Board Thread:Land of Earth/@comment-24937485-20151211201414/@comment-24937485-20151216133100



Iwagakure was surrounded by various mountains, big and small, some of which were restructured into serving new uses, such as providing housing, shelter, and save storage spells. It’s even said that some of the mountains around Iwagakure hid immense treasure from times of old in massive vaults that were dug underneath them a long time ago.

While other mountains, not much larger than a hill, were merely used towards other causes in their natural shape. There were at least two of these with a perfectly flat top, forming a square plateau of sorts, which were located east and west of the Hidden Stone, known to be areas that were often used for training.

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The west plateau found a hunched over humanoid shadow stretching over its rough, rock, floor, as the morning sun crept up over the horizon. It brought light to a solemn individual who sat perched upon the edge of one of four high pillars, a boy, no older than eleven, who gazed at the rising sun with empty and lifeless eyes. His lips parted as if he was about to say before forming a tight, shut, line, as he leaned over forward and let gravity take its pull, falling down face-first towards the ground, twisting his body half-way through the drop to make a soft landing on both feet in a wide stance, the tips of his index- and middle-finger touching the ground.





“Cold….” He exhaled, calmly, as a gentle gust of wind blew past his black bangs, before straightening himself and standing upright. He then closed his eyes and made the clone hand-seal with both his hands. Effortlessly summoning what first looked to be a puff of smoke but later revealed a Basic clone that was indistinguishable from Kei himself, in terms of physical appearance. But he hadn’t come here to practice a technique that already bored him. No, he kept the clone hand-seal in place and tried something which he had overheard some of the village Shinobi talking about. –Distributing Chakra into the clone will increase its effectiveness in terms of durability and usability.- Kei remembered the exact words. But bringing them into action would prove far more difficult as the young Uchiha Genin made his first attempt which caused his clone to dissolve in a gross-looking puddle before it poofed. Something he had done had brought the clone out of balance.

Kei opened his eyes again, unfolding his hands, as he paced back and forth while going over what could’ve gone wrong.