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The Princess of Blades (Naruto/Exalted)

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You are making it sound like we have to fight if we follow. As it stands, trying our luck with stealthing near the fight and should they be still fighting, using our excellent throwing skill if not for attackbut to instead throw lots of exploding tags into the sky above the fight will serve our purpose just as well. As not only is it a distraction, it will change the dynamic s of the fight as it will let them know that this are watchers, it will draw lots of attention to the scene and if their is any credence to all those travelling and speed feats, reinforcements will arrive stupidly quick which put s pressure on Baki (and maybe kabuto) to flee the scene before help arrives.

Being a noisy flashing beacon will serve our purpose just as readily if not faster than running for help
 
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You are making it sound like we have to fight if we follow. As it stands, trying our luck with stealthing near the fight and should they be still fighting, using our excellent throwing skill if not for attackbut to instead throw lots of exploding tags into the sky above the fight will serve our purpose just as well. As not only is it a distraction, it will change the dynamic s of the fight as it will let them know that this are watchers, it will draw lots of attention to the scene and if their is any credence to all those travelling and speed feats, reinforcements will arrive stupidly quick which put s pressure on Baki (and maybe kabuto) to flee the scene before help arrives.

Being a noisy flashing beacon will serve our purpose just as readily if not faster than running for help
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That's my vote. Although I should add explosive tags to the stunt.
 
[x] Run off in the direction the spy went. For all you know, they were going somewhere vital. Even if they got caught, they might still be alive. You're just one genin, you need someone else to corroborate your story.

we are a baby solar, dealing with mature dragon blood equivalents, they can and will kill us in a fight but we need to know what they are up to. We should also avoid letting them know we know if at all possible.

edit: adding in yogs stunt

-[X] Stunt 1: Even as you run, you fish out a pen from one of your pockets, and, with an ease and fastness born of long, fruitful fuinjutsu practice, scribble a brief note on one of your tags, summarizing what you learned. In another single and quick motion you attach it to a kunai, and launch it, soundlessly, out of your sight where you know, without a doubt, it'll end up lodged in a backdoor of a local restaurant, run by a retired, but loyal, konohan chuunin. Even if you fail, even if you die, the information will still get to the hokage.
 
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notanautomaton said:
...You do realize that planting explosives is a lot more difficult than planting a spy, and much more likely to be discovered, right? And that one does not imply the other? The more reasonable assumption is that Sound and Sand are secretly allies, and that Kabuto is a spy for one of them, who is about to kill someone who discovered him. There's no reason to assume a larger plot.
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Why would planting explosives (remember, in Narutoverse explosives are drawings on strips of paper) be harder than planting a spy?

[X] Run off in the direction the spy went. For all you know, they were going somewhere vital. Even if they got caught, they might still be alive. You're just one genin, you need someone else to corroborate your story.
-[X] Stunt 1: Even as you run, you fish out a pen from one of your pockets, and, with an ease and fastness born of long, fruitful fuinjutsu practice, scribble a brief note on one of your tags, summarizing what you learned. In another single and quick motion you attach it to a kunai, and launch it, soundlessly, out of your sight where you know, without a doubt, it'll end up lodged in a backdoor of a local restaurant, run by a retired, but loyal, konohan chuunin. Even if you fail, even if you die, the information will still get to the hokage.
-[X] Stunt 2: This is a foreign Jounin, beyond your skills in almost all respects, but this is also Konoha territory. You recall Gai-sensei's prohibition on the use of explosive tags outside of life and death situations. As it turns out, this is a matter of not just survival, but, seemingly, entire village security. You slap on and activate n explosive tag as you flit past a chimney. Another on a roof corner decoration. A third on a box of forgotten fireworks...wait, what the hell was that doing there?! You take a sudden change in direction. That should be enough noise to draw in Konoha's patrols, enough direction to point them towards the fight.

Ok, so:
1) We are on the roofs. What trees? What supporting pillars?
2) Corrected grammar
3) Left a message for someone to pick up. Mission first, after all.
 
