[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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[fluffydeathdealer]

It's not like there's any pressing engagements in this place. We could just pick a time.

[inheritedburden]

Sure! You can do a lot of the training on your own anyway, since it's... um... [Think.] Pretty much anything that makes you stronger should help. Running and doing push-ups and living outside... stuff like that. I spar all the time with my friends, so that helps too, but I'd have to be really careful that I didn't break your arm or something...

[fluffydeathdealer]

Considering how hard you can hit, I'd be surprised if you were able to handle me without breaking something of mine.

[inheritedburden]

[He shrugs a little.]

It's not really hard. It's just like handling a ball, or a glass, or something like that. You just figure out how hard you can touch it before it hurts it, then make sure you use less than that.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Being compared to a glass is fucking humiliating.]

I'd be willing to try it. Just don't damage me too much. Unlike the Ring, I can break.

[inheritedburden]

I won't! I don't really want to hurt you, even if Kai says you're a creep. You seem like an okay guy for a ghost, anyway!

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Nope, choking on his crisps now.]

That Shade-kun said what now?

[STOP SPOILING HIS FUN, YOU STUPID SILVER-HAIRED BRAT.]

What a rude thing to say...

[inheritedburden]

Well, you are kinda creepy. I mean, that laugh was really freaky and being a ghost in something is really weird to me. But you don't seem all that bad.

[And he could break you like a twig if you tried anything anyway.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...oi. Making personal remarks isn't very nice.

[He likes his laugh. :(]

But you're still alright with teaching me this shit? You're more relaxed than you seem.

[inheritedburden]

Sorry! It's true, though.

[He bites into another piece of beef jerky, blinking a little and shrugging.]

It's not like you can copy my Kamehameha! And I wouldn't teach that to you anyway. Flying's easy and if you were gonna hurt people you'd train anyway. Besides, it's also kinda loud and anyone can sense your energy going up if you use it, so you can't sneak up on anybody or anything.

[fluffydeathdealer]

I don't care about the turtle-thing. It was interesting to see, but it's yours.

[Sense energy, huh...]

You know most people can't sense energy, right?

[inheritedburden]

Yeah, I know. But you're still a human, even if you're a ghost human, so I can sense you. And Kai can, or will be able to later.

So you still can't really hide with it.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Why would I want to hide from Shade-kun, anyway? Kai's a dear person to me!

[...the crazy part is he actually makes that sound like he's not lying. Even though he's lying through his teeth.]

[inheritedburden]

Really? Kai said you probably just wanted to kill him.

[Tenar's looking at him curiously now.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...what has that boy been telling people now? [Sigh. Oh Kai... trying to turn everyone against him? What an annoying child you are...] I don't intend on anything of the sort! I owe him my life after all~! I even sent him a valentine, though he retaliated by setting me on fire in effigy. Ours is a forlorn love.

[Resting his head on his hand, he stares back at Tenar.]

What would you even do if I did?

[inheritedburden]

...I really don't think Kai goes that way. I think he likes girls. So maybe that's why he burned a doll of you up?

[He takes a drink, then glances over at the question. When he speaks, it's very matter-of-fact, as if he's simply commenting on the weather.]

If you tried to kill Kai, then I'd have to hurt you. Really bad.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Maybe he hasn't found the right man yet. Maybe if I keep trying, he'll realize I'm the only one for him! ...Or maybe I'm just screwing with you.

[He chuckles low in his throat, relaxing back into his chair again.]

Actually, I'm taken. And I don't kill people for no reason. So if Kai doesn't try to harm me, I won't have to hurt him.

[Hurt him... heh. What a foolish boy. Did he really forget so easily the other caveat of 'spirit possession'?]

[inheritedburden]

Maybe! Screwing with me sounds like what you'd do. But it doesn't matter to me either way.

[Tenar shifts, then turns around to sit sideways in the chair, letting his legs dangle over the armrest.]

That's good! Then nobody has to hurt anyone else, and we can just all be nice.

[No, he didn't forget it at all... he's just willing to hurt someone to protect someone else, especially if one of those two are his friends.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Laughing:] Oi, oi, is it alright to assume that? You don't even know me.

[Chomping into the beef jerky, he tears it apart with his teeth and swallows it down. Could use more blood... Or, well, any.]

You're a weird kid.

[inheritedburden]

Is it wrong?

[He turns over on his side, resting his chin on one of his arms and looking at Bakura curiously.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

No. It's just odd that you assumed something like that so fast. You're pretty quick to decide on shit that should take weeks, if not more, with anyone else.

[...really, Bakura's far too relaxed for someone discussing his host's inevitable crippling if that shit happened.]

[inheritedburden]

Maybe. But I'm not afraid of hurting people I like to protect other people, so it's easy for me to decide it. I don't like hurting or killing people, but I can't be a real hero if I'm not willing to stop someone doing that just because they're my friends, right?

And even if we can't all be nice, if nobody's hurting anyone else, then it's okay to just keep going.

[fluffydeathdealer]

It's a fine line between hero and vigilante, Tenar. If you're willing to hurt even the people you like to stop them doing something you don't like... that doesn't sound like a hero.

But it doesn't matter to me. Do what you like. Though Kai won't be too happy with you if you damage my host too badly.

[inheritedburden]

It's not to stop them from doing what I don't like. It's to stop them from hurting people who don't deserve it.

[He sticks his tongue out, apparently taking offense to the assumption he's just going around beating people up for disagreeing with him.]

Then I'll just stop you without hurting your host! I can tie you upside-down to the railing outside.

[fluffydeathdealer]

My, my... what an unfortunate person you are. Like I said... do what you like. It's no concern of mine.

[Chomping down on a crisp.]

I'm not going to be intimidated by a thirteen year old boy.