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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[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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