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Feb 01, 2010 14:59

Who: Atem and OPEN to anyone who would like a chaperon or who just wants HEY HELP HIM.
What: Welcome to Domino!
When: February 1st, in the afternoon after all the characters get there.
Where: Wandering the streets, parks, wherever you'd like to run into him because he just needs to keep moving.
Warnings: CARD GAMES? ANNOYING CHILDREN? COPIOUS AMOUNTS ( Read more... )

cissnei, atem mutou, seto kaiba

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shutupandduelme February 1 2010, 23:16:21 UTC

Kaiba scowled at the sight of the L337POD in Cissnei's hand, reminded once again of another problem that needed solving. Why was he stil tethered to these people. Everything he had seen so far had certainly indicated that this was the Domino City he remembered. Everything except, of course, the presence of the two people sitting next to him. Perhaps more, but he hadn't checked the NETWORK since the first time. He thought it would be better that way, at least until he got to the office and could take care of...annoyances ( ... )

note_atem February 3 2010, 04:19:27 UTC

The snap scared him, if not for the anger in Seto's words, than the pain behind them. It was hidden, of course, but he knew it was there. His hand braced the window behind him, but he kept his gaze level. "You're putting the island at a level of a person, and I'm beginning to think it's a lot more than. It 'expended' no 'energy' to move us all here, and I doubt it would have trouble finding them all if it needed to ( ... )

shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 04:49:32 UTC

Kaiba's glare grew colder. "If you start talking like that, I'll be expecting you to start talking to the Island too," he said defensively. "The Island is just an island. It's the people behind it I want, and I will spend a month in this office to find them, if I have to."

It was easy enough to pick up the sadness in Atem's smile, but it only made Kaiba more defensive. It better not be pity. It better not be regret. The brunet had no use for such things. It implied he was doing something wrong...and some degree of care. That was probably the part that made him the most unsettled.

"Go, stay, do as you will. I will be here regardless," Kaiba replied while trying to keep his reaction in check. "In fact, I was not expecting you...at least not so soon. What about the Game Shop, Atem?"

note_atem February 3 2010, 04:55:00 UTC

People behind it.. If there really were people behind this- all of it, creating a place between worlds to house them all in, able to pick them up out of time lines or even from death, about to separate or throw them all wherever it willed, be able to mess with their free will ( ... )

shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 05:33:06 UTC

Those smiles, sad or otherwise, were just making things worse. The brunet was forced to get closer to his desk, if only to have something to keep his hands still. Strangling the other man for the possible look of pity wouldn't go over very well, Kaiba decided. Even if it was so very tempting.

At least Domino was giving him a hard time in Kaiba's stead. "I don't know what else you expected," the CEO commented dryly. "With that hair, you could only be a Mutou, and nobody here is sharp enough to notice that the Yuugi who appeared before the match was different from the one during. 'Fail' is a good nickname either way though."

note_atem February 3 2010, 05:43:44 UTC

Atem noted the move to the desk quite carefully, not quite sure what that was about, but willing to venture a guess. He realized he should have stopped the caring attitude; it wasn't pity, it was upset- and he wished they could share in it together, but that was a dream that was never going to happen. Perhaps one day, many many years away, if he was lucky.

Instead he smirked, that was easier, and would probably be easier on Kaiba. "Oh yes, I suppose, thank you." He rolled his eyes, moving over to the desk to eye Seto some more, though he looked away, still grinning. "You win one game of DDR and it's already gone to your head." It was a simple joke, or something really more of getting back on the field they were used to. He'd worry about Seto later, and probably be angry as well.

shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 06:11:34 UTC

Kaiba snorted, his posture relaxing a tiny bit as they started to slide into a more familiar, less dangerous routine.

"You think this is about the DDR? I told you, it's not like I can tell anyone about that," he said with a dismissive look. "What you said before was more accurate. For whatever time I have, I've gained back what I earned. And it is substantial enough that people remember me. You've got no chance to catch up."

note_atem February 3 2010, 06:19:13 UTC

Ouch.
That actually felt like that might have been too low a blow. Though he supposed Kaiba wasn't really that familiar with the name he tried so valiantly to earn back. Really, Seto was just being Seto. His remarks were callous, but not purposely personal.

