Torn Like a Page

[The Dude]

Uso would find himself in an existence indescribable to anyone who had never suffered such a strange fate. Being trapped in a two dimensional prision as a cartoon was both humiliating and something to be in awe over. But for a time all he could do besides shimmy from side to side was stare directly forward and witness the tumultuous third dimension tortured by his inability to interact with it. In the furling black cloak of the man he was stored and all became dark for a few minutes.



When next light was revealed, Uso would be looking out into a room composed of perfect edged black stones. His view was turned though and next he was looking directly at the man who appeared to be holding both upper corners of the canvas though it was impossible to tell from this angle. "Ah Uso, you look great on this wall. Maybe I'll keep you here if this doesn't pan out as expected, but for now I think I'd much prefer a room than a wall." And with that he cocked one arm back before driving his fist forward direction at Uso.

Uso, felt no pain however. Instead the sensation of stretching and flexing all your muscles at once could be felt. Not painful, merely the slight strain of movement and use returning to him. He was sitting now in the middle of a white empty room trapped still in Ji's body. The room had only one door, and the mysterious man stepped through it at his leisure before coming to a stop and sitting cross legged on the floor five meters away from Uso. "Your test begins now. So, let's talk." His face was stern but his voice still deep and calm.

OOC: Essentially, he hung the scroll up on the wall of the stone room. Then he punched the canvas and drove it into the wall. Somehow this transformed the canvas into a room where your sitting, and he stepped through to talk to you.

[Nirvana]

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[/td][td][atrb=border,0,true][classy=postcontentt]What the hell is going on! This wasn't my body nor did I understand it. These hands, they didn't have my nail polish on them nor my markings of beauty. Yet that was when I saw it, the ring I had given him. Ji's ring.

It fit snuggly on his ring finger, and he wore it everywhere he went not knowing I meant for it as a promise ring. The realization struck me all too quickly as the next few sudden events left me wondering what the hell was going on.

Everything was so weird, and cartoony. It made me feel like I was some sort of Sumi creation thanks to the limited bits of mobility that I had during that time. I knew there was gonna be a catch to Ji's naive idiocy, but did he listen to my sound, and completely right reasoning -- noooo.

He just had to be his usual self, and literally fuck up my entire day. These eyes were so different then my own, and every single little detail seemed to be just a bit better. I guess being born, an uchiha gave Ji this kind of abnormal 22 | 24 vision.

I tried to reach outwards as I saw his hand reeling backwards. Damn. This two dimensional body won't let me do anything at all. It seemed too late as Ji's entire body was struck once again with force I couldn't imagine. I couldn't believe it when I fell into a white room.

I tried to check myself to see if I was in full form again or still two dimensional. This bastards voice cut deep into my silence as he expected me to just talk with him. Grr, if I didn't have so many questions to ask him i would have tried to sock him in the face a few times.

I tried to stand up, and it was awkward being flat footed again. I usually wore heeled shinobi boots so the change in balance was a little awkward. Once I had finally found my footing I began to speak to this bastard. " Okay what the hell have you done to me, and Ji, and what the hell are you gonna do![/i]"

Wow, Ji's voice was so sexy coming out of this mouth. I never knew how enjoyable it was just to listen to him especially in a rough tone. I wonder if he would ever speak like that to me. I swiped my mouth drool, and a blush coming over myself with the next few mental images I picked being back in my old body.
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[The Dude]

"When you took the fates in your hands, you accepted both my tests and the responsibility for the repercussions. It may have been Ji who wanted this, but you abide his decisions, Uso. Do not blame me for what you have brought upon yourselves," His voice was sharp and cutting now. Having taken some clear offense to being blamed. "If there is anyone to be blamed perhaps it's the one who's abandoned you to my care all for little more than a chance at something he knows nothing of?"

The man stood on the opposite side of the room as Uso. Withdrawing his hands from his cloak he clapped the palms together and interwove his fingers in a short string of seals. The seals themselves were not the standard seals of shinobi, but the chakra would be recognizable to Uso's crimson gaze as Li clan art. As he worked to set the room up, he explained things. "All I did, was switch your minds. Or switch your bodies? It really doesn't make a difference you can decide for yourself which it is." No sooner had he finished the seals than the floor took on a grid of ink lines. Soon after that, symbols drew themselves within the grid and soon it was clear. The floor of this room had been turned into a board for the classic game of Shogi.

The man tossed a small bottle of ink back over his shoulder shattering it just above the doorway he had come through. As the ink spilled down, it seemed to curtain the doorway blocking off the exit. Again crimson orbitals recognized Li artwork at it's finest, but also a multitude of seals that blocked the exit. Trapped.

"Let's just enjoy a friendly game of Shogi and each others company. I'll make the first move." His finger pointed to one of the squares and the ink faded from sight. "So tell me, what's so special about Ji anyway? He strikes me as the common ninja as far as his personality and actions go. I mean, sure if you want to be technical he has so much power. Power you now hold." The eyes danced up from the board to lock with Uso's. "That makes you the special one now, doesn't it?"

OOC: I do not expect you to be specific at all about the game of Shogi. This is ICly all about the dialogue.

[Nirvana]

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[/td][td][atrb=border,0,true][classy=postcontentt]This was some sort of nightmarish dream world. I couldn't think of sensual things at a time like this especially with such a powerful enemy in my way. His speech, mannerisms, even way of walking if he even is walking behind that robe was bizarre.

