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With everyone being moved into the cave with their proctors they’d find themselves eventually all coming out the other side entering into a deep pit with stone walls and an open fixture in the ceiling beaming moonlight down directly upon them. They would find themselves inside of a large open space allowing them to see the starry mountain sky, with each team being assigned their own room unable to see the others. However there was an opening to be able to hear everyone else. "Hey…can everybody hear me, how do you like the mines we dug, I'm Iwane Iwamoto and I'll be your proctor for this portion of the exams!” a voice would sound over a loudspeaker, he sounded rather friendly almost a bit too friendly.

He’d appear inside of a small booth at the top of the cavern that was far away but not so much he couldn't be seen. He'd look down at everyone with a wave, with a vantage point allowing him to see all 6 teams in the facility. He had dark red hair and thin brown eyes wore a hard hat and spoke with an energetic voice. "Anyway welcome to the second round of the Chunin exams, for this trail you’ll be solving a Puzzle, but it shouldn’t be too hard considering you already know a part of the answer.” he would say with a smile.

"You have 1 hour to solve the Puzzle, and make it through the doors in front of you, but they won’t open until you solve the puzzle completely and you can only go through the one that corresponds to you." Before them were a set of stones that were stacked in a pile, beside them were a set of scales with numbers scribed onto them, the numbers however were different for everyone. For this team the numbers were 58,121,99,361, and 911. "In order to move on, you’ll need to apply weight to the scales the numbers will tell you how much weight will need to be applied and you'll need to use the stones in order to solve the puzzle, but that goes without saying.

Looking around however other than the scales placed on the ground, and the pile of stones there wasn't much other information around the area. The pile of stones however if one would notice weren't all the same size they looked like large round rocks with flat tops like a wheel of cheese, each one weighed a different amount, but they wouldn't know how much they weighed until they picked them up or moved them. There were 5 stones in total one for each tile, each one was about the size of a full grown man.

"Good luck you guys, the clock is ticking I can see all 6 of you from up here so don't try escaping or else, once you've figured out the puzzle I'll let you know when you're free to leave, if anyone gets hurt please use the intercom! It's every man for themselves so do your best!” Along the wall in each room was a red buzzer that looked like an intercom pushing the red button would give them access to talk to Iwane and also allowed Iwane to talk directly to them.

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Congratulations on making it to round 2! For this phase of the exams you’ll have 12 rotations to solve the puzzle, Your current position in the rankings is based on your placing in the last round in the round. So if you didn’t do so hot now's your chance to improve your scores.

From this point forward your scores are based upon your commitment to the characters IC behavior as well as your overall contributions in the exam and all other rounds going forward! Do your best good luck and have fun!

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[Awa Uta]

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a Noble or an Idol

Okada Goro Uzumaki Atagi @yamo Honō Kojirou Puzzles 410

Uta was very happy to be out of her transformation, shaking herself free as her bright hair and outfit came back into view. She’d wander into the next round of the exams and wait. Rather impatiently for her as she wandered around the room aimlessly, listening to the voice from above, but all throughout examining the room around her. This would include analyzing the other people stuck in this mining room with her. She was actually rather surprised to not be the smallest person in the room, she was surprised that Goro was in the exams at all. Wasn’t there some kind of age limit? That couldn’t have been true. The other people in the room clearly had a size advantage on the two of them. Combined with the numbers advantage they had that might be a problem. She wasn’t talking much, which was unusual for her, but she was still trying to figure out what was going on. She figured it was better to stay quiet for now. Especially around those from Kusa. It was hard to deny the bad blood that was almost always present between their villages. Issues stemming from long before she knew anything about the Shinobi world. It didn’t seem like the kind of thing she should be thinking about at the moment. At least Goro was here with her. He was still young, but he was an Okada. The two had met before, which meant that Uta wasn’t simply alone with the enemy. It was still going to be awkward and outnumbered, but for now, they would just have to work together, regardless of village. Uta was still staring at the scales. She saw the number 99, and she knew that these were scales, so that meant she should be the perfect weight for this one? Right? She figured there was only one way to find out as she hopped onto the scale.  She figured this was the best time to spread her hypothesis the group. "I’m pretty sure these are just our weights. Well… except for the 911. None of us look quite that heavy. But Goto… you’re bigger than 58 pounds… not by much though… maybe it’s backwards! So like… 911 should be 119. 58 should be 85. Mine is 99 which is a palendrome. So is 121. And then 361 is 163. What if we all just stand on the scale that matches us?”

