Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)
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				Title: <strong>Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>22-11-2013, 21:58:40</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 24pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Falling Leaf Academy</strong></span>, one of the most respected combat schools in the world. As clandestine as the profession it teaches, the academy itself sits off the main content on Hanging Neck Island, situated just inside the Sea of Storms. Falling Leaf has enjoyed hundreds of years of tradition and relative peace. Unlike the Mage's Consortium, which is constantly mired in politics, or The Blackwood Company, the fighters academy run by said mercenary troupe, Falling Leaf teaches it's students in a relatively drama-free environment. Various ninja clans do try to get their way from time to time, but there are really only so many ways to wield ninja magic, or to slit a man's throat, so the same ways have proven to work since the founding of the place. <br><br>Falling Leaf has more in common with a small village than some bustling city. It eschews most new technology invented by the dawarves, refusing modern buildings made of brick, long-distance communication devices, or electricity. The only exception are simple refrigeration systems; metal boxes fitted with ice crystals kept from melting by an attached mana battery. Building design is just as rustic and traditional, forsaking modern comforts and making students get used to sleeping on straw mats. The Academy has it's share of facilities; dorms for upper and lower class ninja, classrooms, a temple, a cafeteria, an infirmary, blacksmith (run by the island's only dwarf, Lysander Bronzebraid), and a formal meeting hall. <br><br>Said meeting hall is where we currently find ourselves. The large, open building sports a smooth stone floor, tall red columns, and seating all around the edges. A set of stairs leads around to the upper floor, which has additional seating. A massive stone statue of the three founders of the academy stands at the far end of the room. Hyuga, Koga, and Raizen all stand next to each other, looking stoic and ready for battle. The stone figures of the three are adorned with bits of bronze that accent certain features on their outfits or weaponry, giving the statue a more varied appearance. It is under this statue that Dao, one of the teachers, stands. He is tall and lean, as is the norm amongst his elven people. Clad in red and white (which students surmise he keeps impecabbly clean at all hours of the day), he stands out against the cold bronze and stone statue behind him. He surveys the gathered students, these Chunin. They've all come here to begin the process of graduating from low ninja to high ninja.<br><br><strong>"This is the mid-point of your education. From here, you go one of two ways,"</strong> he begins, gathering the attention of the crowd of students, <strong>"You can either fail and be expelled. Or you can continue on, and begin to learn the arts and skills that will make you truly great. Many graduates from this academy go on to serve Lords, Generals, or even Kings and Queens. Still others make a name for themselves as famous adventurers. I'm certain you've all heard of Imari bint Fasad, the ifriti that discovered The Sands of Time and used them to change the course of history, literally, at the battle of Red Cliffs. She graduated from this academy many years ago. Many paths lie open to you all if you succeed. So, do your best today. Do not give up, no matter how hopeless it may seem. We see success in every one of you."</strong><br><br>The crowd erupts into excited chatter. It goes on for a moment before Dao raises a hand and silences the students. <br><br><strong>"The first step is seperating you all into teams. Like it or not, ninja do not often work alone. Teamwork is vital and so, during this phase of testing, you will be grouped into teams of three. Now I will not repeat myself, so listen up. Drask, Taki, and Nam...."</strong><br><br>Dao speaks, going through the crowd and pairing everyone up. Team after team is formed until, at last,<br><br><strong>"Next we have... Temujin, Riko, and Tengu. Next, Ryujin, Mizuki, and Nara. Quiet in the back, please! Moving on..."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>22-11-2013, 23:56:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w124/Twin-Dragon/9dc9ebfc-be6f-4288-a9aa-9d6ea6caac14_zpsf94636b3.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mizuki Izumi<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Everyone<br><hr><br>Mizuki is sitting on one of the provided chair in the meeting hall patiently as she listened to the senior instructor. It was just roughly a week ago where she passed her preliminary promotional exam. When the teacher mention about putting everyone in teams of three, she isn't surprised about it as she has already expect it to be the case. Afterall, most of everyone in her clan were graduates from the academy and therefore provides her with general idea of the academy's ninja structure and system.