Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
You should see the sort of shit Ohnoki and A do in canon. Personally, I wouldn't bet against Team Omnikage so long as they have some support.
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
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- Under a Rock
I considered adding her, but uh... We don't know if she lived yet.
Also, what does USoUD stand for?
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
- Location
- NY
- Location
- Europa, Jupiter Orbit
By the way, what are we going to do if the Battle of Nagi Island ends with a resounding victory for the allied forces? Specifically, how are we going to deal with Yagura's return?
There is no reason Akatsuki has to be quite as crazy powerful as in canon. Or even just comparatively, after scaling everything down to workable levels. They should only be as powerful as makes sense given that each has a rationally sound life story within the world you have crafted. If Akatsuki had the globally highest concentration of S-rank power, why aren't they a nation equivalent on the world stage?
There is no reason Akatsuki has to be quite as crazy powerful as in canon. Or even just comparatively, after scaling everything down to workable levels. They should only be as powerful as makes sense given that each has a rationally sound life story within the world you have crafted. If Akatsuki had the globally highest concentration of S-rank power, why aren't they a nation equivalent on the world stage?
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Mostly they just didn't want that.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
It may be better to plan for the likely but terrifying possibility that nobody returns.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
Accept our new S-rank missing nin overlords? Seems like the main option to me.
Shard
One and Many
- Location
- Malaysia
Bomb the Akatsuki area with insane sealing magic.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
I believe you meant to say "Don't stop running until the continents look different."
- Location
- Academy City
- Pronouns
- They
Cowards. We shouldn't let them steal our job.
Noumero
Omit Needless Words
That's the most fun one: it'll mean that the game is all but lost, which means there'll be little reason not to throw it away and unleash our most dangerous designs upon the world. The only thing guaranteed is that it'll be fun.
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- NY
Let me refer you to a previous conversation earlier in this thread.
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- Actually pretty lost
They are also varying degrees of batshit insane. Which, granted, jounin, but they were batshit even by the standards of the other jounin we see - I could totally see an argument that even as combat monsters individually, their combined effectiveness will be hampered even in comparison to a force made up of Kage who don't like each other. The latter will only betray each other if they think they can get away with it, and it won't screw their assault on Akatsuki - the confederation of S-rank nutjobs who (in canon, granted) only really work in pairs or alone and don't actually get along very well might crumble because Deidara thinks detonating his biggest bomb yet in a melee his "allies" are currently fighting in would be really cool, un.
This is going off of their canon personalities, sure, but if we take it as very roughly true that their degree of batshittery compared to other people we've seen in this quest is preserved, it might still be applicable.
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Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
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- United States
You don't (generally) become a missing-nin S-ranker without some degree of antisociability, that's for sure.
- Location
- Europe
Unless you have the Sarutobi bloodline. Those guys seem to stay rather stable.
- Location
- USA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Also, think about what it means to be an S-rank missing-nin. You grew up in a village, became an important and high-ranked member of their military, learned lots of secrets (jutsu, tactics, codes, personnel files...), and then you threw it all away. You spat on the traditions of your home. You betrayed your friends.
You did all that... And no one hunted you down, because they knew that no combination of their forces could beat you.
- Location
- Liverpool
Things to think about for plan crafting:
- Is there anything that we can do to help Jiraiya with USoUD2 (seals, ideas, etc). If so, we should maybe do that.
- Are there things in mist we want to do before running off (networking with sand and the rest of our 4th task team; any merchant follow- up; see Hana; Yakuza; etc) that we can do quickly before we leave.
- Are there things we need to get/ be ready for right away as acting clan head? Or ways to get ready?
- Let's get the rest of team Uplift together and see how they're doing (though Tsunade will likely be involved in USoUD2, so we can't even confront her about killing Akane).
- Is there anything that we can do to help Jiraiya with USoUD2 (seals, ideas, etc). If so, we should maybe do that.
- Are there things in mist we want to do before running off (networking with sand and the rest of our 4th task team; any merchant follow- up; see Hana; Yakuza; etc) that we can do quickly before we leave.
- Are there things we need to get/ be ready for right away as acting clan head? Or ways to get ready?
- Let's get the rest of team Uplift together and see how they're doing (though Tsunade will likely be involved in USoUD2, so we can't even confront her about killing Akane).
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Clash of the Titans
...If we could get Hana back in Leaf she would be a huge resource, especially if Mari is still out of it. Hana can be trusted, has no other vested interests in Leaf politics, and has formal clan heir training.
...If we could get Hana back in Leaf she would be a huge resource, especially if Mari is still out of it. Hana can be trusted, has no other vested interests in Leaf politics, and has formal clan heir training.
- Location
- NY
Not entirely sure this is the only valid interpretation. Itachi, for example, could probably not fight off all the rest of Konoha's S-Rankers together. I think it's more so that the cost benefit analysis doesn't hold up so long as they aren't actively generating bigger problems.
- Location
- Yes.
...so Jiraiya was fucking with us, huh.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
It depends how the cost benefit analysis turns out.
Jiraiya probably knows as much secret Leaf bullshit as the rest of the Jonin put together do, minus maybe Shikaku.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
Ayup. There's two sides to it. On the one hand, they're stupid-strong. On the other hand, they, more than anyone else in the world perhaps, are used to getting their way. They have the same weakness as Zabuza there, only they have even more issue getting along with people (otherwise, they would not have split from their village in the first place).
Which... is a weakness we should point out.