Twelfth Gate [Video/Action]

[niceguypose]

[Video]

[And here is a bushy-browed youth addressing the video feed, with a mix of anticipation and dread.]

Greetings, people of Luceti! Rock Lee here! Currently, I am training hard so that I can try my hand at becoming a jounin! I would be glad to accept any and all training partners. However... Please only see me before the fourteenth!

After all, I must warn all newer people of the holiday that is coming... the day of the Valentines. On such a day, the Malnosso have been known to use their shifts to twist our emotions! They force on us... the feeling of love! Those who were caught under the mistletoe may have some idea of this effect...

My advice, is to exercise caution! In fact, I intend to seal myself within the Battle Dome once the time comes until I am certain it is over! Please do not come to find me. Alternatively, if you do find me, and I seem to be under the effect of the shift, I ask you to do all that you can to overpower me and keep me restrained until it passes! I thank you all in advance...

[Action]

[Basically, Lee can be found doing waiting at Seventh Heaven, while training at the same time. He can otherwise be found performing intense training around the village, within the Fllame Building or the forest, or at the Battle Dome.]

Comments

voice;

[ura_no_ura]

How do you avoid it? Is there a plant involved?

voice;

[niceguypose]

I am sorry, Kakashi-sensei, but this one is not dependent on foliage. At least as far as I know. This one is a direct shift. The only solution is to avoid others! Or perhaps to leave the enclosure.

[Voice]

[deadlydango]

Are you fucking serious?

[Another damn love holiday?]

What's with these holidays? Are they just some sorta love-nuts?

[Voice]

[niceguypose]

Ah... I suppose that it's possible. It's a very confusing matter! But I think this may be the only other holiday of love.

[medicalpunch]

I think you've got the right idea about that day. [If she can get through it without drastic changes to her appearance this year, she'll be pretty satisfied.]

But till then, training buddies?

[niceguypose]

[He's flustered a little bit just thinking about it. He still feels as guilty as he did then for they way he regarded Sakura for that week, and being reminded of it saps his energy a bit.]

Ye- yes. I would be honored by that, Sakura-san. Let's train hard!

[voice]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Exercising caution was all good and well, but sometimes details would help.]

If anyone asks about details about the February shift, sometimes the scientists have invoked the shift through use of the journals. Your plan of sealing yourself off may not be very effective if they decide to postpone the experiment until later in the month, as they have done before.

...Unless you intend to seal yourself away for the entire month.

[voice] threadjack

[ura_no_ura]

So you're saying that we can't be certain as to when this event will occur, and there is no conceivable way to avoid it, short of going on a mission for the rest of this month.

[voice]

[niceguypose]

[That's a familiar voice, from that time they were all possessed.]

Ah... You're right. The mistletoes did come after Christmas...

But very well! I can quarantine myself for as long as is needed!

voice;

[reviling]

[he's not really used voice. He prefers to communicate with writing in the journal, but he's slowly warming up to the different functions.]

What happened with the mistletoe?

[he does NOT like the sound of this.]

voice;

[niceguypose]

Ah... That's right, you are a more recent arrival. You see, whoever steps under the misteltoe plant...

[Dramatic pause.]

They must kiss.

voice

[fantheflame]

[Sasuke watches this post several times, as well as some of the open threads and the contained explanations. Great. More bullshit like the mistletoe... just what he needs in his life. Ugh.]

[But that's not why he's commenting here.]

You sure about "any and all" training partners?

[Yeah, that's an offer. Or maybe a request, depending on how you look at it...]

voice

[niceguypose]

[Now that's one offer he hadn't expected... if it was a true offer. Hearing that voice gave him a slight chill. He pauses for a moment before replying, still not sure what to make of Sasuke. But he knows one thing for sure.]

I am absolutely sure. I will take on... any training partners. If they themselves are willing...

[ voice ]

[rashness]

Let's spar, Lee.

[ He... doesn't do it a lot, really. But maybe he should get back into the habit ]

[ voice ]

[niceguypose]

Rin-kun! I would be honored to face you.

[Voice]

[sealanddesuyo]

You mean they are going to make us really fall in love with someone? That's so weird!

[He does not want to kiss someone, thank you very much.]

What's a jounin?

[Voice]

[niceguypose]

That is exactly what I mean! As weird as it may be, it is simply a fact!

