Yikes. How many people did he meet all the way out here? It was only irony that could have brought others to such a remote location: a stretch of dunes so expansive the singular succulent ornament was out of place and yet at home in the most homogenous sense. Those spines barely grazed the tips of his hair, threatening a bad time for the coming days - but his locks were ever so out of reach. It was a droll analogy for the past
years of his life, cutely enough. The greatest tracking ninja known to the shinobi world, two renowned Sages, and many more ninja had the chance to track him down. None of them could - he was always just out of sight, and until recently he'd thought himself out of mind as well. There wasn't enough proof to decide whether they had stopped looking for lack of leads or for lack of drive. Either was a possibility with the people that'd taken charge of late... not to mention that the Mizukage placed a rather idle bounty on his head. If the Hunter-Nin of Kirigakure were as good as everyone said, then without a doubt they would have sussed him out by now. Then again, clout and competence often exceeded the canard. Even the rumors about one's country were nothing but additional ammunition when it came to interacting with the other Nations.
It was, then, a half-surprise that someone had taken his back with such ease. He wasn't using his Mind's Eye, granted, nor was he paying any true attention to his surroundings. His upturned form jolted as the nameless, thus far faceless figure began to speak....or rather, supplicate. She believed their lives were in jeopardy here -
which only could mean she was privy to information from the Bingo Book. Tame knew well that he was a tracking target and otherwise a kill-on-sight S-rank criminal. To approach him like this was both bold and humble; it was wise not to hide from those with superlative sensory capacity, indeed one of his trademarks. After that unbecoming reaction, he gave a sigh. It wasn't any use making trouble here when all they wanted to do was pass by. Dropping to the ground in a backflip, he landed on his feet in the sane (ahem, barely). Patting the top of his head twice with a flat palm, he returned some words:
"I see my reputation both precedes and exceeds me. But, uh...You're not gonna have any trouble. The guy that killed Tatsumaru died when he killed Reika,
He wiggled his left shoulder, flapping his empty sleeve, only noticing halfway through his dialogue the...former allegiance of these two ninja.
"...but he didn't ever mess with your lot. I did fight one of your ANBU at one time in Konoha....
It got cut kinda short, though. Erm, he got cut short? I'mma go out on a limb and say you know of one Ishido Daraku. Aoi Bara, used to be a big thing. You look like you've done your history.
Aaaaanyhoo, I've been outta commission for a good long while now. Not only am I a lil' rusty, I jus' don't have the urge any more.
His tone was extremely informal, half due to not caring and partially his lack of recent experience with...the words. Not speaking for an entire year was a record he didn't want to repeat, approach, or break.
It had been a good few years since anyone had even mentioned Aoi Bara aside from in the past tense. Needless to say, the rancor he once had at the thought of being bound by a group of
missing-ninja had dulled to mere annoyance and contentedness with being a thorn in the side. If they even existed any more.
These two didn't seem the type to be afraid of anything; their chakra indicated they were quite adept for their stature and age-apparent. What could he do to assuage their fear...?
Not really for their sake. More so nothing sudden came out of this....
- 445/460:
Name: 神楽心眼 {Kagura Shingan ~ The Mind's Eye}
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: S.
Type: Defensive.
Element: None.
Range: 500m radius.
Specialty: Ninjutsu.
Duration: -15 per post.
Cooldown: Non-Applicable.
Description: A sensory ability that can only be learned with an extraordinary amount of mental focus, due to most not being able open their mind's eye. Thus, this ability cannot be copied by Sharingan or any other means; it must be researched and learned for double the normal wordcount after learning of its existence.
Tame can detect by a 'sixth sense' where chakra signatures are, accurately deducing distance and direction, as well as activity and magnitude, even if he cannot normally detect them via the 5 senses. If he closes his eyes, he can 'see' his surroundings as chakra fluctuations, though not outside his natural field of vision. Everything either gives off chakra (all living things) or reflects the reverberations of this chakra (inanimate objects); the user can sense slight movements in the chakra of even the living surroundings.
This ability can be used to track people over a distance or pick them out in a crowd, as the user can remember and recall any person's particular chakra and its 'feel'; he can even know someone's chakra natures and even their clan for future reference. However, it is much more versatile than just tracking; within 35 meters of themselves, the user can sense fluctuations and finer movements in chakra, able to tell if a person is somehow having their chakra disturbed, such as via Genjutsu; since lying muddles one's chakra regardless of one's control, Tame can also sense these even finer disturbances within 10m of himself.
If this ability is actively used for more than 5 posts without a 1-post break of not using it, Tame loses 1 tier in Strength and Endurance while he continues and for 2 posts after he cancels it. It increases for every post after 5 he used it (-2 for 6 posts, etc). After 3 posts of overuse, his Speed gets all current deductions as well.