[Another thing that can happen, apparently: losing your memory. And he holds that theory right up until Atem calls him a dead man. He hadn't clarified Atem's timeline when he'd last been here, but the man hadn't mentioned anything about him being dead, nor seemed surprised to see him alive in some capacity, so it might just be that this was his Atem, and the previous one had come from the same, markedly softer timeline Yugi and Kaiba had.
He sits across from Atem, and the parallels to their final battle in Duelist Kingdom aren't lost on him.]
Every other familiar face I've met here seemed surprised to hear I'd died. Apparently another version of me lived past the events of Duelist Kingdom and started handing out flights and wisdom to your ragtag group.
[He sounds faintly amused by the idea, still eyeing his knife. The blade looks sharp enough that this shouldn't hurt too much, though Pegasus has a terrible pain threshold. He passed out shortly after getting the Eye.]
Hieratic. Perfect. [Most people won't even be able to understand what the scar means, should they see it. He finally retrieves his list of sins, scrolling for the shortest one, which is lying. But if he gets that one removed from his list, it'll just end up back on there eventually, so he opts for Hubris instead.
And he's just going to ignore the poetic irony of Atem being the one to carve that into him.]
You can write 'Hubris' on my forearm. [That's easy to reach, has thick skin, and is relatively far from bone. He carefully rolls up the sleeve of his simple white dress shirt, tucking the cuff above his elbow, then he regards Atem warily for a long moment.] Keep in mind: this isn't a penalty game. You really get too into those. [His were always way more inventive than Pegasus', who generally just wanted to get someone out of the way and move on.]
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He sits across from Atem, and the parallels to their final battle in Duelist Kingdom aren't lost on him.]
Every other familiar face I've met here seemed surprised to hear I'd died. Apparently another version of me lived past the events of Duelist Kingdom and started handing out flights and wisdom to your ragtag group.
[He sounds faintly amused by the idea, still eyeing his knife. The blade looks sharp enough that this shouldn't hurt too much, though Pegasus has a terrible pain threshold. He passed out shortly after getting the Eye.]
Hieratic. Perfect. [Most people won't even be able to understand what the scar means, should they see it. He finally retrieves his list of sins, scrolling for the shortest one, which is lying. But if he gets that one removed from his list, it'll just end up back on there eventually, so he opts for Hubris instead.
And he's just going to ignore the poetic irony of Atem being the one to carve that into him.]
You can write 'Hubris' on my forearm. [That's easy to reach, has thick skin, and is relatively far from bone. He carefully rolls up the sleeve of his simple white dress shirt, tucking the cuff above his elbow, then he regards Atem warily for a long moment.] Keep in mind: this isn't a penalty game. You really get too into those. [His were always way more inventive than Pegasus', who generally just wanted to get someone out of the way and move on.]