soul_campaign | 7th Turn: Video

[The video starts with an evil laugh and gleaming eyes in sinister shadows before Bakura leans forward with a grin that’s full of bared teeth. The evil spirit has spent the last days searching the city near and far for the souls of two certain multi-color-haired midgets just to return with his hands empty. He had went all the way to make sure that it was no fluke and now he had certainty of the result. Malicious killing intend is dancing in both his eyes and his voice, twisting them more away from his nice counterpart than ever as he intones a mocking chant.]

The king is dead, the king is dead, long live the king~! Isn’t that how it’s said? [He laughs derisively before he shakes his head with a haughty tsk.]

All those things, all those times …and now that! Having it end like that feels almost too easy! [His smile drops into a discontent frown that turns his eyes hard before he tsks again and shakes his head as he brushes whatever thought he had aside with a wave of his hand.

The expression he presents the network with again seconds later is that of a winner, amused and cruel. ] No more games, dear Death City, for the main actor’s dead and the rest of the story’s already settled! [He feels betrayed.]

Both the main actor and the secondary cast have been removed. [He'd wanted some more time.]

So I’m going to end the game-! [It should have been personal!!]

The only thing is.. What’s the gamemaster left to do once the game’s won and over? [The frown is back at those last words. For a moment Bakura seems honestly troubled, then he shakes his head again with a mumbled curse and ends the connection. Atem has been much more than just an enemy to him.

No amount of public gloating can replace killing him with his own hands.]

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Oh, the reward was worth it at that time. Unfortunately for him that didn't end the game, though.

What do you mean? Being dead sure sounds like it would end things unless he was using something like voodoo.

It was something like that. Just not as nice or balance-concerned.

Voodoo isn't exactly nice either. So, what? Did he turn himself into a ghost king and come back to haunt you or terrorize the kingdom?

No, he sealed his soul into a golden trinket which allowed him to take over its wearer and use all its power when it wasn't driving people insane.

And why would anyone want to do that? There's other ways of forcing people to do stuff. And as much as I like gold, being dead and stuck inside a piece of it doesn't sound like fun.

He did it because he had no other choice. See, he's royally messed up all other chances he would have had.

If he messed up that badly, why even bother still calling him an enemy? Sounds to me like he took himself out of your way.

Because nothing ended that way! [The answer is an angry his as his fist meet the top of the table.] He killed himself to seal Necrophades, but it didn't end there, nothing ended at all!! He still lived on! The souls of my people were left to rot in eternal suffering! And I-

[He bites his tongue and looks away, clearly angry and full of inner turmoil.] Just forget it. It's something I can never forgive him for what he's done, and especially not for using any cheap tricks to get out of it.

[She raises an eyebrow at his outburst, not really understanding what Necrophades was or what he meant by the souls of his people rotting. But it is clear he had a grudge against the guy for whatever reason.]

Okay, fine. [He said to forget it so if there's nothing else, she'll just shrug and hang up.]

[[And there it was, what Bakura had been expecting to see. His fingers rest of the screen of his mirror, wanting to do something, wanting to say something, but knowing anything he did do or say would make things worse.

He couldn't even say he understood. Because what he did understand was just a little.

And for just a moment... for just that little bit of understanding... For just that moment, he wanted somehow, for the Ring to win. At least for that important part.... For the Items to be laid to rest so the souls sacrificed for them could move on....

They weren't words he could speak. This display was not meant for him to see, and the Ring's Spirit was the last person who wanted pity or understanding... especially from him...!

So instead, he merely stood, watching as his reflection showed the emotion he so often hid away.]]

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