Reflection

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LOL I am tempted. Seeing as you brought back Jaakuna and J8cob brought back Tsukiko. But probably not since @Odin's character is a trap soooooooo.........meh. Doesn't have the same appeal when theres more than one girly boy. Where's the tokenism in two traps? You know?

@Angel Eyes

I already brought in the token character where nobody knows their gender. Trivia: They're actually a fox, so they're the token furry too.

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Oh, hello Aphrodite from SMITE. The MOBA where you play as Gods, and you literally just made Aphrodite with some new things.

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Jaakuna Aka
Location - Konoha Kage Booth / Interaction - @Odin+@Syn+@Yoshua171
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SHIT! It was Tsuchikage! The fox ninja smiled, though there was a twitch to his actions. The hokage may fall for his disguise, but that damn Tsuchik-! Wait... That wasn't the other guy... Jaakuna sniffed the air for a moment, defaintly not the guy he knew. but then again, the tsuchikage could have been replaced since then. He just kinda expected the old crew to still be kicking. Guess that's what happens when you lay underground for a whole two decades. People move on. Way to make the freshly young-fied Jaakuna feel old, you assholes. Could be worse though, at least everybody seemed to get along. He gave Yatsu a bow, as it was the respectable thing to do.

His next action though wasn't really respectable. As he took the outstretched drink the Tsuchikage was offering up, and took a sip. Oh how long it had been since he'd had the brews of Iwagakure. All those tastes and rich flav- Wait... Did the Hokage just ask him a question? His attention turned to Gisho, and a shiver ran up his spine. SHIT!
“Hey, what did you say your name was young one?”
"Tasty!" Jaakuna said, a little panic in his voice. "Ah, sorry." He replied quickly, passing the tsuchikage's drink back. "The drink, really tasty. But, you can call me Tatsu." His smile twitched. "Tastu Aka. Oldest living son of Jaakuna Aka. My mother and I recieved news recently about my father's grave, and we went to check. Just got back today, figured I'd stop by encase you heard and rumors." He laughed, hoping that they all believed his lies. Not that they had proof he wasn't. "Just a thunderstorm broke one of the posts. Nothing you should be worried about."

"But, onto more... Pleasant topics." He said, quickly trying to shuffle past the issue. "My father talked highly of you. When he was around. Is it true you and he fought the Seven Swordsman of the Mist? His stories tended to embellish a bit, as he claimed to have defeated four of them before having to save you." That bit was at least a little true. There was no big dramatic life saving, just Jaakuna one up'ing his friend. "But, you know, he was always away on missions. I bet he'd give anything to be here right now. And if he was, I bet he'd be proud of what you made." Focus Jaakuna. Gisho won't look too hard at this kind of stuff if he feels like he'd be honoring a dead friend. Disgusting... Here he was, lying to a friend because of Seijuro Nandate... He reached to his own heart, clutching it softly. "Ah... Sorry. A little heartburn from the drink."

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@OdinAwwww...he thinks I want to be on his team. That's cute!

@Syn


Seriously tho, if there is a place for me, im gonna go ahead and start working on a ninja.

@Angel Eyes

Stop using so many of those massive image memes. And get to work on a character.

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Kurin Senju
Location - Konoha Arena / Interaction - @Syn+@LadyinInk
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Kurin stumbled forward, caught off guard by the burst of wind. But, this was honestly good as it managed to spread his spores down the tunnel, drifting ahead of them as the team began the second part of their mission. The whole place felt... Oddly enough... Alive. To Kurin anyway. The cracks that funneled air into the tunnel was like a breath, sharp and shallow. The winding tunnels felt like blood veins. Though maybe he was projecting. Him and nature got along well. Thankfully, his radios still worked. Tossing the short range transceiver's between each of the group. "If we manage to get split up, these will help." Kurin said, wanting to keep an eye on everything.

Always the academy boy. He couldn't help it. Neat and tidy, keeping his attention on everybody. Those in need always knew that no matter how hard it got, Kurin would step in to take the burden off their backs. Right now though, they where all neck deep underground, with the possibility that half the team just wasn't set up to fight in such tight areas. Kurin it seemed was pushing double duty now.

