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Post by kieo on Jul 13, 2011 17:24:16 GMT
You look to Jagar who gave you a nod as in saying "I trust you". You look back at Brago and exhale slowly. "We'll join you for now, but instead of telling us about the Desians could you tell us more about the Followers and what happened to the people in this dojo?" you ask
"Fine I guess I can tell you some about the Followers without getting myself into too much trouble. The Followers of Light have been around for only a couple years now, our entire troop as of now is under twenty if not younger. We go around finding the potential in young children and expose them to the Light, thus making them stronger and more obedient to us in the long run. By them strengthening themselves with the Light they strengthen the Light itself," Brago said pacing
"What is this True Light?" you ask
Brago smiled. "Good question, I don't even understand its properties completely, which is why unlike most Followers I don't tap into it's power, I use my own, my power is my power alone and doesn't belong to the Light like most of the others'. The Light is something that feeds on its users, which is why we get children because they are easier and more open to manipulation. The process of passing on the Light is also an interesting one that can only be done at our base."
"And where is that?" Jagar chimed in
"None of your business," Brago said stopping and looking around at the dojo, "As for the people here, they were all killed in an attack."
"Who attacked them?" you ask
"We did," Brago said turning slowly a wicked smile on his face, "To get to Wonrei, to get him to join our cause, we killed all of them, every last one, because Zeno wanted Wonrei so badly, why I don't know you saw how useless Wonrei was, but I was a lot younger back then and I listened as did the others."
"Zeno's your leader correct?" you ask, Brago's distaste for Wonrei was bugging you from how respecting Wonrei had been of you even if you were enemies
"Yes, he is, a fiendish bastard he is too. Now enough sharing you too work for me for the time being so I suggest you deliver Wonrei's body now, tomorrow morning we set out on our mission," Brago said turning his back and walking away, "Dismissed."
Jagar exhaled as he looked at you. "What was the reasoning behind helping him?"
"Are you mad?" you ask pulling out a Quickjump kunai and stabbing it into the ground
"No, I just wanna hear it."
"He's given us some valuable information already, we now know if there's disappearances of children the Followers are involved. And by he seems to have a distaste for everyone including his own leader so we know when he says this is his own personal agenda it seems to be true, in the long run we're looking at getting information on the Followers, the Desians, and maybe even Akatsuki. I don't think we should pass this up."
"Good answer. Go fetch Wonrei's body now and come back immediately, we'll rest here the night, and see what he wants us to do in the morning. Also it's better for you to go now so you can be close too if not at top strength when we move out in the morning," Jagar says
"Sure you'll be fine by yourself?" you ask
"Don't dilly dally," Jagar says as you nod. You grab hold of a kunai and make the necessary hand seals and keep the Suna Quickjump that would be in Julius' office in mind. When you reopen your eyes you're standing in Julius' office panting. These long distance jumps were a lot more tolling than you thought they'd be. You quickly see the Container Gourd and grab it
"Where do you think you're going?" Julius says looking at you
A: Tell him to deliver the body, nothing more B: Tell him to deliver the body, and you have a lead on the Followers C: Tell him to deliver the body, and everything else D: Just Quickjump back to the dojo
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 13, 2011 17:37:37 GMT
A, and tell him a group called the Desians are about to attack Tanigakure, that a Akatsuki member is suspected to be near there, leave another quickjump seal at the dojo.
Also we learned almost nothing new from Brago besides the Light killed the people of the dojo.
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Post by syco on Jul 13, 2011 23:57:52 GMT
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Post by kieo on Jul 14, 2011 1:27:36 GMT
"Delivering Wonrei's body, Jagar and I found a lead but it wasn't on the Followers it's on this group called the Desians which are in the process of staging an attack on Tanigakure," you say doing the hand seals for a Quickjump as you grasped the gourd, "Also there's rumor of an Akatsuki member being in the Land of Waves right now too. I gotta go now though I'll keep you posted."
"Yeah sure," Julius said as you disappeared
You poofed back into the dojo panting, if you thought you weren't low on chakra before, you definitely thought it now. You looked over and pulled out another Quickjump kunai and stuck it in the ground just in case you needed it in the future. You look up and see Jagar standing in front of a hole. "Dug him a grave while you were gone," Jagar said as you opened the Container Gourd
"That fast?" you ask as you pull out the body
"It's called being doton ninjutsu user," Jagar said as you put the body in the grave. Jagar did a few more hand seals and places them on the ground and dirt began to fill the grave. "Task one is done and we're in with a Follower of Light, though we definitely need to get more information from him. We also need to learn more about these Desians while we're at it."