<br><br>From what she gather, the system pretty much separates the Ninjas into 3 categories: Genin or Low-tier Ninjas are the lowest level where potential ninjas are taught the basic skills such as Throwing Shuriken and Kunai, basic jutsus and basic combat although they put heavy emphasis on theory more than anything else. The next level is Chunin or Mid-tire Ninjas, where she is currently aiming for after passing the preliminary qualification test which consist of just testing her on her ability to perform all Genin curriculum up to the examiner's satisfactory and supposedly if she manages to pass, she would be able to learn more advanced Ninja techniques. Finally, there are the Jounin or Top-tier Ninjas who are the ones hailed as true full-fledged ninjas.<br><br>The kitsune managed to caught her teammates names and immediately look around to see if she could spot her teammates but prove to be quite a hard and ill-fated attempt due to the volume of students in the hall. Finally, she decided to just wait after the meeting before looking for them, neither of her teammate name seem to be familiar to her so she deduced that they might have been from another class group. Her tail swish a few times as her lips curls slightly for a smile, 'I wonder what my teammates like. I hope we can get along.'
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wargtass</strong> on <strong>23-11-2013, 03:15:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9b/Img025_-_avatar.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tengu<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Everyone<br><hr>Tengu sat on the edge of his seat in the back row, middle and center. Or rather he was hunched on his seat, his clawed and highly dexterous toes gripping the outermost edge of it. His sense of balance and the gravity that governed it was near perfect and had always been. All through his years he had indirectly inspired classmates to try the same thing, with the inevitable results of bruised chins, broken noses and bitten tongues. People had asked him how he did it, to which he could only answer that he did. It was no different than being perched on the branch of a tree. It was like asking a bird how it could sit on lines. Almost literally. They don't know how, they just do.<br><br>That certainly freed up his mind to focus on other stuff. His yellow eyes darted around the room, seemingly with some sort of intelligent design, some sort of thought through intent much like one views an owl that scouts for prey. In a way, the similarities were striking in that he had in common with an owl that his intent were not as intelligent that it would seem. He was just thinking about what to have for lunch. Seafood ramen or just some bread? That was the question that he was wrapping his brain power around. Had any of the teachers that had taught him over the years gleaned this they would hardly have been surprised. The boy was a flunk. He was just about worthless on all accounts linked to the art of the shinobi except on a few accounts. <br><br>But on those accounts he was pretty much already above the Chunin line, if not beyond. He was a master survivalist, a high ranking stealth artist and none on the island had yet to best him when it came to archery. But when it came to all other things that make up a ninja he barely even cut the line for the lower tiers. He had early on been banned from using anything sharper than a spoon in kenjutsu class, having caused himself and others more injuries than his targets. His chakra control was heinous and anything related to it failed spectacularly. But even so, he worked hard. He work inhumanly hard. Not one of the teachers had actually noticed the fervor he applied to reaching those D's to allow him to apply for the Chunin exam. To them it was a low bar. To Tengu it was a glorious achievement, hundreds if not thousands of hours poured into becoming below average where he had always been called a flunky before. And he went through it all with enthusiasm and a smile on his face. It had made him look like the stupid fool but then again, he had never really cared about how others perceived him.<br><br>He listened halfheartedly to the speech Dao gave. It was pretty much the same inspirational thing that he always spouted out before giving Tengu a mixed angry and disappointed glare. He cleaned out his ears with clawed fingers and pushed the beak-like sun visor higher upon his feathered head so that he could get a clearer look of the crowd when Dao began calling up the teams. It was a lot of people to go through and he managed to decide on seafood ramen and cleaning his claws before his own was called up. Temujin, Riko and Tengu. He became a bit paler. He had never met any of them personally, but he damned well knew of them. The mysterious and quite one-armed swords-woman and the loudmouth putz. Had the gods not been cruel enough to poor Tengu? Had he not cleared his trials and travails with gusto and a smile? Did the teachers want to punish him? He grasped his head in his clawed hands and forced his forehead painfully down into the back of the seat in front of him three times.<br><br>"WHAT THE HELL!" He threw his head back and cried out as if it was because of said self-inflicted injury. The Cripple was scary. She spelled doom and sociopath wherever she turned up. Not to mention she probably was the closest to the sort of grades he had. And then the stealth-inept idiot who couldn't sneak her way out of a deaf-dumb-and-blind ward. He felt like he had been crammed into the short bus and left to rot in the back. "Why, Dao... why?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>23-11-2013, 04:07:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9653/blackpvcfrontzippercats.