When the comforts of civilization begin to dull our senses, we must never forget that in the beginning, there was war. And war. And more war. Long before there were empires, there were humans consumed with greed and the hunger for power. Resources, territories, information—these were the forms of sustenance upon which we preyed. Today, we call such habits vices. Oh, how arrogant we have become! Are we not still impelled by those primordial emotions? Is the advent of war so far-fetched? But alas, for you to truly understand, we must dive deeper into this land’s half-forgotten past.
There was a time when might was the only law that humankind knew. Fearsome clans roamed throughout the land, seeking amenable grounds within which they could take root and opposing forces against whom they could test their mettle. Given the irregularity of nature’s bounty, certain regions appealed more than others, and dominion over such coveted territories became the spark that ignited the earliest inter-clan wars. These fierce, internecine affairs tended to conclude only when one side had decimated their competition into oblivion, and many clans of story were rendered extinct during this period.
The victors of war, having claimed their territories, often made truces with surrounding locals, offering protection in exchange for access to the yields of agriculture. Over time, certain communities emerged as more dominant than others, either due to numbers or sheer talent, and their rapid expansion would force smaller, neighboring communities to either collapse into their fold or be devastated. When the dust settled, humankind found itself divided into the five major territories that we are familiar with today. And was the bloodshed over? With our lands obtained and our bellies filled, were we finally content?
06/01/2023 June is for Juggin
We made it y’all, another month of OTA, and fresh off the press we have another promotion ready. Leaving behind the opening bonus sadly, we welcome the jugggggg! June is for juggin AKA working hard, so we are making it a double rewards month for every mission completed! Yes we said it's double rewards, now you all can really get into the thick of those builds if you work hard enough. And who knows what you might uncover in the process. AND all jobs are free to enroll no quest EXCEPT ANBU(Black Ops) roles.
NAME: CRAFTING A DEFENSE RANK: B REPEATABLE: YES CREATION CREDIT: APPLE DESCRIPTION: EVERY SUNDAY, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSMEN ARRANGE A MARKET IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KONOHAGAKURE, SELLING THEIR WARES. THESE RANGE FROM SMALL TRINKETS AND PRECIOUS JEWELLERY TO IMPRESSIVE WEAPONRY FIT FOR A SHINOBI. UNFORTUNATELY, CERTAIN STALL-OWNERS REPORT THEIR INVENTORIES SHOWING MISSING ITEMS AT THE END OF EACH WORKING DAY, LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL THIEVES. THE CRAFTSMEN, THOUGH TALENTED, CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE ITEMS TO THESE CRIMINALS, AND AS A RESULT SHINOBI SECURITY HAS NOW BEEN HIRED FOR THE MARKET TO ENSURE THAT SUCH UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOUR IS DETERRED. BE WARNED - THESE THIEVES ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE SHINOBI THEMSELVES! OBJECTIVE: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIEVES AND CATCH ANY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE! REWARD: 300 EXP AND 50,000 RYO
It wasn't ideal nor a mark of good leadership for the Special-Jounin to let the Genin handle the heavy lifting but the fact of the matter was the stakes were low enough that he could step back and let a rookie handle it without necessarily sacrificing the mission's success.
Still the urge and compulsion to create gripped him from brains to balls. So much so that he actually sat down to arrange the pieces of the rucksack ready for final construction.
Catching her side glance Ojo checked in with her silently. ". . ." If Honoka was keeping an eye on him, there was less of a need to keep an eye on her. Once more he gathered up the pieces of trash accumulating from his small scale production, stuff them in a pocket to dispose of later.
"If they had any intelligence as thieves they wouldn't have come back today, let alone made a move while two guards are here." Not that ojo actually considered himself fully on-guard here. He was a back up body just in case...
Another vendor let out an angry scream to the heavens as shield she was attempting to off load also seemed to have gone missing. Once more Ojo worked that much faster getting the sense he was about to be needed for the mission more than for the crafting.
Before turning towards the sounds of irate sales people, the monk saw small little legs scurrying about the parameters of the sales market quick fast and in a hurry.
