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The Academy of Natural Philosophy has many secrets, one of them is in one of the many buildings that are used as research. The building is the size of a whaling slaughter house with many levels and protected by the latest defense machines, like the guardians that patrol the grounds. Inside the warehouse size research building is a host of animals that few have ever seen all safely lock behind cages. Some are from the Pandyssian continent that have been ship for research, while making sure something like the rat plague doesn't happen again by only shipping easily handled numbers. But even then the animals are kept behind a new type of metal that is all but impossible to break with brute force. The metal has to be as it's used to lift the whales caught by the whaling ship out of the water. For the animals in the cages are all deadly one way or another. (1)
Piero walk pass the cages heading to see the staff that works in the building. He's smart but only in machines and some work in medicine, but his strength isn't in researching on live animals. He lets the people who have studied in that field to do their work. He has seen many things in his long life but the creatures that are housed here are something else. A porcupine behind a protective glass wall that can fire its quills. Something that is hidden behind it's white feathery wings. A strange spider that is in fact the immature spore of a tree. A giant snail large as a child, that paralyzes its prey with its slime. A child size gecko that walks like a man. Even a large fly the size of a cat with a green-brown carapace.
There's even a living statue with bizarre markings that kills all living things on sight, moving towards its victims at a speed of several feet in one blink of an eye and snapping their necks with irresistible strength and lethal precision. But it can only move when it's not being watch by anything living. Which is why it's kept with the animals as even if the power goes out some of the animals can still see in the dark. It just appeared one day inside a heavily reinforced cage in front of the school with a note attach to it. Explaining about the statue but giving no information about where it came from or how it was made. Magic seems to be the cause as the Watcheyes recordings showed that it didn't move while a music box is being played near it.
In one of the cages, standing upright is a nightmare. The two legged animal is something that like the Mer was found by the Guardians the only ones who can handle it. It has a thick, knobby faintly greenish skin, a huge mouth, small sharp teeth and wide set yellowish eyes. And it was stout, with massive thighs and buttocks. The creature has three fingered hands, with cruel talons on both thumbs, and wide feet with webbed toes. It was sweating, copiously. Rivulets of perspiration peeled down its warty arms, over the bony, protective plates on its belly, down its legs and off its pot-roast size testicles, pooling at its feet.
Piero has no idea what it is or where it came from. From the memory he pulled from the Guardians who brought it in. The creature was found wandering around one of the storm drains that emptied into the sea. The creature is strong as it was able to badly damaged one of the Guardians by almost ripping off one of it's arms and damaging it's metal body. The damage Guardian called for help and a second Guardian working with the first subdued the creature.
The creature has been named, Garm by the researchers. The Garm is able to breath in and out of water, but the sweat is slime that keeps it from drying out on land. The slime is collected from a drain at the bottom of the cage, with the researchers having found that it's like whale oil. The Garm seems content in its cage being fed daily meals, but while it seems harmless everyone knew to be on guard with it. It escape only once and the aftermath it left behind, is the reason why there's always a squad of 10 guardians keeping watch in the animal caging area.
Piero exited the cage area of the building and entered the testing room where the Mer is currently being kept. Like the Gram just appeared in the city, but with most of the Rudshore Financial District still flooded where stories are told of the strange creatures that have been showing up there. The Gram and the Mer could have been in Dunwall much earlier then when they were found. The Flooded District is a place few people dare to venture and information about that area is mix between what is true and what's not.
"Ah Piero you're here," the head researcher Williams said noticing the headmaster.
"Found out anything?" Piero ask looking at the cage that held the Mer as the creature is now named. The Mer is in one of the cages that has a small pool at the bottom. The Mer is currently using it's powerful forelimbs to crack open the mud crabs that have been released into it's cage.
"What we learn is that it likes mud crabs over fish," Williams said. "It maybe that this Mer came to the city simply because of all the mud crabs that are living underneath the city. If so it shouldn't be a problem. Unless it's very territorial and doesn't like having humans around it."
"We need to find out if there's more where it came from. Something is drawing creatures like this to Dunwall," Piero said having taken notice of the strange creatures that have began to appear a couple of years ago.
