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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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Velorien said:
The team stared wordlessly at the proctor. The proctor stared wordlessly at the team.

Hazō, half-naked with vivid scratches on his back from when Noburi's Water Whip made Keiko lose her balance.

Noburi, equally half-naked, caught in the middle of gathering scattered scrolls, a macerator half-open in his hand with the kanji for "wood" clearly visible.

And contextualising both, Keiko, not half-naked by virtue of being a girl, but scantily clad and securely tied and gagged on top of the middle bed. Her expression at this point was not one of fear or anger, but more of a resigned "not again".

"What the hell," the proctor finally said. "It's not against the rules."
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Velorien said:
Hazō went smoothly through relief and into guilt. Honestly, Kei had a right to be a lot madder than she was at the suggestion that she'd stand by and watch Ami murder Mari just because of their personal differences.
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Asking if Kei would get involved doesn't necessarily mean that we think she'd be okay with Mari being murdered. Maybe she trusts that the rest of the clan will act to keep Mari safe and Kei can stay out of it with a clear conscience. Stop assuming the worst of us Kei.

Velorien said:
"Yuno is just drawing on some bizarre aspect of Isanese religion, yes?" Kei asked with a touch of trepidation. "I am not actually irresistibly attractive to men?"
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This line will make Hazō dating Snowflake so much funnier in hindsight.

Velorien said:
Yes," Hazō agreed, "only the opposite of that. You know how Ami just got back from Mist?"

Kei glanced alertly at Snowflake.

Snowflake spent a few seconds looking at Hazō, studying his expression.

"I will be fine," she muttered.
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What does Snowflake mean here? I don't get it.

seekingflame said:
S class are a rounding error.

Edit: situation is looking upward, hopefully we could evade the Contract, because that thing is a mess and a half.
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Yeah all we have to do is rely on Kei to convince her sister to not murder the person Kei cannot forgive.

I wouldn't be surprised if Kei comes back convinced by Ami that Mari deserves to die...
 
Velorien said:
"Yuno is just drawing on some bizarre aspect of Isanese religion, yes?" Kei asked with a touch of trepidation. "I am not actually irresistibly attractive to men?"

"With our stellar social skills, I can see us missing any number of romantic advances," Snowflake agreed.

"I think I've seen a few men successfully resist you," Akane said, "but you should probably keep an eye out at the next KEI meeting."
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Velorien said:
"Yes," Hazō agreed, "only the opposite of that. You know how Ami just got back from Mist?"

Kei glanced alertly at Snowflake.

Snowflake spent a few seconds looking at Hazō, studying his expression.

"I will be fine," she muttered.
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...This means something, doesn't it?
 
Pharos said:
Asking if Kei would get involved doesn't necessarily mean that we think she'd be okay with Mari being murdered. Maybe she trusts that the rest of the clan will act to keep Mari safe and Kei can stay out of it with a clear conscience. Stop assuming the worst of us Kei.


This line will make Hazō dating Snowflake so much funnier in hindsight.


What does Snowflake mean here? I don't get it.


Yeah all we have to do is rely on Kei to convince her sister to not murder the person Kei cannot forgive.

I wouldn't be surprised if Kei comes back convinced by Ami that Mari deserves to die...
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Unicorns and rainbows version of events: Kei talks with Ami. Ami forces Kei to face the mismatch between her words and feelings towards Mari. Kei forgives Mari and gives her a teary hug. Ami is bound ever tighter to the Goketsu.
 
Pharos said:
What does Snowflake mean here? I don't get it.
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RandomOTP said:
...This means something, doesn't it?
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Ami does not hold Snowflake in the same regard as Kei, whereas Snowflake does hold Ami in the same regard as Kei does, which makes Snowflake perpetually sad. Recall Kei's reactions to Ami cutting ties with her back in Mist? Same thing.

Snowflake studying Hazou's expression beforehand is her judging how serious the topic is (very), and therefore whether she should suffer through discussing it.
 
Velorien said:
"Because everyone knows that the Pangolin Summoner, being Akio's Chosen, is irresistibly attractive to men," Akane explained in a matter-of-fact voice that only slightly trembled with amusement, "while Gōketsu Noburi, being Gōketsu Noburi, is irresistibly attractive to women. It's a disastrous combination even before you consider the fact that Yuno has Satsuko-sharp intuition and you two have a history."
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Also I like to salute Nob for dealing with a wife who is both extremely jealous of any female attention for him, while also believing him to be so attractive that women can't help themselves but be drawn to him.

