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Date: September 19, 2013
Summary:
Ishino teaches Renai the importance of being a versatile ninja.
"Versatility and Rabbits in the Mist"
Cold Springs - The Pits [Kirigakure]
Cold Springs - The Pits [Kirigakure]
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The name of this place is set due to its purpose. Further into the cold springs there is an extension of a few ponds set throughout with various depths and dangers. There are warning sharp rocks just touching the surface of the water, it is unknown how many sharp rocks are just underneath the waters of the ponds. A thick mist shrouds this area causing hazards for inexperienced ninja with its sharp rocks and slippery surface.
Where once there was an explosion, the damage noted in the pits is more significant with huge gaping holes on the walls and ground at sections. The center piece of this area is a large sphere shaped opening where water had been drained and forms a large pit for combatants. The stains of old blood are noted throughout as well as the stench.
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Contents:
Ishino
Exits:
East - (E) [Cold Springs]
A green-haired girl appears at the edge of the Pits, slightly out of breath and clutching a small scroll in her hand. Renai glances up to the sky. Not late! Barely. Her research has been enveloping more and more of her time and she's been pushing closer to her time limits to maximize the use of minutes. So far, so good.
She pulls the book bag from her shoulder and drops it at the edge of the pits in some place where some kid won't trip over it. She stuffs the scroll into it and proceeds to start warming herself up and stretching as she waits for her sensei to either arrive or reveal himself.
At exactly the second that the time clicked for the training, Ishino would show up, stepping through the same doorway that Renai had come in at. While she was rushing to make sure she was there, Ishino knew he was on time. Stepping into the pit, he'd hop down to the bottom, opening his pocket watch to check the time. A nod was given and with a *POOF* Time Keeper would actually come out of the watch to stand towering over Ishino. From there, it's shoulder would open and the hilt of a blade showed up. The puppet grabbed and pulled it free, allowing it to come out of the puppet to hover on it's own. "This training is about Taijutsu. I know that I am far from an expert in such things, however, it is important to know all styles. Afterall, if you don't understand how they move, you can't intercept them."
Renai turns from her stretching to see Ishino. The girl smiles and walks over toward him, pausing when she sees Time Keeper produce a sword. And then, the words. She frowns and studies the length of the blade. This is probably going to hurt a lot.
Seriousness sets in over the kunoichi though and she nods in understanding. Taijutsu isn't exactly a strong point for her either, but she has to understand it. Half of successful defense is anticipation. She takes a few steps back and produces a kunai in her hand. She doesn't have much in the way of weapon paraphernalia, but she'll try to use what she's got. "Hai, Sensei! How shall we start?"
RP: Renai joins the roleplay.
COMBAT: It is now Renai's turn.
RP: Ishino joins the roleplay.
COMBAT: Renai focuses 2500 stamina to turn it into usable chakra!
COMBAT: Renai finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ishino's turn.
COMBAT: Ishino focuses 6000 stamina to turn it into usable chakra!
RP: Ishino transforms into HIRAMEKARAI.
Ishino watched as Renai would prepare herself. He'd give a nod and the weapon would move. Much akin to how she's seen Time Keeper move on it's own, so too did the weapon, coming forward in a quick slash at her, short, sweet, to the point, but it was still needing a way to stop it's hit.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks Renai with BRANDISH-PUPPET-STRIKE-I…26
COMBAT: Ishino finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Renai's turn.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks you with BRANDISH-PUPPET-STRIKE-I and rolls a 26. Action?
COMBAT: Renai defends against BRANDISH-PUPPET-STRIKE-I(26) attack from Ishino with a EARTH-DOME…22
COMBAT: Renai loses the roll and sustains 226 damage.
Her hands lift as she sees the incoming sword, forming a quick half shield in from of her. Or, well, trying to. Before it's complete, his sword come blazing through the incomplete earthen wall and slices into her shoulder. Renai stumbles a bit and tries to quickly compose herself for an attack. She hops up over the crumbling earth and throws three kunai at her teacher in quick succession with her uninjured arm.
COMBAT: Renai attacks Ishino with SHARP…12
COMBAT: Renai attacks Ishino with SHARP…14
COMBAT: Renai attacks Ishino with SHARP…16
COMBAT: Renai finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ishino's turn.
COMBAT: Ishino defends against SHARP(12) attack from Renai with a BRANDISH-WEAPON-BLOCK-I…30
COMBAT: Ishino wins the roll.
COMBAT: Ishino defends against SHARP(14) attack from Renai with a BRANDISH-WEAPON-BLOCK-I…44
COMBAT: Ishino wins the roll.
COMBAT: Ishino defends against SHARP(16) attack from Renai with a BRANDISH-WEAPON-BLOCK-I…29
COMBAT: Ishino wins the roll.
The weapon would flick back, deflecting the thrown weapons neatly with a parry, sending them lodging into the wall off to the left. Ishino gives a small nod. "Good. You're doing well in terms of defend and attack. Try to anticapate the attack coming in to know where it's coming from." The blade shimmered, the metal morphing right before her eyes into a metallic hammer. This would then come at her with a straight forward hit. He was still keeping it pretty simple to just expand on her abilities.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks Renai with PHYSICAL…19
COMBAT: Ishino finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Renai's turn.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks you with PHYSICAL and rolls a 19. Action?
COMBAT: Renai defends against PHYSICAL(19) attack from Ishino with a DODGE…7
COMBAT: Renai loses the roll and sustains 301 damage.
COMBAT: There are no more attacks for you to defend against.
