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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 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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[NOT.]
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You loosen up around your friends too, yeah?
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["I'm fine."
He didn't miss that announcement about Yue being gone earlier. It's not like he really knew any of the people she left behind besides Katara though, or even how close any of them were to her. So he doesn't bring it up.]
Anyways, I should probably get going.
[Since you made it sooo clear you want him gone, and all.]
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[...You know what she means!]
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If Sokka winds up back here before I can catch him at the smithy, let him know I was looking for him, will you? I wanted to talk to him before the day's out.
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[And she actually will. She's just that nice.]
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