Oct 10, 2021 1:53:52 GMT
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The good doctor stood silently in his office, a lone bit of life in the otherwise frigid and clinical environment. Or at least he called it his office. In reality it was more of a laboratory, a facility with everything he needed to do anything from brew poisons and medicines to treating any patients bold enough to approach him for aid. The place was far cleaner than it was but a year ago, the new laws and regulations around experiments and the laboratories they were constructed in demanding he take better care of his workspace. As vain as the man was, he never cared much for making his workspace presentable. It used to be that those who would have a chance to lay eyes upon it would never speak of it again, be it out of inability or obligation. But now that Doctor Death's office was open to the public, it made sense to make the place as beautiful and clean as he was.
The problem was he was never really one for decoration. As much as he took pride in adorning his body with various intricacies, filling a space to make it appealing to others was far more difficult. Purple stained lips pursed slightly, a claw painted a similar shade gently dragging across his throat as he closely examined the lone flower set up on his desk. Surely that was a good enough decoration, yes? Yes, most certainly. Such a beautiful flower would surely warm the place up! Now he just needed to think up a second decoration...
But there was no time for that, was there? No, there never was. One must be careful with the only currency of life that was impossible to regain once spent. Who would have thought that interior decorating would be so time consuming? It was all quite stressful. Between this sort of nonsense, managing the balance between his personal projects and his obligations to the village with being responsible for a platoon on top of it all... If only they were here. Kobashigawa's dear, precious assistant. Even if they were absolutely no help around the lab, the comfort they provided was absolutely invaluable. It was as if spending a hour with them gave him the strength and motivation to triple his productivity and turn one hour into three! But alas, they were gone forever. A loss that would weigh heavily on his heart until the end of time. A fact that would serve as his greatest driving force and reason to live.
...For a man with such limited time, he certainly spend a lot of it reminiscing, didn't he? Must have been an old habit from back when he had fewer responsibilities and a schedule purely of his own design. Before the might of this new, young Hokage swept in shook things up. It would've been so easy to flee with the others, to dismiss her silly ideas of 'ethics' and whatnot. While he didn't agree with her views on what was acceptable in the name of science, he certainly couldn't complain too much. He had far too many things that he could work on without running the risk of being beheaded or whatever grizzly fate met his peers who didn't manage to conform or escape. All he could really do now was try to make things work and get to work.
Razor sharp nails reached out to delicately pinch the flower on his desk, carefully adjusting it's position within the vase. A soft breath escaped him as the task was completed, the bells on his head jingling softly as he nodded in approval. Ok, NOW it was perfect.
Taijutsu [Journeymen]
Many are surprised to hear that the good doctor isn't just a man of science, but also a taijutsu specialist. The man has spent as much time honing his body as he has his mind, making it into a weapon that's as lethal as any of the experimental poisons he concocts. Though the style he employs is far from conventional. While many martial artists have taken inspiration from the movements of wild animals, Kobashigawa has taken it to an entirely new level. The man is absolutely feral in combat, using his specially treated claw like fingernails to tear into his opposition like a frenzied beast that hungers for their flesh.
While it may appear to some that his attacks are wild and imprecise, like that of a thoughtless animal, those more trained in the art of fighting can see that his fighting instincts aren't clouded by bloodlust as one might assume. He may emphasize a fast and powerful offensive approach in battle, but one should never assume that he is completely thoughtless in his actions. Especially since he rarely engages in battle without first coating his claws in one of his potentially deadly poisons. While frequent contact with these substances has rendered him resistant to them, he still acts with a measure of care to ensure they don't bring him unnecessary harm.
Shurikenjutsu [Journeyman]
It's important for a shinobi to have an option available at every range. So when he either can't engage in close quarters or doing so would be advantageous, Kobashigawa has put plenty of time into perfecting his usage of kunai and senbon. His prowess with these weapons is not to be underestimated, as this is where his precise nature starts to truly reveal itself on the battlefield. His extensive knowledge of human anatomy makes even these tiny needles and blades far more dangerous and deadly than one might expect, allowing him to use his keen aim to strike vital points throughout the target's body. Whether his objective is to capture or kill, he is more than capable of effectively performing either task with his tools.
