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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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Reminder that Ami waltzed into a fortified compound and compromised a prized asset while leaving her blatant signature by the simple nature of the transgression and will think less of Hazou if he hasn't caught it by the next encounter.
 
Lailoken said:
Reminder that Ami waltzed into a fortified compound and compromised a prized asset while leaving her blatant signature by the simple nature of the transgression and will think less of Hazou if he hasn't caught it by the next encounter.
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I think this plan would involve far too many moving pieces to be plausible. How did she know Hazou was planning to play the Tower of Inescapable Doom, specifically, for one?

Wait, @eaglejarl Insightful'd this post. Uhh...

Edit: Right, yes, by the same logic that it's implausible that Ami knew Hazou would pick Jenga, it's implausible that Fifi would eat only Jenga. But. But how.
 
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Noumero said:
I think this plan would involve far too many moving pieces to be plausible. How did she know Hazou was planning to play the Tower of Inescapable Doom, specifically, for one?

Wait, @eaglejarl Insightful'd this post. Uhh...
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She walked in already referencing it, so she was clearly informed in advance, and, oh, hey, where might Kei's sister pick up information about Hazou's favorite boardgames she happened to be confident enough about to place a bet upon the results of?
 
Kiba said:
is Fifi a family cat or the clan cat?
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She is the cat(?) who deigns to grace the Gōketsu estate with her presence.

Inferno Vulpix said:
Strictly speaking, that only shows that meat is among Fifi's diet, not that she is limited to carnivorous food.
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Strictly speaking, she wasn't shown to *eat* the voles.

Noumero said:
Wait, @eaglejarl Insightful'd this post. Uhh...
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I think that was an error, because Insightful-ing that would constitute OOC information. I think I was trying to Insightful faflec's post immediately above it.
 
Lailoken said:
She walked in already referencing it, so she was clearly informed in advance, and, oh, hey, where might Kei's sister pick up information about Hazou's favorite boardgames she happened to be confident enough about to place a bet upon the results of?
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Right, apparently Hazou referenced it in a message. I buy it. Included, see below.

Edit: As corroborating evidence, consider that Ryugamine had trained her to manipulate people by object placement, and that she's seen doing something similar at the start of her first interlude.
eaglejarl said:
I think that was an error, because Insightful-ing that would constitute OOC information. I think I was trying to Insightful faflec's post immediately above it.
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Uh-huh.
Noumero said:
[x] Action Plan: Total Memetic Warfare
Word count: 393
  • Meet with Cannai. Thank for the bison meat. Can we arrange regular trade?
    • How is the Conclave going?
    • Provide the jutsu wish-list (below).
  • Meet with Ami (reasonably secure location).
    • Foreword: New project idea. You're already overwhelmed, though, and she's probably more qualified for this.
      • She can use it herself, or refine it and present to Asuma.
    • Introduction:
      • Ideologies are powerful tools, capable of manipulating entire societies. Villages and Summon Clans employ them for indoctrination, but you suspect their full potential isn't yet realized.
        • Precaution: Don't use WoF as an example. It's True, sacred. Drop a few passing statements to this effect.
      • Ideologies are collection of mutually-adapted ideas embedded into some overarching framework. The same physical action could have different meanings under different ideologies, and perhaps only make sense under an ideology.
      • Some ideologies spread better than others. Since they're composite, this implies specific ideology-parts which are responsible for "virality".
    • Proposal:
      • Construct an artificial ideology, consisting of:
        • Some core idea. Examples: Uplift, Youth, the will of ancestors, a specific kami.
        • Traits that make it useful, viral, and persistent. Examples:
          • Validation of pre-existing beliefs and life struggles.
          • Regular group rituals to reinforce commitment and community cohesion.
          • General good advice: "sleep well", "be nice to your family".
        • "Payload": traits you want to encourage. Pick focus depending on the ideology's purpose, between:
          • Positive traits: something you inherently want people to do or believe in. (Valuing civilian lives, for Uplift.)
          • Negative traits: something that'd compromise the target society's ability to function. (Questioning of authority, general toxicity.)
      • The useful traits should be deeply enmeshed in the core idea's terms, making them difficult to isolate and extricate.
        • Create the illusion that they only makes sense within the ideology, so that if a specific behaviour it encourages is effective and beneficial, this effectively confirms the entirety of the ideology. All-or-nothing.
        • Example: "Hair-washing is useful because it renews your connection with the Water God."
      • Infect the target society with the ideology, spreading it through entertainment or other vectors.
        • Precaution: "Leaf is, of course, safe from this sort of attack, since the WoF isn't just an ideology."
    • Unrelated: Destroying your boardgame set just to ensure you talk to Kei was uncalled-for.
  • Schedule a Games Night. Invite all Leaf Summoners (except Oro). Suggest they invite their Summons too.
    • Ensure the Condors and the Pangolins don't see each other.
    • Provide chakra water, if Noburi's willing.
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[x] Action Plan: Sealing, Scrip, and Commiseration
Words: <400

