VIDEO - GRASSHOPPER DAY 16 (LATE)

[luckydragonsfoot]

[It appears that someone's making good use of the ICP for the Garden Carriage- at the very least it's easier than trying to use any communication off something from his wrist. As it stands- Katsuya grins, something silvery dangling around his neck quite obviously against the blue of his sweater.]

Hey! Turns out, I was able t' get another 'f my team here, [he cheers.] Order instruction's make me figure I won' be able t' get anyone else but...I figure tha's f'r th' best. Bit big f'r th' train, [he remarks with a shrug. Stepping slightly out of view so that the ICP can display the rest of the immediate area, he continues.]

But here she is! Amar!

['Amar' no doubt refers to the extremely round little sheep plodding around near the sand. Smaller than even Katsuya's relatively miniscule pony, who seems to be watching as well, the 13 pound ball of wool abruptly tucks her legs in to roll a bit down the path before stopping to bleat.]

Amar's m' wooloo- she's abou' 's friendly as Kaseri, so if y' see 'er around, don' feel shy, go on an' pet her! She's as soft as a pillow!

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[bloomingdespite]

[Somebody taps on Jounouchi's shoulder.]

Boo.

[luckydragonsfoot]

NYEHHHHEEEEE-!

[Annnnd he's jumping, he's falling, he's landing in sand.]

D-DANGIT..!

[bloomingdespite]

[Wester can't help but giggle at the sight, although they at least have the good graces to offer him a hand up.]

You are really jumpy, you know. I'm not even one of the Ghostricks.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Nyhhhh...jus' tha' name tells me enough abou' what those are...! [he grimaces, taking the hand to get hauled up.] I'm never duelin' y' now, never..!

[bloomingdespite]

Aw, c'mon, they're adorable! How could you be frightened of them.

They'd probably be really sorry if they gave you a fright that bad, and they literally feed off fear.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Nyhhhhhhh, you jus' said they're all ghosts..!

An' now yer sayin' they feed on fear on top 'f tha'! What part 'f any of that makes 'm a good thing f'r me t' duel agains'!

[bloomingdespite]

But they're really, really nice. Cross my heart and everything.

[luckydragonsfoot]

An' it still ain' happenin'! [he insists, practically pouting as he crosses his arms.] I ain' duelin' agains' ghosts! Bakura's deck was bad enough t' see in action!

[bloomingdespite]

Aw, c'mon, don't you think Dark Necrofear is kinda cute?

[Wester... Wester, what?]

[luckydragonsfoot]

[He doesn't care about Wester's tastes, he cares only about the great and grave crime of assuming HE WOULD AGREE-]

NO.

[bloomingdespite]

...was she really unpleasant to talk to or something?

[luckydragonsfoot]

NYH-

[Talk!? He was so sure he didn't tell them about that..!

...Though when he thinks about it, with what Shizuka could do for Zahra, and the fact that Wester is from when they're from....

Well crap. He's going to have to come clean to Yugi isn't he?] It's got nothin' t' do with any conversation, an' everythin' t' do with what goes on in her duels, trust me..!

[Also yes! She's creepy!!]

[bloomingdespite]

Huh. Was the spirit of the ring, like, especially bitchy to Yugi during their duel? He's kinda like that some- okay, all of the time, but he's pretty fun to hang out with.

[wester what,]

[luckydragonsfoot]

[You know what, no, he's not asking. He's not. He already knows the Zahra end, sort of, so-]

Did y' just never have t' deal w'th me bein' afraid of ghosts or somethin man...

[bloomingdespite]

...I mean, you seemed pretty spooked at the match with the ring-spirit, but it was super high tension and everybody but me was tense so Anzu and Thorn didn't notice it?

This.

Is totally something I would've noticed if you were around for more adventures, huh.

[luckydragonsfoot]

...I'm gettin' th' feelin' I was numb t' a lot more shit in your world than I was in mine, so far, [he mutters with narrowed eyes.] Like.

I mean you 'n yer Ring-Spirit, y' got along way better than Yugi an' th' Other Yugi ever did. They were real anxious abou' th' guy at tha' point, las' time we'd all seen 'm together? Shoved our souls in figurines. Maybe not th' worst he could do next t' others, but it still happened, an' then he's facin' off agains' th' guy in a fight over a god?

Ain't exactly a good look.

[bloomingdespite]

Oh, yeah. He tried that. We managed to avoid that pitfall, though. And the next few he threw at us.

...I can't believe Yugi actually fell for that, honestly. It was really obvious something was up with that NPC!

[luckydragonsfoot]

[..............................................] Yeah, [he eventually says, looking a little like Wester might have said something a bit 'too soon'.] Er...well, good t' know it wen' alrigh' f'r you at leas', he's a huge question mark back home. Can' figure out what he wants, plus th' whole deal 'f usin' Ryou like a hostage in a fight agains' Osiris....

...He wen' back on it an' took th' hit in the end, but yeesh.

[bloomingdespite]

You know, Malik tried to make him do the same thing in my world, but he got so pissed off he somehow managed to get the Millennium Rod to fuck off.

There's a reason why we're friends.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Uhhhhhh...yeah I'm thinkin' th' main difference 's probably more t' do w'th hopefully not blastin' 'm w'th Osiris until he wen' unconscious...

[That was kinda the finisher, after all.]

[bloomingdespite]

I mean, Anzu and Thorn didn't really use Osiris all that often anyways. It's a decent floodgate for control strategies that can't deal with swarms but you have to go minus three to make any use of it and most of the time it's going to be sitting on the field with 0 ATK, maybe 1000 at best, because by the time you're playing it you're typically almost out of gas anyways and keeping cards in your hand to pump it up just isn't worth it.

At least Obelisk is a rock-solid beater at the very worst—even though a 4000/4000 body for minus three is kind of bad unless you're dealing with a deck that has a metric ton of huge monsters—but man, Osiris really got the short end of the stick.

[luckydragonsfoot]

[Katsuya....can feel the words floating, floating over his head...

But ultimately he's sure it only means one thing.] Huh. So basic'lly, yer sayin' y' never ended up torchin' 'm with th' power of a god.

[He blinks, and then grins.] Well hey, good t' hear then! Nice t' know tha' one of th' duels tha' night didn' go as intense then!

[bloomingdespite]

"Yeah, nobody else was... as lucky."

Wester shivers. Best not to press the subject.

[luckydragonsfoot]

Errr...righ'.

[Well, all that aside.] ...'s over now though, yeah? Got 't outta th' way...

[..................Something is bugging him.] ...Oi, Wester?

...it cool t' ask uh...somethin' abou' Malik?

[bloomingdespite]

[They freeze for a moment, memories rapidly playing across their mind before they force themself to take a deep breath.]

Uh, yeah.

Sure.