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One seal that I've been pushing for for a while now is the Strobelight Seal. It's a seal that produces a bright rapidly-flashing light that's painful to look at directly. The user is intended to wear it, so that enemies find it harder to aim attacks at them accurately.
 
The strobelight seal sounds like a disaster for any situation in which we have allies. It could also impede the wearer if they don't have good visual protection equipment - does such equipment exist already, or should we be researching it too?
 
I am all for getting rid of bigotry and prejudice, but it shouldn't be done via confrontation. It will just make their opinion stronger. Don't give them more reasons to hate us and/or gay people. Force them work together to see faces in the crowd.

Does Asuma read my posts?

Becoming a person instead of merely an enemy is the first step

Asuma reads my posts. Yay?

...Please ignore my earlier proposition to go missing-nin again.
 
"What can I do for you, Hazō?" Asuma asked, already sighing with a visible assumption that he was going to be exhausted and/or annoyed and/or amazed and/or driven into a murderous rage and/or all of the above by whatever happened in this meeting.

Ouch. I mean... fair. But ouch. We're like a goose that he never knows if it's going to drop a golden egg in his lap, or peck at him until he has a headache.

"The Hagoromo estate is in the middle of the city. There's nowhere within its walls that is ever quiet, and it's distracting. Harumitsu is used to it, but I'm not. I'd like your permission to instruct him at the Gōketsu research facility, outside the walls of Leaf. It's safe, it's quiet, and since this is my first-ever sealing student I want to be extremely careful."

Asuma pursed his lips in thought. "I have no objection, and I'm certainly not going to tell a sealmaster how do to his work. On the other hand, the entire point of doing it on the Hagoromo estate was to ensure that they didn't attempt to sabotage you, and also so that they would interact with you on a regular basis and the two sides could achieve some level of familiarity. Perhaps even reconciliation."

*laughs outrageously*
But in all fairness to Asuma, this is pretty much the only way to making the Goketsu and the Hag uneasy allies. Having them stand in separate corners and not speak to each other would just keep the animosity. Still, as Hokage, Asuma has to do something, and I don't blame him for that. Hell, he's going about it in a nice way.

Asuma shifted thoughtfully in the Hokage's blocky, commanding chair. "What are you working on, if I may ask?"

Valid question, but hold your horses, Hat Boy, we haven't decided if we're going to be your personal sealmaster clan. (I mean, it would be a quick and easy way to gain a significant amount of approval from the Hokage, and it would help him forget/forgive Hazou's past misdeeds. And if we keep the best stuff for ourselves, that's okay, too.)

Hazō debated saying 'star and stone will crumble to dust before the Gōketsu reconcile with those assholes' and decided it wouldn't be politic.

This, honestly.


Could be worse. Could be "Hazou's Heavenly All Seeing Eyes But Better Because Yes"

"Well, I appreciate the gift. Thank you, Hazō." He accepted the stack of seals that Hazō placed on his desk and carefully tidied it up before affixing one to the center of his chest under his robes. The rest went into a drawer.

...Damn. I mean, obviously that was a calculated move to show us trust, but still. Could've been an explosive seal designed to look a certain way (plausible, with Kagome being an explosion god). Not sure how we should return this trust... Maybe next time we send him more Chakdar Seals, we include a fruit basket?

"Is this the stinker?" Kagome-sensei demanded, popping out from behind of one of the massive granite baffles that served to channel explosions, block sprays of acid, provide a handhold against being sucked into a neverspace, and somewhere to shelter against the gaze of horrors that would rend the mind.
Kagome-sensei had been prowling closer as Hazō spoke and he was suddenly up in Harumitsu's face, jabbing him in the chest with one finger. "You're from that clan of stinkers that made Keiko sad, aren't you? You stinking little—"

"Sensei," Hazō said, taking his teacher's arm and gently tugging him back. "He's not to blame. It's the elders and the Clan Head who are the stinking bigots. Harumitsu is a good kid and he'll be a good student."

"Hrmph."

Hazō chuckled. "Also, I think it was less 'sad' and more 'murderously angry to the point where a horde of extradimensional killing machines nearly stomped their estate flat'."

