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020 -- [Various Filters || Action]
[ooc: dated to... idk. When the moon is not noticeably freaky. ALSO. The cut below is there because there are over 30 filters beneath it that take up a ridiculous amount of space, wow. I think I got all of the characters who were dropped, but just PM me if I didn't. After the event is done, there will be an ooc post regarding this, but I needed to get this part out of the way while my character would think to do so.
A note on the filters below - italic text represents breaks in the filter.]
[Early in the morning, long before the sun has risen and while most people are likely to be asleep, several filters start going up one-by-one. The journal window is covered with cloth; the handwriting not recognizable. Almost immediately after each one has been made, they're either deconstructed or disappear behind a private filter, viewable only to himself. He has no interest in talking to any of these people - he's just checking for breaks in the filters, which are visible for a minute until they're quickly taken care of.]
[Private to Shikamaru || Fake Cut to spare your f-lists and eyes]
[Two hours after this ends, a certain entry disappears behind a private filter as well. Then Shikamaru rolls over and goes back to bed. Damn, that was troublesome. He'll deal with the rest later. With the stuff that new Malnosso guy was talking about, he had a lot of other things to think about....
The next afternoon, he writes a couple of quick messages before heading out of the apartment.]
[Filtered to Raine Sage || 100% Unhackable]
What we talked about - it's done. Figured you'd want a heads-up.
[Filtered to Konoha Shinobi, Gaara, and Temari || 100% Unhackable]
Looks like we don't have to worry about Sasuke. At least for now.
[Filtered to Tony Stark || 100% Unhackable]
I have something to give you. Where you want me to drop it off?
[After he's taken care of that business, Shikamaru decides to take the rest of the afternoon to train. Not his shadow jutsus, however. Those close enough to the southern edge of the village at the time may hear something a few times throughout the evening. Maybe like thunder, but definitely a-
BOOM.
...but don't worry, everything is under control. And for once, he isn't even joking. It's taken months for him to get this jutsu down - a lungful of ash just is not pleasant - but he's finally managed it.
If for some reason you're close to the Southern Lake at this time, or choose to investigate, you're bound to find one (1) Shikamaru Nara taking a break by the water and unable to wipe the smirk off of his face. The air still might smell faintly of ash, but he cleans up well. And nothing has been destroyed but the targets he brought out here himself.
It makes up for all the weirdness going on. Just a little.]
A note on the filters below - italic text represents breaks in the filter.]
[Early in the morning, long before the sun has risen and while most people are likely to be asleep, several filters start going up one-by-one. The journal window is covered with cloth; the handwriting not recognizable. Almost immediately after each one has been made, they're either deconstructed or disappear behind a private filter, viewable only to himself. He has no interest in talking to any of these people - he's just checking for breaks in the filters, which are visible for a minute until they're quickly taken care of.]
[Private to Shikamaru || Fake Cut to spare your f-lists and eyes]
[Two hours after this ends, a certain entry disappears behind a private filter as well. Then Shikamaru rolls over and goes back to bed. Damn, that was troublesome. He'll deal with the rest later. With the stuff that new Malnosso guy was talking about, he had a lot of other things to think about....
The next afternoon, he writes a couple of quick messages before heading out of the apartment.]
[Filtered to Raine Sage || 100% Unhackable]
What we talked about - it's done. Figured you'd want a heads-up.
[Filtered to Konoha Shinobi, Gaara, and Temari || 100% Unhackable]
Looks like we don't have to worry about Sasuke. At least for now.
[Filtered to Tony Stark || 100% Unhackable]
I have something to give you. Where you want me to drop it off?
[After he's taken care of that business, Shikamaru decides to take the rest of the afternoon to train. Not his shadow jutsus, however. Those close enough to the southern edge of the village at the time may hear something a few times throughout the evening. Maybe like thunder, but definitely a-
BOOM.
...but don't worry, everything is under control. And for once, he isn't even joking. It's taken months for him to get this jutsu down - a lungful of ash just is not pleasant - but he's finally managed it.
