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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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OliWhail said:
Ginrei
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I thought Ginrei was our great-grandpa, as per the Ryugamine interlude.

Velorien said:
Esteemed Mori Ryūgamine,

I write in acknowledgement of your refusal of my daughter's hand in marriage. As this rejection may reflect poorly on the reputation of the Kurosawa Clan, especially with consideration of your status at the time, the decision has been made to strike it from all Kurosawa records, and speak of it no more. The event did not transpire.

If you continue to value my daughter's welfare, and respect her position as heir to the Kurosawa Clan, I will expect the same discretion from you.

Yours cordially,

Kurosawa Ginrei
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Velorien said:
She had to be doing this deliberately. Why did all the women in his life seem to derive some sort of twisted pleasure from messing with his head?
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I'm sorry, Hazō, but the narrative says it must be so.
Velorien said:
"That's right. Other than that, it's focus. If you can't beat somebody's diffused will with your own, then you have to go the other way and focus on a single thing as hard as possible, like clinging to a rock in a storm. 'I have to get through this because my beloved mother is waiting for me at home', for example, or 'I can't let myself die until I've had my revenge'. Of course, you're still trying to beat a jōnin, so it's a last resort at best. But if, say, you're so terrified that you're about to slit your own throat, and you have one moment of lucidity in which to try to resist until backup gets there, this is what I'd use."
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Of course the most cliché anime superpower has the most cliché anime solution...
 
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Velorien said:
Yagura had no particular feelings about bearers of bad news, but there had been occasions when couriers bringing him information too late for it to be useful simply never came back from his office. He suspected that even a clan heir told to deliver a message would be halfway out the door before they realised that they could delegate the task.
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That's... kind of awesome actually.
 
Velorien said:
Before, everyone had been avoiding Rain because it had a reputation, and nobody thought it was worth the losses to grab a tiny neutral state that wasn't in anyone's way.
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Interesting to note, given that in canon Rain was a central battleground for battles given its central location between Rock, Leaf, and Sand.
 
What if we set this entire shindig up, and just bail. When people ask where the Fuck we went, we say we were there the entire time, we're just that good at hiding.
 
[] Protoplan: In which Hazou DMs for the entire world and develops a god complex
  • Game Night Prep:
    • [Buy things???]
    • Make plans for a few bigger games.
      • [???]
  • Game Night:
    • Guidelines for good gaming:
      • Make sure Ami goes up against tough opponents. Better that she doesn't get bored.
      • Try to keep people with reason to dislike each other apart.
      • Let people run games if they want to, only intervene if the game's falling apart.
      • Take a break and play a few games. Running yourself ragged will just end in disaster.
  • Operation Murder
    • Ask Keiko if she thinks a summon clan really could forcibly pull their summoner into the Seventh Path. If so:
      • Tell Jiraiya you've had another idea.
      • Itachi's the Crow Summoner, right?
      • Would it be possible for you to gather a bunch of powerful Summoners and convince the Boss Crow to yank Itachi to prepared ground?
      • (carefully) bring up the idea of inviting Orochimaru.
  • Give the Oyabun a present, to thank him for everything he's done for us during the Exams.
    • Tell him that we hope for a continued mutually beneficial relationship into the future.
 
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Inferno Vulpix said:
Operation Murder
  • Ask Keiko if she thinks a summon clan really could forcibly pull their summoner into the Seventh Path. If so:
    • Tell Jiraiya you've had another idea.
    • Itachi's the Crow Summoner, right?
    • Would it be possible for you to gather a bunch of powerful Summoners and convince the Boss Crow to yank Itachi to prepared ground?
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Didn't Itachi do a miniature Uchiha Massacre on the crows so that anyone opposed to him wouldn't do this?
 
[x] Inferno Vulpix

My sword is yours.

Alright, so we've basically done all we can in Mist. Let's wrap things up, pitch some more stuff to J, and get the hell outta here! Leaf and then Mountain, here we come!


faflec said:
Didn't Itachi do a miniature Uchiha Massacre on the crows so that anyone opposed to him wouldn't do this?
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I am sure that there are no lingering feelings of resentment over this and that acting in such an extreme manner has earned him their uniform and undying loyalty.

Unless they're all a bunch of sniveling cowards who are too afraid of Itachi to do anything, in which we just perform the copycat strategy and start murdering them left and right until they agree to our demands.
 
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