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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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I don't need to sleep tonightso I'll throw edits in together for the next few hours.
 
MMKII said:
At this point we're going for the critical hit or we're doomed to have a mediocre score this event.
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No I get that. all on board with that style of plan. My problem is the fact that we have enemies actively targeting us as well as over 150 other ninjas. We are doing nothing to deal with as of right now.
 
[X] Action Plan: The Pressure Cooker SIC
Adhoc vote count started by fiirofa on Jun 19, 2018 at 9:55 PM, finished with 427 posts and 18 votes.
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Should we grab the sake for the misterators from the kitchen before or after the distraction? It seems beneficial to do this reasonably soon before breakfast.
 
Oneiros said:
Also seriously guys you are giving no thought to how all of our opponents will try deal with our attacks. Y'all are making the exact same mistake you did last time
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We can't possibly plan for every possible contingency. Do you have any specific suggestions for things you're worried about and relevant contingencies? I mean, yeah, something could happen to disrupt us, but we can't plan around a vague something.
 
*sighs* fuck it lets go
Enjou said:
Gonna say this again... we really need to pre-plan on how to capitalize. The main thing is noticing the sweat (which is not something we need to preplan for much, just need to have enough people on our side looking), and apparently from eaglejarl's answer it would take around ten minutes of heavy sweating to pop henges, with rehydration maybe or maybe not working. But if we want to add on any kind of thing like the alcohol aerosol thing, we need to have that prepped enough in advance. (not sure we could spend a fate point on it)
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Fine, I'll add @MMKII's suggestion on gas booze.
Oneiros said:
@faflec coming out of the collapsed tunnel without doing anything to see if we are being watched is just begging to be ambushed
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I don't see a way to actually check, though. Keiko is above ground (and presumably checking already), Noburi and Hazou will essentially have no chakra...If you have a suggestion please tell me, I have nothing.
Cariyaga said:
@faflec Can you include in the plan contingencies for if henges start popping to sweat? We have nothing for that. Something like, if Hazou suspects that sweating might pop henges, to instead find a break room overlooking the cooler spot outside for Keiko to spot henge-popping competitors from?
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Right.

PLEASE EVERYONE CHECK THE CHANGES I MADE AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS IF I DID THINGS WRONG:
faflec said:
Right, added "Hazou Henges" and removed "The Second Level Game" from @Roomba's plan. Also added a way to contact Hinata without talking (have paper under clothing/Henge, which only a Byakugan user could see). Edit: More changes, this is now invalid.

[X] Action Plan: The Pressure Cooker SIC

This plan will ideally take us until the Elemental Mastery gambit described either bears fruit or fails. We'd like the update to end at that point in order to separately plan how we want to capitalize on what we have wrought.

1. Escape the tunnel
Hazou moves to the collapsed tunnel exit and uses the tunneling technique to create a new one, aiming to emerge at the original entrance point. Before exiting to the surface, Hazou will Henge into his cover identity. Conceal the new entrance afterwards, if it can be done quickly and quietly.

