soul_campaign | Seventh Roll: February 7th, Evening. [Text]

[Keroro takes a moment to look at his and Eve's apartment while he thinks. He could let Bakura go by himself but it would be lonely wouldn't it to go back to an apartment when your partner was gone?]

If it's okay, please allow me to accompany you, Bakura-dono.

[It would be, which was why he was down there instead of up there. But he had to go back up to get his deck...

He nods]] Of course.

[Keroro raises himself up on the tips of his toes so that he can turn the doorknob then he pushes and holds the door open.]

After you, Bakura-dono.

Thank you...

[[Heads for the stairs to go up to the top floor (since it was only 2 flights and after Ryuzaki's explanation of why he was never going to ride in one, he'd started not using the elevator whenever it was an easy amount to walk. Helped build his stamina too.

He fumbles with his keys are he gets to his apartment, seeming even more absentminded as he approaches.]]

[Keroro is no stranger to stairs that are quite a bit taller than him, and he does eventually make his way up, although the going is a bit slow. (It'll be much quicker when he descends.)

He leans against the wall as he watches Bakura fumble with the keys. He doesn't ask if anything's wrong, because all he can do now is just be there for Bakura and at least let him feel that something here is still the same.]

[[it's just the absentmindedness of not wanting to face reality, even when he already has.

It's not much more than a moment before gets the door unlocked, stepping inside and out of his sneakers without thinking.]]

The games are all in the living room, [[nods, heading towards the shelf that was already rather full of games of various types, as well as some cheep looking horror movies and assorted fantasy novels, all neatly arranged and tidy, like the rest of the apartment.]]

[Keroro runs ahead of Bakura to look at the games, craning his head up and looking really quite impressed at Bakura's collection.]

Kero...

Bakura-dono! You have a lot of games, de arimasu!

[[a warm smile at that]] They're what most my paycheck goes for. [[acknowledges with a small laugh]] Games are one of my favorite things.

[[Now where was--- aaa, there it was. He carefully takes down a small wooden box, opening it up to extract his deck]]

Still, your collection is amazing, de arimasu!

[He was actually watching Bakura take down the box until he got distracted.]

Ah. Is that Battlesh*p, de arimasu?! And Shinigame: the Board Game, de arimasu!

Un! [[smiles]] You've played? It's a pretty fun variation!

Of course, de arimasu! I nearly won once too, de arimasu. [And when he inevitably cheated and got called out on it, he sulked.]

Ah, anyway [totally not changing the topic so he can avoid talking about cheating] let's see those cards, Bakura-dono!

Aa-- right, right! [[a small laugh. So easily distracted!]] Here~ [[holds out the deck, fanning out a few of the cards to show off a few creepy looking ones.]]

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Kero! These are pretty cool, de arimasu! [Yes, he really thinks so.]

They remind me of those other cards I made with my platoon, de arimasu! [He's just peering at the cards though, and doesn't make any move to touch them. Just in case he's not supposed to be touching them.]

[[Yeay, someone who doesn't think his deck is creepy!]]

Heeeh, you made some? [[tell him more, tell him more! This is the best distraction!]]

Yes, de arimasu. It was a little side project we were making as part of our plan to...b-befriend [ ~~invade~~ ] Pekopon, de arimasu. I-It was a lot of fun, de arimasu! W-What are these cards based on, de arimasu? And how do you play with them, de arimasu?

If you'll believe it, they're based on a battle system used in Ancient Egypt from the time of the Pharaohs!

And here, I'll show you! [[and he'll start explaining the basic rules so that the ~~lazy~~ mun doesn't have to~]]

A game with history, de arimasu!

[And he listens intently to Bakura's explanation.]

That's really similar to the rules we made for our game too, de arimasu. [Probably because it was a parody on YGO, Keroro.]

[[But did it have the crazy hair and posturing?]]

Heeeeeh, really? I wonder if it was a variation of the same game? With how popular it is back home, it was a really big surprise that no one here had heard of it, but if it went under a different name...

[Just the posturing and the hardware. The crazy hair might have taken it a bit too far. Keroro played the part of the all-powerful game creator and sat on a big chair.]

It could have been, de arimasu! [It was, Keroro. Although it had some elements from other card games as well.]
I called it Keroro Kings★Aliens Gathering, de arimasu.

[[Not a good place to be when you're now facing the guy who's hands sporked out the Eye of one of those~

So lucky that he's missing the personality behind it and instead just covers a small laugh]]

No mistaking it as not being your game, ne?

[You'd need something bigger to spork out one of Keroro's eyes.]

Branding is very important, Bakura-dono.

Which is why it's surprising that you put your name for the brand! [[Very good natured in the teasing before he gives a laugh]] Though I think it's better for a game to have a more descriptive name to it, rather than to be a brand. The name itself builds it's own brand, ne?

My name is a brand in itself, de arimasu. I'm a household name on my home planet, you know. [Besides, his platoon is called the Keroro Platoon. Even his show is called Keroro Gunsou. It's pretty much unavoidable for him to use his own name as a brand.]

Like what, de arimasu? Really Fun Card Game, de arimasu? [He is being serious about the name.]

Heeeeeh, really? [[Trying to picture a place where the K in KC stands for Keroro. But what would the Blue Eyes White Dragon statues be replaced with...?]]

Mmmm, it'd need to be more descriptive than that... like how Duel Monsters, the main premiss is that it's dueling with monsters, so it's really the most simple explanation of it. So I'd guess it would depend what the central theme and element of the came would be, really.

I am the leader of a [self-proclaimed] successful invasion, de arimasu. It only makes sense for me to be a [self-proclaimed] superstar on Keron, de arimasu. [It would be Keroro Corp. And the Blue Eyes statues would be replaced with Keroro statues.]

Ah, I guess that makes sense, de arimasu. But sometimes a name that has nothing to do with the game itself could help attract new people. Simply because it's so difficult to understand, de arimasu.

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[action!] Hows Keroro get along with cats? :D

[action!] Eve's big cat bullies him all the time...But he isn't scared of them like with dogs.

[action!] He's short enough that Ulthar's hurting miiight be a problem :)

[action!] ...He'll scramble up and cling to Bakura's back then...?

[action!] Good idea :)

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