#✮ 🅿🆁🅴🆃🆃🆈 🅳🅸🅲🅴 🅳🆄🅳🅴 ✮—✒ Otogi Ryuji ’ ic ; ↲

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⤷ @kaibacorpbros | | continued from ❐ .* - - - ✰

" Oh yeah? Would a middle schooler do this? " Otogi says, theatrically throwing one of his wrists over his hip and using his other hand to flip Kaiba off. Of course, he understands the IRONY of what he just did. He just does not care. It's dramatic. And it's better than actually having a serious conversation with Kaiba.

" You lead with a threat and then ask me what my problem is with you. "

" Hmmmmmm. HMMMMMM. It's truly a mystery for the ages. " He rolls his eyes. " I mean, " his face gets subtly serious for a moment, " I do have my reasons. I just don't really think either of us would get anything out of you knowing. " He admits, less theatrically than he'd wanted to. " Besides, Shitcoats, I have trouble believing you care what anyone's reasons for disliking you are. Isn't that your whole thing? Not giving a sh- " THWARP.

A small fucking pine tree crashes through the shed, barely missing Otogi's form. Although, one of its branches finds his beautiful raven hair quite fascinating -- almost irresistibly charming. So naturally, it fangirls its way right into the intricate fastening of his ponytail and very possibly SCRATCHES a notch of his scalp as it does -- much like his human fangirls would.

" ... Okay, maybe I shouldn't be tying my hair this tight because I can't tell if I just got injured or not. " It stings. That should probably mean something, shouldn't it?

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⤷ @darkmasterzorku | | continued from ❐ .* - - - ✰

" It's my shop, " and that man is no one's 'Father'. He was not equipped to be one of those when he was alive and he certainly isn't now. " Why would I burn my own business down? So counterproductive. I thought you were supposed to be smart. " He shakes his head in mock disappointment... before getting back to INCRIMINATING himself. In perfect irony, Otogi feels safest telling this murderous spirit about what could, in the right context, score him a jail sentence. What's he going to do? Turn him in? That would take playing the good guy.

" It's more along the lines of seeing how many times I can lightly tear gas Kaiba's office before he gets me assassinated. " He is yet to be assassinated so he must be doing SOMETHING right. There's a casual air to his demeanor as he sits down opposite the spirit, really making himself comfortable there with a leg shifted atop the other and a finger drawn up to twirl around a loose lock of his own.

" Now circling back to your thing. What do you do with the lead figures? Leave them lying around? " He takes mental note to tread just carefully enough not to wind up one of them, but he's got to ask.

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@blue-eyed-kaiba replied to [ x ]

He's just standing there. Menancingly.

" What? Disagree. I'll wait. " Though if Kaiba does disagree... well, the dice-roller's got a revenge plan or two in mind.

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VALENTINE’S APPLICATION. ( Otogi )

your name: Jonouchi Katsuya

Romantic or platonic?: Platonic

A night in or dinner out or an activity?: Oh, no. You're catchin' me out at the mall. And no, I'm not tryin' on any of your punk fashion. I'm gettin' you a taste of a nice pair of kicks.

Ice cream or chocolate covered strawberries?: ... do ya even like sweets ?

What's your perfect date?: Anythin' that doesn't involve ya fangirls houndin' us, I guess. Oh, but we can duel ! I owe ya a rematch !

Would you cook for me?: Nyeheh, I'll show ya all my skills around a rice cooker.

Would you let me cook for you?: Dude, you seriously think I'd say no after tryin' your food ?

Can we make-out?: Yeah, hard pass, Pretty Boy.

Make out in private or in public?: hey ! You tryin' to tease me !?

Do you like to cuddle?: T'ch ... with these embarrassin' questions.

Blankets or no blankets for cuddling?: You cold ? I guess I can fetch a blanket.

Couch or bed?: A good ol' sofa will do.

What are at least 3 hobbies of yours?: Yo-Yos, Watching Kung-Fu Theatre flicks, Video Games.

