The Stormbringer
Worm Fanfic & Crack Connoisseur
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I'm torn at the moment... will decide my vote later.
End of an Era (Naruto AU)
- Thread starter The Laurent
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Arkatekt
Harbinger of Shitluck
I like Veekie's vote. Though I would like to at least upgrade one or two of our current techniques so that we can actually use them in combat.
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] Upgrade Cloak of Invisibility Technique
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
Upgrading the Body Replacement jutsu will let us get out of harm's way a bit faster and get our puppet into the fray faster as well.
Upgrading the Dizzy Spell jutsu will let us use it in combat without fear of harming our team, because we will be able to designate allies to be immune to the effect.
The rest of it is plan Veekie.
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] Upgrade Cloak of Invisibility Technique
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
Upgrading the Body Replacement jutsu will let us get out of harm's way a bit faster and get our puppet into the fray faster as well.
Upgrading the Dizzy Spell jutsu will let us use it in combat without fear of harming our team, because we will be able to designate allies to be immune to the effect.
The rest of it is plan Veekie.
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
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- Pronouns
- They/Them
Minor correction. Dizzy Spell Rank 3 actually costs 12 XP, not 8.
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- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
[X] XP Allotment
-[X] 1) Stealth
-[X] 2) Awareness
-[X] 3) Traps, Poison, Evasion
With the war and her fighting style these skills could do with some improvement. Focusing mainly on stealth because of its 1.5 modifier and it'll complement puppetry well. Awareness is very important at the moment seeing as there are a lot of teams getting ambushed so being more aware of what's around will help her will be a very valuable skill to have. Evasion will help with keeping away from opponents we don't want to fight up close and Traps and Poison would work very well with a puppet user.
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] 1) Stealth
-[X] 2) Awareness
-[X] 3) Traps, Poison, Evasion
With the war and her fighting style these skills could do with some improvement. Focusing mainly on stealth because of its 1.5 modifier and it'll complement puppetry well. Awareness is very important at the moment seeing as there are a lot of teams getting ambushed so being more aware of what's around will help her will be a very valuable skill to have. Evasion will help with keeping away from opponents we don't want to fight up close and Traps and Poison would work very well with a puppet user.
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
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@veekie and @Arkatekt , we only get to choose two votes, and "Interacts with the civilians" is one, and "Continue the investigation" is two, with a single subvote for how we investigate as free, unless @The Laurent says otherwise. This means that likely we can't do all of them that week, though I could see a Shizue managing a conversation with Akachi and maybe another of the genin after one of her classes and then proceeding to spend the rest of the time investigating other avenues.
Also, @The Laurent , how often do we need to go on missions? I know you said that for the minumum self-sustenance we needed a D-rank every so often, but do we need one this week or not? We aren't keeping track of our finances aside from vague measures, but this is an important factor to consider in how we spend our week.
Here's some thoughts on this quest I haven't voiced yet:
As for the traitor and the ambushes, I'm inclined to think it isn't Emiko at this point given reasoning already brought up. It really only makes sense for her to be working against Reef if she's working for an outside village in order to keep the Archipelago from reuniting. However, they don't really gain that much from continuing the war, given the fact that since the ninjas of Archipelago are the government, they won't be taking many missions outside the archipelago even after uniting and consolidating the islands because of how busy they'll be. I suppose they could just want whatever money the villages can afford to pay for weapons, and prevent nebulous future 'threats,' since they'd have more jonin-level ninja (such as Emiko) to throw around at things like that.
A special jonin, or even a normal jonin seems more likely to be doing it out of some grudge or political reason. After all, the higher ups are the most likely to survive the fighting and thus the ones that would be able to take that risk of betraying the village. And since any reason or event that would have led to their apparently sudden betrayal wouldn't have been written down (at least where Shizue, Rika and Genta could find them), it's unlikely to be found or known for some time. Though, since Ken got so much "screen" time, I suspect he might be the traitor, or at least important later on purely for that meta-reason.