[X] Run off in the direction the spy went. For all you know, they were going somewhere vital. Even if they got caught, they might still be alive. You're just one genin, you need someone else to corroborate your story.
-[X] Stunt 1: Even as you run, you fish out a pen from one of your pockets, and, with an ease and fastness born of long, fruitful fuinjutsu practice, scribble a brief note on one of your tags, summarizing what you learned. In another single and quick motion you attach it to a kunai, and launch it, soundlessly, out of your sight where you know, without a doubt, it'll end up lodged in a backdoor of a local restaurant, run by a retired, but loyal, konohan chuunin. Even if you fail, even if you die, the information will still get to the hokage.
-[X] Stunt 2: This is a foreign Jounin, beyond your skills in almost all respects, but this is also Konoha territory. You recall Gai-sensei's prohibition on the use of explosive tags outside of life and death situations. As it turns out, this is a matter of not just survival, but, seemingly, entire village security. You slap on and activate n explosive tag as you flit past a chimney. Another on a roof corner decoration. A third on a box of forgotten fireworks...wait, what the hell was that doing there?! You take a sudden change in direction. That should be enough noise to draw in Konoha's patrols, enough direction to point them towards the fight.
 
[X] Run away, find someone...anyone, tell them what happened. Gai-sensei, anyone, you're really not going to be picky at the moment. You need to get out of here, before anyone else comes back


Following Hayate seems suicidal.
 
[X] Run off in the direction the spy went. For all you know, they were going somewhere vital. Even if they got caught, they might still be alive. You're just one genin, you need someone else to corroborate your story.
 
I feel I should point out for reference, that what Tenten suspects right now is not that Kabuto is a spy for Sound, but for Sand. As far she knows Sound isn't involved at all.

After all, she wasn't nearly close enough to hear their conversation.
 
Crilltic said:
I feel I should point out for reference, that what Tenten suspects right now is not that Kabuto is a spy for Sound, but for Sand. As far she knows Sound isn't involved at all.

After all, she wasn't nearly close enough to hear their conversation.
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Which is why we should cave Hayate or at least get the info out of him.
 
[X] Run away, find someone...anyone, tell them what happened. Gai-sensei, anyone, you're really not going to be picky at the moment. You need to get out of here, before anyone else comes back.

I vote not dieing and hopefully getting the green beast of Konoha in on this as soon as possible. But I know it's probably too late and the vote go after will win.

I just hope your stunts work out well if that is the case.
 
[X] Run away, find someone...anyone, tell them what happened. Gai-sensei, anyone, you're really not going to be picky at the moment. You need to get out of here, before anyone else comes back.
 
Yog said:
Remember, in canon Baki (who has a lot of command authority) told Kabuto that sand would pull back and deny everything if their meeting was discovered.
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On one hand this is true, on the other hand Orochimaru is currently cosplaying as the Fourth Kazekage.
@Crilltic where are we geographically? I mean, I assume this is some kind of foreign residential district, where allied forces are settled compactly in hotels to minimize spying opportunities. And can we run and write? I am thinking of a stunt, something like "as you run, you hastily scrawl a short coded message describining what you know, attach it to a kunai and, with supernatural grace, throw it, knowing without a doubt that it'll end up lodged in a door of a local restaurant, run by a retired konohan chuunin".
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You're on the south side of the city, and yes that is largely correct. The castle has been converted into a foreign residential hotel for the Suna delegation. As for the stunt, that's fine, though as you said, it will only contain what Tenten knows. It probably will only be semi-coded, if at all though, given she's A)Writing it while running and B)In a major hurry. Though I guess terrible handwriting is a code all it's own. :V
 
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You're on the south side of the city, and yes that is largely correct. The castle has been converted into a foreign residential hotel for the Suna delegation. As for the stunt, that's fine, though as you said, it will only contain what Tenten knows. It probably will only be semi-coded, if at all though, given she's A)Writing it while running and B)In a major hurry. Though I guess terrible handwriting is a code all it's own. :V
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Still good enough. I'm not planning on dying here, it's more to show our superiors that we thought about this kind of thing in the heat of the situation. I want that chuunin promotion, and I think the foresight would play nice for us.
On one hand this is true, on the other hand Orochimaru is currently cosplaying as the Fourth Kazekage.
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Do we actually know when he started doing that? I mean I honestly don't know.
 
