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Hmmmmm...
They're so cute when they're being ominous
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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 open voting
I prefer to keep the plot moving. Do note that the QMs are not always up to writing birthday chapters.
We should start delegating emotional labor to the rest of the Goketsu, and not make Hazo the sole family drama troubleshooter.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
With a longing sigh, I place the assassination schemes back in the filing cabinet.
That simply means we'll need to troubleshoot the troubleshoo— Ooh. We could delegate a clanmate's emotional drama to that clanmate's shadow clone! That'd neatly trap that drama in an infinite recursion, and we'll never need to worry about it in finite time. Brilliant. Won't quite work for Kei, but brilliant.
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Wait I figured it out!
This entire story is just a plot to make us all leftists by combatting the "snowflake = bad" rhetoric since we all love Snowflake
It's already worked though, it's too late for anyone to do anything about that
Ngl if I could send a shadow clone to therapy that would be incredible
This entire story is just a plot to make us all leftists by combatting the "snowflake = bad" rhetoric since we all love Snowflake
It's already worked though, it's too late for anyone to do anything about that
Ngl if I could send a shadow clone to therapy that would be incredible
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You mustn't post spoilers about the metaplot. What if Snowflake gets grued? Or worse, the left?
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Holy shit.
Is this the first time that the hivemind has successfully (please don't jinx it please don't jinx it) navigated a social situation?
We really need to read Asuma in on this pretty much ASAP. We do not want him missing information when he conducts negotiations with The Ami.
Plan snippet:
Is this the first time that the hivemind has successfully (please don't jinx it please don't jinx it) navigated a social situation?
We really need to read Asuma in on this pretty much ASAP. We do not want him missing information when he conducts negotiations with The Ami.
Plan snippet:
- After consulting with Kei and Mari (separately), read Asuma in on Ami-Kei-Mari relations.
- Message:
- Ami felt Mari put Kei in massive danger and therefore constituted a threat to Kei.
- Ami stated her intention to mitigate the perceived threat by whatever means necessary.
- Ami has since been dissuaded from doing so by Hazo and Kei.
- If this develops further, we'll let you know.
- Ask Mari how to handle questions about why we didn't notify him sooner.
- Communicate sincere thanks to Kei and Snowflake. They've grown hugely.
- Ask Kagome about sealing techniques beyond ink. Specifically, anything with an element of a third dimension.
- i.e. carving, scribing wax tablets.
- Looking for insight into the Great Seal and using Stoneshaping to create seals.
- Demonstrate mundane stoneshaping to show level of detail etc.
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[J] Action Plan: The Left
- Destroy traditional family values with Shadow Clone marriage
- Redistribute chakra equally amongst all people
- Seal the means of production
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I can't speak for @eaglejarl, but if I was writing this update, I'd want you to be clearer about what you tell Asuma, and how.
[X] Goketsu Adjustments
- Sanity-check plan with Mari & whoever relevant
- Announce emotional labor roster
- Hazo is very sick and tired as of late troubleshooting family drama & trying to keep everyone together.
- He's getting burned out.
- His patience isn't infinite.
- Thus, there will be a rotation of family members to share the burden.
- Strictly voluntary.
- You do not have to do this if you believe you are not up to the task.
- Family is important.
- Every single loss will hurt, especially with the current ongoing war.
- Important to keep bonds from fraying or the Goketsu will fly apart.
- Do not need the drama to drive us apart than we already are.
- Relay or convey to Keiko and Ami if needed be.
- Hazo is very sick and tired as of late troubleshooting family drama & trying to keep everyone together.
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Let's get her a cool dress with snowflakes on it, put a wreath of icicle knives on the bottom or something
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[] Inform Asuma of the Mist ambassador's plans to assassinate a Leaf jounin in good standing, and that Hazou independently negotiated with said foreign power that she stand down in exchange that the lives and fortunes of the clan of one of the previous Hokage be held hostage to her whims instead.
-[] Ask for headpats for a job well done.
