tushanshu | 008 ≠ ( VIDEO )

[ The video feed opens with not one Bakura but two, the first standing central to the screen and the other offset to the side and whose nervous posture indicates he's still trying to slide even farther away. Separately it would be easy to call them identical but side by side, there are differences; slight but present. The voice is the biggest giveaway though, as Bakura's bears almost nothing of Ryou's accent. ]

Pay attention:

There are, as you can see, actually two of us. I'm the one who thinks you're all expendable idiots and treats you accordingly, not him. So taking your anger at me out on the new arrival here without listening to him merely proves my point.

For those of you whom I so easily fooled by calling myself "Ryou"? This is the real one, so go... make friends or something.

[ At that, Ryou offers an awkward wave at the console screen. ]

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[ OOC: Takes place following this post. Replies will come from both/either of them, unless specifically marked private to one or the other. If anyone wishes to query Emily-Helen about this via their hatchling, she will confirm there are indeed two! If a little confused about why they're very similar. ]

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At a minimum of fuss, too. Well done.

[It could be directed at either, or both, and could be a tease or genuine congratulation. It's a little hard to tell in text. He is amused by that descriptor of everyone else on the turtle, though.]

No one was looking for your approval.

And yet it was given. Funny how that works, isn't it.

Not funny, no.

Feel free to insert your own synonym here.

I'm certain you won't like the synonym I'm thinking of, or what I'm about to tell you to do with it.

I don't know. I like to think I'm a very charitable person.

You would!

There's no need to be so mean about it. Especially since I've put so much effort into finding you a fee that's useful as well as unique.

[ Good recovery, Sol. Bakura changes the feed to video and makes it private. ]

Oh?

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[He likes to think so. He follows suit, and he looks amused when the feed activates.]

Where would be the fun in just telling you? If, however, you're prepared for some mine-robbing ...

[Now that the Evandau 'thing' is over. Mostly. It's probably not a bad idea for Solomon to get out of the city for a while, either way.]

[ With Ryou in the city, Bakura might just need a break anyway. ]

Very well. When?

Today, if you're amenable. I can pick you up.

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I think Baku-san could have worded it better, but I'm glad everything is cleared up now.

[Baku-s--brb Solomon is just going to laugh his head off.]

Delightful. I was frankly concerned you might faint when I told you that there was a lookalike in the city. I do hope the change of subject wasn't too sudden.

[Ryou was quite proud of that pun, tyvm.]

It's okay, I was going to have to find out sooner or later. Better sooner than later, I think.

[With good reason. Solomon is going to enjoy this.]

A wise attitude, and now there's a silver lining. If there's anyone on whom you wish to wreak vengeance, you have a convenient scapegoat.

[He doesn't mean it seriously. He also knows the boy will take it seriously, and will not in the least consider actually doing so.]

Eek! I would never do something like that. Wreaking vengeance sounds more like Baku-san's style, but I'm sure it would be really easy to frame him if I wanted to. All I have to do is look grumpy and insult people.

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[His naivete is simitaneously sad and refreshing. Not to mention his image is amusing.]

Well, that and be willing to harm any idiots who try to harm you.

[That was a little too personal for his liking. Ryou's reply doesn't come for awhile.]

I guess I couldn't roleplay him after all.

Not everyone could.

[It's neither censure nor compliment, but more a statement of fact. It takes a certain kind of history to understand a man like Bakura.]

I don't think I would want to anyway.

What makes you think Bakura does?

What is that supposed to mean?

[An earnest question from Ryou's end.]

Everyone makes an issue of a person being defined by choice. They forget that people are defined by circumstance as well.

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