Hunter x Hunter: The 519th Exam [Open]

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THE HUNTER EXAM

Ah, it's that time of year again. Yes, you know the one! It's that time when prospective hunters all over the world gather round to participate in the dangerous, mysterious, and ever notorious Hunter Exam! Yup! That's the one in which competitors put their well-being on the line simply for a chance at the prestigious Hunter's License. See, a Hunter's License is a valuable thing.


It's true! The benefits of owning one of these nifty cards are substantial! Here are some of these benefits that I'm talking about:
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1. 95% of all public facilities can be used at no cost. Furthermore, all such services are provided at first class.
   
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2. Unrivaled freedom to travel around the world. Access is granted to about 90% of countries which normally restrict the entry of outsiders, and access to 75% of areas that the general public is prohibited from entering.
   
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3. Almost no legal responsibility for murder.
   
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4. The ability to sell the Hunter License as a valuable collector's item. Though only the original owner of a Hunter License can take advantage of its normal benefits, it can be still sold for enough money to support the seller for at least 7 generations in luxury.
   
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5. The ability to use the license as collateral for a zero-interest loan of 100 million jenny (approximately 90 million yen) at any bank.
   
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6. Access to the secret Hunters Only Website, where secret intelligence about various subjects, uploaded by other Hunters, can be purchased.
   
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Amazing, don't you think? Well I assume you do, since you're here. You made a good choice! Line right up and come aboard the boat! It will be an experience you'll never forget, granted you make it out alive to remember it! Welcome to the 519th Hunter Exam!
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[White Masquerade]

Stage 1:


The Target

Stat Requirements:


Endurance


Intelligence


Focus


Agility


Difficulty:


15


Failure Penalty:


None, keep trying.

Finally. The endless voyage you were on seemed to have come to a complete stop. The wooden ark you were told to board at the beginning of the exam, had hit something; hopefully dry land. Moments later, you found out this is true. A loud voice booms over everyone's head, saying to move and proceed down the plank to reach the site of this year's Hunter Exam.


Slipping out, you are surprised to see the area crawling with animals. From giraffes and frogs to bats and birds, there were scores of creatures flipping and flopping nervously about. Upon closer inspection, you find something strange. Painted on various parts of their bodies, much like a bulls-eye, were red circles with the word "GOAL" written smack in the middle.

"Welcome to this year's first stage!" The examiner calls. Pointing to a large pile of baseballs behind him, the instructor bows and introduces himself.


"Hello all. It is a pleasure to meet you candidates! For the next few days, I will be guiding you all around. I will be overseeing the completion of this year's Hunter Exam. Congratulations to you for making it this far. You should be proud of yourselves. Not many people can do what you do.


However, don't let it get to your head, friends. The real test begins now. You best not let down your guard. Let us begin! For this year's first stage, the animals ahead have been painted with targets for you to hit. You will take these balls behind me and do your best to strike the targets directly in the middle. Easy right?"


Laughing, the man tapped his head.


"They've all been injected with a little something to make them all jittery. A little bit of our own special mix of drugs, if you will! So be-careful! You must not only aim at where they are, you must anticipate where they will be next! Use your minds prospects and good luck! You may begin!"

 

[Ilstead]

Stage 1

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Hadrian Bao

To Baseball Proctor



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Walking off the boat to on to he beach, Hadrian began wiggling his toes beneath the sands of the beach. A way rushing up behind his ankles to clean off his feet, Hadrian takes his steps towards where everyone seems to be gather. He looks around the island at the animals and baseball basket. Something catches his eye and Hadrian wonders, "Why is there a target on that Hippos ass?"


"Welcome to this year's first stage!"


The hunter proctoring the first stage of the exam exclaimed. Hadrian turned his attention to the man and continued listened.


"Hello all...blah blah.....The real test begins now. You best not let down your guard.....blah blah....the animals ahead have been painted with targets for you to hit. You will take these balls behind me and do your best to strike the targets directly in the middle. Easy right?.......They've all been injected with a little something to make them all jittery. A little bit of our own special mix of drugs"


Hadrian wasn't gonna wasn't anytime. He walks over to the barrel of baseballs ad grabs two. He looked at the creatures in front of him and then at the targets that were painted on them. Hadrian quickly came to the realization that some of the small creatures wouldn't make it through this. He was sure that the drugs were probably given in specific doses for the creatures so they would live and not have heart attacks during the stage but still, getting slammed with a baseball by people training their entire lives would still give some animals with jittering little hearts no room to live.


Hadrian walked over towards the center where he saw a koala. It was a small moving target that was clinging to the trees. It was gonna be difficult to hit but for someone who has been training to do acupuncture with his eyes closed, this should be as simple as could be. Well maybe not. A very basic component to acupuncture is to not only mimic but to sync up with your patients rate of breathing. This way you can match their rhythm of life.


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Hadrian quickly realized as he sync his breath up with the koala that he his years of medical practice would not help him here, like at all. Although there wasn't a difference in it. Hadrian launched the ball from his hand and watched it fly towards.....open air. He was gonna miss, he just new it. He had sync up his breath and had a premonition that the koala was gonna let go of the tree and just fall to the floor. And then it happened. The Koala fell to the floor and the the ball landed on the target. Hadrian took a deep breath of relief.

