(Is quietly shocked nobody has made a 1337 joke yet, so makes a reference to it to avoid anybody sneaking an actual joke in.)
 
You know we've never seen Ino and Inochi in the same room. What if Team Asuma is actually the clan heads henged in order to lull us into a false sense of security.
 
No my comment was more to inform Akane of the pranks we have already done and share our misery. And to get her opinion on what kind of prank Mari pulled on Ino via Hazou
 
Just out of curiosity, let me try something:

Hey, all lurkers: would you please make one post, either here or on the most recent MfD Reddit thread, stating that you read this? I'm curious how many are out there.

(If you wanted to add more information, that would be great but definitely isn't required. Good options would be why you prefer not to post (too complicated? too fast-moving? something else?) and how you found us in the first place.)

Instructions acknowledged and adhered to.
Reason for mostly lurking: the opportunity and energy cost involved in participating to the extent I would want to would elevate the quest to a primary hobby (ie I would have to liquidize effort in other parts of my life and reinvest them here).
This combined with my predilection to overthink and overinvest energy into social interactions/situations makes prioritizing participation not the best deal for me.

I found this through the link from r/rational when you announced your intention to start it.

Ill take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank everyone involved for your contributions. ^_^
 
Just out of curiosity, let me try something:

Hey, all lurkers: would you please make one post, either here or on the most recent MfD Reddit thread, stating that you read this? I'm curious how many are out there.

(If you wanted to add more information, that would be great but definitely isn't required. Good options would be why you prefer not to post (too complicated? too fast-moving? something else?) and how you found us in the first place.)
I only read the updates so didn't see this until Mordbad quoted it. Found when it first started and thought it looked fun, never voted because I don't think I have anything to contribute, and am not very well-versed in Naruto politics/skills/geography etc anyway.
 
I only read the updates so didn't see this until Mordbad quoted it. Found when it first started and thought it looked fun, never voted because I don't think I have anything to contribute, and am not very well-versed in Naruto politics/skills/geography etc anyway.

Cool, thanks for replying. I'm really glad you've enjoyed it enough to keep reading all this time.

As to the rest -- the geography is on the map (see post #2), and the politics and etc have changed a lot so canon knowledge is of very limited use...that actually got the players in a lot of trouble back at the beginning. They assumed that things were like canon and decided that coming from Mist and fleeing to Fire would be the best move. Turned out that was pretty much deciding to play on difficulty level "Nightmare".

If you ever have the energy we'd enjoy having you participate. If not, that's fine too.
 
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"He did what?!?" Inoichi's wife called out with a screech. It was then that he knew there was going to be trouble. The only question was, with who?

Putting down his work, Inoichi walked out of his office and into the dining room, where he could see his wife and his daughter, Ino, in conversation. Well, if his wife's face was anything to go by, it wasn't good. Thankfully, she didn't appear to be mad at Ino, or at least not mostly. He despised getting in the middle of those arguments; there was never a safe or productive side to pick, and staying out wasn't an option. Then, his eyes caught onto something, and his eyes froze. Flowers, and in a bouquet to boot.

Taking great care not to overreact, Inoichi turned to his daughter, who had not appeared to notice his arrival. In a calm tone of voice, he asked, "Ino, dear, where are those flowers from?" As he looked more closely, however, the need to know the answer skyrocketed. Holly. Hydrangea. White Lily. Cherry Blossoms. Daffodil. Cactus. To anyone with the slightest training in the meaning of flowers, the message was obvious: 'It's heavenly to be with you, you're the only one for me - will you join me in lasting domestic bliss?' Who was it? It wasn't likely to be one of the boys; Shikamaru and Choji had never shown any real inklings of that. Perhaps one of the kids of her graduating class?

To his rising horror, Ino responded with a blush on her face. "Father, it was Kurosuwa - you know, Jiraiya's missing nin agents who our team is guarding?" That was officially it. He had a lot of respect for Jiraiya - the man had done great things for the leaf - but this was too far, even for his agents. He'd make it up to the man later.

