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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[puzzlingly]

「Atem can see that grin and he couldn't feel prouder. It flutters warmly in his chest and makes him give Kaiba the widest grin he can pull of (he cannot give him any other at the moment), everything was worth it. Everything.」

Come on, then! Let's get this thing started!

「He hasn't felt like this... since the time he actually had to duel Kaiba in the Battle City finals. Sure, things then weren't exactly perfect then, with Marik's evil doings, but even for a moment, he allowed himself to enjoy their encounter and Kaiba was everything he could have ever asked in an opponent. Hewas, after all, one of the best duelists Atem had ever had the honor of meeting and even more so, triumph over.」

[allthecards]

It still needs to be put together.

[The rebuke was so mild, it could barely be called that. He was excited, wasn't able to admit it by smiling like a loon.]

A day. Then we duel.

[He looked back over his shoulder, and raised an eyebrow] Think you can keep from disappearing for that long?

[puzzlingly]

A day only? That's actually impressive.

「If only Kaiba would have kept is mouth shut, however. The smile fades slightly, giving way to some confusion.」

... What do you mean?

[allthecards]

Of course it is. ['Actually' impressive? Of course it's impressive. Everything about the duel disk is impressive.]

I mean, don't disappear again. Stay awake, corporeal, and on this island. Think you can handle that?

[puzzlingly]

「The confusion is now surprise, and it takes Atem a little moment to respond to that. He's not sure what to say, even though all of what Kaiba says makes perfect sense.」

... I will try. Actually, I... I wanted to see you put it together, if you'd let me.

[allthecards]

You...want to watch?

[He can't think of why Atem would be interested. It's not like he would understand, or be able to make his own or repair it later.]

I'm not going to explain what I'm doing. I didn't promise a training camp.

[puzzlingly]

「If Kaiba were to voice his thoughts, maybe even Atem would agree, but that wasn't the point.」

That's fine. I just wanna see how you do it.

「He just wants to spend time with his friend too.」

[allthecards]

[He still doesn't get it, but he can't think of a reason against it. It'll be easier to keep him from disappearing again if nothing else.]

Do what you want. Just don't get in the way.

[puzzlingly]

I will not.

「He so will.」

Where do you wanna go now?

「The lab? His home? Atem's?」