What Really is Dead?Mar 22, 2023 17:56:17 GMT -5
[googlefont="Bitter"] [googlefont="Shadows Into Light"]  Civilization? She wasn't sure why she was here, what deity would forgive the bloodlust of some and honor those killed by those who carry his name, religion was such a fickle thing. Just another ideal to mask the actions of men, women, and children fighting battles for yet another false idol. It wasn't long after she had spoken to Kojirō, she decided that she should pay her respects to the dead as much as she cared about the living. Life and Death, they were tied together in the natural order, but... unnatural causes were to blame for meddling with that order. The woman didn't know anyone personally there, but she still bowed to the graves. She was painfully aware that the shinobi system was to blame, that false kings, false idols, they were to blame for damning every soul at their disposal, no matter how old or young. The Warring States, people fought to stay alive, to not be killed. Now... everything was under false loyalty, not even Daimyō's respected all the things shinobi did for their valued country. The systems in place recruited people from birth, or even before that with families making shinobi life their way of life. No matter how much of an outsider she was, no matter how estranged she was being born away from any village to a thought-to-be-dead man and a nomadic woman, Ahma could guess at the pain and suffering of the families, of the people behind shinobi eyes, and she can only see soulless tools. They react and feel like people, but no one that wears a headband proudly is even remotely human inside. They abandoned their humanity. Finishing paying her respects, Ahma continued to walk through Nohara no Kuni. Her journey eventually brought her to a red-painted Torii gate, the woman made a cant of her head, not recalling such a thing on her way into the country. She looked upon the ground to see a lightly traversed path before her eyes scanned further ahead. She nodded before walking to the path the gate outlined. Walking the path, Ahma journeyed through until the path winded into a bamboo forest. The lightly treaded path became partial ruins and paved ways through the trees, leading to somewhere not viewable yet. Having grown more curious than prior, Ahma continued the broken path and carved out in kanji along the path, '正義', "There is no more justice here." The woman whispered to herself as the path led to a second frail Torii gate clearly about to fall at any moment. Ahma had no clue why but she reached out to the Torii gate, placing a firm hand on it as the red gate slowly blackened, refracting and reflecting distorted light as the gate became a forever-standing black obelisk. Ahma slowly nodded as she turned back down the path, seeing an old, abandoned jinja, she walked closer to the shrine and a part of her was saddened to see it so frail, so broken and decayed beyond recognition like the shrine was long abandoned, long forgotten. The woman was no expert but for it to be this destitute in Nohara no Kuni, the country where people tended to their land, this had to predate the country itself, perhaps even the shinobi villages. A relic forgotten in a time where kamis were worshipped far more seriously. But something wasn't quite right, there were two statues in front of the jinja, one was crumbled and one was further back, seemingly intact. The first, broken, statue had a name spelled out, Ninigi-no-Mikoto. Ahma touched the statue lightly before looking down at even more text on the stone ground. She lowered to a crouch and brushed off the built-up debris. Ninigi-no-Mikoto, we pray to you in our time of need. The justice and civilization you have brought proved to be of no aid. The people are still at war and every day, we become more like beasts. We plea that you may bring justice once more and restore civilization, please Mikoto, save our land. Ahma closed her eyes and sighed. "Why did you do that... Why?" The woman stood up and walked closer to the more complete statue, seeing more texts etched in the ground. He's not answering! What god abandons his people?! There is no civilization in this bloodshed. Ninigi is dead. Ahma stopped in front of the statue. There was no name, only a quote etched on the pedestal. All ushered to the afterlife are reincarnated better than before. Ahma closed her eyes, she didn't need a name to recognize who was statued. It was a Shinigami, the symbolism of one ushering Ninigi to the afterlife. "Ninigi isn't dead... civilization is dead..." Ahma went into the Jinja, looking around to find a lifted stone behind the Shinigami statue, pulling it away, she fearlessly jumped into the darkness below. No sound came back, no echo, just silence and wind blowing. SA(S) USED:
Onyx Nuke Ahma is considered one of the generational lucky few who has access to the clan's most cherished ability. The Kekkai Tota, Shōton. Having access to crystal release sets up a wide array of possibilities of possible jutsu to learn and utilize. As with many advanced release abilities, having keys to the vault is only half the battle. Unlike the classic violet Amethyst of other Shōton users, Ahma's Crystals (unless specifically indicated by the jutsu) appear like Onyx in coloration. 天国の贈り物 | Tengoku no okurimono Ahma learned her 'Heavenly Gift' from the clan's teachings. Her gift affects her Ninjutsu, allowing her to wield unique, powerful, neigh-impossible to replicate elemental enhancements to her elemental ninjutsu. Her Heavenly Gift also deviates from enhancing all her basic elements to focusing on two, Fūton and Doton. What this means is that inherently, Ahma's doton jutsus can act as a minuscule seismic sense when in active use. Her Fūton becomes harder to see, while it still has a translucent color when applicable, the jutsu overall comes out faster compared to other non-SA-enhanced ninjutsu specialists. Ahma's Seismic Sense is not a true dedicated sensing ability but instead, a passive effect/bonus of a Doton Jutsu, thus, each Doton Jutsu has this added benefit only when the Doton jutsu is in active use. Not being dedicated nor is it is it fully powerful, the ranges are extremely weak, only serving more as accuracy than true sensing. Each range* is divided by rank of the Jutsu and behaves conversely than expected. This is due to the concentration of higher ranking jutsus require. This Seismic Sense reads vibrations on the ground and thus cannot sense those above ground or on water. E-Rank Sensing Range: 90 Meters D-Rank Sensing Range: 75 Meters C-Rank Sensing Range: 60 Meters B-Rank Sensing Range: 45 Meters A-Rank Sensing Range: 30 Meters S-Rank Sensing Range: 15 Meters *These ranges are capped regardless of Shinobi rank due to relying on concentration and not natural ability. Unique Seal Adaptation Every Tenchi clan member is taught unique handseals and instead, prayer gestures and sutras for Jutsu, Ahma is no different to this. As such she is considered an advanced level sealist [re: Handseals] in the art. This does not grant her speed in the hand seals of common ninjutsu, rather she has an edge in the delivery of her clan's specialized jutsu. Fine like Jade Through extraneous training in chakra usage, Ahma has developed an unnatural level of chakra control. While it still isn't perfected, she has learned to efficiently mitigate excess exhaust from the jutsus she casts and how to give the proper input for the desired output, rather than pouring as much as she can and hoping for the best. JUTSU(S) USED: NAME: Shōton: Sesshokushō [Crystal Release: Crystal Touch] RANK: B CHAKRA USAGE: Medium CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu ELEMENT: Shōton DESCRIPTION: This technique doesn't require the use of hand seals, instead, the user places their hand outward or on any surface and focus their chakra to their hand. The user is capable of crystallizing any physical material into crystal. This extends to other physical natures, to which the user can use in combination with other crystal techniques, rendering earth, water, and wood useless against it. However much like all the other crystal techniques the user cannot crystallize raw energy or chakra, as they have no physical mass to crystallize. EQUIPMENT USED: 01 | Masterwork Claws (Continuous) |
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