If for some reason you're close to the Southern Lake at this time, or choose to investigate, you're bound to find one (1) Shikamaru Nara taking a break by the water and unable to wipe the smirk off of his face. The air still might smell faintly of ash, but he cleans up well. And nothing has been destroyed but the targets he brought out here himself.
It makes up for all the weirdness going on. Just a little.]
action
[He leans forward, tapping the drawing with a finger.] There's still a lot more I could figure out if I could dissect one of these things myself. But I can at least get an idea of the type of composition and structure the Mallies use in their tech. And the closer we are to cracking 'shift' technology, the closer we are to getting home.
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That's gonna be the tough part. There was only so much I could tear into in the thirty minutes I had. [He frowns, staring at the drawing himself.] One thing I can tell you though, is that some places in its design were better protected than others.
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You're not gonna learn anything at the Battle Dome.
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[Though he won't admit it, he knows where Shikamaru is coming from. He's spent a lot of time in there already, and though he knew the layout by heart, the actual inner-workings of the system remained locked away.] You forget. I'm me. I'm pretty damn good at cracking these kinds of things.
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[Obvious as he thinks this should be to people, especially to someone as smart as Tony (yes, he grudgingly admits that), his tone is not condescending as he explains this. It's something he actually takes seriously.]
The Battle Dome can simulate every person in Luceti - if they have observable data on them. Where do you think they get it from? The Malnosso see everything that goes on in that building. The blue guy might even live under it.
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You make a good point, kiddo--hm, I could really go for another cookie right now. Sure wish you'd brought more. Keep that in mind for next time, will you? If the Malnosso are gathering data about us when we use the dome, what, in your highly suspicious brain, do you think they're going to do with it? And don't even start with a clone theory. If they could use shifts to create soldiers, they wouldn't need us anymore.
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Clones, please. [They could do that already if they wanted to. It's no sweat for someone like Naruto, so it wouldn't be for them.]
They don't need clones. They need information - a way to keep tabs on how we fight and what for. It's why they know so many are capable on the drafts, and it's an easy way to figure out what we're getting up to, and even why.
Then it's just a matter of setting up countermeasures. Simple, painless strategy.
action
Maybe that's a good thing. Send them a statement that we're all not here just to be their guinea pigs. We should at least give them the opportunity to understand who they're dealing with, don't you?
[And he mostly means him, of course.]
action
...that's an idea. Make them think twice about messing with us.
[That sound about right?]
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Besides, we won't know what they're really capable of unless we push them. Who knows? I'd like to think they're a lot less mighty than they make themselves out to be.
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Not all of the organization think they need us, which is why you need to watch your step. There's a faction that would rather kill us than trust us. They've tried it before.
[He leans forward in his seat, sticking a finger on the drawing.] I got this information the last time they did, in fact. They got caught, and then they killed themselves. There was one survivor. When I asked her why they did that, she told me they were afraid of us. Your message is one they've heard loud and clear. It'd be stupid to provoke them.
action;
Oh, well, then the hard part is already done. If we can figure out away to turn their missions against them, infiltrate their organization from the inside out, the rest will be easy, if they're already intimidated by us. Anytime someone has to set up precautions under that kind of duress, something always gets overlooked. It's just a matter of figuring out what.
...That, or I'll blow a hole through the barrier. That's still plan B.
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[He rubs the back of his head.]
But now we're on the same page again. [Fully agreeing with the infiltration here, and he gives the drawing another tap.] So long as this stays out of the Dome. You can do whatever you like in there besides that; I don't really care.
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[He doesn't buy this, of course. If they didn't get into Luceti through the enclosure itself, the bridge between worlds had to be outside somwhere.]
Oh, well, thanks for your permission. I was waiting for that--fine, that's not a problem. This information will stay away from Malnosso watch.
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Glad to hear it. I'll let you know when we have more of these for you.
[Here, have a rubber band tossed at you for it. 8|]
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[MATURE. He'll take that rubber band, thank you very much. Shikamaru might see it again when he's least expecting it.]
action;
You got it. [Now if you'll excuse him, he has a date with some controlled explosives. He gets up from the table and tosses a salute over his shoulder as he goes.] Catch you later.