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>Your name is Amon Shuu, a humble monk of the Water Temple.
>You have no family to speak of, another one of the many casualties of the 2nd Shinobi World War. Your luck pulled through when a wandering monk, Myatsuu, snatched you from the debris of a border skirmish between Konohagakure and Kirigakure with your village having been reduced to rubble in the midst of battle. You were 4 years old. The monk, Myatsuu, brought you back to the Water Temple in the marshy coastlines of the Land of Water.

>Nearly 14 years later, the Temple- your home- had fallen to attackers from the Village Hidden in the Mist after a young girl, Rin. Leaving to honor your duties, you travel across lands to deliver the merchant, Yoru, safely to his destination and find any surviving monks of your order. This is where your story begins.


Character pastebin (to be revised): http://pastebin.com/3vzHnmkj
Archive: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Ninja%20Monk
QM Twitter: @TheRedL4dy
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You awake with a yell, sweating feverishly. After a deep breaths, you come back to your senses. Rising from the sleeping bag Yoru'd given you, you check your companions. Rin is sleeping deeply by the now extinguished fireplace and you can hear Yoru's snores from somewhere upstairs. The telltale pittering static you hear from outside tells you it's slightly raining. Looking out the window you see it's still pretty dark, probably early morning.

You relax, but remember the nightmare.
The Beads.
You look hesitantly to your pack next to you, filled with the various reading materials and essentials for your journey...as well as..
They're poking out of the lip of your backback, twinkling slightly. A shudder involuntarily makes its way through your shoulders.

Rin and Yoru are still asleep, but you may want to do some things before waking them up and heading out. Your body has started to ache for the daily training you'd become so familiar with at the Water Temple.

It's still early, you...

>Take a walk around the town, you could use some alone time. Maybe there are some interesting things to see.
>Find a spot outside to perform your morning exercise
>Study the beads
>Find some food for your friends, maybe look for a shop to buy items for your journey from when Yoru wakes up
>Wake up your companions for an early start
>Write in

>>678555
>Take a walk around the town, you could use some alone time. Maybe there are some interesting things to see.

ayy caught up just in time for the thread

>>678555
Fuck these beads are serious shit. We absolutely must study them. I don't care if it's now or later, but the sooner the better.

For now I'll vote for
>morning excersises
Though I really want to see the fucking beads dude.

>>678555
>Find a spot outside to perform your morning exercise

stupid magic anal beads

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>>678579
>>678584
>>678604

Gains for days

Take the Beads with you?
>Yes
>No

>>678640
>Yes

>>678640
>Yes

this may corrupt us, but I am curious.

>>678640
>yyyyup

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Getting out of bed, you drape yourself in the familiar white gi of the Temple Monks. After all, what would Tai say if you'd stopped training? Probably something along the lines of "discipline, training the mind and body as one, purging the evils of the human body one exercise of a time," or something along those lines.

A small smile grows on your face as you think about Tai, your brother monk.
You miss him.

Ignoring the rising lump in your throat, you start to the front door of the safehouse...
But stop as you think about the beads. Better take them with you, you're not sure what exactly they are yet. You do know you'd rather not leave them out and around for the others, particularly Rin, to be bothered by though.

You scoop up the beads and -placing them on your neck- note just how comfortable they feel. They're slightly warm, comfortably so, as if someone had just taken them off not a minute ago.

You jog out the door- closing it behind you- and into the dirt streets of the refugee city. There are a few people ambling about in the early morning light, most all with umbrellas. Your feet keep an even, steady place to match the rain as you look around for area fit to train in. You jog down the dirt roads and by puddles, down the small incline of a hill. You note the sharp light coming off a tin-roofed structure on the corner of the block. As you pass by you see a wooden sign swinging with the bulbous words "Hōki Trade Tavern- Best Deals South of Kikyō Pass!" burned into it. You make a mental note to tell Yoru about it when you get back.

The jog turns into a sprint as you round the corner, spotting a makeshift playground of tin and rust, barely held together. Normally you'd at least be panting by now, but you feel strangely energized as you continue the pace. Upping the speed yet again, building fly past you and the wet dirt ground splatters away as you start sprinting full out. The wind rushes by your face and seems to carry the worries that had been weighing you down over the past few days away with it.

You spot a large foundation of solid concrete and moss as you continue. It may have once been a building. Finally, you duck into a nearby alley....
a dead end leaves you nearly falling over trying to stop.

A green-wooded ladder leading to the roof of a nearby building and some trash is all you can see here.

Train...
>on the roof of the building
>at the rusted playground
>on top of the concrete platform by the road

>>678883
>on the roof of the building

>>678895
Supporting. Seems like the most isolated location.

>>678883
>>on the roof of the building
Man what is it with 4chan quests and not being careful with mysterious and dangerous shit. First it was the Mask and Crown in Banished, then the egg in shinobi quest, and now these beads. Literally nobody ever wants to just say no.

>>678883
>on the roof of the building

>>678916
Our curiosity will get someone killed someday. $20 says anons will start screaming about railroading when it does.

>>678916
Because moral faginess demands that the one with the most plot armor takes responsibility for the greatest threats. And naturally that usually ends up being the MC, duh.

>>678883
>on the roof of the building
>>678937
of course, anon, for there is no other way.

>>678937
I can see it now. It happened yesterday in Shinobi Quest. Not about the egg, but there was still a railroad shitstorm even though their choices obviously led to the outcome.

>>678944
Man moral fagness didn't come into play in any of the situations I pointed out.

>>678961
True. But it'll defiantly come into effect here.

If anything those other ones were mostly about anons wanting to see some happenings. Which if you don't have at least once in a while can make the story and challenge of the quest quite stale.

>>678978
Eh, all the quests would've been fine without the anons making the stupid decisions. There were other things to do in Banished, the egg hasn't really done anything important other than saving Tsuki from shitty ass rolls last thread and I doubt a rare random encounter is gonna be critical to the plot now.

>>679000
I've mostly been avoiding shinobi quest because something about it bothered me when I first started reading it, please tell me that this egg you speak of isn't just a rip of the egg from beserk

>>679028
its basically an energy receptacle filled with some of kaguya's chakra iirc. mostly it gives the mc an intermitant connection to kaguya. it also saved our ass last thread but now we might owe kaguya.

>>679028
No, I don't think so. I'm not the most well versed in Berserk knowledge though. Tell me if this sounds like it is though.

It's connected to Kaguya, the shoehorned big bad of the last 5 chapter of Naruto. It's a conduit through which she can sort of interact with the world. There's no face on it and the egg itself doesn't talk. Tsuki can also talk to talking rabbits that hate humans through it as well. Tsuki can only see and talk to the rabbits and Kaguya while she's asleep or unconscious.

>>679056
in terms of design its similar minus the face (it's also white not red) mechanically speaking it's introduced the mc to a potential late game faction and mid game summon contract (bunnies).

as far as we know so far it shouldn't turn the mc into a ravening demonlord thing with a penchant for rape and betrayal.

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You jump onto the ladder, your voracious energy leading you to bound to the top of the twenty foot building within several seconds. The building, while not particularly tall, is certainly larger than most of the shacks comprising the city. Thanks to both that and the flat terrain of the Land of Fire, you have a view that stretches for miles. How far have you traveled already, you wonder? You can see the road you took into the city from here, as well as a speck that is the ramen stand you'd stopped at.

You go through the basic stretches and breathing exercises, your blood already pumping hard from the run. You do some light shadow boxing and body weight exercises as well.
The Beads on your neck seem to throb in turn with your own pulse. With every beat, you feel your muscles twitch with anticipation.


You decide to train...

>Your Stamina. You begin a grueling cycle of bodyweight and plyometric exercises in sequence and without rest, ending with a long bout of shadowboxing.
>Your Speed. You begin short sprints from one end of the building to the other, shift to footwork and explosive exercises, and end with a series of chained martial arts forms
>Your Strength. Using some stone rubble nearby, you train your muscles. Half of the routine is dedicated to weighted training, the other to training your proficiency with a staff using a rusted, heavy, metal bar nearby
>Your Chakra Control. You climb up and down the walls of the building repeatedly, taking different paths. You end by taking a similar route back home, but by jumping from building to building.

