[Ōorigami Asahi]

	you play with the wolf
The sun sat about a quarter ways from the horizon as late afternoon settled into the wetlands near Kawa. For those who were smart, this would be about the time they started to wind down and make their way into the comfort and safety of whatever shelter they called home. It wasn't dark yet, but the sun was preparing the burst into the multicolored sky show that signaled the dark was coming. Few stayed out in Kawa past dark, and those who did, you could suspect weren't up to anything good. Even fewer traversed the wetlands at night, and those who did, you could assume weren't up to anything good. But it wasn't the potential danger by humans that the genin needed to worry about, as he made his way deeper and deeper through the trees of the wetlands. No, it was the barely discovered and unpredictable nature around him her had to be concerned with. Growing up with this land as his backyard, Asahi knew this, yet pressed deeper. Having a few days off, he had decided to spend them out here in the wetlands doing what he liked to call an excursion. If these lands held undiscovered and minimally understood things, he wanted to try and bridge the gap. With a notebook in hand, he went from plant to wild life, taking notes and observing the wet world around him. Every so often on his stroll, he would take a kunai out and mark a tree he passed by with an X. Although he frequently called this place his backyard, he knew getting lost in here was not something that many made it back from. ~The canoe is about an hours run away at this distance, and it's that way.~ the boy gave himself a mental note to go with the physical mark. Once that necessity was out the way, he let his golden eyes go back to wandering. Let his body go where his curiosity and interest took him. There was so much life, all around. With a smile on his face, it was clear that observing and learning about the world he had brought himself to, brought him genuine joy.
but you sleep with the bones of a rabbit

Notes: Looking forward to you NPCing my Many LEGGED "FRIENDS" lol

TAG: Ren
PYXIS ★

[Ren]

Even though Asahi knew the place, he was being cautious, marking a few trees he passed by with his kunai. As he moved deeper and deeper into the woods, he would begin to hear an eerie sound on the far distance. It was still too far to be able to accurately determine what it was, or where it was, there was some echo to it. If he was to fully concentrate on that, he would be able to notice that the noise was most likely coming from somewhere on the east or southeast, but then again, he was too far from it to truly know.

Some creatures and crickets in the forest seemed a bit agitated, and since the boy was taking notes, he could potentially realise that they were heading west. Knowing this land as well as he did, Asahi knew that to the east of where he was there was a denser part of the woods, one quite challenging to navigate, even for a shinobi, and a chain of caverns that led deep into the underground.

[Ōorigami Asahi]

	you play with the wolf
The boy's blissful swim in the sea of knowledge was interrupted by a noticeable disturbance in its' water. He hadn't picked up on it at first, but not he heard a sound in the distance, and it wasn't too pleasant. It was the type of sound that crept down the skin of your back the more you listened. His attention was taken from that to the noticeable behavior change in the creatures big and small as he made his way through the trees. They all seemed to be scurrying in one direction...west. "That's strange," Asahi said as he watched a line of ants rushing across the ground in the same direction. Birds chirped and flew west through the trees. These were a multitude of different genus and species all responding the same way toward a stimulus, with retreat. The genin stopped in his tracks and his head turned the opposite direction, east. In these wetlands, the creature's could be fleeing from anything, but something about all this felt...weird. And it sounded like that weird sound was coming from the east...maybe northeast? It was still hard to place, or even place what the sound really was. Asahi thought back to his knowledge of the area. To the east, the woods only got thicker, and thicker wood meant more potential danger. Where most would have followed the lead of the creatures making their way away from the, something, Asahi wasn't most. His curiosity was no longer held by the flora and fauna around him. It was taken hostage by whatever was causing the life around him to act in that way. He took the white jacket he was wearing off, revealing the golden sleeveless undershirt underneath. He tied the jacket around his waist, and began running east by ground. Even though he was following his curiosity, that didn't stop the anxiety that came with running into the unknown. That anxiety was something that the genin was able to keep low as he had traversed so far, but this made it rise a little bit. The strange plants and creatures were one thing. This was another. It was like whatever he was headed towards was the unknown within the unknown.
but you sleep with the bones of a rabbit

Notes: 

TAG: Ren
PYXIS ★

[Ren]

As Asahi rushed towards the east, he continued to witness the creatures of these woods retreating to the west, but as he proceeded, less and less creatures were seeing. Maybe because most of them had already made their way out of this lurking danger. The sound didn't increase by much, but one think the Genin did notice now that he was approaching its source, was that there was some echo to it.

