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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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Roomba said:
[X] Put on Skywalkers and go east, over the ocean.
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You realize that the next update involves Hazou and Keiko fighting in the arena, right?

Because Hazou will implement this plan by putting on Skywalkers in the middle of the arena, asking Keiko which direction east is and then skywalk that way at a casual pace.
 
Tua said:
You realize that the next update involves Hazou and Keiko fighting in the arena, right?

Because Hazou will implement this plan by putting on Skywalkers in the middle of the arena, asking Keiko which direction east is and then skywalk that way at a casual pace.
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You say that as if it were an undesirable outcome somehow.
 
Roomba said:
You say that as if it were an undesirable outcome somehow.
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But... but our dinner date with Ami?! At least amend your plan to elope with Ami. I think we should have enough stuff in our storage seals that we could pull of a romantic date on top of the clouds if necessary.

@eaglejarl: Gentle reminder that you haven't added the bonus XP to Hazou's sheet yet. Unless it was meant for Keiko - which to be fair she deserve for putting up with Hazou's antics. :V

Also, Hazou's Mild Consequence is going to be healed before the match, right?
 
Evenstar said:
@Players: I apologize in advance for dooming all of us.
@GMs: Is this broken? If not, is it too similar to Frozen Skein?

Shattered Heart (Boodline of the Kakero)
This sensor bloodline grants an instinctive ability to analyze patterns in the environment, manifesting as a form of hypersensitive empathy.

Practically, this means that its holders can intuit that some things are "lost", displaced from their native pattern: and that some patterns are "broken", missing some critical component that would make them whole.

This has the following benefits:
- The ability to notice extremely subtle disturbances, such as those left behind by a set trap, camouflaged ninja, or cover-up.
- The ability to blend into existing patterns without disrupting them.
- The ability to make intuitive leaps by observing how a new piece of information fits into a larger pattern. This ability is most likely to manifest in extremely complex, multilayered environments where there are many patterns to observe: it is also particularly likely in circumstances where one pattern strongly correlates another, especially in a symbolically meaningful way.
The reasoning that leads to these startling insights is rarely if ever explicable, but they can be unnervingly precise.
- The ability to rapidly immerse oneself in an archetypal role, by intuiting the confines of "expected behaviour" and staying firmly within them.
- Similarly, the ability to rapidly internalize and act upon new orders or duties.
- An unusually deep understanding of one's own nature, leading to strong Chakra control and unusually high willpower.

Unfortunately, this hypersensitive empathy is a double-edged sword. Its common issues include:
- The inability to dehumanize the enemy, resulting in unusually high trauma rates.
- The perception of deceit as damage both to the world and the self, rendering lying extremely stressful.
- Treating the mending of trivial flaws as more important than one's own well-being.
- Inability to rest or relax in most non-Kakero-maintained environments.
- Stubborn adherence to pattern in the face of all reason.
- Stunted social skills, due to the inability
to engage casually with others.
- Depression and anxiety, due to the inability to stop noticing all the world's flaws.

The following flawed coping mechanisms are also common:
- Social flightiness, due to attempting to socialize without becoming close to anyone.
- Establishment of a "domain", a set of people, places and things that the bloodline holder treats as literal parts of themselves. (This is an attempt to cut down on information overload by specifying exactly which things the holder cares about. In practice, it leads to the holder trying to micromanage their relationships, destroying them in the process.)
- Being unable to "put down" an archetypal role used as a social mask: becoming overly invested in status games and maintaining one's position.
- Misanthropy, cynicism or outright nihilism, due to believing the world is fundamentally flawed.
- In cases where bloodline holders are unable to cope with its abilites, it has been known for them to attempt to "turn off" their own sense of empathy. This kind of repression is both inherently damaging and rarely successful: when it does succeed, it results in a sociopathic manipulator who has an uncanny awareness of their victims' weak points. Those of the Kakero that are distrustful and cunning enough to hide this downslide from their own clan often go on to become highly dangerous missing-nin.
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Some of the abilities actually remind me of Sidereal tricks from Exalted, which is high praise. I suspect there's a bit too much here for one bloodline, though. It'd be hard to keep track of it all in practice, even setting aside balance questions. I'd suggest one or two abilities and one or two downsides.
 
Tua said:
But... but our dinner date with Ami?! At least amend your plan to elope with Ami. I think we should have enough stuff in our storage seals that we could pull of a romantic date on top of the clouds if necessary.
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Seriously, don't tempt me like that. We're already doing the Ami date, which was all but a meme half a year ago, and now you had to go and up the stakes.
 
fictionfan said:
I liked the seventh horcrux. All the insanity came from one person and resulting changes all went back to him the world was consistent. Sasuke Uchiha and the Power of Lies had everything and everyone acting insane for no reason. The world didn't make sense.
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I didn't realize there were Nobilis in the elemental nations. That explains a lot, actually.
 
