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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?
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,
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?
[Action]
[That gets the first unsevere look out of him in this conversation.]
We could've used that information months ago, when he was here before. [He takes a spot to lean against a tree.] If he came here once, he can come back again. Anything you have to say is appreciated.
[He doesn't say that Itachi has already told him some things. Not a lot, but with Naruto gone, Shikamaru is the only person who knows he was a double agent in a sense. It's troublesome, but he's promised not to let on more about how things really are until Itachi reveals himself on his own terms. Explaining why he knows those things would therefore be a pain.]
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[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.]
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That's with his Sharingan ability, correct? Reports described a distortion around the hole in his mask.
[Uchiha = eye powers, naturally.]
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[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.
[Action]
[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?
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...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.
[Action]
[Still, he'd said he could get the information from her before she died thanks to his genjutsu.]
It's best to be prepared, though.
[Action]
I'll make the arrangements.
[He's prepared for a lot of "in-case" scenarios since coming to Luceti.]
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I spoke to Jiraiya about those abilities as well, but you're the only other person I've told of them.
[And he obviously didn't tell anyone about their conversation from some time ago.]
Share the information as you will - if he shows up, it's best that he be unaware that anyone knows anything about his abilities. Ideally, he'll show up before I've defected from Akatsuki, if we're misfortunate enough to have him arrive here at all.
[Action]
We can act the same as we did then. We never let on that we knew of his real identity and other abilities.
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"Real" identity. Haha.][Action]
[In fact, she plans on going into hiding if and when he shows up, until she's sure of what timeline he's from.]
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[Mutually assured destruction would be ideal.]
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[Madara's the one who threatens their world. He could deal with the Malnosso - especially as he's come to understand how human they are in their weaknesses - if they could take out Madara.]
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[Konan nods her head and takes her leave, body transforming into a flock of paper butterflies before fluttering away.]