"Yeah the question is if we'll set him up on a fight against Akatsuki or that Five Grand Cardinal," you say as you move some broken boards to make a bed
"Akatsuki may be a bigger threat but we'll see, for now get some rest I'm sure all those Quickjumps and Radars. I'll rest up to but try to keep some watch just in case," Jagar said as you nod and quickly fall asleep. Jagar shakes you awake and you quickly get up
"How long was I out?" you ask rubbing your eyes
"Thirteen or so," Jagar says, "Brago said "let the puss sleep until I say otherwise, he'll need his rest" so I let you rest."
"Thanks," you say scratching your head
"You will," Brago's voice said as he walked up to you and Jagar, "I've got some leads on where the Magnius and where the Akatsuki are heading out. One of you is going after teh Akatsuki, the other the Five Grand Cardinal. Try not to confront them, I wanna do that."
"How will you get there in time?" Jagar asks as Brago began a series of hand seals
"Give me your arm," Brago demanded as you extended your arm. He slammed his thumb to the top of your left forearm, you couldn't help but yelp in pain as a burning sensation came from his thumb. You looked at the thumb and saw a strange seal that somewhat resembled one of your storage seals. Brago then did the same to Jagar. "Press those and put your chakra into them, it'll summon me. If you've yet to locate the Akatsuki member or Magnius the price for summoning me is death, understood. Also I can summon myself to you at anytime so don't think of backstabbing me, I'll find you and gladly dismember you. Now which one of you wants to go after the lead on Magnius and who wants the Akatsuki member?"
A: Go after Magnius B: Go after the Akatsuki member C: Ask to go as a team D: Other
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Post by kieo on Jul 14, 2011 1:29:57 GMT
And I promise by the end of this you'll be getting more information on the Followers than the others, that's kind of what that vote was where Brago will end up revealing mroe and more about the Followers instead of the others from him
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 14, 2011 2:14:07 GMT
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Post by syco on Jul 14, 2011 3:31:14 GMT
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Post by kieo on Jul 14, 2011 14:28:54 GMT
"I'll go after Magnius," you say as Jagar nods
"Fine by me. Now you, Jagar head northwest to an area which has various rivers going through it and search there, I believe the locals call it Reservoir Point. Search for him there but don't confront him," Brago said then turning to you, "And you there's several Desian forts set up around Tanigakure I've heard that at one of these encampments that's straight north of Tanigakure he may be there."
"If you're so sure why don't you just go there and "squash" all of them?" you ask
"It would draw to much attention to me, plus it's funner to watch you do this," Brago said, "Jagar you can go I need to give Ray here some last minute information."
"...Right," Jagar said as he quickly left the dojo and took off running
"You're willingly giving me more information on the Desians or on this mission as a whole? Wouldn't that make it less fun for you?" you say turning to him
"Hehe you seem to be getting to know me more and more. No I actually wanted to strike a deal with you and didn't want that other guy here. You should join the Followers of Light as one of my subordinates, there's an opening in the high ups now that Wonrei's dead and you're supposed to be a genjutsu user, and the one genjutsu expert in our ranks is a babbling idiot," Brago said as he looked at you expressionlessly, "Keep it in the back of your mind, you don't have to give me an answer now but think of the power you could obtain if you did join us."
"I thought you weren't here recruiting?" you say feeling uneasy by the situation
"For the Followers, you'd be an ally of different sorts, an ally to me," Brago said seeming to be staring through you
"What do you mean by your ally? Are you not a true Follower of the Light?"
"Think about it, I like people with power and you have one that is different from mine which is why you interest me. Now go, wouldn't want to keep Magnius waiting now would we," Brago said with a wicked smile
A: Press on further about his stance in the Followers B: Tell him you'll join him but not now C: Decline his offer all together D: Just leave for now
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 14, 2011 15:10:46 GMT
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Post by kieo on Jul 14, 2011 19:50:49 GMT
"Tell me what you mean by you needing an ally?" you inquire as Brago looks more and more annoyed
"Most Councilmen have subordinates under them, I have few because I only want the strongest of the strong among my ranks and I need to know their loyal to me before anyone else in the Followers of Light," Brago said gritting his teeth
"What about the True Light itself and Zeno?" Brago clenched his fists tightly. "I see so you're not that loyal to Zeno or the True Light then?"
"I put myself and my own power before anything else. The Followers of Light are just a means to gain power."
"But the True Light controlled Wonrei, how does it not control you?"
