"The return of the assassins you sent after your old team-mate was number two-hundred seventeen!" Shikoro scratched her head. "Or was it number twelve?"
"No," said Tobi. "Number twelve is 'if there is any news regarding the Tailed Beasts moving' - may I say your kunoichi there has much better handwriting than you do?"
"No you may not," said Orochimaru to the underling. "What about my assassins?"
"They came back wearing 'Cats Pajama Ninja' pajamas," said Shikoro.
"Why does the ninja-god hate me?" asked Orochimaru.
"Do you want the chronological or alphabetical list?" asked Tobi. "Ah. Number twenty-one is good. 'Have a spy infiltrate Happy Ninja Fried Chicken and get the secret recipe' - Tobi LOVES Happy Ninja Fried Chicken!"
"What exactly are your priorities, Orochimaru?" asked Sasori.
Kisame chuckled. "A secret recipe? Really?"
"That one's her fault," said Orochimaru, pointing a finger at Shikoro. "She was talking about how addictive that stuff was, and so naturally I was thinking about mind-control drugs."
"That you could use to influence the other members of Akatsuki," agreed Shikoro. "Shikoro remembers."
Dead silence.
"Pardon me, but she seems entirely too stupid to have made that up," said Kisame.
"Shikoro doesn't make stuff up," said Shikoro proudly. "The great and powerful Orochimaru-sama wants real answers. Shikoro is a good girl!"
"Number twenty-seven," read Tobi. "Notify Orochimaru-sama immediately if his subscription to Kunoichi Quarterly is about to lapse."
"Just read it for the articles?" asked Kisame.
"It's an information source," protested Orochimaru.
"Yes, I'm sure the makeup articles are quite useful," said Sasori. "Now, if we can get back to the meaning for this meeting?"
"Number thirty-four," read Tobi aloud. "Research into poison-resisting termites."
"Just in case we go up against Suna," quickly put in Orochimaru as he snatched the scroll out of Tobi's hands and lit it on fire. "You know what an idiot that girl is, I'm sure I wouldn't recognize half of these odd things she's written down."
Shikoro nodded her head again. "That's why Shikoro writes everything down!"