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.))

Comments

[moderndaydragon]

[Karasu smiles at that for a moment before looking between the two of them.]

Is something wrong?

[fluffydeathdealer]

No, everything's fine. Namu-kun just had to ask me something private. Boy stuff, you know?

[moderndaydragon]

Ah, I get it.

[Yep, buying it totally. ...Oh, but.]

Sorry about the teasing, Namu-kun. I was only playing. I'm Karasu. Nice to meet you.

1/2

[obeytherod]

[PRETENDING HE DOESN'T HEAR YOU. Oh look at how interesting these fruit are! VERY INTERESTING.

VERY INTERESTING INDEED.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

[You're such a brat, Malik. Just to annoy you, he's going to lean over and give Karasu a chaste kiss on the cheek.]

Don't mind him, Karasu. He's a little ill-mannered.

[moderndaydragon]

[The kiss is... not even remotely what she expected and her face goes a deep shade of red as she giggles a bit nervously. Wow, that um... ehehehehee.

She glances over at Namu again, though, then back to Bakura, talking quietly.]

It seems like he hated me from the moment I showed up, though.

1/2

[fluffydeathdealer]

[He forces a smile with ease, shaking his head and feigning concern.]

Don't take it personally. He's a very clingy friend of mine. Unfortunately, he got hurt in the same incident I did, so he's gotten used to it just being the two of us over the last few days. I think he's a little afraid I'm going to abandon him.

As if I would.

[obeytherod]

[BAKURAAAAAAAAAAAAAA]

[moderndaydragon]

...Oh! I see! He's afraid that I'm going to try to drag you off and leave him all alone or something?

[She shakes her head a little, looking down at her hands.]

I couldn't do that to anyone... Especially not someone so important. You're really my closest friend here, too, Bakura-kun, but that doesn't mean you're just mine!

[obeytherod]

[HANDS OFF HIS PARTNER YOU DAMN DIRTY DRAGON.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yes! That's exactly it!

I know you're not that type, but since when have worries been rational? Especially when you're all alone in a place like this, with your only friend in the world.

Poor kid's probably going to go insane with worry if I leave him alone for too long.]

[moderndaydragon]

They aren't a lot of the time. So I kind of understand. I don't think he'd believe me if I told him I'm not going to try to steal anything, though. Could you talk to him about it?

If Namu's a good friend, we're going to have to be around each other a lot, since... well, we're still friends too, right?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Of course. I'd like you two to get along, after all. Both of you are people I'm very fond of.

[obeytherod]

[Malik grits his teeth now, seriously irritated by Bakura's comments.

He was making him out to be a helpless fool...! But at the same time, he really was worried about losing track of him. It's not as if he could really survive an ambush on his own. He needed allies right now, more than anything. He needed Bakura.

...Despite his injury he gets up, limping over to the two of them to take a seat next to Bakura.]

Haha...what was it, Karasu-chan? [He smiles harshly.] Why don't you go die before I kill you?

[moderndaydragon]

[He'd... kill her? What? Karasu just sort of stares blankly.]

Ah...? Namu-kun?

[fluffydeathdealer]

...oy. Namu. What's gotten into you? That's no way to talk to a lady. Even as a joke, that's a little too far, don't you think?

[Still playing the nice guy, he shoots Malik a stern look as he gets to his feet slowly.]

I can see you're in a bad mood, so how about we break up this little shindig for a while? Karasu-chan, I'll walk you a little way into the forest.

[obeytherod]

Keh... [Malik shrugs, putting his hands up to exaggerate the gesture. He wasn't even pretending to feel remorse.]

Who said I was joking? [He glances at her with a toothy smirk. The look in his eyes only supported the fact that he was serious.]

[moderndaydragon]

[...And honestly, it makes her very unnerved. She stands fairly quickly, hands shifting behind her back nervously.]

Ah... I do think I'd... better go for now, Bakura-kun...

[Yeah, she feels uncomfortable with that smirk of his.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...yeah, I think that might be for the best.

[When Karasu's not looking, he rises to his feet. His foot 'accidentally' gives a sharp kick to Malik's side, though not terribly hard. He doesn't need to kick him hard. The wound will do the rest. Then, he steps over to Karasu.]

Let's go. I'll be back in a moment, Namu! Try not to frighten any more women while I'm gone.

[obeytherod]

[Malik sucks in a sharp breath, cringing and gripping his wound as he keels over on the ground.

B-Bakura...you bastard! That woman was useless in their plans!]

[moderndaydragon]

[Karasu falls into step beside Bakura when he starts off, and it's only once they're at least mostly out of earshot that she speaks again.]

...he was serious, wasn't he?

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Bakura takes a moment to think of his answer before he offers it.]

...he's just a kid. They say crazy things when they're hurting. I'd take no notice of it.

[moderndaydragon]

...Maybe.

[She still seems worried, rubbing her hands together.]

If he's your friend, then... well... I don't want to hurt him. But what if he is serious?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Tch. Don't worry. I won't let him hurt anyone, even if he is serious.

[He remembers the feel of that scalpel against his neck and has to bite back a twisted smile. Malik really is messed up.

It's quite wonderful.]

More to the point... are you alright?

[moderndaydragon]

Huh? Oh! Yeah, I'm... okay. I've just never had someone just out and out tell me they're going to kill me before. I guess it just shook me up a little...

[She manages a weak smile, inclining her head some.]

...Funny, huh? I'm a dragon and I'm still scared by threats like that.