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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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MMKII said:
[X] Action Plan: From one humanoid intelligence to another

Check with Keiko beforehand on how forthright you should be about Keiko suggesting you talk to Ami about this.

  • Meet with Ami when she has the time.
    • Bring an escort but speak to Ami in private.
    • Exchange pleasantries, ask if she still has the octocat.
  • Main topic:
    • We've recently, through means we cannot disclose, been exposed to the Out, that place beyond reality where madness reigns, and some level of connection/understanding/deviation has stayed with us.
    • Given your uniquely flexible mindset, we were wondering if you had any tips on how to stay grounded when tapping into an alien frame of mind?
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Again, I doubt we're gonna get much out of her unless and until we let on that Keiko was the one that sent us to her.
 
[X] Action Plan: From one humanoid intelligence to another

It's still pretty sparse right now but I'll take a leap of faith in it fleshing out over the cycle.
 
Kiba said:
Goketsu compound/Business
  • Implement storage seal bank/subscription service as soon we gain approval from MC.
    • If not already approved, continue working the MC to get their approval.
    • Utilize our tavern or our compound as base of operation for our business.
  • Start construction of a school. Daytime for children/academy students. Nighttime for night schools for adults.
    • Find and hire teachers as necessary using the method devised in the last chapter.
    • May be necessary to get licensing and permits to get a school operating.
    • Operates as a charity school supported by the Goketsu.
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I'd love it if this part of Kiba's plan could be included in MMKII's plan.
Or for that matter if Kiba's plan checked with Keiko about how much to tell Ami.
 
Here's a more bare-bones plan, I have a lot of room to add stuff so let me know if you want something added.

[X] Action Plan: Voices of the Out
Word Count: 297

Get the clan's approval first.
  • Keep supporting the refugee camp.
  • Meet with Ami at her convenience in an OPSEC-secure location.
    • Thoughts:
      • Keiko's been evasive about her bloodline. It's her right, but you can't help being curious...
        • She'd said it has "a purpose". She'd also said that interfacing with otherworldly entities requires extensive preparations, and indeed seemed very knowledgeable on this subject. Maybe she was talking about Summoning, but with this last revelation...
        • Could the Frozen Skein be providing the means to contact an entity from Out, which handles data-analysis?
        • If yes, do the other five cognition clans (the Nara...) work the same way? They all have similar thematic drawbacks, and if they're all designed...
      • Additionally, Keiko implied Ami may have unique insight. Aside from the FS speculation, any similarities between your personal peculiarities?
        • She made a point of implying that all of her masks are real. She also spoke as a chorus that one time.
        • That's somewhat reminiscent of that time you merged with your alternate-timeline selves...
    • Exchange pleasantries/updates on plots.
    • Main topic: Due to a sealing-related development, you've directly seen the truth behind the illusion of reality. A connection, to which Keiko referred as "calling up the universe", has remained. It produced some interesting effects. Any tips?
      • Confirm with Keiko whether you should reveal she directed us to Ami.
      • Don't reveal the IN clan secret. Don't mention the Scroll without a good reason either.
      • If Ami, too, seems evasive about the FS, mention your speculations to speed up the discussion.
        • Clarify that Keiko didn't tell us that deliberately.
  • Other projects:
    • Investigate Jiraiya's Leaf safehouses with Akane/Kagome. Consider visiting stashes near Leaf as well.
    • Make preparations for the MC-approved businesses.
    • Is Agent Snake alive? Invite her for dinner, try cultivating her as an ally/resource.
 
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@faflec i'd really like it If you'd add something about finding out if Snake is still alive. She would be one of the senior remaining ANBU and would be helpful to have around
 
@faflec ...I think we actually might want to admit to Keiko's involvement. I doubt Ami would be upset with her, and it would reinforce to Ami just how Keiko sees us. (i.e. this is truly something she would only share with her closest family, and even then only at great need.)
 
eaglejarl said:
Now you're a missing-nin. After three weeks on the run, you were able to find a safe place to make a longer-term base, with concealment on the level of a small ninja village. Your perimeter is secure for now, your supplies are adequate, and between your eighteen genin, your six chūnin and your three jōnin, you have a good range of skills and expertise. But your names are in the Bingo Book, and if your village considered you dangerous before, it will stop at nothing to find and destroy you now.
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eaglejarl said:
It is now about 10 o'clock at night. Hazō was in camp all day; he made a lot of progress with improving things for the several hundred people now sheltering with you. More civilians have been trickling in slowly, a handful at a time, as people hear about your camp and your policies. The flow is slowing down now that most of the displaced people in Leaf have either died of exposure or found somewhere acceptable to live. Your current resource situation:

