Prose of Construction [P]

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It was amazing how fast he noticed flaws in the designs he had and opted to augment them to better serve the final function of space for a ninja on the move. The design as it was was a small oversight but the sack would work much better if the whole 'sack' part of it were simply one piece properly stitched into itself. He began to make those modifications in his design and eventually followed them in real time using the sack he was working on. He was sure his approach would lead to a finished product that was just as good, if not better than the counterparts already taking up shelf space in stores.

The closer he got to the being done with the two sacks the more his mind drifted into the future where he had already mapped out his next moves. The three things he needed to do after being paid for his rucksacks was simple.

[/color][/sup] He needed to pay off his debts of the sixty-thousand ryo for seed money to Ryu.[/ul]
The business couldn't go on without the seed money properly invested into pieces of crafting materials at all times and since rucksacks were a cash cow and Hyourougan were already Sen's specialty, it didn't make sense to get materials in any other rank but A.

[/color][/sup] He needed to keep his Crafter's Cradle full of A-rank crafting materials. Which in this case meant buying five pieces.[/ul]
The endgame in being a craftsman was having the skill, knowledge and ability to craft goods he might need personally in the event he didn't have the money to buy those goods. Alternatively, if he had the skill, knowledge and ability to craft something worth a lot of ryo he could craft that[/b] item instead and use the money he got from it to buy the items he needed but couldn't craft. With his current inability to make pills under the new system his third objective was just as simple as the first two.

[/color][/sup] He would have to replace the emergency Hyourougan he'd sold in order to buy his new tools.[/ul]

Although he was in the profession for the knowledge and know-how he couldn't deny the money side of it all was appealing as all hell. One hundred and eighty-thousand ryo was more money than Sen had ever had on himself at any given moment in his life and it stood as a testament to how far both himself and the Craftsman's universal system had come.[/justify][/blockquote]

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Cutting away an exposed thread the genin almost snorted at the memory of being given fifty-thousand ryo by Kaguya Kira, Nidaime Tsuchikage candidate seven years ago. Kira gave him the funds so that he could buy A-rank tools and kick start a new time of growth in Iwagakure using Sen's takumi skills to generate extra income for the village. He'd gotten the tools but his intuition and good judgement skills told him that he wouldn't be able to maintain working so hard and raising enough ryo to repay the village for his tools, let alone generate extra

[/b] income, as he was only twelve or so years old at the time. He didn't become the great crafting prodigy he thought he would be but the memory still made him smile.

Even back when he was punk kid with a brand new headband hanging around his neck, he knew his limits. So, he returned the tools and paid the village back the difference and he remembered feeling quite relieved to not have that debt over his head anymore.

Little did he know at the time that that method of handling business would become a cornerstone of his own business dealings in the crafting world. "You loan me this now and before you even have a chance to miss it, I'll return it to you plus interest." Because the genin only asked people he could trust and people who trusted him there was never a risk for dealings gone bad. He was building a reputation that said he was a smart investment because he always delivered on his end of the deal.

His musings faded away into focus as he began to sort out the final lengths and sizes of materials and cloth. Most of it was scraps now that simply needed to be properly disposed of. There was still the straps and the locking mechanisms/clasps he had to attach. He noticed that time didn't seem to hang on him forever with the new tools and it seemed they made crafting everything that much easier and faster. He'd lost a lot of ryo making the conversion to the new tools but he could see now it was well worth it.

When he first started the second rucksack he knew what pieces went where and how many he would need so it was nothing to arrange those pieces and set them aside for later use, although later had arrived. The high quality high durability stitching he was using as well as the glaze treatment for the cloth portion of the finished product and the polish for the metal portions of the finished product, all of it was put in it's proper place awaiting use. The glaze and polish had been placed farthest from him being that they would be the pieces he would be using last.[/justify][/blockquote]

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It meant the world to the genin to be able to not just craft, but to become as totally self sufficient as possible. Everything he made with his own hands once, could be made with his own hands again. He was finding niches and nuances in the crafting system he could make good use of. Right now, the number of this he could make was limited and of those things the ones he could personally make use of and thus, didn't need to sell was even more limited.

Seeing as how some other guy would come to depend on this rucksack with his life the genin held back nothing in his efforts to drown it in a treatment glaze that would offer basic defenses to the common elements of nature such as water, snow, higher-than-average heat, strong winds, and even light amounts of fire. Plus it gave the material a bit of a natural gloss. The metal openings and accommodating clasps and locks were also added and there was nothing left to do but let it sit in the sun so the polishes and glazes could be absorbed into their respective places.

From where he sat he was easily able to recline, put up his feet and watch his work come to fruition. There were moments when his skills in crafting felt like they would place the world at his very fingertips and this was one of those moments.

Making good use of his time he would clean up the scraps of cloth and pack away his tools. His empty Crafter's Cradle set off a mental alarm that he was out of stock on materials and would need to 're-up' as it were. The empty inventory space was something he already had steps mapped out in which to fix.

He folded his apron and put the finished rucksacks in bags to keep them fresh. The less things that touched on them before they made it to the shelf of an item shop the better for Sen and the higher for pay for them.

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Rucksack ^{(2 rucksacks)}

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Rank: A
Type: Universal Accessory / Extension / Self
Special: Allows the storage of 20 extra Packs. Available to all ranks, including Non-Ninja. Each rucksack takes up two (2) accessory slots.
Description: The Rucksack appears like a normal back pack, but much sturdier. Better yet, even if its users gets covered in the elements, the contents within will be secure - given they were sealed properly!
Cost: 120,000 Ryo
Rucksack Crafting Mastery: 1&2 of 10[/spoiler]

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