Another possibility is that since the fish girl is one of the alternate origins, so she might be a spy or traitor because she could blend in after changing back, though that does seem somewhat unlikely.
I basically agree with this choice however:
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] And after classes as time permits...
--[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
--[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
The Stormbringer
Worm Fanfic & Crack Connoisseur
- Location
- Spaaaaace~!
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] And after classes as time permits...
--[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
--[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] And after classes as time permits...
--[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
--[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
I feel I should remind you all that we need to take missions to pay our rent and expenses, and it's been two turns since our last mission. Perhaps we could take a D-Rank?
The Stormbringer
Worm Fanfic & Crack Connoisseur
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Good point.
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Take a mission.
-[X] Take a D-rank mission or two around the village. There's not a lot on offer, but few genin actually want to do menial drudgery. Thus, she's almost certain to find something.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] And after classes as time permits...
--[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
--[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Take a mission.
-[X] Take a D-rank mission or two around the village. There's not a lot on offer, but few genin actually want to do menial drudgery. Thus, she's almost certain to find something.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] And after classes as time permits...
--[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
--[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
This makes sense. Editing to match.
We get one investigation done for free, and each investigation choice after the first counts as half an action, therefore 1(free)+2(0.5) = 1 action slot.
According to the vote itself, we aren't actually hard up on money, since we got a pretty large bounty from the last mission due to misrank.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
I know, but I would prefer not to run out of money simply because we didn't want to go on missions. The parts of the puppet and other ninja stuff seems like it would be expensive to me.
I'm saying that there is another way to interpret it:
1 (See civilians) + 1 (Continue investigation) + 0 (research the special jounin) + 0.5 (interview the three genin) + 0.5 (interview Akachi) = 3
Which leaves one more time slot than we can use. Unless @The Laurent says otherwise, it seems to me at least that the intended way to interpret the vote is that if we wanted to do all three interview options, then we would need to pick only those three options. The way the voting is set up doesn't really make sense otherwise, because why have those three options separate if you can fit it all into one time slot?
[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
[X] 1) Stealth
[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
If we were running out of money it'd have been commented upon. And our fellow mission-mates did zero missions in the same time.
Misranked missions pay a LOT. Better to make sure that our next C rank mission doesn't get fucked so hard by getting the investigation
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
Good point. Would there be any way to persuade you to also upgrade the invisibility jutsu? I think if it's upgraded enough, we'll be able to move around while using it, or at least use our puppet. The latter possibility is supported by the upgraded form allowing us to move our arms and hands without breaking the jutsu.
Hmm, budgeting looks fine. Alright, throwing it in too.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
[X] XP Underground Sapper
-[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
-[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
-[X] Upgrade Cloak of Invisibility Technique
-[X] 1) Stealth
-[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
-[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
-[X] Upgrade Body Replacement
-[X] Upgrade Dizzy Spell
-[X] Upgrade Cloak of Invisibility Technique
-[X] 1) Stealth
-[X] 2) Earth Jutsu
-[X] 3) Traps, Wires, Poison
[X] Interacts with the civilians, and even more than that, she could meet with Emiko while showing her around town.
[X] Continue the investigation. (Choose ONE free, each additional investigation action costs ½ of a total week action.)
-[X] Talk to the three Genin involved in the (failed) attack during their mission, ask them about their experiences. One of them was recently crippled badly, though not from the attack, so talking to them could be interesting, and could potentially add pathos to the document, now in progress.
-[X] Interview Akachi about his experiences, the latest in the ambushes which has led to yet more deaths, and perhaps one could also ask him about his research into Emiko...
