On the outskirts of Kumogakure, next to the fields and ancient forest were a series of temples dedicated to different deities.
One of the temples on the outside had a statue of a deity sitting on a chair, before him were two men locked in an eternal battle of strength. The god was Bishamon, deity of combat. Behind the statue was a round temple, pillars of marble rimming its outside. As one entered through the doorless front they would find a short flight of stairs leading to a smaller version of the coliseum.
Several young students were standing around on the stadium floor.
Surrounding them were two meter high walls of marble, a replica of the chair which Bishamon rested in the statue outside sat inside, empty, facing the arena. On its right and left were two smaller, identical chairs. One was empty, the other sat a man with wild red hair in a training gi. Around the edge of the arena sat different people of different ages, all in training gi.
They sat and talked with one another casually. The students below looking at each other, waiting for their orders, wondering what was going to happen.
The man who sat beside the giant throne stood. Slowly silence descended upon the crowd of people watching, the students below recognising that they should do the same.
Welcome to your Genin exam. It is rare but not unheard of for the temple of Bishamon to welcome Kumogkure's youth to take part in their examination. Bishamon is god of combat, he watches over every fight and decides the victor. Mistakes in combat are acts of blasphemy, there are no excuses for them, for the truly blessed will never make them. Of course they are still expected. Mistakes made when trying to improve yourself are mistakes to never be made again. Bishamon takes them from you and you grow stronger for it, he takes your weakness into himself and in his strength he absolves you of it. When you have made your last mistake you will be taken from this existence and placed in his great hall where you can fight for all eternity.
The rest of the hall said in chorus If it is his will.
My name is Myoumi Akuhei, I am a high priest of Bishamon and have trained in every form of combat. I am still here, so I still have a last mistake to make.
There are only a few rules in serving this faith.
First is that you will train, that you will learn.
Second is that you will fight, that you will offer yourself as a sacrifice to Bishamon.
Third is that you will identify when it is without purpose to fight, for to fight those who are weaker when you are not teaching them is blasphemous, to fight those who are stronger when you are not learning is suicidal.
Life is the cost of failing in these rules.
Again everyone else spoke up in chorus Death is your payment.
You are here to fight in glorious combat, there will be two knockout rounds against each other. Then you shall test yourselves against the newest Genin disciples of Bishamon, and then there will be one final test.
He sat and another member of the disciples of Bishamon moved into the training circle.
Speaking more quietly, directly to the students and not to everyone around Please give me your names. You will be chosen at random as to who your opponents are.
[OOC: The rules~
1 - Minimum word count for each post in the thread will be 250
2 - 48 hour max post time
3 - Two strike rule, can fail one of these rules once, a second time is an instant fail
48 hour post time will begin from when you first reply]
One of the temples on the outside had a statue of a deity sitting on a chair, before him were two men locked in an eternal battle of strength. The god was Bishamon, deity of combat. Behind the statue was a round temple, pillars of marble rimming its outside. As one entered through the doorless front they would find a short flight of stairs leading to a smaller version of the coliseum.
Several young students were standing around on the stadium floor.
Surrounding them were two meter high walls of marble, a replica of the chair which Bishamon rested in the statue outside sat inside, empty, facing the arena. On its right and left were two smaller, identical chairs. One was empty, the other sat a man with wild red hair in a training gi. Around the edge of the arena sat different people of different ages, all in training gi.
They sat and talked with one another casually. The students below looking at each other, waiting for their orders, wondering what was going to happen.
The man who sat beside the giant throne stood. Slowly silence descended upon the crowd of people watching, the students below recognising that they should do the same.
Welcome to your Genin exam. It is rare but not unheard of for the temple of Bishamon to welcome Kumogkure's youth to take part in their examination. Bishamon is god of combat, he watches over every fight and decides the victor. Mistakes in combat are acts of blasphemy, there are no excuses for them, for the truly blessed will never make them. Of course they are still expected. Mistakes made when trying to improve yourself are mistakes to never be made again. Bishamon takes them from you and you grow stronger for it, he takes your weakness into himself and in his strength he absolves you of it. When you have made your last mistake you will be taken from this existence and placed in his great hall where you can fight for all eternity.
The rest of the hall said in chorus If it is his will.
My name is Myoumi Akuhei, I am a high priest of Bishamon and have trained in every form of combat. I am still here, so I still have a last mistake to make.
There are only a few rules in serving this faith.
First is that you will train, that you will learn.
Second is that you will fight, that you will offer yourself as a sacrifice to Bishamon.
Third is that you will identify when it is without purpose to fight, for to fight those who are weaker when you are not teaching them is blasphemous, to fight those who are stronger when you are not learning is suicidal.
Life is the cost of failing in these rules.
Again everyone else spoke up in chorus Death is your payment.
You are here to fight in glorious combat, there will be two knockout rounds against each other. Then you shall test yourselves against the newest Genin disciples of Bishamon, and then there will be one final test.
He sat and another member of the disciples of Bishamon moved into the training circle.
Speaking more quietly, directly to the students and not to everyone around Please give me your names. You will be chosen at random as to who your opponents are.
[OOC: The rules~
1 - Minimum word count for each post in the thread will be 250
2 - 48 hour max post time
3 - Two strike rule, can fail one of these rules once, a second time is an instant fail
48 hour post time will begin from when you first reply]