(To be honest, I'm not completely sure either. I had had an idea where the bandits weren't exactly bandits, but more or less just posing as bandits. In reality, they would be a criminal group who had bound a demon into a seal (lower level demon, NOT one of the Tailed Beasts), and we would end up having to take down the 'bandit' camp without disturbing the seal or the guy maintaining the seal. Alternatively, we'd deal with the bandits easily, take our leave to mess around the festival, and one of us would end up involved with the local crime family, and we'd have some fun with that. I didn't really have any long term, epic storylines planned out. Any ideas would be appreciated.)(I would've gotten this out sooner, but I wasn't sure which way to run it - on the level, some conspiracy-ness from some group, whatever - before finally deciding to just go vague and see what you were thinking of with the mission rather than sit on it forever trying to decide myself. Then I can spin my guy's observations as needed. Though I'd just say to do straightforward bandit mess. Dealing with plots and needing to see underneath the underneath is too troublesome when there's a festival waiting. ;) )
(Alright, demon summoning bandits it is. But I don't think that the seal maintainer would be a hostage. Demon summoning/binding is something that isn't undertaken lightly, even if it just a lesser demon. Not to mention that anyone with the knowledge of how to do any kind of binding demons would be a seal master, or fairly close, and you don't get to be that good without being a crafty SOB. What I'm trying to say is that anyone good enough to trap a demon would be good enough to get out of the situation, and as such, I really doubt the sealer would be an unwilling participant. Personally, I'd sabotage the seal, either crate a giant explosive tag, or turn the demon against the bandits. Any thoughts?)(Precision criminal take down sounds fun. Let's toss in that they're planning on releasing it upon the village at the start of the festival. Seal maintainer is likely a hostage, so we'd need to be careful so the criminals don't off him to keep the plan going.)
Higure nods and drops several area concealment genjutsu over the pair.Sounds good, do it. We're just doing recon right now, so hopefully we won't need the genjutsu to hide any dynamic actions.
"Wait, what?" Yuuhi pops a clasp and lets a collapsible telescope drop into his hands. He extends it with a flick and looks where indicated. "A guy in robes sitting by a seal? Man, how cliche can you get?"*walks up the cliff wall, scans the camp.*
"Looks fairly normal. A few horses over on the north side, we can spook them, it'll get people distracted. We can use that to get them herded where we want... Shit. See that seal, about twenty feet from the center of the camp, got a guy in robes sitting by it? That's not a good sign. Hold on."
He takes the time to scan the rest of the camp. "Well, they're pretty pathetic on patrols that I can see, but the camp's entrance areas are pretty well covered. That means I could take out some of the wandering guys while you take the time to trap any bandit tent's exit with all kinds of nasty things. We should probably take a closer look at the seal before we take out the gate guards and trap that area up. At that point, they might be noticing that something's not right and we can spook the horses and watch chaos unfold from the traps."*uses a jutsu that enhances eyesight, granting binocular-like vision*
"Yeah. This was definitely not in the mission report. Those reports of "releasing impending doom" weren't kidding. That seal has something to do with demons. I won't be sure if it's suppressing a demon, restraining a demon, or summoning a demon until I get a chance to get in there and inspect it, but needless to say, the mission just got a lot harder. Any ideas? I've got a few plans, but I want to hear what you think first.
Actually, it's not necessarily cliche. Demon summoning isn't something you do lightly, and everything has to be exactly right. I've heard tales of summoned demons devouring the souls of their summoners for having the wrong clothes on. So it's probably a good precautionary measure on his part."Wait, what?" Yuuhi pops a clasp and lets a collapsible telescope drop into his hands. He extends it with a flick and looks where indicated. "A guy in robes sitting by a seal? Man, how cliche can you get?"
Higure smirked. "You bet I do. I also know a fun little one that'll ramp their paranoia to the point they'll attack each other. Remind me later to tell you about the time I made a top Kumo Jounin to retire as a eunuch without anyone else able to prove it was me." He indulged himself with some muted evil chuckling before getting serious again."I don't suppose you know any genjutsu to heighten fear and terror, do you? I know a few, but they aren't very wide spread, three or four targets if I stretch it."
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