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
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Pretty optimistic of you to suggest.
MrRobot
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I did not say inflicting critical existence faliure on a enemy.
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I had wanted to quote this earlier but forgot. While reading the update I thought Hazō was going to bring this up and I was a little surprised when he didn't. Ami basically admitted she was in a position similar to Mari and made the same decision. The only difference in outcome is that Mari got out without actually sacrificing anyone and without actually risking anyone but herself. I doubt it would have been constructive to make an adversarial comment like this (with very different stakes in play from Ami's POV) but I did expect it or something like it to come from Hazō.
The other bit I thought might be useful- If Ami 'destroys' Mari (in whatever form that might take) because of this, it could cripple her relationship with Kei going forward. Forevermore, Kei will have to worry if putting herself in danger or even working alongside allies in a dangerous situation is going to trigger Ami's retribution if something goes wrong. Kei could end up asking herself if she afford to be honest with Ami at all times or will Ami ignore her wishes and decide who gets punished regardless of Kei's feelings on the matter again.
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While I do acknowledge that this is something we can and should bring up to Mari, I do not agree that it would be a useful topic to bring up to Ami; she's already acknowledged that she spares zero fucks when it comes to Kei's safety, even at the cost of her agency.
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We can always weaponise it. Don't listen to the voice of reason.
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<3 Don't worry, it was clear.
That got left in the post by mistake and was edited out a bit ago. SC applies only to base.
Noumero
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No, @KoalityGuy makes a good point. At the bottom of that slippery slope is a world where people avoid becoming close to Kei lest her obsessive sister condemns them to death for failing to meet an impossible standard, and a world where Kei fears befriending anyone for the very same reason. If Ami preferred Kei's safety to her happiness so much she'd want that, she would've kidnapped her as you'd suggested before.
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My model of Ami tells me that she...doesn't care?
Edit: To your edit, I would point out that she has (barely) made an exception to Kei's position as a ninja under the rule of her Kage, and I would question her ability and/or willingness to carve out another exception.
Noumero
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In what sense? As in, how is she justifying not caring?
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Done, although I said both hers and Snowflake's.
Changed to 'destroyed' since that what they keep saying.
I personally want to keep the more specific "Do you want Ami to destroy anyone she perceives as a risk to you?" because I don't think Kei will let herself think it if we don't say it directly. She has massive cognitive dissonance around this subject.
That refers to the 'contract' he proposed to Ami, I changed the word to 'contract' to be more clear.
That's fair, I kinda agree with that, so done.
I included a shortened version for now, can be expanded later if necessary.
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Ami doesn't love Keiko in terms of Storge, the love of family.
She loves Keiko in terms of Mania, the love that prioritizes ownership of the loved one with zero regard for their physical or mental well being.
She loves Keiko in terms of Mania, the love that prioritizes ownership of the loved one with zero regard for their physical or mental well being.
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Noumero
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Hm. I don't think Ami would be willing to turn Kei's life into a living hell like that. If she were, why would she carve any exceptions at all? Why didn't they disappear into the wilderness at some point prior to the quest's beginning?
Again, I think that's self-evidently false.
[X] Action Plan: Down to Earth Bros
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Both the Great Seal and Bijuu Seal seem to be designed to house powerful entities. It might be another avenue to explore for repairing the seal. To that end, while Kagome's studying, begin reviewing the Bijuu Seal notes. Assume the Bijuu seals are not something an IN user casually glances at, so before Kagome begins summoning training, have him mark out sections that the seals appear in.
*Get Asuma's permission to share with Kagome*
Earth Shaper:
With the bottom of the butte cracked, it would be prudent to practice manipulating more difficult material for repair. Fusing, seperating, and smoothing out stones compromised of marble, clay, earth and more are acheivable. Go further. Push Earth Shaper to the limit by increasing by attempting to do the same with harder stones, slag, low quality metal ores, and mid to high quality metal ores.
Can chakra metal be produced from standard kunai and shuriken sets? If not, find out how earthshaper interacts with copper and iron ores of increasing purity.
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- Continue summoning training with Kagome.
- Patrol the Hyena border per Cannai's instructions.
Both the Great Seal and Bijuu Seal seem to be designed to house powerful entities. It might be another avenue to explore for repairing the seal. To that end, while Kagome's studying, begin reviewing the Bijuu Seal notes. Assume the Bijuu seals are not something an IN user casually glances at, so before Kagome begins summoning training, have him mark out sections that the seals appear in.
*Get Asuma's permission to share with Kagome*
Earth Shaper:
With the bottom of the butte cracked, it would be prudent to practice manipulating more difficult material for repair. Fusing, seperating, and smoothing out stones compromised of marble, clay, earth and more are acheivable. Go further. Push Earth Shaper to the limit by increasing by attempting to do the same with harder stones, slag, low quality metal ores, and mid to high quality metal ores.
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- Ask Gaku to purchase the ores.
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- Find out which material can be made into smooth spheres and obloids.
- Make more accurate Great Seal replicas available to Leaf Seal Masters (Include cracks).
Can chakra metal be produced from standard kunai and shuriken sets? If not, find out how earthshaper interacts with copper and iron ores of increasing purity.
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- Use remaining material from Earth shaper practice.
- If needed, increase the purity of iron or copper ores as much as possible. Cut off the undesirable material.
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- Use the chakra saturation stage of Earth Shaper to mimic the exposure of metal to a chakra rich environment. Test this out on both kunai and shuriken. Saturate the slag and ores in your possession as well.
- Invite Noburi to observe, give advice, or intervene if something goes wrong.
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Akane is probably the better choice since she's friends with Ami too
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[X] In Which Hazou Proposes Catastrophic Damage As Damage Control
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Noburi also makes sense -- the original kids of Team Uplift (though at that point may be worth bringing Kagome as well?). We still don't know Akane or Kagome's takes though, so it's a bit of a wildcard.
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Akane and Noburi for now seems reasonable, I'll change it if anyone strongly prefers Kagome's additional presence in the first scene instead of just the second. Meta-wise vel doesn't exactly love writing Kagome though
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Speaking of Kagome, I have been getting a concerning feeling about how he will react to learning about the affair in its entirety.
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>Kagome blows up Ami out of nowhere
(Pretty sure he already knows about Mari's actions)
Noumero
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Honestly, poor Kagome. Can we finally let him explode some stinker? They all keep coming and doing things they should really actually no-joke be exploded for, and we keep telling him to suppress his very natural reaction and get over himself. And the worst part is that we really can't let him, of all people, do it to Ami, because then we'd never be able to get away with it. Poor Kagome.
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We should make sure he lets off some steam before he signs the Arachnid Scroll, so that he doesn't 'accidentally' Kumokogo.
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I wonder if Candoru still needs disciplining?