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[endgames]

Hi. [The journal feed starts unceremoniously.] Noticed the village is getting back into the swing of things. Either that or those who are sulking are doing so more quietly. Good luck with that, whichever.

But hey. I'm looking for a lighter that I misplaced. Anyone comes across it, lemme know. Thanks.

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[Through the afternoon and evening, Shikamaru can be found in various places around the village: digging through things in shops, searching through grass and shrubs and so on. He hasn't been around the village much in the last two days, busy elsewhere with his deer.

Now it almost seems like he's making up for it. One minute you might walk past him digging through the trash behind a building, only to go in to find he's inside already (probably asking if the place has a lost and found). Someone's busy.]

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[endgames]

[He rubs his hand over his face, humming a little. Reminding himself to get a roll of bubble wrap later.]

Out the window. Didn't think much about it, just tossed it.

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[floralogy]

[The things you do for her, huh? Ino tries a smile for him. At least, he didn't toss it out in the forest.]

Well, it couldn't be that far off, then?

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[endgames]

[But the forest is out the window...]

Rikumaru hasn't had luck. [What. Deer are the best lighter finders, from his experience so far.] I was thinking maybe it got picked up, you know? So I've checked in town too.

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[floralogy]

[Well, at least, it shouldn't be that far in.]

Do you think so? If it got picked up, then it should be easier to find, right? [Since it should be in one of these shops. Or with one of the Luceti folk.]

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[endgames]

[He huffs.] You'd think.

[etudes]

[ she shakes her head to herself before she talks on. ]

No, nothing at all. .. But.. it might just be that I never entered any contests either..

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[not_a_troll]

They experiment on us using garbage from Midgard?

[Loki pulls a face.]

That is utterly gross.

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[floralogy]

If two of us are searching, I'm sure we'll cover more ground. Have you asked Neji or Hinata to help?

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[savedtheworld]

[He listens intently to Shikamaru's description and nods.] Kay, I'll remember that.

[And some seconds later, he does manage to ferret a lighter out of the shiny box, but it's one that looks entirely too new. He holds it up towards Shikamaru anyway.] This one looks too new to be it, right?

[But as he looks, he catches sight of the pipe, and try as he might to suppress it, this sight makes some giggles escape from Aang's lips.]

[markofthewise]

Well, we don't have them on my world. So I wouldn't know. Eiiither way? Haven't seen it. Or any other ones just lying around.

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[endgames]

Nah.

[It's dumb, but it felt kind of personal.]

[endgames]

Thanks anyways.

[He'll stop looking in the trash behind the Smithy now.]

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[endgames]

[Probably doesn't help that Shikamaru's using his teeth to make the thing bob up and down just so. But he takes it out to talk.]

Yeah. That's not so much polished as it is unused.

[endgames]

Doesn't have to be a contest. There's board games, for instance...

[markofthewise]

Yup. No problem.

[He'll leave the journal open a bit longer. In case something comes to mind that he needs to tell Shikamaru. But ah, that's probably it, really.]

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[endgames]

I was thinking more along the lines of turning it into furniture. Who knows.

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[tsuntrader]

[...Oh. Well okay. Crazy domino mazes it is.]

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[metalbends]

[She shrugs.]

Nah. I think I can take some time out of my busy schedule to give you a hand.

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[savedtheworld]

[He nods. It helps him to hold back laughter when Shikamaru removes it from his mouth.]

Alright, I think that's it for this box, then. [And he tries to gaze into Shikamaru's box from where he is to try and spot a similar pipe.] I hope I can help, like that time I got Katara's necklace back for her.

[etudes]

Oh, I've heard of those 'board games'. [ don't treat them like some scientific kind of thing, kotomi. ] But I've never got to play one myself. Some of them sounded a little fun.

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[castbytheglyph]

[She follows behind Shikamaru, blowing the smoke around with her arsenal of mini fans.]

Huh? Nuh uh, nu'hin elsh hap'nd! [Blah. Fans taste bad. Pascal opts for holding the fan in one of her hands instead. Two fans in one hand is incredibly daring okay.] Except for all the stuff I threw on the floor, but we can totally clean that up in no time too!

[Time to open some windows! It's a little hard to do when your hands are full of fans, but possible.]

Before who comes back? ... Oooh, I get it, they're allergic to smoke! I getcha, don't want whoever-this-is freaking out when they come back.

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[endgames]

She lost it?

[And there MIGHT be. They might also be ones for actual tobacco.]

[endgames]

"A little fun", she says. [Mutter, mutter. Sigh.]

Board games are awesome. You should go to the Item Shop right now and pick one.

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[savedtheworld]

[As he talks, he gets caught up the story, but he also peers closer to get a better look at what might be the end of another pipe sticking out from a box.]

Yeah, a long time ago. It wasn't that long after the three of us started traveling together. She pretended to be an Earthbender to get captured by the Fire Nation so we could find out whether they were being taken and freed them. We were able to save her and the other Earthbenders, but we didn't realize she had left her necklace behind until it was too late.

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[endgames]

All right. [So. Next shop's back alley then?] ...thanks.