*mini-skit*
BWAHAHAHA!
Oh! And, I think it's fairly likely that the Branch family isn't a divergence from the main 'trunk,' but rather that it was originally a second, completely different clan that accepted a subordinate status in order to gain a share of the Byakugan. Obviously, there's been enough interbreeding since then that that distinction's become basically moot, but I'd bet that that was how the system started
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
BWAHAHAHA!
Quote:Well, I figure that they'd have to have a counterpart marking -anyway-, so that the curse seal would know who to react to orders from (because having your guards be vulnerable to -anyone- who happens to know the right seal would be a Bad Thing), so it wouldn't be as complicated as you'd expect.
...er. Ahem. Sorry. Seriously, it's an interesting idea, but how would that...work, exactly? Or do you mean it instills a compulsion in the person who originally plants the thing, at the moment of...forehead-marking?
Oh! And, I think it's fairly likely that the Branch family isn't a divergence from the main 'trunk,' but rather that it was originally a second, completely different clan that accepted a subordinate status in order to gain a share of the Byakugan. Obviously, there's been enough interbreeding since then that that distinction's become basically moot, but I'd bet that that was how the system started
Quote:*bows*
(Oh, yeah. Because I realise didn't say it before...VERY sweet story, really great so far)
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."