ISLAND WIDE EVENT: LIGHTS OUT

[intercom_voice]

[In the later afternoon, with the sun already setting in the sky, there's the sound of something deep within the building powering down. One after another the lights pop off like a domino effect down the hall, with each room following in suite as the electrical outage worked its way through the building.

It only took a matter of seconds for the Campus to be enveloped in complete, inky darkness. Even with the proper time to adjust one's vision, it was still neigh-impossible to see. There was nothing but cold, lonely blindness.

Outside, the sun set...and it didn't rise again the next morning. The only saving grace was the starry night sky and the waning moon too keep the denizens from being completely consumed by darkness.]

((The darkness has come...RUN! Everything's the same, but now both the INSIDE and OUTSIDE of the island/campus are dark. It's much easier to see outside though, thanks to the stars and moon in the sky. Characters are free to improvise light sources, but nothing electrical that needs to plug in will be functioning. If something runs on batteries, it'll last until those die.

This event will stretch until the end of Sept. 18th, feel free to tag in to this post, or to make your own threads! Have fun!))

Comments

[blueyesfanboy]

[Kaiba allows his temper to get the better of him at last.]

What good are you if you don't have the other Yugi?!

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[awishforfriends]

[The words hit like a dagger in Yugi's heart.

Other him. Kaiba liked this other him. Without that personality, wherever it came from or however long it had been there or whatever, Kaiba thought he was...

Oh... Kaiba really did hate him...

Yugi can't squeak a reply, biting his lip as his eyes burn and tears fall.

Useless, useless, useless...

His mind trails off as, for the first time in a while, he feels the darkness at the back of his mind gently tug him, as if he was being carefully laid down rather than yanked backwards.]

[adarkjudge]

[And then a die smacks right center between Kaiba's eyes.]

[blueyesfanboy]

--Ow! [Kaiba brings a hand up where the die hit him, snapped out of his anger in an instant.]

Yugi... [He starts, ready to berate when he notices the look in the other boy's eyes.

He grins.]

Heh! Is that all it took?

[adarkjudge]

Kaiba...

[The sneer he gives is one that can almost rival Kaiba's own and he sits up properly, crossing his arms and throwing one leg over the other to fix a deadly gaze on the brown-haired teen.]

How nice of you to come back looking specifically for me. Wanting to try your hand at another Penalty Game, hm?

The nightmares not enough for you?

[blueyesfanboy]

[How...exhilarating! It'd been awhile since Yugi looked that sinister. Kaiba's annoyed by the jab, especially since he'll still have them on occasion, but he doesn't let it show.]

That was a long time ago for me, Yugi! Don't get so confident. Duel Monsters has changed a lot between my time and yours.

[adarkjudge]

And why should I play Duel Monsters with you? I don't care about your supposed rivalry or your pride.

[blueyesfanboy]

...Tch. [He curls a lip at that "supposed rivalry". Of course this Yugi wouldn't consider him a rival yet.

That's fine, he can make jabs right back.]

You can't inflict a penalty game without playing me at an actual game, but are you really that petty, Yugi?

[adarkjudge]

I'd never dream of not presenting a game, Kaiba-kun. But why should it be the one you want to play, hm?

You've hardly done something that makes you worthy of choosing your own fate. And I'm sure there's far more fitting for that sharp tongue.

That is, unless you think you can only have a chance to even come close to beating me if it's Duel Monsters. If you need that leg up, I'm sure I can accommodate you.

[blueyesfanboy]

[Oh, that stung. But Kaiba keeps his cool. After all, it was nothing but trash talk...and he was above falling for that!]

Hn. Are you forgetting my title, Yugi? I'm the number one gamer in Japan. [...At least he was. Right now he'd technically lost that title, infuriatingly, to the same man. The "King of Games". But as soon as he beats him--which he will--it's his again!] Duel Monsters may be my favourite game, but it's not the only one I can play.

[adarkjudge]

Then let's play a little game of mine. As the "number one gamer in Japan," you should have no problem with it. After all, everything we need is right here already...

[Dark turns his eyes to the door, gaze almost burning a hole through it.]

...or about to come in.

[fluffydeathdealer]

...ah!

[Whatever he'd expected to see upon his return, it wasn't this. Yugi sitting up, looking colder than he's ever seen him. Kaiba glowering smugly at him like a disinterested prince. The two of them look about ready to start fighting right then and there.

There's a chill running down his spine right now.]

Am I... interrupting?

[blueyesfanboy]

[Kaiba follows Yugi's gaze to the door, only now realizing that Bakura hadn't come back yet.

His lips twist into a frown when he sees the other boy.]

[adarkjudge]

Bakura! Good to see you.

[Yugi's voice is definitely different, with the undercurrent of a dangerous, threatening sneer.]

Bring the candles and those posters on the wall over here, could you? And grab us a box of the syringes.

