Like Snickers

[endgames]

Who: Anyone from this list.
What: A meeting
When: November 15th, anytime between 6-10 PM
Where: The Rec Center
Summary: Several people have received simple, written invitations asking them to meet at the rec center for a proposal.
Rating: B for Business-Casual

[This is the log in which Shikamaru collects people and they get to talking about the task at hand for disseminating information, and possibly recruits them into the agency thereafter if they're still interested. People will likely be showing up at different times, so he speaks to everyone one-on-one instead of in a group.

The proposal will be offered to each character who shows up casually - no hard feelings whatever you decide to do - but with firmness. This is a group that will be dedicated to intelligence research and analysis, not information gathering. It's nothing flashy or exciting, but he expects discretion and it's a job that shouldn't be taken lightly. Those who accept the offer will be told things should be up and running withing two weeks.]



[ooc: because so many people ended up included, the way this organization will work needed to be re-tooled a little (hence why this is a day late). I've written up an in-depth look at how the agency will operate to clarify everything (please read it!), as well as created a new community (luceti_analysts) that anyone is welcome to track/join.]

Comments

[endgames]

Something that might be right up your alley. How've you been recovering, Jiraiya-sama?

[erosennin]

[The question earns him a grimace.]

Been better.

[Aaaand moving right along past that.]

Right up my alley, hm? I'm listening.

[endgames]

I'm putting together an intelligence agency of sorts in this place. I know you worked as an information gatherer for Konoha. More than that, you had to make sense of your findings and verify they were accurate... correct?

[erosennin]

[And here Shikamaru's making it sound like he was being all responsible and whatnot.]

Well, I may have passed a few tidbits along to Sensei when I happened to see anything interesting. And give him my thoughts about it, if I had any.

[So yes, but don't make it sound so respectable, boy.]

[endgames]

[Hey this is like a job interview, okay. GOTTA KNOW YOU'RE QUALIFIED.]

The latter is what I'm concerned with. I'm thinking about putting together a group that would be dedicated to organizing what we learn in this world.

[erosennin]

[THE ONLY THINGS JIRAIYA IS QUALIFIED TO DO ARE DRINK, SMOKE, AND STARE AT TITS. Oh and possibly you know be one of Konoha's elite ninja spy dudes b/c he's the legendary fucking Jiraiya man]

Heh. Sounds like a useful thing to have. And you want me in on it, I take it?

[endgames]

[HE'S STILL A TEENAGER, SO HE GUESSES THAT COUNTS.]

You have to have some skill for it, given the Third and the Fifth relied on you.

[erosennin]

[Close enough!

And then there's that whole THEY WANTED TO MAKE HIM HOKAGE thing, but to hell with that, responsibility sucks.]

Well, maybe so. I gave them what I could, I'll say that much for myself.

[And he regards Shikamaru thoughtfully.]

This place is complicated enough, layered enough. I think your plan's a good one.

[endgames]

Thanks. Even if that wasn't the question.

[Which isn't a boast - this was someone else's idea, actually, he's just putting the framework to it - just a test to see if Jiraiya is really interested or not. And to open the floor if he has other questions.]

[erosennin]

You've yet to give me a question, actually.

[Playing a bit dumb, perhaps, but that's his general MO.]