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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- Kiev, Ukraine
If we haven't than this part could go hillariously wrong
Even more amusing it will be if it will work out in different restaurant
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- The Void
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- She/Her
I'm not personally concerned with if the Kurosawa where justified in any way with there treatment of Hana. What I am interested in is that they are a potentially an incredible tool that can be exploited to help further our goals. Hazō has a relationship with them that he can exploit.
Though I can think of no better revenge than remaking the Kurosawa clan in his own image
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
Goddamnit.
Hows that?
(Needed to take out "Distant opportunity to convince us the Kurosawa aren't losers etc." but ah well).
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- Italy
Of course.
But how Hazou lives that is pretty important.
"The Kurosawa are a tool" is different from "I hate the Kurosawa, but i'll use them" that is different from "I love the Kurosawa,but i'll make them in my image, using them".
Regardless, we don't want Hazou to become an Ami or a Jiraya, someone whose normal state of mind is "people are pawn", we already have problem with agency, and the last is far worse in this situation than other.
Goddamnit.
Hows that?
(Needed to take out "Distant opportunity to convince us the Kurosawa aren't losers etc." but ah well).
So...no Zabuza?Or it's implied that Ren will bring one of the heroes of Mist with her?
To be fair, he has intel on the Skywalker, so we want him as far as possible from the other Kages, Ren is a social Jounin, but Zabuza....the less he talks with other Kages/Jonins at the table the better.
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
So, just putting some things together here.
- There was some OOC lore post a while ago stating that Tea was ruled by one big clan who had the Capybara scroll.
- Said Capybara scroll was stolen (presumably) and put up for sale. Something something Condor summoner.
- Tea is the country that Hidden Mountain is in.
I ain't explicitly touching that one with a ten foot pole.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Is Tea allied with Leaf? Mountain is going to need to play nice with the group that nominally controls the land they live in, so maybe Jiraiya could get a favor from them by leaning on Tea to accept them as a sovereign village?
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I was sort of thinking we do something like this. With some provisions in there along the lines of "And they're also allied with the Tea ninja" or something.
Something to prevent some stupid power struggle for the country would be nice.
I note that they would probably also have like, undying gratitude towards us if we returned the Capybara scroll to them.
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- Yes.
Yeah, seems that being in heaven just means you get to gnaw on the souls of the hellbound.Imagine having a culture where whether you go to heaven ("May you dwell in depths with the ancestors") or hell ("May your souls be gnawed forever in the abyss) you go to the exact same place.
Very illustrative of Mist, I feel.
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- Potato land
Let's start with the shorter chapter. This one is really sweet for how short it it, though.
It's fine, Hazou, we've got this. When have we ever led you astray?
"a feeble and dysfunctional organ at the best of times", eh? Well, that can be improved with training and practice! [X] Convince Keiko to interact with her fanclub more
Heh, even after Noburi dropped the L-word bomb, Keiko still finds herself unable to say it. I do admit that "the opposite of homicidal" is a very MfD phrase, so we'll let it pass for now.
"Clumsy blundering"? You try to manipulate an incredibly smart, socially adroit, and certifiably crazy jounin, using Hazou as a medium, and see how that goes. Sheesh, tough crowd.
I wonder how Keiko would react to Hazou comparing Ami's actions to Hana's. Because this was absolutely the former's version of going "pretty damn far".
You go rebuild those relationships, girl.
I don't think Keiko appreciates just how... impactful some of our sealing ideas are, with this comparison. That's fine though, no reason to worry her unnecessarily.
Mission accomplished.
It's fine, Hazou, we've got this. When have we ever led you astray?
"a feeble and dysfunctional organ at the best of times", eh? Well, that can be improved with training and practice! [X] Convince Keiko to interact with her fanclub more
Heh, even after Noburi dropped the L-word bomb, Keiko still finds herself unable to say it. I do admit that "the opposite of homicidal" is a very MfD phrase, so we'll let it pass for now.
"Clumsy blundering"? You try to manipulate an incredibly smart, socially adroit, and certifiably crazy jounin, using Hazou as a medium, and see how that goes. Sheesh, tough crowd.
I wonder how Keiko would react to Hazou comparing Ami's actions to Hana's. Because this was absolutely the former's version of going "pretty damn far".
You go rebuild those relationships, girl.
I don't think Keiko appreciates just how... impactful some of our sealing ideas are, with this comparison. That's fine though, no reason to worry her unnecessarily.
Mission accomplished.
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- Location
- USA
I didn't know you played Paranoia, which is a terrifying realization to start my day. And it explains a lot...
Emstar
The Shining One
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- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
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- She/They
I would like to point out that some of his ancestors would also be Uchiha.
This must make for a very awkward family reunion in the afterlife.
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- Europe
Hashirama: "We have Mist ninja now, huh, neat"
Tobirama: "Sage damnit, more Uchiha blood"
Madara: "Fucking Kurosawa filth"
Minato: "Naruto noooo"
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- UK
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- He/Him
Sadly, I've only had a chance to play the Mandatory Bonus Fun Card Game. Nevertheless, I take great inspiration from the spirit of loyalty and coordination unique to the Alpha Complex.
TaliesinSkye
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- Northeast Ohio, United States
"I ran the numbers, and I'm clearly your best bet for taking over the world."
"That's not quite the criteria I-"
"Sadly you just used your favor, so now you'll have to do something else for me to get your perfect partner. And fight to the death over my honor, I suppose. How romantic!"
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- uk
Ami: obviously each other. Next!
TaliesinSkye
Occasional Editor
- Location
- Northeast Ohio, United States
You know, it might actually be fairly interesting to ask Keiko to dip deeply into the frozen skein to see what she came up with as answers to that question, based on all the data she has about people in Leaf that might be possible matches. She can run the factors nearly as well as Ami, and she probably knows the Leaf people a lot better. She could use all that to possibly predict compatibility in terms of the many factors that make up personality and also political considerations and potential for working together to uplift the world.
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- UK
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- He/Him
It could be the second time Keiko nearly ends up in the Garden of the Lost due to player agency.
(No, I am not telling you the first. That would be too non-evil.)
Edit: That's QM snark, not anticipatory ruling.
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- uk
So you're saying she wouldn't actually end up there if we asked this question?
Sounds like QM approval. This is now a shipping quest (again)