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CAMPUS WIDE EVENT: THE LANGUAGE BARRIER REINSTATED

[Today, something somewhere went wrong. On the evening on the 15th, any bilingual (or otherwise) knowledge granted by the Campus has simply...disappeared. At least for anybody walking by the North Wing.]

Tja ... det här kommer att lägga sordin på våra studier, är nu inte det?

[Translation: Well...this is going to put a damper on our studies, now isn't it?]

((ooc: So! For the next 5 days (the 15th~20th), your character officially only knows their native tongue. Aka, whatever language they primarily grew up with. They can no longer read, speak, or understand any other language but.

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...! What-?!

[That's actual magic. Actually seeing it is pretty shocking even though he knows it exists. And it being used so casually means this person is pretty used to it. But why had he done that? Glancing from the book to the spell, he has an idea, but he isn't sure. Was this book magic? Lifting a hand, he points from himself to the book, looking questioningly at Kai.]

[Oops. Someone else that's never seen this stuff before. The reaction reminds him a bit of Niko's. Kai sets the ice marbles on the table and wipes his hand off before tapping the book.]

Um...

[He really hates this place sometimes. He taps the book again, then flicks one of the marbles. He's hoping he can get across that yes, the book can teach magic. Maybe not this spell, but he can't explain that at the moment.]

[He lets out a sigh. Looks like his question got misunderstood. But that appears to be confirmation. The book is magic. Curiously, he reaches out a finger to poke one of the 'marbles'. Woah, that's cold! That's literal ice, then. Not just an illusion.]

That's pretty impressive.

[If only Yugi had taken sign language classes. Not that they'd be much good if nobody else here had taken them. Oh well. He was nothing if not stubborn. Reaching out, he taps the side of the book, making as if to turn the page.

Can he look?]

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[Even if Kai can't understand what he just said, watching him poke at the ice has him grinning a bit. Always proud of his work, this one.

Most of the time, anyway.

He frowns when the other boy touches the book, and then it clicks. Oh. For-]

Yeah, go ahead! Not like I can read this one anyway.

[He pushes it over, then gathers his marbles back into his hand to play with.]

[Sitting down, he looks over the book curiously. He's never seen anything like this before. Were magic books common in this place? He'd have to look through the books in the library more often.

He can't help but glance over at the marbles every so often, however. That's a pretty cool talent.

Pun entirely intended.]

[Kai might be making it a little harder to focus on the book since he's decided to create a few more marbles while he's at it, just so he can build a little figure out of the ice. Head, body, arms and legs...except it's all just round bits stuck together, so it probably only looks like a person to him. Eventually he shrugs and just melts the figure in his hand.]

...Why didn't I just disperse it, geeze.

[He hurriedly wipes his hand off on his jeans before looking up at his companion. They can at least understand each other's names, right?]

Hey.

[Kai waits for him to look up before he taps his own chest.]

Kai.

[It really is fascinating. He doesn't have a clue what the boy is doing, but seeing actual magic at work is interesting. When Kai names himself, he pauses. He's heard that name before. That was right... Karasu had mentioned him as an aspiring duelist.

Lifting a hand, he points to himself in an almost dramatic fashion.]

Yugi.

[It's probably a good thing that Kai doesn't speak ancient Egyptian or Japanese because the difference between the name and the language he's using would be pretty evident if he was. As it is, saying the name feels oddly foreign with his words in this state.]

[Kai nods at that, offering a grin and a hand to shake if he wants to.]

Nice to meet you.

[He really hopes this mess doesn't last as long as he thinks it's going to; he'd rather be able to understand what his new friends are saying. Assuming he's actually making one now and not just getting himself into trouble somehow.]

[Accepting the offer, he shakes Kai's hand with a firm and friendly grip. There's no hostility in him at all. Kai hasn't yet mastered the ability to make people turn entirely against him without even being able to speak to them!]

Karasu told me about you.

[He might at least be able to pick out the name. Though the pronunciation is off. With his newly found language problem, it comes out more as "Karashew".]

[He pulls his hand away after the shake, eyes widening at the name. Oddly pronounced or not, it's not hard for him to recognize it. This guy's met Karasu? That's obviously all he can glean from it anyway, which is annoying...but why would he mention her unless-

Oh. She must have mentioned him. Kai's cheeks flush a little at that. Here's to hoping it wasn't anything involving his apparent overuse of Darkness. Of course, if she had, he doubts Yugi would be this friendly.]

Ha, Karasu. Yeah, she's- um.

[Why the hell is he suddenly flustered talking about her? Really Kai, grow up. He gives an awkward shrug and shifts in his chair.]

[Hm... this sudden awkwardness, coupled with the blush... were those two together? Heh. They made a cute couple, he supposes.

He reaches down to his waist to unfasten his deck pouch, retrieving one of the cards he'd put away. Waving that at him might explain what Karasu and he were talking about.]

[Kai wishes. Then at least he'd have a reasonable excuse for blushing like a dork when she's mentioned. Right now it's just fifth grade-ish.]

What're you- ah.

[The cards again. And Karasu...They'd been discussing the cards, then? Well, that made sense. Kai nods and pats his chest. He's been carrying at least one of his cards with him lately, in his shirt pocket. It's not at all visible under the hoodie though.]

