The morning sun shines down on the open training field of the Kakita Academy, as the first test of the Topaz Championship arrives. The gathered competitors are greeted by the towering figure of Hida Hikaru. Her face is without expression, other than the slight curl at the edge of the lips, a knowing smirk. A heavy, leather ball is tucked beneath an arm, her left hand resting upon her hip.

Her raven black hair is unkempt, slightly swaying in the wind.

"Good Morning, candidates!" Her voice is booming, as she tosses the ball high into the air. "Welcome to the Test of the Body. Where you will need to showcase your strength, both physical and in spirit!" The ball begins to fall as her commanding presence echoes out throughout the training grounds. "You will have to be grounded and firm, in order to truly show the strength of youth and samurai spirit!" She points to all of the candidates, before the ball falls just before her. A sudden movement, and her right foot shifts out, and a roundhouse kick is delivered to the ball.

It sails out in the air, away from her, to it's intended target, a hoop at the end of a tall post. "You will do just as I have. Who's up first!" She laughs, ready to judge.

Disadvantages that must be triggered once on a roll of the affected PCs choice: Bishamon's Curse [Water], Maimed (Any), Lackluster (Fire)

Magic is not allowed for this event

Scoring:
1 Body Point for a Basic Success
+1 Body Point for every 2 successes after the first,
+1 Body Point for using Hida Hikaru's favored approach, if successful on the initial roll.
Tiebreaker 1 - Opportunity on Kept Dice
Tiebreaker 2 - Strife on kept dice (whoever has the last amount of strife kept)

1st Place - 3 Topaz Points, 3 Glory
2nd Place - 2 Topaz Points, 2 Glory
3rd Place - 1 Topaz Point, 1 Glory

Step One: "Up into the air."
- Each candidate must hoist one of the weighted balls up into the air. It is heavier than a standard kemari ball, testing the physicality of each Topaz contender. This is a TN 2 Fitness Check.

Step Two: "Showboating!"
- It isn't enough to just be physically capable of throwing the ball in the air. One must put on a show, to showcase their strength of spirit in demonstrating their physical proess. This is a TN 2 Performance Check.

Step Three: "GOOOOOOOOOOAL!"
- The contender then has to finish the task, scoring a point in the game by launching the heavy ball across the field into the raised hoop. This demonstrates their ability to strike with hands, feet, or even their head as if fighting. This is a TN 2 Martial Arts [Unarmed] Check.

"Good morning all, I am Rin of the Suzume. It is an honour to be here today and-"
The scary looking Crab woman starts to glare so Rin hurriedly finishes
"-and now I will begin the test. May the fortunes bless us all."

The ball was heavy, but you don't spend years working the fields without being able to lift

[LM1] - Test of the Body

Step One: "Up into the air." TN 2 Fitness Check with earth, | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


"You know"
The ball sales merrily up into the air
"This is kinda like the story of the Badger and the mountain. See, there was this old Badger who lived up on a mountain, hence the name of the story. And he was a surly sort since the mountain was cold and lonely. So every day he rolled a big stone alllll the way up the mountain. And most days they just rolled back down. But every once in a while a stone would stay up there, and then another, and then another. Until eventually the top of this mountain was just covered with stones. Then other folk came to live on the mountain. Lizards who wanted to hide from birds and foxes looking for somewhere with cover to sleep. Soon he had a big old family up on that mountain. So the moral here is that you know, you never give up on building something, even if stones keep rolling back down on you."

Step Two: "Showboating!"

TN 2 Performance Check. Using earth and spending a void point. | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3


The balls descends as Rin turns, slamming her foot into the orb and sending it cannoning towards the Hoop.
"Oh hey, would ya look at that?"
[LM1] - Test of the Body

Step Three: "GOOOOOOOOOOAL!"

TN 2 Martial Arts [Unarmed] Check. Using earth, spending a void point. | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 2


With a surprised but happy look Rin bows deeply to the Sensei before returning to her place.

((I think that's 5 points with the possibility of +1 if the approach was favoured.))

