even from her old Mist friends/family
I...uh...don't think there's going to be people with good stories involving her, or at least those willing to share. Even before she went missing-nin, Mari was the Heartbreaker for more reasons than just her ability to stop hearts (I have a faint recollection of her repeatedly making relationships with people and then suddenly cutting them off when she got bored with them).
 
I...uh...don't think there's going to be people with good stories involving her, or at least those willing to share. Even before she went missing-nin, Mari was the Heartbreaker for more reasons than just her ability to stop hearts (I have a faint recollection of her repeatedly making relationships with people and then suddenly cutting them off when she got bored with them).

Probably, but I figured it can't hurt to try. Do you think there's actual harm in including it or it's irrelevant either way?
 
We burn a lot of time searching for the stories and get nothing, leaving a gaping hole in our present that we don't have time to fix and Mari will be sad and aieeeeeeeeee

I mean I was figuring Hazou would just write some letters or something, since he would've already known who she associated with. I can remove it if you think it'll waste time though lol
 
I mean I was figuring Hazou would just write some letters or something, since he would've already known who she associated with. I can remove it if you think it'll waste time though lol
Oh, that is...not what I was imagining. I had thought you would send someone over to Mist and get stories while they got the trade supplies ala the Wakahisa deal.

Letters...ignoring the Shikamaru.screaming, I'm not entirely sure that would work, even less so than going in-person.
 
Oh, that is...not what I was imagining. I had thought you would send someone over to Mist and get stories while they got the trade supplies ala the Wakahisa deal.

Letters...ignoring the Shikamaru.screaming, I'm not entirely sure that would work, even less so than going in-person.

Wait what? I thought it was said the Wakahisa considered the deal complete, and the only reason we don't have all the shinies is for meta "we haven't defined what they are yet" reasons.

Anyway, the plan doesn't specify so I guess it would be up to Hazou's judgement. I'll just take it out for now, if anyone has any strong feelings about it they can argue for it.
 
[X] Old wounds and new friends

What do people think of also going through Kagome's journals etc. for mentions of Mari and including them in our list of nice things quietly?

I think that it might be worthwhile to emphasize the different ways she's made an impact on people's lives, and the different relationships she has with them, to possibly underscore the point that everyone sees Mari differently but positively (many Maris, all good) but I don't know if she'd just dismiss that.

This is the vibe I'm going for.
 
Wait what? I thought it was said the Wakahisa considered the deal complete, and the only reason we don't have all the shinies is for meta "we haven't defined what they are yet" reasons.
  • Recipes of Mist, plus at the start of each month the Gōketsu can send a representative to pick up a bunch of Water Country spices and cooking ingredients. The representative will be met at the docks and not allowed onto Wakahisa grounds without specific one-time permission from the Clan Head. The supplies aren't special and cost only a few thousand ryō in Water Country but are substantially more valuable in Fire. They will be in small enough quantities that it's more a "feed 25-50 people/month a very expensive dinner" than "become ludicrously wealthy". Hazō asked for it only because it gives the Gōketsu an opportunity to be in Mist on a regular basis and therefore provides opportunities for espionage, visiting family, trade, etc.
 
To be fair, given Noburi's chakara water, the dog summoning scroll, and ghost scales + SC we're still gaining substantial combat ability even if we're letting taijutsu stall.
 
That doesn't usually take a day.

I'm assuming that the notable feature of Leaf executions is that they are scheduled for a single date rather than that they take a full 24 hours.


I...uh...don't think there's going to be people with good stories involving her, or at least those willing to share. Even before she went missing-nin, Mari was the Heartbreaker for more reasons than just her ability to stop hearts (I have a faint recollection of her repeatedly making relationships with people and then suddenly cutting them off when she got bored with them).

She was a complete sociopath. Every time she came back from a mission any emotional connection she had to anybody was dead and gone.
 
She was a complete sociopath. Every time she came back from a mission any emotional connection she had to anybody was dead and gone.

Huh, now I wonder if she deliberately built those connections just to be able to use them as fuel for TLiF during the mission.
 
Guys. Guys.

We've got to talk to Neji about how great the dogs are.

[X] Action Plan: By Doggos Be Driven

  • Talk to Neji about how great the Dogs are. Spend some quality time with our fellow summoner.
  • Go have tea with Hinata. See how she is doing.
  • Do one or more of:
    • Go someplace interesting on the Seventh Path.
    • Tell that bastard Mizuki to take a message with him to the other side before he goes: hold tight, we know. We're coming. He'll understand when he gets there.
    • Take a mission to Sarubetsu. Go Uplift and generally unfuck the town as much as possible. Make it a better place than you left it last time.
  • Spend a week doing Sealing research:
    • Dimensional-Space Wobble Seal
      • A multi-element seal that warps space in the area inside the elements. Test to see if it bends light and alters the trajectory of small thrown objects (berries!). If space-time thingies were easy, then everyone would be doing it, so don't hesitate to go overboard on the restrictions and requirements, even to the points of uselessness outside of a laboratory setting.
      • Oh, and double-check with Kagome on it. If he doesn't think we can do it, do backup research.
      • Backup research: Figure out what the Isan seals do, reverse-engineer them IFF Kagome thinks we can.
    • If Hazou can't handle that either, research bigger storage seals.
  • Ami-Style Training
    • Perception
      • Train with Snowflake in the mornings or evenings. Catch each of her practice kunai while facing away based on the movement of shadows.
 
Even more important than the question of canine exit:

My girlfriend (a biology major) raised some interesting questions about chakra beasts and the inhabitants of the Seventh Path. Take Kamushafuto for instance - he's a much more normal size, and we know that turtles (RL) age more slowly than people, so for him to be roughly Neji's age is significant. Do the turtles of the Seventh Path share an ancestor with the mundane turtles we'd find on the Human Path?

Specifically: is Kamushafuto a teenage mutant ninja turtle?
 
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Guys. Guys.

We've got to talk to Neji about how great the dogs are.

Better yet, have the Minami and KEI gush about how awesome their summons are.


Even more important than the question of canine exit:

My girlfriend (a biology major) raised some interesting questions about chakra beasts and the inhabitants of the Seventh Path. Take Kamushafuto for instance - he's a much more normal size, and we know that turtles (RL) age more slowly than people, so for him to be roughly Neji's age is significant. Do the turtles of the Seventh Path share an ancestor with the mundane turtles we'd find on the Human Path?

Specifically: is Kamushafuto a teenage mutant ninja turtle?

You.

I like you.
 
[X] Action Plan: By Doggos Be Driven

I... disagree with the sealing priorities entirely, but fuck it.
 
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