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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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So since seals can get transported through the dimensions along with the person they are strapped to, transporting goods for our merchant empire is trivial:

Summoner A and Summoner B both have signed the same summoning contact and each have storage scrolls full of goods, Goods 1 and Goods 2, respectively.

Summoner A heads west to acquire his goods while B goes east for his. Once they are in their positions and have the goods ready to trade, they both reverse-summon themselves to the summon realm and exchange their goods there. So when both summoners return to the place where they performed their reverse-summonings, the goods have traveled from east to west without ever having to go through borders. Better yet, the only time we have to cross a border is the initial setup of (for lack of a better term) summon ports. As soon as we have Summoners C-Z the system becomes exponentially more profitable per additional summon port due to the increased variety of goods and local markets.

And that's only if we limit ourselves to the resources we have available now (and if we can convince the Pangolins to accept multitudes of summoners). However, we have a seal master who might be able to reverse engineer derivative teleporting seals just like the 4th Hokage did (or that can be one of Hazou's long term goals). Or the Pangolins themselves might have some insights into the specifics of crossing dimensions that they might be willing to share with us if we ask nicely.

We have access to the computing languages of the universe AND a working example of trans dimensional teleportation in one of those languages. If that isn't prime, pristine munchkin-able magic, I don't know what is.
 
Dictator4Hire said:
Summoner A heads west to acquire his goods while B goes east for his. Once they are in their positions and have the goods ready to trade, they both reverse-summon themselves to the summon realm and exchange their goods there. So when both summoners return to the place where they performed their reverse-summonings, the goods have traveled from east to west without ever having to go through borders. Better yet, the only time we have to cross a border is the initial setup of (for lack of a better term) summon ports. As soon as we have Summoners C-Z the system becomes exponentially more profitable per additional summon port due to the increased variety of goods and local markets.
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Assuming the scrolls don't just go back with the Summoner who had them, there's still the risk of being ambushed when you return from your reverse-summoning.
Dictator4Hire said:
However, we have a seal master who might be able to reverse engineer derivative teleporting seals just like the 4th Hokage did (or that can be one of Hazou's long term goals).
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Apparently, it was actually the Second Hokage who made the discovery. Minato just figured out how to use it.
 
HoratioVonBecker said:
Assuming the scrolls don't just go back with the Summoner who had them, there's still the risk of being ambushed when you return from your reverse-summoning.
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It will need some testing first of course, but the idea is that the summon ports are secure locations just like our bases.

I'm cautiously optimistic though; there has to be some way for us to optimize our ninja techniques. This seems like the most promising avenue of research, even if it might be too challenging for us currently. I'd be content with developing PMYF or airships in the meantime as a way to practice our inventing skills before we do something really dangerous, like poking at the fabric of space-time.
 
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Omake: EJ grumbles through the 4th wall. Also, talking.
  • Apocrypha
    • "Keiko, Kagome! You're back!" Hazou said.

    "Oh, thank God," Noburi said. "Now we can finally GTFO out of this stupid place. God, I'm tired of sitting around talking all the time."

    Everyone turned to stare at him.

    "God?" Keiko asked. "Which one?"

    "GTFO?" Hazou asked. He frowned, puzzling it through. "Gut The Fat Owl?" He shook his head. "Are you feeling all right, Noburi? That's a bizarre and stupid thing to say."

    "Maybe it's 'Gank This Follicle Off'?" Akane guessed, tugging experimentally on her hair. "Check to see if he has an ingrown hair. They itch a lot."

    "I still want to know which God he meant," Keiko said.

    Noburi was blushing furiously. "No, it just means I want to Get The **** Out of this town."

    Inoue blinked in surprise. "Did you really just say four asterisks?" She paused. "For that matter, how did you manage to pronounce four asterisks?"

    "Also, you originally said you wanted to 'GTFO out of this town', which seems redundant," Keiko pointed out pedantically. "Wouldn't that mean 'Get The **** Out out of this town'?"