One of his favorite examples of this is combining a senbon with a paralytic poison, which can completely disable a target's limb if he manages to hit the proper pressure point. He is even able to disable a target's senses using these techniques; Though doing such requires so much precision that a target must be completely stationary and within range. Doing so often requires the target to already be otherwise incapacitated and often have to be applied directly rather than being thrown from range. As such this is usually used as a means to disable a captured target or provide anesthetic to those he is experimenting on.
Stealth [Journeyman]
Moving unseen and unheard is vital for anyone who wants to call themselves a shinobi. And Kobashigawa is no different. He is experienced in navigating the woods within the Land of Fire undetected, tracking and subduing targets both for his work as a shinobi and to secure test subjects for his own ends. Though he claims not to do the latter these days, the skills needed to do so have never dulled. He is a notoriously effective stalker, one with an almost unsettling level of dedication and patience when it comes to stalking prey. Whether it's waiting to strike them down the moment they are most vulnerable or simply to gather intel, he is especially skilled at maneuvering these woods and subduing the targets within them.
Though his skills aren't limited to such environments, it is truly where he most shines. After all, it wasn't until recently that he was pulled away from his personal agenda to assist the village as a whole. Learning new environments will come with time. For now he relies on his transferrable skills for such tasks.
"Medical Ninjutsu" [Journeyman]
Dr. Hirabayashi is just that. A doctor. He is well practiced in medicine, first aid and deeply studied human anatomy for his entire life. What he most certainly is not is a typical shinobi medic. He has never bothered to learn how to use medical chakra outside of utilization of chakra scalpels, instead focusing on the more standard forms of healing. While this makes him unsuited for rapidly healing wounds in the heat of battle or performing similar tasks, it does allow him to serve as a more 'normal' doctor for the people of Otogakure. Though all of this is secondary to his true passion. Poisons.
He is constantly working on new toxic concoctions, something he is far more known for than his actual medical practice. Whatever sort of horrible thing you want to do to a person, Doctor Death has something for the occasion stashed away someplace in his office. Though there is still much research to be done and many especially deadly doses to be brewed, he still takes great pride in what he has created thus far. He has even developed a resistance to such poisons, though a strong enough dose is still capable of causing him harm. Unfortunately his greatest sadness is that he can only bring a handful of these with him at any given time. And since these are to be used in combat and thus could potentially be sampled by the enemy to create copies, he is limited in the potency of what he carries with him. But perhaps as he learns more complex and difficult to emulate recipes, he may be able to bring some of his more dangerous creations into active use in the battlefield.
Experimentation [Journeyman]
Kobashigawa is obsessed with his experiments. He finds all living creatures to be absolutely fascinating, and is always researching and experimenting with new ways to enhance them. Whether it's artificially implanting genetic anomalies from certain family lines into another person or completely modifying their bodies in whatever way he can, he is in love with the art. While his medical practice has contributed to it, this is truly where his knowledge of the human body stems from.
His experiments have slowed down quite a bit since the rise of the new Hokage, but he has never stopped working and perfecting the art. No matter what happens, he is driven to continue his work. Few know the true reason behind this deeply rooted drive of his, but anyone who has had to listen to him rant and rave about the potential of organic life should have no trouble seeing it.
About Kobashigawa Hirabayashi
The good doctor stood silently in his office, a lone bit of life in the otherwise frigid and clinical environment. Or at least he called it his office. In reality it was more of a laboratory, a facility with everything he needed to do anything from brew poisons and medicines to treating any patients bold enough to approach him for aid. The place was far cleaner than it was but a year ago, the new laws and regulations around experiments and the laboratories they were constructed in demanding he take better care of his workspace. As vain as the man was, he never cared much for making his workspace presentable. It used to be that those who would have a chance to lay eyes upon it would never speak of it again, be it out of inability or obligation. But now that Doctor Death's office was open to the public, it made sense to make the place as beautiful and clean as he was.
The problem was he was never really one for decoration. As much as he took pride in adorning his body with various intricacies, filling a space to make it appealing to others was far more difficult. Purple stained lips pursed slightly, a claw painted a similar shade gently dragging across his throat as he closely examined the lone flower set up on his desk. Surely that was a good enough decoration, yes? Yes, most certainly. Such a beautiful flower would surely warm the place up! Now he just needed to think up a second decoration...