  • 506 civilians. Many of them have useful skills (carpenters, scribes, etc) but at least a third are too old, too young, or too infirm to be useful. Additionally, twelve of them are extremely pregnant, due to give birth sometime in the next week or two
  • 39 ninja:
    • 2 Academy students, ages seven and nine
    • 31 genin, ages twelve to sixteen
    • 1 medically-retired chūnin with palsy and the beginnings of dementia
    • 3 semi-crippled chūnin (missing leg; missing arm; horrific burns down her entire right side)
    • 2 young, healthy chūnin who were probably skinwastes These two moved back into the city after finding that some family they had thought were dead were in fact still alive.
    • 2 mature and competent chūnin: Atomu and Reo. They are both in their early thirties, charismatic and organized enough that you can delegate some leadership tasks to them. Reo is missing his right leg above the knee and is therefore not fully combat capable, although as a ninjutsu-spec he has more ability than he would if he were taijutsu-spec.
  • An encampment about 120m by 50m (about 1.5 acres, slightly larger than a football field) that's been cleared of threats.
  • A granite wall 2m high and 0.25m thick that surrounds the entire area. This is courtesy of Hazō's MEW jutsu and a bunch of donated chakra that you got from your various ninja by way of Noburi.
  • Another 30-something acres of land that officially belong to the Shimura estate
  • Essentially as much unclaimed virgin forest as you might want to expand into
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Hey look, an improvement over the beginning of the quest! Now we have 31 genin, ~7 - 11 chunin, and, uh, actually only one jonin, no Shikigami and minus the third jonin whose name I've forgotten.

Upside, they're all taking orders from us!

Also upside, now only two out of the five - uh, wait, is it three or four now? - major Hidden Villages want us dead or captured!

All for the low low price of killing off most of our superiors in the world by direct and and indirect means.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Oops.
 
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MMKII said:
[X] Action Plan: From one humanoid intelligence to another

Check with Keiko beforehand on how forthright you should be about Keiko suggesting you talk to Ami about this.

  • Meet with Ami when she has the time.
    • Bring an escort but speak to Ami in private.
    • Exchange pleasantries, ask if she still has the octocat.
  • Main topic:
    • We've recently, through means we cannot disclose, been exposed to the Out, that place beyond reality where madness reigns, and some level of connection/understanding/deviation has stayed with us.
    • Given your uniquely flexible mindset, we were wondering if you had any tips on how to stay grounded when tapping into an alien frame of mind?
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Sentient Tree said:
I'd love it if this part of Kiba's plan could be included in MMKII's plan.
Or for that matter if Kiba's plan checked with Keiko about how much to tell Ami.
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I agree that is taking an initiative on the school would be a great move. That said, I don't think we should just do it on our own. Going through Asuma, but being a major driver behind it, let's us have less impact than we'd have if it was just our school run by us, but it means Everyone gets an education that's 40% more Uplift than it was before (something something will of fire burns brightly for all).
Plus, y'know, that way we don't have to foot the entire bill.
 
Oneiros said:
@faflec i'd really like it If you'd add something about finding out if Snake is still alive. She would be one of the senior remaining ANBU and would be helpful to have around
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Done.
Byzantine said:
@faflec ...I think we actually might want to admit to Keiko's involvement. I doubt Ami would be upset with her, and it would reinforce to Ami just how Keiko sees us. (i.e. this is truly something she would only share with her closest family, and even then only at great need.)
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Hm. I'm not entirely sure we should admit to her involvement of our own accord; I've compromised by removing the part specifically referring to Keiko as someone we shouldn't mention. Let me know if this is OK with you; I'm willing to be swayed further if presented with a good argument.
faflec said:
Here's a more bare-bones plan, I have a lot of room to add stuff so let me know if you want something added.