{CLICK FOR TRANSFERRED ITEMS}Crafting Tools Rank: D, C, B, A, (S) Type: Craftsman Accessory Special: Rank of tools determines the type of creation a Craftsman can forge. Tools need not be attained sequentially by rank; if you can afford S-rank tools buy them, you do not need to purchase D thru A-ranks first. Each set of tools takes up three (3) accessory slots. Description: Various tools used for the different tasks that involve forging. Numerous, these tools are heavy and cumbersome unless carried properly. Regardless, without them, a craftsman is essentially nothing. Cost: 1,000 / 10,000 / 25,000 / 50,000 / (100,000) Ryo per set
Crafting Materials Rank: D, C, B, (A), S Type: Craftsman Accessory Special: Crafting material used for making, repairing, or enhancing something; each piece of material takes up one (1) accessory slot. Each time one of these methods is performed, material of equal rank must be used. Material is good for one creation, repair, or enhancement! Note that 'S' rank material cannot be used to make relic-level items, only normal 'S' rank items. Description: Material used for crafting. Cost: 500 / 2,500 / 5,000 / (10,000) / 20,000 Ryo
Between the information gathered from the cloud and the hypothesis thrown forward by her partner Honoka had a good idea of what was happening. The most important thing necessary for thefts such as that was speed, and the size to accommodate it. The person they were looking for was around the same height as she was, but much more lean and thin making them quite swift.
As if on cue, another shopkeeper nearby began screeching as this time a shield she was selling had been stolen, causing Honoka to scan the crowd. Both of the items stolen were from stalls close to one another, so the culprit had to be close - odd that they would hit so close to an area they'd already visited, though.
"Alright, I've had enough of this now. I'm ending this now," she declared, before scaling a building near them. As she guessed, she found her suspect though only as they flew around. Ojo was sitting down, and she factored that into her plans. Weaving seals, she would then slam her hand onto the scroll where something was written. Within a few moments, after the resulting cloud dissipated, a quadrupedal puppet was released and she attached her string to them. Using the puppet and her vantage spot, she would attempt to chase the culprit toward Ojo. If he helped, then it would easily be finished - if not then she had a seal prepared to open her Chimera's mouth and fire off a net that would catch them.
Either way, the Queen had made their move and was ready to catch their bishop in a pincer. The only thing left to wonder would be how he would react. Would he trust her, or would he aid her? Neither was a bad option, just an indicator as to how he enjoyed working.
NAME: CRAFTING A DEFENSE RANK: B REPEATABLE: YES CREATION CREDIT: APPLE DESCRIPTION: EVERY SUNDAY, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSMEN ARRANGE A MARKET IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KONOHAGAKURE, SELLING THEIR WARES. THESE RANGE FROM SMALL TRINKETS AND PRECIOUS JEWELLERY TO IMPRESSIVE WEAPONRY FIT FOR A SHINOBI. UNFORTUNATELY, CERTAIN STALL-OWNERS REPORT THEIR INVENTORIES SHOWING MISSING ITEMS AT THE END OF EACH WORKING DAY, LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL THIEVES. THE CRAFTSMEN, THOUGH TALENTED, CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE ITEMS TO THESE CRIMINALS, AND AS A RESULT SHINOBI SECURITY HAS NOW BEEN HIRED FOR THE MARKET TO ENSURE THAT SUCH UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOUR IS DETERRED. BE WARNED - THESE THIEVES ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE SHINOBI THEMSELVES! OBJECTIVE: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIEVES AND CATCH ANY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE! REWARD: 300 EXP AND 50,000 RYO
As he sat the base flooring and padding to the rucksack on the ground before him. It seemed to hit him all at once, likely he'd been so captivated with his new toys that he hadn't given this mission the actual base thought it deserved. Shame on him.
As Honoka tried to deescalate the second wronged vendor, Ojo arranged the pieces in an easier order to make a final assembly.
The tiny legs and feet, the domestic theft, the repeat attempts even with hired guard. The thieves weren't professionals, they weren't even adults.
Academy Students; too skills to be caught be non-ninja, too overzealous to understand her own limitations or transgressions. The monk wondered for a moment if he'd ever made the elders regard him as he regarded this child.
