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A crowd of men were moving forth. The men all wore stuffy costumes, ignoring the hot weather conditions. Their rotten faces with lifeless eyes and gapping, dribbling toothless mouths were covered by creepy, featureless white masks. They were all once people, people with free will, free minds, wishes, dreams, families and plans in life. However they all had one mistake in common – they were useful to the wrong man. A man known only as the “Shadow Man”. That man used their minds infecting them with strange suggestive thoughts that seemed too addictive to resist. Each of these elements of an army, sizing hundreds of people  did something for the Shadow Man.

However as time passed their bodies and their minds deteriorated, they became husks, rotten shells of the people they once were until they were no longer useful to the “Shadow Man”. And as barely living and barely functioning puppets, these men and women only lived in tubes, waiting for the “Shadow Man” to summon them from their tubes and give them commands. Their minds are but empty slates, waiting for the first suggestion to fill them, give them purpose again, make them human again. And while once again they live, they breathe and speak in unintelligible radio-like murmurs that only they understand, they’re not who they once were.

Their orders are not to become the Kage, not to make a family or to raise kids. Their orders are to beat, maim, kill people with as much violence as possible. Make the brothers in arms question their loyalty by seeing their brothers torn apart upon their very eyes, make the dead look so repulsive that the people who will find them will know better than to resist the Parabrahma in the future. They were not that well armed, they have only batons and simple ninja tools but Meat Puppets do not care unless ordered to care. They march, they stay vigilant, they run over anyone foolish enough to stand in their path. Such were the orders of the “Shadow Man”, these orders are now their life.

There is a mountain range in front, they will climb it, tumble through it for Meat Puppets do not tire unless ordered to tire. Their bodies do not feel pain, do not flinch unless ordered to flinch. They do not die for they are already just husks. Only upon being destroyed or having their heads severed from their bodies so that their mind is no longer in control of the body can they be put down but their enemies do not know that. People will stand in Meat Puppets’ way, people will die, their bodies will color these rocky plains red…

The Meat Puppets will enter the safe-house of their target, they will mercilessly beat anyone in their way, advisors, politicians, children, men and women, most severely of all – ninja. They do not care if they are stopped mid way, they fear not the death, they do not know what fear is and their enemies do. Meat Puppets are one, their enemies are not. They are people from all over the world, people told from their youth that other people are evil and want to hurt them. Enemy does not trust their closest brothers, Meat Puppets do not know trust. They do not know loyalty. They do not know anything, they act. How can one hope to stand in Meat Puppets’ way? They must have a death wish or not know what death is, that will all be fixed until the end of this day.

Meat Puppets march on…

Kirei wrote:

"So. Does anyone else agree their fashion sense makes as much sense as a campfire underwater?. . . . .No? No one. Okay well I guess I'm the only one with a  sense of humor in this team."

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Mod Post: Due to failing to post within 72 hours Jaki is skipped. His character simply failed to appear at the team gathering and can do so when his turn to post comes again after Elsa.


As far as your objective goes the army has noticed Elsa's daring approach and is rushing at him at a casual rushing pace wielding simple battons. The rest of the team can join in on the offensive before your teammate is surrounded.

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Kirei wrote:

"So it's that kinda party eh? Alright!"

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Protect the Safehouse The Chuunin finished dusting himself off by the time the covered up Konoha ninja landed near him. The boy’s joke fell quite flat since the color of Kuro’s skin was actually quite dark to be compared to that of a snowflake. He also didn’t really consider himself a samurai but it seemed to be quite common for the leaf ninja to think anyone who wielded a sword was seen to be one. The last leaf ninja Kuro encountered has believed he was a samurai as well, and also made very bad jokes. “I think it’s best if we don’t speak.” Kuro said softly. He thought it was rather unfortunate the group he got paired with. He didn’t doubt their skill due to there probably being a good explanation to why they were picked for this mission, but if he had to put up with more jokes while in the middle of combat, he damn might near drown the kid.   The red-eyed boy focused his views on the approaching army that had now spotted him and began to rush towards them. Kuro’s eyes filled with pity for the poor souls that were trapped like slaves in their own body. Kuro slowly slid his blade from underneath his cloak while forming a single hand sign. His eyes flicked towards the sky where clouds began to gather and unleashed snow. The dark frozen water crystals fell elegantly towards the ground, keeping their crystallized state in the humid conditions. Dark in color, they resembled ash instead of actual snow. Kirei charged ahead and Kuro followed closely behind, heading towards the incoming enemies on their left side. With his free hand, Kuro grabbed the edge of his hilt and pulled it out in time to block and incoming blow from one of the enemies before driving his katana through his left eye. The mask that previously covered his face shattered revealing the surface of his skin. His mouth had no teeth and his skin was cut severely. Looking into the eyes of the lifeless creature caused Kuro to flinch in shock before he finally pulled is blade from out of the corpse. The Chunin was unsure of whether or not he killed the man, or if he had already been dead to begin with. Another undead attacked unexpectedly, causing Kuro to barely block the blow. The baton met his right forearm, causing a flash of pain to run throughout his arm. Without hesitating, he brought his katana vertically across, removing the lifeless creature’s head clean off. It hit the ground hard near the first body that fell. The Chunin turned to face three more enemies that rushed towards him. Now focused, Kuro charged towards them. The first two enemies led the attack, swinging their weapons wildly through the air. Kuro leaped over them gracefully spinning to avoid the wild attack before landing in front of the lifeless body in the back. As gravity brought the boy back down, he untucked his blade to bring it down on the lifeless being. With the momentum built, the body was cut in two, dropping towards opposite sides. Kuro turned his body, bringing his sheath out in front of him just in time to block an incoming attack. He then used his katana to force its way under the boys chin, driving the blade through its skull. The last of the three came charging in. his body swayed from side to side, lifting his hand up and bringing his weapon down onto the Chunin. Kuro pulled his katana from the body he just destroyed before using it to slice the last lifeless body.   The Chunin stared at the corpses that lay at his feet before turning to the large army that still awaited him and his team. He was going to try his best to free every one of these souls from the grasp of whoever was controlling them. he place his sheath over his body, preparing for the next wave that came at him. He turned towards the masked boy who seemed to have taken care of his own set of bodies, and then viewed the giant fireball that was headed towards the army’s core. Looks like the battle to defend the safe house has officially commenced.

