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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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Hmm.

I mean, how do people KNOW that we aren't injured?

We could probably fake like (we're faking not being injured).

Something something clan secrets something Iron Nerve.

Could ask J to like, bruise our ribs up or something for authenticity. Bandage it up.
 
Wait, I've just had an idea. We're a 14ish year old sealmaster. We could claim that one of the reasons we've survived is that we developed a special jutsu just for absorbing explosions. That's sort of interesting but a lot less interesting than a general purpose armor jutsu. And anyone who knew of Kagome wouldn't even be surprised.
 
MMKII said:
I think "We tanked it by using Kotsuface as a shield." will probably do the trick. Since thats exactly what happened to any observers, even if a handful of people(Hyugas or whatever) DID see it all.


I thought the situation technically was that "Hazou disappears into the Blood Mist Cloud Thing, two explosions detonate and the crowd sees Kotsuzui and Hazou banged up after the cloud disperses"?
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Your problem is that there's no way to disguise the fact that you're only half as injured as you should be, at least not if you're dealing with experienced ninja who know what different levels of damage are supposed to look like. With inexperienced ninja, meanwhile, they're more likely to underestimate how much damage a human shield can protect you from in the face of something as scary as an explosion.
 
TaliesinSkye said:
Wait, I've just had an idea. We're a 14ish year old sealmaster. We could claim that one of the reasons we've survived is that we developed a special jutsu just for absorbing explosions. That's sort of interesting but a lot less interesting than a general purpose armor jutsu. And anyone who knew of Kagome wouldn't even be surprised.
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I think "I have figured out a way to make your explosives not harm you." in general is a pretty bad idea.
 
Velorien said:
Your problem is that there's no way to disguise the fact that you're only half as injured as you should be, at least not if you're dealing with experienced ninja who know what different levels of damage are supposed to look like. With inexperienced ninja, meanwhile, they're more likely to underestimate how much damage a human shield can protect you from in the face of something as scary as an explosion.
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Right then.

Whos for Jiraiya bruising our ribs up a bit to give us a Moderate Consequence to hide this?
 
firestorm440 said:
*blinks*

20 minutes for me to get back from the gym and shower.

In 20 minutes this thread has gone from getting Ami to pursue Hazou to asking our adoptive father to beat us up.
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Whatever does the job.

I care relatively little for the Hazou v Keiko fight if we are super gimped (No overt armor bullshit displays, no seals) and not fixing this means we'll have to be watching out for Cloud nin trying to kidnap us every time we step outside Leaf.
 
MMKII said:
Whatever does the job.

I care relatively little for the Hazou v Keiko fight if we are super gimped (No overt armor bullshit displays, no seals) and not fixing this means we'll have to be watching out for Cloud nin trying to kidnap us every time we step outside Leaf.
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I really just want to ask, what's wrong with the "Kurosawa clan secret" reply? It neatly shifts the problem over to Auntie Ren and - to the Kurosawa in the know - could actually be possible. The only downside is that the Kurosawa might believe Leaf has two Sharingan users now (can't recall if Iron Nerve One Time Save awakens the Sharingan or not), but only one can pass down that trait reliably anyway, so it's hardly a new long term threat.
 
I'm still reading the chapter, but if it hasn't been mentioned yet we need to inform Jiraiya of Kotsuzui's abilities. He had a defensive jutsu (the blood barrier thing we grabbed onto when he ran away from our bombs), and some kind of ability to sense while in the blood mist (he tried to run away when we dropped the explosive tags). If defensive jutsu that even genin can use are so important, Jiraiya needs to know about that.
 
firestorm440 said:
I really just want to ask, what's wrong with the "Kurosawa clan secret" reply? It neatly shifts the problem over to Auntie Ren and - to the Kurosawa in the know - could actually be possible. The only downside is that the Kurosawa might believe Leaf has two Sharingan users now (can't recall if Iron Nerve One Time Save awakens the Sharingan or not), but only one can pass down that trait reliably anyway, so it's hardly a new long term threat.
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I suppose that does do the trick, but I'm not sure how the Iron Nerve Save is represented narratively if at all.
 
Velorien said:
If Hazō looked like someone who'd been hit by two explosive tags minus a ninja human shield, probably not. Though then Jiraiya would instead have to deal with questions about his adopted son's sanity.
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Speaking of this: Note that Hazō was in fact beaten up. Bruises, scrapes, cuts... Nothing serious, but painful. And yes, he bled.
 
Shika-Ino-Cho teamwork is very inspiring. What's the third best plan for either Hazou or Keiko to beat him, after convincing the Shi-pervert that it's an orgy tournament and poison?