The surly Shosuro took the field, rolling her eyes at the Hida's speech. Blah, blah, blah... why are Hida always so loud? The men are surely compensating for something but I can't quite place it for the women.

Without any hesitation, she threw up the ball into the air. While it was in the air, she looked over to the group. "That's right! That was so easy! Are you going to match my potential?! Huh, huh?!" Really, she was being a bit weird about it.

When it came back down, she kicked it without much thought into it. She looked over to her twin in particular with a thin smile. Sisterly love and all, she still enjoyed times when she could potentially one-up her.

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D1 LM Event Roll 1: Fitness / Fire | TN: 2 | Success: 5 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


D1 LM Event Roll 2: Performance / Fire | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0


D1 LM Event Roll 1: Martial Arts [Unarmed]/ Fire, VP Spent | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3

Ahiru eyed the test with firm determination, unwilling to back down from the challenge of the first test. The Doji didn't exactly teach her any of this stuff, but she was fit and healthy. Dressed in sensible and simple clothing (by extravagant Crane standards), the Crane maiden took the field when her turn came.

Standing firm, she surprised the crowd a bit with being able to get the heavy ball into the air. Something unexpected from someone of her physique. She was a bit caught up in the physicality of it all as well as maintaining her decorum and grace, she didn't make too much of a spectacle out of herself. And then she even scored a point with all the grace and dignity she could muster!


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D1 Test of the Body. Step 1: Up into the air! Fitness/Earth. Void point for +1k1. | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0

Success!

D1 Test of the Body. Step 2: Showboating! Performance/Water (positive rapport with the audience). | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1

Failure, with 2 Opportunities. Removing 1 Strife with 1 Opportunity.
Speaking In Silence (School Tech): Adding 1 more Opportunity to the total.

D1 Test of the Body. Step 3: GOOOOAAAAAL! Martial Arts [Unarmed]/Air (grace and poise). | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0

Success!

One-upped she would be, eventually. However, given the opportunity to perform Yuuko was one to measure the judge in question. Watching as the others performed and parsing what information she could from their own show as well that of others. When it came to being her time she stepped up with a cool composure and with a heft threw the ball into the air, not quite as passionate as her sister and certainly not as impressive in display.

With patience she waited for the moment, feet firmly stood in place. Yuuko's showboating was not nearly as fiery as her sister but determined and set. Waiting for the proper moment to unleash the raw power in a flash of motion she'd built up into the kick and sent the ball on its way.

[Rolls:]

LM 1| Step 1: Fitness(Water) vs TN 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0


Failure, 1 Opportunity

LM 1: Test of the Body | Step 2: Performance(Earth) | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1


Success, 1 Strife.

LM 1, Test of the Body | Step 3: Martial Unarmed (Fire), Seize the Moment vs TN 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3


Success, 1 Opportunity, 3 Strife.

[Total:]
2 Rolls Succeeded.
2 Points gained.
2 Opportunity, tiebreaker.
4 strife, tiebreaker.

Alright Haru, time to make this real.

Shiba Haru stepped up to the ball his back facing the goal. Not much of a performer he reasoned that showing off his athleticism was the best way to win over the observers. Squatting down the grasp the ball he threw hit as high as he could. As the ball came back down he executed a backflip, the heel of his foot slamming into the ball and driving it into the goal. Unfortunately the weight of the ball the off his flip and he landed in the dirt on his knees rather than his feet which he attempted to disguise with a formal bow before rising and dusting himself off.

D1 Event: Step One: Earth/Fitness roll | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0



D1 Event: Step 2: Water/Performance | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0



D1: Step 3: Fire/Unarmed (Quick Reflexes) | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2



Rolls Passed: 2
Bonus Points from successes: 0
Bonus points from approach: 1?
Total Points: 3?
Tiebreaker 1: 4
Tiebreaker 2: 2

Chiaki was not particularly strong nor was she trained for such physical test, yet she was here to try her absolute best. And indeed she did just fine.