Yog said:
Thanks. That would be very helpful.
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Alright so, on one hand, when Baki found the bodies of the Kazekage and his guards they were still mostly intact. On the other hand, they found him in Suna. So if I had to make a judgement, he hasn't taken his face yet, but Orochimaru ambushes him whenever he makes the trip to Konoha for the Finals (so likely not for a few weeks).

However, according to the conversation Baki had with Kabuto, the Sand was planning on waiting until the last possible second to actually commit to the plan anyway. And at this point in time the only one of the Suna delegation to Konoha who actually knows the plan is Baki.
 
[X] Run off in the direction the spy went. For all you know, they were going somewhere vital. Even if they got caught, they might still be alive. You're just one genin, you need someone else to corroborate your story.
-[X] Stunt 1: Even as you run, you fish out a pen from one of your pockets, and, with an ease and fastness born of long, fruitful fuinjutsu practice, scribble a brief note on one of your tags, summarizing what you learned. In another single and quick motion you attach it to a kunai, and launch it, soundlessly, out of your sight where you know, without a doubt, it'll end up lodged in a backdoor of a local restaurant, run by a retired, but loyal, konohan chuunin. Even if you fail, even if you die, the information will still get to the hokage.
-[X] Stunt 2: This is a foreign Jounin, beyond your skills in almost all respects, but this is also Konoha territory. You recall Gai-sensei's prohibition on the use of explosive tags outside of life and death situations. As it turns out, this is a matter of not just survival, but, seemingly, entire village security. You slap on and activate n explosive tag as you flit past a chimney. Another on a roof corner decoration. A third on a box of forgotten fireworks...wait, what the hell was that doing there?! You take a sudden change in direction. That should be enough noise to draw in Konoha's patrols, enough direction to point them towards the fight.
 
[X] Run away, find someone...anyone, tell them what happened. Gai-sensei, anyone, you're really not going to be picky at the moment. You need to get out of here, before anyone else comes back.
-[X] Stunt: In a fight between Jounin, Genin are collateral damage. But you know Konoha like an old friend, and Gai-sensei is predictable in his habits. You flit across rooftops searching for him, eyes open for other friendly faces. But, in the meantime... spies abhor alert enemies, and there are few surer ways to bring the village to life than an explosion. You plaster a kunai with explosive tags on a timed delay, readying it as you leap from a rooftop and twist in midair. With a spark of chakra you trigger them and send the blade rocketing upward at an angle towards the direction the spies were heading, turning your body just in time to land smoothly on the next roof over. You run on, silent.

IC, if this gets left until Tenten finds Gai or someone else she trusts, chances are good that there wouldn't be anything left to find (barring an extreme stroke of luck). Setting off a bomb in the sky puts the foreign spies under greater pressure which might cause them to slip up and die/allow the third party to escape, makes it more likely that one of them will be caught or evidence of their actions will be noticed, and means that if she is being pursued without being noticed it might be more difficult to take her quietly.
 
Uhm. Arent we doing like. A lot of property damage with the explosive tags on buildings? shouldn't we do the kunai things rather than make this a full blown terrorist attack on our own lonesome?
 
Crow said:
Uhm. Arent we doing like. A lot of property damage with the explosive tags on buildings? shouldn't we do the kunai things rather than make this a full blown terrorist attack on our own lonesome?
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Three explosive tags would draw attention and give enough sound to triangulate the location from anywhere within hearing. And then we stop because after the third one the odds of us being confronted rises dramatically.

Explosive tags don't do THAT much damage unless used in great bulk or potency.
 
Crow said:
Uhm. Arent we doing like. A lot of property damage with the explosive tags on buildings? shouldn't we do the kunai things rather than make this a full blown terrorist attack on our own lonesome?
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I hope Tenten is smart enough to minimize the damage. Though launching kunai with tags into the air might work too, if not for shrapnel.
 
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