Yet, he couldn't help but feel an ominous edge as his eyes drifted to the sign. Fear the Worm. Well, that was either very direct, or a complete red herring. Until further notice, the team would be working under the assumption that a giant worm could very well collapse the area around them in a moment. The tunnels themselves seemed rather weak, so simply because a cave in would be the worst he began to forge handseals. Wooden posts began to sprout along the sealing and walls, holding the ceiling up and restoring some of the aged supports. Each time he made sure to give a wide birth to the precious metal. Even the cheap stuff that would otherwise be useless. If there was a danger tied to mining it, he'd hate to set it off.

Now, for the challenge. Or at least the first major obstacle. He continued to fortify the area, using his wood jutsu to form a layering over the roof. If they had to start blasting the door, he wanted to make sure the team wouldn't be caved in. At least he had one major advantage in this challenge. Even if figuring it out would take a while. Brainteasers, of course.

"To review..." Kurin began, already investigating. "We have a ticking timer, the possibility of a worm, and a door. Which may or may not be opened by this button talking about distress." Pretty simple lay-man's terms. The cryptic nature of the whole challenge seemed rather blunt. Mostly following a set path and doing the thing that was expected. Well, if that was the case, he might as well keep his eyes open.
"Either this switch is a certain fail state, or it'll help us continue further down the road. Shizuka, would you like the honors?" Kurin said, turning his attention to rest of the environment. If anything changed when the switch was flipped, he wanted to be the first to see it.

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Bumu Aka
Location - Konoha Arena / Interaction - @BladeX+@GlitchyBugger
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Drip... Drip... Bumu seemed rather surprised by their new location. No way out as far as the fox could tell. Except for, the water outside. The dripping water, a salty smell. Something was very wrong. Looking up, that leak started to spring, trailing water down upon them. Not too big, and defiantly not at the point where it couldn't be stopped yet. The fox began to form handseals, leaning forward, and spraying a thick sticky spray of oil. Toad Oil sprayed onto the walls, sticking tightly against the stone. Trailing up to the crack, sealing it tightly at least for a short bit.

"Okay, we've got a water issue." Bumu said, sure they'd only have a minute or so before the oil became useless once more. Just one or two extra minutes to plan. "We're trapped, by water. On all sides." Another twitch. "It's pretty obvious this is a bad situation, so we need to start figuring out a way to breath when this stuff rushes in." Bumu added, seeing a little spray squirt out from the sticky oil. "I can blow the room, but that's just gonna let all the water in at once." This whole mess made her unhappy, and he wanted out now. Small places didn't help her attitude. A splurt of water broke through, landing on his head. She hated this. Like hate hate. A seething hate.

Jaakuna Aka
Location - Konoha Kage Booth / Interaction - @Odin+@Syn
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"Ah, the rain village, of course." He smiled, softly at that. Wasn't that just a bunch of muddy huts and sad folk? Then again, what could he say? That was 20 years ago and a lot can change since then. Like coming back from the dead, or finding out TV was a thing. That was what really impressed him about the time jump. But even if the village of rain hadn't changed, there was a grace the village leader held. Almost as if she was a goddess in her own right. If he was still in the market for a wife, he'd have proposed then and there. Right now though some things came first.

"Well, I'll have to send you a bundle sometime. You'll love it." Jaakuna said softly. "After all, in the right conditions, even strawberries can grow in the rain. Helps if you remember just how good they can be." He laughed softly, as if he'd just spouted wisdom but his words meant little. But that moment ended quickly...

Some things are obvious, even to Jaakuna. He didn't need to sense the Hokage. After all, old friends like them? That's a whole new kind of sixth sense. But, he didn't say a thing. Instead, he sat there, rather relaxed, a little hunch to his back. The door opened, and he looked up just to see him again. Those eyes met, his grey eyes sparkled, and a smirk forced itself along his lips. Ginsho hadn't changed. Well, not much. Still pretty, still handsome. The lack of an arm didn't do a thing to take away from the man that stood before him. Wisdom from age was a good word to use. And yet, Jaakuna couldn't help but feel a ting of sorrow. How cruel for the world to age him. The Fox Sage felt for a moment that this was what death was really like. Not a glorious battle, but dying slowly and the world could see it.

