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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[gomugomunopwn]

[...]

this is [action]

[generalflirt]

My theory is that a pineapple did it because you hadn't yet communed with the pineapple spirits at that infantile age.

[Don't you have the best roommate?]

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[gomugomunopwn]

HAHAHAHAHA!

SHIKAMARU, look at you! You're a little baby~! Did you have a tiny pony tail too? [He can't tell in the picture! But obv you had enough hair at that age to make a ponytail rite?]

[action]

[endgames]

[He's going to murder you in your sleep]

Do you understand half the crap that comes out of your mouth some days?

[THE DRAWER. IS STILL CLOSED. The rest of the pictures inside. Okay seriously what gives.]

[Voice]

[endgames]

[Are you even looking at the picture, Luffy-- no strike that. HE DOESN'T WANT YOU TO. Let's just play this all cool and salvage what ever dignity he has left.]

No, Luffy. I did not.

[Voice]

[gomugomunopwn]

[He pauses for a second before he starts laughing again.]

Even though you have on a straight face... I'm finding it so hard to take you seriously now! [Fffffff.] Who put up that picture anyway? Was it you or the Malnosso?

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[mythmaker]

Ahhh, how great! What a cute photo! I haven't seen anything like this in a while.

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[savedtheworld]

Are you that baby?

[Voice]

[endgames]

[Beating. Head. Against. The wall. Offscreen.

Sure as hell--] Wasn't me.

I mean. I found it earlier, but I stuck it in the drawer.

[Maybe it was the Malnosso. But he'd like to think they have less humiliating ideas for how to ruin his life. 8|a]

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[endgames]

[Probably because most people would have the good sense to burn their baby pictures if they saw them.]

Aha... guess these kinds of pictures don't turn up often.

[Also hey, Azusa. o/]

[voice]

[pinkyizpower]

[Cue one giggling Sakura]

Aww! Shikamaru you were such a cute baby~

[Voice]

[endgames]

If I say no, will you take my word for it?

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[mythmaker]

[Azusa would never do such a thing, but she really isn't "most people," is she?]

Is this your mother, Shikamaru-kun? She's so radiant. Look how happy she is...

[This is really a nice thing to see after going on a mission, really.]

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[endgames]

[CRAP. Girls are finding this.]

Yeah. Well. Most babies are, I hear.

[Voice]

[savedtheworld]

If you didn't start by saying that, I probably would.

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[generalflirt]

So Shika~maru~ Did you smell nice when you were a baby?

[Yes, he just keeps babbling, following behind Mr. Holmes]

[voice]

[endgames]

...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.]

[Voice]

[endgames]

[Dammit.]

Do-over?

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[pinkyizpower]

They are, but this is you. It's strange that you were so adorable once. [Since, y'know. He's clearly a stodgy old man before his time.]

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[savedtheworld]

But it's a really cute picture, Shikamaru! I wish I had a baby picture of myself to show everyone in Luceti!

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[endgames]

...babies don't smell nice.

[Oh there's some cat hair over here... then again it's all over the apartment because he owns one.]

[Voice]

[endgames]

--why does that make it strange?

[NOT THAT HE CARES. But ow, Sakura. 8|]

[action]

[generalflirt]

Not true! Most babies smell amazing! Buuuut, a rare, just a rare few, smell ham. Some babies. Are ham babies.

[Voice]

[endgames]

Do they have pictures like that in your world?

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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.