Starring:
Ogosokamaru, Luna (emitter)
Date: August 22, 2012
Summary:
Ogosokamaru completes the first of the four trials
"The Search - The Blades, First Trial: Water"
The Mountain of The Blades, Blades Village, Land of Lightning
It was an early morning within the Mountain of the
Blades, the serene sound of the ocean current rush and
slaming against the side of the clifffaces, and the rigid
mountain range close to the ocean. Overall it was a beautiful
day, and while it was a day of training for many, for
Ogosokamaru, it was a day of trials…Trials in which he had
to defeat in order to become a member of the blades. There
was a knock at the door, the same woman from before by the
name of Hoshi, her hair was held in a single pony tail, her
body garbed in a hakama samurai dress, of hoping for the boy
to wake up, and bring him forth to the trials. "Are you
awake?" Hoshi asked out loud, not daring to move into the
room…
The tip of a sword was all that touched the sliding
paper door, and from where Ogo knelt on the floor in the
middle of the room. His eyes were still closed, but he pulled
his sword back, and drew it across his thumb to resheath it
in traditional fashion, his eyes snapped open and he stood
easily, showing his body's youth to prove the appearance was
not a fraudulent jutsu. "Yeah, I'm ready." And he would don
his jacket and shinobi shoes, and exit the room past Hoshi,
to stand in the hallway and wait for her to lead the way.
With Odo swept up he would be lead out of the leaders
manor, out into the village and back up a flight of stone
stairs, leading high into the mountain tops until they
reached the summit. They were greeted by massive stone
pillars, edged in the shape of previous great
warriors,standing up straight in samurai armor with a blade
pressed down infront of them, after they reached the top it
was open grounds, an interesting base in the middle of what
seemed to be a cobble stone arena as well as 3 cave like
entrances which went into the mountain…
"Welcome…to the trial grounds, where only the
strongest of our clan come to test their might against the
unknown elements…. Coming here is even rare for many of our
clan, you should feel honored," Hoshi spoke softly, her face
was pretty serious as she continued to point off into the
first of the dark cave.. " Your journey will start
there…each cave has its own elements to accomplish… All
of them consist of gathering an artifact to fit into the base
in the arena…You won't get help here if you fail…You will
die, understand?"
Ogo smiles, "So you aren't coming with me?" He drew
his sword quickly enough. And immediately the blade began to
crackle with electricity, giving off a bright blue-white glow
from the electricity snapping and surging around and through
it. "So who puts the artifacts back after someone completes
even one of the trials?" A rhetorical question, but really,
who does?
It was then Ogo took a step towards the mouth of the
cave, and stopped for a moment, "Is there anything else you
feel like you need to tell me?" His head turned towards her
and quietly awaited a 'Don't get killed, idiot' comment from
her or something to see him off.
RP: Ogosokamaru joins the roleplay.
COMBAT: It is now Ogosokamaru's turn.
RP: Luna joins the roleplay.
RPCOMBAT: Non existant skill.
RPCOMBAT: Ogosokamaru attacks with LIGHTNING-ARC…22
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Luna's turn.
GAME: Save complete.
"The spirits who guard this village with their
presence and life, that is who will bring them back to the
depths…All I can tell you is … Don't make any friends,"
Hoshi offered the advice and took a step back, she seated
herself, at the entrance, closing her eyes as if she was
drifting into meditation, that would be all that was left for
her to speak about… The Entrance of the cave itself was
dark, and only the smell of dirt and gravel could be smelled
from the entrance, though there didn't seem to be anything
out of the ordinary… It was just an old dusty cave from the
looks of it.
"Well then, heh," Ogo chuckled. A sense of fear? He
hadn't felt that in a long time. Ever since…
He reeled into his past in his mind, drawing back on
how he and his platoon were sent into a deathtrap in a no-win
situation by the Colonel in the Diamyo's armies, who was the
Diamyo's own nephew.. the man who killed Ogo's first love.
Ogosokamaru snapped back to reality, and he was still
standing with one foot in the cave, it had only been a moment
to think about the past, and he muttered before fully
entering into the cool darkness, "Huh, I can't remember what
it's like to have true friends." And on he ventured, the
lights from the halls at the mouth of the cave, and her
silhouette sitting at the entrance getting smaller and
smaller behind him. On guard, and ready, he charged a little
bit of his chakra just in case this got really hairy.
