Should we wait for Virgil?

Question of the Day: Can you describe an AU member of the Akastuki? (Keep it short, haha.)

Should we wait for Virgil?

Question of the Day: Can you describe an AU member of the Akastuki? (Keep it short, haha.)

Even though he's my friend, I say no; he has a habit of just delaying posting for days without warning.

Question of the Day: Can you describe an AU member of the Akastuki? (Keep it short, haha.)

A former Branch House Hyuga who secretly invested heavily into seal knowledge in order to break the Caged Bird Seal and then immediately went missing nin out of necessity. Obviously carries a deep personal grudge for the Main House. Though whether he (or she?) simply wants to get revenge on them or has more "well intentioned" motives is up in the air. Perhaps, this member of the Akatsuki even goes as far as to later engineer a "Hyuga Massacre" event to wipe out the majority of the Main Family and thereby free the Branch House by removing anyone that could hold their reins.

As far as threat potential, this member obviously has access to the Hyuga bloodline and fighting style, but they are rather notably infamous at least in part for their Fuinjutsu prowess. They might be partially or primarily in charge of the Akatsuki's security, being a very good guard and being able to easily set up hidden or otherwise warded bases, protected by nasty sealing arrays.

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Even though he's my friend, I say no; he has a habit of just delaying posting for days without warning.

@anothered
Can unfortunately second this. Verjil might just drop out without warning. If you need any particular evidence of his post rate, look at the ratio of his account posts to the days his account has existed. Kinda tells the story all on its own; though, I'd love to be proven wrong.

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this member of the Akatsuki even goes as far as to later engineer a "Hyuga Massacre" event to wipe out the majority of the Main Family and thereby free the Branch House by removing anyone that could hold their reins.

You can't have an Akatsuki member without a clan massacre.

Message recieved! Virgil's being left in the dust, haha.

Mu: Referring to Kasumi as a friend.
Ren: Also implying Kasumi is a friend.

lol
lmao even.

There's also the funny instance where (inversely) Hikari assumes Kasumi was preparing to defend herself when Lin pulled out a knife. When really, she was actually planning to swap herself with Lin using Replacement to get him away from his "target". Averts the attack and simultaneously creates distance if things got ugly. It's probably the one outwardly altruistic thing she's almost done so far. XD

Kasumi is like an anti-social cat that everyone wants to pet.

Kasumi is like an anti-social cat that everyone wants to pet.

What information does Satoshi get from his Mirror of Possibilities technique, btw?

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What information does Satoshi get from his Mirror of Possibilities technique, btw?

Oh, umm, lemme think...

Maybe he could find an alternate who grew up as a Suna ninja. In that universe, they're currently experiencing the exact same scenario but vice versa, replace Suna intruders with Konoha intruders.

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Oh, umm, lemme think...

Maybe he could find an alternate who grew up as a Suna ninja. In that universe, they're currently experiencing the exact same scenario but vice versa, replace Suna intruders with Konoha intruders.

Hmm... I see. So not very useful unless there is someone or something setting the nations against one another.

That sounds very useful to me, haha

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In which Kasumi attempts to help(?) Mu in her cast-iron bitch sort of way.
She also notices Hikari's artillery, because despite cloaking her own signature, she still imbued her attacks with chakra. :V

So - I'm thinking - we'll finish off this introduction with the "intruders" then do a time skip to the Genin practical exam.

I can decide what the practical exam is or do you guys wanna think it up together? @Letter Bee@Randomguy

So - I'm thinking - we'll finish off this introduction with the "intruders" then do a time skip to the Genin practical exam.

I can decide what the practical exam is or do you guys wanna think it up together? @Letter Bee@Randomguy

I have no idea for the practical exam, sadly.

You've still got a few days, up to you guys!

With Virgil, I think we'll just make Shana a chunin if he doesn't come back before the exam. Maybe Vertigo will take his place.

I’d assume a practical exam would at least cover all the physical bases.
Perhaps a sparring match against either other students are simply preset instructors that grade the performance of each student in turn.
Weapon handling tests on accuracy and damage with thrown weapons.
Physicality testing on stamina and agility with an obstacle course?
Testing ability to recognize and break out of basic Genjutsu.
Testing all three E-Rank jutsu, as the inability to cast even one of them competently was grounds for total failure in canon.

Just as some starter options.

I’d assume a practical exam would at least cover all the physical bases.
Perhaps a sparring match against either other students are simply preset instructors that grade the performance of each student in turn.
Weapon handling tests on accuracy and damage with thrown weapons.
Physicality testing on stamina and agility with an obstacle course?
Testing ability to recognize and break out of basic Genjutsu.
Testing all three E-Rank jutsu, as the inability to cast even one of them competently was grounds for total failure in canon.

Just as some starter options.

Maybe it should be something fun like a twisted game of tag or capture the flag.

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Maybe it should be something fun like a twisted game of tag or capture the flag.

I was picturing something less silly or competitive to be honest. This is supposed to be a final test, after all, and one where the students are largely graded individually on their own merits, rather than pit against and compared to each-other, makes more sense. Aside from maybe the sparring (which, again, could simply be against an instructor for fairness), everything they're graded on should basically be almost like a standard test, where everyone is graded alone on personal performance with a score that doesn't rely on others.

I could still picture what you propose as something the Academy might do, but it doesn't sound like final test material... Unless you want to really stretch out the testing to a full arc for the AU? Honestly, in canon, the test likely took a single day at best, but I could see a practical exam including a test on survival skills. Having students competing in the wilds in a "camping trip" type deal for a day or several isn't entirely out of the question. I wouldn't call it the "final" final exam, but it could be a part of the overall final exam.

I get you! We can talk about it. The practical in Boruto was to ring a bell attached to Kakashi.

Question of the Day: Can you describe an AU member of the Akastuki? (Keep it short, haha.)

Well that depend on what Akatsuki do in this AU. But I like the idea of an Akatsuki member who just want to live his life, but can't because unique bloodline/talent/what not so his original village were working him hard/get married for eugenic. So the guy just up and left and join the Akatsuki so people would leave him alone (cause generally people don't take organization full of S-rank ninja) he does some work for the Akatsuki, because hey, you need money for your hobbies, but is probably pretty conflicted once the Akatsuki start doing stuff that would paint a bigger target on their back.

BTW. Speaking of, what exactly are the AU of this setting. Can you give a general rundown? Are the Hokage still the canon Hokages? Who founded Konoha, who's the current Hokage, how'd the wars happened and so on. Because I was about to refer some stuff before going, 'Oh shit, I don't know if this is canon to this setting or not' haha

I can decide what the practical exam is or do you guys wanna think it up together?

I'm guessing you mean the bell test equivalent, not the academy test? Because I had the impression that academy tests are just exams, some sparring/shuriken/what have you for practical, and then the ninjutsu portion. For the bell test equivalent, Hikari would probably bring them to a training ground, and tell them to 'survive' for 30 minutes as she pelted them with blunted arrows. They start with 100 points each and each time they got pelted by the arrows, they lost 10 points. They will pass if they have at least 70 points. the trick is, she never said it cannot be cumulative points, but they need to point that out themselves. So as long as their remaining points put together is 70, they'll pass.

Oh and @Letter Bee how old is Satoshi? I'm trying to figure out how polite Hikari would be when playing up her Hyuga Princess persona when talking to him.

@Randomguy, Satoshi is in his 40s but looks much younger.