He began to move, almost by reflex. He stood, a hand reaching out... Then he stopped. No, he couldn't help. He shouldn't help. Be silent... Be weary. He wasn't here to give out hugs and remember the good old days. No... He hated to admit it, but those days where over. From here on, it was war and hell all over again. Still, he bowed, a faithful merchant after all. "Lord Hokage. Thank you for stopping by." He whispered softly, only just enough for Ginsho to catch his words. Sitting back down, he turned his attention to the arena, and it's many cameras.

"The world expands ever so much. And yet the past is hard to get rid of." Jaakuna whispered softly as he watched, making the occasional comment to the two village leaders. Yin-Yang looked rather interesting. A lovely challenge if any. His eyes drifted to one girl, who seemed familiar. He swore he'd seen her before. A mission? Maybe? "Cute kid." He said, head in his hand, turning his attention to lightning. Well, that one looked fun. "Recycling old exams, eh?" He grinned from ear to ear. "Didn't you do something similiar back when you where taking the exams, eh Hokage-sama? I never saw the challenge myself, but I heard rumors."

Then he looked at the water challenge. "Hey, who's that kid?" He said, pointing at the screen, focusing on a foxy looking kid. "What's she... He? I can't tell... But that's my family crest!" He said, pointing again at the screen, to the symbols etched into that coat the kid wore. The Aka family crest was easily recognizable. Well, to him it was.

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Ha, woke up and realized part of the Lightning challenge had gotten deleted during coding. So I rewrote part of it. Sorry for Gan's team and what now.

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LIGHTNING ROUND

@Spanner@Kalas@Ganryu@yoshua171
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It's hard to really get a grasp of where you're going, or even where you've been. The sudden flashing of light made it very clear that something was up. But the light wasn't from a jutsu, but from a lightbulb, dangling above the group as they found themselves in a tight room that resembled less a grand challenge room and more that of the janitor's closet. Oh wait... They're the mop. Yep, this is a janitor's closet. Either they where too lazy to get special, or the creator had a sick sense of humor. As if to say "Pass, or end up getting really personal with your mop."

There was only one door in the room, pretty simple really. Nothing too complex, literally just a simple door handle stood before them. And then the lights went out. Challenge 1: Open the door in the dark. Well, that was a breeze. Hopefully. No timer, but it would have been pretty embarrassing to fail out right there. The door opened with a click, rather easily when they got that far. And out they'd stumble into the light. Hundreds of lights filled the room, and it wasn't just one room. Well, it was if you want to get technical.

Three stories, each visible from the one below. Because dead center, taking up a vast majority of the room was a statue of the buddha.

Each floor holding part of the divine statue, hundreds of lights shining onto the statue. Lanterns dangling from the underside of each floor, and even lanterns placed around almost haphazardly. As if the idea wasn't so much that they'd have great lightning, but to just fill the room with as many points of light as possible. Till it almost hurt the eyes. The buddha himself seemed towering, and shimmering in the light. A glorious being. Revered, adored, and most of all, honorable.

The rest of the rooms themselves seemed fairly simple. Plenty of wooden panels that creaked softly when the team took a step. A single flight of stairs led between each floor, keeping it all nice and minimilistic. And then there was the stuff inside the rooms. Boxes. Boxes and tarps strewn about, seemingly just there for decoration, because when somebody tried to pop the lid off it just turned out to be empty. Well, the first box anyway.

The drums where the second most important. Presented rather meekly, subtle but important. In total the team would find twenty drums in total. Each drum was roughly three feet in diameter, hoisted up off the ground by a series of wooden panels. Nothing seemed set up to drum them, so it looked like they'd have to be drummed by hand. The drums themselves where spread out amongst all three floors. The first floor housing ten drums, the second was six, and the third the rest. But what was important here?

No exit in sight. Seemed this was the objective. Just got to figure out what it is now.

