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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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I wonder if Orochimaru would be more amused at Jiraiya being annoyed or annoyed at being referred to familiarly by someone he doesn't know.
 
MMKII said:
Technically speaking I think Im exceding you and @faflec 's post frequency at the moment, since a large portion of my activity in this thread has been over the last two months after I delurked again.
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You've made 1660 posts since you delurked on Jan 13, 2018, 201 days ago. In that time, Cariyaga has made 3706 posts and faflec has made 3969 posts. Seems you're still being outposted.
I've only made 437 posts in that time though so it's not like you're slow.​

edit: noticed a different delurk date, recalcing.

Since June 16, 2018:
  • You've made 1656 posts
  • Cariyaga's made 1805 posts
  • and faflec's made 2104 posts
So it's a lot closer, but they're still posting more.
 
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Ah the Thread is going insane again. That's great. Also Yamamoto is more Orochimaru than anyone we have met? THAT IS AWESOME, LET'S RECRUIT HIM!

[x] Our ex-clans react to Team Uplift's performance (in the exam)
[X] What it'd be like if Noburi had the hivemind instead.


Btw. I figured out yesterday or so that Kurohige means Blackbeard.....that's just funny.
 
Cariyaga said:
I wonder if Orochimaru would be more amused at Jiraiya being annoyed or annoyed at being referred to familiarly by someone he doesn't know.
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Rational! Orochimaru is probably either a complete psychopath or decently less of an absolute madman than his canon counterpart.

Either way he would likely find us calling him uncle funny and endearing. Its what he does afterwards that might be imminently lethal.
 
MMKII said:
Rational! Orochimaru is probably either a complete psychopath or decently less of an absolute madman than his canon counterpart.

Either way he would likely find us calling him uncle funny and endearing. Its what he does afterwards that might be imminently lethal.
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Sociopath, not psychopath. I expect him to most resemble the Orochimaru from Team Anko (by our dearest eaglejarl).
 
Cariyaga said:
Sociopath, not psychopath. I expect him to most resemble the Orochimaru from Team Anko (by our dearest eaglejarl).
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I was being colloquial but I should have known better than to do so with this crowd. :p

E: I had forgotten theres pages upon pages of written work outside of this quest that would act as secondhand info on our QMs interpretations of these characters
 
MMKII said:
I was being colloquial but I should have known better than to do so with this crowd. :p

E: I had forgotten theres pages upon pages of written work outside of this quest that would act as secondhand info on our QMs interpretations of these characters
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The definition of sociopath is actually useful though!
 
Since @faflec isn't around, you will have to make do with me this time. :V

MMKII said:
Rational! Orochimaru is probably either a complete psychopath or decently less of an absolute madman than his canon counterpart.
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"I've been thinking about this hypothetical scenario Yakushi-sensei brought up once," Noburi explained. "He gave me an imaginary ninja with a Bloodline Limit that protected him against disease, so you could save hundreds of lives if you studied him and figured out how it worked. Suppose he was an enemy ninja. Would it be worth sending ten, twenty ninja to capture him if you knew most of them might die in the process?"

Hazō didn't take long to consider. "Of course. You'd be giving up a few lives to help everyone."

"Right. That's what I said too. A no-brainer. We sacrifice dozens of lives for the sake of our villages all the time. But then he asked: what if this Bloodline Limit ninja was one of our own as well? Would it be OK to kill him to find out how his Bloodline Limit worked? And what if you had to kill those other two dozen ninja as part of your research? Would it still be the same?"

Hazō took a little longer to think about this one. "I think… if you're prepared to end entire villages to save the world, then it would be hypocritical to balk at killing a few people to save hundreds."

Noburi blinked. "End the entire what now?"

"Oh, sorry," Hazō said. "I've just been thinking through seal ideas. Uh, don't tell Kagome-sensei. He'd overreact, and it's not like I've tried to prototype anything yet."

Noburi eyed him uneasily. "Riiiight. Anyway, he explained to me how the Hokage refused outright to follow that line of thinking, and how when his most brilliant researcher, Orochimaru of the Three, stood up for human experimentation, the Hokage immediately tried to have him killed."

"Huh," Hazō said. "So Orochimaru became a missing-nin because Leaf turned on him first?"