Optimize with Akane, Mari, Kei, Snowflake, and Noburi, practice conversation.
  • Organize a lunch, following Isan Traditions
  • Yuno, thanks for waiting.
    • Please be patient/understanding as we speak
    • We're your friend because we like you...
      • Tone: platonic respect/admiration
    • Strength of character
      • You've overcome adversity. You find strength to laugh and love, to feel compassion/empathy (ex: righteous indignation at Leaf's treatment of Kei, post-outing)
      • Many ninja numb themselves and silence their souls, but you didn't. It's in your smile when you're with Noburi, when you laugh with Akane.
    • Brave
      • Fearless in combat, fiercely protecting your teammates.
      • Journeyed to Leaf when Isan was deceived. We've experienced traversing the wild, and you did it alone.
    • Loyal
      • Sought to save Isan, despite unjust treatment
      • Love Isan for what it could/should be, not what it is
        • Internally: Ami about Mist
    • Passionate
      • Your love your country, your culture, and Noburi with an inspiring zeal.
        • Many ninja resist feeling because they fear vulnerability
      • Your heart loves passionately, vibrantly, after all it has experienced
        • Your heart may be beaten, bruised, even scarred... but we see a woman unbroken, undefeated.
        • We see our beloved sister, a ninja worthy of respect, and someone deserving of admiration. We see Goketsu Yuno, whom we're proud to share a name with.
    • Question...
      • Public ceremony was wonderful, but what about another ceremony?
      • Private, Family-only, no political influence, done properly, Isan-Style (where possible) with imported Tapirs?
      • Clarification:
        • Not atonement for our wrongs, but our attempt as clan head/brother-in-law to give you the wedding ceremony you deserve, as close to Isan tradition as possible
        • Not a demand, but an offer.
    • We know what it is to be a stranger in a strange land...
      • Commiserate about the strangeness of Leaf
        • "did you know they knock on wood?"
    • Order religious texts /other "Isanese Family Essentials" for Yuno
  • Offscreen
    • Asuma
      • Tower Scrip Anti-Counterfeit Measures
        • Label each scrip with a verification number
        • Label scrip with stamp of approval (created by cryptography against easy counterfeits)
          • include indented stamp with scrip token.
            • Vendors/clans stamp paper record and file with Tower.
            • Gives Tower records of who transferred which specific scrip to whom
            • Would allow an investigation to follow paper trail
        • Special paper/ink blend used only for scrip (ease of verification by civis)
          • Gold ink?
    • Help Kagome finish dimensionalism seals (bonuses to rolls).
 
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My above posted plan is rough, wordy, and awkward. I'll cut through it with a buzz saw, hedge clippers, and some tactical missiles later on. Just wanted to get the rough idea out there. Basically "Yuno, you're our awesome friend and [here's] why." Also some scrip stuff because that's a Very Important Thing that Asuma highly "suggested" we help in.
 
I don't understand the whole thing about Yuno. OTOH, Mari and Keiko's relationship is an unexploded ordance. Ditto for Haru.

Also, I want to focus on FOOM ospec and HOWS replacement.

And lower priority: continue to fix our finance.
 
Kiba said:
I don't understand the whole thing about Yuno. OTOH, Mari and Keiko's relationship is an unexploded ordance. Ditto for Haru.

Also, I want to focus on FOOM ospec and HOWS replacement.
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I don't have the social skills to know where to begin resolving Mari and Kei's conflict. On the other hand, telling someone "You're my friend, and here's why" is something that I think/hope I can tackle.

