The Uchiha Compound is "a city unto itself." We have "nearly a thousand" civilians. We need that layout to effectively house our people. We can minimize the connotation by paying enough homage to Leaf in other areas.
Future-proofing for when we have that kind of population is cool, but we shouldn't try to make it distinctly Uchiha. Presumably they aren't the only people to ever design around this issue.
In general, I'm not convinced that trying to blend half a dozen aesthetics together is a good plan. A smorgasbord of everyone else's cool unique aesthetics seems kinda tacky. I'd rather pick one distinct Goketsu aesthetic and use that everywhere.
The generational benefits outweigh the cost. It takes some of our time, but it creates a magically sturdy Clan Compound made from magically dense/protective materials. Should anything ever happen (Kyuubi gets released, another Collapse, etc), our clan will be far more likely to endure.
The generational benefits of us being alive in a year are also very large. As are the benefits of Nagato not conquering the world.
+50% wall toughness won't help against ninja, or Kyuubi, or most disasters I find plausible.
If this was determined to be something we could do in a day or two with a pair of clones, and could somehow be done without publicizing that ES has hidden functions, I'd be fine with it.
Otherwise, why not wait a year or two until we can spare the time and the ES is no longer a Goketsu-specific advantage?
These specifically are really cool. Making bunkers tougher is actually useful, and will probably take less Hazou time and OPSEC exposure than denseifying the entire estate
But Earthshaping is impossible to use in combat. It's too slow, it's too chakra-intensive, it demands too much of your focus, and you die if run out of chakra while casting it. Anyone who raises it to fill a 50-slot is insane, and more than a few people within the playerbase are mad that we've leveled it this far, let alone that we apparently have to raise it to a level 60-slot for 3D Sealing.
Even if Hazou was the only person in the world who could raise ES past 30, the fact that the Goketsu can print precious gems is good to keep secret. The longer before the market realizes that Gemstones are mass-producible, the more money we make. Let's try to keep it under our hat for at least a few months, not *checks notes* 19 days.
General note that we still have Necromancy-related tasks that urgently need to be started. (Noburi researching Tenketsu dilation, Is it possible to move/close the rift scar, ect.)
I'll be a lot happier to discuss and vote for home development once these are underway.
Blend design elements from other clan compounds to represent the links to Leaf we have so far:
Uchiha, representing Hazou's ancestors.
Nara, representing Kei's marriage to Shikamaru.
Senju, representing Jiraiya's teammate (and Noburi's maybe-apprenticeship, but that's still early days).
Orochimaru's compound (he might feel slighted if we ref Tsunade but not him).
Sarutobi, representing Jiraiya's sensei.
Yamanaka, representing Hazou/Akane's relationship with Ino.
Aburame, representing our budding business relationship.
Architects are also encouraged to invent creative and modern design elements — we're a research clan, after all.
Hire Shikamaru-recommended KEI-architects from NFF.
Construction
Hazou creates quartz for highlights.
ES to add gold filigree to important buildings.
Mosaics where appropriate.
Details
Hide Koi pond for FOOM OPSEC training.
Bathhouses.
Add waterslides.
Great Hall suitable for larger (1000+ person) events.
Decorate with huge dragon skeleton carving.
Relief carvings of the summon clans we're contracted with.
Cafeteria.
School/library.
Clinic/Mental Health Offices
Connect up the aqueduct we built, and the sewers in preparation for when they're ready for deployment.
Gardens/Greenhouses for Phytosealing Botanical Gardens to come (phytosealing intentions are kept secret — as far as the architects are concerned, it's a normal botanical gardens).
Statue of Hashirama with unique plants flourishing from his ninjutsu.
Add fruit trees to supplement food supply.
ES relief carvings that resemble 2D/3D sealing on surfaces to hide real seals in the noise.
Subterranean complex.
Civilian evac shelters.
Lampposts.
Statues holding daybright seals?
Monument to the Lost [Temporarily in Another Path].
Statues.
Jiraiya colossus.
