Yugi & Yami Mutou (
twinpharaohs) wrote2010-11-15 10:03 am
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[Locked: April, Bakura/Malik] Dominion Trip!
Yugi is sitting in a couch in the Nexus, holding up a hand-written sign reading "April! :)", in a weird sort of homage to the way private drivers guide their customers to them at the airport. Yami's currently nowhere in sight, by virtue of the fact that he's pretty much still asleep, though he's aware that Yugi intended to try to take April to Dominion today. He'll likely wake himself up when April shows up.
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Yami speaks up. "Just before he left, we found out Bakura was a Seer. He can see visions of the future. He had his first twelve visions, which every Seer gets around the age of fifteen over the space of seven days, a few weeks before he ran away. They're always about the Seer's own future, and afterwards, they never remember the visions. After that point, they'll get visions every now and then about someone else, but almost never about themselves. Malik is a Seer too, and he still gets visions, even in death. The power tends to run in families, and since Bakura is a lineal descendant of Malik, it didn't surprise me that Bakura turned out to be a Seer too."
Yugi nods and continues, "Uh... Bakura-san is Buddhist. And he's entirely aware of the fact that Bakura shares a body with Malik. He's 'clued' to the supernatural world, in other words, and also knows about Yami. He's also aware of the fact that Bakura was a Seer. After all, Bakura's first vision came right in front of his father."
"Malik is also a magic-user, and a fairly strong one," Yami concludes. "I don't know if it'll be relevant or not. He's not likely to have left any magical landmines or anything at the house, unless Bakura asked him to. Even then it's unlikely. Bakura and Malik don't have a very good relationship with one another."
"Unless Bakura was learning from him," Yugi contradicts. "If being a Seer runs in families... wouldn't the ability to use magic do so too?"
"...Yes," Yami admits. "Atskare could use magic too. That's where Malik got his talent. It's quite likely that Bakura inherited the talent from Malik as well. But we can't be sure of it."
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"Will Bakura-san know what I am?"
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"Well, now we know whether he was learning magic from Malik."
Yugi blinks. "We do?"
Yami nods. "There are wards around the house, anchored to its threshold. It's not Malik's work, his has a... very distinctive feel to it."
"Uh. They're not violent, are they?" Yugi asks.
Yami arches an eyebrow. "Would Bakura do that?" At an unamused look from Yugi, he says, "I'll check." He closes his eyes, the All-Seeing Eye appearing dimly on his forehead, opening them a moment later as the Eye disappears. "If we're invited in, then no."
Yugi exhales slowly, then knocks. It's a moment before someone comes to answer the door, but come to the door someone does. A man of average height, with shoulder-length, dark grey-violet hair, green eyes, and glasses answers it, smiling when he sees Yugi.
"Yugi-chan," he says. "And Yami-sama. What brings you here?"
"Bakura-san," Yugi answers. "May we come in?"
Bakura-san nods. "Hai. Of course. Come in." He opens the door and steps aside, allowing Yugi and Yami to enter. Yami pauses a bit as he crosses the threshold of the door, but only for a split second. Bakura-san tilts his head at April. "Who's your friend?" He asks.
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"My name is April. May I join my friends inside your house?"
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Yugi seats himself in the living room, Yami taking a seat beside him. "April is the woman who found where Ryou was with his copy of Lord of the Rings," Yugi says, smiling a little and gesturing at her. "We... were kinda worried about him after a brief trip to the Shadow Realm."
"Something that was said by an Avatar of the Shadow Games gives us reason to worry," Yami continues. "It talked about having already taken Their revenge against my Vizier."
"Malik," Bakura-san says, sitting on the hearth of the fireplace. "You... think Ryou might be dead."
"We really hope not," Yugi answers. "April's clairvoyant. If Ryou's alive, we know Malik's okay. And if he's alive, she'll probably be able to find him."
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((OOC: Switching to
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Meanwhile, near Las Vegas, on the shore of Lake Mead, Ryou Bakura stiffens in surprise as he feels the presence of April's mind reaching out to find him.
"Bloody Hell..." he whispers out loud. His voice is tenor-pitched, and like his father, he has an English accent. Malik?
It's not me, Nekhnet, answers the spirit in a light baritone, also with an accent, though his is half-way between English and something else that's vaguely Arabic. His voice is also hoarse, as if he's permanently stricken with laryngitis.
(It's likely that April will be able to hear this exchange.)
Bakura nods absently, then tentatively reaches back to April's mind. Hello?
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Returning the connection to Bakura's mind, April concentrated further. "Hello Bakura. My name is April."
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Malik suddenly interrupts. Get out, he growls. Go away!
Malik! Bakura says, sounding aghast. Don't you at least want an explanation?
Not particularly.
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Malik's growled response does alert the vampire inside her. And it readies itself to act, just in case.
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Malik simply snorts, by way of commentary.
Meanwhile, Yami inhales and exhales slowly, then touches April's shoulder. "Tell him about what the Crawler said," he tells her quietly. "'The Shadow Games have already exacted Their revenge against my Vizier'. Malik might know what the Crawler was talking about."
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"They had feared Malik had been attacked."
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Malik is shocked into silence for several moments, which is saying something. It's difficult to pull something like that off with him. ...There was a moment, he says quietly, during the ritual. It felt like something had done the mystical equivalent of bumping me on the shoulder, trying to send me off balance in the middle of casting.
Bakura frowns. I think I remember that happening. You had an odd look on your face at the time... Did it work?
Obviously not, Nekhnet, or the ritual wouldn't have worked, Malik shoots back to Bakura. All I know is, afterwards, I was awake for 5,000 years. Unlike Tepeysa and the other Spirits.