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Yami Bakura | Yu-Gi-Oh DM

[feelsgoodinyou]

A. Goldenrod City

[Bakura is used to keep falling on his feet, no matter how dire or absurd the situation he gets tossed in. As the Spirit of the Ring he has to be able to do at least this much, his not so small faible for Shadow Games notwithstanding. Still, this situation is bad. Really, really bad. He has neither access to his magic nor to the mind of his host, which is a damn nuisance if he's ever had one. Having to deal with all those idiots yelling about Team Rocket this and Team Rocket that kept him constantly on the verge of murder, the risk of blowing his cover be damned!

But in the end the pretense of being his host has paid off. He has been ranked as one of the candidates with the lowest potential at the end of their obligatory training and sent on a lowest of grunts mission just so that the higher ups will have him out of their heir. Nobody expects anything from 'Ryou', not do they care enough to check on him. Which is just perfect!

Bakura has spent the last three days scoping his new surroundings out, stealing what he needs and sating his curiosity, before he finally returned to his Rocket uniform and his act. So you get a confused-looking fluffy teen in a Rocket Outfit, approaching you with a sheepish smile.]

Excuse me, do you know if this is the shop where those Rotoms are supposed to be haunting? I'm supposed to catch one...


B. Anon Network Post

Okay, so why the hell do ghosts need to eat and what the fuck are you supposed to feed them?!

Goldenrod City!

[thetombkeeper]

Oh, I think they said they were-

[He turns to face the direction the voice is coming from and... stops dead in his tracks (and sentence). He gawks for a good second or two before shaking his head to get his wits about him.

First Kaiba, now him?! ... In a damned Rocket uniform? Marik himself hadn't had any interaction with the crime syndicate but he had been warned about it. Black uniform, big red R. A shy looking idiot just approaching people asking them a simple question.

It can't be Bakura. He's far too smart to do something like this. So Marik hisses and pulls the other teen off into an alley, making sure no one has spotted or followed them.

He's only doing this because if this is Ryou, perhaps Bakura is in there somewhere as well.

And he doubts the spirit would want his host getting caught by the police for being so reckless.]

You fool! Why are you running around in that?! Do you want to get arrested?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[Marik is lucky that Bakura is caught equally unaware. His eyes turn wide in surprise and his body goes stiff in expectation for an attack. He has just barely time to regain his wits and not let his aggression seep through before he's already being grabbed and dragged away.]

What--

[His curse dies on his lips as he sees just how scandalized his former 'partner' in crime is looking. More like a fucking klutz getting between his legs for all the failure he'd proven at carrying his own weight in the end of Battle City, but oh well. They hadn't exactly been enemies before. That was before the idiot had decided to forget his pride and kowtow to the Pharaoh, of course.

But that reaction is hilarious. Maybe he should mess with the idiot some more, see how long it'll take before he catches on.

So he blinks, droops his shoulders lightly like a scolded schoolboy, and gives Marik a look that'll hopefully more confused than challenging.]

Ishtar-kun? Why are you- no, why would I be arrested in the first place? All I'm doing is asking a question about a monster that's supposed to cause some trouble.

[thetombkeeper]

[Marik is too busy freaking out to notice how Bakura himself reacts. Need to get this idiot boy out of sight before they draw attention.

Of course he's absolutely flabbergasted when "Ryou" has no idea why there's a problem in the first place.

He wants to scream.

This can't be Bakura. Is Bakura in there? No... with no Millennium items or magic powers, it just has to be the damned host. Marik grinds his teeth audibly.

He's going to have to babysit. Great.]

Do you not realize what you're dressed in?! It's a freaking Team Rocket uniform! You can't... you can't seriously not realize what that means?

And how the hell did you wind up with them? You're not villain material, let alone a good lackey. Good Thoth, you're lucky I'm the one you bumped into!

[feelsgoodinyou]

[It's a good thing his Ring is hidden safely beneath his clothes. Though Bakura figures that it'd even make sense for his host to have it, if there's ever a need to explain. His landlord loves the thing.

He makes a noise under his breath as he tries not to laugh. Hopefully it'll pass as a reaction to Marik hitting a sore point with his host. After a moment where he has to lower his head to hide his grin, he manages a desolate smile.]

Heh, I pretty much told them exactly the same, but apparently it doesn't matter. If I woke up by their side, that means that I ....deserve.... it in some way. I guess Shadi really was right when he chased me away.

[thetombkeeper]

[The blonde is too focused on his own thoughts and anger to notice the facade.

