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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- Yes.
[X] ARMAGEDDON INITIATIVE
This brings up two questions:
- Are we certain that the QMs will let us start a new character after this? I believe that if when Hazou dies, the quest will end. After two years it would be hard to find the motivation to get invested in a brand new character, new storylines, ...
- Have we ever outlined what the Armageddon initiative is supposed to be? Considering we currently have little planning to do that could be a fruitful use of our time atm.
- Are we certain that the QMs will let us start a new character after this? I believe that if when Hazou dies, the quest will end. After two years it would be hard to find the motivation to get invested in a brand new character, new storylines, ...
- Have we ever outlined what the Armageddon initiative is supposed to be? Considering we currently have little planning to do that could be a fruitful use of our time atm.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
It was their plan at the beginning of the quest to allow rerolls because they expected us to die a lot. Dunno if that's still the case.
Also, we have about seven different ways to end the world, we do not want for ways to enact Armageddon Initiative.
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- The Deep Blue Sea
Real talk, I would 100% support a rerun of the whole thing. Reset all the bullshit you guys have pulled and start over with some better-modeled socioeconopolitics. And no FUCKING henge
Alternatively, we could figure out a way to get @Jello_Raptor's and my Sufficiently Applied Metaphysics quest rolling, or possibly do some hard sci-fi stuff (rational!Star Wars, anyone?
)Anyone recall whether the kids have been given similar squad patches to this? (@faflec, o ye master of secrets and lore?)
If not you should totally request them
Hmmm... maybe eaglejarl doesn't consider what is about to happen as battles. Are pure, one sided beatdowns actually battles? He didn't say a thing about no punching.
Could also be that it'll be the summon interrupt, but that seems like it'd be a fairly short update on its own. Could also be that the QMs have been writing battles and just plan on eventually releasing them all at once, and we'll just get something minor today.
Could also be that it'll be the summon interrupt, but that seems like it'd be a fairly short update on its own. Could also be that the QMs have been writing battles and just plan on eventually releasing them all at once, and we'll just get something minor today.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
By the way, @eaglejarl, please don't allow any false consensus due to negativity bias to get to you.
doesn't mind blowing stinkers up has fewer ethical injunctions.
Then we could play a ranged combat specialized sealing type thatReal talk, I would 100% support a rerun of the whole thing. Reset all the bullshit you guys have pulled and start over with some better-modeled socioeconopolitics. And no FUCKING henge
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- Yes.
What, you mean for the Event? I don't think so.Anyone recall whether the kids have been given similar squad patches to this? (@faflec, o ye master of secrets and lore?)
If not you should totally request them
I have a folder full of starter builds and bloodline ideas. Probably the best combat spec is RW/Sealing/Wind Element with a combat-thinker bloodline. But honestly, I prefer some of the non-combat builds.
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- Yes.
Screw the combat spec, we should be hermits like Kagome.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
What if we just let them roll it for us? Go full roguelike.
Interlude: Journal, Entry #20,934
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- USA
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- He/Him
Interlude: Journal, Entry #20,934
The kids are still in Mist. I miss them; hope they're doing okay and those stupid stinking Mist stinkers haven't lupchanzed them yet...I mean, Leaf is the only village that I'm sure still does that, but it stands to reason Mist would too. Stinkers. Plus, they probably don't even have decent food. I bet they make you eat all those gross leggy things that you pull out of the muck on the shore.
I should be done with the 5SB seals today, so at least the pangolins will be happy. Stinkers. They better have started treating Keiko better or we'll just see if there isn't a seal that will get me over to their stinking Seventh Path. Yeah, I'll show them what happens when you pick on my team. BOOM! (NB: Have to make sure the seal lets me go home quickly; then I could use the big stuff without having to worry about collateral damage or getting caught in it.) Just need to make sure the messenger team gets the seals to Jiraiya-stinker in time; they better not try to run off with my seals! (Note to self: investigate geospatial conditional triggers. Detonate if bearer deviates more than 5 miles from expected course? (NB: Long-delay fuse prob. work too...make them swallow before they leave, set to go off in three days, incl. message for Jiraiya-stinker. He prob. figure out how to cancel b4 boom. Schnook, but not totally incompetent w/seals. (Better give 4 days. Msngs need 2 to travel, might be 3 if bad conditions.)))