Tell me something about you no else knows: I had the hugest crush on Lara Croft ... da only reason I got into Tomb Raider.

Why do you want to be my valentine?: Are ya kiddin' dis is da best time to catch all da sales in stores ! I need a new cellphone.

What makes you a good Valentine?: I mean ... we've been friends for like ever. Why not ?

RP MUSE VALENTINE'S APPLICATION || @ofhardknoxxx

" Okay, let's get organized with this. " says the one sitting in a DISORGANIZED fashion with a foot atop the other struck over a WHITE counter, in irony so perfect that perfection strives to become it. " One, " One finger goes up, a grin about his lips ready to bully a friend. " Us? Friends. Really? I thought we were either enemies or long lost sisters. Jee, 'nouchi, pulling a plot twist on me like that. And on Val's? Cruel. " Already, he's abandoned the chronology of the application.

" Two, " a pair of fingers now. " fuck sweets. "

" Three, " three up. " can you spell leech, blondie. Give me one good reason to getcha that cellphone. " Preferably one that doesn't involve what SHOULD be years worth of payback for a certain humiliation way back when.

Though who is he kidding? Otogi and gift-giving go so hand in hand that one would think he's among Santa's elves - whatever the valentine's equivalent of that may be. " and finally, four, " he's completely forgotten about putting his fingers up now, just letting his hand dwindle down and leaning a little back all amused at the pure genius he's about to spout right now.

" Lara croft is way out of your league. For your sake, I hope that crush is long gone. "

" But yeah, sure, shopping's chill. You are trying some punk stuff or no cellphone, though. And that's non-negotiable. "

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Locking lips with Kaiba. The very thought of it is TERRIFYING. If insomnia somehow fails to grab a hold of him tonight, he's still not getting any sleep. His inter-dimensional duplicate (?)'s certainly a champion for this.

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How Adorable Are You?

" Mhhm. "

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@ofthepuzzle has bestowed ; ; [ x ]

💟➡ to give a silly Valentine’s card @ Otogi. And it's like. A random doodle of glittery red dice. The dots are tiny hearts instead.

The dice-roller draws up a grand smile at the gesture.

" I'm keeping this somewhere extremely safe that even I won't be able to steal it from myself. I'll even get a vault if I have to. " he declares with complete resolve. " I mean, what's not to love? Glitter for Pizzaz? Check. Dice: the most mesmerizing (allegedly) non-living object to ever exist? Check. The power of love? Double check! "

He makes a point of pausing for dramatic effect. " The only thing that's missing is the artist's signature. "

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@ofthepuzzle sent:

Yuugi, Jou, Honda, Atem, Anzu, Mai for Otogi!

" ... Why. Just-- Why? "

" Well, fine. I'd definitely wrap a blanket around Anzu. Let her rest. Then. . . I'd be roommates with Yuugi because he probably knows how to put off fires. Uhh-- I'd kiss-- hon...da ?Jou ??? Let's say Jou. I'd marry Atem because come on; it's not every day you get to be wed to Ancient Egyptian royalty. . . And I guess, with dread, Honda's gotta go off the cliff. Sorry man. that leaves Mai to burn... I think if anyone can survive literal fire it might be her. "

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" Ahhh, love is in the air! "

" It reeks of carbon emissions. "

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『 @kaibacorpbros will make Otogi scream 』

2.  STORM :  for both muses to find shelter from a severe storm. [Seto @ Otogi because them having to work together and be stuck with with each other is funny 😂]

If Otogi were to be asked who he'd rather be TRAPPED with for the day, he probably would've gone with Ryou or Yami; Mokuba, maybe; Anzu if he wasn't feeling very adventurous. Basically people he'd familiarized himself with long enough to welcome their company under stressful circumstances.

Unfortunately for him, though, fate - which he bore some wavering belief towards - would have him be stuck with Seto Kaiba. Or rather with the choice of whether to throw the guy in a pile of mud and flee to safety or to be stuck with him indefinitely.

