Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) A proper Storyteller has to be willing to make his own stories! Full Name: Nagauta Amagumo Chouka (Amagumo and Chouka are -both- his first names.) Preferred Name: Chouka Nicknames: Ame, Amegumo, 'Eeek!', 'Hey! You're not supposed to be in here!' Age: 17 Nationality: Ame no Kuni Shinobi Village of Origin: None; he taught himself half of what he learned, and picked up the other parts from drunk jounin and teachers giving lectures. Current Location: Amegakure no Sato Looks are all just a matter of attitude, baaaaby.~ Height: 5'9" Weight: 160 Ibls. Eyes: Chouka's eyes are best described as 'most of the time a tint somewhere between steel and blue green' this is because the boy's eye color often changes very quickly and visibly with his emotions, from a light joyous blue to a dark color bordering a storm brewed sea, in the furthest extremes. Because the boy is constantly looking around himself, it's not easy short of holding him still, to see the azure orbs, however. Hair: This innkeeper's son's hair is kept tidy, as per his father's strenuous orders. Like his father, he has striking red-brown hair, which in the sunlight seems far more like its red than it's normal in between or brown and red. His hair is unruly even though his hair is closely cut and combed carefully, and as such clumps at time stick up, especially around his bangs, where he has calicks. Physical Appearance: His life something in between time spent in a monastery reading all the time and doing nearly every chore his father needed assistance with doing, Chouka's got a sizable stature, and is not too skinny, but not too muscular, either. His skin is average colored, neither tan or pale, and his shoulders are at least the only thing about him really 'manly', as they're as broad as they should be for someone his age and height. Because he's neither too fat, skinny, or muscular, and he's got broad shoulders, Chouka's build is sometimes considered to be 'lanky', and he moves like someone who is, quite often. His posture is either standing up straight, or slouching in a 'I'm slouching because I'm cooler than you!' sort of way, never anything in between. His face is slightly round, though not so much that it'd be noticeable without his dimples, which are sizable enough to make him often squint when he smiles widely. His nose, likewise, is sort of round, though is slightly 'uneven', as if it's been broken before. Despite being fairly lanky, his body leans towards being 'stocky', as if his genetics demanded he hold up something like a mountain would. He's lucky he hasn't gotten any scars from all his misadventures, yet. Style, it exists everywhere! Attire: Chouka normally wears a pair of fairly long, wide, almost Hakama like shorts, of a disturbingly bright orange color. Both sides of the shorts have pockets akin to cargo pockets right around where they ride his hips. A plain white t-shirt is worn along side of this, most of the time. He also happens to wear a short dark blue padded vest at times. A not very tight belt, along with a pair of traveling boots, top off his typical clothing, at least at the moment. The vest he wears also happens to have the kanji for 'Amegumo' stitched in orange on the back, very clearly, but even in the time he's had it, he's never realized this. Topping off his self designed 'uniform' is a Forest Green bandanna rolled up in a way to make it be wearable as a headband, with the word 'Kou' stitched in thick orange threads. Edited September 4, 2008 by Warr
Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Personality and Interests --Basic Personality Chouka is at times a conundrum, very internal with his thoughts and actions at some points and the exact opposite at other points. He's generally very happy, though not in the happy go lucky sort of way. He likes to try to see the possibilities in things, though his upbringing has made him very grounded, and not likely to do impossibly crazy things on impulse. He's fairly brave to the point he might at times seem foolhardy, and he's very outgoing with people, though not necessarily to the point he'd show people his inner self without a doubt. His worries are few, though he does have quite a number of 'trust' issues in regards to possible relationships, his mother and her horrible attitude towards him making sure this was true. His tongue is faster than his brain, more often than not, though, and he's just as likely to call someone who irritates him some form of explicative as he is to not do so. --Likes Chouka enjoys stories of all sorts, along with histories of all sorts, as he sees them both apart of the same thing. He also enjoys learning about different aspects of Nindo, as well as practicing it in new ways. Likewise, he enjoys learning almost anything new, and eating new foods. He loves playing his Shamisen, along with hearing new types of music, the epics, and the ballads of tradition. He's quite likely to dig his head