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[Uzumaki Atagi]

Rock and stone to the bone

Somehow, some way, the trio of grass genin had made it. Smack dab in last place, of course, which stung at the overinflated (but still not quite popped) ego of the crimson haired Uzumaki-- but last place was better than outright disqualified. He's out of breath, as they're lead down into the mines. Amber irises flit from crack in the wall to pebble in the ground to the person next to him to...well, just about everything that he could lay eyes on, eagerly working away at drinking up any bit of information that could help him in the next portion of the exams. On the bright side, having an internal battery bigger than his peers had always been one of his strong suits; on the not as bright side, being last meant that their particular squad wasn't afforded any amount of rest. Not that Atagi would've even thought of that much without being told.

In what was another entry in a long string of what appeared to be fortuitous events today, the next trial wasn't to be one that was terribly strenuous physically. He wasn't exactly enraptured by the voice, but the Kusa-nin tuned himself in as much as he could manage. Even if he was haggard and dotted with grime, eagerness shines through at his features-- that, and no matter how tired he is, there's no way he can start letting it show, either to his countrymen or their impromptu teammates. At the first opportunity, he flashes an exaggerated peace sign and a bright, toothy grin at both Uta and Goro. Regardless of whatever bad blood existed between their villages, and putting aside the issue of his competitive streak...a good person was a good person, and he wouldn't shy away from another beneficial connection for any reason. ”Yo! Atagi Uzumaki-- of the grass, obviously. Future paragon of virtue. Pleased to work with the both of you, however temporarily.” Eyes linger on Goro for a little longer than with the bubbly looking girl. They looked a bit...small. A child, or just someone with stunted growth, like he had been in his youth?

His eyes glaze over a little bit at the word 'puzzle', along with a slightly wrinkling of the nose- not his strong suit. But that doesn't stop the hero, right? He shamelessly pulls from others to cover up areas in which he's not quite invincible, mhm! It also wasn't lost on him that the proctor had said 'every man for themselves', but, well. Surely the examiners wouldn't be sadistic enough to judge them based on edging ahead of one another on an indifivual level, right? Even if they were, Atagi didn't so much as pay a single thought to the idea of proceeding alone.

Already, he's rolling up at his sleeves and moving on over towards one of the stone wheels, 'testing' at each of them to at least ascertain if they had different weights, and perhaps more importantly, if he could move each of them, if necessary.

His 'plans' always involved acting first and thinking third or even fourth, so having someone actually putting their brain in use was handy, in a situation like this. Quirking a curious brow at Uta's explained hypothesis, Atagi listens intently, blinking slow throughout. Once she finishes speaking, he clenches a fist and plops it into a hand, beaming. ”Ah, that's brilliant, yeah! I have no clue how much I weigh, though.” Letting out a raucous laugh, he gestures out at the other tiles. ”But there's no rule against trying each of them, right? This doesn't seem like a hard puzzle to just brute force, if we have to. And, while I like the idea, I'd like to point out they did say that we'd need to use the stones to proceed, unless that was just a silly turn of phrase.”

Atagi proceeds to trot on over to one of the free tiles nonetheless, starting with '361', because if Uta's theory is correct, the Uzumaki is the biggest among the 5...excluding any clan secrets or packs of weights or anything else that'd throw the number off.

