Hope's End Guest Post: Day 8

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Welcome to Day 8 of Hope’s End! This is where guest writers can have their characters post to the network. These posts will be handled the same way as any other post to the network, but we'll keep them grouped together for everyone's sanity.

All guest characters arrived in Hope’s End with a communicator that resembles a Blackberry. These have text,

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[diaboundthief]

[ There is an ungodly large winged snake poking its way around the rear-facing side of a few houses. It slithers in and out of the buildings raised on wooden stilts, forked tongue flicking out every few seconds. It seems to be homing in on something, and the red-cloaked man following behind it is patiently letting the creature track whatever has gotten its attention.

Eventually the creature locates the source of the disturbance; the porch and immediate area of an abandoned house. Even a few days later there are still splashes of blood where it had pooled deepest, now a rusty flaked brown colour. The serpent noses the traces, returns to its master's side with confusion, then back to the stains with an unhappy hiss. ]

What has you so anxious, Diabound?

[ One sandaled foot scuffs the dusty ground as though looking for evidence, before a sort-of familiar person crouches down to rub the kaa's scales reassuringly. There was an alarming and surprisingly distinct distress-confusion-grief-relief vibe coming through his soul and it was

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[diaboundthief]

[ he doesn't seem bothered by her reaction. instead he slices a quarter of the apple off with his knife and offers it to Diabound ]

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[fujigglephysics]

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Why are you giving it an apple? Won't it make it sick?

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[diaboundthief]

Are you worried about him?

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[fujigglephysics]

No. Snakes are supposed to be carnivorous, last time I checked.

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[diaboundthief]

[ he shrugs ]

He is my kaa, and therefore far stronger than any mere animal. He likes fruit for a treat, but he will eat meat as well.

[ he grins ]

Even people.

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[fujigglephysics]

Oh. That's...

[Eye-ing that snake warily now, in case it tries something funny.]

...never mind. In any case, since you've asked for my name earlier, what is yours?

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[diaboundthief]

Bakura.

[ though pronounced closer to BAK'ra it is still recognizable as the same name ]

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[fujigglephysics]

Oh-

[Hey, wait. Doesn't that seem familiar?

Taking the time to mentally sound it out, until she realizes-

...oh.

Ohhhhhhhhhhh.]

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[fujigglephysics]

[FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-]

You're- ?! B-But, you can't be here! You're supposed to be...!

['Dead!' is what she would say, but with the irrational panic set in, she trails off, in fear of what might happen if she did say it.]

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[diaboundthief]

Oh? Have you heard of me by name but not by title?

[ because OBVIOUSLY he is the great Thief King ]

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[fujigglephysics]

[Not so great if he can only get apples, I mean what]

No- yes! But, you can't be! You don't look like him! How...how?!

[Her eyes dart back between the dried bloodstains and to him. God help her if the snake or he himself ever knew.]

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[diaboundthief]

[ let's see you get something better, tits. he narrows his eyes a little bit at her panic ]

I do not look like whom?

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[fujigglephysics]

[Without even thinking, she blurts out-]

YOU CAN'T BE BAKURA! YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!!

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[diaboundthief]

[ he laughs, abruptly ]

Never.

But I think I know the problem. You met my khajbt, did you not?

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[fujigglephysics]

...what?