Roomba said:
Seriously, don't tempt me like that. We're already doing the Ami date, which was all but a meme half a year ago, and now you had to go and up the stakes.
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You know where we will have complete privacy to talk about any and all sensitive topics?

That's right, up in the clouds.

We now have legitimate and pragmatic reasons to ask out Ami for a dinner date atop the clouds during a full moon (for greater visibility and no other reason, naturally). And I have this feeling that Ami would see things our way and agree.

It will be beautiful, now please make it happen.
 
Tua said:
You know where we will have complete privacy to talk about any and all sensitive topics?

That's right, up in the clouds.

We now have legitimate and pragmatic reasons to ask out Ami for a dinner date atop the clouds during a full moon (for greater visibility and no other reason, naturally). And I have this feeling that Ami would see things our way and agree.

It will be beautiful, now please make it happen.
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Can you think of a way to do it without skywalkers? Showing those off is treason, remember.
 
TaliesinSkye said:
Can you think of a way to do it without skywalkers? Showing those off is treason, remember.
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Can I think of a way to get Hazou and Ami to have a dinner date on top of clouds without Skywalkers?

Not without eliminating @eaglejarl and @OliWhail so @Velorien is the only remaining QM. Lets keep this as plan B though because I have another solution:

It appears that you take issue with the OPSEC breach and not the fated love between the two young ninjas so I propose we bring Ino along so she can mind wipe Ami's memories of the Skywalkers after the date.

Naturally, now Ino knows too much so we ask another Yamanaka to wipe Ino's memories. And to plug that leak, we ask yet another Yamanaka to wipe the previous Yamanaka's memories until the last Yamanaka in the chain is one on their death bed and takes the secret with them to their grave. (If no such Yamanaka is currently available, the chain will become a loop until one is ready to die for our cause.)

Does this assuage your concerns?
 
Tua said:
Can I think of a way to get Hazou and Ami to have a dinner date on top of clouds without Skywalkers?

Not without eliminating @eaglejarl and @OliWhail so @Velorien is the only remaining QM. Lets keep this as plan B though because I have another solution:

It appears that you take issue with the OPSEC breach and not the fated love between the two young ninjas so I propose we bring Ino along so she can mind wipe Ami's memories of the Skywalkers after the date.

Naturally, now Ino knows too much so we ask another Yamanaka to wipe Ino's memories. And to plug that leak, we ask yet another Yamanaka to wipe the previous Yamanaka's memories until the last Yamanaka in the chain is one on their death bed and takes the secret with them to their grave. (If no such Yamanaka is currently available, the chain will become a loop until one is ready to die for our cause.)

Does this assuage your concerns?
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Approved, but only because hearing Ino's snark on how Hazou fucked up a date so badly he needs the girl mind wiped would be hilarious.
 
MMKII said:
Actually, scratch that.

Ideally: Corrupt Hanabi, and our hold over Neji will be that he knew and couldn't stop it.
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Get her to shout, "STINKERS!", once, and watch him stroke out on the floor.



ContextBot said:
We should just make friends with Hiashi, confusing everyone (including Jiraiya and Hiashi) in the process.

Step 1: Send him some flowers.
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Well, Kagome did mention genjutsu seals.

^_^



ContextBot said:
Be honest and ask how to deal with powerful clan elders that kicked out one of their own because of a 'mistake' and now you have to play nice and not go full Itachi on them?
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Cookies?



Tua said:
Can I think of a way to get Hazou and Ami to have a dinner date on top of clouds without Skywalkers?

Not without eliminating @eaglejarl and @OliWhail so @Velorien is the only remaining QM. Lets keep this as plan B though because I have another solution:

It appears that you take issue with the OPSEC breach and not the fated love between the two young ninjas so I propose we bring Ino along so she can mind wipe Ami's memories of the Skywalkers after the date.

Naturally, now Ino knows too much so we ask another Yamanaka to wipe Ino's memories. And to plug that leak, we ask yet another Yamanaka to wipe the previous Yamanaka's memories until the last Yamanaka in the chain is one on their death bed and takes the secret with them to their grave. (If no such Yamanaka is currently available, the chain will become a loop until one is ready to die for our cause.)

Does this assuage your concerns?
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Deploy upside down air dome a jump from the edge of the top of Mizukage Tower. Fill with hot water. Glass-bottomed flying hot tub. Bonus points if it's right outside Ren's window.
 
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