Hey Im Jordan

Sentaku

_{Mentions: @Roach @Fiber @KZOMBI3
Location: Chūnin Exams Staging Room}

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the night before the exams

Hikaru hadn’t slept a wink, but who could blame him? He was a little ball of nerves, who knew he was ill prepared for what was to come. He hadn’t even unlocked his Sharingan! And it wasn’t for lack of trying — he’d spent the whole night poking and smacking his friends with his chopsticks trying to trigger the emotional trauma necessary, but… no luck. Karu had then decided that he might as well put the stress-induced insomnia to good use, and figured he might as well do what Katsumi-sensei would have recommended.

Karu let his teammates sleep, even if he couldn’t, and read the Encyclopedia with the light of a lamp. When he’d asked Katsumi-sensei for advice, the only thing she’d said was ‘it’s in the book…’ and Karu had practically no clue what he was doing… so if that was all the advice she was going to give, then it was what he was going to do. His sensei wasn’t exactly the best at giving advice — in fact, it sometimes came down to something as simple as ‘don’t lose’ — but he was going to take it seriously all the same!

As he read the night away, Karu scribbled notes in the margins of the book, with the soft sounds of his friends sleeping in his room, finally free from Karu’s overwhelming energy. If he had his way, Squad Three would have spent the whole night training and getting ready for the chūnin exams, but apparently he couldn’t always get what he wanted — and Iza wouldn’t stop throwing her pillow at him if he tried to keep them awake.

Karu understood though, girls needed like, beauty sleep. He got that, really. That was why he’d decided to curl up by his lamp, and focus on reading. It was kind of relaxing, having to think about just the words on the page, and not the failure that was inevitably coming…

“Hey, Karu, positive thoughts! Positive thoughts.” He whispered yelled at himself, dropping the book on his bed. He ran a hand through his short hair, and briefly wondered if he should wake up his parents for a bit of advice — he would have thought about going to Kenshin for this kind of thing, but Kenshin wouldn’t wake up if he blew something up next to his face.

Still, Karu needed a drink of water. Working hard made him thirsty, and he was definitely working hard! He was just exercising his brain, instead of the normal muscles he spent his days working out. Karu was careful to be quiet as he slipped out of the room, carefully stepping over the sleeping form of Iza. He’d woken her up and before and that… was a dangerous game.

Once he was in the halls of the Hokage Residence, Karu could move freely. Yawning widely, he wondered how much time he had left to get some rest before the exams in the morning… Right now, it was the dead of the night, and he knew that his mind was racing too much for him to get any meaningful rest. “Might as well send it,” he grumbled to himself as he stepped into the kitchen.

“Hey, kiddo. What’s up, you can’t sleep?”

Hikaru froze when he heard the voice that came from the shadows, and turned to look as the source stepped out. If it had been any other voice, he might have been concerned, but this one belonged to… “Dad? What are you doing up so late? Don’t get mad at me when you can’t sleep either!” Karu protested, turning back to reach up and grab a glass from the cupboard.

“Geeze, never seen someone get so defensive because their dad asked one thing.” The head of the Kaminari clan commented, watching as his son poured himself a glass of water. “Are you nervous?” He asked, and Karu didn’t respond. Unfortunately for him, a father’s intuition was better than Karu thought, and Daisuke just nodded and kept talking on. “Of course you are. It’s perfectly normal to be nervous. I was, too.”

“You’re gonna be fine, don’t worry. It’ll be easier than you’re expecting, I promise.” Daisuke ruffled his son’s hair, before digging around in the cupboards for something, while Karu frowned.

“I mean, yeah, but… what if I fail? Wouldn’t you and mom be disappointed?” He asked, sipping from his glass of water. He had, in his mind, a valid point. Karu’s insecurities were creeping up. What kind of Kaminari would fail the chūnin exams? A shinobi’s career hadn’t even really began during their exams! It was what came afterward.

“What? Of course not! We couldn’t be more proud of you. and if you fail? Who gives a damn. You know who else failed their first exams?” Daisuke glanced over his shoulder at Karu, who was listening intently, wondering who his father could be referring to. Maybe one of his older brothers?