>>679068
>>Your Chakra Control. You climb up and down the walls of the building repeatedly, taking different paths. You end by taking a similar route back home, but by jumping from building to building
We gotta get good at using chakra if we want to get better at using seals.

>>679028
There's also other eldritch deity-things for anons to bicker over.

>>679068
>Your Chakra Control. You climb up and down the walls of the building repeatedly, taking different paths. You end by taking a similar route back home, but by jumping from building to building.

>>679068
>Your Stamina. You begin a grueling cycle of bodyweight and plyometric exercises in sequence and without rest, ending with a long bout of shadowboxing.

Train the mind by training the body.

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Pastebin stats for anons

>Ninjutsu: 1.5/6
>Taijutsu: 2.5/6
>Genjutsu: 1.5/6
>Intelligence: 3.5/6 (+0.5, Sealed Monk)
>Strength: 1.5/6
>Speed: 2/6
>Stamina: 2/6
>Chakra Control: 3/6 (+1, Sealed Monk)

>>678944
>>678961
I personally write according to a gray morality. What's good or bad will be for you, the participants, to decide. I'll write accordingly.

"Good" actions have consequences, as do "bad" actions. They're both actions that will shape Amon's character progressively throughout the quest.

>>679147
Thanks for the stats bro
I'll vote for
>stamina

>>679147
I was talking just talking about the beads. Keeping them around didn't have anything to do with moral fagging since it wasn't really a moral situation. Sorry if I was vague.

>>679147
Also I'm with >>679165 I didn't know we already had 3/6. Maybe I should bookmark the pastebin or put up a reminder so I don't forget.

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>>679168
They're just some nifty beads you found in the river, as far as Amon knows.
What danger could there possibly be?

>>679201
Well they're making us pick them up without knowing. We didn't have weird nightmares before we got them, etc.

YOU CAN'T FOOL ME AQUAMAN! I SAW THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX! I KNOW YOU'RE REALLY A LYING PRICK!

Stamina it is.
Train the mind, train the body.

Writing

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Without so much as another pause, you take to your routine with a burning energy. You fly through the bodyweights, you hold yourself up in handstands with perfect balance, you even hang off the edge of the building for as long as your grip holds- stopping after nearly 20 minutes. Next come the plyometrics. You grab several large, flat stones of varying sizes front the nearby rubble and arrange them in a circle. You alternate practice jumping from the ground to each of them, the largest being taller than your midsection, and from one piece to the other.

Normally, you'd be fairly winded by now.
You aren't even tired yet.

You spend the next hour, shadowboxing with your imagined opponent. You throw yourself from rocks in powerful, jumping kicks and rain flurries of punches in midair, your aggression leading your strikes to be even heated and intricate. With a fierce cry, you somersault and let your dropping heel strike one of the bigger stone blocks.
It visibly and deeply cracks from the strike, whereas your leg only feels slightly numb from the rough impact. You stop and take a deep breath as the sun begins to fully rise in the east.

You've never performed some of those moves in your life, let alone see them.
The red beads pulse excitedly on your chest.

For a minute, you feel as though this routine is exceedingly familiar to you. You can do even more. This was nothing.

The feeling of power is almost intoxicating.

(+.5 to Stamina)
(+.5 to Taijutsu)
(1/2)

>>679372
I told you you couldn't lie to me Aquaman. I know your wily ways.

>>679372
In going to bed now but please know that if a vote happens to take off these beads and try and figure out wtf is happening I fully support it.

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You hear someone whistle from your left on the building next to you.
Casually sitting on the slightly lower rooftop, intricate bow resting on the ground in front of her...

Beautiful cerulean hair in a long, threaded braid.
Rich caramel skin, shining lighter in the morning sun.
Sharp, beautiful features.

'I wonder. Are all monks secret killing machines or just you?" quips the blue huntress.

>I was overtaken in the thrill of the moment. If you'll excuse me
>Ask Asa about herself (what?)
>Ask about the blue arrows and the dead man from earlier yesterday
>Attack the assassin before she inevitably attacks you
>It's just me, actually. I didn't think you were the type to spend their morning watching men.
>Write in always encouraged

>>679446
>>I was overtaken in the thrill of the moment. If you'll excuse me

>>679446
>Ask about the blue arrows and the dead man from earlier yesterday

>>679446
>Ask about the blue arrows and the dead man from earlier yesterday
>It's just me, actually. I didn't think you were the type to spend their morning watching men.
Ask why she's following us

>>679446
>I was overtaken in the thrill of the moment. Training can be quite satisfying to the mind and body. What of yourself? You don't seem to be the type to simply watch monks train, what are you doing this early morning?

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>>679493
>>679461
>>679452
Writing a combo of
>Blue arrows
>Thrill of the moment
and
>>679507
>write in

>>679572
I just thought about it, but can we ask her why she's obsessed with blue? Or is it too late? I don't remember how you do non-combat voting.

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[Asa's Theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMEvnPYnsKQ ]

"I lost myself a bit in the thrill of the moment is all. Training is always quite satisfying to the mind and body."

"Some would call breaking a rock nearly in half a bit more than a 'satisfying thrill'," She raises her eyebrows in slight amusement.
"Have you given any thought to more monkly activites, maybe knitting? Writing?" she gives a smug grin.

"I've actually taken an interest in arrows recently. Blue ones. Let's talk about your activities. What happened yesterday with the trader?"

Asa gives you a hard look back.
"You aren't bred for war, monk. Your type isn't built for it, let alone able to understand it."

"No, women going around shooting people in the back with arrows must be much more preferable. Speaking of which, you don't seem to be the type of person to watch a simple monk train. What are you doing here this early morning?"

"...Scouting," Asa says carefully. She eyes you up and down for a bit, curiously.

"Following me, you mean."

She shakes her head, "Not you, specifically. You just don't see many monks these days...let alone sprinting through a city like lightning." She looks back at you, curiosity in her face.
"Why aren't you in one of your temples?"

>Tell her your temple was attacked
>Tell her you're helping the merchant, Yoru, get back home safely
>Tell her you're trying to help Rin find a way home
>Say Nothing or Dodge the Question (Second is a write in)
>Write in

>>679733
>Temples gone

>>679738
This. There's no one left at the temple. Nobody from the temple anyway.

>>679733
>Temples gone

>>679733
>My temple is gone and I am on a journey. It helps pass the time.

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>>679738
>>679748
>>679749
>>679769

You stop for a moment, thinking back to the Water Temple, the only home you've known.
Myatsuu.
Tai.
Everything you've known...

You look back up to the yellow-eyed archer.
"It's gone. There is nobody left at the Water Temple."

For a few minutes she just looks at you. You see emotions pass through her face: shock, then pity, then sadness, then..

"I'm sorry," she says softly, "losing your home, your life like that...maybe I...I misjudged you," she looks away, face a little red from humiliation.
"I didn't mean to bring up something like that. It must still hurt you."

"I'm fine," you lie.

Asa just stares at you for a bit, before she breaks the growing silence.
"Shinobi from the Hidden Leaf have been hiring traders and caravans as transports for military supplies to their troops across the borders of the nations. They're using civilians as part of the war machine. Kumogakure has decided to put an end to this, sending a clear message to Konoha and any over-ambitious entrepreneurs."

"Killing innocent civilians, then?"

"Hardly innocent," she scoffs, rising up and grabbing her bow.
"...I don't think I need to worry about you, but I'd watch out for your companions."
Your companions?

Asa starts to walk away, before turning around expectantly.
'What is your name?"

"Amon"

"Amon...I like that name," she smiles to you before hopping off the building to the streets below.

(1/2)

>>679919
Maybe we should tell her about Tai and Sakumo if she's after people from the Leaf? It'd be kinda bad if she killed them.