It was all erratic, and hard to keep up with. The words that seeped from his mouth were true. I didn't actually have a right to blame him, but I damn sure did anyway. Why would I do that? Because this asshole created the test in the first place I have every right to be upset with it.

I tried to stay calm as he spoke more, but honestly I wish I could shut his mouth with a few pepa shuriken to the throat. Damn it, Ji! Why couldn't you have been born a shikigami or I an uchiha. This body it's chakra doesn't even feel right at all. It's so. . so not like how I would have expected his chakra to feel like.

His chakra was heavy, and dense around the eyes, and stomach. It was like conduits shut off at the moment, but chakra or energy is just building on the other side. So much power was inside of my hands now, but I didn't want any of this. His words were reaching me. They wounded me a little for the fact Ji was more special then me in every way possible.

No.

No one is more special then me! Not even Ji that freaking nitwit! " You are so off the mark it's incredible. My old body was more special, and more beautiful then the one before you. Ji is not as powerful as me not even by a long shot." I didn't know who I was lying for at this exact moment.

Was it for my ears or the strangers? I didn't even attempt to play shogi because of one simple little detail. I didn't even know how to play it nor was I ever taught to play it. I merely kept my hands folded before myself as I couldn't hold my thoughts in anymore.

" I wanna know something. Why did you appear to us? You're clearly not the leader of some barbarian gang of bandits. You're much more powerful with all of this warping crap. What are you, and who are you working with. Could they become allies of the Hidden Rain?[/i]"

Business as usual a Kage before a Genin was always my style.
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[The Dude]

As Uso retorted he made his views on his own self worth profoundly obvious. He had confidence and it emanated from his very voice reverberating off the walls. The man merely pursed his lips to the side as if in thought, now staring down at the board more than at Uso. "I see," he mumbled quietly as he outstretched his hand gesturing to a vacant square that became occupied by the symbol of the piece that had disappeared. "Your move now Uso."

Then Uso asked the man a few questions and the man smiled broadly folding his arms across his chest as he leaned back against the wall behind him. It wasn't that he was amused by what Uso said, but more that he seemed to take pleasure in the direction the conversation was going. The man was no fool, and he had not rushed lightly into this. Every turn of phrase and conversation were steps to the top of a stair case where the grand prize awaited. He merely watched diligently as Uso began taking larger steps up the winding way coming every closer to the prize at the top.

"Why did I appear to you? That's a question with many answers. You'll have to be more specific with it. Would you like to know the logical occurrences that lead me to seek the two of you out? Or, would you prefer the bottom line simple though possibly confusing answer?" He paused and his eyes twinkled mischievously, "Now you ask what I am and who I'm working with? The tale is long and dull, it is suffice to say that I am ancient shinobi skilled in Li clan art, and I'm working with my 'family,'" he quoted the word family with his fingers, "to ensure that things stay interesting. We are everyone's allies as well as enemies, but it all becomes a matter of vague perspectives."

Running both hands from the his forehead back through his hair now, coming through with his fingers to clean the frayed mop top look he prized. He finished saying, "I sympathize for you Uso, I was once in your shoes. Left in the dark, only dreaming of all the possibilities of what could really be happening behind the sinister curtain. I will say, we are not your enemies as of now. We are merely here to test for the moment. If you pass the test we are here to guide you, if you fail we will disappear. I can't say whether or not we will return as friends, foes, or even ever if you fail. That all depends on what my brother reads."

[Nirvana]

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[/td][td][atrb=border,0,true][classy=postcontentt]It's weird how easy it was to make him talk about nothing in particular. I would never get to a real reason behind anything right? It would only be logical that he didn't tell me anything about himself. Wrong. He told me crucial things which I don't even think he realized that he told them to me.

I backed up, showing him physically that I was redrawing from his antics. I wasn't gonna allow him to get in my head anymore then he already has. Ji's body is special to me, but in all honesty he needs to wash himself more because this smell is unsanitary.

"You do realize that I don't give a fuck about the fluff. There was little information which actually pertains to the questions I actually asked. I didn't say who you are, but What you are. These abilities are outside of the norm for some Li clan shinobi even if you are "ancient" which in of itself is a new question.[/color]"

I paused as I backed up even more. He really was just creating more questions and this would go nowhere fast unless something was changed. He has all the variables in his hands which was really bad so I decided to shift those variables into my favor a little bit.

I smiled before beginning again. "You are just some pawn in this thing a meaningless piece. This everything about it is useless. I will gain nothing from you, but you will gain no more from me until something real is given.[/color]" I decided to keep quiet, and sit directly on the ground.

This didn't matter to me at all, and in the end was merely done to provoke some sort of reaction. I wanted to test if he really needed me here or if this was just something to bide time. And if it was the latter then there really was no reason to speak since something else would be coming.
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[The Dude]

The man looked amused at first as Uso took a step back, "You're clever Uso. But forcing the hand isn't always the best move. If you believe me to be a pawn, that's up to you. But pawns are fools best manipulated when they know nothing of circumstances." He formed a flurry of hand seals and in two seconds the symbols on the board representing pieces took the form of black ink monsters that snarled and howled across the board at him but made no moves yet.

"Clever boy, I've now revealed a few cards in my hand. I know all the cards you hold as well. So tell me, do you really want to force the rest of my hand knowing full well that what I've shown you trumps your hand?" He crossed his arms and his face was cross with anger and disappointment in Uso. Even his pupils blazed with fire as the creatures cried for blood and violence. "You can either play my games, or see the rest of my hand brought against you with fury!"

"What will you do now clever boy?!"

[Nirvana]

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