I did begin to wonder about two pages into that discussion why you were so set on throwing away all previous character development, but I figured this thread was too decent for this sort of baiting.
Shows what I know
Eh, saves me the effort of making another speech on the subject.
Mmmmmmmmm characters can only develop if they are alive (necromancy shenanigans nonewithstanding).
I'd still sleep easier if I knew we plugged the leak, but for some reason people value this NPC's life more than Hazou's safety. I find it odd how we are so willing to let her live and even go on to help her when we had no qualms about handing over our client to the Yakuza back in Yuni. She broke a ninja's disguise and then didn't think any farther past that besides yelling for help. That kind of half-baked planning is extremely dangerous; it's like going to all of the trouble to refine some uranium and then forgetting that you need a way to shield yourself from the radiation.
We need to coach her in proper planning to prevent such disasters, but at the same time if she ever wants to betray us for whatever reason it would make her much harder to pacify.
Actually, we should coach the entire team about the importance of contingencies and how they can apply to multiple things, not just a mission plan. Simple stuff like having at least one backup mundane disguise under a henge, ways to defend yourself if you find yourself in an ordinarily disadvantageous position outside of basic E&E, learning the basics of improvisation so when shit hits the fan you can adapt ASAP, etc. We can't rely on Keiko to fix all the holes in our plans if simple mistakes can still creep up on us like this.
We have to make the lists longer guys. It's the only way to be sure.
Fake edit: Or we could have Hazou ask every one of his teammates what he usually forgets when he makes a list, so he can compile it all together in another list, so when we have to make a new list for something else we have a list that lists all of the minor details we normally miss in our lists on a meta-list.
But wait! There's more!
After we test out the meta-list we can then go back with a checklist to review what we did and did not remember when we used our meta-list when we made that new list. So then we can go over the checklist with our teammates to see if they have any additional input so we can then update the meta-list with the checklist and their help. However, the problem may be with our team's communication skills since completely thorough lists are infallible, so we need to give them each a list of biases they might have to keep in mind while checking our lists. Of course, we will first have to list whatever we think might be disrupting our completely clear communication, so we can use the meta-list on those lists to ensure that said lists about our teammates issues with lists can be listed for when we really need them: namely, making sure that the checklist for the meta-list is as thorough as possible.
But I know what you're thinking: "That's circular logic! You can't use the meta-list to make the checklists that list our teammates' issues with lists when the whole point of the personalized lists is to check the checklist of the meta-list!"
And you, dear brave, clever reader, are right! In practice we have to start somewhere even if the starting meta-list (or any list in the cycle really) isn't quite up to snuff yet. So, once we actually start this beautiful cycle of list refinement we can list each iteration of the cycle to see how each list, meta-list, and checklist changes as our team embraces the glory that is listing as much as we can about making lists.
So we start with a rough meta-list to create some basic personalized lists which then help us refine the checklist which will then fix the major flaws in the meta-list. While we do this we list each iteration of the list cycle to see how we can improve the process with more lists. We can also keep an eye on our teammates as we go through the process in case we need to list something new on their personal list as we go through the list cycle repeatedly.
Once we reach the point that the lists can no longer correct themselves, we will be left with the Holy Grail of Lists. A list so pure and thorough that when followed to the last letter we can never fail again for lack of proper lists. We will have listed everything so nothing could ever go wrong again and because this list will be so flawless we could directly transcribe it into a seal to create the List Singularity; a pure list would have pure logic and with Hazou's perfect list transcribing ability, also known as the Iron Nerve, he would not have to worry about human error sullying the list as he writes it down. At that point I have no idea what would happen next, except that it would be perfect beyond my wildest dreams because of all of the lists that went into making this ultimate list, essentially a manufactured God of Lists, made with lists for lists.
I have a feeling though that all of our problems are Noburi's fault though. He once refused one of our beautiful precious lists! Once we have summoned the God of Lists to our mortal realm said god can show the heretic Noburi exactly where said heretic went wrong by using a list. It would be poetic justice for his crimes against list-kind.
I could list reasons for the benefits of using lists in list form all day, but after all this wonderful talking about lists I am ironically feeling a bit listless, so I'm going to call this a day for shitposting... for now.
Let me know if you need me to explain this list refinement process more thoroughly, but it would help if you clearly organized it, like in a list.
Speaking of likes and lists, did I mention I like lists?
I like lists.
