One of the members has a broken leg (that might well have healed poorly and need re-setting at this point). We're an excellent medical ninja and healing the leg rather than just pointing them on their way is worth extra brownie points. It also gets us eyes on the foreign ninja so we can better make judgment calls, deduce things about their real mission if they have one, and so on. For example, we'd be well-placed to determine if that leg was really broken, broken deliberately as part of their cover, etc.
Crusader Kages - A Naruto Village Councilor Quest
- Thread starter baskinglobster
- Start date
The chance to covertly probe them with our intrigue stat while being "diplomatic".
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
Heal bones and other injuries for extra diplo good person points is my hope.
- Location
- Canada
[X] Learn Councilor Asano's priorities with Kiri.
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
-[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
--[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
-[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
--[x] Ignore the Katayama.
-[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
--[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
-[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
--[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
-[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
--[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
I think trying to rescue the Katayama would draw far too much of Kiri's wrath.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
I think pursing some sort of alliance with Konoha is worthwhile. At the very least if their friendly with us we don't have to worry about them attacking us.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
-[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
--[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
-[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
--[x] Ignore the Katayama.
-[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
--[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
-[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
--[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
-[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
--[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
I think trying to rescue the Katayama would draw far too much of Kiri's wrath.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
I think pursing some sort of alliance with Konoha is worthwhile. At the very least if their friendly with us we don't have to worry about them attacking us.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
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Eternal_0bserver
(Unverified Bookworm)
- Location
- Earth, Northern Europe
Among other things, these are still A and S rank missions. Although it's not a contract, it's a Village mission, so they should be well paid for. You never know when our research will require funding beyond the established budget.
Zedman7054
Eternally 3rd
- Location
- United States
[X] Talk privately with the Hoshikage.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
I like helping people. Or at least trying to help people. Also, I want to meet with the Hoshikage, just to see where it goes.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
I like helping people. Or at least trying to help people. Also, I want to meet with the Hoshikage, just to see where it goes.
Changing vote to:
[X] See how far Contract Master Honjo's opinion of you has changed.
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
[X] We should eliminate the MIA nin.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Do not volunteer to deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] See how far Contract Master Honjo's opinion of you has changed.
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
- -[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
- --[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
- -[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
- --[x] Ignore the Katayama.
- -[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
- --[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
- -[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
- --[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
- -[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
- --[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
[X] We should eliminate the MIA nin.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Do not volunteer to deal with the Konoha nin.
Solarstream
It's all in the cards
- Location
- Zombie World
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
-[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
--[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
-[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
--[x] Ignore the Katayama.
-[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
--[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
-[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
--[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
-[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
--[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
-[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
--[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
-[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
--[x] Ignore the Katayama.
-[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
--[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
-[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
--[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
-[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
--[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
WhoTheHeckity
But no one ever asks HowTheHeckity
- Location
- Murica 🦅
[X] See how far Contract Master Honjo's opinion of you has changed.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] Talk privately with the Hoshikage.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
I do wonder if we can eventually figure out how to grow new organs in labs.... heaven knows it might be needed with space cancer.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
I do wonder if we can eventually figure out how to grow new organs in labs.... heaven knows it might be needed with space cancer.
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- Pronouns
- He/Him
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] Talk privately with the Hoshikage.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
Hashiramas 2022
- Location
- California
- Pronouns
- They/Them
"I have to admit, I feel a bit like you're just humoring me rather than telling me I'm not making sense," Haru Nagase sighs, wearing an extravagantly ugly sweater in place of his usual coat."
"No, no, it's not that at all," Tae Daigo says, hands raised up in supplication. A headband with felt antlers sits atop her head, a gift she'd had no idea of how to turn down. "Or, I guess... I understand the individual components, but not... well..."
"Not how it all fits together," Haru nods with understanding. "That's fine, I can take it all from the top."
"Oh," Tae says with all the hope of a crushed gourd.
Haru nudges his glasses up his nose. "Hashiramas is centered largely on the celebration of the birth of Hashirama Senju, of course, not just as an important historical figure but as a spiritual one. It is believed that he was the son of the Sage of Six Paths and inheritor of his will, and that in walking the earth as a mortal being once again he had returned in order to set humanity on a righteous path."
"Right, no, I got that part."
"Now obviously this was challenged by his friend, rival, occasional nemesis, and possible lover, Madara Uchiha, said to be the reincarnation of the Sage's other, meaner son, and while they worked together for many years they would eventually turn on each other, with Madara being defeated and... sort of killed, I'll come back around to that, but critically even after this battle ended Hashirama was robbed of the opportunity to truly bring peace to the world, and so passed on in order to live a new life and try again."
