MINGLE: LASER TAG ARENA

[stealshinies]

[Being from Ancient Egypt and all that, seeing the dark, neon-lite laser tag room is enough to make him stumble back in awe. On the wall are vests with a sensor above the heart, as well as a set of guns.

Just beside that is a set of rules that Bakura sure as hell can't read:

EACH PLAYER TAKES ONE VEST AND ITS CORRESPONDING GUN.
DO NOT COVER UP THE SENSOR ON THE VEST.
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE GAME IS TO HIT THE TARGET ON OTHER PLAYERS' VESTS.
WHEN YOU ARE HIT, YOUR GUN WILL TURN OFF.
THE LAST PLAYER STANDING WINS!

Needless to say, he just takes a gun and decides to explore the room.]

((ooc: decided to intro one of the new rooms that I added last week (I'll also add these specifics to the setting page). Anyway, play laser tag with each other, tag around, and have fun! Feel free to handwave your character re-entering the game if you want to keep playing after they've already lost once.

Also, feel free to be a big fat cheater and not play by the rules, if that's how your character rolls! That's the fun of RP, isn't it?))

Comments

[fluffydeathdealer]

I guess so! And they can always make them look more impressive, too.

[moderndaydragon]

It's easy to do that even without magic. The clothes make the man, or so I've heard!

[fluffydeathdealer]

Heh. I guess even I'd look kinda impressive with the right getup.

[moderndaydragon]

You look pretty impressive without it, with that Ring!

[...But anyway.]

It looks like there's not an actual game or anything going on... so want to team up and just shoot whoever we can find?

[fluffydeathdealer]

Heheh. Of course!

[Picking his gun up, he checks it over.]

This thing's switched itself off, like they said. I'll go get another one.

[moderndaydragon]

Alright. I'll go with you so you don't have to try to find me in all this mess.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[Nodding, he heads back to the entryway to reset the game. It doesn't take all that long.]

Hey, Karasu? You really think I look impressive?

[moderndaydragon]

Yeah, of course. The Ring's pretty impressive on its own, but you just have the right sort of look for someone wearing it. Plus, you always walk and talk like you're confident about almost everything.

It's kind of hard for you to not be impressive.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Heh. You're right; I'm confident in everything I do. It's not faked, either. Some people find it annoying, but I've never been bothered by other people. If they like me, that's fine. If they don't, then they can go to hell. I won't waste any thoughts worrying over them.

I decided a long time ago... no matter what I do, I'm going to do it as if nothing can go wrong. And if it does go wrong, I'm just going to go with it and try to swing it back on the right track.

[moderndaydragon]

That's not a bad way to look at things, I think. I don't have that level of confidence, but... I kind of admire that you do.

[She fidgets with her gun a little.]

You can probably guess, but... things can "go wrong" with me pretty quickly.

[fluffydeathdealer]

With the dragon side, or with the human side?

[moderndaydragon]

Both. The dragon side messes things up a lot easier, but... I've had my problems with the human side, too.

[fluffydeathdealer]

[More social bullshit, huh... well, he can listen, since it's her.]

What do you mean? Do you have trouble talking to people or something?

[moderndaydragon]

Sometimes... yeah. It's hard to be able to talk to people. It's been pretty easy here, because everyone here has something different about them. Even if not, we're all here from some other world, so it's easy to find something to ask about or talk about.

But back home, even before I moved to Domino, it was always hard to relate -- or even really get close to -- anyone I tended to meet. I know I don't exactly look the most normal as I am, so I blamed that a lot, but... well, you don't look too much different from me. Not as pale, but our hair's very close in color.

[Sigh.]

Like I said before -- I think -- I never really made friends that easily. But it's been almost too easy to do that here. I mean, I'm thankful for that, but it just makes me wonder if I really am out of place with "normal" people.

[fluffydeathdealer]

...

[Domino City...? Karasu was from the same town as him?]

You never told me where you lived before.

[moderndaydragon]

I didn't?

[...Wait a minute.]

...That's right. I moved to Domino City after... [Something. What was it?] ...something happened. I remember... it was a pretty small apartment.

[She remembers. She actually remembers!]

That's right. But... why did I move there? And I can't remember anything about the city itself...

[fluffydeathdealer]

Domino City is where I live... If you want to know anything about it, just ask me.

But don't strain yourself. It seems like your memory's coming back on its own, at least a little.

[moderndaydragon]

Right...

[It's just so frustrating, to have only a small piece come back! But she knows Bakura's right... trying to think on it too hard won't do anything. And if he lives there too...]

I couldn't have been there very long, since we'd never met before... at least, I don't think we had, right?

[fluffydeathdealer]

I'd never even seen you before I came here. You'd think there'd be rumors or something, but if there were, I didn't hear them.

[He gives her a thoughtful look.]

Well, it's a big city... It's not all that surprising.

[moderndaydragon]

I suppose so.

[It's makes her think a little, though... if she'd met Bakura then instead of now, would things be the same as they are?

...Or would it have been like everyone else?]

[fluffydeathdealer]

...what you said before. About being out of place with normal people...

It's true that you're special. You shine like a beacon... In more ways than one. You're unique because of your other side, but you're also unique because of you.

But, Karasu... that's not a bad thing. Some people will always treat it as such, but those people are usually afraid. Afraid of being overshadowed, of being shown up, of anything that's different...

People like that aren't worth even a second glance. It's hard not to take them to heart, but you're worth a million of those types.

[moderndaydragon]

...

[She smiles at that, nodding a little and using her free hand to brush some of her hair out of her face. It really is just like Bakura, to say something like that.

Not taking them to heart, huh...]

I'll do my best. Promise.

[But she really does feel better about that now, and her smile says as much. There's no way they wouldn't have been friends, even if they met outside of here.]

[fluffydeathdealer]

Heheh... I think part of what helps here is probably that you're more relaxed, too! You were really tense when I first met you.

[He grins back. It's trite advice, but it's true. He didn't even have to lie for that part.]

[moderndaydragon]

Was I really? ...I guess I was feeling pretty worried and out of place, but being here long enough, it's hard not to adjust to it.

[fluffydeathdealer]

Yeah. You were acting like you didn't trust anyone. Kind of like a wounded animal, really.