But perhaps his brain would be directed another way, for his eyes would catch a glimpse of something in a bush nearby, about thirty feet from where he was: a human leg sticking out of it, covered in what it now seemed like coagulated blood. The rest of the body was probably hidden by the bush, but one noticeable thing about it was the type of footwear: a traditional, blue coloured shinobi sandal.

[Ōorigami Asahi]

	you play with the wolf
As Asahi kept going, the number of fleeing creatures started to dwindle down and an echo had been added to that once distant sound. The genin skidded to a stop as his brain caught up to his eyes and the command they had given his body. Out of the corner of his vision, he had seen something sticking out of a bush he passed. He turned back to it and closed the distance. As he did, he saw what it really was. A leg? It was covered in blood, and even from this far away the blood didn't look to be too fresh. More importantly, there was a shinobi sandal on the foot of the leg. He approached with a bit more caution after piecing together the piece of person he was seeing. As he closed the last couple of feet of distance he addressed the potential owner of the leg. "H-Hello? I can see blood on your leg...But are you alright?" the boy asked. If he got a response, then that would be...something. Maybe this person could explain what was going on. If he didn't get a response, then the "worst" or something close to the worst could probably be assumed. Regardless, Asahi activated his clan's technique, two arms made of a bonelike material and chakra sprouted from the tattoo seal on his back. They ripped through the replaceable undershirt, and hovered above his normal two arms. The two Ki arms went to separate the bush and potentially see who the leg belonged to.
but you sleep with the bones of a rabbit

Notes: 

TECHNIQUES USED

INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS CLAN SA (ACTIVATED)

SPOILER: Click to show

Incarnation of Many Hands (Ōorigami Clan Hijutsu)


The rigorous training from his mother who tattooed the seal on his back, gave him enough experience for the extra arms this Hijutsu brings to feel natural at this point. Only able to make two, he uses them to hold extra weapons, and assist in other ways inside battle, medical training, and in everyday life. However, he still has much further to go, with more arms to come in the future and more ways to get quicker, stronger and better at utilizing them.

TAG: Ren
PYXIS ★

[Ren]

Asahi's words went unanswered, and in response to that, the young Genin activated his clan's technique, making the two bonelike chakra arms to appear from the seal on his back. Approaching cautiously, the two special arms moved the bush away, but the what Asahi found was not what he was expecting.

There was almost nothing behind the bush, other than the rest of the leg, torn off a bit lower than the knee cap height. The fibula and tibia were split unevenly, almost as if it has been chewed off. If Asahi investigated it further, his medical knowledge would allow him to determine that the potential cause of the separation of the leg from the body was because the rest of the body was chopped off by many small, teeth like injuries he could see around the flesh.

From the looks of it, it had happened no more than a couple days ago.

[Ōorigami Asahi]

SOMEDAY WE WILL CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNVEIL THE WORLD

Once the ki arms moved the bush away, Asahi saw that the leg didn't belong to anybody. For some, that sight would have took them back, but the genin didn't budge. He didn't even raise an eyebrow at the sight. His expression narrowed as an "Oh," escaped his lips. With all the things in these wetlands, a person could probably end up with their leg ripped off if they weren't careful, so this result wasn't that far off.

He leaned in to examine the severed leg closer. It wasn't simply ripped off. It was bitten off by some sharp teeth. Whatever bit this leg off, had to have a mouth that was big enough to do so. That creature had to be fairly big. A large bear maybe? Some type of carnivorous plant? The boy's head raced as he thought about the things he had come across and things he had heard about the land. Was whatever did this what he was running toward?