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nara Mitsuhari (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=190401.msg9216663#msg9216663)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Everyone<br><hr>In one of the more dimly lit corners in the back, off by herself, Nara sat in silence.&nbsp; The occasional glimmer of light set off a sharp reflective spark, as if the shadow armor she wore fought to dismiss any light that touched it by bouncing the offending gleam away.&nbsp; It wasn't perfect, but it was still as nice a way as any to practice her talents.<br><br>Team activities could be good or bad.&nbsp; Nara wanted to do well, but her primary capabilities were in her innate talents for shadow magic.&nbsp; All too often, people had expected her to prove herself equally capable in any other task or necessary ability, and she rarely could.&nbsp; Still, she knew better than to waste her knack, and she knew her calling.<br><br>Ryujin and Mizuki.&nbsp; She didn't recognize the names, but she wasn't opposed to trying to meet the people and see if she'd be able to keep up.&nbsp; Certainly she'd do her best.&nbsp; "I'm Nara," she said to the other students, checking around before the command for silence in the back made her shut her mouth once again.&nbsp; <br><br>Why had she done that?&nbsp; She felt like an idiot, having for some reason expected others to do the same.&nbsp; No wonder her shadows bounce light instead of properly absorbing it.&nbsp; She had to learn not to draw attention.&nbsp; That was the whole point of being a ninja.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>KnightNelson20</strong> on <strong>23-11-2013, 06:54:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy120/DivinexOblivion/Anime%20Edits/b103813000cd5.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/DivinexOblivion/media/Anime%20Edits/b103813000cd5.jpg.html)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Ryujin Matsumoto<br><strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Everyone<br><br>Ryujin sat with his sword on his lap close to the front row. He listened intently to Dao as he spoke. Ryujin learned from his father at a young age that if anyone takes the time to say something out loud it must e worth listening to. Ryujin may have taken it too seriously as he grew up. Rarely speaking unless he needed to say something important. But always listening. <br><br>As Dao began announcing squad pairing Ryujin pulled out a box of pocky and pulled a stick. Looking over his shoulder to those around him he wondered&nbsp; if he should share. As he began eating it he turned back to Dao and decided against.<em> "Mizuki and Nara eh..."</em> Ryujin turned to see who he was paired with. His eyes darting quickly to the back as he heard Nara announce herself. He could tell by her expression afterwards that she wasn't one with many friends. Thou Ryujin didn't have many either, but Ryujin also didn't hang out in the shadows. Standing up he swung his sword over his back, it's sheathe string catching on his shoulder and his sword falling back to rest on his lower back he took another bite of his pocky as he headed towards Nara in the back. As he walked his eyes darted about hoping to catch a glimpse of Mizuki. As he walked he over heard other guys murmuring on how they wished they were paired with Mizuki. He went to eat another piece of pocky as he slowed his steps and his eyes caught Mizuki. How could he not. <em>"Fluffy" </em> He thought as he kept walking deciding that Nara seemed a little easier for him to approach. <em>"Fluffy"</em> He finished his pocky quickly and continued walking to Nara. He bowed slightly and extended his hand as he came back up. A piece of pocky hanging from the corner of his mouth as he spoke. "Ryujin Matsumoto. Nice to meet you." Ryujin couldn't muster a smile or anything of the sort as most of his focus went to still eating his pocky without the use of his hand. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Angaroo</strong> on <strong>26-11-2013, 07:17:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://simg.gelbooru.com//images/695/4fa48281028a1d60c133f808793efe5c.jpg?1243371)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Riko Moto<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Everyone<br><hr>Riko was seated near the front of the crowd, her arms crossed as she casually listened to Dao's speech about the upcoming exam. Riko had been training for this exam all of her life and, although she didn't show it outwardly, she was practically buzzing with excitement. To her, there was a lot more to the test than just passing it. It was a chance to show off in front of everyone, to show what you're made of and, most importantly, to prove that you're better than all of the rest. That's what it meant to be a true ninja. At least, that's what it meant to Riko.<br><br>As Dao began naming off teams, Riko couldn't help but glance around the room to try to gauge the other groups. "Drask, Taki, and Nam...." Dao said aloud as he announced the first team. Riko gave a shrug at the mention of the first team and stayed seated as the next team was called&nbsp; out. "Temujin..." She recognized the name, and was probably one of the few who actually knew The Cripple by her actual name. Despite that, Riko still called her Cripple, mainly due to the fact that everyone called her that. <em>"I feel sorry for whoever gets stuck with her."