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037 -- [Voice | Action]
[With Naruto MIA (and if he's being experimented on, he hopes his pal fries the Rogues good in the process), Shikamaru can't afford to cut out at the convenience store, much as he wants to. He takes the morning shift, debating whether he should look into hiring more people again, before finding his journal returned to him halfway in.
Yeah, returned. Don't ask. ...it got eaten, okay. Don't ask.
Later in the day, when he's off, he decides to mark the occasion.]
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Congratulations, Luceti. As of today, it's been a year since TERRACE, and so a year since this village's seen a draft. They've been happening less and less frequently, but that's a record even for us. [Which is a good thing, if you can't tell from how pleased he sounds.]
Speaking about misconceptions... Let's play a game. Pretend I'm a New Feather here, freshly arrived and working on the half-naked problem. A couple dozen people have explained the thing about the wings, don't worry, but I still have no idea how I got here, or where 'here' is.
How do you explain the situation? What's the first thing you tell me about the world, or the Malnosso? If you don't feel comfortable saying it on the journals, you can find me at the playground if you want to say it in person. Any of you who've been here for less than two years, I'd be interested in your response especially.
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[True to his word, Shikamaru will be at the playground all afternoon, hogging the roundabout while school's still in session and begrudgingly giving it up when the kids are out for a spot in the sand. He'll have his journal and a separate notepad with him, scribbling in both.
When the sun goes down, he'll hang out for a little while longer for latecomers before calling it a day and going to the bar. He has no intention of getting sloshed, but he'll stick around long enough to have some fun and knock back more than a few.]
Yeah, returned. Don't ask. ...it got eaten, okay. Don't ask.
Later in the day, when he's off, he decides to mark the occasion.]
[Voice]
Congratulations, Luceti. As of today, it's been a year since TERRACE, and so a year since this village's seen a draft. They've been happening less and less frequently, but that's a record even for us. [Which is a good thing, if you can't tell from how pleased he sounds.]
Speaking about misconceptions... Let's play a game. Pretend I'm a New Feather here, freshly arrived and working on the half-naked problem. A couple dozen people have explained the thing about the wings, don't worry, but I still have no idea how I got here, or where 'here' is.
How do you explain the situation? What's the first thing you tell me about the world, or the Malnosso? If you don't feel comfortable saying it on the journals, you can find me at the playground if you want to say it in person. Any of you who've been here for less than two years, I'd be interested in your response especially.
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[True to his word, Shikamaru will be at the playground all afternoon, hogging the roundabout while school's still in session and begrudgingly giving it up when the kids are out for a spot in the sand. He'll have his journal and a separate notepad with him, scribbling in both.
When the sun goes down, he'll hang out for a little while longer for latecomers before calling it a day and going to the bar. He has no intention of getting sloshed, but he'll stick around long enough to have some fun and knock back more than a few.]
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Ding-ding! We have a winner! Kushina-san, you're automatically qualified for a prize. Do you take it now, or risk it for the chance of three more prizes in the lightning round??
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Let's go to the lightning round, ya know!
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What are the importances of wings in this world?
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They're connected to our health and pulling feathers out really hurts and makes you puke. [it happened to Iruka] Having them means we're not from this world too, I think. So the Third Party knows who to pick out. We stick out. We can't fly with them like the birds can to get away but sometimes an experiment can make them grow so you can fly. Everybody has different colored ones. And, um--
IM DONE
-- I'm bad at tests.
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he nearly points out she's still better at tests than Naruto, but... well, maybe he'll crack jokes like that when he's back]
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Judges? [He makes a show as if waiting for an answer.] Ding-ding! It's enough to pass, so we'll move onto the next question! Maybe this one will be simpler!
Name one easy way to tell if someone was born in this world!
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but Uzumaki Kushina is no quitter
There is a long moment of shocked silence that she actually got by on that (who the hell is judging this) and forgets he was laughing and her embarrassment.]
Ah-
[what
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Five seconds.
[NO RUSH, JUST A GENTLE REMINDER.]
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Hey! Was there always a time limit?!
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[THREE SECONDS.]
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CRAP SHE DOESN'T KNOW]
THEY DON'T HAVE A BAR CODE ON THEIR NECK.
THE WINGS ARE UPSIDE DOWN.
THEY CAN FLY.
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...not what we were looking for, but you're technically not wrong on two of those, so we'll give you that one.
For the record, the answer is that children born in this world have a larger wingspan.
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but is Shikamaru being nice or just messing with her
because she's already told Naruto she's getting him back for this even if she asked for it
more importantly:]
That wasn't a simple question. That was harder than the first one.
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[Really, he wanted to see how widespread that information. Which leads him to:]
Next question. True or false: are all members of the Third Party born in this world?
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F-
True. No, false.
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