---there was grass growing on it, and even the 'walls'---indentation in one of the mounds of giant dirt gave her shelter. Using what little supplies she had, she started a small fire. She had already gathered some tinder along with her medicinal plants; unsealing it from the marks on her palms, she placed it in a standard formation, and realized that she had no flint. She pondered a bit, and tried using chakra, despite not being naturally inclined to the Fire Release chakra nature. She took one of her basic Sealing Tags, and focused Lightning chakra at her fingers. Now, Noriko was never good at calligraphy, but a 燠 (Oki ~ Spark) seal was manageable for her. It took a small while, but she placed one of these on her hand, it sticking easily; she held it right next to the stack of dried wood. Closing her eyes and making the Half-Tiger hand kata, she opened her eyes in a split second to see a small burst of light pop out of the seal, and onto one of the sticks; this caused a small ember, which, with a bit of manual fanning, got the fire going.
She sat and waited out the drizzle, which was slowly turning into a deluge. She was expecting at least someone to show up....for this group she was planning. She did post up flyers.
But then she decided she was bored. So she entertained herself. Her sealing tag....the small kanji written on it did not occupy the entire blank circular sealing space that was surrounded by the generic sealing formula. So, she wrote another word that popped to mind: 雨燠 (Ame ~ Rain). The surroundings, of course, inspired that one. But....a rain of sparks...at the Half-Tiger kata, nothing happened. Frowning, Noriko willed it to work, squinting her eyes shut in concentration as she tapped the edge of the Sealing Tag. And then: Fssssssh. It somehow did....after the small geyser of sparks ended, she noted that the seal was not the same as it was before.... It was not 雨燠 'Ameoki' any more; it was 線香 (Senkō ~ Sparkler) Intrigued at how this could happen, Noriko began experimenting with other kanji. Like 音 (Oto ~ Sound. Not a very good idea.
A series of bangs reverberated through the surprisingly acoustic shallow valleys of the Rolling Hills region. The sound probably would have carried much farther had there not been the sound of rain splashing on what now appeared to be small river systems.
Noriko sighed and continued to amuse herself with her seals. Because she was not going out into that rain. Not without something to keep her dry.
And then something else hit her.
Modifying the seal for one of her few personal Sealing Techniques, the Water Release: Rain of Tears, she made it a personal-size suspension bubble. Modifying the range to only herself so as to avoid squandering her chakra (one could never be too careful as a non-village ninja, people are nasty sometimes) as well as modifying the technique to not explode but to make the water still form into small 'globules'. Perfect.
After putting it on paper, she tapped her hand on her neck to imprint the exact same seal. She was getting good at that, it would seem.....
After that, she erased everything she had on her seal and went out to test her new rainproofing......she could only hope it would, with the water coming down hard, almost in a curtain.
One step. The water within one inch of her congealed into a single mass, and made a sort of mini-waterfall around her. All around her. To the point where she seemed to be a walking mass of water, and all she could see....was water. Willing the power that changed her seal to work again, she managed to clear her vision again. Good enough.
Eh, I think that waiting it out would probably be better anyhow....if I attract attention now it would only come back to bite me. With that mental note, she sauntered---rather clumsily due to her nice, bulky suit of water---back into the inset cove that was her temporary dwelling.
After awhile, the young girl would start to doze off, the rain not letting up for quite some time and her hill becoming an island. Waking up, she found this out. She gulped. "Not good....Where the hell is Enoka...?!" She said this as she looked out to see that not five steps out of her little dugout, there was water. A lot of water. Veritable fjords.
At least the rain was clearing.
- 150/150:
- Name: 型押封印 {Katoshi Fūin ~ Embossing Seal}
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: Contact.
Specialty: Fūinjutsu||Ijutsu
Duration: /
Cooldown: /
Description: A technique that, using a negligible amount of chakra, allows the user to write on any surface by having their chakra make contact with it; this can be done manually, or a skilled master can simply make characters appear where desired. This jutsu is most often used to inscribe seals on things, using chakra-produced 'tattoos' that seemingly use black ink. Things written with this jutsu are incredibly difficult to remove, except by Noriko herself. This technique can make miscellaneous effects that have no battle or strategic value depending on the seal that is inscribed.
Name: 不文契・書 {Fumonkeisho ~ Chakra Laws Contract: Amend}
Canon/Custom: Custom.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: Contact.
Specialty: Fūinjutsu||Ijutsu
Duration: -5 per post.
Cooldown: /
Description: Noriko has realized that all seals are simply contracts that 'tell' the caster's chakra what to do. Any time Noriko wishes to modify a specific behavior into a seal, she uses this technique. It allows her to add specific directions to her techniques that would otherwise have gone undictated. (She can also change the size and shape of the seal, if she wishes; this does not change the range of a technique that depends on the size of the seal.) For instance, she can have a technique target a certain part of the body (by using Ijutsu to detect where said body part is), or possibly be activated after a certain amount of time, or under a certain circumstance; for this reason, it is particularly good to use with the Transcription Seal.
This jutsu can be used on the Generic Sealing Technique formula to have, say, kunai launch from a scroll in the direction it faces, as opposed to just unsealing them.
- 1065/1000:
- Training the Embossing Seal, and the Chakra Laws Contract: Amend. Both trainings have been completed. 65 words left over to train additional techniques later in this thread.
- Training Note:
- Trained techniques CAN be used in this topic; they are 'imperfect' with harshly reduced capabilities until the post after they are mastered via wordcount, but do not cost chakra to use until mastered.
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