First she tried to just lift the ball and even though it was extremely heavy for her, she actually managed to do it, although she had to put extreme effort to do so. That might had affected her performance and her composture, showing to the public that she might not be the strongest participant...

Due to her exhaustion she could not brought her voice high enough in order to achieve the results that she wished, but at least the ronin did put enough force to her tone that she, at least, could be heard as the ball was up in the air.

Finally, she had to kick the ball, but the previous strength failed her, and the ball barely moved when she tried to kick it.


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[OOC - Rolls]

1.
D1 Up into the Air, Water Approach, Fitness TN2 | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 4


Success +2
Strife +4

2.
D1 Showboating, Air Approach, Performance TN2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0


Success
Oportunity 1

3.
D1 Gooooal!, Water Approach, Martial Arts [Unarmed] | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1


Fail
Opportunity +2
Strife +1

Using 1 Opportunity to reduce 1 Strife


Results

3 Body Points
3 Opportunity (Overall); 2 Opportunity (after using it)
5 Strife (Overall); 4 Strife (after reducing it)

Kasumi was in no mood to sit still and be all... earthy for the sake'a some Crab.

Not when the whole exercise seemed incredibly silly.

So she scooped the ball up and heaved it aloft in one fluid motion, a bit like slinging up a heavy coil of rope to a crewmate, with only a faint grunt of effort, gave it a little spin, and then... clearly wasn't all that great at smacking things with her body.

Well, fuck.

[Roll 1: Test of the Body, "Up Into the Air," using Water, TN 2 Fitness Roll | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


4 total successes, 2 strife, 1 Opportunity for tiebreaking purposes- total of 2 body points

Roll 2:Test of the Body, Roll 2, "Showboating," Water plus performance | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


4 total successes, 2 strife, 1 Opportunity for tiebreaking purposes, 2 more body points, total of 4

Roll 3: "GOOOOOOOOOOAL!"- Martial Arts [Unarmed], Water | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0


Failure, 2 opps that do nada unless I can use one to negate 2 strife.

4 body points total, 4 Strife gained unless our GM lets me burn a water opp on the failed roll....]

Never one to pass up a challenge, Urusai makes his way to the contest. Observing the judge's demonstration, he nods, thinking about what he knows and guesses. Stooping swiftly, he hefts the ball--nothing special, but sure and certain. Shouting a mighty kiai, he tosses it aloft; when it descends, he launches himself up, putting the ball through the hoop with a bicycle kick.

Urusai lands, panting, and bows.

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Roll 1, passed at 2sux, 0 opps, 1 Strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/2189; +1 Body Point
Roll 2, passed at 4 sux, 0 opps, 2 Strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/2190; +2 Body Points (success +2)
Roll 3, passed at 4 sux, 0 opps, 2 Strife, https://sakkaku.org/rolls/2191; +2 Body Points (success +2)
Total: 5 Body Points, +3 if Earth approach is favored

Natsuko watches closely and decides there's nothing specifically unpriestly about this sort of game and steps forward when called to it. She does as the judge has asked, settling herself into a solid place before trying to lift the heavy ball, anticipating the ache in her left arm as she grabs it with both hands. She makes a mighty heave, which does almost nothing to lift the ball, but does pull her straight off balance into a surprise somersault over the thing.

It's that kind of day. Capricious air kami, and now the earth has completely different ideas of how she's going to do this thing. Acting entirely on instinct, Natsuko maintains her hold as she tumbles in a flutter of orange and red, bringing the ball with her and releasing it at an utterly unintuitive angle to wobble-thump through the goal.

She sits in the grass for a moment, blinking, then carefully picks up the sandal that went flying, puts it on, bows once again to the judges, and steps aside for the next, probably more skilled, competitor.

