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thanks to whatever's started disrupting their migration patterns
I sure hope that isn't important.

"Exactly!" Hazō exclaimed delightedly. "That's the perfect analogy.
I have a bad feeling about what Yuno is going to take away from this...

"but I only want one man to father my children, and it's Noburi, the second he's old enough for the Perpendicular Anointment Ceremony and I figure out how to get the Isanese priests to brew me the Nectar of Joy."
Hopefully ANBU picked up the Nectar of Joy recipe when they did that mindwalk.

"Then we figure out the replacement rate and sacrifice everyone who isn't needed to maintain it, and that way Lord Jashin gets the greatest possible number of births and deaths, and we don't risk any of the problems of overpopulation or decline. Hazō, that's brilliant! Of course I'll help."

Wait, what?
...Maybe we can argue that Yuno shouldn't be improvising theology because she's not the Chosen of Jashin? That doesn't seem especially persuasive. Maybe we can try to discover theology empirically by communicating with Jashin? But then we might, you know, actually receive instructions from Jashin.

Also, we'll need to make sure Lord Jashin's cult takes over the world early on, because we don't want to end up in a situation where the non-Jashinist ninja population grows very fast and we end up facing a big ninja force that disagrees with how we do things. You know, suddenly a lot of the things you've been doing make much more sense."
Well Yuno, I'm glad it makes sense to you.

If you want to know about it, you should ask the Inoue.
Why yes, I think we should ask ANBU for their report on the mindwalk they did.

Voting closes on Tomorrow at 10:00
Short voting periods for EJ updates have been a frequent problem for I think several months now. @eaglejarl @Velorien I don't suppose there's some alternate schedule that would work for you guys, which would leave a longer delay after Velorien updates?
 
If the intention is to determine the difficulty, Hazō already has the research notes. He rates it as "chūnin-level".
Given that we already have Jiraiya's research notes on the AB seal, what level of difficulty is it?
@eaglejarl @Velorien @Paperclipped
Just following up, thanks.
@eaglejarl @Velorien @Paperclipped
Just following up, thanks.
@eaglejarl @Velorien @Paperclipped
Just following up, thanks.
 
Short voting periods for EJ updates have been a frequent problem for I think several months now. @eaglejarl @Velorien I don't suppose there's some alternate schedule that would work for you guys, which would leave a longer delay after Velorien updates?
PSA: Voting is extended until Tomorrow at 16:00
Thank you for extending voting, EJ.

I still think the fact that voting periods for Velorien updates are usually ~3 days and voting periods for EJ updates are ~2 days or often ~1 day is suboptimal, and it's worth discussing if a better solution exists. Another possibility—voting for longer multi-scene plans and QMs decide which scenes they want to write?
 
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I... don't have spoons. Ping me if there's a plan that involves researching the Minato Seal, or Asuma's Barrier Seal.

[X] Whatever EJ wants to write, we trust him.
[X] Interlude: Jin
[X] Interlude: Goketsu Sealmasters
 
Thank you for extending voting, EJ.

I still think that voting periods for Velorien updates are usually ~3 days and voting periods for EJ updates are ~2 days or often ~1 day is suboptimal, and it's worth discussing if a better solution exists. Another possibility—voting for longer multi-scene plans and QMs decide which scenes they want to write?
It's not a deliberate structure. It's me failing at spoon management (or sometimes at spoons) and publishing updates late.
 
[X] Action Plan: Experimental Frenzy, AMI edition
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Create a 3d Seal via the doping method, do the following (potentially offscreen) beforehand.

•Invite Cannai to spot, do the experiment with him if he says yes.
• check in with Kagome. Thank him for helping Hazō get his head on straight. Sanity check the doping method for creating 3d seals, design security methods together. If Cannai agrees to help, taking a teleporting superdog into account.
•share our research queue, requesting his help with one of the lines of research.

~~~~~
CCnJ with Yuno, immediately after end of previous chapter
Priors going in:
Yuno is family, we trust her.
She misunderstands our position.
Her misunderstanding of our position can lead to our family being hurt.
Hidan says conviction is the greatest Virtue, and that if others believe his actions to be evil, they should follow their convictions and try to stop him.
His actions are evil, but there is a path towards him taking good actions instead.
We are attempting to rehabilitate him, following that path as our honest conviction dictates.
As a concerned brother in law and as Yunos clan head, we cannot allow her to follow his broken path, and instead need her help mending Hidan.
Like a drunk, Hidan is likely to get very defensive when this comes up, and he believes that killing the people who annoy you is the only righteous way to live.
We need her focus so we can earnestly follow our convictions rather than our wants.

•Ask for hair advice
•Request a home made frock, with all the defensive lore Yuno remembers sewn into it

~~~~~
At the next game night, slip Ami a note requesting a dance after the party.

Earthshape a copy of the map that Ami's dance seemed to recreate, and offer her a dance on it.

When Hazō gets the lead in the conversation tell her frankly that he's worried about making an enemy of her or other Thinkers because of the decisions he's being forced to make. If Hazō can't know, he needs to at least know the map of what he can't know.