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[Honō Kojirou]

… Was it that late?! Wait, that meant…

Hmh… actually, taking a closer look above him, the starry sky above the area was nothing short of pretty. Was this going to be some sort of star navigation test? In that case, Kojirou was-

Oh, there was a strange voice echoing out to them in a weirdly raspy fashion, as if the voice was transported through a steel can. Upon looking around, wanting to attach a face to that strange voice, Kojirou eyed some random block of room in the distant top – someone was standing there, but beyond that, the swordsman hadn’t yet focused his eyes hard enough. Then again, he was in quite great need of a damn nap – his eyes were heavy enough to begin with.

… Upon hearing that this was to be a Puzzle test, Kojirou’s blood ran cold. Yup, that ought to wake him up, but not in any good way – his arms had begun shaking a little just at the notion, for this definitely required him to grind his brain up for just a little longer. He couldn’t take it easy just yet, and he just ran in from a nigh 24-hour race…

But in Kojirou’s world, that was the only issue in front of him. Uh, Iwa-nin? He had no beef with them – it wasn’t like he had ever stumbled upon them prior to the Chūnin Exams, nor did he care much about past stuff. They were neighbors, and this entire journey had been a blast up until now, so in Kojirou’s eyes, Iwagakure was a pretty rad village… and his ox-like, carefree face that just didn’t hold any ill made that blatantly clear to anyone… if you could see his face, that was. Due to fatigue, Kojirou was joyously enjoying the comfort of the dusty ground – he had fallen flat face first and was hugging the ground to rest a little. He was still conscious, but far from in top form. He didn’t have the stamina of a redhead hero. If anything, he was extremely good at burning out.

Still, if he managed to roll around and take a glance… just slowly… he was lucky to have remained with his fellow Kusa-nin as well. Atagi was on the move, and one of the unfamiliar shinobi had hypothesized that those numbers on the tiles were actually the weights of each person in the cavern. That included himself… but who on earth weighed 911-

Ohhhhh… good point, kunoichi. Reverse the numbers, and the biggest weight would definitely be 163. The bright-haired kunoichi already knew her own weight, so that was great as well… but Kojirou wasn’t ready to reveal a certain, minor issue… see, she suggested that they just stand on the scale that matched each of them, but-

… Uhm… should he tell her? Argh, at first, he should get up on his feet – Kuwana had taught him enough about hugging the ground. Dusting off his haori, he’d eye Atagi and the bright-haired kunoichi with a look of worry, then glare at the shortest boy around for a brief moment, then glare back at Koume. Now…

Atagi was likely the heaviest, no offense. Height and all, and maybe he just had high bone density. The kunoichi knew hers, and… the spiky-haired boy probably weighed the least. Just probably – Kojirou was ready to learn a new thing or two any day, but for now, he assumed so. That meant that 99, 163 and 85 were taken. It left 119 and 121…

"…”

He knew damn well better than to openly state that Koume weighed more than him, so he immediately followed their plan and was about to step on the scale with the number ‘121’ scribed onto it. "… W-Wait, yeah, the stones… maybe they just mean Iwa-nin. Stone Ninja. But… I mean… my clan used to live in Tsuchi no Kuni, so in a way, I could be an honorary Stone Ninja. Hehe. I don’t know about you two, though,” Kojirou expressed his happy-go-lucky straw-picking explanation before stepping on the scale numbered ‘121’. He was wobbly on his step, though, as a result of fatigue. Something he'd have to fix by the time they found a way through this round. "… A-Actually, no, that sounds weird…”

[meepington]

@yamo Awa Uta Okada Goro Honō Kojirou Uzumaki Atagi

A large audible sound could be heard after Iwane performed a seal that would cause the sides of one of the rooms to jut up blocking the birds escape as well as making a loud audible sound that everyone could hear.

"Sorry, but crafting summons or other forms of messenger animal to spy on the others counts as breaking the no escaping rule, it was put in place to prevent you from leaving your room for the purpose of leaving the exams as well as cheating, if this is done again everyone in the room that this took place in will fail, regardless of complicity.” Iwane would state over the intercom his voice still carrying that same friendly tone from before.

