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Post by catharticfire on Jul 2, 2017 19:23:35 GMT
The rough dirt path ran a narrow course through the forest of Konoha, and its uneven surface was broken even further by gnarled, twisted roots and jutting stones well hidden within the night gloom causing an un-cautious shinobi to easily stumbl. Every so often the path is interspersed with the occasional felled tree blocking the path. Its led along a circuitous path heading outward along the north even as it dipped and rose before gradually settling into a generally upward slant as it led to some of the mountains around Konoha.
Masudo Inuzuka set a firm pace, his long legs practically eating the distance as his lead continued to grow though he occassionally shouted back to the genin falling behind him. "C'mon now. Pick it up, this is just the start." He offered with a wry grin, his eyes glinting mischievously as Azai slipped from the group and seemingly dissapeared from the rear. Despite his called encouragement and exhortations to keep up he continues to pull ahead without much regard until he dissapears himself into the darkness and canopy as he rounds a corner ahead of his temporary students and seemingly leaving them behind.
As you all follow along after the trail you can see the light of a small torch ahead as well as another stone cairn with a ragged red banner hanging from it. Heading past it and further along the path, a skilled or lucky shinobi might be catch the unusual gleam of ninja wire, catching the faint light of the torch or moon as the canopy of trees shift and sway in the breeze causing the moonlight to ripple throughout the path. Though only a skilled sensor would be able to see all the strands wired throughout this section of the path all set at varying heights and angles.
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Post by catharticfire on Jul 2, 2017 19:56:35 GMT
◄ Toshiro Hagane - Konoha Archer
Hearing Yumi coming up just behind him Toshiro turned to her at the sound of her voice and nodded in response before stepping aside so she could take the lead before closing ranks with her once again, his bow drawn and ready but without an arrow for now. "I'll cover you then..." He suggested, looking back over his shoulder to Yasashii and Azai the Chunin and letting himself fall back enough to let them hear him. "Yasashi-san, Azai-senpai. Yumi's volunteered to take the lead, I'll provide cover for her while you two hang back a bit and offer support. That way we can all watch out for each other and with Azai-senpai taking up rearguard we're best prepared for an ambush." He suggested, looking to effeminate genin and Nara chunin while he made sure that he wasn't falling to far behind from Yumi.
Moving out there after in pursuit of their special-jounin instructor Toshiro made sure to keep one eye on the trail itself as he jogged along, careful not to end up spraining his ankle on a root or worse though he still stumbled every so often as a dark obscured rock met his foot though he was able to catch himself each time and prevent himself from falling.
Breathing a little more heavily as their instructor rounded the corner Toshiro grit his teeth and put his head down before pushing himself a little harder to catch up, though he didn't pass Yumi, allowing her to lead per her suggestion. Still he concentrated on the path and his pace, unwilling to slow down to catch a breath and hold everyone up. He still had a ways to go before he really had to start pushing himself. Still.... a little more stamina training might be in order He admitted to himself as he jogged up a particularly steep hill amidst the forest and slapping a hand down on the tree trunk that had fallen at it the hollow on the other side in order to push himself into a running vault over it.
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Post by Renox on Jul 3, 2017 14:44:52 GMT
Nara Azai | Azai is easily and lazily following but unseen as he chose an easier way to go. Not only an easier way but since he also usually hangs out in the nature/outdoors, he knows these areas almost like the back of his hand.
Azai has quite good stamina despite his lazy and sluggish behavior, so if he had chosen to just jog along with them or the special jonin, he'd be doing fine.
BUT his personality is like this, he just dislikes putting more effort than what is needed. If not always, almost always chooses to go with an option that is easier and requires less effort.
Right now he is thinking of how nice it would be if he didn't have to attend this...His soft bed, his nice pillows, the feeling of just laying there and doing nothing or the refreshing feeling of a good and long sleep.
He is making sure to pay attention to the surroundings and that he does not pass Yasashii, Toshiro or Yumi, remaining the rear guard.
He still remains out of sight as none knows where Azai gone/which "path" he chose. Nickname: Slothzai |
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Post by Ryku on Jul 3, 2017 15:56:40 GMT
YUMI TOMANA ● demonic artist ●
Yumi comments to the squad behind her, "there's a light further down the path" but looking back at the group she notices Azai is no longer following on the trail. Yumi gets a bit upset by this as he always seems to pull some extra maneuver and leaves everyone else uninformed. Beyond the point Yumi has to shrug it off and she tries to analyze the path to see if anything is near the light ahead.
