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032 -- [Voice || Action]
[A ninja walks into the bar.
Okay, that's getting ahead of the story. Let's backtrack then. Not too far. Everything he's been through in the past two weeks doesn't need to be said. At least, this isn't the place for it. What's important to mention is that on March 27, Nara Shikamaru left Luceti, gone back to home and to war. He returned on the same day and got thrown into another, and coming back to day-to-day life in this village after has felt almost unreal.
It's been nearly two weeks, but it wasn't until today that any of it definitively sunk in. All of the deaths. Everything they've lost - that he's lost. That the fighting is over, even if the war isn't.
You wouldn't think moving on with your life would be the scariest thing about that.]
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Yo. [The greeting comes after he's gotten a grip on himself, so lackadaisical you wouldn't know the difference.] Some of you might've noticed that old pizza place was being remodeled. It's taking longer than I thought, but I've been working on turning it into a convenience store since November. It can probably open soon.
I'm gonna stock it with the basics. Milk, bread... staples like that for when no one wants to walk all the way to the grocery. So what snacks and drinks do you guys want? I'm not going to the trouble of getting things it turns out no one likes. That way, they'll just sit on the shelf to collect grease and dust. That's gross.
[He waves lazily, like he gave up on the motion halfway through, and reaches over to switch the feed.] Lemme know.
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Hey. Got what you asked of me too.
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[Several hours later... A ninja walks into a bar, and for the first time orders not Mountain Dew, but Genshu sake. A whole bottle.
Convincing himself to drink is more difficult than ordering it, however. Shikamaru sits at the bar for a while, spending more time staring into his cup than lifting it to his mouth. It's not like he's in a rush. He made a point not to tell anyone what he was up to, just that he would be back late and would get dinner on his own. Eventually though, he does get to drinking. It's a lot easier once he's started, and he loosens up. He won't be at the bar long after that, called away on an errand which leads him down toward House 22.
(ooc: threads with Law and Masaomi will be canonically last for this part)
The next day... he has a hangover. And it sucks. 8|
But he has people to talk to. Sakura and Asuma are both on his list, if they're home. Ino is last, and not without Chouji to go with him. Anyone else in the building is welcome to run into him on this day too, of course.]
Okay, that's getting ahead of the story. Let's backtrack then. Not too far. Everything he's been through in the past two weeks doesn't need to be said. At least, this isn't the place for it. What's important to mention is that on March 27, Nara Shikamaru left Luceti, gone back to home and to war. He returned on the same day and got thrown into another, and coming back to day-to-day life in this village after has felt almost unreal.
It's been nearly two weeks, but it wasn't until today that any of it definitively sunk in. All of the deaths. Everything they've lost - that he's lost. That the fighting is over, even if the war isn't.
You wouldn't think moving on with your life would be the scariest thing about that.]
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Yo. [The greeting comes after he's gotten a grip on himself, so lackadaisical you wouldn't know the difference.] Some of you might've noticed that old pizza place was being remodeled. It's taking longer than I thought, but I've been working on turning it into a convenience store since November. It can probably open soon.
I'm gonna stock it with the basics. Milk, bread... staples like that for when no one wants to walk all the way to the grocery. So what snacks and drinks do you guys want? I'm not going to the trouble of getting things it turns out no one likes. That way, they'll just sit on the shelf to collect grease and dust. That's gross.
[He waves lazily, like he gave up on the motion halfway through, and reaches over to switch the feed.] Lemme know.
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Hey. Got what you asked of me too.
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[Several hours later... A ninja walks into a bar, and for the first time orders not Mountain Dew, but Genshu sake. A whole bottle.
Convincing himself to drink is more difficult than ordering it, however. Shikamaru sits at the bar for a while, spending more time staring into his cup than lifting it to his mouth. It's not like he's in a rush. He made a point not to tell anyone what he was up to, just that he would be back late and would get dinner on his own. Eventually though, he does get to drinking. It's a lot easier once he's started, and he loosens up. He won't be at the bar long after that, called away on an errand which leads him down toward House 22.
