Cosmos Quest (Naruto/Lupin III)

[FurikoMaru]

That's not what your story says.
I quotehttp://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=83.msg3606#msg3606
Contract yes, but no title.
No mention of a partial contract.

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Oh, right! You didn't start playing until later. Sorry, here.

 

[iamnuff]

dispite what fanfiction would tell you, Jyuuken =/= sealing chakra points.


Neji was special because he could even see them, let alone hit them reliably, hinata could do neither.


It's mentioned that the Jyuuken is usually used to cause organ damage.

though that hardly needs any dojutsu to work. just make chakra spikes, then stab dudes in the torso with them.

bound to hit something important.


though, by the same card, you could do that with a kunai with basically the same result, and a lot more blood.

 

[FurikoMaru]

though, by the same card, you could do the same with a kunai with basically the same result, and a lot more blood.

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Yeah, but you can lose a kunai. You can't lose your hands unless someone sees you coming and chops them off.

Can I get a tally up in here, or haven't enough people properly voted yet?

 

[uju32]

Oh, right! You didn't start playing until later. Sorry, here.

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*reads, drools*
Okay then.

 

[uju32]

Can I get a tally up in here, or haven't enough people properly voted yet?

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[X] We like Tenten, but hell if we're going to lose to her.
[X] Don't use anything too esoteric, just beat her cleanly with speed. Try to only use '4.5' instead of '4.9' speed, if that is possible.
Guile

[X] How nice of her to give you all these weapons! You'll just be taking them, now... [Steal the weapons she throws at you in midflight. She's got to run out sometime.]
-->[X] Seal the weapons away, so she can't grab them back.
-->[X] If you think she's going to outlast you or bring out something game changing, use the Heaven Viewing genjutsu on her. While she's distracted, sneak up behind her and lay a knife at her throat before releasing the genjutsu.
Vindictus

[X] Straight-up Throne her so you don't have to hurt her or get hurt.
hunter09, Serous

[X] Go on the offensive the second the proctor says the word.
Selias

[X] Go on the offensive the second the proctor says the word.
Smokebombs and flashbangs.
Bunshin and genjutsu(D and C rank).
Use the fan if necessary, and if we have it up, ghetto Jyuuken.
Take her seriously, but leave the big guns in the toybox.
And leave Menka out of this.

Uju32, The Nobody

[X]http://questionablequesting.com/index.php?topic=84.msg36187#msg36187
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[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Nope.
Then it was deniable; IIRC Menka did little more than sit at the table.
Have him moving fighting under henge and you blow away any shreds of doubt.

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Actually, he either swapped out paper with the test key, or he copied down everything for us. But Furiko seems to have weighed in on my side of the argument so I won't continue forward unless you want to. In any case, I think Menka helping is acceptable, certainly if it secures a quick and decisive victory. It's not ideal, but if the alternative is losing or being forced to reveal even more trumps, it's worth it. I'm not keen on denying options.

Sorato was neither lethally armed, nor looking to kill us.
We had backup sitting in the carriage awaiting our word to jump in, and prelaid traps.
And we were sure we were better than him.
None of those hold true for this exam.

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Sorato wasn't lethally armed in the same way a ninja without weapons is not lethally armed, i.e. still perfectly lethal if they want to be and don't suck donkey balls. We had more advantages there, true, but...

Furiko has been saying she favors audacious, elaborate plans for a while now, and recently. Fortune Favors The Bold are words to take to heart here. Not to the point of recklessness, but all this playing it safe is just boring. And apparently OOC for the character we're playing.

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Ohho dear me yes. Lupin's not quite dumb, but he is a showoff, a hothead, and an egotistical smartass who has diarrhoea of the mouth in the presence of any attractive sexually-assertive woman and a driving need to protect his honour/pride; if someone throws down a challenge, his first response is usually a sensible one, but the instant the person mocks him for backing out, his rational façade crumples like an autumn leaf and he's in it to win it, regardless of how stupid or beyond him the challenge apparently is.

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We are not nearly as rational and prone to playing it safe like you seem to describe us being. Certainly not at heart or when the chips are downIf we did end up revealing a lot in the process, I suspect Lupino will less berate herself for what she did and more shrug it off and decide to either get new tricks or make the same ones work on her next opponents. And if it was a very entertaining victory, would consider it totally worth it.

She certainly doesn't regret showing off Menka in the first exam. I suspect she'd do it again in a heartbeat for the reactions she got on the look on the Kiri-nin's faces.