As Yumi's walking the path her inability to see the wire causes her to not only cut her leg as she walks into one, the wire seems to snap and a large log comes falling down onto the path directly were yumi stands. Due to the sharp pain she falls to the ground. Unable to quickly recover from the cut she braces herself as the log quickly falls! "Fuck" she says to her self hoping she has enough strength to hold up the log from smashing her.
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Post by Renox on Jul 3, 2017 21:26:45 GMT
Nara Azai | Even though Azai is unseen he was still following just a little further behind. He was unable to see perfectly as it's night and they are going through a dense forest area, so he wasn't able to tell what happened to Yumi exactly, he just noticed she fell to the ground and then loud sounds are heard as a trap was activated, seeing the big log being mid way towards falling directly on Yumi.
Azai's lazy expression vanishes from his face as his eyes widen, worried for her, he stops on his tracks and gets his hands together performing hand signs incredibly fast as the vast number of thick shadows in the area are moving to aid Yumi in her peril, Azai shadow binds the log, stopping it mid air, a few inches above Yumi's head, as Azai remains quiet to keep himself hidden, waiting for Yumi with possibly the help of someone from the others in the squad to get away from the log. Nickname: Slothzai |
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Post by catharticfire on Jul 4, 2017 18:46:45 GMT
◄ Toshiro Hagane - Konoha Archer Not having seen the wire from behind Yumi Toshiro can only stare as she seems to trip over nothing though he was able to clearly hear the sharp 'Twang' of a steel wire snapping. Unable to react quickly enough to pull Yumi away as a massive log seemed to drop from nowhere Toshiro instead ran ahead in an attempt to interdict himself between Yumi and the descending log, though his moment of stunned hesitation left him woefully incapable of reaching in time and he was forced to watch it descend on his teammate in seemingly slow motion. Waiting for the impact of the log and sound of the fracturing bones of his team member he had to watch in relieved awe as the log stopped itself a few scant inches from Yumi's body, the momentum of the wooden logs fall seized by a writhing mass of shadows. Overcoming himself he quickly ran up and took Yumi's hand in his own to pull her out from under the log back into safety. Wincing as he looked at the size of the log compared to Yumi he simply turned to her and gave her a look over. "You okay?" He asked, checking over her visually and seeing only a cut from the razor wire on her leg. "That was a little too close...."
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Post by cursedprince on Jul 4, 2017 21:38:23 GMT
Yasashii is only just behind the group, He has an under average stamina but is doing his best to keep up with the group. He nods his head hearing Masudou words from the front "W-will try my best" He replies loudly not really seeing the wire along not realising that Azai had disappeared from the back of the group.
He looks at Toshiro nodding after those words showing he understands him. He keeps his eyes out around the environments in case some predatory animals or ambushes may happen. He jumps a bit hearing Yumi shouting, As he looks towards her he sees a huge log heading her way. He freezes a bit still unable to do anything before somehow Toshiro stopped the swinging log, As he walked closer to them he noticed shadow bind on the log wondering if Azai helped them or keeping them on their toes... But since he heard a faint wire snapping he guesses the later one. His eyes look upon Yumi and Toshiro as he speaks "A-are you two ok? Yumi.. You're bleeding... And umm Toshiro-san is your hand ok? Does it hurt?"
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Post by Ryku on Jul 6, 2017 16:02:01 GMT
YUMI TOMANA ● demonic artist ●
Yumi's breathing starts to decrease as she was brought to safety by Toshiro. Sitting on the cold ground holding her leg she looks over to the log and says in a calm voice, "Thank you." Im not sure what stopped the log but I'm sure there will be more traps ahead. Yumi tries to pick herself up gritting her teeth to fight through the pain of the sharp cut and gushing blood. "That thing got me good." She says to her self and she tries to investigate the path in front a bit more.
"Yasashii I dont think I can walk with this cut on my leg, the razor wire seemed to have cut deep and Im going to need your medical skills to help me." Yumi explains when she turns around to look at the rest of the group.
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Post by catharticfire on Jul 7, 2017 6:16:18 GMT
◄ Toshiro Hagane - Konoha Archer "Don't worry about it, it's what a teams for. It looks like Nara-san was able to hold the log, but the course can wait till we get that leg seen too." Toshiro replied in a slightly unnerved voice, the adrenaline catching up to him at the unexpected near miss. Still holding onto Yumi's arm to help balance her with her bleeding leg he helps ease her against one of the nearby tree trunks and directed her to lay her leg out straight. "Yasashii, you're the specialist; we'll need you up here. I'm fine but Yumi's leg will need your help." He suggested as he worked to pull out a canteen and prepared to clean Yumi's leg of blood to better inspect the wound. "It's deep but it could have been worse. It didn't seem to catch into the bone, or any major arteries, but it's cut through a bit of muscle..." He explained as he began to pull out a syringe and ampoule of local anesthetic from his pouch. "It's gonna hurt to heal that but this should take the worse of the edge off, but it'll also leave it numb for the next few hours as well." He offered, waiting to see a motion of acceptance from Yumi before he injects the painkiller.