into a new book which he runs into that seems like it might be good, or seems mysterious, and he's also quite happy to have read a few of 'The Great Jiraiya-sama's writings!' He enjoys playing pranks, and imagining things, though he does not often show it. Likewise, as any young man who called Jiraiya a mentor, he enjoys girls quite a bit, though he is often too shy to do anything other than peek, even when confronted by a pretty girl who thinks he's attractive too. He is devoted to his father and his family's inn, but feels that he would do better in the long run for his father and himself if he made himself a famous author, because then readers of his works would travel to his family's inn and make them a sizable amount of money. Having lived in the region he was born in for the past seventeen years, he of course also loves the rain. Drinking Songs. Drinking. --Dislikes Chores are things which Chouka doesn't particularly like, but over the years he has halted his hate for them, making them simply a dislike. He has a dislike for unnecessary arguing, to the point that he has been known to simply walk off when people are arguing around him. Edicts as if he should be told to follow them just because someone else said that's the rules. Creepy older women. Especially ones who grab his dimples. People who dislike the Shamisen. People who don't like to share knowledge, or tell him he talks too much. Uptight people, especially ninja who think they're better than him just because they're officially ninja. People who don't pay their tabs. Girls who act haughty. --Favorites Hobby: Writing Food: Ramen and Mochi, it's a tie. Color: Forest Green Music: Almost all kinds, especially if they feature a Shamisen. Book Genre: A tie between Historical Texts, Novels, and 'Romantic Adventure' Novels, though he's not noticed the difference between the three really ever in his life, aside from Historical texts being 'real', where the other two might not be. Animal: Crickets. Game: Hide and Go Peek Relations Father: Nagauta Ontou Mother: Samayou Maji Mentors: Friends: Friends that are 'almost family': Acquaintances [Allies]: Acquaintances [Enemies]: None, yet. Acquaintances: None, yet. Edited September 4, 2008 by Warr
Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) The wind blows in change. In many people's lives, it's a statement which is used solely as a metaphor, but in the life of the innkeeper of Ame no Kuni's 'Amekaze Inn', it was a verifiable fact. One day, eighteen years ago, a then single and young heir to his family's inn, Nagauta Ontou was gifted by a change in his life via the wind. The rains that so often existed over his homeland once again continued, and he sat in his inn, alone, his eyes alternating from watching the nearby fire in his fireplace, and the door of the inn, which had not been opened at all that day by anyone other than himself. Then, as the winds razed the village so much that the sound of it whirling forcefully against objects could be heard even over the crackling of his fire, a stunning young woman stumbled in. A young woman with ebony locks like he had never even seen, kept in a peculiar way, long with a bit in braids, which made it shine even more in the firelight from the soaked state it was in. He tilted his head, asking her if she was okay, and she simply smiled up at him with reddened cheeks, before stumbling into his arms, the young innkeeper having already stood up to help her. After catching her, he tended to her, looking at the beautiful eyes she had, and falling in love instantly. Time passed, and the young woman who had stumbled into his inn had become a regular resident, living there in happiness off the kindness of Ontou, even going so far to abuse his kindness at times. She toyed with the young innkeeper, and stayed there quite a long while without paying a single ryo. As time continued to march on, she grew greedy of finding a richer benefactor within the village, or preferably in some other village. She yearned to travel, just as much as her surname, Samayou, would imply. She would have left then, right then and there, if it had not been for the fact that she collapsed as she was halfway out of the village. The village's medi-nin tested her, and realized two things which would change the nature of the two lovebirds relationship. The first was that she was likely a ninja by trade, her high levels of chakra proved it, as did the fact that she demanded to know what jutsu they were using on her when she awoke from her slumber. The second was something far more interesting to the innkeeper. The wandering woman was with child, likely four months pregnant, and from the chakra levels within the child, it was likely her's and his, because it had a different and far less potent chakra pattern than her's, and had traces of the same crippling chakra pattern which existed within every member of Onsou's family for at least the past four generations, and was the reason they had went into