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Stormfall (An AU Naruto Quest)

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[x] Training Plan Kenzou: Base Stats
Athletics 34 -> 39
Alertness 31 -> 34
Spend 284 XP

[x] Training Plan Shion: Surging Seas
Water Whip 37 -> 39
Surging Seas 17-> 20
Elemental Apprentice: Water
Physique 16 -> 20
Alertness 31 -> 33
Spend 269.5 XP

[x] Training Plan Momoka: Base Stats
Ranged Weapons: 36 -> 40
Athletics 32 -> 36
Spend 292 XP
 
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[x] Training Plan Shion: Fuck It We WDB
Surging Seas 17 -> 21
Water Dragon Bullet 11 -> 32
Elemental Apprentice: Water
5 XP remaining
 
Shrooms said:
Finally, several rushed in at once and Shion's parents swung madly to fend them off, their ox kicking wildly as wolves lunged upon it. Her brothers looked up in confusion as Shion cried out at her parents suffering multiple bites. She ripped a lantern off the wall, hurling it out the window and crashing to the ground, igniting a pile of rice that had been left out to dry under a tarp.

The wolves balked momentarily at the surprise gout of flame, giving her parents the reprieve to fatally wound two of the wolves, but there was easily half a dozen more, and they began to recover from their brief confusion, closing in on her parents again. Shion swallowed her fear and leapt through the window, a surprising strength surging through her and giving her clarity and focus.

Her mother yelled at her, telling Shion to go back, but even at her young age she knew that without her parents, the whole family was doomed, to starvation if nothing else.

She gripped the sickle tightly, running to her parents, and she felt herself becoming faster and faster - she cut down a wolf in an instant, surprising the others, who turned to the smaller target and leapt upon her, knocking the sickle away. She cried in pain as they bit into her arms and torso, while she covered her neck and head. Her strength surged again and she tackled a wolf to the ground, grabbing its legs and swinging it overhead, slamming it into the ground with a sickening crunch. She turned to the remaining wolves, snarling - and felt that strange strength leave her, falling to her knees as her parents cut the others down, the survivors fleeing into the night.

As she began to lose consciousness, she only caught one confused word from her father.
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What a trigger event, amiright, Shion?
Shrooms said:
It wasn't long before they were visited by someone with the regional Daimyo's insignia. His eyes flicked over to Shion, who was using her newfound strength to pull the plow in lieu of their last ox perishing from the wolf encounter.

Her father exchanged pleasantries, clearly nervous about not meeting their rice quota, ready to haggle for a light sentence, or a greater future yield.

The man shook his head, extending a letter with the emblem of Hidden Rain on it.
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Welp. Sucks to be a civvie in this setting. Gonna have to do absolutely nothing about that.
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"Listen, pretty boy, I don't care who your daddy is." Okura blinked in surprise, and she rolled up her sleeves. "See these scars on my arms? I got those from wrestling Dusk Wolves to the death while they tried to maul my parents. I'll bet you've never even seen one of the fuckers. You think having a silver spoon in your mouth makes you tough shit? Nah, it just makes you a little bitch. Let's see if you've got the balls to earn anything for yourself without riding your Clan's coattails." He tugged the clothes she was gripping away with a haughty huff and stalked off.

The teacher smiled and went back to scribbling notes.
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Oh badass. I'm likin' you, girl
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"You know, I'm pretty tired. Think I'll head to bed for now," she groused.

"Wait, Shion, I was just kidding…" he finished lamely.

At this point, she didn't care. Someone had finally recognized her potential, and Shion wasn't looking back.
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lmao, get dunked on dad. at least he's still alive, tho. Better than we can say for Momoka. Also, ah, teenagers.
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Tanaka-sensei took a seat across from Shion at the small table, setting down a cup for each of them. "Apologies for the mess," she said, flicking through a few hand seals. Soon enough, papers sprung up and carried themselves to their requisite shelves, cleaning the space up in moments.