-whoever they were.
Honoka, with a whip of her arm and flick of her wrist sent her puppet bearing down on mini-market's mini-thief. From what Ojo could see in his sitting position the puppet seemed to lock up just before an otherwise perfect takedown.
The small frame dashed past the sitting monk, making a bee line to the only exit from the market only to touched up on the shoulder and spun around like a human twister.
The fingers of the powerful grip that stopped the child's inertia and left them dizzy and wobbling, wiggled horizontally at Honoka. It was Ojo emulating chakra strings in suggestion to his partner.
{CLICK FOR TRANSFERRED ITEMS}Crafting Tools Rank: D, C, B, A, (S) Type: Craftsman Accessory Special: Rank of tools determines the type of creation a Craftsman can forge. Tools need not be attained sequentially by rank; if you can afford S-rank tools buy them, you do not need to purchase D thru A-ranks first. Each set of tools takes up three (3) accessory slots. Description: Various tools used for the different tasks that involve forging. Numerous, these tools are heavy and cumbersome unless carried properly. Regardless, without them, a craftsman is essentially nothing. Cost: 1,000 / 10,000 / 25,000 / 50,000 / (100,000) Ryo per set
Crafting Materials Rank: D, C, B, (A), S Type: Craftsman Accessory Special: Crafting material used for making, repairing, or enhancing something; each piece of material takes up one (1) accessory slot. Each time one of these methods is performed, material of equal rank must be used. Material is good for one creation, repair, or enhancement! Note that 'S' rank material cannot be used to make relic-level items, only normal 'S' rank items. Description: Material used for crafting. Cost: 500 / 2,500 / 5,000 / (10,000) / 20,000 Ryo
The blurry outline of the person that she was chasing was being closed in on, and Honoka knew instinctively that she was about to reach the climax. And yet, in the pit of her stomach, she couldn't shake the feeling that she was overlooking something important, some detail that should resonate with her own skill set. As she pushed the being toward her partner, it dissipated with a burst that actually managed to push her own puppet back.
Shortly after, the movements of her own puppet begin to falter and become more unresponsive. The way that it felt, tightly wound and hard to handle, it felt as if someone was fighting her for control over her own puppet. Impressed with the guts and moxie, she would play kugutsu tug of war with whomever was trying, eventually regaining control over her own puppet. Thanks to this, she could more accurately guess where their target was hiding. Once the person saw that they wouldn't be wresting control, they exploded past her puppet in an attempt to leave.
"Ojo!" she called out to him just in time for her to see him spin the culprit around with surprising strength and control,dizzying them and giving her the opportunity she needed to wrap them up directly within her chakra strings.
"Success!" she cried out before exhaling away her tension.
NAME: CRAFTING A DEFENSE RANK: B REPEATABLE: YES CREATION CREDIT: APPLE DESCRIPTION: EVERY SUNDAY, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSMEN ARRANGE A MARKET IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KONOHAGAKURE, SELLING THEIR WARES. THESE RANGE FROM SMALL TRINKETS AND PRECIOUS JEWELLERY TO IMPRESSIVE WEAPONRY FIT FOR A SHINOBI. UNFORTUNATELY, CERTAIN STALL-OWNERS REPORT THEIR INVENTORIES SHOWING MISSING ITEMS AT THE END OF EACH WORKING DAY, LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL THIEVES. THE CRAFTSMEN, THOUGH TALENTED, CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE ITEMS TO THESE CRIMINALS, AND AS A RESULT SHINOBI SECURITY HAS NOW BEEN HIRED FOR THE MARKET TO ENSURE THAT SUCH UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOUR IS DETERRED. BE WARNED - THESE THIEVES ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE SHINOBI THEMSELVES! OBJECTIVE: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIEVES AND CATCH ANY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE! REWARD: 300 EXP AND 50,000 RYO
It was impressive to see in real time actually. A puppet user binding a person using chakra threads. Something about it found it appealing. Knowing how lethal the ninja world was. Any means by which to restrain a target was one that gave him pause in awe.
