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3/3
Ninja Aptitude
Sai uses his chakra to perform mystical ninja arts or jutsu’s in battle. He’s skilled at hand-to-hand combat (taijutsu), and ninjutsu. He’s both a close-range and long-range fighter. He’s a well-rounded fighter scoring an aptitude of 3 or higher (out of 5) in his Ninja Aptitude Guide (see table).
Sai’s specialized ninjutsu is called “Great Beasts Paintings”. By infusing his chakra directly into his ink, he can animate any drawings he creates. He uses this technique for spying, fighting, and transport.
For spying purposes, Sai has the ability to write messages that deliver themselves. His writing lifts from the page and reconstructs itself into an animal allowing it to travel unnoticed to another location. Once it reaches its destination, the animal reforms back into its original message. In this format, he can pass on important information without the risk of it falling into the wrong hands. If the animal is intercepted it would splatter back into regular ink destroying the message with it. This ability is one of the reasons why he’s an ideal candidate for both reconnaissance and espionage missions.
Aside from reconnaissance work, Sai’s ninjutsu is also very effective in battle. The skilled artist has an amazing drawing speed. For instance, he can draw about a dozen fuu dogs in two seconds. Once they are drawn, he can quickly animate them, and has the ability to command them two ways: 1) directly which he does by commanding their every move, or by 2) issuing them an order and giving them free reign to complete the order. In addition, Sai can create large scale drawings that contain a great amount of physical power. For example, the two human figures (“Benevolent Kings”) he used to help take down Deidara and Sasori (after his timeline).
For transportation purposes, the leaf nin mainly uses large birds for aerial travel. He can use exploding tags with his ink ninjutsu to launch an explosive aerial attack with his birds. Furthermore, Sai can create clones of himself from his ink, and has the ability to body flicker or teleport using his ink. He can also create inanimate objects like the umbrella he made to protect himself from the rain. Basically, anything he can imagine and draw on paper, he can bring to life, making each creation as strong as the amount of chakra he pours into it.
Sai is an earth type user. Considering his main weapon (ink) is derived from the earth, Sai has an affinity for that element. In canon, he’s shown literally melting into the earth and hiding there when his clone went in his place to greet Orochimaru during the Sasuke Retrieval arc. This derivation is also confirmed in the data book. In addition to his ANBU training, Sai received Fūinjutsu (Sealing Techniques) training in ROOT. He’s seen using this technique during the Ninja War (after his timeline). He uses a paint brush taller than himself to draw a life-sized tiger on a large scroll. When completed, the tiger leaps from the scroll and drags the enemy into the scroll sealing them there. The sealing technique is one of the few jutsus’s able to seal away the ninjas brought back by Kabuto’s Impure World Resurrection technique. This combined with the rest of his skills, is the reason why Danzou calls him the strongest of his generation, and is one of his most prized soldiers.
Sai’s ninjutsu relies on the amount of chakra he infuses into each drawing. Furthermore, if he’s physically knocked out his drawings will also be affected, dispersing back into ink, as seen when Sakura knocked the real Sai out with a sleep bomb, which in turn caused his ink clone to disappear. Although in fit condition even by shinobi standards, Sai’s strength, speed, and stamina are all about average as seen in his ninja aptitude guide. However, his ninjutsu and handseals are well above average, and when combined with his artistic gift, it accounts for his unique use of it.
Items/Weapons: 1. Shin’s Picture Book 2. A Tanto sword 3. Personal Ninja Scroll
Sample Entry:
Link to Thread
Sample Entry Two:
He sat by the lake with a small sketch pad in his hand. Dark eyes stared at the opaque water in silent contemplation before his fingers began to move, dragging the charcoal pencil across the page in a precise manner. He took his time, allowing his hand to move instinctually across the page. He sat in silence his mind consumed by the image slowly coming to life. Time passed as he lost himself in his own world. A world that offered him a moment’s peace, where he had no orders, no responsibilities, no need to take on fake expressions.
He was free.
