Type: Summoning
Rank: A-Rank
Range: Short (Short - Mid for Vivienne's Genjutsu)
Chakra: 30
Damage: N/A
Description: The user performs the Summoning Jutsu, either through Hand Seals, their Summoning Tattoo or their Summoning Scroll to summon Vivienne, whose nickname amongst the Maned Wolves is Kaheijū, the Floral Beast, for her unique type of illusionary combat and love of visual flair. Her fur is both delicate and beautiful, the colours of which dance in different shades of red, creating dazzling patterns throughout, almost telling a story as the pattern shifts from one tale to the next. Her eyes are a deep, vibrant green, much like the forests she and her fellow Maned Wolves tend to inhabit. Vivienne has a naturally high level of skill in Genjutsu, which allows her to use her own unique brand of Genjutsu in her own way. Through combining her skill in Genjutsu with her own scent, Vivienne can use the opponents sense of smell as a means of inducing Genjutsu, similar to how Sound Genjutsu uses the target's hearing, or the Sharingan uses mutual eye contact to establish Genjutsu. There are several steps to such a unique Summoning Animal, which are as follows.
Fleur Pourrie (Rotten Bloom): The first, and most crucial step in Vivi's summoning, upon summoning her, in addition to the usual cloud of smoke that is usually accompanied by the Summoning Jutsu, Vivienne releases a large amount of her own scent into the air, affecting Short - Mid Range (roughly a 15m diameter around herself) with her scent, which is somewhat visible to Doujutsu users and easily detected by Sensor-Types, but is otherwise invisible and unnoticed, apart from the blatantly obvious stench. Anyone or anything within this area of effect that has a working olfactory system (such exceptions would include the Aburame Clan's insects) would be susceptible to Vivienne's Genjutsu. Vivienne's "Fluer Pourrie" can be removed by the displacement of the air, but only by Jutsu, tools, etc that create large gusts or blasts. For example, if one were to use a Wind Jutsu with a large area of effect and range, it would blow away all particles of Vivienne's scent, but if a Wind Release Jutsu with a smaller area of effect is used, it would only "move" the particles of scent around, as Wind Release Jutsu work in a similar manner to a vacuum, pulling in just many particles as it pushes out. If Vivienne's "Fluer Pourrie" is negated or dispelled through any means, Vivienne can release another burst of her scent, covering the same area of effect, at the cost of one of the user's 3 moves per turn.
Using "Fluer Pourrie" as the method of induction, Vivienne can establish unique Smell-Based Genjutsu, all of which involve a unique brand of Illusory Combat which uses the olfactory system to her advantage. It is known in neuroscience that all smells have no personal significance until they are connected to something that has meaning. With the initial counter, one begins forming nerve connections that intertwine the smell with emotions. The capacities for both smell and emotion are rooted in the same network of brain structures, the Limbic System. The olfactory centre also interacts directly with the hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in the formation of new memories, giving smells the power to invoke powerful emotions and memories. No other sense is known to have this level of access to personal connections within the brain. Vivienne is able to use her scent, and the various reactions that occur within the brain upon smelling it, to create vivid and powerful Illusions through her control over Genjutsu. There are 2 unique Illusions Vivi can create, both of which must be activated within the range of "Fluer Pourrie", and are as follows.
Amour Toxiques (Toxic Love): By solely concentrating on a single target within the area of her "Fluer Pourrie", Vivienne uses her skill for Genjutsu to increase the target's perception of Vivi's scent, making it even more overbearing than it usually is. At the same time, Vivienne creates a visual illusion of a demonic entity that completely surrounds the target that carefully and affectionately caresses and engulfs them. The entity is composed purely out of all manners of filth, dirt, pollution, etc, with it's very presence causing extreme discomfort to the target, overwhelming them with a vile cocktail of toxic smells and sensations. As the illusionary entity surrounds the target inside the illusion, in reality they are left completely immobile, unable to move, as the entity completely engulfs them. The target, if not able to break free of the illusion, will begin to feel nauseous, and may perhaps even vomit. This is due to the effects of the Illusion being interpreted by the body in reality, thus triggering the natural response to one's encounter with foul, overbearing smells and sensations.
Note: Can only be used once per battle.
Note: Counts as one of the users 3 moves per turn.
Note: Amour Toxiques is a A-Rank technique.
Note: While concentrating on "Amour Toxiques", Vivienne cannot perform any other actions, failing to remain concentrated would automatically break the Illusion, rendering it's effects void practically instantly. This is because it's effects are very taxing to maintain through the medium Vivi employs, as the targets body will always fight to override the effects of the Genjutsu, attempting to replace it with reality, which is significantly less foul.
Muse de Mémoire (Memory's Muse): Using the Olfactory systems direct access to the hippocampus, Vivienne uses her scent as a gateway into the target's memories. Through this Genjutsu Vivi is able to create a Visual Illusion that displays any memory or event the opponent has experienced, however, there are 2 important factors to this Genjutsu. First of all, the target must remain within the confines of Vivi's "Fluer Pourrie" and vice versa (Fluer Pourrie must be active for this Genjutsu to remain active), as the scent from Fluer Pourrie is the "fuel" that powers the technique's persistent visual illusion. The second factor that must be considered while using Muse de Mémoire is the context of the illusion which the target experiences.
For example, if the illusion displays a memory from the target's infancy, it should be immediately recognizable as an illusion. However, this is also, arguably, the Genjutsu's strongest point, forcing the target to relive painful or traumatic memories they know aren't real, but will have no real control over, creating moments of weakness in their defence. Another point worthy of note is that Vivienne is not in full control over the Genjutsu once it's activated, she or her summoner can only select generic or ambiguous situations, as she is neither a mind-reader nor a time traveller. As everyone's past is as unknown as their actions, Vivi can only specify either a time, a location or another ambiguous term in the hopes they have a memory relating to the specified term. On the other hand, not everyone Vivienne encounters will be an enigma that requires lucid guessing, for example, if Vivi or her summoner have background knowledge or personal experience with the target, they may share this information with each other through conversation upon her Summoning (In a properly worded, and perfectly legitimate discussion in the context of the RP scenario the user and Vivi are in, of course), thus increasing the Genjutsu's overall rate of succession.
Note: Can only be used once every 2 turns.
Note: Can only be used twice per battle.
Note: Counts as one of the users 3 moves per turn.
Note: Muse de Mémoire is a C-Rank technique.
Note: Muse de Mémoire cannot be broken through traditional means, such as Kai, pain or full body surges, because so long as the target remains within the range of Fluer Pourrie, even if they "break" the Genjutsu, they are still inhaling the source of the technique, instantly causing the technique to reactivate. This makes Muse de Mémoire almost identical to the 2nd Mizukage's Clam Summon's persistent Genjutsu, the main difference being Muse de Mémoire has more freedom in terms of what is displayed to the target.
Note: Remains on the field for up to 4 turns.
Note: Requires Maned Wolf Summoning Contract.