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 open voting
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- Yes.
We should ask Itachi.
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- He/Him
Send him another letter on the 7th PathWe should ask Itachi.
Metal weak to freezing. Akane has 305 XP. Few months to fully level EM, give icing a golem a spin. Start Akane's summoner training early to keep the option open of using EM on Dragons.
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- Yes.
Counterargument: Elemental Mastery, if used in such a way, causes massive collateral damage. I fear for the Great Seal.
Maybe learning stunts or summoning is not allowed until pyramid is fixed. Valid next steps to go Resolve 69, EM 40. EM 40 looks like it breaks the rules but is needed to support the next level of the pyramid after something is raised from the 40s to the 50s.
Advance prediction: Neither of those two know anything
Advance prediction: None of those sources have anything/will admit to having anything. Shikamaru maybe if we agree to give him a cut.
What does this mean? Are you predicting that cold temperatures will kill a chakra golem? I don't agree. In addition, they can most certainly burrow. EM only effects the air, so any golem can just drop 10m underground and avoid the effects entirely. It's not a good weapon against them unless it's being used as a EM nuke. The effects of which are currently unknown.
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You don't think Jiraiya would have written anything after having fought and nearly died to one? Or do you just think that was destroyed
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- United States
Note, this is in six days.
Miracle engagement would be EM nuke into skyslicers after the metal is brittle. If it will burrow, underground skyslicers intercept. If it can be lured into prepared ground, not worried about burrowing.
ah if it was just opsec then could be worth breaking. now that we risk heightened port scrutiny from neck nin knowing foreign nin here. and us knowing we risk getting attacked by koi again.
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- Book Fort
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- They/Them
[joke] Kill them with fire
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- Yes.
[X] Kill them with Akane
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- He/Him
tbh I'm content to let them think we died but if people feel strongly about returning to the boat that's fine too I guess
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- Yes.
Alternatively, they think we scammed them and they bitch and moan to everyone about these assholes who made them wait for 4 weeks while yapping their asses on about taming wild koi.
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- Temporally? Now.
[X] Action Plan: Last Rites
[X] Action Plan: Bumbling Around
Also, to everyone talking about the chakra golems: are we sure that they even exist? I kind of always assumed that Itachi was just screwing with us.
[X] Action Plan: Bumbling Around
Also, to everyone talking about the chakra golems: are we sure that they even exist? I kind of always assumed that Itachi was just screwing with us.
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- United States
[X] Action Plan: Enemy of an innocent party that has a resource I want is my friend.
Send Panashe to attach a note to the well in the Lake People village. The note should have the overall intent of: we're not your enemies but we're looking for the Squirrelfolk, if you're willing to help us find them, go five miles east and find the (tree type) tree with a kunai in the trunk with a red handle, attach the information about where to find them there. (All details up to Hazopilot after optimizing/sanity checking with team, prepare correspondingly in advance).
Have Panashe watch the reaction in the village, don't go anywhere near the note location for two days, then send shadow clone to grab the note using Hiding Like A Mole to only ever be above ground for a second or two, disguise identity as Leaf ninja. Any indication it's a trap, disperse the clone and end plan.
Open the note in a safe location. If the note has actionable information like we expect, send Panashe to surveil on the ground and for team to observe using Skywalkers for two days. Not being caught is a priority over information gathering. If not actionable/useful information, return to ship.
After two days, unseal the three genin bodies in a location that we now know patrols will travel in within the next 30-60 minutes, then return to the ship. Leave Panashe to watch the recovery of the bodies and reactions.
We should have two days to return to the ship, use appropriate OPSEC and disguises when approaching and interacting with the ship and crew. Be on the lookout for ninja waiting to ambush upon approach/at the ship. Act disappointed, no gold. Ask about koi.
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Edit: I will note that this is technically as many as six scenes: (1) Panashe leaving the note, (2) reaction of the note, (3) recovery of the response, (4) surveillance because of response, (5) leaving genin, (6) return to ship.
