Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Urge to copypasta... rising...Now that's just rubbing salt in the wound.
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
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- The Maple Syrup Mountains
If Hazou had that rant in him the first time around (and it wasn't in the plan, so that was all him) then he's probably got it in him this time around too. What I'm worried about is whether we'll get such a golden opportunity for Hazou to let it out again, because the conditions here were pretty darn optimal and if, say, we were with ISC and they cut Hazou off halfway in it'd be a lot less satisfying and effective.
Really, it comes down to how much things have changed. The rant came from Hazou but the set-up came from the plan so if Hazou still tries to show the letter to Keiko in relatively private conditions we've got good odds of seeing it happen like it did originally.
Really, it comes down to how much things have changed. The rant came from Hazou but the set-up came from the plan so if Hazou still tries to show the letter to Keiko in relatively private conditions we've got good odds of seeing it happen like it did originally.
The problem is that it's going to be awkward to fit it in after they receive Ami's letter accepting Noburi's marriage proposal.
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
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- شوربة الدجاج المعكرونة
I swear to Jashin, if we vote for Hazou to gently push Noburi to reconcile with his sisters for a third time and we get another Ami override through marriage proposal, I will switch sides and do my very best to get Ami killed.
TaliesinSkye
Occasional Editor
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- Northeast Ohio, United States
Gods damn it, we have a really productive conversation with Keiko that makes solid strides in helping that situation and then it gets grued.
Clearly we need better lighting around here, the narrative is dark and likely to be eaten by a grue. Maybe if we lit everything on fire?
Clearly we need better lighting around here, the narrative is dark and likely to be eaten by a grue. Maybe if we lit everything on fire?
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- Yes.
The original setting had us lighting up the darkness, but then it got grue'd into this setting.
HAZOU: (bursts into NOBURI'S PARENT'S house) I need to speak with--!
AMI: (sitting at the table sipping tea and hugging NOBURI'S SISTERS, looks up) ^_^
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
Oh no. I just realized that we never did get to punch Shikamaru. Neither for what he didn't do after the Tipsterator non-incident, nor for his slightly undiplomatic demeanour during Event Five. And now there's an entire new reason to do it, but he is going to get away without being punched by anyone at all, because he curb-stomped his first two opponents and then forfeited the moment he encountered one of us.
Damnation. I guess we'll have to be content with Keiko stabbing him in the documentation.
Damnation. I guess we'll have to be content with Keiko stabbing him in the documentation.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
Because he made Keiko cry in the aborted timeline of the Tipsterator incident, and because of his tone there, at which part of the thread took offence. It was something of a meme, if I recall correctly.Wait, why do we want to punch Shikamaru again? I was more into being his senpai in how to interact with Keiko.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Wait, do we need Hazou to punch himself, then?
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- UK
- Pronouns
- He/Him
This was not the work of the grue (not that the grue has eaten anything, or indeed has ever existed). An event eaten by the grue has no longer ever happened. This event did not happen in the first place.
For the record, what's coming on Thursday was planned prior to this update, and thus should not be considered a replacement for/response to it.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
Probably. Thought it's not like we punched Shikamaru either. Perhaps we instead need to want Hazou to punch himself (to be consistent)?
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HAZOU: *punches himself through the head*
NOBURI: Hazou what the fuck!?
KEIKO: This is my fault.
MARI: This is my fault.
HANA: Yes it is.
JIRAIYA: Regret. Regret. Regret.
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- The Maple Syrup Mountains
I don't want to punch Shikamaru. Please deduct whatever fraction of the hivemind I represent from the force of Hazou's punch.
(i.e. if I represent 3% of the current hivemind then have Hazou punch at 97% strength. Further declarations of I-never-wanted-to-punch-Shikamaru will continue to decrease this number)
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
Time to confess something to the Hivemind at large, I think.
I actually don't want to punch Shikamaru.
Punching is low status, and doesn't evoke the amount of... let's call it "Neji-respect"for us in him that I'd like.
Let's take after Jiraiya on this. The optimal solution is to toss Shikamaru straight through a wall. Anything good enough for the J man is good enough for us.
Now, if we get really creative we can perhaps combine this with the A rank strategy of "Subjecting the enemy lungs to an H2O-Hug." for massive trauma.
I actually don't want to punch Shikamaru.
Punching is low status, and doesn't evoke the amount of... let's call it "Neji-respect"for us in him that I'd like.
Let's take after Jiraiya on this. The optimal solution is to toss Shikamaru straight through a wall. Anything good enough for the J man is good enough for us.
Now, if we get really creative we can perhaps combine this with the A rank strategy of "Subjecting the enemy lungs to an H2O-Hug." for massive trauma.
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TaliesinSkye
Occasional Editor
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- Northeast Ohio, United States
It says something awesome about this story that we need gradations of definition for the different types of non-existence.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Just remember to wash his hair as well, or we'll never hear the end of it.
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- America
Is the next update on Thursday or is EJ still putting out the "much shorter" replacement today.
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- The Maple Syrup Mountains
The much shorter replacement was the ISC section that survived the retcon, I believe.
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- Yes.
zap lunch
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