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Step One: "Up into the air."
- D1 Event step 1 Up Into the Air. Fitness TN 2. Earth approach, Void spent | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0



Step Two: "Showboating!"
D1 Event Step 2, "Showboating!": TN 2 Performance. Void approach | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2 / Magnitude: 0

opportunity to reduce one strife
Strife 1/8

Step Three: "GOOOOOOOOOOAL!"
Day 1 Step 3 "GOOOOOOOOOOAL!" TN 2Martial Arts [Unarmed], Void Approach | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2 / Magnitude: 0

opportunity to reduce one strife
Strife 2/8

2 points for successes
4 kept opportunities
4 kept strife

Yuji watched the judge's demonstration curiously. Kemari was not an unusual Test of the Body, certainly easier to watch than running a marathon, but this was definitely not kemari. Was this some sort of variant from the lands of the Crab to honor the judge? It didn't truly matter, a samurai followed all of their lord's honorable commands. It was an odd game, but he'd do his best.

Composure (0/8)

Step 1: It was a HEAVY ball. Still, Yuji did manage to get it up into the air. He wanted it to go further, but the gravity of the situation could not be underestimated.

2 Strife, 2 Success, 2 Opps, Opps to cancel strife. Basic success!

Compsure (0/8)

Step 2: Of course, what sort of warrior poet would he be if he couldn't perform something beyond just throwing it up in the air? At great risk to his future of playing the shamisan, Yuji used as little of his fingers as he could to spin the ball. His fingers held up, but the performance was definitely causing him to sweat.

r4 successes, 3 strife, 0 opportunities.



Step 3: Unfortunately the spinning of the heavy ball made it that much more difficult to pass off. Yuji missed the target, much to his disappointment. At least he would do his best to minimize the failure.

0 Strife, 0 success, 1 Opportunity.

Final score: 3 points (5 if Earth is the judge's favorite approach) Total opps: 1 or 3, Total Strife, 3 or 5 depending on how it's scored.

The Unicorn introduced herself and offered a deep bow to the Crab. Then, with one fluid motion, she launched the ball into the air, spun around, and kicked it through the hoop.

She smiled, happy that she had succeeded, even if it was unlikely to stand out.

Bowing again, she departed.


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[LM1] - Test of the Body, Step 1 | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 0


[LM1] - Test of the Body, Step 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2

Opportunity: Remove 2 Strife (Water)

[LM1] - Test of the Body, Step 3 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1


Approach: Water
Points: 3
Opportunities: 2
Strife: 3

Jiro is not really built for this, but he puts in a good amount of effort, trying his best. Surprisingly, the artist does much better than one might expect from someone that spends most of their time doing origami and making tea. He is able to move the ball well enough, and with enough flair that it looks mostly natural and easy. Though in the end his aim is definitely off. The ball falls short of the goal. But not a terrible showing for someone that spends next to no time lifting and throwing heavy objects.

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D1 LM, Test of the Body, Step One | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


D1 LM, Test of the Body, Step Two | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0


D1 LM, Test of the Body, Step Three | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


2 body points, +2 for favored approach?, 2 opportunity, 2 strife
opportunity offset by strife, ending strife 0

Grounded and firm, grounded and firm...

The girl kept looking at the ball, thinking, then looking at how the others threw the ball up, some looking remarkably grounded, then in some cases even gave what looked like speeches before kicking it away.

She was reasonably sure she could do... some of that. But... grounded? What did the Hida judge mean?...

When her turn came, she knelt down flexing her body fluidly, shifting her weight to raise the ball and leveraging her movement and some of her own strength to throw the ball up.

Was that grounded?

Probably not... but the point was to hoist the ball away from the ground, wasn't it?

Ok - it was away from the ground. Now what?

She looked up. The ball was still going in the same direction.

She looked at the judge, then at the other competitors. "Ah... eh.. yeah... waiting for a 'temari' to return is quite a 'theme', isn't it?", she blurted out after a while.

Mercifully, the ball was already on its way back, so she could look up and focus on it instead of on the audience's reactions. She followed the ball's movements closely, moving slightly herself to hit it at the right time and place when it came down...

... and that it did. The kick that followed surprised even herself - it was placed perfectly to use the momentum of her flowing movements and hit the ball at just the right place to seize all of that force, sending it perfectly through the hoop and quite far. Spectacularly far, even.

