Chapter 115, page 9. And I was a bit wrong. It seems it's both. A ninja hits the barrier, there's a "thud" sound effect, and by the time they hit the roof, they are just ash. I'll have to find and watch anime to see how it's portrayed there.
The Princess of Blades (Naruto/Exalted)
- Thread starter Crilltic
- Start date
- Crossover
Week 1 - Meeting the Competition: Dosu
- Location
- Massholistan
When you left Sakura last night with a promise to meet up later in the week for a practice session you didn't put much thought into what exactly you'd be doing the net day. Instead taking the opportunity to collapse into your bed almost immediately. Which unfortunately left the long-term planning for you to handle as you were still trying to blink the early morning sunlight from your eyes. Eventually however, once you had banished the sleep from your mind and mentally prepared yourself for another round of training with Gai-sensei you managed to come up with something workable.
Training with Gai was uneventful, or at least it was as uneventful as a training session with Gai can possibly be given neither Lee nor Neji were there. Which is to say it was something that would probably count as a highly eventful training session for any of the other Konoha genin teams. You're also starting to wonder if continuous one on one training sessions with Gai-sensei carries...infection risks. But thus far you've been able to politely decline his attempts to fit for a green jumpsuit. Somethings are just a bridge too far. Even for you and your middling fashion sensibilities.
But apart from that, training went well, working on your battle awareness normally wasn't so much physically taxing as mentally exhausting. Though given it was with Gai-sensei, it was still enough to leave you exhausted regardless.
Which is why you're currently cursing yourself for thinking your current activities. All you really want to do is crawl into a haphazard nest of blankets and pass out. Not be standing on a roof top in the middle of the night trying not fall asleep. Though in your past self's defense, you had assumed you could just do some cursory research in the village records to fill in the gaps from the preliminary match you missed.
So it's just your luck that the official database record on the sole Otogakure genin in the finals is basically non-existent. Which in hindsight isn't that surprising, he is only a genin after all. What's worse is you and Neji missed whatever his abilities were during the confrontation in the Forest of Death, if he even displayed them there at all. Combined with the fact that you were unconscious during his match and you're at a severe information disparity if he wins his match with Shikamaru. Sure, you could probably figure it out by then, but it will take time, and you only have a month.
You managed to scrounge up some information, namely that he utilized sound in some fashion and that he was generally considered a fairly competent strategist. But given that, from what you saw, he appeared to be acting as the leader of his teammates and he was from Otogakure that was hardly brilliant detective work. You had considered tracking down his preliminary opponent, but he was on the same team as Shikamaru, and you didn't know if he would feed you bad info. Perhaps another time.
Which is what left you in your current predicament, standing on a rooftop several blocks away from the compound where the delegation from Otogakure was staying trying to decide on your next move. Briefly, very briefly you had entertained the notion of trying to snoop around closer, but you had quickly quashed that notion as idiotic. Which, needless to say had left you at something of a loss of what to do.
It was then you noticed a lone figure moving along the rooftops away from the Otogakure compound. Your newly sharp eyesight easily making out the hunched figure and loosely hanging sleeves in the light of the full moon. It's just the man you wanted to find, but where's he going? At this hour? Given the direction he's headed, the only major thing you know is in that direction is Kikyō Castle, where the Sunagakure delegation is staying. But why's he head there of all places?
Already you can feel the desire to investigate welling up inside you. A mystery has presented itself right in front of you, and your natural inclination is to try and unravel it. You never were very good at staying out of other people's business like that. But something keeps you from immediately chasing after him. You get the sense that there's something bigger going on here, but then...you're in the middle of Konoha right now. How much danger can there possibly be?
Do you tail Dosu from a distance? At least to see where he's going?
[ ] Follow him to see where he is going
[ ] No, something about this doesn't feel right.
Very short update today. Not all of the events will be this short, but well this one ended up not filling nearly as much space as I had intended it to. In the future, if one ends up being this short I'll probably turn it into a double-feature with a random event because this one's on me. But in this case I wanted to get something out because I missed yesterday's update and it's already late for me.
Anyway, the next social event is visiting Temari in the hospital, so who knows. Maybe this event will end up giving you some nice conversation starters.