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As he entered the compound where the "dignitaries" were staying, everyone took one look at the expression on his face before wisely getting out of the way. Even the ANBU wouldn't interfere; he'd worked with them long enough for them to know that sometimes there wasn't any use stopping him. Oh, if he went insane and tried to hurt the Hokage, they'd still deal with him, but for anything less they wouldn't bother. Besides, he wasn't even going to hurt the charges, even in the worst case- well, not too badly, and certainly not permanently. Just enough to scare someone who'd been desensitized since a young age, and let them know he means business.

As he opened the door to where he was staying, he had the distinct pleasure of seeing the boy freeze up. Upon seeing his expression, the older man (Kagome, he thought?) reached for something in his pockets. For a moment, Inoichi tensed to move, but the man came up empty. It seemed as though the ANBU had successfully disarmed him.

"Now, boy, would you care to explain yourself?" As Inoichi said this, he turned towards the deceptively young boy.

While his body language didn't change, Hazou responded calmly. "I didn't mean anything by it, sir. I was just trying to tease her- it wasn't anything serious."

In better circumstances, Inoichi might have managed to calm down at that, but in his current mood, it just incensed him further. "So it's just a game to you, huh? Well, I'll teach you to toy around with my daughter's feelings." Saying this, he works his hand through the neccesary hand seals. "Psycho Mind Transmission- Complete!" As he neared the entrance to the mind, the last thing he heard through his own ears was a cry of "Stinking stinkers!"



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Dictator4hire said:
Great chapter as always, Eaglejarl! I have to say, I definitely didn't expect that to happen!

Agreed, this update was really excellent. you've outdone yourself. Way to end it on a cliffhanger, though. :p What will he see, I wonder?
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Inoichi
Huh? What is this place? What kind of a mind is this? How... how is this possible? What is going on?
 
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Faflec said:
*ENDLESS, VARIED, AND REPEATED PANICKED SCREAMING IN KAGOME*

Calm down, it's just a mindreader, we've survived having one of those before.

E: WAIT THEY'RE IN THE THREAD WHAT THE HECK AAAH PANIC!
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Wait, someone actually made an account named Inoichi? Okay, that is just too perfect. Is this supposed to represent the real thing @eaglejarl ?
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Radvic:
Wait, someone actually made a Inoichi account? Okay, that is just too perfect. Is this supposed to represent the real thing @eaglejarl?

WWDTTY?
E: I can honestly say this is not us, as much fun as that would have been for us to do.
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eaglejarl said:
WWDTTY?

E: I can honestly say this is not us, as much fun as that would have been for us to do.

Who- what are you? Are you a kami?
 
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eaglejarl
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Inoichi said:
Huh? What is this place? What kind of a mind is this? How... how is this possible? What is going on?

Inoichi: welcome to the thread! That was a nice choice in name. Be aware, though, this is a quest thread, not an RP one. You've had your joke, but please tone it down.

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OliWhail said:
Calm down, it's just a mindreader, we've survived having one of those before.

E: WAIT THEY'RE IN THE THREAD WHAT THE HECK AAAH PANIC!

What eaglejarl said. As much as we like to joke, this isn't one. Don't worry, we won't just casually give them access to all your ideas.
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Velorien said:
What eaglejarl said. As much as we like to joke, this isn't one. Don't worry, we won't just casually give them access to all your ideas.

Alright, that's good to know. Not going to lie, when I saw that I was worried for a few seconds.
 
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Inoichi
eaglejarl:
Inoichi: welcome to the thread! That was a nice choice in name. Be aware, though, this is a quest thread, not an RP one. You've had you're joke, but please tone it down.

Apologies, what? Have I offended you? I'm sorry please don't squish me kami-sama.
 