“Your mother.” The answer got an audible reaction out of Karu, and Daisuke smiled, turning around to show that he was holding two shot glasses, each filled with a clear liquid.

“Here. And for my sake, don’t tell Masuyo.” He said, smiling at his son. The Lady Hokage would have his head if she knew what he was doing. “Nobody’s perfect, Hikaru. If you don’t succeed, you don’t succeed. The worst thing you can do is give it anything less than your best. You’re a Kaminari. We don’t give it less than our best. Your mother and I will be proud of you no matter what.”

“Now drink up.” Daisuke said, holding his glass up toward his son.

With a huge smile on his lips, Karu clinked his glass against his dad’s. He thought about asking what was in the glass, but thought better of it, knowing that his father wouldn’t answer him even if he did ask. If he couldn’t trust his father, who could he trust? Without a care in the world, Karu tipped the glass back, and he grimaced as it went down. Once he swallowed, he blinked a few times, staring at his father.

“That… that wasn’t very good, Dad.”

“Don’t tell your mother. She’d have my head. Did the same thing with your brothers, but somehow, I’m always the bad guy… You’re gonna do fine, kiddo, don’t stress. You got this.” Daisuke said, holding out his closed fist. Karu nodded his agreement and held his hand out, bumping his fist against his father’s. “It’s sake. It’s good to learn to hate it now — in fact, this is probably why your brother didn’t drink…”

“Yeah… okay. Thanks, Dad.” Karu sat the now empty glass down on the counter, and backed away with as mile, offering a thumbs up and a grin, “the next time you see me, I’ll be a chūnin. Trust me!”

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the next day, at the chūnin exams intro

If Karu wasn’t dead on his feet tired like he was, he would have shaking with hype from the speech his mother gave. Unfortunately, while others — even his own squad — were getting excited from the Hokage’s speech, Karu’s only response was a disrespectful one, out of context. After the Hokage wished everyone good luck, Hikaru’s mouth opened wide as he yawned, rubbing his eyes.

“Sheesh, I should have slept longer… Did Mom- Lady Hokage say we might die? That’s crazy… I didn’t think it was like, deadly deadly. Maybe she’s just kidding. Not that I’m worried about it — we’re just gonna send it anyway, right?” Hikaru said, looking between his two teammates, giving the best smile he could — while his fingers were still digging at his eyes. “Hey, when do you think lunch is?” Despite the massive breakfast he’d eaten before coming here, Hikaru was already hungry. It wasn’t his fault! He’d been too nervous to sleep, and staying up late burned a lot of energy. Food was fuel! And Karu was running low on fuel.

“Oh man, there’s also the written test, right? Crap, I should have studied more… I’m not prepared, there’s no way! Not for a written test. How much time do we have? Maybe I should cram some last minute study time in now…” The stress was creeping back in. Maybe he should have asked his dad to give him some more of that sake for the road. Hikaru looked between Iza and Mori and groaned. Both of his friends were way better at retaining Katsumi-sensei’s speeches and nuggets of knowledge. What the heck was he supposed to do now? His whole future was riding on these exams!

If I had my Sharingan, maybe I could actually scan this crowd effectively… Karu thought to himself as he looked around the crowd, Hikaru was able to make out exactly two interesting things. At least working with Katsumi-sensei had made him learn how to look at crowds with some effectiveness. In fact, Karu was pretty good at it (he might have seen more things going on, had he not been so tired), but he couldn’t help feeling insecure about the lack of his clan’s dojutsu.

After taking in the crowd, Hikaru reached into his bag and pulled out the one thing he was smart enough to bring along: a thermos filled with some still hot tea. Uncapping it, Hikaru took three huge gulps, and let the warmth flow through his body before bouncing from side to side as he screwed the cap back on, and stuffed the bottle back in its place, trying to re-energize himself. It worked, at least a little bit, because before long, Hikaru was off to the races.

