[CAMPUS/IC]

[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.

05/10/13 - A Soft Heart Breaking. (Date Mislabelled on actual thread)
05/10/13 - What Family's For
8/10/13 - Trespass of the Soul
13/10/13 - Fears of the Past
13/10/13 - The Great Evacuation
14/10/13 - A Beach Date! Jokes Spiralling Out of Control
31/10/13 - Questionable Intentions
03/11/13 - Secrets of the Mind]

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[helpusduelist]

[It can, and Henry goes to join him at the railing while Hiita smiles at the affectionate address.]

What's the matter?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Father, have you heard about a man with my name wandering around here?

[It's said in a note of seriousness, straight to the point. Yugi's right... he shouldn't try to hide things like this. Especially since he'd already decided to try to be more open with Henry.]

[helpusduelist]

The Thief King Bakura, you mean? Mahad had warned me of him, yes. Did he try something with you?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un... but it wasn't as bad as with Yugi-kun. He didn't really hurt me at all.

[He rubs his arm absently, where the ropes had been cutting in.]

He was kind of rough, and he threatened me a lot, but he didn't do anything too bad..

[There's always a but.]

[helpusduelist]

...And what was the catch to that?

[There's always, always a but.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

Before I say... Father, do you believe in reincarnation?

[It's rare to see Ryou with this sort of look on his face.]

[helpusduelist]

I do, in fact. There's been a lot of evidence here to the truth of it, so I can hardly deny it now.

[Very rare, which is why he's taking this with the utmost seriousness.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

The Spirit and I...

Most likely, we're both parts of him.

[helpusduelist]

A split soul in reincarnation is what you're thinking?

[Henry replies casually, as if they're just talking about some other person.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un. I don't know what you know about their beliefs... but, most likely... the spirit is the Akh... and I'm the Ba. The Akh retains the personality, while the Ba is basically the life force. That's why the spirit is so attached to me.

The two of us... that Bakura-sama and I... there's too many coincidences and hints. Even our faces are almost the same. And his voice is almost identical to the way mine goes when the Spirit speaks through me.

I've been trying to think of ways to disprove it, but I don't think I can. There's too much of a connection.

[helpusduelist]

I don't believe you can, no. The same faces, the identical voice, the spirit being comfortable in your body... especially with those views that Egyptians hold, it sounds like you are, at least in part, a reincarnation of that man.

[fluffydeathdealer]

It's kind of scary... Even if it was just something like relatives, it'd be frightening. But even with that uncomfortable feeling, I could come to terms with things.

But...

That man got really weird when he realized.

[helpusduelist]

Weird how, precisely? I would think meeting my reincarnation would be strange, in some way.

[Actually was strange, in fact, but he won't address that.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

He said... that because I had the Ring, it meant that he had 'unfinished business'. And that if anyone so much as touched me wrong... he'd "rip them apart".

[helpusduelist]

...I suppose if you can't be protective of yourself in all forms, you can't say to be interested in self-preservation... as strange as it might be.

Don't worry. He won't be allowed to rampage as he pleases.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un. I can understand that. But that level of protectiveness is kind of terrifying, you know? After all, with someone like that, who knows what he'd take to be 'wrong'?

[A serious nod.]

He was asking questions, but I didn't let anything on about what's going on here. I didn't even mention your name. I don't think the Spirit let anything on either, since he seemed suspicious of him. So as far as I know, he doesn't even know you're here. But I wanted to warn you regardless, in case something happened.

[helpusduelist]

I appreciate the warning, Ryou, thank you. We'll all take care to be as on alert as we can manage around him.

Now...

[Henry looks at him, seriously and firmly.]

What is it that was bothering you? This was understandably worrying you, but there's something else here as well.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Eh-?! You could tell that easily-?!

[helpusduelist]

Ryou...

Haven't we talked about this already?

[His voice is gently teasing and affectionate as he leans on the railing a bit more.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

U... un.

[He laughs a little awkwardly, looking out over the view.]

I can't help but feel like a bad person, somehow. Having been that... and knowing the Spirit is part of me too. If the Spirit and I are the same person... then what purpose is there in trying to get rid of the Ring at all? It'd be better to keep him where I can at least try to control him somehow. After all... I can't abandon the guilt of his actions, even if they weren't mine.

It's like one hand claiming it's innocent because the other hand held the knife that stabbed someone.

[helpusduelist]

[It's probably not what you expect, Ryou... but Henry just smacked you upside the head.]

What in the name of God are you talking about?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Ow-!

[He rubs his head ruefully, looking sheepish. He probably deserved that.]

Sorry.

[helpusduelist]

What have you done that harbors such guilt, Ryou? And I am not speaking on this thief or the spirit. What have you done, with your own two hands and your own will?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Me...?

[He has to think on it for a moment.]

I... didn't do anything.

[helpusduelist]

Then why are you acting as if what they do is your guilt to bear?