Other Gouketsu VIPs (incl Gaku, hehe)
Hazou's Uchiha ancestors pre-Kurosawa split (ask Sasuke for help).
Bring Yuno on a chakra beast extermination close to Leaf
Engage with Jashinism seriously, but be authentic (Hazou's disapproval of Hidan's behavior, for example, is expected for a Life priest, which Jashin would know.)
Apologize for lashing out about her Jashin statements.
Hazou is still getting used to the idea of working with Jashin. It's easier to picture him as an ally than something to be venerated.
Yuno/Hazou publicly supporting Jashin is politically inconvenient to Hazou's goals, which is therefore inconvenient for Jashin's plans for him. Leaf isn't ready for Jashinism yet. Hazou is still trying to persuade them to Uplift, which will likely take a few more years.
Hazou has been working towards Uplift since he became a missingnin. Hidan believes Jashin supports Uplift. Hidan also said conviction is the greatest virtue, which, coupled with Jashin favoring Hazou at Bakuchioka and elsewhere, indicates Hazou is on the right track representing Jashin's Birth aspect (and given that humanity is declining, in Hazou's opinion the Death aspect is currently overrepresented.)
Ask for Yuno's help representing Hazou's aspect.
Hazou's branch will kill those who threaten innocent lives.
They will promote improved quality of life for as many people as possible.
They will encourage voluntary births - willing parents are better at raising successful children.
Determine what Yuno knows about entities like Jashin.
Jashin's symbol was present at her wedding, yet Yuno didn't seem to know about Jashin. What was Isan's knowledge of the symbol?
Hidan said that gods in certain people's heads were responsible for Jashin losing his tongue. What gods does that refer to?
Jashin apparently made the Sage bleed. Were they at odds with each other? Why?
Hazou has heard the moniker 'King of Hell' many times. Given Jashin's domains, are they the same entity?
"Hey Gaku," Hazō said with a sigh, brushing past his secretary to drop into his chair. "Got your brush? Because I've got a lot." He poured himself a cup of tea.
"Good morning, sir. I am prepared. As I always am."
Hazō glanced up from his tea, giving his chancellor a sharp look. "Is that a touch of dry mockery I detect in your tone, Gaku?"
"I would never, sir," Gaku said drily. "I was merely making a statement of fact."
"Uh-huh. Have a cookie." He shoved the platter closer to Gaku.
Gaku hesitated, then leaned over and nicked one of the gingersnaps. "Thank you, sir."
"Welcome. Remind me to tell Granny Mayuka that she outdid herself on this batch."
"Yes sir." Gaku nibbled the corner off the cookie, cupping his hand under his chin to avoid spilling crumbs.
"Soooo. Interesting bit of stuff for the journals."
"Yes sir." Gaku set the cookie down and picked up his brush.
"Had my meeting with the GIC today."
"The 'gick', sir?"
"The GIC. Gōketsu Intelligence Council. Kei, Shikamaru, Snowflake, and Mari. That's 'intelligence' in the military sense—information of strategic importance plus analysis of that information."
"I see, sir."
"Not intelligence in the sense of brainpower. If it was in terms of brainpower then you'd be there."
"Of course, sir."
"I mean, not that those people don't have brainpower. Each of them is the smartest person in the room except when they're together or operating outside their area of expertise."
"Area of expertise, sir?"
"Yeah. Kei's probably the most brilliant woman I know when it comes to plan analysis and modification, and Snowflake is Kei without the depression and most of the inappropriately-directed rage issues. On the other hand, get her into a discussion about Tenten and she starts stammering and pinking up like a ripening tomato."
"Tomatoes stammer, sir?"
"Work with me, Gaku."
"Yes sir."
"Mari is a genius at understanding and manipulating people, which makes her an excellent counterbalance for Kei and Snowflake. Except when she gets—distracted." It was a clumsy save but it probably wasn't appropriate for him to finish the sentence with what he'd been thinking: Except when she gets into a guilt spiral, refuses to acknowledge that she's ever done anything good in her entire life, and falls into a weeks-long depression from which she needs to be extracted with a level of force generally implemented by an S-rank heavy combat team after someone spills a drink on one of them.
