duel 8. text

[puzzlingly]

you know what?
being alive is pretty rad

「That's all. What? People are always telling the most ridiculous things over the network, why can't he?

No, he's not high, though, he should be.」



「Private: Law」

I'm sorry.

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[private]

[hot_mes]

for what? all I know is I couldn't find you

[still oblivious]

Video

[fracturedbeauty]

[Yukari's eyebrows shoot up a bit. Slightly peculiar of a message, though not entirely out of character perhaps for the Pharaoh. Still, perhaps he should check in.]

Being alive is well and good, yes.

[A beat.]

Don't tell me that you died, Atem-sama.

[Yukari's expression tries to remain light and understanding, but anyone with a trained eye will notice there's now an intensity to it, resembling the mercenary that seeks blood within. Who does he have to kill?]

text

[am_i_a_monster]

Yes, it is.
Did you die and come back?
Did someone kill you?

[private]

[puzzlingly]

No, but I did find you.

text.

[puzzlingly]

「Aha! Nope, he's not gonna be using the video feature, unless necessary, he looks like crap.

Oops, he recognizes that stare.」

not quite
and no no one killed me yukari

[circumitus]

[Well, since other people have covered asking the "did you die?" part...]

yes, most people usually prefer being alive than dead.
tho taking your life doesn't sound like the shit fear would do, so im going to assume there was more to it than that.

text

[puzzlingly]

kind of? its complicated
but no one killed me dont worry

[puzzlingly]

you assume right ;)

「This little shit.」

[circumitus]

[That lil' shit.]

want to talk about it?
got some tea.

[You know the stuff.]

[puzzlingly]

... that tea?

「Okay that is tempting, might help...」

[circumitus]

yes, that tea.

just got some more recently.

text

[am_i_a_monster]

Are you okay?
No monsters killed you either?

[puzzlingly]

sure
id like some
but
rey... its gonna take me a while to get there

「If he gets there at all.」

text

[puzzlingly]

im fine

「He's actually not, but he won't tell. He's alive and that's what matters to him now.」

no one did
i just had a reminder thats all

[circumitus]

no worries, take your time.
not like im going anywhere.

just need a day to r&r.

[hot_mes]

what do you mean

what happened?

[puzzlingly]

Do you remember blanking out?

[hot_mes]

[oh man...]

yes

how did you know?

[puzzlingly]

「Oh man, indeed.」

That was me.

[puzzlingly]

r&r?

[hot_mes]

the fuck

answer my question: what happened

[puzzlingly]

「It's a bit of a delayed text.」

Fear took my body.
I needed shelter...

「This doesn't feel right, talking over texts (look at him, using punctuation with Law and all), but the truth is he doesn't know how Law will react, or if he wants to see that reaction.」

[hot_mes]

[all things considered it's not the worst thing to happen to him all week. In fact, he's the one who initiates voice-chat first. It's hard to discuss this over text...]

Your body was gone? How did that...? No, I'm sure Fear found a way. Of course he did.

So, what. You were just...an invisible soul or something?

[puzzlingly]

「That's better than video, he might sound a little tired but that's probably expected after the week they had.」

I've told you this before, this is not my body. He just took it, and... that happened.

Yeah, something like a ghost, I guess.

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[am_i_a_monster]

A reminder of bad stuff that happened before you came here?
Those suck.
Are you sure you're okay?