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

[dontknowjack]

If you mean Rosenkreuz... If you had interfered, you would have been caught up in the attack too.

But, if you mean the agreement... It was well done. The kindness you showed to your enemy, also. I can see little fault in it, save that it may be foolish to trust that creature to hold to that.

[He moves to Henry, reaching out to put a hand on his shoulder and grasp it firmly.]

But... that's what I'm here for. I failed you today, but... I won't let such cruelties happen to anyone else within our group again.

[helpusduelist]

[Henry manages a weak smile at that, nodding softly before almost falling forward onto him, one hand going to Jack's shoulder while his head rests on the other.]

I'm tired.

[It's soft and weak, more in line with a sick child than a strong king, but nothing about the past few hours have made Henry feel like he could be strong.]

Please... sleep beside me tonight, Jack. I don't know if I can rest otherwise.

[He's gotten too used to it, really... having someone resting in the same room to protect him. He can feel it at the back of the mind, the knawing nightmares just waiting to come, and right now, he wants more than anything to not be alone when they do.]

[dontknowjack]

[Jack's hands come up to hold him, surprisingly gentle despite their strength. Henry sounds almost like a broken child. Poor soul... this must have weighed heavier on him than he was willing to admit. One hand gently rubs Henry's back, trying to ease the tension he feels there. He forgoes the formalities, since nobody else is around, and Henry needs it. Right now...

Henry isn't his king.

He's his friend.

That's all he can be right now, right?]

I will, Henry. If that is your wish... I will be glad to sleep by your side.

[helpusduelist]

Thank you...

[He shifts his grip on Jack a little, but it almost seems like he's about to fall asleep right here.]

I'm... more than anything, glad that you're back...

[dontknowjack]

[...this is going to be a little strange, highness, but he's just going to scoop you up in his arms like a child (or a bride) and carry you through to set you on the bed. ...it looks a little small for both of them.]

Here. You wanted something comfortable, I assume?

[If Henry's too tired, he'll dress him in his nightclothes himself.]