COMBAT: Luna finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ogosokamaru's turn.
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru focuses 1000 stamina to turn it into
usable chakra!
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Luna's turn.
There wasn't much else visible form within the cave,
other than the brief illumination of unknown markings along
the cave walls, the place itself was just as traight path,
though finally more began visible as he slipped through, and
the bright ness from outside the cave had completely turned
into darkness… His blade allowed enough light to
illuminate, showing that his path was splitting into a slight
fork, both of the pathes seemed to be labled ontop, kanji
etched right above the entrances… One of them labled as
water…while the other was fire… Beyond that there wasn't
much else… just more darkness…
Ogo thought for a moment looking at the two choices.
Water or Fire. Fire is weak to water, water weak to
lightning. Worst case scenario, he had both of them beat as
far as elemental affinity. Ability was another story. But for
now, he chooses the path that reads WATER. Even if it is a
suggestion for users of that affinity to go, he's good. And,
if it's a warning, he's still good. Again, at least as
affinity weaknesses on the elemental wheel were concerned. So
through the path of Water he starts again, the electricity
still crackling up and down his blade for the glow to light
his path.
The choice Odo made, whether it be good or bad was to
be decided at another time… As Ogo quietly began to move
through the water cavern light began to pick up and no longer
was it the empty darkness which made most of the cave. Water
could be heard, and soon the cave system opened up into a
massive underground waterfall, a rocky man made bank seemed
to be visible while the rest of the path fell right through
the fall… Nothing else seemed out of the ordinary but
suddenly Odo could feel some prickling at his flesh, and
suddenly a torrent of spiders came falling from the ceiling,
biting, and crawling along his flesh unless he didn't get
them off…
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with RAINING-SPIDERS…35
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with RAINING-SPIDERS…45
COMBAT: Luna finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ogosokamaru's turn.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with RAINING-SPIDERS and rolls a 35.
Action?
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against RAINING-SPIDERS(35)
attack from Luna with a DODGE-II…37
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru takes 0 partial damage.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with RAINING-SPIDERS and rolls a 45.
Action?
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against RAINING-SPIDERS(45)
attack from Luna with a DODGE-II…49
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru takes 0 partial damage.
COMBAT: There are no more attacks for you to defend against.
Ogo had no clue the spiders were coming until they
were right on top of him, he leaped out of the way of them and
fling what few clung to him off of his clothing and person,
moving further through the tunnel just to get away from them.
He even pulled out his tanto and continued the lightning arc
jutsu through both blades to get better visibility. He went
to moving a bit quicker now with the added light source, more
light, can see further through the darkness, and hence can
move faster knowing what's ahead of him better because he can
see it better.
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Luna's turn.
RP: Ogosokamaru makes a Spd roll and got 11.
Ogo went deeper into the darkness, but the area began
to change around him, the cave began to disappear and instead
he was standing within the abyss of a massive pool of
water…. There was no way out of the are as well as no way
in…. At least noticably… Instead the water began to move
and shift about him, almost violently attempting to shake him
down in a double dose of pain.. It continued to move, shaking
and smashing, attempting to bring him down under… After the
attacks he would notice something far infront of him… A
sparkling a gem… and a ghastly energy of white zooming
through the water below him…
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with VIOLENT-WATER-WAVE…53
COMBAT: Luna focuses 4000 stamina to turn it into usable
chakra!
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with VIOLENT-WATER-WAVE…30
COMBAT: Luna finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ogosokamaru's turn.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with VIOLENT-WATER-WAVE and rolls a
53. Action?
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against VIOLENT-WATER-WAVE(53)
attack from Luna with a DODGE-III…71
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru wins the roll.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with VIOLENT-WATER-WAVE and rolls a
30. Action?
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against VIOLENT-WATER-WAVE(30)
attack from Luna with a DODGE-II…55
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru wins the roll.
COMBAT: There are no more attacks for you to defend against.
