[Appointment Post]

[dangerouswind]

Need to thread with Temari? Here's the place for phone calls and action threads that don't require a post to themselves. Please note [action] or [voice] and the date in the subject line.

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written; october 19th

[breezing]

[ Well, Shikamaru didn't say "don't tell her I told you so", so surely that's something she can reveal, right? Ikki's dilemma doesn't take more than a few seconds to go over. After all, even if it was some sort of ninja secret Temari is also a ninja and therefore allowed to know ninja secrets. ]

Dear Temari,

I asked Shikamaru! He also said I should give it an eyepatch so I did. Shikamaru is nice and smart and fun and strong and plays with me sometimes! He is one of my favourite friends!

Love,
Ikki

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

[Suspicion confirmed. As if she really had to think about it.]

So Shikamaru put you up to this? [Well, if that's true and it probably is, there's probably no harm in it.

She'd definitely hear from Shikamaru if she didn't go along with it. And he calls her troublesome.] I get to ask a question first, though. You called Sokka your uncle; you know Katara, then.

Now, what question do you want answered first?

written; october 19th

[breezing]

[ since Temari drops the format, she does, too. ]

Well, he said it would be nice to ask you instead of him telling me things and then he wouldn't tell me anything and said it was a moral lesson. [ She wasn't about to argue the point, either. ]

Yep!! Katara is my grandmother except from seventy years before when I'm from. I live with Katara and grandpa and Uncle Sokka and Aunt Toph and Uncle Roku and Momo and Appa and Hawky and Petunia and Soren!

[ Aw man. She has to pick? ]

Which ninja village are you from?

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

[Temari has no use for format.

Also, she not even asking about the seventy year thing or touching that list of names. Good Lord, Ikki, but she's kinda glad she's not hearing this. She might start worrying about you breathing sometime.]

Suna. There's no one else from my village here right now.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

[ Ikki is a breathmaster in the sense that she can get every last inch of air to carry a million words. No, that doesn't have to make sense. ]

Which land is that in? I know there's one for each of the elements and then an extra one.

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

[Temari would actually be a little impressed by that -- and probably somewhat worried as well.]

It's the Land of Wind. [Okay, airbender. She's waiting for the parallels you're going to try to draw.]

written; october 19th

[breezing]

What's it like there?? Do you use lots of wind jutsu? I'm an airbender, so what I do is kind of like that but not really!!! I live on Air Temple Island back home which is kinda similar don't you think?

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

I specialize in wind jutsu. I take it Lee told you about different jutsu.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

He explained a bit, and I have seen people use jutsu before!

What is your village like?

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

[Well, on the one hand, she doesn't have to explain anything. On the other, learn to shut up sometimes, Lee.]

It's in the desert. Some people think it's boring but I think it's gorgeous.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

[ Lee could use a gag order of some sort, probably. ]

I've never seen a real desert before! What did it look like??

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

[... Now she has to describe the desert? How to even...]

It has a lot of sand. Tell you want, look up some pictures in the library. That will give you a better idea than a few words in a journal.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

Will you draw me a picture??

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

[... Hell no.] Just look it up. You'll find better pictures than I can draw.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

I bet that's not true!!

Hey, if you're from a different village from everyone else, how did you meet?

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

The villages gather for training and exams. [Better to be vague than to talk about how she was actually an enemy first. It's not the proudest moment of her life, seeing as how she spent most of that time absolutely uncertain of herself.] Shikamaru and I fought.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

You fought for training?

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

More like an exhibition match.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

How did it end? Did you win?

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

... Well. That's a long story, but I guess I did.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

I don't mind long stories!

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

It's kind of boring. It was pretty much a draw.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

But you just said you won!

written; october 19th

[dangerouswind]

Because he gave up. Like I said, pretty much a draw.

written; october 19th

[breezing]

He gave up? Why????