Coming from Chilli Pepper Pass, they had finally arrived at their destination with Smith in the lead and Lena & Lorelei behind. Songbird trotted along. They came upon a group of people that seemed to be together. The Large strangely structure bird would stand out to them as it walked at the back of the group. Lena felt a little nervous, though she was mostly fine and didn't show it to the other's. The nerves were because of just meeting new people and mainly getting along with them for Sado's sake, if she couldn't then it might be a problem that didn't bother her personally - she just wanted everything to run smoothly for Sado.
Control goes back to @Howard for Smith & Lorelei.
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Trunks lands in the Graveyard of Sin, and notices Sado. Appearing as if he had also just arrived, Trunks approaches, spinning the ring on his left index finger.
Tsumikage-sama, if I can have a word. With village fortifications going up all around, I had an idea. My ring here enhaces all earth based techniques tremendously, and I'm certain that it would make our defences stronger. Why don't you take the ring, for now, and pass it along to whomever is setting up defences. I'm sure you can find some use for it in the near future, anyway.
Extending his palm, Trunks attempts to hand Sado Dark Below.
(Kuraimoto) – Dark Below
Type: Artifact
Rank: S
Range: Short
Chakra: N/A
Damage: N/A (+1 Rank Doton)
Description: A ring traditionally worn on the left index finger; the ring is a relic from long before the rise of the Freehold, from an unknown civilization lost shortly after the rise of the Sage of Six Paths. It is fashioned out of an indestructible brown stone that augments the user’s earth manipulation skills. All earth techniques of the user’s are strengthened by one rank up to A-Rank. S-Rank and above techniques are augmented by an additional 10 damage. Once every other move the ring can alter the inherent properties of the user’s Earth techniques, allowing them to become sand-based or mud-based. Alternatively, the user is able to enhance their connection with the earth itself through this ring; this allows the user to, for a single turn, utilize earth techniques without being in direct contact with the ground. After this enhancement expires, the ring's abilities are disabled for two turns
Smith had been gradually showing them the way back to the Graveyard of Sin. Lorelei had already been up around this way months ago but Smith assumed this was the first time Lena had been to the Badlands of Earth. This had been reinforced when she fell back allowing Smith to lead as they got closer to the Graveyard of Sin. He had explained his alliances in the Badlands of Earth and his territories a few times but that might not prepare them for what actually fell before them.
Lorelei had been to these lands before but the last time she and Smith were here. It was nothing but a wide-open desert, with huge cavernous caves that lead outward throughout the world. Now though, what was once inhospitable and dead was vibrant, full of life, and humans. A massive city sat in the middle of acres upon acres of farmlands. Every food imaginable laid out along the land as far as the eye could see in nearly every direction.
Near the border between the Badlands of Earth and the Land of Fire sat a gigantic earthen structure that looked like a blend between a massive theater that could be used for stage performances and a coliseum that could be used for battle. The moment Smith walked into his perception range, as would Lena and Lorelei, Sado directed the clone who had been transferring his chakra to the other to disperse. Immediately all of the experiences flew into the minds of the other clones and Sado.
A wash of experiences flooded Smith's mind as his eyes closed for a moment, not in pain but there was a strain in his face as if he were looking at a bright light that was nearly blinding. Sado would be expeditious in his movement as he turned from the moment of chaos that was taking place with everyone introducing themselves and telling their stories as he began to walk toward his clone, Smith and his ally Lena.
Reaching about five meters away from them Sado would notice that Lorelei seemed to become frightened, tense and a bit apprehensive as she slides closer to Lena nearly standing behind her leaning against her arm. Her tone was broken and her posture frightened as she began to speak in a cadence that was suffused with panic. She began to breathe heavily as if hyperventilating.
I-... saw you die. It's-.. it's true you are a demon! I sold your story! I watched your arms be torn from your body!
No one could survive what I saw you go through. It's true, you sold your soul for a second chance!
Sado was slow to pick up on what was happening due to the situation he was in and due to his clone being around this woman for months. He had forgotten that she had never seen his true face, his true form. He had met her while disguised as Jack and he had kept the charade up so that the world thought he was dead. What she said was true to a degree, he had sold his soul for power but not to the devil. He had sold it to the shinobi world, years ago, and it took it from him and tore it to pieces.