</em> Riko thought to herself, still casually sitting with her arms crossed. <br><br>"...Riko..." The next name was called out. Blinking a couple of times in disbelief, Riko turned her head over to Dao, almost as if she was making sure that she heard him right. <strong>"W-What?!"</strong>Riko called out, still trying to accept the fact that she was having terrible luck. Riko sat, mouth agape, still shocked by what she was hearing.&nbsp; "...and Tengu." The last, and final, name was called out before Dao continued on with the groups. Tengu, aka Birdman. At least that's what Riko called him.&nbsp; Like Temujin, Riko knew who Tengu was, although, save for a few run ins in the hallway, they never actually talked.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>"Birdman and The Cripple?"</strong> Riko asked outloud, trying to reassure herself that they had assigned her to the right group. Dao, who was seemingly indifferent, ignored Riko's question as he continued down the list. Turning back to face the crowd, Riko took a deep sigh in as she stood up and began looking for her other team members. Almost as soon as she began looking, she noticed Tengu perched on his seat. It definitely wasn't hard to spot him since he stuck out like a...well, a bird in a crowd of fumans. Riko couldn't help, no matter how hard she tried to hide her disdain, but grimace the closer she got to her new team member. When she was finally close to the Birdman, Riko gave a simple nod. <strong>"Hey...I'm Riko Moto if you don't know me."</strong> Riko greeted herself quickly before she began to look around for their other team member. <strong>"Say, where's The Cripple at?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>26-11-2013, 20:46:38</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj499/MzHyde/Temujin/Temujin5_zps7420512b.jpg)</div><br>"I'm right here."<br><br>Temujin's voice came from startlingly close by. The redhead was sitting down against the wall, on the floor. No wonder nobody had seen her. Strange that she didn't opt to sit in the empty chair right there. The students had long ago probably stopped trying to figure out why she did things, though. If she'd heard any of the insults her new team had flung her way, she didn't seem to care. The aloof and bored expression she wore on her face made it seem like she wasn't terribly interested in anything that was going on. Perhaps that had something to due with all the insults flung her way by student and staff alike. Perhaps she was just tired of the entire academy. Or, perhaps it was something else all together. Before Riko or Tengu had time to discuss or dissect why they were stuck with what was arguably one of the worst students in academy history, Dao spoke up again.<br><br><strong>"Attention! Attention everyone!"</strong> he shouted, demanding silence. Much of the hall had erupted into conversation, students shocked or delighted about their team lineups. It seemed more the former than the latter, however, making the majority of students think that Dao had put terrible teams together on purpose. <br><br><strong>"Now then,"</strong> he continued, <strong>"Your first exam starts... now." </strong><br><br>More commotion. More asking for silence.<br><br>Dao spoke, <strong>"You will find under your chairs a single scroll and something to write with. On the scroll are nine questions. Answer them all and then wait for further instruction. Your entire team must receive a passing average to move on. You have five minutes."</strong><br><br>Yet more commotion. Rustling, as students reached under their chairs to find scrolls and small ink brushes with which to write answers. The questions on the test were difficult. Almost impossibly so. It would take a straight A or S student to answer them all. They were niche questions about survival, chakra, and stealth. Questions about subjects that were barely covered in class. It's here that the more perceptive students might look around the hall and realize they were not alone. Seeded through the crowd were upper class ninja - jonin. The jonin had not been called to join teams, but they seemed to be taking the test as well. Why? In all the excitement, nobody had noticed them in the group during team assignments. Perhaps this too was reason why the teams were so controversial? To give these jonin cover? But what were they doing here? They would probably know the test answers already.<br><br>For her part, Temujin remained sitting. A mighty contribution. She hasn't budged an inch from the wall and, in fact, seems to have closed her eyes. She might be sleeping. Riko and Tengu have quite the experience ahead of them. Hopefully Ryujin, Nara, and Mizuki are faring better.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>27-11-2013, 00:55:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w124/Twin-Dragon/9dc9ebfc-be6f-4288-a9aa-9d6ea6caac14_zpsf94636b3.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mizuki Izumi<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Ryuujin and Nara<br><hr><br>Mizuki hears someone from the back mentioned her teammate's name and her ears twitched toward the direction as she turned her head slightly to look. The blonde spots a girl with what look like a black spandex suit who soon is joined by a boy with grey hair and carrying a sword which she assume to be her other teammate, Ryuujin. The kitsune get up from her chair and approaches the two before bowing elegantly in polite manner as she speaks gently with a kind smile, "Nice to meet you, I am Mizuki of the Izumi Clan. I am not very skilled but I hope we can get along, Nara-san, Matsumoto-san."