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Post by cursedprince on Jul 8, 2017 14:21:44 GMT
Yasashii looks at the pair of them nodding his head understanding what he needs to do, He Lays Yumi down before inspecting the cut to see how deep it is with his Cosmic eyes. He uses some of his chakara to attempt to heal the cut but as his current self, he can only heal one thing with chakra which he decides to heal the muscle. Thought the muscle is healed of the cut it will feel stiff and sore for Yumi for quite a while. He then grabs his medical bag first getting some baby wipes cleaning the wound, After that He places some ointment onto some cotton bud as he speaks "Ok...This will sting" His eyes look at Yumi for a brief moment before gently dabbing the cotton onto her cut which does sting a lot. He takes around 2 minutes to be sure the cut will not get infected later on, Once then Yasashii grabs onto needle and surgical thread to slowly stitch the wound together. Once the wound is stitch he then places a small cotton pad on the wound then bandages her leg. "O-ok... I did what I can do... I suggest you not to move as much as the stitches may and can break and for you to go to hospital as soon as possible"
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Post by Renox on Jul 8, 2017 14:59:04 GMT
Nara Azai | As soon as Toshiro helps Yumi to get away from the log, Azai stops holding it with his shadows, letting it fall. The log makes some noise as it lands on the ground.
Then he takes out a paper and writes down on it, since it's dark it's not easy to see so his writing looks more like rough draft, then he ties it around a senbon and then throws that senbon on the fallen log, stabbing the log lightly, deep enough for the senbon to not fall off.
Whoever opens the letter, will read
"Don't talk about me, act like I've abandoned you and gone solo, take as much credit as you can. I want a bad evaluation, to keep me away from missions as much as possible.
P.s Try to be more careful and not make me worry."
Azai then waits for the group to resume their movement, so he can follow in secrecy. Nickname: Slothzai |
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Post by Ryku on Jul 8, 2017 15:26:33 GMT
YUMI TOMANA ● demonic artist ●
Sitting on the ground, Yumi grits her teeth as Yasashii heals her leg with his medical experience. Upset with herself that she was caught in such a trap embarrassed her mentally more than it did honestly physically hurt. "Thanks Yasashii for helping me."
A smile left her face as a senbon hit the ground next to the group attached with a note. Supprised she said "Toshiro pick that up."
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Post by catharticfire on Jul 9, 2017 5:31:30 GMT
◄ Toshiro Hagane - Konoha Archer
Toshiro edges forward towards a nearby wire barely hidden amongst the trees while Yasashii see's to Yumi's leg. Rather than cutting it and possibly springing the trap he quickly steps back to join with the group. "Bad news, looks like the whole path is laced with those razor wires and I can't quite tell if they're rigged to any traps or not." He explained as the other two genin took to caring for the wound. "We'll have to go around if we want to make any good time, but he might have trapped the forest as well." He said even as he whirled with a raised bow and notched arrow as a senbon and letter sink into the fallen log. Nodding his head Toshiro angles forward and cautiously withdraws both the senbon and the note. Unfurling it in order to read it Toshiro frowns slightly before shrugging his shoulders and holding out the note for the other two to read. "Looks like Nara-san is leaving us to our own devices."
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Post by cursedprince on Jul 11, 2017 22:01:29 GMT
Yasashii been too busy concentrating on healing the wound, As soon he finished he jumps a little hearing something hitting the log behind him. He looks behind himself seeing a Kunai, He Turns to face Yumi hearing the words coming from her "I-it's ok Yumi" He says softly with a smile before hearing Toshiro words. He blinks a few times he knew Azai was lazy... and he did once shove one of his patrolling mission to him and few other people "He probably.... Need to explain himself later"He replies with a sigh "Well... We should continue but be on extra lookout to avoid situations and traps like what just happened"
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Post by Ryku on Jul 12, 2017 15:28:22 GMT
YUMI TOMANA ● demonic artist ●
After being healed Yumi stands to her feet wiping herself cleaning from the dirt and looks down the path, well what should we do about all of these wire traps? She starts looking around for a way to continue on the path without being hit, but the darkness is covering the wires quite well.
"What if we used that log to push it through first and activate and snap all the wires that are on the trail?" Yumi asked Toshiro.
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