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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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Lailoken said:
Heh.

Heh.

Heh heh heh.

Y'know what potential asset we, and probably everybody else, has failed to factor into the succession fustercluck?

The Leaf oyabun. Somehow, I doubt that he is fond of the racial supremacist Hyuuga.

If we want to get a clan refinanced out from under Hyuuga debt, he might be worth talking to.

I swear to Jashin, I will get Kagome the hat.
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Very, very risky.
Not only could he refuse (he stays out of ninja politics as much as possible, after all), but he could take it badly and/or tell the Hyuga about it.

Lailoken said:
Hell, buy seal blanks in bulk from the Kurosawa back in Mist.

Kagome for Hokage Official Slogan: Explosives for everybody!
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OPSEC...
 
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Noumero said:
Okay, now I have time. Significantly restructured the plan, cleared up/expanded on the Ami section. @faflec?:

  • Family discussions:
    • Adopting Lee:
      • He's talented, and now without support.
      • We could mitigate his personality to minimize friction (soundproofing, house rules...).
    • Kagome:
      • Is he willing to teach adoptees sealing?
      • Give him Jiraiya's sealing notes (beforehand: remove evidence of your OPSEC blunder).
    • Mari:
      • What's she been doing lately?
      • Update her.
    • Keiko:
      • Where are Hyenas'/Leopards' Scrolls?
      • Does she want Ami to attend the wedding? Would it be safe to send her encrypted messages?
    • Evaluate feasibility of (with Keiko, Mari):
      • Inter-village adoptions (Doigama, Katou).
      • Snatching the Snake Scroll:
        1. Go to the Tower and convince the ANBU to give it to us. We're the Godaime's clan, represent a significant fraction of Leaf's military power + the ANBU were loyal to Jiraiya personally. Should be doable.
        2. Jointly establish Hazou and Noburi as new Summoners, with summons' public acknowledgment.
      • A Pangolin-Snake-Toad alliance:
        • Preexisting allies and our seals would make it unstoppable.
        • Our condition: Snakes support Gouketsu summoners.
        • Bonus: Gives us more avenues to pressure Pangolins into improving conquered clans' treatment.
      • Offering Pangolins a selection of seals to buy, for:
        • Improved treatment of conquered nations.
        • Jutsu, especially conquered nations'.
        • Valuables.
      • Solving Skytower-deal concerns via:
        • Selling seals using Toad intermediaries.
        • Transferring the Scroll's direct ownership to the Gouketsu.
  • Actions:
    • Offer adoption (conditional on Naruto's approval) to:
      • Akane (meet her together).
      • Tenten (send only Keiko).
    • Noburi: Schedule an appointment with Kabuto to check bloodline interactions with SC/Summoning.
      • Consider investigating him on adoption.
      • Yes, the Toad Scroll is Noburi's.
    • Gather information on Akatsuki:
      • Noburi: When visiting the Tower, grab their profiles.
      • Kagome: Summarize their book.
    • Snakes:
      • Hazou: Learn their culture/predispositions from Summons and Jiraiya's notes.
      • Keiko: Message them via Pangolins.
        • Send Jiraiya's letter to Orochimaru along (in case he's alive).
        • Did Orochimaru leave them his will? Jiraiya wrote him a pardon, we'd want to carry out his wishes.
    • (If Keiko agreed to invite Ami) Hazou:
      • Meet with Shikamaru (urgent).
        • Be sympathetic, but skip condolences.
        • (Concerned) Did he ensure Ami can attend Keiko's wedding? Ami'll be displeased otherwise.
        • Suggest postponing just the ceremony to give her time.
        • We'll take care of the rest... for twelve hours.
