September Catch-All | OPEN

[onethirdthesoul]

Characters: Ryou and YOU!
Date: September 10th~30th (after he and Yami Bakura clear things up)
Location: Around Keeliai, Mu-Hao
Situation: Many
Warnings/Rating: None yet.

[part a]
[In spite of some warnings from the Spirit himself, Ryou didn't wait to see if everyone heard their message. It's possible someone might still mistake them, but he decided to simply tie his hair up and tuck it into a hat instead of worrying himself sick. It doesn't do much, but it's a start.

Properly "disguised", he can be seen around the less shady looking parts of Keeliai, a sketchpad and colored pencils in hand. Even with the maps Solomon provided him, making a diorama of the turtle was going to need some personal experience. The map gave him layouts, but it didn't really provide that glimmer of insight that distinguished each sector. Even if he didn't have to toll away on the details like he would a game of Monster World, he feels the context of color, at the very least, will help.]

[part b]
He also stops at several food stands along the way, so passersby might notice him snacking as he diligently colors in little sketches of the more fantastical parts of each Sector. Is he still researching, or is he just gathering ideas for his next tabletop at this point?]

This would make a really cool final boss arena...! [Well, that answers that.]

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Comments

[denyamenti]

[ He felt he'd sufficiently discharged that debt by making the post and making it as blatantly obvious in that message that they were very different. Beyond that, he could hardly go around to each individual and ply his truth on them. ]

Family or given?

[ He's not entirely thrilled about offering the first, but even he's not hypocritical enough not to at least ask the preference given this conversation. ]

[onethirdthesoul]

Ah... [He has to think a moment. Of course he prefers people call him by his family name, but conversations between the two of them might be kind of weird if they both use "Bakura". It also might be a good idea to start using his given name, if only to differentiate the two of them...]

Given. With the honorific, please. [It would be too much if he dropped that too.]

[denyamenti]

[ A few seconds of silence at the demand for the honorific -- he's not Japanese, after all -- but he'll take his victories where he can get them at the moment. ]

Fine. Ryou-san.

[ It's said with a degree of stiffness, but he supposes he'll get used to it. They are, after all, both compromising at this point. ]

[onethirdthesoul]

...Then I guess that's it.

[He sighs and tilts his head, looking back towards the door.]

It's kind of weird, but I'll just have to get used to it.

[denyamenti]

So you will.

[ He follows Ryou's gaze to the door. ]

Am I keeping you from something?

[onethirdthesoul]

[The mood had taken a bit of a nose-dive, that was part of it. But that wasn't the only reason.]

I was thinking I should probably finish up my sketches, since I need to meet Wreath-san today. But I'm glad we were able to talk.

[denyamenti]

[ The thief shrugged, unconcerned. ]

Leave, if you want? You're not required to stay.

[onethirdthesoul]

Um...okay. [He's obviously not sure what to do with such a casual, yet still optional dismissal.]

We should talk another time. [Ryou still has more questions, and things certainly could have gone worse today...not that he's going to be cherishing any happy memories here. The most fun he had was talking to the turtle, but the whole trip had been more about gathering information anyway.] Okay?

[denyamenti]

For the moment I have no reason to tell you no.

[ Which is probably as close to agreement as Ryou is likely to get. ]

Besides, the sheneyat seems to like you.

[onethirdthesoul]

... [Which means he might in the future. Ryou will just have to play his cards carefully.]

"The sheneyat"? [The pronunciation is terrible. There's just enough context clues here for him to make a guess.] Do you mean Emily-Helen-chan?

[denyamenti]

[ He just might, at that. ]

Yes, that's her.

[ Obviously not going to explain it proactively. ]

[onethirdthesoul]

She does? [He smiles at that.]

I'll bring her back something next time I'm here, then. Anyway, you have a good afternoon. [Polite as always, Ryou heads for the door. He pats Emily-Helen on the head on the way out, giving her a proper goodbye as well as a promise of future goodies.]