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Does anyone have any ideas for things we can do about the gestures vaguely Yuno situation? Or are we moving on to other things?
Mari, Ami, and Noburi have a handle on this. If/when Hazou is needed to de-radicalize Yuno, our social specs will tell us. Until then, our best bet is to stay out of their way and let them work their magic.
 
Well -- we can also make her feel appreciated, in general. Ask her opinion on things, etc.
 
Mari, Ami, and Noburi have a handle on this. If/when Hazou is needed to de-radicalize Yuno, our social specs will tell us. Until then, our best bet is to stay out of their way and let them work their magic.
That, and I assume our previous conversation with Yuno bought us at least some time. We warned her that we had to denounce Jashin, so hopefully there won't be any drama from her on that front.
Still, didn't Kei tell us we should call 'sike' on Yuno about our Jashinist stance? I'm against doing that, but that was her recommendation.
 
[X] Action Plan: Irons in the fire
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  • Meet with Mari, Kei, Snowflake, Noburi under full OPSEC procedures
    • When necromancy comes to a head we may need to move against one or more of the Akatsuki, which means we need as much power as possible
      • Mari, you're our primary heavy hitter.
        • What seals would help your combat style?
      • Noburi you're our secondary heavy hitter, you have the chakra to summon S-Rank Toads; all that stands in your way is the lack of a contract.
        • If you needed a one-time contract with Gamabunta within the next few months, what would you need from us?
          • If we explain our plans, the Toads may be sympathetic to the idea of resurrecting Jiraiya.
        • Alternatively, Toad jutsu could give Mari an extra edge.
        • If all else fails, we want to help you secure more summons in general.
      • We're going to be heading out again to get the Squirrel Scroll and more of that weird crystal soon
        • Noburi, Kei and Snowflake you need to go on some combat missions to make sure your ready for the trip
        • Hazou isn't sure on team composition because he might be stuck doing seal research but he wants everyone to be ready.
  • Ino
    • Initial Proposal (sanity checked by Mari)
      • Supply...
        • Genin-use only
        • Come to an agreement about a monthly reasonable allotment of Goo Bombs, given our time constraints.
        • Goketsu Hazou will provide a backstock on the Goketsu Estate so that, should he be unavailable,
      • Duration
        • One Year
      • Payment
        • Her help inn future Scroll hunts, with the caveat Goketsu retains ownership of the Scroll
        • Or whatever Mari thinks would be most beneficial to her personally
  • Sealing
    • Protocol: Hazou-pilot's best judgement
    • Shadow Clone: Finish Minato Seal 7, then Minato Seal 8
    • Prime: Rocket Boots
    • Use SC to prep Sarubetsu/Isan seals and check difficulty

 
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All we did this update was state that "Ritsuo acted against a loyal Leaf ninja, and leveraged his religious influence to politically fuck over a peer. This greatly upset me because he is using his religious power to divide Leaf instead of uniting Leaf against our enemies."

These are facts.

Honestly, with how repeatedly and blatantly Ritsuo is acting against Asuma's orders of "stop this and play nice," I'm fully expecting Ritsuo to get punished by Asuma. Not only is this going against the direct orders of your Hokage, this is preventing Hazou from working on seals that would help with the Dragonwar. And Asuma has decided to back Hazou 100% with regard to the Dragonwar.

I'm inclined to give Asuma an update or two's worth of time to respond to Rituso before we go into his office, saying "The Hagoromo Clan are disrupting my ability to research seals that will support our efforts against the Dragonwar. The Dragonwar has been assigned to me as an S-rank mission. What, if anything, would you like me to do about this obstruction to my legally-mandated mission?"
My guess is that after what occurred with Akane, Ritsuo and the Hagoromo were embarrassed by the part one of their clan members played in it. Seeing Hazou in the company of Hidan must have seemed like a quick way to deflect away from their recent failure. Unfortunately for them, it was a short-term high and was a blunder since Hazou and the Goketsu expertly countered this aith some good political savy.
 
[X] Action Plan: Cannai! We Need to Cook
[x] Action Plan: Seals, Trade Deals, and Reaching for the Heavens
Obtain some chakra beast bones (Offscreen?)
  • If they're readily available, test them for infusability
  • If not, test them when we acquire them later
Orochimaru has already experimented with bones as a method for 3D sealing.
Payment
  • Don't really need cash... what're the Yamanaka Clan offering?
As I mentioned earlier, I would really like to see Hazou's internal thoughts lean towards something that can help with the Dragonwar, either directly by getting important materials or indirectly by reducing the amount of work he has to do elsewhere.
Ask her Element and desired specialization
Minor nitpick: Hazou has enough on his plate to schedule and speak with Sasha for however long it takes to get all this information. It may be prudent to get Mari (or one of the other clan ninja; there's more than jut Mari) to do this entirely and sum it up as a report.
 