"Tell me about it," William said as he turns to another holding pen that held a strange man.
The man stood over six feet in height and he had a slender and agile build rather like a swimmer. He was covered in fine scales like a fish, in greens and blues that seemed to shine faintly as the moonlight hit them; thin and wavy fins protruded from the back of his calves and from his forearms, and a ridge of spines with fin stretched between them went up from between his shoulder blades to the apex of the back of his head, tilted forward slightly. On either side of his neck were a set of vertically oriented gills. His face was human-like though he had no nose and the lips around his mouth were thin and on either side of it were long barbels like those on a carp or a catfish. His eyes were very large, big black pupils looking down at her, two sets of eyelids blinking. His fingers were long and there was webbing between them, each tipped with a small but sharp looking claw. His feet were normal sized but the front of them was wider than a human foot and the toes were spaced further apart, with finned webbing between them as well.
"The Gillman seems to understand what were saying but can't talk to us," William said.
"Too bad we can't talk to it. Maybe if one of the creatures could talk we'll know what's going on," Piero said feeling something is going to happen very soon and it be big.
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Elsewhere in Dunwall -
After a lengthy car ride, Naruto found himself escorted into a government building he doesn't recognized. But then again he doesn't sight see that much or have seen much of Dunwall even after years of living here. But what he sees the building is heavily protected by guards as well as machine ones. Watchtowers scanning the ground that will fire upon anyone not being escorted into the building, those lightning machines on the walls prevent anyone from just scaling them, and a light wall serving as the main gate, with a metal one for when it rains. The machines that attack with lightning are never turn on during rain as the danger of it zapping everyone is too great. (2)
Naruto quickly found himself inside the building and place inside a small room. With a single table with two chairs, the guard who had escorted him told him to have a sat and wait. Naruto did as he was told and sat down wondering who had called for him.
The door across the room open and a woman entered. The woman wore an armored suit from the sound of metal she made with each step. The helmet that covered her head is a mix between a helmet and skull like mask. Naruto knew who she is just by looking at her, he heard about the Royal Spymaster who always wore a metal suit and hides her face beneath a helmet.
"Greetings Naruto Rook formerly Naruto Uzumaki of the Leaf Village who once held the demon nine tail fox inside of him," Spymaster greeted him. Using her power to learn his secrets she learned everything. She's surprise he wasn't worse then he is now with what he's been through.
"So you want to know why my former village is trying to get me, a cripple man back," Naruto said.
"Yes ," Spymaster said already knowing the answer.
"According to what the Toad summon told Jiraiya I'll be the one who will end the cycle of hate in the ninja world. No chance of that happening. After what, I was put through he still expected that, I'll give up everything to for them while getting nothing in return. How they expect me a cripple to be able to save them is beyond me," Naruto said bitterly. (3)
"Yes that will of fire the Leaf ninjas are so proud of. All it does is pass everything to the next generation. Training young children to be soldiers and making them believe that becoming a ninja is the best thing in the world… I wish to destroy the Whalers but even they don't send children to fight against adults," Spymaster said.
"The ninja villagers are run by what's good for the village and nothing else. They have a sink or swim way of thinking, where if you don't measure up to their standards as a ninja. You'll be nothing more then a breeder to sire a new generation. Everything is centered around being a ninja and if you're born into a clan then that's the only path for you. And after I was crippled releasing the demon that the villagers saw me as, I was finally told who my parents were. The village expected me to just forgive them and become head of my clan that, I didn't even know about till they had to reveal it," Naruto said.
"The current empress was born into a ruling family and she has to bare the weight of being a ruler," Spymaster spoke up remember how it was for her growing up.
"Yes but at least she was prepared for that and learned what to do. I was just thrust into it without anything to prepare myself for it. And the fact if I wasn't attack and the demon freed destroying most of the village. They would have never told me. No they would have kept me in the dark all awhile making sure their weapon is safe," Naruto said.
"I know all about how they use the people they seal those demons inside of. In fact the demons could have been sealed away forever but the ninjas always want to use them as a weapon. So the seal always has an opening to allow the demon's power to be used, while making the seal weak and able to be broken from the inside," Spymaster said. (4)
"So what do you want from me?" Naruto ask.