Sado laughed for a second before he spoke toward her with a calm tone snapping his finger toward Jack the clone he had formed in Takinomori to guard the settlement. The one who had set up a considerable amount of the Graveyard of Sin. While Lorelei was slightly freaking out the second clone Jack would approach standing near Sado. He was much shorter, and less muscular than Sado was as Sado began to explain what he could. These two are my clones. You know Smith, he is me. He is Jack, and I'm Jack. We're all one and the same. I faked my death, to throw off the Hangurian Black Ones who were persecuting these lands chasing the Golden Sabbath's bounties and trying to hurt my people. There's nothing to fear, here, in these lands you have my full protection and when you're ready Smith will set you up with the shop you've earned.
This promise of protection was obviously directed at both Lorelei and Lena. She didn't soften up clinging close to Lena. Sado noticed that there would probably be hesitance from Lorelei as she had never seen him before. Sado left her to make her own decision but he kept his distance from her to promote her own feelings of safety but he did turn his attention to Lena who seemed-... to have her own anxieties.
Lena of Shinramoto.
Sado would say with reverence extending his right hand out toward her. His posture was relaxed and his mood was more festive than he had been in the past. It was as if he was proud of what he had accomplished. The land around him and the humans he had gathered showed him that he could have a place to call his own. He could continue to build it up and he could continue taking from this world the people like him and making them his allies.
He swung his right arm outward in an arc as if to show Lena his capital while explaining where they were and what they were doing there. He wasn't trying to be cocky or showy but it was plain to see that this was him showing her what he had, similar to how she had shown him Shinramoto.
He wanted her to see that she was welcome here and that this could be as much her home as Shinramoto was. When he explained he didn't say "my capital," he said "our capital" as if it was everyone here's including Lena's as if they all held as many rights to it as he did. He did feel like it belonged to everyone, not him solely and that was undeniable.
This is our capital the Graveyard of Sin. We have other lands, but this is the first we have built up and truly put effort into. These are our allies, you've met Vegeta. However, there are so many more. Fu, the small, green-haired woman. Korra, the tan, muscular woman hovering near Fu, speaking very little. Grenth, the man in the mask and all black with an ominous presence. Each represents the most expansive clans in the Badlands of Earth. Fu and Korra from the White Lotus. Grenth from the Reapers, and Vegeta and myself from the Golden Sabbath. The rest are new additions, who can introduce themselves as time passes. Would you like me to introduce you, or would you like to? You do not have to tell them, anything more than you feel comfortable with, your secrets, history, past, and sins are yours until you want to share them. Fu, Korra, Vegeta, Grenth, you and I are the ones who will be taking part in this summit. I'd like to discuss where we go from here and what we do. You missed a lot of the others opening up, but I feel they'll reiterate their own stories if you're willing to open up to them. Feel free to explore, and talk until things are completely situated.
It was plain to see that Sado was comfortable here. With the people, he surrounded himself with. He trusted them, and even with them being in the Badlands of Earth, and the Graveyard of Sin. He didn't' pressure Lena, nor did he pressure anyone else. They were free to take everything at their own pace and decide what information they were readily willing to give. It wasn't his place to make that decision but he hoped they would realize that he trusted each of them in a similar way.
He felt like they were family. He had worked alongside all of them for months in various forms, through clones, and through his own actions. He built his alliances with them each, and he may have used proxies but he believed in everything he said and had done in the past.
Sado was trying to show Lena that there was nothing to be reserved or nervous about and he hovered around her, a fair distance away but close enough for her to notice. It was so that she could know that she wasn't alone and didn't have to feel like that here. If she needed to talk to someone she knew that was what Sado was there for.
Sado would abruptly turn his head toward Trunks. As Greg dispersed he had obtained information about when he returned the blueprints and left the lands. He thought he was gone. He believed he may have moved on but seeing him here, and referring to him as "Tsumikage" made him-... content. He smiled at Trunks as he took the small ring from him slipping it on his finger. He already had an idea for this. It would be the next thing he did when he had an open moment. Lena, this is Trunks another one of our allies and a member of the Golden Sabbath. Trunks, this is Lena of Shinramoto I'm glad you joined us again. It seems our initiative is expanding. Our allies have been telling their stories. It's been fun. You know how I like stories and song, and rhymes. It feels nice to have a group of active humans around. It makes me feel more like a human and less like a goliath.
Sado smiled slightly as he returned attention to Lena, and the entire group waiting for anyone to engage him. He fidgeted slightly. Maybe he wasn't as strong and as proud as he put on. If someone focused on him fully, they might see him adjust the rings on his hands. He'd also play with the trinkets on his cloak, and adjust the sides of it. Were they nervous ticks?
Was this massive brute, just as nervous as the humans he surrounded himself with? Was this hulking goliath, barbarian rationalizing out that these humans needed a leader and that no one else wanted to do it so he would step up? That was for them to decide. He wouldn't openly admit to it to them. He felt like if he admitted that to them it would make him seem weak, a leader couldn't be weak.
