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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Does the range of LR actually let us detect vibrations from a mile away?
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- Potato land
Huh, do the spines erupt simultaneously? My intuition was that the technique has travel time at longer distances, but having reread the description, there's no mention of this.
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- NY
"Eyeball to Squish, Eyeball to Squish, fire mission, grid coordinates 5-3-1-8-6-7, authentication code 7-5-9-6-2, fire for effect, over."
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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I don't mean a literal mile
A couple zones. More than Keiko could throw effectively at, at least.
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- NY
You know, Hyuga-spotted long range nintillery could legitimately have potential.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
The duration is "Instant" so I assume its pretty close to instantaneous.
Screw the Hyuga. We can grab the Minami clan on that one, chief.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
They have to have physically been at the location they want to spot.
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- NY
Hyuga artillery spotters bring their own escort for the artillery, though.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
fiddlesticks!
Do we have any plans for what to do with our free time if we lose?
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- Yes.
Run away and become hermits?
KAGOME: (has already packed HAZOU's things for him) Right! The forest's this way!
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Look on the bright side: We can explore the other side of the ocean.
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- Potato land
Socialize with people? Hinata, Ami and Shin would be my first picks. Maybe plot to let Noburi meet his sisters?
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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1) Plot to increase Keiko's odds of winning.
2) More money making schemes.
3) Tea with our dear cousin Shin.
4) More politicking nonsense.
5) Hang out with the Sand Genin.
6) Bullshit around with Noburi.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Loser's club! Host a party for those that lost
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- Yes.
Something tells me that might...not end well.Loser's club! Host a party for those that lost
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
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- شوربة الدجاج المعكرونة
We should definitely try this.
The last time his family was brought up back with Neira he pretended to be all indifferent about it but after his loss in the tournament he specifically mentioned his sisters so we could use that as hook to get convince him to visit his family. Naturally, we will offer to tag along so we can
TaliesinSkye
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Holy crap, that's legitimately brilliant.
I mean, it'd be a really really dangerous suit of armor to wear around your friends, or your own limbs, but...brilliant. I guess you'd lower the strength of the explosives to be what's necessary to stop a sword swing or a kunai and not enough to seriously hurt yourself if your arm or your buddy was in the way of one when it went off.
I'm in favor of meeting Ami, but I'd actually also be in favor of having a conversation with Hinata along the lines of 'Look, I know our fathers are political rivals, but I don't really want that to be us. What do you think about negotiating some other path that's better for everyone in the next generation than this constant struggle for domination over the other thing that those two do?'
What do you guys think? Can we find a way to make an ally out of Hinata?
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- NY
Huh. You know, reactive armor would actually be a really good idea. Remind me, can we Misterate hardened steel?
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- Yes.
I think "political rivals" is heavily understating the situation between Jiraiya and Hiashi. Hiashi has declared literal vendetta, and he won't stop until we're all dead. Any situation wherein Hinata "agrees" to ally with us is going to be a situation where she uses us to help her clan's/father's position, and then she just stabs us.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
I don't think it would be difficult at all, tbh. She's not her father, and I think if we made a specific effort we could make nice with her.
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Wait, what? Where did he do that?
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- Yes.
OK, so I misread "all but declared" as "literally declared", but for all intents and purposes it means the same thing.
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- Potato land
Says Jiraiya. I reserve the right to be sceptical about this supposed vendetta. It's not implausible, but it's also an irrational and wasteful strategy that feels out of character for an experienced career politician. It was also very convenient for Jiraiya in terms of protecting the clan's interests at the time, which should always be cause for suspicion.
One of the reasons I'd like to become closer to Hinata would be to test this. Hell, with Hazou's Deceit, he could ask her how she feels about this supposed vendetta and observe the reaction.
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