Training with Gai was uneventful, or at least it was as uneventful as a training session with Gai can possibly be given neither Lee nor Neji were there. Which is to say it was something that would probably count as a highly eventful training session for any of the other Konoha genin teams. You're also starting to wonder if continuous one on one training sessions with Gai-sensei carries...infection risks. But thus far you've been able to politely decline his attempts to fit for a green jumpsuit. Somethings are just a bridge too far. Even for you and your middling fashion sensibilities.
But apart from that, training went well, working on your battle awareness normally wasn't so much physically taxing as mentally exhausting. Though given it was with Gai-sensei, it was still enough to leave you exhausted regardless.
Which is why you're currently cursing yourself for thinking your current activities. All you really want to do is crawl into a haphazard nest of blankets and pass out. Not be standing on a roof top in the middle of the night trying not fall asleep. Though in your past self's defense, you had assumed you could just do some cursory research in the village records to fill in the gaps from the preliminary match you missed.
So it's just your luck that the official database record on the sole Otogakure genin in the finals is basically non-existent. Which in hindsight isn't that surprising, he is only a genin after all. What's worse is you and Neji missed whatever his abilities were during the confrontation in the Forest of Death, if he even displayed them there at all. Combined with the fact that you were unconscious during his match and you're at a severe information disparity if he wins his match with Shikamaru. Sure, you could probably figure it out by then, but it will take time, and you only have a month.
You managed to scrounge up some information, namely that he utilized sound in some fashion and that he was generally considered a fairly competent strategist. But given that, from what you saw, he appeared to be acting as the leader of his teammates and he was from Otogakure that was hardly brilliant detective work. You had considered tracking down his preliminary opponent, but he was on the same team as Shikamaru, and you didn't know if he would feed you bad info. Perhaps another time.
Which is what left you in your current predicament, standing on a rooftop several blocks away from the compound where the delegation from Otogakure was staying trying to decide on your next move. Briefly, very briefly you had entertained the notion of trying to snoop around closer, but you had quickly quashed that notion as idiotic. Which, needless to say had left you at something of a loss of what to do.
It was then you noticed a lone figure moving along the rooftops away from the Otogakure compound. Your newly sharp eyesight easily making out the hunched figure and loosely hanging sleeves in the light of the full moon. It's just the man you wanted to find, but where's he going? At this hour? Given the direction he's headed, the only major thing you know is in that direction is Kikyō Castle, where the Sunagakure delegation is staying. But why's he head there of all places?
Already you can feel the desire to investigate welling up inside you. A mystery has presented itself right in front of you, and your natural inclination is to try and unravel it. You never were very good at staying out of other people's business like that. But something keeps you from immediately chasing after him. You get the sense that there's something bigger going on here, but then...you're in the middle of Konoha right now. How much danger can there possibly be?
Do you tail Dosu from a distance? At least to see where he's going?
[ ] Follow him to see where he is going
[ ] No, something about this doesn't feel right.
Very short update today. Not all of the events will be this short, but well this one ended up not filling nearly as much space as I had intended it to. In the future, if one ends up being this short I'll probably turn it into a double-feature with a random event because this one's on me. But in this case I wanted to get something out because I missed yesterday's update and it's already late for me.
Anyway, the next social event is visiting Temari in the hospital, so who knows. Maybe this event will end up giving you some nice conversation starters.
Tenten: So... saw your teammate pop some dude like a grape. Does he always do that?Anyway, the next social event is visiting Temari in the hospital, so who knows. Maybe this event will end up giving you some nice conversation starters.
Temari:
Oh, by all the Kami, you have no idea.
notanautomaton
I've got 99 quests, I've finished one
[x] Follow him to see where he is going
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Oh boy. We all know where this is going.
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
We are going to die.
[x] Follow him to see where he is going
[x] Follow him to see where he is going
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
We have 2 dots of stealth and 5 dots in dexterity. However I feel that our super awareness should help when tailing someone.
jwolfe_beta
Semi Genre-Savvy Overlord
- Location
- Canada
[X] No, something about this doesn't feel right.
