Worldbuilding 101 (open, NK)

It was finally time; Anaphiel had finished putting together all of the information he needed to make his dimension an actual reality. It was time to actually get the creation process started. He figured it was going to take a significant amount of time to actually create the pocket dimension and fill it with all of the details that he’d written down in the absurd number of scrolls. He also didn’t want to try creating Rayoralia here in his home because if he made a mistake, he was liable to destroy the building. That was not acceptable, especially since he was not the only one living here, and he wasn’t sure what kind of damage would be caused to the surrounding areas. The smartest choice would be to either work on this outside of the village, or go to a large, open area where collateral damage would be kept to a minimum. The ideal location would be the training grounds, because of the above reasons, so that’s where he would go. He wouldn’t need anything other than his basic gear so he left all of his non-essential equipment at home. Telantes was off on another mission so she wouldn’t be present for the initial creation of Rayoralia; he felt a bit bad about that, but he wanted to get the creation process finished and didn’t want to wait for her to get back. He made sure he had everything he needed and left home, heading for the training grounds.

Anaphiel made his way through Kumo over to where the training grounds were located. It was not an area he frequented often, mainly because most of his training was mental and he did most of his training alone. It was a good day to be out at the training grounds though; the sky was relatively clear, the weather was nice for mid summer. Anaphiel could tolerate being outside in this weather for a solid number of hours, provided he had access to a shady area when the sun got to be too bothersome.

The training grounds were relatively empty today, which didn’t seem normal until he remembered that he was out pretty early today. The Hidemori Chuunin didn’t mind, it meant less people at risk if something went wrong on his end. He found a spot near one edge of the grounds, with a couple trees that would provide some nice shade for him to sit under. He would then activate his Baioregan before closing his eyes and adopting the Lotus pose, seated on the ground. His breathing would be even, no emotions showing on his face as he focused inwards on himself. His Baioregan would help keep tabs on what went on around him without interfering too much.

With the groundwork laid for what was to come, Anaphiel would begin the long process of creating the Pocket dimension that would house Rayoralia. He didn’t necessarily have the reserves to do it all at once, nor would he have wanted to as that would leave him drained and exhausted. This way, he could take his time, and the physical and mental fatigue would be significantly lessened.

Creating the pocket dimension itself was the easy part and took the least amount of time. Transforming Rayoralia from an empty black void to the vision of Rayoralia that he’d described in those scrolls. He was literally building it from the ground up; layers up layers of rocks, earth, metals and other material that made up the vast majority of the world itself. He would leave sections carved out while building up the world because water would fill up multiple locations. That was the only thing that wasn’t necessarily going to be one hundred percent accurate. Most of the water would have a source that never ran dry.

Because a lot of this was being done through his mind, he could speed up his thought process so that the time it took him to build Rayoralia only took a fraction of the time it would normally take. As such, building the world itself took him roughly an hour’s time. To the Hidemori Chuunin it felt more like 48 hours. The second phase of work was adding in the more fine-detail work; plants, rock formations, structures, tools, and all other manner of similar constructs. This phase also included his primary residence and the power structure for the dimension in general. That process took roughly double the time because of the level of detail involved. At this point he’d roughly reached the halfway point of the project. The third and phase of the creation process would be populating Rayoralia. It would be filled with all sorts of creatures, those that he both was and was not familiar with. Some were even creatures of his own design. The variety of creatures was astounding, and most had to be also designed from the ground up. People each had their own characteristics and personalities. There would be those that agreed with each other, and those that didn’t see eye to eye. In a very real sense, these populations would represent different aspects of Anaphiel’s psyche. The last thing he had to do was tie it all back to him, connecting himself to the power source of Rayoralia, which granted him a few different abilities. It was something he intrinsically knew, but would need to take some time to study properly.

All in all it took Anaphiel roughly six and a half hours to finish everything and have Rayoralia ready for him to access. To him, mentally, it felt like two weeks had passed. Satisfied with his work, he would relax his mind, and simply meditate there, moving from building the dimension to refocusing his mind.

WC: 955

-10AP Baioregan
-5 AP Hidemori Physiology

685AP remaining

A sudden epiphany would occur to a certain jet black-haired individual upon the streets of the Lightning Country's most populous military village. Kamiya strode aimlessly for hours along the downtown yet empty alleyways of Kumogakure, not fully knowing exactly what he wanted to achieve early in the morning. Yesterday was simply haze for him -something that shouldn't be forgotten so easily yet was not remembered by his mind-, so he awoke around 6 early in the morning. His eye bags which were not that noticeable despite the half-blooded Uchiha being accustomed to sleeping for a few hours at best, were especially noticeable today. His body was tired, his mind was tired, drifting away without any sort of purpose or ambition...yet for some perplexing reason, he couldn't go back to sleep, as if cosmos were forcing him to stay awake. But for what reason? Well, there was no reason to think about it for now. His slumber was interrupted, therefore, he should go about his day. Kamiya didn't know what to do for today, so he figured walking around Kumogakure could stir his imagination. Yet for hours on end whilst walking through the bizarrely empty streets, nothing came to the teenager's mind. 