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Leaving aside the new person in the thread, I'm thinking we should be voting. What's our goal for the next update? Are we planning on keeping up the pranks, even after Inoichi is upset? Apologizing getting angry?
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Inoichi:
Apologies, what? Have I offended you? I'm sorry please don't squish me kami-sama.

Look, they're just the QM's here, you don't need to act like that. I get that it's a joke, but it's going a bit far.
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Hatth said:
Look, they're just the QM's here, you don't need to act like that. I get that it's a joke, but it's going a bit far.

What's a QM? Is that some kind of spirit like yourself?
 
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Velorien
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Hatth said:
Look, they're just the QM's here, you don't need to act like that. I get that it's a joke, but it's going a bit far.

I'm shocked and appalled that you would think that of me. A mere QM! That hurts me to the core.
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Velorien said:
I'm shocked and appalled that you would think that of me. A mere QM! That hurts me to the core.

No, we think of you as an amazing QM who won't give us any bad consequences for getting mind read by a clan head.

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Inoichi said:
Apologies, what? Have I offended you? I'm sorry, please don't squish me kami-sama.

Keep the RPing to the RP section. In fact, eat a week long threadban for repeated off topic behavior
 
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Blinking in sudden disorientation, Inoichi found himself back in the real world. When he felt with his senses for the chakra he had left behind, it was invisible, like trying to see through a brick wall. Blinking with shock, he looked around. Somehow, while he was in that strange world, no time had passed - everyone was in nearly the exact same position as they had been in before his entrance. That was... that was... no, it clearly was possible, somehow. Was it heritable? Well, even for this, he wouldn't normally play matchmaker with his daughter - she could choose whomever she wished - but if they already liked each other, why should he prevent it? Maybe in a few years, his opinion or their feelings might change, but maybe they wouldn't. Keeping his body language completely controlled, Inoichi said, "You'll do, I suppose," walked off, and held himself together until he collapsed in his bed, shuddering.

Of course, Hazou missed out on a lot of context, and the only thing that came to mind was a very surprised 'what.'



A big thank you to everyone who volunteered to have their names included; @eaglejarl, @Velorien, @OliWhail, @Traiden, @Cariyaga, @Hatth, @Dictator4Hire, @Jello_Raptor. If any of you have suggestions on how better to portray you, please let me know.
 
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Pssst, you may have missed one. :p

If any of you have suggestions on how better to portray you, please let me know.

Eh, it's refreshing to see how other people think I'd act in a given situation. If you do want to more accurately portray me more (as I see myself that is), I'd go more for results oriented, clinical detachment. Hazou is the means we have to enact our hivemind's will on the MfD-verse and we shall use him as such.

As for interacting with Inoichi, I'd ask him to prove his identity just to see how he would respond and then reevaluate from there. Who knows what information we might be able to milk out of him, whether he agrees to divulge such information or not.

Also we need to have people read more books. Books = goodness.

Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooks.
 
Turned out that was pretty much deciding to play on difficulty level "Nightmare".
Wait, really? In that case I think we've done pretty well for ourselves. So if we had picked "reasonable" difficulty we'd probably be running the place by now? :p

Father, it was Hazou
I think at this point she'd still be calling him "Kurosawa", probably?

I loved that he got a threadban, that's so perfect, because it means Hazou's now passively resistant to Inoichi specifically for the next week. Any other Yamanaka could try, and would get through, but OBVIOUSLY if Inoichi couldn't do it none of them will think to try :D
 
Keep the RPing to the RP section. In fact, eat a week long threadban for repeated off topic behavior

So he wasn't that far off about there being local Kami- only he guessed the wrong people.

My first thoughts would be that wouldn't Inoichi try and create less of a ruckus once he realized that Hazou had an atypical mind? Inception style, try not to be noticed while he gets his bearings. Surely he's infiltrated minds that have defenses before, and as any ninja would know not being noticed is vital. (...unless you're us.)
 
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