Location:

Land of Lightning
Kumogakure
Daimyo: Raikage

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Exams:

Exam #1:
Location: Kumogakure Academy Training Grounds
Type: Written

Exam #2: TBA

Exam #3:
Location: Kumogakure Arena
Type: Head-to-head combat; 1 v 1; Preliminaries - Finals

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Participants: 14 Squads Total


























* means they were accounted for as of 10:00 AM. If your character does not have one, you will be removed from participating in this event.
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:04, Fri 29 Jan 2016.

You and your group, also several other squads from other lands have gathered at the training grounds of Kumogakure for your first part of the exams. The first thing you notice it two tarp covered spots. You cannot see inside either of them and begin to wonder what they will be used for. You notice on the tarp is the Land of Lightning's symbol and grow curious, but before you can start thinking about that, you notice familiar faces. Old squad mates. Or to others, every face is brand new and they are your competition.

Land of Fire: You aren't familiar with the faces you see.

Land of Water: You see Riki

Land of Earth: You see Aniki Cho and Aorin Taesane

Land of Lightning: You see Kairos and Kyo

Land of Wind: You see Kotatsu

They all are wearing the Land of Snow headbands and look more mature and more powerful then you last remember them.

You're all surprised by the turn out and cannot believe this day is actually happening. Before either of you can exchange words, the proctor, Fujii Sima, a powerful, honorable, and legendary Jonin, steps forward on a stage to address everybody, behind him is a giant board with another cloth covering on it, with the land of Lightning symbol. Sima's squad is shocked to see their sensei as the proctor of this test.

"We will now begin the Chunin Selection Exam," he starts off after clearing his throat. "Everyone, this is the time to utilize everything you have learned so far!" as he snaps his fingers and the tarps are removed from the two stages they were covering behind you. One has a giant X and another with a giant O painted on. Turning around, the X is on the left and the O is on the right. Many Jonin ninja line up on each side of all the genin students with their arms behind their backs. Turning back, Sima speaks again. "Every team of three will stand on the side they believe is the correct answer. This is the question!" he says as he pulls off the cloth, revealing the large board with writing that states the question:

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You must decide as a team which answer to choose, whether it is the right answer, or the wrong answer.

Genins' Intel skill required for this exam is 3 or higher. If your character is below the required Intel., you'll post about being a bit clueless to this and mention perhaps your character doesn't read too often or is just dingy. Genins who have the required Intel skill will be the leaders to choosing an answer.

To find your Intel. stat, click your character details!

If you plan on having your character talk to your team, please insert private lines just your team [speech dialog only] to avoid giving your choices away to other players!

Now Begin!
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:13, Fri 29 Jan 2016.

Nanami thinks as she looks at her teammates

[Private to Akitoki Sigmund; Yamada Nori: "You think a password would be things not directly associated with one another. As that would be to easy. I think its false.." She looks at Akitoki "Thats my opinion. But you are our team leader, I will go whichever way you two do."]
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:21, Fri 29 Jan 2016.

The day of the Chuunin Exams has finally arrived, and Sakuya could not help but feel like a bundle of nerves upon arriving at the familiar training grounds. The young girl has already prepared her gear for whatever the three parts of the exam would throw at her team, but the waiting simply makes it difficult. On top of it all is their third member, Haru Himawari. Sakuya has yet to meet with their teammate, so there are many things that could be left to chance.

It didn't help seeing Kairos and Kyo being part of another village. It seems they have grown a lot, but have grown just as distant. Now with Katsumi and Himawari, Sakuya made it a point they be more familiar with each other before the exams begin.

Sakuya soon realized what sort of written exam this would be. The question beleaguered her - it's not something one learns fresh from the academy! She glanced a hesitant look and a nod to her teammates, a sign they need to handle the written test differently from what they were accustomed to in the academy.

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Katsumi is unable to provide a post.

Sakuya decides for the team after a bit of deliberation with Himawari and Katsumi at her side, her and her team walk to the answer that marks True.

Entering the training grounds with a nervous demeanor, Isamu's eyes dart from face to face, hastily putting names to the faces he recognises. Surprisingly enough, two of the other graduates from his class stand proud, headbands from the Land of Snow adorning their foreheads?

Strange.

As some of the Genin stared wide-eyed at the proctor, Isamu was already running through possible scenarios in his head. Would it be another written exam, or perhaps an obstacle course to test physical fitness? Concentrating once more on the white-haired Jonin, the genin felt his eyebrows furrow at the nature of the question.

Mulling it over for a moment, he reached over - grabbing his two teammates by the shoulders and wheeling them some distance away from the other squads.

[Private to Sumi Eiko: "This seems too niche to me. What sort of barrier is that for continuation in the Chunin Exams? A single line from a cheesy detective novel? It's gotta be a test of some kind. The password probably has some secret meaning behind it, designed to make you think twice in some way... Maybe... if you listen to the words. They're all wrong. Maybe they're testing our ability to decipher coded information! I say we go with false."]

