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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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I say we should throw Noburi at Mari sensei for the day and give Kieko a day of rest from social interaction while spending quality time with our mom. Hazou is a smart young lad who can at the very least see the clear feelings directed towards Mari from Hana as well as smart enough to get an inkling as to the reasons for those feelings.

We are aware of how people viewing the world from their own point of view and limited perspectives. Our status has caused those around us to come to incorrect conclusions from both our enemies and allies.
 
faflec said:
Hazou starts spending time with Tenten due to having almost nobody else to talk to.

Hazou starts dating Tenten.

Keiko wakes up and stabs Hazou.
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Keiko: Why do all of my nightmares center around you, Hazou?
Hazou, tied up in the living room: Mmmf mmff fff!
Mari, opening her mouth: You know--
Keiko: Not a word out of you.
 
Velorien said:
Genin start at 12 when they graduate the Academy, unless they are rare prodigies who skip grades. Depending on their degree of talent and their luck, they typically make it out of their teens either as chuunin or posthumously.
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What number of genin die to chakra beasts, according to demographics-mancer Keiko?
 
TaliesinSkye said:
Mari needs to somehow be reassured that she actually does love the kids and isn't just using them because it's convenient. The only idea I have for this is 'The kids are endangered and Mari leaps in at great risk to her life to protect them', so she can later be confident that she actually does love the kids because if she was just using them they wouldn't be worth dying to protect. While this might work it is a terrible idea. Can anyone come up with something better? I'm not sure if there's anything we can say or do to help her that she won't perceive as herself just masterfully having manipulated us into loving her because that's useful to her, but maybe there's something.
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This worry reminds me a bit of Hazou's thing with Akane; a concern about thoughtlessly using loved ones. Not sure a Hazou-Mari convo about this would help, though—they're both upset about doing it wrong but aren't sure how to do it right.

Come to that, I suppose "misuse of social power" is kind of what Keiko's worried about too, when it comes to her facilitating the Pangolin conquest.

Given his history and his current position, Jiraiya's probably developed some thoughts about this; maybe we should ask for them once his latest crisis has blown over? Could make for a cathartic family dinner convo.

Meanwhile:
NOBURI: Don't look at me, I'm well-adjusted.
 
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Velorien said:
Genin start at 12 when they graduate the Academy, unless they are rare prodigies who skip grades. Depending on their degree of talent and their luck, they typically make it out of their teens either as chuunin or posthumously.
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*mouth sets into a grim line*

We must work harder.
 
[X] Action Plan: Game Night
  • (Offscreen, retroactively) Make some more Skywalkers, both to start replenishing your own stockpiles and in case Jiraiya needs more in a hurry. Remember OPSEC.
  • Spend some more time with Hana and invite her to game night.
  • Game night:
    • Help Mari out WRT party logistics.
    • Divide into four or five groups, each playing a different game.
    • Try Yakuza (ninja!Mafia) with everybody at least once.
    • Let people chose which group to join, and randomly assign them if they can't decide.
      • Recommend changing groups and trying a different game once you're done your current one.
 
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MMKII said:
1)Ah, so Akatsuki is in Bear! Thank you kindly.
2) This is good. Remember: We need Yagura alive to transfer his Bijuu to Hazou!
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Damnit, @Velorien! Stop giving them access to the QM notes! I just changed the friggin' passwords!

Traiden said:
I say we should throw Noburi at Mari sensei for the day
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Note that Noburi is currently not in Leaf (so far as you know) and has no known return date.

MMKII said:
Don't forget [Hazō having a relationship with] ... Mari...!
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Eew. That will never, ever happen. If @Velorien tries to write it I will fly over to Rightpondia just so I can take his keyboard away. Incest, even when there is no blood relationship, is vile.

(Although, annoyingly, ever since Game of Thrones became popular, PI ("pseudo-incest", e.g. step-siblings boning) is one of the most popular/profitable forms of erotica on Amazon. I've never written any, but I'm sadly aware of the fact that it is so.)

Kiba said:
Yazuka - Basically, Rabbit Doubt except with Yazuka and ninja.
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Is this a thing I'm not familiar with or did you mean 'Yakuza'?
 