2. Discuss the plan with our teammates
  • Find a secluded spot away from the tunnel entrance.
  • Check Hazou's equipment for signs of tampering.
  • Hazou relates what happened to him and hears what Noburi and Keiko have been up to.
    • He strongly suspects he was followed when he went to dig the tunnel, and consequently, that his assailant knew his identity at the time.
    • Given that the assailant was a Wakahisa, obvious suspects are either Team Downfall or a rogue proctor.
    • In any case, Hazou believes that our enemies stepped up their cheating, and that conventional strategies will no longer result in a good score for this event.
    • After hearing Noburi's story, Hazou expresses surprise that Hinata didn't warn Noburi about the trap, which she should've been able to see with her Byakugan.
  • He explains his plan (found under points 3 and 4), and asks for feedback from his teammates.
    • Hazou himself is compromised and will be watched the moment he makes a public appearance. Keiko and Noburi's identities might be as well, so they should exercise great caution.
    • Because of this, Hazou himself will provide a distraction, while they execute the real plan.
    • The plan hinges on Akane's help and breaks opsec on Elemental Mastery. Hazou isn't happy about it, but it's the safest idea he has under the circumstances.
  • Noburi and Hazou are low on chakra, and we might need to support Akane later. If there's an opportunity to ambush a candidate safely in the maze and drain them a bit, go for it. If not, there will be more opportunities later.
  • Update should end if Keiko deems the idea unworkable or too reckless.
3. The Elemental Mastery Gambit
  • The basic idea is to use Elemental Mastery to increase the temperature in most of the event area to uncomfortable levels, derailing the party and herding participants into a single area. Capitalize afterwards.
    • The purpose is to disrupt the event, derail any ongoing plans, and pressure both other candidates and proctors into bad decisions.
    • Increasing the ambient temperature will let us distinguish ninja from civilian via observing their sweat dissipate after leaving their chakra body.
    • Hazou is open to ideas on how to capitalize effectively - Noburi was always good at this kind of thing.
      • We could exacerbate the situation by getting everyone drunk via booze misterators, making them easier to sabotage:
        • Ask Noburi what sort of alcohol-gas combo would be enough to get people drunk without risking poisoning/injury.
        • If the plan is viable we spend a FP for the place to have unattended booze for us to take.
  • Find Akane and ask her for help.
    • Agree on a signal in case she refuses, in which case the update should end.
    • Easiest way would be to use Bonku, but Hazou leaves this (and most of the plan's execution) up to Noburi and Keiko's judgement.
    • Be very careful about this and make absolutely sure nobody ends up taking note of Akane. Her safety in this plan depends on her evading attention while traversing the mansion.
    • We want her to place EM zones along the perimeter of the grounds, and then within the mansion itself, with the intent of driving all the party participants into an exposed, open area.
    • The target temperature should be around 45 degrees Celsius - uncomfortable for most people, but not a direct hazard to their health.
    • There's no rush - Akane should take great care not to give herself away, prioritizing that over speed. Nobody should see her cut handseals for EM, and she should always cast it from a distance.
    • Once the participants have gathered in the designated zone, place EM there as well, but at a lower temperature, encouraging them to stay, but still causing them to sweat.
    • Decide on an out of the way safe-zone, where we can direct allies, and which we'll cool with ice from our storage scrolls. Perhaps a remote break room?
  • Notify our allies of the safe zone.
    • Ideally, this should be the whole SuperTeam, or however many of them Keiko and Noburi can find.
    • This can happen concurrently with Akane setting up the EM zones.
    • Only tell them that the location will be safe if they need it, without specifying what the threat is.
      • If Team Asuma want in, explain the plan to them, but request some chakra for Noburi as a buy-in.
    • Hazou can suggest writing a message and hiding it under their clothes/Henge, which only Hinata could see.
  • Wait until the plan bears fruit. Our team get ready to unleash more chaos on the congregated partygoers.
  • Contingency: Henge breaking via sweat
    • Hazou suspects this might happen. He suggests we find a break room overlooking a cooler area so we can spot Henge breaks from far away.
4. The Distraction (doesn't need to happen on-screen)
  • Hazou's identity is almost surely compromised, and disseminated to an unknown number of parties. However, whoever knocked him out expect him to stay knocked out, and will surely be distracted if he suddenly becomes publicly active.
  • Hazou adjusts his persona to appear a bit drunk and more gregarious and outgoing for this.
  • He goes out of his way to talk to a lot of people and move around with apparent purpose.
  • The Fake Sneeze Gas threat
    • Hazou uses Sleight of Hand to plant harmless training seals in various locations. Spend FP on him having them, if necessary.
    • He also occasionally leaves a meaningless "coded" message in spots that seem like they'd be good for dead drops.
    • In conversations, he offers in confidence that he overheard some people in the maze talking about unleashing a gas in the mansion that is supposed to cause rapid and violent sneezing. Aren't ninja just weird sometimes?
  • He tries to keep an eye out for anyone specifically following him throughout.
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Oneiros said:
No I get that. all on board with that style of plan. My problem is the fact that we have enemies actively targeting us as well as over 150 other ninjas. We are doing nothing to deal with as of right now.
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Please write specific contingencies for how to deal with this issue instead of saying only to be aware of enemy actions.
 