I hope you don't take this the wrong way, but I think you're filling in your own mentality for the character. Which happens, I've been there, but it's something authors and players need to curb, to keep in check.

Organ damage, just like Jyuuken is supposed to work without the Byakugan.

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And you wanted to use what's called Ghetto Jyuuken, an untested technique at best, on an ally?

That's cold.




(?) [X] Go on the offensive the second the proctor says the word.

However we do it, I don't really want to reveal Throne and defensive is not going to suit us, so hopefully Furiko takes our ideas and if she rolls dice they favor us.

EDIT: Although for the record, I'm assuming that going on the offensive translates into being aggressive, not deciding to go fisticuffs without a good reason and thinking we can beat the melee specialist like we thought we could against Sorato. Not necessarily going for raw damage output, but to fight smart and work things to our advantage.

I suppose defense may be better than it sounds though, if it really translates to "wait for an opening" instead of "don't get hit and maybe taunt Tenten." If defense is about wearing her down, maybe. Still think taking initiative to force an opening is better.

....Actually suddenly I'm not sure I want to be aggressive. Defensive, drawing out the match, banter, that does seem much more our style, especially if we're having fun. If we're interested in stronger ties with Dante!Gaara, this is also probably the match he'd prefer to watch.

I'm torn. Subtext makes both options different from what I imagined.

 

[Guile]

Banter is fun, letting Tenten show her stuff is good, but drawing things out makes it more likely: the watching jounin and chuunin-hopefuls figure out our style and hers, it pisses off Tenten even more, or we make a mistake and she skewers us.

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Banter is fun, letting Tenten show her stuff is good, but drawing things out makes it more likely: the watching jounin and chuunin-hopefuls figure out our style and hers, it pisses off Tenten even more, or we make a mistake and she skewers us.

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I agree. It's why I'm torn between aiming for style and aiming for the cleanest, fastest victory attainable.

...Even as I write that I can't think to myself, "Yeah, Ino totally wants to do the last one." I think what she wants to do is show off, one way or another.

So yeah. I'm torn. Defensive, the option I thought the least of, is suddenly seeming much more tempting.

 

[Scia]

[x]Whatever of the non Throne votes is currently winning as both are outcomes that I am happy with.

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

You know, it is a real shame Temari isn't fighting Tenten.

Sure, Tenten would get beat and beat bad. But we could use Wind meditation to steal Temari's moves and repurpose them for our smaller tessen, maybe get some insight into using Wind jutsu with a tessen. And Temari certainly shows off in beating Tenten's ass in canon.

We'll just have to hope that whoever Temari fights gets her to show off just as much.

 

[FurikoMaru]

[X] Say it's me that you want to dismember

You consider bringing Menka with you to aid in your initial strategy, but decide against it. At the moment the Mist boys only have enough data to suspect he's a summon creature; use him for something like this and you'll confirm their suspicions. You hand him over to Ami instead. "Wish me luck."

"Don't play around," Ami warns. "If half the bruises you ended up getting last month were from training with Nori-sempai, I don't want you teasing the girl who goes up against him every day."

"Both of you, do your best!" Lee calls energetically as you and Tenten hop the railing and shunshin down.

"This is perfect," Tenten says, a satisfied smile on her face. "I didn't think I'd get the chance to face you again so soon. It's a shame there isn't a bigger audience, but it's no big deal. Either way-" she points at you dramatically. "Prepare yourself, Yamanaka Ino! This day I won't lose!"

"UOOH! VERY NICELY SAID, TENTEN-CHAN!"

"So, he's infected both of them."

"Oh~?" You grin. "I admire your spirit. C'mon, then; let's see you prove it."

"Begin!"

*vwoopvwoopvwooptocktocktock!*

-BOOM!-

Your throwing skills are still only lukewarm, but smoke bombs just need to land vaguely close to their target.

Bunshin no Jutsu!

Two dozen Inos, including you, leap through the smoke to surround Tenten and start dancing around her, only to get dispersed like a mirage by a swing of a chain she pulls out of her sleeve. Having long since moved around behind her, you jump it like a skipping rope, and toss off a False Surroundings of you getting knocked away in front of her. Eagerly she moves in, leaving her back completely open. You rush forward quietly to grab what you came for; her storage scrolls of weapons-

A long strand of ninja wire wraps itself around your wrists.

"I gotcha, ya little bastard," Tenten growls, turning around and holding up the other end in her left hand, "let's see you try to hop around now."

[X] Headbutt her.

