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[Locked to Residents]
[Appearing on the journals is a written message as follows. A voice option is provided for a computerized reading of the text.]
Attention Luceti Residents.
The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]
All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.
Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.
[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]
Attention Luceti Residents.
The following names are being called to participate in a strike against the cultist hordes:
[the names listed here appear on the journal.]
All subjects are required to arrive at the tunnels at 8AM on the 27th of March for deployment. All listed individuals are required to be present. Subjects will then be escorted to TERRACE for battle preparation and further details.
Target will be Region One, a former Malnosso stronghold, presently in cultist hands. Subjects are advised to prepare for combat in forested areas. Further information will be made available at TERRACE. Questions and answers will not be provided at this time.
[The Malnosso will not reply to this message, but everyone is free to use this post to discuss among themselves, whether using voice options on the journal or doing action threads.]
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When Law comes to find him, he's already prepared with a beverage.]
I'm sure the residents will be grateful for your help.
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Thanks... [Rubbing his throat a bit.] Well, those who need it will appreciate it. Though gotta admit... there's a lot of newbies going on this one based on the network chatter.
... this is going to be a big one. I hope it doesn't turn out like the jungle draft. Recent developments have me concerned.
[You know the ones he's talking about. Law gave you his journal to see what Leonhardt had to say about the infiltration mission Law had been on last summer and the clusterfuck that unexpectedly had come of it.]
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But he is aware of the concerns involved with the current state of affairs.]
I believe that the troubles are only going to build from this point, and all worries are valid. We should make plans for the worst and just hope we don't have to put them all into play.
We have yet to rise above the position of pawns.
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Hnn... that's the thing, isn't it. We can plan for the worse all we like, but without more knowledge our plans will only be so effective. [If not accidentally detrimental.] We've got to get a better view of the situation. Right now... well, right now, we can't call what we're doing in this village planning at all.
[Thank god they kept supplies together in case one of them got called on mission.]
You going to scroll all this?
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Only once he's certain they have everything, though. It can be a pain to throw in last minute, almost forgotten items. Not that he expects either of them to bring a great amount.]
I'm afraid we'll never know enough.
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[Law slowly walks over to the closet and begins to pull out the changes of clothing he'll need and a sturdy pair of steel toed combat boots.
The chainmail mesh shirt is drawn out last. He'll be wearing that constantly underneath his regular clothing. He pauses and seems to consider something else stuffed at the back, then slightly shakes his head and moves on.]
... you're going to have to teach me how to unseal them to get at the supplies.
[Just in case you can't do it for some reason, Itachi.]
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[It involved a proper application of chakra, after all. And he would have to be certain not to seal them to his chakra only.]
If the normal method won't work for you, I may have to improvise.
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[He'd rather they try the normal way first. It is not good for a medic to keep cutting themselves, given their constant exposure to contagion.]
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[Though one he wants to avoid as well.]
...On a similar note, how have you been doing as far as you Haki is concerned?
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[He's been his own teacher. It's good progress considering.]
My skills at perception remain my stronger aspects of it.
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[The ninja pauses a moment in passing to reach out for Law's hand, taking it in his own. Though also a sign of affection, the main reason for this is to get a feel for the pirate's chakra.]
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[It's also that he's needed the Kenbunshoku in more situations than the Busoshoku.
Law runs his thumb over the ninja's fingers fondly. Law's chakra doesn't seem very different at all when you filter through the currents of the Devil Fruit. Certainly not incompatible.
Which would explain the AU experiment. The man's body hadn't been altered aside from Devil Fruit abilities stripped. And he had been capable of high level ninjutsu.]
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[He lays his palm flat against Law's, a thoughtful frown on his face.]
Yes, I think I can get it to work.
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That's good to hear. What do you intend to do?
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[He could funnel Haki into it... but would that be the same?
No matter, he'd learn if that was the case, and that was all there was to it.]
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[He nods.]
If need be, I can help you place it properly.
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Okay. I'll have to practice on a spare scroll. Work out any problems before we get up there.
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[While they're on the subject.]
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[Since they're on the subject.]
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Done with this, he reaches for Law's hand again.]
Place your right palm in the center of the circle here.
[He moves to lay his hand on top of the pirate's, keeping it in place.]
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[He does so, feeling the ninja's hand settle on top of his own and stretches out with his senses... trying to sense anything he could.
Waits.]
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[Not too dissimilar from the way it is focused when learning to walk on water.]
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The memories so fragmented. What it simply had felt like.
It's not Haki. The paper stays cool to his touch and he frowns and concentrates and reaches out with Haki to feel Itachi.
It never feels like Haki when Itachi is working genjutsu or ninjutsu and Law's had his own awareness trained on him. Similar, yes, but something more added to the mix.
Water and blood. Haki is water and chakra is blood.
He has to pour something else into it.
Law's not sure how much time is passing because he's slipping into himself. Down, down, as other memories come to a head.
His memories of the aftermath of his first kidnapping. The Haki awakened the first time. Katara.
'Your chi's... turbulent.'
'you're going to need to find a way to focus it. This can't be good for you. It's like an unstable heartbeat.'
'I'm going to try something, okay? You focus inward.'
He focuses inward.
'Do you feel the way your chi is moving now? I know Zoro could do it...'
'I'm going to do this slowly, so you can concentrate on what it feels like.'
He remembers that. How she had helped him bring it under control and showed him how to do it on his own.
And he applies that lesson here and it is so, so difficult. So much harder. But not impossible.
Not after wrestling with Haki and his Devil Fruit. Different things, but just close enough.
It's so hard. But there's the tiniest bit of warmth underneath his fingertips now.]
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[Itachi doesn't move his hand from Law's.]
Just like leaving an imprint of your palm. The chakra is your ink.
[With his other hand, the ninja reaches over and lays it lightly in the other circle. Symbols spread out from the circle and remain on the page when he's finished. They have no object to seal at the moment, but in the future one could be added after this step.]
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