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Marked for Death: A Rational Naruto Quest

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[X] Training Hazou: Just resolve for now so we can uncap it
Resolve 29 -> 32
Spend 93 XP
Save 165 XP

[X] Training Akane: Survival and uncaps but not so much she is promoted
Athletics 44 -> 45
Alertness 42 -> 46
Spend 223 XP
Save 9 XP
 
This gets Hazou to the point that his Calligraphy is good enough for his Effective Sealing.

[X] Training Hazou: Resolve + Calligraphy
Resolve 29 -> 32
Calligraphy 19 -> 24

Spend 203 XP
55 XP left
 
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eaglejarl said:
Chapter 263: You learn Mist funded the Liberator to gain a foothold on the continent, which they got later after you demolished the Hot Springs inn. Could Rock's attack be because of hidden EM politics... influenced because of that? That would mean Rock's attack is directly due to what you did there and then. It would have been decided once when you helped get intel on the Liberator, and then a second time after the Cold Stone Killers incident.
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What are EM politics? Is Elemental Mastery a Hidden Village now?
 
eaglejarl said:
Ah, I wasn't familiar with that. Thank you.


Topic change:

I was reading through some earlier chapters and found myself amazed at the long-term nature of some of what's happened.

Chapter 23: The team meets Jiraiya. He sends you to investigate the Liberator
Chapter 30: Since you did a good job with the Liberator, Jiraiya give you a lead on where to find the Pangolin Summoning Scroll (although he claims not to know what animal it's for)
Chapter 51: Keiko becomes the Pangolin Summoner
Chapter 116.2: The team sells skywalkers, a jōnin, and the Pangolin Summoning Scroll to Leaf in exchange for clan status.
[somewhere in here, offscreen]: Recognizing the military significance of skywalkers, Leaf baits a trap for Mist, aiming to draw out and ambush their major military force. It works; the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny (USoUD) is fought. Hiruzen and Mei are killed, Naruto and Yagura are taken by Akatsuki.
Chapter 124: Jiraiya becomes Hokage and starts the search for Naruto
Chapter 177: At the Chūnin Exams, Team Uplift meets Team Bloodrage
Chapter 183: The Mist Oyabun points the team towards Team Bloodrage as interesting
Chapter 185: Team Uplift talk to Team Bloodrage and discover that they are shady as hell and probably related to Akatsuki in some way. They immediately pass this information to Jiraiya
Chapter 209: Jiraiya returns from capturing Team Bloodrage and turning them over to the Yamanaka for interrogation. They reveal that they are a peripheral part of Akatsuki's network, along with the name and location of their handler
Chapter 213: Noburi and Kakashi go off and capture Team Bloodrage's handler, who provides information on Akatuski and their doings, including a hint to where Naruto might be
Chapter 256: At the Chūnin Exams, word arrives that Gaara has been taken. Zabuza shows up and is about to leak information about the USoUD, news of which would likely have ignited a war
Chapter 257: Hazō distracts Zabuza long enough for Jiraiya to take him outside and prevent him from spilling the beans
Chapter 260: The Battle of the Gods (BotG) is shown, in which a large plurality of the military force in the EN fights against Akatsuki and...wins? Kinda? Anyway, Naruto is recovered, Jiraiya dies, Tsunade and Hiashi are badly wounded, and many Leaf jōnin die
Chapter 261: Hazō becomes head of Clan Gōketsu
Chapter 263: You learn Mist funded the Liberator to gain a foothold on the continent, which they got later after you demolished the Hot Springs inn. Could Rock's attack be because of hidden EM politics... influenced because of that? That would mean Rock's attack is directly due to what you did there and then. It would have been decided once when you helped get intel on the Liberator, and then a second time after the Cold Stone Killers incident.
Chapter 277: Hyūga Hiashi becomes Hokage
Chapter 294: Orochimaru fought alongside Leaf in the BotG and, as a result, Jiraiya pardoned him. He returns to Leaf.
Chapter 300: A series of massive sinkholes drop various buildings into the ground, killing the Hokage and the senior leadership of most of Leaf's major clans. The perpetrators of this attack are theoretically unknown, but it's clear to everyone that Rock survived the BotG relatively unscathed and must have recognized Leaf's weakness after the BotG. The fact that a bunch of their ninja show up to 'help with reconstruction' and claim a valuable chunk of land from Fire Country as payment, is an amazing coincidence. I think this is where Asuma becomes Hokage, but it might have been a chapter or two later, or in a non-story post.
Chapter 457: For some unknown reason, Rock attacks in force. Asuma declares war.

