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Date: July 28, 2016
Summary:
Arika and Jiro deal with a snake infestation.
"Slithering Snakey Snakes!"
Land of Wind
Ah, Sunagakure. They haven't experienced as much issue when it comes to the Storm Brigade, unlike the rest of the world (specifically Konoha, Kiri, and Kumo…), which means they don't exactly know what it's like to have an island flood nearby or anything. Indeed, Sunagakure actually gets to deal with more mundane problems like infestations! Lately, there's been complaints of very scary giant snakes in a nearby dune. Apparently some very poisonous ones made a nest inside this dune, and the village that lives in relatively close proximity to said dune wants some shinobi to take care of the snakes. How lovely. Since it's just a bunch of snakes, Arika and Jiro get assigned to the task! Also, there's someone watching over them: Ping! The Jounin guardian of Arika and Jiro. Except he's sort of taking a backseat because this mission was more for the pint-sized shinobi. He just has to make sure they don't get kidnapped or anything.
"I think this's the village," Arika says, pointing to the dot in the distance. "And that's the dune." Her finger moves a bit to the right towards a large mound of sand. "I guess we should go 'n ask some of the villagers about the big snakies? Or no?" she says, glancing back at her two traveling companions.
Luckily the trip wasn't too terrible in the southern heat and Jiro has his hands flopped up on top of his head in their normal position as he meanders along next to Arika. "If we know where t'her a' we shoul' jus' go'n take care'a 'em," Jiro says, yawning a bit as he looks aorund their path, then up ahead at the village and dune in the distance.
Arika hrms at Jiro's comment, then she shrugs a bit. "Good point! Le's go 'n check out the dune. Jus' make sure tha' we come from the d'rection of the village so we dun drive any snakes towards the town we're protecting," she tells Jiro. Her speech starts to sort of deteriorate from just being around Jiro and hearing his thick accent… Bad influence! c.c; The girl would take a breath and gather chakra to herself, then she starts to make her way towards the dune, going on a curving path that would have them come in from the direction of the village when they hit the snake's den. She figures Jiro can keep up. And Ping just wanders along after them, not in too much of a rush himself. Jiro and Ari can pretty much take care of themselves…
COMBAT: Arika focuses 3665 stamina to turn it into 6000 usable chakra!
Jiro looks after the dunes, then glances sideways at Arika when she starts talking about approaching the dunes from the village. He shrugs lightly, then grins when she starts off towards them. Jiro's arms stretch up over his head before he lets them drops, then he darts off towards the dune with some speed.
COMBAT: Jiro focuses 4185 stamina to turn it into 5000 usable chakra!
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with MACROBURST with a roll of: 47
As the pair approach the snake's home, Arika would continue to rush at the sand until she wasn't as far as before. In fact, she was in a good range to kick out with a leg that was laced with chakra that would send a huge burst of wind at the sand. This kick sends the sand backwards and reveals a number of very very big snakes that look like they're more appropriate for summons or shinobi companions than anything… No wonder the town asked for ninja help c.c; There are also a few eggs that show up, which means that there are more snakes on the way D: Probably not anytime soon, though, at least. "Wow, that's a lotta snakes…" Arika says as her eyes scan the now-uncovered home. There were about three HUGE snakes and a lot more smaller snakes that ranged from 'nin-snake' to half of the canon summon-snake's size. All of the snakes hiss when they're exposed, exposing their nice fangs and trying to catch the gaze of the two Genin to send them into a trance.
[NPC System]: Giant Snakes roll(s) Predatory Glare vs. Jiro from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 50. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a SELF-INFLICT-II…49
Jiro really didn't it to be any more than a garden snake nset or something silly like t hat. Needless to say when the rather large snakes some out he reaches for the cloth sash at his waist. Yet before he can tug it free he catches the eyes of one of the snakes and he freezes in place.
[NPC System]: Giant Snakes roll(s) Predatory Glare vs. Arika from 30 to 60 and get(s) a 49. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Arika defends against with a CHAKRA-PINCH-II…43
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Bite bite vs. Arika from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 29. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Arika defends against with a TENSE…14
RPCOMBAT: Arika took 600 damage.
Arika ends up frozen in place too! Not good! Of course, with both Genin frozen, it's easy for the snakes to hiss and lash out. The smaller ones in particular go for the pair, biting at their legs and somehow moving extremely fast. Geez… Fast snakes, not good D: The bite at least seems to Arika's gaze from the pair of snakes, and she glares at them both. "Meanie snakes!" she huffs, gathering chakra and then sending several slices of wind to try and kill the ones that were biting her and Jiro.
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with WIND-SLICE with a roll of: 50
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with WIND-SLICE with a roll of: 42
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with WIND-SLICE with a roll of: 42
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Slithering Dodge vs. Arika (50) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 27. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Slithering Dodge vs. Arika (42) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 30. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Slithering Dodge vs. Arika (42) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 37. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Bite bite vs. Jiro from 20 to 40 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a TENSE…3
RPCOMBAT: Jiro took 600 damage.
