ximilia - inbox

[mendo]

// 桂 (kei)

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XIMILIA

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it's bc i've made a nest here. like an angry crow.

[blackfire]

Distribute them as you see fit to those that need them.

I did not expect you would keep them for yourself. We are shinobi.

（ starvation is the least of all the deaths they may endure, living the life they have. ）

when in reality the only actual crow allowed here is ita-kun

[mendo]

Oh, I get it.

I didn't realize I've become your errand boy.

[ he's teasing. ]

ita-kun is the best crow

[blackfire]

That's the point of genjutsu, generally.

（ look, he's learned what shikamaru's teasing looks like, and has now formulated his strategic response.

it's just that he's

rusty at it. ）

ita-kun is the cutiest crow

[mendo]

[ ig there's possible points for effort

even though there remains vast room for improvement. ]

You already gave me Ita-kun. I think that's enough.

[ he isn't calling him out for ""-ing too much but he is calling him out for ""-ing too much. ]

oh my god

[blackfire]

I — what?

（ congrats, shikamaru is the first person to personally override itachi's immaculate thought-to-text pipeline, so he gets genuine fucking bafflement. ）

eheheh

[mendo]

[ #nailedit ]

You already gave me Ita-kun. [ yeah, he isn't gonna help. itachi will get there on his own, he's sure. ]

[blackfire]

You named my summon.

（ excuse??? him??? ）

[mendo]

You didn't.

[blackfire]

Summons, generally, have names of their own. It isn't our place to give them one.

[mendo]

He seems okay with Ita-kun though. Maybe I got it right.

[blackfire]

She.

[mendo]

Ah.

It should have been Ita-chan. My bad.

[ u n f a z e d ]

[blackfire]

Please do not get attached to my crow. I cannot summon them on the station.

[mendo]

I wouldn't ask you to.

There's no need for you to track me on the ship after all.

[blackfire]

You are treating my summon like a pet.

I am communicating that I cannot facilitate this attachment on the Ximilia due to the restrictions on our jutsu.

Furthermore, I do not need a crow to track you. It simply makes it easier.

[mendo]

More a companion than a pet.
I'm not going to become attached, so you have nothing to worry about.

And I'm aware. You don't have to state the obvious.

[blackfire]

（ he may not be good at picking up on sarcasm and humour, but he is aware that shikamaru's tone has shifted — inasmuch as tone can shift via text.

so there is a long moment. then: ）

If what I have said or done has given you cause to believe I doubt your competency, I apologize.

I am... not accustomed to being openly allied with shinobi from Konoha.

[mendo]

This is new to me too.

[...]

You're going to have to learn, so relax a little.

[blackfire]

I expect I'll find learning less difficult than relaxing.

（ humour......... ）

[mendo]

You seem pretty fine relaxing around your wife.

[blackfire]

Did you expect differently from a spy?

[mendo]

It's a little freaky.

[blackfire]

I've had considerable practice.

[mendo]

Then all that's left now is for you to practice it outside of espionage.

[blackfire]

They say when you die, you take your personality to the grave.

I'm not sure that manner of change is possible for me now.