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[indent][indent][Center][COLOR=goldenrod][sup][b]Konohagakure | Chunin | NinTai-nin[/b][/sup][/COLOR][/center][hr][INDENT][sup][COLOR=goldenrod][b]TIME:[/b] [i]Present Day - Morning[/i] | [b]LOCATION:[/b] [i]Konohagakure - Exam Stage, Earth Challenge Room[/i] | [b]INTERACTION:[/b] [color=a187be]Artist known as Kiku[/color][@Ladyinink] [color=39b54a]Self-Appointed Senju Sensei[/color][@Reflection] [color=00a651]Our Almighty Protector[/color][@Syn][/COLOR][/sup][/INDENT][/indent][/indent]

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For someone like Jaakuna whose main prowess was specific in light, darkness was no friend to him. In fact, one could say it was the mortal enemy of any Hinoko. Fire and lightning go hand-in-hand with one another, so for there to be an absence of light didn’t make Sundance feel at home. He wouldn’t say he was scared. That would imply that he’d let them know a second time in less than ten minutes. Instead, he toughed it out for them. He was no leader, but he was a man. Men didn’t scream like a girl for the second time in a row. They waited at least an hour. 

As they pressed on through the barely-lit path, there soon came a light. Although, when they breached the light and came to the sight of yet another golem statue. This one, however, seemed far less thick than the previous ones. It was seated like a monk of some sort. It didn’t have a humanoid jaw like the others. This one had a more reptilian-like jawline--well, beak more like than anything else. It certainly was more metallic than the others, so that was one thing that Jaakuna took notice of. The interesting thing about this statue was the red mechanism dead center of its abdomen. If Jaakuna didn’t know better, it was like some kind of modern tech, though given the ruins, the blonde shinobi was trying to figure out how that could be. Maybe this ancient civilization had innovation on their side.

After spending one too many moments pondering about that, Jaakuna shrugged. Instead, he would focus on the task at hand. However, when he stepped closer with his team, there seemed to be something strange in the air. It felt like some kind of magnetic field was active. He couldn’t say where it was coming from exactly, but somewhere around the golem statue. Call it a hunch or what, but he was usually right about these hunches. So better to play to your strengths rather than overthink it like some people do. 

“[color=goldenrod]Huh,[/color]” Jaakuna caught the sight of a few machines set off to the side.  He saw one to the right and the left respectively. It took him a moment of looking around until he noticed one behind the statue(throne?).  “[color=goldenrod]Well that’s neat. Though, what the hell are they for?[/color]” Jaakuna mused aloud.

He started to tap his head with his right index finger as he thought about it. Although, this proved to be useless. JAakuna, as previously stated, wasn’t a thinking man. But, as he read the inscription on the wall, there seemed to be something connecting those machines and statues. But what could it be?

So he looked to the obvious thinker of the group. “[color=goldenrod]Yo, Windseeker,[/color]” Jaakuna called to Shizuka, “[color=goldenrod]you’re up bro![/color]” He said, looking towards him. “[color=goldenrod]Do that thing that you do.[/color]”


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