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    Post by Azrael Sun Jan 01, 2023 8:26 pm

    The soft chime of a small bell ringing could be heard through the streets as the short white-haired male walked through Kirigakure, normally he avoided coming into the village preferring the peacefulness of the forest that surrounded the village as opposed to the village itself. It was still early morning, the sun just now cresting the horizon as the light morning mist settled upon the village. The mist not thick enough to truly obscure vision, but enough to limit it too around a hundred meters. Normally the Yurei would have his chakra ghost would be surrounding him, walking with him as he moved through the street to scare the people in the village into giving him a wide berth. It was not because he bared ill will towards those within the village, after all he was a member of the Nightmares, Sero's Second in Command and sworn by his oath to his master to protect this village from all that threaten it. The Yurei simply did not like to be touched and having his ghost intimidating the villager's into staying away from him, ensured that they did not touch him. With the village for the most part asleep, there was no need ghost as there was no crowd that he needed to part. Those villagers that were already awake and walking about, would give him a wide berth even without the use of his ghosts. The Rebreather Mask he wore upon his face, painted across the front with a wicked lipless demonic grin, would see to diverting those that crossed his path, many of whom would cross to the other side of the street at the sight of his approach. The soft chime of his bell earring the only sound other than the whispered murmurs of the villagers as he passed that filled the early morning air, he didn't mind their words they meant nothing to the man. The only words that Azrael listened to or even cared what was said was his Master, Sero. Long before his master's climb in both power and position within the village as well as his own personal power, Azrael swore his life to him and that was not something that the Yurei took lightly either. He understood the power of words, as well as the power that laid behind words. One does not say one thing and then does another, this was something he had learned long before he had met Sero, and he heard the power of the truth in the man's words when he had spoken to him. Sero was not the first that the male encountered after he managed to escape from the woman upstairs, but he was the first to not fear the ghost, and he was the first to truly see the male as more than what he thought of himself. Despite the fact of even attempting to kill Sero at first as he had done others that attempted to get in his way as he wandered, Sero would still invite the male to join him, to serve him, and to reign their own brand of justice down upon the vermin that inhabit the world. The promise of such an event was simply too sweet for the male to pass by, and so their bargain was struck. In return for his service, the male would be allowed to bear witness to the destruction his master would reign down upon those truly evil of this world.

    The male spent most of his life believing that he was dead, a mere ghost stuck to walk alone in this mortal plane until he found Sero. It was then that he learned the truth, he was not dead nor was there anything wrong with him. He was an angel, an angel to the true divine, an Angel of Strife and his master, Death itself. The fact that he viewed Sero as the Avatar of death was because where his master went, death of the wicked followed. Even when he stood before his master, where most felt fear, he would feel excitement and joy. It was as if being in the precipice of death, standing on the edge and at any moment you could fall out of favor and that would be the end. It was an adrenaline rush, as well as a humbling fact for the male, the knowledge that there were those that were stronger than him kept his mind sharp and on the constant lookout for trouble. He was not a physical individual like there seemed to be so many around the village, his greatest strength was that of his mind. His skill with genjutsu saw to his rise as head of the Yurei Clan, as no other could match his abilities with the Akayurei, not even his younger half-sister, the full-blooded heir to the previous Yurei clan leader. Having never met the man that they said was his father, and only learning of his half-sister after his accension to the leadership position, he did not hold even his own clan in as high regard as he held Sero. Yet even his skill seemed to pale when he came face to face with the Bijuu Kukuo within his master's mind, he may have the mortals around him beaten but these beasts were a different story entirely. Having failed in his attempt to enter the beast's mind caused the male to fall into a small despair, for if he could not do what his master needed him to be able to do, then what good was he. This is what truly started his wandering the streets of the village, his lack of strength in the time his master had called upon him. There was only one person the male would turn to, the only other person the male trusted and would serve with near the same loyalty as he does his master, Sayuri. He had not seen her since he had awoken within the ice, and it seemed that his master was not the only one that had grown in both power and position within the village since his entombment. The fact that he had recently learned she was what the village called one of the Princesses, some kind of Triumvirate that had taken the place of the Mizukage. He didn't know the other two names that were told to him, nor did he care about their names. To the male they were not his Master, and therefore they did not matter. Dressed in all black from his shoes to his hoodie, standing in direct contrast to his pale skin and white hair. His Kirigakure Hitai-ate around his waist used as a belt, and the small silver bell hanging from his left ear reflecting the light of the sun as it cut through the mist. Finding himself within the administrative district as the sun rose higher above the horizon, though still early in the morning the streets of this district would have much more people within it. Though even they would give the male sidelong looks as he passed, none of them willing to make eye contact with the dull red eyes of the male as he slowly walked down the street. He had been trying to locate the familiar chakra of Sayuri, however he was not having much luck in finding her.

