EVENT: The Great BREW Malfunction Pt II [OPEN]

[soul_mods]

Characters: Everyone and anyone
Location: Anywhere in Death City!
Rating: PG-13
Time: July 16 to July 18th
Description: And then it gets worse.



By now, no one is popping in and out of existence, but that's hardly any consolation when odd things keep happening.

At first it's not that bad. An innocuous item or two shows up. Something harmless wanders around that you're sure has never been in Death City before.

By the second day, bigger and more dangerous things start showing up and by the third...

Well.

As long as you don't mind the giant pieces of debris or creatures blocking the road or the sky, it's not that bad, right?

((OOC: List of canon items and creatures arriving can be found here. Remember, the list only tells you where they initially show up. They'll probably move on soon enough to a new location.

Remember to put Character | Location | OPEN/CLOSED in your subject!))


Open Threads
Sephiroth and Cloud
Amaterasu
Keroro
Edgeworth
Trucy
Aqua
Hyoubu
Eve
Hiro
Morgan
Clopin
L
Alucard
Light
Neji
Lily
Psii
Raidou
Takuto

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

I stopped taking the pain meds from the hospital, [[He smiles as he starts walking. There is a slight stiffness as he moves, as he's still taking great care to keep his back still and not brush against anything.]] Just taking some normal ones now. So I can actually thing.

[dead_black_eyes]

[L follows, the odd collection of shapes and numbers that represents Bakura courtesy of his headset simple enough to fall into step behind.

A little exhilarating, to think that he'll soon be past this and seeing again.]

Good. It's taken an incredible amount of patience to deal with you.

[shiromadoushi]

[[A soft laugh]] I can only image...

Thank you, for that. I know that patience with people being idiots isn't your strong point...

[dead_black_eyes]

Well, you really needed it.

[Said stiffly, as if trying to shake off the praise.]

[shiromadoushi]

Un. [[a soft laugh]] I'm a big enough idiot normally without something making me more of an airhead than normal, huh?

We should play chess later. A real game. [[Because he knows you were being easy on him. Because really. There was no way he should have done as well as he had when doped up]]

[dead_black_eyes]

That's more than manageable.

[Provided it happens before tomorrow, before it's his turn to be on pain medication.]

In the meantime, make sure I don't run into any other large objects. Keep me informed. I have a good map of the city but it doesn't account for these new articles.

[shiromadoushi]

[[a nod]] Just stay behind me. I'm giving everything a lot of space since I don't want to do anything that might make something brush up against my back. Thankfully most things are pretty--

[[and then he pauses, blinking]]

...Yuugi-kun's grandfather's game shop...?

[[and indeed, there it was. In the middle of an intersection. With the "closed" sign showing....]]

[dead_black_eyes]

[Unfortunately, Bakura's idea of "a lot of space" isn't quite the same as L's. The detective is a habitual and largely oblivious encroacher. When Bakura halts his steps, L bumps against the very back that Bakura wants to protect and recoils, not nearly as interested in the game shop as Bakura seems to be.]

Don't stop that way because you saw something to do with games.

[shiromadoushi]

[[There is a very sharp intake of breath as L knocks into him. It takes him a moment to compose himself because OW.]]

It's-- it's not that it's--

[[Deep breath. Ow. Ow. Dumb idea. Deep breaths move your back muscles. ]]

It's that it's Yuugi-kun's... and it's in the middle of the street....

[dead_black_eyes]

[It sounds like he hurt him. Too bad he's so annoyed he practically doesn't notice.]

Do you need to stop and buy something, or do you think you'll last until after we've had pastries?

[For him to want to stop on the way, it needs to be awesome by his standards.]

[shiromadoushi]

It's not open... [[a soft sigh]]

Sorry... it was just startling... seeing something from home like that...

[dead_black_eyes]

It happened to Light and I two days ago. I understand the sudden distraction, but if it's closed, there's not much reason to stay, is there? Unless the owner was in the habit of leaving doors unlocked, in which case I still want to move on.

[shiromadoushi]

Give me a minute... [[it's said softly, almost pleading. Because damnit, his back is still smarting. Going to slowly and VERY CAREFULLY start walking again...]]

What happened to you and Light?

[dead_black_eyes]

[He's impatient, but he holds back for his friend's sake, waiting for him to recover.]

I found our handcuffs, and he found his father's police badge. It was an emotional day for him.

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura blinked, going to turn to look behind him before realizing there wasn't far just his neck could go before his back started trying to move too. Bad idea.

"Your handcuffs...?" he repeated, eyebrows rising.

[dead_black_eyes]

[He rolls his eyes, and though they're whited out, it's not too hard to miss the expression of impatience and annoyance.]

Yes. Come on, didn't you ever wonder why a pair of handcuffs was my Weapon form?

[shiromadoushi]

Not really... they just fit you. Didn't think there was a specific pair that were significant...

[dead_black_eyes]

Light and I were cuffed together for months. Because I suspected him. There was never more than a distance of six feet between us at any time.

[shiromadoushi]

[[This time Bakura did turn, only to wince and slowly turn forward again]]

And you didn't kill each other...?

[dead_black_eyes]

It would have been fairly incriminating if he'd tried anything of the sort. And I wasn't about to murder my prime suspect before he proved his guilt.

[He pauses.]

Not that we didn't come close, a few times.

[shiromadoushi]

I'm not sure if it says more about your stubbornness or patience that those things kept you both from it...

[dead_black_eyes]

There's no need to sound so amazed. We're both stubborn, and we're both more patient than we're given credit for. Besides... you know as well as I do that I see little point in living without him. That's what things are like, after you've met your match.

[shiromadoushi]

[[a soft sigh]] Un... that much I can see, at least... You'd be lost without him to push against....

It's sort of like a twisted version of a soul mate, in a way...

[[he trailed off with an unhappy note, thinking of his own situation.]]

[dead_black_eyes]

[L snorts, darkly amused.]

How disgusting. Misa Amane loved talking about soulmates and it took everything not to gag every time her mouth opened.

He just always knows what I'm talking about. And that's worth giving up a lot of things for.

[shiromadoushi]

... about her and Light...? [[It was an easy guess, that]]

...Just don't give up too much, okay?