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

[fluffydeathdealer]

That's true. But that doesn't make it any less confusing. Besides, it was just a little fun. You don't like me getting too close to you, after all, so why shouldn't I get close to other people?

[obeytherod]

[A look of shock and realization flashes across Malik's features.

...So was that it? No...he couldn't let that happen. What if Bakura found somebody who could offer him a greater reward?]

Hmph. I... [The words catch in his throat. He was supposed to be good at manipulating other people, why was he so speechless right now?!] ...Don't remember saying that.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Heheh. You don't remember telling me you'd stab me with your scalpel if I didn't stop touching you?

[Bakura rolls over onto his stomach in order to shoot him a bemused look. Malik being speechless was a once-in-a-blue-moon experience, after all. Was he finally starting to figure things out? Maybe he could learn after all.]

[obeytherod]

[Oh yeah. He did do that, didn't he?

Whoops.]

You were sitting on me! It was aggravating my stitches. [Malik certainly sounds indignant about it, but he's lying through his teeth.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Hoh? Was that so? I guess that one gets a pass, then.

And the point where you pressed it to my throat?

[obeytherod]

[Well, this time he just smirks. There really wasn't a way to favorably lie around that one. So he tells a half-truth.]

I just always wanted to do that to somebody...keh heh heh.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Oh? I guess I won't have to leave you here for the wolves after all.

[His tone is entirely joking, but considering it's Bakura we're talking about... it's hard to tell.]

[obeytherod]

... [Malik bites his lip at that, annoyed...but he realizes it's a joke. At least, he hopes it is.]

Very funny. [He reaches back, pulling out that scalpel and bouncing it lightly between his thumb and forefinger.]

And don't forget...you stabbed yourself with it. That wasn't me.

[fluffydeathdealer]

True enough.

[Bakura thinks for a moment before continuing carelessly. There's an endlessly amused note to his voice.]

Though you know, her body is actually very soft and very warm. Considering the way you tend to shove me off, it might be easier on you if I keep her around... after all, I am far more fond of touching than you.

[obeytherod]

... [Malik grows livid once more.] Keep her around? Kyah hah! In your dreams, partner. You do what I say!

[Then, Malik blurts out the rest, not really thinking through the implications.] You can't have that girl around, the sight of her makes me sick! We're a partnership of two, and two only, Bakura!

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

[His own temper rises in turn, though Malik's wording surprises him. Did he really think of him... like 'that'?]

Since when does 'partner' mean you 'own' me?!

[obeytherod]

[He backs down slightly, lifting his hands up to try and casually dismiss the matter.

But his hands are shaking.]

...I got a little carried away. But the fact still stands...if we can't agree on it together, it's not happening.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Wait. I have something to say before you try to dismiss your words there. I've put up with this bullshit from you for a time, Malik. But listen to me! Nobody orders me around unless I choose to allow them! And I don't recall our partnership being a 24/7 deal.

[His temper sinks back down just as swiftly as he rose, and he lies back again.]

...

Besides, is there anything we do agree on?

[obeytherod]

[Malik gives the other man a seriously considering look.]

...That's fine. The same applies to me, Bakura. We are equals, but that doesn't mean we can't assert dominance, either, from time to time. [Malik more often than not.]

And of course...we wouldn't be working together otherwise. We agree on...

...Killing the Pharaoh and Rosenkreuz.

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

[His shoulders shake with silent laughter before he rolls over onto all fours and climbs to his feet. Crossing over to where Malik sat, he met his eyes before reaching out his hand to cup his cheek almost uncaringly. Tilting his head slightly, he observed him with a thoughtful gaze for a moment.]

You do look better than her.

[Though not than him.]

[obeytherod]

[Malik tenses, but because of their conversation earlier, he makes no move to pull away.]

...Of course I do. [He says it as if it were an obvious fact.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Crouching down in front of him, he observed him almost clinically. The lack of retreat was interesting. He wondered how far he could push it.

Oh well.

In for a penny...

Leaning forward, he pressed his lips briefly against Malik's]

She still tastes better. Must be the meat.

[obeytherod]

[Malik's breath hitches, and he twitches slightly, as if having meant to pull away but suddenly stopped himself. He'd never been kissed before, so this was...certainly one way to have it happen. Not that he ever really cared or thought about that sort of thing, but still...]

[That comment has him scowling, but it's hard to look intimidating when his cheeks have darkened to burgundy.]

..I'm not eating meat, you bastard. And when did you kiss her?!

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Bakura just laughs in turn, amused by Malik's reaction. How precious. Just as he'd suspected, the teenager was entirely unable to react to it properly.]

I didn't. I just wondered how you'd react if I implied it. Though she does taste rather good. Her blood is very unique.

Heheheheh. But... Why would you be worried about having to eat meat, Malik? Are you expecting more of that?

[He really is a bastard.]

[obeytherod]

[Malik should really stop digging himself into a hole.]

Tch, no. I just thought you were trying to force it on me again. [That was the truth, at least. Although not the whole truth...he had thought Bakura was implying it for other reasons. That didn't mean he wanted any part in those reasons...just that they were reasons!]

Do you always try to lap up people's blood? [It's a dull afterthought.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

'Always'? Heheh. Counting my own, there's not really all that many. I have a fondness for it, but you may have noticed the opportunity is lacking.

[His shoulders shook slightly again.]

Although sometimes I do it just to see the look of distress on their pale faces. Humans react to blood in a unique way. Fear. Disgust. Anger. They forget how easily it can be spilled. How easily they can die. The entire human body's just as much of a shell as my host. People just tend to forget that.

[obeytherod]

[Bakura you're weird, but whatever. He kind of likes you.

Malik smirks at that, folding his arms over his chest. While there's a brief twinge of fear inside himself--mostly aimed at his own situation--Malik is quick to repress it.]

Well...I always considered the body to be more of a puppet than a shell. A puppet for me to manipulate, and use. Hmhmhm... It's amazing what you can get people to do, Bakura, when you get inside their head and convince them that you're "God", or use their fears against them...

[In other words...he thinks he gets where you're coming from!]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Is that so? Heheheh.

[Shifting to sit beside Malik, he loosely leans his arms on his knees. Part of him wonders how Malik even would react if they won. Without the Rod... Heh, would he even give it up? His lips twist into a smirk. Such a messed up kid... it's no wonder he likes Malik. Even if he annoys him a lot. He understands that part of it. That love of breaking the minds of those that bother him.]

People's minds are always their greatest weakness, aren't they? I'm sure that no matter how far humans evolve, that will never change.

[obeytherod]

Keh...that's right. Even the Ancient Egyptians knew it when they created the Millennium Items...many of those take advantage of that weakness.

[Malik did like the power, that much was certain...but after he had his revenge and gathered the God cards, he wouldn't need it any longer.]

If you can crack a person's mind...you can control them.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Hehehehehehehehehehehhehehehe...

[His low laugh trails away slowly. Ignoring the comment about the items, he tilted his head back to look at the sky.]

You don't need to go that far to control a person. Sometimes you just need a little push, right?