The Self-Proclaimed "King of Thieves"

[stealshinies]

[The door to the nurse's room suddenly flies open, revealing a tanned man clad in a dark red robe. Under one arm was tucked an anatomical cross-section of the human torso and under the other was a mess of sheets. Between his lips rested a cherry lollipop and perched atop his head was a little pink nurse's cap.

Without moving, his eyes trace the hall in front of him while his lips twitch into a smirk.]

I wonder...where am I?

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[nojusticeonlyme]

[Death steps out from the wall behind him. He doesn't intend to be creepy, but the shortest possible route between where he was and where he wanted to go happened to go through several rooms.]

YOU ARE ON AN ISLAND, OF SORTS.

[stealshinies]

... [Well, there's a skeleton standing in front of him. Honestly? Been there, seen that.

He just lets out a low laugh.]

I don't usually see malevolent spirits who are so coherent.

[nojusticeonlyme]

[He huffs, actually a little insulted.]

MALEVOLENT? WHAT MYTHS HAVE THEY SPREAD NOW?

[stealshinies]

Myths...? [He sounds nothing but amused, even more so at the other's offense.] It's just that the only walking skeletons I've seen were those of the vengeful souls at Kul Elna.

And they usually only came out to kill.

[nojusticeonlyme]

AH, I THINK I SEE WHERE YOU ARE MISTAKEN. THOSE WERE THE SHELLS OF THINGS THAT WERE, WHEREAS THIS IS WHAT I AM.

I AM NO MORE MALEVOLENT THAN THE TIDE.

[stealshinies]

...So you're a Ka, a God, what? [Bakura drops the sheets he was carrying and tosses the stolen cross-section on top of them. He reaches up and twists the lollipop idly between his lips.

Liiiiick~]

[nojusticeonlyme]

DEATH.

[He feels like that should explain everything. Really, it kind of says it all. He is Death with a capital "D."]

[stealshinies]

Don't you mean dead? Because I already knew that. The living usually still have their internal organs...and skin! H-hehahahah!

[nojusticeonlyme]

NO. DEATH. THE GUIDE FOR LOST SOULS? HE WHO COMES FOR KINGS AND PEASANTS ALIKE?

[Wait. Ancient Egyptian. Of course! No wonder he wasn't getting it; this form wasn't universal at that point.]

YOU KNOW ANUBIS, YES? WE ARE, YOU COULD SAY...KIN.

[He can't help but wonder how Anubis is, these days. Retirement tended to take gods in funny ways; some clung to a small handful of believers, others took on new forms and jobs. Strange, really.]

[stealshinies]

[Not ringing any bells, skeleton guy! At least not until Anubis is brought into the picture.]

Kin of Anubis? I see, so you're part of the underworld...

[For once, Bakura's cockiness falters, his expression turning tense. It's a brief flash of emotion, and then Bakura's bluffing his usual confidence. That act of his was indistinguishable from the real thing.]

I hope you haven't come for me then, because you're going to be disappointed--I'm still breathing!