"Hrmph. Should have done it. Stinking idiots and their stinking stupid bigotry. I still say we should bomb them out of existence. Being a missing-nin wasn't so bad. I miss ratberry pie." The older man had acceded to Hazō's gentle tug on the arm to the extent of backing up one step but was still glaring hate beams into Harumitsu's skull.

Kagome is a dear and always steals the show in whatever scene he's in, no matter his level of participation. ^.^

  • What's YSJ? IIRC it's some sort of internal mind justu from the Yamanaka, but I've forgotten what the acronym stands for.

Yamanaka Stability Jutsu. The description is that it helps mental stability and when Hazou used it onscreen, it calmed him down and relaxed him significantly. There were some in character wondering about how dangerous it would be to "abuse" YSJ.

  • Is there a way to type "Hazō" easily? I usually copy-paste it from a chapter to get the "ō" right, but that's a rather inelegant workaround.
"Hazou"
 
The strobelight seal sounds like a disaster for any situation in which we have allies. It could also impede the wearer if they don't have good visual protection equipment - does such equipment exist already, or should we be researching it too?

Allies shouldn't be trying to focus directly on each other anyway. They have enemies to concentrate on. As to distracting the user, as previously discussed, placing the seal in a box/frame with angled reflective surfaces so that the light is directed away from the user's face is a fairly easy way of mitigating that concern.
 
Allies shouldn't be trying to focus directly on each other anyway. They have enemies to concentrate on. As to distracting the user, as previously discussed, placing the seal in a box/frame with angled reflective surfaces so that the light is directed away from the user's face is a fairly easy way of mitigating that concern.
Also, TBH, its not like flashbangs aren't a thing we want at some point.
 
[x] Action Plan: Portals
Words: tbd
  • Portal Research
    • Grab Kagome, Harumitsu, along with Keiko and Akane (schedules permitting, if not, then Haru)
    • Research the area where the afterlife portal was
    • Can you detect anything weird?
      • Do storage seals act up?
      • Does the chakdar sense a deadzone of chakra?
  • Akane
    • Date with Akane
      • Harumitsu
        • What do you think of him?
        • Hag Plot or Not, Harumitsu deserves better than what he's received.
          • Should we start sending him home with scrolls of food, to be safe?
          • Maybe we could introduce him to Noburi and Haru?
      • Did you ever resume your training with Tsunade?
        • We made it work for Keiko, we'll make it work for you
 
I am longing for a mari-Harumitsu interaction, he will either end up never wanting to leave his home again or gaining a huge boost of self confidence.
 
[x] Action Plan: Portals
Words: tbd
  • Portal Research
    • Grab Kagome, Harumitsu, along with Keiko and Akane (schedules permitting, if not, then Haru)
    • Research the area where the afterlife portal was
    • Can you detect anything weird?
      • Do storage seals act up?
      • Does the chakdar sense a deadzone of chakra?
  • Akane
    • Date with Akane
      • Harumitsu
        • What do you think of him?
        • Hag Plot or Not, Harumitsu deserves better than what he's received.
          • Should we start sending him home with scrolls of food, to be safe?
          • Maybe we could introduce him to Noburi and Haru?
      • Did you ever resume your training with Tsunade?
        • We made it work for Keiko, we'll make it work for you
I don't think they would let us drag the poor lad halfway across the continent.
Pretty much this.
I'd also like to double up the portal thing with something else so that we are efficient even if its a bust.
 
I don't think they would let us drag the poor lad halfway across the continent.
It's a field trip! I mean, just because we know that it's a Frizzle-style field trip doesn't mean they know that! x3
Pretty much this.
I'd also like to double up the portal thing with something else so that we are efficient even if its a bust.
That's fair, any ideas? We could have Hazou discuss Auras with Kagome? Or buy up some farmland and reduce their taxes?
 
