endgames: (Grin)
Nara Shikamaru ([personal profile] endgames) wrote2012-11-13 05:44 pm

029 -- [Action || Video]

[The afternoon finds Shikamaru bundled up against the cold and out and about in parts of the village he won't normally be in. Wandering, it might look like; he drifts in and out of high-traffic areas like the bar and the item shop to places less visited. The coffee shop he'll be at for sure, and his final stop will be the building that was once Azzip's Pizza.

This will do.]


[Video]

[Later in the afternoon, with dark still far off, the journal feed will click on to see Shikamaru surrounded by various colorful boxes among other things. He folds his hands over a table.]

It's come to my attention over the last few months that some of you have never heard of boardgames, or have otherwise never played. As a reasonable guy, I can let a lot of things go, but that... just seems sad.

[He shakes his head here. With woe, even. And then he gestures to the board games from various worlds strewn in the background. Close inspection will find a shogi set, a chess board, Go, Pai Sho, Plateau, Candy Land, Mouse Trap, Jumanji and so on. You can pretty much make up any family-friendly board game you want here and he will have it somehow. Go for it, actually. He hasn't played all of them.]

I'm here to tell you why they're awesome. [...] And possibly to petition for a partner. It's troublesome, but you'd be surprised how hard that is to accomplish here...

Katara. [Hint, hint.] Kotomi-chan. [Who he can't tease as well, so he'd best clarify:] If you're still up for that.

[He shakes himself with a grin, saluting at the journal with his left hand. He picks up the nearest game.] Anyways, let's get started. It goes like this...

[And from here he'll be giving the abridged rules of the games he knows to start. Feel free to interrupt him, or call him out on any games he skips.]

[/end Voice]

[Action || Locked to Konan]

[Much later in the night, after he's seen to everything he needs to, Shikamaru takes a box out of a drawer and goes outside. From it, he withdraws an origami hummingbird, and contemplates it slowly for a few quiet minutes.

When he's done, he holds it up at eye level and speaks seriously.]


It's about time we spoke again. Don't you think?
geniustheveil: (pgsm ☤ overworking herself)

[Video]

[personal profile] geniustheveil 2012-11-21 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[She knows it's not really a big deal - plenty of people go, after all - but she can't help it.]

A little bit.
markofthebrave: (Default)

[ voice ]

[personal profile] markofthebrave 2012-11-21 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
See you tomorrow, then.

[And... action?]
spohkh: Say what? (huh?)

Play or handwave?

[personal profile] spohkh 2012-11-21 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Very well, shall I meet you there this evening?
floralogy: (nice to meet you)

voice;

[personal profile] floralogy 2012-11-21 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
If they were also stuck here. Then again, I bet those other people would all be twice our age, anyway.
fierybluebird: (sly)

[Video]

[personal profile] fierybluebird 2012-11-21 07:57 am (UTC)(link)
Same for me, actually. [It makes him feel even more like a phoenix and reminds him of well... exactly what the Whitebeard pirates do with a lot of the enemy pirates they face. They covert them, basically. They're not as strong as the main crew, but still, anyone would be an idiot to think Doma was weak just because he wasn't a Whitebeard commander.]

Got a specific reason why it's your favorite aspect though? [Or is that too obvious a ploy to figure out strategies?]
wise_maiden: (the power to shine)

[action]

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2012-11-21 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sure you'd get enough rest anyway. [She's no stranger to his napping habits, at least.]
castbytheglyph: (Can I hold onto expectations)

[Action]

[personal profile] castbytheglyph 2012-11-21 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Okaaay, new idea. Experiment, appliances come to life. Toasters from all over grew legs, came after you and tried to crisp you up?

[She's so getting to the bottom of this. The sooner she finds out then the sooner Shikamaru gets out of the cold.]

If it's gonna take forever to explain then just abridge it for me.
geniustheveil: (pgsm ☤ overworking herself)

Re: [Video]

[personal profile] geniustheveil 2012-11-22 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
No, that's not it, but... even if we're all girls...
windandrain: (Neutral (Modern))

[Action]

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-22 01:14 am (UTC)(link)
Because sometimes it's necessary, sometimes it's fun, and sometimes our survival depends on our ability to fight back. It's the same reasons that humans fight.

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