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knifemonopoly) wrote2021-02-05 06:28 pm
knifemonopoly) wrote2021-02-05 06:28 pm
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cw still discussing passive suicide
He waves off the last comment, now sitting fully on the arm of the couch, with a laugh.]
If you think this is trouble, then you must've not been told about the kinds of things my friends got into, before we met you. I've never turned away from helping out a friend!
[Even if, sometimes, helping and supporting your friend involved much, much more trouble than borrowing a hair dryer and letting them vent.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
His grin, which is just a little bit too playfully dark, fades after a moment, back into something thoughtful.]
I think that the two of you...are going to have a hard time not hurting each other, even if you don't mean to, for a long time. Considering that his last words to you were along the lines of, "it'd be lucky if I disappeared..." I don't think this Monster World game is meant to be retribution for what happened during the fight. I'd bet he's been working on it a long time, it happened to be ready now, and he didn't think about your feelings at all. It's careless, and a little clueless! But he's not trying to get back at you.
And...there wouldn't really have been a good time to do it, would there? That's probably his logic, so he's decided to do what he wants and have his own fun. So, I'd just ignore it, and do what you wanted, too!
...unless, of course, there's more to what he's doing than a casual TTRPG, and it's something we should worry about. I can't use any magic in games, but he's been here longer than me, and might have gotten it back. Should we get involved for the players' sake?
[He doesn't have the memories of the first game of Monster World. But he knows Millennium Item welders play shadow games. He's got to check about whether the other players are in danger or not.]
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No, I don't think it's like that. If he had that kind of magic, he would have boasted about it.
[It still hurts though. Ryou can't pinpoint exactly why he feels like he should be there. They're both bad for each other, and it's not as if Ryou could DM it at this point.]
I do think that it's true we won't be able to keep from hurting each other. But I don't think he's just going to give up trying to be around me. I can't understand why he bothers when we're just...so opposite. It's hopeless, honestly.
[The shade finally decides he's done being in the kitchen and heads to the living room so he can sit.]
I...should really work on building my own board. Who knows if I'll invite people to play, but it would be a decent distraction from anything bad that tends to happen around here, I think.
[He glances at the other Yugi for a moment, the bit about the stories he didn't know seeming to amuse the shade. In truth, he's a little bit jealous on the inside, but that's no one fault.]
As for things which happened before we met, I can only imagine your adventures. I've heard the stories enough, but it sounds like you'd have needed to be there to really get it.
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Is it possible that things changed, at some point? Is it possible that that changed here?
He can't say he'd treat Yugi any differently, if Yugi arrived and told him that in the future, he'd done something terrible, and Yugi hated him. He'd keep trying, trying to help, trying to make sure Yugi would be all right, even if he couldn't do it expertly...
But enough about that.]
There's plenty of space for it in there.
[He tilts his head to indicate the apartment's third room, the one he'd dropped the bingo-coffin into to act as storage and a decoy for any vampire hunters who got any bright ideas.]
I think you should do it. Even if you never play, having a Monster World board's going to be better than not having one. And if working on it makes you feel better, then it's worth it for that reason alone!
[Yugi would never have solved the Millennium Puzzle if he had turned away from little things that made him feel better just because he had bigger problems. In Ryslig, your sanity, not your life, is your most vital resource, so having something to restore it, to re-connect you with your humanity, is eminently practical.]
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This whole conversation, after Ryou had gotten his grievances out, wasn't all that bad. The other Yugi was being supportive again, and although he'd told Ryou that it was fine, the shade still felt as if it was anything but. He couldn't keep doing this, and he had to find a way to make it up to his friend. Ever since the other Yugi had come here...Ryou had found his life becoming just a little more easy to deal with.
It's nice having a friend to vent to and who respects your opinion. That's crazy. He wants to hold onto that a little more, just in case that the other Yugi gets more of his memories back and remembers the awful things Ryou had been accessory to.]
It's going to be a lot of work, but I think building a full-sized diorama with those kinds of intricacies would indeed be therapeutic. The time it would take to do it itself is more than enough of a distraction.
[Heh. A master craftsman he is not, but he can manage this much.
He actually gives himself exactly -5% credit for his excellent crafting skills but anyway.]If you're ever bored, you can help too, but only if you want to. The framework won't be too detailed, and it might require two hands to put together.
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[To say the least. The bonuses he gets to DEX rolls are stupid.]
So, if you need another set of them, just call!
[If he's at home, then he'll help hold pieces of the table together while Ryou attaches them, sure. That's no trouble!]