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Watch out, lest next somebody give you a cool suit with a bed of shrooms on the lining.
Noumero
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We should gift her a separate character sheet. Graft it onto her soul with Out magic or something.
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That sounds pretty baller actually
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"What is this thing you call a character sheet?"
"It's like a post-interaction survey form, only the universe fills it in for you after every upda--notable event or training period."
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I don't recall the case of Fu Kōhei.
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An estate genin that ran away from Leaf due to fear of the awesome might of the cult of the fish sex God after he betrayed the KEII don't recall the case of Fu Kōhei.
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Additions/notes are in orange.
Creating a new project/plot thread list because I didn't see one in anyone's signature, please inform me of any I missed (I am sure they will be plentiful). I'll need to go back and check dates later. Not intending to track plot threads that have fully completed, same for projects unless more can be done with them.
Projects:
1: Goketsu Estate/Property Experiments
a: Aqueduct - Aqueduct. Start date (Ch. 325). Status: Ongoingb: Did we get WoG on when we can expect this to be producing? Koi farm - The FOOM holy grail, the chakra Koi make Noburi able to grant an absurd amount of chakra for training. Start date (Ch. 365). Status: Ongoingc: Iron Mine - Large plot of land far from Konoha, rich in iron and chakra infestation, will take a lot of work to be useful. Start date (tbd). Status: Not in use.d: I'd love to subsidize the pay of GED graduates to go work for Tsunade as administrators. Schools, hospitals, infrastructure - These are probably fine to be offscreened forever. Start date (tbd). Status: OngoingNote: Tsunade mentioned our Hospitals were understaffed in an interlude.
e: Sewage/Plumbing - You know what this is. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingf: Naked Jaybird - Our very own restaurant. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingg: Storage Seal Bank - Okay I definitely forgot this one. Store stuff for Leaf civilians, get money. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoing
2: Military Projects We Intend to Share
b: CHAOS Suit - Still needs demonstration to Asuma after we said we would. Start date (tbd). Status: Not done.c: Something something telescope merchant - Despair. Start date (tbd). Status: Neverending
3: Private Military Projects/Research/Training
a: Reactive Armor - Kagome finished these seals. Start date (tbd). Status: Currently They Would Damage the User. Needs further input from Hazou.b: Remarkably, we're only two months away from this. Noburi-Akimichi Technique - Seeing if chakra expansion techniques increase his reserves. Start date (Ch. 350). Status: Ongoing, verdict will take a year.
4: What Hazou Does Day to Day (in addition to Misc. Political meetings and training)
a: Teaching Harumitsu - The latest development of the Hagoromo/Goketsu beef, Hazou gains a sealing apprentice. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingb: Great Seal Replica - Hazou collabs with Leaf's Sealmasters regularly, improving his replica. Oro isn't impressed. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoing c: We trained some of them, right? Training Arachnids and Hornets to Use Seals - FOR THE DRAGONWAR. FOR THE GLORY OF THE MOTHERLAND! Start date (tbd). Status: UnknownProbably worth adding Cannai's punishment duty?
5: Misc Political/Economic Projects
a: Mass glasses production - Everyone shall see Uplift in 20/20 view. Start date (tbd). Status: On Hold Until Goketsu Can Bankroll it Againb: Wakahisa Trade Deal - Got us koi and some jutsu, plus 10 million ryo a year. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingc: Salterns - Sea salt generators, for more money. Start date (tbd). Status: Not in use. Might be worth setting up in 7th Path?d: 7th Path Trading - For now, only uses trading between summon clans. Inter-village trade yet to be implemented. Start date (tbd). Status: OngoingNote: Also being used as a military asset due to DRAGONWAR. Also a major income source, especially for Goketsu.
e: Mari/Merchant Council - Mari is slowly conquering the economy because she's bored. Start date (tbd). Status:Someone please stop herf: Punished Haru - Demoted to Civilian. Awkward... Start Date (Ch. 449). Status: On hold due to war.g: Mari's Students - Mari is training civilians in socials/spy skills. Start date (tbd, ch 270). Status: Ongoingh: Kei's Uplift - Kei & the Nara are creating the infrastructure for civilians of Fire to be educated. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingi: Helping Ino - She implied the Yamanaka could use the help of the Goketsu, and asked for us to mass distribute YSJ. Start date (tbd). Status: Distributed to Goketsu only.