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Heading back to the safehouse seems to take more than twice as long as before. You remember the knock Yoru gave:

One knock.
Two knocks.
Thre-

A disheveled looking Rin grumpily swings open the door.

"Taking your sweet time, hunh?"

"I-"

"You think you can just up and leave in the middle of the night when we're sleeping? Did you know how worried we were!"

"For the record, I was pretty fine about it," Yoru's telltale voice calls out from inside.

This only makes Rin huff in response and look back to you annoyed, "Well I was worried! Shouldn't that be all that matters?"
She pulls you inside and shuts the door, but as she starts to chide you again her eyes meet the red beads on your chest and she stops cold.
"Amon, why are you wearing those," she tries to ask casually, but even Yoru could have been able to hear the anxiety in her voice.

>Apologize, take the beads off
>Leave the beads on, explain what happened with the morning exercises
&
>Talk to Yoru about his destination and what his job is, exactly
>Talk to Rin more about what she said last night regarding the "demon"
>Talk to them about the dreams
>Tell them about Asa
>"Yoru, I saw a shop down the hill..."
>Grab the Wen Qu and your pack, it's time to leave
>Write in

>>680009
>Apologize, take the beads off
>Talk to Rin more about what she said last night regarding the "demon"
then when we're heading out the door,
>"Yoru, I saw a shop down the hill..."

>>680025
>>680009

possibly hypothesize with rin that there may be a way to utilize the thing without losing oneself as long as there is a supporter and the person has tremendous mental fortitude.

>>680009
>Apologize, take the beads off
>Tell them about Asa and that joining up with caravans could be a bad idea since she's probably not the only one attacking them if she's working for a village
>Talk to Rin more about what she said last night regarding the "demon"
>Talk to them about the dreams (I'm a bit iffy on this, it might be a bad idea. I'm fine with leaving it out if nobody else votes for it)
>Grab the Wen Qu and your pack, it's time to leave

And fit
>"Yoru, I saw a shop down the hill..."
if that's not us just trying to distract Rin.

>>680054
>>680009
Yeah, all of this

>>680085
>>680054
>>680025
>>680040
Probably going to be one of the lasts posts for the night, I'll continue the thread tomorrow.

Writing

Also, give me a roll to convince Rin to agree to something like that
1d20, DC 15

DC 15

Rolled 20 (1d20)

>>680119
Dice gods favor me!

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>680119

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>680119
best of...?

>>680123
Holy shit I thought these things only happened to other people.

>>680123
well then.

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>>680128
Best of three, as always

Didn't think to announce it here as there are only like 3-4 voters lol

>>680123
I...uh...well then

>>680145
true enough, and Rin likes this idea, I guess

>>680145
I'd like to thank my mother for having me and Dark Souls for keeping me up until 2 am.

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>>680154

>>680190
That picture would be so appropriate if it was the Nameless King instead of Oscar. There are so many people getting shit on by him tonight. One guy went through the fog door and got hit by his jumping thrust in the Storm King phase. Then he got burned to death before he even got up. Took like 30 seconds.

>>680216
you realize I have to invade that area now just for the chance to mess with you right?

(actually haven't been playing much lately, waiting on the dlc and all.)

>>680224
I've been trying to play more since I'm always complete ass after I've taken a break. I don't want to get shit on by the dlc's first boss like 20 times.

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>>680224
>>680216
Implying QM isn't stopping the quest for the night just to invade all of you

better get that magic defense prepped

If you see the words "Invaded by Dark Spirit Parry Hotter", it's already over.

>>680237
I'm on PS4, so I hope you do invade me. I'm The Unstumpable.

MEMETASTIC [/SPOILER]

>>680237
I play a faith build... with great magic barrier.

>>680234
>get shit on by the dlc's first boss like 20 times.
that's like half the fun! and in this case about half the dlc too... only 2 bosses, 4 spells, 15 weapons and like 4 armor sets.

>>680275
Yeah it's pretty small. They have been working on it for like a year now. It's gonna be good.
Right?

>>680282
there supposed to be a second one later so i dunno.
I just want a throwable spear so I can play a spartan.

also we should probably stop all this off topic talk I guess.

>>680291
Yeah probably.

I want a meta not based around one handed buffable weapons but what can you do? First the Dark Sword, now the Carthus and Gottard. When will it end?

>>680303
I just want heavy armor to mean something other than wasted stat points again.

>>680314
One day, man, one day. It'll happen. it has to.

>>680314
It'll never happen dawg. Havel's is dead.

;_;

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>>680349
You're lying to me. Miyazaki will see the error of his ways. He knows people want heavy armor to actually be worth the data it's taking up.

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"I wanted to see if they were dangerous or not, I'd been thinking about them lately is all."

Rin doesn't acknowledge you.

"Uh, Rin?"

She turns to you with her face red, hands on her hips. Seeing this, Yoru coughs and mumbles about forgetting something upstairs before running off and out of his armchair.

"Thinking about them, hunh? That's all you've been doing, thinking?" She jabs you in the chest with her finger.
"Well obviously you're mind is on other things than the fact it spoke to us and called me a DEMON. That thing is evil!"

"Rin, I'm sorry I just-"

'No, no you're not sorry. You'll probably just go off and study it like you always do. Do you not even care about what the rest of us think about that thing? That it may not be good for anyone, let alone you? Do you not care about yourself?"
From upstairs, you hear Yoru's voice call, "For the record, I think Amon should carry whate-"
"Oh be quiet!" Rin shouts back, her voice rising, tears forming slightly at the edge of her eyes.

You take the chance and grab Rin by the shoulders, crouching slightly to look her in the face. At first she blushes under your gaze, but then turns away stubbornly- obviously mad.

"You're right, Rin." You state simply, catching her off-guard. You take the red beads off from around your neck. They feel heavier and heavier as you remove them, but once off they return to normal.
"I do care about you two. You're all I have now. This necklace, if it is evil, can't just be thrown away. If anyone else takes it, things may get even worse somewhere from my own actions.'
All life is conjoined.
the actions of great and lesser men have rippled eternally. Everything flows. All is connected.
This is the heart of the Ninshu.

"I do care. Maybe I care for others too much. All life is connected, Rin. If I were to abandon this...burden, would the next person to recieve it fare as well?"

Rin looks at you sympathetically, "You're only human, Amon. Please..."
Why do they believe one man can move the world alone?

You look her dead in the eyes, "Rin, you're right. I'm just another man, I'm still weak alone. So, please...help me. I need your support if I'm going to bear this burden, resist this as I figure it out. I can't do it alone, Rin. I need you with me," you plead softly to the girl.

Rin goes fully red in the face, her eyes dazed, "You...need me? A-Amon, I..."
She blinks a few times then nods vigorously, "Okay. I'll keep you in line, Amon. Only because it's for yo-" she coughs a bit before continuing, "-for the group, yes."

You smile and hug her.
"Thank you."
"Amon..."

She returns the hug for a minute, before she pulls away and looks back to you shyly.
"I...had a dream last night. I think you should know."

(1/2)

>>680367
Kakashi's gonna be so pissed some bald monk stole his crush.

Tobi's probably gonna go nuclear.

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>>680355
the dream is dead, man. As a man who played through DS 1 and 2 all the way through with Havel's Set, it breaks me.

>>680378
Havels? I'm sad about Smoughs, I used to love ninja flipping in that shit even if I could only use a dagger with it.
now there's no point even if I can skate in fat boy armor via quickstep.

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"I saw a man. An old man, scarred and battle-worn. He stood on a field of battle with his kunckles bloodied. I was with a friend of mine, Kakashi. As we looked on at the old fighter, Kakashi looked at me...his eyes were...oh my god," her eyes start to fill with tears as she recalls the dream.

This sounds oddly familiar.