More fear began to creep in, but more curiosity flooded in. Whatever had done this, was something the boy wanted to lay eyes on, even if from a distance. Many things within these forests were unknown, unstudied. He could be on the cusp of a discovery. That excited the boy and that excitement helped him push through the fear. Asahi kept his arms activated and tossed a kunai in each of them.

Then, he continued his run along the ground that the leg in the bush had interrupted. The extent of the danger he was potentially heading toward, hadn't truly set in for the sixteen year old, despite the finding. He glanced back over his shoulder at the bush. Maybe he should return for the leg to examine it closer later. Eh, he could come back for it on the way back to his canoe.

Notes:

 Techniques Used
INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS SA (ACTIVE)
R2 = Kunai Held
L2 = Kunai Held

SPOILER: Click to show

INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS (ŌORIGAMI CLAN HIJUTSU)

THE RIGOROUS TRAINING FROM HIS MOTHER WHO TATTOOED THE SEAL ON HIS BACK, GAVE HIM ENOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXTRA ARMS THIS HIJUTSU BRINGS TO FEEL NATURAL AT THIS POINT. ONLY ABLE TO MAKE TWO, HE USES THEM TO HOLD EXTRA WEAPONS, AND ASSIST IN OTHER WAYS INSIDE BATTLE, MEDICAL TRAINING, AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. HOWEVER, HE STILL HAS MUCH FURTHER TO GO, WITH MORE ARMS TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND MORE WAYS TO GET QUICKER, STRONGER AND BETTER AT UTILIZING THEM.

Tag: Ren

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GS

[Ren]

When he passed by the leg and looked back, Asahi would notice some small taints of blood on the grass of the forest. They were far and in between, but they seemed to come from the leg he found, because the state of the coagulation was quite similar. Either that, or it was a hell of a coincidence that there was dried blood so close to a lost limb.

Being familiar with the area as he was, it was reasonable for him to reach the conclusion that the trail of blood directed it towards the chain of underground caverns that they had in the area. The echoes of the noise were growing a bit more intense, and from this point forward, he would notice that there was not a single animal, not even a bug around. They all had fled for their lives.

[Ōorigami Asahi]

SOMEDAY WE WILL CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNVEIL THE WORLD

As the boy ran, a trail of blood guided him alongside the noise. No more animals, not even insects, joined him on the path. The wetland around him was silent, and that was truly strange. These forests rarely ever got completely quiet, but Asahi could feel it around him. He could feel the absence of life, all of it having fled far from the point he was at.

If he was remembering correctly, he was heading toward a cave system that went underground, and from the looks of it the trail of blood was heading that same way. Those who knew of the cave, advised passerby's to steer clear of it, like most of nature's unknown around the area. Out here, man didn't hold the same dominion that it did in more populated, developed areas.

Yet here he was heading toward it, against the common person's advice. A cave made the bear, or some sort of large predator scenario more likely. Maybe a wolf? The wolves he and Tetsumi fought off flashed back to the front of his brain. They had been pretty big, and if it hadn't been for Tetsumi getting that last wolf off of him, somebody may have found one of his limbs in a bush. If it was a wolf...there would be a pack...

Asahi's brain cycled through the potential dangers he was approaching, and as the cave system's entrance grew closer, the genin slowed his run to a walk.

And when even closer, he slowed that walk to a creep, doing his best he could to stay stealthy. He did his best to avoid anything crunch beneath his feet, while keeping the equipment he had on him mostly quiet. No need to get the attention of whatever could be over here.

His golden eyes danced around the area, alert, like prey watching out for predator. R2 and L2 held their kunai a little tighter as Asahi closed the distance between himself and where he remembered the cave system entrance to be.