Fifi is doing well. The mice are terrified and the voles are gone. She brought me a vole carcass yesterday; I pet her for twenty minutes and she looked all smug, then went to sleep in my lap. Put the vole in the stew for dinner and gave her some. She said thank you.
Mari looks tired, but she won't admit it. I don't think she's sleeping well, what with all the running rings around those Leaf prissy-pants wives, keeping Hyūga in his place, and fussing over me. I keep telling her I'm fine, but she keeps dragging me out to meet people, have lunch in restaurants, that kind of thing. I know what she's doing—wants to convince me that Leaf is part of the team so I'll stop trying to blow them up. She's such an optimist; people who are on your team don't try to have important votes without telling you, talk bad about you behind your back, spread rumors about how you're traitors just waiting for a chance, or send chakra monkeys to spy on your house. They think I didn't notice, but I did. Need to upgrade the security again, add anti-monkey defenses.
Still, they aren't all awful. Honoka is cute as a button, and her parents are nice. Smart kid; she's got her times tables up to 10x10 and she's working on the rest. Division's still a little rough, but she's starting to get it. Still can't believe those Leaf morons taught addition with tables! Idiots. Ought to be put on meatbag duty.
I need to work on a better explanation for negative numbers. I thought that "It's like owing someone candy" would do it, but nope. The number line lets her do it mechanically but she doesn't really understand the concept yet. Maybe temperature? Be nice to have Akane around for that, although maybe that's not something she wants to be involved in. (Be nice just to have her around, actually. Then she wouldn't be in Mist. She's too good for them; she won't see the knife coming. The stinking backstabbers will eat her for lunch unless she sticks close to the others. Noburi should be fine; everybody likes him and he's good with people. Keiko...ugh. Hope she's okay. Those stinkers are going to be mean to her, I know it, and they're going to know exactly which spots to kick. Poor kid. I need to make some extra-special presents for Mist once this is over and we don't need them anymore. Maybe worth taking a look at some of Arikada's stuff...? I'm sure she's got some great plagues.)
I've been practicing with the Air Domes. Basics are working, but I still need to get rid of the chakra bleed when the dome forms—a lot less useful if they see what you're doing. Also, it would be better if they formed faster. Not as useful in a fight if they take half a second. Even better would be if I had a way to track their location instead of just remembering where they are. Those seals that Hazō keeps mumbling about (the casino ones) might be useful. (NB: Who was the sealmaster that produced those things? Slick work. Could it be Kaneto? The report said that he melted in a lab accident, but then it changed to death by poisoning and then to 'just disappeared'...or was it poisoning, then disappeared, then melted? So hard to remember! I think we're still with 'disappeared'.)
Oh, yeah. We had another shift—henge is gone. No one remembers it, of course, anymore than they remember the anthrazi, or that watermelon used to be sour, or there was another color beyond red, or that Wind used to have gliders. Idiots. How do you forget that you used to be able to fly?! I mean, I still remember being able to become a chakra eagle—I should, I sure spent enough time practicing! That shifted out a long time ago, though. And sure, all of the gliders disappeared and every reference book that had mentioned them turned blank and all the glider makers and pilots thought that they were simply idiots who had never done anything with their lives and that's why they were destitute.
Wait...were the anthrazi shifted away, or did I dream them? I hope they were shifted; I'd hate to think that Martin was just a dream. I still miss him.
Whirlpool vanished, but people still remember it, so maybe that wasn't a shift. Why the difference?