"They were...empty. There was only and endless red where they should have been. He...said things. Things I couldn't understand, some things in a different language I didn't know. They may have just been noises, but then kakashi said something clear...
GIRL OF THE DEMON, YOUR HOUR HAS PASSED. YOUR LIFE IS FORFEIT.
TO THE ABYSS ARE YOU BOUND, AND FROM ITS DEPTHS SHALL THEY COME FOR YOU.
LAY YOUR SINS TO THE ALTER. SACRIFICE WHAT IS DOOMED TO THE FATE OF THE GREATER, BEFORE IT IS CLAIMED BY ANOTHER
"When I looked back, the older warrior was in front of me...reaching for my heart. His eyes were white with blindness and...and I woke up with you gone."

This is a lot to take in. You thank Rin for telling you and give her a hug before grabbing the Wen Qu, slinging it's carrying cord around yourself, and heading upstairs to find Yoru. You open the sole door upstairs, and catch him in the middle of packing. He jumps, surprised, and stuffs his bag closed abruptly.
"Ready to hit the road, Amon?" He sells with his winning smile.

"Yeah, just thought you should know...the ninja we met, Asa? I ran into her again. Apparently traders carrying military supplies and weapons for Konoha are being attacked and killed by hunters from Kumogakure."

"Ah...is that so? Well, we probably have nothing to worry about then. Maybe just stick away from any other caravans, yes? I wouldn't like their competition anyway," he laughs heartily.

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A bit...too heartily.

"Yoru, is everything alright?" You ask carefully.

"Just ready to put some distance between us and any of these Kumo ninja, Amon. The quicker we leave, the quicker we get to Konoha!" he briskly heads out the door with his bag in hand.
You see a kunai sticking out of it.

"Also Yoru, I saw a shop at the bottom of the hill we may want to check out."
"Well then, no time to waste then, eh? Let's hit the road." Yoru's voice calls from the door downstairs. You can hear shuffling that'd you assume would be Rin grabbing some things from the safehouse.

This is going to be a long trip...
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That's it for tonight, folks. I'm pretty busy with catching up on my sleep schedule for the rest of tonight.

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Post-Thread discussion away, I'll keep an eye on the thread to answer anything. Make sure to throw Ninja Monk Quest a vote in the archives this week if you enjoyed the thread!

>>680473
Well that's not good Yoru. That's not good at all.

>>680473
Also thanks for running Lady. See you next time.

Or when I'm schooling you in Dark Souls. [/spoiler.

>>680473
thanks for running, this was a good thread. Rin is so damn adorable, I can't take it.

Thank you for running. Really liking this Quest.

>>680473
Damn I missed the thread, thanks for running.

>>680593
Thanks for stopping in! Another one tomorrow, same place but different time. Hope you make it!

>>680595
I hope so just followed you on twitter so I wouldn't miss it

>>680535
Thanks!

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>>680491
Git gud

Hey Red, has Amon tried to use water walking on anything not-water? I think he has enough chakra control to walk on trees, at least.

>>681905
Interestingly enough, he has not. It should carry over fairly well though.

He has better chakra control than the average ninja already, more than enough to learn various techniques when he comes into contact with the ninja villages.

>>682129
Hell yeah. I know our focus is seals, but picking up at least some basic ninjutsus should help a lot on any journey. Like, shunsin and a few clone types would be pretty nice to make distance and distract while we draw some intricate seals we may learn later.

Also, getting some seal tattoos might be pretty hype, but was Myatsuu against it? He said human sealing was a thing best forgotten, but I'm not sure if that was what he was referring to.

>>682161
Well we learned of one seal recently that we would need help to apply to our body, we could ask Yoru or Rin to help apply it. I can't remember which but I believe we learned it in thread 4.

>>682161
You'll meet a lot of the recognized characters as you get closer to the hidden villages. It would naturally follow that you'll get the opportunity to learn ninjutsu and ninja techniques as well.

Myatsuu's own beliefs were undeniably strange, but he followed them to the end. He didn't put seals on his body or on anyone else, but he recognized it was within acceptable boundaries to do so. He did encourage Amon in his studies, after all.
What he would never condone was the use of human life- or any life- as a resource or tool to be used. Those specific ideologies would put him at odds with the hidden villages and are the reason why Amon does not know any ninjutsu.

He was a vegetarian and a pacifist as well.

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"This is the store you were talking about? Pretty small place, good location though," Yoru muses out loud as you approach the "Hōki Trade Tavern".

Rin hasn't said much, but you'd imagine she's still stuck on the dreams she had last night.

You push open the plywood doors and walk into a surprsingly well-kept hovel of a store. Items line the walls in well-constructed shelves and a young boy- no older than 4- sits behind the counter.

He only notices your small group as Yoru is tapping impatiently on the counter.

"Ah, I'm sorry! I-I mean, welcome to the trade tavern, home of the best deals you'll find South of Kikyō Pass!"
"Let me just...uh, Master Hoki?" the silver-haired child calls out anxiously to the back room.

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"Just a minute, Just a minute I'm coming," calmly responds a male voice. From behind the separating curtain steps out a man in long black robes. He has raven hair to his waist and a sword on his hip.

"Welcome to Hoki trade tavern, home to the best dea-"

"I already uh, greeted them sir," the kid interrupts. The man looks wearily down at the boy and then back to your group with a smile.

"That's one less thing for me to do then, I suppose. What can I help you with today?"

>We're looking for weapons
>We're looking for some general supplies for our journey
>We're looking for information. What is the route to the north of here? (What else? Write in)
>Do you carry any tags, ink, or writing supplies?
>Who is Hoki? How did you come to run this shop?
>Write ins

>>682364
>We're looking for some general supplies for our journey
>Do you carry any tags, ink, or writing supplies?
>Who is Hoki? How did you come to run this shop?
Actually curious

>>682364
>We're looking for some general supplies for our journey
>Do you carry any tags, ink, or writing supplies?

>>682364
>Who is Hoki? How did you come to run this shop?
>We're looking for some general supplies for our journey
We're looking for information. What is the route to the north of here?
>Do you carry any tags, ink, or writing supplies?
>What do you use on your hair?

>>682364
>We're looking for some general supplies for our journey
>We're looking for information. What is the route to the north of here? (What else? Write in)
>Do you carry any tags, ink, or writing supplies?
>Who is Hoki? How did you come to run this shop?

My first post was eaten, so if I double post, that's why

>>682402
>>682433
aaand they show up for me at the same time. Fuck.

>>682389
>>682400
>>682402
>general supplies
>tags, ink, or writing supplies
>Who is Hoki?
>route north
&
>Hair products
because write in's are good

Man, I really need to limit this to a pick 2 or 3 from now on. Writing.

>>682364
Aww, I'm late. Oh well. Maybe I'll roll another 20. That'll make up for it.

Are you guys down for staying bald? No awesome character in naruto (that wasnt brutally murdered by a mercenary) was bald.

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"Who is Hoki?" You ask the man, curious.
"You're looking at him," he replies, bored. He idlely plays with a strand of his hair before he motions with a finger and he corrects himself, "or at least, one of the Hoki clan. We're a pretty small bunch. My name is Sanjuro."

"Your hair is so NICE," Rin blurts out, wide-eyed. "Can I ask what products you use?"

Sanjuro Hoki pauses for a minute, a little taken aback. But, as if true-to-form he laughs it off with a chuckle.
"Actually I make my own. I keep in touch with my two sisters from Sunagakure and The Land of Greens northward from there. They like to regularly send me flowers to let me know they're doing alright with everything going on. A lot of the blooms are aromeopathic, some of the desert blooms are even medicinal, and I always get too much. Some are on sale over in the corner if you're interested," Hoki point to a large basket of multicolored flowers. A wide grin creeps across Rin's face and she lets out a cheer before hustling off.

"What kind of supplies do you have?" You ask the shopkeep. Yoru stays by the counter to look at the various ninja weapons in the dirty glass display. You see Rin looking at the floral arrangements off to the side with the young boy.

'Oh, this and that. Some food, but not much. We have some rope and wire, but mostly deal in exotics."

"Exotics?" You and Yoru ask simultaneously.