“I’m gonna go see if that guy over there’s studyin’! A study buddy is exactly what I need right now. Maybe someone who can ask me some questions and answer some of my own is what I need to really get the ball rollin’, and the juices flowin’. Iza, there’s a fight that’s gettin’ ready to bust out over there, so go check it out for me, alright? Normally, I’d be in there, but I can’t be now — I really gotta study or I might fail before the second stage. Do you know how embarrassing that’d be? It’s scoutin’, so make sure they actually commit, and don’t just beat their chests at each other! They’re just arguin’ now, s’far as I can tell. Mori, can you use your little slug buddy to check things out too? I wanna know if there’s anybody we need to worry about! We went to school with most of these people, but if they’ve been trainin’ half as hard as we have, then we’re gonna hafta be ready for anything! If Mom- Lady Hokage says we might die, then we’re probably gonna be fightin’, and Katsumi-sensei says a fight is won before a blow is ever thrown, so let’s just send it and win some future fights right here, and right now, ya got it?” With that, the self-proclaimed leader of Squad 3 was off, bounding through the crowd and toward the only other person in the whole damn auditorium who was studying. Hikaru was feeling good, even if he was forcing himself to a little bit. He needed to put up or shut up. This was his chance to prove he was more than just ‘the youngest Kaminari,’ ‘the Hokage’s son,’ or ‘Kenshin’s little brother.’

Once he made it to his target, Hikaru boldly tapped the young man on the shoulder to get his attention. “Hi, man. You’re Kotetsu, right? We went to school together. You might not remember, but that’s okay. Anyway, I saw you were studyin’, so I was hopin’ that I could study with you? I’m not too confident when it comes to the written stuff…” With all the hope in the world, Hikaru flashed a smile in Kotetsu’s direction.

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

@Kurostaraptor owns too so that's pretty cool, good for you buddy

Video Games: The General Discussion & Community Thread

Me, playing my old copy of Platinum: Hmm, It'd be nice to catch a shiny really early in the game like that shiny Patrat I caught many years ago, but it probably won't happen.
Me, mere minutes later: That Starly looks od- ajdsoijfodishg that's a shiny Starly!

Well, I guess I have a level four shiny Starly with Brave as a nature now.

@Kuro

Hey, that's pretty good.

Sentaku

Sueno Nemu

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_{“I just want to end this all and sleep.”}

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Personal

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_{N A M E}

Sueno Nemu | 末夢
"Z" because just like in small comics, he enjoys sleeping so much that people swear they can see small "Z's" float around.

_{A G E}

13

_{C L A N}

Sueno Clan

_{S E X U A L I T Y}

Pansexual

_{B L O O D T Y P E}

A-

Characterization

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_{H E I G H T}

155cm | 5'0"

_{E Y E S}

Light blue with a tint of green.

_{H A I R}

Falls down to his shoulders with a wavy texture. Dark black.

_{H E A D B A N D P L A C E M E N T}

Placed upon the left side of his arm.

_{C H A K R A N A T U R E}

Suiton | Water
Fūton | Wind

_{P E R S O N A L I T Y}

↑ Calm
↑ Tactical
↑ Approachable
↓ Shy (easily flustered)
↓ Sacrificial (will not care about his life just to support others)
↓ Overcritical

In a word, Nemu is a distant star, too large to understand.

Being an earnest, honest and sincere boy his calm aura draws those near him, gravitating towards his warmth. The rush of his voice, slightly low and rough, will unfold into a helpless laughter once he's comfortable with you. His voice will soften into a melody when his kind comments slip, giving off a gentle and tender demeanor to him. Although he's good-hearted, Nemu knows not to cross boundaries with a person. He'll disconnect once he realizes the bond strengthening, pushing back silently, avoiding close relationships in fear of abandoning them--just like he had done with his mother.

Being a quiet kid never got him into many conversations, as he was never the one to have much input in these interactions. Already dealing with practice, social activities tired him out much more than anything else. He dealt with this problem by sleeping it off. That was Nemu’s escape, napping away under the skies was the comfort he needed. Being as how this is the only perception others have on him, Nemu tends to play the part of a lazy sleepy child in an exaggerated manner as en excuse.

It does really help him escape social situations though.