So, henge is gone. Scary. I can't go out in public without showing my real face. That Hatake guy always wears a mask, but that just attracts attention. I miss being able to turn into a chakra eagle, too—flying was so relaxing, and rabbit brains were tasty. It's been so long since that shift, you'd think I'd have gotten used to it by now. Eh. What cannot be changed can always be dragged into the Out without warning and leave you to pick up the pieces. Mari looked at me weird when I mentioned it, so I haven't talked about it again. I should have known better, but I've been out of society long enough that I forgot.
A new place opened up that sells hot chocolate! It's amazing!!!!!! They fill half a mug with melted chocolate and then fill it the rest of the way with cream and then sprinkle in pepper or vanilla or syrup or candied ginger or smooshed-up bananas or watermelon (it's good that they're sweet now, I think) or chocolate or hickory sap or lots of things! Or any combination! Banana/hickory wasn't that good, but peppers/ginger/bananas was fantastic. Definitely getting that again. Might even go after I finish writing this.
Silly Fifi made me splotch the page! Dopey critter. Still, adorable. Don't know why Mari dislikes her so much—she thinks I can't tell, but she always keeps one eye on Fifi whenever they're in the same room. I mean, come on, Fifi only bit her a little, and it didn't take but a minute to stop the bleeding. And that's not mange, it's just an itty bitty wisdom patch. And Fifi isn't 'vicious', she's just shy, takes a while to warm up to people. So there!
Maybe I should take Honoka and her parents for hot chocolate? I can afford it now, I think, and I bet they'd like it. Definitely need to bring them some food; things have been tight for them for a while. I wonder if I can fix their roof without them noticing? Mari says I shouldn't just give it to them and explain that it's because they can't afford it themselves—apparently that's rude and would embarrass them. I'm glad she's here to help with this stuff.
Apparently the Hyūga can see the denial zones, even though they can't see through them. Makes it hard to mine their perimeter. Need to think more on this. For now, the trebuchet will have to do.
Let's see, what else...? Oh, Mai and her family shifted, so I'm back to only one student. Her father's shop is a bar now, and apparently watches have never been invented.
Mari has been telling me that I need to get out more, so I went back to the library and had tea with Chiho. She's sweet as hot chocolate. (Today is a pepper-and-ginger day, I think.) Don't know why all the interns get so trembly around her. Reminds me of Gran. (Mom-Gran, not dad-Gran. Chiho doesn't drink, so can't be dad-Gran. I mean, obviously she can't be dad-Gran. I meant be like dad-Gran.)
Had cake with Nara again. He wanted to hear more about our travels, but I didn't tell him a thing! I told him I wasn't going to say one single word about Hazō crushing people or Mari politicking for the summoning scroll, or anything else! HA! Take that!
Hm...getting late. I should see if Fifi wants to play fetch for a while, then I'll go get my hot chocolate.
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On the other hand, the right Earth spec ninjutsu specialist is possibly the least fair - you think Wind Element leads to rude battlefield stuff? Imagine someone whose entire combat style is "sit underground, hit people with jutsu, laugh forever". Unless they've got sensory jutsu, every attack is an ambush, and unless they have sensory jutsu and either their own Earth jutsu or a really piercing ranged attack they can't hit you back at all.
Ample Accelerate
Gotta stab fast
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- Texas
We removed one of his students from existence;? NOOOOOOO
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- The Deep Blue Sea
Not for the event specifically, no, I just meant in general. I love the idea of them adopting a pangolin military aesthetic
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- Yes.
I knew we should have gotten gliders while we had the chance, but noooooooo
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- USA
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- He/Him
Poor sleep decisions on Friday = completely useless yesterday and not super useful today. I didn't really get started writing until about 1, and I didn't want to publish at midnight again, so there wasn't time to do another big fight scene. People were suggesting something about henge disappearing and I've been wanting to get back to Kagome for a while, so this seemed like fun.
Should have gotten what?
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
So apparently sealing failures that retcon the world are much more commonplace than we thought and thats absolutely terrifying and we need to put a stop to this as immediately as we can.
In other news: KAGOME FINISHED THE 5SB SHIPMENT! Yess!!
In other news: KAGOME FINISHED THE 5SB SHIPMENT! Yess!!
