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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It's a start.

[She repeats it, giving Ryou a cautious look over.]

How can you even stand to be in the same room as that guy?

[He looks a little relieved at that. It seems she's starting to believe him, and he knows he's telling the truth...so it's only a matter of time!

As for her question, he cants his head and shrugs with knitted brow.]

It's...complicated, but getting the word out here is more important than being a little uncomfortable. Besides, there's a lot I have to ask him.

Yeah, good luck getting any answers out of him.

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Thanks, I'll probably need it.

[It's...not clear if he sensed any sarcasm there at all.]

[And here she thought Bakura was just hamming up the innocence.]

Yeah, you will. Let me know if he's giving you any problems.

[Because she's certainly looking for a reason.]

[ EXCUSE U KORRA he'll have you know that his portrayal is 100% spot on ]

[don't you DARE open up an acting school!]

I will, thank you. [So that's like the 3rd or 4th person who wants him to "let them know" if Bakura is giving him any trouble. Before long he can start a Bakura Help Line.]

But, ah...could I have your name? I think we skipped the introductions.

Korra. [Her mouth turns into a line, and it has nothing to do with Ryou.] We haven't met.

[Bakura’s robbed her of that.]

[Ryou wonders if that look is somehow his fault, or the other Bakura's. That aside, he seems a little confused.]

Well we've met just now, right? That counts!

Yeah, I guess it does.

[Not that it isn't weird since he looks exactly like Bakura did when she first met him too.]

Bakura used to work for me. At the dojo.

...as you.

[She's not even sure why she feels the need to tell him this.]

[Ryou thinks he understands, his lips pulling into a small frown.]

I'm sorry... If you still need help around the dojo, I wouldn't mind volunteering. [He knows that's probably not the issue here, but he really doesn't know what else to offer.]

[Retraining herself to not feel that sting of being lied to when she's the real Ryou's face; that's her issue.

But...]

Sure. I could use someone since y- Bakura's replacement isn't here anymore. [And that's the other thing she doesn't want to think about.

GUH. Why isn't anything ever easy these days?]

[Ryou will just try his best to be cheerful in hopes that Korra will feel a little more comfortable. It's all he can do right now.]

Okay! That sounds great. I don't know where it is or what to do, so we should meet up later!

[...This actually works out pretty well for him, too. He kind of hasn't managed to get a job yet, and the money he got from the Welcome Center isn't going to last much longer.]

Whenever is good for you, Korra-san.

It's in the Wood Sector. Here. [She sends a ping over her console with the location. Bakura could just tell him where it is, but she wouldn't put it past him to make the boy lost in Keeliai.]

Afternoon's usually best. But, it's just Korra. Not Korrasan.

[Oh no... Is he going to have to explain the honorific system again? It was painful enough with Wan, and trying to teach him how to use "Bakura-kun".]

Oh, it's...nevermind. My mistake. [He suddenly decides it's just not worth it. If she's not Japanese, she's not going to see him dropping it as disrespectful anyway.]

It's already kind of late, so I'll see you tomorrow afternoon, okay?

[She can't fight off the feeling that this might be inviting trouble into her dojo, but it's not even Ryou's second chance. Just his first, no matter what Bakura's said and done.]

Sure, I'll see you then. The doors will be open so you can just go inside when you get there.

Okay! Goodbye for now! [He smiles and waves, and then ends the feed.]

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