Hang on a second...

[Kai tugs his hoodie off, hissing slightly as the sleeve pulls over the scar on his forearm. The pain's quickly forgotten as he carefully pulls the Light and Darkness Dragon out of his pocket to show Yugi.]

Just got this one. It's my favorite already.

[That hiss catches his attention and he glances Kai over with some concern. ...the fact that he keeps his cards in his pocket makes him sigh. He'll have to find him a proper card pouch. He can't just stuff his cards in his pocket, they could get bent! But the card itself distracts him from the mild annoyance of that. That's a pretty unique-looking dragon... Even if he can't read the name or anything right now, he can get the gist of it. Level 8, 2800 atk, probably light type from the colour of the attribute. No clue what the effect was, but it still looks like a good card. It gets a thumbs up and a smile from him.]

[It's only the one card, and he'd keep them in something else if he had it. At least he doesn't leave them spread out around the dorm! Kai laughs a bit at the thumbs up, cradling the card.]

Still trying to figure things out, but I like the way this one feels. It's like me. Or maybe I'm like it.

[He frowns and sets the card on the table before sighing. Once they find the witch running this place, oh boy. He reaches up and rubs the bridge of his nose in frustration.]

[Uncoupling the deck pouch, he takes out his Battle City deck and the cards he always keeps with it. There's more than the average there, solely because he swaps them out. Aside from the three most precious, he holds them out for Kai to see.]

[His hand drops from his face and Kai leans forward to look at them. After a moment he gestures to the cards and then himself. Can he touch them?]

That's...wow. My deck's still disorganized.

[Karasu's been helping a lot, but really, he hasn't quite settled on some things yet.]

[He nods, handing the cards to him without hesitation or fear. If this is one of Karasu's friends, they're worth trusting that much. She's too nice a girl to be evil.]

These cards are the deck that we made together.

[Taking them carefully, Kai spreads them out in his hands and begins to look through them. Yugi's got some pretty neat cards in here. Kai's been fixating on dragons in his, which really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that knows him.]

Really cool.

[He looks up at his voice, curious. They're going to have to talk again once everything makes sense. Kai smiles faintly, shaking his head, before he lays both arms on the table so he can spread the cards out more and not drop them. That's a mistake, as damn it he keeps forgetting.]

Ow!

[Here Yugi, you get your cards back so he can check his arm. That hoodie's going back on in a minute.]

[Taking the cards, he slips them back into the pouch for a moment and reaches out to take Kai's arm so he can look at it.]

[Hey, that's his arm- Well, he's not doing anything to it, so Kai just sighs and lets Yugi look at it. The scar doesn't look all that pleasant, recently healed and a little jagged. It might have looked better if Kai hadn't needed two kinds of treatment for it. Seriously, next time he's going with magic only.]

At least it's kind of in the middle there, and not closer to my elbow. It was my own fault, I need to stop pissing off Bakura.

[A slight eye-roll at that, because really, he doesn't think it's possible. Some people are alcoholics, and apparently Kai's a 'Piss off the Creeper for fun' kind of guy. But acknowledging that he has a problem's the first step, right?]

-!

[At the name, he tenses. Bakura-? Karasu had mentioned he was here, but she'd never made it clear which one was in control. With the way she talked, it implied Bakura-kun, rather than the dark spirit, had been the one hanging around... But this wound was in no way that soft boy's work. His lip curls in anger and he lets Kai's arm go.]

You should be more careful around that guy. He's dangerous.

[...yeah, stating the obvious.]

[Kai might've assumed he was getting a lecture if it wasn't for the other boy's reaction. Maybe he still is. He raises an eyebrow and silently curses this stupid school for the millionth time.]

You've met him too?

[Ugh. Where's his can of bug spray when he needs it? He slips his card back into the shirt pocket before tugging his hoodie on. Once his head's through, he speaks again, as useless as it is.]

I'm baking Ryou a cake once the Creeper's finally gone...though I don't know how the hell we'll manage that.

[Really, he makes Kai think of a cockroach that survives being nuked.]

...? [He just raises an eyebrow in response. Of course he can't understand. Lifting a hand, he rests it against the Puzzle hanging around his neck. It's the closest thing he can do to say that he has experience with that guy.]

...then Bakura is here as well as the spirit?

[That's something, at least. It means his soul has not yet been supressed by the dark spirit. Yugi resurfaces in his mind at this conversation, sounding worried, but there's nothing he can say to reassure him. Being able to communicate... it's a blessing he has been failing to appreciate, it seems.]

[And that gesture? Means nothing to Kai, until he takes a closer look at the puzzle itself. That eye looks familiar, doesn't it. Why didn't he notice that sooner? He gives Yugi a sudden suspicious look, then slumps in his chair. Yugi's not setting off any of the alarm bells he gets from Bakura, so...]

...We've really got to talk once this is over.

[Sighing, he pushes his bangs out of his eyes and sits back up, tapping his chest and then motioning toward the library door. He should get back.]

You're going, then? [He lifts a hand in a casual wave. Ah... he can't wait for this to pass.]

Take care, Kai.

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