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[Adachi]

Flapperoni Twopuppies


Flapperoni was glad to get off the boat. The boat didn't have any trees on it, which was pretty disappointing for Flapperoni. Flapperoni was happy to see that there were some pretty cool trees in this strange place. There was some lady talking about some exam, but Flapperoni wasn't really interested in that at the moment. Flapperoni had just noticed a big beautiful tree with white bark and purple leaves.


"This is not like the trees that I have seen before."





Flapperoni decided that it was probably a good idea to taste the tree, but as soon as Flapperoni got close enough to get a good lick in, she noticed a squirrel climbing around in the tree. It had some symbols on it that Flapperoni did not understand.





"This squirrel is annoying me. This is my tree but the squirrel is on it." After taking a few seconds to breathe Flapperoni continued to speak to herself. "I forgive the squirrel for being annoying, however I must end its life."





Flapperoni took out her knife but quickly realized that this squirrel was too far away to stab. She looked around for something that would hurt it. She saw a barrel of balls near some other people and decided to grab one to kill this annoying squirrel. After grabbing a ball she returned to the tree and noticed that the squirrel was even more annoying than before. She threw the ball with all her rage at the squirrel.


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The ball hit the squirrel with all of Flapperoni's force. The squirrel flew off the tree and landed on the ground. Flapperoni couldn't tell if the squirrel was dead or not, and decided that she would finish the squirrel off with her knife as soon as she was finished her mission.


She walked up and licked the tree.

 

[White Masquerade]

Stage 1

K.A.N.D.I.S. (2 INT, 1 STR)

"Bio-scan complete. Results positive for foreign elements within the body."


So it was in fact true. They had injected the animals with some kind of drug to get them going. Not that she cared much, but still, it seemed kind of unethical. Once becoming a Crime Hunter, KANDIS would definitely take a look into this 'Hunter's Association'. For now though, she'd just follow their instruction and do what she was told. Paying Dr. Ivy back came first. KANDIS WAS getting that license. No ifs and or buts.


Hey visor shimmered and switched into record and time-lapse video trying to pinpoint where an animal would go next. The curvature of the mini-graphs displayed on her HUD were coming out in odd lines and erratic helixes, letting her know the prediction models would be off for this one.


"Switch to approximation-mode with only input on each animals' range of motion, distance, and general area."


It took a second to start up and for data to flow in, but this chart here! It was perfect. It really narrowed things down. KANDIS could do this. Walking cautiously past the examiner, the cyborg picked up a ball, moving her viewing screen to a prowling tiger that was not far off. Launching the ball at a 65 degree angle, KANDIS watched with a smile on her face as it began to hurtle downward on its descent toward seemingly nothing, only to have the tiger jump to its exact position, letting the ball hit the mark on its hide.


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"Heh. Easy," she breathed, letting off a bit of steam from the vents on her hips. Looking around, a few other people seemed to pass too. Yet what caught her attention, was a solitary figure standing nearby, inexplicably licking a tree. @Adachi


Shrugging, the aspiring Hunter turned away stone-faced, waiting for the examiner to lead those finished to the next stage.

 

[White Masquerade]

Stage 1

TsunaLuna Tanjoon (1 AGI, 1 INT, 1 FOC)

Just like usual, Tsunaluna was at the back of the pack, pretty much the last person to get off the ship. Not that she minded. This Hunter exam was rumored to be real freaky, so it was probably best to settle in behind everybody and watch for the traps that would inevitably pop up. However...things looked pretty chill. It was a nice day out, birds were chirping, monkeys were cackling, lions were roaring...elephants were...trumpeting...what? What was this? Eyeing the grounds, Tsunaluna saw people throwing balls at the numerous animals gathered around.


"...Why are they doing that?"


"Haha! Wicked huh?? It's this year's exam's first stage! Gotta hit the targets on the animals with a ball to pass. I'm so pumped. Hey you wanna team up? Maybe we can grab a drink and bite to eat after this is all -"


Raising her eyebrows with a blank look, Tsunaluna ignored the man, walking away to the pile of balls laying in a clump behind the examiner. Picking one up, she rolled it around in her hands, getting a good feel for the touch.


"Hm. Alright. Seems easy enough."


Picking out a bird flying in low circles overhead, the girl winded back and threw the ball...a little too hard.

BANG!

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Exploding into a hundred pieces of feathers, blood, bones, and guts rained down on the people in the area. The woman immediately grew sheepish, drawing looks from the prospects around her, even that of the Examiner's.


"Eheh. I watch a lot of baseball...soooo...yeah...stage 2 right? I'm uh...ready."


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[Deadkool]

While his fellow contestants had been complaining about how baseball's didn't relate to Hunting at all and this was 'unfair', Jones has been working. He grabbed a baseball and stuck it onto the sharp end of his crossbow, aiming his Guitar-Sword-Crossbow-Thingy at a funny-looking koala. "Up and down the mulberry bush, looking for the weasel. Nobody knows where he went." Jones pulled the trigger on his crossbow, the bolt zipped across the sky making a noise akin to that of a tuning fork.


