endgames | 028 -- [Voice || Action]

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028 -- [Voice || Action]

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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In part, maybe. It has a lot of meanings. We want to protect the people and things we care about. Sometimes that means being cautious even around them.

I don't talk about GranGran around Katara. You mean like that?

Yeah. Or the way you make sure a baby doesn't do something to hurt itself, because it doesn't know better.

What do you think about Loki?

I think he's weird. I don't know enough about him to say what he'd do here, but there's no doubt he did the things he did.

So whether you like him or not... Whether he's on his best behavior for a long time, caution is still important.

I'm....trying to be cautious? [ That's mostly why she brought it up with him, and why she'll try to get information out of Tony, and why she worries about this in her spare time.

Because she might be wrong about trusting him, and it would hurt more than just her. ]

I think I don't know for sure if he wouldn't hurt people for the sake of his "justice" or people he cared about. Even without all the cube stuff which I don't really get. [ She uses one of Smoker's terms without really thinking about it, because Ikki isn't sure how else to explain it. ] But I also don't think he would hurt the people he does like. He seems to talk to a lot of people and is friendly, but to me he only mentions a few names, and those are the people I think he's close to.

Are any of those from his world?

Nope. [ He's never mentioned Jane to her. ] Adele, Gregor, me, Elicia, Rapunzel. I think he also gets along with the younger Loki, though, and he's mentioned "Lady Saori", who I do not know.

[ ...Much like she does with everyone else, Ikki has actually amassed a lot of information on Loki, obviously. ]

[YUP. So he was expecting. He has a bit of a list now. ...Elicia huh.

Nice people, for the most part. Not overly dangerous, aside from maybe this Saori person, or the influences they hold.]

Ikki, do you know what the phrase 'look underneath the underneath' means?

[ Shikamaru did you just use her as a source. ]

I think at least part of why he reacted to being attacked so...much...was because Elicia was there. [ Not all of it, but some. She's not sure if that's a good or bad thing, though. ] Rapunzel met him the same way I did, and we did the scavenger hunt together. Gregor's rooming with him. Adele fixed him up after that thing happened, but he knew her before then.

[ She pauses, then shakes her head, before remembering they're on voice. ] I don't think I've ever heard it before.

[To be fair, HE BARELY HAS TO TRY. The thing she says about Elicia though. If anything, he has a worse opinion of Barton, despite having not met him.

He sticks to the topic he brought up.]

It means you have to look beneath the surface. And when you think you know everything about that person, you dig deeper.

[ SADLY TRUE. She's getting better about blabbing secrets - i.e. she wouldn't hand this list to, say, Tony - but she'd probably tell them to Shikamaru anyway. ]

Because there's always something left to know? [ That idea, at least, she understands. She's never content in knowing everything about anyone. That's half of why she asks so many questions. ]

That's right. Even friends can lie to you - not always maliciously, but it's something to watch out for. If you end up thinking Loki is a nice enough guy to hand with, that's fine, but always remember that.

[ It's a good warning, but she's distracted by a different thought. ]

Have you ever lied to me?

Not yet.

Why would you need to, though?

If it were to protect you or anyone else I cared about, Ikki? Or keep something terrible from happening?

I would lie my ass off.

I care about you, too!

But, I can't think of any reason you'd need to lie to me or I'd need to lie to you. If you wanted me to not do something, you could just ask, y'know.

It doesn't always work like that. It's one of those things you'll get when you're older, and not as wise.

I thought you're supposed to get wiser when you're older!

Smarter, maybe, and more suited for an adult world. Things are black and white when you're a kid.

Hm-mmmm.

Well, I forgive you! If you lie to me ever. It's okay if you do it for those reasons.

Thanks.

[Just remember others won't be so nice.]

And I'll try to look underneath the underneath.

That a girl. Don't be afraid to ask people if you're not sure what to think, too.

[But he knows she'd be good about that anyways.]

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