Shikamaru bit into another potato as he listened to Luffy's enthusiastic explanation. He had a feeling that if he had to deal with this every night it might interfere with his lying-around-thinking-about-nothing time, but for now, it didn't bother him and he responded with a shrug. "They call me Luke," he said before starting on the pile of lettuce. 'Luke ladies' didn't have the same ring, so he'd just stick with 'pushy women.'

"You and everyone else in this place," he responded with a bored snort. Shikamaru leaned back against the wall, folding his legs to hold the plate of potatoes. "I heard that some people disappear and show up again later...how's that work?"

He didn't expect Luffy to know the answer, but sometimes, hearing the ideas of people with rather 'unique' perspectives lit something in his own mind that he'd overlooked due to its absurdity.