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[daddyscythe]

Characters: OPEN
Location: Outskirts of Nevada
Rating: PG
Time: All day, Feb 27
Description: Shibusen offers a field trip to acclimate the guests to the Madness wavelength.


It's a perfectly pleasant day for the most part, if one is to look at the sky and maybe the horizon. For the attendees of the fieldtrip, however, things are naturally a lot more grim, if also lot more colorful. There are understandably no civilians in the area -- or any other signs of life apart from the group.

As promised, the location is extensively arranged to cordon off various areas of the place where Madness spikes have been identified. They are all properly labeled, both with text and visuals, and discreet agents kept an eye on all corners of the large field. The mirror by which the guest will come in is set in a corner, with some food provided next to it.

People are free to come and go, though the other end leads to the clinic instead of the Death Room. The rules are simple: venture into a level you think you can handle, and if you can't, someone will help.

In the afternoon, a light rain will come to add some variety to the endless desert. Make sure to take shelter in the open tents provided to protect you from the elements!

[ooc: Just put in open tags in the comments, [Character Name | Open/Close | Area/sort of madness targeted/whatever marker you want].

Plotting and information post was here.]

Comments

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He snorts.]

Oh please. That was a one-time outlier. [Private issues with the Pharaoh aside, he's usually more picky about his victims than to target bullying teachers and school kids.]

[shiromadoushi]

With how many souls you've stolen? Don't act like it was nothing...

[feelsgoodinyou]

It was a one-time spree that I don't plan on repeating. As you should know I am only interested in the Sennen Items.

[shiromadoushi]

[[Damn it, Voice, stop being logical.]]

Heck of a long spree... [[half muttered. Still bitter? Just a bit.]]

...how would getting my arm stabbed help in dealing with that sort of person anyway?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[Ah, don't you just love the feeling of when you are winning? He sure does.]

That's simple. It kept him from attacking anybody else.

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura's eyes widened and he stilled.]]

...did it work...?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He dismisses the exact answer to that question with a wave of his hand.]

So-so. I was just a normal human once as well, after all. He still went after the holders of the Sennen Items and there was some chaos, there was no changing that.

But don't worry, you and I are carrying the worst harm that happened in the end. [Well, that's not quite the truth, but close enough to satisfy his host's needs.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Falls quiet a moment, rubbing the scar as he thinks]] So Yuugi-kun still got hurt... [[says softly, half to himself.]]

[feelsgoodinyou]

Yeah, an Egyptian god card belched and ruined his hair. [He rolls his eyes.] You're forgetting that you're not the only one with a spirit in his Item. The pharaoh might be a fool, but he isn't weak enough to lose against somebody like Malik.

[a.k.a. watch your assumptions, host. Implying that the guy he lost against is weaker than that wanna-be psycho indirectly means to think that he is weaker than that ball of crazy!]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Did he say "lost?" No. He said "hurt." since the mun misread Like he'd imply that Yuugi would ever loose!]]

[[He nods slightly]]

Un... The other Yuugi-kun wouldn't let Yuugi-kun be hurt... [[unlike some other spirits he could mention.]]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[Pot, kettle, black, Bakura. Yuugi doesn't try to actively ignore the pharaoh's existence at every chance given either.]

There you have it. I am keeping to my end of the deal. What about you?

[shiromadoushi]

[[A pause. Wait what...?]]

... You just said I had to put the Ring back on...

[[There's a note of worry to his voice. What other attached strings where there to that deal...?]]

[feelsgoodinyou]

That's true. But are you wearing it now?

[shiromadoushi]

[[shakes his head]] It didn't come with me...

[feelsgoodinyou]

[There is a sharp spike of frustration upon hearing those words, but he swallows it down and graces Bakura with a deliberate smirk instead.]

So who of us has any right to call the other out on not doing his part, huh?

[shiromadoushi]

I wore it when I had it. [[a slight glare]] Not being able to bring it here doesn't mean I broke the deal!

[feelsgoodinyou]

Then why do you assume that I did?

[shiromadoushi]

[[A simple "Because you're evil and a liar and you made my life miserable for years" wouldn't be a good answer. Even if it was the one foremost in his mind. Even if the Voice was making sense there was no way he could just go along with things like everything was fine when the Voice was standing there in front of him like this! ]]

How can I trust you when you act like you do? Every time you take over, I black out, there's no way for me to know anything that's going on.... Waking up in the Black Clown just before Yuugi-kun got kidnapped... or in the middle of Battle City with my arm like that... You always know that I'm holding my end, there's no way for me to know you're upholding yours.

[[and that wasn't even touching on things in Death City, where Bakura had utterly no idea what the Voice was up to...]]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[Good, at least his host isn't that naively trusting. He pretends to give the question some thought as he pretends to be stricken about it, making himself look once again disturbingly identical to the other boy.]

I apologize, I wasn't aware that asking is so difficult for you. As for the not sharing, the last time we were both active at the same time it ended with you killing us both. I don't know about you, but I'd rather not repeat that.

[shiromadoushi]

[[Oh he was far too often naively trusting. Just not of someone he died to stop once. Even HE's not THAT bad!]]

You were trying to kill Yuugi-kun and everyone!

[feelsgoodinyou]

Because they were helping the guy who played a significant role in making me become what I am now. Whatever. Everyone but you's over it by now.

[shiromadoushi]

The other Yuugi-kun was the one helping them because you were trying to kill them!

[[He was starting to get that distinct feeling like he felt whenever he and Ryuzaki argued...

It wasn't a nice feeling.]]

And they all think you're still dead!

[feelsgoodinyou]

Is that what they tell you?

[shiromadoushi]

[[Again, Bakura froze, eyes widening.]]

...why would they think otherwise...? [[There's no confidence in his voice at this]]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He smirks, just as it begins to rain outside as if on cue. Several exclamations of surprise can be heard from the people who were still training outside.]

I don't know about the others, but in Yuugi's case... He knows because he and I have been talking. [Exactly once, but he omits that intentionally, leaving it up to Bakura to imagine the possible implications of his words instead.]