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[its_troublesome]

[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

Comments

[Private]

[markofthewise]

Yup. Looks like you caught me. [Course, he's always there.]

Want to pick up something?

[Private]

[its_troublesome]

Not today. I might make an order later. [It didn't take long to figure out who might have made those flash bombs for Katara. 8|]

For now, there's just something I need you to take care of really quick. I'll be there to show you in a minute.

[Private] that is not the right icon LJ

[markofthewise]

[Hey now, he can't supply you with stuff to one up Katara, now can he?]

Right. Well, just let me know when you're there.

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[its_troublesome]

[It won't take long. Shikamaru had already been trekking through town on his way back to CH1 at the time, so it only takes him a few minutes before he's walking through the smithy's doors.]

Knock, knock.

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[markofthewise]

[He glances up from what he's doing and nods.]

Hey Shikamaru. So, what's up?

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[its_troublesome]

[Shikamaru walks over, his journal in hand and turning towards the copy of the villain list in his book. He holds it out in front of him, so Sokka can see what he's talking about.]

I need you to fix the filter on this. There's a guy on this list who went home and came back. To make a long story short, he was able to see the list somehow.

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[markofthewise]

Really?

[He frowns and looks over the filter. Okay, grabbing his own version now and he'll mess with it a bit.]

... I guess these filters break when a person goes home. Makes sense, I've seen it before. But they don't just fix themselves, either. [If it did, someone like Alexei wouldn't be able to see it either.]

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[its_troublesome]

How troublesome. [He takes back his journal to look over the list of names.] The filters can be fixed, sure, but this might as well be a list of potential allies for anyone that leaves and comes back able to find it.

[Not to mention villains who've never been in Luceti.]

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[markofthewise]

[... yeah, he's got a point.]

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...

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[its_troublesome]

Probably. Or it will soon. [No maybes on that.]

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.

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[markofthewise]

Or just get rid of it completely. They can't use it if it doesn't exist.

[Besides, where is he going to find someone to take over it on short notice?]

[Action]

[its_troublesome]

Kinda late for that. It's been passed around the journals too many times by now for it to completely go away.

[Funny how he knows that.]

[Action]

[markofthewise]

... point. Well, you got any ideas, then?

[Shikamaru always struck Sokka as being reasonably intelligent.]

[Action]

[its_troublesome]

...the sooner it's passed on, the better, right?

[Action]

[markofthewise]

Well, with this kind of stuff happening... I guess so.

[Action]

[its_troublesome]

[He nods. That about settles it, then.]

I can take it.