Changes made with @faflec's feedback! ^.^

[x] Action Plan: Seals, Trade Deals, and Reaching for the Heavens
Words: <300

  • Ino and the Seal Trade Deal
    • Internally:
      • Put on "Goketsu Clan Head" Hat.
      • The Yamanaka Clan Head wants a commission that eats into our best sealmaster's valuable time. Luckily, it's prosocial in intent, and our clans are allied. Allowances can be made where they might otherwise not be.
      • Trade in (and assume) good faith.
    • Initial Proposal (sanity checked by Mari)
      • Opsec Precautions:
        • The Yamanaka Clan promises not to sell them, reverse engineer them, etc.
      • Supply...
        • Genin-use only
        • Come to an agreement about a monthly reasonable allotment of Goo Bombs, given our time constraints.
        • Goketsu Hazou will provide a backstock on the Goketsu Estate so that, should he be unavailable, the Yamanaka Clan aren't inconvenienced.
      • Duration
        • One Year
        • Revisit the deal, afterwards.
      • Payment
        • Don't really need cash... what're the Yamanaka Clan offering?
        • What can help us re: Dragonwar (directly or indirectly)
    • Let Hazou-pilot and Ino continue from there.
  • Noburi
    • The Hospital's slowed down... would you be willing to take time off to read the medical notes?
    • Ask Noburi...
      • If experimenting on chakra beasts be a useful gateway into opening a human Tenketsu?
        • If so, post requisite missions and begin research.
      • To test if sealing an object sterilizes it (spirits are questionably alive)
      • Whether Arachnid Silk bandages would be an improvement for the hospital?
        • If so, donate a lot. We have ES50 and can afford to take a temporary hit on Arachnid Silk Trade.
  • Offscreen
    • Mari:
      • Find out Sasha's Element and desired specialization.
    • Sealing
      • Protocol: Hazou-pilot's best judgement
      • Shadow Clone: Finish Minato Seal 7, then Minato Seal 8
      • Prime: Rocket Boots
 
You'll get my vote if we throw SC prep days at the Isan and Sarubetsu seals. I'd like to at least know the difficulty of the seals we've had for hundreds of chapters. We're pretty stagnant so the value of FOOM is likely as low as it's going to get for a while.

Def down to do that. Not sure how many clones people would want to use to get through them. So if anyone has a preference let me know and I'll just go with that
 
[X] Action Plan: Cannai! We Need to Cook
In the interests of giving more specification to the experiments we want to try (and thus make it easier for the QMs to go "alright, you found the answer" instead of feeling "you're kind of asking us to solve it for you"), I have a couple suggestions:
If they're readily available, test them for infusability
I would add "see what it takes for Earthshaping to become able to manipulate them". If we have to get the bones into a strange semi-decomposed state, well, that's a direction to shape the research at least.
Ask for his help trying to manipulate chakra to grow more chakra crystal
I would suggest "attempt to earthshape it while it it submerged in chakra water that Noburi is actively controlling". The feedback Hazou gets from the jutsu, and how it syncs up with the feedback Noburi gets from his bloodline, might be the crucial clue we need.

And I've also been turning over in my head "ask Kagome about seals that permanently change the substance of an object" in case we need to invent a seal that turns regular crystal into Honey cave crystal, but I'm not certain. Add it if you think it's a good idea.
 
[X] Action Plan: Cannai! We Need to Cook
In the interests of giving more specification to the experiments we want to try (and thus make it easier for the QMs to go "alright, you found the answer" instead of feeling "you're kind of asking us to solve it for you"), I have a couple suggestions:

I would add "see what it takes for Earthshaping to become able to manipulate them". If we have to get the bones into a strange semi-decomposed state, well, that's a direction to shape the research at least.

I would suggest "attempt to earthshape it while it it submerged in chakra water that Noburi is actively controlling". The feedback Hazou gets from the jutsu, and how it syncs up with the feedback Noburi gets from his bloodline, might be the crucial clue we need.

And I've also been turning over in my head "ask Kagome about seals that permanently change the substance of an object" in case we need to invent a seal that turns regular crystal into Honey cave crystal, but I'm not certain. Add it if you think it's a good idea.
Thanks for the feedback. Changes made.