[X] Action Plan: Voices of the Out
Word Count: 154

Get the clan's (and Keiko's) approval first.
  • Keep supporting the refugee camp.
  • Meet with Ami when she has time.
    • Exchange pleasantries and listen to her progress/activities.
    • Main topic: The Out trip.
      • We've suffered from a sealing failure and've been sent to the Out. Afterwards, we've noticed a...connection, has remained.
        • If pressed, claim that recent stresses made the connection noticable enough to be concerning. Don't reveal clan secrets.
      • Given your uniquely flexible mindset, we were wondering if you had any tips on how to stay grounded when tapping into an alien frame of mind?
  • Investigate Jiraiya's Leaf safehouses for supplies/blackmail. Take Akane/Kagome along.
    • If there are stashes near Leaf, consider picking up those as well.
  • Get seals ready to set up businesses pending MC approval.
  • How's Agent Snake doing? Let's invite her over for dinner, and try cultivating her as a resource. She'd be one of the last ANBU/Jonin around.
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Sentient Tree said:
I'd love it if this part of Kiba's plan could be included in MMKII's plan.
Or for that matter if Kiba's plan checked with Keiko about how much to tell Ami.
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Halberdier said:
I agree that is taking an initiative on the school would be a great move. That said, I don't think we should just do it on our own. Going through Asuma, but being a major driver behind it, let's us have less impact than we'd have if it was just our school run by us, but it means Everyone gets an education that's 40% more Uplift than it was before (something something will of fire burns brightly for all).
Plus, y'know, that way we don't have to foot the entire bill.
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I think Kiba's plan is too conservative. The Academy just got deleted, it is our solemn duty to this village to assist in the construction and management of its replacement institution.

We can reframe the night school thing as some good 'ol propaganda and indoctrination of the civilian populace to prevent larger portions of the populace from being converted to our Rock "allies" .I'm sure big ninja guy Asuma will go with that one!
 
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[X] Action Plan: Voices of the Out

... Shinies.

Although I do think it would be best to just straight up ask Keiko whether she wants us to tell Ami or not.
 
Raichu1972 said:
Jesus Christ why did you make me remember that shit

That hurt on a visceral level
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We could remember. Ask Ami about Mist's losses (Just given names, if OPSEC is a concern) and create a shrine for them.

Do the same for Rock here.

E: Oh right Kanna was the unnamed jounin in swamp, not part of BotG. Whoops.
 
Cariyaga said:
We could remember. Ask Ami about Mist's losses (Just given names, if OPSEC is a concern) and create a shrine for them.

Do the same for Rock here.

E: Oh right Kanna was the unnamed jounin in swamp, not part of BotG. Whoops.
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When we head back to the Swamp soon-ish to check if Jman's stash is still there, we can set up a MEWmorial stone for her and everyone else.

Maybe get haunted a bit. Talk to some ghosts, have a one night possession or two. Sound like a good time?


It has dawned on me that some of these hidey hole supply stashes might have infused Jiraiya seals in them. The two goo bombs in Akane's inventory might not be all that remains of his work! GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!!
 
MMKII said:
When we head back to the Swamp soon-ish to check if Jman's stash is still there, we can set up a MEWmorial stone for her and everyone else.

Maybe get haunted a bit. Talk to some ghosts, have a one night possession or two. Sound like a good time?


It has dawned on me that some of these hidey hole supply stashes might have infused Jiraiya seals in them. The two goo bombs in Akane's inventory might not be all that remains of his work! GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME!!
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Didn't we tell Mari about the stash, or at least what we think is the location of the stash? Wouldn't she have checked the place out and found it?
 
@faflec, I would like to argue the point that we ask Keiko for permission to tell Ami about her involvement. She should have a say in it, and not only because Ami is her family member. Keiko's just realized that she doesn't wholly trust the sister that she's idolized/worshipped for this whole fic. She's just realized that she needs to decide whether or not to trust Ami. Maybe Keiko's had time to come to a decision, maybe she hasn't, but she still deserves to have a say.

Maybe we can convince her, or maybe it's not a smart idea to tell Ami for reasons that Keiko hasn't disclosed. But, either way, Keiko deserves to have her agency respected, if only due to how flagrantly Hazou's disregarded it in the past.

(also it would be a sign that Hanzou can learn lessons)
 
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So Pangolin Kage Big Smash seems interesting. I know it's said in the Rules that you build summons like regular characters so does that put Big Boss Panko at Kage level or does the Summon Path have a higher ceiling? Also, that size has got to have some associated bonus/penalty. I'd imagine it'd be very useful for most things, but makes dodging precision assassination Jutsu almost impossible (there's got to be some high level Jutsu for high strength small area penetration ie sniper jutsu) while being completely immune to most AoE Jutsu due to sheer size (huge fireballs don't mean shit when huge is the word that best describes your pinky).

Have you guys handled any large combatant events yet?
 
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