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Still alive and kicking!

Shots in the dark (Sci-fi/fantasy) a noir sandbox RP.

Maybe you could make a separate recruitment thread? Sorry just throwing out ideas, tell me if I'm being too pushy!

Shots in the dark (Sci-fi/fantasy) a noir sandbox RP.

When Benjamin saw the gas he went into an almost automatic state of alarm, though managed to restrain himself from reckless action due to a combination of risk of getting shot and the knowledge that the police department were above gassing citizens. If they didn't care about the citizens inside they would have just blown the bus into the after life after all. He covered his face and weathered the panic. According to the Lily, who was now examining the fallen criminals, he was right, they had been zombies. However there was something not quite right. He felt like all his hair was standing on end. He had fallen out of his equilibrium. It was then that he noticed that while the glowing marks had vanished from the mens' necks (not surprising if they were 'reanimated'), they had been almost transferred to the necks of the passengers including, even more worryingly, his own. 'Excuse me coroner, do you have any idea what these marks could be?' He asked in a quiet, tone, with only the faintest note of worry tinging his voice. If she didn't know he'd take it to the voodoo queen, in Pyrrhic city problems are scientific or magical, luckily he was now in contact with an expert in both. 'Also, should I see an doctor about exposure to that gas?'

Shots in the dark (Sci-fi/fantasy) a noir sandbox RP.

Could you somehow open up recruitment again?

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Ito Tazaki – The Exploding Blade

General Data

Name: Ito Tazaki Nickname/Alias: The Exploding Blade Gender: Male Age: 27. Age Appearance: 27. Sexuality: Heterosexual. Birthplace: Land Of Earth. Organization: Seven Ninja Swordsman. Chakra Nature: Earth and Water. Additional Appearance Details: 5'12", extremely well muscled. History: Ito grew up with his father an mother in the harsh mountains of the land of Earth. Far away from civilisation Ito trained diligently under his first two masters. The first was his mother. She had been a powerful shinobi but years of fighting wore her down, eventually she gave up the constant cycle of combat to live an almost ascetic life in the mountains she had fought to protect. When she gave birth to Ito she decided she would pass the only two remaining things of value down to him. She had no desire for a clan but she was keenly aware of her own mortality, as most ninja are, and she saw Ito as her life beyond death. She first gave him her knowledge of chakra manipulation. She brought him up on constant meditation, making him keenly aware of the flow of chakra through his own body. Having been gifted with an expert knowledge of chakra control from his mother, at the age of 10 he began training with the mountains, his second master. In the rain high up in the mountains, the howling winds and the timeless rocks Ito hardened and learned. It was through this constant exposure to the rain and rock Ito began to extend the chakra from within him and exert control over the world around him. With the help of his mother he quickly learned to use earth and water releases. His style developed as a close range barrage of chakra, employed in unorthodox methods, due to his individual training. At 17 he finally exceeded his mother's ability and so she gave him her second gift, the only weapon she had taken with her when she left her duties as a shinobi behind. It was a sword named 'shibuki'. Shibuki was an extremely valuable weapon, however Ito and his mother both knew that receiving it meant that it was his time to leave. Unlike ninjutsu, a sword needed blood. Ito left on a pilgrimage of the blade. However his first fight against a group of bandits, whom he had underestimated, cost him dearly. He had not properly learned to control the blade properly and sustained severe damage. He was left bleeding, surrounded by corpses. He managed to cling desperately to life in a near catatonic state, and in this state, driven by his desire to live, he etched into his memory every mistake he had made in the fight. He probably would have died if he had not been discovered by a group of ninja hunting the bandits. This practice of burning his mistakes into his memory, combined with the fruits of his 10 year long pilgrimage of the blade, have produced a shinobi worthy of being one of the seven legendary swordsman, and worthy of wielding Shibuki. Personality: Ito is almost unnervingly attentive, his years of pilgrimage giving him a sixth sense for aggression. His many near death experiences have resulted in extreme cautiousness, and when things don't go to plan he becomes wild and aggressive. It's a fault he tries not to let get to him, but he's almost always more scared than he lets on, after all overconfidence has very nearly had him killed several times. Ito tries to come across as polite, and usually overcompensates.This is likely to be due to the fact that he feels a slight paranoia that people sense the metaphorical blood on his hands, although it's probably only true of experienced ninja.

Equipment Data

Base Weapons & Items: 6 smoke bombs 2 kunai 20 shuriken 5 metres wire Specialized Weapons & Items: Name of Weapon or Item:Shibuki Description:The sword itself features two distinct sides, with a narrow cutting edge located down the entirety of one length and a wide platform section on the other. A scroll in the centre unrolls along this latter side, sliding downwards and resting atop its surface to form an individual segment comprised from numerous explosive tags, which separates from the remainder upon detonation. These can be ignited by Ito at any time using his chakra, and are automatically replaced as the scroll unwinds. Ito can wield it as it weighed the same amount as a katana.

