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
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Por que no los dos?
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Yeah, the chapter didn't seem like it was being written as a Serious Event with Serious Consequences, so I find it hard to parse the 'embarrassing fiasco' as something that'll really hurt us down the road. If it was, I feel like the end of the update would have had a noticeably different tone.
Wiadi
Uncompromising Radical Leftist
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On the other hand, from the sound of things, it would have been easily manageable had we actually attempted to do so. Unfortunately as it turns out we mostly did not, for reasons which are not entirely clear (a quick check back over the thread shows that at least one damage control measure - explaining the situation to the other guests - was proposed & agreed to by the plan-maker but didn't end up in the final version???). As such, it wouldn't be unreasonable for the tone to be light ("oh, what a silly misunderstanding, I'm sure it'll all be cleared up soon") but the consequences more severe in the absence of mitigation.
That said, IIRC there was a general principle of running all plans past Keiko prior to execution? If that applies here I'd imagine she might have noticed Hazou doing essentially zero damage control, even if the precise form it should take is beyond her expertise. I suppose we'll see.
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I thought our win condition was uplifting the people of the Elemental Nations, building a solid foundation for perpetual peace between villages, creating a more egalitarian society, and so forth. As opposed to genocide with the use of WMDs.
Vecht
Self-Requested Ban
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This is just progressing to level 2. We still have to kill Death, and then defeat Entropy.
E: Still, I don't think we have WMDs powerful enough for either, yet.
Emstar
The Shining One
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Thats a very short term win condition IMO. Immortality, True Resurrection and a Post Scarcity Society are more what I had in mind for the "I win at everything forever!" condition.
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What can I say, I think small and in the very short-term. Once we achieve what I outlined, I'll be happy to move on to more esoteric goals.
Emstar
The Shining One
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Also: Note that was more for the sake of comedy and hyperbole than anything else. I am not, and will not be, seriously endorsing "Nuke the setting. No literally, nuke the whole damn thing." unless its an absolute last resort (no self replicating sealing failures!).
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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It's okay, we need people to look at the little picture too.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
Me, I want to enslave the Mori Voice and use it to take over Out and then all of reality. We could start by dating Ami or abducting Anna.
Boo.
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*growls in unrequited ethical concerns*
Vecht
Self-Requested Ban
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We should start PETA: Players for the Ethical Treatment of Anthropomorphs.
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I see. So what you're saying is that is that I should switch up tone and content to prevent metagaming. Well. That'll make for some interesting chapters.
Emstar
The Shining One
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To be fair, every day we spend putting fires out in Leaf is another day that
AMI MORI, THE LOVE OF OUR LIFE
spends a few hundred kilometers away.
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I live for the day Keiko introduces her girlfriend to Ami. Of course, she'll be standing over Hazō's fresh corpse at the time.To be fair, every day we spend putting fires out in Leaf is another day that
AMI MORI, THE LOVE OF OUR LIFE
spends a few hundred kilometers away.
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So what you're saying is, I need to include a line for a preemptive strike in my date ami plans? I appreciate the ooc information, and will be sure to make good use of it.
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In that event, it'll be Tenten and Ami standing over Hazō's fresh corpse.
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Listen, if you think there will be anyone left alive after my preemptive strikes to stand over our corpse, I am greviously hurt by the lack of trust.
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Wait, if your preemptive strikes are going to take out Keiko and Tenten and Ami, won't that just leave Hazō standing alone in the middle of Mist feeling sad and confused?
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Look, when I go for a preemptive strike I don't mess around with "enough." What makes you think there's going to be a "mist" to stand in the middle of while looking sad? Jury is already out on if there's going be a Hazou still alive and relatively uninjured to be standing around; I make no promises for stationary targets like cities.
Emstar
The Shining One
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The EN was always a crater.
No really, you need to be sure so attack through time itself as well.
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OK, you've convinced me, Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryoko would make an amazing crossover with MfD.
A 3000 words plan won't fix the problem. In some ways, may actually make it worse.