"Very informative, sir."
"Thanks." He cleared his throat and shifted uncomfortably in his chair. "Then we get to Shikamaru who just..." He broke off, trying to find the words, then gave up and shook his head. "I'm getting distracted. I called a meeting with the GIC—" He broke off as Gaku winced. "What?"
"If I may, sir, are you certain that is the name you wish to use?"
"What? The GIC?"
"Yes sir."
"Gōketsu Intelligence Council, GIC. What's wrong with it?"
"For one thing, sir, two of the members do not carry the Gōketsu name and have loyalties divided between the Gōketsu and the Nara. A third member does not carry the Gōketsu name and has no loyalty whatsoever to the Gōketsu due to the fact that he is the head of a clan that could become an enemy at any time."
"Gaku!" Hazō said, looking over in pretended shock. "The Nara are our friends! Heck, Shikamaru is married to my sister. Are you suggesting that they might turn on us if they decide that the Gōketsu were a threat to Leaf, or to the Nara, or to whatever little brainworm Shikamaru woke up with that day?"
"Sir..." The older man hesitated, looking uncertain. "Sir, my experience with ninja clans is that their alliances tend to be fraught and may not long endure."
"An excellent point, Gaku. An excellent point. You are a perspicacious man filled with insight and worldly wisdom."
"Okay, yeah, maybe the name needs some work. Anyway, I'm having a meeting with Mari, Shikamaru, Kei, and Snowflake, so obviously I need to have a whole bunch of pre-meetings."
"Very wise, sir," Gaku said, his brush swirling smoothly across the page as he made notes.
"I thought so. Anyway, first thing was that I told Mari to watch out for Shikamaru lying."
Gaku's head came up quickly. "Lord Nara is lying, sir?"
"Well, concealing information. Same thing given how important it is."
"Ah. Yes sir."
"No, seriously, it is."
"I feel certain it is, sir, but I'm not sure what information you are referencing, sir."
Hazō sighed. "What information aren't I referencing? Shikamaru is more tight-lipped than a lockjaw salmon."
Gaku tipped his head, confused. "A what, sir?"
"It's a fish. Once it bites down, it doesn't let go even if you kill it. You have to break its jawbone in order to get it to let go. Which is tough, because that tends to burst the fire glands and cause a massive explosion. Point is, Shikamaru doesn't share information he doesn't have to. Ever. About anything. If I wanted to know what the weather was, he would check the Nara rulebook to make sure it was safe to tell me."
"I see, sir."
Hazō waved a cookie broadly, staring up at the ceiling as he did. "Okay, okay, that's a little hyperbolic. Still, I'd like it if he wasn't quite so tight lipped.
"I told Mari to keep an eye out for Shikamaru—or anyone, really—being deceptive or concealing information. There's this thing that Pain mentioned at Nagi Island. 'The Five.' Five what? Five who? Nobody knows. My best guess—" He broke off, suddenly realizing where his mouth had been taking him while his brain was freewheeling along. It's purely a guess, but I think that there's five ninja bloodlines, each of them bonded to an entity from outside reality. That was a secret that the Nara and the Mori clearly intended to protect with their lives, and Hazō had nearly spilled it. Heck, if he had continued he might have said something even less wise, like the Frozen Skein, Kei's bloodline? It's a thing that she reaches out to. It talks back, gives her ideas. I think the Nara bloodline is similar, and I think those others are the same. Hoo boy. Granny Mayuka's gingersnaps were too tasty. They were distracting him.
"Never mind," he said. "That's a tangent."
"Of course, sir." Gaku's tone made very clear that he knew he was being excluded from sensitive information.
"Anyway, I was saying that I wish Shikamaru would share with the class a bit more, so I told Mari to watch for that and we did some general discussion prep. Then she went off to do Mari things that I don't want to think about while I went to the Tower and asked for the ANBU transcription of my conversation with Hidan."