-[X] Research the five Special Jounin and create profiles as well as examining the likelihood that one of them did it, and if so, which one.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
The way it works, is you choose one of the options free, because I judged it'd be weird, and too much of a mechanical...thing...to have it possible for you to just not bother to do anything on the investigation this week for lack of time. Each option after that takes half an action. In theory, if you didn't do anything else, you could do all of the Investigation actions, sure, but it'd be an opportunity cost. Confront Emiko, Special Jounin, Talk to Chusei, Akachi, Three Genin=2.5-5 (free)=2. So yeah, you can do all of the actions open on the investigation now, and more would then be opened up, or you can do part of them, but the votes as they stand seem to be correct, primarily.
As for the mission, you haven't been paid *as* much as some assume, but you could probably wait until Week 5 or 6 before you start to have problems. A little less if you spend anything during the civilian excursion. So you're good for now, I'll tell you when you start running dry, but good eye to keep on thinking about it.
Interesting that we still have strawberry flavoring. Also a capitalization mistake in the second sentence.
Ooo, Fire's going to be a tricky one in this environment. Devastating on a ship, but too devastating to use in defense. Wind and Fire also make a very effective combo. Nothing like a fire bullet sparked flame fanned by a Great Breakthrough.
Smokescreen...first though is that our puppet can fight more or less unimpeded in it. Low visibility, but no choking.
Curious that she started with a smokescreen though.
Huh, I wonder what sparked THAT off.
Classic justification...but the bolded part is bullshit. Tide has drained it's resources dry to fight Reef, and the biggest resource is something that taking Tide would not give: loyal people with skills.
High hypocrisy I smell.
Looking at the civilian casualties and his repeated "one ninja is worth a thousand civilians" gig, I wouldn't be so sure. Terrified peasants perhaps, grateful for all this bloodshed, no.
Ginchiyo's been getting cocky huh.
Ok, what I got from that:
-They definitely know what teams are being sent out, if they know about the sensor AND they know the weakness of that sensor. This points to knowing as soon as they accept the mission, a time gap of possibly under a day. We should see which Special Jounin covers that sort of thing.
Recipe for a peasant rebellion here. Tide has to have been extractng the maximum sustainable tax as it is, so stretching that even further breeds desperate men.
Laying underwater, if I were her. She can breath water, why ever come out?
As has already been pointed out, invisibility while we can move our arms means we can attack while cloaked.
Also this upgrade now allows us to use this with our team, due to the immunity.
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lkmcclenahan
That which doesn't kill me, only makes me stranger
- Location
- UK
Clarification on the improvements to Cloak of Invisibility- Rank 2 means you can do things like drawing a weapon or forming hand seals while it's in effect... if you don't move too quickly. Like, for example, the hand seals would have to be formed relatively slowly and deliberately. The kind of movement involved in actually attacking- throwing a weapon, for example- would disrupt the jutsu.
Thanks for clarifying that.
Which week is this that we're starting? 3?
I suppose we'll want to take a mission this week or next week.
ReaperofInterest
Herald of Disaster
True, but the first rank didn't allow for any kind of movement without breaking the jutsu. The allowance of movement for the second rank is why I think that if upgraded sufficiently, we'll be able to use our puppet without breaking the jutsu.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Also, vote closes on Thursday!
And yes, we're at Week 3 of the latest phase of the war.
And yes, we're at Week 3 of the latest phase of the war.
So we could move a puppet slowly, or activate the mist jutsu, but no more without breaking it?
Oh I am slain!
Wynaut?
- Location
- Tatooine
[x] Arkatekt
Ooh, interesting.
Was it mentioned why Genta seems sure that it's not Emiko?
Dang, pretty skilled teaching. Where'd Emiko practice teaching before?
Huh. Isn't this very, very advanced Earth Clone usage?
Yeah, totally fishy.
Special mission? Hiding elsewhere? Or both?
I bet there are multiple factions betraying/subverting the village from within.
Agreed with veekie on all these points.
Ha, I didn't think of this one.
So in order to avoid problems, we should take a mission next week, aka week 4, not the week we're voting on right now. Maybe we should encourage Rika and Okie to go with us on it.