GAME OVER (S██'s Palace)

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cw continued

[beathollow]

( mafuyu follows as quickly as she can, and while she's not a mercenary adult, she's still a naturally athletic, talented girl- it's only her own pausing to worry about joshua that slows her down, really.

she skids to a stop, but she can't look away in time.

what happened to atem was horrific, but it also felt more fantastical, like something she can write off as a bad dream once she's ready to try and move on.

bullets and blood are far more real. )

... An... AI...?

[metagame]

Have you seen an AI before, Mafuyu?

[beathollow]

Not particularly complex ones, but yes. They're commonly used for automated practices these days- reminding someone about bills or payments, and things like that. Some restaurants also have robot servers.

... He told me during the aquarium sleepover that he makes them, sometimes.

[metagame]

Huh.

[Atem is completely unaware about the AI copy Kaiba made of him. This firmly remains in insane science fiction for him rather than a weird facet of reality.]

I've only ever seen them in movies...

[beathollow]

They're usually more advanced in movies, to be fair.

[metagame]

[also completely apropos for nothing--- hurrah he isn't the only one who compartmentalizes and dissociates after trauma. not that he's aware he's actually doing this. it's just a fucked up coping mechanism that'll crash spectacularly after they leave the palace.]

Too bad we can't see how advanced this one is... because Schneider shot the computer.

[beathollow]

( atem may notice she's not physical like she usually is.

or at all.

if anything, she's keeping a set distance between the two of them. )

...





( she just sighs deeply. )

I hate this palace.

[metagame]

Hopefully we won't be here for much longer. We've seen how this ends.

[He gives her distance she needs.]

We might have to fight... But it's all up to him now.

[beathollow]

...

I know. I've gotten some new spells, at least.