"It surprises me that ANBU would be willing to share their documentation, sir."
"And thus is your perspicacity demonstrated. Got nothing from that."
"Why did you want it, sir?" The words were curious and unthinking, immediately followed by a hurried, "If you don't mind my asking. Apologies if I've overstepped, sir."
"Gaku, relax. Have another cookie." He nudged the platter, its contents now much reduced due to Hazō's continual depredations, towards his chancellor / seneschal / secretary / friend(?) / advisor.
"Um, thank you sir." He took another cookie.
"Right, so, transcript and the desiring thereof. A while back I went to talk to Orochimaru. Had a whole list of questions for him."
"I remember, sir. You were quite pale when you returned."
The words brought a flash of wide, staring eyes and surgical tools. Hazō twitched and pushed the thoughts away firmly.
"It was pretty rough," Hazō granted. "Still, I had this whole list of questions I wanted to ask him. Thinking back on it, I realized that I forgot to ask one of the questions. I went through all the rest but somehow I skipped that one. I thought maybe there was some kind of infoeater chewing the memories out of my skull."
"Is that possible, sir?" Gaku said, his voice the very model of horrified.
Still casually slumped in his chair, feet up on his desk, ankles crossed, Hazō took a bite of his cookie and continued staring at the ceiling. "Yup," he said.
"Oh."
"There's a whole class of seal failures related to infoeaters. Fortunately, most seal failures involve localized physical destruction—they blow up, or melt everything within twenty feet into goo, or turn nearby people inside out. It's when you start getting into the more esoteric failures that things get bad. Infoeaters are some of the worst, at least in my opinion."
"You think that perhaps there was a seal failure while you were speaking with Lord Orochimaru, sir?"
"How would I know, Gaku? The whole point of an infoeater attack is that you don't remember it happening and in most cases you don't remember exactly what caused it. Oh, 'I was infusing a seal and it failed', sure. You don't remember important details like visible and auditory signifiers or secondary effects. Orochimaru is a skilled seal expert so it's quite plausible that we were using seals while we were down there."
"Sir...do you always go through your life worried that you've had pieces of your mind simply...bitten away?"
"Yup." He meditatively nibbled another cookie. "It's one of the 'fun' parts of being a sealmaster. You have to constantly keep an eye out for areas of your life that don't fit, memories that aren't consistent. That's why the thing in Orochimaru's basement worries me.
"Sooooo," Hazō continued, "with the pre-meeting crap done, we got on to the actual meeting. I kept notes and I'd appreciate it if you would transcribe them and add them to the logs." He waved towards a stack of papers on the corner of the desk, then sipped from his tea.
"Of course, sir." Gaku couldn't quite hide the enthusiasm in his voice as he pulled the papers onto his lap and flipped quickly through the first few pages.
"Gaku, has anyone told you that you are a terrible snoop?" Hazō asked, amused.
"My mother, sir. Starting around age three."
Hazō chuckled. "Smart woman. So, here we are in the actual meeting. I laid out everything I know about Hidan and everything he said to me at our latest meeting. That's the first three pages—balance, conviction, death and birth, quotas, dreams, Jashin's symbol, events at O'uzu and Bakuchioka, Hidan being the quote Death Summoner unquote, Jashin's potential connection to the Hierophant, blah blah blah. Particularly interesting bits that you should make sure to highlight: Jashin apparently has some alleged interest in humanity's prosperity and non-extinction; someone or something that Hidan referred to as 'they' cut out Jashin's tongue; Jashin made the Sage bleed. Hidan's a psychotic crazy person so it's possible that all of this is nonsense, but I still wanted everyone to know it and I want it in the Gōketsu archives. Top-security section, obviously."
"I had assumed, sir."
"Right, well. Moving on. Shikamaru once made mention of the fact that there are entities existing outside of reality and that all the friendly ones have been killed. I wanted to know how he knew that and why he had such confidence that all of the friendly ones had been killed. Surely there might be some friendly ones we simply don't know about?
