Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
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- naruto rationalist romance armageddon is looking better and better damn you kishimoto explosions everywhere explosives solve everyone if in doubt surrender to the mercy of zabuza it seemed like a good idea at the time looks like a really bad case of being a jōnin my god. where does the lore end? precommitting is the winning plan screaming in kagome screw the rules i have explosives something bad might still happen sometimes you gotta sociopath stabby zabby subsection c of paragraph 9 should include we can weaponize this so hard
Cariyaga
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RIP Joke. 10/20/2018-10/20/2018
Cariyaga
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Yeah, it's a bit late to be changing a plan. Bad things have happened when we changed plan details in the middle of the night many times in the past. Maybe I'll wake up in time to discuss it with others.
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Oh, no, we're turning into a rational Harry Potter quest! (I was so sure that sealing mishap table result would never come up!)
From my point of view, it's a decision with massive implications, whichever way Hazō goes.
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Well, fuck. The planner's asleep. I thought it was obvious that we're not going to mention this.
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- Hazou is to spend a significant amount of time (upwards of two hours if necessary) thinking on what Mari said, the context in which she said it, and her motivations for saying it.
- Think particularly on what he knows of her uncle, and of Truth Lost in the Fog's 'price'.
- His conclusions about it don't really make her actions better, but it does explain them.
- He may not understand her, but he stands by the words he said to her.
- After all, he'd be an awful big hypocrite to let something like that sway his care for her compared to Kagome being... well, Kagome when he first met him.
- Have Keiko and Noburi do this independently as well
- Do the above AGAIN together with Keiko and Noburi as a group.
[X] Action Plan: Let Us Avoid the Topic for the Time Being
Make sure Mari eats with one person accompanying her, per meal.
In order:
Make sure Mari eats with one person accompanying her, per meal.
In order:
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- Hazou is to spend a significant amount of time (upwards of two hours if necessary) thinking on what Mari said, the context in which she said it, and her motivations for saying it.
- Avoid talking about secrets that Mari told Hazō but nobody else yet.
- His conclusions about it don't really make her actions better, but it does explain them.
- He may not understand her, but he stands by the words he said to her.
- After all, he'd be an awful big hypocrite to let something like that sway his care for her compared to Kagome being... well, Kagome when he first met him.
- Have Keiko and Noburi do this independently as well
- Do the above AGAIN together with Keiko and Noburi as a group.
- Purpose: Get additional perspective.
- This is important!
- Keiko: What exactly did Mari and Hana say to you about this?
- It's vitally important we know.
- We won't be mad or upset, promise.
- Talk with Hana (OPSEC COOKIES!!!)
- Hazou is entirely sincere to Hana about how her actions toward Mari have made him feel. Invoke Open Mouth, Insert Foot where necessary.
- Regardless of how Hana feels about Mari, her present state is bad for the Goketsu as a whole and individually. She needs to help fix it.
- If Hana thinks Mari is terrible, then, please, help make her a better person.
- He knows he's asking a lot. But Mari isn't going to go away. Wouldn't Hana rather she be a good influence?
- If Hana thinks Mari is terrible, then, please, help make her a better person.
- Create the Vibration-Sensor seal according to the specs that Keiko suggested.
- If there is additional time (and Kagome clears it, etc.), change it to function in a cone, such that it may be placed multiple spots on the body to keep track of enemies moving.
- Hazou goes to the Tower:
- Hand in Explosives Tax (if completed).
- Check out available seal blanks/blueprints/research notes
- Look at every single one, trace the blueprints/notes with a finger while reading.
- Intent: Iron Nerve to memorize it all. Just in case.
- Every seal you can (legally) get your grubby hands on .
- Start putting into practice the Orgy Night Disinfo Campaign (as designed by Ino).
- Give Jiraiya the package the Oyabun gave us.
- Get an hour or two of training in with Ebisu.
- Do Till'n'Fills (one a day)
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Don't you mean talking? He can certainly think about them.
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Decided to do a double post after all for the ping.
Does that imply we will talk about how Hana jeopardized Hazou's future life span by letting the other clans run over Mari while we are gone for the tournament? I am pretty sure Hana can make the connection herself if we say something like "Mari will be alone with Kagome for a week while we are in Mist" so we aren't giving anything away she wouldn't be able to figure out anyway.
Adds a more personal connection to it since I can't imagine a world where Hana would risk hurting Hazou even indirectly.
[X] Action Plan: Munch Variation: As A Mentor
Does that imply we will talk about how Hana jeopardized Hazou's future life span by letting the other clans run over Mari while we are gone for the tournament? I am pretty sure Hana can make the connection herself if we say something like "Mari will be alone with Kagome for a week while we are in Mist" so we aren't giving anything away she wouldn't be able to figure out anyway.
Adds a more personal connection to it since I can't imagine a world where Hana would risk hurting Hazou even indirectly.
[X] Action Plan: Munch Variation: As A Mentor
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[X] Action Plan: Let Us Avoid the Topic for the Time Being
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Also, I know it's late, but this seems like a potential OPSEC leak. Sure, it's supposed to be about Hazou's feelings, but that could include "she's been lying in bed for the past week while the Hokage's hat hangs in the balance, it's so [adjectives]!"
If you're okay with that, that's fine. It does seem like Hana could figure out most of this stuff anyway, but it seems bad to make it explicit given her position.
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We could also ask Mari if she is ok with that, she already admitted a lot of other things, maybe she doesn't even care anymore.
Cariyaga
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It's what makes the scene work and changing it would mean changing the entire plan that 9 other people voted for.
On another note, the more I think about it, the more I think it'd be slightly disingenuous to avoid mentioning Mari's uncle given that he's asking everyone to think through what she said separately and together.
e: Oh. There's an easy way around this. Just don't have Hazou come to conclusions about Mari's uncle, and bring it up when they reconvene. Noburi and Keiko were there for her mentioning him, too.
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[X] Interlude: Hana since the Keiko Intercession
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Oh, I got confused between compels and invocations. That makes more sense now.
There is still above-average OPSEC tailrisk imo, so while I can understand not wanting to change the plan, I also won't be voting for it. (Partly this just on priors that a similar plan would be safer if people had >1day to refine it. I'd be happy with a plan like this post-Interlude.)
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Huh. I hadn't actually thought about that one but will talk with the others. If not, I won't have you use the FP.
I have no problem saying you gave it to him. Doing otherwise would be a serious dick move on our part.
Quick FYI: I said this before but I guess I wasn't clear enough: there will be an interlude if people vote for it, but Hana's POV is not on the table.
If this vote ends up winning I'll treat it as a generic vote for an interlude.
Cariyaga
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@eaglejarl Is this an acceptable interpretation of the current vote? My thought is that, as-per Hazou's current characterization, he might not come up with what actually happened to Mari on his own, but upon sharing the discussion he had with Mari with Noburi and Keiko, they might be able to put it together, together.