Here was the split decision. Did he rag on and on about how depressed and upset that one sentence, the meaning behind it, make him? As little as that would get him. No, he knew better.

Moving swiftly passed it he just shrugged. "Or perhaps you say that in fear. Scared if I challenge you now I might gain a name back so quick it'll make your head spin? I wonder, I wonder.." And with that he turned on his heel, intent on making his way to the door- slowly; with all the sauciness of his usual walk. Hips swaying, leather conformed so tight in his new outfit, ankhs clinking together. He knew a few things, and he hadn't missed those lingering gazes.

As on the playing field an opponent would use anything and everything to their advantage. This was no different.

shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 06:52:01 UTC

Huh. He thought he would have been able to draw more out of Atem with that crack about his name. It had certainly been the impression that he had been giving earli....-

...oh. It was a new outfit for him, Kaiba observed, most of Atem's words ignored in favor of watching those little ankhs swing. Damn it, this was his office, and he was not going to be turned away from!

It only took a few strides forward to close the distance between them, as the shorter man didn't seem to be in too much of a hurry to actually leave. Kaiba grabbed him by the shoulder and yanked him around to meet a calculating and wary gaze.

"There is no fear in this building," he hissed, "save from those who try to turn their back on me like you just did. I thought you were smarter than that." The heavy hand on Atem's shoulder slowly migrated up to hold him by the chin instead.

note_atem February 3 2010, 07:03:32 UTC

Smart enough to catch his attention and make Seto put his hands on him, yes, Atem was. Calculating and calm as always, when he let himself be. And when he let himself be he obviously got the best results. He kept his hands to himself, trying to think of what the next move was to be. He was caught in that cerulean gaze, a hand on his shoulder ( ... )

shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 08:52:38 UTC

"Intelligent," Kaiba murmured with a snort, his hand twitching a little as Atem's ran over it. "I'd support that if you agreed with me more often. But I think both of us know that's not happening any time soon."

He let his thumb trace random patterns on the other duelist's jawline and leaned in close, enough for the brunet's breath to skirt over the other's skin. "Especially since you seem to have no idea who you're talking to. In this office, you focus on me at all times," he murmured, his words more breath than sound at this point.

note_atem February 3 2010, 09:05:58 UTC

"You do support it. You put up with me, even my different thinking. And we both know anyone who is not up to your standards or level of intelligence gets swept under the rug." He tilted his head further upwards, eyes nearly closed at this juncture, but the crimson absolutely shining and catching the light in the best possible way at this angle.

"Or are you mocking your own intelligence?" He chuckled softly, his own breathing mingling with the others as he got close. His hand continued its trek upwards to his shoulder, over his collarbone, and to the back of his neck.

The smirk softened a little. "Well you have my focus now, Seto.. But I do enjoy those windows.."

shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 19:15:38 UTC

Kaiba's eyes followed at Atem tilted his head, seemingly drawn to the slits of crimson that reflected the light like jewels. He found them more worth looking at than the view outside, though that would be put on the list of sentiments he was incapable of putting into words. Instead he simply hummed in appreciation, and brushed his lips lightly over the shorter man's ( ... )

note_atem February 3 2010, 19:44:13 UTC

There was something to be said about this situation; for in Salkia where this had happened times before, he would be out of breath, stalled, and unsure what to do. And that was where Kaiba usually had the upper hand on him, not that he completely minded. But here in the CEO's office, in a world that wasn't home- perhaps he felt a little home, if only because of the man he was with. Something about that rush kept him level, even if his heart was beating rapidly, and he did feel that familiar fire inside ( ... )

aiba hissed in warning and nipped at Atem's lip. shutupandduelme February 3 2010, 22:27:53 UTC

"Start spreading that around, and maybe I'll get over my aversion to saying I played DDR. Just for the sake of tarnishing your record," Kaiba hissed in warning before he caught Atem's lip in his teeth. Maybe he could draw that sound out of him again. With a bit more honesty this time ( ... )

note_atem February 3 2010, 22:51:35 UTC

"One point.." That sentence alone was edging on being a moan but it wasn't quite there. Though with the way things were going he couldn't imagine how much harder it really could have been for Seto to get him into a writhing, panting mess. But he couldn't help himself, and this was dangerous. Somewhere in the back of his mind he knew that ( ... )

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