VIDEO-ish (cw: torture and murder)

[bloomingdespite]

[Before the ICP flickers on, every passenger hears a resounding, deep voice thunder through every car in the train, carrying with it a deathly—if odd—proclamation:]

PENALTY GAME: HELL REVERSE!

[Moments later, every ICP turns on to reveal a figure shrouded in shadows, holding the unconscious body of Xue Yang with one hand as the Eye of Wdjat blazes on both of their foreheads. It's clear they're in the gaming car, but if anybody tries to enter from either end, they'll find the doors are impossibly locked.]

Passengers of the Voidtrecker Express, I hold in my hands an unrepentant murderer who slaughtered one of your very own: the victim being A-Qing, and the criminal being Xue Yang. While she has returned, this crime cannot go unpunished, and I have taken it upon myself to try and burn out the stain on his soul—or, at the very least, provide adequate agony for all of his victims, both on the train and off.

If you need to see proof of my justice...

Avert your eyes if you do not wish to see memories of the brutal death of a young woman in her prime.

[The screen flickers once again, this time showing A-Qing's murder, although it doesn't have any audio. ((OOC: Additional CW for graphic depictions of murder.))

When it returns to the interior of the Games Car, the shadowy figure is gone, but their voice and Xue Yang remain.]

I leave it to the council to dispense their own punishment, as meager as it may be.

Remember, passengers:

I am watching.

[The ICP clicks off, and the train is deadly quiet.]

Comments

[blue_ice]

...is that why you were so familiar with me, but denied that I knew you?

[ He looks...worried. ]

I know what you showed us was the truth...you wouldn't lie. I understand why you'd feel so strongly about the murder of a child.

[bloomingdespite]

I'M NOT HIM, KAIBA!

Please... stop acting like I'm your friend, or your rival, or...

[Those are definitely tears falling from their mask.]

The fact is, if you knew, if you knew what and who I really was, you'd hate me with every ounce of your being for taking him away from you!

Away from everyone!

I don't even have any of the good parts, the nobility, the restraint, the principles... just the ugly drive to hurt people who I think deserve it.

I'm not the hand that helped you get back up. I'm the one that pushed you down in the first place.

So please... just leave me alone and save your compassion for people that deserve it.

[Shadows flicker all around them like flames. They're moments from disappearing.]

[blue_ice]

[ Kaiba flinches a little. So Dionysus was involved with Atem...they were linked, but not the same...he was getting a headache here.

But he locked eyes with them and stood strong. ]

But whoever you are, some part of you cares about me. And I know how rare that is.

If I'm not beyond redemption, why are you?