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[endgames]

Show of hands if someone tried to prank you yesterday.

[Annoyed as he sounds, he's mostly gotten over it. Simply put, Shikamaru is just too lazy to hold a grudge when it comes to most things. He's still curious, however.

...but no longer orange, thankfully.]

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[Later on, just before evening, Shikamaru can be found on his way back from the Item's Shop to CH 1, a certain book in tow. And for a book that stands at half his height and is nearly two feet thick when closed, we do mean tow. He'll be taking frequent breaks along his way back, dropping the book with a loud thud before sitting beside it on every bench he comes across.]

Damn thing weighs more than Temari's fan...

[Yeah, yeah, he's pretty weak for a ninja, he knows, but hey. The book does weigh about a hundred pounds or more. 8|

A passerby might catch him during one of those breaks, looking over it's contents in curiosity while the light is still good outside. But from there it's back to lugging it home.

The Nara Clan's medicine manual... the old man would kick my ass if I just left it lying around.]

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[markofthebrave]

[...Dude, that book is huge.]

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[markofthebrave]

[Running to catch up as he stops for a break.]

Hey, Shikamaru! Whatcha got there?

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[endgames]

A book.

[Shino may have to watch out for his hard earned 'Captain Obvious' title today. But sue him, he doesn't currently have the breath for a more detailed answer. @__@]

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[markofthebrave]

[She noticed.]

It's huge.

[Poking at it.] What are you doing with it?

[ action ] chronologically last ftw.

[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

[ Man, it must be awesome finally being so close to the building with that thing, huh? Sure, there are still four floors to head up once you make it, but by all rights you're really as good as done.

Congratulations. Your prize is one more distraction.

Don't mind the random Akimichi sort of stumbling out onto that path not far ahead, BFF. ]

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[endgames]

[Do you have any idea how hard it is to watch where you're going while carrying around a book that's three feet tall. 8|

His first indication that someone's there is the sound, which has him on instant alert and shifting the book lower to get a batter look- shitshitshit balance, dammit. He has it really.

And then it's just a matter of-]

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[endgames]

[...oi. Is that-]

Chouji!

[Don't mind the mood whiplash, man - he was not expecting you back so soon.]

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[savethelastchip.livejournal.com]

[ fffff wat. Raising a hand in greeting. ]

...yo, Shikamaru.

[ Give him a second to work up that return smile. It would have already shown up by now, but the giant book kind of threw him off. Plus he's not exactly sure how he got here. There wasn't much of a transition.

If he fell asleep and this is supposed to be symbolic or something, then his subconscious is kind of unoriginal. 8| ]

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[endgames]

[Screw the book - dropping the book. The ground has more to worry about anyways.

No longer so weighed down, he moves forward to clap Chouji in the shoulder, looking him over for any obvious signs of... well, whatever it is the Malnosso might've tried.]

You all right, man?

[Voice]

[sea-king-bait.livejournal.com]

Someone tried to prank you? That's pretty mean.

[Voice]

[endgames]

Aa. Wasn't just me, from what I understand.

[Voice]

[sea-king-bait.livejournal.com]

...What did they do to you? [Blinkblink.]

[Voice]

[endgames]

Dumped a bucket of paint on me.

[Voice]

[ritacule.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they did. Somebody poured perfume all over my books. Oooh, and it's making it impossible to read anything!

[Voice]

[endgames]

Because of the smell? Or did it run through the words?

[Voice]

[ritacule.livejournal.com]

It's because of the smell, but it's everywhere. I've been trying to combine other chemicals that should lessen it, but it's on every book I own. It could take days for the smell to become tolerable.

Hey. You wouldn't happen to know who did this, would you? Because, oooooh I swear, they are seriously going to regret it if I ever find them.

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[stungunning]

[And Milly's on her way home, carrying a nice big bag of groceries home... and shouldering an enormous stungun.]

Oh my, you'd better be careful carrying that or you might just throw your back out!

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[endgames]

[...why do so many women feel the need to carry such freaking huge weapons. On that note, why are they all monstrously stronger than he is?]

Ha... At this point? It's almost tempting. [He sets the book down on a bench.] It'd make a good excuse to leave it here, anyways.

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[stungunning]

Well that's not the right sort of attitude to have! My Big Big Sister says that if you're going to do a job you ought to do it properly, and anyway, it would be bad for this lovely big book if you left it here and it rained before you could take it home.

[Shifts the aforementioned freaking huge weapon more firmly on her shoulder.]

If you want some help, I can carry it for you.

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[capital-justice.livejournal.com]

Then it happened to multiple people. [Damn pranksters.] Whomever it was tried to prank me, as well.

[Voice]

[endgames]

Seems to be the case. Belated April Fools gag, I guess.

[Voice]

[capital-justice.livejournal.com]

We all probably should have expected something like this. It's not as if Luceti is void of pranksters.

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[falenandawn]

They got me. Though I'm fairly sure I know who did it.

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[endgames]

[Oho. Is that so?]

Yeah? What'd they do to you?

[They as in 'more than one', because it had to have been. Running into Mikado yesterday, and talking to Frey now, he has his own suspicions. Then again, a lot of the pranks just seemed to be on people at random too.]

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[falenandawn]

Dyed my hair brown. I think they put something else in my shampoo, though, seeing as how it stuck every which way for a good while. [once the glue washed out, though, Frey was again thrown for a loop at how much Roy and he looked alike.]

Did they get everyone from the our squad in the last fight?