Damn it, this is not the end of the world [strikes are private]

[lazycloudgazer]

She's gone home. 
I think she's gone home, I can't find her or her journal anywhere. To top it off, Dad's gone too. Just when you need 'im. Typical.
Of course I'm happy for her, I mean, she's found a way out of this nightmare and she's probably with her brothers again and her me and everything's fine and all that...
Except I'm still here. And she's

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[goggleboy03]

You can have as many as you want. I know what you're going through. Sorry I can't offer any other help.

[lazycloudgazer]

Thanks man.

[goggleboy03]

No problem. I'm by the kitchen, if you want them now.

[revivifying]

...Shikamaru?

[lazycloudgazer]

Yeah?

[bantam_bandit]

Cancer sticks cancer sticks cancer sticks cancer sticks smoking is dumb, don't let a girl get you down like this.

Be a man.

[lazycloudgazer]

What is it with women thinking I'm a pansy? Thanks for the encouragement, I think, but I'm fine now. Things have sorted themselves out.

One question though: who are you?

[bantam_bandit]

The name's Toph Beifong. Heir to the Beifong estate and resident video game princess.

Nice to meetcha.

[lazycloudgazer]

Can't say I've heard of the Beifong estate.

Nara Shikamaru. Likewise.