"Apparently," Noburi said. "Yakushi-sensei told me that, in Leaf, only the properly chosen leader had the right to order their ninja to die, and how it was wrong for Orochimaru to usurp that authority just because he thought advancing human knowledge was more important than protecting the village. He was very clear about how that kind of respect for human life made Leaf the best of all the hidden villages, and how that mattered more than, say, Cloud's huge advancements in understanding how the brain gives orders to the body. But I have to admit... for once I'm not sure Yakushi-sensei was right."
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Orochimaru seems to be an utilitarian with non-existent morals. We could probably get along just fine if we keep that in mind.

Though, do keep in mind that this is very much second hand information and there is a pretty good chance that Kabuto is - at least in part - an unreliable narrator.
 
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Omake: That's a Thing That Works Now
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    • "If any soul here knows of any reason why these two should not be wed then speak now or forever hold your peace."

    There was silence as everyone waited to see if anyone would speak. None did.

    "Then by the power invested in me by the holy order of the Sage of the Six Paths, I now pronounce--"

    The doors of the temple swung open.

    "YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME! WE HAVE BEEN PUTTING THIS OFF FOR MONTHS, AND I AM NOT DEALING WITH THIS TODAY!" Mari practically shoved Orochimaru back out onto the street.

    ---

    "Well," said the Snake summoner, "You didn't think you were going to get married without your best man, did you? I got dressed up and everything."

    "Cut the crap, Oro. You've got five seconds to explain before I sicc a swarm of ANBU on you."

    Ignoring the hokage's furious expression, Orochimaru smiled. He reached into his robes (Mari tensed, Jiraiya didn't), and pulled out a Leaf headband, which he then proceeded to wrap around his head.

    "Ta-dah."

    Jiraiya gave him a flat stare. "That is not how that works. Also, I know you slashed your last one, and sensei sure as hell never gave you a replacement, so whose body did you take that from?"

    "Thaaat... isn't important. What is important is that we're a team again! Aren't you excited?"

    "I'm excited!"

    "Shut up, Hazou. Now you look here, Oro--"

    "Aww, but I'm a missing nin seeking amnesty in Leaf! I heard that's a thing that works now?"

    "They were repatriated. That's our story and we're sticking to it."

    "Hm... Guess I must've been on a deep cover infiltration mission then. Happens all the time, I'm sure the public will understand."

    "Hey! Hey Snake-Uncle--"

    "Don't call him that."

    "-- do you know anything about necromancy?"

    "Boy do I!"

    "Don't encourage him!"

    Mari looked between Jiraiya and the rest. "Which... one were you talking to?"

    "Yes."

    There was a silence, in which Orochimaru's face darkened.

    "On a more serious note, Jiraiya, I do actually have a reason for being here. And for once, I'm not fixing your mess. Tell me," he turned and said to Kagome, "everything you can, about this."

    And then he activated a storage scroll, dropping onto the table a human head, bisected, with plant-like tentacles burrowed through the brain.
     
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    • Dissonance said:
    Gee, he almost sounds like Orochimaru from another Naruto rational fic I've read.

    Maybe you've heard of it?
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    I sure have. Though it has been so long that the only three things I remember is that Orochimaru took over the story at some point, Naruto turned into a disgusting eightsix-eyed monster and using Shadow Clones = killing copies of yourself since they were sentient.
     
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    Dissonance said:
    Lupchanz are Yeerks though, not plantlike.

    :p
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    No, they've been described as plantlike before, IIRC.
    Dissonance said:
    Gee, he almost sounds like Orochimaru from another Naruto rational fic I've read.

    Maybe you've heard of it?
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    Entirely unrelatedly, we should definitely (very carefully) request that he not do us any unasked favors.

    e: I wonder if he's any better at gauging people's reactions to stuff he does in MfD than in Team Anko. If not... well, Keiko can relate.
     
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    @MadScientist , I am going to miss you once you become a GM. The sad thing is, Hazou's God-complex is totally understanable, considering that 2 parts of his Hivemind became god-like beings. Hazou is partly a God-like entity.

    Heil Hazou?
     
    MadScientist said:
    Nah, I like being a player too much. If I ascended then I wouldn't be allowed to vote necromancy.
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    Just make a second account and illegally circumvent the rules about sock puppets. Think about all the Insightful ratings you will get for "predicting" what the QMs will post in the future.
     
    Tua said:
    Just make a second account and illegally circumvent the rules about sock puppets. Think about all the Insightful ratings you will get for "predicting" what the QMs will post in the future.
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    Nahh no need for sock puppets. Almost everyone in this thread is in some sort of conspiracy so just need to recruit someone to be your confederate on the players side
     
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