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[Today when Shikamaru woke up to his morning routine of journal stalking, there was a mission notice waiting for him. Fantastic. But you reap what you sow with these things...
Shikamaru spends the next few hours going over everything he thinks he'll need for this mission before heading out of his apartment. Most of his plans for the week are on hold (again) but there's still a few things he wanted to take care of; people to see.
In particular, he'll seek out Ino and Naruto, stopping to talk to most of his friends from home too, if he sees them. Give them a heads up on where he's at for the next week or so. After that he'll head into the square in the mid-afternoon in search of one Albert Silverberg. Masaomi is next, though Shikamaru will actually bother hailing him over the journals if he doesn't see him. Same for Sokka, if he can't find him at the smithy or the Avatar House.
Even if he isn't seeking anyone else out, he'll still stop to speak to people he knows if he runs into them today. Especially if they came along into the tunnels during that last experiment. Curiosity, mainly - he wants to know if anyone's doing better now.
Feel free to catch him anywhere in town this afternoon. Until he finds Albert, he'll be the guy carting around a shogi board under one arm.]
Shikamaru spends the next few hours going over everything he thinks he'll need for this mission before heading out of his apartment. Most of his plans for the week are on hold (again) but there's still a few things he wanted to take care of; people to see.
In particular, he'll seek out Ino and Naruto, stopping to talk to most of his friends from home too, if he sees them. Give them a heads up on where he's at for the next week or so. After that he'll head into the square in the mid-afternoon in search of one Albert Silverberg. Masaomi is next, though Shikamaru will actually bother hailing him over the journals if he doesn't see him. Same for Sokka, if he can't find him at the smithy or the Avatar House.
Even if he isn't seeking anyone else out, he'll still stop to speak to people he knows if he runs into them today. Especially if they came along into the tunnels during that last experiment. Curiosity, mainly - he wants to know if anyone's doing better now.
Feel free to catch him anywhere in town this afternoon. Until he finds Albert, he'll be the guy carting around a shogi board under one arm.]

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[You're throwing off her groove, man. Don't make her slime you.]
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[Like it takes forever to eat a granola bar.]
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[She's gonna make it a problem, at least.] Not like you didn't come and interrupt what I was doing.
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Whatever. How troublesome...
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Yeah, yeah, quit your complaining.
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Aa, before I go: you been doing okay?
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I'm fine. [Not. She took Yue leaving pretty hard.] And anyway, I don't need you to worry about me.
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That's good, because I wasn't. [He yawns, still seemingly laid-back with this conversation.] Sometimes people ask questions like that just because they wanna catch up.
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Yeah, way to shoot the breeze. This is the best conversation I've had all day.
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That's a lot more like it! Picking's great. Noses, toes, ears...
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...heh. Not what I was expecting, but I can't say I'm disappointed. [Rather, he sounds amused.] Most girls think that stuff's gross.
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[Says the girl covered in dirt.]
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Sure, go ahead. More people need to get it, anyway. It's not that hard to understand.
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You're not so bad, I guess. Making fun of Katara takes guts. [Even Toph can admit she's scary sometimes.]
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I probably come off sounding like a stiff most of the time, huh?
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[Coulda fooled her.]
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Can't say I blame anyone. It's a well-kept secret. I'd get bored of myself if I was like that all the time, though.
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