3rd duel. [video]

[believeinnexus]

[it's been a while, Network. As you can see, Yuusei is back! Luckily, being Yuusei, he doesn't even seem all that surprised. Or bothered. In fact, it'd be difficult to tell what he's thinking just by looking at him now.]

It seems I've been brought to the City again. [a pause. He looks up to the sky, almost as if expecting to see something unusual

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[voice]

[satisfiedsigner]

[and this is the coldest tone Kiryu's had in a while. sorry Yuusei.]

He's still here.

[voice]

[believeinnexus]

[it may have been a long time since he last heard that tone, but this isn't something he would forget easily.]

... Kiryu.

How long have I been gone?

[voice]

[satisfiedsigner]

Almost five months.

[voice]

[believeinnexus]

I see.

... How have you been?

[Voice]

[believeinnexus]

... Thank you. [he's... not sure if he should be thankful for being back. Probably not.]

Bakura Ryou, correct?

[Voice | private]

[believeinnexus]

[unfortunately, he's not willing to discuss that with Bakura.]

I'd rather talk to him about that first.

[video] also hi

[thetrickstar]

[and hey, look who is looking pointedly not like he's been in an explosion recently]

Eh? What are you doing here?

[video] o/

[believeinnexus]

Brave of Team Ragnarok? [Yuusei's relieved to see he's okay, considering he was involved in the making of the Rainbow Bridge and all.] You're here as well...

I was brought here by the Porter. [duh.]

[video]

[thetrickstar]

No kidding. [oh Yuusei, you are so much like Harald...]

Yeah, it's me and...me. Hey. [small wave] So are you done saving the world or did she grab you from somewhere inconvenient too?

[video | private]

[believeinnexus]

[switching to private now because saving the world is serious business.]

What is the last thing you remember from before you were brought here? [he knows how the entire different timelines business works, so he'd rather know that first.]

[voice]

[hackeralastair]

So. Porter dragged you back in, huh?

[voice]

[believeinnexus]

So it seems.

[the voice is vaguely familiar, even though he hasn't heard it in a long time. He quickly makes a mental list of people he encountered last time he was here and that would recognize him -- and makes a guess based on this.]

... Alastair, was it?

[voice]

[hackeralastair]

Yeah, that's right. Wow, you remember.

[voice]

[believeinnexus]

I do. [and not much more than that, aside maybe from the fact he knows Kiryu.]

[gallitrap]

[several hours delayed, and video, and private. Hey it's Ruka! Who is either ambiguously older or younger than her Neo Domino counterpart, we don't know because 5D's has no timelines. This Ruka looks thinner in the face and wearier than he's used to.]

He's here, but he stopped coming home, about a week and a half ago.

Did something happen?

[video | private]

[believeinnexus]

... I see.

[her age isn't of much importance, seeing as the twins doesn't seem to age; what does matter is that she doesn't look well -- or less well than her usual sickly self -- and it worries him. So he will temporally ignore her question -- it's something he'd rather discuss in person, anyway -- and instead ask his own, more relevant to her state than Bruno's.]

Are you okay?

[video | private]

[gallitrap]

[She looks a little surprised by the question, but after a second shakes her head, dismissive of the concern. It is not hard to tell what she's doing.]

Huh? Oh, I'm fine- things are pretty much the same as usual around here, so there's nothing, really.

[video | private]

[believeinnexus]

[who does she think she's fooling? And, seeing as their "usual" hardly ever equals "good", it doesn't really make him any less concerned.]

Mind if I visit you?