(ooc: threads with Law and Masaomi will be canonically last for this part)
The next day... he has a hangover. And it sucks. 8|
But he has people to talk to. Sakura and Asuma are both on his list, if they're home. Ino is last, and not without Chouji to go with him. Anyone else in the building is welcome to run into him on this day too, of course.]
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Except he's working, so he has to give damns. And drinks. He greets Shikamaru with a vague nod and all the enthusiasm reserved for the male clientele: none.]
Aren't you a little young to be here, kid? We don't serve happy meals here.
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That type of restriction doesn't exist in my world. [Not for shinobi anyways.] If you want to curb underage drinking, there's others you can start with. I can think of a guy with hair similar to mine...
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It turned up in the item shop?
[He hopes it did, anyway. Shikamaru paying points for an answer to a question was a little much - though Law wouldn't complain if this was indeed the case.]
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Hey. Masaomi.
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...are you asleep or something?
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Ughhh... Wake up already if you are. How troublesome...
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Masaomi.
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It's like a stupid tongue twister...
[Another snicker. AND WELL, HE'LL JUST KEEP DOING THAT THEN UNTIL HE GETS A RESPONSE.]
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He finishes eating his share of lunch and stows the rest in the fridge, labeled clearly with a note saying, "Go ahead and eat this! I made too much. -Chouji"
Then he sits down at the table with his journal to catch up on people's entries. Chouji looks up from what he's doing and shuts the book as soon as his teammate walks through the door.]
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(you'd think it be Asuma, his dad, maybe the Ten-Tails but instead it's that Mist-nin getting his heart pulled out in front of them)
When he feels like sitting up-right again, he pads quietly out of his room and looks around. He's hungry he thinks... a little bit. He goes to the community kitchen their floor all shares, both because of that and because he can't think of anywhere else Chouji would be if he's not in the apartment.]
Hey. [He rubs his forehead with a haggard yawn, speaking quietly.] What time is it...?
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Maybe she can do something about that hangover, as well as talk.]
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He stops. Sakura was on his list of people to talk to today too. Rather than calling out to get her attention, he raps on the door with his knuckles lightly.]
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[ It's relevant to the question, okay. She has no clue what to ask for since she never has snacks, so she needs to find out what's socially acceptable!! ]
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There's a lot of things, I suppose. Chips, sodas, candies, frozen treats... Those are the usual things you see.
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He's preoccupied, bent over a book, pencil poised over the page thoughtfully for a time before it moves to scratch numbers in a blank. It's one of those books you find on magazine racks, one of the ones that are full of word searches, sudoku, and other logic puzzles. He's found they're a good way to start the day and get his mind off things, a way to keep himself busy without working himself to death training all the time. ( Not that he doesn't train, it was just nice to have another way to relax in his downtime. )
When he hears someone approaching, he sets the pencil onto the page, turning to see who it is as the book flips itself closed. When he spots Shikamaru he gies a nod, though he takes pause to study him a moment. Something seems...off. Something subtle. Something he can't really put his finger on. ]
Hey.
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Hey, Sensei.
[At least it's not the hangover. Looks like Sakura helped him out with that. He has been pretty avoidant since he got back from the draft, though, alternating spending his time between trying to catch himself back up to Luceti politics and finding his things and bedroom furniture in town.
Even so, it's been several days. Word's probably gotten out by now that both he and Lee went home for a while.]
Got a minute?
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She approaches.]
Hey.
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Hey. [...] You're out late.
[That seems more unusual than seeing her here. He remembers them meeting at this place a few times. She always had something like tea, or a soda, or milkshakes.]
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You're his favorite person, Shikamaru.]
Ice cream. [You can do that right
because that would be great
seeing as going to the market is becoming more of a daily occurrence than usual]
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