endgames: (Really)
Nara Shikamaru ([personal profile] endgames) wrote2014-02-07 07:04 pm

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.]


[Voice]

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.
savedtheworld: (eager)

[Voice]

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2014-02-08 07:24 am (UTC)(link)
I've been learning from some of them! It just seems like the Avatar thing to do. [Aside from his dealings with Moro, it's the closest he can get around to hear to living up to the role of being a spiritual bridge.]

But I still have a lot more to try to make pacts with.
niceguypose: (intent)

[Voice]

[personal profile] niceguypose 2014-02-08 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
It is something that I would rather not indulge in. With how far I have come, I wish to continue using only my own natural strength!
wise_maiden: (you'll never reach the end of the road)

[Voice]

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2014-02-08 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
People still inquire about it from time to time. [And there's the assistance provided by the school of course. Though she finds this odd of Shikamaru. Almost as if he's seeking out something in particular from this brand of question.] Although I wonder why it's on your mind all of a sudden.
mischiefbreeder: (☀ Oh yeah? What's that?)

[personal profile] mischiefbreeder 2014-02-08 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually, I just started learnin' those guys' tricks myself.
dangerouswind: (Default)

[voice]

[personal profile] dangerouswind 2014-02-08 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I can do some things, but I don't really get involved with it. Why ask?
mischiefbreeder: (☀ What a waste of time!)

[personal profile] mischiefbreeder 2014-02-08 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It wasn't exactly high on my priorities.
mischiefbreeder: (☀ Maybe you can rethink things now.)

[personal profile] mischiefbreeder 2014-02-08 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh, well... Compared to all the superpowered freakshows we've got runnin' around here, I just felt kinda... powerless, y'know? And I can't keep relyin' on my Pokémon to do all the work for me forever. That just ain't my style.
dangerouswind: (Default)

[voice]

[personal profile] dangerouswind 2014-02-08 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That all you want to know?
savedtheworld: (laidback)

[Voice]

[personal profile] savedtheworld 2014-02-08 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I got Kipinn and Nala! And I'm working on Sona. [He would have tried for even more, but there's often been problems to bog him down - or when he sets out, he always gets sidetracked into something else.]
niceguypose: (talking)

[Voice]

[personal profile] niceguypose 2014-02-08 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh? But everything I do is the result of hardwork, which is the most natural activity!
mischiefbreeder: (☀ It was a piece of cake!)

[personal profile] mischiefbreeder 2014-02-08 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but that cue alone's not gonna be enough to protect my friends. [He's lucky Hiccup made him a reinforced cuestick suitable for battle, or he'd have broken his old one a long time.]

I can't shoot ki blasts outta my hands, or make my limbs super stretchy, and I dunno how to do that ninja stuff you guys can do, so... This stuff's my chance to get stronger.
wise_maiden: (listen up and take notes)

[Voice]

[personal profile] wise_maiden 2014-02-08 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps not as often, but I doubt it's been forgotten about. [Perhaps it's because there are less newcomers, or the pressing need to learn new abilities hasn't been present without a draft or fighting situation upon them.] Have you been learning from them at all?
misterbrief: (I don't care how strong you are.)

[Voice] addin' to ur dogpile jinxin' ur post

[personal profile] misterbrief 2014-02-08 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
What I'd like to know is what's the point to.

[It's sort of a snide comment, with some genuine curiosity filtered into his voice. Yeah, he doesn't like magic. And he hates the idea of keeping that option open.]
feistytrader: (capes are totally cool)

[personal profile] feistytrader 2014-02-08 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Which ones have you learned from? [It's okay to turn the question back around, right? Plenty of people have already answered him, after all.]
respect_points47: (Thinking evil thoughts)

[personal profile] respect_points47 2014-02-08 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I started learning about a week after I got here...I'd be frozen by now without the fire one.
markofthebrave: (Mmhmm | Waiting)

[personal profile] markofthebrave 2014-02-09 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Are you thinking of starting a school?

[She knows you, Shikamaru. What's with the roundabout question?]
ura_no_ura: (あぁん・・・。)

voice;

[personal profile] ura_no_ura 2014-02-09 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm, come to think of it, it could probably be a good idea to seek them out. Though, I'm not entirely sure where to find them...

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