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For what felt like an eternity of being of the move for hours upon hours on end was finally beginning to die down for the band of three kusa-gateers, and despite spending majority of their time on their feet, awake, and mobile - Koume was still in her usual cheerful state, just a bit more delusional and even more "out of it” than usually. She was sleepy, that’s all it was, but other than that the pinkette felt as if she could run another day and some change. Into the new arena, and the girl would sit flat on the ground, leaning her hands and arms back behind her for support.

After they all eventually made it to their new area and meeting with two other random, much younger, individuals, Koume’s eyes lit up like a new flame as she was faced before the two stone shinobi. "Aww..look.” She spoke as she looked over the little kids. "They’re so cute!” The pinkette spoke as her transformation faded off into what she originally wore, emerald hues looking over the children as well as the other members of the team.

She didn’t pay much attention to what was said or what they should’ve been doing, it all seemed simple enough, so as everyone was discussing weight and stones, Koume watched with her arms folded, waiting for the opportunity of a Kojirou slipup.

"Well, last I checked I’m 119..so.” The pinkette voiced, casually dragging the stone plate that stated her weight and dragged it into her arms to see if the weight were actually true..everything checked out for now. "Any idea how we’re going to use these to get there?” She asked. "This seems to have a lot more to it..” The pinkette added on.

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[attr="class","goro"]Goro’s blue eyes lifted, meeting the gaze of a man who introduced himself as Iwane Iwamoto. His cheerful voice raised the boy’s spirits just a bit, even if they were falsely led. He listened closely to the proctor’s instructions, gruffing a bit as he discovered it would be a puzzle. He wasn’t particularly good at things like this. Goro preferred a much more straightforward approach to make his way to the top…like punching or kicking someone. It seemed that wouldn’t be the case here, though. He’d not make verbal lip about it and instead kept his mouth shut, knowing full and well that Taki would have his head later if she found out he’d embarrassed their clan AND village during the Chuunin exams. His parents likely wouldn’t have found it very amusing either.

It sounded like an odd sort of puzzle, definitely not one he’d come into contact with before. Granted, he stayed away from puzzles as much as he possibly could. An hour SEEMED like plenty of time, but he didn’t want to overestimate himself or his teammates.

Applying weight wasn’t an issue. He’d think with his fists pounding into each other, but having to apply the correct amount was where it seemed things might get rather tricky. Five stones…five contestants. It seemed pretty straightforward.

Goro nodded to Uta, who made the suggestion quite flatly. "Ya, cept to be honest I dunno how much I weigh. Can’t be dat much. Under a hundred for sure.” He’d take a wild guess. His body was ever-growing with his young age and constant training, so getting an accurate read didn’t last for very long.

"I can make dis pretty easy tho. I’ve lifted weights my whole life. It’ll be a piece a’cake for me to guess which is which.” Goro would step forward, giving each of the stones a small tug in order to estimate their weight. From this, he was hoping to cut some time by gauging which of those on their team corresponded to each stone.

Goro would find the smallest of the bunch, lifting it with his arms. It felt weightless in his arms. Was this really how light he was? He shrugged at Koume, a bit taken aback after the proctor had threatened their squad with a strike already. "Dunno. Gotta be da scales like the proctor said. Maybe some kinda trigger.” He’d then place his rock on the scales, watching and listening closely for any changes in the cavern.

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@yamo Awa Uta Okada Goro Honō Kojirou Uzumaki Atagi

As the group made their way into the room, Awa had looked to the scales and noticed that the numbers on the scales were more than likely equivalent to some form of weight and noting her own weight would step onto the scale in doing so the seal directly behind her would begin to glow a bright blue color that would begin to showcase markings that would glow along the ground and stop in the center of each of the doors.