In my mind, 1 and 2 are one scene, or both are potentially summarized offscreen, 3 is almost certainly offscreen or summarized briefly, 4 and 5 are probably the main scenes, and the plan can end before 6 starts depending on how many scenes have actually happened at QM's discretion. 6 is mostly "and this is our intent for after surveilling, so any discussions about next steps will have this as Hazou's intent, and if the other scenes aren't interesting/substantive enough then do this scene." It can also potentially be offscreened.
I'm also anticipating that something will happen unexpectedly which will stop the plan before the end.
Send Panashe to attach a note to the well in the Lake People village. The note should have the overall intent of: we're not your enemies but we're looking for the Squirrelfolk, if you're willing to help us find them, go five miles east and find the (tree type) tree with a kunai in the trunk with a red handle, attach the information about where to find them there. (All details up to Hazopilot after optimizing/sanity checking with team, prepare correspondingly in advance).
Have Panashe watch the reaction in the village, don't go anywhere near the note location for two days, then send shadow clone to grab the note using Hiding Like A Mole to only ever be above ground for a second or two, disguise identity as Leaf ninja. Any indication it's a trap, disperse the clone and end plan.
Open the note in a safe location. If the note has actionable information like we expect, send Panashe to surveil on the ground and for team to observe using Skywalkers for two days. Not being caught is a priority over information gathering. If not actionable/useful information, return to ship.
After two days, unseal the three genin bodies in a location that we now know patrols will travel in within the next 30-60 minutes, then return to the ship. Leave Panashe to watch the recovery of the bodies and reactions.
We should have two days to return to the ship, use appropriate OPSEC and disguises when approaching and interacting with the ship and crew. Be on the lookout for ninja waiting to ambush upon approach/at the ship. Act disappointed, no gold. Ask about koi.
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Edit: I will note that this is technically as many as six scenes: (1) Panashe leaving the note, (2) reaction of the note, (3) recovery of the response, (4) surveillance because of response, (5) leaving genin, (6) return to ship.
In my mind, 1 and 2 are one scene, or both are potentially summarized offscreen, 3 is almost certainly offscreen or summarized briefly, 4 and 5 are probably the main scenes, and the plan can end before 6 starts depending on how many scenes have actually happened at QM's discretion. 6 is mostly "and this is our intent for after surveilling, so any discussions about next steps will have this as Hazou's intent, and if the other scenes aren't interesting/substantive enough then do this scene." It can also potentially be offscreened.
I'm also anticipating that something will happen unexpectedly which will stop the plan before the end.
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I think there's a chance he didn't write about it. I think there's an even better chance anything he did write hasn't survived for 30+ years in legible form. We don't even have all of his journals.
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- The Soviet Republic of Canuckistan
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- He/Him
@Velorien, with 24 hours remaining in voting, do you have feelings about either of my plans? I'm happy to pull one down if you prefer the other. They both include substantial 'write what you want' components so asking seems like a good idea. Honey might require worldbuilding you don't want to do, heading straight back for Leaf might be boring, etc. etc.
(I realize that such thin plans incurs the risk of an eldritch incursion into our universe. I beg you grant me clemency and may the Sage have mercy on us.)
(I realize that such thin plans incurs the risk of an eldritch incursion into our universe. I beg you grant me clemency and may the Sage have mercy on us.)
@Sir Stompy, any reason you're voting for Bumbling Around and shrooms' plan, but not Go Home? The intention with Go Home was that it was nigh-identical to shrooms' plan, so if I've missed anything I'd like to pick it up.
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- The Soviet Republic of Canuckistan
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- He/Him
FWIW I am interested in returning the bodies. While it's a bit late in the game if you want to post a plan which focuses on taking another crack at finding the Squirrel Folk, I would potentially vote for it.
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- Yes.
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- The Soviet Republic of Canuckistan
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- He/Him
Ah - the part that disqualifies this for me is that AFAIK we're still in the area where we ran into the not-patrol and I find it implausible that the Squirrel Folk are so close to the People of the Lake.
I also don't want to give the bodies over until we're fairly confident that they'll go to the right people.