the innkeeping business. It took two weeks of hospital time for Samayou Maji to fully recover from the attempt at traveling in such a condition. When that time was over, Onsou whisked her off to the inn, and he took care of her every need, actually going so far as to try to make her an 'honest woman', by asking her to marry him. She simply smiled at him, realizing as he took care of her that he really did love her, and that she should try to be happy with the fact that he did. She calmed her urges and spent time with him, loving him the best she could, until the child which they together had created was born. A child given the name 'Nagauta Chouka', by his father, and deemed with a slight bit of irritation 'Nagauta Amagumo', by his mother. Both disagreed on the other's name, and in the end both parents called the child both names, using the name they had picked more often than not, and through a stroke of miracle, or more likely their new born child's natural intelligence, he responded to both names. The child, known by members of the village as 'Nagauta Amagumo Chouka', quick to learn things, interacting with the patrons of the inn even as a child, being spoiled by many of the kunouchi of his native village because they found the child's naivety and precocious curiosity very cute, along side his looks, which favored both his parents, who were both thought by many of the villagers to be 'attractive.' In some children, being spoiled by the patrons of such a place, brought presents and sweets from time to time, would ruin them, but in Chouka, it simply balanced out things. His mother, after naming him Chouka, and nursing him until he could eat solid food, had as little to do with her son as possible, truly deeming him a rain cloud on her life, because he was the reason she was forced to stay here, obliged to live with his father and he, simply because his father loved her so and Chouka was her offspring. His intelligence had him learning to speak by the age of three, had him reading, writing, and playing the Shamisen (his family's favored instrument, especially as it was a favorite of the customers), by the age of four. He often inquired about the world even then, and when he asked about what shinobi-nin were, he was told frankly, without his father restricting him from knowing. His intelligence was his downfall, over ever. If he had not understood and been able to communicate so at such an early age, he would not have been exposed to his mother and father, and their arguments. Chouka's mother Majis complaints and screams about how Chouka and Onsou were both blights on her life, and how she would rather be traveling the world. How horribly she hated them and how stupid she thought their way of life to be. Onsou, likewise, speaking of how their son was a blessing, and the only blight on their family was her instability and dislike for her own child, on top of her lust for material possessions and attention from rich men, whom she lusted after even in front of Onsou. Either from his inability to understand, or out of some natural personality quirk, Chouka fled from their arguments, crying in a corner of the inn's lobby quite often when it happened. It was rare at first, but as the years went by, it started to happen more and more, and the insults came more and more, Maji even saying that Onsou should kiss her feet and beg her for forgiveness whenever he disobeyed her whims, because she was more than him as he could never become a shinobi-nin. By the time Chouka was six years old, he would simply walk away from the home, hiding in whatever quiet place he could find within the village. This inevitably led him to the village's library, where he met his first friends; books. He would check out three or four at a time, and though he would spend time with patrons and his father when ever things were normal, whenever the fights between his father and mother began again, he would stick his nose in a book. He began to read about all sorts of things, the histories of the nations of the world and its peoples, the adventures of legendary people, and eventually, the story of 'Naruto' (the first story written by the Sannin Jiraiya). He fell involve with books, and quickly with the stories of 'Jiraiya' which he could get his hands on. It made him wonder even more about ninja, and as he continued to read stories like the 'Naruto' story, and that one itself, he gained interest in learning to become a ninja. He even began to try to write his own novels, failing drastically because he could not think of a thing. His brain seemed to be wired to prevent him from creating fictional accounts. He was around the age of seven when he asked this of his father, and the answer was simple. "No, Chouka, it is too dangerous for you to become a shinobi-nin.” The real motive behind his father's thoughts were only partially about his safety, and the young man could realize this even then so he came to the decision that in front of his father, he