Tae just nods along at this point; it can be intuited that she is wishing for a second meteor to crash land in the village as soon as possible to kill herself or Haru instantly, the better to escape this lecture.
"So, in the darkest times of the winter months, worshippers will cut down trees and bring them into their homes in order to honor Hashirama and his powerful Wood Release, giving each other gifts in the spirit of generosity, and acting as befits a person who truly desires peace in the hopes that Hashirama, or his reincarnation, will arrive at their homes in order to give gifts of his own. Of course, in some legends, it's said that particularly naughty individuals will instead be visited by the fiendish half-corpse Madara, who gives the 'gift' of extreme violence and trauma. Speaking of which, let me double back to explain —"
"Mister Nagase, sir?" Tae finds it in herself to speak up before being subjected to whatever was going on with the explanation of Madara's not-death and subsequent sort-of-death for a second time. "It's not that I'm confused about any of that, as much as why we would celebrate it in a village Hashirama never visited or knew about."
Haru's brow furrows, and he looks over at the corner of the research center break room where a pile of ribbon-covered liquor bottles all sit underneath a slumping pine tree. There are a few other members of the Research Division making small talk, although as he now looks further it seems that everyone is confused and awkward about the circumstances.
"I mean, I don't believe in any of it myself, but I thought since Kei was so devoted to the holiday it would be the right thing to celebrate with him."
Kei stops drinking from his mug of hot sake to stare at Haru. "I don't celebrate this," he replies flatly.
"What? No. I was certain — hang on." Haru looks around the room. "Does anybody here actually celebrate Hashiramas?"
There is dead silence in response.
Kei drags his hand down his face. "Okay, well. How about we get rid of all these absurd decorations and costumes before the Director gets back and asks what the hell we're doing?"
There is a chorus of agreements on this. Haru is tasked with getting rid of the tree, and in the ensuing struggle with carrying and removing it, broke the bottle of sealing ink he'd gotten from the rest of the Chakra Studies team as a gift.
It was the worst Hashiramas anybody ever had in Hoshigakure.
It's still December so this is still marginally relevant. Shut up.
"No, no, it's not that at all," Tae Daigo says, hands raised up in supplication. A headband with felt antlers sits atop her head, a gift she'd had no idea of how to turn down. "Or, I guess... I understand the individual components, but not... well..."
"Not how it all fits together," Haru nods with understanding. "That's fine, I can take it all from the top."
"Oh," Tae says with all the hope of a crushed gourd.
Haru nudges his glasses up his nose. "Hashiramas is centered largely on the celebration of the birth of Hashirama Senju, of course, not just as an important historical figure but as a spiritual one. It is believed that he was the son of the Sage of Six Paths and inheritor of his will, and that in walking the earth as a mortal being once again he had returned in order to set humanity on a righteous path."
"Right, no, I got that part."
"Now obviously this was challenged by his friend, rival, occasional nemesis, and possible lover, Madara Uchiha, said to be the reincarnation of the Sage's other, meaner son, and while they worked together for many years they would eventually turn on each other, with Madara being defeated and... sort of killed, I'll come back around to that, but critically even after this battle ended Hashirama was robbed of the opportunity to truly bring peace to the world, and so passed on in order to live a new life and try again."
Tae just nods along at this point; it can be intuited that she is wishing for a second meteor to crash land in the village as soon as possible to kill herself or Haru instantly, the better to escape this lecture.
"So, in the darkest times of the winter months, worshippers will cut down trees and bring them into their homes in order to honor Hashirama and his powerful Wood Release, giving each other gifts in the spirit of generosity, and acting as befits a person who truly desires peace in the hopes that Hashirama, or his reincarnation, will arrive at their homes in order to give gifts of his own. Of course, in some legends, it's said that particularly naughty individuals will instead be visited by the fiendish half-corpse Madara, who gives the 'gift' of extreme violence and trauma. Speaking of which, let me double back to explain —"
"Mister Nagase, sir?" Tae finds it in herself to speak up before being subjected to whatever was going on with the explanation of Madara's not-death and subsequent sort-of-death for a second time. "It's not that I'm confused about any of that, as much as why we would celebrate it in a village Hashirama never visited or knew about."
Haru's brow furrows, and he looks over at the corner of the research center break room where a pile of ribbon-covered liquor bottles all sit underneath a slumping pine tree. There are a few other members of the Research Division making small talk, although as he now looks further it seems that everyone is confused and awkward about the circumstances.
"I mean, I don't believe in any of it myself, but I thought since Kei was so devoted to the holiday it would be the right thing to celebrate with him."
Kei stops drinking from his mug of hot sake to stare at Haru. "I don't celebrate this," he replies flatly.