[X] Move closer to slacken the line a bit and wriggle out.

[X] Your hands are at the right height to Shintenshin her. Worth a shot; it only has to be for a second or two to let you untie yourself with your enemy's hands.

[X] Ha! Your fingers are free to make handsigns!
-> [X] Hell Viewing
-> [X] Heaven Viewing
-> [X] Shisetsu Josuichi/Private Reservoir/Water Purification on her mouth as she speaks; some of her saliva should change in chemistry to be more like water and her mouth'll dry out, making her cough and maybe let go of the wire.
-> [X] Chakra Conduit Technique to the head? You don't know what it'll do, exactly, but you do know it'll probably hurt.

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!

 

[Selias]

Masochism Tango.

[X] Move closer to slacken the line a bit and wriggle out.

 

[katreus]

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!
-- [X] While doing so, move closer, drop a Hell Viewing on her, and wriggle out.

I imagine being kissed by Ino is probably somewhere in her hell category.

 

[MrGazzer]

It's very tempting to pull a bugs bunny right now and kiss her smack dab on the lips, and make her let go of us in shock.

It really is.

I'm giving into it.

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Tch, if Menka were here this would practically be over now. Now if we want back-up our only recourse is an actual summoning instead of bringing in Menka, unless he can just hop down into the arena. Oh well.

And our Shintenshin still needs work, so I'm not betting on that.

I'm honestly surprised she got us like this. She must have been putting serious efforts into anti-Ino measures.

By all rights we SHOULD be able to wiggle out, going by our childhood and contortionist talent, but even if we did succeed....and it just feels iffy.

I doubt headbutting will hurt. She spars Lee.

Genjutsu is an option. I kind of like the style of water-purification but I'm not sure I'd rely on it, and Chakra Conduit Technique for ghetto Jyuuken just seems mean. Especially to the head? I think it should be hand.

I kind of want to kiss her for sheer shock value. It's funny. We should be getting head-butted for our troubles, if we don't sneak out fast while kissing her, but....

Yeah, kissing sounds like the most entertaining option, but we'd need to actually pull it off, instead of getting pwned like we did by Anko at the first exam. But it'd be so damn funny.

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Sorry for double posting, but I am feeling the need to draw attention to this because it could be important.

Is Sacred First Kiss in effect here? I suspect it is, but I'm asking to be sure. If so this could be less of a charmingly amusing joke and more along the lines of a gross violation for which Tenten would have a pretty good reason to be utterly livid. Could be a joke that would not be taken as well in this culture.

Of course, ninja, and if it works it's an effect gambit. So I'm not quite sure how it'd be taken....

Yes, Sasuke and Naruto, I know. This isn't so accidental.

 

[Selias]

Sorry for double posting, but I am feeling the need to draw attention to this because it could be important.

Is Sacred First Kiss in effect here? I suspect it is, but I'm asking to be sure. If so this could be less of a charmingly amusing joke and more along the lines of a gross violation for which Tenten would have a pretty good reason to be utterly livid. Could be a joke that would not be taken as well in this culture.

Of course, ninja, and if it works it's an effect gambit. So I'm not quite sure how it'd be taken....

Yes, Sasuke and Naruto, I know. This isn't so accidental.

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Yeah. Now that it's brought up, I'd like to know this, too.

 

[FurikoMaru]

Sorry for double posting, but I am feeling the need to draw attention to this because it could be important.

Is Sacred First Kiss in effect here?

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What makes you think it's Tenten's first kiss? Sort of, a bit. Temari would not care in the slightest, but she's already had her first kiss. Hinata or Sakura would be devastated. Tenten is kind of in the middle; she's always been a tomboy.

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

What makes you think it's Tenten's first kiss?

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I had wondered, but also figured Ino doesn't know and you wouldn't answer.

But apparently I was wrong!

Sort of, a bit. Temari would not care in the slightest, but she's already had her first kiss. Hinata or Sakura would be devastated. Tenten is kind of in the middle; she's always been a tomboy.

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Ah, that's good. From a comedic stand-point. Doesn't care enough for it to fuel a genuine grudge (and possibly not wanting to give the appearance that she cares about that stuff), while still being outraged enough that it's funny to see her reaction.

 

[hunter09]

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Fuck it.

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!

I'm tempted to do a write-in where we use water purification on her saliva first before we kiss her. With tongue. Except now the only saliva that's surviving in Tenten's throat is Ino's so spitting it out is less than desirable.