Notes:

 Techniques Used
INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS SA (ACTIVE)
R2 = Kunai Held
L2 = Kunai Held

SPOILER: Click to show

INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS (ŌORIGAMI CLAN HIJUTSU)

THE RIGOROUS TRAINING FROM HIS MOTHER WHO TATTOOED THE SEAL ON HIS BACK, GAVE HIM ENOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXTRA ARMS THIS HIJUTSU BRINGS TO FEEL NATURAL AT THIS POINT. ONLY ABLE TO MAKE TWO, HE USES THEM TO HOLD EXTRA WEAPONS, AND ASSIST IN OTHER WAYS INSIDE BATTLE, MEDICAL TRAINING, AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. HOWEVER, HE STILL HAS MUCH FURTHER TO GO, WITH MORE ARMS TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND MORE WAYS TO GET QUICKER, STRONGER AND BETTER AT UTILIZING THEM.

Tag: Ren

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GS

[Ren]

When he approached the cave, the eerie sensation intensified and so did the odd noise, which became more distinguishable. It felt like hundreds of small claws were scratching the stone inside of it. The blood had came to an end near the entrance of the cave. The Genin was careful enough and managed to be quiet, so there was no change to the pattern of noises he was hearing, indicating that whatever it was that lived in that cave, it was either unaware of his presence, or didn't care enough to do anything for now.

But as he approached it enough, he would notice a weird reflection at the entrance of the cave, almost as if it had a thin layer of glass separating the interior of the cave from the outside world. It felt like chakra, but not being a sensor type, it was hard to determine without further investigation.

[Ōorigami Asahi]

SOMEDAY WE WILL CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNVEIL THE WORLD

The cave entrance was in sight and soon it was within touch if that's what Asahi wanted. With his golden eyes examining it and keeping watch on the area around, he still wasn't sure. The blood trail stopped at the cave entrance and the noise was definitely coming from there.

He advanced, and as he got closer to the cave entrance, he noticed a reflection, like a glass of sorts where the mouth was. ~That's odd.~ the genin remarked in his head, not daring to say it out loud this close to the entrance and whatever could be inside.

Although he didn't really specialize in stealth or train it, he tried his best. If able, he would creep to the side of the opening. He did not want to be standing in that opening too long, but he did want to get a closer look at the reflection. Being the cautious type, he didn't want to simply reach a hand out and touch it. But he was curious, and if he was still hidden, he was still safe...right?

Or at least, not his real hands. It was a good thing he had extra of those, and that they could take some damage. Whatever this was could potentially be chakra based, but the genin wasn't sure. A barrier of some sort maybe? It also could have just been a trick of the light...maybe? But if it was, then it didn't make much physical sense. Then again, he was in the wetlands of Kawa.

The boy took a breath to try and calm his nerves. L2 extended around the side of the cave and reached out with the kunai pointed at the reflective surface of the opening, and attempted to touch it.

Notes:

 Techniques Used
INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS SA (ACTIVE)
R2 = Kunai Held
L2 = Kunai Held + Attempting to poke at reflective surface

SPOILER: Click to show

INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS (ŌORIGAMI CLAN HIJUTSU)

THE RIGOROUS TRAINING FROM HIS MOTHER WHO TATTOOED THE SEAL ON HIS BACK, GAVE HIM ENOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXTRA ARMS THIS HIJUTSU BRINGS TO FEEL NATURAL AT THIS POINT. ONLY ABLE TO MAKE TWO, HE USES THEM TO HOLD EXTRA WEAPONS, AND ASSIST IN OTHER WAYS INSIDE BATTLE, MEDICAL TRAINING, AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. HOWEVER, HE STILL HAS MUCH FURTHER TO GO, WITH MORE ARMS TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND MORE WAYS TO GET QUICKER, STRONGER AND BETTER AT UTILIZING THEM.

Tag: Ren

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GS

[Ren]

When he used L2 to touch the apparent barrier with the kunai was sent flying away from the hand, then, a stream of fire came out of the barrier, quickly engulfing L2. Asahi needed to do something quick or the fire would spread out, consuming L2, and potentially spreading away to the other areas of the body. When that happened, however, if the young Genin was able to pay some sort of attention to the barrier, he would notice a kanji being made visible in the centre of the barrier.

