Appointment's Post II

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[Action, January 3rd]
[Voice, March 8th]
[Written, June 11th]

Old appointment's post can be found here.

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[middlegames]

[Shikamaru is playing on the pinball machine - and doing pretty well at that! - when Silver comes in, having found a thick book to stand on so he can see things properly. The smell wafting towards him, he manages to catch the ball in one of the paddles and holds it there long enough so he can look away.]

That looks really good. I'll be right there. I'm almost done.

[feistytrader]

Go ahead and keep aiming for a high score. It's not going anywhere.

[In fact, he's finding somewhere adequate to sit, then setting it down and taking a breather. Weavile sets down a couple of cans of mountain dew next to the pizza before joining Silver. As much as they'd like to see Shikamaru's current score, resting sounds so much nicer...]

[middlegames]

[This is why he likes you, Silver, there's a world change and still you don't boss him around. He nods his head like "you bet" and goes right back to it, the pinball bouncing around noisily as he button mashes the paddles.

"Almost" turns into more like five or ten minutes on his part, before he finally loses. But high score is obtained! He didn't beat the record but he did come in second to it. Punching in his initials he looks pretty happy about it, hissing a long yessss under his breath.]

[feistytrader]

[Five or ten minutes is more than enough time for Silver to start nodding off, but Weavile's helpful enough to jab Silver in the shoulder a little as Shikamaru puts in his high score. Right. Awake. Sleep later.]

What did you get?

[middlegames]

88,908,000.

[Since no one in Luceti's probably a dedicated pinball player, that's probably good?? /ASSUMES He goes to sit across from Silver, and the pizza.]

Is there a plate?

[feistytrader]

[...

He brought the mountain dew, but forgot the plate.

Dammit, this was supposed to be perfect.]

No.

[middlegames]

[GOOD JOB, OLDER PERSON. Shikamaru laughs for a moment at that face.]

Even I would've remembered that.

[But he doesn't seem to mind it at all. Being a child, he doesn't give much care to staying clean and helps himself. And here's where I realize we forgot to have him pick the toppings, but let's just assume he requested sausage.

Probably the most tragic thing here is the lack of expected reaction to the Mountain Dew, for all of Silver's presence of mind to bring that.]

[feistytrader]

[...Oh come on, you're supposed to-




You know what, as long as he likes the pizza, that's all that matters.]

[middlegames]

[Alas, in AUland he and Mountain Dew have not been formally introduced, thanks to never befriending Masaomi. But he does love soda still, so.

But now for the pizza. And the moment of truth. Shikamaru chews thoughtfully, and given he doesn't make any gross faces it seems to be going over well.]

So are you a pizza-maker?

[feistytrader]

If I can make a good enough pizza, I get my favorite ice cream.

[So, uh. Yes.]

[middlegames]

[--wow that's way better than working for free. Shikamaru pauses, because damn Silver, you look so excited about this.]

[feistytrader]

[...Whoops. Silver's excitement dies down pretty quickly upon seeing Shikamaru's reaction. Did he say something wrong?]

Sorry.

[middlegames]

[Shikamaru blinks, then waves a hand.] It's alright.

[HE'S JUST NOT USED TO IT, it's been a long time since he's seen Silver emote...]

[feistytrader]

[...The Silver he knows has Moro's demon curse. When he had that curse, if only for a week, it fed so easily off of his negative emotions and spread so quickly...

...Does he know a Silver with some strange death penalty? That sounds most likely...

He wants to know more about this strange little Shikamaru's memories, but it's probably not the right time or place. Well, what can he assume for himself? The Vaskoth draft was nearly two years ago, so he... thinks he's been this age for two years?....]

...How's it taste?

[middlegames]

[Silver would probably feel much worse for it than he would, let's be real here. If anything he's expecting to be the one to have to do the reassuring, the way older people act. Which would be difficult, so he's glad they've dodged that.]

I've had better. [Bluntly honest, such is nine-year-old swag. But he takes another appreciate bite, trying not to look too happy about it.] ...but it's not bad.

[feistytrader]

Guess I gotta keep practicing. [Not bad isn't good enough for ice cream. ...Is it?

Not once does the fact that Shikamaru might be trying to be cool occur to him.]

[middlegames]

[Wow wow that's because he's not trying, Silver, he is naturally awesome. Clearly.]

Is it hard making pizza?

[feistytrader]

[Shikamaru is absolutely cool. True facts.]

It's not too hard to make one, but it's hard to make it good. [But it is worth the trials and efforts to make it good. He can practically taste that ice cream already.] It can't just be okay. It has to be something that people would actually want.

I'm not very good at cooking, so that doesn't really help.

[middlegames]

Why do you make it then?

[He could make pizza. Maybe. If it pays in ice cream he could, anyways. ...though if he got married his future wife might not like ice cream, so maybe she wouldn't be happy with that.

He could make sure to marry a wife that definitely likes ice cream? Oh but then maybe he would get tired of it, hrm.]

[feistytrader]

For the ice cream. My version of you swindled me into it.

[middlegames]

[He blinks, and then his eyes round with understanding.]

You work for me?

[THAT SOUNDS KINDA COOL. He's heard stories about him being big before, but not many. No one in Luceti knew him from when he was older other than his friends from home and Katara, though with her for only a little while. So this is something new.]

Does the grown up me work at that store?

[feistytrader]

He's the one who runs it. [Him or Masaomi. Or both. Probably both. Now that he puts it like that, it makes a lot more sense that a convenience store apparently didn't exist to him.

...Wait.] How do you know about grown up you, anyway? [Did someone else already tell him about it?]

[middlegames]

[After he had left Silver earlier, Shikamaru had in fact realized his grave error in showing any familiarity in the first place.

It's too late to cover it up now he already knows, but faced with actually having to explain things he makes a show of looking put out. He puts his pizza down with an exaggerated sigh, wiping his hand off on his pants.]

How troublesome. [Here he bows his head, palming his face in a gesture more reminiscent to something you'd see from an adult.] I thought I could keep it secret a little longer, you know? It's no fun this way...

[feistytrader]

You're right. Now that I know your secret, I'm gonna share it with the whole village.

[...No really Shikamaru he has no idea what you're talking about, what's going on-]

[middlegames]

[Pfft.] Yeah right. You might talk more than the Silver I'm used to, but so do the birds and the fish, and about every other animal in this village.

[It's the principle of the thing. He lost the game, man. ):]