•wear an Isanese braid that says "interested but mourning, and unable to take a suitor due to Tapir feeding duties". Bring this up when appropriate.

~~~~~

Rather than shadow clone training, Hazō feels it is important to prioritize also researching the following seals, following Hazō's intuition on prep:
SSA1(with Kagome): Fourfold Seal of Preservation modded to break stagnancy if close, then Chakra Adhesion Triggered multiple Action Relay Seals, or CATEARS, then Jiraiya's substitution seals
SSA2. The minato seal line, until incomprehensible TH gibberish, followed by rocket boots, followed by Reusable Rocket Boots.
3. Mod Jiriaya's boo seal into Hazō yelling "RUN"
4. Earth Pillar (Construct) seal, followed by a mod to make the created stone real, then the City of Earth seal.

Spend a prep day on the following, and if the seal is Genin continue to work on it following Hazō's intuition:
1. The ZAP seal
2. Monuments to the Thunder God
3. The Greatshield seal
4. THE PUNCH SEAL
5. The Bubble Shell seal
6. ARS mod which lowers difficulty to learn/create but provides no benefits to learning MARS
7. The Minatoerator
8. Anti-Byakugan seals (Tower)
9. Anti-Byakugan seals (Jiraiya)

Timeskip for a week or until the seal research log is finished, whichever is longer. In downtime, create shodō pieces about Akane
 
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[X] Action Plan: Sealing Stagnancy
Word count: TBD
  • Noburi assigned temporary clan head.
    • Please help me stop Yuno from preaching Jashinism.
    • Explain what we know of Hidan and Jashin.
    • We're trying to make the best of a bad situation.
    • Reformation?
      • Jashin governs birth, death, everything between.
      • Sacrifices are not necessary, only a quick snack that ultimately harms Jashin.
      • Humans are beyond such things as replacement rates, the population can continue to increase exponentially with technology and seals.
  • Short SSA Research
    • Finish MS7
    • CATEARS
  • Hazō Prime and SCs max prep for SSA sealing research.
    • Minato Seal
    • Reusable Rocket Boots, boosted to break stagnancy.
  • Accept Asuma's offer to arrange a TH tutor.
    • Ask Kagome if he is willing to join.
    • If so, pay for the additional tutorship.
    • Have a SC attend lessons.
 
[ ] Whatever EJ wants to write, we trust him.

[X] Interlude: Hiruzen and Jiraya Teach the Hyūga Elders the Pink Pony no Jutsu
 
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Accept Asuma's offer to arrange a TH tutor.
  • Ask Kagome if he is willing to join.
  • If so, pay for the additional tutorship.
  • Have a SC attend lessons.
Personally I'm not amenable to doing this right now. I don't want to divert hundreds of XP that could be used on necromancy/path exploration related skills (like Alertness, socials, etc.) when necromancy is so close.
 
Personally I'm not amenable to doing this right now. I don't want to divert hundreds of XP that could be used on necromancy/path exploration related skills (like Alertness, socials, etc.) when necromancy is so close.
The reason I added it was in case we can't open the rift without going deeper into the Minato Sealing line. There's a long startup to getting TH due to the stunt. If it turns out we need TH, we might lose precious time that allows Sasori to beat us. Would you be okay with just the purchase of the stunt, with no intention of leveling the skill unless the need presents itself?
 
The reason I added it was in case we can't open the rift without going deeper into the Minato Sealing line. There's a long startup to getting TH due to the stunt. If it turns out we need TH, we might lose precious time that allows Sasori to beat us. Would you be okay with just the purchase of the stunt, with no intention of leveling the skill unless the need presents itself?
Kagome said that MS8 was enough.
 
What else do we need to tidy up before we can do a timeskip? It seems like we're nearly ready.
My pre-timeskip wishlist (not all of these are mandatory):
  • Make some progress cleaning up the fallout from Hidan's visit and fixing our reputation
    • UPDATE: Done good enough for me (Ch. 608)
  • Vote in an estate plan
  • Decide what we want to do in terms of Necromancy/A-day, or at least figure out a range of options we might pursue depending on what the future holds, then determine what prep work we need to do and get the ball rolling
    • Specifically, how and when are we going to get Naruto, Asuma, and possibly Tsunade on-side, and how are we going to distract Akatsuki?
  • Determine if any of our 3D sealing ideas (e.g. doping) will work or if we just need to grind ES
    • UPDATE: Done! (Ch. 606)
  • If possible, get Shadow Clone for Kagome and/or Yuno, or at least work out a plan for this with Mari and Kei
    • UPDATE: Based on our conversation with Mari in Ch. 519, this would require a good justification or a very large bribe/payment. Unlikely to happen anytime soon.
  • Negotiate Goo Bomb deal with Ino
    • UPDATE: Done! (Ch. 610)
  • Discuss with Mari, Kei, and Snowflake how we want to handle Ami long-term. What will happen if we bring her in on FOOM?
  • Finish Conclave plot
  • Unstagnate Noburi and Kei (Hazou will work on a challenging sealing project during the timeskip)
    • UPDATE: Kei has been assigned to fight Hyenas and will hopefully unstagnate there
    • UPDATE: Hazou will unstagnate with RRB, but needs to unstagnate combat
  • Handle the brewing crisis in the clan about jutsu disclosure
  • Decide how much to tell Asuma about primordial sealing
  • Decide how much to tell Orochimaru about primordial sealing
  • Make Yuno more sane???
  • Mission to Swamp of Death and/or Crystal Cave and/or Neck for Squirrel Scroll?
 
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Kagome said that MS8 was enough.
Maybe. The ones that I've studied so far, probably. Still, something farther down the chain? It's a real possibility

Kagome-sensei shook his head. "No. I've learned the seventh seal. I think it might be enough, and if not then maybe the eighth one would." He grimaced. "I hope. I have no idea what to do with anything after the eighth one. You saw that jumble. It's probably another code. I've been looking through his poetry, trying to find something more than what you found, something that says how to read the notes
Kagome hopes that MS8 will be enough because he doesn't understand the further seals.
 
Didn't we at one point vote in a plan that had Hazou ask Asuma if he recognized any of the jargon in Minato's notes? Did anything come of that?
 
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