Kurin Senju
Location - EARTH CHALLENGE / Interaction - @Syn+@LadyinInk+@Altered Tundra
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Well, this was... Interesting. The Senju looked around, impressed, but it seemed he had a place to start. Considering how cavernous this is, the real challenge here was going to be less about following a set path, and more along the lines of mapping out the area. He turned to Shizuka, quickly explaining their plan. Using handsigns, military language, like any good ninja should know. He was going to start mapping the area, and he could use wind jutsu to help him spread out. You need a good spread to really map an area like this. Getting every crack.

Another flurry of handseals, and his hand slammed onto the ground. There was a rumble, not a massive one, but one that was at least noticeable. Tree roots began to appear in the cavern. The ceiling let out a little shower as bark and wood broke out, keeping it small to start just in case the area was unstable. The trees helped somewhat, adding some more structure to the area. Slowly the bark of the exposed trees began to crack, pods opening wide. Spores showering the area as they poured out in a glorious shower of plant life. The spores began to map out the area, clinging to the walls and any structure they landed on. Kurin's mind flooding with new information, slowly mapping out the area as the golem before them was covered in a light showering of plant matter.

"Alright, when Shizuka finishes spreading the spores around, we'll need to find the exit." Kurin said, looking around as if searching with his eyes as well. The whole cavern was slowly coming into focus, with each hole possibly being a way out. "One thing we need to focus on is finding out what the challenge is." Kurin added, for extra benefit. "Kiku, be ready to use genjutsu if you detect anything living. Jaakuna... Don't set anything on fire yet. Stick to electricity. We don't know how much oxygen we've got. And running through it all is going to be bad."

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Hey, I'm gonna be working on a history for the RP, to give people something to look at. If you have any suggestions, or timeline stuff you think would be interesting, let me know.

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Kurin Senju
Location - Konoha Arena / Interaction - @Syn+@LadyinInk
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Kurin had to admit, Shizuka was... Unique. A shinobi with a great deal of potential, even if he did seem to be completely out of it. They'd worked together only on rare occasions in the academy, but Kurin found that you could sniff out potential based on a few things. One of which was whether or not the person in question was flexible. Rigid shinobi tended to get weeded out, and while Kurin had to admit he could be overly rigid, he was always working on helping others reach their own skill ceiling, and break it. He didn't need that with Shizuka, and he was dragged along rather easily.

He stumbled, catching the drift of wind that sailed forth when Shizuka moved. Ducking, weaving, and even leaping over another shinobi who swore at the duo. Kurin wasn't as athletic as his 'partner' which meant he lagged behind the entire time. Even barreling through two other iwa shinobi arguing over who was team leader. He skidded to a stop, eyes wide as they stopped in front of a Kiku. Of course! Why hadn't he thought of it!? Mind you, he doubted Shizuka thought of it beyond 'pretty girl' and that was fine with him. After all, he knew Kiku, and he knew she was just what they needed.

"Protect the Tower, C Rank Mission." Kurin muttered softly, directed at Kiku. That's where he knew her from. A success as far as anybody could be concerned. "It's good to hear you're interested." Kurin said, hands folded over his chest as he gave out a small smile. The smallest smile possible, and he doubted she even knew. "But, we shouldn't be too worried about a fourth. I scouted him out earlier, as an opponent. But since we're relying on teamwork, he'll be a good asset." Kurin shrugged, looking across the distant sea of shinobi. Reaching a hand out, wood splintered from his fingers. Tendrils reaching out, and suddenly, from the crowd he plucked their fourth member. A very specific ninja called... "Nice to see you, Jaakuna Hinoko! You're our fourth member."

Bumu Aka
Location - Konoha Arena / Interaction - @BladeX+@GlitchyBugger
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YONK! Bumu was rather quick as he sprinted through the crowds. Most already in their own teams of themselves and their old friends. Good start for most. But Bumu was instead trying for a better spread of skills. Her hands reached out, and grabbed Koma from behind. "HA! You're our fourth!" He grinned from ear to ear. Probably startling the iwa ninja while doing so. "See Kaba, I told you I'd find a fourth!" She stuck out her tongue, adding a little extra insult to injury. Since their third was still missing in action. But, Bumu was sure they'd find him. That fatty stuck out like a sour thumb!