  • Is there a way to type "Hazō" easily? I usually copy-paste it from a chapter to get the "ō" right, but that's a rather inelegant workaround.
I use jpmacron.zip for Windows.
[x] Action Plan: Portals
Words: tbd
  • Portal Research
    • Grab Kagome, Harumitsu, along with Keiko and Akane (schedules permitting, if not, then Haru)
    • Research the area where the afterlife portal was
    • Can you detect anything weird?
      • Do storage seals act up?
      • Does the chakdar sense a deadzone of chakra?
  • Akane
    • Date with Akane
      • Harumitsu
        • What do you think of him?
        • Hag Plot or Not, Harumitsu deserves better than what he's received.
          • Should we start sending him home with scrolls of food, to be safe?
          • Maybe we could introduce him to Noburi and Haru?
      • Did you ever resume your training with Tsunade?
        • We made it work for Keiko, we'll make it work for you
Have you given up on your Ami plan, then?
 
[X] Action Plan: A Family's Friction
Wordcount: 373
  • Ami
    • Tone: We're supposed to be equal partners, so let's achieve mutual understanding
    • Thank you for the apology message
    • Does she know why you were angry?
      • We understood your hidden message, but the way you communicated it was abhorrent
        • You exploited intimate information about us.
        • We were stunlocked, and, mind awhirl, kept cycling back to how dangerous pregnancy for Akane would be.
        • You could've just said it outright, since even you admitted that no one was within earshot.
          • Pranks are fun, but the line between fun and cruel is thin
            • You're allowed to ask for clarification
              • Trust us, of all people, to be reasonable about weird things.
      • Cruel methods, though effective in bridging qualia, cannot exist between us.
        • Ami, if someone expressed this level of existential disregard for Keiko (especially for something as paltry as communicative efficiency) what would you do?
      • Normally it's permissible, because ninja. But we're more than that: family.
    • "Mutually beneficial relationship between two neutral entities" is easy.
      • But we're not just that, otherwise things wouldn't be so difficult.
      • We're something new, and that requires change from both of us.
        • No more repeating rote, old patterns because it's both more familiar and safer.
        • And yes, it's pain. Welcome to the party. But in our experience, it's so very much worth it.
    • If we don't exist in your priorities, then this whole fiasco is just a result of us misplacing our trust. We don't think that's the case. Uplift aside, we're united in our shared priority in Keiko.
    • We would offer a peace offering, but there is nothing to offer, because:
      • As family, if she ever needs help, we'd help her regardless. Because normal rules don't apply.
    • Right before you were called back to Mist, you mentioned you had an idea? If you'd still like to discuss it, we'd be willing to listen.
    • Either way, you have a permanent seat at our dinner table.
  • Ami-Style Training
    • Ami, want to join?
      • Disguise ourselves as another person. Convince five people that you're [the person you're disguised as] disguised as Hazou/Ami.
 
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uh no not this we have transfinite nuke-maker Radvic do you have any idea how fast we can turn stars and stone to dust

I mean, could be worse. He could've ordered a marriage agreement or something similar. Luckily, Asuma's a relatively "modern" man by Leaf standards and chose to force an equally-but-differently-intimate master/apprentice relationship.

I still say we find a way to get Harumitsu to join the Goketsu. Is there any way for a clanned ninja to join another clan (other than marrying in)? Because I'm torn between using Harumitsu as a mole to subvert the Hagoromo, and just adopting him into our own found family and blowing raspberries at the Hag.

It will amazing or terrifying...i can't wait.

They don't have to be mutually exclusive, you know :whistle::D
 
[] Action Plan: A Family's Friction

Oh boy.
I don't like to specify so much of what Hazou says, mostly because I still have all the "very Damm far" fiasco very fresh. In my opinion is better to just say, we consider ami family and have hazo (the QMS) to sort out the details.
Still, i would really like to defuse the ami situation.
 
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[x] Action Plan: A Family's Friction

Oh boy.
I don't like to specify so much of what Hazou says, mostly because I still have all the "very Damm far" fiasco very fresh. In my opinion is better to just say, we consider ami family and have hazo (the QMS) to sort out the details.
Still, i would really like to defuse the ami situation.

In the other hand, we have already been threatened warned that we could end up marrying ami, so I am a bit on edge
 
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