I just figured that "Cthulhu was my interior decorator" is just what inevitably happens when you have more than five sealmasters in one place for too long.
Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest
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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
I just figured that "Cthulhu was my interior decorator" is just what inevitably happens when you have more than five sealmasters in one place for too long.
Here's a plan. About 3 scenes.
[X] Action Plan: Soul-Snatching Stinkers and Puppy Power
Word Count: 297
Ami:
Welcome, Ami.
Personal:
Hazou's willing to pursue any anti-dragon angles at this point. Solve Ami's puzzle: The poetry of Karasu Goemon.
Haru:
He's shown talent in intelligence work, but needs polishing.
[X] Action Plan: Soul-Snatching Stinkers and Puppy Power
Word Count: 297
Ami:
Welcome, Ami.
- In-law???...(Hazou didn't marry Snowflake? Right?)
- Ask about her whereabouts and welfare.
- Summon some puppies. She'll like them.
- Confirm and update her on the Dragonwar and Great Seal situation thus far.
- How's the KEI? Are we still friendly?
- Any feedback.
Personal:
Hazou's willing to pursue any anti-dragon angles at this point. Solve Ami's puzzle: The poetry of Karasu Goemon.
- It's an intimate gift, so try to figure it out on privately first.
- Ask Kagome's help with care and only if needed.
- If this is a promising avenue, discuss further with Kagome.
- Ami?
- Uchiha?
- Discuss bringing Sasuke in for collaboration on (possible) Karusu seals? If they can be adapted for Dragons, then Itachi's Crows are game too...
Haru:
He's shown talent in intelligence work, but needs polishing.
- Hazou support's Haru's investigation wherever the facts lead or if he wants to end it at this point... (dead end?)
- Also, good initiative in establishing an intel network.
- But he needs to cool it with the killing the sub-bosses and be more discrete -Asuma's words.
- Hazou needs to be informed.
- But besides that, good work. Where should the Goketsu aim resources at? Maybe the Intel network can help?
- Extra Seal Bank support?
- Distribute Storage Seals (Food, Water, burning logs) to the most desperate?
- How about gathering Ice into storage seals?
- Get in contact with Kon Ai. Does the hospital need anything?
- Any storage seals, ice, water, food.
- How's the Goketsu clinic doing?
- Submit a bi-monthly (1st and 15th day) report on Leaf opinions on Goketsu rep as well. Who's still friendly or not.
- Estate ninja
- KEI
- Other clans
- Merchants
- Any personal visits Hazou should make? Letters?
- Any Suggestions?
- Ask Kagome about hunting Sky squid to bolster food reserves. Still up there in winter?
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- Pronouns
- He/Him
- Location
- Liverpool
It's late in the cycle, but willing to vote any plan IFF it is under 400 words and has is talking to Haru.
I think that's way too complicated. Hazo improvise. He hardly has any chessmaster-like strategies or long term strategic vision, but he does have 'operating principles' and 'tendencies'. What does Hazo do with civilians? He adopted some of the needy, but he also looked for talent.
Hazo will absolutely take action when the situation calls for it, like when he improvise a course of action for the bank run.
Also, the whole scrip printing thing was Mari's idea. Hazo was actually cognizant of the effect of massive printing once he proposed to pay off loans and debts of people.
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@Kiba
Added these changes.
@Halberdier I have a plan up that talks with Haru. It's a couple posts before yours.
Added these changes.
@Halberdier I have a plan up that talks with Haru. It's a couple posts before yours.
Was thinking it should be something that Haru provides every two or three weeks. Should be a brief informational summary. However he did the report is up to him. We should also provide a rationale, like the fact that Hazo doesn't know what's going on outside his immediate priority.
Hows this? I think it gets the point across.
- Location
- The Soviet Republic of Canuckistan
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- He/Him
While I don't want to vote for the plan (it has a few elements I don't think are good ideas) I think it has some great stuff in it that shouldn't fall off the radar even if it doesn't make it into this cycle.
I think Cannai probably also understands the value of gold, and 'we'll contract with and train dogs for you' would have to be a huge endeavor to make it worth his while.
This is a singularly brilliant idea.
Yeesh, I hadn't even thought about this, but...it's been a minute. Keiko might be another person to ask.
I'm not sure he'll go for this. I'm additionally a little unsure that there wouldn't be pushback from Asuma. We got ourselves in trouble minting money once. That it would be spending gold might or might not make that better, especially given how destablized the economy is right now. The useful part of the gold standard is that gold is scarce and you (generally) don't stumble on a huge quantity of it out of nowhere.
I think Cannai probably also understands the value of gold, and 'we'll contract with and train dogs for you' would have to be a huge endeavor to make it worth his while.
I think that this is an important conversation to have with Haru in the short term. We can be clear that we didn't chuck him under the bus, and that we have his back, but also hopefully provide him with a good reason to be more open with us.
I'm very open to take suggestions. I did think we might be some inflationary problems as well with the gold... But wasn't the problem that Asuma confiscated Ryo too fast?
I was thinking of delivering the gold directly to the Tower so they had a reserve.
[X] Action Plan: Keiko Becomes Religious (Not Clickbait!)
