Kunai the 8th: [Video/Olivine Action]

[itsjustdust]

[It's him, though only the goggles were in view, his headband having been neatly adjusted so that it was just dark blue cloth and the metal plate was quite hidden in the folds of material. It was definitely long enough for it. He was also lounging back on a bed with a blank wall behind him, his charmander dozing on his chest]

So. How many of you have had a moment where you're sitting there going 'when the hell did I become the smart one?'

I mean, I've never been stupid, but things have been ridiculous lately.

Comments

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[enjoymyatelier]

It certainly sounds like magic. How does it work, exactly?

And we do, but concealment is an ability I've always found fairly simple to use. Certainly, other sufficiently skilled mages can find ways around it, but it's not something I'd neglect simply because the possibility that it might not be permanently effective exists.

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[itsjustdust]

That's just it. There's levels from simple presence manipulation, to movement methods, to genjutsu. Everyone takes a different approach, and some neglect the others.

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[enjoymyatelier]

Well, as long as you're doing something to account for the bright clothes.

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[itsjustdust]

In some situations the bright clothes are their own deflection too y'know.

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[enjoymyatelier]

Perhaps if you're attempting to kill someone in an art exhibit dedicated to Piet Mondrian.

[...no, he doesn't care if that reference was pretentious and inaccessible]

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[itsjustdust]

[Cue the most unimpressed stare.]

People ignore brightly colored people as a threat because 'who would think that's smart' tends to be the reflex

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[enjoymyatelier]

[...yeah, not very impressed over here, either...]

If that tactic is as common as you say, it seems like it would weed out people who had that reflex rather quickly.

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[itsjustdust]

Hey hey, I didn't claim it was common! Most villages don't even let people do it.

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[enjoymyatelier]

...ah. Well, then, that actually does make sense...

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[itsjustdust]

I always thought so, yeah. Konoha isn't like the other villages y'know.