But there was no time for that, was there? No, there never was. One must be careful with the only currency of life that was impossible to regain once spent. Who would have thought that interior decorating would be so time consuming? It was all quite stressful. Between this sort of nonsense, managing the balance between his personal projects and his obligations to the village with being responsible for a platoon on top of it all... If only they were here. Kobashigawa's dear, precious assistant. Even if they were absolutely no help around the lab, the comfort they provided was absolutely invaluable. It was as if spending a hour with them gave him the strength and motivation to triple his productivity and turn one hour into three! But alas, they were gone forever. A loss that would weigh heavily on his heart until the end of time. A fact that would serve as his greatest driving force and reason to live.
...For a man with such limited time, he certainly spend a lot of it reminiscing, didn't he? Must have been an old habit from back when he had fewer responsibilities and a schedule purely of his own design. Before the might of this new, young Hokage swept in shook things up. It would've been so easy to flee with the others, to dismiss her silly ideas of 'ethics' and whatnot. While he didn't agree with her views on what was acceptable in the name of science, he certainly couldn't complain too much. He had far too many things that he could work on without running the risk of being beheaded or whatever grizzly fate met his peers who didn't manage to conform or escape. All he could really do now was try to make things work and get to work.
Razor sharp nails reached out to delicately pinch the flower on his desk, carefully adjusting it's position within the vase. A soft breath escaped him as the task was completed, the bells on his head jingling softly as he nodded in approval. Ok, NOW it was perfect.
Proficiencies
Taijutsu [Journeymen]
Many are surprised to hear that the good doctor isn't just a man of science, but also a taijutsu specialist. The man has spent as much time honing his body as he has his mind, making it into a weapon that's as lethal as any of the experimental poisons he concocts. Though the style he employs is far from conventional. While many martial artists have taken inspiration from the movements of wild animals, Kobashigawa has taken it to an entirely new level. The man is absolutely feral in combat, using his specially treated claw like fingernails to tear into his opposition like a frenzied beast that hungers for their flesh.
While it may appear to some that his attacks are wild and imprecise, like that of a thoughtless animal, those more trained in the art of fighting can see that his fighting instincts aren't clouded by bloodlust as one might assume. He may emphasize a fast and powerful offensive approach in battle, but one should never assume that he is completely thoughtless in his actions. Especially since he rarely engages in battle without first coating his claws in one of his potentially deadly poisons. While frequent contact with these substances has rendered him resistant to them, he still acts with a measure of care to ensure they don't bring him unnecessary harm.
Shurikenjutsu [Journeyman]
It's important for a shinobi to have an option available at every range. So when he either can't engage in close quarters or doing so would be advantageous, Kobashigawa has put plenty of time into perfecting his usage of kunai and senbon. His prowess with these weapons is not to be underestimated, as this is where his precise nature starts to truly reveal itself on the battlefield. His extensive knowledge of human anatomy makes even these tiny needles and blades far more dangerous and deadly than one might expect, allowing him to use his keen aim to strike vital points throughout the target's body. Whether his objective is to capture or kill, he is more than capable of effectively performing either task with his tools.
One of his favorite examples of this is combining a senbon with a paralytic poison, which can completely disable a target's limb if he manages to hit the proper pressure point. He is even able to disable a target's senses using these techniques; Though doing such requires so much precision that a target must be completely stationary and within range. Doing so often requires the target to already be otherwise incapacitated and often have to be applied directly rather than being thrown from range. As such this is usually used as a means to disable a captured target or provide anesthetic to those he is experimenting on.
Stealth [Journeyman]
Moving unseen and unheard is vital for anyone who wants to call themselves a shinobi. And Kobashigawa is no different. He is experienced in navigating the woods within the Land of Fire undetected, tracking and subduing targets both for his work as a shinobi and to secure test subjects for his own ends. Though he claims not to do the latter these days, the skills needed to do so have never dulled. He is a notoriously effective stalker, one with an almost unsettling level of dedication and patience when it comes to stalking prey. Whether it's waiting to strike them down the moment they are most vulnerable or simply to gather intel, he is especially skilled at maneuvering these woods and subduing the targets within them.
Though his skills aren't limited to such environments, it is truly where he most shines. After all, it wasn't until recently that he was pulled away from his personal agenda to assist the village as a whole. Learning new environments will come with time. For now he relies on his transferrable skills for such tasks.
