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Meeting tonight, at sundown. [What about goes without saying - most of them should know already.] Fourth floor's kitchen. Try not to pull a Kakashi.

[And thus starts off the long to-do-list of Shikamaru's day. The filter goes up in the morning, giving - hopefully - everyone time to see it.

He's decided he needs to talk to Naruto before then. On his way out the building he'll stop by his apartment, or send another filter off to him if he's not around. With everything going on he would be surprised. After he's tracked him down, it's off to the other side of the village to find Tony Stark at his casa, to hand over a project he's been working on for the last several nights. Playing delivery boy again, ugh. No notice this time, though. He's acting like a functional human being again, but he's not up for the sarcastic banter. Once he's done there, it's over to the school to find Katara in the thirty minute window he has after classes let out. Apologies are an order.

Specific things attended to... wow, without Masaomi around this week, he has a lot of time on his hands, huh. Well okay. He goes off to the forest with a bag of coconuts of all things and lines them up at head level when he finds a good spot to sit them for tanto practice - or more precisely: strength training. He's never used his short sword much. The one time he did, he wasn't strong enough with it to do as he intended, so he should work on that now.

And okay, surely by then the sun will be going down... or okay, nope. With a few hours to kill, somehow he winds up at the Seventh Heaven restaurant. In part because he figures it could be a good place to drop off some of the coconuts, and also because he realizes on the way over he hasn't actually eaten yet. Or done much of anything this past week, besides getting Asuma up to speed about Luceti, or working on various projects.

Sooo. Might be nodding off there at the restaurant. Might be napping after he eats, if he doesn't get kicked out for it. SITTING DOWN WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA. Fine, he'll pose a random pointless question to the masses, maybe that'll keep him occupied.]

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Wonder why they call this place Luceti. Seems like a dumb name. Does it even mean anything?

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[The way he goes about saying that, like he knows Ragna, only brings up a feeling of recognition to Ragna. It's a weird feeling it, and makes him shut up for a few moments, trying to place it.

... Oh.] No, I'm saying that because there's no point in wasting time thinking about it. That's just icing on the cake.

[Well, he does have a point there.]

I wasn't that interested in the first place.

[Of course he has a point. He always has points!!!!!]

Then why bother asking? Just that damn bored?

[Sword points don't count!!!]

Yup. [Or exhausted.] Really hit the nail on the head there.

[Yes they do!!!!!!]

You could've at least put the effort to think of something better, if that's the case.

Too troublesome. You do it.

You're the one who wanted to asked stupid questions.

Incorrect. I wanted a conversation starter.

[His plan worked a little too perfectly.]

A conversation about what? Luceti's deep and mysterious hidden meanings?

[Damn right it did.]

Sure, that, whatever. [So enthused.] So long as there's words.

So it's that kind of boredom. The lazy kind.

[Ass. He's been working all day. The last THREE days. Can his journal capture his glare...]

[Hey, why would Ragna know about that or care? It's not his business.] What?

[Sigh.] Nothing. I don't care.

I really don't understand you. [This kid!!!]

You're not supposed to. [We don't know each other. Not really.] You pick a topic. If you think you can do that much better.

[He's not even saying that to be an ass. Contrary to his thoughts, and even though so many false memories are faded, he has a vague enough idea of what Ragna is like to know that if he wants to get him to talk, he needs to make it worth his while. So a stupid challenge for you.]

[Ragna has mostly forgotten everything he ever knew about this kid, but at the same time, what was left only gave him a vague understanding of how he works. And it's not even that good of a vague understanding. Doesn't help that Ragna's bad at reading people most of the time.]

It's not like I have a list of topics readily available at all times. [Groan. He should give this a shot, he supposes.] How about that... dome?

Not a fan of the place. You?

[Ragna started a conversation!!!!]

Why wouldn't I be? It's the only place I can kick the crap out of things.

[Gold star, Ragna. Gold star.]

I hear you can do other things there now, besides fight.

Can you really? [How much he pays attention. Not a dime.] Why would you need to use it for anything else?

[Why is he supposed to care, he doesn't use it at all. 8|]

Some people like a change in scenery.

Seems pointless. It's just all fake.

Like the guys you fight in there.

At least I can hone my skills. There's a complete difference in sight-seeing and training.

[Such as:] One isn't useless.

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