(Kuraimoto) – Dark BelowLorelei had been to these lands before but the last time she and Smith were here. It was nothing but a wide-open desert, with huge cavernous caves that lead outward throughout the world. Now though, what was once inhospitable and dead was vibrant, full of life, and humans. A massive city sat in the middle of acres upon acres of farmlands. Every food imaginable laid out along the land as far as the eye could see in nearly every direction.
Near the border between the Badlands of Earth and the Land of Fire sat a gigantic earthen structure that looked like a blend between a massive theater that could be used for stage performances and a coliseum that could be used for battle. The moment Smith walked into his perception range, as would Lena and Lorelei, Sado directed the clone who had been transferring his chakra to the other to disperse. Immediately all of the experiences flew into the minds of the other clones and Sado.
A wash of experiences flooded Smith's mind as his eyes closed for a moment, not in pain but there was a strain in his face as if he were looking at a bright light that was nearly blinding. Sado would be expeditious in his movement as he turned from the moment of chaos that was taking place with everyone introducing themselves and telling their stories as he began to walk toward his clone, Smith and his ally Lena.
Reaching about five meters away from them Sado would notice that Lorelei seemed to become frightened, tense and a bit apprehensive as she slides closer to Lena nearly standing behind her leaning against her arm. Her tone was broken and her posture frightened as she began to speak in a cadence that was suffused with panic. She began to breathe heavily as if hyperventilating.
I-... saw you die. It's-.. it's true you are a demon! I sold your story! I watched your arms be torn from your body!
No one could survive what I saw you go through. It's true, you sold your soul for a second chance!
Sado was slow to pick up on what was happening due to the situation he was in and due to his clone being around this woman for months. He had forgotten that she had never seen his true face, his true form. He had met her while disguised as Jack and he had kept the charade up so that the world thought he was dead. What she said was true to a degree, he had sold his soul for power but not to the devil. He had sold it to the shinobi world, years ago, and it took it from him and tore it to pieces.
Sado laughed for a second before he spoke toward her with a calm tone snapping his finger toward Jack the clone he had formed in Takinomori to guard the settlement. The one who had set up a considerable amount of the Graveyard of Sin. While Lorelei was slightly freaking out the second clone Jack would approach standing near Sado. He was much shorter, and less muscular than Sado was as Sado began to explain what he could. These two are my clones. You know Smith, he is me. He is Jack, and I'm Jack. We're all one and the same. I faked my death, to throw off the Hangurian Black Ones who were persecuting these lands chasing the Golden Sabbath's bounties and trying to hurt my people. There's nothing to fear, here, in these lands you have my full protection and when you're ready Smith will set you up with the shop you've earned.
This promise of protection was obviously directed at both Lorelei and Lena. She didn't soften up clinging close to Lena. Sado noticed that there would probably be hesitance from Lorelei as she had never seen him before. Sado left her to make her own decision but he kept his distance from her to promote her own feelings of safety but he did turn his attention to Lena who seemed-... to have her own anxieties.
Lena of Shinramoto.
Sado would say with reverence extending his right hand out toward her. His posture was relaxed and his mood was more festive than he had been in the past. It was as if he was proud of what he had accomplished. The land around him and the humans he had gathered showed him that he could have a place to call his own. He could continue to build it up and he could continue taking from this world the people like him and making them his allies.
He swung his right arm outward in an arc as if to show Lena his capital while explaining where they were and what they were doing there. He wasn't trying to be cocky or showy but it was plain to see that this was him showing her what he had, similar to how she had shown him Shinramoto.
He wanted her to see that she was welcome here and that this could be as much her home as Shinramoto was. When he explained he didn't say "my capital," he said "our capital" as if it was everyone here's including Lena's as if they all held as many rights to it as he did. He did feel like it belonged to everyone, not him solely and that was undeniable.
This is our capital the Graveyard of Sin. We have other lands, but this is the first we have built up and truly put effort into. These are our allies, you've met Vegeta. However, there are so many more. Fu, the small, green-haired woman. Korra, the tan, muscular woman hovering near Fu, speaking very little. Grenth, the man in the mask and all black with an ominous presence. Each represents the most expansive clans in the Badlands of Earth. Fu and Korra from the White Lotus. Grenth from the Reapers, and Vegeta and myself from the Golden Sabbath. The rest are new additions, who can introduce themselves as time passes. Would you like me to introduce you, or would you like to? You do not have to tell them, anything more than you feel comfortable with, your secrets, history, past, and sins are yours until you want to share them. Fu, Korra, Vegeta, Grenth, you and I are the ones who will be taking part in this summit. I'd like to discuss where we go from here and what we do. You missed a lot of the others opening up, but I feel they'll reiterate their own stories if you're willing to open up to them. Feel free to explore, and talk until things are completely situated.