6: Adoption Plotlines & Other Mentorships
a: Kagome's Students - Honoka and 2 genin are being tutored by Kagome. The genin can make explosive seals. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingb: SSSSS - Nara and Goketsu each promised to adopt a couple of SSSSS in exchange for their help in Isan. Start date (tbd). Status: Unknown.c: Akane's Training - Akane has been training with Tsunade for some time now, still meets up with her occasionally for advice. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoing d: Mari's Successor - Mari is teaching Haru to be Danzo. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoing
Plot Threads:
1: Summon Quests
a: Cannai's Poem - Mysterious references to the Sage, very spooky. Start date (tbd). Status: Currently dead-ended. Adventure is out there!b: Canvass' Quest - Find her ancestor's wild dog pack. Start date (tbd). Status: Ninja didn't find anything after months. Dogs possibly dead?c: Cantilever - Potentially interested in spending more time with Cantelope, Summoning could help with that. Start date (tbd). Status: Unknown.d: Cannon - Make her some chakra metal teeth or find her ancestors' old ones. Start date (tbd). Status: Not pursued.e: Canaria - More interested in culture and taleswaps than fighting. Made a one-time contract for Summon Game Night. Start date (tbd). Status: No contract.
2: Summoning Scroll Locations
a: Kangaroo Scroll - Last guy to have it was last seen working for River. Start date (tbd). Status: Unclaimedb: Kraken Scroll - Either in Cloud or in Hidden Depths, depending on if you believe Enma or Kagome more. Start date (tbd). Status: Unclaimed c: Otter Scroll - Somewhere between Fang and Claw. Probably impossibly hard to find, considering how long it's been there. Start date (tbd). Status: Unclaimed d: We know who this is. Bear Scroll - Most Bears don't even remember their last Summoner. Dog diplomat was poking them for Scroll's possible location. Start date (tbd). Status: Unclaimede: Squirrel Scroll - Located in Eastern Continent. Jiraiya's old clothes have Squirrel Summoner's blood. Start date (tbd). Status: Unclaimed
3: Esoteric Lore and Reality Failure
a: Reality Rifts - Kagome seems to believe rifts to the Paths exist in the wilds somewhere. Start date (tbd). Status: Not pursuedb: The Watchers - People who supposedly fuck you up for messing with sealing. Very little we know about them. Start date (tbd, Ch. 117). Status: ??? c: Lupchanz - B̷͍͊ë̴̗́ ̴̲͊ṅ̴̮ö̸͚́t̴̢̓ ̵̲̅ạ̴̚f̴̹̐r̷̩͌a̸̺̍i̶̥͋d̸͇̽ Start date (???). Status: ???d: The Five - Spooky beings from beyond the veil. Associated with a thinker clan from each major village. Start date (???). Status: ???e: Hidden Depths - "Holders of the Kraken Scroll" according to Kagome, though no one else has heard of them. Start date (tbd, ch. 68.2). Status: ???f: Hidden Whirlpool - Possibly erased from existence, either by themselves or...weaponizing the Grue... Start date (tbd). Status: ???g: Sealmaster Prison/Factories - A thing from Kagome's past that we know little about, except that it's a sealmaster prison and others know of it. Start date (???, ch. 77). Status: ???
