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031 -- [Action | Voice]
[Today is an understated awesome day, ladies and gentleman. To everyone? Okay, maybe not. But Shikamaru sure is pleased as punch. After a month's stay in the Battle Dome clinic recoveries from the injuries he got in his fight with Hidan, Shikamaru's finally cleared to check out today.
Before he gets the all-clear, he can be found in - brace yourselves - one of the Dome's simulation rooms. He's actually been using them for the past week for his physical therapy. If he's going to be doing a lot of walking, might as well change up the scenery.
Namely, he's replicated parts of the Nara Clan's forest. At its opening, the sky is more open, but the further in you go the thicker the trees grow together. Wandering will reveal easter eggs - old statues, broken and ruined, or a path of moss-covered stone lanterns. Maybe a young deer if you're lucky.
Other parts of the forest seem to be swallowed by shadow completely, offering nothing but pitch black that no amount of light will ease and the sense you're being watched if you step into them.
He'll try and clear up some stuff with Law before he goes, but after that he hits the journal.]
[Voice]
For those of you who saw that Vaskoth place... I figure it's been long enough. Name something you liked about it, if you can recall.
[Filtered to Molly (NPC) || 100% Unhackable]
You must be made of sterner stuff than I.
[/end voice]
[Feels like forever since he's been back in the swing of things. Shikamaru can be found at CH1 of course, in or around his apartment. Throughout the days following, he'll also be at the place formerly known as Azzip's, getting back to turning it into a convenience store.]
Before he gets the all-clear, he can be found in - brace yourselves - one of the Dome's simulation rooms. He's actually been using them for the past week for his physical therapy. If he's going to be doing a lot of walking, might as well change up the scenery.
Namely, he's replicated parts of the Nara Clan's forest. At its opening, the sky is more open, but the further in you go the thicker the trees grow together. Wandering will reveal easter eggs - old statues, broken and ruined, or a path of moss-covered stone lanterns. Maybe a young deer if you're lucky.
Other parts of the forest seem to be swallowed by shadow completely, offering nothing but pitch black that no amount of light will ease and the sense you're being watched if you step into them.
He'll try and clear up some stuff with Law before he goes, but after that he hits the journal.]
[Voice]
For those of you who saw that Vaskoth place... I figure it's been long enough. Name something you liked about it, if you can recall.
[Filtered to Molly (NPC) || 100% Unhackable]
You must be made of sterner stuff than I.
[/end voice]
[Feels like forever since he's been back in the swing of things. Shikamaru can be found at CH1 of course, in or around his apartment. Throughout the days following, he'll also be at the place formerly known as Azzip's, getting back to turning it into a convenience store.]
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[Toshio gave Shikamaru another once long ago. He forgets little after these experiments. Trafalgar is the same.]
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[He wonders if it was the same for Asuma. He never got to ask. But he knows he himself remembers a lot about Luceti Valley, where others don't.]
Or you have a good memory.
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Heh. Could be that too.
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... some names I use erasable ink for. Just so you know.
... and I did understand in a way.
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We don't forget, no. But you'll find even we can get over some things in time.
My other self. And a hell of a lot of past fuck ups. [The fingers with DEATH curl.] Not wanting to lose anyone else. I get that.
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I was the best person to deal with him. Complications aside, I'm not upset that it went down like it did. ...but I know now that I could've handled it better than I went about it.
I'm sorry. I acted like an ass around you especially.
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Law nods. Shikamaru seems to be finally realizing that. He accepts the apology for what it is. There is, however, a question.]
... would you have still cut us out?
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Not in the sense you're referring too.
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Mmm... what sense, then?
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[Nodding. He doesn't need to know who. It doesn't matter if he was included or not. The answer alone is enough for him.]
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That's all he really has to say; for this, at least. His arm comes to rest in his lap, and it brushes against the cloth-covered scars on his stomach.
What would you think... eh, Naruto?]
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... I owe you an apology too, you know. I should have told you sooner about myself and Itachi. You shouldn't have had to find out that way.
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It's your love life; your business. There's no saying I had to find out at all, so how it happened doesn't matter if neither of you care.
[And it wasn't like he hadn't wondered. 8|]