Is this the time when Hayate dies too?
Finagle007
[Verified Great Old One]
- Pronouns
- He/Him/His
[X] Follow him to see where he is going
I don't give a damn about Dosu, but hopefully we can save Hayate...
I don't give a damn about Dosu, but hopefully we can save Hayate...
[x] Follow him to see where he is going
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
-[x] The familiar uneven roofs of Konoha provide no shortage of hiding spots, allowing you to drop to a lower roof or press yourself against a chimney whenever Dosu glances in your direction.
We got enough Stealth to pull this off I think.
A point of willpower to augment should be enough
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
-[x] The familiar uneven roofs of Konoha provide no shortage of hiding spots, allowing you to drop to a lower roof or press yourself against a chimney whenever Dosu glances in your direction.
We got enough Stealth to pull this off I think.
A point of willpower to augment should be enough
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[X] No, something about this doesn't feel right.
HymnOfRagnarok
Let's Rock
[X] Follow him to see where he is going
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
Seems legit. We'll sleep soon anyway.
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
Seems legit. We'll sleep soon anyway.
Uhh, guys. Stunting?
- Location
- italy bologna
[X] Follow him to see where he is going
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
-[x] it's surprisingly easy to tail someone on the rooftops, at least if you know the area. Tenten drops from the roof onto the street before taking up pursuit, risking brief forays over the roofs only to switch roads when Dosu turns parallel to the sreet shes's running down and there's no other way to switch over. with how well Tentn knows her town that's far less often than one would think.
You know why i use dosu as a avatar?
The first time i read a manga on-line it was the chaper were dosu die. I really liked his style. So can we not let him die?
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
-[x] it's surprisingly easy to tail someone on the rooftops, at least if you know the area. Tenten drops from the roof onto the street before taking up pursuit, risking brief forays over the roofs only to switch roads when Dosu turns parallel to the sreet shes's running down and there's no other way to switch over. with how well Tentn knows her town that's far less often than one would think.
You know why i use dosu as a avatar?
The first time i read a manga on-line it was the chaper were dosu die. I really liked his style. So can we not let him die?
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- Location
- madison
[x] Follow him to see where he is going
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
oh right stunts, uh, i've never done that before so...
stunt
-[x] it's surprisingly easy to tail someone on the rooftops, at least if you know the area. Tenten drops from the roof onto the street before taking up pursuit, risking brief forays over the roofs only to switch roads when Dosu turns parallel to the sreet shes's running down and there's no other way to switch over. with how well Tentn knows her town that's far less often than one would think.
-[X] Spend willpower to remain concealed
oh right stunts, uh, i've never done that before so...
stunt
-[x] it's surprisingly easy to tail someone on the rooftops, at least if you know the area. Tenten drops from the roof onto the street before taking up pursuit, risking brief forays over the roofs only to switch roads when Dosu turns parallel to the sreet shes's running down and there's no other way to switch over. with how well Tentn knows her town that's far less often than one would think.
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- Location
- italy bologna
Ins't bad
Is done like this:
-[x] it's surprisingly easy to tail someone on the rooftops, at least if you know the area. Tenten drops from the roof onto the street before taking up pursuit, risking brief forays over the roofs only to switch roads when Dosu turns parallel to the sreet shes's running down and there's no other way to switch over. with how well Tentn knows her town that's far less often than one would think.
Scify
It always starts with a lighthouse.
[X] No, something about this doesn't feel right.
Hah! Stunts. Who needs 'em?
fictionfan
Please sir, may I have some Meows?
- Location
- Tempe, AZ
[x] Follow him to see where he is going
-[x] The familiar uneven roofs of Konoha provide no shortage of hiding spots, allowing you to drop to a lower roof or press yourself against a chimney whenever Dosu glances in your direction. It would be hard to tail a leaf ninja like this, but for a foreigner unfamiliar with the area, piece of cake.
-[x] The familiar uneven roofs of Konoha provide no shortage of hiding spots, allowing you to drop to a lower roof or press yourself against a chimney whenever Dosu glances in your direction. It would be hard to tail a leaf ninja like this, but for a foreigner unfamiliar with the area, piece of cake.
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