Author's Note: Eagle-eyed readers might draw the conclusion that I have a guest in town this weekend and thus could not write an actual update. Said readers are brilliant and perspicacious.
I am neither of those things. I was wondering the whole time if Moni wasn't actually just Money, and this was an extended offer to be bribed in order to make the world less dangerous and more rom-com like.
 
In summary: Moni may or may not actually be Earl's partner, is probably willing and able to use mind control, has probably applied that control to Tsunade and maybe Earl as well, and in general is likely an immediate threat to everyone in Leaf. I suppose we'll have to wait for the next chapter of CfG to see whether anyone will manage to realize this and escape her.
In the interest of killing some epileptic trees and proving that I don't understand satire:

  1. It is Moni
  2. Earl's memories of her are accurate
  3. She can communicate with things but not control them. Fortunately, she is such a nice person that most things are willing to go along when she asks nicely
  4. Yes, she asked her pathogens to please not hurt her and they agreed because she is nice
  5. Yes, she used her power on Tsunade, asking Tsunade's pathogens to not bother their host. This was what Tsunade noticed and made her say "hmm".
 
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Now that Hazou is out of the apprenticeship phase of learning mednin, can he determine if he can understand Noburi's jargon about the chakra water well enough to research a rune replicating the effect (with Noburi's help) without a prep day?

Would spending another prep day (and FP) be enough to determine this?

If not, does Hazou have a feeling about what level of mednin is necessary to understand Noburi's jargon? Would spending a prep day on the rune determine that?
 
Thread is dead, you know what that means:

STRAWPOLL TIME

[X] I want to do Chakra Runes before Scrying Runes

This may delay the Rift Yoink Plan, but it also might not. Prioritizes Hazou's growth and his ability to generate XP (useful for FP buys). Also useful for the Return to Leaf plan.

[] I want to do Scrying Runes before Chakra Runes

Scrying Runes are part of the absolute minimum viable Rift Yoink Plan so we prioritize them above anything that will boost Hazou's growth.
 
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Hmmmm 4:1 so far. This isn't binding but I think I'll probably take the final tally into account unless someone makes a very convincing argument otherwise (for my plans anyway)
 
[X] I want to do Scrying Runes before Chakra Runes
 
[X] I want to do Scrying Runes before Chakra Runes
Keep our eye on the ball.

Of course the actual answer is "it depends on whether Kei deems Yoink or Return to Leaf more viable, and if we find her logic convincing."


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I'll probably take the final tally into account unless someone makes a very convincing argument otherwise (for my plans anyway)
I think running a poll right now is thinking about this the wrong way. We're about to get intel about the goings-on in the EN and have an NPC review of "Yoink" and "Return to Leaf" plans. Hopefully after this update, we can collectively settle in on one plan or the other, and go full steam on that.

If we're doing Return to Leaf, we clearly do chakra runes.
If we're doing Yoink, we clearly do Scrying.

The next chapter will probably be the best chance we get to settle the question of "Leaf or Yoink", so let's wait for that, then let our strategy dictate our research choices.
 
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Related to scrying vs chakra runes: I don't believe we can complete the runes in time and have the bonuses accelerate our research quickly enough to make up for the time spent making them.
 
Chakra Runes aren't supposed to accelerate our research much (if at all). They're for Hazou's growth
Then we shouldn't be researching them at all. From my understanding, we are at the final stretch before going to Leaf, and we still have a non-trivial load of runes to make. Unless we have a huge number of slots for research, and can afford to research chakra runes without FP/DoB?
 
I think running a poll right now is thinking about this the wrong way. We're about to get intel about the goings-on in the EN and have an NPC review of "Yoink" and "Return to Leaf" plans. Hopefully after this update, we can collectively settle in on one plan or the other, and go full steam on that.

If we're doing Return to Leaf, we clearly do chakra runes.
If we're doing Yoink, we clearly do Scrying.

The next chapter will probably be the best chance we get to settle the question of "Leaf or Yoink", so let's wait for that, then let our strategy dictate our research choices
Yeah but I'm bored and it's controversial so it stirs up the thread, which is kinda dead from 2 non-chapter updates in a row.
Then we shouldn't be researching them at all. From my understanding, we are at the final stretch before going to Leaf, and we still have a non-trivial load of runes to make. Unless we have a huge number of slots for research, and can afford to research chakra runes without FP/DoB?
Well that's just, like, your opinion man.

Seems like plenty of people think we can get them done and still work on the other stuff.

We are stuck to 2 slots with current chakra constraints. This rune would open up a third (non-DoB) slot we could use on Easy stuff
 
We are stuck to 2 slots with current chakra constraints. This rune would open up a third (non-DoB) slot we could use on Easy stuff
OK, see, if you'd said this it would make sense for me to agree, as it increases the rate of our research at the (short-term?) cost of having to make one.

But this?
Well that's just, like, your opinion man.

Seems like plenty of people think we can get them done and still work on the other stuff.
This doesn't help, man.
 
This doesn't help, man
It was intended to be humorous (quoting a movie), sorry if it missed the mark.

OK, see, if you'd said this it would make sense for me to agree, as it increases the rate of our research at the (short-term?) cost of having to make one
It's kind of not ... good? Like just doing them on our DoB tracks is a relatively minimal cost. They take like a ~week or so approx. When each cycle for a Medium Rune takes a week and we need 6 of them to finish a rune it's just not a huge time saver.
 
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