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from what I remember yes
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
- Thread starter eaglejarl
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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
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- The Maple Syrup Mountains
I like it, but I'd drop the 'in some way' from the Shika section because we know what Shikamaru did.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
All this secret "They know that but you don't know that and they're a party member" nonsense is getting to me.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
...I have no idea what you're saying here.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
The list of "things that I know that Keiko knows that Hazou and others also doesn't know (but maybe kinda know?)" is too long. Swap Keiko with a bunch of other folks. (Ex: Hazou knows about Mari's uncle. Jiraiya knows but doesn't know that Hazou knows etc.)
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Ah. Yes, quite.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I mean. International collaboration game night vs. "Oh yeah Ren's a bitch."
We can like, relax the latter for one night. This might be our only chance to have the greatest game night in the history of the continent.
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- The state of Paranoia
[X] Action Plan: Shins and Spynetworks
I would love for the Akatsuki book search to be more subtle. And for us to try asking Jiraiya again.
I would love for the Akatsuki book search to be more subtle. And for us to try asking Jiraiya again.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Personally I'd rather key into the whole idea Hazou had the other day that there's probably more to the thing than just the Kurosawa being jerks as to why they kicked Hana out.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
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I don't think we have the space to prime Hazou to be all introspective and change his mind. Given that we accomplish a lot in this plan, we can do that in the next one (which is Hana + Games Night IIRC?)
I don't think we have the space to prime Hazou to be all introspective and change his mind. Given that we accomplish a lot in this plan, we can do that in the next one (which is Hana + Games Night IIRC?)
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- Yes.
Isn't it because Ren was lesbian and Hana basically fucked them up the ass by marrying a lowborn ninja and thus ending a bloodline that's been pure for generations?
Edit: By bloodline I mean lineage.
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Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
@eaglejarl
I don't mean to step on your authorial toes, O great feathered one, but would you be keen on ending the update immediately after the lunch with Shin so that we can have ample IC time to figure out anything to do with Mom/Games Night?
I don't mean to step on your authorial toes, O great feathered one, but would you be keen on ending the update immediately after the lunch with Shin so that we can have ample IC time to figure out anything to do with Mom/Games Night?
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Wait do we know in game about Mari's uncle? I thought that was just ooc, and maybe she did tell him the first time she opened up and then proceeded to wipe Hazo's memory right after so as not to appear weak to the team.
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- Yes.
Sorry, I had a bus and dinner, took hours. Also, yes:
Side note: Are we doing a meeting with the Oyabun, and if so what are we talking about?
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What would pure even be in the context of a clan that was born out of wedlock?
If there's anybody who has made sure to find out what Zabuza has been up to, it's Ami. She do it simply because he was the last person to see Yagura and Mist is about to have a major convulsion related to those events.
The man who made the call had had his daughter wear him down to accepting her proposal to a civilian-born, only to be rejected so humiliatingly that the whole event had to be unhappened.
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I would be willing to meet him again to reaffirm how we stand with him and potentially make him part of our longterm contacts/budding network if the meeting goes well. Merchants and entertainers are good, but the leader of a nation's major capital's criminal organization would be a great asset if used cautiously.
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Fuck if I know, Kurosawa are elitest hypocrites FMPOV.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
She told us when we were trying to get her out of her depression in Ch 219ish, I think
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
And then Hazou put it together later, I think.
Great-Grandpa: I am not doing this again.
Hana marries a random Mist chūnin.
Great-Grandpa: Wait, no!
Hazō became world famous.
Great-Grandpa: Was it worth it?
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Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Minor typo
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- They/Them
Clearly the best way to use this is to enlist Ami as a matchmaker to find both Hazo and Noburi the perfect romantic partners.
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- Yes.
[X] Action Plan: Shins and Spynetworks
On the other hand, we get hours from Shikamaru. So I dunno.
Side note: I cut out some stuff to make room for word count. It's small, but enough for maybe another sentence as needed. Note that this does not include the thoughts I've suggested above.
Word Count: 287
So just to be clear...this is us getting Shikamaru to give us favors whenever he has bright ideas involving Keiko in exchange for us checking the idea? Because...I'm personally a little bit leery about trying to be (what I feel is) the middleman between Keiko and Shikamaru's relationship. If we want Keiko to develop her own agency and whatnot it might be better for us to encourage communication between her and her now-fiancée by having them talk with each other about ideas involving themselves.
On the other hand, we get hours from Shikamaru. So I dunno.
I'm sorry, I'm not entirely sure what this means. Do you mean that you are prioritizing the glassblowers, salt/spice merchants, brewers, etc. that we've approached previously, xor that we are prioritizing them underneath those approached previously but above other merchants...?
We should be very careful to make sure that Keiko isn't uncomfortable with us doing this. Recall that in the past (when we did our gambling thing) she had serious issues with the proximity of so many people to the point that she compromised the mission. Not sure how to fix this without making her social involvement negligible, given the number of people that would be present in the places we'd be going to...
Side note: I cut out some stuff to make room for word count. It's small, but enough for maybe another sentence as needed. Note that this does not include the thoughts I've suggested above.
Word Count: 287
- Sanity check this plan with Keiko, Noburi and Jiraiya.
- Keiko speaking of favors:
- Obviously Shikamaru has offended you.
- Would you mind us charging him in hours/favors for consultations on future ideas involving you?
- We can make it a joint Hazou/Noburi effort and cut you in. Win-win?
- Noburi:
- Are your sisters coming?
- Jiraiya:
- So Kagome mentioned Akatsuki has a book. Ring any bells?
- Keiko speaking of favors:
- Morning:
- Shop!
- Network:
- Approach merchants, craftsmen, and book collectors. Look for performers/musicians around taverns.
- Collectors: discreetly ask about rare books (look for the Akatsuki book: its possibly banned, or doesn't mention them by name).
- Present a "joint business venture with our clan" to draft them into our Intel Network.
- Offer writs of patronage, price guarantees, partial financial backing, etc.
- Direct interested parties to the Gouketsu compound in Leaf, preferably within the next two months.
- Guidelines:
- Prioritize those we've approached previously. Glassblowers, salt/spice merchants, brewers, others.
- Work out a bad/good cop routine with Noburi and Keiko. Use it on new/wary targets.
- Goal: 24 merchants, 3-4 bards, 1-2 performing troupes.
- Approach merchants, craftsmen, and book collectors. Look for performers/musicians around taverns.
- Lunch with Shin.
- Guidelines:
- Observe OPSEC, stay alert, avoid hard commitments.
- Be confident. Shin isn't a jounin.
- He is a silver-tongued viper. Keep your cool. Respond to taunts/manipulations with dry amusement.
- Start the interaction amicably.
- Minor flexing: casually name-drop Ami for the regulars' menu. Mention your promotion, ask about his.
- Elaborate on your offer/intentions:
- Cooperation was our motto all exam. We're here to build bridges.
- We're offering an enormous boost to his career, and a distant opportunity to convince us that the Kurosawa Clan is halfway decent.
- (As a callback, order a bottle of Kurohige's Revenge and two glasses (shallow pours, save the rest).)
- Invite him to games night.
- Guidelines:
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
That.
I originally had her try to engage with folks from atop a roof. That might not be viable. Hmmm.
Hows this: