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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?
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?
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[So same spin, really.] My guess is your knowledge is earth-based, though.
[There, everything set up. He passes Spock a shogi rule book.]
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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.
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Though I can safely assume that you are not of my universe... My research grows every more inconsistent in the most fascinating ways...
[Spock studies the board once more.]
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[And so gameplay starts!]
I've met a lot of people here from different universes. Many of them personally know or have heard of most of the people here from their own worlds. It makes the Earth thing kind of interesting.
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[Spock makes a move... studying the board...]
I am currently attempting research on the phenomenon behind the loss of memories upon leaving this world... it has been rather fascinating so far.
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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.
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The connection lies with the nature of the world itself. Think of it as a simulation program. When you enter the room, you are the only entity there that 'does not belong'. Such is the case here, we do not belong, and therefore everything else is linked. The wings and the journals can be assumed as a method to keeping us apart of that link...
But as I said... it is merely a working theory. Somehow the memories are effected in this process... and prolonged exposure to this place may even be effecting our... 'personalities'...
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Of course they do. [He shrugs it off though, and continues playing.] We are who we are, here or there. We still learn and grow.
[Things still happen to them, real or imagined, and that effects that.]
I think you're reaching on the journals, though. Every enclosure has a different system, so it's more likely they're rooted to that than the world.
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[Spock ponders for a moment...] As for how we are personally effected... I agree that ever experience builds on our current character, and thus changes us accordingly, however... The situation here may be more... sinister than what we may be used to encountering. Though that may go without saying, it is an important element to consider.
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[Possibly them by relation as well, then.]
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It was rather...unsettling to know that I was here before...