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[Deadkool]

The bolt shot right through the koalas head tearing through bone, tendon, and brain as the tree-tree-bound animal fell to the ground with a 'bonk' before being picked up by a nearby tiger and chewed on. "POP! Goes the weasel. See ya later, chumps, or maybe not, try not to get hit by a stampede." Man Jonas thought I was hoping to get a stretch from that, that boat ride was killer on the back. So with that, Jonas shot down the stair, strumming Electric Avenue all the way.


"Come on down to electric avenue."


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[ACHA]

Raymond Redrum

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AGI - 1, INT -2


"Really?" Raymond thought to himself. "This couldn't get any fucking easier." he thought as the examiner finished giving out instructions.


He looked to the other participants to see how they were doing. Unlike the rest who were all gung ho from the get go, Raymond was more patient. Seeing that there was no harm in it, Raymond decided to challenge himself a bit. He looked around, searching for a specific animal.


"There." he said as he found a monkey atop trees. The monkey had a target painted on him too.


It was supposed to be a little challenging since monkeys were smaller and more agile. They were usually more alert than other animals. If Raymond really wanted to test himself, this was the proper target.


Raymond was calm as he observed the creature. Watching its movements and tendencies. It wasn't long before Raymond had a grasp for it. He took a ball tossed it in his hand and catching it, feeling its weight.


With one sudden move, he threw the ball with great speed at his target.


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Direct hit! Raymond hit the critter so hard it knocked him out. Not that Raymond felt any pity for it.


"This is fucking ridiculous." Raymond thought to himself as he looked for the examiner. "Hey, fucking examiner, does that cut it?" he asked callously.

 

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Dyer Strates

Agility: 1

Intelligence: 1

Strength: 1

Endurance: 0

Focus: 0

Dyer stretched out his arms, yawning as he finally plopped onto land. He tried talking to a few of the other participants around him, but was consistently shushed by everyone around him as the examiner had begun to speak.


"Welcome to this year's first stage!"


"Yahoo!!" Dyer cheered, earning some annoyed glances from various contestants around him.


"Hello all. It is a pleasure to meet you candidates! For the next few days, I will be guiding you all around. I will be overseeing the completion of this year's Hunter Exam. Congratulations to you for making it this far. You should be proud of yourselves. Not many people can do what you do.





"I don't doubt it," the young man grinned confidently, earning more annoyed glances.


However, don't let it get to your head, friends. The real test begins now. You best not let down your guard. Let us begin! For this year's first stage, the animals ahead have been painted with targets for you to hit. You will take these balls behind me and do your best to strike the targets directly in the middle. Easy right?"





Laughing, the man tapped his head.


"They've all been injected with a little something to make them all jittery. A little bit of our own special mix of drugs, if you will! So be-careful! You must not only aim at where they are, you must anticipate where they will be next! Use your minds prospects and good luck! You may begin!"





"Hell yeah!" Dyer shouted, quickly running for the balls behind the proctor. He scooped up a couple of the black balls before attempting to find an animal to defeat with his new weapons. Deciding he wanted to go after the fiercest of the animals, Dyer chucked the ball at a lion that was running around erratically.


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Though Dyer didn't really calculate anything or even slightly attempt to predict the lions movement, his luck was such that his throw would be a direct hit, smacking the lion right on the painted target.


"Ha! Of course I'd get him on the first try, I'm Dyer after all," the young man chuckled, flexing his biceps to show-off. He then looked around to see if anyone else had seen his amazing performance, only to find that most everyone had already completed their task, moving on to stage two.


"W-wait for me!" Dyer called out to no one in particular, attempting to catch up to the nearest fading visage.

 

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Lucks Freyer

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AGI:1, INT:1, END:1





Lucks leaned against his staff as he staggered off of the ark, trying to hold back from dry heaving. Finally, land. He mentally vowed that this would be the last time he'd ever board another seafaring vessel. After all, humans had legs, not fish fins. Another wave of nausea washed over him, and he hurriedly covered his mouth with his scarf, his eyes tearing a little as he hacked uncontrollably. You mustn't show weakness, you mustn't show fear. Oh, how his brothers would laugh at him if they saw him like this. He pulled himself to his full height and breathed in the fresh air, which helped somewhat, though the scent of animal musk was mixed in.


A STRONG scent of animal musk, from the menagerie of creatures that greeted him. So this was the first stage of the Hunter Examination. Somewhat disappointing on the difficulty level, but he was grateful for that -- higher rate of success for him. He gingerly picked up a baseball and weighted it in his palm. This couldn't be too different from knife throwing, could it?


He set his sights on an elephant that was currently trampling the smaller animals underfoot in its mad, drug-fueled frenzy. He took his aim and...


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The ball hit its target straight on. Two years with minimal practice, but he hadn't lost his touch just yet. The animal reared up suddenly, letting out a trumpet of fear before setting off a herd rampage that sent feathers, claws, and beaks flying every which way. The remaining examinees scattered off in fear while Lucks left them to their trials. The second stage awaited him -- he could only hope that it was just as easy as the first.