hadriel_logs | Event Log: Gifts from the Door

Who: Everyone taking place in the event
What: Random stuff showing up all over Hadriel!
Where: Throughout the islands
When: Oct 5th-8th
Warnings: None

For once, something terrible isn't about to happen- unless you think that getting stuff is terrible, in which case it absolutely is! On the morning of October 5th, items will start appearing all over Hadriel from various other worlds. These items are generally small in size, but are absolutely not from Hadriel and not anything that the gods could have really created, given their limited knowledge about the customs and culture of whatever world you're from.

It's just as well really, because some of this stuff is alien to you as well. Different things from different worlds are all liable to show up and they don't always wind up matched to those whose worlds they're from.

So maybe you wake up with a candy bar on your pillow- or maybe you find some coins that look alien to you, or a necklace, or something else that you may be unfamiliar with. The only way to find out what it is is to ask, right?

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Ah...

( so his flippant use of the word 'ultimate' was not to be suffered by a pro, it seemed. someone who the title actually, apparently, meant something to. but he listens to the explanation, standing aside for atem to enter, and nodding as he considers the sin he's just committed. )

I see, yes, that would make sense. ( though he's a bit hard-pressed to think of a fish more powerful than a shark! a shark-dolphin hybrid just didn't cut the same menacing mental-image, you know? )

Well— ( three winks would have really driven the joke home, honestly. but he closes the door and /adjusting specs emote ) You could say I've also been fishing for these.

( surprise! it's a can of coffee. one that he's sure had come from the tokyo he knows but... may look surprisingly familiar to atem, too. spoilers, it's actually a coffee from atem's world... or is it? ) Canned coffee.

( thanks, eagle eye, akira! it not like he can just read the label on his own or anything. )

「Atem's face brightens at the familiar item! He indeed has seen these before, if not from home, at least form somewhere in Japan, definitely!」

Akira! I used to have those after school! Do you like them too?

Ah...?

( he turns to the can in his hand. atem... used to have these after school, too?
sorry but after a moment of silence he'll just... start laughing. )

You mean— this is yours too?

「Akira's laugh is contagious in a way but it makes Atem'a own smirk grow wider.」

Are you from Japan too?

「it's funny, he never quite asked him before.」

That's right— ( funny, how something like this is what would confirm his suspicions, in the end. )

At the beginning of last school year I was— ( forced? placed? ) sent to Tokyo...

( there's something a bit sad about the way he says it. )

Tokyo... 「Same as him, probably not the same city. Atem does seem to catch on that sad tone.」

Where were you originally from?

I lived on the outskirts...

( akira cracks the can he'd gotten for himself, looking off to the side and as he pauses. )

Shujin Academy— was the only school that would accept someone like me.

( it's not like he had a choice. )

「Ah, what is going on here! Atem gives him a little moment before speaking again.」

You mean a passionate young man and a great friend?

Ah...

( that answer surprises akira enough to stun him into a momentarily silence...
that he finally breaks with a scoff, then a chuckle. how very like you, atem.

in hadriel, he had been given a way to start over. it wasn't like getting to shujin where everyone knew about his sordid past already. but still, somehow... it didn't feel right to decieve someone that was a confidant. a friend. )

More like—... a transfer student with a criminal record.

「It is like if Atem's diminutive smirk freezed in time, it's probably really hard to tell what might be going on in his mind, he does not take his eyes from Akira, that's for sure. There is no doubt in them, but its usual fire.

To tell that Atem doesn't care might be an exaggeration, it is something that is clearly affecting his friend, and by that alone it affects Atem too, but he cannot judge him, not after all the friendly interactions they've had, not after how kind has Akira been to him without asking for anything in return. The fact that he's willing to share that bit about himself, says much more than what he might have done.」

I don't care what you did. Only who you are in here.

( he can feel that gaze on him as he continues to look down. sometimes, he found his confession hard to bear, a feeling that he was disappointing anyone that might have thought otherwise of him. )

Mm...?

( is the surprised sound that he makes when he hears what atem has to say, prompting him to look up and meet that fire... sparks that remindined him that even though society had branded akira as a criminal— but he didn't have to take that lying down. )

Atem... Heh, thank you.

( he should have known, really. )

Why are you thanking me, Akira-kun?

「Isn't that what any friend would do for another? It's true that maybe he feels some curiosity at whatever Akira might have done, but what would the point be?」

Because...

( because being around atem didn't come with shameful whispers, or people just trying to figure out the scale of his crime... )

You gave me a chance to be myself, without even giving my past a second thought— and for that, I'm grateful.

I think I should be the one thanking you, Akira. You shared a part of your past which you clearly are not proud of, you trusted me without knowing what my reaction would be.

「He gives a little shrug.」

Does that make us even?

( feeling clearly more at east with at least half of his cat out of the bag, akira settles into his seat, taking a swig of the coffee. )

It's easy to trust someone as earnest as you, Atem. ( there's a fond grin, and he swirls the contents of the can in his hand. )

Rather than even I think... it just makes us friends.

( could this be... Confidant RANK UP?? )

「Atem tilts his head slightly at that, weren't they friends before that? He truly never stop to think that he'd need any proof of friendship from someone like Akira, but if it meant so for the other, he'd be content to give it to him.」

You just wanna make me blush, big bro.

( he had taken the can to his lips again for another drink, but at that quip— his cheeks puff with the liquid and it's all that he can do not to spit it out... or re-route it to his nose.

he manages to choke it down, and once akira comes out the other side to it, he's laughing. he had say something cheesy like that, hadn't he? )

Well then, since there's new cards to add to your deck, why don't you show me how they should be used?

「Atem feigns not to notice that, if only not to bring more embarrassment to his friend, but his stare mellows down at him laughing... He really likes it when they seem happier, even if a little. He's going to try to keep that smile in him for as long as he can.」

Ah? No, no. I won't touch my deck, Kaiba wouldn't forgive me if I added these to it. I'll make a new one and I'll let you see how it's done. That way you'll see from the start the intent of it and how to use it. Then we can duel, would you like that?

「Akira! It is not that easy, duderooni!」

Event Log: Gifts from the Door

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wrap up in a few tags with a ftg? (fade to games, lmao)

ftg indeed!