Ninth Roll: February 28th [Video] [Attempting to filter away from Yami Bakura]

[shiromadoushi]

Does anyone have any ideas on how to keep someone out of your apartment if they seem to have no trouble getting a spare key?

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[trageteas]

I'm not the best with locks and that sort of thing, but I'd like to know what this person is like so that I might avoid him.

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[shiromadoushi]

[[There's a bit of a pause]]

He's a spirit who was given a physical form here. One that looks like mine.

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[trageteas]

Hm.

In that case, is it true that anybody might have seen him already and mistaken him for you?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[...Crap. Not again...]]


Yeah. Back home he pretended to be me a lot.... I'm sure he's doing it here too.

You've seen him?

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[trageteas]

Is there a way to say for certain? I've spoken to you a few times in the past weeks.

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[shiromadoushi]

More than just the time with the chocolates...?

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[trageteas]

The training grounds as well, it was about three days ago...

[Welp.]

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[shiromadoushi]

[[If Bakura were the type to swear...]]

I didn't see you that day... it must have been him.

Sorry.

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[trageteas]

He didn't do anything particularly unusual, other than pretending to be you.

[It's more or less an excuse for not noticing something that probably ought to have been obvious.]

In any case, is there an easy way to tell the two of you apart?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[don't worry, Jules, he's used to it, as much as he hates it]]

There's only really minor physical differences. He got given a copy of my body when he got here, but he's a Meister, not a Weapon, and I got a bite on my arm here that he probably doesn't.

I've only seen him face to face once...

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[trageteas]

Mmm, so he's been impersonating you in a way that might put you in danger while avoiding being with you in person. But why haven't you warned everybody else to be wary of him?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[there's a long pause]]

It's complicated.

[[Cop out answer and he knows it]]

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[trageteas]

Well yes, I assumed as much. But this is a truly dangerous situation for people other than yourself.

[Which is to say, have some compassion for the people who are in danger from your crazy double.]

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[shiromadoushi]

I'm not the one I'm worried about! If no one knows that he's there, they won't go after him. And if he knows I'm warning people, he'll go out of his way to make things difficult for them because he'll think they're helping me...

[[have a big ole ball of worry there, Jules. Don't expect sense out of it.]]

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[trageteas]

[A pause.]

I understand.

[He might do the same thing, honestly.]

Do you expect to be capable of keeping an eye on him by yourself?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[There's a bit of a pause again]]

I think so

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[trageteas]

Report him to the authorities if that turns out not to be the case.

[Which is to say that Jules is in no mood to offer to take care of things himself.]

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[shiromadoushi]

Don't worry, I will

[[Lying is so much easier over text. No one can see him make this face.

...not that it kept people from believing him even when they could see it]]