Gold District

[Itami]

Enter Gum Clone!
Inside the mine, there was a chilling silence, interrupted not by screams but the wet squelch of metal stabbing into flesh. The Clone Gamu had made would steer into the maze of tunnels, the once warm orange light of the mine flickering and tinged red from a previous slaughtering of workers. As he entered deeper, Gamu's clone would swiftly hear the pickax's growing louder only to bend a corner and find several of these rogue puppets stabbing into a lifeless miner. The puppets' heads spinning on their shoulders as a final stab into the corpse would halt their movement, each ones hollow lifeless face looking Gamu's way.

Loud disturbing clacking would then send them into a frenzy as they rushed the gum clone. Carelessly devoid of logic, the mass of puppets would collapse on the Gamu they thought was real. Picks swinging from every direction, they'd find their mark reveling in the fresh blood that was about to burst from this boy's corpse. Yet there was none to come, if the picks found their mark they instead would be met with a vicus thick substance that was not blood at all.

Four of the three puppets would be unable to pull their pickax out of the gum clone while the others readied another attack. Their 'jaws' clacking as if communicating with others deeper into the mine where they were actively mining our the dirt to try and kill the workers trapped deeper in sunken caves.

The ones not attacking civilians and now Shinobi would continue to funnel the explosives they stole out of the secret exit in the mines air ducts.

Location: Stone District southern gate; Kaiju
Posting Order: Story ->
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days.
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[ZimTheInvader]

Gamu alongside his sensei and fellow teammate would begin to make their way into the mine as Indira would make it clear to them that as the one controlling the clone that was acting as their vanguard Gamu would be leading the team. "You can count on me sensei," said Gamu confidently mere moments before he was unceremoniously swept off his feet by a gust of wind that he would quickly become aware of being a skill by his sensei to help aid their movement.

Following the clone of Gamu the group would hover back just far enough to not be in the way. They had followed the clone through the winding halls of the gold mine before the clone was beset by the puppets responsible for the killings. As the puppets that had just finished eviscerating a poor miner descended on the clone they assumed was Gamu ready to draw blood and extinguish the boys light, they would swiftly be met with the reason Gamu was not afraid of his clone being attacked as three of the four puppets found their murder weapons stuck in the gooey, sticky flesh of the clone.

"Yes! I got them sensei the puppets fell for the clone hook, line and sinker," said Gamu excitedly as he got closer while still remaining hidden. Now that he was close enough and the puppets weapons had been captured Gamu decide to initiate phase two of his plan and push his hands together to for the snake seal causing the clone to grow and expand out the completely trap the bodies of the pre-occupied puppets. "Sensei, I've captured the puppets you ca make your move."

Location: President's Office, Gold District
Posting Order: Gamu -> Indira -> Yugo
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[Yugo]

Yugo

The instant Gamu confirms its time to move Yugo's posture shifts moving from a his crouched pose to a sprinters low starting stance. His orange eyes seem to flash as he hears the squelching violence from deeper within a spiteful twinge of emotion flooding him as the faint etchings of his tattooed marks spread visibly along the left side of his face even darkening the sclera of his left eye and the same marking spreads visibly along his right arm as well as unseen along his legs flooding his muscles with the faintest trickle of nature's power gifted by his bloodline. "Ill make the first counter strike". With a diving jump motion similar to those of athletic divers Yugo launches himself into a sprint his body briefly crackling with the visible electrical charge of his 'Overdrive' jutsu to forcibly amplify his body further as he lands in a crouched slam against one of the mine walls only to launch himself past the 3 puppets stuck due to their entanglement within the Gum Clone's embrace.

With the second launch off the wall into the mining space part of Yugo's right forearm distorts, discolors and distends the flesh warping visibly into an edged weapons his shape like the head of a 'Broadaxe' aiming for the first of the puppets in his path. Using his enhanced physical condition and the momentum to aim a chop like forearm swing at the abdominal of the first puppet his muscles seeming to twitch angrily just below the skin from the interplay of lightning and nature energy as he follows up the swipe of his arm with a shoulder tackle to the upper-body of the puppet to launch it hurtling aimed to slam hard into one of the puppets behind it engaged in attacking a miner. The tackle against metal had shifted Yugo's momentum sending him into a spin but the violent young genin grits his teeth in determination using the momentum of his spin to add to a sweeping kick against a loose fist sized piece of stone rubble sending it hurtling at a third attacking puppet aiming for its arm to try and cause the metal to bend and make the metal figure topple and have its raised pick-axe clatter out of its reach. "YOU WANT SOMEONE TO TRY AND KILL? THEN AIM FOR ME BECAUSE IF YOU DONT STOP ME ILL RIP ONE CHUCK OUT OF YOUR FLESH FOR EVERY PERSON YOUV HURT TODAY!" Yugo was angry but not yet consumed by it but seeing such flagrant malice he knew he had to try and lure any remaining attacking puppets to focus on him so Gamu and Indira Sensei could proceed unimpeded to stop whatever scheme those fleeing puppets were up to.

