Yami stops walking for a moment before beginning to pace back and forth a little.
"The Shadow Games..." he begins, trailing off before inhaling deeply and continuing, "They're... sort of a malevolent force, bent on destroying or corrupting humanity. They need people to use Their power. It makes Them stronger. They can... grant supernatural abilities to mortals. When I was alive—more specifically, when I was still a child—it was thought that the only people who had Shadow Powers were members of the royal family. Shortly before I became Pharaoh, we discovered otherwise. Eight people outside of the royal family manifested Shadow Powers.
"I knew then that Their influence was spreading, and quickly. I'd experienced the destruction They'd wrought first-hand: my best friend lost his father in one attack. My wife was orphaned during the same attack." He pauses. "That was before I married her, of course."
He resumes walking towards the Turtle Game Shop after a short silence. "As I said to the Crawler... the Shadow Games are a cancer. By the time I took the throne, it had spread far. My country and people were in danger. I vowed to find a way to end their influence. To... cut out the tumour, to return to the cancer metaphor."
A half-minute of silence later, he adds, "My efforts to do so are what killed me. I orchestrated the ritual that imprisoned the Shadow Games in that demi-plane we just visited. That's why They hate me, why They blame me... Why They wish to destroy me."
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Explanation is WAY off from YGO! canon >.> But then, they are AU.
Date: 2 December 2010 02:56 (UTC)"The Shadow Games..." he begins, trailing off before inhaling deeply and continuing, "They're... sort of a malevolent force, bent on destroying or corrupting humanity. They need people to use Their power. It makes Them stronger. They can... grant supernatural abilities to mortals. When I was alive—more specifically, when I was still a child—it was thought that the only people who had Shadow Powers were members of the royal family. Shortly before I became Pharaoh, we discovered otherwise. Eight people outside of the royal family manifested Shadow Powers.
"I knew then that Their influence was spreading, and quickly. I'd experienced the destruction They'd wrought first-hand: my best friend lost his father in one attack. My wife was orphaned during the same attack." He pauses. "That was before I married her, of course."
He resumes walking towards the Turtle Game Shop after a short silence. "As I said to the Crawler... the Shadow Games are a cancer. By the time I took the throne, it had spread far. My country and people were in danger. I vowed to find a way to end their influence. To... cut out the tumour, to return to the cancer metaphor."
A half-minute of silence later, he adds, "My efforts to do so are what killed me. I orchestrated the ritual that imprisoned the Shadow Games in that demi-plane we just visited. That's why They hate me, why They blame me... Why They wish to destroy me."