"I didn't need Mari to tell me that Shikamaru was being evasive. He thought for several seconds before saying 'Hazō, look at the state of the world. Do you truly believe any supernaturally powerful entity could exist and allow the world to remain in this state?'" Hazō rolled his eyes, even though Gaku couldn't see it. "Ridiculous twaddle that glibly dismisses a very important question."
"Did you press him on the matter, sir?"
"I did, yes. He admitted that he couldn't be 100% confident that no friendly supernatural entity existed. I asked him what he knew about supernatural entities as a whole. He and Kei exchanged some very meaningful looks, eyebrow raises, millimetric headshakes, and shrugs. Then Shikamaru disclosed the following words of wisdom on this critical issue."
Hazō sat up, turning to face Gaku with erect posture, both hands laid flat on his desk and an unmoving stone-like expression on his face. He met Gaku's eyes firmly and intoned, "The existence of supernatural beings is quite troublesome." He then grunted his annoyance and put his feet back up on the desk, grabbed another cookie, and started munching.
"You sound not best pleased, sir." Gaku's voice was amused.
Hazō snorted. "Doesn't begin to cover it. He admitted that there was 'some' evidence that such things existed but that he could not talk about it because clan secrets blah blah blah."
"'Clan secrets blah blah blah', sir? My understanding is that clan secrets were quite an important part of Leaf jurisprudence."
Hazō waved in grand dismissal. "Blah blah blah. The world would be a better place if people weren't so sensitive about secrets, Gaku."
"Very wise, sir. Should I prepare a paper containing the secrets of Gōketsu family jutsu and ready it for immediate public release?"
"Gaku, are you aware that Clan Heads have the power to choose the definition of family treason, and that I might choose to place 'excessive sass' on that list at any time?"
"I apologize if anything I said caused you offense, sir. I shall report for flogging immediately upon the end of this meeting."
"As you should. Moving back to the topic that you so thoroughly distracted me from, I met with the GIC, and now I hear what a bad name that is, in order to determine what questions to ask Hidan. I'm uniquely positioned to get information out of him and I wanted to get a list put together. I figured that Mari could do the psychological analysis, get inside that rat warren he calls a head, and then the smarty-blood people could polish it all up."
"That sounds like a very intense conversation, sir."
"Ayup." He sighed and had another cookie. "So, having finished with the pre-meeting meetings and the actual meeting, I decided it was time for the post-meeting pre-meeting meeting. Specifically, I wanted to go over to the Tower and get Asuma's permission to talk to Hidan so that I can finally get some more Jashin lore out of him, in addition to answers for all the questions we put together."
"May I ask why you did that after the meeting where you were talking with the...GIC"—the name was accompanied by a slight and probably involuntary gagging noise—"about the Jashin information? Wouldn't it have made more sense to speak to Lord Hokage first, in order to ensure that the meeting could happen at all?"
"In retrospect, yes. At the time that I set it up I was focusing on the other stuff. Besides, having the list ready to go would still be useful for the future. I'm sure I'll talk to Hidan again at some point." He took a sip of his tea. "Also, the Jashin material got added to the list after I'd already sent the appointment request to Kei and the others. Leaving that thought, I went to ask permission from Asuma to talk to Hidan about Jashin and that's way too many proper names in close proximity."
"What did Lord Hokage say, sir?"
Hazō snorted. "He leaned back in that giant chair, folded his hands on his stomach, and looked at me as though I were a school child called in front of the principal for a caning, or like maybe he was thinking about having me executed."
"Oh dear."
"Yah."
"And why would you want that, Hazō?"
"He's decided..." He shook his head in disbelief. "Remember that he's convinced I'm also a Jashin worshipper, which is a sentence I never expected to say. Well, a Jashin worshipper or at least someone with Jashin's favor. Hidan is putting expectations on me as a result, meaning that I need to know more about Jashin's theology so that I don't accidentally screw up and get another town massacred because...I dunno, I used the wrong fork when carving the dinner roast."