<br><br>When the next announcement and instruction for the exam comes, the kitsune immediately place her eyes toward the empty chairs bracketing the other girl in their team, it seem that that the previous occupier of the seats has left presumably to meet their own teammates. She reaches under one of the chairs and withdraws a scroll along with a rush and nods toward the other two. She release the binding on the scroll before opening it to find several questions on them.<br><br>A glance toward the questions though generates some worry inside her as she thinks to herself, 'Wow... these are... difficult... very difficult questions.... some of them aren't even in the Genin curriculum....' The blonde being a bright student theoretically, finds herself able to answer several of the questions herself but the rest are too hard for her to answer without help from at least a relevant source. The girl's ears twitch a few times in response to her thought as she continues, 'Calculate the distance a kunai thrown at height of 150 meters above the ground at wind resistance of.... Name 10 practical uses of chakra control outside of ninjutsu.... Did we even learn this in class?'
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-11-2013, 06:57:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9653/blackpvcfrontzippercats.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nara Mitsuhari (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=190401.msg9216663#msg9216663)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Mizuki, Ryujin<br><hr>The appearance of the two others brought a soft smile to her face.&nbsp; They seemed nice enough, which was definitely going to be helpful.&nbsp; She wasn't really that used to working in a group, but she would manage by determination if nothing else.&nbsp; The last thing she wanted was to lose her chance with good people and end up with a harder group.<br><br>As she looked over the questions, though, she quickly found that she had no real idea.&nbsp; "Well, the Kunai I think is a trick question," she said softly.&nbsp; "I mean, there's no way to know that without knowing how strong someone is, right?&nbsp; But I don't remember hearing about any of this stuff."<br><br>As she discussed with the group, her eyes flitted over to the seniors observing the group, and an idea came to her.&nbsp; "What if this is a test?" she asked.&nbsp; "I think we're supposed to ask some of them for the answers.&nbsp; Why else would they be here?&nbsp; What do you think?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>KnightNelson20</strong> on <strong>27-11-2013, 15:49:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i783.photobucket.com/albums/yy120/DivinexOblivion/Anime%20Edits/b103813000cd5.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/DivinexOblivion/media/Anime%20Edits/b103813000cd5.jpg.html)</div> <strong>Name:</strong> Ryujin Matsumoto<br><strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Nara and Mizuki<br><br>Ryujin smiled and nodded towards Mizuki as she bowed. His mouth still holding a piece of pocky he decided against speaking for fear of losing it. That and he really wanted to touch her fur but didn't know how to ask. Ryujin's love for fluffy things came from a cat he used to care for at his families dojo. He loved to sit back and pet her fur while relaxing from a day of practice. And Mizuki's looked quite soft. As Nara smiled Ryujin's grew. <em>This won't be so bad.</em> He thought as he sat to take the test. He felt fairly happy with his team. Nara was just as cute as Mizuki was when she smiled. <em>This could work.</em> But as he looked over the test he wondered how long he would be apart of it.<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"What if this is a test?" she asked.&nbsp; "I think we're supposed to ask some of them for the answers.&nbsp; Why else would they be here?&nbsp; What do you think?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Ryujin looked around the room and noted what she was saying but quickly frowned seeing a few students being dragged out for cheating. He motioned for Nara not to speak by lifting his finger over his lips slowly as he continued to look around the room. She was right about this being a test. There was no way any one student could know all these questions at our level. Watching a student get dragged from his seat next to a senior he came up with an idea but he knew the risk was high. Taking his pocky out he lifted his fingers and began drawing invisible seals over the box. His family was skilled at Fuinjutsu and as such Ryujin knew plenty. He inscribed his pocky with a message and passed the box over to Nara after taking a piece of his own and taking a bite, making sure to motion for her to pass it over to Mizuki as well. Once they took a bite they should be able to hear his message.<br><br>"I think you are right about this being a test. But I feel like it's more a test of skill than of whits. And if that's the case I think i have a way to pass."<br><br>Ryujin eye'd the empty seat next to the jonin. <em>I can make it!