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[Voice // Filtered to Katara (mid-morning)]
I think now's enough time, don't you think?

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[And during the bulk of the day...! Masaomi's forgone most of his training for today other than some things on his wrists. On his left wrist (the one that until very recently was in a cast) has a weighted bracelet on, one kilo. That way, he can work it without switching himself up too much. On his right wrist is still Katara's bracelet. He's also still rocking the Bradstache. BuT more importantly!

...He's here to flirt with girls. He hasn't done it in a while, he's in just the sort of mood where he wants to do it again. So if you're in town and a pretty girl, he's liable to go and flirt with you. If you're a dude, well then you can witness him doing it. React to him, stand there to be reacted to? There's a lot of ways you can roll this]

[Voice // Filtered to Gold and Silver (evening)]
Hey guys, let's go play some Mario Party. [Assumption being he told Shikamaru already]

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[Silver already basically said everything Gold wanted to, but...]

Yeah. Even for the sake of your plot, we don't plan on doin' the Mallies any favors.

There's a favor involved with betraying their trust in this system? Aaaah, if anything, I should be regretting it, given how considerate CJ-san was to me.

[The game's over tbh. He's not paying attention now beyond a cautionary level]

You're sounding stubborn. I didn't know you two were so paralyzed by fear.

[He's probably being too rude. Shikamaru probably knows why, and hopefully he'll catch him for it.]

Chill out. It's not fear, it's how they do things.

[General or not, he's still Masaomi's "backup". Seeing no need to make a big deal of this, Shikamaru says this plainly, even as he leans forward in his seat a little.]

The only reason you two helped on the last mission was because there were innocent civilians, right? [He looks over at them now.]

The Malnosso are troublesome bastards, I'll give you that, but there's other missions like that. Body Recovery is another type of rescue mission and Crop Security ensures everyone in an enclosure doesn't starve.

[Shikamaru is solely responsible for helping Silver bite down the worst of reactions he could have had to that, not by his capabilities and the fact that he's between him and Masaomi, but by his words.]

We'd get one shot at it. We would have a short amount of time to wake up the person if we even can, hope that they're not too disoriented, and try to get something useful out of them. [Or so he assumes. He's not incredibly knowledgeable on the missions.]

The more of us that are there, the more suspicious we'll seem. Especially Gold and I. We don't do missions. Our actions don't just speak for us. They speak for Luceti as a whole. Death, injury, and being manipulated would affect everyone that cares about us. It's a very high risk low reward situation.

Instead of thinking any of this over or taking opinions, values, and feelings other than your own into consideration, you're lashing out like some bratty, spoiled, self-serving child that can't handle hearing the word no. [...That last part might have been a little too much. ...No. It was much too little.]

[Silver's already said basically everything Gold wanted to say at that point, so he just nods along with him.]

[It's his habit, when confronted like this, to become passive aggressive. As it is, with the minigame over he decides to just look at the screen and process it a moment before he shakes his head and puts a smile on his face to look back at Silver]

I've had a very long day, sorry.

[But fine, let's move on]

You're overstating it though. Those missions are very hands off... not that you'll need to consider it, I suppose, because you're right. On the front lines, it's best if it's just myself, Shikamaru... and if we could swing it, Ino-chan would be ideal. But this world isn't built on ideals.

That said, I do have roles for you and Gold.

If we get Ino, we're borrowing her.

[He says this softly, not wanting to derail the conversation so much as leave the reminder. He's not sure if he wants his teammate in on every Scarves thing, and Masaomi should get why. For this operation, it would be perfect though.

As for those two, whatever roles Masaomi has for them he can see a problem here, at least if he wants the plan to work. But there's no point mentioning it if they still refuse, so.]

[Ino. He thinks he vaguely recalls the name from the thought clouds, but... Whatever, that's not immediately relevant, at least from where he stands now.]

...Let's hear it, then. What can the guys paralyzed by fear do for you?

[The name Ino sounds familiar. He's probably heard of her over the journal. Sounds like she's a good friend of Shikamaru. Another ninja, no doubt.]

You sure we aren't too stubborn to be able to take it on?

[Ha ha. He doesn't react to either of those, just keeping a wry sort of smile on his face. If anything, only his eyes betray him. They get a bit harder]

Positive. I need someone ready to ring Yellow-chan if necessary and to keep her quiet if necessary and as for you stubborn characters, well I think keeping track of us speaks for itself.

[...A beat] After all, once the interrogation's done, if it can be done, ensure the information isn't wiped from our memories would also be a good thing.

[Ha, yes. There'll be that, which is exactly why he'd thought of Ino earlier. Meanwhile, he wonders if Pokemon have a certain ability like summons...]

If it were to go the way I want, at best you'd only need to act as a distraction. At worst you'd be smuggling information.

[Yellow... And memories...

When... When did Masaomi learn about that? The healing is one thing, the empathy is another, but the fact that she can look at memories? Did Yellow really say that? Was it someone else? How many people even know about it?]

...I wanna keep Yellow outta this if we can help it, but I gotcha.

[Still, he looks to Silver. Gold agreed to help out Silver, but that doesn't mean Silver has to.]

I agree. Yellow-chan didn't agree to what I said. To be honest, Silver only gave me a provisional version. Ino-chan didn't and won't agree.

[Which is to say, of course, that he can trust the guy. But he doesn't want to get people like that involved more than he has to]

So, Backup, what corrections do you see?

Edited 2012-07-22 03:58 (UTC)

For starters, this plan is the sort that needs to be set-up at length. Getting so many people on the same trivial mission will stand out enough, but these two will stick out like sore thumbs with their history. They'd need to go on other missions, to set a pattern.

[That's one of the more immediate concerns that he sees. He folds his hands, and speaks to the guys in question now.] The benefits of this operation outweigh the risks, but you guys said it wasn't your thing. Rather than ease you into the idea of this, we should just address it now.

...Gathering information on the outside world won't help you get out of a cage. It will just make you crave more freedom from the cage than before.

[Head down. Look forward. Straight face. Breathe.] I have an obligation now that I didn't have when you asked me about this two weeks ago. [Two weeks ago exactly, when Shikamaru was ill, injured, and unconscious and Masaomi was about to bring him outside.] Personal issues on the matter aside, I can't go out on a mission.

[Silver's obligation... His dad...

Gold keeps quiet for now. Silver sounds like he's got this under control.]

If I was a bird, I'd agree.

[But he hums a bit] That's fair though, Silver.

[Two weeks ago? Masaomi, your timing kinda sucks.

Also Silver, remind him to never let you talk to Neji. Damn caged bird metaphors.]

If you can't do it, you can't do it.

[There's nothing to hold against Silver, but there's also no point explaining something to someone who's unwilling. That leaves Gold.]

Which counts you out too.

[Because he has no doubt Gold would do it if Silver had somehow agreed. Just the final nail in the coffin.]

[There's some very visible relief in his overall body language. Thanks for not pushing it, Masaomi. He keeps quiet, though. It's Gold's time to talk.]

I've got my own reasons not to go, but they're reasons all the same. I agreed to help you, but this is somethin' I won't do.

Maaah... [He exhales here. He looks at the screen a moment. They're back to the turn order. He hums and then shrugs] He's hoping I learn something with this, in that case.

[So long as it's not the wrong lessons. Shikamaru shifts back in his seat, sinking into the bean bag chair again.]

[Learn something? Yeah. Maybe a couple of somethings. But he's not the "learn something, Masaomi" police here, so he's pretty content to slink back into his seat and be relieved that he and Gold are at least on the same page, if nothing else.]

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