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?
breezing: (& sibs: OH I KNOW THE ANSWER.)

[Action!]

[personal profile] breezing 2012-11-29 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I want yellow!!! [ DIBS. ]
savedtheworld: (cheery)

[Action!]

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2012-11-29 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Red please!

[He wanted yellow.]
wise_maiden: (through so many splintered trees)

[action]

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2012-11-29 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Would verbalizing your thoughts help?
windandrain: (Boooooring)

[Action]

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-11-29 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh.

[A dry answer, but better than what some ninja clans do in her world]

So ninja are your military?
markofthebrave: (Wry Smile)

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[personal profile] markofthebrave 2012-11-30 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, you know. Just the usual stuff.
greenjacketed: (♖ feelin' crazy)

[personal profile] greenjacketed 2012-11-30 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
There's always higher up to go, lad. Though -- there are things back home which must be done, first.
etudes: (and i would give all this)

[personal profile] etudes 2012-11-30 01:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ a small nod - apparently she's at least willing to believe him. ]

So.. how exactly do you start?
castbytheglyph: (Did I fall in love I wonder?)

[Action]

[personal profile] castbytheglyph 2012-11-30 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Boooring. I was totally hopin' someone woulda wished for something totally bizarre... Unless the lunch you got was really greasy but still low-fat.

[Once Shikamaru is sitting down she spins off to go order something to eat but even waiting for a reply. So she might have ended up asking for grilled cheese minus the cheese and a got a bunch of funny looks from the staff when she did, but she has her toast. She even brought enough for Shikamaru to have some too!

When she returns the their table, Pascal keeps on talking like the conversation never stopped.]


Or maybe someone wished up somethin' inedible for your lunch, only they wished for it be edible after all!
generalflirt: Modified by <user name="saltprince"> (PM if you want me to take it down) (Oh snap)

[personal profile] generalflirt 2012-12-01 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Theeeeeen...

We can play our D&D games in there!
fierybluebird: (sexy)

[Video]

[personal profile] fierybluebird 2012-12-01 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
How lucky that such a thing is even possible in shogi, eh?
spohkh: (Teacher)

[personal profile] spohkh 2012-12-01 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
Merely theories...

However, it is the nature of this world that is most fascinating. For example, the fact that there are no stars from a spacial view could imply several possibilities. We could be residing in a black hole.. a complex simulation... a temporal paradox...
The world itself could be alive. I have not yet had the opportunity to thoroughly study the barrier... however, from my conversations with the residents, there is an obvious connection between the 'wings', journals and the barrier. It could be alive... or this world is sentient that traps both us and the Malnosso...

It is rather....puzzling to say the least.
windandrain: (Pondering)

[Action]

[personal profile] windandrain 2012-12-01 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
Is it correct?
greenjacketed: (♖ you tried to end mine)

[personal profile] greenjacketed 2012-12-01 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Been at war, in point of fact. One war or another. This place or that. For twenty years, now.

[ and yet advancement still came slowly. ]
etudes: (but no one has ever bothered)

[personal profile] etudes 2012-12-01 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She just nods. She looks like she's actually pretty excited about all this, judging by the way she's staring at the game board so intently. ]

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