Duel 002: Peaceful Days! The Fluffiest Training Montage Commences

[fluffydeathdealer]

[It's a bit of a pain, being in a school with no teachers.

Ryou Bakura isn't the type of kid who really likes being too active; he's about on the level of most ordinary teenagers. But after being laid up for so long with the burns to his arms and leg, not only is he extremely restless, but he's sure even his metabolism won't hold up much longer, with the amount he eats. That's why, after checking to see that Henry isn't home to take him up on that training offer, he's decided to try treating this like school and taking an hour or so to do his very own gym class, all by himself. It'd be easier with teachers, but... he doesn't have a choice right now.

Most kids probably would just take the break and be lazy, but right now, Ryou's working hard. Apart from the occasional break, he can be found pretty easily in the east wing, dressed in gym clothes and doing everything from running laps on the track field to climbing ropes.

...though that last one is more like 'falling off ropes'. Stupid mats... they don't cushion that fall at all. Hopefully nobody's dumb enough to stand below him.]

Ow...

[Time for a banana and some water, he thinks.]

Ah, I'm so tired...

Comments

[helpusduelist]

Not to me, at least. I need to watch for various tells, after all!

[fluffydeathdealer]

...eh? Like what?

[Did Henry mean that he was just that good at reading people?]

[helpusduelist]

Tells for when people lie, or if they're hiding something. Some scratch or rub their arm nervously, some twitch, others raise the tone of their voice or avert their eyes to look at anyone but who they're talking to...

There's all sorts of various ticks that people have when they don't want to show what they're saying or thinking.

[fluffydeathdealer]

I see! So that's it.

[He rubs the back of his head awkwardly, then pauses, lowering his hand. That's right, that was a 'tell' too.]

Eheh... I guess I have a lot of tells.

[helpusduelist]

You're fairly easy to read, but I don't think that's a bad thing for you. Being easy to read makes it so people are more comfortable around you a lot of the time.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[A soft laugh.]

That's right... I like it better that way, anyway.

[helpusduelist]

Don't worry too much about it, then.

[Hmm...]

It looks like you have most everything, now.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Un. Truthfully... it's easy for me to withdraw from people. So I like that people can feel comfortable enough to come to me.

[Scanning over the cards...]

Yes, I think so too.

[helpusduelist]

That's a good trait to have.

[Henry nods, putting away the excess cards.]

Then, if you'd like, I can set things up to call on one of the spirits now. I won't allow you to do more than one a day at present, not until we know how the drain affects you. Their world can be... trying.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[...he's a little terrified, but he nods. What sort of place is their world, he wonders? What sort of place could house creatures like that?

Could he really handle it?]

Un. I'd like to try. Even if it's difficult.

[helpusduelist]

Don't worry; I'll be with you the entire time we're in that world. I won't let anything happen to you.

All you need to focus on is what to say to them to ask them to stay with you.

[fluffydeathdealer]

R-right. [He mulls it over, wondering what's good to say.] I'll give it a try, then.