still ironing out this muse...

[onethirdthesoul]

Ehhh, you know... I don't think I'd mind being in one of those "games"! But maybe not one of those scary ones with monsters and horror elements. That's better left to tabletops and roleplaying games, don't you think? But oh! It'd be really nice if I could meet Yugi-kun and the others, but I don't mind making some new friends--

[He falters.] W-wait, what do you mean that since I'm just a part of one big roleplaying community, that means you can put me in a horror game if you want to?! I really don't think I'm cut out for that sort of thing!

[FIGHT OR FLIGHT REFLEXES ARE KICKING IN HERE... Ryou would go for flight, but there's nowhere to run so he just droops.]

Comments

[heartofaduelist]

It's not really all that bad, Bakura-kun! A horror based game sounds exciting to me! [Hon, you haven't been placed in a game at all. What do you know.]

[onethirdthesoul]

I don't know, what if something--

[Ryou's eyes catch sight of that skirt.] Er... [He won't judge, Yugi-kun! He won't judge... But he will avert his eyes.]

What if something bad happens. People usually die in horror movies...

[heartofaduelist]

[Ryou gets the cute head tilt of confusion. Is there something wrong?]

Then you usually prepare for the worst. Make sure that you have all your supplies and weapons together. [And your deck too, that's important.]

My mun says that even if you do die in a horror based game, you usually don't stay dead for long. Not like in a gross zombie undead kind of way, you just come back to life, somehow.

[onethirdthesoul]

[NOTHING WRONG BUT YUGI WHY ARE YOU WEARING A SKIRT]

U-un, I mean, that's nice and all... I believe in taking precautions! But uh, do you really think that sounds like fun, Yugi-kun?

[Smiling UNCOMFORTABLY...]

[heartofaduelist]

[Yuugi just likes all kinds of games, period. She's not scared at all.]

Yeah, it sounds like a lot of fun, actually.

[But, there was an issue with being called 'Yuugi-kun'. She knows you're polite and all but, she thought that they were closer friends than that.]

Bakura-kun... don't you think it's... more appropriate to call me 'Yuugi-chan' rather than 'Yuugi-kun'? Or just Yuugi is fine too.

[themortiest]

I think the less cut out you are for something, the more likely they're gonna put -- gonna stick you in that kind of, of situation. They're really sick, man.

[onethirdthesoul]

I-I don't want to have to battle hoards of monsters! [A logical leap in thought here.]

[themortiest]

[To Morty it's totally a logical leap in thought. He feels you, bro.]

Hey, I know, man. It's really not fun. To have to battle hordes of monsters and stuff, but I mean...uh. It could be worse?

[Yeah that's good let's go with that.]

[onethirdthesoul]

... [He lets out a sigh!!]

I know, but... Whatever happened to just being normal and playing games with your friends? That's all I really want.

[themortiest]

[If Morty actually had friends to do normal things with he'd probably feel the same way.

Not that he doesn't understand. It's complicated.]

Uh, I wouldn't know. But I get it. It's like, why can't these guys have fun just, ya know, putting us in situations where we play like a video game or, or something? I guess it's not fun enough. For them, I mean.

[invisible_friendship]

Oi, Bakura. [The sane one!]

Not that'd it do much good, but avoid the horror ones if you can.

[onethirdthesoul]

Hey, Jounouchi-kun! And uh, I'd like to, but I'm not sure I have much of a choice in the matter. [He lets out a heavy sigh, resigned to his fate, apparently.]

[invisible_friendship]

Go figure they'd be set on it.

[Don't mind his annoyance.]

I was in one for almost a year. Not much to brag about.

[onethirdthesoul]

[Ryou really doesn't blame him.]

A year?! That's a long time... Was it as bad as it sounds? [Judging by the warning...]

[invisible_friendship]

[Jounouchi paused for a long moment. He really wasn't one to dig up bad memories, but withholding them might do more harm than good in Ryou's case.]

It's what you expect from a horror game.

Only, the one I was in, you didn't have your body. It was just some wire-mock up in the figure of a body. Instead of blood, we had this weird color fluid. Everything in that tower was fake, down to the very structure. There were these people called administrators who pulled all the strings. One was okay, but some were twisted, and sick. [He couldn't call them people. Not after what they pulled.]

It was dangerous to roam at night, that's when monsters liked to roam at times. Some floors had a lot of them.

Often bad things would happen. Sometimes people were mind controlled, sometimes they turned into monsters. You could never tell what would happen next.

[doormat_hikari]

I've been to a horror game once. It was terrifying. [ not to mention his shadow was there with him... ]

[onethirdthesoul]

Y-you're not exactly making me brim with confidence... [Then again, he's not sure what else he expects from another him in this situation.]

[doormat_hikari]

I don't particularly wish to mislead myself. I'm not my shadow.

[ unless this is the shadow?! ]

[onethirdthesoul]

[Dramatic chord--]

I appreciate that, thank you... I guess, I already know it's going to be scary. Maybe I was hoping to hear something else...

[He lets out a sigh.] But that wouldn't help me.

[doormat_hikari]

Surely there are other games out there. I was in an odd dressing room for some time that was simply odd, but not truly scary. Except for the shadow.

[roadroller]

Horror games, huh? I've been in one of those. My Campus incarnation doesn't remember it but - if I can survive it, so can you! ♪

[never mind that Rin is a robot and also much braver than he is]

[onethirdthesoul]

I think... You're made of stronger stuff than most people, Rin-chan.

[Just gonna smile uneasily at her because he is familiar with the Campus incarnation.]

[roadroller]

Oh but I was human in Mayfield! Well, sort of... I was human about a third of the time. I kept switching between that and my robot body- [but this is complicated so moving on.]

Never mind that, my point is, squishy bits are no excuse! ♪

[onethirdthesoul]

[He is not sure that he wants to know.

So instead, he'll start off in a casual way:] Well you're not used to being vulnerable like us "squishy" humans, right? Then of course you wouldn't be afraid! You didn't grow up with it.

[roadroller]

... I didn't say I wasn't afraid. I just said I survived. ♪