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Adhoc vote count started by AoMythology on Aug 7, 2018 at 8:20 PM, finished with 32 posts and 10 votes.
 
I remember you stating Natural Genius gives boosts to studying. I just assumed that also applied to learning a slightly different structured Japanese.

...I forgot about Natural Genius. Yeah, it does, though even without it, our A- rank Int and adult study habits along with a child's malleable brain would speed things up immensely.
 

Yeah.

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[9](Train) Physical Development
[5](Train) Learning to read
[8](Social) Shisui
[5](Social) Korin (Mom)
Adhoc vote count started by AoMythology on Aug 8, 2018 at 7:02 AM, finished with 38 posts and 10 votes.
 
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It's amazing how SB decimated the sensing vote. Combine the votes from SB and here and ya got more than double the votes for reading over Sensing.
 
Story 5
You have been depressed since you found out that your Circuits were unusable, and your family noticed, but fortunately, they didn't confront you.

'How the hell did I end up with unusable Circuits!' You had thought, more than once, angry and sad.

Then, after witnessing a particular memory of yours, a new possibility occurred to you: your Circuits might have been locked not on their own or with Magecraft, but with the use of True Magic - to be exact, the Second Magic. You don't know if it is an accident or if Zelretch intervened, but if it's the latter, you are going to feed the old vampire his spleen!

Hahaha. Hahahahaha! Muahahahaha!

You are busy thinking up horrible tortures for Zelretch when Shisui approaches you. He comments, "that's an evil-sounding laugh you've got there, squirt."

Your laugh cuts off abruptly. You say, "Not squirt!" Stamping your foot and hopefully not looking like you're pouting.

"Easy there," Shisui says with a laugh, "you might break your crib."

You look at Shisui in an imperious way and say, "Shisui-nii, walk!"

Shisui looks at you and says, "you want to go on a walk?"

"No!" You say, "wanna try walking!"

Shisui goes stiff, then laughs a bit. He says, "if you're sure, kiddo. Be careful, okay?"

That's why you love Shisui. He doesn't try to stop your attempts at new things, he simply tells you to be careful and supervises.

Under your brother's watchful eye, you crawl around a bit, then try to get on your feet. You try again and again, but you get tired eventually, and Shisui takes you back to your crib.

"Rest up kiddo. You'll get it tomorrow," Shisui says, but you can barely hear him.

-----

The next day, after getting a change of diapers and being fed, you say, "Mama, put me down."

"Huh? Rin, what's this about?" Your mother says.

"Wanna stand. Wanna walk!" You say.

Your mother stiffens and calls for your father, but after a short conversation, your mother puts you on the floor. You crawl on all fours, then try to get up. You absently note that your stamina has already grown a lot since yesterday, somehow.

After a lot of tries and many failures; even some bruises, you manage to stand on your own. You sway a bit, but stabilize yourself, though your father is there, ready to intervene. You make one step, two… then drop, into Suiho's arms.

You refuse to give up, even though your father tries to dissuade you. Your mother, on the other hand, is less overprotective and more like Shisui, now that she saw you can handle it.

You try again; this time, you've got a handle on your balance… and simply walk, like you've been born on your feet.

Fully discovered Perk 'Super Prodigy (Fake)'
(Due to having an (almost) adult mind AND the learning speed of a child, everything is easier for you)
+Gives a great bonus to ALL training while you are under the age of 9
+Your bloodline trait(s) gain a moderate-high bonus
+A moderate bonus to rep.up to all those whose allegiance is 'Konoha' or 'Uchiha clan'

Your stats have gone up!
Strength F- -> F
Speed: F- -> F
Dexterity&Flexibility: F- -> E-

You have discovered Skill 'Pain Tolerance'!
Pain Tolerance: C rank (higher than some Chuunin)

Shisui, who has come to watch at some point, starts clapping, and your parents join in as well. You see pride in all their eyes, but Suiho also seems… worried?