      • Send Ami a(n encrypted) message:
        • Update her on the wedding.
        • Offer any assistance in getting into Leaf IFF it wouldn't cost us politically.
          • Suggestion: Volunteer to transport/escort one of our merchants to Leaf. At luxury speeds.
        • She totally owes us another favor.
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Ah shit, sorry. Those are some big changes and some things are getting lost in translation; I don't feel comfortable doing it with 10min left.
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faflec said:
Ah shit, sorry. Those are some big changes and some things are getting lost in translation; I don't feel comfortable doing it with 10min left.
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Here's a version with minimal changes; I do thing modifying the Ami section is important (398 words):
  • Adoption:
    • If others agree, immediately make offers, contingent on Naruto's future approval, to:
      • Akane (meet her together).
      • Tenten (send only Keiko).
    • Discuss Lee:
      • He's talented, and adrift after Gai's death.
      • His personality could be mitigated to minimize friction (soundproofing, house rules...).
    • Consider inter-village adoption (Doigama, Kato...)?
  • Family matters:
    • Mari:
      • Update her.
      • What's she been doing lately?
    • Kagome:
      • Give him Jiraiya's sealing notes (beforehand: remove evidence of your OPSEC blunder).
      • Is he willing to teach adoptees sealling?
    • Noburi: Schedule an appointment with Kabuto to check bloodline interactions with SC/Summoning.
      • Consider investigating him on adoption.
      • Yes, the Toads are Noburi's.
    • Keiko:
      • Possible solutions for Skytower-deal concerns:
        • Selling seals using Toad intermediaries.
        • Transfer the Scroll's direct ownership to the Gouketsu.
      • Offer Pangolins a list of seals (OPSEC-sanitized!), for:
        • Valuables.
        • Jutsu, especially conquered nations'.
        • Improved treatment of conquered nations.
      • Where are the Hyena/Leopard scrolls?
      • Do you want Ami to attend the wedding? Can we send her encrypted messages?
  • (With Keiko's agreement) Hazou:
    • Meet with Shikamaru (urgent).
      • Be sympathetic, but skip condolences.
      • (Concerned) Did he ensure Ami can attend Keiko's wedding? Ami'll be displeased otherwise.
      • Suggest postponing just the ceremony to give her time.
      • We'll take care of the rest... for twelve hours.
    • Send Ami a(n encrypted) message:
      • Update her on the wedding.
      • Offer assistance in getting into Leaf IFF it wouldn't cost us politically.
        • Suggestion: Volunteer to transport/escort one of our merchants to Leaf.
      • She totally owes us another favor.
  • Gather information on Akatsuki:
    • Visit the Tower, grab their profiles.
    • Kagome: Summarize their book.
  • The Snake Scroll.
    • Learn Snake culture/predispositions from Summons and Jiraiya's notes.
    • Message Snakes via Pangolins.
      • Send Jiraiya's letter to Orochimaru (in case he's alive).
      • Did Orochimaru leave them his will? Jiraiya wrote him a pardon, we'd want to carry out his wishes.
    • Idea for Keiko: A Pangolin-Snake-Toad alliance conditional on Snakes backing a Gouketsu Summoner.
      • Would Pangolins/Toads be amenable? Preexisting allies and our seals would make the alliance unstoppable.
      • Bonus: Snake/Toad inroads give us avenues to pressure Pangolins into changing conquered clans' treatment.
    • Ask Keiko/Mari the (low?) feasibility of demanding and taking the Snake Scroll from the Tower. Would they accompany us?
      • Reasoning: We're the Godaime's clan; represent a significant fraction of Leaf's military strength; demanding from ANBU personally loyal to Jiraiya.
      • Follow-up: Publicly establish Hazou and Noburi as new Summoners, with summons' acknowledgment.

