023 -- [Accidental Post]

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[Earlier, when looking through his father’s book for the first time in several months, Shikamaru found some pictures he’d never seen before being used as bookmarks. It was… nostalgic, to say the least.

He finds another bookmark to replace them; puts the photos in a drawer to look at later. Because haha, he knows how this works, right? He leaves them out, and somehow his journal accidentally records it. Yeah. Hell no. He’s smarter than that and doesn’t leave his journal anywhere near them. On top of that, he takes it with him when he leaves to assist with a chakra training lesson. Crisis averted!

Guess what he sees when he opens up his journal two hours later.



Where’s the nearest wall. He needs to beat his head softly against it while he attempts to figure out how this happened. Feel free to action it up when he’s back at CH1 too, if you like.]

[ooc: original artwork from here]

Comments

[voice]

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...yeah.

[All right, embarrassment fades for the moment. This aside, it is the first time he's seen his mother even in a photo for almost two years. The look on her face...]

Weirds me out too.

[He is a terrible son. But he ends up saying this fondly, so the comment may be ruined.]

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[mythmaker]

[The tone does not go unnoticed.] You've been here for a long time, haven't you. To have photos like that...it's a good thing, isn't it.

[She's still in awe over the photo. It's so touching, sweet. But she's forgetting something, isn't she?]

My, my...you must miss her a lot, showing this photo to everyone.

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[Ow, Azusa. You really know how to remind a guy of just what he doesn't want to hear.

For the record, what he doesn't want to hear is not that this is being shown to everyone, it's just the thing he latches onto.]

Aa... that was some sort of freak accident. I don't know how it got in my journal.

[voice]

[mythmaker]

[She means well, at least. Unfortunately, what he doesn't want to hear is what's been on her mind the most. She can't compare to two years, though.]

How strange. Do you think someone left it in there for you?

[voice]

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[He knows she does, which is why he doesn't really comment on it.]

Nah. Well, not quite like that. I found it and some other photos earlier today among something belonging to my old man.

[voice]

[mythmaker]

My, my...that sounds fortunate. Did someone put it in your journal, then?

[voice]

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That's the mystery.

[voice]

[mythmaker]

Hmm...if I were a photo, how would I end up in someone's journal...? Ah, maybe someone really close to you wanted to share how cute you were with everyone, Shikamaru-kun.

[She doesn't think this photo is embarrassing at all.]

[voice]

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I'd be more flattered if it didn't mean they'd have to have gone through my things.

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[mythmaker]

E-eh? I didn't even think about that, Shikamaru-kun. Why would a thief do that sort of thing, though...?

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They didn't actually steal anything, it's-- I dunno. Journals are peculiar. Maybe it was just an accident.

[Maybe he's paranoid. OH WELL. Trying to figure it out anyways.]

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[mythmaker]

How could it be an accident that something ended up in your journal, though? Has that happened before?

[Not helping, Azusa.] Even if it was an accident, I'm still glad I got to see it. You're so cute.

[voice]

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[He has no idea but aghh the last part actually makes it worse. SOB.

Good thing the shots of people in the journal window are smallish, it won't pick up on the tips of his ears turning red. But okay, be polite.]

Haaaa... thanks?

[voice]

[mythmaker]

No, it's nothing, Shikamaru-kun. Seeing her, too, reminds me of my own mother.

[voice]

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Yeah?

[voice]

[mythmaker]

Mm! She used to smile all the time. [Past tense there.] Mothers are so great, aren't they?

[voice]

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[So noted. It makes him rethink his phrasing.]

...I guess. Mine's kind of a nag. [Still fondly.] I'm not used to her smiling like that.

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[mythmaker]

They can be like that, too, can't they...? My mother's been nagging at me ever since I decided to become an idol...but I think it's better to do what you really want, don't you?

[Her voice is warm, too, because she knows deep down her mother will come around.]

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I think that's seventy-five percent of it. [He nearly quit being a ninja once.] Then there are some things you just need to do too. When you're lucky, they go hand-in-hand.

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[mythmaker]

You think so...? I don't know what I need to do, though. Maybe it was to come to Luceti?

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[He opens his mouth to refute that, but...

...huh.]

[voice]

[mythmaker]

That would be strange, though, wouldn't it...?

[voice]

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Maybe, but... why do you say that?

[For curiosities sake. It's a simple theory he hasn't given much though to before. Were they needed to come to Luceti?]

[voice]

[mythmaker]

My, my...it's the only thing we have in common. We're all here. Right?

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I wonder if it's something as simple as that.