</em> He thought as he rolled the scroll back up and looked over to his teammates. He smiled confidently but on the inside he really hoped he was not caught. It was too early for him to fail. He lifted his pocky to his lips again and as he took a bite he was gone reappearing in the seat next to the jonin. His move so sudden and quick the jonin himself looked over and had to double take wondering when he had gotten there. It wasn't as if Ryujin was cheating off of him. He was just sitting there with his scroll open and pocky hanging from his mouth. As Ryujin wrote his name he glanced around and at least for the moment it seemed none of the jonin walking around had noticed his move. He was clear. He then began drawing symbols around the edge of his paper leaving all the questions blank. Lifting his fingers low out of sight he sealed it. <em>This should allow my paper to copy the answers of whatever paper is on top of it. And this jonin should have the right ones.</em> Ryujin smiled as he finished the pocky he had hanging. This jutsu was made to steal information without having to literally steal a document. What better use for it. Taking out a new box of pocky, having left the former back with his team, he opened it and began eating a new as he looked around the room again wondering how the others were fairing. He wished he could return to his seat to assist his team but the thought of moving again would be far to risky. No he would stay. <em>Hope they are okay...</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Angaroo</strong> on <strong>27-11-2013, 22:20:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://simg.gelbooru.com//images/1421/b95998a8dcdb08ac0b35c6a6a8fc9206.jpg?1633054)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Riko Moto<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Temujin &amp; Tengu<br><hr><br>"I'm right here."<br><br>An unfamiliar voice called out, answering Riko's question. Was this really the first time she had heard The Cripple's voice? Sure enough, after looking over to the right side of the room, there she was, sitting on the ground against a wall. Riko could now also see why she didn't notice her third team member beforehand. Rolling her eyes at Temujin, Riko gave an audible sigh before turning her back to The Cripple, unintentionally displaying her frustration with her new found team. Now looking at Tengu, Riko plopped down in one of the empty chairs and crossed her arms across her chest. <em>"Great...Stuck with two of the worst students in the school."</em> She thought, pouting to herself like how a child pouts when he/she is denied a Christmas present. As the three sat in dead silence, Dao spoke again once all of the teams were in place. <br><br>&nbsp;"Your first exam starts... now." <br><br>"Now?!" Riko practically screamed in her head as she quickly jumped out of her seat, waiting to see what Dao would say next. <br><br>"You will find under your chairs a single scroll and something to write with. On the scroll are nine questions. Answer them all and then wait for further instruction. Your entire team must receive a passing average to move on. You have five minutes."<br><br><strong>"Greeeeeaaaaat..."</strong> Riko groaned out loud. <strong>"...a test of wit."</strong> She finished her sentence by shooting a look at both Tengu and Temunjin. It wasn't a good look either. However, Riko wasn't that good with tests either. Reaching under her seat, she grabbed the scroll, opened it and began reading through the questions. <strong>"How are we supposed to know this?!"</strong> Riko yelled out, as continued reading through the questions.<strong> "There are even questions about forbidden jutsu on here? Did we even<em> talk</em> about that?"</strong> Looking at both of her team mates, Riko just barely managed boiling over at the sight of Temujin. She was sleeping. <br><br><strong>"Hey ~Cripple~!"</strong> Riko yelled out, purposely trying to be as obnoxious as possible. Pointing to the test, Riko gave a fake smile before speaking. <strong>"Are you going to actually try to do something useful for a change?"</strong> She turned to face Tengu, still smiling. <strong>"You too."</strong> She wanted to say more, but now wasn't the time to fight despite how much she wanted to give both of her team mates a good whack. The three minute mark was quickly approaching and Riko, Tengu and Temunjin were no where near finished. At this point, any hope at finishing the test was now gone. They're only chance was to complete part of the test and hope for the best. At this rate though, they'd all be lucky if they answered even one question. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Wargtass</strong> on <strong>27-11-2013, 23:06:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/9b/Img025_-_avatar.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tengu<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Riko &amp; Temujin<br><hr>Tengu rubbed his aching forehead as Riko approached him. He wasn't too used to people actually striking up conversations with him. He tended to keep them at several arms lengths what with his appearance and obvious heritage. The former Tengu Clan was particularly known as a devious and untrustworthy lot. So much so that they had even laid siege to the academy at one point. Even so, he managed to give her a meek wave of his clawed hand and a bright smile. He was just about to say something about Temujin but he was cut off by the Cripple herself, sitting by the wall not far from him. He paled a little as he looked at her wide eyed. Creeeepy. Once again he was cut off by Dao's exclamation that the first exam would start now.