I'm sure the Malevolent One will be merciful, given that we're trying to help Ami.
 
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Noumero said:
Here's a version with minimal changes; I do thing modifying the Ami section is important (398 words):
  • Adoption:
    • If others agree, immediately make offers, contingent on Naruto's future approval, to:
      • Akane (meet her together).
      • Tenten (send only Keiko).
    • Discuss Lee:
      • He's talented, and adrift after Gai's death.
      • His personality could be mitigated to minimize friction (soundproofing, house rules...).
    • Consider inter-village adoption (Doigama, Kato...)?
  • Family matters:
    • Mari:
      • Update her.
      • What's she been doing lately?
    • Kagome:
      • Give him Jiraiya's sealing notes (beforehand: remove evidence of your OPSEC blunder).
      • Is he willing to teach adoptees sealling?
    • Noburi: Schedule an appointment with Kabuto to check bloodline interactions with SC/Summoning.
      • Consider investigating him on adoption.
      • Yes, the Toads are Noburi's.
    • Keiko:
      • Possible solutions for Skytower-deal concerns:
        • Selling seals using Toad intermediaries.
        • Transfer the Scroll's direct ownership to the Gouketsu.
      • Offer Pangolins a list of seals (OPSEC-sanitized!), for:
        • Valuables.
        • Jutsu, especially conquered nations'.
        • Improved treatment of conquered nations.
      • Where are the Hyena/Leopard scrolls?
      • Do you want Ami to attend the wedding? Can we send her encrypted messages?
  • (With Keiko's agreement) Hazou:
    • Meet with Shikamaru (urgent).
      • Be sympathetic, but skip condolences.
      • (Concerned) Did he ensure Ami can attend Keiko's wedding? Ami'll be displeased otherwise.
      • Suggest postponing just the ceremony to give her time.
      • We'll take care of the rest... for twelve hours.
    • Send Ami a(n encrypted) message:
      • Update her on the wedding.
      • Offer assistance in getting into Leaf IFF it wouldn't cost us politically.
        • Suggestion: Volunteer to transport/escort one of our merchants to Leaf.
      • She totally owes us another favor.
  • Gather information on Akatsuki:
    • Visit the Tower, grab their profiles.
    • Kagome: Summarize their book.
  • The Snake Scroll.
    • Learn Snake culture/predispositions from Summons and Jiraiya's notes.
    • Message Snakes via Pangolins.
      • Send Jiraiya's letter to Orochimaru (in case he's alive).
      • Did Orochimaru leave them his will? Jiraiya wrote him a pardon, we'd want to carry out his wishes.
    • Idea for Keiko: A Pangolin-Snake-Toad alliance conditional on Snakes backing a Gouketsu Summoner.
      • Would Pangolins/Toads be amenable? Preexisting allies and our seals would make the alliance unstoppable.
      • Bonus: Snake/Toad inroads give us avenues to pressure Pangolins into changing conquered clans' treatment.
    • Ask Keiko/Mari the (low?) feasibility of demanding and taking the Snake Scroll from the Tower. Would they accompany us?
      • Reasoning: We're the Godaime's clan; represent a significant fraction of Leaf's military strength; demanding from ANBU personally loyal to Jiraiya.
      • Follow-up: Publicly establish Hazou and Noburi as new Summoners, with summons' acknowledgment.

I'm sure the Malevolent One will be merciful, given that we're trying to help Ami.
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Ehhhhhhh...deadline has passed...sorry, really.
 
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Radvic said:
Up until this post, I had a small hope that Inoue's marriage was a thing. Because we'd probably be safeisher. Oh well, it's still ok. And we didn't die, and everybody's on guard! Life is better.
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Here's a blast from the past with hints of irony. :/

Torpling said:
To be honest I don't quite understand why Noburi would be unable to use summoning jutsu, since he can cast every other jutsu normally.
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Where did it say that Noburi can't use Summoning?

Halberdier said:
@Velorien @eaglejarl @OliWhail

Everyone, here is the updated QuINOA. Everything that was on there was more than a year old, so I saved it all separately, then essentially started from scratch. I've looked over questions in the thread since we returned from Leaf, but I'm sure I missed something. If you know any of the answers, or have your own questions, please add to it. My signature is empty, so I'll attach it there for easy access.

Questions In Need of Answers (QuINOA)

Edit: I don't actually know how to put something in my signature, if someone can help me with that :oops::lol
Edit Edit: Thanks Inferno Vulpix!
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You're fantastic. Thank you. +2 XP and lots of warm fuzzies for contributions to the quest.
 
faflec said:
RIP sorry. I probably wouldn't have done it since it's been close to 30min after the deadline, but yeah. Sorry.
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Not entirely clear on what you have and haven't modified at this point, but yes, please roll back to the pre-deadline version if necessary. Given how much trouble we've had with last-minute changes on past occasions, this is definitely not a precedent to set.
 
Kiba said:
Idea for an omake: Hazo's letter to mom? It's about time he starts writing regularly to his mother.
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Dear Mum and Dad:

HogwartsLeaf is lots of fun. I learned how to violate the Second Law of Thermodynamicsdo a politics in Charms classfrom Tsunade of the Three, and I met a girlboy named Hermione GrangerUzumaki Naruto who readsannoys Keiko faster than I do.

I'd better leave it at that.

Your loving son,
Harry James Potter-Evans-VerresKurosawaGoketsu Hazo.
 
So. Keiko marrying Shikamaru. How does that work? Does she need some sort of dowry? Can we even hope to afford it right now ?
I don't know enough about medieval japan to know what would be appropriate in-setting.
 
TalonofAnathrax said:
So. Keiko marrying Shikamaru. How does that work? Does she need some sort of dowry? Can we even hope to afford it right now ?
I don't know enough about medieval japan to know what would be appropriate in-setting.
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Velorien said:
"Girl's a treasure," Jiraiya grinned. "I'm going to bleed Shikaku dry with the bride price, or my name's not Gōketsu Jiraiya."
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It's the other way around; Shikamaru has to pay us.
 
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