"Medical Ninjutsu" [Journeyman]
Dr. Hirabayashi is just that. A doctor. He is well practiced in medicine, first aid and deeply studied human anatomy for his entire life. What he most certainly is not is a typical shinobi medic. He has never bothered to learn how to use medical chakra outside of utilization of chakra scalpels, instead focusing on the more standard forms of healing. While this makes him unsuited for rapidly healing wounds in the heat of battle or performing similar tasks, it does allow him to serve as a more 'normal' doctor for the people of Otogakure. Though all of this is secondary to his true passion. Poisons.
He is constantly working on new toxic concoctions, something he is far more known for than his actual medical practice. Whatever sort of horrible thing you want to do to a person, Doctor Death has something for the occasion stashed away someplace in his office. Though there is still much research to be done and many especially deadly doses to be brewed, he still takes great pride in what he has created thus far. He has even developed a resistance to such poisons, though a strong enough dose is still capable of causing him harm. Unfortunately his greatest sadness is that he can only bring a handful of these with him at any given time. And since these are to be used in combat and thus could potentially be sampled by the enemy to create copies, he is limited in the potency of what he carries with him. But perhaps as he learns more complex and difficult to emulate recipes, he may be able to bring some of his more dangerous creations into active use in the battlefield.
Eshi no Yorokobi (Necrotic Delight)
The most potent poison that the doctor brings with him into the field. Eshi is a poison that starts to act immediately upon making contact with the target, causing any cells that it comes into contact with to begin to blacken and die. While it would take an extended continuous pour of the fluid to eat through a limb, even getting a drop on the skin can be quite painful and require treatment down the line. Fortunately for the victims, this thick poison doesn't seem to enter into the bloodstream unless ingested. So even if slashed by an eshi coated claw, the poison will only impact the area around the wound. However, it would still make such a wound far more serious as it eats away at the surrounding flesh, especially if it was in proximity to a vital organ. This poison is very easy to recognize, as it is a thick goopy substance that is difficult to conceal and doesn't dilute or dissolve in water. So no need to worry about the good doctor slipping some into your drink.
Mahi-Sei no Jōnetsu (Paralytic Passion)
MSJ is an old favorite of the doctor's, and to those who have knowledge of his deeds may be his most feared creation. This poison causes the area around the point of contact to become numb. A single drop on the fingertip can cause the whole finger to go numb and become unusable. Though the true danger is if it should manage to get into the bloodstream. Once in a victim's system, it rapidly spreads to the surrounding area, causing it to deaden temporarily. When used in combat, an MSJ coated claw that breaks the skin can cause the affected limb or area to go numb for a few seconds. Meanwhile, a well placed MSJ soaked senbon is cable of disabling a limb entirely for much longer should he manage to strike a specific pressure point.
Genkaku no Gochisō (Hallucination Feast)
Genkaku no Gochiso is a hallucinogen that must enter into the target's system either by ingestion or direct injection. When ingested, the poison has greatly prolonged effects as it slowly works its way through the victim's system. When injected into the veins it is much more short lived, though the effects are more severe. This poison is more akin to a drug, attacking the mind directly and forcing it to feel feelings of vague pleasure along with visual hallucinations. The hallucinations vary from case to case, ranging from full on scenes appearing before them out of thin air or simply blurred vision and stars in their eyes. While it's the least overtly dangerous of his common poisons, it can at the very least slow down, distract or disorient a target long enough to create an opening.
Experimentation [Journeyman]
Kobashigawa is obsessed with his experiments. He finds all living creatures to be absolutely fascinating, and is always researching and experimenting with new ways to enhance them. Whether it's artificially implanting genetic anomalies from certain family lines into another person or completely modifying their bodies in whatever way he can, he is in love with the art. While his medical practice has contributed to it, this is truly where his knowledge of the human body stems from.
His experiments have slowed down quite a bit since the rise of the new Hokage, but he has never stopped working and perfecting the art. No matter what happens, he is driven to continue his work. Few know the true reason behind this deeply rooted drive of his, but anyone who has had to listen to him rant and rave about the potential of organic life should have no trouble seeing it.
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Kobashigawa Hirabayashi looks like Ashiya Douman.
Fate
Kobashigawa Hirabayashi looks like Ashiya Douman.