She raised her brows as she tried to see where exactly the ball had landed, then remembered to bow to the judge and the other competitors before taking her leave - and going off after the ball...

OOC:
Step 1 - Water
D1 LM - Test of the Body Step 1 - "Up into the Air". TN 2 Fitness/Water. Composure 0/8. Fatigue 0/8. | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1

2 Sux/ 1 Opp/ 1 Strife
1 Opp used to reduce 1 Strife (doesn't reduce total Opps as per ruling!)
+1 Body Point
+1 Opp on kept dice
+1 Strife on kept dice

Step 2 - Water
D1 LM - Test of the Body Step 2 - "Showboating!". Performance/Water TN 2. | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1

1 Sux/ 1 Opp/ 1 Strife
1 Strife taken! Composure at 1/8
+1 Opp on kept dice
+1 Strife on kept dice

Step 3 - Water
D1 LM - Test of the Body Step 3 - "And she shoots...". Martial (Unarmed)/Water TN 2. Using 'Drilled Precision' to remove 1 strife from previous roll and add 1 success (+1 fatigue). VP to Seize the Moment. | TN: 2 | Success: 7 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 4

EDIT: As I'd copied my school ability wrong, as per GM ruling, the added Ring die originally set to a Sux is now set (correctly!) to an Opp...
so actually:
6 Sux (not 7!)/ 2 Opportunity (not 1!)/ 4 Strife (including Success from Akodo Soldier Tech)
2 Opp (not 1!) used to reduce 2 Strife (doesn't reduce total Opps as per ruling!)
+3 Body Points (1 base +2 for 4 extra sux)
+2 Opp on kept dice
+4 Strife on kept dice

Final Results
4 Strife and 1 Fatigue taken
Composure at 4/8
Endurance at 1/8

4 Body Points
4 Opp on kept dice
6 Strife on kept dice
Water approach on all 3 rolls

EDIT - Solved!

D1 LM: Step 1, TN 2 Earth Fitness | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1

+1 Body Point for success
Earth approach, 0 opportunity, 1 strife

D1 LM: Step 2, TN 2 Perfomance (Water): Spending Void Point for +1 ring die | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3

+1 Body point for success
Water approach, 1 opportunity, 3 strife
use opportunity to heal 1 strife

D1 LM: Step 3 Martial Arts (Unarmed): Water TN 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 0

Failed
Water Approach, 2 opportunity

Fluff later

Though dwarfed by the Hida judge, Mitsuko actually felt good about this challenge. Just like back home, she thought, before summoning a great force of will as well as physical effort to get the damn ball into the air. Her performance with the ball once airborne was surprisingly entertaining, the young Kuni letting her mind relax and a couple short maneuvers with the ball followed after. Was getting the ball in the hoop a function of luck? Perhaps that was simply where it was always going to be...

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D1 event roll 1:Fitness TN2. Earth 3, Fitness 1, void point | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2

1 opp cancels 1 strife, so Composure: 1/8

D1 event roll 2: Perform TN 2. Void 3, 0 skill | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 3

1 opp cancels 1 strife, so Composure: 3/8

D1 event roll 3: MA Unarmed TN 2. Void 3, 0 skill, void point. | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 2

2 opps cancel 2 strife, so Composure: 3/8

4 body points minimum (Earth then Void x2 approaches)
5 opportunities kept
7 strife kept

How to gracefully lose?

Kaoru knew she stood no chance at defeating the most promising bushi of the empire in a physical contest. The question was thus not how to do that, but how to fail in a way that would bring no shame to the clan.

Actually putting in the effort was of course the first step. But then, was it best to pretend she was pushing her body to the limit, or on the contrary she knew of her limits and played accordingly? Maybe even go all the way into feigned nonchalance?

The Hida was likely to go for objective measurements anyway, like how long she kept the ball in the air (not much) and how far she could throw it away (not much either). So her showing was more for the rest of the audience than for the judge herself. Was there someone in particular she could impress today? She had so little information on the people present, it was frustrating.