It was plain to see that Sado was comfortable here. With the people, he surrounded himself with. He trusted them, and even with them being in the Badlands of Earth, and the Graveyard of Sin. He didn't' pressure Lena, nor did he pressure anyone else. They were free to take everything at their own pace and decide what information they were readily willing to give. It wasn't his place to make that decision but he hoped they would realize that he trusted each of them in a similar way.
He felt like they were family. He had worked alongside all of them for months in various forms, through clones, and through his own actions. He built his alliances with them each, and he may have used proxies but he believed in everything he said and had done in the past.
Sado was trying to show Lena that there was nothing to be reserved or nervous about and he hovered around her, a fair distance away but close enough for her to notice. It was so that she could know that she wasn't alone and didn't have to feel like that here. If she needed to talk to someone she knew that was what Sado was there for.
Sado would abruptly turn his head toward Trunks. As Greg dispersed he had obtained information about when he returned the blueprints and left the lands. He thought he was gone. He believed he may have moved on but seeing him here, and referring to him as "Tsumikage" made him-... content. He smiled at Trunks as he took the small ring from him slipping it on his finger. He already had an idea for this. It would be the next thing he did when he had an open moment. Lena, this is Trunks another one of our allies and a member of the Golden Sabbath. Trunks, this is Lena of Shinramoto I'm glad you joined us again. It seems our initiative is expanding. Our allies have been telling their stories. It's been fun. You know how I like stories and song, and rhymes. It feels nice to have a group of active humans around. It makes me feel more like a human and less like a goliath.
Sado smiled slightly as he returned attention to Lena, and the entire group waiting for anyone to engage him. He fidgeted slightly. Maybe he wasn't as strong and as proud as he put on. If someone focused on him fully, they might see him adjust the rings on his hands. He'd also play with the trinkets on his cloak, and adjust the sides of it. Were they nervous ticks?
Was this massive brute, just as nervous as the humans he surrounded himself with? Was this hulking goliath, barbarian rationalizing out that these humans needed a leader and that no one else wanted to do it so he would step up? That was for them to decide. He wouldn't openly admit to it to them. He felt like if he admitted that to them it would make him seem weak, a leader couldn't be weak.
Type: Artifact
Rank: S
Range: Short
Chakra: N/A
Damage: N/A (+1 Rank Doton)
Description: A ring traditionally worn on the left index finger; the ring is a relic from long before the rise of the Freehold, from an unknown civilization lost shortly after the rise of the Sage of Six Paths. It is fashioned out of an indestructible brown stone that augments the user’s earth manipulation skills. All earth techniques of the user’s are strengthened by one rank up to A-Rank. S-Rank and above techniques are augmented by an additional 10 damage. Once every other move the ring can alter the inherent properties of the user’s Earth techniques, allowing them to become sand-based or mud-based. Alternatively, the user is able to enhance their connection with the earth itself through this ring; this allows the user to, for a single turn, utilize earth techniques without being in direct contact with the ground. After this enhancement expires, the ring's abilities are disabled for two turns
Sado's Chakra:
1900
Senjutsu chakra:
281 - 10 ( SM ) = 271
Remaining senjutsu chakra: 271
Remaining in seal: 570
Jack's chakra:
Remaining chakra: 804
Smith's chakra:
Remaining chakra: 640
Rank: S
Range: Short
Chakra: N/A
Damage: N/A (+1 Rank Doton)
Description: A ring traditionally worn on the left index finger; the ring is a relic from long before the rise of the Freehold, from an unknown civilization lost shortly after the rise of the Sage of Six Paths. It is fashioned out of an indestructible brown stone that augments the user’s earth manipulation skills. All earth techniques of the user’s are strengthened by one rank up to A-Rank. S-Rank and above techniques are augmented by an additional 10 damage. Once every other move the ring can alter the inherent properties of the user’s Earth techniques, allowing them to become sand-based or mud-based. Alternatively, the user is able to enhance their connection with the earth itself through this ring; this allows the user to, for a single turn, utilize earth techniques without being in direct contact with the ground. After this enhancement expires, the ring's abilities are disabled for two turns
Sado's Chakra:
1900
Senjutsu chakra:
281 - 10 ( SM ) = 271
Remaining senjutsu chakra: 271
Remaining in seal: 570
Jack's chakra:
Remaining chakra: 804
Smith's chakra:
Remaining chakra: 640
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