Also, open jokes about swallowing/spitting and what a naughty girl Tenten is, if we feel like fanning the flames of rage even higher. Or just for sheer extra mind-fuckage. And trolling.

We so are not gonna explain to Lee what we mean though, uh-uh.

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised water purification is ranged because that could open up a whole lot of nasty water jutsu. Go from changing the water on the surface to stuff inside and that shit is BRUTAL, if it can be done. If contact were required...

Well, okay, kissing Tenten is our excuse for getting it off and getting contact. Or what we let her think until we tell it was most for a distraction and the lulz.

At very least we'd be making the requisite spectacle!

 

[Selias]

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!

 

[Guile]

I imagine Ino having the mind of a flamboyant frenchman means a kiss is like saying hello. Not so much, around these parts.

On the upside, that would be HILARIOUS given Konoha's reputation with Mist.

Getting in close is likely not a good idea, given she's on Taijutsu Beast Gai's team.

Shintenshin would be fun, if only for the WTF factor, and might actually result in positive social gains with her. "What was up with all that... blinky lights, and..." "What do you mean? My head's like that all the time." "... And the guy in red?" "Yeah, he's always been there." "... and everyone else?" "Man, if you insulted Goemon-san while you were in there, I am going to totally chick-fight you."

... Well, I just convinced myself.
[X] Shintenshin!

 

[Xicree]

[X] Kiss her, you fool, there will never be a better opportunity!

In de immortal words of Sebastian da crab... "Ya gotta Kiss de gal!"

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Also, our fuinjutsu has taken a massive leap from 1.0 to 2.5.

In five days.

And these were side projects.

 

[FurikoMaru]

Honestly, I'm kind of surprised water purification is ranged because that could open up a whole lot of nasty water jutsu. Go from changing the water on the surface to stuff inside and that shit is BRUTAL, if it can be done. If contact were required...

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It's not really all that ranged. You just happen to have been caught right next to her, so you're close enough to go in for a smooch or a headbutt.

Also, Shisetsu Josuichi only works on small quantities of water, like the amount that can fit in a canteen.

Also, our fuinjutsu has taken a massive leap from 1.0 to 2.5.

In five days.

And these were side projects.

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Don't get too excited, some of that is me forgetting to update you until a little while ago. It's more like a 1.9 -> 2.5 jump.

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

It's not really all that ranged. You just happen to have been caught right next to her, so you're close enough to go in for a smooch or a headbutt.

Also Shisetsu Josuichi only works on small quantities of water, like the amount that can fit in a canteen.

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Fair enough, although it is only C-Rank. I don't expect it to be hidden haxx. But it's concepts....well, beef it up to B/A Rank and it could be a brutal assassination technique. Potentially.

Don't get too excited, some of that is me forgetting to update you until a little while ago. It's more like a 1.9 -> 2.5 jump.

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Ah, more sensible. And less excited and more, "We are such fucking bullshit."

As it is, it's still pretty bullshit.

Honestly, I'm surprised we've actually encountered a situation where Shintenshin would be a good idea. Shame we suck at it so much. Kiss is so damn entertaining though.

 

[FurikoMaru]

[X] *chuu~!*

Her lips are certainly an inviting target, but you think it's a little early in the fight to be that blatant. Ladies take time to warm up, after all.

"Hey, you've got a stray eyelash on your cheek," you remark mildly, and plant a kiss right under her eye.

Her eyes go wide, her cheeks go pink, and her grip on the wire slackens as she turns to paste you one. But you're already leaping away, the wire now up your sleeve, along with the weapons scrolls.

"You...!" she grinds out from between her teeth. She launches into the handseals that produce

Doton: Moguragakure no Jutsu: Hiding Like A Mole Technique!

And suddenly she's gone, under the floor.

[X] Toss an array of minor exploding tags all around you, jump for the ceiling, and detonate them.

[X] Hop up onto the handseal statue against the far wall and suppress your chakra. She's got to come back up sometime.

[X] Write in?

 

[MrGazzer]

[X] Hop up onto the handseal statue against the far wall and suppress your chakra. She's got to come back up sometime.

 

[Hymn of Ragnarok]

Excellent! We didn't immediately win, but we did get the weapons scroll and that's pretty good.

Except...Tenten now has a new trick! Handy, for her.

So, can we still sense her? Our range is 50 ft, you'd think we'd be able to keep track of her pretty well unless she's going REALLY deep, in which case....why? Maybe she bobby-trapped her own weapons scroll just to be safe?