However, after 6 and a half hours of silently mulling on what he should do, the half-blooded Uchiha would decide on training. He was usually hesitant on going to the Training Grounds because he hated the number of people there, however, since the streets were empty, it stood to reason that the Training Grounds would be. After the sudden epiphany, Kamiya would dash to the area at high speeds, not wasting any time to get there. As he reached the area, he would soon realize that it was early evening, more reason to assume that people would not be here. However, before commencing his training, the half-blooded Uchiha would spot with the corner of his eye a man. The man appeared to be...sleeping in a cross-legged position (?) under a couple of trees, presumably to not have the sun hit him. Kamiya did not know that the man was actually meditating and envisioning his dimension, as the boy did not understand nor saw someone meditating before, being an alien concept to him, so he believed the man was sleeping. He raised an eyebrow since why would someone, out of all of the places in Kumogakure, sleep here? Nevertheless, as an upstanding citizen and shinobi of the village, Kamiya would walk towards the "sleeping" man at normal speeds before only a few inches separated them. After that, he would begin speaking,

"Hey, sir? Are you sleeping or something? Should I get you a bed?" Kamiya couldn't help but add in some of his sarcastic language to his words, patiently waiting for the man to answer him.

WC: 465 (Event Bonus WC is 930 TWC)

Today had been a day of sorts for the young Uchiha. A lot had transpired in the past few days that made him question what he knew. The fighting in the ravine proved he had known as a shinobi and as a man but now he was conflicted...troubled even. He had given himself the day off in order to decompress and find himself a new center that would help him fix his dilemma.

This journey lead him through the village and into the village training grounds where he stopped and looked up. The crimson eyes looked around for a moment and sighed mentally, something didn't feel right to him. Even though he had defeated his master, he was still at odds with himself and even his mind didn't agree with him. Now here he stood devoid of emotion but...what could he do about it?

He began to hear the voice of someone so he naturally gravitated toward it, his mind thinking that a little interaction would help him. Slowly he would gravitate over to the pair as he slid his hands behind his back to push a bit of the changsung that he had been wearing off of the ground. He would be walking just loud enough to be heard, but he wasn't trying to be stealthy either. The clanking of an item could be heard along his back as well, but what it was couldn't be discerned due to it being sheathed in bandages and a seal on it.

(250)

He’d just finished with the difficult process of creating Rayoralia and had just started a simple meditation session when his Baioregan picked up someone walking towards him. It was not someone that he recognized, which didn’t mean much, as he hadn’t really interacted with many villagers if he could help it. They eventually stopped pretty close to where Anaphiel was sitting on the ground, well within normal speaking distance, and asked him if he needed help getting to bed. Inwardly, the Hidemori male sighed. Without opening his eyes, he said to the person in front of him. “I am not sleeping. I happen to be meditating currently. I appreciate the offer, but I certainly do not require a bed.” As an afterthought, he murmured “Lightning…and wind” as his Baioregan picked up the elements the person in front of him was inclined towards.


As he sat there, he’d picked up a second person within his sensing range, moving towards them. “Someone else approaches.” He said out loud, then as an afterthought he murmured “lightning…and fire”. Without opening his eyes, he would look towards the first person and asked, “what brings you to the training grounds today?” He may as well try and get to know the other shinobi in the village, since it’s more than likely that he’ll be going on missions with them or interacting with them in some way shape or form, just as they were now.


When the other person entered polite speaking distance, Anaphiel would address them as well; “Have you come to ask me if I require a bed as well?” He said this in a deadpan voice, a small smirk on his face.

-10AP Baioregan
-5 AP Hidemori Physiology

670 AP remaining

WC: 278
TWC: 955

A perplexed expression would appear on Kamiya's visage once he heard the man respond to his quip. "So he wasn't sleeping," The Uchiha half-blood internally mused, resembling a mumble in his currently vacant mind. The sitting man also corrected the Teitoku, stating that he was "meditating", not sleeping. Meditating? That's a new one. He thought that was only something people did in fiction, as a way to connect with oneself or even "spirits" of the afterlife which sounded like utter hogwash from the realistic perspective of the teen. He didn't really know that people actually practiced stuff like that to relax or even peer deeper into the soul, but, this was a world where you could breathe fire and essentially achieve the impossible, so it wasn't that impossible to think meditation held some benefits. The sitting man appeared to be enjoying his meditative time, so maybe the hobby did have some merit. Certainly, it was something Kamiya had to look into to become not just a stronger shinobi but a less stressed one. Despite the variety of thoughts rushing through the analytical mind of the half-blooded Uchiha, his expression would remain calm and collected, simply responding to the man with a voice of affirmation, "I see. An interesting hobby indeed." 

