NEVER ENOUGH YGOS

[awishforfriends]

[For those actually loitering inside the building today, you may end up seeing a small little boy with weirdly spiked hair wandering around, most likely having passed you by. Perhaps he asked one of the less helpful people around for directions to some city or outside, and just gotten turned around.

As it is, he's been in and out of rooms and hallways at least three times now. It's only once he's -- somehow -- on the roof again that he finally surrenders to the prospect that he's lost, sighing and flopping his back against one of the AC units.

His hands reach down to fiddle with the large, golden object around his neck, looking up to the sky.]

Jounouchi-kun... Honda-kun... Anzu... where are you?

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[fluffydeathdealer]

I-it's okay! Please calm down!

[He holds his hands up, palms open, as if in surrender.]

Nobody really knows where we are. All sorts of people are here, and not all students, either. But we were all brought here without warning, and none of us have found a way to leave yet.

[He'd been hoping, not daring to hope too much, that if Yugi did come, he'd know something about what was going on outside.]

Nobody's been hurt yet. Everyone's just very confused.

[Ahahahahaha. If only he knew.]

[awishforfriends]

[That does calm Yugi down quite a bit -- it helps that a friend, however new, is reassuring him, and hearing that no one's been hurt, just confused, is a little better.]

I guess that's okay...

[Still, it worries him immensely. Ryou can almost see the fretting coming off him in waves. He's fidgeting with the puzzle almost obsessively now.]

...Have you seen Jounouchi-kun, Honda-kun, or Anzu?

[Because if he's been kidnapped, he's suddenly very keen on not finding them.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Well then, he has bad news for Yugi, reluctant though he is to tell him.]

Yeah... Jounouchi-kun turned up here a little while ago. Last time I saw him, he was eating ice cream on the beach. But Anzu-chan and Honda-kun should still be back at home. Or at least... I haven't seen them.

[awishforfriends]

[Jounouchi-kun... well, of all the people, at least he was tough enough to handle what would come. He was really hoping that Jou would be back home to help Honda and Anzu, but at least they weren't here too.]

I see...

[He looks down, rolling the puzzle around in his hands again.]

At least Honda-kun and Anzu are okay.

[Because... quite frankly, he's not sure what to do now. What did you do when you were kidnapped but not actually ordered or restrained in any way?]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Ryou hesitated for a moment before reaching out to grasp Yugi's shoulder.]

I'm sorry. It's a shock, right?

I'll be honest... I'm grateful for people I know being here, even if you don't know me any more for whatever reason. But at the same time, I'd rather you and everyone else were safe outside of this place.

...But, even if we haven't found a way out yet... that doesn't mean one doesn't exist. If there's an entrance, there's always an exit. And the more people are here, the more chance someone will find it.

[awishforfriends]

[He blinks a little at the touch, but... well, Ryou's right! There has to be an exit, and at worst, he just has to be patient. He knows Honda and Anzu trust him, so he has to trust them to be able to wait without worrying too much.]

Yeah. [He still feels a bit guilty.] As long as we've all got friends here, things will be okay.

[It had before, after all.]

Ah, Bakura-kun, could you show me around? The building is a little confusing.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un! I don't mind.

[Letting go of him, he steps back.]

If you have any paper, I can draw you a rough map of it, too.

[awishforfriends]

Ah, my bag disappeared, so not on me.

[Why did you eat his bag, Campus? That had his game stuff in it...]

Maybe we can take some from one of the classrooms?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah, that's a good idea. I know there's some in the art room, so if you don't mind, we can stop off there first.

[awishforfriends]

I don't mind! Lead the way, Bakura-kun.

[Whew. At least he found a friend here quickly. He's sure Jounouchi will find him sooner or later, anyway.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un! [Smiling, he leads the way back downstairs and over to the art room, fixing the door open with a rough doorstop.]

Let's see...

[Pulling a chair up to a table, he roughly sketches out the vague layout of the building (leaving a ? to the northern wing).]

The building is centered around a really large courtyard, so it's not as complicated as it could be if they used all of their space. But if you go out into the courtyard, don't be too surprised if you see something that looks like a dragon. That's Kaiba-kun's jet. It's stuck there.

[awishforfriends]

[Yugi watches Ryou draw quietly, eyes flicking over each new part of the map. He's about to ask about the northern wing when what Ryou says sinks in.

Wait, what?]

Kaiba-kun has a jet that looks like a dragon?!

[THAT'S NEWS TO HIM. ...though really, he guesses it isn't all that surprising...]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah. It was a little frightening when I first saw it, but I guess it's a little cute, too. Even Kaiba-kun seems to have his childlike side.

[He marks both the far corners with a firm X.]

These are the dormitories. They're not separated by gender or anything, but you might end up having to share with someone.

[awishforfriends]

[Huh. Now he'll have to look at this thing. It was true, Kaiba-kun seemed like there was that side to him... but Yugi isn't sure what happened to him after that whole stint with his grandfather's dragon, so.

He... does blush some at that. Eh?!]

E-Each room is gender-specific, though, right?

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

[Yugi-kun... what are you thinking?]

Well, there's no rules or anything. So it's really left up to the people who decide to stay there. There's not really any rules at all here. Or classes, for that matter.

At least, I don't think there are.

[awishforfriends]

[WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S THINKING... he may not be as bad as Jounouchi, but still!]

I-I see...

[Well... that's good, he guesses. I mean, at least that way no one's stuck in shared rooms...]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Yeah, sure, Yugi. You're blushing like mad over there.]

From what I've seen, the pool and sports things are all here-

[He writes 'sports' on the eastern side.]

-While the rest of the classrooms are on the other side. If you're looking for anything in particular, it'll probably be here. The food in the home economics room keeps getting restocked, so if you're not good at cooking, you can always get sandwich ingredients or something.

[awishforfriends]

[You are his new best friend for changing the subject.]

Ah, really? Who restocks it?

[Because can't you just... follow them out?]

[fluffydeathdealer]

I don't have any idea. I've tried staking the place out, but somehow... it never seems to pan out.

[Mostly because his other self thinks it's a lost cause and keeps taking over.]

[awishforfriends]

[Hmm. Yugi frowns a little.]

Maybe there's a boat somewhere?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Aah... It's possible! But.. Yugi-kun, you didn't take a boat to get here, right?

[He doesn't want to outright say it.]

[awishforfriends]

Well, no, I just... walked through the door.

[orz, he's trying to help, really. But he doesn't know what to do!]

Aah... there really is nothing right now, huh?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Ah- Sorry! I didn't mean to come across like that. I just meant... Uhm. Yugi, do you believe in magic?

[He really hopes the answer is yes considering the situation.]

[awishforfriends]

Huh? Of course I do. [He holds up the Puzzle.] This granted my wish, after all...

[fluffydeathdealer]

The Mill-

[He cuts himself off. No. He won't even think the name. The fact that the spirit of the Ring hasn't shown up yet means there's a chance he isn't aware of what's going on. If he can avoid anything that might catch his attention...]

Ah. Sorry, sorry. What was your wish, Yugi-kun?

The reason I asked is just... I think whatever's controlling this place is using some kind of magic to bring things in, to try to hide the way out.