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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[this_is_keron]

[He's ignoring Ulthar for now, though if it gets too close he'll nudge the cat away with his foot.

He turns around though and salutes when Keroro asks.]

I haven't found any bugs so it's unlikely that the enemy is listening in on us.

Including the door there are three possible points of entry, but the windows should be easy enough to defend since we're on the third floor.

[shiromadoushi]

[[blinks, watching the two of them work, wondering what he should do.

And careful with that foot, Giroro. Ulthar's likely to pounce it.]]

[starfruitfrog]

[You can keep giving them information, Bakura! A well-informed defense is the best offense.

Besides, you can just take a page out of Keroro's book. He's not doing anything either (aside from ordering Giroro around).]

Good. Do a quick sweep of the perimeter to ensure the enemy hasn't already infiltrated, de arimasu.

[this_is_keron]

Yes, sir. [Salute! And then he's running off to do just that. Better stay out of his way, cat.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[That's not likely at all. In fact, Ulthar has finally decided that she doesn't care for these invaders and is about to pounce when Bakura realizes what's going on]]

Aaa-- Ulthar, don't do that--

[[Pardon him as he scoops down to grab the kitten before she can enact her master plan.

..now if only she'd do that against intruders Bakura hadn't invited....]]

[starfruitfrog]

[Keroro watches as Giroro runs off before turning back to Bakura.]

If you can, I'd like for you to cooperate with us as much as possible, Bakura-dono. First we need some information about this evil clone, de arimasu. When did you first notice his existence, de arimasu? And at what time did he start attempting to take over as you, de arimasu?

[this_is_keron]

[He looks everywhere, carefully checking behind every door, inside every cupboard and even under every couch cushion (Giroro, why would anyone be under those...?) before coming over to report.]

There's no sign of the enemy anywhere.

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa... [[This was going to get uncomfortable fast]]

Did-- did you mean here or....?

[starfruitfrog]

Very good, Corporal Giroro. You can begin planning for the traps, de arimasu.

[Keroro is good at asking all the uncomfortable questions. By accident.]

Here, of course, de arimasu.

Unless he's been trying this even before he arrived in Death City, de arimasu.

[this_is_keron]

[One more salute then he's wandering off. First, the sliding door leading to the balcony.]

[shiromadoushi]

I only found out he was here last week... and he always pretends to be me. [[sighs softly]] Even my friends back home can't tell the difference...

[starfruitfrog]

But the difference is that he isn't you, de arimasu. [Now Keroro is doing some official-looking pacing, complete with hands clasped behind his back.]

Which is why he wants to become you and then take over your life, de arimasu.

[Stop watching so many movies and actually do your invasion-work, Keroro.]

[shiromadoushi]

...it's a little different than that....

Feel free to skip him for now. I will tag back in when he's done!

[this_is_keron]

[Don't mind him, he'll just be wandering around, occasionally stopping to tug at something, or knock on the wall.]

[starfruitfrog]

Don't be naive, Bakura-dono. That's all an evil clone wants, de arimasu. Unless you know something about the target that we don't know, de arimasu?

[Still pacing.]

[shiromadoushi]

He's not a evil clone... he's a revenge spirit.

[starfruitfrog]

Revenge...for what, de arimasu?

[shiromadoushi]

I don't really know if it's a what... [[really, he didn't know much about the Ring's Voice.]] It's hard to explain, really. I think he might have been a tomb robber who was caught in one of the Pharaoh's traps.

Oh, and Giroro is popping back in next. Because: ghosts.

[starfruitfrog]

So he's...an evil...spirit, de arimasu...? Like a cursed ghost or something, de arimasu? But what does that have to do with you, Bakura-dono? Are you his reincarnation?

[this_is_keron]

[He was just coming back to give another status report when he caught that last bit.]

Wait. I thought we were dealing with a clone not a g-ghost. [He did not just stutter. Nope.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a very emphatic shake of his head. There was no way something like that could be possible! He was nothing like that Voice, there was no way--]]

He's attached to an Item I own...

And really, he's good as a clone here, if you think about it, since he has a copy of my body.... [[See, Giroro? Nothing to be afraid of, the ghost is trapped in a human body.]]

[starfruitfrog]

[Reincarnations aren't always the exact same thing as the original, Bakura. You need to watch more movies, like Keroro does.]

An evil spirit haunting an Item...What kind of Item, de arimasu?

[this_is_keron]

He said it's a clone, Keroro.

[Stop using words like 'evil spirit' and 'haunting', please.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[There's this thing called "denial" that Bakura's very stubborn about when it comes to his doppelganger. Nothing at all like him, you hear? Nothing!]]

[[he shakes his head]] Something that isn't here.

[starfruitfrog]

Stop interrupting Bakura-dono, Giroro. [Clone. Evil spirit. Ghost. Pretty much the same thing.]

That must be why he chose your form, de arimasu.