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

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[Siiigh.]

Even you?

[markofthewise]

How can I resist, right?

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Out of the kindness of your heart. Or some phrase that's actually moving like that.

[markofthewise]

No, I just pretty much found it amusing.

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Great. Found my new calling, obviously.

[markofthewise]

Seems like it. [Also was Shikamaru a baby Green Lantern?] So who's that in the picture with you? Your dad?

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[No, that would be Rock Lee.]

Nah. That would be mom.

[markofthewise]

... right. Mom. Your mom. That's what I meant.

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It's okay. She is kinda manly looking.

[They have such a good relationship. Really.]

[markofthewise]

She's not manly! I was just... looking more at you, not her!

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...right. Because I would totally be my own dad.

[markofthewise]

What? No. I just meant I didn't get a good look at the picture.

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You're losing track of your story, man. Luckily I'm too lazy to care much.

[markofthewise]

Well. At least I have that going for me.

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Works to my benefit too.

[markofthewise]

I think it's called the 'laziness' jing. Which is a neutral jing.

[... or so he was told by bizarro Masaomi.]

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What does medicine have anything to do with it?

[markofthewise]

It's some kind of earthbender thing for getting out of work.

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...I think if I were from your world, I'd want to be an earthbender.

[markofthewise]

Earthbenders have it the best. There's rocks everywhere, they can make stuff whenever they want with very little work, and they never have to wear shoes.

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And something like a giant rock wall would be no sweat, right? Something so thick it's practically soundproof.

[markofthewise]

Yeah, generally.

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One-way ticket to a nag-free zone? Best thing ever.

[markofthewise]

True. Nobody likes a nagger, after all. [And he's lived with one all his life so he knows!]

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Shame it doesn't work just like that where I'm from.