No regrets were had

[permanentlysealed]

As long as you don't find yourself in my way, this arrangement will work. If you think you can overcome me however, you are sorely mistaken. I won't fall for your tricks.

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[obsessed_gamer]

I....

[Give him a moment. He needs to process what you just told him.]

Raphael lost then. And you became a slave to the seal.

[permanentlysealed]

I am its master. [So he believes. He's got no reason otherwise.] And Raphael has no one to blame but himself for his poor judgment. [There's a cocky smirk on his face. Yeah. He won. Because Raphael is a terrible duelist (so he thinks) and thought he could get him to lose by handing him the seal. BUT WHAT HE DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR WAS THAT ATEM WOULD MASTER IT AND KICK HIS ASS ....or so that's how it went in this version. And this is what he thinks. It is his ultimate truth right now.]

[obsessed_gamer]

So what now then?

[permanentlysealed]

Now I continue to conquer all the obstacles in my path. [With an IRON FIST.]

[obsessed_gamer]

So then you're no better then when I first solved the puzzle and released you.

[permanentlysealed]

[His eyes narrow but- something sparks a realization in him.]

...you're not.. [A very tentative step forward and he reaches out.] You're there. How is that? [You're supposed to be an angry ethereal form yelling at him for what he's done but you have a FORM. A BODY. ...this is intriguing...]

[obsessed_gamer]

[Oh, don't get him wrong, he is angry, but he always forgives, because it's his nature. That doesn't mean that he isn't upset that you've apparently gone against everything the two of you have fought for, everything all their friends have suffered for, for this.

But he's very very real right now.]

It's probably the nature of this place. Which I haven't quite figured out yet.

[Or their muns enjoy fucking with them. EITHER/OR REALLY.]

[permanentlysealed]

[The spirit works better when he has someone- especially when that someone is his partner. The touch connects since Yuugi hasn't moved back and his hand comes to lay against his upper arm. The spirit tilts his head, eyes lowering in consideration.]

Like this... [Oh yes. Oh yes the idea is forming.] We don't have to be apart.

[obsessed_gamer]

[He looks confused for a moment, not quite getting at what his other was talking about.]

No... but you're still under the influence of the Seal.

[permanentlysealed]

This is not influence. This is my choice. [His hand grips him, something almost reassuring. He's certainly not trying to hurt the other. This is as strange as it is exhilarating and he steps into Yuugi's personal space so that he can better look him in the eyes.]

I don't want to do this without you, aibou. [Which is the truth. He might have tried to ignore how abandoning Yuugi felt but he needs the other. Desperately. And now that he's here he'll do whatever it takes to turn him.]

[obsessed_gamer]

You're never without me, Mou Hitori no Boku, but I can't-- I won't help you. Not with this. Not by stealing other's souls.

[Because he remembers when it happened to him, and he doesn't wish that fate on anyone.]

[permanentlysealed]

I am without you. [He seems extremely sincere- if not sad, too, his other hand coming to grip Yuugi's other arm as he faces him.] And I don't have to be- we don't have to be.

[obsessed_gamer]

You turned your back on us the moment you decided to play the seal, Mou Hitori no Boku. Don't you remember?

In my time, I had to wait until you were distracted in order to take control again. Because I wasn't going to let the seal take you.

[permanentlysealed]

[He looks confused for a moment but he isn't relenting.]

This doesn't have to be either your or my time. It can be our time again. I want it to be. [Getting a little desperate. It's lonely at the top.]

[obsessed_gamer]

What about our friends? Or your memories?

[Mou Hitori no Boku, don't do this to him. You're his best friend, always will be. He'll always support you in any way he can, but he's not sure he can do this.]