"Because I'm not weak like that bastard. I pretty much completely rejected the influence of the True Light as I went through the ranks and was even given a petal of the Great Seed. My loyalties lie with myself first."
"So you're not loyal to Zeno or the True Light? And what's this Great Seed?"
"...I didn't say that."
"The way you're answering says otherwise."
"Hehe I swear if I hadn't start to take a liking to you-" Brago quickly raised his arm and put the palm of his hand to your face, "-I'd blow your brains out for talking like that to me."
"What is the Great Seed?" you say trying to maintain your cool
"...It's the seed which houses power from the True Light, I've only seen it a handful of times as Zeno and those who he truly trusts. I'm not a part of those ranks as Zeno knows that I'm a threat to him but keeps me around for my power. Now get out of my sight before I get even angrier," Brago said turning and beginning to walk away
A: Press on about Zeno B: Tell him you'll join him C: Decline his offer completely D: Go look for Magnius
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 14, 2011 20:30:49 GMT
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Post by syco on Jul 14, 2011 23:18:23 GMT
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Post by kieo on Jul 16, 2011 1:40:09 GMT
"I'm off then," you say as you quickly exit the dojo and make your way out of the small basin that it resides in. You shake your conversation with Brago out of your head and focus at the mission that's been setup for you. Where were you going again? Oh yeah you had to find Desian camps that were straight north of Tanigakure. If you kept at this pace and judging the distance you'd make it to Tanigakure in about two to three hours so you guessed that the camps were probably in a similar time-span
As you journey forward your conversation with Brago slowly creeps back in your mind. You bite on your lip not knowing how you felt about everything but one thing was for sure, Brago had his own agenda. The next thing that sprang into your head was the whole matter with the Desians and what their motives were. The fact that they were attacking small villages lead you to believe that they didn't really have the manpower to take on one of the major ones
You bit down on your lip as you thought if Jagar was okay and if he could deal with an Akatsuki member. Worst case scenario was one of you found your target and summoned Brago and the other was left to fend for himself, though you had no real idea what Magnius' power was but judging from his appearance he was a muscleman and the axe certainly didn't help. Where were these organizations springing up unnoticed like this, the shinobi network was very intricate and would normally pick something like this up, Akatsuki was understandable seeing as from what you heard they were a very very small group, but the Followers and Desians seemed to be rather sizely
Your thoughts filled your mind as you traveled across the many forests and rivers of the Land of Rivers that you actually didn't notice the time passing by until you saw familiar purple uniforms on the other side of a rather large. You stop in your tracks and quickly go into the nearby bushes. You do the small set of hand seals and launch Radar. On the other side of the river there were three Desians, and on the very outermost reach of your Radar-vision you could see more chakra signatures but it was so far on the edge that you couldn't make out how many because it was so faint. "Damn it, at least I'm close to one of their camps."
You look back to the other side of the river and see that the Desians have turned around and seem to be heading back to the nearby forest. You reach into your jacket pocket and pull out the rough map of the Land of Waves, only to find that you were probably almost completely lost. After a few seconds you have an idea of where you are and see that if the camp's a half mile away the quickest way is to really cross this river. If you didn't wanna risk being so open you could head west which was the longest way and easily sneak into the nearby forest or you could even go east which actually seemed shorter than crossing the lake but you'd be crossing flat terrain for the most part. Finally there was the sketchiest idea of taking the river in front of you and wading all the way to their base which would probably intersect with their camp according to your map. So you were going to...
A: Head south, cross the river B: Head west, longer but dense forests C: Head east, shorter but no coverage D: Wade in the water
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 16, 2011 1:49:53 GMT
*facepalm* why didn't we put a quickjump seal on Jagar so we could quickjump to him if we finished before him.
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 16, 2011 1:57:52 GMT
Can Bubbtla eat us and spit us out like Jiraiya's toad can?
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Post by kieo on Jul 16, 2011 2:48:29 GMT
While very uncomfortable yes, yes it is possible. And I actually expected you to have thought of that earlier Ice
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 16, 2011 3:04:17 GMT
D, summon Bubbtla, have her eat us, wade through the water (while we're using radar) then spit us out near the base.While very uncomfortable yes, yes it is possible. And I actually expected you to have thought of that earlier Ice The Bubbtla idea or the quickjump on Jagar?