Of course was to say something of the genuine joy that escaped poised Honoka when their mission found its conclusion in their child-culprit "I believe you carried the heft of this mission for the both of us." He was putting it plainly but still putting it where she could receive it.
Given they were still in the market it was the perfect time and place to finish his rucksack.
With ranking thread he assembled the base by connecting the flooring to the inner padding to another layer and flooring and then actual outer upholstery. With the base formed it was simple to build around and upward making sure the stitching was tight and the zippers were sewed into the outside this time.
Crafting Tools Rank: D, C, B, A, (S) Type: Craftsman Accessory Special: Rank of tools determines the type of creation a Craftsman can forge. Tools need not be attained sequentially by rank; if you can afford S-rank tools buy them, you do not need to purchase D thru A-ranks first. Each set of tools takes up three (3) accessory slots. Description: Various tools used for the different tasks that involve forging. Numerous, these tools are heavy and cumbersome unless carried properly. Regardless, without them, a craftsman is essentially nothing. Cost: 1,000 / 10,000 / 25,000 / 50,000 / (100,000) Ryo per set
Crafting Materials Rank: D, C, B, (A), S Type: Craftsman Accessory Special: Crafting material used for making, repairing, or enhancing something; each piece of material takes up one (1) accessory slot. Each time one of these methods is performed, material of equal rank must be used. Material is good for one creation, repair, or enhancement! Note that 'S' rank material cannot be used to make relic-level items, only normal 'S' rank items. Description: Material used for crafting. Cost: 500 / 2,500 / 5,000 / (10,000) / 20,000 Ryo
NAME: CRAFTING A DEFENSE RANK: B REPEATABLE: YES CREATION CREDIT: APPLE DESCRIPTION: EVERY SUNDAY, A SMALL COMMUNITY OF CRAFTSMEN ARRANGE A MARKET IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KONOHAGAKURE, SELLING THEIR WARES. THESE RANGE FROM SMALL TRINKETS AND PRECIOUS JEWELLERY TO IMPRESSIVE WEAPONRY FIT FOR A SHINOBI. UNFORTUNATELY, CERTAIN STALL-OWNERS REPORT THEIR INVENTORIES SHOWING MISSING ITEMS AT THE END OF EACH WORKING DAY, LEADING THEM TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE BEING TARGETED BY A GROUP OF LOCAL THIEVES. THE CRAFTSMEN, THOUGH TALENTED, CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE MORE ITEMS TO THESE CRIMINALS, AND AS A RESULT SHINOBI SECURITY HAS NOW BEEN HIRED FOR THE MARKET TO ENSURE THAT SUCH UNLAWFUL BEHAVIOUR IS DETERRED. BE WARNED - THESE THIEVES ARE VERY LIKELY TO BE SHINOBI THEMSELVES! OBJECTIVE: BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIEVES AND CATCH ANY THAT YOU MIGHT SEE! REWARD: 300 EXP AND 50,000 RYO
As honoka moved to take the child to the Hokage's office and turn in the completed mission report Ojo hung back to put the final touches on his first job with the new tools.
Once the base 'shell' of the sack was ready the rest just sewing on the pockets and straps-handles he'd already put together and laid off to the side.
As he worked on the ground in the same spot Honoka left him at some of the other craftsman wandered over to watch him work. Most of the found it refreshing and endearing to see (someone they perceived to be) a ninja doing the same humble work as themselves.
Once it was all assembled he even demonstrated a bit of a stress test using his own tools as carry weights inside the sack.
Despite the offers to purchase it, he wasn't interested in carrying his own tools home in-hand, so he opted to keep the sack for now.
Notes: Crafting job Complete! RUCKSACK CRAFTED! Adding to OJO's INVENTORY!
Rucksack Rank: A Type: Universal Accessory / Extension / Self Special: Allows the storage of 20 extra Packs. Available to all ranks, including Non-Ninja. Each rucksack takes up two (2) accessory slots. Description: The Rucksack appears like a normal back pack, but much sturdier. Better yet, even if its users gets covered in the elements, the contents within will be secure - given they were sealed properly! Cost: 130,000 Ryo