would act as if his only interests were to just be a mundane innkeeper, just like his father. When his father was busy with business or dealing with suppliers, however, it was a total different story. Chouka practiced with manipulating his chakra after checking out a few books and scrolls from the library, along with listening in on classes at the shinobi academy of Amegakure no Sato. As he gained more skill with his chakra manipulation, and his physical abilities grew in part from his chores and his secret training, he began to follow the genin teams as they talked to one another, and even listen in on the lectures their jounin gave him. Slowly, over a couple of years, he began to learn quite a bit about the art of the ninja. He practiced with patience, and never got greedy with the knowledge he gained, so that his secret was kept fairly hidden. As he grew older, and the kunouchi of his native village continued to frequent his family's inn, as many shinobi-nin had since its inception many years ago, he began using his looks to influence them into getting intoxicated on Sake enough to make a bit of money for his inn, and get something he valued even more, free information on the art of shinobi-nin. Years continued to pass, making Chouka become a favorite of some of the girls in his village, though never anything more than to flirt with, what with him being a non-ninja. He continued to work diligently at his double life, practicing his caligraphy and his skill with the Shamisen publicly, because his father saw nothing wrong with either skill. It was about the time he turned fourteen when the invasion of the civilized Shinobi Countries happened, the Country of Lightning's forces overwhelming the might of every nation in its path. Ame no Kuni was no different, and within the week, those shinobi-nin that survived almost all turned into members of the NCIA, or joined the small resistance within their region. Fights broke out, as happened in every other nation, but things went on for Chouka. The influx ninja from other countries only excited him, especially with the fact that his family's inn was a favorite of the village. Slowly, and carefully, he continued to gain information and skill in the arts he practiced, and because he did not wish to wish his life for someone else's gain, he continued to hide his training, and only gain information with extreme caution, just as he had throughout the last ten years, because he couldn't seem to lie. The years passed without him making any real friends, and growing to dislike arrogant ninja, but by the time he was seventeen, he decided it was time to begin his adventures. He hasn't left his home yet, or told his father that he planned to, but he is ready. Edited September 4, 2008 by Warr
Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Ninja Stats; Experience, Stats, and Skills Ninja Stats Rank: Gennin Equivalent Level: 5 TXP: 500 Next Level: 600 -Stats (1100 used out of 1100 total)- (Health Power) 200 (Stamina) 130 (Chakra) 130 (Taijutsu) 100 (Defense) 40 (Ninjutsu) 100 (Resistance) 60 (Genjutsu) 100 (Concentration) 60 (Speed) 60 (Accuracy) 60 (Evasion) 60 -Skills- Gifted- A gifted shinobi is one of high latent potential and great promise. These ninja tend to have an IQ far above that of an average person, and seems to represent their battle mind through tactical advantage and intuition, more so than typical training exercises and the normal procedures of combat. Advantages: -+100 Stats (does not count as a level) - +1 Skill Point - +10 Jutsu Points Skills: Quick Learner Description/Effects: Character gains +10% EXP From Missions and Training. EXP given as holiday gifts or handed out from events by the staff are not included in this. Cost: -2 Second Wind Description/Effects: Upon reaching 0 health, user regains 1Hp, but only once per battle. Cost: -2 Off the books; Requirements: General, but must have permission from me to take; History must also correspond with the description of the skill. Description: Either through a secret teacher, natural genius, learning in secret, or their village being utterly decimated, any person with this skill is not an affiliated ninja, and has never been on the books as one. Effect: Allows a player not be on any village's books, and thereby have the ability to freewheel and adventure as they please, going from country to country and village to village as a Missing-nin might, but without the chance of being caught as a ninja, and not the requirements to roll for 'missing-nin visibility checks' unless they commit a crime upon a village and it is big enough to make a bounty become placed on their head, wherein they will be considered (In that village) as if being a missing-nin of the rank corresponding to the seriousness of the crime. Cost: -1 Freelancer Availability: General, but must have permission from Warr to use it and agreement from moderators that they don't think you'll abuse it. Description: Some shinobi-nin are fanatically