"What? No. I was certain — hang on." Haru looks around the room. "Does anybody here actually celebrate Hashiramas?"
There is dead silence in response.
Kei drags his hand down his face. "Okay, well. How about we get rid of all these absurd decorations and costumes before the Director gets back and asks what the hell we're doing?"
There is a chorus of agreements on this. Haru is tasked with getting rid of the tree, and in the ensuing struggle with carrying and removing it, broke the bottle of sealing ink he'd gotten from the rest of the Chakra Studies team as a gift.
It was the worst Hashiramas anybody ever had in Hoshigakure.
It's still December so this is still marginally relevant. Shut up.
You are a mad sadistic evil genius and I applaud you.
I don't care if this is Apocrypha in my heart Ninja Jesus is real and so is Hashiramas
I thought Naruto was the Ninja Jesus.
- Location
- California
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Naruto is like the Third Coming bc Hashirama fucked it up I guess.
It says right there in the text that Hashirama is a reincarnaiton of the son of six paths. Since Naruto is his reincarnation, he too is Ninja Jesus.
Ninja Jesus will return as many times as he needs to.
He will never tire.
We will never stop.
There is no escape.
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- Location
- The internet
I think its implied that they went a through few rounds of reincarnation before Hashirama showed up. Though Naruto's history is fuzzy.
- Location
- California
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Yeah but it's funnier this way.
- Location
- USA
[X] Grab lunch with Kenta.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
[X] See how far Contract Master Honjo's opinion of you has changed.
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
-[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
--[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
-[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
--[x] Ignore the Katayama.
-[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
--[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
-[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
--[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
-[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
--[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
Voting for Honjo out of paranoia and curiosity. Is he actually warming up to us, or is he setting up a trap? This will make a difference when we decide for petty revenge or gratuitous revenge.
[X] We should reach out to a limited number of clans.
-[x] Asanuma, of the Funeral Venom
--[x] Reach out to the Asanuma.
-[x] Katayama, of the Kumonosugan
--[x] Ignore the Katayama.
-[x] Mizuno, of the Akumagan
--[x] Reach out to the Mizuno.
-[x] Noguchi, of the Storm Release
--[x] Reach out to the Noguchi.
-[x] Wakita, of the Unbreaking Hide
--[x] Reach out to the Wakita.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
Voting for Honjo out of paranoia and curiosity. Is he actually warming up to us, or is he setting up a trap? This will make a difference when we decide for petty revenge or gratuitous revenge.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
I'm sure Danzo could come up with a convoluted scheme to kill the Konoha MIA and dump their bodies behind us during the bloodline rescue as a falseflag, or vice versa having the refugees attack the MIA and then backstab them with a 'rescue', but dealing straight seems the simplest option here. "Wars over, here's your guys back, we'd like to avoid another war thanks."
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] Volunteer to help deal with the Konoha nin.
I'm sure Danzo could come up with a convoluted scheme to kill the Konoha MIA and dump their bodies behind us during the bloodline rescue as a falseflag, or vice versa having the refugees attack the MIA and then backstab them with a 'rescue', but dealing straight seems the simplest option here. "Wars over, here's your guys back, we'd like to avoid another war thanks."
- Location
- Actually pretty lost
I've just found this quest, and I really like it! I skimmed the conversation for this vote, and whilst I can see the OOC knowledge of the Byakugan is tempting people it's a) metagaming hard, b) heavily reliant on a successful ocular transplant in a village with no dojutsu, c) assuming the Hyuuga isn't a Branch member anyway, and d) inevitably going to backfire down the line.
[X] See how far Contract Master Honjo's opinion of you has changed.
We should probably figure out if he's going to be an ongoing problem.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
We should possibly consider taking only Katayama civilians and not shinobi, though.
[X] We should interrogate the MIA nin.
We should make sure they haven't been on a tour of the natural defences our village relies heavily upon for security, and turn them over if they haven't.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
But just returning them would also be fine, because if Konoha wants us dead they can send a dozen Hyuuga scouts to do the job and we'd be hard-pressed to stop them.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.
[X] See how far Contract Master Honjo's opinion of you has changed.
We should probably figure out if he's going to be an ongoing problem.
[X] We should reach out to every targeted clan.
We should possibly consider taking only Katayama civilians and not shinobi, though.
[X] We should interrogate the MIA nin.
We should make sure they haven't been on a tour of the natural defences our village relies heavily upon for security, and turn them over if they haven't.
[X] We should return the MIA nin to Konoha.
But just returning them would also be fine, because if Konoha wants us dead they can send a dozen Hyuuga scouts to do the job and we'd be hard-pressed to stop them.
[X] Volunteer to aid in the extraction mission.