Joint Post! Like an Old Married Couple

[fluffydeathdealer]

[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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[aislingoftheforest]

[Kasaru was a dragon. She'd be alright.]

[...But Aisling kind of wanted to meet this Bakura-kun. So have a face peering through the foliage, eyeing who she sees warily.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Though the boy exploring the immediate jungle in search of fruits doesn't look too dangerous, that sense of darkness and danger is likely still there. It hangs around him like an invisible cloak or the residuals of having fallen into a pool of dripping water. The only difference was, this 'water' had been a twisted mass of blackness that clung invisibly to him, impossible to shake off. Whether she can sense it or not, beneath that wicked flood is Ryou's pure soul, coiled in the darkness of his other self.

It's quite an odd sight, the way the ghostly boy acts. Somehow both playful and uncaring at the same time - like a particularly evil and fluffy kitten. He doesn't notice the presence of the forest spirit.]

[aislingoftheforest]

[If she was in her forest, where she was perfectly in tune with everything, she most likely would. Here, she simply feels a sense of quiet wrongness.]

[She just happens to be crouched on a branch of an orange tree he's close to. Will he notice her?]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Out of the corner of his eyes, he sees the pale face and whirls towards it suddenly. Someone in the tree?]

Who's there? Come out.

[aislingoftheforest]

I'm here. [She swings down and lands at the base of the tree.] Are you Bakura-kun? Kasaru is looking for you. Did she find you yet?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah, that's right. [He shrugs insolently. Whether to tell the truth or not... that is the question. Still, he's surprised. There are kids this young here?] Who wants to know?

[aislingoftheforest]

Me. [Long pause, and suddenly she's up in the tree again, hanging upside-down by her legs.] Aisling.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Aisling?

[Ah- that was the one Karasu had mentioned. The one that had sensed danger here. Interesting... what sort of power did this little girl hold? Well, best to play nice, for the moment.]

Yeah, she was here. Poor girl, she ran all the way here because she was so worried. You just missed her.

[aislingoftheforest]

Yes. I'm sure I'll find her again.

[Apropos of nothing:] You smell weird. Are you hunting?

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Well that was forward. Talk about a blunt person. Though he supposes the smell of blood from him must be pretty obvious.]

Not right now. My friend won't eat meat, so I'm looking for fruit.

[aislingoftheforest]

[Hey, she's a kid.]

Oh. Well, here's some. [She drops a couple oranges from the tree. Watch your face.] I'm sure that'll be enough. Will you be going back to that school soon?[It isn't her forest, so she can't just boot him out, but she'd rather have it to herself until she's used to it.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[He dodges one and catches the other in one sudden movement. Tossing it lightly up and down, he flashes her an amused smirk.]

I guess that deserves thanks. But no, we're not leaving this forest for a while.

[aislingoftheforest]

Why not? And who's your friend? [She glances around as if expecting someone to pop out of the foliage.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Namu-kun is injured. We're not going back until he's healthy enough to be able to avoid danger.

[Or until he gets too fed up.]

Why does it concern you?

[aislingoftheforest]

Oh. What sort of danger? You could ask Kasaru to scare people away. I'm sure she will if you ask her enough, even though she's scared of hurting people. [She sounds a little confused at the concept. Why wouldn't you want to hurt dangers?]

Because I'm going to live here until we get out and home.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Unfortunately, the person we're avoiding is more powerful than her. So it's a little more complicated than that. You sound like you know her well.

Then I guess we're trespassing a little. Heheh. Sorry, Aisling-chan! We'll get out of your hair as soon as we can.

[He really isn't.]

[aislingoftheforest]

There's something more powerful than a dragon here?

[She detects something in your tone, but she isn't sure what it is.] I guess I can let you stay. For a little bit.

[fluffydeathdealer]

That's right. Another dragon, to be precise. And Karasu-chan was already wounded. Until she's at full condition, it won't be easy for her to stand up to that guy.

[At her last comment, he grins wide, revealing the sharper incisors there.]

How kind of you.

[aislingoftheforest]

What does he look like? [She bristles. Aisling may not have known Kasaru for long, but she does know that she likes her.]

I know. [She feels just a tad threatened by that, so in response, she shows her own sharp teeth.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

A man with short brown hair and blue eyes. There's two of them that look similar, but only one of them is dangerous. That's the one in the blue spiky armor who carries a sword. You may have noticed the ruined caves nearby. He doesn't seem to care a bit for the environment, that guy.

[The comment is given almost thoughtlessly, though there is a point to it. If that guy found them here, he'd probably burn the forest down just to make them come out.

Oh, that look suits you, little girl. He quite approves.]

[aislingoftheforest]

[She makes a disgusted noise and leaps onto the trunk of the tree, clinging to the bark like some sort of lizard.]

He won't get into the forest. I won't let him. [Or she'll try not to, anyway. And likely fail, because she still has little linking herself to this place.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Heh. He had a feeling that comment would be the icing on the cake of distrust.]

Is that so? You must be pretty powerful, Aisling-chan.

[aislingoftheforest]

I'll get the entire forest on my side. I don't like humans that destroy things for foolish reasons.

[Or any reason, really. And then oh look, there's a wolf sitting in front of you, teeth showing and tongue lolling.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Just humans? That gives him a loophole.

The sight of the wolf makes him double-take and step back, however.]

The entire forest... Do you mean the trees or the animals?

[aislingoftheforest]

[She doesn't really think of there being other creatures around. Foolish, maybe, after meeting a dragon.]

[The wolf just nods. She's aiming for both, although who knows if he can tell that.]