Renai marvels as the sword changes into a hammer. How did he manage that…? Her brain starts to grind into study mode. She hesitates and watches the hammer. Her legs pivot as if to jerk her body out of the way. However, the hammer hits and knocks her back onto her bottom. The Touketsu grunts and pulls herself back up to face him again. This time she runs through, moving into closer quarters to attempt a more direct assault. She runs a punch toward his gut, following with an attempt at a backwards kick into his side.
COMBAT: Renai attacks Ishino with PHYSICAL…9
COMBAT: Renai attacks Ishino with PHYSICAL…12
COMBAT: Renai finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ishino's turn.
COMBAT: Ishino defends against PHYSICAL(9) attack from Renai with a WEAPON-BLOCK…20
COMBAT: Ishino wins the roll.
COMBAT: Ishino defends against PHYSICAL(12) attack from Renai with a WEAPON-BLOCK…26
COMBAT: Ishino wins the roll.
Ishino shakes his head slightly as she'd get distracted by the hammer. She did pay for it, by getting knocked on her butt. As she came forward again, the weapon would flicker back, easily deflecting the shots she attempted to do to hit him. Time Keeper stepped forward then, grasping the blade's hilt as a henge took over his form. Suddenly Renai was facing an 8' tall white rabbit in a petticoat. He held in his hand a massive disk that looked something akin to the pocket watch Ishino wielded. There was a certain amusement on his face as the rabbit then tried to smush her with the 'watch' twice.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks Renai with PHYSICAL…20
COMBAT: Ishino attacks Renai with PHYSICAL…25
COMBAT: Ishino finishes his turn.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks you with PHYSICAL and rolls a 20. Action?
COMBAT: Renai defends against PHYSICAL(20) attack from Ishino with a DODGE…17
COMBAT: Renai loses the roll and sustains 223 damage.
COMBAT: Ishino attacks you with PHYSICAL and rolls a 25. Action?
COMBAT: Renai defends against PHYSICAL(25) attack from Ishino with a DODGE…20
COMBAT: Renai loses the roll and sustains 224 damage.
COMBAT: There are no more attacks for you to defend against.
The Touketsu girl blinks up at the rabbit, utterly confused. Is this a genjutsu? What in the world…
She starts to take a step back when SPLAT! She falls abrubtly to the ground and SPLAT! again. The kunoichi doesn't move from the spot when the disk is lifted. Instead she lays there, forgetting to breathe every other breath and twitching in a light indentation of the ground. "Rabbit… no.. bad…"
COMBAT: Renai finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ishino's turn.
Ishino draws the puppet and blade back, both reverting back to their normal shape as blade and puppet would stand next to one another. Ishino walked forward then, studying Renai with some mild curiousity before reaching down to offer her a hand up. "Do you understand the lesson that the big rabbit gives, Renai-san?" He'd make sure she was ok, of course.. if she really did need to go to the hospital, they would, but he was focused on her understanding why he did it.
COMBAT: Ishino finishes his turn.
COMBAT: It is now Renai's turn.
Renai doesn't respond at first, her glazed eyes peering up as six Ishinos seem to walk over. She blinks and then again before finally starting to snap out of it. The girl reaches up to take his hand and gets herself up. She lifts a hand up to rub at her forehead where a small lump is starting to form. "That you're a mean sensei! A mean, mean sensei!" She pouts cutely and then answers more seriously. "Yes, I need to learn to anticipate taijutsu attacks better so I am more prepared." Her head lowers to take stock of herself. She feels, quite literally, like she's been walked over by an elephant.
COMBAT: Renai finishes her turn.
COMBAT: It is now Ishino's turn.
Ishino shakes his head slowly, watching her still as she was back on her feet, he'd take a step back. "No. That's not actually the lesson to be had. While yes, knowing what's coming will help you survive more, the main part of that scenario was to show you that you can't anticipate what might happen to come attack you. Instead of expecting a certain line.. expect anything and have a plan to prepare. Afterall.. what if it was an elephant attempting to trample you instead?"
COMBAT: It is now Renai's turn.
RP: Ishino leaves the roleplay.
RP: Ishino reverts to his normal state.
Renai listens intently to him despite her pains. Her brows furrow and then loosen as she suddenly makes an "O" face. "I see… I wonder if elephants are tasty." She shakes her head as if wriggling out of a bad thought and bows to her sensei. "I understand, Sensei." The girl uprights herself and rubs her aching head again. "So be versatile and have something for everything up my sleeve. So I'm not relying on one path." She nods in agreement with herself.
RP: Renai leaves the roleplay.
Ishino smiles in response, giving a nod in agreement. "There is nothing wrong with having a weaker path. Don't ignore the path. I'm not a taijutsuist, I'm a genjutsuist." He'd motion to the sword then. "I still have the path of taijutsu I can use. I can act on and expand with. It's important to know where to go and how to get there. Both offensively and defensively. I'm glad you get that." He'd muse for a moment, pulling out his watch again. "We are three minutes early. Good, you're staying ahead of schedule. I have the next 15 minute block sectioned for you to go get patched up at the hospital I believe. Do you wish to partake of that early?"
Renai nods to him and bows again, "Thank you, Sensei." She straightens up with a grin to the older ninja. "Maybe I can get done there early as well and have more time for other things in the rest of the day." She starts to walk over to her bag, but pauses when pain runs up through her legs from being smooshed. She blinks and takes a hesitant step. Alright then. The rest of her movements are ginger and careful, not wanting to push anything any further out of order before the med-nin can look at her.
