[CAMPUS/IC] II

[fluffydeathdealer]

[This is a general post for threads that can't go anywhere else, to prevent making closed posts for one or two characters.

Threads here are 100% IC for the_campus.

11/02/14 - An Unexpected Guest
21/02/14 - Finally, No More Pantomime!
21/02/14 - Trial of the Heart: The Truth About Bakura?!
24/02/14 - Just Die Already! Sibyll Versus the Ring
17/03/14 - Tiny Trials With Bakura
21/03/14 - The Soul Alternative! Inside Harriet's Mind
23/03/14 - Bonds Between Men! A Reluctant Tolerance


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Finally, No More Pantomime! (Feb 21st)

[inheritedburden]

[With the language barrier now dropped and people talking in ways that weren't complete and utter gibberish, curiosity has led Tenar to going to look for Bakura. The guy seemed pretty interesting, if creepy, and what Kai said has only led him to be curious rather than wary.

It shouldn't be too hard... even if he didn't look like anything special, that Ring sure is!]

Bakuraaaa!

[fluffydeathdealer]

...who are you?

[The voice doesn't sound really familiar, and it's not until he actually comes out and sees who's yelling his name that he recognizes it. That was right... the kid with the superpowers.]

Hoh... if it isn't Tenarrrr~.

[He draws out the last syllable, referencing his earlier trouble speaking it.]

[inheritedburden]

Great, your voice isn't broken anymore either!

[He's so happy about that. Other languages are crazy and weird.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah, the curse faded away. [Folding his arms over his chest, he leans against the wall.] It's a relief.

[He was about to stab someone if he didn't goddamn well get his ability to communicate with someone other than the thief king back.]

[inheritedburden]

No kidding! This place is really weird.

[Don't mind Tenar, he's just gonna "sit" in the air here, kicking his legs some.]

But you can say my name right now, at least!

[fluffydeathdealer]

And you're not having trouble with mine.

[Truthfully, he's a little unhappy still, but the 'sitting' definitely catches his attention.]

How the hell are you even doing that?

[inheritedburden]

Doing what?

[...Oh, wait, he made gestures about this before.]

You mean flying?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah. The only person I've seen flying around here was a dream guy. Some flying jester kid.

[Moving swiftly on...]

It's like you're not human.

[inheritedburden]

Nope, I'm human! I know because if I wasn't, I wouldn't be working so hard.

[There's no trace of bitterness in his voice, really; even if Kohlrain and Surito can get ahead without as much effort, the fact he can stay neck and neck with them just through effort is something he's proud of.]

But flying's an easy thing to do, if you've got enough ki for it.

[fluffydeathdealer]

You mentioned that word before... What is this 'ki' thing? Some kind of magic?

[Because he is very interested in this now dammit.]

[inheritedburden]

Nope! Ki's kinda better and kinda worse. It's worse 'cause it can't do anything like Kai can with magic, but it's better because everyone has ki, you just have to actually train hard to be able to do anything with it.

Anyone can learn how to fly if they work hard enough, for instance!

[fluffydeathdealer]

Wait. Everyone has it?

[Even Ryou-? Because that definitely piques his interest.]

[inheritedburden]

Well... kinda? Every human has it. I think most aliens have it. But I know, at least, mechanical people don't.

My dad doesn't have anything that's actually ki ki, he just generates unlimited energy.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Then his host probably does... interesting.]

Fascinating! You'll have to explain this to me in more detail at some point.

[inheritedburden]

I can explain it whenever you want! Flying's kinda hard to learn, but it's the easiest technique there is to actually do, once you know how. But you gotta train your ki up a lot, or you won't be able to do it very long at all.

[And the fact that he's just floating here purely for the fact of floating should say a lot.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

You must have a lot of it, then... I'd like to hear about it, if you're willing to...

Talk... about...

[Hold on. What did that kid say just a moment ago?]

You said your father doesn't generate ki?

[Mechanical people don't. Cogs whirring...]

Your father is a robot?!

[inheritedburden]

My dad's an android!

[fluffydeathdealer]

...what.

[inheritedburden]

My dad is an android.

[He says it slower, as if it was the actual sentence Bakura had trouble understanding rather than the meaning behind it.]

Auntie's one too, but me and my cousin are humans.

[fluffydeathdealer]

...Are you bullshitting me?

[First, most important question:]

How the hell does an android have a kid?

[inheritedburden]

It's because Dad and Auntie were made from humans. That's why they can have kids.

[He shrugs a little, as if the idea of converting a perfectly normal human to a mechanical infinite-energy death machine is completely average.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...all of this science crap does my head in. You hungry? We can probably talk better somewhere more comfortable.

[Like the lounge. 'cause he ain't taking this kid to his dorm.]

[inheritedburden]

Yeah, that sounds great!

[He actually is pretty hungry, now that he thinks about it. Tenar stretches, then drops to the ground beside him.]

Let's go!

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Okay then! First to the home economics room to grab some stuff that can't be found in the lounge, and then to the lounge where he reclines on a comfy chair and swings his legs almost childishly. Ah, soda, beef jerky and potato chips~ He very much approves of this. Whatever Tenar wanted is left on the table for him.]

So how does a person train and use this ki stuff?

[inheritedburden]

[He's not very picky when it comes to food, perhaps surprisingly for his age, but when you live in the wilds with a half-Saiyan to train stuff up, you learn to take what you can get.]

By training... normally, I guess? It's a part of you, so if your body gets stronger then you'll get stronger in general. My friends and I practiced martial arts and fighting and stuff like that, and it trained it up! But you can also use the ki you have to train it too, especially for control.

[Munch munch.]

I'hm nhot rheally shure how to esplahn khi chontrul though.