    The closer he drew to the administrative complex, the more crowded the streets would seem to become for the male. They would still not get close enough to even consider touching him, but they would be closer than he liked. This would cause his red pupils to begin to glow as the white of his eyes would turn pitch black, his Akayurei activating as several chakra ghosts began to appear within a hundred-meter span around him. There would be multiple gasps at the sudden appearance of the ghosts, and more than a few would back away from him. Behind his mask the male would speak in but a whisper, but his voice would echo throughout every single one of his chakra ghosts. "People of Kirigakure, we are Legion. The Righteous shall hold no fear of us, but the wicked shall know the Angel of Strife. As Lord Sero has decreed, so long as your heart is pure, we shall not harm you. We seek the one disignated Sayuri Yuki, we wish to speak with Daeva. Direct us to her and return to your miserable lives, this is all we ask." The white-haired male would stand in the middle of the street in front of the administrative complex waiting for an answer.



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    Character Name: Azrael, the Angel of Strife
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    Post by Valen Minamoto Mon Jan 23, 2023 7:42 am

    Valen would simply be working in the office, paperwork on the desk as he moved through it. With his authority as Jounin Commander now he could see to the day to day affairs of the village and see that things got done. Which he had been doing since he had gained the position. As he worked a light knock tapped on his office door and he spoke out, not actually looking up from his work. “Come in.” He would say simply, still perusing a document as his secretary opened the door and poked her head in. “Uh, sir? There seems to be a situation downstairs in the street. A young man seems using some form of illusion to create ghostly figures and speaking through them. He’s wanting to know where Lady Sayuri is and is referring to her as ‘Daeva’." That would cause Valen to blink up at her and frown in thought. Only two people that he knew of could form those ghosts and one was only theoretical as he had never actually seen her do it.

    Kami and Azrael were two members of the Nightmare Brigade. Azrael could and typically did summon a slew of chakra ghosts for various means. Kami was Azrael’s sister, well, half sister. He assumed the ability to summon those ghosts ran in the blood and that they would share that capability although he had only ever seen Azrael do it. Still, given the gender and the desire to find Sayuri it could only be Azrael downstairs causing havoc in the street. “Very well, Rei, I’ll take care of it.” He would say before standing and tying the nearby sword, his Hai no Ha to his waist and putting on his cloak. His gloves adorned his hands and he moved out of the office to head down to street below at a brisk pace.

    When he arrived he would quickly find Azrael in the middle of the street in front of the Administration Building. It was easy to spot him because people were obviously trying to give the strange individual a wide berth and Valen spoke up, his voice carrying. “She isn’t in the village Azrael.” He would call out, simultaneously working to get his attention and to answer his question. “Lady Sayuri left the village on some matter quite some time ago I’m told and has not been heard from since. I doubt she’s in danger but she isn’t in the Land of Water.” He would explain as he moved to approach Azrael. “Is there something I can help you with instead?” He would ask, his red eyes curious. His promotion to Jounin Commander had preceded a public announcement of his new rank and so everyone should know of his new rank now. So if Azrael had something that he needed Sayuri to do in her capacity as a leader within the village than Valen should be able to fill the role.

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    Post by Azrael Sat Jan 28, 2023 7:59 am

    Azrael would be waiting for anyone to answer his question for several minutes, no one would say a word to him, no one would approach him. Many rushed away from him to continue on with their day, but eventually a voice would catch his attention, a voice he recognized but not the one he had come to see. Turning to see Valen as he moved closer, if it wasn't for the fact that Azrael was wearing his mask Valen would have actually seen Azrael frown at the man's words. Hearing that Sayuri was not in the village was disappointing to say the least, considering she was the only one he trusted outside of Sero. Valen's offer of his own assistance would cause Azrael to look the other man up and down, sizing him up so to speak as if trying to decide whether or not Valen would be able to help him with what he had come to see Sayuri about. Azrael did not know much about the man other than the fact that his master trusted the man and he seemed exceptionally skilled with the element of fire, enough so that Azrael considered the man to be of equal level in terms of power with his master, but power and position in the village was not why Azrael had come to see Sayuri. A small, whispered sigh would come from Azrael, his chakra ghosts would disappear one by one as he turned to face Valen more.

    "We appreciate the offer, Valen Minamoto. However, we are afraid you will be ill equipped to assist us in our current quest, unless you know when our Daeva shall return." Azrael knew it was unlikely that the other man knew when Sayuri would return given the fact he had said she left the village some time ago and did not say that she would be back soon or anything else simply that she wasn't in the land of water. After giving Valen time to answer whether or not he knew when she would return despite feeling as though he already knew the answer to the question, Azrael would continue. "Daeva is the only one who knows us beyond our master, she has walked through the mind of This One. She has seen This One, our past, our truth and our shame. It would take us far too long for This One to get another to understand us, only Daeva can help us now, only she can understand." At these words Azrael would look to the ground, before beginning to slowly turn to begin walking away from Valen.


