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Seto Kaiba ([personal profile] blue_ice) wrote in [community profile] voidtreckerexpress2020-12-14 09:19 am

what's left to guide me [open]

Who: Seto Kaiba and anyone/everyone he can't successfully avoid (that's you!)
Where: Various (library/kitchen/sauna) + some closed prompts in comments, more on request!
When: Imagination 22
What: Having finally resigned from the council, Kaiba's left to figure out just who he's supposed to be now. One problem: it's a little hard to have a private crisis when train is Small.
Warnings: Possible mentions of violent history/suicide. Those will be warned for/asked about before it comes up, after clearing it with the player.



a. library car

Hearing answers from the train had been a temporary respite from Dealing With This, but when there's no trainwide distraction going on, you have to make your own respite. That's why he'll be avoiding his usual trademark car of Games, sticking to an alcove in the upstairs library.

He perched awkwardly at a desk with his laptop at his fingerprints, dressed simply in his black turtleneck and black leather pants. He'd left all the flashy accessories behind today. He's absorbed in lines of code on one half of the screen, some kind of bizarre game taking form on the other. It's just a swirling ooze of picture for now, almost like a black hole. An apt metaphor for his life at the moment.

Eventually, he drops his head in his hands over the keyboard. The black hole eats all the other characters on the screen. It's a good effect, but...definitely needs improving.

b. kitchen scrubbing
One thing he can do, at a minimum, is his chores. He throws himself into them with gusto, vigorously scrubbing soap stains at sinks and sweeping crumbs. He's careful to wait until just after the cooking team has cleared out from each meal, hopefully before anyone comes wandering in for a snack.

He's aggressive on the counters and dishes, mopping and scrubbing the floors with all the strength he has. He's on a single mission: to make it all shine. At least until the next mealtime.

c. late night sauna

Sauna enthusiasts have long preached that a sweat session in these rooms can cure most ills. Sleeplessness is one of them, though whether feeling lost counts is up for debate. Seto decides it's worth a shot when the hour becomes quite late---his tossing and turning will wake his boyfriend if he's not more careful.

Yes, leaving it all behind sounds like an excellent idea. He enters with a towel slung over his hips and drops bonelessly onto a bench, determined to sweat whatever this is out of his system for good.
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[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-12-16 09:27 am (UTC)(link)
Yugi had gone to his bed to sit down.

"It's all about figuring out your strengths and finding what best suits you in the field. That's along the lines of what I've always been told. You have skills that you've used before, so at least you have a little bit of a head start when it comes to ideas."
Edited 2020-12-16 09:28 (UTC)
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[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-12-16 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well you are someone who is very good at programming and things like that. You are someone who is also creative. Those things are something of value both on the train and off." So that to him was at least something, only possible downside being one might need items to do certain things.

"And that is true, I can. But at the same time I would also need to come up with ways to still take care of myself with that on the field. I'm at least getting there though."
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[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-12-18 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
"That I can agree with. If I wasn't I wouldn't have wanted to be a game designer." And before Duel Monsters he did create quite a few, though those were mostly for him and his friends to play based on things at school or just to practice.

His eyes soon widened slightly. "The...lead?"
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[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-12-22 09:10 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean, yes I have ideas, but projects still need things like opinions. if one doesn't think it will work they would be allowed to voice it." It was in his mind going to be team work related at least.

"I guess you've never really had to learn that before, huh? Learning to follow instead of lead."
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[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-12-23 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I mean...I'd call you out for things if I need to anyway, so I think I can do that."

He figured it was him being a good boyfriend as well if he did and being supportive at the same time.
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[personal profile] sizedoesntmatter 2020-12-26 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
He squeezed it back briefly. He was getting rather tired but Yugi knew that if he went to sleep, the odds were highly likely Kaiba wasn't going to.

"I will do, but I am going to assume you aren't going to sleep yet?"