The Uzumaki figured it was a good idea and simply took a guess at his weight before stepping on a scale only to have the same result occur, as such the scales would react and his seal would join Awa’s stopping directly in the center. Kojirou would also attempt the same only for his scale to conjoin with the others it would seem that the trio had figured out the mystery and as this went on Goro and Koume would attempt to lift their stones but surely by the time the group had stepped on their scales it’d prompt the other two too stop in their tracks.

The stones were relatively heavy about 1200 lbs each but was no particular match for someone like either Koume or Goro who both opted to try and lift them, if they did not stop and both placed their scales down a sigil would appear on the stones that would read differently for both, for Goro "Read.” since his was the furthest to the left and with Koume’s being furthest to the right would state. "Right.” either way by this point they’d figured based on how their teammates actions they’d nearly solved the puzzle.

Iwane who seemed very impressed would look down at the team quite impressed. "Figures the team with the lowest placing genin would figure it out first." Iwane smiled to the group. "Now if those other two could just get after it."

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[Awa Uta]

a Noble or an Idol

Okada Goro Uzumaki Atagi @yamo Honō Kojirou Puzzles 220

Uta didn’t entirely know how she had forgotten to introduce herself, it seemed entirely improper of her. She hadn’t even realized she forgot to say her name until she was listening to the others make introductions of their own. "Oh my apologies,” she would give a small bow to her temporary companions before continuing, "my name is Awa Tsuwa no Tsuba Ketsu-Gojo Shi-Kairi Obo no Obo Onigawa no Anawa Anawa-Gawa Oto-Oto Baisu-Ryu Gozai no Gure Suzuki no Bo Gon-Kiryu Majima-Bo Bo no Saejima Ban no Shiryu Sho-Yoh Roppongi no Tetsutetsu Tetsu no Ryusuke Kura-Kumo Hirohito-Hiroshi So-Kuni no Gasai Suzuki-Maki Ora-Ora Madoka-Ora Sai-Goto Goto no Ora Ora-Manoba Uta. It’s a pleasure to meet all of you.” Uta smiled to show the others she was still there to be rather friendly. Seeing the results of their own weights on the scale made the girl smile. She was happy how well she’d been doing in the exams so far. Seeing the seals across the ground begin to form she would beam towards the others. "See, I told you it was our weight. You’re definitely right too though Atagi. Judging by the writing those two found, we definitely have to use the stones. Just doesn’t mean we have to put them on the scales.”

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[Okada Goro]

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[attr="class","goro"]As the Genin stepped onto the scales, slowly introducing themselves as they went, Goro was caught a tad off-guard in particular with Uta’s introduction. He knew her name, but not that it was quite so long, and his jaw dropped temporarily, causing him to halt his position. "Er…Okada Goro…nice ta meet you all I ‘spose” He felt he might as well join in, not that he was particularly interested in getting to know the contestants from the other villages. He’d work together with them as long as he needed to, but his end goal was the same. If it came to it, his village was all that mattered to him. He and Uta were in an odd position being with three Kusa Genin, though they luckily enough seemed nice, though one was perhaps a bit ditsy, even for Goro’s tastes.

The blue light emanating from the rock in his arms would catch his eye. He read the glowing light now etched on the stone aloud for his team to hear. "Read.” He paused, looking over to Koume who also held a stone where "Right” was etched in blue light. "Hey guys, what ya wanna bet tha stones give us a clue if we get ‘em all ta light up like dis?”

"Hurry it up, get yur stone on the sigil so we can see what it says!” Just as bossy and bratty as ever.

In the meantime, he tried to guess what it could even be. What sentences could you form with Read and Right? Read…from left to right? He shook his head. That didn’t make any sense. He’d just have to wait. What good would it do to guess anyway? The words may also not mean anything in the end. What if the weight unlocked some kind of gateway in the cave instead? He didn’t further waste his energy. For now, they had two of the five words.

