Man, what a drag...

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Yo, LeLouch (and I guess anyone out there)--if you haven't seen these yet:
This explains quite a lot of things.
Connected with this.

But if there's a way in, and it was a mistake... and abnormalities like this... means there's also a way out, yeah? At the same time, kinda makes you wonder if it's really worth the effort.

Anyway, I just realized that I should prolly get better clothes since the weather's gettin colder and stuff. What a pain.

Sasuke, I was gonna take you up on your offer today when I thought I ran into you. But 'you' turned out to be some kinda amnesiac version instead. Kept callin himself 'Drake'.

Forewarnin if people didn't know yet--looks like the abnormalities mentioned might mean runnin into someone you know, except that person doesn't even know him- or herself.

Well, put that way, I suppose it's just a a little more abnormal than the usual. Just a little.

[OOC: Crossover event, go! AD!Shikamaru ran into ES!Sasuke-"DRAKE" this morning (per assumption). Anyway, for any Adstringendum players who didn't know, I play Fugue (an OC), ES!Naruto-"SASUKE", and ES!Byakuya-"HAKUTEIKEN", so if any of your characters wanna hit me up, you can leave me an OOC comment on this post or check out my other contact info. XD Looking forward to interacting with everyone!!!]

Heard that Naruto's back, and he doesn't remember being here before. So if that's the case, kinda makes you wonder where the other Naruto went.

When people disappear, do we assume that they went back to the time and place that they came from? Then again, since we all wound up here, who's to say that people who disappear don't wind up in another time-space compression world?

Heh, at least this place is its own kind of puzzle.

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Speakin of puzzles, there's something I'm supposed to resolve with someone. Been sittin on it and thinkin for a while now. But I think it's about time I pay someone a visit where walls don't necessarily have ears.

Heh. A lot goes by in a week's time--took me a while just to catch up.

Sorry if I seemed awfully anti-social last week since I was blind. What a drag. Good thing I had a little storage of food just in case somethin happened. Gotta hand it to Skyler for showin me around way back when I first arrived.

Oh yeah.

Thanks for the puzzle.

[ooc: Sorry for my absence. Anyway, if anyone wants to log or anything (first time our characters would meet each other, etc), I'm all for it--either leave me an OOC comment, or hit me up on AIM tenthdivisioner.]

Was thinkin' 'bout bein' here. Not that it's a bad place, y'know? At least, once y'get used t'things.

Still, what I know issat bein' in a place like this kinda gets in the way of the kindsa dreams I had for th'future. Well, I guess mine aren't too bad, actually. Jus' that if they happen 'round here, I wasn't expecting it, and what if somethin' decompresses, an' I wind up back at home? That'd really be a shame. But I know that there're some people here who can't achieve the dreams that they left behind, an' that really sucks for them.

Sorta like, y'know... bein' Hokage. Can't happen in a place like this. And maybe people from other worlds want things that can't happen in a place like this, too.

But if anyone doesn't mind sharin', just thought I'd open the lines and let'ya all know yer not alone.

Thanks for your offers--someone's lettin me stay at their place. Seems like a small group. It's peaceful enough, and that's important to me.

[The PCD's mic had very conveniently clicked on. In the background are voices of the scene that Shika doesn't want anyone to know he's hearing... The scene is cited if you'd like to check it out: Asuma's death (ch.326, p.12-END of chapter)]
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[VOICE] Test, test... Hn. I think I got it. [/VOICE]

Some kinda communications device. Messy place we've got here.

Guess it's not that hard to find out what's going on when people openly explain it.

Looks like I'm not the only one from where I come from.

Just so you all know, I don't want any trouble here. Enemy or not doesn't have any importance; just calling a truce or neutrality cuz it's too much trouble otherwise.

[PRIVATE] And with a bit of fiddling, something like this probably could be done, too. With a little more, people probably could hide messages from each other. [/PRIVATE]

Please REMOVE this journal from your friends--it is no longer in use for apurgatorium.

Medea has sent Shikamaru back to his home world. Sorry to all those who have been affected, but he still cares about his friends and will somehow send presents back to Purgatorium.

If he's had a good encounter with your character either in logs or comments in the Purgatorium network, I might plan on having your character find a little something form Shikamaru--possibly brought over by the gods.

Otherwise... say good-bye to Shikamaru, and it was great playing him.

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Guess I gotta take care of a couple o'things, k? Nothin' bad--jus' sendin' out a package n' doin' an errand fer a friend, y'know?

I'll be right back. Promise.

[PRIVATE: to FF7!Tifa//UNHACKABLE]

Hey, boss. I've gotta big favor t'ask of ya.

I'm sure I've saved up a good deal o'money since workin' fer ya. I'd like to rent yer entire cafe fer a whole day sometime in the future. I'm actually plannin' on settin' up some kinda party, n' it'd be really cool if ya could help me out wi'that. Issat ok?

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[OOC Notes: Shikamaru has sent a package for Elena to Shu's place. His name is written REALLY BIG on it, and the package contains some food, namely sweets like cakes and stuff, but also some decent sandwiches, a hamburger, sodas, and a protein drink that he's not sure if she'll like.

He will also be swinging by Elena's place to check up on Nathan the tonberry and see if Reno is around since the redhead has lost himself recently.]

... I've gotta agree with the guy who said that he's got better things t'think about than politics, rallies for support, n' assistance.

Neutrality's the way t'do it.

... y'know, this really sucks. It's more mendokusee than I'd originally thought.

I dunno how t'handle it. How do y'handle bein' wi'the exact same set a'people only t'see at least one a'the same people die?!? Again!?!

S'not the first time it happened, n' I'm not blamin' her. S'not her fault that she went out n' ran into somethin' like that. But s'not fair, either... that she had t'die again n' that we got there all too late.

I kinda wanna have some time alone t'clear my head a bit. Hope that's ok wit'everyone.

[OOC; At some point, this log is supposed to go to hell when Misao dies.]

[mewing in the background]

Tch. What a drag... Why can't those two make up their minds and just take care of their darn kittens? Geez...

[Lime playing with kittens in the background and telling Shika that she was worried since neither Kakashi nor Rikku was home]

... yeah, I know. But they should at least give us a warning or something' like that. Pft. They're so troublesome, those two...

D'ya know if they named 'em yet?

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Snow, eh? That was really a rarity in Konoha, what with alluv us bein' in the Fire Country n' all that... Chances of it snowin' were almost completely impossible, but ya can't completely discount it if there's even a slight possibility.

Good thing that the gods gave us some new clothes b'fore this happened. Guess I could see why now. Sometimes they could be kinda nice, but mosta the time they're pretty troublesome.

By the way, Neji--sorry that y'aren't in the most recent report. I kinda wrote that b'fore yer arrival here.

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So, the silver kitten seems t'be gettin' used t'things around here. Hopefully it'll still get along with Kakashi when they get 'em back...

Droppin' like flies, eh? Can't be too good. Still haven't cracked the mystery of where people get sent to when they disappear...







... but I guess I won't be doin' any more reports. Nah, maybe I should keep it up fer my own reference.

An' I still gotta write more memories.