Shion arched an eyebrow. "Did you leave it a mess on purpose to show off?"

Tanaka-sensei smiled mischievously and sipped her tea. "I read some of your essays in the academy. You're quite perceptive on the nature of chakra for one so young. You're quite perceptive in general, really. And more than that, I get the impression you've got a bone to pick with the universe itself. The chip on your shoulder is more like a plank of wood." Shion's pride quickly turned into embarrassment. Tanaka-sensei continued. "Don't get me wrong, this is something you'll need to control and harness. But I'll take someone with that kind of drive over a do-nothing who expects to just be given the answer any day of the week."
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Pfff, calling out your teacher is in poor taste.
Shrooms said:
"Yes, sensei."

"Bleh. Words I've never wanted to hear." She took another drink from a bottle she carried around. "Tell me what you've learned from Rei so far. Start from the basics."

Shion took a deep breath and began to recite the maxims and basics of her training, but was cut off two minutes into what would easily be at least twenty minutes of summarization.
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Oh geez. This ain't great.
Shrooms said:
Shion burst into the study, waving a page. "I did it, sensei! The page is dry! Sensei-"

She choked back her words when she saw the body hanging from the rafters.
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Fuck. Poor kid.
Shrooms said:
"Nope. My name is Kobayashi Jun. I'm trying to put a team together, but I've had a hard time finding candidates worth the time. Based on what I've heard about you, I think you might be worth it, but I wanted to pay you a visit and make sure. What do you think? Are you worth it?"

Once upon a time she'd have jumped at the chance to say yes. Nowadays…

"You don't… think I'm a curse? Bad luck?"

The man had a confused look on his face. "Hmm, maybe if I were a superstitious fool, I'd care about silly notions like that. But I think the world's got enough superstitious fools already. What do you say we choose to be something better?"
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Jun is omegabased.
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"Water Release: Surging Seas!" she cried out, as water began to boil up from beneath her, lifting her. Her spirits swelled - but she felt a wrench in her gut that something was off, and the technique slipped from her control, sending her spinning to the ground coughing up water.

When she looked up, Momoka was standing by the Syrup Capture Field, finishing off the trapped spider wasps one by one with a kunai to the brain, like some kind of macabre bug execution ceremony. She looked over towards the village, where Kobayashi-sensei and Kenzō made their way over to her. Kenzō stared impassively, which was almost worse than actual mocking. Kobayashi-sensei, for his part, had a look of disappointment, which was worse than actual mocking.

Once again, she'd failed.
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Poor kid. We need to get her more reasonable stat totals so she's not completely useless.
 
[X] Training Plan Momoka: Base Stats
[X] Training Plan Shion: Surging Seas
[X] Training Plan Kenzou: Base Stats

Pretty much what I'd choose on all of these!
 
[X] Action Plan: Poisoned Pill
  • Momoka -- harvest any available venom from the Spider Wasps.
  • Interview the surviving villagers -- is anyone still in imminent danger of dying from the poison? If so, head to the village to treat immediately.
    • Ask if any strangers have passed through recently.
  • Otherwise, look for clues of ninja egress or ingress from the village.
    • Investigate closely local sources of drinking water -- seems likely that the enemy ninja were there at some point.
  • If the village seems clear of ninja, prepare a ruse for any enemies.
    • Split the genin off from Jun, they will interview the remaining villagers.
      • Be suspicious of any new people in, or travellers to the village -- they could be foreign ninja, interview their neighbors.
    • Jun will shadow the genin, ready to strike any ninja(s) that feel they can take 3 genin.
    • Make an effort to keep civilian casualties low if a fight does break out.
  • Keep an eye out for signs of distress, the villagers might be being coerced by foreign ninja.
  • If everything seems clear, and there's no hot trail, have Shion treat the sick villagers, try to determine what the cause of the poisoning is.
    • Inspect the bodies of those who have died as well, perhaps the poison isn't from the water?
    • Is there a detectable pattern in the dead? Could this have been targeted to individuals?
  • If the poison was locally sourced, that's a good lead. If the enemy ninja left signs of camps/tracks, follow up with that. If any suspicious strangers have passed through recently, that's another potential lead.
    • Hunt the enemy ninja down
 