loyal to their village, and would never consider doing any work on the side, or any work without being ordered to. Other shinobi-nin are happy to be busy, and actively look for 'side-jobs', this is also true of 'Freelancer Shinobi-nin', who were not affiliated with a hidden village in the first place or are from a now destroyed hidden village or organization. Effects: The user of this skill may assign themselves missions up to the rank that their 'equivalent shinobi-nin rank' would be. These missions may be anything from simple side jobs or money making schemes (such as playing music on a street for money, pickpocketing, or watching some shepherd's sheep while the shepherd goes to market.), and they may do so without problem or orders from someone else. These missions are not recorded as normal missions of the equivalent rank would be, as they are 'unofficial' missions, and the records of the village do not account for them. They do not affect your mission count as a result. Only standard level/rank missions may be taken through this skill. Cost: -1 -Hindrances- Merciful Effects: Whenever you would deal the finishing blow in combat to an opponent, you must let them live with one HP left, only applies once a battle. Cost: +1 Self-Defense Effects: Opponents always act first, no matter what. Cost: +2 2 SP at beginning+3(Hindrances)+1(Gifted)+5(Level 5)=8 Skill Point Tally: 6/11 Remaining Skill Points: 5 Edited July 20, 2009 by Warr
Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Genin and Academy Level Jutsu Academy Level Jutsus: Bunshin no Jutsu (Clone Technique) Type: Genjutsu Rank: Academy Student Cost: 10 Genjutsu Description: Creates an illusionary replica of the user. It is unable to attack or interact with other objects, but can serve as a good distraction. Effects: Adds +5 evasion and +5 accuracy for each clone. Once a clone is hit it is destroyed, and the bonuses with it. Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique) Type: Genjutsu Rank: Academy Student Cost: 5 Genjutsu Description: Wrap chakra around your body to change your appearance. You can still use the features of the thing you can become, e.g use the claws of a clawed animal, but not to the extent of if you were that thing. Effects: Change your appearance. Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Substitute Technique) Type: Ninjutsu Rank: Academy Student Cost: 10 Ninjutsu Description: A lifesaver, and a must-have technique. With this technique, the user is able to swap their body with a nearby object, usually a log, which will take the full force of any incoming blows for them, while they retreat to safe ground or search for an opening. You can only use this 3 times per battle. Effects: Evade the next attack aimed at you. You are unable to attack the opponent the turn you use this. You can only use this 3 times per battle. This technique cannot be used to dodge Ninjutsu, Taijutsu or Genjutsu Techniques. Genin Genjutsu Genin Ninjutsu Hidden Mist Skill (Kirigakure no Jutsu) Type: Ninjutsu (Water) Rank: Gennin Cost: 80 Effect: Adds terrain effect 'Mist' to the battlefield for three turns. The user does not suffer the Mist terrain penalty while they keep this jutsu active. Terrain effect is doubled for those with an active Doujutsu. Description: A technique that uses moisture in the air to engulf the opponent in mist. This mist makes it harder for your opponent to see, which gives you more of a chance for a sucessful strike. Points: 4 Genin Taijutsu Total JP used from this Page: 4/19 Edited July 20, 2009 by Warr
Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) Items, Armor, Weapons, and Updates Armor: -Head: -Neck: -Body (Underlay): -Body: -Waist: -Left Forearm: -Right Forearm: -Hand(s): -Thigh(s): -Calve(s): -Feet: Weapons: -Main Weapon: -Sub Weapon: Items -Backpack (technically on a strap onside of his back/adjacent to his backpack: Shamisen -Pouch: 3 Shuriken, 3 Kunai, and 4 Needles -Items in Vault: Nothing. -Money on hand: 20$ Edited September 7, 2008 by Warr
Warr Posted September 4, 2008 Author Posted September 4, 2008 (edited) ~Update Log~ Approvals: Leveled up: Experience Gained: 150 EXP+10 100 EXP+10 EXP. 170 EXP+50 for good RP =220 EXP given here, and approved here. +10 EXP. = 230 EXP. ~Money Log~ Started with 125$ Bought 105$ worth of stuff Here. Had 20$ left. 70$ gained here. Dropped 70$. 70$ gained here. Gained 70$. 160$ left. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Battle Log~ Wins: Losses: Draws: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~Mission Log~ Unofficial Missions! Rank D: -Eavesdrop on the trio of NCIA girls gained -here and rewards gained here. -Mission#2! Escape the Village of Amegakure no Sato without being noticed! approved here. D-Rank Mission; Salvaging the Town; EXP given here, and approved here. Rank C: Rank B: Rank A: Rank S: Edited July 20, 2009 by Warr
Eechi-go Posted September 5, 2008 Posted September 5, 2008 Way to almost submit a character with no stats:.