Combat Data

Special Traits: Ito's chakra pool is nothing special but his real talent is utilising it effectively. He is a master of chakra control and he manipulates it efficiently and at top speed, able to weave release a flurry of earth and water style techniques at close range while wielding shibuki. His physical strength is good enough to be able to wield shibuki with great skill for extended periods of time without a problem,and while he isn't flimsy, his strong self preservation instincts mean that he is likely to look for an escape route it if a battle isn't going to plan. Techniques: Canon Jutsu Earth Release: Light-Weight Rock Technique: Ito's favourite technique, using it he can moved at extraordinary speeds, and while he can't fly very well, he can use it to make huge, high speed jumps. Dustless Bewildering Cover: Ito's mastery of this is far from perfect, and any experienced sensory type shinobi will pick up his presence. Ito also can not use this jutsu for extended periods of time. Earth Release: Aggravated Rock Technique:Ito can only use this for a very limited time in an a spherical are of radius about 7ft. Custom Jutsu Name of Technique:Water Shotgun Technique Type of Jutsu:Ninjutsu Rank: B. Range: Close range, approximately equal to a shotgun blast. Nature Type: Water. Handseals: 5. Description: Ito unleashes a storm of water bullets from his hand, each with enough rotational power to penetrate and damage bone at close range. Weakness: Requires the target to be very close as it is essentially an area of effect attack in a short cone in front of him. Comparatively little power for each bullet, so even managing to only partially dodge results in a comparatively large reduction of damage. Name of Technique: Flying Mountain Technique Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu Rank: B Range: Close to middle range Nature Type: Earth Handseals: 7 Description: Ito calls forms, jagged rocks in the air, which can then be manipulated via chakra for a short time. The rocks spin at high velocity, and will deal significant damage to anything they hit. More chakra can be used to increase the size of the rocs (more weight will mean more damage). Weakness: Spinning means the rocks require a lot of chakra to control, and loss of concentration, or the required chakra input will result in the rocks simply disintegrating. Heavier rocks move more slowly. Name of Technique: Explosive Edge Type of Jutsu: Kenjutsu Rank: A Range: Close range, must be in close range. Nature Type: N/A Handseals: N/A Description: Ito extends the scroll of shibuki by swinging his blade, and then manually detonates it. This creates the effect of an exploding sword. This can be repeated to create a series of longer range sword attacks that are very difficult to block. Weakness: There is a 5 second recharge time between each slash, on top of this he is swinging paper from the sword, so a sharp eyed opponent will see the direction of attack by the slash he makes with his hands. Name of Technique:Heavy Rain Technique Type of Jutsu: Nintaijutsu Rank: A Range: Very Close Range Nature Type: Water. Handseals: 12 Description: Ito gathers rain drop sized, rotating bullets of water his person. They follow his flow of chakra allowing him to concentrate them in one place of spread them thinly. When spread thinly they won't do much more than knock a strike slightly off course. However when focussed and used to strike, the collective impacts at different angle cause the target to explode outwards. Average weapons will usually shatter, will if it makes direct contact with a body it will eviscerate the area hit. Weakness: Very close range (taijutsu range), can only be maintained for about 3 seconds due to the colossal focus and chakra required by the technique. following the chakra means that when attacking he leaves himself extremely open to counterattack.

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Would it be possible to create a combined earth-water release at some point in the RP that isn't wood?

The Last Wizard (EnA) Interest Check

Interested as well!

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Sounds good to me! I'm planning to use shibuki and be a wandering swordsman, so both of our characters would be on the nomadic side I'm guessing, which is a good thing!

Shots in the dark (Sci-fi/fantasy) a noir sandbox RP.

Oh by the way, is Vati likely to be a recurring character?

Shots in the dark (Sci-fi/fantasy) a noir sandbox RP.

The situation had developed rapidly but unfortunately it looked like it was about to dissipate in as little time. The bus had juddered to an unexpected halt, jerking the masked men off balance. The Pyrrhic city police department was out in full force. The police force didn't see much major activity due to the fact that most big problems were either way out of it's scope, or were protected by the Modacci. It wasn't often that the department got to show off, and it seemed like they were taking full advantage of it today. It was just then that a girl, who Benjamin immediately recognised as the coroner Lily Carnation, spoke out. She spoke professionally, asking all the right questions. However the masked men, who had already been jumpy, must now be hitting new heights of adrenaline. Hopefully they wouldn't get trigger happy. Either way, better safe than sorry. Benjamin, using the distraction caused by Lily, managed to subtly down a shot of good luck potion he had prepared earlier. "In addition to the coroner's questions why don't you drop the weapons, no point getting shot over nothing. Also I hope you'll appreciate me telling you the more cooperative you are, the more lenient the police are going to be." If she's being bad cop I guess I'll be good cop, thought Benjamin.