[X] Action Plan: Cannai! We Need to Cook
Word Count: <300
  • Cannai
    • We think we can do 3D sealing if we have infusable material
    • Ask for his help investigating the difference between chakra crystal and stone, and trying to make stone infusable
  • Work with a Crystal Release expert (Canain or someone else) to investigate the crystals they release and experiment with trying to make something infusable
  • Obtain some chakra beast bones (Offscreen?)
    • If they're readily available
      • see what it takes for Earthshaping to become able to manipulate them
      • test them for infusibility
    • If not, experiment with them when we acquire them later
  • Noburi
    • Ask for his help trying to manipulate chakra to grow more chakra crystal
    • attempt to earthshape rock while it it submerged in chakra water that Noburi is actively controlling
      • correlate the feedback hazō gets from earthshaping with the feedback noburi gets from his jutsu
  • (Offscreen) Advise Noburi and Kei they might want to take some difficult combat missions to keep their combat skills sharp
    • Something is causing chakra beasts to migrate, could be an appropriate challenge
    • OOC: Goal is to unstagnate them
    • Kei's tour on the 7th Path might also be enough
    • If the Toads have appropriately challenging combat opportunities for Noburi that would also be good
 
Def down to do that. Not sure how many clones people would want to use to get through them. So if anyone has a preference let me know and I'll just go with that
Oh I wouldn't want to commit to finishing them unless they're genin level. We likely need more callig to safely do chuunin seals without prep, though if we're willing to put non-SSA SCs on parallel prep, it might be okay for all but the toughest of chuunin seals
 
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I'd add something like this.

How many Sarubetsu/Isan seals are there? I don't even remember downloading the Sarubetsu seals lmao
There's just one Sarubetsu seal iirc. Some ninja merchant in that town had a scroll hanging open in the main room for some reason. Isan seals.... I'm less sure. I remember something about them being hidden in wall decorations or something like that.
 
I tracked down the quotes for the Isan and Sarubetsu seals.
Hazō ducked into their shelter with a bento box in his hands, to find Kagome sitting in the corner (his back to both walls, of course), studying a handful of seals.

"What have you got, sensei?" Hazō asked.

"Those blanks you drew," the sealmaster grunted.

Hazō waited, but no more was forthcoming. "What have you learned, sensei?" he asked, reminding himself that phrasing was important.

When Hazō had offered the village elders a couple of storage scrolls, he'd thought he was being clever and ingratiating himself with them by showing off how useful his skills could be. Instead, the villagers had been offended that he would think they were so ignorant as to not be familiar with storage seals, and had angrily showed the team two dozen scrolls full of seals. They hadn't allowed the team to study them, of course; they weren't stupid. They'd simply flipped back the lid on the box where the scrolls were kept, gestured, then closed it again. Hazō had apologized profusely and he and the team had retreated to their mini-fort, where Hazō had immediately copied out the blanks for all the village's scrolls that he'd been able to see.

Kagome-sensei looked up, frowning. "It's weird," he said. "So far, I've noticed..."
"...three different styles," he said. "They're different, clearly done by three different schools of sealing, but there are similarities between them. Big similarities." He looked back at the blanks in his lap, frowning.

"Is that so strange, sensei?" Hazō asked, when it became clear that Kagome-sensei was lost in his thoughts and would require a prompt. The scent of the spiced soup in the bento box wafted into his nose, making him want to sneeze, but he mastered the impulse.

"Hm?" Kagome-sensei said. "Oh. Yeah. Yeah, it's weird. Back home you could look through—well, not you you, but me. I could look through our sealcraft library and find a dozen different schools of seal theory, all of them with really different art styles and fundamentals. These are all...." He frowned. "They're all tiny variations on a single methodology. Very clear superficial differences, but the underlying elements...."

He shook his head in irritation and the frown got fiercer. "At first I thought that there was just one sealmaster in the village when it was founded and everything was derived from him. I don't think that's it, though. I think all of this is derived from one seal. It looks like the villagers reinvented all of sealing theory from studying one single example. They're using elements in ways that they aren't really intended to be used. Clever stuff, some of it's even brilliant, but there are more efficient strategies for a lot of it, and their theory of sealcraft has gone in a really strange direction." He waved at the stack of paper. "Like I said, weird."
Interesting that Hazou talks about "scrolls full of seals" it might be early installment weirdness, since you cannot store seals inside of seals. It looks like he was shown lots and lots of seals but only for a few seconds. Just from the way the scene was written (at least 3 different sealing styles) I'd estimate he got at least 6 locked in his bloodline, but maybe more, and QMs may disagree @Velorien @eaglejarl @Paperclipped how many Isan seals did Hazou steal?
Irie Shintarō was the fattest ninja Hazō had ever seen, as well as possessing a villain goatee and narrow yellowish eyes that made the hairs stand on the back of Hazō's neck. His "office" was filled with shelves stuffed with miscellaneous bric-a-brac, but Hazō's attention was instantly drawn to the seals on the two scrolls hanging on the back wall behind Shintarō, their elaborate structure offering no sign of their function.
So it looks like Hazou copied either one or two seals here. @Velorien @eaglejarl @Paperclipped is that correct? Also one seal, or two different seals?
 
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We're going to be heading out again to get the Squirrel Scroll and more of that weird crystal soon
Are we? I'd rather not commit to this just yet. We don't yet know that we need to get crystals from the cave (as opposed to getting them some other way) it's not necessarily super urgent, and we might want to just ask Asuma to send a team.

Can we not do sealing right now? In case something happens that we need to respond to.
 
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