He's about to smack him upside the head for being all self-deprecating (good lord, Marik. Calm down.) but his following statement gives him pause.

Marik will admit, he doesn't know much about Ryou or how much he's aware of when it comes to Bakura. But that last comment has him suspicious.

He places a hand on the alley brick wall next to Ryou's head and leans in far too close for comfort, violet eyes studying the boy's face intensely.]

How do you know who Shadi is?

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He leans back but doesn't break eye contact. Instead he narrows his eyes a little, furrows his brows and pulls a bout.]

Because I met him, of course. Yuugi told me about him too, he's one of... Well, not one of his other self's friends, but like. ...an ally? He has something to do with the items? I'm sorry, I don't know him very well. We only met once, when we all went to the museum to unlock the Pharaoh's memories, and ...well.... ....

We all wanted to help, but he used one of the items and said that I couldn't come. Only me. It's embarrassing, but I left right after.

[That episode had been both a lucky break for Bakura because it'd given him an excuse to split from their little friendship squad, but it had also made him want to kill Shadi once again. Ryou's hurt had radiated that strongly that even he had felt it as if it were his own, and it had royally pissed him off. Nobody but him got to pick on his host without his prior permission!]

[thetombkeeper]

[Color him impressed than Ryou didn't back down. The explanation is satisfactory for him as well. He backs off, instead crossing his arms as he gives the other teen another look over.

Gods, he looks ridiculous in that get up. Like trying to make a puppy look intimidating.]

He probably sensed the Spirit of the Ring. Don't take it personally.

[He clicks his tongue.]

We need to get you out of that uniform and figure out how to have you quit the organization. If there's even a way. Because they'll get you into more trouble than Yugi and his friends do.

[feelsgoodinyou]

[Success! He makes sure not to show his trademark smirk as he blinks up at Marik.]

You want me to undress?

:3c (Goldenrod City)

[rolltoavoidpossession]

[So Ryou's minding his own business, exploring Goldenrod City. Someone addresses him, he turns to answer-

-and freezes, confusion in his face as he stares at...himself. In a Team Rocket uniform. What.]

...Who are you? [There's a few options here. None of them are good.]

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[feelsgoodinyou]

[Oh Hell No!! First Marik and now Him?!??


What the hell is up with his luck today!?]

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[feelsgoodinyou]

[Okay. Change of plans. Or scrap all his plans those fucking two weeks or nerves and work he's already put in because of course his goddamn fucking landlord has to just appear and prance around like that! With... his own body? Why the hell are there suddenly two of them now?!


Please wait a moment while Bakura internally rolls a die on wether to strangle or to mess with Ryou.]


No. ...who are you? Why are you imitating me?

[rolltoavoidpossession]

What? No, I'm Ryou, who are you?

[This can't be another him, can it? Then again, given what the alternative is, another him would be preferable.

And that still doesn't explain how this is happening, since there can't be two of him and the spirit shouldn't have his own body to come here with.]

And why are you in a Team Rocket uniform? [He doesn't like any of the answers to that, either.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[He raises an eyebrow and stares him down. Really now, host?

At least it means that his confusion tactic is obviously working.]


They insisted. The guys I arrived at said they'll only let me go when prove that I can catch a pokemon while wearing this. Are you a ghost pokemon trying to imitate me?

[rolltoavoidpossession]

[To be fair, Ryou didn't think someone with no body of his own besides the one he kept taking over was capable of coming here. That, and he doesn't have the Ring anymore, so all the more reason why he wouldn't think the spirit could come here.]

I'm not a Pokémon! Look, see? [He pulls out his Gear, switches it to Dex mode, and points it at himself to prove it doesn't detect him as a Pokémon.

(Would the Dex be able to identify a disguised Pokémon? Ryou should test that on his Hisuian Zorua at some point, but not now.)]

What about you? Who are you? [He stops just short of calling him out as the spirit, but only because he wants so badly to be free of him.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

[It's tempting to keep the charade up. But any more and they'll gather more attention than he cares about, so he finally bears his teeth in his trademark fangs smirk.]

Who do you think I am?

[rolltoavoidpossession]

The spirit. [There's fear in his voice, yes, but there's also an edge. Ryou's standing up to the spirit today, not willing to let him get to him.]

How did you get here? I don't have the Ring anymore.

[He'd left it in Egypt, with the other items. He hasn't had it for a while now.

And then Mani and Aigami got their hands on it, but that's a separate issue that Ryou doesn't really want to think about too hard.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

Aw. You really still think that it's you who controls the Ring!