Kiba said:
Yazuka - Basically, Rabbit Doubt except with Yazuka and ninja.
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I have no idea what Rabbit Doubt is but as the originator of this meme on discord I object on the basis that it is very clearly Ninja!Mafia.

Vecht said:
We should get everyone to play Yakuza. Everyone gets assiged roles randomly, one person dies every night, and all the innocent Yakuza have to figure out who the ninja are.
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eaglejarl said:
Eew. That will never, ever happen. If @Velorien tries to write it I will fly over to Rightpondia just so I can take his keyboard away. Incest, even when there is no blood relationship, is vile.
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Attention citizen, please report to the Mizukage's office at once for slanderous edits to otherwise wholesome posts.

Why, the very idea!
 
@eaglejarl @Velorien @OliWhail Have the renovations progressed to the point where the Goketsu household has a room suitable for a "Quiet Room"?

I was considering that those that aren't social butterflies would appreciate somewhere they could relax and read without feeling social pressure to be around people during game night. Rules include no voices higher than a whisper without mutual agreement of everyone present, and chill vibes. Books provided or welcomed.
 
[X] Action Plan: Get Help Training, Bring Family Together
  • Seek help from both Hana and Kagome (together) in training for the tournament
    • Hana to help learn/suggest Iron Nerve tricks and Alertness
    • Kagome to use seals to simulate enemies jutsu and using seals in combat
    • Use it as chance to get Kagome used to Hana
  • Proceed with Game Night as planned; invite Hana (don't let her Iron Nerve cheat)
  • Ask Mari for help in researching Kashiwagi Noriko and Kashiwagi clan abilities
    • Need access to relevant intel report/bingo book
  • Continue researching casino seals
  • Training from Hell - Chakra Capacity
    • Ask at the medical wing about the best way to train chakra capacity
    • Deliberate chakra exhaustion minor consequences?
      • If approved, use opportunity to experiment with early tests to quantify chakra capacity
 
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Velorien said:
She'd thought she was changing, but pieces of disproof were flocking over her like vultures brought by Kurosawa's words. Mari had made Keiko fall in love with her, then avoided dealing with the mess even if it doomed Keiko to the agony of spending every day with a woman she could never have. In the Liberator's village, she, the mistress of manipulation, had murdered a young man for being inconvenient even as he was busy giving her the keys to his heart. She had encouraged Hazō to take up the ninja discipline with the highest beginner fatality rate, and hadn't that paid off nicely?

She'd used her forbidden technique to wipe Hazō's memory just so she could avoid a real emotional connection. She, a socially adept jōnin, had made a deeply troubled little girl take on the responsibility of dealing with an entire alien race. She'd broken her word to the rest of the team and prompted Hazō and Akane to pursue the path she wanted for them, then forgot about them until they blundered into a disaster she might have been able to prevent. She'd dragged her genin into a family arrangement they never asked for, selling one off in the process and abandoning another. Then, having got what she wanted, she retired, the jōnin leaving the genin to do traumatic and near-fatal missions on their own.

How many incidents could she remember? How many others felt so natural that they just blended into the background fabric of daily life? How could she prove she'd changed when the opposing narrative was such a perfect fit?
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Ignoring for a second the problem of making Hazou realise things are dire in Mari's soul:

Of course... there is a way we can help Mari... But it might make things hella worse if mishandled. It basically goes like this:

"You're right. You haven't changed. At all. But that doesn't mean you can't. Start now. Pick your favourite mistake, whichever thing you've selfishly left us to deal with alone that's gnawing at you the most, and actually put in the effort, even if it costs you. Maybe after the sixth or seventh time you force yourself to act selflessly for us it will become ingrained in who you are.

"Just because you've failed to change so far doesn't mean you're allowed to give up."

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"You took my son away from me, and I can never have him back."
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We need to figure out what Hana means by this. It's incredibly important. Does she mean that Hazou changed in the wild? Does she mean that she can't just have Hazou to herself without Mari in the picture? Depending on what it is, we may or may not be able to make her feel like she's "got Hazou back" and if we can then we should.

On that note:

[X] Action Plan: Mother's Day
  • Spend the day with Hana, doing whatever Hana wants.
  • Include Hana in game night if she's interested.
 
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We should probably do a bit of work on Kagome's birthday present, I don't think we're quite done with it yet.

Also, when's Momma's birthday?
 
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