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edenfallingI need to decide on a character to be Sakura's mission partner in "An Ounce of Prevention" -- you know, the person who watches her while she's writing in the diary and makes sure she doesn't give away vital information, miss anything important, or start acting possessed.
The thing is, the guard's identity isn't that important in terms of PLOT, but it will definitely affect the TONE of the story, not to mention the side conversations. But I have a number of options that are equally entertaining for me, and no real preference for any of them.
So.
Who should be Sakura's guard?
A) Kakashi (bored and with nothing better to do, or trying to make up for past failures)
B) Iruka (taking time after school to help out an old student)
C) Anko (what? It'd be fun! And potentially useful in a minor plot point later on)
D) Ibiki (this is his JOB)
E) Tsunade (gets bored and ditches her paperwork for something more interesting)
F) Team 10 or Team Gai (Team 8 is out of town right now)
G) somebody else (please specify)
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ETA: We have a winner, and the winner is Mitarashi Anko! Kakashi is the runner-up, followed by votes for notifying Ibiki (but not using him as a guard, since he has other things he should be doing), and what seems like an interest in having Iruka and members of Team 10 drop by for cameos.
So my main characters are now Sakura, Tom, Tsunade, Anko, and potentially Kakashi as a fill-in guard (because unless Anko moves into Sakura's house -- which I am not ruling out; she might do something nuts like that -- she can't watch Sakura 24/7). That means I have 3 female characters to 1 or 2 male characters. I like this ratio. :-D
The thing is, the guard's identity isn't that important in terms of PLOT, but it will definitely affect the TONE of the story, not to mention the side conversations. But I have a number of options that are equally entertaining for me, and no real preference for any of them.
So.
Who should be Sakura's guard?
A) Kakashi (bored and with nothing better to do, or trying to make up for past failures)
B) Iruka (taking time after school to help out an old student)
C) Anko (what? It'd be fun! And potentially useful in a minor plot point later on)
D) Ibiki (this is his JOB)
E) Tsunade (gets bored and ditches her paperwork for something more interesting)
F) Team 10 or Team Gai (Team 8 is out of town right now)
G) somebody else (please specify)
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ETA: We have a winner, and the winner is Mitarashi Anko! Kakashi is the runner-up, followed by votes for notifying Ibiki (but not using him as a guard, since he has other things he should be doing), and what seems like an interest in having Iruka and members of Team 10 drop by for cameos.
So my main characters are now Sakura, Tom, Tsunade, Anko, and potentially Kakashi as a fill-in guard (because unless Anko moves into Sakura's house -- which I am not ruling out; she might do something nuts like that -- she can't watch Sakura 24/7). That means I have 3 female characters to 1 or 2 male characters. I like this ratio. :-D
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Date: 2006-11-13 01:33 am (UTC)But you know... I kind of doubt the guard is going to be the same all the time, since that would require being around 24/7 to make sure sakura doesn't sneak in Tomu-time, so if you want to have Kakashi or Tsunade (she could always tell sakura to bring the book and write after a training session because she's curious) you can alternate.
... But Anko would definitely make it more quirky and interesting. (oh man. random thought, Anko/Faith. The dark!sexy!! I die.)
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Date: 2006-11-13 01:48 am (UTC)(oh man. random thought, Anko/Faith. The dark!sexy!! I die.) You! Stop reading my mind! :-D (No, this meeting will not happen in any current story, but I have mad crack ideas for a sequel to "Lemonade" -- everything will wrap up in one story, but I'm laying a few small dangling threads just in case I want to follow them up later -- and I would kill to have Anko show up briefly. Well. Maim, maybe.)