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036 -- [Voice]
((Backdated to February 4th))
[It's been a long time since Shikamaru's failed a mission. All right. Failure might be too strong a word for this one. He can actually laugh at that. This isn't like when he was twelve. It's a personal embarrassment, not something that's going to keep him up at night, sick to his stomach.
A failure is a failure though, and that makes it a pain in the ass. He'd apologized to the MSF personnel profusely, and requested to be put on a different mission to make up for the screw-up. They'd looked nonplussed about the whole thing and stuck him back in Luceti, but eh. Shikamaru decides to keep his journal close to him anyways, in case they take him up on that. It's for this reason he doesn't go out to do any of the things he probably should. He passes the time by flipping through the journal instead, and thinking over the last mission.]
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When I first came to this village, I remember going out. Left or right, it seemed anywhere I looked someone was using that so-called "filial magic". ...Haaa. [He scratches his head, and there's a smirk in his voice.] That's an exaggeration, but you get it. That was years ago, though. It seemed like it was becoming less common until that incident last year, when everyone got possessed.
Anyone learning anything from those guys now? Seems like the kind of thing that would spark interest, especially with one extra spirit hanging around.
[It's been a long time since Shikamaru's failed a mission. All right. Failure might be too strong a word for this one. He can actually laugh at that. This isn't like when he was twelve. It's a personal embarrassment, not something that's going to keep him up at night, sick to his stomach.
A failure is a failure though, and that makes it a pain in the ass. He'd apologized to the MSF personnel profusely, and requested to be put on a different mission to make up for the screw-up. They'd looked nonplussed about the whole thing and stuck him back in Luceti, but eh. Shikamaru decides to keep his journal close to him anyways, in case they take him up on that. It's for this reason he doesn't go out to do any of the things he probably should. He passes the time by flipping through the journal instead, and thinking over the last mission.]
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When I first came to this village, I remember going out. Left or right, it seemed anywhere I looked someone was using that so-called "filial magic". ...Haaa. [He scratches his head, and there's a smirk in his voice.] That's an exaggeration, but you get it. That was years ago, though. It seemed like it was becoming less common until that incident last year, when everyone got possessed.
Anyone learning anything from those guys now? Seems like the kind of thing that would spark interest, especially with one extra spirit hanging around.
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So did it stop then? What other changes did you notice?
[This is her 'doctor' tone of voice speaking.]
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[It's a different symptom he's talking about now, but the point stays the same.]
Came back after I picked it up again, but that's not the problem. It's just weirdly specific, you know?
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[She's mentally running through a checklist, although it's a bit of a sluggish runthrough since her mental processes are tainted by the fact that SHIKAMARU IS IN A PACT WITH TWILA.]
So you go to wash and when you come out, you smell worse than when you got in?
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Mm. [He shakes his head.] It's never happened in the shower unless I've been in there longer than usual. Soon as I dry off, it's fine.
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So you only start to smell when you're in water? Not because of the water?
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Want me to just show you?
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That would probably be best. Do you want to meet at the Med Lab?
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Who's all there right now?
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You can come over here instead. [Although all the medical testing equipment is there... but meh. She trusts her waterbending over blood analysis anyway.]
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[You'd think people missed him or something, wow.]
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Shikamaru. Nice to see you. Come on in.
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Keeping busy. Did you find out what you wanted to from the journal yesterday?
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Not quite, but I've a few leads...
[Once he can talk to Albert, though that's a few weeks from now, he'll have what he needs.]
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[Anything he found out was probably pertinent to whatever symptoms he was experiencing.]
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And you're sure the benefits are worth the risk?
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How much of an edge can it possibly give you?
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