[Tai] Leg Weights
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Apologies for the minor delay. Health shit. Anyway, here we go.
A soft light poured in through simple paper windows of a relatively remote Dojo, tucked away within a remote part of the Ninja World. A young woman waited for the arrival of one who could teach her how to put on weight rather quickly. An odd request, as people typically only want to be rid of excess weight, but it was a rather frequent request these days. And just as things looked like they could get no better, that suspicion was confirmed, as a shadow crept in, darkening the otherwise pleasant view. As Shayde crossed the threshold of the Dojo's entrance, he couldn't help but wonder when the last time he had been inside one of these temples to Taijutsu was... But as he saw what appeared to be a somewhat frustrated expression from his potential student, he saved the ruminating for later.
Taking a moment to pull some materials out of his tool pouch, and remove his more cumbersome attire, from his boots to his jacket, he then started performing stretches, while he implored Noëlle to answer 3 simple questions.
As he waited for however much of an explanation the young woman cared to give, Shayde simply continued his stretches.
A soft light poured in through simple paper windows of a relatively remote Dojo, tucked away within a remote part of the Ninja World. A young woman waited for the arrival of one who could teach her how to put on weight rather quickly. An odd request, as people typically only want to be rid of excess weight, but it was a rather frequent request these days. And just as things looked like they could get no better, that suspicion was confirmed, as a shadow crept in, darkening the otherwise pleasant view. As Shayde crossed the threshold of the Dojo's entrance, he couldn't help but wonder when the last time he had been inside one of these temples to Taijutsu was... But as he saw what appeared to be a somewhat frustrated expression from his potential student, he saved the ruminating for later.
"Yo, name's Shayde, and I guess we're both more than aware of why we're here, so let's not beat around the bush."
Taking a moment to pull some materials out of his tool pouch, and remove his more cumbersome attire, from his boots to his jacket, he then started performing stretches, while he implored Noëlle to answer 3 simple questions.
"Okay, first things first, I'll need you to tell me everything you know about three specific subjects. The first is the basic field of Taijutsu. Since you've applied for a tool from that field, it's only natural that you'd be quizzed on the field itself. The second is regarding the 'Mode' used by high-level hand to hand users, the Eight Inner Gates. This is because of it's indirect link to the tool you applied for. And speaking of, finally Indeed you to tell me what you know about the tool itself, Leg Weights. Once you're done, we can get down to business."
As he waited for however much of an explanation the young woman cared to give, Shayde simply continued his stretches.
"You’ve got some nerve showing up late and then issuing demands…but it I suppose it’s for the best I behave and continue as though nothing happened. As for the questions, the first answer is that Taijutsu is the art of hand to hand combat. It’s the fastest of all the three basic forms of a shinobi’s arsenal due to the fact it doesn’t need chakra to form it in most cases. Makes using hand seals mundane vs a fast enough fighter when they are up in your face. The second question is the Eight Inner Gates, a set of limiter placed on our chakra pathways in order for us to limit the amount of chakra is constantly flowing at once. These gates can be “opened” forcefully through training in order to enhance a person while lastly are the Leg Weights – these are physical conditioning tools used by shinobi in order to constantly add weight onto the user until their body reaches an acclimated state, in which the weight is reset to a new limit in order further add more weight and thus repeats the cycle.” the shaman ended her brief explanation
Her description was as accurate, and expected from one looking to learn these basic, but essential tools of close quarters combat. And while Shayde appreciated her particular vernacular, and attention to and emphasis on specific details, they didn't matter as much as the fact the young woman knew it at all. But simply regurgitating info one could skim from a book, or repeat specific buzz words from a class room, weren't as important to Shayde as the most fundamental, yet paradoxically paramount skill... Turning one's words into actions, to back them up, and give them substance. Speaking about Taijutsu is good and all, but anyone can talk a big game, but neither he, nor this young woman were here to play. As he finished his stretches, loudly cracking his neck with a strained twist, Shayde then looked directly into Noëlle's eyes, and gave a simple, but powerful gesture. With an opened palm, aimed towards the skies above, he curled his fingers back towards himself multiple times. No words passed from his lips; they didn't need to. Their fists would do all the talking from this point forward, and Shayde's gave out an overwhelming roar;
"Come on!! Hit me with your best shot!!"