A jounin... That is one of the most elite ranks for a ninja!

[stilldontgotit]

Just remember that hiding won't necessarily prevent it. Sometimes talking over the journal gets the job done, too.

[That's one thing Riku learned during his first Valentine's Day in Luceti... and for a brief moment, a sad smile crosses his face. Stupid nostalgia.]

[niceguypose]

Is... is that so? [He looks towards the journal dubiously.]

Is it also possible to fall in love with the journal itself?

Voice;

[selphie_t]

[Sure Lee. Remind Selphie of the shift that she hates and has made her hate Valentine's Day as well. Her voice comes out sounding flat and guarded before she let's out the breath she didn't realized she'd been holding.]

Yay, Valentine's Day...

[Somebody is clearly not a fan.]

Voice;

[niceguypose]

Selphie-san? Its coming is very distressing.

voice

[redshifted]

Ugh, seriously?

[ Lea doesn't like this at all. Making people have feelings they don't want? Reeks of dangerous experimentation on the heart. Which, you know, sounds innocuous when it's a dumb Valentine's Day prank, but that'll just be the start. Then it's manipulating your relationships. Then your loyalty. Then your sense of self. Then everyone's borked. That is, assuming the experiments have their intended effects and don't just make people's hearts collapse. Which has, historically, happened. In Lea's experience. ]


So it usually activates if you see a person? [ Maybe Lea can sleep through it. ]

voice

[niceguypose]

I am as serious as possible!

That seems to be the case... but it's hard to tell. Love works in mysterious ways, after all! It may activate over the journals, as well.

[materiathief]

I'm always up for a spar!

[Kakashi said you could fight, and now she's curious!]

[niceguypose]

Yuffie-san! I would be glad to spar with you in that case!

video;

[universal_charm]

Oh come on, the great ninja Lee isn't scared of a couple kisses, is he?

_{[ That would be particular hilarious, and totally go with all the other crazy things he's learned about this kid so far. ]}

video;

[niceguypose]

I... I fear no kisses! But I will not allow anymore romances of youth to be corrupted by the Malnosso!

[Voice]

[rutagraveolens]

[Here is one very dismayed sounding child.]

You mean all of that's going to happen again? Is there going to be mistletoe? It'll be easy to avoid then, right?

[Voice]

[niceguypose]

I am afraid that it will happen again, Rue-chan. And... It is not connected to the mistletoe. This one may be applied as a direct shift!

[voice]

[axed]

Force love? What the hell does that even mean?

[voice]

[niceguypose]

Ah... Do you know much about the nature of Shifting? With that technology, the Malnosso can change our emotions as they please! So, it is through that method which they can make us feel the feeling of love towards each other.

[ video ]

[friendshipfirst]

[ Wait... ]

So what kind o' day is this Valentines Day?

[ video ]

[niceguypose]

Consider it to be a day... of romance!

[Action]

[whiskytraitorfirefight]

[After a rough morning in the Battle Dome, Ginia's not in the mood to cook, even for a distraction. So she'll be at Seventh Heaven a bit after lunch, seated at a table, sipping water and browsing the menu.]

[Action]

[niceguypose]

[And Rock Lee is there to wait on her, quick as a green flash.]

How may I serve you, Miss?

[video]

[sharknado_swimmer]

...they can do things like that?

[video]

[niceguypose]

The capabilities of their shifts seem to have no limits at all!

[Action]

[screw_fate]

[Neji sees the announcement over the journal, but why bother with all that when Lee's right there? He'll go find his teammate and roommate to talk face to face, thanks.]

Hmm. Should I be sparring with you when you'll be competing in the exams and I'll be proctoring them? It might give you an unfair advantage or something.

[Action]

[niceguypose]

[He can't help but smirk at that, halting a set of push-ups to rise and address Neji.]

I expect no favoritism from you, Neji! That's also why I believe that we can still practice together without any such advantage being unfair. I know you'll make sure that I will only reach such a level through hard work!

[Voice]

[knightofratatosk]

I'm not sure sealing yourself up in the Battle Dome would really help with something like that... what if someone else came in to use it and you both ended up affected?

[Voice]

[niceguypose]

I will allow no one within my vicinity, Emil-kun! Please do not try to train with me when the time comes.