Well the bite was certainly enough to pull Jiro from his trance and he looks down at his leg unhappily. "Aww, they mess' up m'nice pan's too," he says, actually pouting a bit at it. Darn it! Now he'd have to steal new ones. Or maybe, ya know, buy some or something. The cloth sash finally comes loose with a soft tug at just the right angle and in a flash it's lashing out towards a number of snakes that are closest.
COMBAT: Jiro attacks target 1 with STEEL-CLOTH-TAIL with a roll of: 57
COMBAT: Jiro attacks target 2 with STEEL-CLOTH-TAIL with a roll of: 51
COMBAT: Jiro attacks target 3 with STEEL-CLOTH-TAIL with a roll of: 36
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Snakey Slither vs. Jiro (57) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 26. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Snakey Slither vs. Jiro (51) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 46. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Snakey Slither vs. Jiro (36) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 33. - Rolled by: Arika
The smaller snakes, at least, don't stand much of a chance against Jiro and Arika. They're quick, but they aren't quick enough to avoid being killed by very sharp wind and clothes. The bigger snakes are the one that the two Genin need to worry about, really… Said giant snakes are hissing at the deaths of their nestmates (maybe even children? c.c;), and they start spitting venom at the two Genin. What… These dang snakes ><;;
[NPC System]: Giant Snakes roll(s) Venom Spit vs. Arika from 35 to 70 and get(s) a 65. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Giant Snakes roll(s) Venom Spit vs. Arika from 35 to 70 and get(s) a 60. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Arika defends against with a VANISHING-GALE…64
RPCOMBAT: Arika defends against with a VANISHING-GALE…54
RPCOMBAT: Arika took 1000 damage.
RP: Arika transforms into GALE.
COMBAT: Arika heals Arika for 867 with MEDIUM REGENERATION.
Arika would squeak a bit when the venom comes towards her, and she tries to avoid it by running this way and that. Somehow, though, she wasn't fast enough, and the snakes were a bit smarter than usual since they seemed to predict where the girl was heading next. Especially when the second wave of venom hit her. It mostly just burned her skin, but it was the acidic effect that she and Jiro needed to worry more about. And the poison was coursing through her and Jiro's veins from the smaller snakes. Nothing too poisonous, but it was very painful. Arika's inner demon worked on healing her body, grumbling to her all the while. ~Stop going easy on them. Just end it.~ 'Fine! I didn't wanna do that, though.' But these were annoying snakes and they were also kinda strong c.c;
[NPC System]: Giant Snakes roll(s) Venom Spit vs. Jiro from 30 to 60 and get(s) a 39. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Giant Snakes roll(s) Venom Spit vs. Jiro from 30 to 60 and get(s) a 40. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a BREVITY…57
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a BREVITY…57
Jiro ignores the poison that's in his body. He knows well enough that it's not enough to kill him anytime soon so he focuses instead on the evil snakeys. When they attack him the boy moves quickly, speed taking him to safety away from any evil biting attempts. He sees the ones get Arika though and he frowns deeply as the cloth swirls around his arm. He lunges at the closest snake, chakra building up in the wound cloth before it springs it like a drill towards the creature. "Stupi' snakes…" he mutters.
RP: Jiro transforms into STEEL-RESERVE.
COMBAT: Jiro attacks target 1 with STEEL-CLOTH-GONG with a roll of: 60
[NPC System]: Giant Snake roll(s) Hard Scales vs. Jiro (60) from 35 to 70 and get(s) a 59. - Rolled by: Arika
The giant snake that Jiro attacked hisses in pain when his cloth pierces through its scales and deals a lot of damage. Enough to make the snake super grumpy so that all the other snakes focus on the Amaro. Uh-oh… Maybe that wasn't such a good idea. Now Jiro has to deal with a lot of attacks all going towards him! Mostly just snakes 'leaping' to try and bite him. The other snake that is closer to Arika feels like the girl is looking pretty harmless right now, and it tries to eat her c.c;
[NPC System]: Giant Snake roll(s) Omnomnom vs. Arika from 35 to 70 and get(s) a 64. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Arika defends against with a VANISHING-GALE…68
Arika swiftly moves to avoid getting eaten by the snake, as she doesn't think that would be a fun idea… As she moves, wind gathers to her hand, forming a solidified blade made of the cutting wind chakra that she relies on for so much. Seems like she plans to hit the snake with it as she rushes forward and tries to slam it downwards through the top of the snake's maw.
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with BLADE-OF-WIND with a roll of: 70
[NPC System]: Giant Snake roll(s) Hard Scales vs. Arika (70) from 40 to 80 and get(s) a 64. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Bitebite! vs. Jiro from 30 to 60 and get(s) a 35. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Bitebite! vs. Jiro from 30 to 60 and get(s) a 31. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Bitebite! vs. Jiro from 30 to 60 and get(s) a 43. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a STEEL-CLOTH-BLOCK…53
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a STEEL-CLOTH-BLOCK…48
RPCOMBAT: Jiro defends against with a STEEL-CLOTH-BLOCK…37
RPCOMBAT: Jiro took 500 damage.
