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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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[Shikamaru takes out another glass, and puts the first away with a lid on it to keep it safe.]

Just gonna leave that part blank?

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[...Maybe they could split that one cup. Would that be cheating?]

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There are stories of kappa having kidnapped children and drowned people, but given that the creatures themselves are legends, how much stock you put in those tales is up to you.

[Aha, there's another one over there...]

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[He hums. And decides he doesn't care much, if it's not immediately going to effect them.]

They won't be around for long. Thanks.

[WELP. Let's go then. Whether elsewhere or towards that other Kappa. They probably could split the water.]

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[Masaomi gets in line behind shikamaru. Lead on, my man, lead on]

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There's also more than one way to deal with them.

[Gai is already heading over towards that other kappa... will they follow him?]

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[Siiigh.] How's that?

[...asking Masaomi first, actually, because bros.]

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Well... they like cucumbers and they're allergic to a few other things I forget, depending on the story. They're also usually really fond of challenges - sumo, shogi, the like. So just set up a clever enough challenge they can't win and the politeness tends to win out, I imagine.

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Yeah. But there's still one more thing you can do.

[Gai's close to the kappa now; it turns around to speak to him, and when it does, he grabs its arm and tugs...

... and the arm pops right off like a doll's, much to the kappa's seeming annoyance. Surprisingly enough, it doesn't seem to be injured by this at all.]

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[Injured or not, the look that swings from the kappa to Gai is a cold one, and there's a tic in his jaw.]

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[...Oh, huh. Masaomi arches an eyebrow at this, hoping the kappa, well, beats him up with the three remaining limbs]

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[Gai is well aware of the looks he's probably getting right now, but chooses to ignore them in favor of saying a few inaudible words to the kappa while he grabs his own jar with his free hand.

He holds it out, the kappa obligingly tilts its head enough to let some water pour into it, and once he's satisfied he has enough, he simply hands the arm back. The disgruntled-looking kappa just... reattaches it, looking none the worse for wear despite all of this.]

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[Shikamaru's not apt to have stuck around that long for that, angry enough to leave without even a word to Masaomi. He trusts he'll figure it out fast enough and know where to follow.]

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[Oh no, he did. Later Gai]

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[Fine by him, since he got what he came for anyway, as did they.]