Rep. Shisui: C+ -> B-
Rep. Suiho: E+ -> D
Rep. Korin: E+ -> D-

You make it a daily routine to walk around, building up your stamina and lower-body strength. Once, your mother comments that you are preparing to be a kunoichi early.

You ask, "what's kunoichi?" Caught by surprise by the somewhat unfamiliar term.

Now it's your mother's turn to look surprised. She says, "wait, you don't know what a shinobi is?"

You shake your head, though you know it's the same kanji as 'ninja' in your original world.

Your mother regales you with tales of legendary warriors who can literally breathe out the elements.

"Like a dragon?" You say, unable to stop yourself. People here have breath weapons?

"…Something like that," your mother says, "sometimes, I forget how young you are, Rin," sighing, but you can tell she no longer feels conflicted about you.

Your mother is no longer suspicious of you!
Rep. Korin: D- -> D

You think of telling her about your sensing ability… but decide to wait a few months before springing that up on her.

A few days later, you decide to get rid of a crippling weakness: you decide to learn how to read in this world. While the spoken dialect is similar enough for you to get it completely very quickly, the written part is significantly different from what you remember in some respects.

So, you take a book from your home's small library and try to read it. An hour or so later, you put it down, or rather throw it on the floor, frustrated. You say, "why is it so hard!" Barely keeping yourself from cursing.

At that point, your father intervenes. He says, "if you wanted to learn how to read, you could have asked for help, you know, Rin."

Then, he sits down with you and helps you trace the kanji and learn their pronunciation. To Suiho's surprise, you learn even more quickly than he expected, as he tells you.

Fully discovered Perk 'Natural Genius'
+Theory 'learning' actions gain a great-colossal boost
+Chakra Control goes up highly more quickly

You eventually ask a question that has you pretty stumped. You tell your father, "Papa, what's Cha-ku-ra?"

He looks at you in a piercing way. He says, "where did you hear that?"

You point at the book in your lap.

Suiho sighs. He says, "I hoped you wouldn't ask such a question until you were at least five." Then, he tells you about the basics of shinobi, or ninja, life.

Unlike your mother's idealized version, your father's words paint a much more bleak picture, though he still hides it behind pretty words. You don't know if ninjas are as prone to human experimentation as Magi, but all the talk of supernatural powers and ruthless mercenaries reminds you of home. It sounds like there's no secrecy for the Moonlit World here, or whatever it's called, though.

When he finishes, he takes a look at your expression and says, "you're even smarter than I thought. You don't fall for pretty words, huh?"

You shrug and say, "so, at what age does the Academy accept students?"

"…Or maybe not," Suiho says.

He doesn't know that you realized the dangers, then decided to become a shinobi anyway.

Your father puts his hands on your shoulders, looks into your eyes and says, "please, promise me you won't enter the Academy early, or graduate too quickly."

"One year early, only," you compromise.

Suiho says, "this isn't a negotiation."

You lift an eyebrow.

"Tch," your father says, exasperated, "you drive a hard bargain. Very well! I'll allow you to go to the Academy one year early, as long as your mother agrees and you still want to then. But no skipping grades or graduating before eleven!"

"Thanks, Papa," you say and hug him.

"…Brat," he says, but you can tell by his tone that he's smiling.

Rep. Suiho: D -> D+

From now on, your exercise routine becomes more intense, though you don't dare try things like push-ups at this age. Your father has spoken of something called 'Taijutsu' and even though your specialty will always be Magecraft, it sounds like close combat is a big deal here.

You eventually ask Shisui what Chakra is, exactly.

He scratches his head and says, "kind of expected this question, though not so soon. What do you know of physical and spiritual energy?"

"Nothing," you say, truthfully.

Shisui goes on to explain about the energy produced in one's cells, the Physical Energy, also known as Yang Chakra (not to be confused with Yang Release Chakra), which rises with exercise and the energy produced by the spirit -though he was not clear on how- called Spiritual Energy, or Yin Chakra, which rises with life experience.