4: Threats and Political Plotines
a: Mitigated by buffalo? Buffalo might be an ongoing project. Scrip Troubles - We are in debt ): Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoing b: Leaf vs. Rock - Escalated up to Hidan attacking their leadership. His status is unknown. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingc: Hot springs shenanigans - Mist is taking control of Hot Springs, amongst other shenanigans. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingd: Yoshida - Either Kagome needs to go to Isan once the alliance is confirmed or Yoshida will visit him. Start date (tbd). Status: Waiting on Alliance, Probablye: Lol this has changed a bit. Ami/Mizukage Beef - Ami needs to regain Ren's favor or get executed. Start date (tbd). Status: Ongoingf: Honami - Brief ally in Hot Springs. Probably dead because of us, but you never know. Start date (tbd, ~ch. 60). Status: ???g: DRAGONWAR- The eaters are coming the eaters are coming! Start date (tbd). Status: OngoingHaru dropped a lot of money on some little village.
5: Powerups
a: Iron Nerve Socials - Clan training Hazou never received, but would presumably get a stunt for learning. Start date (never). Status: Currently unavailable.b: Learning other Elements for Noburi - We do not know how Wakahisa learn other elements yet. Start date (n/a). Status: We don't know.c: Noburi has started working on this. Sage mode - One of Jiraiya's Top Hacks. Start date (n/a). Status: Unavailable?d: 8 Gates - Gai's and Lee's Secret Weapon. Start date (n/a). Status: Unavailable?
6: Misc
a: Seal for Noburi - Free research seal as a birthday gift. I can't remember if we did this or not. Start date (tbd). Status: Hasn't been done, I think.
Projects we want to start but haven't started yet:
1: Necromancy!
2: Bunch of sealing BS, there's better infoposts on that
3: Mari Technique Hacking therapy jutsu.
4: Helping Tsunade a shit ton more. Giving her money, chakra, new jutsu, new recruits,new friends
5: Making more money
6: Teaming up with Sand Village puppetmasters to make good prosthetics (for ninja at least since it will probably require chakra manipulation)
7: Sealmasters Guild? Establish safety practices, share advice, make sealing more accessible and safe.
8: Introduce more shinobi to the GED to improve ninja-civilian relations
9: Wiping out all chakra beasts in Fire
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Looks like hygp made a list sort of like this at one point, leaving this here for myself mostly
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
@eaglejarl, @Velorien, @OliWhail, do these project descriptions along with people assigned to tasks help? megazaku Hazou Generally reviewing and approving proposals As Clan Head, most proposals running about the Clan as a whole gets kicked up to Hazou. This item is a catch-all for pretty much...forums.sufficientvelocity.com
He's the genin who stepped outside of the KEI jutsu-teaching pyramid scheme and then went missing after he thought we were going to fish-sex-cult torture him to death.I don't recall the case of Fu Kōhei.
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To be precise, he didn't know you were ordering what sounded like torture and corpse disposal supplies for a fake fish god sex cult, and the perfect timing made him assume you were vividly supporting the KEI's decision.
Noumero
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Well, crisis avoided, all that is left is to update Asuma, which might get a little tricky but between the letter and the successful handling should be relatively tame. Also, will Mari update Hazou on the letter now that the crisis was averted?
QMs, do you have certain aspects of your character decision making be depended on dice roll, I am not asking about this particular case, and I know that it is far better to not let the reader a peek beyond this particular curtain in most cases, but I am curious about if you ever use it in general.
...mmm, curios.
QMs, do you have certain aspects of your character decision making be depended on dice roll, I am not asking about this particular case, and I know that it is far better to not let the reader a peek beyond this particular curtain in most cases, but I am curious about if you ever use it in general.
Who is the two girls that Ami mentioned?
Lovely, Threat kept Velorien, as expected.
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Don't worry, there'll always be another drama cluster. One day we'll be able to finally solve our social problems with explosives.
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No no, don't warn them! It's way more fun if they give me a completely free hand and no excuse if they don't like the outcome. Mwahaha!
I generally do not use dice except as are shown in the update, with the exception that I don't show rolls that would provide metaknowledge -- e.g. if you miss an Alertness check out a Deceit check it usually doesn't appear.