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    Village: Kirigakure
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    Post by Valen Minamoto Sun Jan 29, 2023 10:47 pm

    Valen frowned at Azrael’s words. Ill equipped to assist? There was not much Valen could not do now so far as authority went. Did Azrael know that? He was not sure. Shaking his head at the inferred question from the Yurei. He would listen as Azrael spoke of Sayuri, ‘Daeva’ as he called her, was the only one who knew him besides his ‘master’ who Valen took to mean ‘Sero’. He listened as he said that only Sayuri could help him, could understand. That seemed a little black and white to the man. He wondered if he could not indeed help Azrael with whatever it was he needed assistance with. They had after all seemed to communicate well before. As the masked shinobi turned to leave Valen would speak. “Wait.” He would say, his tone neutral.

    “You say Sayuri, or ‘Daeva’ is the only one who can help you but you’ve hardly given me the opportunity to try. I’m second in command of the entire village now Azrael. That means there’s almost nothing Sayuri could have done that I can’t do. Tell me what you need, if I can’t help then there’s no harm done and you’ll just have to wait for Sayuri.” He would say simply, raising an eyebrow at the man to ask him if he had any actual objections. If he didn’t want to share his problem of course then that was his right. But dismissing the situation because Sayuri herself was not present seemed a bit..odd.

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    Post by Azrael Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:27 pm

    Hearing Valen's words Azrael would stop to look back over his shoulder at the man, the first thought that came to his mind was the fact that there were many things that his Daeva could do that Valen could not. After a few seconds of consideration however, Azrael came to the conclusion that Valen was right and there was no harm in telling him. Valen had given Azrael no reason to mistrust his words, but the fact that Sero trusted him was really the only reason Azrael himself trusted the man, not truly knowing himself.

    "You are mistaken, Valen Minamoto. We do not seek Daeva for her authority, so your role within the village is of no consequence to us. We seek Daeva for her council as she has walked the mind of This One and understands us, but we will try to explain." Azrael would then turn to face Valen fully, "Master Sero has tasked This One with reaching into the mind of the Bijuu Kukuo, to find its weakness. We were honored as there is nothing, we want more than to fulfill our master's orders. We failed in our task, the Bijuu Kukuo's mind was too great for even our strongest of techniques. It is an anomaly, something we have never encountered before." Azrael would pause for a moment looking down before looking back up to Valen, "Since the event, This One has been experiencing strange occurrences. Time has passed without recollection of it, moments where we have no memories, where we are not in control. We do not know the cause of this, only that it started after our failure. This One hoped our Daeva could shed light upon it and tell us what is happening to cause this, so that we can put a stop to it."


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    Village: Kirigakure
    Rank: Genin
    Renown: 1250
    Skills: Genjutsu | Sensory | Ijutsu | Fuuinjutsu
    Stats:
    Strength: D
    Constitution: D
    Stamina: B+
    Speed: D
    Coordination: C
    Intelligence: A
    Perception: B
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    Post by Valen Minamoto Sat Feb 25, 2023 4:32 pm

    Valen would listen to Azrael’s words and his brow would furrow in thought as he considered. Sero had tasked Azrael to try to invade a bijuu’s mind? Valen wasn’t the smartest individual in the world. Not by a long chalk, but the bijuu were primordial forces of nature weren’t they? He considered this for a moment before nodding and looking up, obviously thinking. “I’m going to speak my train of thought fully, as there might be something useful for you in it that I don’t think of.” He would begin, essentially telling Azrael that his reaction to the masked mans words were simply his ‘off the cuff’ thoughts and not refined for clarity in anyway.

    “It seems to me that the Bijuu, like Kokuo, are essentially primordial beings. That they are, at their core, a degree of magnitude higher than most can really understand or hope to overcome. They are chakra, given life. That sort of mind has to be difficult to breach, and if one attempted it before they themselves were ready I could see damage being done in such a case. It seems reasonable to me anyway. After all if the body is overstrained from physical exertion it’s damaged. If the mind is strained from mental exertion, would it not be the same? I would suggest you rest for a time. Meditate even if that’s your thing. Find a way to relax and let your mind rest.” He would say before looking back down at Azrael. “That’s the best I’ve got personally, I’m not really the best when it comes to such things and I don’t really have a recommendation for someone else to talk to. Hell you’d be the one I’d be recommending someone else talk to if they had such an issue.” He would say the last with a laugh.

    It was ironic that the very man he would recommend to someone with a problem with memory or any other sort of a mental problem go to would be the one asking for assistance. “Sorry, I can’t be more help in this. Would you like to go to Konoha and see if anyone there might be able to assist you?” He would ask, his red eyes curious. Konoha was Kiri’s ally after all so it would be perfectly reasonable for Azrael to travel there to inquire if he wanted. It wasn’t even difficult to do so, the form to formally request it could be gotten as quickly as simply turning around and taking one off the front desk and filling it out on the spot.

