There's not a lot of good hills around here. Anyone else find that annoying? You gotta go out past the village if you want to find a good one; the rest of the place is about as flat as a pancake. Or you have to... huh. [Not even focused on the journal anymore:] Pancakes sound good.

[...aaand the journal shuts. THERE WAS A POINT THERE, THOUGH. He'll come back to it. ...eventually.

In the meantime, Shikamaru will quite literally be anywhere and everywhere at some point in the village today. Originally, the plan was just to stop by the store and maybe sneak by House 15 like a ninja, figuring he could use some fresh air anyways oh right. He's gotten a little... distracted since then, however. Namely by anything that moves - and then things that don't move. There's a lot of things. Also clouds.

Kudos to anyone who can hold a conversation with him for longer than two minutes. It's a difficult thing to do with someone who suddenly has the attention span of a small child.]

[The sun's just starting to set when Shikamaru makes his way out of the woods, back from his whatever mallynappings are in this AU unintentional vacation out there. What exactly happened is still blurry (disturbing enough when you have an eidetic memory), but hey. He came back from it at least. Not everyone does that.

Not wanting to draw much attention to himself, and unsure of how long he was even gone, Shikamaru avoids running into anybody on his way to House 19, climbing up a tree and into his room through a window instead of using the door. Only then does he open his journal, looking to get caught up on things-]

[Accidental Voice]

Oi, what happened to all of my shit? 

[Seems like he missed a lot after all, judging from the empty room.

Much later, after getting back up to speed on things, he throws up a filter.]

( [Filtered to fellow Ninja Gang members || 100% Unhackable] )
[Once that's taken care of and he's checked in with everyone else (he'll stop by Noel's in particular, if he doesn't talk to her over the journals first. Sanji's house is a stop along the way too now so he can pick up his stuff, as Chouji apparently found it and brought it over there), it's time for serious gang business. Loitering. In absence of a gas station, the grocery store is where it's at. Oh, and maybe he'll actually step inside and stock some shelves/do his job while he's at it too. That might be good.

...even if he's feeling just a little weird now.]

( OOC - cut for notes on mallynap effect: ninja pranking )

[Forward-dated to early Tuesday morning - Unfortunately for you, Luceti, the paperweight Shikamaru usually keeps on his journal seems to have been knocked off during the night. If he knew, he might apologize for the BLARING alarm clock as it goes off at six in the morning.

But he doesn’t, so instead you get complaining.]

Nn… again? Forgot I set the thing… [BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. And a sigh. He could get up and get it. It’s annoying enough that he considers! But… it’s also a whole five feet away. Is that much effort worth it this early in the morning?]

How troublesome. [APPARENTLY NOT. He opts to instead bury his head under his pillow and go back to sleep.

But fear not. Lazy geniuses may not be so genius when they have to wake up early in the morning, but a certain dangerouswind of his is troublesome no matter what time it is. That ringing will probably last no more than a minute or two before getting cut off loudly. And violently.]




[…MUCH LATER. After a trek in his pj’s through the snow: a secret transmission from the restaurant.]

[Filtered from Temari || 100% Unhackable]

…I need clothes. Preferably something warmer than pajamas. Shoes would be nice. I’d offer something in return, but money’s out for obvious reasons, and it’s not like I have much else to offer. [Long pause. He’s desperate enough.] But by all means – if anyone else can think of something, I’m all ears at this point.

[He’ll offer Chouji’s cooking if he has to. Okay, and maybe he’ll do something himself. He’s going to regret this, isn’t he.]

[ooc: First response is obviously reserved |D IT'S ALL GOOD]