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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[Video]

[ih8spiders]

So he doesn't really stay in your flat when you're not around?

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

I'm not sure... I know he's been here because things are moved or gone... but he's not often here when I am.

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

You could leave traps for him. [dryly]

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

...everyone keeps suggesting that...

[[So much that it looks like it's going to happen even though it seems a bad idea...]]

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

Your options are a bit limited.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

Unfortunately...

I have a pair of friends coming over that I think are going to try that route... Hopefully it'll help.

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

[shakes his head]

You really should try standing up for yourself. That's how bullies thrive, because their victims never fight back.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

[[such an awkward pause]]

...it's a bit of a more complicated situation than that...

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

How complicated can it be? If it's a person you dislike then you tell him and show him upfront how unwelcome his attentions are.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

He knows they're unwelcome. That's why he does them...

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

What if you ignore him, then?

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a bit of an uncomfortable pause]]

...I don't know if I can... Especially when he keeps stealing my clothes.

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

[sigh]

It's simple. You act as if he doesn't exist. Or at the very least, you don't show any reactions, or any sign that you're being bothered by his presence. You act as if his existence is beneath your notice.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

... [[See, that worked... well enough when--

... no, no never mind, that was a bad idea back in Domino too]]

I really don't know if that would work...

[[Since he's pretty sure that jerk didn't care what his reactions were. He just wanted Bakura to do the shopping for them both as if they still shared a body, Bakura was sure.]]

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

[and now he's frowning]

You know, for someone who's supposedly being bothered by a stalker, you don't sound that enthusiastic about trying to get rid of him.

[Video]

[shiromadoushi]

It's... just a complicated situation.

And the jerk doing the stalking isn't a normal person by any stretch.

If I ignored him, he'd just keep talking my things and acting like he owned my apartment... He just does whatever he wants and doesn't care about anything.

[Video]

[ih8spiders]

Try me. Perhaps we can compare notes. [dryly]

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[shiromadoushi]

[[There's a moment's pause before the private flag gets switched on.]]

He's used to me not acknowledging that he exists because he was a spirit before he came here. If I didn't notice him, he could just do whatever he pleased...

He's trying to act like it's the same situation as before, using everything of mine like it was his. Just ignoring him would just let him do that without any obstacle.

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[ih8spiders]

[He raises an eyebrow--and, well, all right, it's not anything he's been expecting to hear.]

Then teach him how to be independent. If you'd said clearly right away that he's acting like a leech because he was literally disembodied before, none of us would be giving you suggestions like poisoning or ignoring.

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[shiromadoushi]

He doesn't even want to be bothered to get his own clothes because he knows mine will fit.

It's not that he doesn't know how, he doesn't want to be bothered.

[Video/Private]

[ih8spiders]

That doesn't matter. You get him to bother with it. This situation has got to be new for you, too. Are you going to give up even before you've tried everything possible?

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[shiromadoushi]

[[for just a split second he looks aggravated, but it's gone before it can really take hold and instead, Bakura just looks tired.]]

I'm not giving up... I've just already tried a lot of things already and all he's done in response is mock me for it and be more of a pain than he was before.

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[ih8spiders]

[shakes his head]

What's your name?

[Video/Private]

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura Ryou.

[[He's pretty sure this person now has a poor opinion of him. Damnit.]]

[Video/Private]

[ih8spiders]

I'm Kurapika. The meister I'd been working with up until he got sent back is the leader of a group of notorious thieves directly responsible for the massacre of my entire clan. I'm the sole survivor.

[He pauses to let that sink in. How he was able to rattle it out like he's giving another suggestion, though--but his eyes are blank, and his voice is flat. He doesn't sound like he's introducing himself. Rather, he's giving an example, the most extreme one he knows.]

And no, I couldn't stand him, either.