The sand in the hourglass eventually meets its end

[voidseeing]

Who: Gai, Law, Shikamaru, Sheena, Itachi, and anyone else who ends up being called into this.
What: An important discussion about keys, Davis, the tunnels, and other such matters.
When: Around noon on the 24th
Where: House 22
Summary: When Gai discovers that Specialist Davis himself is paying a visit to the village, he decides it's time to discuss a few things with several people.
Rating: Shouldn't be more than PG-13 at most.

[It didn't take long for word of Specialist Davis and Carol being in Luceti to reach Gai, given how nosy he is about the goings-on in the village. He's not entirely surprised; Davis does seem to have almost a personal stake in this enclosure given some of the things he's said and done before, but at the same time the fact that he's here (and injured, to boot) sets off a few alarm bells in Gai's mind given what he's learned about the man from Law.

He isn't going to approach them, not yet. Instead, he just tails them quietly for a while, observing what they're up to, noting the distance that they keep between them. They seem calm rather than in a hurry, almost as if they're just killing time. Perhaps they are. When a half-hour or so of following them around doesn't net any results, Gai decides that it's time to go drop in on someone who might have more of an idea as to what is currently going on.

It's only a matter of fifteen minutes or so after that before he's knocking on the door to House 22, hoping that Law isn't off on a shift at the clinic right now.]

Comments

[voidseeing]

I've left a message for Albert; he should be on his way shortly.

[Something to drink would be greatly appreciated here. He might nibble on the food in a bit, but he'd like the chance to surreptitiously take a couple of the antiviral pills first.]

[yourhatred]

[With a tray of tea and water set down, Itachi turns once again to his journal to send a quick message to Sheena, making sure to include the names of the others so that it doesn't seem strange to get a note from him out of the blue.]

Help yourself.

[deathsdoctor]

[Trotting in right after with the food.

Well it takes a couple trips, but Law manages to get the bowl of edamame, fruit plate, and platter of onigiri on the coffee table. Pointing:]

Those have umeboshi, those have seaweed, those have mackerel, and those have tuna.

[endgames]

[Figures he would miss it. He missed Tony going too. He doesn't have much to say, though he eyes the crystals growing on Gai's face once, but he takes them up on the onigiri anyways.

All that's left is to wait, huh?]

[voidseeing]

[Go ahead and look, Shikamaru, Gai honestly doesn't mind. No point in hiding it; that won't make it go away, after all.

As for himself, he snags a cup of tea and sips at it while he waits.]

[corrinesbell]

[It should be no surprise that Sheena gets there first - the houses aren't even that far apart from each other. She actually stands outside for a minute before just knocking.

And whoever answers:]

I didn't know if you guys wanted some kinda special signal. [With the mixture of serious and 'this is insane' that Luceti requires.] What is this, some kinda meeting of the disgruntled people club?

[deathsdoctor]

I think we'll be making one pretty soon.

[Law will be answering the door this time.]

... now who could be disgruntled with tea? [Wait. No. Don't answer.] Think of it more as the 'what in hell is going on with the Malnosso now' society.

[yourhatred]

I hope there's not a uniform...

[This is said lowly, in a neutral tone so it's hard to tell if he's being serious or not.]

[voidseeing]

I'll pass, unless you're planning on patterning them after the one I already have.

[deathsdoctor]

Now, now, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[Oh your partner knows if you're joking or mot, Itachi. And he is thoroughly amused.]

Besides could you see me in one?

[No comments about the jeans, please.]

[endgames]

I've seen people from your world wear weirder stuff.

[Not that he's one to talk. Ninjas and their mesh. Still, he nods to Sheena.] You seen 'em yet?

[corrinesbell]

Uniforms? Here and there, I guess.

[She's pretty sure they are not actually talking about uniforms here.]

Earlier I saw some other stuff. It might be the kinda stuff that you'd all be here about.

[voidseeing]

Stuff?

[Do go on, Sheena, he's intrigued.]

[yourhatred]

[Don't mind Itachi. He'll just be grabbing some seaweed onigiri so that there's no chance of him being left purely with the meat-filled options.

He'll also pour tea for anyone who hasn't poured it themselves.

He's certainly listening, however. Yes, Sheena. Do go on.]

[deathsdoctor]

[Excuse me, one moment, got to raise a wry brow at Shikamaru. No sir, you should not.

Okay, done.

As you were saying, Sheena?]

[corrinesbell]

Some people who don't usually hang around here. If that's not what you mean, then I've got nothing.

[voidseeing]

That's right. They aren't the type to drop in for social calls-- they're here for a reason.

[endgames]

Mm. I have an idea as to that, but I'll wait until Albert arrives. No sense starting yet.

[Also Law you have a polar bear hat, okay.]

[deathsdoctor]

[Leopard fur, not polar bear. Do you honestly think he'd wear anything bear, Shikamaru? 8|]

[endgames]

[We don't have polar bears in Konoha.]

[deathsdoctor]

[You've seen Bepo, don't give him that.]

[endgames]

[FINE, FINE. Still waiting for Albert though.]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Your non-conversation makes a great segue, guys. There's more knocking at the door.]

[voidseeing]

[Gai will answer the door this time, because apparently he is the only one not having deep thoughts about furry hats.]

Come inside. Shikamaru and Sheena are already here.

[And yes, those are crystals on his face, and no, he doesn't mind if you ask about them.]

[chikaidestroyer]

[Albert's initial reaction is to blink twice at the obvious ... additions to Gai's face. Then he raises a brow, tilts his head slightly, and steps inside.]

Thank you for the message. Are the crystals a recent development?