[Private to Senju Rosuto: "This seems too niche to me. What sort of barrier is that for continuation in the Chunin Exams? A single line from a cheesy detective novel? It's gotta be a test of some kind. The password probably has some secret meaning behind it, designed to make you think twice in some way... Maybe... if you listen to the words. They're all wrong. Maybe they're testing our ability to decipher coded information! I say we go with false."]
This message was last edited by the player at 18:28, Fri 29 Jan 2016.

Rosuto stood there thinking. He vaguely remembered reading the books. He turned to his teammates for a moment and whispered to them. [Private to Deiren Isamu; Sumi Eiko: "Honestly. I cant remember. I want to say false but I cannot be sure. The moon is day one is my main concern. It does not fit the others. Do you have any ideas?" ]
This message was last edited by the GM at 18:29, Fri 29 Jan 2016.

Sumi took his place at his seat, choosing to sit near the rest of his squad, since there were no rules against it. He grew a little more tense as the additional Jonin filtered in, glancing over them and looking for what they were prepared for; except just keeping watch and proctoring.

When the question came, he considered trying to obscure his answer, trying to mislead the other groups into not following along. The fact that he'd rather be helpful to his squad came first; after all, none of the other genin even knew him enough to make their decision based on him.

He leaned into his squad after he was lead off, listening as Isamu and Rosuto spoke up, returning some soft words while his eyes scanned about, "[Private to Deiren Isamu; Senju Rosuto: I don't remember that being required reading... and the question is if it matches the text, not if the statement itself is valid. Either way, I agree with False... Moon and Day are opposites, but Flower and Nectar are related... I don't see a correlation between all the pairings.]..."

Eiko got up from his seat and made his way over towards the blue X, the False side, to make his answer.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:40, Fri 29 Jan 2016.

Rosuto followed Eiko without hesitation. His team were all in agreement about it being false so he was not about to question it.

In reply to Nara Nanami (msg # 3):

   Sigmund took in the entire event. This was the moment. This was the moment he had been waiting for. This would be the time to shine and to express his skills and power through mind, body, and soul. His teammate accompanied him and they watched the turn out with curiosity. The looked upon their competition and they felt confident still. Sigmund agreed to be team leader still and would try to captain them as best as possible.

   When it came time to the question, he drew a blank for a few moments. He reread the board over and over, trying to draw a finger on it. [Private to Nara Nanami; Yamada Nori: "Do you think we are thinking too much on this?" he asked them curiously.] He wasn't too sure of either answers, but neither rang a bell for him.

Nodding with conviction, Isamu jogged to catch up with Rosuto and Eiko, nervousness visible behind his pallid complexion.

[Private to Senju Rosuto; Sumi Eiko: "I don't like this, though. Stay alert - the first stage can't be that easy."]

Crossing his hands over his pants before him, Isamu's eyes darted around the grounds.

Nanami looks at Nori and Sigmund [Private to Akitoki Sigmund; Yamada Nori: "We may be overthinking this a bit. Just pick one, it maybe one of those there isn't a wrong answer. It might be just to show the solidarity of the team. Nori your thoughts?"]

Kanzo was used to clouds and humidity, but he was not a fan of cold winds as they always seemed to cut right through whatever you were wearing, and right to the bone.  The air also felt slightly thinner in the mountainous region.  His attention was stolen away from the cold by noticing one of the other genin wearing a strange headband marking.  After a few moments, he noticed it was Riki, his former team member that had mysteriously disappeared.  Kanzo peered suspiciously over at him and was about to mention something to his team-mates, but was stopped by the appearance of a white haired man who introduced himself as the exam proctor.

Kanzo listened closely to the instructions given, and examined the board with the question.  He smiled as he read the question and quickly looked around to see everyone's reactions.  He saw as he expected.  A few looked puzzled, a few were thinking intently, and some looked as if they knew they had to just guess and hope for the best.

He turned towards his team-mate, who had just been assigned after Riki had left and whispered to him.

[Private to Fujii Sima: So I’ve read those books but I didn’t memorize them.  The passwords sound familiar but I think I remember that they were supposed to be opposites of each other in some way.  “Moon” is opposite of “Day”, “Mountain” can be seen as the opposite of a valley or a “River”.  While a “Flower” produces “Nectar”, they can’t be seen as opposite.  I may be thinking of a different volume but that’s my best guess.
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Kai had nervously been with his team, waiting for the exams to begin. They had noticed Kotatsu, their crazy former team mate who went berserk. He was quite shocked to say the least. He couldn't imagine why he would be here, but seeing the Land of Snow headband, made him gulp. Kotatsu has managed to make it here, unstable minded or not. He tried not to pay attention and focused with his team about the situation at hand: exam 1.

The question presented to them threw him off. He deemed it too easy, but perhaps there was more to it. He wasn't entirely sure. He discussed among his team, trying to decide what they needed to choose. They choose to say True.

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GM EDIT: Kurochi is excused for the time begin. Yuuka never made roll call. Unfortunately she will be excused from Exams after this.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:45, Fri 29 Jan 2016.