Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Mild to Moderate Consequences
*shrug*
On your own heads be it should she do something else
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
- Thread starter eaglejarl
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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 open voting
*shrug*
On your own heads be it should she do something else
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
No, that was just SV fucking with me when I tried to save my last round of edits last night.
I'll reformat the entire thing without the ghost bullet points later, when I'm at a keyboard.
- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- He/Him
We had a separate doc for the Akatsuki profiles! It wasn't even linked from QM worldbuilding!
- Location
- Yes.
Key word: had.
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
- Location
- شوربة الدجاج المعكرونة
We gonna have a contingency of what to do when Ino derails our shopping trip as she won't do? Or are we just fine with his default response to unexpected social situations? 
INO: So Shika told me you broke Keiko. What did you do?
HAZOU: I LIKE CIVILIANS, SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE CIVILIANS. ALSO YES, YOU ARE RIGHT PLEASE TELL ME EXACTLY HOW I WAS WRONG SO I CAN AGREE.
INO: ...you could have just said you didn't want to talk about it, you know?
Voices in Hazou's Head: this works?!
INO: So Shika told me you broke Keiko. What did you do?
HAZOU: I LIKE CIVILIANS, SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE CIVILIANS. ALSO YES, YOU ARE RIGHT PLEASE TELL ME EXACTLY HOW I WAS WRONG SO I CAN AGREE.
INO: ...you could have just said you didn't want to talk about it, you know?
Voices in Hazou's Head: this works?!
- Location
- Europa, Jupiter Orbit
I am confused when it comes to this chapter. You told us that helping Keiko plan would have to happen before the letter crisis timewise, indicating that this could result in more harm being done to our relationship with Keiko. Yet the chapter reads as if all of it happened after.
That seems like an irrelevant question to me. We should ask if it is a) in our power and b) in our interest to solve. Interest here being in the loosest form of "is Hazou interested in seeing a solution happen".
Otherwise we can just as well discard all of Uplift, because the welfare of civilians from foreign nations is not the responsibility of Leaf genin.
- Location
- Yes.
it will be once we take over the world huehuehuehue
- Location
- Academy City
- Pronouns
- They
[X] Action Plan: It's Kinda Sorta The Other Plan But With Shopping and Socializing
This is the kind of forward thinking we all need.
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
- Location
- شوربة الدجاج المعكرونة
But seriously though, @MMKII.
Please do add some safeguards here to not discuss Keiko or other sensitive topics like Ami or politics in general. We are currently juggling some pretty big secrets and we are actively seeking out a social spec character to hang out with. If she starts to push, tell her in no uncertain terms that we do not want to discuss this and just want to have some fun shopping with a friend. If she won't accept that, excuse yourself and leave.
Please do add some safeguards here to not discuss Keiko or other sensitive topics like Ami or politics in general. We are currently juggling some pretty big secrets and we are actively seeking out a social spec character to hang out with. If she starts to push, tell her in no uncertain terms that we do not want to discuss this and just want to have some fun shopping with a friend. If she won't accept that, excuse yourself and leave.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
Hey! I was constantly listening to you! I implemented your Ren Iron Nerve seizure idea, I had us go commission the ^_^ stamp from a professional, I was supporting gambling, and I implemented both of your tournament fight ideas (the firestorm and the diplomacy ones (but only one person voted for them so I suppose I can empathize))! I resent the implication.
Here:
Wordcount: 348.
Morning:
Morning:
- Show new letter to Jiraiya. Conclusions (?):
- Letter #1 was deliberately leaked. Implication: Courier #2 is secure.
- Options: hide Letter #2 and court Ami, or use Letter #2 to back out.
- Ami might prefer the former, since Letter #1 was so aggressive.
- Talk with Keiko and Noburi:
- The second letter. Pre-empt concerns: this one's 'good' news.
- Get their input.
- Carefully ask Keiko's thoughts on second meeting.
- Would Keiko like planning help for the finals?
- Yes: Do your best to help.
- No: That's fine.
- The second letter. Pre-empt concerns: this one's 'good' news.
- Once Jiraiya returns, discuss situation (include Noburi and Keiko; high-OPSEC):
- How long before we leave Mist?
- Second meeting with Ami. Should it happen? If so:
- Should we seek an honest answer on if she's in danger/wants a political marriage?
