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Cosmos Quest (Naruto/Lupin III)

[X] decide there's no point in being a sore loser. The man's touchy about his moku and you've gotta work with him for the time being; prankin' 'im, while satisfying, is just gonna antagonize him.
--[x]He seems like a good target to practice your pickpocket skills, though.
 
[X] Eine kleine Anerkennungsmusik

A thought occurs to you.

"... he said that one of his dislikes is people trying to take away his cigarettes," you say, thinking aloud. "Like it's happened before. Maybe that trap was for someone else."

"What is it with you and cigarettes all of a sudden?" Kiba asks, obviously weirded out. "Those things'll fuck up your lungs, you know."

"The Hokage smokes," you point out, "doesn't seem to have slowed him down at all."

Ami whaps you on the head. "You are not to start smoking under any circumstances and that is final, nekobuta," she decrees. "I'm already mentally-preparing myself for having to deal with dog-related odours the first time we get an overnight mission somewhere, I don't need you adding the stench of broken promises and regret to the mix."

Kiba stares. "Geez. You really are an enka fan, huh?"

"Is there something wrong with that, Inuzuka?" she asks imperiously.

"If the trap was for someone else," you cut in, "then that means we might have an ally in the fuck-with-sensei-chan's-day department. I think our best bet to find out how to really stick it to 'im is to track this person down."

"How, exactly?" Ami demands, arms crossed.

[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.

[X] "We can ask at the mission desk. Iruka-sensei works there after school; if we keep the nature of our interest on the DL I'm sure he'd be happy to satisfy our curiosity about Asuma."

[X] Write in, Like A Thief!

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Does kleine work with Anerkennung? I mean, technically what's being described is the music itself, so I thought the gender of the adjective would stay the same. Also, is it clear that I'm talking about reconnaissance rather than just plain recognition?
 
You are right that the gender of the adjective depends on that of "Musik" (which is feminine) and therefor has to be "kleine".
The gender of the word "Anerkennung" (incidentally also feminine) does not influence that of the adjective at all.
However the gender of an indefinite article ("ein", if maculine, "eine", if feminine, and "ein", if neuter) also depends on that of the noun it refers to (also "Musik" and therefor feminine).
There's also the fact that, when combining "Anerkennung" with another noun, you have to add an "s" between them. I think the rule is whenever the first of the two nouns ends on "ng" but I'm not sure.
For that reason the whole thing would have to be "Eine kleine Anerkennungsmusik".

No idea about a course of action yet.
 
[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.
--[x]Kiba, you are a guy. Sarutobi is probably still in the stage where he thinks girls are icky (you aren't, are you?). If we go together, he wont tell us anything. You go, try to become his buddy and get him talking. Think you can manage it? If not, I'll go under Henge, and you'll go to your parents, or sister.
[X] "We can ask at the mission desk. Iruka-sensei works there after school; if we keep the nature of our interest on the DL I'm sure he'd be happy to satisfy our curiosity about Asuma."
--[x]Ami should go there.
[x] I'll go talk to my father - he's a jounin, and a Clan Head, and a friend of Shikaku's. Asuma is Hokages son and is probably the next in line to be head of Sarutobis. Father probably has some leads.

[x]We meet at my place in... two hours sounds good to you? We won't be overheard there, even by a jounin. Not unless father allows it. If you are done quicker, come sooner. If you don't appear in two hours, I'll go first to the mission desk, then to the academy looking for you. Ok?
 
[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.
We are obviously awesome enough to win the heart of an Academy student, and make him our minion.
 
Guile said:
[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.
We are obviously awesome enough to win the heart of an Academy student, and make him our minion.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Hmm... On one and he was friends with Moegi, so he isn't adverse to dealing with girls fully. On the other hand, my plan establish us as a leader of the group and gets us more (but more shallow) info.

Choices, choices.
 
I kinda want to go up to Sarutobi and ask why we got assigned to his delinquent son.

Fine, fine, reformed delinquent. But still!
 
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I know! He stopped killing people for money for a while, what is wrong with that guy?
 
[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.
 
Actually, would stores sell us cigarettes just because we're genin or would they balk at selling them to a tyke.