As the many mini snakes try and bite at him Jiro just brings his cloth up between him and the creatures. That is, until the last one which is when he notices the giant snake going to try and eat Arika. That doesn't bode well. His cloth misses where it's supposed to be but Jiro is already on the move despite the wound. He focuses more chakra into his cloth as he lunges at the creature, trying to wrap it up with the cloth itself.
RP: Jiro transforms into STEEL-RESOLVE.
COMBAT: Jiro attacks target 1 with LIMB-ENSNARING-CLOTH-RAZORS with a roll of: 43
[NPC System]: Giant Snake roll(s) Slippy Snake (but also in pain) vs. Jiro (43) from 25 to 50 and get(s) a 33. - Rolled by: Arika
Arika's wind blade stabs the snake through the mouth, and it lingers for a few moments to keep the snake occupied with pain until Jiro comes and manages to wrap it up in the cloth. Like a caterpillar or something? It looks a bit like it's stuck, probably because of some of the sharper qualities of Jiro's special cloth. Well, they managed to get one snake down, but that doesn't stop the others! There are still like 2 other snakes T_T Silly GM should have only made one. Then again, it looks like those other huge snakes are starting to think 'Hey, maybe we shouldn't be here…' One of them is starting to slither away with a few of the smaller snakes while the braver of the two would try to strike out at Arika again.
[NPC System]: Giant Snake roll(s) Omnomnom! vs. Arika from 35 to 70 and get(s) a 62. - Rolled by: Arika
RPCOMBAT: Arika defends against with a JUST-A-BREEZE…103
Arika squeaks and slips away from the snake, leaving it to chomp on thin air as the girl focuses a bit of the Eight Tails's chakra through her body. It forms a cloak around her, purple chakra forming eight tails and the four horns that Gyuki usually has. The smaller chakra-version of the Hachibi is pretty useful to try and grab all the snakes that were fleeing, as well as wrap around the mouths of the bigger snakes trying to eat them.
RP: Arika transforms into HACHIBI-CLOAK.
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with BIJUU-BRANCHING-ARMS with a roll of: 87
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 2 with BIJUU-BRANCHING-ARMS with a roll of: 73
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 3 with BIJUU-BRANCHING-ARMS with a roll of: 67
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 4 with BIJUU-BRANCHING-ARMS with a roll of: 89
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Escape!! vs. Arika (87) from 40 to 80 and get(s) a 75. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Escape!! vs. Arika (73) from 40 to 80 and get(s) a 41. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Escape!! vs. Arika (67) from 40 to 80 and get(s) a 65. - Rolled by: Arika
[NPC System]: Snakes roll(s) Escape!! vs. Arika (89) from 40 to 80 and get(s) a 76. - Rolled by: Arika
Jiro has more than enough control over the cloth that every few stitches digs in, making it more like the entire inside of the cloth is serrated so it doesn't slip off. With that on he jumps up and another cloth appear in his free hand before slashing down towards the snake itself, trying to behead the giant the thing. He notices that weird feeling he gets when Hachibi is out and he glances over to watch Arika.
COMBAT: Jiro attacks target 1 with STEEL-CLOTH-TAIL with a roll of: 46
The snake that Jiro had managed to snare in his cloth didn't stand much of a chance. It was very very easy to slice off its head, blood squirting out and making a gross scene. But hey! One down completely! The other snakes that had tried to flee, and even the one that attempted to eat Ari were caught in the Bijuu's chakra, some of the chakra starting to erode their scales. Perfect for Arika! Especially when she can just blast them with a barrage of wind that pierces through their brains and kills them.
COMBAT: Arika attacks target 1 with VACUUM-SPHERE with a roll of: 70
Jiro flicks his cloth free of the creature as it drops, shaking and hardening the cloths so that the blood flicks out and off. Only then does he turn to see Arika and how she was doing with the fleeing worms. He blinks at her when he sees she's caught a bunch of them and huhs softly to himself before he reties the one cloth and folds the other to put it away, jus watching for now.
COMBAT: Arika heals Arika for 1460 with GREATER REGENERATION.
RP: Arika reverts to her normal state.
Arika's chakra cloak flickers away as she runs out of chakra to counter the Hachibi's. Fortunately, all the snakes are dead except for the eggs… So they either need to smash the eggs or relocate them so that the nearby village doesn't have to deal with them. "Phew…" she says, suddenly flopping down. "Good job, Jiro-kun! I think we did good!" Her injuries were healing even as she spoke, the poison purged and the bite marks disappearing.
"Yea', wasn' so ba'," Jiro says, stretching his arms upwards for a few moments before letting his hands flop on his head. Blue eyes look over the remains of the creatures and then move to the eggs. "Guess we shoul' sen' out'a cart ta come'n ge' thesea an' take 'em away." Despite his wounds Jiro doesn't seem to really care or pay attention to them or the poison that still lingers. Such is life.
Arika nods in agreement, and she and Jiro would head back to Sunagakure. Ping looked like he was a bit impressed with how far both Genin have come, but he otherwise was silent on the way back to Suna. Arika sent a shadow clone to the village to tell them that things were A-Okay with the snakes. Mission accomplished! Pity the poor sucker that has to handle the eggs now >.> And the snake remains <.<