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Post by kieo on Jul 16, 2011 3:32:50 GMT
Quickjump Jagar
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Post by syco on Jul 16, 2011 4:23:52 GMT
Slipped my mind aswell tbh. Ice's vote
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Post by kieo on Jul 16, 2011 22:46:22 GMT
You decide the river route is the best but don't want to wade in it yourself so you quickly bite your finger and do a set of hand seals. "Summoning Jutsu: Bubbtla!" you say as the large turtle appears on all fours
"Hello Mr. Alarn how's it going?" Bubbtla said getting in the river and turning to face you
"Good Bubbtla and you?" you say knowing that Bubbtla was one of the nicest more respecting turtles in your arsenal
"I'm fine thank you. So how can I be of service to you today?"
"This river leads to a camp of people named Desians I'm tracking, I need you to swallow me up and swim there so that I can infiltrate their base."
"That doesn't seem so hard. And if you need I'll stay on standby in the river in case you require me as a quick getaway or even if combat arises. It may be a tight squeeze since I'm not as big as some of the larger turtles but if you lay down I'm sure you'll be fine," Bubbtla said placing her head on the land and opening her mouth as wide as possible
"Thanks Bubbtla," you say as you slide legs first into the turtle's mouth. She wasn't lying when she said it was tight, it really was. You had to keep your arms crossed across your chest, keeping your hands close so you can do hand seals and keeping two kunai close by. Finally when you got your head in Bubbtla could hardly close your mouth around you. "Can we communicate?"
"Yes I guess we didn't have much time to talk but I have semi-psychic powers so we'll be able to communicate even when we're apart as long as you've summoned me," Bubbtla said her voice in your head
"And you can hear me just fine?"
"Yes."
"Perfect let's get going."
"As you wish." With that you could feel Bubbtla move into the river and begin to swim through it. Due to how cramped you were every movement hurt a little as Bubbtla's insides contracted accordingly. After five minutes of travel you quickly launch a Radar and see htat you're getting closer and closer to the Desian camp as you can make out more chakra signatures. You used Radar about once every five minutes until you reached a point that right at the edge of their base with several Desians present, your estimate was about twenty, the question now was if Magnius was among these twenty. "Is this close enough for you sir?"
"Yes but I'm not exactly sure how I want to proceed yet, there's about twenty of them up there and I'm looking for a particular one."
"Yes that makes sense twenty is a pretty big number for us to handle on our own."
"Even with your help?"
"I can give you decent support from the water but honestly I'm an expert in water combat not so much on land but I'll stay here and give you support fire if need or anything else you ask of me?"
"Duly noted."
A: Ambush the camp with Bubbtla's help B: Have Bubbtla drop you off and sneak into the camp C: Have Bubbtla drop you off and her cause a diversion D: Other
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 16, 2011 23:12:50 GMT
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Post by syco on Jul 17, 2011 4:43:55 GMT
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Post by kieo on Jul 17, 2011 16:22:29 GMT
Be posting later, pretty hungover so I don't think I can do a decent post so yeah
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Post by kieo on Jul 18, 2011 16:13:46 GMT
"Hey Bubbtla would you mind causing a diversion for me, just drop me off and launch some attacks on them so that it's easier for me to sneak into their camp and from there just hide out until I say otherwise?" you ask
"Of course not, I'll drop you off a bit upstream, race in and attack them, and try to lead them downstream before swimming off, then I'll come back and hide underwater for a bit," Bubbtla said as she began to swim again
It only took a few minutes before you felt Bubbtla's mouth open and sunlight peeked in. You quickly extend an arm and crawl your way out of Bubbtla's tight throat. You were covered in some liquid but you paid no mind to it as you wiped yourself off. "Ready when you are," you say as Bubbtla submerges most of her body
"Alright, suggestion don't go near the river," Bubbtla said a grin crossing her face
"It's a shame I'm gonna be focusing on sneaking in and not be able to see you unleash your stuff."
"Get in a fight on a lake or ocean and you'll see what I'm made of," Bubbtla said before swimming down river. Witht hat you quickly race inland some before making your way to the outside of the camp. You then hear a weird noise and look up to see several giant water balls raining down on the camp. The balls crashed into tents, breaking them apart and causing the Desians to scurry out of their tent. You look and see that their all in confusion until they finally notice the turtle in the water who launches a powerful water blast that pushes through the camp
Now the Desians are angry and quickly chase after Bubbtla whose using the lake to get away but not too quickly so that they could keep with her as a majority of the Desians chase after her. You quickly run into the camp and make your way into one of the tents. You quickly look over and see a Desian sound asleep on a cot
A: Interrogate him B: Interrogate him with genjutsu C: Hide out in this tent D: Continue to move around the camp
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Post by iceisnice on Jul 18, 2011 16:31:37 GMT
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