Raising a brow, Noelle was quite surprised that this ambitious man was willing to attempt and block her strikes. She would smirk, while calling upon the nature of her feline summons allowing her to enter Cat Sage Mode, though it was quite hard to notice the differences as she had her nails tucked in to make it harder to identify it’s ignition. In a blitz of speed, the cat warrior would appear within the quarters of Shayde before can even notice as he’s struck with at force of a kick. Using her extended left leg, and lowered posture – she had dropped to the ground while thrusting her right leg outwards as the blow landed dead into the center of his middle abdomen. It was increased and enforced by the sheer speed, power generated via the teachings of Re Taekwondoe and lastly due to her ZX Buster mastery would easily shatter his rib upon contact. This sent him flying away from her as she smirked at him. Had enough yet? she asked him.
(Rinyūaru Tekondō: Jeonche Paekiji) | Renewal Taekwondo: Complete Package
(Neko Mo-do) Cat Mode
(Rinyūaru Tekondō: Jeonche Paekiji) | Renewal Taekwondo: Complete Package
Type:Offensive/ Defensive
Rank: C-Rank - A-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 15 – 30 (30)
Damage: 30 – 60 (60 x 2 = 120 + 20 = 140)
Description: The user starts by manipulating their weight to generate the desired amount of force, between x5 & x15, or alternatively, the user may gather the force generated by an incoming physical attack, effectively using their opponent's own force against them, resulting in a counter of up to A rank strength. The user then directs and stores this energy in the desired leg, and releases it in any single kick from a number of kicks in Taekwondo. These include, but are not limited to, high-kicks, jumping-kicks, low-sweeping-kicks, ground-kicks, round-kicks, etc, essentially allowing any practitioner of Renewal Taekwondo to user their art in a freeform manner.
Note: The A-Rank usage of this Jutsu can be used a max of 4 times per battle. Additionally, if the A-Rank usage of this Jutsu is performed, no A-Rank or higher Renewal Taekwondo Jutsu can be used in the same turn.
Rank: C-Rank - A-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 15 – 30 (30)
Damage: 30 – 60 (60 x 2 = 120 + 20 = 140)
Description: The user starts by manipulating their weight to generate the desired amount of force, between x5 & x15, or alternatively, the user may gather the force generated by an incoming physical attack, effectively using their opponent's own force against them, resulting in a counter of up to A rank strength. The user then directs and stores this energy in the desired leg, and releases it in any single kick from a number of kicks in Taekwondo. These include, but are not limited to, high-kicks, jumping-kicks, low-sweeping-kicks, ground-kicks, round-kicks, etc, essentially allowing any practitioner of Renewal Taekwondo to user their art in a freeform manner.
Note: The A-Rank usage of this Jutsu can be used a max of 4 times per battle. Additionally, if the A-Rank usage of this Jutsu is performed, no A-Rank or higher Renewal Taekwondo Jutsu can be used in the same turn.
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 40
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user takes on the characteristics of a cat. The user’s senses become 10X stronger. All taijutsu damage is increased by +20 and all ninjutsu damage is increased by +15. The user’s eyes become that of a cat and his speed becomes equivalent to double of Lee’s speed when lee took his weights off. The user’s nails grow longer. The user can move as they normally would or they can run on all fours.
*Only lasts for 4 turns
*Can only be used once per battle
*Can only be used/taught by Hazure
*Must have signed the Contract with the Cats (held by Hazure)
*After the mode has ended, the user cannot move for 1 turn
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 40
Damage Points: N/A
Description: The user takes on the characteristics of a cat. The user’s senses become 10X stronger. All taijutsu damage is increased by +20 and all ninjutsu damage is increased by +15. The user’s eyes become that of a cat and his speed becomes equivalent to double of Lee’s speed when lee took his weights off. The user’s nails grow longer. The user can move as they normally would or they can run on all fours.