Sadly, spiteful as he was towards the brunet, he felt he'd be the villain here if he'd gone with the former; circumstances would not allow him to be as mindlessly rude as he often was to the older Kaiba. The clouds had so severely greyed up that one would presume it to be the night sky; and the rattling of raindrops against every surface it touched would have them resemble stones - little shits felt like shards of metal up against Otogi's skin.

What a time to rock sleeveless jackets, huh?

A shed, a single, ominous shed, stood shakily within the area - just a couple feet away from the unlikely duo. " Fuck, shitcoats, I'm not hallucinating this, am I ? " he'd seek to confirm, immediately following up with an immature comment to balance things out. " Ugh, and god damn it, can you go anywhere without those stupidly long coats? That thing's gonna pop my eye out. "

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『 @ofthepuzzle greeted 』

The tip of his index casually meets the center of Otogi's back. Because this is the greeting Yami settled with.

His first instinct had been to flip his ponytail in the face of whoever the presumed attacker was; despite an actual attack never taking place.

Upon realizing it had been Yami, though - and not a murder who used his index finger for evil - he simply drew the usual grin on, and decided to greet him in his own bizarre way too; only verbally. Not with a hi, hello, or a what's up, but rather with a mini-monologue of sorts. A wrist leaning dramatically against the tip of his headband, he'd begin.

" You know, if I weren't so merciful and gracious and whatnot, this ponytail could've killed you. Consider yourself super lucky, goldchains, super lucky. " he'd say, but not without a clear hint of jesting in his tone.

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『 @ofthepuzzle 's revenge 』

Truth, to Ryou: "Have you ever frightened the spirit of the Millennium Ring in any way?" He asks this because somehow Ryou appears to have made him have an existential crisis more times than Bakura has. Dare, to Otogi: "The moment Kaiba starts flipping, I dare you to be my human shield."

Ryou wasn't expecting to receive anything, but he supposed it had been inevitable with his recent involvement in everyone's shenanigans; the fellow was just glad he didn't have to oblige to a dare - unlike Otogi, good luck to him.

" Twice, if my memory serves me right. " he responded, RUMMAGING within his mind for the best way to express both. " He . . . could repress me pretty easily. " he'd admit first, gaze sort of shifting over to FIXATE on the wall before reverting from wence it shot. " But sometimes he could hear me when he was tired. That was when I'd ask him things. " a good intro, no? Leave it to the horror author.

" The first instance was when I asked him if he could truly know he existed - or if he could confirm he wasn't merely a highly-convincing figment of my imagination. " it managed to periodically throw his yami in for a loop before he finally decided to slam a viable response at Ryou and supress him again.

" The second time was when I tried to jump into a campfire to test his reaction speed. " no elaboration on that one.

" OOOOOOooookay." Otogi would cut in, leaping over behind his friend - though not out of nowhere, teleportation was a talent unique only to Ryou. " The wheel's mine now before he offers to reenact it. "

" I wo- "

" YOU MEAN TO SAY I GET FIRST-ROW SEATS TO WITNESS KAIBA'S RAGE???? " the dice-roller boomed. " Abso-fucking-lutely. ??? Call me up when you're breaking in. I'll go prepare some sick one-liners to throw at him. " and stash up some little rocks in his pockets to. - now literally - throw at him.

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『 @coldazure had the AUDACITY 』

“Blind is right.. you in a maid’s dress would be so traumatizing that my eyes would roll in the back of my skull and never return back to normal.”

He frowns. " First of all, you suck; second of all; complete and utter lies; and third of all let's see you rock a maid's outfit then, Kaiba. "

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⤷ @coldazure LIKED for a starter – ✰

A grin creeps at Otogi's lips as he leans against his chair's backrest. He'd personally come to deliver Kaiba's Dragon's Eye dice - right on time, too - and is now making himself RIGHT AT HOME in the brunet's office.

" Did you get my E-mails? " he asks, a brow cocked with a hint of mischief.

