In fairness to me those were always meant to be sketches of ideas and not for verbatim use in plans. (Well, maybe the Kagome one.) And the username-tagging 'hey FS vote for this' would have meant that I'd be looking over the plans.
After last update (meetings galore), I asked EJ on Discord what he would prefer us to vote in, all else equal. He responded:
Also on the rules, his preferred scenes are:EJ on Discord said:
Some of these are infeasible given Hazou's injuries:Rules on bonus XP said:
On talking to Hagoromo... perhaps we should invite him to dinner at a public space and discuss seals that his clan would appreciate now that we have the time to research them. You know, make sure it's public so that when he inevitably says no, his clansmen know that.
I like this, we've mostly overlooked the guy (sometimes just narratively, sometimes we've literally put his training on hold) and it'd be nice to show that his training is back on track. We'd probably want a bit more than just 'is going as normal' though, so I'm thinking we either advance our machinations to secretly train him in the art of being a good person, or we have Hazou think through something else with Harumitsu's input helping him along.
As @Velorien said, nope. You can only control Hazō's actions, not Mari's.
I do and have, actually. In fact, after reading your post and thinking about it a bit I've updated the rules doc to delete the 'Romance is bad' item. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
I now imagine a scene where some of the family catch Hazo practicing his speeches to himself using a mirror. Or a shadow clone. Or a shadow clone holding a mirror
Oh wow, there's a section like that in the rules? I never noticed.
What an intricate scene that would be! Ami and Kagome, their core character traits put into direct conflict! The high tension, for Kagome would not hesitate to resort to lethal measures no matter how "settled" the situation is proclaimed! The complicated moral quandaries that Ami will doubtlessly pose! The depths of adversity this discussing may plunge into! And the remote yet intriguing possibility of bonding over the topic!
Earthshaped Friendship bracelet, made from the inner walls of the Main Goketsu Family Building. Perhaps from around the Hearth. With added charms, representing the rest of Team Uplift (minus Mari, unfortunately).
Oh hey, I think Ami is asking about the FGP! I don't think she's really framing it right. If the murders were solely for personal benefit, I think Hazou would say something to family members. But there were plenty of other reasons not to interfere with the FGP.
We expressed discontent with Ami's creation of the Final Gift Program, and Hazou proposed the idea of using the creation of FGP as a counterpoint to Optimization-Ami, assuming that Ami would have found the FGP morally repugnant.
I think we are allocating time to his training, right? Like, it's just been happening off screen for the most part. For that matter...
@eaglejarl @Velorien How do these time estimates look for Hazou's time management purposes?
Noted, thanks.
Imo FPG is awful, but still maybe better than the alternative. I'd be interested to see how Akane thinks of FGP first, since she's more deontological than utilitarian.
Sounds cool, like the segment that @FaintlySorcerous (I think) posted?
What would we get out of this?
Sure. It's been about two weeks since Lore Update when Cannai told us to pitch our stories past Canaria, so it's a good time (assuming Cannai lets us attend a taleswap after we're done with our 5 hours of calisthenics).
Sealing montage, teach Harumitsu and pick a project to look into, do the research rolls when consequences end. And hang out with a girlfriend or two why not :^)
No, I think it's a bit more negative than that. Ami is thinking that if Hazou thought of her as family, she would've already gotten that speech, at some point in the months since she told him about the FGP. Since she didn't, she reasons that he doesn't view her as a family member with whom he could speak his mind and about whose moral character he cares, but as a powerful jounin interactions with whom need to be managed the way @Sir Stompy outlines above:
So we probably want to run damage control on that.
Which is to say, trying to convince Ami to shut the FGP down would have been analogous to us trying to convince Kei to unilaterally sever the trade with the Pangolins back when we were under Jiraiya's orders to continue trading, except worse.
On the other hand, Hazou only brought it up to help Ami understand what sacrificing people who were entrusted to your care feels like. I don't think he's actually advocating for shutting it down, because while it's horrific Ami is largely correct that it was the best of a bad situation.
@QMs, can we start doing the prep days for a research project in the tail end of a Consequence?
I assume so, but I'm pretty sure we did put his training on hold at least once in-story: I think it was when we were traveling to Arachnid, and we were told we'd owe the Hagoromo one for shirking our duty for a time (even if for a good reason). Since we got back from that I imagine we resumed lessons but it's still narratively in the background so yeah I'm still kinda in favour of seeing it on-screen again.
Taleswap is sanity checked with Cannai, who is the only relevant authority in the Dog Clan. Asking for contracts now seems a little premature, but can add it if you feel strongly about it.
Why? I'm not especially attached to it, but you think the Dogs will see us in the wrong on that one?