<br><br>"WHAT THE HELL!" He yelled out once more as he forced his head into the back of his own seat. With trembling fingers he reached under his seat and withdrew the scroll, reading through it with quick eyes before he put it away again. He had a rather good memory, despite his bird-like heritage, and right now his head was churning through the questions while trying to cut out the sound of Riko complaining and Temujin's snores. He looked up to the ceiling, noticing the perch-like beams up there. No way were they meant to know the answers to these questions. With such an exam the number of Chunin would slowly dwindle out as more of them advanced to Jounin, leaving a perpetually expanding mass of Genin which wouldn't be any use for the Academy on the global scale. So, they were meant to cheat! To use each others' strengths to gather the information. Problem was their strengths were easily counted. Riko was pretty skilled as such, but loud as an industrial site. Temujin was just... scary. He certainly wouldn't dare call her Cripple to her face. She would probably sock him right in the...<br><br>"Yosh! That's the key!" He gazed up to the beams again. If he could get there unnoticed his hawk eyes would do the rest. "I need a distraction. Cri... uhm, Temujin! Wake up! I need you to start a fight with Riko, get the attention of the observers!" He took a hold of Riko's collar and pulled her down to Temujin's level. "Sock her right in the nose! I'll fix the rest!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MelisaArtemis</strong> on <strong>28-11-2013, 00:17:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w124/Twin-Dragon/9dc9ebfc-be6f-4288-a9aa-9d6ea6caac14_zpsf94636b3.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Mizuki Izumi<br><strong>Location</strong>: Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag</strong>: Ryuujin and Nara<br><hr><br>Mizuki look over the entire hall a few times before nodding toward her teammates, "That would make sense... In that case...." Before she manage to continue though, the sole male member of the team has took off and place himself next to another student. The blonde immediately feel like smacking her forehead with her palm as she thought to herself, 'Thats... reckless... very reckless.... Did he really expect that the examiner won't get suspicious if they saw him suddenly changing seat like that...?' The blonde isn't sure if it was pure luck or the boy actually took the time to observe the situation but he miraculously did manage to sneak when the examiner wasn't paying attention toward them and thinks to herself, 'Well, at least he should be safe for now.... Next is....'<br><br>The kitsune browse through the hall once again and immediately recognizes the people who are purposely planted in their class by the examiners. She deduce that there are 2 type of people who has the characteristic: They who are obviously writing their answers in their scroll confidently as if they know the answer by heart... or the complete opposite, people who look as if they are completely put out of their field and just staring on their scroll yet made no attempt to cheat. She turned toward her remaining teammate and nods slightly as she use nondescript gesture to point toward the people that she suspect to be the "Keys". Since she isn't sure of what her teammates abilities are considering that the examiner didn't really give them the opportunity to get to know each other that well yet, she would assume the worst which means that her teammates' abilities might not be suited for information gathering. She makes discreet finger gesture for Nara to stay on her seat before making discreet finger seal for herself.<br><br>Mizuki first creates a basic bushin jutsu of her own overlaying her own body. The clone is immaterial but that does not matter for her plan as it only serve for optical value to cover her from the examiner's eyes. Next, she covers her real self with camouflage illusion to turn herself invisible, a basic illusion jutsu for her clan which even a kid can do with enough practice. The theory was just to use her chakra as a screen around her so that it shows what is behind her to her front while what is on her front to her back.<br><br>Even with her camouflage on though, she still move toward the nearest "Key" with sneaking motion since just because she is invisible doesn't mean that she doesn't produce sound. It takes a while but she finally manage to reach her target and takes a glance on the ninja's scroll in front of him. As expected, since her target is one of the ninja that look to be completely lost on the problems yet didn't look as if he gonna write anything on it nor try to cheat, that means his scroll already has the complete answer beforehand. The kitsune couldn't help but grin as she thinks to herself, 'Jackpot....'<br><br>She swipe her invisible hand over the ninja's filled up scroll and discreetly replaces it with her own nearly completely blank one which she covers with another illusion to show as if she has completely answered everything. With her prize in her hand, the kitsune discreetly makes her way back to her seat next to her teammate and takes her place over the bushin before dispelling it along with the illusion covering herself. She turned toward the other girl and flashes her a foxy grin as she spreads her loot over her desk while at the same time dispel the illusion on her own original scroll which by now sat on her victim's desk. As expected, the ninja that she had stole the scroll from nearly throw his brush out of his hand as the completed scroll in front of him is replaced by her blank one. <br><br>The kitsune winks her eyes toward Nara as she swipes her hand over the scroll in front of her as if dusting it when in actuality, she copies the content to her teammate's scroll with illusion before giving the girl another wink as she mouthes, "Write over the answer on your own scroll...."