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[Shikamaru and Masaomi have tag-teamed to procure the items. Their quest begins later on, as they allowed for a number of days for preparation and quietly looking around/enjoying the sights before then.

At Shikamaru's suggestion, the first days of the scavenger hunt are spent in observation rather than gathering items. CJ let it drop there was a five day allotment and that they had to keep the items the entire time; waiting just seemed smart.

So they get started on the second to last day. At the Space Opera they have some Tang and trade something that is distinctly not Tang for some ray guns. For the robot, they found something even more effective than an off switch. Who knew flights of stairs would be so deadly?

From there they swipe a jetpack and head to the Shogunate. Neither one of them are manly enough to take on a samurai in pitched combat, so they resort the theft. Or rather Hidan does. While the angry samurai are off looking for him, they'll meet and greet some kappa. Masaomi uses the powers of meta to get the water from their heads.

In Gangland, they dress up some energy drinks as booze in exchange for the tommy guns. While the gangsters there are distracted by that, Linda uses the powers of attraction to get some studebaker keys.

At The Nile, having caught on to the priest's weakness to cute things, they take advantage of small children for the daggers. They face the traps for the treasure with the powers of Rube Goldberg.

The Ice Age is last. Their grand plan to defeat a smilodon?? ...feed it. The cavemen going to war, meanwhile, are happy to exchange their bone spears for the retractable spears Hidan Shikamaru has for them. With little time left until the scavenger hunt ends, the rest is a popcorn fest.

Threads for seeing them pull off any of these ten capers or being involved in them are first-come, first-serve (put the item in the subject head or body of the reply if you want) but if you want to just encounter them in the periods between any of them in any zone or after they complete them all, hanging out somewhere... maybe even run into them while lost in C1 if they're at their apartment, those are unlimited. As this is a joint post, all replies will be from Masaomi and Shikamaru (endgames)]

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[Over in the Ice Age because I realized that would be easier to thread, this task is perhaps the simplest even if it requires the most patience. Getting the Smilodon teeth comes first; you have to wait for them to come to you for what he has planned.

They've probably been waiting for nearly an hour, but it's paying off now. From the safety of a niche made in a cave wall, he can spot two smilodons approaching the large slabs of meat left on the ice.]

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Jeeez, we should have used a living animal. They must not be scavengers.

[He mutters this, his teeth chattering a bit. This is too cold]

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A living animal won't work.

[Shikamaru rests his chin against his knees as he says this, hands tucked under his arms.]

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Yeah, yeah, I get the plan. Even so.

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Just keep an eye out. A smaller one is apt to be a scavenger. With that smell, it won't be much longer. I have faith your ass won't freeze off before that approaching time.

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I'm more concerned about my gibblets. And what about you, do ninja have antifreeze for blood or something?

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As if. The Land of Fire never gets snow, much less anything like this. That's why I complain about the cold so much...

[Usually. Shikamaru adjusts the scarf he threw on earlier. He's apathetic at the moment.]

My old man told me the Land of Iron is snowy like this almost year-round, though. Maybe samurai fare better.

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So aren't you cold now, all things considered?

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Point?

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That your ass is going to freeze first.

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[Shikamaru smiles a not-quite-smile and turns his attention back to the meat on the ice.]

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[Good man. He settles into a little shrug and then turns his attention back too]

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We'll give it another hour. [Hopefully they won't have to wait that long; he can see something poking it's head out from the rocks over there. Now it just needs to come this way.] If we don't get what we need by then, I'll send you to make the trade for the spears.

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Whaaat, I'm going solo into that camp? [He says this in a faux-whiny voice]

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You have Linda.

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She's not super helpful for negotiations, you know.

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You have an hour to train her in the art, if one of those animals doesn't show. Those guys aren't going to be around long after that.

[Cavemen vs. astronauts. What a weird war.]

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[Sigh. He then takes out the pokeball to send Linda out. ...Who immediate starts shivering after she appears in the flash of red light and then scrambles back to her ball, pushes the button, and sucks back in. Masaomi, for his part, looks shocked]

...Well then.

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[Beat.]

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[Okay, that was funny. He snickers quietly.]

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She's totally got the right idea. [POUT]

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Why do you think I saved this for last?

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It might have been better first, so I could forget it. [As he hugs his arms about himself]

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But we needed the jetpack from the space place for the Shougunate, and that absolutely couldn't have been postponed longer than it was.

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Yeah, I get that much. Even so... Saaaah...

[SIGH. come on small tiger]