- Need better OPSEC measures. A walk across the bay, then a picnic?
- We're a bit shaken from recent events. Any advice?
- If Jiraiya approves, send a letter. Contents:
- Decline the favour.
- Set up the second meeting.
- Place: "near" a random restaurant.
- Time: tomorrow? (Jiraiya's call.)
- Clear this section with Jiraiya:
- If anyone talks about Hazou and Ami: no comment.
- Watch matches.
- Verify Ami's story (if time permits).
- Byakuren's Cookbook: name-drop 'Ami' for regulars-only menu.
- Persuade Chouji to visit a few restaurants, inquire about their history. (Meals on us.) Points of interest:
- Connection between Byakuren's Cookbook and Experimental Cuisine.
- Byakuren's Cookbook serving large groups of ninja.
- Invite Ino on a shopping trip. Opportunity to explore multinational markets!
- Spend most of 2/3 of remaining allowance:
- 1/3: On clothes in general. Trust Ino's judgment; she can pick some for herself.
- 1/3: On potential disguises. Commoner's outfits from various countries, etc.
- Bargaining:
- Joke: Our friend is driving us bankrupt!
- Ninja go through many clothes. Can we have a discount?
- Structure route back so you pass by the blacksmith near the Mizukage's tower.
- Thank Ino for help.
- Money was tight growing up, so you're bad with fashion.
- Reminisce about taking bets to jump onto the Mizukage's tower to help pay the bills. Guess that's far in the past.
- Mind OPSEC on IN.
- Expression: thoughtful, musing.
- Spend most of 2/3 of remaining allowance:
No ghosts (except, I presume, the Sunset Racer ones, who assuredly haunt Team Uplift to this very day), wordcount-optimised, and also:
- Has us check the Ino trip with Jiraiya.
- Specifies that we're checking the Byakuren's Cookbook Ami name-dropping personally, instead of presumably informing Chouji of something he really shouldn't be informed of.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
- Location
- Why would this be required?
You seem to be misunderstanding me. I don't believe anyone is being insincere about what they're writing, I'm saying people are thinking about this situation all wrong.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Note: Saw this.I can give it a sentence or two in a bit. Thinking about it at the moment.
- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Timeline:
1) Hazō gets back from the date; helps Keiko.
2) Letter arrives; Keiko freaks out.
3) Debriefing.
4) Keiko has her afternoon match.
You could have done something to Keiko at 1 that would have affected her reaction to you at 2. For example, "Hey, Keiko, here are some ideas which we spent all of this morning working on" would turn a lie by omission into a lie to her face.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Evenstar
Triple Jump Unlocked
- Location
- Canada
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Uh, you did catch that Keiko still hero-worships her sister, right? Trying to convince her that her sister is not a good person while we're still in the doghouse with her is not a good plan. As for "painstaking calligraphy" - the Iron Nerve makes physical gestures perfectly reproducible, and therefore makes it possible for us to dash off notes that look like they took hours in about five minutes. It's not a good gesture to make towards someone already suspicious of us.
- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Note that you still have to have written the note that took hours before you can reproduce it in five minutes.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
I did have some interesting thoughts on using the IN to improved our general speed at certain tasks.
Ex1: If we have Hazou create a phonetic alphabet that doubles as shorthand and have him practice writing each individual character realllllly fast for a few days, we can just chain these together to write the whole message faster.
Ex2: If we have Hazou practice making the handsigns for his favorite jutsu reallly fast and saying the technique name reallly fast, that might work to help him cast things faster too once he has a really good one down. Though that might require some work practicing to mold the chakra at a high speed or something.
Not that I am trying to armwrestle anyone into implementing or even agreeing with the above at the moment, but its an interesting thing to think about, and we could perhaps make these little applications of the IN into Stunts down the road or something that require a decent amount of training/practicing to pick up, so that its less of a balance issue.
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
- Location
- شوربة الدجاج المعكرونة
Can you add some more definitive language? Because if I am reading it correctly Hazou will deflect twice and when she asks a third time then what happens?
Precommitting and letting her know in advance that we are willing to walk away will protect from both social manipulation that sounds good in the moment ("Hey, if you tell me I could help and talk to Keiko for you.") and repeated badgering.
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
It's already past deadline, I believe.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
Likely just becomes more insistent in his deflections.
Remember: these plans are not psuedocode. We just treat them like they are most of the time.