So, some info on training/researching during recovery.
If I'm reading the timeline correctly, all the research on PMYF 1.0 appears to have occurred during Ch. 56
Summons & Sealers, set between Jan 17 and Feb 3 (2.5 weeks) while Macerator 1.0 occurred during Ch 58 Part 2
Landing in Hot Water between March 22 and April 2 (2 weeks).
Taking this as the basic unit of time and combining it with integer multiples which I totally pulled out of my ass, the sealing shortlist looks something like this:
- Sealing Modularity - 6-7.5 weeks
- Seals that generate jutsu - variable, probably around a 2.0 seal (4-5 weeks)
- Summoning Scroll Analysis (Keiko has veto) - 2 to 5 weeks depending on how in depth we go and how complex it is (assume it'll be on the high end)
- Storage seal modifications
- PMYF v2 - 4-5 weeks
- Linked Cargo-Transferring Storage Seals - 6-7.5 weeks
- Expanded capacity - 2-2.5 weeks
- Macerator Seal v2 - 4-5 weeks
- Stressless Storage Seal - 6-7.5 weeks
- Civilian-Usable Storage Seal - 4-5 weeks
- Reproduce the Casino Chakra-Detection Seals - 2-2.5 weeks
- Simple sound-output seal - 2-2.5 weeks
- Simple light-output seal - 2-2.5 weeks
- Force Wall projected from a single, mobile seal aka Force Shield - 6-7.5 weeks
- Five-Seal Barrier mods
- One-Seal Barrier - 8-10 weeks
- Mobile One-Seal Barrier - 10-12.5 weeks
- Chakra draining seal - 4-5 weeks (assuming it's longer than 'basic' seals due to Kagome's concerns below)
- Chakra battery seal - 6-7.5 weeks
Interestingly, I saw that we got some feedback from Kagome in Ch 32
Taking Risks about some earlier sealing ideas:
Kagome was very keen on (or at least not terrified of) a seal which merely combined the functionality of a storage seal with the trigger mechanism of an exploding tag, both common seals with which Hazō was already becoming proficient.
This seems to indicate a higher degree of modularity than at least I've been assuming, which would both make full modularization more feasible and less important.
WHAT THE HELL WHY WOULD YOU EVEN WRITE THAT SYLLABLE NEVER MIND THINK OF PUTTING IT INTO A SEAL ARE YOU CRAZY OF COURSE YOU'RE CRAZY WE'RE ALL CRAZY THAT LAST SEAL MUST HAVE GONE WRONG AND NO ONE KNOWS AND NOW HE WANTS TO INVOKE THE DEVOURING SUN AND PUT AN END TO EVERYTHING BEFORE THE SPIDERS START COMING OUT OF EVERYONE'S EYESOCKETS AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT
This is in regards to the 'uuum' seal, which does nothing but make a tiny light, so it sounds like there's a story there.
The chakra drain seal was labelled "Seriously Dangerous"
This one is included in the sealing shortlist, so I'm curious if Kagome thinks we might be able to handle it now. I wonder why it's so dangerous?
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SO, my thoughts on the recovery timeline (making the large assumption that we get this time to hide out uninterrupted [
HAH]):
March 10-11: Team flees to Iron, gets secure, and debriefs
March 12: Intense discussion about sealing possibilities, further secure perimeter, start resting up
March 13-Jun 3: Pick some combination of projects, e.g. 5-6 simple ones, a medium one and 3-4 simple ones, two hards, whatever
Probably devote the first 4 weeks to Kagome's projects, so Hazou can get a die back and maybe level sealing to recover from/compensate for malus
Prefer doing easier projects first so that we're confronting harder projects with fewer penalties
Have uninjured and less injured party members on frequent scouting parties to local villages or cities (Yuni?) to gather info, find contacts we might make use of
Maybe get Noburi some medic training, if Jiraiya's contact will take him. Else we'll have to ask the pangolins or Orochimaru or something
Jun 3: Have Keiko's birthday party! Maybe one of her presents can be a sealing project?
If we give Kagome free reign the first 4 weeks, my votes for what to research would be:
[] Research Hazou: Modularity
If modularity making future research easier is a thing, we
need it. We probably won't be sitting around for 12 weeks in the future. If we can get some of this done during Kagome's 4 weeks due to not testing so actively, do a simple seal afterwards (expanded capacity or casino seals) as a proving ground
If not, I'm ambivalent between (but am happy to change my mind on)
[] Research Hazou: Force Shield
[] Research Hazou: Linked Cargo Seals
[] Research Hazou: PMYF v2 & Civilian Storage Seals
~1% chance of doing as badly as we did or worse. We had a ~70% chance of beating the HS team on that first roll. *continues grumbling*