The ones he's referring to are a jumble of ABSURD - possibly redirected spam - E-mails he had BOMBARDED him with in the past week betwixt updates on the commission; the first of which happened to be a pixelated GIF of someone maniacally dancing.

>

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" . . . You do realize this means you'll be spending heaps of money, right? " Ryou would remind his friend, head only lightly tilting at the absurdity of his challenge.

He'd gotten used to this sort of thing. With Otogi, some form of new game or CHALLENGE was bound to come up at almost every interaction - Ryou knew, and even admired, that - despite his occasional protests over the exertion of effort they would sometimes entail.

His concerns this time, however, were more directed towards the mild intimacy of the dare - a HUG prompted some form of physicality, one he didn't particularly MIND but had not often found reason to do; and thus was never really quite used to.

" Oh please. Like you'll go around hugging the entirety of japan or something. "

Ryou fell quiet.

" I doubt you can even get one in, Ry. " the dice-roller would double down, now leaning against the counter - as he often did - and TWIRLING a lock of his hair. All, of course, matched with a wide grin which tugged tightly at the corners of his lips; the man knew full well that Ryou had been more provokable than he liked to let on.

" What if I do? "

" Like I said: you get a figurine. " A shrug.

" Limited edition? "

" Mhhm. "

" . . . in perfect condition? "

" Of course. " a brow cocked in dramatically feigned offense. " What do you take me for? "

" I'm just making sure I understand the terms. "

" Jeeeeeeeeze, this isn't a business deal, y'know. I'm not about to draw up a contract and slam a dragon-with-a-heart stamp on it. "

" Right. " He would've very much liked a contract though. " Do I get one for each hug? "

" Yeeeeep. It's starting to sound like you're procrastinating. "

" Because I am. "

" HAH! Called it. " proud of the obvious - yep, that was Otogi. Ryou failed to find within him even an ounce of surprise. " So what'll it be? Do you accept my - very kind, one hundred percent generous, totally adorable beyond compare - challenge? "

" . . . fine, ok. "

" Now let's see you actually live up to it. " he'd muse, attempting to imagine each and every scenario that could possibly spark from this. He figured a hug from Ryou would, in most cases, come as a SHOCK - whether it be pleasant or not. He'd also conclude that - from the one he'd had during their singular, failed, week of dating - it wouldn't be very warm; and would lack the right degree of TUGGING that really gave a hug its intimacy.

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.

.

He'd find himself gravely mistaken.

It did come as a shock - as he'd managed to predict. Even as Ryou looped behind the counter; even as he came in closer. - for some reason the gesture never registered until Ryou's form realized Otogi's own - hands looming over his waist in an awkward manner before finally settling with a TIGHT ENGULF. The height difference would leave soft, white fuzz brushing lightly against the lower portion of Otogi's cheek, right down to his shoulder. Ryou could never really manage to tame his hair - its UNRULINESS grew particularly recognizable as it reached through every space between them. Every bit within its range, it touched.

It wasn't warm. Physically, it wasn't warm; Ryou must have been some sort of reptile in disguise or something with skin that cold. But it did carry within it a level of emotion Otogi may not have been ready for - if Anzu was here, maybe she'd find the words to describe it - call it something like the ultimate display of friendship.

Otogi, however, would describe it more as a strange token of appreciation; and, partially, a way of proving him absolutely wrong. - a way of WINNING this telepathic game they'd apparently been playing.

It would end as abruptly as it started - with Ryou pulling out and somehow managing to teleport behind his friend.

" That's one figurine. " he'd monotonously declare - lacking the ability to thrown in a smug demeanor.

" I- " Otogi couldn't help but squeeze out a chortle. " Way to find the singular loophole! " he'd commend, now completely relaxed. " Ok, ok, you got me. But let's see how many more you can put in, whitey. "

" . . . I can find people. "

" Well then go forth, soldier. "

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@coldazure

That just makes you a cheap bitch, Otogi. You just told on yourself

" . . . Kaiba I am not above burning you with the coats. "