*Only lasts for 4 turns
*Can only be used once per battle
*Can only be used/taught by Hazure
*Must have signed the Contract with the Cats (held by Hazure)
*After the mode has ended, the user cannot move for 1 turn
Shayde watched non-nonchalantly as the young woman's features subtly changed to resemble those of a feline, only seeming to tense up as her incredibly ambiguous transformation took form. And while he could notice the subtleties of change in her appearance, what followed was out of his perception. Even with his Sharingan, it would have been nearly impossible to keep up, so there was no contest; the young woman's strike would hit it's mark. What mattered is what would occur after it had done so. Shayde didn't attempt to block, dodge, or otherwise interfere with the strike. He didn't have the capacity, nor really the mind to do so. Instead, the moment he felt that burning-freezing sensation that came with a truly powerful strike, he focused his attention inwards, to the intricate weave of muscles contained within his abdomen. As the sheer volume of Kinetic Energy tried to burrow through his body, Shayde instead directed it, like a well trained dog guiding a flock of sheep, from his abdomen, down his legs, and into the ground below, using the inter-connected muscles like pathways for the foreign energy. But while the real threat had been neutralized, and his ribs would not compress inwards, crushing countless vital organs, with this strike, he was pleasantly surprised to find himself pushed back by a small margin, as a trail of blood would slowly trickle down his chin from his mouth, indicating just how strong Noëlle was, to bypass his adamant. defenses As his realized, wiping the blood from his chin, before giving a dry, dismissive cough, Shayde continued.
Whipping out a scroll seemingly out of thin air, Shayde casually tossed it over to Noëlle, gesturing for her to open the scroll. Contained within were her own set of Weights, along with a fabulously styled green onesie-styled jumpsuit that came packaged with every purchase of the Leg Weights, free of charge.
Shayde then instructed Noëlle to put them on, and try to perform some simple manoeuvres with them.
"*Ahem* Okay, I think you've more than made your point."
Whipping out a scroll seemingly out of thin air, Shayde casually tossed it over to Noëlle, gesturing for her to open the scroll. Contained within were her own set of Weights, along with a fabulously styled green onesie-styled jumpsuit that came packaged with every purchase of the Leg Weights, free of charge.
(Katai Omori) Leg Weights
Type: Weapon/Supplementary
Rank: A
Range: Short
Chakra: 30
Damage: N/A
Description: The Leg Weights used for Special Taijutsu Training with Added Weights are made through the application of a sealing formula to ordinary leg weights. The sealing formula is used to, through the use of chakra, increase the weight of the leg weights to the desired level. The seal can't be applied to anything other than the leg weights and its use is restricted to its original purpose. One can remove the leg weights but the sealing technique in them stays active indefinitely and can't be released. Additionally, the Leg Weights and their unique seal calibration makes them only usable by the ninja to whom they belong. They can't be sealed or stolen.
Type: Weapon/Supplementary
Rank: A
Range: Short
Chakra: 30
Damage: N/A
Description: The Leg Weights used for Special Taijutsu Training with Added Weights are made through the application of a sealing formula to ordinary leg weights. The sealing formula is used to, through the use of chakra, increase the weight of the leg weights to the desired level. The seal can't be applied to anything other than the leg weights and its use is restricted to its original purpose. One can remove the leg weights but the sealing technique in them stays active indefinitely and can't be released. Additionally, the Leg Weights and their unique seal calibration makes them only usable by the ninja to whom they belong. They can't be sealed or stolen.
Shayde then instructed Noëlle to put them on, and try to perform some simple manoeuvres with them.
Taking the Leg Weights from her trainer, Noelle would strap them onto her legs but the jumpsuit was just sealed away into a scroll. I might wear weird shit from time to time but that issa no she commented on the suit as she jumped around getting use to the weights on her legs. She would perform cart wheels, back flips and other simple movements just to get a feel for them.
Shayde watched with a pleasant enthusiasm as the young woman, while outright refusing to put on the green jumpsuit, gladly strapped the Weights to her legs, before carelessly starting to perform cartwheels and other such whimsical manoeuvre's, as though she hadn't a care in the world. It would have been so innocent and child-like, if she hadn't realized Shayde hadn't even turned the seals that amplified the instrument's weight on. The rude awakening to reality hit Noëlle almost as hard as the fall to the ground, as the wicked Uchiha activated the seals on the Weights mid-cartwheel, causing the young woman to fall rather bluntly, yes harmlessly all the same, to the ground. Perhaps he wanted to interrupt her day-dream like state, or was curious to see what her reaction was. Maybe it was revenge for the excessive nature of the blow she struck him with? Who was to say... It was definitely the latter. But with Noëlle sufficiently back on earth, and feeling the strain of the weights, Shayde would mockingly request her to repeat her previous acts.
