dear_mun | homeless; voice testing; BE GENTLE

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homeless; voice testing; BE GENTLE

Much as I admire your ambition, mundane, there ought to be reasonable limits to one's enthusiasm— and that goes for both the upper and the lower ranges. Surely asking that you, what's the expression, roll a rogue in order to more fully explore my storyline isn't asking much, is it? You need to find something to keep you occupied until Tuesday.

Oh, have I hit a sore spot? But frothing at the mouth won't increase your chances of finding one last runestone, much as you may wish otherwise. There's no need to become bitter about it; it was your decision to delay fulfilling my requests, not mine.

Come now, there's work to be done. Even if you and I both know the outcome, procrastination is, as ever, the thief of time. And haven't you had enough of that already?

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[Actually, this is about as civil as it gets for Kaiba. He certainly sounds more interested than before, and not as antagonistic. It's a start, anyway.]

They're definitely a lot smarter than the mortal races, that's for damn sure. Can't say I blame them.

[He's noticing this, yes, and while it isn't entirely effective at erasing his earlier irritation, it is soothing it somewhat.]

Have you met many of us?

[Well, since he asked...

Kaiba reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a trio of these, flicking them around to show him.]

To say the least.

[The appearance of the three small objects makes Wrathion blink in surprise, but while he leans closer to examine them, the amused expression he'd been wearing moments earlier is quick to drop into pure skepticism.]

These are playing cards.

[He's used to it. Keep huffing, he's not offended.]

They're more than that, actually.

Do explain.

I could... or I could just show you. [Somebody's looking sly, all of a sudden.] Take your pick.

[His eyes narrow.]

Explain, then show me.

[Scary.]

Oh? Don't trust me?

Don't take it personally.

And if I did?

Then you have wasted a great deal of precious time behaving as though yours is the only opinion that matters to you.

I'm the CEO of a major company.

I never waste time.

[A... what? Well, thank goodness for context clues, at least.]

Then I admire your diligence. The explanation, if you please.

[You're such a bitch.

Still a dragon, though, so explanation it is.]

They're printed on paper, sure, but they can also be called forth. Summoned into a duel, as monsters that live and breathe like the real thing. Basically a proxy battle between two people, in place of actual fighting.

Interested now?

[A summoning? Then yes, this has definitely caught his interest, and he's eyeing the cards with newfound appreciation as a result, peering closely at them in a way that is rapidly becoming covetous. To think of what he might be able to do with a deck of these to call his own— but what of this "duel?" A proxy battle between two people? Is it like the pet battles on his world, then?]

You have my attention. How does this summoning take place? What are the conditions of this duel? I would be glad to learn more of it.

Using technology I perfected, of course.

[Smuggest of grins ensues after mentioning that.]

The conditions are simple: eliminate all of your opponent's life points to win. You attack and protect yourself with monsters, and power them up with magic. Simple, right?

[Had his eyes not already been blazing, they would have gleamed at this point. Monsters and magic, definitely similar to pet battles, but what's this about life points? Eliminating all of them—]

And the losers, do they die?

Sometimes.

[Yeah, his game's awesome. He knows.]

[... Why doesn't Azeroth have this game? Jihui doesn't compare.]

Show me.

[An order, a childish demand, does it really matter what it is? Kaiba has effectively won this battle, so play the damn card.]

Everyone gets a freebie.

[Bonus points for dragons, of course.

The cards glow, a stark, shiny white, and moments later, those same dragons coalesce behind Kaiba into a single, massive beast. Sharp-toothed, three-headed, and damn convincing for just trading cards, indeed. Are they?

Judging from how closely and protectively the monster is hovering behind its master, it might not be a good idea to find out.]

Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon. [Kaiba lifts a hand, and the dragon obediently tips its necks down, obeying the gesture.] Don't worry. It's friendly.

[Mostly.]

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[... Oh.

Well that

oh.

Wrathion stares upward, staring transfixed at brilliant scales, all three heads, and fierce, intelligent blue eyes, his own wide. This Ultimate Dragon isn't quite the size of his father (but then what is, really), but it's still enormous, impressive, and worth a certain degree of awe and respect. Summoning this creature using technology he had developed— no, perfected? What had been the original technology? Who had created that? The Titans? Or...

A hesitant sniff reveals that the three-headed dragon is tangible enough, at least for Wrathion's purposes, and so he falls back to simply watching it curl around Kaiba, a contemplative look soon settling over his features. The two share a bond, that much is clear from the way they interact. If that's the case...]

How is it that three individual cards formed one being?

Ordinarily, they exist separately. But they can combine, into the form you see here.

[The dragon purrs, and Kaiba tips a smile back at it, clearly fond in spite of his earlier snappishness to Wrathion. Somebody's got a weak spot for scaly lizards, so it would seem.]

The three Blue-Eyes White Dragons, and I alone am their master. The sole owner of the rarest cards in the world.

[You are now Friendly with The Black Prince.]

Is that so?

[The words come out in a murmur as he continues to observe the two, noting both the purr and the smile in particular. Interesting. This human is worth more notice than he had thought.]

What other sorts of cards are there? Tell me.

Quite a few. It would take a while to explain.

[Though he has a feeling he knows what would really catch Wrathion's attention, so...]

But you might be interested in the Egyptian Gods, in particular.

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