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<PLAYER1> If you're looking for someone you knew as Yugi before June, you've found him! It's Atem, leave a message.
 
 
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noasark: (:3)

[personal profile] noasark 2021-12-11 02:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmm. Something about the style of holiday sweaters. At some point it became fashionable to deliberately knit them in blinding patterns. The contest, therefore, will be to find the 'worst' one~ [he hums, patting Newf's head and prompting her to stand.]

Alright, Newf- time for us to get moving, hm?

Hfff.
getmeoutofthedraft: (Morale victory)

<KrisKringle>

[personal profile] getmeoutofthedraft 2021-12-11 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Santa never makes mistakes. And if he did, he'd never admit to it.

But this isn't a mix-up. I have your name right here. "Atem/Yugi", open parenthesis, "weird hair kid", close parenthesis.
sweartoyou: (412)

[personal profile] sweartoyou 2021-12-12 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even with her eagerness greatly improved in comparison to when she's a slime, Ray looks dimly surprised when she realizes he's offering a hug. For her? Really? It might not make a ton of sense, but of course it makes her smile, and she steps closer to wrap her arms around him, too. That's the main reason it registers that he's just a little bit smaller than her, when they're like this. He was probably always short and she just never realized, blobbing around as she did. ...She likes this. She likes that he's small, the way her boy should be, even if he isn't nearly as young.

Also he's warm, so she isn't looking forward to letting go, even if this isn't actually solving the biggest problem of her legs being cold.]


Mm. Sorry about that. I'm glad you came for me...and that it worked. I was a little worried I wouldn't remember it right. [Tail cute... She can feel her own starting wag again as she watches it.] It's that memory that caused all this trouble in the first place, I think... It's much easier to think now.
getmeoutofthedraft: (Requiem for a lightweight)

<KrisKringle>

[personal profile] getmeoutofthedraft 2021-12-13 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know how else I can explain to you that I am not going to admit to making mistakes, especially when I didn't make any.
getmeoutofthedraft: (Morale victory)

<KrisKringle>

[personal profile] getmeoutofthedraft 2021-12-13 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Atta boy.

I should get holiday dice...
sweartoyou: (600)

[personal profile] sweartoyou 2021-12-13 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[She gives a soft, content hum as his hands stay on her arms. Toasty... And she applauds his priorities -- it only made sense this way, and she'd needed his attention more than him trying to solve the mystery.]

No. It was an act of self defense. [She pauses, a little for drama but mostly just because she doesn't tend to speak very fast, even when she isn't a slime.] I have two possessions I always keep on me. My clock Dad gave to me...and a glass knife, just in case I get into trouble that gets around a slime's near-invulnerability. It's practically invisible as long as it's in my body, so it's a good way to catch someone offguard. But when I changed into a werewolf with a solid body again...

[She sort of forgot that she had them? There was never any reason to not have them floating around in there before...]

It would explain why it didn't hurt until I moved, and why it felt like a knife. It was one. I shouldn't have to tell Dr. Kitty to save them for me...

[She really wants them back, though -- her clock especially. And she hopes it doesn't take up too much of his time, when she's almost positive that's what it was and he probably has other work he could be doing... Her head has tilted so that her mismatched eyes are dazing out in the direction of the entrance. Dog...want... But dog also want to play. It's tough to be a dog.]
getmeoutofthedraft: (It happened one night)

<KrisKringle>

[personal profile] getmeoutofthedraft 2021-12-14 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure I can think of something. Maybe if you're a good boy you'll get some holiday dice in your stocking.
sweartoyou: (455)

[personal profile] sweartoyou 2021-12-15 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah —

[That’s a good distraction from her indecisiveness. Her ears droop a little, but it’s more thoughtful than sad.]

It was the second time I died here…

[So not typically, but she hasn’t been intent on figuring out if there are hard and fast rules when it came to death. She just knew that memories sometimes disappeared, and she didn’t want that to happen.]

I wonder if you can feel it… Something that you’ve forgotten. How else would you ever know?
dead_eyed_wolf: suspicious (🐺 no room for shallow alibis)

[personal profile] dead_eyed_wolf 2021-12-15 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Fuck those trees, for real.

His comment is - interesting. She wasn't thinking about the war at all. Honestly, Elias seems like more of an annoyance than a true threat, and his side is outnumbered even as it is. She'd been thinking of it purely in terms of emotions, whereas it seems like - Atem thinks about it like pieces on a board. It's not an unfamiliar mindset, nor is it one that disturbs her, obviously, it'd take a lot to weird Mukuro out. But it's distinctive. Especially considering he's neutral, and in theory has less of a stake in the god war than she ought to as a high-level follower.