"What's Yang Release and Yin Release Chakra, then?" You say.

Shisui goes on to tell you about the seven Natures of Chakra, the five Elements and the two skewed ratio Natures. He also tells you that you need to train 'Chakra Control' to be able to use Chakra Natures well at all.

"I'll be able to use all Elements," you declare.

Shisui agrees, patronizingly, but he doesn't know yours was a statement of fact, not ambition.

It's even more urgent for you to train physically now, if your Od pool -or Chakra, whatever- rises through exercise. …Wait, did your brother say that life experiences raise your Spiritual Energy?

You say, "nii-chan, what if someone has more Yin Chakra than Yang?" A bit worried.

"Smart question," Shisui says, "the thing is, our clan, the Uchiha clan, is more likely to lean towards Yin. Having a skewed pool of Chakra means that your Chakra runs out according to your weaker energy." He rubs his head, then says, "did I make sense? I sometimes forget you're barely over ten months old."

You give Shisui a thumbs up. Your single tooth glints in the light. (Damn that tooth! You have suffered to get it!)

"Gah!" Shisui says, "Guy flashbacks! Guy flashbacks!"

"Who's Guy, nii-chan?" You say, laughing at your brother's bizarre behavior.

"You really don't want to know," Shisui says, "just don't start wearing green spandex, all right?"

Green spandex?! You shudder.

Shisui nods and says, "yeah, disgusting, right?"

You nod.

Rep. Shisui goes up! B- -> B

-----

You continue your lessons with your father, and manage a level of literacy in less than two months that high school students were expected to be at in your previous world. Your father's feelings were mixed again.

You keep hanging out with Shisui as much as you can; he's a breath of fresh air, since you've never had a brother before, much less an older one.

Rep. Shisui goes up! B -> B (Halfway through B+)

You also spend a lot of time with your mother; you get flashbacks of your previous mother, but the fact they have totally different personalities helps.

Rep. Korin goes up! D -> (1/3 through D+)

The time comes for your first birthday party, yet it still catches you by surprise. You get a lot of presents, but your favorite is-

[]The toy kunai
+Plus one training action for the next year

[]The children's book
+Plus one 'studying' action for the next year

[]The doll
+Plus one Social action for the next year

You also meet the clan head's sons, Itachi and Sasuke. Itachi is a serious and very smart young boy, but you manage to get him out of his shell a bit with your cuteness.

Rep. Itachi goes up! E- -> E+

Itachi apparently is going to graduate and become a Genin in half a year, according to Sasuke.

(Though it went like this: 'Nii-san Genin soon! Nii-san aweshum!' Then Itachi explained.)

Well, Sasuke is well above average in intelligence for a toddler, you'll give him that. But somehow, you can tell Itachi is on a whole other level. It wouldn't surprise you if he talked and maybe walked faster than even you did, and you're mentally seventeen!

Itachi eventually goes to speak to Shisui, and leaves you with Sasuke. You-

[]Tease the kid
[]Don't tease the kid
 
[X]The children's book
Pretty torn on this one. Training will probably take us longer than studying, so that's a reason to start it earlier... but studying dictates what we can train, and can make training more effective (learning how to train from scrolls, etc.) Social's the wildcard, but I'm not super clear on what reputation does for us in the long run.

[X]Tease the kid
I will be amazed if there's a single dissenting vote for this. Does that make our teasing super effective? :V
 
[X]The toy kunai
[X]Don't tease the kid

Playing the long game!

Also my first vote on here over SB!
 
[X]The children's book

[X]Tease the kid

While in the long run this might hurt us . . . who cares its Sasuke
 
Honestly? All three gift options are great. Kunai lets us improve our walking and whatever else we decide is important and lets us exploit Super Prodigy (Fake).

The book lets us probably improve our reading abilities and whatever theory/history stuff we could get our hands on.

And the doll? Social our entire immediate family!

I am convinced A Rank Reputation unlocks something with a person.
 
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