endgames | 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.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Are you sassing me, Shiko? Call me an idealist--actually, no, don't. But with the people gathered here, we just might be better than them. Consider it. Ponder it. Write a haiku about it. But apparently, we can only do what they can't do for themselves: fight their war. They need us. So even if they're studying us in the dome, what do you think they're going to do? Stop us from becoming better fighters?

No, just stop us from fighting them. They do a good job of that - and some of them aren't afraid of taking extreme measures to do it.

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.

[Oh, now that is an interesting piece of information he hasn't heard before. He had a similar conversation with Daisy awhile back, and she'd mentioned the faction, but not this little tidbit.]

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.

Plan B sounds fun. Almost hope we get to do that instead. It'd be less troublesome...

[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.

It hasn't proved a very popular plan with the locals. Most seemed convinced there's something out there waiting to kill us just as soon as the barrier breaks.

[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.

[You're welcome. Tony probably wouldn't be seeing any more of these drawings otherwise.]

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|]

Great. Tell your artist friend kudos.

[MATURE. He'll take that rubber band, thank you very much. Shikamaru might see it again when he's least expecting it.]

[NINJA. HE WILL ALWAYS EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, DUH. And find it troublesome all the while.]

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.

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