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- Yes.
Well yeah, but there's nothing stopping us from escalating.
You know, again.
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
- Thread starter eaglejarl
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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
You know, again.
Vecht
Self-Requested Ban
- Location
- Snarksville, Snarkland
I don't expect anyone will still be drunk. The alcohol should leave their system pretty quickly as not much was ingested.
At minimum I think some words should be spared here to explain this. If EJ has to guess, it probably won't go well or as we expect, and if he has to look it up, I expect he'd penalize us due to prohibiting references.
I am slightly partial to using @Enjou's idea of getting Bonkou to do this for us. I might consider voting for it if that is included and well planned.
Also I would add some criteria about how to judge which ideas are the "best." Noburi/Keiko? Hazou's choice? Preferred ranking with veto from the team?
How many people actually got DQ?
To be fair, you put that in a massive analysis post. Eyes likely glazed over at several points.
Here's a version that would work for short word count, I think:
"Have Bonku act as a 'neutral' matchmaker. Use the information gained to spread secret role information for non-Leaf teams. Do not let your counterparts know your identities. Leaf teams will be made aware its a trap."
@faflec, you can just switch out the entire relevant section with this.
Also, Bonku doesn't need to be made aware of any Leaf roles for this to possibly work. We just need other people to fall for it.
- Location
- CA
Good update.
@Velorien @eaglejarl @OliWhail
Question: as Velorien pointed out, the plan explicitly called for Hazō to give out information on Akane's EM (whether or not the players realized it). The thing is, nothing Hazō did, said or thinks actually indicates it was an accident. (Noburi said so, and Hazō was worried about Akane being mad, but that's soft proof at best.) I know this story is aiming to be simulationist etc, but is this already set as "Hazō did something dumb," or is it still sufficiently up-in-the-air that we can declare Hazō did this on purpose? Because I'd like to have that option and it'd be good to know whether or not we can say so without having to roll Deceit.
@Velorien @eaglejarl @OliWhail
Question: as Velorien pointed out, the plan explicitly called for Hazō to give out information on Akane's EM (whether or not the players realized it). The thing is, nothing Hazō did, said or thinks actually indicates it was an accident. (Noburi said so, and Hazō was worried about Akane being mad, but that's soft proof at best.) I know this story is aiming to be simulationist etc, but is this already set as "Hazō did something dumb," or is it still sufficiently up-in-the-air that we can declare Hazō did this on purpose? Because I'd like to have that option and it'd be good to know whether or not we can say so without having to roll Deceit.
Omake: Reporting on the Fourth Event
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
After the party
Jiraiya waited patiently in the summon realm for the kids to arrive.They really should have been here by now, he mused.
*pop*
The smoke dissipates, revealing the aforementioned trio.
Noburi and Keiko both looked tired, and Keiko had a noticeable twitch in her left eyelid. They both slumped forward. Hazou however quickly walked forward and stood at attention, straight as iron, and began a debriefing of the entire event. Within five minutes he was finished.
Jiraiya paused.
"So let me get this straight... you managed to disqualify about a fifth of the ninja present by using a Sake aerosol version of your misterators... after that you managed to dodge getting disqualified and managed to use the pressure of the current situation in Konoha to get Shikamaru Naru to give you the lions share of the information for the entire event. After which you decided to disseminate the info of all foreign shinobi to all of our shinobi, all but guaranteeing a Leaf sweep in this event. And THEN, you proceeded to use your Yakuza connect, who you haven't demanded anything of substance of until now, to organize some sort of impartial dating game so that you could further obtain another 30 points by identifying your counterpart with 5 minutes to spare. And you did all of this after being attacked and left unconscious for 8 hours at the very beginning."
Hazous eyes were bloodshot, gaping pits. His face had a bit of a wild cast to it, the kind one only gets by spending a week straight dodging explosions deep in enemy territory.
"Sir, yes sir."
Jiraiya adopted a bemused expression.
"So, what can I do for you kids then?"
Hazou wasted no time
"Sir, I need a fucking drink!"
Jiraiya waited patiently in the summon realm for the kids to arrive.They really should have been here by now, he mused.
*pop*
The smoke dissipates, revealing the aforementioned trio.
Noburi and Keiko both looked tired, and Keiko had a noticeable twitch in her left eyelid. They both slumped forward. Hazou however quickly walked forward and stood at attention, straight as iron, and began a debriefing of the entire event. Within five minutes he was finished.
Jiraiya paused.
"So let me get this straight... you managed to disqualify about a fifth of the ninja present by using a Sake aerosol version of your misterators... after that you managed to dodge getting disqualified and managed to use the pressure of the current situation in Konoha to get Shikamaru Naru to give you the lions share of the information for the entire event. After which you decided to disseminate the info of all foreign shinobi to all of our shinobi, all but guaranteeing a Leaf sweep in this event. And THEN, you proceeded to use your Yakuza connect, who you haven't demanded anything of substance of until now, to organize some sort of impartial dating game so that you could further obtain another 30 points by identifying your counterpart with 5 minutes to spare. And you did all of this after being attacked and left unconscious for 8 hours at the very beginning."
Hazous eyes were bloodshot, gaping pits. His face had a bit of a wild cast to it, the kind one only gets by spending a week straight dodging explosions deep in enemy territory.
"Sir, yes sir."
Jiraiya adopted a bemused expression.
"So, what can I do for you kids then?"
Hazou wasted no time
"Sir, I need a fucking drink!"
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- Yes.
Bonku isn't a yakuza as far as I know. He's just some guy we used Deceit on to convince him he was helping Mist.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
We shouldn't let logic get in the way of childhood alcoholism.
- Location
- Yes.
Done, it now reads: "Plots: Choose best ones (with team)."
Done. Even saved words for itHere's a version that would work for short word count, I think:
"Have Bonku act as a 'neutral' matchmaker. Use the information gained to spread secret role information for non-Leaf teams. Do not let your counterparts know your identities. Leaf teams will be made aware its a trap."
@faflec, you can just switch out the entire relevant section with this.
Also, Bonku doesn't need to be made aware of any Leaf roles for this to possibly work. We just need other people to fall for it.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
The pangolin made an exception just this once with how Hazou looked.
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Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
The plot twist of this thread is that we live through all shinobi related danger but die of liver failure due to rampant alcoholism.
Done, it now reads: "Plots: Choose best ones (with team)."
Done. Even saved words for it
Still 126 words? Wow, pretty efficient
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- Yes.
Ah, Hazou's Kurosawa cousin. I can understand why the pangolins would let this happen given that Haozu looks like one.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
What are you talking about?Ah, Hazou's Kurosawa cousin. I can understand why the pangolins would let this happen given that Haozu looks like one.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
This sounds memetically impressive then
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
This should only be considered if it's the Hotsprings lad
- Location
- Yes.
Hmph. Mansion's closed but if we could get into a (break) room with a window with LOS of the guy...I'd imagine that Sakura could genjutsu a lot of people before she runs out of chakra, or stuff gets suspicious.
Thoughts, everyone? Should I add it or no?
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
What if we gave Bonku a second list of secret roles/name pairs to give if anyone figures out he's our patsy? Say something like "For the remaining 8 hours, you are to serve as a neutral matchmaker for ninjas' secret roles, demonstrating that you are unhenged as necessary. If someone approaches you without giving [secondary codeword], give them the extra sheet."