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[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.]

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[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.]

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[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?

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[He snorts, more amused than offended.]

Talk about your backhanded compliments.

I think I have those. Earth games, if I were guessing.

Then you know a lot. You just haven't put it together yet.

Shogi is a game you can take your time with anyways. We can start, but don't be afraid to ask questions or stop to figure things out if you have a problem.

[He'll hand her a rule book too that she can go through if she gets stuck.]

His intangibility has a limit of five minutes. Here it may be less, but plan for five minutes. He cannot teleport while intangible. It takes him longer to teleport himself than it takes to teleport another person or object.

[All things she took care to observe over time, never revealing that she was planning to take him out one day. Nagato's Rinnegan was too tempting.]

[He thinks of the reports from the Kage Summit.]

That's with his Sharingan ability, correct? Reports described a distortion around the hole in his mask.

[Uchiha = eye powers, naturally.]

That's correct. He has another more dangerous power - but he's limited to using it twice in his lifetime unless he manages to transplant new sharingan eyes into himself.

[The only reason he survived his fight with her. He should have died. Izanagi is a tremendously inconvenient ability for an opponent to have.]

Izanagi. It allows him to warp reality for a short time in exchange for the sight in that eye.

Warp reality...?

[He heard right. He assumes it's just as it sounds, but he's incredulous. The guy didn't need another ace in the hole.

He wonders if Sasuke has this same ability.]

If it's an Uchiha ability, you wouldn't know it from research. Does this mean he's already used up one eye?

Oh! I did not mean it as such. I like humans, a lot more than I do most of my own kind, you know.

This is a most interesting opportunity. The knowledge I have of this class of fighters is limited to literature.

From what I understand of the language... does it not mean 'Walker of Shadows'?

It's a secret ability that only one with both Uchiha and Senju blood in them can use. After I last saw him, that was one eye lost. But you should know that he's looking for the Rinnegan.

[...heh.]

Sure.

[Oooohboy.]

[Senjuu too? That... makes so little sense. If Uchiha Madara had Senjuu DNA, he imagines Tsunade would know about at least.

...a theory is kicking around in his head, but he'll work on it in his own time.]

Of course he would be. [Shikamaru brings a hand to his forehead.] He won't find it here, at the least.

Man, that makes it sound poetic. The way we were taught, it's "to conceal oneself".

[So same spin, really.] My guess is your knowledge is earth-based, though.

[There, everything set up. He passes Spock a shogi rule book.]

It's just funny. You say that like I talk about liking my cat.

[COME ON, ONCE YOU GET INTO IT IT'LL BE TOTALLY FUN.

That said, let's skip to halfway through since shogi is a long game.]

I suppose it could sound like that. Though in my defense, my pets at home are probably older than you.

[She laughs happily and sets another stone, starting an old-school trap Bishamonten had taught her as a child.]

I don't want to sound disrespectful though. In my world, I live among humans, and not my own kind.

[And Aang does the same too, just to match Ikki.]

Cartwheels? That's a great idea! Let's all do cartwheels to get ready for the game!

I'm a man, so I'll pass.

[ With as spacey as she is, it takes a little while before Kotomi to arrive. She probably accidentally walked in the wrong direction thrice and ended up making a very roundabout walk to the bakery.. but sooner or later she does arrive and she does manage to spot the guy pretty easily, walking over to where he is with the game and giving him a tiny bow. ]

Good day, Shikamaru-kun.

...At least that sounds something like what a General does. I suppose.

That is a very handy skill when dealing with Tony.

I find myself curious as to what you told you about me though, flattering or not.

[Spock takes the rule book.... and quickly goes through it. When he puts it down he observes the board and makes his first move.]

You are correct in assuming the source of my knowledge. However, the title also implied a certain skill set... a most fascinating occupation.

The legends also implied a certain amount of 'magical abilities'... but I thought them metaphorical rather than a reality.

Y....es. Oh yes, I recall this.

[With a little nod]

Yeah? How's that work?

[He hasn't caught on to the trap yet, but given another turn he likely will.]

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