Plan with a corny title and a single on-screen scene. Vel can execute the scene, the research can happen, and then next update, we can leave for O'uzu and maybe Nagi too.
Feedback welcome as always. However, to maximize the chances that the plan is enacted in full (and thus we can proceed with our departure for O'uzu with MARS complete) this plan will be staying at one on-screen scene (Yuno) and minimal off-screen happenings (seal research).
[X] I Need to Axe Yu(no) a Question
Word count: <299
- Yuno:
- (Include Noburi if he thinks it wise; discuss the broad strokes of the conversation with him first.)
- Tone: appropriately respectful, following all protocols. Making a request, not issuing orders.
- Employ Isanese protocols for 'clan head requests favour of highly-respected and deeply-valued clan member' if they exist.
- Would you train KEI nin to fight chakra monsters?
- We need adoption tickets and this helps buy them.
- The war is over, civilian welfare is a priority - these skills will be in demand.
- We also want Goketsu to be deeply involved in every aspect of civilian welfare. This is a key piece of that.
- Assure her that she's the best person in the clan for this. We'll provide support (e.g., lessons on being an instructor, assistants) where she needs it.
- (We are not asking her to teach her axe style - just general principles and tips.)
- Additionally...what do you think of helping train Academy-age students?
- Kagome did Academy outreach and it helped him build connections.
- Kids would love you.
- Ideally, you can share some Isanese perspectives, eventually (e.g. ninja and civilians ultimately have lots in common).
- Also, Fujisawa.
- A key clan value is communication. What happened was the opposite of that.
- This is not a dressing down. We know you feel bad. We know you'll apologize.
- We know you care about the clan values. Living them is hard. If you ever want support - advice, someone to talk to, whatever - please let us know. We say this as a clan head and a friend.
- (Employ Isanese forms for 'we mean this with utterly sincerity' if they exist.)
- Seal research:
- Six days prep.
- With Kagome's assistance, invoking "Promising Sealing Student" and "Kagome-Certified Sealing Lab", research MARS.
Some scattershot thoughts (pre coffee).
-Mari sanity check? It's a social thing, and Mari is Social Queen
-may want to delete the "broad strokes" and just "discuss the conversation with Noburi and Mari." It'd maintain word count and fold in a Mari Sanity check while ensuring, narratively, that Noburi (the second best person in Leaf to go to for advice on Isan culture) is able to troubleshoot to the best of his ability (more info = better feedback, after all).
-replace "KEI" with "Branch Family Goketsu." As Goketsu ninja, they'll already be subordinate to Yuno and familiar with her. So it'll be playing her (likely
first-ever) leadership position on "Easy Mode" until she develops enough leadership experience to be confident in her own ability to lead non-Goketsu ninja in training.
-if she's okay with that, we could ask her how she feels about eventually training non-Goketsu ninja (KEI). OTOH, that might be throwing too much at her at once ("okay, you've accepted this responsibility, now when will you be ready for even more?"). OTOOH, we'd be honest about our goals and long-term plans that involve her. Hm. Could see going either way. Non-coffee brain sluggish.
-could change the tone part to "clan head requests favor of respected senior ninja" or "respected officer" for the purposes of word count. I like that you stress that this a request, not a command.
-if Yuno isn't comfortable with the training idea, maybe we could ask her what she, herself, thinks might accomplish the same thing? It would show her that we care about her opinions and insight.
--with regard to assistants and instructors, maybe explicitly mention Akane or Kei as a touchstone/someone willing to give advice (might want to check with them first, of course). Yuno likes Akane and Kei, and they both have decent leadership experience. It'd provide a more tangible sense of security Yuno may need when tackling her first leadership role.
-I'd like to add the part about "ninja are humans with human emotions, and [their prophet, Ui, or whomever] teaches us to embrace that and that you can't throw away your emotions." Yuno's mentioned "color" with regard to positive emotions before, and I think "help others keep from choosing to throw away their colors" would be a thing she might vibe with. Also shows we remembered her conversation about Isan Culture, reinforcing that we value her insights and Isan's traditions.
-may want to swap the Dinner Conversation and the Leadership parts. That way Yuno knows, even if we're reprimanding her, we still trust, respect, and care about her. That we still believe her to be someone worth a leadership role, and someone we'd trust to tutor children (wrt the Academy).
Sorry if it's rambling.