Although Z is strategic, his overthinking--critical self--will constantly over-analyze the plan and assume the worst of the worst. The overall consensus about Z’s demeanor all points to his silence and this extends even to missions; while his teammates would prefer to hear his input, all Z offers is a blank face in return.

_{P E R S O N A L H I S T O R Y}

Young father Sueno Nagatsuki and Sueno Yua had their world shaken permanently by the arrival of their young child, Sueno Nemu. Unprepared of their new family member, the two recklessly fell through mistakes on raising the young boy. As they were both new to the whole raising a child dilemma, Nemu learned to face his life independently. His parent's weren't horrible people as they were both loving and caring, but the two were clumsy in his upbringing. Naturally, they got the hang of it and Nemu grew up to be a decent independent child. His mother, Sueno Yua was a woman that gave off the demeanor of an irresponsible adult. Her personality was like blowing up a dam, the water never stops flowing; just like her recklessness. His father, Sueno Nagatsuki, on the other hand, was a man who barely spoke but listened. He was the balance of tranquility and danger, possessing a silent strength to his character that it gave Nemu a sense of admiration for his father.

The two were simple farmers in the Land of the Water. Living a peaceful life in the snowy village, castaway from many. Living in the land where the Sueno clan originated from enticed Nemu to know more about his clan. A nation that underwent the chaos of a war despite singing the tale of living the life of an outcast, pushing themselves away from political affairs. The kekkei genkei played a part during the war, as ninjas that wield such possession were loathed by many due to the tragedies caused by their kekkei genkei. In spite of it all, those in fear of the constant oppression fled into hiding. The young boy's eyes shimmered with excitement when he listened to these tales from his father. Their chilled bodies crept through the wooded forest, while the snowy scenery welcomed them with cold air. His father took him on walks during the day to collect some water from the rivers and it gave him the idea to enlighten Nemu about his identity.

Nagatsuki bent down to face Nemu, under his feet the snow illuminated itself with the sun's light, the cold light sticking itself to his chin. "You mustn't tell your mother about these stories," a hand touched his cheek, "for our safety."

(Nemu didn't understand but the warmth of his fathers palms were enough to silence him.)

He soon came to learn what exactly his father meant.

Nemu was asked to fetch some water by his mother as his father stayed behind to care for the fields. The child skipped quietly towards the wooded areas and did just as he was told. Then, as he knelt down to collect the bucket of water, Nemu watched as the droplets floated for a split second before dropping casually to the ground. His eyes shimmered in the dark morning, snow falling straight and steadily from a sky that blew no wind. Yet the hint of blue sky released a flash of diamonds that illuminated the landscape--and Nemu, clothed in the angelic's light, dropped the bucket of water. His mind wondered itself through galaxies, among the whirling stardust and ineffable particles, Nemu was lost. Living in a fairy-tale world by the stories of his parents, there was a sort of shock when he realized what was all said by his father, had been true. His heartbeat quickened, he stared down at the shimmering river. His eyes flowing bright under the snowy trees, his skin growing hot that with each glance he took, bathed his surroundings in warm sunlight. A distinct memory engraved itself in the mind of Nemu, his father's tales about the ninjas, about the kekkai genkai, about the Sueno clan, about the betrayal, the discrimination and the warning; "Don't tell anyone."

He turned on his heels, the breath of his escaped his shaky throat, enrapturing his vision with a fog. His world shook around him by the might of the heavens as he hurried each step.

(The world bent and trembled at his strength)

Nemu rammed into his father’s broad body, out of breath and working only on adrenaline. He pushed his head upwards to stare at the confused face of his parent. Pushing his father slightly, Nemu took a step back, standing still, not saying anything. His mother in the distant watched her son and husband in clear worry. While the wind blew at them, tugging at their clothes, Nemu spoke, and as if a warm rainstorm washed down in sweet hyphens, his father only gave in a small grunt.

The two acknowledged one another and that was fine for Nemu. He gained his new identity.

The two placed themselves in the kitchen, his mother sitting silently at the table, listening to her husband speak of such sad tales with nonchalance. The water in the kettle shook, creaks cried out with the quiet steps of Nemu, and outside the wind blew with a sad tune that day. The child stood at the edge of the door frame, listening to his father's rough voice crack slightly, his mother with her head hung low(defeat sung in her eyes). Then, her mouth opened and her angelic voice carried itself to Nemu's ears in sorrow.