Edit: Already beaten to the edits, go to the previous one!

[X] Action Plan: The Pressure Cooker SIC SIC

This is cribbed off of @Roomba s plan and @faflec s edits. Please comment on possible edits!!


This plan will ideally take us until the Elemental Mastery gambit described either bears fruit or fails. We'd like the update to end at that point in order to separately plan how we want to capitalize on what we have wrought.

1. Escape the tunnel
Hazou moves to the collapsed tunnel exit and uses the tunneling technique to create a new one, aiming to emerge at the original entrance point. Before exiting to the surface, Hazou will Henge into his cover identity. Conceal the new entrance afterwards, if it can be done quickly and quietly.

2. Discuss the plan with our teammates
  • Find a secluded spot away from the tunnel entrance.
  • Check Hazou's equipment for signs of tampering.
  • Hazou relates what happened to him and hears what Noburi and Keiko have been up to.
    • He strongly suspects he was followed when he went to dig the tunnel, and consequently, that his assailant knew his identity at the time.
    • Given that the assailant was a Wakahisa, obvious suspects are either Team Downfall or a rogue proctor.
    • In any case, Hazou believes that our enemies stepped up their cheating, and that conventional strategies will no longer result in a good score for this event.
    • After hearing Noburi's story, Hazou expresses surprise that Hinata didn't warn Noburi about the trap, which she should've been able to see with her Byakugan.
  • He explains his plan (found under points 3 -5), and asks for feedback from his teammates.
    • Hazou himself is compromised and will be watched the moment he makes a public appearance. Keiko and Noburi's identities might be as well, so they should exercise great caution.
    • Because of this, Hazou himself will provide a distraction, while they execute the real plan.
    • The plan hinges on Akane's help and breaks opsec on Elemental Mastery. Hazou isn't happy about it, but it's the safest idea he has under the circumstances.
  • Noburi and Hazou are low on chakra, and we might need to support Akane later. If there's an opportunity to ambush a candidate safely in the maze and drain them a bit, go for it. If not, there will be more opportunities later.
  • Update should end if Keiko deems the idea unworkable or too reckless.

Points 3 and Points 4/5 should happen concurrently.

3. The Elemental Mastery Gambit
  • The basic idea is to use Elemental Mastery to increase the temperature in most of the event area to uncomfortable levels, derailing the party and herding participants into a single area. Capitalize afterwards.
    • The purpose is to disrupt the event, derail any ongoing plans, and pressure both other candidates and proctors into bad decisions.
    • Increasing the ambient temperature will let us distinguish ninja from civilian via observing their sweat dissipate after leaving their chakra body.
    • Hazou is open to ideas on how to capitalize effectively - Noburi was always good at this kind of thing.
  • Find Akane and ask her for help.
    • Agree on a signal in case she refuses, in which case the update should end.
    • Easiest way would be to use Bonku, but Hazou leaves this (and most of the plan's execution) up to Noburi and Keiko's judgement.
    • Be very careful about this and make absolutely sure nobody ends up taking note of Akane. Her safety in this plan depends on her evading attention while traversing the mansion.
    • We want her to place EM zones along the perimeter of the grounds, and then within the mansion itself, with the intent of driving all the party participants into an exposed, open area.
    • The target temperature should be around 45 degrees Celsius - uncomfortable for most people, but not a direct hazard to their health.
    • There's no rush - Akane should take great care not to give herself away, prioritizing that over speed. Nobody should see her cut handseals for EM, and she should always cast it from a distance.
    • Once the participants have gathered in the designated zone, place EM there as well, but at a lower temperature, encouraging them to stay, but still causing them to sweat.
    • Decide on an out of the way safe-zone, where we can direct allies, and which we'll cool with ice from our storage scrolls. Perhaps a remote break room?
  • Notify our allies of the safe zone.
    • Ideally, this should be the whole SuperTeam, or however many of them Keiko and Noburi can find.
    • This can happen concurrently with Akane setting up the EM zones.
    • Only tell them that the location will be safe if they need it, without specifying what the threat is.
      • If Team Asuma want in, explain the plan to them, but request some chakra for Noburi as a buy-in.
    • Hazou can suggest writing a message and hiding it under their clothes/Henge, which only Hinata could see.
Wait until the plan bears fruit. Our team get ready to unleash more chaos on the congregated partygoers.

