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The Princess of Blades (Naruto/Exalted)

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[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that.

Ino's already left, she can't help you take Sakura inside and then discuss with you.
 
[X] No. So much no. You will put up with a lot of insanity in your training sessions. It comes with your team. But you draw the line at...whatever this is.

Oh god, Sakura. I'm so glad we voted to get her involved. Anyway, don't feel like dealing with Ino and their rivalry right now. Inner Sakura has been youthified though.

Also going to be totes adorable piggy backing a sleeping Sakura back to her parents house. Great blackmail material!
 
This is going to go so well. I can just see it. Sakura vs Ino may be beyond even Gai's ability to contain. Cassie says no. Trying to referee their rivalry will cause us to develop an unhealthy amount of stress. Friends don't jump in the middle of stuff like this. Eek.

[X] No. So much no. You will put up with a lot of insanity in your training sessions. It comes with your team. But you draw the line at...whatever this is.
 
[x] No. So much no. You will put up with a lot of insanity in your training sessions. It comes with your team. But you draw the line at...whatever this is.

"leave your weird friendship/rivalry out of my training plan."
 
uju32 said:
The straight man needs people to bounce off.
And Senpai Tenten gets fresh meat to divert Gai with.
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Okay, we gotta spend a day getting 1 Dot in Presence Specialty (Power of Youth) and Integrity Specialty (Straight Man). This is clearly our life, and we might as well own up to it.

Plus, putting up with Sakura, Ino, and Gai for a full day absolutely counts as training these specialties. Just get one dot in each, test the waters so to speak.
 
[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that.

I was considering adding on a warning -perhaps by telling her to ask her parents about Gai before deciding whether or not to go- but I think surprise will be the best teacher in this case :V
 
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[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that.

Spread the YOUTH throughout Konoha's genin and watch Kakashi have a heart attack. Serves the bastard right for training the son of a traitor over the son of his sensei.
 
Just an FYI, but bringing Ino to Tenten's training is much more likely to give Shikamaru intel on Tenten than it is to get Tenten intel on Shikamaru.

So there is that.
 
Goddammit, exactly the one person I didn't want to meet.

[X] No. So much no. You will put up with a lot of insanity in your training sessions. It comes with your team. But you draw the line at...whatever this is.

Ino can deal with her own shit and not sabotage Sakura's training. Sakura isn't at the mental state yet to where Ino's presence would be more of a benefit than a detriment IMO. Also, Ino has no special loyalty to Tenten nor would she over her team, at any rate, so it would be giving more intel to Tenten's opponent.
 
Is it wise to have the teammate of our first opponent in the finals train with us? I mean it is pretty obvious that anything she sees is going to end up with Shikamaru finding out about it. Even if we make her promise to not tell her Shika there is no way to tell if she would keep that promise as her teammate is most likely of higher priority that us. Besides that even if she doesn't say anything to Shika he will probably still be about to find out a lot of stuff (unconscious body ques, what Ino doesn't say versus what she is willing to say, leading questions, slip ups, ...), Shikamaru is crafty like that.

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[X] No. So much no. You will put up with a lot of insanity in your training sessions. It comes with your team. But you draw the line at...whatever this is
 
[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that.

I figure tenten is All about getting more kunochi properly trained, also this way she can help both of them. Nothing better than a rival to provide motivation.
It is something of a manipulative choice, but getting both of them involved is very much a good thing.
Plus i figure it would be funny to see how fast shika runs away when he sees what ino is up to.
 
HymnOfRagnarok said:
Just an FYI, but bringing Ino to Tenten's training is much more likely to give Shikamaru intel on Tenten than it is to get Tenten intel on Shikamaru.

So there is that.
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Eh, if their rivalry is as strong as implied then I would think that ino would be focused more on Sakura. Besides we are already teaching a teammate of two potential competitors so such an objection is merely hypocritical.

Anyways my vote

[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that
 
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[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that
 
Crilltic said:
You shrug your shoulders, "If you're hungry we can get food, my treat, anywhere you want to go?" Truth be told you do feel kinda bad for not giving Sakura more warning for what was in store for her, even if the younger girl did hold up under Gai's tutelage admirably. Perhaps a bit more than "admirably" given her outburst during your spar, but that was a bit of existential dread you were putting off on processing for the immediate future. Sakura just yawns though, and waves away your suggestion.

"M'tired, just-" she pauses to to try, and fail, to stifle another yawn, "Just home's good."
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Aha, my choice worked!

And then Ino happened. I almost want to pick yes just because it's hilarious, though I doubt it's correct ICly.
 
[X] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that.
-[X] Stunt: Rivalries certainly seem to be effective motivation, and what little you recall of Sakura's fight with Ino was rather disappointing. Gai-sensei would make it all better, and you can get some info on Shikamaru in the process, "Sure, Ino. Give me a hand with delivering Sakura, and we can compare our teams while we walk?"
 
Crilltic said:
Tenten's hell is eerily similar to Gossip Girl.
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Yeah, that's what happens when your only family is a group of antisocial guys.
Lee is an orphan, Gai probably terrifies people out of getting closer , and Neji is too busy with bad boy angsting to have developed much in the way of family ties.
There is a reason why he turned to Tenten as a sparring partner for developing Gentle Fist techniques.

HymnOfRagnarok said:
Just an FYI, but bringing Ino to Tenten's training is much more likely to give Shikamaru intel on Tenten than it is to get Tenten intel on Shikamaru.
So there is that.
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Noted.
I doubt she's an intentional spy, but she'll probably leak something unintentionally.
But that was always a risk with trying to scout Shika.

The juice is worth the squeeze though.
Given our significant lack of social contacts who can help in future training, cultivating connected clan kids who do know people and can recommend them is kinda important to our future development.

Besides, all of our team pretty clearly exhibited our specialties during the exams; not much secret there.
Shikamaru OTOH didn't do much fighting; his opponent walked right into his trap card and got hammered.
Sparring with Ino will give us some insight into the general conditioning level of her team, without us asking a thing.
ShyGuy said:
Is it wise to have the teammate of our first opponent in the finals train with us?
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Ideal? No. But the juice is worth the squeeze.
Tenten does not have enough in the way of social contacts or friends to turn away people because paranoia.
 
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universalperson said:
And then Ino happened. I almost want to pick yes just because it's hilarious, though I doubt it's correct ICly.
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It's safe to assume any choice I give as a set vote is IC in some capacity. It's the other things like Stunts and Write-ins that I need to approve.

Right now, Tenten is trying to wrap her head around what the hell she's looking at.
uju32 said:
Yeah, that's what happens when your only family is a group of antisocial guys.
Lee is an orphan, Gai probably terrifies people out of getting closer , and Neji is too busy with bad boy angsting to have developed much in the way of family ties.
There is a reason why he turned to Tenten as a sparring partner for developing Gentle Fist techniques.
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Yeah, at her core Tenten is just a really nice girl who wants to help people. She is also the social glue that holds Team Gai together. As well as being the level-head that brings Gai and Lee down to earth and Neji out of his shell of cynicism.

Catty girl-fights are not her forte.
 
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[x] Yes. You do want to see the smug wiped off her face, and chances are Sakura will enjoy it too...eventually. Probably. Plus, you remember that this girl is on a team with your first finals opponent. You can use that.
 
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