The man shrugs, "To be honest, the kid and I haven't been in town long. We stopped and set up shop about a month or two ago with what we had with us. We're just looking to make some money before heading back out on the road ourselves."
Hoki stretches lazily.
"I can't say the sedentary life is for me though."

"So...you're a weapons dealer, then?" Yoru asks curiously.

"No thanks," Hoki shakes his head, "that ugly trade is a bit too tiring for my tastes. I enjoy a bit of freedom in my life."
"I mostly just collect things I find interesting or I'd want to buy, then sell it away."

What an odd man.

"Would you have any writing supplies then? Ink? Scrolls?" You ask, hopefully.

"Well, actually..."
Hoki reaches behind the desk and pulls out two small scrolls and a handful of tags.
"I...ran into someone with a little extra merchandise. Some explosive tags," he holds up the handful, "and two scrolls I can't quite understand myself."

What to trade for? (pick one, the other can be traded for by exchanging an item of your own that is considered sufficient value)}

>the first scroll, a design of a fish is on its face
>the second scroll, with various intricate symbols drawn across the outside
>The explosive tags
>Ask about the weapons in the case
>The flowers, for Rin

>>682801
>the second scroll, with various intricate symbols drawn across the outside

Inb4 it talks too

Also I have no idea what we have to trade. Yoru has some weapons, but this guy said he doesn't want them. He probably got the tags and weapons off a dead guy he found.

>>682801
>The flowers, for Rin

>>682801
>the second scroll, with various intricate symbols drawn across the outside

I want the other scroll as well, but I don't know our inventory to try and trade for it.

>>682801
>>the first scroll, a design of a fish is on its face
Show him the anal beads of destiny

>>682801
>>the first scroll, a design of a fish is on its face
Fish!

>>682850
I think we should keep them. Like Amon said earlier, we need to keep others from suffering under their power.

We totally need to not wear them though. Ever,

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>>682836
You look in your back, thinking about what to trade the man.

You see:
>Some blank scrolls for sealing
>Some ink
>Some dust
>The Beads glower angrily as you briefly consider giving them away
>Sealing Chakra and the Practition of Binding, the book
>Hiragan's Scroll
>The Broken Book, written by your master, the sage Myatsuu
>various foodstuffs

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>>682850
>You start to consider giving the beads a funny nickname
>Immediately you see letters form from the red currents under their surface...
>F-U-C-K. Y-
>....oh

>>682883
>Sealing Chakra and the Practition of Binding
We finished this right? It's really the only thing I can think of giving away if we have. What would he give us for it?

And what's with the dust?

>>682883
I wanna try and trade Sealing Chakra and the Practition of Binding, the book for the scroll with the fish. We can even throw in the dust to sweeten the deal.
>>682893
kek

>>682898
yessir, finished

>>682836
>>682849
Intricately bound scroll

>>682850
>>682860
>Fishy

>>682837
>Flowers

>>682909
Let's make a deal

No real consensus yet, I'll roll 1d2 in a bit if ya'll don't decide

>>682952
Can we trade the scroll we finished for the intricate looking one?

>>682952
well, I guess my total vote from these >>682909
>>682849
is to buy the intricate scroll, and to trade for the fish scroll. Unless I've misunderstood the initial decision.

>>682986
Yeah, that's pretty what I was going to go for if he'll take the book for the fish scroll.

Seriously what is this dust? Is it just dust? I can't find anything about dust in the archive.

>>683006
as Amon wonders how his bag got so dusty, he sneezes and it blows away into the corners of the shop
Lost: random dust

>>682986
>>682975
>>683006
trade the finished book for the fish scroll, acquire the intricately bound one

you could have just gotten her flowers :'(

Writing

>>683056
I wanted the flowers

>>683056
You've lost your trip.

>>683046
NNNNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!

DAMN YOU AQUAMAN! YOU FOOLED ME!

You also lost your trip and name.

>>683056
What greater gift is there than knowledge? She can read them too, obviously.

I just imagined Amos wouldn't understand how people would care about hair since he's never had an.
"Why would you want flowers for your hair when you can read old scrolls? It's so fun."

>>683065
>>683056
we can buy flowers when we're in a situation that allows us to waste resources on frivolities. As great a benefit it would be to acquire Rin's adoration, scrolls are better.

>>683084
>an
Any

>>682883
I didnt wanna give them away I just wanted to show them, get another opinion

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"Excuse us for a moment," Yoru pulls you aside.
"I've been thinking, Amon. You're putting yourself through this for free, yeah?"

You nod, "It is my duty as a monk to ensu-"

Yoru tuts and puts an arm over your shoulder, "You really are too nice for your own good, Amon. Listen, I'll get you one of these scrolls. Consider it a small payment for what you're doing for me."

You begin to protest but Yoru waves you off dismissively.

"I insist. I don't think I could sleep well at night thinking I was leading an impoverished monk around by the collar. Especially since you feel so obligated to do so. We're friends, yeah? Let me cover this for you for once. It is the least I can do."

"Well...thanks Yoru, I appreciate it."

He gives another winning smile and spins about, ready to haggle with the man.

"I'll offer you 700 ryō for the scroll with the symbols and not a cent more!" Yoru huffs brazenly.

"Deal"

"Fine, but only be- wait, what?" Yoru stops mid-pose, having been ready to barter the lifeblood from this man.

"I said deal. I can't even read the thing. Take it." Sanjuro shoves the scroll into Yoru's hands, "that will be 700 ryō"

"...A pleasure doing business with you," Yoru smiles triumphantly. He presents the scroll to you as if it was a treasure, "A token of our lasting friendship, Amon."

"Thank you, Yoru. I'll treasure it"

The shopkeep yawns.
You reach into your bag and take out Sealing Chakra and the Practition of Binding, your recently finished subject of study.
>Trade the book for the fish scroll?
>Yes
>No

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>>683086
they're not just flowers, anon. They're OPPORTUNITY.

>>683211
>Yes
Ask if he can throw the flowers in

>>683218
....for what?

Just saying they're opportunity kinda worries me.

>>683211
>Yes

A possible argument is that seals are incredibly difficult to learn and are intensive. Having a book of basics could probably be marketed to way more people and we're now giving kabuto the basics of seals, oh boy

see if we can haggle for the flowers as well.

>>683246
>>683224
Well I'm still worried about this OPPORTUNITY business but I guess we could throw some blank scrolls in if we can't get Yoru to haggle the flowers in as well. We probably won't need them much on the road and we could spin it that they're worth more because they go well with the sealing book.

>>683260
Oh yeah and I'm for trading the book for the scroll. In case that wasn't obvious.

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You place the book on the counter. Sanjuro Hoki looks placidly at it before shooing you away.
"Not interested in more sealed things, stranger. I've got enough stuff I don't understand anyway."

"This is an elementary text in seals and binding. Anyone can learn it, even you."

"Why would I care at all about lear-"
"Uh, Mr. Hoki sir?"

You both turn to the young boy, his hair decorated with various flowers by...someone. The same someone snickering next to him.
"I'd actually like to learn about that, if...if that's okay with you." He bows a little bit, looking back to the shopkeep expectantly.
Sanjuro's face tightens for a bit, but then he finally sighs and smiles wearily.

"Ah, fine. I doubt anyone could say no to that. A book for a book then. Pity, I rather liked the design on this one."

>Received the "Fish Scroll(?)"
>Lost Sealing Chakra and the Practition of Binding

"Would you be interested in some writing supplies an ink?"

"I'm not running a library here, kid. This is a store. Not interested, sorry."
"We're closing up soon. You're headed North to Kikyō Pass, I'm guessing? Good luck, there have been rumors of military activity in that area. I'll probably head south when I decide to leave personally. Anything down that way?"

"Not anymore," you say offhandedly. Yoru glances at you with a bit of concern.

"Ah, shame. Looks like I'm stuck here until I revise my travel plans again," Sanjuro shrugs as he moves to the back room.
"Oh, and close the door behind you when you leave? Thanks."
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Yoru and Rin both keep pace with you along the steepening mountain path, the city slowly shrinking to a speck behind you.
Another merchant, another untrustworthy fellow it seems.
Then again...you may just be biased.