"Wait a minute…didn’t da proctor say he could see six of us?” He’d count on his fingers. "Dafuq is up wit dat anyways.” His blue eyes shot up over to the red buzzer. He pressed the button in order to speak with Iwane. "What’dya mean by da six of us. Did ya miscount or somethin? We got five.” Goro wasn't always the smartest cookie in the jar, but he could at least count unlike this fool of a proctor, even if he was a bit slow to the punch.

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[Honō Kojirou]

… Wait what? Summons were prohibited for spying? Wait, who was spying on them!?! The swordsman didn’t even spot any summoned creatures around… but maybe it happened in another area. There were far more teams around than he could see, in the end.

… Some strange, bluish markings had appeared. By that point, Awa’s idea might’ve actually worked, but the roles of those randomly sized stones only made themselves present once the other Iwa-nin as well as Koume attempted to pick them up.

Speaking of… her name was long. "Is… uhm…” Kojirou was bare-stunned, overwhelmed with letters and linguistic information from that paragraph of a name, "Nice to meet you too… uhm…” Shit, what was her first name? Having listened for that long meant he had forgotten the first name she said – now that wasn’t fair at all! Was this supposed to be a prank or something?!

Uta… that was the last name. Her name was Uta, then. "Uta! Yes, nice to meet you too, Uta. You too, Goro! I’m Honō Kojirou,” the swordslinger would join in, letting them know his name as well. Hopefully with that, a lasting friendship could blossom from this Exam… yes, truly.

Goro had pointed out that the stones stacked with them had lit up as well, revealing words on their fronts when they had stepped up on the scales. A secret message… but as fidgety as ever, Kojirou scurried over to the rocks once Goro’s bossy voice rang through his ears. "Y-Yeah, yeah, on my way… uhhhh, which of these would be my weight…?” he panicked, trying to slowly lift each stone left in the pile. But…

Those stones were heavy as hell. At best, he could try to push one of them along the floor, but c’mon man; Kojirou wasn’t fit enough for this! How on earth did Koume and Goro make it look so easy?! "T-These are… heavy as hell…” he began silently cursing under his breath, "W-What, they looked so light w-with you guys…”

Over the course of a minute, he’d try different means of moving the stone; having his back against it, pushing it with both hands, his shoulder, leg-pressing it forward or trying to pick it up from the ground. But Kojirou was not a physically powerful shinobi who could just bench-press these boulders… hell, his weapons weren’t that heavy either. Was this a prank?

"Six of us? Wait…” Kojirou’s eyes widened up and took a glance around the room, suddenly fearing that a sixth person had been hiding among themselves, "I think other Genin also made it past the first round… did he mean teams? Wait, yeah, he meant teams, right? Hey, Iwane, you meant six teams, right?!”

[Uzumaki Atagi]

Rock and stone to the bone

Atagi pumped a fist, looking terribly pleased with himself despite not doing much at all. ”Nice! Today really is our lucky day, isn't it?” He either tactically ignores that they are, in fact, the group of genin who placed last in the race, or simply doesn't consider that much a matter of luck. ”Well, I say that, but it was your quick thinking that got it, isn't it, Hirohito-Hiroshi-san!” he remarks, moving on over to smack her on the back. It appeared that he only remembered a scant bit of the multi-part name that Uta had given them. Eyes flit over to Goro and Koume, lingering on the latter for a bit longer than necessary, then down to their stones, then over to the words. Thankfully, Goro remarked that a full sentence was likely to appear if they did the puzzle correctly, before Atagi said something stupid like 'Look, it says we have the right read!' However, he does hear the youngest of the stone duo talking over the intercom to their proctor, and even if he chortles, he does throw a ”Oi, someone your age shouldn't know how to curse yet, yeah?” Goro's way-- presumably upon hearing the 'dafuq'.