    "Definitely redundant," Hazou said, nodding seriously.

    Noburi gritted his teeth. "I just want to leave, okay?! Fer Christ's sake, can we please just pack up and go before a rampaging horde of Tapiridae come surfing down on us?"

    "Who's this Christ person?" Kagome asked suspiciously. "Sounds like a stinker. We better blow him up, just to be sure."

    "ARGGGHHHH!" Noburi shouted, throwing his hands in the air.

    "I don't know," Akane said. "Shouldn't we wait until everyone is healed? I mean, this is such a lovely place...we have an entire cave with beautiful rock formations, the lamps sparkle so nicely, we have--"

    "Get. Out," hissed an otherworldly voice that dripped furious and evil anger. "I'm tired of writing talking."

    "Too bad we can't stay!" everyone said, grabbing their gear and running like people who were not characters in a horror movie.
     
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    • I think we can all learn a few good lessons on the relative merits of putting the quest goal in the middle of Diplomat Town vs an abandoned trap-filled temple of doom.
     
    I liked Diplomacy quest, and don't mind playing it again. Just, not too soon. Right now research sounds most appealing, and not just for Hazou. We have Mist and water clones to figure out for Nobby, summons to play with for Keiko. And while we're at fort, I'd like to visit neighboring village. Give Noburi a self-esteem boost through healing, see if there are any news. I'm sure Iron blowing up would reach even this far.

    And make more tags. More tags. Tags. All the tags. All of them. Stash them with Kei's summon, then make more.
     
    eaglejarl said:
    Okay, first let's deal with the affinities thing. After discussion with the other GMs, here's what we're doing: One time, you get +10 on any roll. In your votes you can put "use bonus on X" (e.g. "use +10 on Diplomacy with Kagome to accomplish FOO".) Alternatively, if you roll something that would kill you then we'll use it on that.
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    O hey look at this other thing I found. I don't think we ever used it, so it's brand new :}
     
    eaglejarl said:
    "Keiko, Kagome! You're back!" Hazou said.

    "Oh, thank God," Noburi said. "Now we can finally GTFO out of this stupid place. God, I'm tired of sitting around talking all the time."

    Everyone turned to stare at him.

    "God?" Keiko asked. "Which one?"

    "GTFO?" Hazou asked. He frowned, puzzling it through. "Gut The Fat Owl?" He shook his head. "Are you feeling all right, Noburi? That's a bizarre and stupid thing to say."

    "Maybe it's 'Gank This Follicle Off'?" Akane guessed, tugging experimentally on her hair. "Check to see if he has an ingrown hair. They itch a lot."

    "I still want to know which God he meant," Keiko said.

    Noburi was blushing furiously. "No, it just means I want to Get The **** Out of this town."

    Inoue blinked in surprise. "Did you really just say four asterisks?" She paused. "For that matter, how did you manage to pronounce four asterisks?"

    "Also, you originally said you wanted to 'GTFO out of this town', which seems redundant," Keiko pointed out pedantically. "Wouldn't that mean 'Get The **** Out out of this town'?"

    "Definitely redundant," Hazou said, nodding seriously.

    Noburi gritted his teeth. "I just want to leave, okay?! Fer Christ's sake, can we please just pack up and go before a rampaging horde of Tapiridae come surfing down on us?"

    "Who's this Christ person?" Kagome asked suspiciously. "Sounds like a stinker. We better blow him up, just to be sure."

    "ARGGGHHHH!" Noburi shouted, throwing his hands in the air.

    "I don't know," Akane said. "Shouldn't we wait until everyone is healed? I mean, this is such a lovely place...we have an entire cave with beautiful rock formations, the lamps sparkle so nicely, we have--"

    "Get. Out," hissed an otherworldly voice that dripped furious and evil anger. "I'm tired of writing talking."

    "Too bad we can't stay!" everyone said, grabbing their gear and running like people who were not characters in a horror movie.
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    So... what you're saying is... the Start9 of this quest is

    [] Start Talking
    ?
    :V
     
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