"That guy couldn't manage a paper bag, let alone an entire shop." Yoru blurts out, clearly annoyed.

He isn't wrong....

"I think he was a real softie on the inside," Rin says while playing with the blue desert flower in her hair, "Just look at how he treated that cute little kid!"
"What do you think, Amon?"

>He was an odd guy. I'm looking forward to meeting him again
>I wonder who the boy was. We never did learn his name.
>He seemed a bit too nonchalant about all the violence around these parts. I'm not sure I want to know how he gets his merchandise.
>Have either of you ever been to The Land of Greens?
>Write in, what do you want to talk to them about- if anything

>>683543
>He was an odd guy. I'm looking forward to meeting him again

>>683543
>>He seemed a bit too nonchalant about all the violence around these parts. I'm not sure I want to know how he gets his merchandise.

>>683543
>He seemed a bit too nonchalant about all the violence around these parts. I'm not sure I want to know how he gets his merchandise
>I wonder who the boy was. We never did learn his name
>Have either of you ever been to The Land of Greens?
>Write in: Rin's a ninja, which means she must like ninja stuff, right? Sperg out about fuujinjutsu to her And try to teach her how untrustworthy most merchants are. She like little Amon and his toy boat. Help her learn before it's too late, like we did.

>>683543
>Though he was a tad too nonchalant about the surrounding violence, he doesn't SEEM like a bad sort. He cares about the little one very much, too be sure. Just how far has he traveled? Speaking of which, where all have your travels taken you, my companions?

>>683579
She's like. I can't type today I guess.

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>>683596
>>683571
writing this option + write in
>>683565
which I guess means a combo of land of greens and looking forward too

>>683579
I'll uh....take the write in for sure. No offense, but writing every option does gets tiring.

>>683772
Sure, cut out anything that's not important.

>>683772
Sorry, man. I'll get more concise with my write-ins.

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You think for a moment as your rag-tag group summits up to a rock scramble along the rocky mountain path.
"He was a bit too nonchalant about all the surrounding violence, in my opinion," you suggest between deep breaths of air as you help Rin and Yoru climb up several jagged boulders, "but I honestly couldn't say that he seemed like a bad person. Certainly not evil, not like..."

You mind flashes back to the swordsman at the Temple and his cold-blooded demeanor.
You shove the thought out of your mind by hurdling the next rock. You're feeling a bit tired from the exercise already. The boundless energy from earlier before is all but gone.
Interesting.
"...regardless, I think he was a decent soul. He treated the little one with a lot of care. At the very least he's certainly heartfelt."

"Where is that Land of Greens he was talking about, anyway?" Rin asks to the group, huffing as she crawls over a rock about her height, "The flowers he said were from his sister there were so pretty. They smelled amazing too.."
She sighs, probably resigned to the fact she only could walk away with a single flower.

"Actually," Yoru interjects from the back of the group, "The Land of Greens is known for having developed their own secret techniques, utilizing the many flowers that grow plentifully in the region."

"Wait, why have you been there?" You ask, still pushing ahead.

"I haven't actually, I've only been to Kumo, Konoha, and Kirigakure so far- along with their respective lands. I'm not even sure where The Land of Greens is myself yet."

You and Rin both stop, glance at each other, and look back at the straggling entrepreneur as he obliviously continues the hike. He notices your weird looks.
"H-Hey everyone needs a hobby now. You're not the only one who likes to read you know."

"You don't even know how to generate chakra, Yoru," You stare at him blankly. Rin starts to giggle a bit.

"I just like to read about jutsu, okay?" Yoru scoffs, "I swear, you both are acting like this is something odd. Have you noticed how many people use jutsu these days? I'm just....I'm just making sure I stay ahead of the game. It's just good business." He hustles ahead of the two of you, clearly a little miffed.

You look at Rin and nearly laugh yourself. She's choking back a burst of laughter and is bright red in the face, nearly doubled over.
"He..HE...I didn't know we had such a... FAN with us," she manages to whisper out between breaths to you.

You laugh openly and Yoru shoots you back a bit of a dirty look from ahead.

"Come on, let's not heckle him. If not the Land of Greens, where have you been? You're a ninja, right?" You strike up the topic as you climb closer towards the summit.
"I've been on a few missions. Nothing too far outside of the Land of Fire though. I..."
She stops, her face a little more serious.
"Kannabi Bridge. Have you heard of it, Amon?"

(1/2)

>>684083
Poor Yoru. He's getting shit on by a 12 year old girl.

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You think...you haven't read much about any sort of geography at the Temple...and you didn't get too many visitors either...
"No, I can't say I have."

Rin looks back to the approaching peak.
"It's probably for the best."

It's a bit awkward for a moment as you try to figure out what she means, but you decide to change the topic.
"Look Rin, I know you enjoyed the shop back in town. You have to make sure you stay on your toes in the future though, those merchants aren't the most trustwor-"

"Guys," Yoru's voice yelps out anxiously from ahead at the peak, "you may...you may want to take a look at this."

You and Rin share a look and speed ahead, reaching a petrified Yoru.

"Yoru, what's up? You look like you've seen a gh-" Rin stops short, looking in the same direction as Yoru- her eyes widening.

[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs3fKVv7i7A&index=4&list=PLF9C9663CB23F0C77 ]

You look in the same direction and spot it.
A small, enclosed mountain valley of wild, long, green grass.
Kikyō Pass.

The green stalks are painted with streaks of red. Innumerable bodies are strewn about the long grass like strange, bloodstained logs. Yoru notices something at his feet and stoops to pick it up.

It's a crumpled headband, with the same design as Rin's.

"What...What happened here?" Yoru mutters.

>Take the others, scale down into the pass.
>Wear the red beads
>Ask Rin if she can sense anything.
>Use a technique( what?)
>Use an item(what?)
>Write in

>>684165
>Take the others, scale down into the pass.
>Wear the red beads
>Ask Rin if she can sense anything.

am I taking too many options?

>>684186
nah you good, I'm probably just not giving good prompts desu

>>684165
>Ask Rin if she can sense anything

>Use an item(what?) Pocket Dust
>Realize we lost our pocket dust
>Cry for our fallen comrade

Also tell Rin to hide her headband if she's wearing it openly. I'm not for going into the pass until we know that there's nobody down there that might possible kill us. And I'm against the beads unless we really need them.

>>684165
>>Take the others, scale down into the pass.
>>Ask Rin if she can sense anything.
Worry? Worry.

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>>684197

>Use an item(what?) Pocket Dust
>Realize we lost our pocket dust

Oh god my sides

>>684192
Eh, I underestimate the amount of banter associated with some choices. Like, my last write-in was just to answer the question Rin presented, then to get onto another point.

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>>684279
You'd prefer a bit less?

I just get a bit carried away trying to incorporate all 5 voters preferences

>>684296
Probably my fault. I just picked all the stuff I thought Amon would say. I'll try to not pick so many from now on.

>>684296
naw, it's not a problem, I'm saying that I often guess that there would be less, and as a result, give more queries, and make you right a whole fuckload because there's already a lot for options presented.

>>684313
>>684317

I'll just sift through for majority opinions now, I suppose. Incorporate write ins if they're part of that majority and supported

>>684296
Call it like you see it, you've been doing well so far

>>684331
>>684333
I agree with mecha, you've been doing a good job. Maybe just cut out options with only one vote?

Even if you took away our pocket dust. ;_;

>>684165
>Ask Rin if she can sense anything.
>Don't wear the beads; best not to rely on the things.

>>684353
I don't know what sort of stroke I'm having but those two sentences were supposed to be reversed.