"I see." The Hokage stared at him silently for long seconds. "And, of course, you have no interest in recruiting the S-rank ninja into your..."
Hazō felt his butt clench in the chair. Plot? Conspiracy? Had the Hagoromo been pouring poison into Asuma's ear again? Shitshitshit, how did he get out of this one?
"...fish sex cult?"
Hazō glowered at his political ruler until Asuma's sober facade finally broke and the man started laughing.
"That was mean, sir," Hazō said. He paused. "Also, it was a fish god sex cult."
Asuma nodded and got himself under control, wiping small tears from his eyes. "I apologize, Hazō. The job can be a real drain and I couldn't resist."
"I'm glad I could provide some comedic relief to brighten your day, Lord Hokage," Hazō said, his voice dust dry.
"Heh. I'm afraid the question is somewhat moot; Hidan and Kakuzu have already left. They didn't fill me in on their itinerary."
"I thought they were staying for another couple of days?"
Asuma shrugged. "Apparently not? I've given up trying to predict those people. Jiraiya had a phrase, 'sounds like a bad case of being a jōnin'. Every member of Akatsuki has a truly monumental case of being a jōnin."
"Turns out he was just pranking me," Hazō said. "On top of which, they had already left."
"Ah. I'm sorry to hear it, sir. It seems like it would have been a useful conversation."
"It would have, yes. Also, probably the most interesting part of my day. Unfortunately, as the saying goes: time and drill instructors wait for no ninja and the calendar is the only tyrant that cannot be toppled."
"If I may ask, sir: who exactly is it that says that?"
"No idea, but I'm sure someone has. I guess I did, actually. Don't tell anyone—it can be one of those brilliant seemingly off-the-cuff remarks that make everyone think I'm smart."
"I shall make a note of it, sir."
XP AWARD: 2 Plan was well written and mostly clear, but it covered way too much in a super boring way. Seriously, if I had covered every detail requested by this plan I would have ended up writing a novella.
I had no clue what 'Request the Isan lore. Anything Jashin-related?' meant, so Hazō didn't do that.
"Fine," Hazō said. "My second objection: Isan has valuable lore preserved for hundreds of years. If we wipe them out, we lose lore that could be crucial to winning the fight against the Dragons."
Asuma nodded. "Good forethought, Hazō. It would likely take years to seduce the knowledge out of their loremaster clan by hand, but we can do a targeted mind-dive in order to take it now before their destruction. Apart from lore on the Dragons, what else would be important for the mind-dive to look for?"
Hazō paused. He hadn't considered everything that could have been useful, and now he needed to decide quickly before Isan could be killed.
"Lore on the Paths. Lore on the Sage, or on the Sage's companions." He bit his tongue before his next request could emerge. Hazō didn't know how Shikamaru or Asuma might respond if Hazō continued to show interest in the dark god. "Anything they have about sealing, whether about Summoning Scrolls, three-dimensional sealing, or anything at all. There's too much unique knowledge they have for nothing there to be valuable."
Asuma nodded. "We'll extract that information for you. Good catch, Hazō. We need to make sure that our swift action doesn't also cause unforced errors. Still, we can't exchange a potential apocalypse on another Path for a certain apocalypse on this one."
XP AWARD: 2 Plan was well written and mostly clear, but it covered way too much in a super boring way. Seriously, if I had covered every detail requested by this plan I would have ended up writing a novella.
I had no clue what 'Request the Isan lore. Anything Jashin-related?' meant, so Hazō didn't do that.
Oof but understandable. Prep still makes sense given the circumstances, but probably could've been clarified that we don't actually need to see or know the results of the prep in this particular case.