Sir Stompy said:
If the village seems clear of ninja, prepare a ruse for any enemies.
  • Split the genin off from Jun, they will interview the remaining villagers.
    • Be suspicious of any new people in, or travellers to the village -- they could be foreign ninja, interview their neighbors.
  • Jun will shadow the genin, ready to strike any ninja(s) that feel they can take 3 genin.
  • Make an effort to keep civilian casualties low if a fight does break out.
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I'm confused—is there still a point in doing this? If someone's watching the village, wouldn't they already have seen Jun when he fought the spider-wasps?
 
[x] Training Plan: Kenzou
[x] Training Plan: Shion
[x] Training Plan: Momoka

More boxes are cool, movement tech is valuable, and we'll need pyramid filler either way, so may as well do it now with useful stuff and take after our sensei with a cube instead of a pyramid. Besides, what's the point of having decent reserves as a genin without cool stuff to use it on.

Edit: unless I did the tally wrong, it isn't showing any of the original plan makers votes. Weird.
 
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[X] Action Plan: Hero Complex
  • Momoka -- harvest any available venom from the Spider Wasps.
  • Interview the surviving villagers -- is anyone still in imminent danger of dying from the poison? If so, head to the village to treat immediately.
    • Ask if any strangers have passed through or moved to the village recently.
  • If not, or after the dying are treated, look for signs of ninja egress or ingress from the village.
    • Investigate closely local sources of drinking water -- seems likely that the enemy ninja were there at some point. Timeladder/Invoke Examination/Survival rolls if necessary or desirable.
  • If the trail isn't hot, interview the remaining villagers.
    • Party member with best relevant social stat takes point, other party members can use their social stats to create Manouvers/tags. Jun using his Intimidation to create tags for Shion's Empathy by doing a good cop/bad cop routine, for example.
    • Be suspicious of any new people in, or travelers to the village -- they could be foreign ninja, pay them close attention.
    • Make an effort to keep civilian casualties low if enemy ninja are found.
  • Keep an eye out for signs of distress, the villagers might be being coerced by foreign ninja.
  • If everything seems clear, and there's no hot trail, have Shion/Jun treat the sick villagers if they weren't earlier, then try to determine what the cause of the poisoning is.
    • Inspect the bodies of those who have died, perhaps the poison isn't from the water?
    • Is there a detectable pattern in the dead? Could individuals have been targeted?
  • If the poison was locally sourced, that's a good lead. If the enemy ninja left signs of camps/tracks, follow up with that. If any suspicious strangers have passed through recently, that's another potential lead.
    • Hunt the enemy ninja down
 
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Shamelessly trying to boost the thread discussion for an increased XP Reward :p

Sir Stompy said:
Ask if any strangers have passed through or moved to the village recently.
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Shion has a civilian farming background, and a pretty high Empathy stat (for a genin), besides. She may want to take point, here.

Maybe Kenzou (with his high Presence) can help by projecting a fire fighter/EMT-esque aura of "Civilian Protector from Hidden Rock [Rain], here to help." As in, mechanically, creating an Aspect to tag, or just lending his Presence AB to Shion's Empathy rolls?

Sir Stompy said:
If not, or after the dying are treated, look for signs of ninja egress or ingress from the village.
  • Investigate closely local sources of drinking water -- seems likely that the enemy ninja were there at some point.
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Momoka has Examination 20, and her "Far Horizons" Aspect may be applicable for finding tracks.


Sir Stompy said:
Keep an eye out for signs of distress, the villagers might be being coerced by foreign ninja.
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Shion has decent Empathy, and is going to be speaking to anyone hurt, in addition to (ifnyou include it) speaking to the villagers. This may be a good role for her to take.
 
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