Twisted Pinwheel

Plus it's the first step on the road to Saki (and Mio) domming her

Except stories/quests are not tea! So "boring options" are just boring not contrast that makes you appreciate the exciting parts.

I know I certainly didn't appreciate the battle of Helm's Deep more just because I had to slog through reading the rest of the Twin Towers.

And no, I drink sweetened tea every day and I certainly haven't stopped noticing the sweetness.

 

You know, given her slack approach to training, I'm rather surprised how dedicated Mio turned out to be once she got this into her head. I expected her to spend hours ever day, working on this, sure, but every waking moment and attempting to hold it while she sleeps? I think even Gai doesn't train when he sleeps (though if anyone does, it's Gai).

I have to wonder if she's actually not getting it down at this point because she's too sleep deprived for fine control anymore.

 

It's all about the right motivations; for MIO, trying to do well for class ranking, or to make herself more survivable as a ninja post-graduation... things like that are too ephemeral and longterm and unrelated to her current interests - they don't motivate adequately. But something practical to her daily life (being able to do more of the fun silly stuff she likes), rather cool (a special trick a Jounin came up with that so far the other kids are saying is impossible-as-understood) and that she's invested in (already made multiple update efforts without success so stubbornness to get what she wants kicked in) - that is central to most of her current life motivations, and per that she's putting in serious effort.

In a way, this is rather like Naruto, who underperformed, shirked and slept through much of his formal ninja training, but also dumped oodles of effort into getting better at a bevy of skills for the purposes of his pranking/hobby.

Actually, there is something to be said for the value of building muscle memory equivalents even when so tired you're in a fugue. So far as I've seen there isn't any research suggesting sleep deprivation turns off the... more basic parts of how the brain processes stuff - it kinda can't since lots of that overlaps with stuff needed to keep you breathing/heart beating, etc. For sure she's likely not going to remember discreet notions and theories about what she's doing, but plenty of how the brain processes doesn't get impacted by any but the most severe of cognition disturbing lack-of-sleep - as in so severe that she'd be actually imminently dead from lack of sleep. Ingraining new reflexes/muscle memory/subconscious familiarity is all in that more resilient group.

Of course, chakra could easily flip the table on all this real world based nonsense I'm farting out, so this is merely a tentative guess until we have in-quest precedent.

 

[X] "Make me."

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

So we've got a thing now.
Here's hoping we can get the thing we wanted, some time.

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

 

[] "Oops." Shrug apologetically. Maybe you can talk this out?

"I want to be friends Polna...Hinata."

Well a way todo close combat shunshins.Maybe also a way to extend some hand range jutsu?

Testing needs to be had.

And rejoice for mio has awakened Hinata murder instinct.The Hiashi will send us a fruit basket any moment now.

edit:changed my vote

 

[X] "Oops." Shrug apologetically. Maybe you can talk this out?

also been browsing for an image that really fits Mio but all that really jumps out to me is female Dio pics like this one due to there not being any blonde female sharingan wielders i could find.

Spoiler: IT IS I MIO

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.
​

 

MIO isn't blonde though, is she?
Oh, wait, Naruto's hairdye might still be in effect.

 

[x] "Oops." Shrug apologetically. Maybe you can talk this out?

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

 

I'd vote Oops, except MIO was just confirmed as too tired and loopy for proper talking.

She's only spent chakra since.

Instead I'd rather make it about actions, rather than words - or rather make the words-getting-sleep-janky not matter for Hinata by redirecting them.

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.

Even if MIO totally bungles articulating her apologies to Naruto, he'll still accept them - it's kind of a core character thing, how easily and stubbornly he'll stretch 'friend' to allow horseshit if given an excuse. And he'll be able to offer them probably, since stupidly fast turn around on recovery from everything - unconsciousness included - has been a staple of his since before the story started, rather than a consequence of him unlocking it. Lastly, having made MIO's first concern 'whoopsie someone I give some crud about got hurt' after doing something that resulted in Hinata hurting Naruto... well that sends a message to her. As will, inevitably, Naruto - who could well end up needing help getting to class, and at the moment Hinata is both the closest not-MIO student near him, and the one currently the most invested in making sure he gets to class, if he doesn't wake up with a spring in his step.

And really, if this can't IC mitigate the situation, then we might as well just buckle up and enjoy the rival/dark(?)Hinata ride - we're not exactly playing a social-fu or conciliatory character.

 

[x] "Bye." Time to ditch class for the day. Also tomorrow, probably.

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.

 

[X] Shout for a medic-nin to take care of your minion. This fight is a draw. If any adults ask questions, this was a training accident.

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"


Miho is at the edge of some Seriously scary combat techniques once she's no longer too tired to think straight.

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

 

Oh god HInata's angry we are fucked.

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

Mio gone loco...RIOT!

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

Isn't the point of having a trainee goon to let them get sucker punched in your stead?

 

[X] Pick up a student and throw them at another student. "Riot!"

No way this can backfire

 

[X] Aw shit, did you get your trainee-goon/stylist (you're STILL loving the loud look) suckerpunched there? That's the sort of stuff that might make him not share his next big idea on how to be the center of attention - can't have that.
-[X] Go wake Naruto back up for class, apologize... and then you're pretty sure that bell was the class bell, wasn't it? Time to go sleep and mull your inspiration over.