"I'm sorry."

His father shook the boy awake the next morning. The sun had barely woken itself up. He crawled out of his bed, missing the slight warmth that comforted him. His father, wrapped in heavy clothing and a tattered bag, pushed several items to Nemu. The boy stared down at the clothing and a small dirty bag. Without saying a word, Nemu followed through with the silent demands. He wrapped himself in the warm clothing and stuffed the rest in his bag. Nagatuski began walking, eventually waiting on Nemu at the front door. The child turned to face his room for the last time, deconstructing each corner of his place and keeping it safe in his memories. He had already known what was going to happen. Closing the door behind him, Nemu began walking towards the front door to only stop midway when he saw his mother, her back facing him. She was staring at her husband and Nemu felt the guilt emitting from her. He pushed his head downwards and squeezed his way through her, passing her to place his feet in his battered boots. Without saying a word, Yua turned her son around and placed her cold hands against his. Squeezing his tiny fingers and slightly folding them together with hers.

(She was saying sorry and he accepted it with a squeeze.)

She took a recently knitted scarf that was placed on the table beside her and wrapped it around his trembling body. The big scarf too large for his size, hugged itself on Nemu, providing comfort in the sadness he exiled from leaving his mother.

(It was all his fault.)

And with that, Nemu's father grabbed the boys hands and the two followed themselves out the door. His mother's small body, standing slightly hunched--in defeat--at the end of the doorstep, rose her hand to show her goodbye. He turned his head before listening to the slight 'click' of the lock. And, just like that, his mother vanished without a trace in his memories.

Both Nagatsuki and Nemu arrived at Konoha in hopes to start a fresh new life. His father reminded Nemu to not speak of his clan, to throw away his identity, for their safety. Thus, Nemu throw away that part of him. Enrolling into the academy despite the protests from his father(which took a lot of convincing to do).

_{C H A R A C T E R D E V E L O P M E N T}

To be okay with his identity.

Attributes

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_{T A L E N T S}

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• Strategic: Able to think logically and fast on his toes.

• 傘 | Kasa: Nemu wields a light blue umbrella that helps support his defense. He inflicts chakra on the object to intensify it's use of a shield. Allowing him to protect himself from physical attacks and others.

_{T O O L S}

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• Kasa: His straw umbrella that's coated with a light blue color.

• Kunai blade: He's slowly getting better at aiming. Get's him to do a subtle dance when he manages to actually hit his target.

• Smoke bomb: Sometimes he throws it too early, but he's learning.

_{T E C H N I Q U E S}

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_{C R A N K}

• Water Release | 水遁

•Fallen stars ☆ : Using his umbrella, Nemu will spin it to release the thousands of water needles concentration by the control of his chakra. This usually works better when its raining because he'll have unlimited usage of water, just that it'll take a lot of his energy + chakra so it's tough to use.

_{D R A N K}

• Taijutsu 体術 : Not the best but when it comes to blocking attacks, Nemu can be good within that skill(usually excels in blocking when he has his umbrella at hand).

• Basic Academy Techniques

Other

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_{K E K K A I G E N K A I}

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_{N A M E}

• Ice Release | 氷遁

_{A B I L I T I E S}

• Feared by this possession, Ice release is passed down by members in the Yuki clan. Allowing the user to create ice from chakra, lowering the temperature of their surrounding. The user's temperature can also be affected as it can help them hide easier(less chance of getting detected by thermal sensors). Ice release is a combination of both wind and water following after to be of a nature transformation kekkei genkai. Generally speaking, Ice Release can be used as many things especially as a structure to defend the user and it's partners.

_{A P P E A R A N C E}

• ☆

_{S U M M O N I N G J U T S U}

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_{A N I M A L}

• N/A

_{N A M E}

• N/A

_{A P P E A R A N C E}

• N/A

@Kautalya

After the changes, Nemu is good to go.

Pokétopian Dreams: Exploring the Hippowdon Temple!

i'm interested, this sounds fun

Sentaku

選択

♪

The chūnin exams begin today.