[fluffydeathdealer]

...u-un.

[He can't help it. Though he trusts Yugi and the other Yugi, this one seems... different to the one he knows. He's a little scary like this. But Ryou doesn't think the threatening note to his voice is aimed at him, at least. He hasn't done anything to make Yugi mad at him. Shutting the door behind him, he obediently crosses over to take down the posters from the wall, laying them over his arm like a towel.]

Is it really okay to just take syringes?

[Even as he says it, he reaches up on his tiptoes to get them before carrying the curious bundle of objects over to the bed.]

Here you are, Yugi-san.

[He can't help the formality in his voice. It's like an entirely different Yugi here, after all.]

[blueyesfanboy]

[While Kaiba watches Bakura begin to gather the items, he quickly loses interest and turns his sights back on Yugi, trying to read him.

Posters, candles, and syringes. What kind of game was this?

While he figured Yugi would explain anyway, he decides to jump ahead and ask in his usual deriding manner.]

I assume you're going to at least tell me the rules of this "game" before we start.

[adarkjudge]

I wouldn't do anything less.

[He takes the candles, box, and one of the posters from Ryou when he goes over, making sure to lightly flick the Ring as he pulls the other up and indicates for Ryou to hold the edges so the actual poster is on display.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...?

[He blinks in confusion at that little flick.

Inside the Ring, someone bristles like an annoyed puppy, but doesn't come out. As if he'd interfere in someone else's game anyway!

Ryou takes the edges, holding the poster up in front of him curiously. It's a pretty normal anatomical model. The type you'd find on any hospital wall.]

[adarkjudge]

The rules are quite simple, Kaiba.

[Yugi casually opens the case, pulling the needle from its position and attaching it to the other half of the syringe.]

Each of us has a poster that will be put on the wall in front of the other person. We take turns throwing these syringes at our opponent's poster. If we miss, our turn ends without anything happening. If we manage to hit a spot on the poster, then that part of the owner's body will be paralyzed. The game ends when one of us can no longer throw the syringe.

[He glances from Kaiba to Ryou.]

Bakura, if you could be so kind as to put those on the wall opposite us and set up the candles around near them?

[blueyesfanboy]

That's it? This is nothing more than a medical-themed game of darts. I was hoping you'd be more creative!

[Derisiveness aside, Kaiba's not worried in the least. He had impeccable aim! All he had to do was nail both of Yugi's arms and he'll have won! He'll take out Yugi's right arm first to cripple his aim...and then go in for the second.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...Yugi-san...

[Despite that soft murmur of concern, Ryou trusts Yugi enough that he just nods and goes to hang the posters up. He carefully sets the candles in a semi-circle around them, so the posters are illuminated, before stepping away. One for Kaiba and one for Yugi...

Once those are done, he gives Yugi a nervous thumbs-up and goes to sit on the floor, as far away from the two walls and any possible projectile paths as possible.]

Good luck, Yugi-san!

[Kaiba, you're being enough of a jerk today that he isn't going to wish you good luck.]

[adarkjudge]

Thank you.

[Dark inclines his head towards Ryou, the box of syringes suddenly prepared and sitting between him and Kaiba on the one rotating table that was over the bed. When did he...?]

I'll go first, then, shall I?

[blueyesfanboy]

[He doesn't need luck anyway; Kaiba had skill and training when it comes to this sort of thing.

Rotating his wrist idly, he decides to remove his duel disk on the off chance of a worst case scenario: Yugi manages to take out his dominate hand on the first turn.

Not that he couldn't throw with his other hand.]

Go ahead. You might as well get one throw in before I cripple you.

[adarkjudge]

Heh heh... gracious of you.

[Dark takes a syringe, balancing it in his hand and squinting a little. With the only candles being over at the poster or the one by them, it's a little hard to judge the actual toss in the darkness.

After a moment, he throws, intending to hit the poster's left arm. As it is, his throw is a little off because of the weight of the syringe and it drifts down, nailing the left hand instead.

Kaiba feels a sharp, burning agony in that hand, as if it was just stabbed by a hundred red-hot needles. Any attempts to move it will come up useless; it's completely paralyzed now.]

Hm... that's a bit strange to throw.

[blueyesfanboy]

[Of course Yugi would get his hand on his first throw! The pain was enough to make him cringe, lifting his arm up with a look of mild shock as he realized hand really was paralyzed.]

...Lucky shot. [The words are bitter, and as the pain fades Kaiba lets his hand fall back to his side. If Yugi got lucky on his next shot...he would lose.

Kaiba grabs his first needle, weighting it in his hand first and remaining confident in his ability to not make the same mistake. The darkness did make it a bit difficult, but Kaiba just squinted and lined up his shot before tossing the needle at the board.

Bullseye. He hit Yugi in the center of his right palm.]

But you need more than luck to win against me, Yugi!