The kanji was a strong fuinjutsu, and it would read as "blood". Every sense in the boy was warning him to step away, but there was definitely something inside that cave that may be worth investigating. Would the boy choose to be cautious and leave, or would he give in to his curiosity and explore the mysteries ahead?

[Ōorigami Asahi]

SOMEDAY WE WILL CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNVEIL THE WORLD

Although one of his thoughts about what it could be happened to be right, he was still shocked when the kunai was thrown from his ki arms hand and fire erupted from the cave. He let out a mix between a gasp and a hushed yell as watched the arm get engulfed by the flames. The boy reacted instinctively.

He turned his body and pulled his ki arm out of the way of the flame torrent. At the same time, his real right arm held that side of his white jacket taught. R2 took its' kunai and cut through the fabric, hastily ripping a piece of the jacket off.

Asahi didn't feel pain from L2 being partially caught on fire, but it was still an issue that needed to be addressed. Even though he couldn't feel pain from them, they could still be harmed, broken, cut. He retracted the arm's length a bit but didn't bring it to close. Just close enough.

Then, he traded the kunai and cloth between R2 and his right hand. He extended R2 to pad at the flames with the piece of jacket while padding and rolling L2 around on the ground in a combination attempt to snuff the fire out. While his body did this, his eyes traded attention between the hopefully dying fire on his arm and the entrance of the cave.

He had been looking out for any other potential danger that could have appeared from the opening following the commotion he activated. In doing so, he caught the kanji symbol that appeared. Blood?

If the flames on his arm were out, the boy would take a second to think. Not only about the kanji, but about if continuing this excursion was worth it. The kanji presented a potentially simple clue but the second question was a little more complicated. The boy was a bit away from his canoe, and the seal of this cave almost took out his ki arm, almost caught his body on fire. The real danger of the situation finally sank in.

It took Asahi a long moment to decide, but his curiosity would win over his fear. Sometimes the battles were long, but that was usually how they ended, with his curiosity as victor.

If nothing else had come from the cave following the fire, Asahi would creep closer to the cave again. The kanji was for "blood", so maybe blood was the way to get through? If that was the case, then what he was about to do would hopefully work. And if that wasn't the case, he will have just lost a little blood. As a medical ninja, he wasn't too worried about that.

The boy took the kunai in his right hand and made a cut on the palm of his left. He let the wound settle and blood rise. He winced from the burning sensation that started as he waited. When a small amount had puddled in his hand, he turned the corner to face the entrance and swiped his hand through the air in front of him, flinging the blood from his hand at the barrier's surface.

After he did so, he ducked back behind the corner of the cave, to hopefully be safe from any barrier reaction from failure.

Notes:

 Techniques + Items Used
INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS SA (ACTIVE)
R2 = Cuts piece of jacket and tries to help put out flames on L2
L2 = On fire (Attempt to put out by rolling on ground)

SPOILER: Click to show

INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS (ŌORIGAMI CLAN HIJUTSU)

THE RIGOROUS TRAINING FROM HIS MOTHER WHO TATTOOED THE SEAL ON HIS BACK, GAVE HIM ENOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXTRA ARMS THIS HIJUTSU BRINGS TO FEEL NATURAL AT THIS POINT. ONLY ABLE TO MAKE TWO, HE USES THEM TO HOLD EXTRA WEAPONS, AND ASSIST IN OTHER WAYS INSIDE BATTLE, MEDICAL TRAINING, AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. HOWEVER, HE STILL HAS MUCH FURTHER TO GO, WITH MORE ARMS TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND MORE WAYS TO GET QUICKER, STRONGER AND BETTER AT UTILIZING THEM.