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    Post by Azrael Sat Mar 04, 2023 5:24 am

    Listening to Valen, Azrael would tilt his head slightly as the man spoke. Not out of confusion of course, but of focus on what it was that the other man was saying. It would seem that Valen knew just about as much about Bijuu as Azrael did, which was not much but the other man did provide some insight that Azrael would find useful. He had been pushing so hard to overcome the Bijuu, to overcome his own limitations, that the thought of taking time to relax had eluded him. Meditation would be a good way to go about in refocusing his mind and his center, though his train of thought would be interrupted by Valen's mention of him traveling to Konoha. "No, Valen Minamoto. This One has no desire to travel away from Master Sero, and we do not know those from other lands." Azrael could think of several reasons as to why he should not go or why he did not want to go, of course the only true reason was that he hated traveling over the water, the boats made him sick and the thought of drowning was forever on his mind. "They would be no help to us as we could not trust them, you however have indeed been helpful to us. We will take your advise and rest our mind, meditation to refocus our center. This One would like to thank you, Valen Minamoto. Would you accept a Gift of this one's Protection Seal?" The seal would be one that Azrael could apply simply and quickly through the use of his chakra ink, and would provide two limited benefits that could be useful. It was not much but Azrael believed that it was something that could provide his comrades with a slight edge in combat, even if the effects were only effective once he could always reapply them later.


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    Character Name: Azrael, the Angel of Strife
    Clan: Akayurei {Clan Leader}
    Village: Kirigakure
    Rank: Genin
    Renown: 1250
    Skills: Genjutsu | Sensory | Ijutsu | Fuuinjutsu
    Stats:
    Strength: D
    Constitution: D
    Stamina: B+
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    Post by Valen Minamoto Wed Mar 15, 2023 3:19 am

    Azrael would choose to decline the offer for him to travel to Konoha to see if any of their allies could assist in the matter. However he would also tell him that Valen himself had in fact been of help. That he would indeed meditate and work on refocusing his mind and recovering from the mental ‘whammy’ that a creature as primal and powerful as a bijuu might have given him from simple proximity. He would also however make an interesting offer of some kind of ‘protection’ seal. Asking Valen if he would accept the seal as a gift.

    That would cause the Jounin Commander to frown in thought. He did not really like the idea of ‘seals’ on his person. It had to do with his past and growing up as a slave. The multitude of brand marks across his back that detailed his various owners. One could almost tell which were the oldest by the simple expediency of judging which scars seemed oldest. Although the timeframe grew more obscure for them as they got older and harder to judge. The remembered pain as each brand was painfully seared into his skin. The scent of burning meat upon the nose of a starved boy or teen that drove him into a near lunacy from the combination of wanton desire for food and the sick revulsion of finding the scent of his own searing flesh appetizing.

    Yeah, he did not much like the idea of permanent marks on his skin of any kind. Particularly ‘seals’. As such he would shake his head at the masked man. “I’ll have to decline my friend. I’m not comfortable with marks on my person. It involves my past and the brands on my back. So I hope you won’t take offense, but for now I will decline. Should I become more comfortable with the idea in the future I will take you up on it however. For now though Azrael, I need to get back to work. Good resting for you.” He would say, politely declining the offer of the seal and bidding the Yurei Clan member a farewell. With that he would turn and enter the Mizukage Complex and to his work in his office.

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    Post by Azrael Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:34 am

    Azrael would nod, he was not one to press an issue. Valen's choice to not receive a seal on his person was of no real concern for Azrael, yet a feeling of owing the man would still linger. There was of course one thing that Azrael could do that would not require the placing of seals on the man's body. Pulling out a small slip of paper, Azrael would hold it in his hand as chakra transferred from his fingertips into the paper, making a seal appear on the paper as if made of ink. Once this was done Azrael would hold it out to Valen. "We understand that you are busy Valen Minamoto, we shall not hold you up longer. Please take this, it will allow you to contact us whenever you may wish. Keep it on your person and our counsel will be at your side, should you require it." Azrael would leave out the other reason that he wanted Valen to keep it on his person, as it would allow Azrael to be able to find Valen through tracking it. It would of course be more effective if it was placed on the man's body, but considering Valen's preference this would have to suffice. After all the man called him friend and Azrael looked out for his friends, the last thing he needed was Valen disappearing like his Daeva has with him not knowing when or if he would see her again, no he was going to do his best to keep track of those close to him and his Master so this wouldn't happen again. Once Valen had taken the paper with a seal upon it, Azrael would take his leave returning to the Kaguya district where his room was that his master had given him.

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    Constitution: D
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