At least Shosuro theater classes had taught her how to move around in unpractical clothes without damaging them, so she'll look the part of a dignified samurai from start to finish.

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D1LM | Test of the Body | TN 2 Fitness Check | Air approach | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 2


Failure so 0 body point
2 opportunities
2 strife

D1LM | Test of the Body | TN 2 Performance Check | Air approach | Void | TN: 2 | Success: 4 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 4


Success with 2 bonus success, so 2 body points
2 opportunities
4 strife

D1LM | Test of the Body | TN 2 Martial Arts [Unarmed] | Air approach | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 2


Failure so 0 body point
2 opportunities
2 strife

Total:
2 body points
6 opportunities
8 strife (not compromised)

Kaori decided to do her best, steeled herself, and went with the flow. Raising the ball wasn't too bad, though she wasn't very entertaining during it. Just good, solid work. Following that, she did manage to do well in the last portion. Hopefully.

OOC:
Test of Body, D1 LM, Fitness/Earth, TN2 | TN: 2 | Success: 3 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 1


Test of Body, Performance/Water, untrained, TN 2, Seize the Moment | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 3 / Strife: 3


D1 Test of Body, Martial Arts (Unarmed)/Earth, tn 2 | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


Total: 3 Body points, 4 Opportunity, 6 Strife

There wasn't much playing with balls on ships. After all, when an errant toss meant that your entertainment would be lost forever? As such, Hirame just didn't have a good feel for the darn thing. When he first tried to pick it up, the thing just slid out of his hands... wincing, he picked it up.

But then he didn't know how to toss it properly, either. He hefted into the air, wincing as he gave it a bit of spin. With all his attention focused on the wobbly ball in the air, he committed a great Mantis sin: he forgot to look good while doing it.

This wasn't going well. Clearly he would have to adapt.

Shifting his stance, balancing easily on the balls of his feet, Hirame spun and kicked, a fluid motion, sending the ball arching towards the goal. He took a few steps back to watch his handiwork, raising one hand in victory as the ball, somewhat reluctantly, bounced off the edge and into the goal. Well! It wasn't the fanciest goal ever, but he got it done, anyway.

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Test of Body, Step 1, EARTHBENDING STYLE (Fitness TN 2 earth approach) | TN: 2 | Success: 0 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 0

lel

Test of Body, step 2, Earthbending, VP spent (TN 2 Performance Earth) | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


Failure, 1 sux 1 opp 1 strife

Test of Body, Step 3, water, pls succeed (TN 2 unarmed Water) | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 1


Success, 1 opp 1 strife

FINAL: 1 point (with water), 2 opp, 2 strife

Ball through a hoop? Child's play to a Cat. Literally. They played this at home, although with slightly . . . ok very much lighter balls.

He deftly moved the ball to rest on one foot, calling his shot with one arm predicting the trajectory.

"Hup!"

Up it went, and around span the Cat before connecting with a kick that looped the ball up and away. He dropped back down onto one foot and watched the ball plummet well short of the hoop and bounce sadly away.

"Oh darn it."

He bowed to the Crab and the crowd and wandered back to watch the rest, already twirling his, empty, kiseru idly with one hand.

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ToB Up Into the Air TN 2 Fitness with Air | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 1 / Strife: 2


1 Body Point. Use Opportunity to drop 1 Strife.

ToB Showboating TN 2 Performance with Air, Void spent | TN: 2 | Success: 2 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1


1 Body Point. Use 1 Opportunity to drop 1 Strife.

ToD Martial Arts Unarmed TN 2 with Air, now with correct dicepool | TN: 2 | Success: 1 / Opportunity: 2 / Strife: 1


0 Body Points. Use 1 Opportunity to drop 1 Strife.

Totals 2 Body Points. 5 Opportunity (3 used), 4 Strife (3 dropped).


ToB Martial Arts Unarmed with Air, Void spent | TN: 2 | Success: 5 / Opportunity: 0 / Strife: 3

Incorrect roll and not used, but posted for completeness.