>>684186
>>684197
>>684212
>>684355
>Ask Rin if she can sense anything

Wear the Red Beads?
>Yes
>No

Tell Rin to take off her headband?
>Yes
>No

>>684378
>No
>Yes

>>684378
>No
>Yes

>>684378
Wear the Red Beads?
>No

Tell Rin to take off her headband?
>Yes

[1-10: Event 1]
[11-20: Event 2]

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>684421

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>>684426
I am worried

>>684432
Let's brainstorm terrible things that could happen.
>The grass is actually painted explosive runes.
>Rin is a sleeper agent.
>The autoanimaexplosive plague happened.
>We are a sleeper agent.
>We just missed the most awesome party ever.
>Creepy sacrificial blood magics.
>Actually a genjutsu over a giant pit trap.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3foUvU9iiY

"Rin..."
No response.

"Rin," you whisper more forcefully.
Nothing.

You turn to look at the girl and see her on her knees, shivering. Her eyes are wide in horror.
"It's just like that day...it's just like...Kannabi..." she mutters to herself, as she stares at the valley of the dead below.
You put your hands on her shoulders, 'Rin, what is it? Do you sense anything?"

She continues to stare into the distance, before she slowly turns to look at you and says a single word:
"Bloodlust."

You look at the headband in Yoru's hands. Slowly, you untie the knot in Rin's and take the Konoha band from around her head.
She doesn't react.

You put the headband in your pack quietly.
As you stuff it in the crevices, you feel the familiar, smooth spheres brush by your fingers.
With that kind of power, what would you have to fear?
What wouldn't fear you?
You could protect them all. Your friends, your family,...you could have even saved your dear teacher

Rin.
You recoil from the beads, remembering what you had promised her. You resist the lure of the beads and close your pack tight.

You...
>Enter the pass alone
>Enter the Pass with the others, sticking together
>Enter separately, splitting up with different objectives (what?)
>Use a technique or prepare a seal (what?)
>Use an item (What?)
>Write in

>>684590
>Tobi has been spying on us and is laying a trap because he's pissed a bald monk did in 3 days what he couldn't do for years

>>684602
>Wait until Rin is alright; keep guard/examine surroundings while waiting.
>Enter the Pass with the others, sticking together

>>684602
>Enter the pass alone
Oh no

>>684602
I don't suppose we could just go around the pass? Or use a different one? I don't fancy our chances in a fight with a monk that knows all of 2 seals, a greedy merchant that likes ninjutsu, and a girl suffering PTSD flashbacks.
If only we hadn't lost our pocket dust....

I say we find someplace to hide Yoru and Rin, then
>Enter the pass alone
in a sneaky fashion. Or as sneaky a fashion as a monk that's never had to be sneaky in his life can manage.

>>684602
>Shake Rin a little, saying that once we get through here we'll be safer
>Enter the pass together

>>684659
If we go in alone and Yoru stashes away with Rin nearby, should we put the beads on?

>>684669
No. Beads bad.

That does remind me, we should leave our bag with them as well. Either some Leaf ninja find us and we lead them to our hideout or the other guys do and they don't find Rin's headband.

>>684602
>>Write in
See if we can find another way to where we're going that doesn't pass through the supermegaultrakillbox.

This is just reminding me I need to update the pastebin -_-

Amon Shuu
Abilities and Techniques known:
>Sealing Technique: Vitality Sealing Formation
[A seal transcribed over an area, rather than on a person. Temporarily suppresses chakra (production and formation) for individuals within the area sealed.]
>Earthen Seal: Spirit Bind
>Heavenly Seal: Iron Armor Seal
[Acts as a type of "protection" for an individuals chakra. Painting or tattoing this seal directly onto an individual prevents exterior manipulation of the sealed individuals chakra. Acting as a type of "armor", the user can still control their chakra but the influence of any external- or internal- foreign factors are blocked. Unfortunately, easily overwhelmed or circumscribed due to the method in application of the effect]
>Earthen Seal: See-No-Evil Technique
[The seal consists of two parts.
First, the user must first ascribe the first seal correctly on a sealing tag or cloth.
Second, the user paints the accompanying seal(s) onto any number of additional tags.
By using the first seal as a blindfold, the user can connect his/her vision to that of the accompanying sealed tags.
Using this technique leaves the user immediately blind for the duration, in exchange for gaining an environmental vision from the supplementary tags.]
>Heavenly Seal: Adamantine Bind Technique

>>684668
>>684602
I'm a dense motherfucker and just realized that Rin was sensing bloodlust, she wasn't just saying that due to PTSD. Changing to
>Enter the pass alone

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>>684701
>>684659
You can opt to go around another route, namely through the mountains themselves (wouldn't necessarily stop whatever this is from happening, may only delay it- and you) or by the eastern or western approach mentioned in an earlier thread.

You would not make it to the Fire Temple for a very, very long time if you chose the Eastern or Western route

Would you like to study a scroll quickly, in hope of learning something useful?
>Yes (which?)
>No

>>684685
We should bring our writing implements and pre-make some seals, too.

>>684753
I don't think now is the time to read a scroll but
>read from the fish scroll
Might have something quick and easy to pick up

>>684705
>Earthen Seal: See-No-Evil Technique
This would be useful if I was creative at all

Alright I'm still for entering alone, but set up a Vitality Sealing Formation at the opening of the pass. If someone finds us we can lead them back to it. Since we've never fought with chakra before we'll have a slight advantage against a ninja who probably isn't as used to it.

We can take the seals back if we don't use them right?

>>684735
I'm for going through the pass. I was half joking about going around. Can't forget what Myatsuu taught us, after all.

>>684753
>Yes (which?)

Myatsuu's book. C'mon master, help us from beyond. Also, I should have suggested this before, but we should probably apply that armor seal.

>>684705
>Go alone.

>Sealing Technique: Vitality Sealing Formation
Prepare this to use in the area where we inevitably get ambushed
>Earthen Seal: Spirit Bind
Prepare several of these for our attacker
>Heavenly Seal: Iron Armor Seal
Paint this on ourself so we don't get affected by the vitality sealing formation

>>684753
How about a quick skim of Myatsuu's book then?

>>684773
That is a good idea. Could we do it somewhere hidden, so if we do get into a fight the other person can't just wipe the paint off? I'm assuming we can't really tattoo our self right now.

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>>684785
pic related
Now you're thinking with seal, anon

>>684801
you cannot tattoo yourself right now, espcially considering the only tattoo you know

>>684770
You cannot reapply the Spirit Bind or iron Armor Seals.
The seals for the Vitality Sealing Formation can be prepared prior, to an extent. It will be weaker than if applied as a painted seal and the tags forming the boundaries can be destroyed.
However, you can reapply the "See-No-Evil" Seals.

Read from Myatsuu's Scroll?
>Yes
>No

>>684853
>Yes
Sure why not, and to add follow the one anons plan of preparing the vitality sealing formation seal

>>684853
>Yes

do some prep work with the earthern sealing bind as well.

>>684838
Do the effects of a painted Vitality seal stack with the AOE version?

>>684853
>Yes

To help clean up this mess, I'll just go with >>684785
it's basically my idea, but without thinking we can outrun shinobi. Which was pretty stupid on my part. I'd say we also spread out some See No Evil Seals. Do they run out of power eventually, or do they last forever so long as we don't use them?

>>684853
>Yes

So what can we do with the adamantine bind technique?

>>684907
I'm pretty sure we can only tattoo it, so not much right now. It lets us manifest chains made out of chakra to do stuff.

>>684886
they'll last until you either destroy the main seal on your own blindfold or cease to funnel chakra into it.

>>684886
Possibly, if applied correctly. The effects would only be slightly more effective though.
If improperly aligned, the seals could disrupt each other

>>684867
>>684870
>>684886
>>684888
2) The Broken Book, The Teachings of the sage Myatsuu [180/500]

Roll 1d60, first 3 (Under pressure, little time)

Rolled 16 (1d60)

>>684934

>>684921
I thought it let us make pretty much anything we tattoo on ourselves real by changing chakra into a physical form. Is it just chains?

Rolled 40 (1d60)

>>684934
MASTER, HELP US IN OUR TIME OF NEED.