Great job for dealing with it, great job for dealing with it while somehow still managing to be the the absolute quietest Gōketsu member when it come to family drama, Hazo poor overworked socials skills thank you from the bottom of their poor underleveled hearts.
 
So I have a question. Let's say we are in combat and we're really hurt and see an attack coming at us that we can't dodge and will almost definitely kill us. Kei is a little bit away and is totally fine (has the armor jutsus running at full blast, etc.). She'll almost definitely survive the hit coming for us if we substitute with her, but she'll be in a little bit of risk. If we substitute anyways, would she be mad at us like she is at Mari? Assume there are no other substitution targets or other options that would let Hazō survive.
 
ProperAttorney said:
Unicorns and rainbows version of events: Kei talks with Ami. Ami forces Kei to face the mismatch between her words and feelings towards Mari. Kei forgives Mari and gives her a teary hug. Ami is bound ever tighter to the Goketsu.
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Remember when we were dating Ami? We should go back to that.

Noumero said:
Ami does not hold Snowflake in the same regard as Kei, whereas Snowflake does hold Ami in the same regard as Kei does, which makes Snowflake perpetually sad. Recall Kei's reactions to Ami cutting ties with her back in Mist? Same thing.

Snowflake studying Hazou's expression beforehand is her judging how serious the topic is (very), and therefore whether she should suffer through discussing it.
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Ami was very surprised by Snowflake being at the wedding. I wonder if she'll start thinking of Snowflake as another sister or not.

Lysbeth Succubus said:
She tried to kill Hazō over him seeing her experiencing an emotion, didn't she?
NEW THEORY: there are several Kei
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You may be thinking of shadow clones.
 
Odgorian said:
I don't mean to be rude, but hundreds of genins are a rounding error that could be safely ignored in threat assessment. S-classes (especially Oro) — shouldn't.
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That was a play on a joke about the demographic of ninja village, which I used because I saw it more as counting ninjas in the villages instead of a threat assessments.

The execution of the joke was poor, but the intend was there.
 
I have a different take on Snowflake, she is very skeptical in regards to Kei bias.
She loves Kei but like hazou she can see the cognitive disonaces on Kei perception and hers so she question everything she sees.
Expecialy Ami and Mari. I think Ami is the one topic she disagrees heavly with Kei.
 
seekingflame said:
Also I like to salute Nob for dealing with a wife who is both extremely jealous of any female attention for him, while also believing him to be so attractive that women can't help themselves but be drawn to him.

Great job for dealing with it, great job for dealing with it while somehow still managing to be the the absolute quietest Gōketsu member when it come to family drama, Hazo poor overworked socials skills thank you from the bottom of their poor underleveled hearts.
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... How long do you think before Yuno's clear issues, which have been thus far played for laughs, come to a head and explode into a whole new ball of drama? And should we pre-emptively assassinate her before that happens?
 
Noumero said:
... How long do you think before Yuno's clear issues, which have been thus far played for laughs, come to a head and explode into a whole new ball of drama? And should we pre-emptively assassinate her before that happens?
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It is never too soon to pre-emptively assassinate someone.

On a more serious note. whenever we finish the last raging forest fire that is the Gōketsu family drama, and the QM need a new hook to use to prevent us from time skipping to oblivion, we run the risk to have that issue flare.

Edit: but honestly, even if not played for laughs her issue is is relatively tame, and she has been improving, so unless they engineer a true clusterfuck, it would still be a relative tame affair.
 
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On a unrelated note it came for me the pair mach for kagome.


UNSC- infinty.
Think about it its sails safely on the void away from the skiny ninjas.
Have tick hull of a metal more powerful than anything that the stinky stinker on the villages van come up with.
I covered in guns making the perfect flak field.
And finaly have enough powe to reduce the stinkers on the vilages to a creater on the biggest explosion imaginable. Is a mach made in heaven.
 
[JK] Satsuko: Alertness 86
I know not everyone wanted to go that way but we can't do TacMov 1 for too many reasons right now
 
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