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Mod Post: Seeing how there's no actual NPC to roleplay the members can reset the posting queue once it is done. Mod posts will only be made when the crowd changes tactics and it is supposed to be reflected in the members' posts.

The army has taken a significant hit from Yoru's jutsu, none of the Meat Puppets flinch or react to blows or are kept down by anything that does not cripple a man therefore most of attacks failed to take the enemy out:

Kirei: Attempts to strike at the Puppets' legs only wielded temporary success as the puppets rose back in fifteen or twenty seconds, stabs or blows to the body brought little success as the puppets only reacted to the blunt force of the stab and showed no reaction to pain or didn't flinch.

Yoru: the jutsu is fairly effective, some Puppets at the center of the impact radius are down and out. Those that had their legs or abdomen hurt by the explosion crawl around trying to hit people in the shins. A large number of Puppets were blown back by the explosion but got back up.

Elsa: Kuro's strikes to the head were highly effective in keeping the puppets down suggesting a possible weakness for decapitations and direct thrusts to the head.

Jaki: Similarly to Yoru some Puppets were taken out by direct damage to the head, most were either kept down and crawling making it more difficult to overlook everything, others stood back up and continued the assault.

Overall the army's strategy changes, instead of rushing they try to carefully attack one at a time while their comrades try to surround the opposing ninja and then overwhelm their perception and ability to evade everything at once.

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A Weak Spot? The soulless bodies continue to make their way towards the small allied group. The fireball had struck the core of the army, sending some of the bodies aflame but still moving towards them. There were no sounds of agony or screams, but blissful silence as the flames ate away their body. Hearing the sounds of blades clashing over the roar of the flames, Kuro turned his attention to the boy who found himself surrounded by an army of the soulless beings. Pulling out three shuriken, Kuro launched them at the masked figures, aiming for their upper body.  The projectiles dug into the skin of the three beings who seemed unaffected from the attack, as if they had been hit by just air. The Chuunin took a moment to process what happened before a bright light erupted in Kirei’s general area. Kuro squinted his eyes for a brief moment to the unexpected light. The outcome of the explosion left some of the lifeless bodies dismembered, yet they still struggled to get up. Kuro rushed to his friends aids, cutting his way through the enemies that stood between them. “You alright?” Kuro looked back and his face was in utter shock. Most of the enemies that he had stuck were getting back up and still moving towards their direction. To buy them some time, Kuro formed a set of hand seals with his free hand and prepared to release the sticky substance. Kuro let out the substance as it covered 20 square meters. The enemies that were approaching them stopped in their tracks, unable to move. Using the newfound time, the Chuunin began to analyze what had just occurred. The first few enemies he had faced has stayed down after he has struck them, but all the others who have been hit have managed to get back. The ones who lit up from the flame, the few who were struck by the shuriken and didn’t even manage to flinch, even those whose limbs were ripped off from the previous blast. They all managed to find a way to continue fighting. “Hmm, could it be?” Kuro pondered the possibility of a weakness to the soulless bodies. Kuro was beginning to believe that these beings did not feel pain and continued to fight until either their hearts stopped beating, or their brain was struck. In that was the case, his group would have to do a lot more than shoot giant fireballs and explosives if they wanted to stop the army. Kuro remained ready to fight, but couldn’t help but overhear his enemies murmuring an unknown language to one another. It was something that was quite odd, but he wouldn’t let that distract him. Without looking at Kirei “Looks like it may be best if we work together."

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