[OoC: This is set before Ayumu returned to active duty. Just a little RP explanation of how he came about getting a cursed seal.]
“A cursed seal? Why would you be looking for somebody to do that all of a sudden? Especially now that… er,” Arima questioned, looking at his friend Ayumu who had come to him with a request today.
”Now that I can’t use chakra. That’s exactly why… I don’t care about the seal, necessarily, but a seal specialist did this to me. Maybe that’s the only way I can have it reversed.” Ayumu responded, pulling up his sleeve to look at the mark that remained on the underside of his arm, a reminder of seal that had been placed on his chakra for months now.
“Haven’t you been going to the Aesculapium, though?” Arima asked.
”Of course… but they don’t seem to be able to do much about this. I’ve been going through therapy sessions, but there’s been no progress. I overheard two of them talking about the idea. That a seal expert might be able to do something. They didn’t want to recommend it to me though, in case something went wrong,” Ayumu recounted. He had heard it a few weeks ago, but only now decided that he wanted to try it.
“Well… I do know a guy,” Arima began. After further conversation, Ayumu convinced Arima to introduce him to the seal expert. The man agreed to try to help. The idea was to give Ayumu a cursed seal. The cursed seals were meant to increase a shinobi’s physical capabilities and more importantly, their chakra levels. The downside was that it pushed those attributes beyond their natural limits and as such wasn’t particularly healthy for the host of the seal. The expert theorized that using the seal would overpower the seal that had been placed on Ayumu’s chakra and break it.
“This is going to sting… a lot,” Kousuke said grimly as he rolled up Ayumu’s sleeve to take a look at the mark from the previous seal. The way he said it made it sound like he knew from a lot of experience. If nothing else, it comforted Ayumu that it wasn’t Kousuke’s first cursed seal application. The seal expert placed his hands together to form a handseal and a dark sinister looking chakra began to swirl around him. A moment later he grabbed Ayumu’s forearm and pressed his thumb in hard, the nail cutting into his skin.
”Ouch!” Ayumu complained, although had he known that was the least of concerns he probably would have stayed silent. Underneath the sage’s thumb a mark began to appear. Moments later it began to spread up and down Ayumu’s forearm bringing with it a burning pain that shot through the ANBU Captain. Looking down at it, it looked like a tattoo except it was glowing orange like hot embers.
”Ergh..shit…” Ayumu cursed through gritted teeth as he forced himself to bear the pain. Sure, he had been through worse pain, but this was no walk in the park. He clenched his fist, but didn’t pull away. At the same time he was suffering the pain, another familiar feeling was welling up inside him. Chakra was beginning to seep through. Kousuke released Ayumu’s arm, but the glowing marks remained.
”Good… it seems to be working, doesn’t it? I wouldn’t recommend you try to force it all at once. You’ll want to activate your curse mark now and then… do it a little at a time. It won’t hurt so much every time. At least it shouldn’t,” Kousuke explained, offering advice to Ayumu. He sounded so sure. ’I should have found a dark sage...’ Ayumu thought. While he was happy to hear that this solution might really be viable, there was still a significant amount of pain coursing from his arm.
”Great….” Ayumu forced out, his arm shaking slightly as his muscles strained involuntarily.
“Oh, right… first lesson- how to deactivate it!” Kousuke said, chuckling. This was going to be a long, painstaking, arduous process. Ayumu could see that now. Explanations went on and Ayumu was warned that the surgeon general recommended against excessive use of the mark. It was not easy on the body, that was for sure. Of course, once he had fully gotten past the chakra seal he would probably never even use that curse mark. Even if it did give him an extra edge. Probably.
[TLUS]
“A cursed seal? Why would you be looking for somebody to do that all of a sudden? Especially now that… er,” Arima questioned, looking at his friend Ayumu who had come to him with a request today.
”Now that I can’t use chakra. That’s exactly why… I don’t care about the seal, necessarily, but a seal specialist did this to me. Maybe that’s the only way I can have it reversed.” Ayumu responded, pulling up his sleeve to look at the mark that remained on the underside of his arm, a reminder of seal that had been placed on his chakra for months now.
“Haven’t you been going to the Aesculapium, though?” Arima asked.
”Of course… but they don’t seem to be able to do much about this. I’ve been going through therapy sessions, but there’s been no progress. I overheard two of them talking about the idea. That a seal expert might be able to do something. They didn’t want to recommend it to me though, in case something went wrong,” Ayumu recounted. He had heard it a few weeks ago, but only now decided that he wanted to try it.
“Well… I do know a guy,” Arima began. After further conversation, Ayumu convinced Arima to introduce him to the seal expert. The man agreed to try to help. The idea was to give Ayumu a cursed seal. The cursed seals were meant to increase a shinobi’s physical capabilities and more importantly, their chakra levels. The downside was that it pushed those attributes beyond their natural limits and as such wasn’t particularly healthy for the host of the seal. The expert theorized that using the seal would overpower the seal that had been placed on Ayumu’s chakra and break it.
“This is going to sting… a lot,” Kousuke said grimly as he rolled up Ayumu’s sleeve to take a look at the mark from the previous seal. The way he said it made it sound like he knew from a lot of experience. If nothing else, it comforted Ayumu that it wasn’t Kousuke’s first cursed seal application. The seal expert placed his hands together to form a handseal and a dark sinister looking chakra began to swirl around him. A moment later he grabbed Ayumu’s forearm and pressed his thumb in hard, the nail cutting into his skin.
”Ouch!” Ayumu complained, although had he known that was the least of concerns he probably would have stayed silent. Underneath the sage’s thumb a mark began to appear. Moments later it began to spread up and down Ayumu’s forearm bringing with it a burning pain that shot through the ANBU Captain. Looking down at it, it looked like a tattoo except it was glowing orange like hot embers.
”Ergh..shit…” Ayumu cursed through gritted teeth as he forced himself to bear the pain. Sure, he had been through worse pain, but this was no walk in the park. He clenched his fist, but didn’t pull away. At the same time he was suffering the pain, another familiar feeling was welling up inside him. Chakra was beginning to seep through. Kousuke released Ayumu’s arm, but the glowing marks remained.
”Good… it seems to be working, doesn’t it? I wouldn’t recommend you try to force it all at once. You’ll want to activate your curse mark now and then… do it a little at a time. It won’t hurt so much every time. At least it shouldn’t,” Kousuke explained, offering advice to Ayumu. He sounded so sure. ’I should have found a dark sage...’ Ayumu thought. While he was happy to hear that this solution might really be viable, there was still a significant amount of pain coursing from his arm.
”Great….” Ayumu forced out, his arm shaking slightly as his muscles strained involuntarily.
“Oh, right… first lesson- how to deactivate it!” Kousuke said, chuckling. This was going to be a long, painstaking, arduous process. Ayumu could see that now. Explanations went on and Ayumu was warned that the surgeon general recommended against excessive use of the mark. It was not easy on the body, that was for sure. Of course, once he had fully gotten past the chakra seal he would probably never even use that curse mark. Even if it did give him an extra edge. Probably.
[TLUS]