[X] Action Plan: Yuno, Ino, and Uplift
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- Meet with Mari, Kei, Snowflake, Noburi
- Relay our conversations with Yuno about Jashinism.
- Yuno's hurting...
- ...from her isolation within Isan, which catalyzed her love of violence
- ...from Akane's death (arguably her first friend), which reinforced that violence was all she understood
- Maybe Yuno was already predisposed towards Jashinism, but Hidan got to Yuno when she was hurting, and radicalized her. He saw a target in Yuno, and filled the cracks in her heart with bullshit.
- She'll probably try to convert the entire clan, starting with y'all.
- Mari:
- Hidan may be a charismatic cult leader, but socials are your specialization. Could you un-brainwash Yuno?
- Would help from another social spec be productive? Ami might leap at the chance to free someone from being slaved to the will of a god. Would you be comfortable working together/in tandem with her?
- We'd appreciate your advice (regarding steering Yuno away from Jashin while still accepting her love of violence), and your help (with ensuring Yuno doesn't cause any incidents).
- Also: any ideas on how to recoup our reputation?
- Ino and the sale of Hazou's personal Goo Bomb seals
- Internally:
- Put on "Goketsu Clan Head" Hat.
- The Yamanaka Clan Head wants a commission that eats into our best sealmaster's valuable time. Luckily, it's prosocial in intent, and our clans are allied. Allowances can be made where they might not otherwise be.
- Trade in (and assume) good faith
- Initial Proposal (sanity checked by Mari)
- The Yamanaka Clan promises not to sell or reverse engineer them.
- Supply is for genin-use only
- Each genin gets three seals (be willing to negotiate to four/five, but not much more)
- Genin are resupplied upon return from missions.
- One Year Duration, revisiting the trade deal afterwards.
- Goketsu Hazou will work to provide a backstock within the Goketsu Clan so that, should he be unavailable to resupply a Yamanaka genin, they're not inconvenienced.
- We don't really need cash, so...
- What're the Yamanaka Clan offering?
- Let Hazou-pilot and Ino take it from there.
- Offscreen
- Ask Noburi...
- To test if sealing an object sterilizes it (spirits are questionably alive).
- Whether Arachnid Silk bandages would be an improvement for the hospital?
- If so, donate a lot. We have ES50 and can afford to take a temporary hit on Arachnid Silk Trade.
- Publicly denounce Jashinism
@_The_Bomb
- Not going to nitpick the Yamanaka Trade Deal. We're acting in good faith and assuming good faith. Not every clan is as detail-oriented as the Nara, and trade deals seem to be a bit sparce on word count as a matter of practice. Getting into the weeds is what nearly got us in trouble with Orochimaru. We can assume that Ino and the Yamanaka Clan will do right by us, since they have a proven track record to that effect.
- I have edited to make an allowance for Yuno being predisposed towards Jashinism, but emphasized that Hidan got to her when she was emotionally vulnerable, and saw an easy target.
- If you want me to include something about Hazou maybe being able to set religious tenants, please provide some phrasing for me to try and incorporate. Word count is high, but I promise I'll at least try and find the room for it. Obviously, the smaller the phrasing, the easier it'll be.
@acidshill and
@Sir Stompy
- Moved the question about reputation to the Yuno meeting, since it's relatively on topic (Jashinism, dealing with the fallout of Hidan, etc). Good catch.
- I don't think we need Mari's sanity check, either because the risk of "getting a bad deal" (Ino knows the value of what she's asking for, and is going to be trading in good faith), or because we need Mari's help (Hazou hasn't had a major interpersonal misstep with his romantic relationships in a while), but I added a line about Mari sanity checking the initial proposal. This should thread the line of "make sure we're not doing anything stupid" and "This is easily within Hazou's wheelhouse, and doesn't need his hand held 24/7."
@Twinnstars
- I've implemented your phrasing re: Yuno.
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Side note: Jesus fuck these past few IRL months have been stressful.
Akane died, fall out, suspecting Asuma, getting gaslit by Mari and Kei, EM Nuke creation and interpersonal fallout, EM Nuke and political fallout, Failing to save Isan, the Conclave idiots not wanting to save their own skins, speedrunning the Minato seals, racing towards ES50, using ES50 to fix our clan's Medium Consequence, discovering 3D Sealing, Hidan showing up and trashing our reputation, Hidan slaughtering innocents while we're forced to do nothing, Hidan forcing Hazou to slaughter bandits, Hidan radicalizing Yuno just as she's in the middle of her own character growth, Jin and Mio being stupid, ungratetful, childish idiots about jutsu, and Kagome expressing hurt that he'll only be remembered as the guy who taught Hazou, and Kagome expressing discontent that he's putting in all this hard work, and that Hazou'll swoop in and finish it, and get the acclaim.
Can we please have something wholesome soon? A beach episode, a wholesome Hazou-does-Sealing-with-Harumitsu, an AU Akane-Hazou wedding, a Snowflake Interrupt where she blatantly confesses her love to Hazou because Sage knows that the boy won't pick up on it otherwise, an Ami Interrupt where she and Hazou eat shaved ice and braid each other's hair again, Shard apologizing for her lashing out,
something?
At this point, I'll even take a meager, two-line moment, like when Hazou hugged Akane immediately after Hidan forced Hazou to play cards for the people of Bakuchioka.
