Favorite Past Times

[cloudgazingdeer]

It had been a while since Shikamaru had enjoyed an afternoon this nice. He had gone over a bunch of old Shogi games, hence the board laying beside his head and opened book entitled "Master Shogi Matches". He was laying on a grassy hill not far from the school. It was a Saturday, so no classes, but his mother had been driving him insane so he had

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[cloudgazingdeer]

Shikamaru blinks, looking over at Anko and nodding. "Yeah, I know. He gave this one to me. Mine was too beat up to use anymore, so." He shrugs, putting out his cigarette by grinding it into the dirt under the tree he was by.

[cloudgazingdeer]

Shikamaru shrugs with a sigh. "Asuma's good, that's for sure. He hasn't beaten me yet though. Once I learned the rules, the game just... kind of came naturally. The only person I've never beat... is my dad, actually." He looks up at the clouds again, smiling slightly.

[bonemaro]

*Has come to the hill to practice painting the scenery of the land. He's brought a small kit of watercolours and a sketchbook but was surprised to see someone else there.*

Hello there *smiles*

[cloudgazingdeer]

Shikamaru looks over blinking a moment. "Hey... Kimimaro-san, right?" He sighs, sitting up and looking out over the view. This place was pretty nice....

[bonemaro]

*He smiles wider, happy that Shikamaru remembers him* Yes that's me.

What are you doing here?~

[cloudgazingdeer]

Shikamaru shrugs. "Enjoying a day off, trying to hide from my shrew of a mother. You?" He watches Kimi, having nothing else to do at the moment except to keep dragging on his ciggie.

[boaring]

-flops down next to him-
I still don't get what's so great about that game.

[cloudgazingdeer]

Shikamaru shrugs, taking another drag as he watches the clouds. "It's the mental challenge of it, the rush of your strategies being turned against your opponents and seeing it win, or the despair as you fail. The constant flow of give and take."

[boaring]

Why don't you show me instead?

Surely it can't be that difficult to teach the basics at least, Shikamaru-sensei~

[cloudgazingdeer]

Shikamaru twitches, raising an eyebrow at her as he nods slowly. "Alright... I suppose I can do that...." As he slowly sets up the board, he explains the names of the pieces, and how each of them moves.