Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
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- naruto rationalist romance armageddon is looking better and better damn you kishimoto explosions everywhere explosives solve everyone if in doubt surrender to the mercy of zabuza it seemed like a good idea at the time looks like a really bad case of being a jōnin my god. where does the lore end? precommitting is the winning plan screaming in kagome screw the rules i have explosives something bad might still happen sometimes you gotta sociopath stabby zabby subsection c of paragraph 9 should include we can weaponize this so hard open voting
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- The Deep Blue Sea
Yeah, that's sort of the idea behind having Akane make a writing duplicator.
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- Yes.
Mori and Wakahisa are traditionally seen as support-type ninja, not front-line fighters. Mist probably didn't think their lives would be that at-risk.
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Don't forget also that
a) Shikigami influenced the selection
and
b) there is evidence that the genin chosen were problem children (like Hazō), as opposed to a purely utilitarian choice
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Wait, the genin were actually picked because "fuck 'em"? I thought that was just a cover for Shikigami to justify us being there.
Huh.
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Who knows? But you know for a fact that Hazō was a problem kid, and it is very, very easy to see where Keiko would have been one.
Actually, that's where I was having some trouble. I'm not sure how much of Keiko's current issues are a result of suffering a breakdown after the mission went south and what she was like before.
Wouldn't be surprised if Noburi had a chip on his should before.
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I think the Keiko "problem" was explored in her backstory update with her sister. In there Keiko and her sister make a bunch of decisions that go against the clan. This, to me, means that the clan heads may have communicated that Keiko is being problematic.
I also don't know if Keiko's sexual orientation might have impacted things.
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Yo btw @Saint I don't think I ever said welcome to the thread! Glad to see a new face
Thanks : D I have been lurking since like chapter 3 : o
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- Leeds
This is the problem with our existing research in sealcrafting, it mostly comes across as throwing stuff at a wall until it sticks. And as such why can't we throw printing presses at the wall until one sticks or is close enough.
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I can't even express how much I anticipate Kagome screaming at this idea
Like I said a couple pages back, we might (if we get sealing high enough?) be able to come up with a sealing language meant for use with a press. But as-is, our understanding of and ability to create seals is based on the assumption that the chakra ink is being laid down in particular patterns by a particular method.
I expect it seems like throwing shit at the wall because QMs don't feel like making up tons of sealing theory gobbledygook to throw at us, meaning we the players only see the most superficial layers of what's happening in-story.
Our problem is that we don't have time to do any real research, not having random ideas.
Because sealing is mostly built upon arbitrary rules on top of being a magic system?
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Because Jiraiya, Auntie and the Hokage would take turns murderising you. Printing presses are expensive.
Edit: No, wait, there are more than three party members. No turn-taking required.
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Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Yeah, but we could probably make them less expensive with some effort.
Jello_Raptor
(Confirmed Jelly)
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- Left of Center
Hmm, TH MEW to produce metal, and give us finer grained control?
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- Yes.
Too bad she's still a stinking Leaf ninja stinker.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Yeah, but she likes books, so she can't be all bad.
will408914
(slouching towards bethlehem)
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- California
THAT'S JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO THINK.
All those books? Every single one that we didn't open? Every page that we didn't see?
THEY'RE ALL FAKE.
Every last one of them.
Even the building is fake! All the walls that we didn't see were made out of cardboard.
In fact, the entire village is fake. Konoha has us in a trap, ready to spring at any time! We're doomed, I tell you! Doomed!
On setting up a merchant empire:
There are three products that we could generate with our justu, not excluding clearly useful seals.
One is MEW justu which can be used to create construction materials, or mined for a wide variety of minerals for quartz, potassium, aluminium and other source of raw materials.
Another is Elemental Mastery, which can be used to boil seawater for salts, or be used to make ice. If that particular Hot Spring wants ice, pretty much every hotel will want ice. Now, we don't have to source ice from elemental mastery, but it is an option, and potentially a lot less dangerous than finding a mountain to source ice from.
We'll need to do some market research first, though. Salt might not be as valuable in the EN as we thought. Or maybe it's just more efficient to use wood to boil seawater for salt.
There are three products that we could generate with our justu, not excluding clearly useful seals.
One is MEW justu which can be used to create construction materials, or mined for a wide variety of minerals for quartz, potassium, aluminium and other source of raw materials.
Another is Elemental Mastery, which can be used to boil seawater for salts, or be used to make ice. If that particular Hot Spring wants ice, pretty much every hotel will want ice. Now, we don't have to source ice from elemental mastery, but it is an option, and potentially a lot less dangerous than finding a mountain to source ice from.
We'll need to do some market research first, though. Salt might not be as valuable in the EN as we thought. Or maybe it's just more efficient to use wood to boil seawater for salt.
How are we going to do that if every nation is jealous of another's prosperity, let alone Iron as the upstart?
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At least we won't have to worry about this as much later, when we have a lot of trade treaties and have valuable goods, since no one wants to risk sanctions or having our trade partners get mad