The Difficulty with Handsigns (Open to all)

[Kataoka]

Kataoka became unnerved as he was examined by Lenore. She seemed to be able to gauge everything about him with a simple look. He nearly whinced when the girl noted his borderline obssesive approach to friendships and conversations, always taking a passive and friendly stance rather than a combatant one. But she came up with an interesting idea...Jutsus without handsigns...A clever idea indeed.

But was it possible? He noted how Otomeken suddenly, and in an almost godlike manner sensed what he was thinking, and changed her concern from his hands to himself, but shrugged the thought away. His mind returned to the idea of ignoring handsigns when using jutsus. Indeed, the handsigns didn't seem to be required...They simply facilitated the action of molding chakra into the desired jutsu...If he could learn to bypass these handsigns and form chakra with his will alone, he would become more formidable a foe than even the one called Orochimaru...Or the members of Akatsuki...

[Otomeken]

Otomeken raised an eyebrow. "Jutsus without hand seals?" She asked, astounded by the possibility of such a thing and not believing it possible at all. She was facing Lenore and awaiting at least some mannor of an explanation for this one. Not that she expected it to be overly helpful, know the other girl was not a ninja and probably didn't know a whole lot about their techniques...

[kumar]

lenore stopped circling, and stopped facing the other two. She shot Otomeken a look. "A friend of ours." she put the subtlest strain on that that she could. She was counting on Otomeken having at least a modicum of skill with people to find the tone. In her own mind, it was quite a gamble. "Is working on extending her chakra control so it can be set in prepartion to a battle. her hope is that she can wake, do the seals without pressure, without the chance of fumbling and having her hands incapacitated. Obviously, you can't prepare for everything, so it would be a good idea to learn to be faster, too, but it's better than nothing." Lenore quieted, realizing she was lecturing again.

[Kataoka]

Kataoka noted Otomeken's near disbelief at the idea, and also noted Lenore's statements. "Otomeken, handseals simply help one concentrate and control their chakra...Why should they be required to use jutsus? Think about it...If one could learn simply to concentrate their chakra without handsigns, they could become much more dangerous in battle. I could become a half-decent nin...It would be almost revolutionary!" He was getting excited and forgetting his manners now...He had to stop himself before he revealed too much. People tended to look down on those who desire power and he preferred to keep these two ladies' respect as best he could.

"Otomeken, do you think it's possible?" He felt guilty for his near ignoring of lenore, but he was still somewhat wary of her due in part to her analysis of him. She was a bit of an enigma, she could read him perfectly, but he had no such power over her. It severely disturbed him. He felt out of control in this situation, and he really didn't like it.

[Otomeken]

Otomeken's first reaction was that it was impossible, but she stopped to think about it first. Her stance straighted up as she appeared to give it quite a bit of thought. Finally, she had no choice but to concede. "I've seen... very high level, ninjas perform jutsus without hand signs... In extream circumstances... But... Even the Hokage and Kazekage use them... I mean... To be able to..." It didn't seem that Otomeken could even finish any of her sentences... "Yes, there is no almost about it Kataoka. It would be revolutionary." Otomeken shook her head, already disagreeing with what she was saying. "If someone wants something bad enough... They will find a away..."

[kumar]

Lenore shrugged, casually. "Well, I'm just talking about a set list. But, research thus far has indicated that being able to prepare a few jutsu beforehand should be possible with enough chakra control, for lengthening periods of time. We've only managed to lengthen it for ten minutes at a time, when fully rested, by we need more data before being able to extrapolate with anything close to reliable results..." there was that lecturing tone again.
"I mean.... she's still working on it..." She stuck her hands back into her pockets and scuffed her foot.

[Kataoka]

"Well, I'm talking about completely bypassing handsigns...They simply concentrate the chakra in a jutsu specific way, so why can't one simply ignore them? Attain enough chakra control to compensate the loss from the handsigns...Why shouldn't it be possible?" He seemed wholeheartedly interested in the idea now...But where to begin? Then it hit him. He remembered reading about the Hyuuga clan once before...They had the ability to see chakra...That skill would be immensly important if they were to discover how the different handsigns molded and controlled the chakra...In order to replace the handsigns, they first needed to learn what exactly each handsign does...

[Otomeken]

Otomeken shook her head... She wholeheartedly disagreed with it... But at the same time... something in her really wanted Kataoka to succeed. Sure, it would be great for him... but... selfishly... If Otomeken could learn that... If she no longer needed two people to perform her jutsu... Then maybe... "What can you do so far?" she finally brought herself to ask...

[kumar]

Lenore resumed her place on the ground, crouching down and resting her arms across her knees. Intently, she watched the pair as they continued talking about chakra control. She'd never learned any of this. Chakra, movements, and real ninja training. Sometimes she envied these other kids and their capabilities. her own skills, while significant in their own right, were nothing compared to the things Otomeken, or even Kaliri could pull off. Best not to travel too long in their conversations. Instead, she simply sat, and watched, and listened...