Because I'm kinda inclined to mess with Asuma by walking into whatever store he buys his cigs from, steal/buy some, and claim we're holding them for Asuma. Or try some plan to rig his next order of cigs with something, so the next time he buys he gets a surprise.

Well, obviously we'd fail at getting one over on him, but hey, gotta start somewhere.

I'd be right on board with Iruka if I thought we could get some stuff outta him. If we got knowledge of Kurenai and Asuma out of the deal when bitching about our lame sensei who is clearly unable of picking up chicks, I say go for it.

Or just ask Iruka, "How the hell does a guy rig a box of cigarettes with confetti and paint?"

We'd be pretty open about trying to lift something off our sensei, but if Iruka thinks we're more into pranking instead of getting a smoke, he might be extremely helpful.

Eh, what the hell.

[X] "We can ask at the mission desk. Iruka-sensei works there after school; if we keep the nature of our interest on the DL I'm sure he'd be happy to satisfy our curiosity about Asuma."
 
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[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.

We need to do the Earth meditation again. Let Pops the Earth know that we graduated.
 
[X] "We can ask at the mission desk. Iruka-sensei works there after school; if we keep the nature of our interest on the DL I'm sure he'd be happy to satisfy our curiosity about Asuma."
 
[X] "We can ask at the mission desk. Iruka-sensei works there after school; if we keep the nature of our interest on the DL I'm sure he'd be happy to satisfy our curiosity about Asuma."
 
[X] "There's a Sarutobi in the lower grades at the Academy, isn't there? We can start there, see if the kid knows anything." You've got enough chocolate for a bribe, you think.

Not certain if Iruka would let Asuma know we asked about him, but a mention to Konohamaru that it's a secret prank thing could have interesting results.

Like Asuma's nephew following him around snickering and refusing to say why.
 
Problem with Konohamaru is a lack of discretion, really. Mouthy little runt. Also, how much reliable info do we really expect him to have on his ninja uncle's smoking habits? Seems to me like we pretty much hope Konohamaru tried pranking Asuma, or saw it in action, and we hope he'll tell us and that we'll be unnoticed enough that our rather blatant hunt for info won't be noticed too quickly.

And I'd bet on Asuma keeping tabs on us even now.

I dunno, Iruka seems like a more solid choice to me. The man is at least a ninja, he'll certainly be a lot more observant. That's obviously a double edged sword, but if nothing else the fact that we have to disguise our inquiries mean we can have some kind of plausible deniability and we'll likely to walk away with information besides the smoking stuff.

Yeah, Iruka would probably end up telling us good stuff about Asuma besides the smoking/prank stuff. So I stick by that.
 
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[X] Konohamaru

With how awesome Furiko has handled Ami maybe he won't be such a brat? Or at least such an unlikeable brat?

Trust exercises!
 
Teach us, Jigen-sensei!​

Goddamnit, you little bastards pulled me out of a possible threeway with Turkish twins! >: < What is it now?

... fuck's sake. -_-

Look, kids, it's really simple. What kind of information do you honestly want to get? Personal or professional? Granted, the kid's not likely to know every little thing, but you're supposed to be a bunch of Brainiacs, you can piece somethin' together from what he does know, if you're really interested.

Get it? Got it? Good. Now if you'll excuse me, Ayfer and Zerrin await. 8)

Thank you, Jigen-sensei! Everyone, do your best!
 
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Personally, I want both. And something extra on top of that too. Hence my vote for effective resource management.
 
[X] I Can Tell That We Are Gonna Be Friends

"What am I, five?" Konohamaru (what is the deal with ninja parents? Why is Ami your only friend without a 'significant' name?) scoffs. "I'm not tellin' you anything for a lousy chocolate bar. How do I know you aren't spies for a foreign village?"

You're actually kind of impressed. "Huh. You're smarter than I gave you credit for."

"Of course!" He puffs out his tiny chest. "I have to be smart if I'm gonna be Hokage one day."

"Ehh? Quite the goal you've got there," you remark. "You sure you're up to handling all that diplomacy stuff? It's a lot of work. They'll make you talk to total jerks all the time, and you won't be allowed to hit 'em."

