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011 -- [Voice || Action]
Here's a question. If you're in hell and you get pissed off at somebody, where do you tell them to go to?
[In before Luceti.]
[Shikamaru's been a busy guy lately. There's been a lot of details to go over with the draft, as well as outlining strategies, and there's still more to come. A question un-battle related seemed like a good distraction.
But duty calls, and he can only put it off for so long.]
[Filtered to the Shifter Hunting Squad || 100% Unhackable]
In case I missed anyone at the meeting, we're getting in some practice tomorrow. Come prepared; we'll meet at the barracks around noon.
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[...someone else is getting a more personal invite, though that's not going to be the only thing they discuss. He's put off talking to her long enough, as it is. So Temari, if you're home, there's an idiot knocking on your door again.]
[ooc: by the magic of bending time and space, anyone from the Shifter Hunting group on the draft will have met Shikamaru at the meeting at the barracks. Anyone who's seriously interested about being a reserve member is included in this too. I'll have a free-for-all log up later where the team can interact with each other for the first time, though that can also be assumed if you have no time to tag.]
[In before Luceti.]
[Shikamaru's been a busy guy lately. There's been a lot of details to go over with the draft, as well as outlining strategies, and there's still more to come. A question un-battle related seemed like a good distraction.
But duty calls, and he can only put it off for so long.]
[Filtered to the Shifter Hunting Squad || 100% Unhackable]
In case I missed anyone at the meeting, we're getting in some practice tomorrow. Come prepared; we'll meet at the barracks around noon.
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[...someone else is getting a more personal invite, though that's not going to be the only thing they discuss. He's put off talking to her long enough, as it is. So Temari, if you're home, there's an idiot knocking on your door again.]
[ooc: by the magic of bending time and space, anyone from the Shifter Hunting group on the draft will have met Shikamaru at the meeting at the barracks. Anyone who's seriously interested about being a reserve member is included in this too. I'll have a free-for-all log up later where the team can interact with each other for the first time, though that can also be assumed if you have no time to tag.]
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[It's not like any of his other questions could've been better - not without jumping straight into the draft discussions and he's not sure if they can actually do that at this point. "How've you been" was the safest one, all things considered.]
Look, about what happened. [He sighs.] Could we just sweep it under the rug?
[Because you didn't have much respect for him before this. Why would you after?]
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Right. Because forgetting what they did to her is best. Forgetting that he must have absolutely no respect left for her is gonna fly. She's been so pissed off she can hardly function since this ended and he wants to sweep it under the rug.
Like. Hell.]
No.
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[Shikamaru wishes just once they could do things the easy way. He should know by now that it won't happen - not with her in the equation.]
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Now she doesn't even know what to say.
Excuse her while she abruptly turns away and walks further into the apartment. She's going to be comfortable for this not-conversation they're having and that means sitting down on the damned couch.]
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He's not going to be one to comment first. But he's waiting.]
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They messed with my mind. Again.
[She's a ninja. Trained to figure out and combat deceit. And she just. keeps. falling for it.]
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...though her answer makes him quiet for another reason entirely. Much as he doesn't know where they stand right now, he's sorry she had to have that happen to her again.]
Seems to be a favorite tactic of theirs. Not just for you, either.
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...long story short, I think we can agree that we were both manipulated into doing things we wouldn't normally do, right?
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That's the thing, though, isn't it? How often have we trained against that very thing?
[Please don't think less of me for falling for it so many times.]
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Tch. Most of our lives, I'll admit that. But even back home there were people that could do the same thing. We just didn't have to deal with them like this. We can't hold that against us.
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Would you sit down? You're making me want to pace.
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He frowns, but nods, flopping himself down on the other end of the couch.]
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They made me so... happy.
[Bastards.]
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[He picks at the fabric of his pants, not meeting her eyes. A little more solemnly he adds:] I've never liked a girl that way before.
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I think we can safely say that this was definitely a first in a lot of ways.
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So we can agree on that, and that the Malnosso are assholes. [He counts the two points off his fingers.] So what about the rest of it?
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... I wouldn't know where to start.
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Even so, he can still understand why it has to be done.] But if we're doing this, we gotta start somewhere. I guess the first thing to ask is if this is going to be a problem when we have to work together.
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... She's still pissed at him for avoiding her, though.]
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Only if you start slacking off while you're reminiscing about the good times.
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Yeah, looking away again. He's a coward and he knows it, but he wishes he had better reasons for it.
He's quick to react though.] Tch. Don't worry. If I start to feel my mind wandering, I'll just remind myself about how much I hate waiting for the Malnosso to fix the walls in my apartment.
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Eh. Speaking of... sorry about that. [And by that, she means all of it.]
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