023 -- [Accidental Post]

[endgames]

[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]

[hiken_ace]

[You know, he would tease you, too. But Ace will be a bro.]

Look at it this way. At least they didn't actually turn you into a baby. Speaking from experience, it's a lot more embarrassing.

[...] Besides, it's a nice picture.

[voice]

[endgames]

[Ace, he owes you.]

Okay, I can give you that one.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[Well, think of it as a thank you for the whole deal about blood.]

See? It's not so bad.

[voice]

[endgames]

[A Hallmark card would have sufficed.]

Just a matter of waiting out the next forty-eight hours.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[Maybe a singing one.]

No one will probably remember it after twenty-four. It's just a picture. Besides, it means a lot to you, they won't tease you too much.

[voice]

[endgames]

[Those are always A+]

I think you underestimate what lengths my friends will go to to stretch a joke.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[Yup. Good for laughs.]

Oh believe me. I think I have an idea.

[voice]

[endgames]

Perfect. Now multiply that idea by eight.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[Pausing to think.] If they'll wind up anything like mine, then I guess you have reason to be worried.

[voice]

[endgames]

I'd ask what you mean, but I'd be stupid to give them ideas.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

... and I'm too humiliated to say them. Aaah. [He sounds a bit annoyed.] Just don't worry. It'll be fine.

[voice]

[endgames]

[Poor guy.]

There's always payback.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

That's usually the fun part. It helps if you know them well, so you can really embarrass them.

[voice]

[endgames]

Already working on it...

[See Kiba's thread.]

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

Oh? Doing a little blackmail?

[voice]

[endgames]

Just a friendly invitation from Memory Lane.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

Let me guess. Similar to this kind?

[voice]

[endgames]

More or less. [Heh.] Definitely less.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

[He laughs on his end.] Nice one!

[voice]

[endgames]

I try.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

Something tells me you did a pretty damn good job.

[voice]

[endgames]

It won't last, but I'll take twenty-four hours. I suppose you'll have to be more crafty in your situation, if it comes up again.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

Crafty is definitely something I can do. I'm good at payback.

[voice]

[endgames]

Oh? I'll make sure not to cross you.

[voice]

[hiken_ace]

That's probably a smart move. Same for a guy named Marco. He can come up with shit nearly as bad as what I can.