Yugo shifts his posture into a pankration stance preparing his Broad-axe right forearm and his left palm, if the Puppets took the bait to rush him he intends to use his left palm to strike and redirect at the handles of the pickaxes and follow it up with a counter blow from his axe like right forearm. If they didn't take the bait he would launch himself for another frenzy like the one he had just unleashed on the puppets he had just attacked a tingle of his violent instincts wriggling inside him eager to see if part of him could prove just how much stronger flesh could be than steel.

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Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Indira -> Story -> Gamu
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[Jeriah]

The gruesome scene within the cave struck a deep chord with Indira. The cavern was littered with the lifeless bodies of miners from the Gold District. The stark aftermath of the carnage painted a vivid picture; blue-colored workers' uniforms stained with blood and flesh, remnants of lives that once harbored dreams and families. Though not a native of the Gold District, Indira held a profound respect for life. Accustomed to the harsh realities of shinobi duty, he understood this harrowing sight would etch a lasting memory for his students, teaching them the stark costs of conflict and the value of life beyond any lesson words could convey.

"We were too late," Indira solemnly remarked to Gamu, whose excitement at capturing the robotic miners with his gum clone was palpable yet painfully misplaced given the grim setting. Indira's clenched fist briefly betrayed his inner turmoil; he relaxed it, not wanting to place undue blame on Gamu. "Job well done, Gamu," he stated, maintaining a straight face. His pride in Gamu’s success was genuine, yet the somber surroundings stifled any smile that might have formed.

In the heat of action, Yugo seized his moment, his body crackling with the lightning a sign of the Overdrive jutsu. His right forearm grotesquely transformed into a broadaxe, and aimed a powerful chop at the abdomen of the nearest puppet, his muscles twitching from the electric energy. Following through with a shoulder tackle, he sent the puppet flying into its comrades. Utilizing his momentum, Yugo kicked a stone rubble at another attacker, aiming to disarm it. The cave echoed with Yugo’s fury, his control over his emotions teetering as he engaged in combat. Indira watched carefully, seeing Yugo only go through partial trasnformations indicating that he had not went berserk.

Hearing survivors' cries echo through the cavern, Indira was spurred into action. With his dojutsu, he sensed the acute fear pulsating from the survivors and saw an opportunity to intervene decisively. As Rajin, Indira’s alter ego known for his mastery of lightning, took over, his facial tattoos glowing a menacing purple. Extending his left hand, he unleashed bolts of purple lightning, in attempt to strike the robots with such velocity and precision that, barring any unforeseen enhancements on their part, they were reduced to ashes in an instant. Indira made his progrative to save the remainder of the Gold District Miners.

Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Indira -> Story -> Gamu
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[STORY]

In the shadowy depths of the cave, a heavy silence had fallen, broken only by the soft echoes of distant water drops and the labored breathing of the trapped miners. The Kumogakure shinobi, led by their jonin sensei with fiery red locs, had just overpowered the puppet miners with a display of tactical prowess and brute strength. The yellow-haired genin's bubble ninjutsu had immobilized the mechanical-like puppets, setting the stage for their formidable teammate's partial transformation that rendered the puppets into mere scraps of metal.

As the dust settled and the echo of their victory faded, a chilling, sinister voice sliced through the stillness, reverberating off the cave walls with a mythic and seasoned tone. "I was wondering when you shinobi would show up. It's not fun winning so easily," it taunted from an indiscernible source, shrouded in the omnipresent darkness of the winding cave that seemed to stretch endlessly into the earth.

The sudden menace in the air was palpable, freezing the jonin in his tracks as the voice continued, its tone dripping with malevolence. "If you were wise, sensei, I would not move. You're standing on a mine, one move and all the survivors will blow up." The threat hung heavy, a sinister chuckle punctuating the gravity of the situation. "The only ones who can move are those precious students of yours. So you choose, your students or the miners, hehehe." The man behind the scheme knew how pressing the decision was and knew the protective instinct would immediately prioritize.

The plan was simple yet perilous: divide and conquer. Had the genin continued down the narrow cave without their sensei, they would have arrived at a dead end, that separated the cave into two lanes. With both lanes only big enough for one person, it forcefully split up the genin. The path forward was fraught with danger, and the preservation of chakra was paramount.

Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gamu -> Indira -> Story
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[Yugo]

Yugo

The Jugo clan genin lets out a low growl filled with ire and spite as he hears the cowardly foresight of this criminal his body still humming with sparks of electrical charge from the static between his flesh and the dismantled puppets. His tattoos spasm visibly upon his skin feeding on emotions stirring in the Genin's heart that this schemer had not only caused such suffering but was gleeful about it but he couldn't underestimate the claim about the explosives under Indira's sensei's feet. The surge of emotion gave strength to the vicious part of Yugo's whispering in his thoughts "This madman is threatening the life of your sensei...he wont stop hurting people until he is stopped...and WE can be the ones to end his threat" .The genin grits his teeth suppressing the internal compulsion he was still in control...for now at least prompting him to act decisively while he was stable.

Yugo tilts his head to his left an audible crack of his neck and a low growling sigh "Sensei...im going ahead, we cant let this bastard get away with this...put your faith in us me and Gamu can handle a coward like this...but we should keep our words to a minimum...the walls clearly have ears" Without another word Yugo would launch himself forward similar to the primal runners dash he had been doing before. Yugo knew there was monitoring equipment obviously but he assumed it might be hard to keep cameras functional in a location like this due to dust and debris meaning he might be able to leave visual messages if the need arose. Yugo might be a berserker and a brawler but he still understood being a shinobi was about controlling information as he dashes ahead he sees the fork in the road and pivots to taking the right path and leaves a claw like scrape on the visible wall to indicate to Gamu that his teammate was taking that path.

Moving at a swift pace Yugo brace himself his every muscle in his body tingling from micro shocks and the surges of his bloodline channeling natural energy through him. He was determined he would handle whatever was in his path if Yugo could get his hands on the monster who so callously threw away others lives he would show him what happens when a stronger beast sets its eyes on a bottom feeding scavenger. His right forearm was still in its warped Broadaxe state and his left knuckles and palm were slowly covering in a plated scale like flesh preparing for more puppets to dismantle or tools to rip apart whatever the villain wished to achieve down here.

Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gamu -> Indira -> Story
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[ZimTheInvader]

After catching the puppets off-guard and restraining them with his bubblegum clone, which allowed for Yugo to unleash an unimpeded assault upon the puppets. Gamu finally took notice properly of the surroundings and noticed the carnage that had unfolded mere moments before they arrived. The sight of the mangled and mutilated bodies of the poor miners made the boy sick. Even though he was a shinobi and knew that every mission he conducted could potentially lead to his demise, he had hoped to never experience this level of carnage especially not on innocent civilians. War would be one thing but these were civilians trying to support their families.

With the realization of the extent that the scum who caused this mess was willing to go to Gamu couldn't help but feel angry as he clenched his fist. Even after watching Yugo destroy the ones he captured and Indira vaporizing the fleeing puppets he was still livid. While he felt this way he knew getting angry would do them no good especially since there were lives at stake, so before the words of the mysterious voice erupted from no determinable location Gamu would take a moment to clam and centre himself. Even with his sensei's word of encouragement it was hard to feel like he accomplished anything after this scene, but it would quickly get worse with the voices mention that Indira was currently standing upon a mine and if he moved he'd kill the miners. On the other hand if he stayed in place he'd have to leave Gamu and Yugo to deal with this puppet master and his force of murderous puppets.

Upon hearing this Gamu was left speechless as he was not sure what to do about their current predicament, but in the end Yugo would decide for them as he spoke up that he and Gamu could handle these puppets and took off down the path. "Yugo wait, jeez dude don't run off alone. Hey sensei I'm sorry to leave ya but I cant leave him alone. I'll make sure to be on guard and stay safe," said Gamu as he took off towards the path that Yugo had just taken slightly annoyed that his teammate ran off alone without any real plan. While Gamu was a goof and happy go lucky dude he did still like to plan ahead before acting as he didn't want to get caught in a bad situation where he would be alone and with no back up. As he made his way down he would reach a point where the path diverged off into two smaller paths. Upon arriving Gamu would quickly assess the area for signs of Yugo and would notice the scratch marks that indicated the path he had chose. After a few seconds Gamu was sure this guy had planned to split them up using the old divide and conquer strategy, but Gamu wasn't going to let him have his way and repeated the process from earlier and formed a bubblegum clone which he sent down the other path at look for him while he followed Yugo.

Location: President's Office, Gold District
Posting Order: Gamu -> Indira -> Story -> Yugo
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[Jeriah]

In the echoing gloom of the underground cave, the tension was palpable as Indira stood motionless, acutely aware of the precarious mine beneath his feet. Every breath was measured, his mind racing with strategies yet his body frozen in a calculated stillness. The stakes were dangerously high—not just for him but for the innocent miners whose lives hung in the balance. Indira's face was a mask of calm, but underneath, frustration simmered. He was a seasoned shinobi, used to controlling the battlefield, not being cornered by it. Yet, he understood that sometimes leadership meant trusting others to handle the crisis. Now, it was his students' turn to handle the situation, and his trust in them was absolute.