"For something that, I have been planning on doing for years," Spymaster answers.
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Omako -
Anime Opening
Transformers Fall of Cybertron music (The Humbling River) is being played.
Kakashi comes out of a cloud of smoke carrying the wounded body of Sasuke. Around in the flooded area of Dunwall the forces of the Whalers and the Leaf ninjas are fighting. A Whaler teleports behind Kakashi with his sword draw to kill. Gai leaps to the rescue and punches the Whaler head sending him flying off the building. Anko having picked up a shotgun fires at point blank range at another Whaler sending her body falling. Kakashi puts Sasuke's body down in front of Sakura who is busy healing the wounded ninjas. The ninjas on the warehouse are fighting with all they got to prevent the Whalers from gaining ground.
Across the river that separates the warehouse area, the Whalers are pushing the ninja back. A Leaf ninja raises his hand as a Whaler standing with her foot on his chest drive her sword into his skull. Behind her is a sound system juicing the music of a music box depowering the ninjas of chakra. Lee makes a bull charge at the machine trying to shut it off, he manages to knock away two Whalers out of his way before the third fires an bolt from his wristbow into his shoulder, which explodes taking his right arm off. Tenten jumps in front of him using a shield to block the incoming explosive bolts, as Kurenai grabs Lee taking him to safety. Shino unleashes his bugs trying to overwhelm the Whalers only for him to be driven back as his control over the bugs ended once they came into the range of the music.
Jiraiya ran as fast as his legs could carry him under their own power, once he came within the range of the music robbing him of his chakra. The younger leaf ninjas ran interferences for him fighting off the Whalers as he closes in on the music box. Daud appeared behind a large wooden create and slam his hand on it's side making the four sides of the wooden box to drop. Revealing a Arc Pylon that blasted all the ninjas within it's range while leaving the Whalers unharmed. Jiraiya could only watch as the ninjas within its range turn to dust once a lightning bolt struck them. The only thing that saved him was that the Arc Pylon is an older model and used up all the whale oil, leaving only enough to give one weak bolt aim at him. Even weak the bolt paralyzed his body leaving him unable to move as he fell onto his knees.
Daud walk up to him drawing out a pistol as the Whalers behind him quickly began to replace the empty whale tank with a full one. Jiraiya weakly look up as he saw Daud aims his pistol at his face. As Daud pulled the trigger his body jerk as a cannon shell landed near him, ruining his aim.
A Dunwall Warship came into view coming upriver. The deck is full of guardians and guards, who began to fire upon the Whalers and ninjas. Something is launch from the ship landing on the Arc Pylon and causing the whale tank to blow up on contact sending the Whalers near flying. Both Daud and Jiraiya turn the raising figure hidden behind smoke, raising high as it stands tall. A upgraded Tallboy looms over the two charging up it's gatling gun arm and it's cannon one. The two spotlights on it's shoulders light up sending a blinding light that fills the screen.
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Author's Notes -
1 – Remember the Dishonored game is something straight out of Lovecraft. With most animals looking something out of a horror film.
2 - The one weakness for the light walls and lightning machines is when it rains. Which would result when lightning strikes near you or close to you while it's raining.
3 - In most fics Naruto is willingly to give up everything to save the village. But in most of those fics Naruto had very little or nothing at all reason to do it. Most of those fics show him trying to be the bigger man or because a small handful of people were kind to him. Which results Naruto being the standard idealistic protagonist who will always be the bigger man and save the village no matter what happens to him and always easy forgives anyone for anything.
4 - Since the seals are designed to allow the demon's chakra to be used by the person it's been sealed inside of. It would mean the demon can break out as there's an opening for it to use to escape. For that reason the seals that the ninjas use are always flawed. For even if it's like a window with bars on it, it still means there's an opening that can be used to escape. A flawless seal that doesn't let anything inside out would prevent the demon's power ever being used or the demon being able to break free from the inside. Which the ninjas will never do as they want to use the demon's power as a weapon.
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État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
-- Power
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