"So that's how you turn these things on. My apologies young lady, I hope you didn't hurt yourself? Now, since those weights strapped to your leg are more than a fashion disaster, why not give those flips and spins another go? It was fun watching you fumb-flip around like that, and you looked like you were having fun, and you're no worse for wear. Go on. I pinky swear I'll warn you next time."
A sly smile bared itself in the corners of his mouth, as he showed, ever so slightly, a hint of enjoyment at the young woman's little "fall". Putting his schadenfreude aside, he thought about Noëlle's current state. Given how quickly she struck him before, she was no doubt familiar with the end result of this barbaric training method, a dramatic increase in speed, but was she familiar with the concept of one's body cracking under it's own weight? Could she withstand the immense forces of gravity working against her thanks to something she casually wore like a pair of socks? Hard to say, given her rather innocent nature, which harshly contrasted against her previous actions. Time would tell if she would break, but until then, Shayde would test her mettle.
Noelle as she transitioned into her movements suddenly felt an immense weight being summoned onto her legs. She was thrown onto the ground, as she annoyingly hears the remarks Shayde made. She would summon a sword into her hand and press it towards his neck, annoyed but she sighs as she desummons it. People like you will be the death of me… she said move around in the weights. It was quite different as while it didn’t hinder her too much, it would increase in weight even more as she got adjusted to them. She waited for any other talks of the tools.
Noelle's outburst was a surprise, but not an unexpected one given the severity of his little "prank". As she lowered her weapon, and remarked that "people like Shayde would be the death of her", Shayde casually laughed, and immediately responded;
He could have elaborated on his remark, but he thought that was enough to dismiss the thought he would be responsible for his death. After all, it wouldn't be proper form for his student to die before he completed their training, submitted the proper forms to the Sensei HQ, and received his pay, otherwise, everything he had done up until now had been meaningless.
But as Noelle calmed down, and Shayde properly warned her of any instance where he would activate the seals, the two got along as well as they would with anyone else they weren't entirely familiar with. Noelle quickly grew more and more accustomed to the weight exuded from the tools, however, not to the extent where she was completely comfortable with them. But as they had reached the limit of what they could currently achieve, the description of a "plateau" being an apt metaphor for her current situation, Shayde advised that she go home and become accustomed to the weights in her daily life. It's one thing to wear them in some remote Dojo, far from the hustle and bustle of Villages, but in those places, she would have to learn to walk as though the ground beneath her feet were made of eggshells, as, one wrong move with them on could spell disaster, or to continue the eggshell metaphor, the world would crack and shatter... With a grim foreboding, Shayde waved her off with the politest smile, and enthusiastic wave, instructing her to return in roughly a months time.
"Hate to break it to you, but there are no people 'like me'. Sounds like a cliche, but it's true."
He could have elaborated on his remark, but he thought that was enough to dismiss the thought he would be responsible for his death. After all, it wouldn't be proper form for his student to die before he completed their training, submitted the proper forms to the Sensei HQ, and received his pay, otherwise, everything he had done up until now had been meaningless.
But as Noelle calmed down, and Shayde properly warned her of any instance where he would activate the seals, the two got along as well as they would with anyone else they weren't entirely familiar with. Noelle quickly grew more and more accustomed to the weight exuded from the tools, however, not to the extent where she was completely comfortable with them. But as they had reached the limit of what they could currently achieve, the description of a "plateau" being an apt metaphor for her current situation, Shayde advised that she go home and become accustomed to the weights in her daily life. It's one thing to wear them in some remote Dojo, far from the hustle and bustle of Villages, but in those places, she would have to learn to walk as though the ground beneath her feet were made of eggshells, as, one wrong move with them on could spell disaster, or to continue the eggshell metaphor, the world would crack and shatter... With a grim foreboding, Shayde waved her off with the politest smile, and enthusiastic wave, instructing her to return in roughly a months time.Official Month Countdown starts now. See you in January. 