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>28-11-2013, 05:19:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9653/blackpvcfrontzippercats.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nara Mitsuhari (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=190401.msg9216663#msg9216663)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Meeting Hall<br><strong>Tag:</strong> Mizuki, Ryujin<br><hr>As the others slipped off to do their respective things, Nara couldn't help but feel a little jealous.&nbsp; Her shadow armor was shimmering and roiling, especially with the requirements on her concentration, but she still did her best to maintain it.&nbsp; Actual ninja requirements would only be much harder than this, and she knew she had to be ready for anything.&nbsp; It would be easy enough to conjure up a duplicate of herself, but her face certainly wouldn't fool anyone, and she couldn't see through her own shadows yet.<br><br>Still...she'd given them the idea.&nbsp; That was worthwhile, right?&nbsp; She'd at least participated in the team.<br><br>Telling herself that she was still a helpful contribution to the team only brought her so much peace of mind, but she still did her best to rapidly copy the answers.&nbsp; As she went, she looked through to do her best to memorize them and understand the corresponding responses, but writing quickly didn't afford her that complete and absolute luxury.&nbsp; Once done, she spent the last fifteen seconds reading rapidly to get in as much comprehension as she could.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Falling Leaf Academy - (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>28-11-2013, 06:54:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj499/MzHyde/Temujin/Temujin1_zpsb8361ca3.jpg)</div><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>Water off a duck's ass, or so the saying goes.</strong></span> Riko's hurled insults and obnoxious temperament didn't seem to phase Temujin in the slightest. Much like a cat annoyed by it's human during naptime, Temujin just opened her eye, looked at <strong>Riko</strong> for about half a second, then shut it again. She didn't move until <strong>Tengu</strong> yanked <strong>Riko</strong> down to her level, bringing the three of them close together. The redhead opened her eye again and looked at them both.<br><br>"...First off, I can't read well, so I can't complete the test regardless. Second, that is a terrible plan. They will disqualify us all for starting a fight during the test. I'm surprised all the shouting hasn't gotten you two dismissed already. Third, the test is entirely pointless. Need I remind you both that this is a school for ninja? Ninja are all about subterfuge and misdirection. This is obviously a trick," she said, glancing off to the side a moment, seeming to slowly take everything in.<br><br>"Upperclassmen are seeded through this room. The questions are impossibly difficult, based on the murmurs I've been hearing from those around us. The point of this, therefore, is to goad us into cheating off of the the upper ninja. Cheating under the watchful eye of many proctors and higher level ninja. Getting caught will doubtless mean disqualification. A risky and pointless gambit, if you ask me. They mean to weed out poorer students by tempting them to cheat. Only highly skilled students would be able to either cheat successfully or complete the test with correct answers," Temujin closed her eye again and sunk back against the wall, finishing, "Collectively, we are neither stealthy enough to cheat, nor smart enough to finish the test. Therefore... we take the third route, the less obvious path. We wait and see. Patience is a ninja skill too. If we wait, we'll find out what Dao is up to. Now be quiet."<br><br>It was the most she'd ever said to just about anyone since arriving at the academy, probably. The redhead's words rang true, however. Was it not suspicious that they'd be encouraged to cheat? It was almost too obvious a solution, given how difficult the questions were. And to be brutally honest, their team probably didn't have the skill to pull it off without getting thrown out. Either way, Temujin wasn't budging, so she wasn't about to help <strong>Riko</strong> or <strong>Tengu</strong>. It would be up to the pair to decide if they wanted to follow her train of logic or not.<br><br>On the other side of the hall, <strong>Nara, Mizuki, and Ryujin's</strong> team seemed to be doing the exact opposite. They seemed to be working together rather well and, in fact, actually managing to cheat with some cleverness and skill. Nobody seemed suspicious of them quite yet, so they seem to have managed it. Time was ticking down steadily and only two minutes remained until time would be up... and another surprise would be thrust upon the hopeful students. 
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