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023 -- [Accidental Post]
[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]
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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...No, I got this. We'll finish this later!
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Suit yourself. I do have something I want to say to her when you're done though.
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[Linda is still pouting outside the door]
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You want to be strong, yeah?
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It's obviously a correction to "strongest" - or well, it's a correction Masaomi understands with a half-smirk]
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[He crouches down.] I'm not a pokemon trainer, but I'll hope you listen to my advice anyways. Because I know the key to what it takes to be the strongest you can be.
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Okay she's attentive. Let's hear it bro]
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:|]
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I'm serious. If you guys want to be that great someday [directed at Masaomi too now] you need to think beyond flashy moves and your individual strengths. Teamwork - real teamwork - is more than that.
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Take me, for example. Alone I'm not bad, but you've seen me. I'm no heavy hitter.
In my team though, with Ino and Chouji, that's not a concern. We've worked well together for so long that often times they know what I need them to do without me having to say so. Chouji's fist becomes my fist; Ino's mind, my mind. And they have my skills too.
[Hell, before he left they were working on fighting by manipulating each others' bodies. But hell if he'll leave himself open for those jokes.]
Helping each other out is great, but that kind of synergy is priceless. It's harder for whoever you're fighting to overcome that kind of force.
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Ah, Shikamaru, I might be the weak link here.
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[At least he's assuming Masaomi plans to work on that from here.]
In some ways, she needs to be held back. Just because she has the potential to do more now doesn't mean she should so soon.
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We can work on that. It's something I need to build up as well. [He moves his hand down to point at Linda, then puts his chin in-hand.] She should work with you for it, if that's the route you want to take.
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Have her watch how you fight, and anything new you come up with. From there the two of you can get coordinated.
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