It wasn’t until he heard the silent laughter of his teammate’s approach that his hand finally ceased its movements. He lifted his face, his ears picking up Naruto’s jubilant voice as he tried to get Sakura’s attention. Without a word he closed the sketchpad and methodically gathered up his things, putting them away in his small black backpack. By the time he finished, his teammates had rounded a corner, coming into view. He greeted them with a standard greeting he'd read in a book, and when he received a positive reception, he made a mental note to read over the book and look for similar examples. He walked with them, observing their behavior in silence as he often did. Time passed in this manner until he finally decided to practice what he’d learned the day before. Clearing his throat, he took a step toward them, a gesture that caught the attention of the two. They looked at him in expectation. His gaze shifted down then, while his index finger scratched at his cheek, which earned him a strange look from the pair.
“May I join your conversation?” he asked them.
Silence was his answer, which only made him nervous when they kept giving him the same odd look. Had he asked wrong? But the book had said he should politely insert himself into conversations in order to be welcomed and not considered rude. He knew his requests didn’t always come out right, but he didn’t know any other way to “politely” insert himself. And as the silence dragged on, he began to question himself. Had he asked the wrong way? Should he have waited longer? Should he have apologized for interrupting them first, and then asked to join? This and many similar questions went through his mind as he waited for a response.
Finally, it was Naruto who answered, the odd look he’d given him replaced by one of confidence as he told him he didn’t need to ask for things like that, and Sakura’s strange look also transformed into one of patience as she explained Naruto’s words in a more concise manner as she told him he could talk to them whenever he wanted too. Relieved by their responses, Sai had a nice conversation with his teammates until he decided to use Ino’s nickname for Sakura—Forehead Girl. Considering his own nickname for her had ended with fists being thrown his way, Sai decided to use an already established nickname given by a friend. But to his surprise, he was soon dodging Sakura’s chakra enhanced fists, as she angrily yelled at him.
“---!”
He immediately took to the trees, jumping away from the enraged woman, and quickly went over the manner he’d used the nickname. Given that Ino was one of her childhood friends, he assumed the nickname itself was not the reason for this explosion, but the delivery. As he continued to dodge her fiery temper, Sai made sure not to let her land a hit. One hit from her deadly fists would do considerable damage to him, and he didn’t trust her in this state to pull back her punches. As he continued to evade her, he made a mental note to work on his delivery. Next time, he would get it right.
Re: 3/3
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 17th January.
-> REVISE
The reason for this is that the link you have provided leads to a thread in third person/prose format.
We apologize for the inconvenience. You have one week to reply to these revisions, thank you.
Re: -> REVISE
[Video]
[The device turns on as Sai moves it on the table. His back is to it as he speaks to himself.]
Hmm… Maybe a long greeting. [He pulls out a book out of nowhere, and begins reading a specific passage.] “…short greetings are your best choice when speaking to people you have not seen in a long time.”
[He stops reading and moves in front of a mirror, the camera capturing him perfectly through the reflection.] I should practice first.
[With that a practiced smile spreads across his lips as his eyes curve in fake cheer while his voice pipes up very loudly.]
Hello! I hope everyone is doing well!
[A pause, then suddenly the smile drops.] I sound like Naruto-kun. Maybe I should be less enthusiastic.
[He holds his chin between two fingers, thinking. Then, lightbulb! He returns to the mirror. This time his smile is barely perceptible, his voice lower than usual.]
Hello everyone. I hope you’re having a pleasant evening.
[He frowns.]... I sound like that Hyuuga girl. [Thinks some more.] Something in the middle would be best.
[He turns to the device.]
…………
[Only to find out it had already been recording him. Dark eyes immediately flick to the mirror as he realizes what it must have recorded. For a moment he stays very still, then suddenly, a plastic smile slips across his face as he decides to go through with it still. With confidence most would not have after having their private session before a recording - because everyone does that - found out he goes on with the greeting he decided upon.]
Good evening fellow inhabitants. I hope you haven’t done anything stupid today. Please have a pleasant day. [He then, reaches over to turn off the device, sighing before the feed is cut. Greetings were difficult.]
-> ACCEPTED