Besides, Yuno expressed disbelief and genuine confusion over why Hazou would consider her a friend. Hazou, who was then half-dead and asleep on his feet, asked to defer the conversation to a later time because it was important to him and that he wanted to get it right. Leaving that conversation unspoken for too long cheapens the entire thing and (if we must be calculated about this) provides further evidence of Hazou's possible Out Infestation from the Great Seal --something Hazou-pilot and we-the-playerbase have admitted might be the case on the narrative level.

Also: A wholesome and uplifting conversation between two family members is always a wonderful thing to read.
 
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RandomOTP said:
My above posted plan is rough, wordy, and awkward. I'll cut through it with a buzz saw, hedge clippers, and some tactical missiles later on. Just wanted to get the rough idea out there. Basically "Yuno, you're our awesome friend and [here's] why." Also some scrip stuff because that's a Very Important Thing that Asuma highly "suggested" we help in.
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Remember that if you want to include a standard triagonal or hexagonal interface plate you need to ensure that the delivery platform is twirling by at least a few Pi to linear distance when it detonates.
 
Lailoken said:
Remember that if you want to include a standard triagonal or hexagonal interface plate you need to ensure that the delivery platform is twirling by at least a few Pi to linear distance when it detonates.
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I know this is a joke, but a custom designed seal explosion would be extremely difficult to replicate by ninja counterfeiters, and impossible for civilian ones.
 
[X] Action Plan: The Dragonwar Continues
Words: 263
  • Timeframe: Through replacing the HOWS
  • Hazou completes the tunnel to the GS according to this calculation
    • Use MEW and 5SB supports, chakra and time allowing. Buy extra chakra if necessary. Use Daybright Lanterns for illumination. Consult Leaf mining experts for optimal placement.
    • Implement multiple disguised exits along the tunnel and a ring around the GS with points of egress.
  • Hazou teaches a force of Hornets and Arachnids to activate seals, including those who can teach others.
    • Hornets chosen for the next distraction practice emplacing a 5SB'd cross of spidersilk and luring a Dragon to fly through it. The line of silk should be as thin as possible
  • Obtain a few storage seals filled with molten iron and glass
  • Run the next part by Kumokugo and Keiko and implement reasonable suggestions.
  • Mites scout good ambush sites in striking range from tunnel
  • Emplace the HOWS, using the tunnel. Bring a heavy combat team in reserve.
  • Arm the distraction with seals
    • Have Hornets w/o seals lure the Dragon through a 5SB'd line of silk, as practiced
    • If there are multiple Dragons at the ambush site abort the following:
      • Once the Dragon has encountered the silk, attack it with suicide runs of implosion seals, storage seals filled with molten iron and glass, and regular explosive seals.
      • Target weak points, eyes, ears, snout, throat, etc.
      • If the Dragon is disabled and severely wounded but not dead, move with the reserve. Otherwise, wait until Hazou is finished emplacing the HOWS and retreat.
      • If the Dragon flees towards the butte, signal Hazou to return to Human Path with seals
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Reposting my plan from last voting cycle because I'd like to keep the focus on the Dragonwar. There's still some wordcount, so if you'd like to see other things in the plan let me know.
 
Shane_357 said:
Now if we had balls we could force every batch of scrip through a unique seal-failure to make them completely impossible to counterfeit!
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Dude, basic cryptography beat you to it, hence why I was so horrified to discover that the scrip lacked basic serial numbers. The Bank of England detected an obsolete Nazi plot to undermine their currency in the 50s because they still required that every single bill turned in be matched up with its serial number by close of day. Like, even if you want a proven trace of origin for people trading notes in the middle of a desert this is a solved problem.
 
We would probably be better off with the Nara using a unique paper formula for ease of detection by civilians. Of course, being the Goketsu, we would want J-man's enthusiastic approval on the bill.
 
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Kiba said:
We would probably be better off with the Nara using a unique paper formula for ease of detection by civilians. Of course, being the Goketsu, we would want J-man's enthusiastic approval on the bill.
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Hey, we have Hyuuga-triggered seals, and we have directional explosives. Sounds like they'd go together like chocolate and ketchup. Let's sic Kagome on it with the mention of, "hey, it sounds like a method of boom-splatting people using their cheating eyeballs to sneak peaks of your family to use against them in the future."

Problem solved.
 
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