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[Shikamaru is heading out to train in the forest today. Should anyone run into him out there, they'll be in for an interesting sight.
Deer. Not a lot of them at once - and fancy that, none are being slaughtered - and while at first skittish hearing footsteps, they don't run away from him when he approaches them. In fact, they come closer to him when they see what he's brought - apples and sembei biscuits. It took a lot of work getting these deer to trust him - he has no intention of taming them, but they're not like the ones his clan raises back home on their land that are just used to his presence either. The Nara are deer tenders, however, so Shikamaru's picked up more than a few tricks over the years. He'll walk about the forest for a while longer, feeding them as he goes.
Eventually, he'll find the deer he was looking for and get down to his training - which is half the reason why he worked so hard to get the deer used to him. They make excellent picks to practice his shadow jutsus with, though he'll stick with just the Kage Mane for now. When he's done there, he'll cut through town and back to CH1.
...don't mind the bloodstains - dried, not his - down the back of his flak jacket if you see him. He'd have left it back in his room, but it's easier to store his weapons in the vest, and with Sasuke back in Luceti he's keeping those on him at all times, yes.]
[Filtered to Sokka || 100% Unhackable]
You at the smithy today?
[Filtered to Itachi || 100% Unhackable]
[...
...yeah, actually, he's got nothing. He closes the journal without a word.]
[The next day, however, after he's recovered his chakra, Shikamaru will be making a trip to the roof of CH2, looking for the garden Itachi kept before he disappeared from Luceti, curious if he'll still find it there. Or him, if he's even still in the building. No, he doesn't care that it's pouring rain out there - if he gives any more thought to this than he already has, he's going to be sick to his stomach.]
[ooc: action for both the nineteenth and the twentieth! Obviously the bit with the deer is while the weather was still decent.]
Deer. Not a lot of them at once - and fancy that, none are being slaughtered - and while at first skittish hearing footsteps, they don't run away from him when he approaches them. In fact, they come closer to him when they see what he's brought - apples and sembei biscuits. It took a lot of work getting these deer to trust him - he has no intention of taming them, but they're not like the ones his clan raises back home on their land that are just used to his presence either. The Nara are deer tenders, however, so Shikamaru's picked up more than a few tricks over the years. He'll walk about the forest for a while longer, feeding them as he goes.
Eventually, he'll find the deer he was looking for and get down to his training - which is half the reason why he worked so hard to get the deer used to him. They make excellent picks to practice his shadow jutsus with, though he'll stick with just the Kage Mane for now. When he's done there, he'll cut through town and back to CH1.
...don't mind the bloodstains - dried, not his - down the back of his flak jacket if you see him. He'd have left it back in his room, but it's easier to store his weapons in the vest, and with Sasuke back in Luceti he's keeping those on him at all times, yes.]
[Filtered to Sokka || 100% Unhackable]
You at the smithy today?
[Filtered to Itachi || 100% Unhackable]
[...
...yeah, actually, he's got nothing. He closes the journal without a word.]
[The next day, however, after he's recovered his chakra, Shikamaru will be making a trip to the roof of CH2, looking for the garden Itachi kept before he disappeared from Luceti, curious if he'll still find it there. Or him, if he's even still in the building. No, he doesn't care that it's pouring rain out there - if he gives any more thought to this than he already has, he's going to be sick to his stomach.]
[ooc: action for both the nineteenth and the twentieth! Obviously the bit with the deer is while the weather was still decent.]
[Action]
[Not to mention villains who've never been in Luceti.]
[Action]
Well, I can only fix these things when I know when these people show up. But... honestly? I haven't really been keeping up on the Who's Bad gossip so much anymore. I don't even hack into other filters that much anymore. [He just... has too much other stuff going on.]
It's probably causing more trouble than good by now...
[Action]
If you're too busy for it, you should consider passing it on for someone else to manage. It's too dangerous to let it slide. We do that, and it won't be long before it comes back to bite the people it was meant to warn.
[Action]
[Besides, where is he going to find someone to take over it on short notice?]
[Action]
[Funny how he knows that.]
[Action]
[Shikamaru always struck Sokka as being reasonably intelligent.]
[Action]
[Action]
[Action]
I can take it.
[Action]
[He's not opposed to it, but... well, it's a big responsibility.]
[Action]
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Alright, consider it yours.
[Action]
I'll start moving things over when I get home then, and I'll let you know when I'm done. [He looks up from the journal to Sokka.] I trust you won't let it get out to anyone that it's switched hands.
[They did have that conversation once before, after all - that having this list is essentially like painting a big target on your back if the wrong people find out.
He can see him telling Katara, or maybe Suki if she knows about the list, but he's trusting that Sokka is a good enough guy that he won't pass it on to anyone else.]
[Action]
You might want to at least let a few people know that you should be the one to talk to. Albert, Raine, Nami, and Adell would be the kind of people you should talk to. [Hmm, well actually...] And Batman. I hear he's around again.
[Action]
Thanks. I'll see what I can do. [All of those names are about the kind he would expect, given their involvement in Luceti (...except maybe Nami, but some recent digging around in the journals made it clear that she might have had more reason that you'd initially expect). Even so, he's not sure whether he wants some of them to know he has it or not. Not this soon, at least.
He closes the journal and puts it away.] For everyone else you know, just tell them you're not the one keeping it anymore, if it comes up.
[Action]
[A pause and...] Uh, thanks, too.