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Added the Avengers: Endgame portal scene but with people giving Hazou advice
Changed this section up some. I'm going to bed soon, so speak now or forever hold your peace
@Kiba @FaintlySorcerous Made some changes. Gonna have a chat with Ami. Goketsu play as support for the village, hospital, clinic, etc. Finally tackling the KG seals. I'm guessing Leaf can mint more Ryo for foreseeable future without us so, not sure how Asuma would have taken us showing up with gold (if Cannai was on-board).
- Location
- The Maple Syrup Mountains
[X] Action Plan: Reaching Understanding
On balance, I like this approach to conversing with Asuma more than Shroom's. I think it gets to the heart of the matter earlier, and avoids a few pitfalls where Hazou sharing his perspective might sound like an accusation against Asuma's morality - the part where he says he wants civilian lives to be considered worthwhile sticking out here, as the way it's phrased suggests Asuma doesn't care about them. MadScientist's plan expresses the same sort of sentiment without phrasing it in a way that could antagonize Asuma and distract him from trying to understand us.
Besides that, both plans leave me a little uneasy with respect to the part where Hazou explains why he makes mistakes. In each case it's a neat little framework that sounds accurate but also sets off the red flags in my head that I've learned to recognize when I'm lying to myself about how controllable and well-understood a part of my behaviour is. That is, I feel both plans on this part of the conversation make the mistake of trying to wrap his mistakes and failures in a neat little bow so they can be checkmarked as 'understood' without investigating the actual source of the problem or providing anything actionable that might help fix it, or even the expectation that it can be fixed rather than simply managed.
It's not the end of the world if we go as-is, but I think I'd like it more if it was adjusted away from the implication that it's impossible for Hazou to be anything other than a manic idea-generator that sometimes forgets what treason is.
edit: with respect to the honesty-value of this adjustment, while I accept that it's unlikely for the thread's aggregate approach to things to significantly change and for us to stop making these sorts of mistakes every so often, it's definitely possible for Hazou the character to grow to the point where he can recognize the treason potential in an action and adjust or reject it accordingly. It is in no way a lie to say that we can get better and in time become our own sanity filter, despite the nature of the thread and the quest.
On balance, I like this approach to conversing with Asuma more than Shroom's. I think it gets to the heart of the matter earlier, and avoids a few pitfalls where Hazou sharing his perspective might sound like an accusation against Asuma's morality - the part where he says he wants civilian lives to be considered worthwhile sticking out here, as the way it's phrased suggests Asuma doesn't care about them. MadScientist's plan expresses the same sort of sentiment without phrasing it in a way that could antagonize Asuma and distract him from trying to understand us.
Besides that, both plans leave me a little uneasy with respect to the part where Hazou explains why he makes mistakes. In each case it's a neat little framework that sounds accurate but also sets off the red flags in my head that I've learned to recognize when I'm lying to myself about how controllable and well-understood a part of my behaviour is. That is, I feel both plans on this part of the conversation make the mistake of trying to wrap his mistakes and failures in a neat little bow so they can be checkmarked as 'understood' without investigating the actual source of the problem or providing anything actionable that might help fix it, or even the expectation that it can be fixed rather than simply managed.
It's not the end of the world if we go as-is, but I think I'd like it more if it was adjusted away from the implication that it's impossible for Hazou to be anything other than a manic idea-generator that sometimes forgets what treason is.
edit: with respect to the honesty-value of this adjustment, while I accept that it's unlikely for the thread's aggregate approach to things to significantly change and for us to stop making these sorts of mistakes every so often, it's definitely possible for Hazou the character to grow to the point where he can recognize the treason potential in an action and adjust or reject it accordingly. It is in no way a lie to say that we can get better and in time become our own sanity filter, despite the nature of the thread and the quest.
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I don't think Hazou's hair is long enough to braid 
- Location
- Book Fort
- Pronouns
- They/Them
He's been growing it for over 6 months, right? And it wasn't exactly a buzz cut before... Eh, we'll get there eventually.I don't think Hazou's hair is long enough to braid
- Location
- Italy
[X] Action Plan: Reaching Understanding
- Location
- Liverpool
I don't think Hazou's hair is long enough to braid
Yet! Growth mindset.
- Location
- Liverpool
[X] Action Plan: Soul-Snatching Stinkers and Puppy Power
Word Count: 297
@Orisha91 I think the in-law bit is because we're siblings with her sister but not with her, and is the best match. The puzzle solving feels... If the goal is to use it as an anti-Dragon measure, getting Kagome's help earlier on an unsolvable puzzle seems advisable? Though maybe that's my being lukewarm on the ship talking. Like the Haru part though!
[X] Action Plan: Reaching Understanding
Word Count: 297
@Orisha91 I think the in-law bit is because we're siblings with her sister but not with her, and is the best match. The puzzle solving feels... If the goal is to use it as an anti-Dragon measure, getting Kagome's help earlier on an unsolvable puzzle seems advisable? Though maybe that's my being lukewarm on the ship talking. Like the Haru part though!
[X] Action Plan: Reaching Understanding
- Location
- Book Fort
- Pronouns
- They/Them
[X] Action Plan: Soul-Snatching Stinkers and Puppy Power
Read through the thread and realized this has Ami interactions
- Location
- The state of Paranoia
