the_campus | Joint Post! Like an Old Married Couple

[From just outside the jungle's trees, near the mountainside, some bickering can be heard:]

Here. It's probably fresher than you'd like, but it's all we have.
...I can't eat that, Bakura.
You don't have the option to be picky, Malik!
No...I really can't, you fool!
Tch... I can cook it a bit more, but we have to be careful, or the smoke from the fire will give us away!
Ughh...can't you find some fruit? Just look up.
Do you want to die? If someone finds you while I'm out looking for fruit, you'll have worse problems than having to eat meat.
But Bakura... [Malik sounds a bit like he might be ill.] My stomach...
O-oy! Hold on a little longer, okay? I'll see if I can find something close by. I'll stay within earshot, so if someone approaches, scream.
Just get a couple...I don't need that much.
Be quiet, you idiot. You need to eat something. [He chomps down on the meat Malik refused to eat.]
Well? I can't eat anything if you don't go get something!

((ooc: So! Tags will come from both Bakura and Malik. If we're going to tag you with both on a turn we'll put a "1/2" in the subject line, otherwise it's just one at a time. Also since the two of them are injured, we just ask that nobody with magic healing powers comes along to heal them up and stuff. Thanks!

Warnings for adult content in some threads.))

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[What the hell was taking Bakura so long? He was starving! And the meat he left behind stank...

Malik picked up what was left of the meat and stuffed it under his partner's coat.

That'll show him.]

[It wouldn't bother him too much... Malik was the one who was wearing the coat all the time lately anyway. But still, when he comes back it's with an armful of fruit... that he simply drops on top of the coat.]

Help yourself.

[...Oh right. Maybe he should have thought that through.

Oh well.]

Ah...! Finally! [Rarely does Malik smile a genuine smile, but the sight of all that fruit certainly does it. As soon as they hit the ground he grabs the nearest star fruit and bites right into it. Mmmm~! Even the smell was a comfort compared to that awful meat.]

Heheh. Looks like you've got your appetite back.

[Sitting down on the ground, he grabbed for the water bottle and took a drink. At least Malik was healing up well. It wouldn't be too long before he was back to normal, with any luck.]

[He's too busy chomping away at his food to answer at first, so he waits until he has a chance to swallow.]

I'm feeling a lot better than I was a few days ago. Keh heh...it won't be long now.

[Actually it'll probably still be a couple weeks, but--]

[As far as Bakura was concerned, it couldn't come fast enough. Malik was tiresome normally, but as an invalid, he was truly an annoyance.]

What did you do with my food?

I ate it. [He lied, if only to see the look on Bakura's face.]

...

After all that fuss? I guess I'll just have to get more meat in the future...

... [BAKURA THAT WASN'T THE REACTION HE WANTED IT ALL.

Malik makes a sour face. More meat? Oh no! He has to come clean...]

It's under your coat.

Heh. I was joking, Malik. By now, don't you think I know that you hate meat?

[Malik silently bites into some fruit, simply glowering at having been duped.

Then, after a minute...]

Considering you tried to offer me some just a few minutes ago? I'm not so sure.

I can offer you meat while knowing you hate it. If it's an acquired taste, then acquiring it would be useful out here.

Besides, I don't understand why you're so picky about it.

There's more than enough fruit and vegetables to eat that I don't need to acquire anything.

[He takes another bite of his fruit.]

I just never had it growing up. Then, when I first tried it...I found it disgusting!

Huh... I see. I don't remember when I first tried it. It's probably part of my lost memories.

[That earns him a curious look.]

Your lost memories? [First he's heard of them.]

[Oh, that's right... he never did tell him. Lifting a hand to his face, he answers after a moment.]

Yeah. That's right. Pharaoh and I are the same in that regard. Ever since we were sealed within the items... everything before that was lost. I've learnt bits and pieces over the years, but nothing that matters.

That's why I need that Rod of yours.

[Part of it is a lie.

He knows that Yugi has to have the items. That he has to take them to Kul Elna. But he'd rather play dumb a little than to admit that he needs Yugi alive. Not to Malik. That's just asking for things to go wrong very suddenly.]

... [Bakura didn't know then. About how Yugi needed to be the one to take the items to Kul Elna for it to work. If Bakura wanted to regain his memories, he needed Yugi alive.

But Malik wanted him dead. He decides to keep this little revelation to himself. Let the poor fool find out for himself later, once it's too late.]

So you're from that time as well? Interesting. Well, you'll get the Rod in time, Bakura. Hmhmhm... Just be patient.

[He takes another bite of fruit.]

[Grabbing one of the fruits himself, he takes a bite out of it roughly. Lying came to his nature easily. What Malik didn't know he knew didn't matter.]

Idiot... I know that! I'm still here, aren't I? I've waited three millennia; I can wait longer.

[He finishes the fruit in just a couple of bites, licking the juice off of his fingers fastidiously.]

[Malik finishes up his fruit and goes on to his second. He hopes Bakura doesn't suddenly get a taste for the stuff. Then he'd have to share.]

Keh. Well, at least it won't be much longer then. It's just a matter of getting out of here, and back home.

[Suddenly? He may prefer meat, but fruits aren't exactly outside of his interests. He just doesn't show it much since they're so common. But they're there now, and it's a way to annoy Malik.]

That's true! This place is little more than a diversion.

That's right... [He chuckles, biting into his next meal with a satisfying crunch.]

And we'll be out of here soon enough.

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