[Orb, Day 4] FIRST IMPRESSIONS ARE IMPORTANT

[goldeneyeball]

[Anyone Orb-gazing is treated to an extreme close up of a big, gross, yellow eye.]

Th' hell is this thing supposed to be?

[The eye moves. A mouth appears. A couple of the teeth are missing. The man bits his lip and sucks air between his teeth, as if he were trying to dislodge a stubborn shred of lettuce. All the while he mutters to himself as he inspects the damage in his reflection. He's got a busted lip.]

[It's then that something occurs to him. His expression blanches as he leans away from the glowing sphere, revealing the polished steps of the castle behind him.]

Oh, God, you're probably magic aren't you...They said somethin' about that, didn't they? [He gives it a little shake.] Hello? Is this thing on? Operator? How do you change the channel on this damn thing...What'r you lookin' at? [He turns to glower at one of the castle servants who had lingered on the steps to watch him only for a moment.] That's right, keep walkin'...

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[shiromadoushi]

[[Trying not to be unnerved by how much that yellow looks like a different sort of Eye.]]

I think there's only one channel...

[goldeneyeball]

[JW leans away from the orb again. Oh. So it's a crystal ball sort of thing. He wonders why it's showing him a stranger when he didn't ask it anything. He squints at the white-haired kid in the sphere and turns his head so that he can look at him with one eye at a time.]

Yeah?

[shiromadoushi]

Un, it seems to either be just on or off. [[Not that he's really done much with this one to really know all of how it worked.]]

[goldeneyeball]

Well what good is that?

[He twists his face into a frown as if he expects poor Bakura to do something about it.]

And who'r you?

[All the questions. All of them.]

Icon just for outfit reference. He's still smiling! (stupid premature enter key!)

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura Ryou. [[introduces with a smile and a very small bow of the head. That causes the silly oversized floppy white hat on his head to tilt dangerously.]]

[goldeneyeball]

[He lifts a brow and eyes that floppy hat. It was pretty funny looking but...sort of important looking too. His brows knit. Hnnggg this guy might actually be a REAL wizard or something. James hasn't figured out he's got the magic spark yet. Almost subconsciously he scratches the base of one of his antlers. He missed hats in the warm season, he really did.]

So are you transmitting from the spirit world or is this snowglobe around my neck some kinda distance seeing doodankywhatsit?

[shiromadoushi]

The second one. [[a smile]] Like a magical version of a video phone. [[a pause. Actually, with how that guy looked... he might have no idea what a phone even was. Ooops.]]

[goldeneyeball]

[Surprise crosses his face. The same could be said about the kid. At least in JW's mind.]

You know what a video is? [JW supposes he can wrap his head around that. He really hoped they didn't charge by the minute or he was in trouble. He didn't have a cent or gold piece or whatever this place used in his pockets.] I'm from Earth. Heard of that?

[shiromadoushi]

[[A nod]] Un... That's where I'm from. Tokyo area first, then-- aaa-- [[a small laugh as he scratches at his cheek a little. How to explain the City...]] I guess what you could call an off brand version of New York City in an alternate dimension...

[goldeneyeball]

There's a song I've heard before. Ugh. What the hell happened to us? I'm not a wizard. I can't be a wizard. I can't even wear a damn hat.

[Muttermutterswearfffff]

[shiromadoushi]

Aaa-- I think someone said something about a spell bringing people here... [[Better than a seemingly sadistic AI...]]

[[a pause to blink]] Maybe you could get a specially made one?

[goldeneyeball]

A spell?

[The word practically drips acid.]

I should have known. Damn wand wavers can't keep their shit to themselves. Why can't they just use guns to settle their differences like civilized human beings.

[JW, remember, you're talking to a guy that's dressed like a wiz--no you just don't care at all right now do you? You're going to rant at this poor boy.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura near sweatdrops at that.]]

... that's not really much better...

And I don't think they have them here.

[goldeneyeball]

No, it's much better. Then the people would end up dead and they wouldn't have to put up with this bullhonkus.

[JW, you're not helping your point at all. James is starting to wear down though. Being angry tends to tire a body out, especially one that didn't have breakfast.]

I'm almost sure I left the TV on...

[shiromadoushi]

[[scratches at his cheek a little]] If this place is anything like the City, if you go back, it'll be to the same moment, so that shouldn't be a problem...

[goldeneyeball]

[He groans. IF is pretty heavy for a word only two letters long.]

I think today is the second longest day of my entire life. How's a guy get a job around here?

[shiromadoushi]

[[One that Bakura sees no trouble with because hell if he wants to go back to Domino. Back to the City? Maybe. Long as Ben came with him...]]

[[a pause and blink.]] I'm not actually sure... so far we haven't had to pay for anything. [[a bit of a laugh there as he rubs the back of his neck]]

[goldeneyeball]

[That got the man's attention. His brows drift up and he leans a little closer to the Orb.]

Really? What's...what's the catch?

[shiromadoushi]

Isn't being brought here to fight some unspecified evil enough of one?

[goldeneyeball]

...They said something about that, didn't they?

[James spent more time swearing at everything that moved and less time listening to what the people of this new world had tried to tell him in the receiving room.]

[shiromadoushi]

Un! Though I didn't get the details of it... [[He'd been sort of distracted by seeing Ben again. Father-son reunions always took priority over quest dialog!]]

[goldeneyeball]

Well I'm not fighting any unspecified evil for anyone here

[That was sort of his job back home. He'd grown to like Hawksaw and the people that lived there. This place? How bout no.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[a small shrug]] Not everyone does. Unless you have something to protect, it doesn't mean that much, right?

[[His brothers still back in the City had that same general mindset. They protected Hell Towers and fought against anything that might destroy the Porter and get them sent home so that they could stay together. If it weren't for Ben being there... Bakura would probably be of a similar mindset of JW. Only far more bitter and angry.]]

[goldeneyeball]

[JW settles for looking displeased with the world at large and lapses into silence. He isn't exactly sure how to 'turn off' the Orb.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[...awkward...]] ..I say something wrong...?