Young shinobi from all five of the great shinobi villages were gathered in Konoha, accompanied by their jonin squad leaders — along with a few participants from some of the smaller shinobi lands. The annual chūnin exams were a huge deal for shinobi everywhere. They dictated what the future looked like. The villages with the strongest showing in the exams would get the most work following them, and the village with the most work would have the most money, and thus be the strongest village.

Truth be told, it wasn’t too common for the Kage of the host village to address the genin so early — typically, it was saved for before the finals… but Kaminari Masuyo was far from a common Kage. Plus, her own son was among the gathered genin, and she wanted to at least see him before the exams started.

That was why the Lady Hokage was standing in front of all the gathered genin in the staging room before the first phase of the exams. It was time for her favorite part of the job: speeches.

Smiling out at the genin, Masuyo shifted her Kage headpiece and prepared to officially initiate the exams.

“Welcome to the chūnin exams. Most of you have been preparing for this all your life… and it will be the toughest challenge you’ve faced yet. The chūnin exams are going to be your first real test as shinobi — it won’t be like the standard missions you’ve been completing during your time as genin. But, all of you have been marked as ready for examination by your assigned jonin leaders.”

A brief pause as she let her words sink in.

“The exam will be in three parts, each more dangerous than the last. I’m going to be very, very frank with all of you. There is a chance some of you may die. However, that’s a risk I and my fellow Kage are willing to take. If you want to leave, leave now. If you want to stay, then you can wait in this room for when the proctor for the first exam comes to fetch you. Feel free to talk to one another, but just know that during these exams… The only allies you have are the genin from your squads. Everyone else — yes even genin from your own village — are enemies.”

“Good luck, you’re probably going to need it.”

With that, Masuyo turned, with her cloak sweeping behind her, before she left out the door… and left the gathered genin to their own devices.

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Our story begins with the genin gathered together in a large room, surrounded by ninja from different villages, and their own fellow Konoha rookies! For now, write your introduction posts and interact with your teams and the other rookies. Once all of the characters have been introduced, there will be another GM post in which the proctor will come and collect you all for the first, and by far the most difficult, part of the exams: the written test!

Good luck!

Sentaku

How many spots you got left?

@Kal-El

Hi! We can accept a genin if you'd like to submit one, but we won't be able to accept a jonin at the moment. :)

Sentaku

Accepted Characters:

- Hikaru
- Mori / Hime / Kenshin
- Iza / Shion
- Kurimi
- Shirou
- Yosuke / Kami
- Hime
- Kotetsu
- Tsukai
- Hirameki / Yuutsu
- Yasu
- Katsumi

Pending Revisions:

- Tetsu: For Tetsu, we'd like to see you change from being both a genius and having larger than average chakra. Please pick one of those two things, and for now stick to techniques that Gaara was using in part one of Naruto. Let's save the stuff from Boruto for at least after the timeskip.
- Yachiyo: For Yachiyo, the only issue we have is having both fire and water natures (even in the future). We talked about it some and think this would take years and years to get to. If you can remove one of those, we think it's fine!
- Satoru: Please make a decision on whether or not you want to commit to Byakugan and taijutsu, or Byakugan and ninjutsu. After some discussion we don't think you should have the Eight Gates if you're not going to commit to it as a main gimmick; letting something like that scale off in the late game doesn't feel right to us. We'd also like you to remove prodigal levels of chakra. We don't want many people running around with too much chakra, it'll make fights less fun.
- Usagi: There's really only one thing and it's not a huge deal, but ANBU is a position, not like a strength level. They're basically ninja CIA and don't really take medical nin with them when they go out. I suggest changing this point to just say 'jonin level!'

Once the WIPs are finished, we'll review those, too.

Sentaku: A Naruto RP

roleplayerguild.com/topics/180905-sen…

Hi!

Here's the link to the OOC! Please move all your characters to the OOC tab of this thread (NOT THE CHARACTERS TAB.) and wait for the GMs to review!

Sentaku

Coming soon:

Lore info on current kages and last 15 years of timeline (essentially, character's lifetime)