what's left to guide me [open]

[blue_ice]

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.

Comments

A

[luckydragonsfoot]

[After the questions with the Train, Katsuya determined he's going to need Kaiba's help to do a bunch.

But uh, finding Kaiba was really weirdly hard, and-

Aha!

...A...hah?] ..........AWww hell, yer in th's kinda mood again..?

[He didn't even see him. Katsuya is still coming around the corner as he does so. It's not until after his words, that he can see Kaiba at all.]

w/ yugi: their room (5D)

[blue_ice]

Night is...tough. Seto usually tries to turn in at roughly the same time, so they can say their good nights and maybe trade affection.

That night's a little different. He looks exhausted, but sleep isn't forthcoming.

"...ugh. Sorry, Yugi. You can turn the light out."

B

[sos_pilot]

Can't escape the mind-buddy, Seto. Della pokes her head into the kitchen, eyebrows raised.

"... Hey, Seto."

Feelings Spa

[namethattune]

Sleep is not coming easy for Siebren tonight. This is not an unusual occurrence, though there is seemingly no reason for it at the moment; his mind is blank, but he cannot rest.

So he rises, and silently leaves his room so as not to awaken his roommate, and heads to the spa. Ken had waxed poetic about the sauna; perhaps he should give that a try this evening.

He is not expecting to see Seto there when he enters, but upon reflection, he cannot say he is surprised. Seto had been raised for brutal success, but he had also recently resigned from the council and had been attacking his chores today as though they were his mortal enemies. That he is unable to sleep is not unexpected after all of that.

"We must stop meeting like this," he says lightly, taking a seat opposite Seto. It's not much of a joke, but it's something, at least.

A. Of course.

[guru_clef]

Clef had been switching between books, which was the only reason that he was even aware that someone else was in the room. He stood on his stone, and used his Bending to send the book back to the shelf. He was about to fetch the next when he heard the - needlessly - tall person muttering. He was trying to work on his own issues about his height. Since coming to the train he was mostly okay with it. But seeing someone that tall out of nowhere brought back memories of that one Storm... Or maybe the laptop did that. Or...

He shook his head to clear it. Standing on his stone he wouldn't be eye level if the other stood, he estimated, but close at least. He took a breath spoke. "Is there some assistance that you needed?"

His desire to be helpful and his love for the library might have made him a good librarian. If he could have been bothered to notice anything when he was in the middle of a book, that was.

B

[unfavorableinstigation]

Nita's been feeling more than a bit adrift herself, lately; first the general meeting, then the council one - and then, above all, the surprise Q&A session just a few hours later.

She's been rethinking a lot of things... but chores are a constant.

"You want a hand?"

Nita is there, spare kitchenette towel over her shoulder, to use or offer as preferred.

"Though if you're doing this to vent or something, it might be more help to let it take more time."

Use up more of the stress energy, etcetera. And as for the conclusion-

Well, to Nita, the vociferousness of the scrubbing told enough of a story, even if she hadn't been at the council meeting.

B. Kitchen

[diamondsfortears]

Unfortunately for Kaiba, Daia comes here when people are less likely to be there - he knows not everyone is comfortable with blood-drinking, and that maybe not everybody knows he's a vampire. And since Kaiba had made himself scarce, he might as well take a break for some lunch for now.

Much to his surprise, Kaiba's in the kitchen too. He blinks as he watches him scrub things spotless. There's something to be admired there.

"Wow, you got them so clean." A beat, then he remembers he's been looking for Kaiba for a while now. "Oh, so this is where you've been! I've been looking all over for you."