[ninth turn] [video; audio translated from Japanese]

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[The video feed shows Juudai lying on the bed in the top corner of the frame, propped up on his elbows and looking drained. His speech is languid and quiet. At the very edge of the picture, there is an almost ridiculously torn-up black cat sleeping peacefully on the other side of the bed.]

I guess I'm both disappointed at and somewhat pleased with this Christmas. Pleased because I think my sole gift went over well enough, but disappointed because... damn, it's just not the same here. Couldn't even get anyone to duel with me at that party, and I wound up just watching everyone else, and that sucked. The food was good and stuff, but that was probably the only thing that made it remotely enjoyable. I guess I don't mix well with parties like I used to...

I think it's unfortunate Daitokuji-sensei and Pharaoh didn't come along when I got Ported here. I could use some of those words of wisdom right about now. Or a duel to get me going a little. Or both.

[He reaches to turn the communicator off... but apparently doesn't press the button hard enough, because it doesn't quite turn off. After, he sits up, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, and speaks to a currently unseen presence.]

If you would open your mind, even just a little bit... maybe I wouldn't have had to hurt him like that...

[Yubel reveals herself, though only her lower half can really be seen at the moment. Still, even from the waist down, she's not exactly the image of any average human's idea of a classic beauty, so mismatched and strangely built as she is. She replies in a thick, sultry tone.]

Juudai... that's what love is all about, isn't it? You know that better than anyone...

[He turns, perhaps to argue -- his facial expression is cut off by the edge of the frame now, so it's hard to tell -- but Yubel leans over to kiss him, probably to silence him... and he doesn't fight her. Doesn't have the heart to fight her. Despite his frustrations with her at the moment, he still genuinely loves her, and simply "getting over it" is not an option. She pushes him back onto the pillow, and is seen locking lips with what seems to be an actively reciprocating Juudai for a very brief moment, leathery wings partially folded around them, before the video cuts off.]

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[voice: Japanese forever]

[satisfiedsigner]

If I'd seen you, we could have dueled. But I left pretty early.

[kind of amused now]

I'd suggest we duel now, but I wouldn't want to pull you away from such a pretty girl...

[miraclefusion.livejournal.com]

[sputtering, oh my GOD this is embarrassing]

W-Wha-- no, no no no no! It's fine, seriously! I didn't mean to get that on video!

Besides, she and I are... well, she'll always be around, it's not like she'll get ported out before me or anything. I dunno how long that offer for a duel will be valid, though, so!

Ahahaha... yeah...

[satisfiedsigner]

[snicker] I figured that she's a Duel Monster, right? Looks like one...You just looked like you're having so much fun~

The offer to duel is always open. I'm not a busy person.

[miraclefusion.livejournal.com]

E-Err, yeah... she is.

Okay. I'm not either, to be honest... so, uh, whenever you're not busy, I think I could use it...

[satisfiedsigner]

[okay, he might stop teasing now...]

I think I'm going to drag my roommates into doing New Year's stuff, but any time before or after that...afternoons are good...