Immediately after Kamiya spoke those words, his ear could faintly pick up the methodical sound of grass crunching. Additionally, the sitting man would voice that someone else was approaching the area as a precaution if the Teitoku had not picked up on the sound. The teen would wonder for an infinitesimal amount of time about the man's abilities. He was closer to the sound than the man was, yet he could only pick up on it faintly, but the man easily recognized it and told Kamiya about the stimuli faster than the teen could even pick it up...This wasn't any ordinary adult. But all musings would have to be done later because the boy needed to direct his attention towards the other person approaching; it would be extremely disrespectful not to do so. With some urgency, Kamiya would turn his body sideways to face the approaching person, soon realizing to be the visage of a man with raven-black hair. The sitting man spoke first, making a joke about Kamiya's previous assertion in which he assumed the man needed a bed to sleep on. Kamiya would continue with the joke with a small simper on his face, "Yeah, get this man some covers too." 

WC: 414
TWC: 1344

Kiseragi first took note of the male sitting down in a meditative state, the crimson eyes focusing for a moment before giving a wry chuckle and a shake of his head," Nothing of the sort. I am sort of wandering around in thought and gravitated naturally to those around me. I guess my mind just picked up on your chakra and came over. Not really sure what I wanted to accomplish here but we are already at this juncture. I don't think someone that is meditating really need a bed to do so unless you would like one unless you two are simply joking with me?," his head slowly titled to the right as he looked over toward the other male in question to see if he was joking or serious. In the current mental state that he had been in, he could not quite tell which was which but he could only assume that there was a joke to be made here. Looking back to the male sitting down, he wanted to ask why he chose the training grounds of all places to do his meditation, but then again this was one of the more tranquil places of the village besides the mountains and not many went up there for anything. Letting out a small breath he would turn to face Kamiya but address the both as a whole as he spoke," Besides this one meditating what brings the both of you to the training grounds? There is so much more you could be doing with your time than sitting around out here," the question sounded more hypocritical than anything seeing as he was here himself..but he was in the process of figuring something out for himself.

Taking the blade off of his back, he would stick it into the ground and lean against it softly, until the blade comfortably took his weight and he relaxed. The young Uchiha was definitely in a more curious mood than he usually was in. Maybe because he was in the company of two people that probably didn't know him and thus he could gather much of his thoughts without any trouble. Speaking of, he returned his gaze back to the other two,"I guess introductions are in order. My name is Kiseragi. What are your names? Would be rather rude to talk to someone and not know their name wouldn't it?"

His question to the first newcomer fell on deaf ears, as they never bothered to respond to his quest. The man shrugged inwardly; it wasn’t very polite to ignore a question directed at you but the Hidemori Chuunin didn’t get easily offended, he simply moved on. Anaphiel chuckled at the second newcomer’s remarks and answered, opening his eyes and revealing his active Baioregan in the process. “Yes, we were indeed joking with you,” he would say to Kiseragi with a small smile. “I’d only just started meditating actually, to help re-organise my mind. I’d been sitting under that tree for a good number of hours working on a new technique and I believe it’s finally finished. It was fairly taxing, mentally.”

He was of course referring to Rayoralia, his new dimension. He knew it was finished because he could ‘sense’ the dimension in the back of his mind. He also knew that with it being active, he’d gained three new abilities: The ability to teleport himself and those he touched to and from his new dimension, he could phase out parts of his body in order to avoid attacks, and he could create a devastating beam of storm release chakra. Of course neither of them knew what it was he was referring to. He’d only hinted at this project once, to two others, and neither of them were here currently.

The newest of the newcomers, Kiseragi, introduced himself to them, and it would only be polite to do the same. “I am Anaphiel Hidemori,” he would say, introducing himself to the others. “It’s nice to meet you.”

-10AP Baioregan
-5 AP Hidemori Physiology

655 AP remaining

WC: 267
TWC: 1222

Kiseragi nodded to the both of them as they gave him their names. Two of which he would commit to memory for a later date. As Anaphiel continued to speak another ninja would enter the area and upon reaching them would lean closer to Kiseragi to whisper something to him. Upon receiving the message, Kiseragi would nod and give the other two a small smile," No rest for the wicked I suppose. I have to go take care of something, you two have a pleasant day," and with that he would leave the training grounds with the ninja that had came with him.

[Exit]

TWC: 1,002

26 words to finish off Shadow Clone Jutsu
976 words into Split Second
10 AP

[EXIT]


TWC: 1344

+8 Stat Points (3 to Speed and 5 to Strength) to achieve Max Stats and all benefits that come with it. 
173 WC towards and to finish off Temporary Paralysis training [500/500.] Previous WC trained is here
1125 WC towards Wind Release: Zephyr Blade [1125/1125.] Simultaneously using max stats benefit to get a 25% discount off towards training the jutsu which reduces the original wordcount from 1500 to 1125.
The remaining 46 WC Towards Gigavolt C-rank [46/750.] Using 25% max stats discount once again to reduce the original WC of C-rank Gigavolt from 1000 to 750.

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