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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Jiraiya did tell us that we only needed to make it to the tournament. Well, we did that AND kicked butt for a round. We should be safe to lose the second round in a way that minimizes our opsec breach.
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No one can possibly doubt our awesomeness now. Seriously, our problem now is that we showed too much awesomeness.
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something something Skywalkers something something disguise it as Pretty Pink Pony no Jutsu
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He also told us to win if we could.
TaliesinSkye
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"I have a big surprise for you all. Since going up against my sister the Pangolin summoner without any summons of my own would be unfair, I am proud to announce that I am THE CHAKRA PONY SUMMONER!"
TaliesinSkye
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Declaiming love poetry to her sister during the match as we dodged pangolins would probably have the effect of making Keiko so irrationally angry that she took the most direct route to smashing our face in. As a strategy it might have merit. Also, I bet Ami would find it /hilarious/.
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The fact that you don't count trying to punch her in the face in this really drives home how dysfunctional our family is.
Well, from the very start of this quest, players tried to weaponize the Iron Nerve by having Hazou sing while fighting. Maybe we've finally found a use for that idea.
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I would, but Hazou and Keiko have already agreed that this is an acceptable action for the match. The emotional attack, not so much.
Cariyaga
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Emstar
The Shining One
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I mean contextually this isn't that bad. Like Hazou and Gai for example: they're both martial arts dudes so Hazou getting the shit stomped out of him is pretty close to a friendly "Good morning!"
Magic combat ninja and such.
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
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Considering how little we actually know about Ami and that nearly all of our information is second hand and from biased sources, this thread sure is quick to assert that we know exactly how Ami would react in any given situation.
Someone more experienced in relationships would probably caution about loving a shadow and to stop putting her on a pedestal.
Not me though. I love every bit about this and we should stack pedestal upon pedestal like a jenga tower until either Ami admits defeat and marries us or Keiko causes a non-standard game over.
Physical wounds will heal, Keiko's Intimidation induced mental scarring is forever.
(Seriously though. It would probably give us a TYS point which is permanent.)
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Great! We can get more points for Forged in Fire!
TaliesinSkye
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"Hey Keiko, after you crack some ribs do you think you could find any ways to emotionally scar me?"
TaliesinSkye
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So besides setting up talks with Ami and Hinata, what do people want to do? Maybe I'll put a plan together.
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Noumero
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Emstar
The Shining One
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I don't want to do either of these things with the stratagems presented.
I would like to lay some disinfo re: our OPSEC breaches and I would like to do so by having Hazou and Noburi hit on some of the international competition (the Sand Genin, for a start).
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That, but run the possibilities past either Keiko or Jiraiya first. Find out which one they think is most likely to work, and make sure we aren't forgetting anything and making another obvious disaster.
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Presumably we get out the same burning log?
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*sigh* I mean, is the burning log in the form of sawdust and fire that immediately turns into a fireball xor is it just the same burning log?
My thought is that we could use this in our fight against Shikamaru: Unseal the burning log if the shadows get close and the light'll (temporarily) repel his jutsu.
Emstar
The Shining One
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I think it would still just be a burning log.
Do we want to do this though? Too close to giving away YOUTHENIZERS for my tastes.
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I dunno, but we do want to have an instant light source if we wanna combat Shikamaru's shadows. Maybe we could use a scaled-down stupid box? Like instead of oil + water + fire, we just have a bit of oil + fire...
Actually I think that just produces another fireball. Maybe we could use that to get around the restriction or something, have a clone activate the seal
TaliesinSkye
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[X] Fixing OPSEC, Laying Plans
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- Get the story straight with Jiraiya, then spend some time celebrating in taverns around town telling stories about how the fight went that coincidentally explain away the effect of the armor jutsu as the effect of kittycat's blood shield thing. Ask ANBU for a tail to be safe, and bring Noburi if he wants to come help.
- Send Hinata flowers that signal a desire for a secret meeting. If she seeks us out, the goal is to see if we can find common ground that doesn't involve the clans being in a bitter struggle for dominance forever. It'd also be nice to learn whatever we can about what Hinata thinks of her father and the way he does things.
- Visit Ami. Desired topics are:
- 'Do you have any advice on being the best sibling to Keiko I can be, and helping her with her 'just a tool' thing?'
- 'Keiko's heartbroken without you. Maybe there's some way we could work together to make it possible for you to be in her life?'
- 'I get the impression you're trying to change things. What sort of a world do you want to live in?'
- If it's some variant on things that would be a genuine improvement, tell her about the uplift concept.
Suggested changes?
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- Why would this be required?
I kind of just assumed all the leaf teams were about our age, does that mean leaf in general has a particularly young group of likely to be promoted participants this year or have we been one of the very youngest leaf teams here this entire time?