fluffydeathdealer | [CAMPUS/IC] II

... [Malik slowly rises to his feet and trails behind the two of them.]

Oh!

[Harriet blinks as she's lifted again - she never asked him to do it right the fuck now! Is he sure he doesn't just like carrying her around!?

But anyway, they're up now so they might as well go. There wasn't any point in not leaving immediately anyway. And it was kind of nice of him to just intuit that.]

Err, thank you.

[But having to be carried is still humiliating, especially with Malik around.

... Not that he's even paying attention. He's wallowing in self pity ever since she called him out.]

Oy, Malik. How long are you going to mope about that? It was only a theory. I just meant for you to take better care of your soul, not regret every life choice you've ever made about it.

[though if she knew exactly how many fragments were out there she might think he should regret his choices.]

Edited 2014-04-05 02:04 (UTC)

...

[He doesn't even feel up to answering her. What was he supposed to say? It was too late now to change how he felt.]

...

[Bakura frowns, shifting her in his arms to carry her easier.]

Tch. Maybe it was less depressing outside.

[It's partly joking, but enough of a hint as to how downcast he'd been feeling. Not that he expected anything else, but this atmosphere is depressing even to him.]

It's no good asking him to be careful of his soul. He's frustratingly reckless. Like a kid who keeps playing with a toy even after it's put his eye out.

Shut up! [He shouts suddenly, locking in place as he stares at the other two, a mixture of fear and fury on his face.]

I did what I had to do--and I don't regret it!

...

[He pauses, a few steps ahead of Malik. That came out harsher than he meant it to, didn't it? He supposes even a fragment still has the intense feelings of its' original... Being this callous probably isn't good even to a mere fragment of a soul.

Not that he usually cares what's good but... Malik gets exceptions. Since he is one already. Not that it usually stops them biting at one another, but this isn't the time. Tch...]

Oi, oi... I guess that was a little harsh. I'm just worried.

[Like hell he's apologizing to a fragment.]

I should check on your actual soul next time I run into the other you. See what state it's in.

[Sigh. Well, Harriet's almost kind of glad that he's yelling at them - it's a step up from wallowing, at least.]

That's a good idea. I'm worried too.

[Huffing loudly, Malik begins to move again. He doesn't slip back into his previous despair just yet; his blood's still boiling, his stomach twisting harshly inside of him.]

How can you tell? I mean... How can you tell how much is "left"?

I won't be able to tell precisely. I never knew you with your soul intact. The Ankh would be better suited to it. But I'll at least be able to tell if it's in danger. I've seen enough souls to recognize one that's falling apart.

But, Malik... if your soul was weakened to that point, it'd probably show. You noticed it when your soul wasn't in your body, right? When the fragment had control over it, it was struggling to operate.

[That was before this fragment separated from the main, so it should still remember...]

... Wait, what.

[guess who never knew about that]

Right... I remember. Then you should be able to tell me how close my soul is to that point, right?

[He totally ignored Harriet just now--or he plain didn't notice.]

Hopefully, when this is all over... I can rejoin my main soul. It's not like I'm needed in here anymore.

Yeah. I can do that. I'll be sure to make note of it.

[He glances down at Harriet.]

That's right... you were around, but you weren't involved back then. Long story short, I tried to make him immortal by separating his soul and his body, but he wasn't too happy with it because he kept passing out when his soul container got detached. We tried to anchor him a little by using soul fragments, but they can't really control a body on their own without help. It got to be too frustrating!

[There's a note of amusement in his voice.]

It might be helpful, Malik. If you recall any other little fragments lying around, retrieving them might be useful.

Edited 2014-04-06 04:21 (UTC)

[welp. What can she even say to that.]

You guys are so weird.

[He shoots Bakura an incredulous look.] Somehow, I remember that all happening a little differently. Like the part where you put me in the Rod against my will.

[Getting a little side-tracked here.]

Hoh... If we're digging up unfortunate misrememberings from that time, do I need to bring up what happened right before that in front of your girlfriend?

[Namely, the part where you attacked an injured teenager, took advantage of their wounds and pretended you were being nice by patching them up afterwards?]

Besides, that only lasted a few minutes. You went in willingly enough the second time.

[He grins down at Harriet.]

Don't look like that. You'd think you'd never wanted to be with someone forever~.

[Slight echoes of a certain joke he won't let die there.]

[...WIGGLES AGGRESSIVELY]

Bastard! Shut the hell up! ...And don't call me his girlfriend!

[everything else is irrelevant. only tsun now]

Edited 2014-04-06 04:58 (UTC)

[Malik folds an arm over his chest and covers his face with his other hand, his eyes focused on the ground. Did Bakura seriously just call Harriet his girlfriend?! Maybe spending all this time so near to her soul had had a bigger effect on him than he realized, because he was blushing like mad.]

What happened before that--you deserved it! Don't try to play innocent...!

Edited 2014-04-06 05:10 (UTC)

Hoh... you're one to talk. I'm not playing innocent at all, Malik. I know precisely how far from that I am... do you~?

[Bakura grins and sets off again, ignoring the aggressive wiggling of the pink bundle in his arms.]

Harriet, if you're going to get rude, you could just levitate yourself there... I certainly won't mind!

What are you two going on about anyway...

[she looks between Bakura and Malik, and can't help but notice the tomato red the fragment has turned. Her eyebrows raising, she slowly turns back to look ahead. She'll pretend she didn't see that.]

Levitation, are you serious? Hmph.

[well, she could try, but that'd be weird too. She's considering it though, and seems to have settled down.]

Edited 2014-04-06 06:36 (UTC)

Feh... [Not wanting Bakura to reveal anything unsavory, he falls into silence behind them. An extremely brief silence.]

Levitation is easy.

That's right. Like I said before... this is your 'world'. You can change the rules of it as you please.

I'd say you should think of a happy thought, but you don't even need to go that far. You just stop letting gravity affect you. You just have to want it not to. Like this.

[He lets go of her suddenly.]

Like what- AH! [she falls on her ass, of course. And then just starts thrashing again.]

God damn it, Bakura! Do I look like a baby bird to you!?

[Okay, even Malik is back here laughing at her right now.]

Heheheh...hahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHA! What?! You didn't manage it? I'd have thought the desire to avoid hitting the ground would have been enough... you really must be unimaginative!

[Bakura's laughter echoes through the forest of her soul.]

Arrrgh! That's not fair! I wasn't ready, you...

[Harriet's face turns red from the embarrassment. How dare he insult her imagination!? She imagines herself into the air and spinkicks him right in the fucking face.]

PRICK!

[hey look she finally found a way to punch him in the soul.]

Edited 2014-04-08 00:04 (UTC)

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