4. The Spanner in the Works (preparation)
  • Once everyone is congregated due to Step 3 above, we plan on using Misterators to disperse a diluted alcoholic mist into the air for people to breathe and become intoxicated.
  • The point of this is to sabotage any further plans in the works and to make everyone else easier to manipulate.
  • Obviously if we can find members of SuperTeam leaf as in Step 3 we will try not to target them as best as we can. If we cannot we then
  • Noburi will use his medical knowledge to calculate an extremely safe (but still effective) concentration to use.
  • Before the distraction in Step 5, Hazou and Noburi goes to the kitchen to acquire the necessary amount of water and sake. If needed, spend a fate point to declare that there is a sufficient volume of sake available., unguarded by chefs. "There sure is a lot of sake around here unaccompanied."
  • Noburi tests the sake to make sure there are no extra elements added to it, then calculates the concentration.
  • Noburi and Hazou mix the solution and prepare the Misterators.
5. The Distraction (doesn't need to happen on-screen)
  • Hazou's identity is almost surely compromised, and disseminated to an unknown number of parties. However, whoever knocked him out expect him to stay knocked out, and will surely be distracted if he suddenly becomes publicly active.
  • Hazou adjusts his persona to appear a bit drunk and more gregarious and outgoing for this.
  • He goes out of his way to talk to a lot of people and move around with apparent purpose.
  • The Fake Sneeze Gas threat
    • Hazou uses Sleight of Hand to plant harmless training seals in various locations. Spend FP on him having them, if necessary.
    • He also occasionally leaves a meaningless "coded" message in spots that seem like they'd be good for dead drops.
    • In conversations, he offers in confidence that he overheard some people in the maze talking about unleashing a gas in the mansion that is supposed to cause rapid and violent sneezing. Aren't ninja just weird sometimes?
  • He tries to keep an eye out for anyone specifically following him throughout.
 
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By the by, I do hope that Keiko will be running our plan through her idiocy checker. We do have her here to help with the plan this time.
 
[X] Action Plan: The Pressure Cooker SIC

You already beat me to the edits, I guess.
 
[X] Action Plan: The Pressure Cooker SIC

Edit: shifted down to one SIC

A modest suggestion for gathering sake: It might be possible to obtain alcohol entirely legally, and even in the open. If there is a bar, they might sell by the bottle, and a servant or a guest might have a private stash. I only suggest this because theft might be counted against our score.
Adhoc vote count started by Immortal Lurker on Jun 19, 2018 at 10:41 PM, finished with 444 posts and 19 votes.
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I made more changes to integrate @MMKII's plan into my own. Mostly that just means adding the Step 4.

@MMKII I did make some changes to one of the steps, as I'm unsure that Hazou should be going to get booze due to his identity being compromised, and I consider it possible for Noburi/Keiko to act during suspicion. Please ping me if you disagree with my changes. @Immortal Lurker I added your suggestion under that part.
faflec said:
Right, added "Hazou Henges" and removed "The Second Level Game" from @Roomba's plan. Also added a way to contact Hinata without talking (have paper under clothing/Henge, which only a Byakugan user could see). Edit: More changes, this is now invalid.