Rolled 25 (1d60)

>>684934

Rolled 43 (1d60)

>>684934

>>684940
I think the default is chains, but we can tattoo more tattoos to apply different effects to the things we manifest.

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>>684940

>>684949
alright, so applying this right now is out. We gotta do it when we get to a safe place, though. It's free protection and it's invisible until used.

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2) The Broken Book, The Teachings of the sage Myatsuu [261/500]
[Threshold Passed: 250/500]
>[Technique Learned: Earthen Seal: Speak-No-Evil Technique]
[Paint this seal onto a person to mask any of their sounds. The seal, when applied, creates a localized bubble of sorts not unlike that of the See-no-evil technique, simply smaller. This will mute any immediate sounds of the individual, including speech and movement. An example would be hitting a tree. The individuals blow would be entirely silent, but the reaction of the tree to the force would not. It is in silence that one achieves harmony with the self.]

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>>685034
Reply with your final plans please, otherwise
>>684785
Prepare the following?
>Yes
>No

>>685053
Pretty much >>684785 with the Speak No Evil Seal painted on ourselves.

So for the sake of simplicity
>Yes
if nobody else wants to use the Speak No Evil Seal.

>>685060
Or if there's a tie. We've been obsessing over preparing for way too long.

>>685060
Yeah I'm down for that too

>>685053
>>685060

supporting this, hell yeah, now we can be sneaky beaky like.

Yeah, we've been at this for too long, holy shit. Seals are cool, just gotta get into the actual swing of quickly planning this shit out.

>>685072
Preparing the pastebin with all this info immediately available would probably help as well

Writing

>>685082
Don't worry Lady, you're far from the worst QM when it comes to procrastination. Just copy pasting what you put in >>684705 and >>685034 in the pastebin should be fine for now.

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You close your eyes and take a deep breath.
In.
Out.
Do not fear death as I have, Amon.
Where you go, the souls of those closest to you will always follow.

You open your eyes and quietly open your bag, accepting whatever may come next.
Should death call to you, it would be the will of life itself.
There is never truly an end to life. This is the Ninshu.

You take all of your sealing tags, a pot of ink and brush, and the scroll of your beloved teacher. Like the winds themselves, your hand flies across the paper tags in familiar, fluid movements.
You've made a number of the spirit bind tags in case you find yourself in a bind, without a chance to do so with the Wen Qu.

-Another swish of ink and brush-
You've prepared a version of the Vitality Seal Formation to be used with tags. It's weaker and can be broken, but still an incredibly useful tool. You have enough for four.

-Another swipe-
You've drawn the design for the See-No-Evil technique on a strip of cloth torn from your gi. You prepare several of the supplementary tags as well.

-A dip and the sound of dripping ink-
You lift the sleeve of your robe and paint the intricate Iron-Armor Seal onto the skin of your upper arm. The familiar crusting feeling of the ink solidifying like stone into you leaves you feeling calmer.
Immediately, you notice some of the haze and fear clouding your mind is gone. There might have been additional illusions at work.

Finally, you quickly flip through Myatsuu's book. Skimming faster than ever before- and certainly faster than you'd ever approve- you manage to piece together another of your master's techniques, The Speak-No-Evil Seal. It's a rather large one, and would stretch out over your torso.
Very Well...
You take off your robe entirely, leaving you in your baggy cloth pants. You remove the cap from the end of the Wen Qu and turn it onto yourself. Carefully, you paint the marks, not daring to breath lest you make a slip. It's done.

You slip the Wen Qu back around yourself using the cord and bend over to Rin, patting her on the head.
"Everything will be okay," you say, but nothing can be heard coming from your mouth.

You turn to Yoru and hand him enough tags to form a Vitality Seal Formation, leaving you with enough prepared for three.
You take a slip of paper and write down the following, "Hide in the rocks, I will go on ahead. Lay down the tags around you and have Rin funnel chakra into them. It should be enough to leave you hidden."

And you turn to walk down the hill carrying your pack and golden staff, your footsteps leaving only prints in the dirt as you tread more silent than a mere whisper in the wind.
(1/2)

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The grass sways around you as you soundlessly tread through it. Bodies line in awkward positions in the red-striped grass. You see that blood has collected and pooled in the nearby mountain stream, the drops of red slowly staining the water drip-by-drip.
The sun begins to set over the high peaks surrounding the mountain valley, gradually pitching the scene into an early dusk. A low mist begins to creep along the ground.

You feel the eye of death watching you.

You
>Check the nearby bodies, to see just who these fallen victims are.
>Check the river, where you hear the burbling stream occasionally interrupted
>Check several burnt marks among the grass
>See if you can identify any signs of the telltale battle that took place here
>Set up your See-No-Evil technique
>Sit and meditate among the tall stalks of the high grass, your enemy will reveal themselves soon. You can almost feel it.
>Write in

>>685312
>Mist
We're fucking dead
>Set up your See-No-Evil technique
It should help us get a better view as the 7 swordsmen murder us

>>685312
>Try and masquerade setting up the See-No-Evil technique as checking various bodies and marks, meditate in the middle afterwards.

>>685326
This is a better idea than what I had. My point still stands though.

I feel like using the see no evil technique would actually give us a huge disadvantage while fighting, why do you guys want to use it?

>>685347
Well the whole thing about the Swordsmen is that they make mist so the people they want to murder can't see them do it. If we don't rely on our eyes to see and instead use the seals we won't be at as great a disadvantage.

>>685347
hoping that the higher amounts of vision will help us counter the fact that ninjas are fucking fast. Also hoping that it just kinda feels natural, instead of fucking our coordination up horribly, like it would probably do for a normal person.

>>685360
That makes sense. Yeah I'll support the see no evil technique I guess.

>>685372
Of course I'm just assuming mist doesn't come out of nowhere. It might not be the swordsmen. But it probably is.

If only we had our pocket dust....

>>685380
I'm not sure our seals can see through mist but it won't hurt to keep it as an option if the mist blinds us anyway

>>685396
I might, it might not. I know our eyes won't be able to so I'm just taking the chance.

You lope through the grass without so much as a rustle, shuffling to-and-fro between the bodies in the field.
You crouch down to look at one of the bodies half bent over a nearby log. You pull on the ninja's grey flak jacket to see he's wearing a cracked, white, ceramic mask in the shape of a dog. His eye is bloodshot and glassy. As you put his body down you stick a tag onto the log in a single fluid motion.

You move onto another, leaning against a tree closer to the mountain stream- Another Konoha headband, another tag.

You do this several more times, noting various bodies to be of Konoha ninja of various ages and seeming rank. You move silently across the clearing, seeing a strange bundle of cloth near the surrounding rocky face of the small valley. As you get closer, you note the bundles are robes...the man in bald....
No.

You bound the last few feet and flip the body over.
Looking back at you with empty eyes is the corpse of a monk of the Water Temple. You'd seen him regularly, he'd trained alongside you. He'd eaten with you. You'd meditated together daily, spoke of your dreams and hoped. You stick a tag onto the rock wall, your chest tightening with ever breath.

No.
You run across the clearing to another bundle, similar to the one you just check but smaller.
A small child, an initiate monk of the Water Temple, stares up into the infinte beyond.

Another body, lying face up in the long grass.
He'd taught you how to wield a staff when you were a child.
You can't swallow, a lump rising in your throat.
You stand up and look around, the bodies of your fellow monks, your brothers, and Konoha ninja lay side by side in death. Expressions of fear or resignation are all that is left in their cold faces.
(1/2)

>>685425
I know monks aren't supposed to get mad but I think we should try our best to murder the shit out of whoever did this.

>>685438
BEADS

>>685466
No. Bad idea. We left them with Yoru and Rin anyway.

>>685425
I'm really glad that we aren't wearing the beads. We'd probably be going berserk right now.

>>685481
They're still in your pack...

>>685481
Let's be real here guys, we're gonna need the beads to survive this fight

>>685490
NO LADY! NO! WE WON'T FALL FOR YOUR TRICKS.