"I definitely can do it!" His nod makes his ridiculous hat-and-hair combo wobble, and a strange gleam comes into his eyes. "If I have to do it to be Hokage, then that's what I'll do. No shortcuts, just like the Boss said."

What sort of appalling things have they been teaching this kid? Shortcuts are the father of innovation!

In any case, you've got traction now; time for the all-out rush.

"Well, y'know," you say slyly, "one thing you need to be Hokage is the approval of most of the clan-heads. And as the future leader of the Yamanaka Clan, I can't say I'd approve of a Hokage who wouldn't help a lady in need."

Konohamaru snorts. "What lady?"

"Ami," you say without missing a beat, gesturing at her.

She looks surprised, but inclines her head politely at the kid. By civilian standards she isn't dressed femininely, but between her tunic-and-leggings combo and her long braid, all it takes is her height and her slight embarrassment at being bluntly called a lady to make her look the part of a kindly kunoichi onee-san.

"Your uncle called her names and made her sad," you elaborate. "Kiba and I are trying to get him back to avenge her honour." You pinch Kiba before he has a chance to so much as snicker.

"Tch. What do I care what he says to some girl?" Konohamaru mumbles.

"Isn't a Hokage supposed to care about everyone in the village?" you ask archly, and you're pleased to see him flinch.

Eventually the little sourpuss caves. It isn't him trying to steal Asuma's smokes, so he doesn't know anything about any traps, and he can't think of anyone else who'd bother. He does know that his uncle eats lunch at the Yakiniku Q every day and always orders the sausage platter. In addition to this helpful pranking info, over which Kiba and Ami are pleased as punch, you learn that Asuma and Konohamaru's dad don't get along so well, and that his mom says it's because Asuma left Konoha for a long time.

Ami gasps. "He was a missing-nin?"

"No!" Konohamaru scowls. "It wasn't like that, he had permission or something; Grandpa let him go. But Dad was mad anyway." He shrugs, as if to say, 'Adults. What the hell, am I right?'

"Well, now that we know what your dad thinks, what do you think of 'im?" you ask. Kids sometimes notice stuff that older people don't, after all.

Konohamaru looks somewhat taken aback. "Um... I don't know..."

You tsk. "Are ya a ninja or not? You gotta have some kind of opinion." You hope he spits it out quickly; someone kind of pissed off is headed your way, albeit much too slowly to be looking for you.

"... he's nice," the kid says finally. He looks at Ami. "I don't know what he said to you, but he probably didn't mean it. Sometimes he just says stuff."

Ami frowns, but nods.

"There you are!"

A black-clad figure pounces on the kid.

[X] Help the kid out. It's only fair after he told you what you needed to know.
-> [X] Paradise-Viewing. Not going to do much against the guy long-term, if his general level of strength is as solid as it feels, but it should make him let go of the kid for a second, and a second's all you need.
-> [X] Kawarimi with Konohamaru and then slip out of the guy's grip.
-> [X] Write-In?

[X] Ask the kid to introduce you to his playmate. You're amazed he hasn't seen fit to do so already; clan children nowadays! Why, back in your day...

[X] Tough break, kid. See ya 'round.
 
[X] Help the kid out. It's only fair after he told you what you needed to know.
-> [X] Paradise-Viewing. Not going to do much against the guy long-term, if his general level of strength is as solid as it feels, but it should make him let go of the kid for a second, and a second's all you need.
 
[X] Help the kid out. It's only fair after he told you what you needed to know.
-> [X] Paradise-Viewing. Not going to do much against the guy long-term, if his general level of strength is as solid as it feels, but it should make him let go of the kid for a second, and a second's all you need.
 
[X] Help the kid out. It's only fair after he told you what you needed to know.
-> [X] Paradise-Viewing. Not going to do much against the guy long-term, if his general level of strength is as solid as it feels, but it should make him let go of the kid for a second, and a second's all you need.
 
[X] Help the kid out. It's only fair after he told you what you needed to know.
-> [X] Kawarimi with Konohamaru.
"Wow, kinda handsy, aren't ya? What is it with ninjas being perverts in this town?"
 
I'm wondering which option lets us use Seal Burning Touch to write something humiliating on Ebisu.
 
You sound like a man on the way to a write-in. 8)
 
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