The tomb of the last life

[Shinku no Yami]

"Neither do I, exactly. But then, age is irrelevant to those who are unaffected by relative factors such as time. If I were to give a definite age, I would say one thousand thirty two. Over those years, I've learned many things from various powerful shinobi. I'm not truly immortal, however, as I have died more than once... if that makes any sense. I'm only immortal as far as age is concerned, though, if you were to cut off my head right now, that would do little good either." *He lets out a slight snort.* "There's almost no limit to what practical Jutsu are capable of, and when you have an unlimited amount of time on your hands, you pick up a few things."

*After a brief pause, he resumes.* "An old sensei of mine, was obsessed with immortality. Had he known that he had an ageless body right underneath his nose..." *He shakes his head in amusement at the thought.* "But thanks to him, I learned much about self-preservation. And he got what he wished for." *As he speaks, he points a thumb to his eyes.* "As long as my eye is on him, he'll live forever."

[kaminoku]

im not sure of my own age..., but in my last life i preserved myself by keeping a crystal that binds my soul to whatever body it inhabits....i kept myself alive in a way aking to a sickness...in this tomb i destroyed the crystal and sealed my self in a paranoid fit...as you can tell on this place and how to get in i was..well bonkers..

[Blade]

*laughs a bit* you definitely were bonkers

[kaminoku]

yea....i still have tinges of my old-self, but im not sure how i was reborn...i destroyed the crystal so there shouldn't be any reason to be alive...and i remeber that when i seal myself in this room wasn't as big

[Blade]

You were probably sealed for a few generations and whoever this deity on the wall is was probably the reason for your ressurection

[kaminoku]

true.... *places hand on the grave the shape break back into the writings and shift up his arm and towards his spine* dammit *jerks hand away* what the hell? *checks hand and arm*

[Blade]

hmmm that was interesting

[Shinku no Yami]

*The man lets out a sigh that sounds much different than the voice he just had a minute ago.* "I really do a terrible job at being him. He's the one I can't perfectly mimic." *As the man speaks, his entire facial structure, body shape, and clothing begins to change forms, revealing a elegant-looking man with regal clothing and long flowing white hair.*



"I'm Maneru, and to put a long story short, I am the true essence of immortality, for I have no soul."

[kaminoku]

yea it was *puts cigarette out and looks to the other graves* no soul....never heard of that...then again im more than likely the youngest in this tomb...*step closer to the other graves shakes head as if woken up from a dream* most have dozed off for a second...im curious how many people know of this place?

[Blade]

I am not sure I just found it by following you *looks at maneru* still trying to master my brothers image eh? that sounds rather hard

[Shinku no Yami]

"I'm not even entirely sure myself. What I remember of myself was that I was sealed by the Skiki Fūin long ago, and that I was revived, without my soul being recovered. I'm bound to this world by... different means. Only Sekiryō knows the full mechanics. He never even told me. As for my age..." *He takes a seat on one of the coffins resting in the tomb, his legs crossed while leaning back.* "I can only record 500 years for myself. I've no idea how old I was before I was killed. You're probably older."

*He stops to ponder his question for a minute.* "Well I know of this place, because one of the tombs in here was my resting place before Sekiryō found me. Sekiryō would know of it. This place is surrounded in Darkness, essentially meaning he's all around us right now, but then that would mean Akumu is too...." *He shakes his head.* "But I doubt either is really interested in this place. I bet one with any version of the Byakugan might have also seen you come in here."

*He chuckles slightly.* "Even yours is somewhat difficult, Blade. I have a feeling there are things I don't know about you, and therefore can't mimic. You both have the same father, and I can mimic that much, but your mothers are different. I cannot mimic his power from his mother's side, and yours... I don't even know about." *He sighs in defeat.*

[kaminoku]

hmmm...atleast its actually served a purpose. as for darkness in this place to me i didn't feel it when i came in....then again those matters i have never been sensitive to

[Shinku no Yami]

"Darkness exists in many forms. In here, it exists in both shadow and in a certain chill. Often times... it's not noticed. Dark element users are most suited for stealth missions. I'm somewhat of one myself. I can't actually use chakra, or chakra natures, but I'm more towards the dark arts than any other. Now... I wonder which one here was my resting place..." *He trails off, zoning out while looking around randomly.*

[Blade]

*he remains silent watching the two of them*

[kaminoku]

i dont know *begins looks and drifts off and mutters something and several graves fly open* *jolts up* what happened?

[Shinku no Yami]

*As he jolts up, he'd see Maneru already rushing toward one of the graves, slamming it closed as it opens and placing a strange sign over it where his hand touched it, more archaic symbols encircling the symbol, sealing it shut.* "I'm blaming you for this!"

[Blade]

whats going on here?

[kaminoku]

im not sure i drifited off and said something....and some of the graves flew open.... *thinks* ~what did i say~ i heard it as open, but my mouth felt as if it was saying odo.....i guess the glyph on my grave imparted something..a language i believe but not like one i've heard

[Blade]

hmmm interesting

[kaminoku]

kinda creppy but it is interesting