To be honest though I kind of wish the QMs just looked at the plan and said "They already left" so we could've done something else instead and avoided this situation entirely. I mean like given that the entire plan is predicated on preparing to pump Hidan for theology and then we can't do that it ends up just kind of wasting all of our time and especially the QMs'
To be honest though I kind of wish the QMs just looked at the plan and said "They already left" so we could've done something else instead and avoided this situation entirely. I mean like given that the entire plan is predicated on preparing to pump Hidan for theology and then we can't do that it ends up just kind of wasting all of our time and especially the QMs'
Hey guys, even if we go with different plans please try to get this doping experiment in the chapter, please. Even a throw away line is super appreciated in case the QMs saw this idea being bounced around and are just waiting for it to end up in a plan.
The following is the proposed method to create 3d seals, including indented explanations.
1. Take a block of corundum, shape it into the simplest seal equivalent Hazō can think of, keep the insides as perfectly smooth and boring as possible.
This corundum shape is now equivalent to sealing quality paper for this specific charm
2. Through the same process as creating saphires insert a second material, one that Hazō feels is more conductive to earthshaping, into the charm blank following the directionality of what the charm should have, and tracing out the paths the chakra should take with thin distinct shapes.
This step is equivalent to first infusing the 'ink' with our chakra via ES, then drawing the seal with the 'ink'.
3. By default fully remove chakra as is ES's usual use case. If Hazō has a strong intuition of safeness, that the outcome will not be injury, rather than withdrawing ES normally, keep an amount of chakra Hazō thinks is appropriate in the charm blank.
3a. Test having a shadow clone withstand breaking earthshaping at the lowest injury causing level. If Hazou prime gets injured, wait to heal before continuing testing.
This keeps the 'ink' in the previous step attuned to us in the same way we attune ink for paper Sealing.
4. Attempt to infuse the charm blank with full, max level Kagome assisted Kei improved safety precautions.
[X] Training Plan Hazō: Handwriting practice
Spend 83 xp
Calligraphy 40 -> 42
[X] Action Plan: Experimental Frenzy
382, still pending words
Attempt to create a 3d Seal via the doping method, do the following (potentially offscreen) beforehand.
•Invite Cannai to spot, do the experiment with him if he says yes.
• Check in with Kagome. Thank him for helping Hazō get his head on straight. Sanity check the doping method for creating 3d seals, design security methods together for the first infusion. If Cannai agrees to help, taking a teleporting superdog into account.
•Share our research queue, requesting his help with one of the lines of research.
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Request a boring-for-Yuno chakra beast hunt from Asuma and do some Till-n-Fills on the way. Take the one on one time to apologize for being brusque - we have our own relationship with Hidan, and hadn't had enough time to process hers. He's wrong on some things however, even beyond our personal history, and those things are worth being upset about. The world is out of balance, and Hidan is still pulling it further out of balance; even when trying to empower us. Uplift forms the core of my beliefs, and is why I think I was chosen.
Do you think Hidan understands uplift, Yuno?
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Rather than shadow clone training, Hazō feels it is important to prioritize also researching the following seals, following Hazō's intuition on prep:
SSA1(with Kagome): Fourfold Seal of Preservation modded to break stagnancy if close, then Chakra Adhesion Triggered multiple Action Relay Seals, or CATEARS, then Jiraiya's substitution seals
SSA2. The minato seal line, until incomprehensible TH gibberish, then Directional explosives, followed by rocket boots, followed by Reusable Rocket Boots.
3. Mod Jiriaya's boo seal into Hazō yelling "RUN"
4. Earth Pillar (Construct) seal, followed by a mod to make the created stone real, then the City of Earth seal.
Spend a prep day on the following, and if the seal is Genin continue to work on it following Hazō's intuition:
1. The ZAP seal
2. Monuments to the Thunder God
3. The Greatshield seal
4. THE PUNCH SEAL
5. The Bubble Shell seal
6. ARS mod which lowers difficulty to learn/create but provides no benefits to learning MARS
7. The Minatoerator
8. Anti-Byakugan seals (Tower)
9. Anti-Byakugan seals (Jiraiya)
10. Diagnostic seal: Detect chakra drain
Timeskip for a week or until the seal research log is finished, whichever is longer.