[X] Action Plan: The Pressure Cooker SIC

This plan will ideally take us until the Elemental Mastery gambit described either bears fruit or fails. We'd like the update to end at that point in order to separately plan how we want to capitalize on what we have wrought.

1. Escape the tunnel
Hazou moves to the collapsed tunnel exit and uses the tunneling technique to create a new one, aiming to emerge at the original entrance point. Before exiting to the surface, Hazou will Henge into his cover identity. Conceal the new entrance afterwards, if it can be done quickly and quietly.

2. Discuss the plan with our teammates
  • Find a secluded spot away from the tunnel entrance.
  • Check Hazou's equipment for signs of tampering.
  • Hazou relates what happened to him and hears what Noburi and Keiko have been up to.
    • He strongly suspects he was followed when he went to dig the tunnel, and consequently, that his assailant knew his identity at the time.
    • Given that the assailant was a Wakahisa, obvious suspects are either Team Downfall or a rogue proctor.
    • In any case, Hazou believes that our enemies stepped up their cheating, and that conventional strategies will no longer result in a good score for this event.
    • After hearing Noburi's story, Hazou expresses surprise that Hinata didn't warn Noburi about the trap, which she should've been able to see with her Byakugan.
  • He explains his plan (found under points 3 and 4), and asks for feedback from his teammates.
    • Hazou himself is compromised and will be watched the moment he makes a public appearance. Keiko and Noburi's identities might be as well, so they should exercise great caution.
    • Because of this, Hazou himself will provide a distraction, while they execute the real plan.
    • The plan hinges on Akane's help and breaks opsec on Elemental Mastery. Hazou isn't happy about it, but it's the safest idea he has under the circumstances.
  • Noburi and Hazou are low on chakra, and we might need to support Akane later. If there's an opportunity to ambush a candidate safely in the maze and drain them a bit, go for it. If not, there will be more opportunities later.
  • Update should end if Keiko deems the idea unworkable or too reckless.
3. The Elemental Mastery Gambit
  • The basic idea is to use Elemental Mastery to increase the temperature in most of the event area to uncomfortable levels, derailing the party and herding participants into a single area. Capitalize afterwards.
    • The purpose is to disrupt the event, derail any ongoing plans, and pressure both other candidates and proctors into bad decisions.
    • Increasing the ambient temperature will let us distinguish ninja from civilian via observing their sweat dissipate after leaving their chakra body.
    • Hazou is open to ideas on how to capitalize effectively - Noburi was always good at this kind of thing.
      • We could exacerbate the situation by getting everyone drunk via booze misterators (see Preparation: Spanner in the Works).
  • Find Akane and ask her for help.
    • Agree on a signal in case she refuses, in which case the update should end.
    • Easiest way would be to use Bonku, but Hazou leaves this (and most of the plan's execution) up to Noburi and Keiko's judgement.
    • Be very careful about this and make absolutely sure nobody ends up taking note of Akane. Her safety in this plan depends on her evading attention while traversing the mansion.
    • We want her to place EM zones along the perimeter of the grounds, and then within the mansion itself, with the intent of driving all the party participants into an exposed, open area.
    • The target temperature should be around 45 degrees Celsius - uncomfortable for most people, but not a direct hazard to their health.
    • There's no rush - Akane should take great care not to give herself away, prioritizing that over speed. Nobody should see her cut handseals for EM, and she should always cast it from a distance.
    • Once the participants have gathered in the designated zone, place EM there as well, but at a lower temperature, encouraging them to stay, but still causing them to sweat.
    • Decide on an out of the way safe-zone, where we can direct allies, and which we'll cool with ice from our storage scrolls. Perhaps a remote break room?
  • Notify our allies of the safe zone.
    • Ideally, this should be the whole SuperTeam, or however many of them Keiko and Noburi can find.
    • This can happen concurrently with Akane setting up the EM zones.
