endgames | 029 -- [Action || Video]

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029 -- [Action || Video]

[The afternoon finds Shikamaru bundled up against the cold and out and about in parts of the village he won't normally be in. Wandering, it might look like; he drifts in and out of high-traffic areas like the bar and the item shop to places less visited. The coffee shop he'll be at for sure, and his final stop will be the building that was once Azzip's Pizza.

This will do.]

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[Later in the afternoon, with dark still far off, the journal feed will click on to see Shikamaru surrounded by various colorful boxes among other things. He folds his hands over a table.]

It's come to my attention over the last few months that some of you have never heard of boardgames, or have otherwise never played. As a reasonable guy, I can let a lot of things go, but that... just seems sad.

[He shakes his head here. With woe, even. And then he gestures to the board games from various worlds strewn in the background. Close inspection will find a shogi set, a chess board, Go, Pai Sho, Plateau, Candy Land, Mouse Trap, ~~Jumanji~~ and so on. You can pretty much make up any family-friendly board game you want here and he will have it somehow. Go for it, actually. He hasn't played all of them.]

I'm here to tell you why they're awesome. [...] And possibly to petition for a partner. It's troublesome, but you'd be surprised how hard that is to accomplish here...

Katara. [Hint, hint.] Kotomi-chan. [Who he can't tease as well, so he'd best clarify:] If you're still up for that.

[He shakes himself with a grin, saluting at the journal with his left hand. He picks up the nearest game.] Anyways, let's get started. It goes like this...

[And from here he'll be giving the abridged rules of the games he knows to start. Feel free to interrupt him, or call him out on any games he skips.]

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[Much later in the night, after he's seen to everything he needs to, Shikamaru takes a box out of a drawer and goes outside. From it, he withdraws an origami hummingbird, and contemplates it slowly for a few quiet minutes.

When he's done, he holds it up at eye level and speaks seriously.]

It's about time we spoke again. Don't you think?

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Ooh ooh ooh! I wanna play new games Shikamaru, me me me!

[Trauma and body-controlling shadows, what trauma and body controlling shadows?]

[EX-ACTLY.]

Well I only have about fifty or so, if you count everything I didn't show.

CANDY LAND CANDY LAND I WANT CANDY LAND, CAN IKKI COME TOO?!

[But will the polar opposite of Aangst provide to be even more wearing on the mind and sanity?!]

[Good god what has he done.]

Sure. Box says it's a kid's game anyways, so she'd get a kick out of it--

[ yeah Ikki was summoned from across the house by CANDY and her name in the same sentence, and might be visible clinging to Aang's back in the tiny picture now. ]

DO WE GET TO EAT CANDY? What are we talking about I'm not sure what we're talking about was that Shikamaru?

[Aang will move his head to the side to give Ikki a better view of the journal.]

Shikamaru's gonna show us a new game, Ikki! [And then back to the journal.] BUT IS THERE REAL CANDY?!

--no there's not real candy. Aang, you're worse than she is!

But it's called CANDYland!

[ wait a second ] I'm not bad!!!!

Yeah, why's it called Candyland when there's no candies? And Ikki's the best!

It's candy-themed. [--crap] And you're not bad, Ikki, you just have a limit on how much candy you should be eating, and Aang should know better.

[Pay no attention to the game of Candy Snakes he's inventing for Yotsuba down there, he isn't getting in trouble with Katara.]

I can still have two pieces today!!! I haven't had any!

[ wow shikamaru COLD ]

Yeah, don't worry, Shikamaru! I'm keeping very good count of our candies! [Sometimes, it feels like Shikamaru's the real grandpa.]

[Asuma always did say he was more like an old man than a teenager.]

Either way... [Sigh.] It's just how the game is designed, see?

[He holds up the board, with all of it's candy and sugar themed hot spots.]

[ SQUEAL.

this is already the best game ever she doesn't care if there isn't real candy!!! ]

When can we play when can we play when can we play????

Yeah, Shikamaru! When when when when when when!

Two hours? [In a place where we pretend there's a timeline here, he's set to play with Kotomi in a second.] You guys could come over, or I'll bring it to your house.

[OF ALL THE GAMES... Oh well, they'll probably like this one a lot given it's more luck of the draw.]

[ psh timelines ]

I don't care which one!!!!!!

Let's go to Shikamaru's house. We can race there!

All right. Ikki should know the way to the apartment, so she can tell you the way.

[It was likely the community kitchen on his floor that they used to make the kelp noodles those months ago, anyways.]

I do!!

[ And she'll definitely point Aang in the right direction two hours later. They may get derailed for a short time in the elevator, though. It depends. BUTTONS. ]

[Sounds fairly definite. After a riveting pregame of Elevator Buttons, their chattering could be heard echoing down the hallway.]

I'm sorry, Ikki. I couldn't find the right buttons in that box to get us a prize.

[Oh okay, he'll get the door.

....you didn't mess up his ~~baby~~ elevator did you Aang. 8|]

[ Ikki just likes pressing buttons. 8| ]

Grandpa, I don't think it's that sort of thing! It's a magical up box! And it bings!

That's kind of disappointing. I like buttons better when you can get prizes from them, but this one only brought us up with magic, and it wasn't fast enough to be fun.

[Oh, is that open door over there it?]

Excuse you, it's plenty fun.

[THAT IT IS.]

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