duel 9. video

[puzzlingly]

「There is this guy, finally showing his face on the network after like a month or so of chilling at Hope's temple. He smiles widely at the camera.」

Hey... What did I miss?

「How long has it even been...? Please don't say 3,000 years...」

Um, thanks for the umbrellas, by the way... to whoever did that. 「He pans the camera to the umbrella fort that someone made around him, it's got the most stylish umbrellas~

He manages to get out of there and then his face lights up like if it was Christmas Day.」

... Kaiba, guess what?! They are here! The Duel Disk pieces! You can finally put it together and stop being so moody! Thanks, Hope!

「He shows them to the camera as well, a bunch of electronic little pieces scattered here and there on Hope's altar, he picks up one gently and examines it, yep, he has no idea what it does. Any other day he would have just skipped this and go look for his friend privately, but this is way too cool to let it pass! Everyone has to know! Specially the moody part.」

Come on, come help me carry these so we can have that duel!


( ooc: coming out of meditative state will make this guy extra emotional to absolutely everything and might explode at the most stupid things, this will last a couple of days. take this is a blanket apology <3 )

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[whip_poor_will]

Oh, I am pleased you accept my umbrella offering!

[Ravine might've gone overboard (and the other way around) when feeling the need to "love herself" a few weeks ago.]

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[puzzlingly]

「Oh, Gods, she's still here. That's, good, right?」

It was you? I did not see that coming...

「It's unexpected, that's all.」

There are some interesting ones.

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[whip_poor_will]

You know me. I have a lot of time on my hands.

[And by that she means a LOT of time.]

I picked out the ones I thought you would like best.

[puzzlingly]

That's... really nice of you, Ravine. I'll treasure all of them forever and I will think of you every time I use them.

「Is that over the top? Naaah.」

[text]

[hot_mes]

there you are

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[puzzlingly]

「Sup dude, have a little smirk.」

What, did you miss me?

all text alla time

[hot_mes]

[carefully not answering that]

what's the deal? you were still in the city but you never answered your phone

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[hotspurred]

You were within that unsightly thing...? [Henry blinks, his brow briefly furrowing, before he cocks his head. He's not entirely sure how long Atem's been gone, but the implication seems to be for a while.] Know you that we are on islands?

[It's prudent to check.]

[puzzlingly]

Henry! 「Henry, dude! Where have you been?! He looks quite excited to see him and all...」 Yeah, we just had moved to the islands before I took some vacations.

「He's also not sure how long it's been, but apparently it doesn't seem too long either. He might be a little afraid to ask for sure.」 I wouldn't say it's unsightly... Some of these are pretty cool and they will come in handy.

「Look, he lifts a cute one for Henry to see.」

I think it's a unicorn. Very medieval lore and everything.

「Wink, he's clearly pulling his leg, or is he?」

[hotspurred]

Then you have missed naught aside from a dream of home.

[Or perhaps not, depending on Atem's dreams. Henry gives the umbrella a dubious look.]

...A foal, maybe.

[It's not very fierce, and that's an awfully small horn.]

What precisely is that meant for?

text, im sorry

[unheeled]

who is this?

[ new phone who dis ]

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[puzzlingly]

The name's Atem. What, you new?

「Who are you? R00dio.」

permatext she lazy

[unheeled]

kind of

where tf were u that u missed moving to rainy island city?

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[allthecards]

[There is so much going on to deal with. He's not sure where to start.

The umbrellas?

Atem acting like he wasn't in a coma for a month?

The - holy crap, did he actually get the parts? And is he actually touching one of the of the image projectors?]

Don't touch that with your bare hand!

[puzzlingly]

「WOAH DUDE, HE MISSED THAT MELODIOUS YELLING.」 

What-- why?!

「Oh shit did he do something wrong!? Noooo!」

[allthecards]

[Visibly irritated at what should be an obvious answer. ]

Do you understand what a smudge is?

Don't touch anything until I get there. Go play with your ridiculous umbrellas. No one cares if you break those.

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[am_i_a_monster]

[Abigail smirks.]

That's one way to keep dry.

Are you okay?

[puzzlingly]

「He returns the smirk, just a little wider and way more expressive than usual.」

Hey! I know right? Dry with style. Look, 「He shows her.」 fitting, huh?

「And he leaves it aside.」

I'm okay. I think it's the first time ever since I got here that I'm just... fine.

「Unlike the last time this is actually true.」

What about you? I think it's been a while. Have you been sleeping well?

[am_i_a_monster]

Very fitting! Did you get an umbrella with really big eyes too?

That's good. Fine is better than not fine.

[She hesitates for a moment.]

I've been sleeping better with the tea. Thank you for that. The speakeasy ended up on a different island than me, but Will's going to be travelling with boats so I can ask him to get it for me.

[toiletseat_girl]

You missed two stupid, fucking god things and were you awake when we were moved to islands? 'Cause we're on islands now.

[puzzlingly]

「Dear George, he cannot say he missed her because he didn't feel a day pass by but, but maybe he did miss her.」

Heh... you sound bitter, wanna talk about that? But, yeah, I was awake for the islands, I just... never explored out there, I wanted to be done with this as soon as possible. How do you like it here?

[toiletseat_girl]

[well, she missed him. so there]

Ehh, as far as stupid fucking god things go, they could've been worse. One of 'em made everyone else feel really great about themselves. The other one . . . might've been kind of cool. 'Cause it let us see other people's homeworlds.

As for the islands, I'm dealing. The Clinic and my house are on the same island, so that's good. The Speakeasy's on another island, so that's bad. But, like I said. Dealing.

[roseofthetyrells]

I'm glad to see that you're doing well. You've been in your trance for about a month, so you missed a great deal. Were you aware that we're living on islands?

[puzzlingly]

It's good to see you too.

「A month... It still doesn't sound okay to him. He's lost so much time before, he doesn't want to start doing that again. There is so much to catch up with.」

Yeah, I am. I just didn't go out there much.

Margaery, have you been alright?

「He goes a tiny bit serious (actually, very much so, he cannot control his emotions at the moment.) You know, you know. His previous small talk with Ravine doesn't help him being less serious about it.」

[roseofthetyrells]

[she'll be happy to catch him up with what she knows]

It's awfully inconvenient. The island my shop is on and the island my house is on are completely opposite from one another.

[this takes her off-guard]

...me? Of course I'm well. [she's almost convincing] Why?