    • Only tell them that the location will be safe if they need it, without specifying what the threat is.
      • If Team Asuma want in, explain the plan to them, but request some chakra for Noburi as a buy-in.
    • Hazou can suggest writing a message and hiding it under their clothes/Henge, which only Hinata could see.
  • Wait until the plan bears fruit. Our team get ready to unleash more chaos on the congregated partygoers.
  • Contingency: Henge breaking via sweat
    • Hazou suspects this might happen. He suggests we find a break room overlooking a cooler area so we can spot Henge breaks from far away.
4. Preparation: The Spanner in the Works
  • Once everyone is congregated due to Step 3 above, we plan on using Misterators to disperse a diluted alcoholic mist into the air for people to breathe and become intoxicated.
  • The point of this is to sabotage any further plans in the works and to make everyone else easier to manipulate.
  • Obviously if we can find members of SuperTeam leaf as in Step 3 we will try not to target them as best as we can. If we cannot we then
  • Noburi will use his medical knowledge to calculate an extremely safe (but still effective) concentration to use.
  • Before (or even during) the distraction in Step 5, Noburi/Keiko can go to the kitchen to acquire the necessary amount of water and sake. If needed, spend a fate point to declare that there is a sufficient volume of sake available., unguarded by chefs. "There sure is a lot of sake around here unaccompanied."
    • We may not need to steal it if it's being sold. Have real money ready.
  • Noburi tests the sake to make sure there are no extra elements added to it, then calculates the concentration.
  • Noburi and Hazou mix the solution and prepare the Misterators.
5. The Distraction (doesn't need to happen on-screen)
  • Hazou's identity is almost surely compromised, and disseminated to an unknown number of parties. However, whoever knocked him out expect him to stay knocked out, and will surely be distracted if he suddenly becomes publicly active. This should run concurrently with our preparations in Steps 3 and 4.
  • Hazou adjusts his persona to appear a bit drunk and more gregarious and outgoing for this.
  • He goes out of his way to talk to a lot of people and move around with apparent purpose.
  • The Fake Sneeze Gas threat
    • Hazou uses Sleight of Hand to plant harmless training seals in various locations. Spend FP on him having them, if necessary.
    • He also occasionally leaves a meaningless "coded" message in spots that seem like they'd be good for dead drops.
    • In conversations, he offers in confidence that he overheard some people in the maze talking about unleashing a gas in the mansion that is supposed to cause rapid and violent sneezing. Aren't ninja just weird sometimes?
  • He tries to keep an eye out for anyone specifically following him throughout.
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Edit: I also added this sentence to the "check equipment for tampering" part.
This includes if anything's been stolen AND if anything's been added to Hazou's equipment.
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Easy way to get alcohol: Ask our good friend Bonku for a bottle of Kurohige's Revenge
 
faflec said:
I made more changes to integrate @MMKII's plan into my own. Mostly that just means adding the Step 4.

@MMKII I did make some changes to one of the steps, as I'm unsure that Hazou should be going to get booze due to his identity being compromised, and I consider it possible for Noburi/Keiko to act during suspicion. Please ping me if you disagree with my changes. @Immortal Lurker I added your suggestion under that part.
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This looks great. Will edit my post to point to this.

Cariyaga said:
Easy way to get alcohol: Ask our good friend Bonku for a bottle of Kurohige's Revenge
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If we meme Kurohige's Revenge anymore this exam we're going to look like some weird booze-themed serial killers.
 
Just a reminder before I go to bed:

Very minor change only from here on out. We've been bitten several times by last minute edits just in the few months I have been active.
 
I'm gonna be sleeping soon too. If you guys have suggested edits POST THEM AND DISCUSS THEM I WILL NOT ADD THEM UNLESS THEY ARE DISCUSSED AND/OR ARE OBVIOUS FUCKUPS IN THE PLAN
 
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