Well at least we have the list of questions ready for the next time he shows up. I'd recommend against sending them to him through our official correspondence, since half of the best stuff we get out of him are random little remarks that reveal far more lore than one sentence ever should. They'll probably return in not-too-long once they're done with the mission, so all hope is not lost.
As for right now, there are two conversations I want to see:
Apologize to Yuno, make sure it's clear that Jashinism is heretical and must be kept secret, and then be supportive of her new life choices.
Make things right with Kagome by bringing him properly in the loop about our specific necromancy ideas. Tell him about the Research Trip plan and brainstorm ways we could get data out of that, what seals we'd need to make, etc.
Beyond that, I do heavily support the initiative to try doping 3D seals. If the 3D Sealing unlock is actually within our grasp right now, we have to go for it.
Honestly, we have no idea what will unlock 3D Sealing. From the player-side of things, we either let Hazou-pilot muck around and see what happens, or we're forced to waste a 60-slot on earthshaping.
Let's have Hazou-pilot use his Big Sealing Stat experiment to try and unlock 3D Sealing.
Bring Yuno on beast extermination near Leaf (through Asuma).
Engage Jashinism seriously, but be authentic (e.g. Hazou's disapproval of Hidan's behavior is expected for Life priests, which Jashin knows.)
Apologize for lashing out about Jashinism.
Hazou's still getting used to the idea of working with Jashin. It's easier picturing him as an ally than something to venerate.
Yuno/Hazou publicly supporting Jashin is politically inconvenient to Hazou's goals (therefore inconvenient for Jashin's plans for him.) Leaf isn't ready for Jashinism yet. Hazou's still trying to persuade them to Uplift, to prepare them.
Hazou's been working towards Uplift since becoming missingnin. Hidan believes Jashin supports Uplift, and said conviction's the greatest virtue. Coupled with Jashin favoring Hazou at Bakuchioka and elsewhere, Hazou seems on the right track representing Jashin's Birth aspect . Given that humanity's declining, Hazou thinks the Death aspect is currently overrepresented.
Ask for Yuno's help representing Hazou's aspect.
Hazou's branch will kill those who threaten innocent lives.
They'll promote improved quality of life for as many people as possible.
They'll encourage voluntary births - willing parents are better at raising successful children.
Evaluate Yuno's knowledge about entities like Jashin.
Jashin's symbol was at her wedding, yet Yuno seemingly didn't know Jashin. What was Isan's knowledge of the symbol?
Hidan said gods in people's heads were responsible for Jashin losing his tongue. What gods are those?
Jashin apparently made the Sage bleed. Were they in conflict? Why?
Hazou's heard the moniker 'King of Hell' many times. Given Jashin's domains, is that him?
Attempt 3D sealing using one material (diamond?) to form chakra pathways inside another (corundum?); like putting ink on paper.
Consider infusing without withdrawing chakra from ink-analogue. Use a SC.
Sealing:
After mission, use Hazou's intuition for M7 and DE.
Is there? Pretty tight on words already and tbh I would expect Velorien to end up leaving it for EJ's update anyways, given that chakra science is more EJ's cup of tea.
Is there? Pretty tight on words already and tbh I would expect Velorien to end up leaving it for EJ's update anyways, given that chakra science is more EJ's cup of tea.
@Shrooms, I likewise would be mildly interested in trying @Twinnstars' idea above. As they suggest, a one-line should suffice. As I understand it, the core idea is just to "draw" the seal using a material different from the medium it's embedded in, plus maybe try infusing it before fully withdrawing your chakra from it.
@Shrooms, I likewise would be mildly interested in trying @Twinnstars' idea above. As they suggest, a one-line should suffice. As I understand it, the core idea is just to "draw" the seal using a material different from the medium it's embedded in, plus maybe try infusing it before fully withdrawing your chakra from it.
In the effort of full transparency, I've also precommited to voting for 4SB, but I would vote for it just for the inclusion of the doping thing. I'll try to draw up some wording later on