[When it has always been the other way round. Getting rid of the Ring has never worked. Ryou's will on wearing it has never mattered. Why should all this change all of a sudden?!

Bakura shrugs his Rocket Jacket off casually as he slinks right next to the 'other' teen.]

-your past and your future, landlord! I'm the one who decides!!

Goldenrod City

[crystalmaster]

[To say Radley is shocked is an understatement. Finally, someone else from home, someone he saw on video footage of Battle City, and he's in Team Rocket?!

He has to think quickly on how to handle this. The kid looks clueless. Does he even know what he's wearing? Or is he smarter than he seems? He remembers the talk of possession on the Battle City video, but does he really believe that? Yugi sure seemed to, and it's not that Radley doesn't believe possession can happen, but ...

Finally he folds his arms and just stands there.]

Oh? You're supposed to catch one? For whom?

[feelsgoodinyou]

Well.... It's for me actually, but I need to prove to the people who took care of me since I arrived that I can take care of myself first? Ehe, sorry, it's a little complicated...

[He points at his uniform and then shrugs, taking full advantage of his pretended ineptitude.]

The long story short is that I arrived here rather suddenly and this group tried to 'help' me and now I owe them. Or rather, they won't just let me go... Their boss said they'll promote me to field agent status and let me mind my own business if I can bring them one or two pokemon that I somehow got - or something like that, I still don't understand enough of this place, but that's how I parsed it.

I can keep at least one of the pokemon I catch, and see, I like ghosts, so I figured trying to catch that Rotom will help both me and the shopkeeper. Or should I not?

[crystalmaster]

[Radley isn't sure at all that he believes this song and dance, although the kid is definitely convincing at just being sweetly naive. He'll take him at face value for now and just be prepared for trouble. Evie and his other Pokemon are ready to protect him, if need be.]

Well, unfortunately, these guys are crooks. They're the main criminal organization around here. So maybe catching the Rotom will help the shopkeeper, but there'll always be other assignments for you. If they promote you, they're planning on bigger things for you to do.

[He seriously doubts field agents can always mind their own business.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

No way .....!

But they said that I won't be supervised, so can't I just take a mission and take as long as possible to complete it? Or. Maybe I can be an informer? Though I don't know who I'd be telling insider knowledge yet... Is it even needed? Sorry, but they don't seem to be exactly that, well, good at being evil...

[Definitely not up to Bakura's high standards, at least. Which idiot picks their subordinates by numbers rather than reliability and skills?!]

[crystalmaster]

I guess. I don't really know the mechanics of how it works. I'd think they'd start checking in on you if they didn't hear back for a really long time.

[That would only be logical, at least.]

Being an informer would be really dangerous. There's a police force, but they don't seem that equipped to handle these guys. Team Rocket's a menace. They mainly like stealing Pokemon from people.

[Radley is disgusted by it.]

[feelsgoodinyou]

Then that's all the more reason to start doing something about it, right? I can't do much about my position since I've already been tagged as 'evil', but that doesn't mean that I have to just roll over and settle with it!

[Not even his real host would do that. Actually, trying to defeat the system from the inside is exactly what Bakura believes Ryou would try to do. It's the only smart move to make, if one doesn't mind being self-sacrificing to a stupid extend and is more than a little reckless when it comes to helping others. Neither of them would just roll over and take it.]

That said... Uhm. It's probably stupid to ask, but would you help me with that Rotom? I only have one pokemon that's not really doing what I tell it to half of the time, and getting another seems to be a good idea. Especially if those people are that dangerous.

[It's half a lie: he does have one that's got a mind of its own regarding the means of executing its orders, but there's also another that's doing exactly what Bakura wants it to.]

[crystalmaster]

Oh, I think it'd be great to be able to topple their control. It's just I know it'd never be easy. And I'm not sure who you'd even report to. You'd think there'd be an anti-Team Rocket taskforce or something, but I haven't heard of one.

[Radley heaves a sigh at being asked to help. He still doesn't really trust this guy, and the last thing he wants to do is get implicated in a Rocket scheme. He's trying to establish himself as the honest, upright citizen he is. But on the other hand, if the guy is sincere and he means it about toppling Team Rocket, Radley is all for that and wants to help.]

Ghost Pokemon are tricky. Normal moves don't work on them at all. I think some other kinds don't work either, but I haven't familiarized myself too much with the ins and outs of it. I try to avoid battling the Ghost types. So I'm not sure I even have any that can help.

[This is true. And he doesn't like to risk their safety. However, he might be willing to see if a Psychic attack would work from a distance.]