voidtreckernet | [video] unresolved issues

[ From the gaming car, it's Kaiba. He's taken to tying his orange hoodie around his waist and popping the collar of his orange polo, in an effort to maintain the dramatic silhouette he loves so much. ]

Does it bother anyone else that the only glue holding this tiny slice of society together is the fact that we're trapped in a claustrophobia-inducing tin can rattling through the interdimensional void?

Think about it. We're from all walks of life. All different social structures. Predators and prey, haves and have-nots, all together and brought down to size. Homogenous societies themselves don't have a great track record of avoiding division and war, so the only thing keeping our tiny tube afloat and relatively at peace is the fact that there's no escape should we cause a big enough disruption.

Can alliances forged under these conditions truly be called genuine? Is it really what you call friendship, if such a thing exists? Or family? Would you accept someone who would be your enemy in any other circumstance? Who's committed unforgivable acts, and is still capable of doing so? Somehow I doubt it.

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Forgiveness wasn't...a thing where I'm from. It's still hard to believe.

[ Uncertainty flickers. He really doesn't want to acknowledge how his feelings have changed. ]

Please tell me you're not talking about me.

Forgiveness is a hard thing to get as well. Sometimes people just won't. But I am just the kind of guy who does regardless as to was done.

[He laughed slightly, scratching his cheek slightly.]

I might have been.

This...mmph. Yugi.

[ He pinches the bridge of his nose. Nita had told him to stay calm and talk instead of pushing him away. ]

You understand where I'm coming from better than the others would. But we still don't know each other that well, do we.

[He shook his head slightly. Yes, he can understand where he is coming from, but he also knew that yeah, they really didn't know each other. In fact, they both probably knew Atem more than they knew each other.]

I think we barely know each other the way we are. There are things you don't know about, just like there are things I don't know about you. But you do know some of the things I've been through and vice versa as well.

[He paused for a moment, trying to think of what he wanted to get across.]

But I am also not one to try and force it and for you to do things at your own pace too.

What I'm saying, is...

[ He takes a breath. ]

I want to get to know you. The brilliant strategist I overlooked all this time. I just don't know where to start.

The easiest way to start is to usually ask to hang out, do something we both like doing.

[At least he is giving an idea to he hopes to make it easier next time.]

Though I know it probably took a lot for you to even ask, but hey you've already come a short way since we got here and that's amazing.

...do you...want to play a game sometime, then?

[ this is awkward help ]

[He knows it's awkward for him, but he is happy he is at least trying.]

I would like that very much. Though would you prefer to pick the game, or should I?

A new acquaintance introduced me to a card game called Chrononauts. It's about traveling in time and using your cards to solve paradoxes and fix timelines...or destroy them. Interested?

That actually sounds like it could be a really fun game.

I'm in!

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