Tag: Ren

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GS

[Ren]

Asahi did a good job at stopping the flame from spreading, but it was a bit close for comfort, so caution was something he ought to consider moving forward. After pondering for a bit and deciding to continue to indulge on the whims of his own curiosity, he used the kunai to draw blood from his hand, and once he presented that to the barrier, it started to glow, and after a few seconds, the barrier started to break down, until it shattered like glass and vanished, evaporating with the chakra around it.

The sound from the cave became more intense, but it was still deep inside of it. Now he had free access to the place, but there was still that eerie sensation behind him. The cave was dark, and without special eyes, he would definitely need some sort of light, otherwise he would be going in blind in such a dangerous place.

[Ōorigami Asahi]

SOMEDAY WE WILL CONNECT THE DOTS AND UNVEIL THE WORLD

As soon as blood form his cut palm had surfaced his hand, the barrier had begun breaking down, so the throw of his blood landed at the cave entrance's floor. The genin stepped past where the barrier had been, but still at the entrance. The sound was more intense now and form how it sounded, it came from deep within. Asahi took a moment to take the medical kit out of his backpack and patch up his cut hand. With that fixed, the next problem on the list was light.

He couldn't just walk in there with no light. The genin thought about what jutsu he knew. Any items he had on him that could help? He had come prepared for an adventure through a forest, not an adventure through a dark cave.

But Asahi had grown up in nature, been taught how to survive and was taught how to survive on his own out there, way before he was taught the shinobi arts. It would be a combination of his early teachings and jutsu he had learned so far that would aid him.

The green haired boy went back out of the cave and grabbed four suitable sticks for torches. If none were on the ground he would take branches from a tree. Being in the wetlands, a lot of the wood was a little wet, but he wouldn't be lighting the wood directly, at least not at first, so hopefully they would still work.

The nature boy went to work, taking off his white jacket and tearing it into long pieces that he could thickly wrap around each stick. He stuffed some cotton balls from the first aid kit in with the fabric wrapping and tied the torches wrapping together with ninja wire from the spool in his backpack.

After the four torches were prepared, he stuffed two of them back into his backpack. The boy went to the medical kit again, pulling out the disinfecting alcohol. He poured a little on the tops of the two wrappings, just enough to let it soak into the top of the fabric. Then, he took out another foot long length of ninja wire. Here's where the science kicked in. "Here we go," the boy said quietly to himself and did the Lighting Release handseal required for the technique he was doing.

After doing the handseal, he held each end of the wire in his real hands, and each of the torches in R2 and L2. L2 was burned pretty badly from the fire, but it was still functional, and with not pain from the burn being registered, moved rather freely under Asahi's control still. If his thinking proved true, the electrical current being pushed through the wire in his hands by the technique, Lightning Release: Discharge, would act like a wire and a battery.

He touched a torch with the middle of the ninja wire and hopefully, it caught fire. If it did, he would light the other one, gather his things, and look around the entrance one more time with some light. Once satisfied with observation, he would head deeper. If the torch idea didn't work, well, it would be back to the drawing board.

Notes:

 Techniques + Items Used
INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS SA (ACTIVE)
R2 = Holding Torch if attempt successful
L2 = Holding Torch if attempt successful

SPOILER: Click to show

INCARNATION OF MANY HANDS (ŌORIGAMI CLAN HIJUTSU)

THE RIGOROUS TRAINING FROM HIS MOTHER WHO TATTOOED THE SEAL ON HIS BACK, GAVE HIM ENOUGH EXPERIENCE FOR THE EXTRA ARMS THIS HIJUTSU BRINGS TO FEEL NATURAL AT THIS POINT. ONLY ABLE TO MAKE TWO, HE USES THEM TO HOLD EXTRA WEAPONS, AND ASSIST IN OTHER WAYS INSIDE BATTLE, MEDICAL TRAINING, AND IN EVERYDAY LIFE. HOWEVER, HE STILL HAS MUCH FURTHER TO GO, WITH MORE ARMS TO COME IN THE FUTURE AND MORE WAYS TO GET QUICKER, STRONGER AND BETTER AT UTILIZING THEM.

Tag: Ren

MADE BY MINNIE OF FTS & GS