How do you beat someone smarter than you?
 
Oh yeah, on top of Kotisisface's tankyness, he had a blood construct tower shield (that was between him and us at the time of the explosion). This could also be blamed.
 
eaglejarl said:
Speaking of this: Note that Hazō was in fact beaten up. Bruises, scrapes, cuts... Nothing serious, but painful. And yes, he bled.
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That moment when you realize that the person advocating that our player character did in fact get hurt and was in pain is the good neutral not-blatantly-evil QM.
 
faflec said:
Guys we should claim that we tanked the explosives because Kotsuzui's blood bullets provided us with Armor.
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MadScientist said:
Oh yeah, on top of Kotisisface's tankyness, he had a blood construct tower shield (that was between him and us at the time of the explosion). This could also be blamed.
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I'm not sure if that was the case, but its definitely believable!

HAZOU: You might think I had an armor jutsu! Actually I have five!

PERSON: What.

HAZOU: *chuckles* just kidding. I used the other guy as a shield. Funny thing, he had this stupid Blood Construct tower shield thing that was getting in the way too. Really saved my bacon but Sage's balls did it make him a bitch to hit. Fucking armor jutsu, am I right? This one time in the Fifth Event versus this Cloud schmuck he had something almost as bad, some sort of Lightning Aura nonsense. Hurt like a bitch when I punched it.

(Something something not directly lying something something.

Something something THE OTHER GUY HAD ARMOR JUTSU NOT ME something something)

The only thing that is left to do is to spread the above around while trying to use the opportunity to hit on as many female foreign genin as possible, as an idiot teenager is wont to do after doing something particularly clever and badass. (Implication: if this was a big deal we would shut the fuck up about it.)
 
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I'm not actually sure that Hazou's current state is especially unreasonable, given that he used a tower shield and a human body as a barrier.

Look at it this way: The difference between a Mild Consequence, and a Mild and Moderate Consequence (can be) a single point of stress.
 
MMKII said:
I'm not sure if that was the case, but its definitely believable!

HAZOU: You might think I had an armor jutsu! Actually I have five!

PERSON: What.

HAZOU: *chuckles* just kidding. I used the other guy as a shield. Funny thing, he had this stupid Blood Construct tower shield thing that was getting in the way too. Really saved my bacon but Sage's balls did it make him a bitch to hit. Fucking armor jutsu, am I right? This one time in the Fifth Event versus this Cloud schmuck he had something almost as bad, some sort of Lightning Aura nonsense. Hurt like a bitch when I punched it.

(Something something not directly lying something something.

Something something THE OTHER GUY HAD ARMOR JUTSU NOT ME something something)

The only thing that is left to do is to spread fhe above around while trying to use the opportunity to hit on as many female foreign genin as possible, as an idiot teenager is wont to do after doing something particularly clever and badass. (Implication: if this was a big deal we would shut the fuck up about it.)
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The thing is... I know you only included that part so you would have an excuse to convince us all to vote for flirting with all the foreign kunoichi... but you have a point.
 
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Omake: Noburi Reaches Enlightenment
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    • TaliesinSkye said:
    Yeah, what's wrong with you guys? Ask Keiko. She'd enjoy it more. XD
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    HAZOU: Keiko, I need you to beat me up.

    KEIKO: I am aware.

    HAZOU: ...

    KEIKO: ...

    KEIKO: Why are you still here? Our match isn't until two days from now.

    HAZOU: I meant you have to beat me up right now.

    KEIKO: ...why? It's not my birthday, nor any other recurring day of the year that celebrates one of my achievements. Not that here would be that many.

    HAZOU: We'll talk about that part later, but the reason you need to beat me up is so that I can fake an injury from the explosion in the match.

    KEIKO: I realize your grasp on reality is tenuous at the best of times, but surely even you must realize that getting injured now, after ending the fight two hours ago nearly unharmed is not how chronology works?

    HAZOU: Look, I am panicking here and the voices in my head are still trying to achieve consensus so cut me some slack and hit me already. Also, is now a good time to mention that part of me discovered that I like crazy and violent looking girls?

    KEIKO: It is not. Now hold still while I bash your face in. Because I am such a supportive and loving sister.

    NOBURI (staring with abject horror at both of them from his corner of the room): This is not how family relationships are supposed to work!
     
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    • If we're serious about the lying thing, don't joke using the truth. There's a surprising number of people who will assume it's the truth. Make up something equally outlandish, like us discovering force-absorbing seals that mitigated the concussive blow of the explosive.
     
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