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]

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[endgames]

[He would be the first person to not totally hate the game ever.]

The cat sits up here sometimes. He's always getting in. [Mutter, mutter.] It's not a hard leap. If he hit the drawer hard enough...

[Knock the cup over, rock the drawer. Maybe enough to open it a little. But the rest from there... 8|a]

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[generalflirt]

It seems we're missing a culprit. Someone took it out.

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[endgames]

And we know you weren't in here.

[Not that he asked. Actually it's not so much knowing as it is trusting.]

I don't think anyone else on this floor would go rooting through my crap--

[Wait.]

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[endgames]

--but there is the cat's arch-nemesis.

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[generalflirt]

-There's a snake here?!

[....Okay so that's mongoose. But it's close enough to not be an off-beat joke right? He even sells it with a gasp and step back]

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[endgames]

[Eyebrow being raised. But then he folds his arms.]

No, but there is an electric rat. Where's Linda?

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[generalflirt]

[Well he thought it was funny...]

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[generalflirt]

[Sliiide out of shikamaru's room. Where is she-

...she's in the hall, looking indignant. She was smug, but then she heard "rat"

...Masaomi and he are having a hurried silent chat of looks about if she's allowed to paralyze Shikamaru or not]

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[endgames]

[Heeeeence why he does not leave the room. But he does raise his voice enough to be heard.]

I know it was you! You're the only other one here with opposable thumbs.

[.....also rats are totally cool, Linda. His favorite handseal is rat. :T]

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[generalflirt]

["Pi! Piiiii!!"]

Wha- No! Linda!

["Pii, Piii... ah..." SIGH


....Yes, they are having a conversation]

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[endgames]

[This is not an unusual thing to him by now, sadly.]

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[generalflirt]

[Maybe someday he too will understand the mouse.

But after a while-]

She ah, thinks you mom looks strong?

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[endgames]

Ha. You don't have to put it lightly. I have no illusions about what my mother is like.

Just tell her not to bother with stuff like that.

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[generalflirt]

No... I mean. She wanted to fight her?

[...Pii pi-] ...I think she's compensating a bit about the line of pokemon and humans.

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[endgames]

[what]

I know there's not many pokemon her for her to fight, but I'd say she compensating more than 'a bit' if that's the case.

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[generalflirt]

...I think she thinks she has super powers the way you do.

[You know, the shadow thing]

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[endgames]

What. So you're saying that's why she zaps me?

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[generalflirt]

[...And then there was a new discussion of mice and man. Hold a moment]

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It's either that or she enjoys tormenting me. I can buy both. She is a girl.

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[generalflirt]

[Chat chat- okay lurking back] She just wants to be the strongest in the apartment.

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[endgames]

Jeez, it's not a competition. And if it were [raising his voice just enough so it carries], shouldn't she be fighting you? You've beaten me.

[But okay, this aside, someone needs a teamwork pow-wow.]

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[generalflirt]

[...WHY]

...Well. Maybe.

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[endgames]

[Because it's funnier this way.]

Maybe? C'mon. You broke my nose and two ribs. You're the man to beat.

[Or claw. Or paralyze. Or zap.]

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[generalflirt]

[THIS FACE. And then negotiations with the mouse begin again]

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[endgames]

[He feels so much better now.]