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
- Location
- Yes.
However much is needed to ensure we can successfully remove evidence of treason.
- Location
- UK
- Pronouns
- He/Him
I think you will need DO NOT MESS WITH TIME levels of sealing. I'm not sure we have that much XP on hand.However much is needed to ensure we can successfully remove evidence of treason.
- Location
- Italy
*Screaming in Kagome*
You know what? Let's talk to Mari about this, then we decide what to do about it.
However much is needed to ensure we can successfully remove evidence of treason.
Hopefully Asuma will summon us and ask "There is anything else you did before me that we need address now, instead of when it's too late" and Hazou will answer "We sent the equivalent of a blank paper to the Mara, so we can actually contact Cloud directly if you're inclined" and...
We are so dead.
Oh great faflec, we need your powers, was Mari involved in this plan? Because otherwise she's going to murder us before Asuma can, and if she was she hopefully has some semblance of a plan for the situation.
- Location
- Yes.
She was. As for a plan...hah.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
On the plus side, Grandmaster F supposedly pretty much never summons any Mara, so it could be years before she even summons one, let alone hears about our message. They probably have a LOT of things they want to say to her that are more important than an invitation to talk philosophy.
- Location
- Book Fort
- Pronouns
- They/Them
So I have today off of work, and I'm using that time to rewatch ATLA and just relaxing, in general. Anyway, as I was watching a specific scene, I was struck by the realization that we've never encountered an Earth-armor technique --either in the mode of ATLA or the Lightbringer Saga's Green Golem --other than the Pangolin's Scales technique. It seems to me like the obvious thing to try and tinker with, right? So either no one's thought of it, or there are complications keeping it from being created. What do you think could be a barrier from its creation?
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
Not quick, quick would mean going to Asuma and asking permission when he's still very angry with us.
But this is a good idea. If we eventually finagle our way into having official permission to send letters to Grandmaster F through the Seventh Path, then the only evidence of our treasonous letter would be the date it was sent, and that's easily obfuscated.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Jiraiya said that armor was one of the holy grails of ninja warfare, albeit to a lesser extent than flight. That's why leveling up Pangolin Earth Armor is such a huge game changer combat-wise for us, and why we had to hide the fact that we used Pangolin's Scales during the chunin exam.
Probably the big difficulty with armor is that all the things that are tough enough to block attacks are also immobile, like 5SB. Jutsu seem to be the way to get around this, as in the case of Pangolin Earth Armor, although even then there's a large decrease in maneuverability.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
That's why we don't get permission. Keiko does, by way of Ami.
No one's going to question Ami fucking around with Hazou.
Cariyaga
Handsome Gentleperson
- Location
- United States
Let's... not give her the opportunity to mention our letter.
- Location
- Italy
Should...Should we contact Ebisu? it's possible that Ebisu could help us bring at least SCs to a certain level and "I'm a Clan Head that needs Shadow Clones working ASAP" seems a pretty worthy reason to help us. Normally i would take it slow, but considering how we almost died twice in the span of three updates, maybe it's the time to start sprinting to SC 30 as fast as we can.
If Grandmaster F decides to blackmail/sell us out there meeting her at the chunnin exam or not isn't really the relevant point.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
If we can meet her before she summons a Mara and learns about our message, then we can pass the message off as something that was part of the 7th path messages we agreed to. Considering how infrequently she summons them, I'd say we have a pretty reasonable chance.
- Location
- Book Fort
- Pronouns
- They/Them
I don't see how that's sufficient motivation for Ebisu to help Hazou, though? He doesn't really have any emotional connection to us, he's a ninja with the Hokage's favor, he's clanless and we're clan ninja (even without the Goketsu, Hazou's technically an outcast clan kid with the advantage of a bloodline), and we were very nearly executed for treason. Yeah, there's legal fiction, but most veteran ninja will see through that in a heartbeat. If we want his help with Shadow Clones, we need to find something to offer him to make it worth his while. The only thing that I can think might be worth it, is proving that clanless ninja aren't inherently worse than clanned ninja... and we've kind of already done that. At least, we helped provide enough evidence that the Tower was motivated to begin its own trials/investigations/experiments.
I just realized that jail time and near execution had incurred us massive opportunity cost.
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
Do we need external tutoring to level Shadow Clone? I can't remember.
Tua
鸡肉面条汤
- Location
- شوربة الدجاج المعكرونة
That's why treason is bad. Not because of moral reasons or because it nearly killed us, but because it's subpar XP/day.
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
Marked For Death, where the players need specific reasons for why treason is bad.
This quest is the best.
Emstar
The Shining One
- Location
- Trapped in an extradimensional rift.
- Pronouns
- She/They
One man's treason is another man's treasure.