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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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[EXACTLY LIKE WET DOG...]
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That's... [That's absolutely hilarious.] Huh.
[No, seriously. She's really trying here.] Anything else? [There might have been a little break in her words. You know, since she's trying to keep a straight face and almost failing horribly.]
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[BECAUSE NOW HE'S SULKING. Why does he know so many women anyways, they're all rude.]
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Okay. Reigned in. Got it.]
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...It makes me sick too. [He offers that after a moment.]
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But that does get her to sober up a bit.]
How sick?
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[And thus he's here.]
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We should just go.
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Huh?
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The mountains.
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Right now?
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If I didn't have to meet someone tomorrow, I'd say we go now. [And then he's still waiting to see if the Malnosso take him up on that mission... Definitely not enough time to hike up there - there's no telling when they'll get a hold of them, if they do.] But just 'cause there's not enough time to hike up there and be back by tomorrow doesn't mean we can't do something else, if you're up for it.
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