She glances his way, quietly observing for a moment. Thinks about what he'd said on the roof after they'd ripped Fabius Bile to pieces. Thinks about his username, and the way he likes to play with his food.

Hm.]


...Yeah.

[Atem treats this like a game. That doesn't mean he isn't serious - he is very serious about the rules he follows, and emotion plays a big part in his moves. But it's all grand strategy nevertheless.

But right now, at least, it doesn't matter. Just another facet of him she'll be keeping in mind. A breath in, a soft sigh out, and she continues, in her low, even voice.]


Is there - anything else. That you wanted to know.

[It's fine, if he thinks of something later. This isn't the last conversation they'll ever have. It's just finally building them a foundation.]
dead_eyed_wolf: sigh (⛈️ in your eyes)

cw: abusive relationships, self-harm, and mukuro's skewed sense of self-worth

[personal profile] dead_eyed_wolf 2021-12-16 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh.

That's such a difficult question to answer.

She looks down at the floor, quiet and unsure. A few moments tick past as she considers before she's able to speak again, voice soft.]


...She's the only person who ever did.
But n-not - always.

[She didn't blame her for it, ever. She never fought back or even objected. Mukuro existed for Junko, only. If that's how she could be of use to her - if protecting her meant taking all the poison and fury Junko needed to vent at a safe target - she'd do it. Gladly. She could take it. She'd had worse; much, much worse from people she cared less about. If it was for Junko...

She swallows, murmurs, an echo of what she'd once said to Lila.]


She loved me, and I loved her, and I'd do - anything. Anything she needed me to.
If she needed me to hurt someone else, I would. If she needed to hurt me, I'd let her.
It didn't - matter. Not to me.
If it helped - if it stopped her from hurting herself - I was okay with it.
dead_eyed_wolf: hurt (⛈️ as the sea)

[personal profile] dead_eyed_wolf 2021-12-20 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
[She still can't look at him, but his thanks makes her throat feel tight. She nods, swallows, tries to speak past it.]

...Thank you for - listening.

[It feels inadequate to explain what she actually means, what she's actually feeling - but it's the core of it. Being listened to, really listened to, is still such an unfamiliar sensation for her. And Atem caring enough to want to know, not so he could hurt her with it, but so he could avoid that - that's similarly incredible.

If he'd wanted to kill her, she'd have understood. She wouldn't have let him, but she'd have gotten it.

As for his question... she isn't sure. His life is a bit of a mystery, but - well, she'd gotten to know him when he was small. She feels like she understands him pretty well, by now. He cares a lot about his friends, about what's right - but he's getting better about understanding nuance. She knows if he were to lose patience with her and try to take her out, she'd have fair warning. She knows he won't try to spread rumors or anything, he isn't underhanded like that.

More than anything, she thinks, what she needs to know is:]


...If - If Junko ever appears here. And you see her first.
Will you tell me, before you do anything.
dead_eyed_wolf: sigh (⛈️ in your eyes)

[personal profile] dead_eyed_wolf 2021-12-20 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
[She lifts her gaze just in time to see his glow, and despite the clearly demonic influence, it sends a wave of relief through her.

Mukuro doesn't fear demons. No monster type is inherently bad, and she's been in very close contact with a demon since her arrival here. Like all species, the person is what's important, not the type. And she knows she can trust Atem's word, no matter what creature he's become.]


...Okay. Thank you.

[That's all she can possibly ask for. Making Atem promise never to act - it's just not realistic, and even if it was... she doesn't want to. Mukuro doesn't want blind obedience or comforting lies. She just wants a chance. Because that's what being here is, for people like them. A second chance. And even if Junko never believed things could be better... they are, here. Mukuro herself is proof of that. And - knowing Atem will at least give her the space to try is important, but so is knowing he'll act if he has to. In case Mukuro can't. Someone will be there. Someone will be able to protect their friends, even if she's too weak.

Because even if she falls, she doesn't want any of the rest of them hurt.]


...Really. I - mm. I thought - I don't know. I expected worse.
dead_eyed_wolf: neutral (🐺 from underneath)

[personal profile] dead_eyed_wolf 2021-12-20 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
[...That sounds rough. And yet, she gets it. This place is strange. You make allies you'd never expect.

His final comment, at least, gets a tired little smile. It's brief and exhausted, but nevertheless.

A win for Atem.]


...Yeah.
If it helps... it wasn't because I expected bad from you. It's just - I know - what I am. You know...?

[Even if she has reasons, she's still a bad person, and he thinks of himself as a justice-keeper.]