Mingle

[furrytailprince]

Who: People doing things?
Where: Park and adjacent areas
When: Day 126, mid-morning

[ So how about that kiss aftermath? ]

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[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Never heard of it.

[puzzlers]

Your loss.

[ not that he thinks intensity will see it that way. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[A dramatic wave of his hand and another pawns moves]

Kuriboh not good enough to be your Queen?

[puzzlers]

He'd much rather be yours.

[ another one of his pawns moves as well. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Huffs. Irritably.

Well actually he's been pretty irritable this whole time, but--]

I only have one pride and soul.




[Raises an eye at Yugi's mirroring of his actions.

...

Moves a knight]

[puzzlers]

[ his foul mood has been noted and has yugi wondering why... but this is the unfortunate culmination of his shit talking and intensity’s challenge. ]

[ “mirrored”. he moved his two pawns in such a way that they can protect each other,

not to mention he’s free to move his bishop now, which he does. ]

Of course. This wouldn’t be the first time Blue-Eyes and Gandora have met on the battlefield...

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[Laughs.

And laughs and laughs and laughs and---]

Well at least you have the decency to take them in private now. Certainly being on pep!pep! makes that affordable.

[puzzlers]

[ oh, wow, ok. ]

[ his memories are a sore spot and while intensity should know that he clearly doesn’t give two shits. ]

[ the snub at his team doesn’t help any either. ]

Intensity, shut the fuck up and make your move. [ he has no desire to be here anymore and once he’s finished thoroughly trouncing this asshole he’s leaving. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[He moves another pawn, leaving a different one wide open to attack]

Don't like the tables turned on you?

And here I thought we were friends.

[puzzlers]

[ he’s not rising to the bait of either. ]

[ just makes a motion with his hand to send out his knight. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Ah, I see.

[Then if Yugi won't take his pawn, he'll take the one that is very obviously protected on Yugi's side of the field]

We're only friends when it's convenient for you.

[puzzlers]

You know how I feel about my memories, Intensity, and taking a shot like that isn't something a friend would do, but then did you ever actually consider us friends?

[ he'll capture the piece that's taken his pawn with his other pawn. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Is that the definition then?

[Just laughs at that statement]

Then you must have never considered me one because you've taken similar shots at me.

[puzzlers]

Have I? I've tried to avoid hitting any of your real triggers. You told me you didn't like to be shocked, so I stopped, and you didn't seem to like when we talk about King, so I stopped.

I don't care if you talk shit about playing games, but what I don't appreciate is a low blow like that.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[The entire vid room shuts down with a snap of his fingers because this is definitely not a conversation Intensity is having broadcasted]

Right. Not talking about King has been all for my sake.

Have you told him about the nightmares?

[puzzlers]

[ that is probably for the best. ]

I didn't say it was all for your benefit. If you wanted to talk about him or about what happened, any of it, then I wouldn't mind.

No. I was hoping to get that somewhat sorted and more manageable first. [ and he's pretty sure it's as good as it's going to get. ] You and Yvette, obviously, are the only two people that know.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

There's nothing to talk about.

[He left Intensity once, but never again. Done and done.]

If the nightmares had stopped, would you have told him?

[puzzlers]

[ nothing to talk about... ]

Of course. [ keeping his mouth shut is part of the reason all of that happened. ] I didn't want to worry him.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT]

Really? That's what you're going with?

[Scoffs]

That's the lamest excuse I've ever heard.

[puzzlers]

[ SEE!!! not that we're talking about it BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT. ]

I don't want him trying to blame himself, Intensity. It's not like it's his fault I feel guilty.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Then stop feeling guilty! Problem solved!

[puzzlers]

Because it's just that easy! [ snaps his finger. ] Oh, hey, what do you know... it didn't work. But I'm working on it, ok, and things are definitely better than they were.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Still a long fucking way if we're having this conversation.

What the fuck are you feeling guilty for anyway? It's not like you're going to ever make that stupid mistake again!

[puzzlers]

[ if he ever makes this mistake again he'll create his own fucken time machine or whatever and go back to punch himself in the face. ]

I didn't tell him what I wanted. I didn't ask him what he wanted. I went along with that stupid circus! letting the tomb keepers tell us that what we needed to do was duel. I doubt they cared for our feelings as much as they did completing some ancient check list! And I didn't get a chance to tell him how much he meant to me... and I doubt you did either! which is why it seems like we both ended up pretty fucken miserable in the future, or am I wrong? [ tell him you're happy! GO AHEAD. ]

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[No need to build a time machine, Yugi. Intensity will happily punch you in the face for you. What are friends for?]

Don't you dare claim you know what I was or wasn't feeling.

All this time, I knew exactly what I needed to do. Because I look forward, Yugi. While you're still obsessed with looking backwards.

And that's why you're memories are such a fucking sort spot for you. Because you keep trying to reconcile the person you were before with the person who you are now, and it doesn't fucking work. Even if you'll console yourself with frail notions like "getting better" and making it "manageable". All the while blaming yourself for a past life and drowning in your own fucking wallowing.

At least he has the common sense to say he doesn't understand why he made that choice.