A bemused look skirts his features when he watches Koji struggle with his particular stone, and he jogs on over-- lifting it up himself, or assisting the grass cutter if that wasn't viable, before moving over to put it onto the scale that they had worked out as being the Hono's. If Uta's also struggling with her own, and nobody's assisted her, he follows suit with that one, finishing off by plopping his own down onto 'his' scale. It's a bit of a workout, of course, and moving around rocks isn't 'easy', but definitely doable. Eagerly, he awaits the completion of the phrase that they've been tasked with producing.


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Koume looked on with intrigue, not a thought behind those evergreen eyes as she watched and listened to the little child speak her lengthy name. Silence fell amongst them for a split second it seemed as everyone was taken aback by the girl. "It’s nice to meet you Awa Tsuwa no Tsuba Ketsu-Gojo Shi-Kairi …. uhh….Uta.” She voiced with a smile. "Narahashi Koume!” A hand rose to her forehead, pointing her thumb towards the band of metal with Kusa’s symbol engraved. Now that they all exchanged pleasantries, it was time to get back to work.

Koume held her stone cradled into her arms like a sleeping child as a blue light illuminated a word right before her eyes. "Woaah.” She said in awe before realizing that she was confused on what it meant. "Right?” Looking towards her right, the girl would only see the walls that enclosed them. It was only when Goro pointed out that he said something as well that Koume would get the bigger picture.

"Ahh so it’s going to give us a saying?” Koume thought long and hard..but no phrase could come to mind. She shrugged as she watched the smallest person boss the others around, laughter escaping her lips as she watched on. One by one they all got their stones placed onto the correct platforms now they just needed to see what it would read.

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@yamo Awa Uta Okada Goro Honō Kojirou Uzumaki Atagi

Iwane would watch as the group would change course going after the stones and stepping off of their scales save for Uta who would remain on hers as this went on Iwane would look on at them in visible confusion. "I guess I overestimated them…” as they stepped off the markings that made up the seal to open the gates would vanish leaving only Uta’s behind as they gathered the rather hefty stones.

Once each one was placed upon the scales for Uta’s it would read a message that stated "Read from _____ To Right.” with Uta standing on her scale part of the message was missing since there was no stone there however her seal would continue to glow leading towards the center but since not everyone was present the seal was incomplete however they did now have the message most of it.

Off in the distance they would hear a loud "Shut the fuck up!” coming from one of the nearby rooms and a message that would be relayed to them over the loudspeaker. Afterwards he’d add message to the broadcast. "Team C has passed the first phase of the exams.” time was moving and this team might have some ground to cover in order too make their way out of this portion of the exams.

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[Honō Kojirou]

… Wait a damn minute. The other stones made Kojirou’s slow brain start grinding against the walls of his skull.

As exhausted as he was, the message reminded him of the first idea… and the bright, bluish lines led to the center… when he stepped off of it, the lining from his scale disappeared…

The number on his scale… 121… and there was nothing else to ‘read’ in this room, only numbers. ‘Read from ____ to right’…

"… WAIT! WAAAAIIIIIIIT!” Kojirou panicked with flailing hands, strolling over to Goro and Koume, "T-That’s what the stones were for… b-backtrack a little! Let’s all just get up-"

The sudden transmission basically telling someone to, quote, shut the fuck up, made Kojirou freeze in his tracks. It was off in the distance, but it came at a convenient time to give him the scare of his life. Was he… was he not supposed to talk? Like, no?

"The stones… now, I may be off, but don’t they just tell us to read something from left to right? ‘Left’ being the missing word… and the only thing we can read are those numbers- which means that Uta was right all along,” Kojirou laid out the groundworks with a big, fat thumbs-up to Uta as he returned to his scale once more, all of his weight on both feet standing atop it, "The lines from earlier must be seals to open a secret door… man, I thought the stones had some other message. Like, a secret code or something that we could make use of later. Which means…”

Big, reddened, wide eyes were aimed directly towards Uta as of now. "Did you know in advance? Oh, oh, wait, is this another secret Iwa thing? Kind of unfair for the rest of us, if that's the case…"