[Locked: April, Bakura/Malik] Dominion Trip!

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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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"You mean Bakura-san, or just Bakura?" Yugi asks. "Bakura prefers to go by his last name, except around his dad, in which case he goes by his given name, Ryou. He's one of the Millennium Item owners, which I told you already... the spirit sharing his body is Malik, who used to be Yami's Vizier."

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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"Relations don't always teach the young." April commented, thinking of her own mother. Who gave her up. And later attacked her. She thought over everything that Yami and Yugi had told her about Bakura and Bakura-san.

"Will Bakura-san know what I am?"

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Yugi shakes his head. "Nope. He may be clued, but he's pure mortal, and Bakura's related to Malik through his mother's side of the family. His mom—sorry, 'mum'—was from Egypt, one of the last people left who was descended almost directly from one of the ancients. She died when Bakura was three..." Yugi shrugs. "Anyway, Bakura-san doesn't have any sort of supernatural senses, so don't worry about that."

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"I never worry about people knowing at me. It helps at time to explore my visions." April is comfortable with who she is.

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Yugi nods and is quiet for most of the rest of the way to the Bakura residence. Just as Yugi steps up the stoop and raises a hand to knock on the door, Yami halts in mid-step and draws in a sharp 'breath'.

"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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April stares at the threshold. For the first time knowing the feeling her vampire Father and Mother would, balked by the magic runes. Needing an invitation.

"My name is April. May I join my friends inside your house?"

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Bakura-san nods again. "Certainly. Come in." His voice is a light baritone, with an English accent.

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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"I just need a connection to him, to use my abilities." April explained, taking a seat on the couch too.

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Bakura-san nods. "And I'm Ryou's father. A direct blood relative. You can use that connection?"

((OOC: Switching to twinviziers now :).))

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"Yes. I can." April holds out her hands for Bakura-san to take. Then closes her eyes and concentrates on find Ryou.

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"Alright then," Bakura-san says, and accepts April's hands.

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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"I have found him. Bakura and Malik are still together. I have made contact... you can speak through me."

Returning the connection to Bakura's mind, April concentrated further. "Hello Bakura. My name is April."

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Bakura's startled when April calls him by name. How... How did you know my name?

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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"I am here with Yugi and Yami. And your father. They are all really worried about you." April remains calm.

Malik's growled response does alert the vampire inside her. And it readies itself to act, just in case.

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Bakura takes in a sharp breath. Yugi-kun... Otosan... He closes his eyes. They're looking for me, aren't they? They want me to come home. He shakes his head. ...I can't. I just... I can't.

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 are not here to force you to return. They are concerned. Yami took me into the Shadow Realms. We met a crawler. It said the Games have exacted their revenge against his Vizier."

"They had feared Malik had been attacked."

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Bakura's eyes widen. And thus thought I had been attacked too.

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.