Ok, so another light. Well, two to be exact. And now
in this expanse, looks like an underground lake. Perfect.
Let's aim for that little flash of light. And since Ogo was
able to at least get out of the way, he'd have to take a
moment to catch his bearing again. But for now, he was all
out sprinting for that sparkle at the other side of the
cavern. As fast as he could go, he speeds towards what he
believes is his goal, the sparkly thingy. Even in a
roundabout way so as not to attract too much attention to the
fact he's going solely for that at the moment, and the
whatever-it-is try harder to kill him.
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Luna's turn.
RP: Ogosokamaru makes a Spd roll and got 18.
RP: Luna makes a Spd roll and got 22.
Speed wouldn't be enough for Odo or at least not this
day, as he leaped forward quickly to make way for the gem,
there was a shift in the base of the water, the swimming
creature below him conjured a mass of sphere water chakra
right infront of him, aiming to catch him in the ball while
the chakra continued to move and churn, a drilling lance of
water forming to slam right into his body… There wasn't
going to be any let up, at least from the speed demon below
him… He was faced with two options…Slay the beast under
him or go for speed against speed and get that gem before it
was too late…
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with WATER-PRISON…52
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with WATER-LANCE…36
COMBAT: Luna finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ogosokamaru's turn.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with WATER-PRISON and rolls a 52.
Action?
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against WATER-PRISON(52) attack
from Luna with a DODGE-III…75
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru wins the roll.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with WATER-LANCE and rolls a 36.
Action?
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against WATER-LANCE(36) attack
from Luna with a DODGE-II…39
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru wins the roll.
COMBAT: There are no more attacks for you to defend against.
Ogo just wasn't able to get his footing he was
needing to dodge so quickly. At this point, he puts his hands
together, and forces chakra through his body to increase his
speed with a kekkei genkai. Hopefully that would do the
trick, or at least give him the slight upper hand against
this thing. And there might be more than one, so he'd have to
be efficient. Ducking and weaving around the ball of water
and the spear, he continues the 'gauntlet' towards the gem!
Let's go faster!
RP: Ogosokamaru transforms into REIZEI-BLUR-II.
RP: Ogosokamaru makes a Spd roll and got 20.
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Luna's turn.
RP: Luna makes a Spd roll and got 17.
Odo was getting closer…far more closer than the
thing under him had expected, it attempted to catch up but
failed miserably, however as Odo got closer to his
destination, he would realize something…the area around him
began to shift and change, and the gem he was hoping to
gather seemed to become further and further away from him…
If he didn't see through this genjutsu there would be no hope
on actually picking up the gem….
COMBAT: Luna attacks Ogosokamaru with
FALSE-SURROUNDINGS-TECHNIQUE…34
COMBAT: Luna finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ogosokamaru's turn.
COMBAT: Luna attacks you with FALSE-SURROUNDINGS-TECHNIQUE
and rolls a 34. Action?
COMBAT: Your chakra changes by -40 due to your
transformation.
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru defends against
FALSE-SURROUNDINGS-TECHNIQUE(34) attack from Luna with a
SELF-INFLICT-II…38
COMBAT: Ogosokamaru wins the roll.
COMBAT: There are no more attacks for you to defend against.
When in doubt, stab yourself! Or at least, if you
think something is amiss, cause yourself some pain. At least
one thing that a friend of his taught him with her doujutsu
genjutsu techniques. Ogo placed his crackling blade against
his own shoulder, and let the electricity crackle through his
muscles and tendons for but a moment, causing enough damage
to remove the suspected genjutsu and snap him back into
reality. Before he knew it, he was upon the gem, snatching it
from it's resting place and moving on quickly to keep away
from this thing under the water. Hopefully he didn't have to
deal with fire next. Ogo grumbled to himself a little, but
continued onward to find an exit out of this place, putting
the gem securely in a pouch on the inside of his jacket.
There was no exit… Once he had managed to pick up
the gem the room had completely altered and change. In a mere
blink of an eye he was back at the entrance…Right infront
of the door consisting of water and fire… Perhaps it was a
little odd, but surprisingly enough he was in good and mint
condition… Though with the water cave cleared it was
obvious that fire was going to be next…