"You guys just make sure that he pays for all the damage he's done," Indira spoke into the commlink, his voice resonating with firm resolve. There was a slight crackle as his words transmitted through the underground static. "Yugo, stay cool," he continued, his tone steady. He knew Yugo's potential for raw power could turn the tide of their mission. "And Gamu..." Indira paused for a moment, a knowing smile playing at the corners of his lips as he added, "Improvise."

His mind flashed back to the many sparring sessions where he had seen Gamu's creativity come to the forefront. The young shinobi had a knack for pulling unorthodox solutions out of thin air, a skill that could be pivotal today. As he issued these instructions, Indira's eyes scanned the shadows cast by the flickering torches along the cave walls, vigilant for any hint of movement. Despite his immobilization, his spirit was with his students, guiding them with his experience and hoping for their success.

Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gamu -> Indira -> Story
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[STORY]

The underground passage stretched ominously before the two genin, each step they took echoed in the hollow silence, only to be followed by the soft hum of lights flickering to life. These artificial illuminations seemed almost sentient, reacting to the slightest movement, casting long, eerie shadows that danced along the rough, stone walls.

As they ventured deeper, the path split into two, a direct challenge to their teamwork. Each route disappeared into suffocating darkness, a stark reminder that the journey ahead was one they must undertake alone. With a mutual nod, they acknowledged the necessity of separation, the weight of their mission pressing heavily on their young shoulders.

The lights began to falter, their glow dimming as if being swallowed by the creeping darkness that filled the tunnel ahead. What little light remained was a feeble defense against the encroaching shadows that seemed to pulse with a life of their own.

As the genin proceeded, the air grew cooler, and the sound of their own breathing became a loud companion in the intense silence. The path underfoot was uneven, scattered with loose stones that clattered and skittered away, disturbing the oppressive quiet. Every so often, a drop of water would sound a crisp, lonely 'plink' as it fell from an unseen ceiling, adding to the haunting atmosphere.

The lack of light at the end of their paths was a clear sign: caution was paramount. Each shadow might conceal a trap or an enemy, and every small sound seemed amplified, potentially heralding danger. The darkness was not just a physical barrier but a psychological one, testing their resolve and their readiness to face the unknown. As they moved forward, the genin knew that beyond the veil of darkness, their target awaited, and with him, the answers to the grim fate of the miners. The journey through the cave was not just a search for justice but a trial by shadow, a rite of passage into the depths of their own courage.

Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gamu -> Story
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
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[Yugo]

Yugo

The looming darkness of the path within the mine reverberates with every quickened motion overlapping sounds of breathing and rhythmic sprinting steps gives a haunting quality akin to the hum one would hear in the gullet of some great beast. Light fades quickly, clearly a deliberate act from the villain who has set this tragic carnage in motion as a means of maintaining an edge with whatever vile creations are waiting in the shadows. The well of spite for this abhorrent murderer builds in Yugo’s stomach as he moves but he shuts his eyes. The near complete lack of light was driving him towards his predatory instincts his hardened left hand reaching out to his side scraping along the wall digging into the rock prying away stone gravel pebbles.

Yugo was no genius by any estimate but the instincts of a monster stirring within him meant he would always act decisively and trust in the limits of his abilities. Yugo knew he couldn’t afford to expend chakra on trying to see but nature provides other means of hunting even in the dark as Yugo begin flicking stone gravel pebbles using his thumb launching them in a rhythmic timing in a cone shape in front of him listening intently for the sound that should follow any impact. If the sound of pebbles striking metal was heard it meant it might be a trap or waiting foe and that would give Yugo the direction he needed to strike. If he heard a pebble hit the stone floor it meant the path was clear and he would be able to keep up a quickened pace subtly warping his right arm the palm of which becomes concave a hole visibly sinking into the muscle as Yugo prepares the inner workings of his right side to funnel what chakra he has for a micro Lotus cannon technique, the shot of which would provide a brief moment of light and a intensive shot of raw power to hit whatever Yugo needs sundered.


All the while Yugo could hear the steps behind him attempting to keep pace making him wince an echoing reminder he tells himself over and over “We have to take out this bastard…find him and hunt him down…don’t let him hurt your team…put this damn monster sleeping in our blood to use…don’t let sensei or Gamu be hurt or you will just be a worthless monster!” A painful mantra to be repeating within his head but one that kept him focused. Indira sensei's was in danger and Gamu is impeccably skilled but Yugo wouldn't leave anything to chance determined to rend apart whatever danger may exist trusting in luck and instinct to take him directly to the beating heart of this villains lair and end him.

Location: Mining District, In the Mine, Gold Distrtict
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gamu -> Story
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days
Skip Points: ll