All of these dominoes have completely reshaped the Elemental Nations, and they are ultimately down to Team Uplift.


EDIT: Added @Lysbeth Succubus 's entry on ch263.
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Don't forget that Rock lost a scroll that they couldn't use anyway.
 
eaglejarl said:
Most likely one of us (probably me) made a mistake in the bookkeeping. Eh, congratulations. Bank error in your favor.
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Er, no? I think it's correct. His previous cap would be 30, and he can't move beyond 29. Once uncapped, 35 is his new limit and he would need to buy Resolve 30 to Resolve 34 in order to boost the 35 cap to 40.
 
Day is over. Very limited spoons. Unless there's a quest-ending point of failure (which I doubt, Insert does good work), the plan will likely remain as-is.


RandomOTP said:
Resubmitting @Insert's plan for consideration.


[X] Action Plan: Definitely Another Normal Birthday
Words: 297
  • Snowflake:
    • You're reluctant to create two discontinuous Snowflakes.
      • If you aren't comfortable, don't do it. We respect your boundaries with or without explanation.
      • This new plan allows for 12 hours of freedom immediately, with more coming.
  • Celebrate Snowflake's birthday (on/offscreen per QM spoons).
  • Following Days
    • Meet with Shikamaru to discuss Rock Strategies, high OPSEC.
      • We're currently considering researching a series of seals to allow us to destroy sections of Rock at distance (Suborbital strikes).
      • Shikaku once told us to come up with countermeasures before releasing WMDs.
      • We have preliminary ideas for protecting Leaf from this type of attack (Skyslicer nets, 5SB shields, nets above shields).
      • Could he provide his insight regarding topics of concern?
        • Do not mention Kei's request to spare some Tama.
  • Gaku (offscreen):
    • We need stone samples.
      • Provide reasons and specifications. Describe the Great Seal's stone and the surrounding area.
      • Please reach out to merchants, geologists, anyone you think could help.
    • Please collate as much geometry and geology knowledge as is reasonable without seriously denting the budget. Have summaries written if possible.
    • Does Tsunade run an aid organization? If so, where does she get clerks? Does she need more?
      • Could we encourage excellent GED graduates to go work for her, or increase GED output and direct them to her?
  • Offscreen:
    • Continue work on Air Tunnel Seal.
    • Experiment with anything we can earthshape. See if you can alter things to create a more suitable medium. What are the tradeoffs (smoothness lowers density, etc.)?
      • Obsidian? Diamond and other gems?
      • Can we increase the transparency of quartz?
    • Ask Kei to speak to Pangolin engineers/masons - have they seen similar material? Samples of 7th path stone?
    • Check in with Kumokugo about skyslicer teams
      • Report that skyslicers are vulnerable to dragonfire
      • Ask for ETA of mission
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[X] Training Hazou: Resolve + Calligraphy
[X] Training Akane: He who runs away lives.
[X] Training Akane: Survival and uncaps but not so much she is promoted
[X] Action Plan: Definitely Another Normal Birthday
 
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[X] Training Hazou: Just resolve for now so we can uncap it


[X] Training Akane: He who runs away lives.
Athletics 44 -> 48 (186 XP)
Substitution 20 -> 22 (43 XP)
Spend 229 XP
Save 3 XP
 
Akane is going on a mission just after this update, so we should pass a training plan with the XP obtained, there are currently very few votes for the Akane training plans.
 
Rock continues to show a distinct lack of skywalkers. Do Rock not have any half way competent sealmasters who could research them?
 
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