A/N: Ah, update day! Animerose said if she reviewed the diaries, I ought to update; and she did. On top of that, Borath kept giving me all these *ideas*, as well as a new summary site, so...here's an update. Just a reminder: "PB" is Duke Devlin/Otogi. At first I was going to change it back to "Duke", and might later on when he appears again, but for now *kicks and screams* I don't want to and you can't make me!
Pachelbel's list of pairings (as requested by DogsruleW): Well, there aren't really any, just hints of Yugi/Tea, and Joey/Mai "liking" each other. And of course the teasing of Kaiba obsessing over Joey and Yami. It's hard to do pairings when this is written from the POV of a grumpy Pharaoh. I meant to say this before, but I'm *only* going to put in pairings that are in the series and are official or at least semi-official.
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN
Hah! Well, here's a fail-proof win-the-game plan if there ever was one: Summon Dark Magician in all games. Even non-Duel Monster games.
Took the rest of the Heart Points, and won the game! WON against the creator...again!
Have made PB cry, (well, almost cry) and that's good enough for me. But maybe I'll go rub it in anyway. Joey's not dressing as a dog anymore because...did you hear?...I WON his freedom; I WON and kept title of Game King.
Anyway, went over and talked to PB. He was all depressed because he saw what a jerk he was. He even admitted it. Called himself a jerk. Glad I'm not that humble.
So, he thought Dice Monsters was finished because he was, as he said, a jerk on WORLD-BROADCAST television. Never occurred to me that thousands of people would be watching me play. Er, well, Yugi insists there are billions of people in the world now, but I'm skeptical.
But let's look at it logically. Is there any bigger jerk-moron-stupid-peckerhead than Seto Kaiba? I think not. And look how popular his games are. So convinced PB he had nothing to worry about. Dice Monsters will become famous and well-loved. Partly because I made it look so fun.
Learned nice new trick from PB: Throwing Dice In Order To Hit People In The Head. Will store that knowledge away for better use.
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT:
What a nice day for a walk. No school, no screaming grandfather (everyday it's "Yugi, get up! Get up! GET UP!" and when we go downstairs it's "Yugi, eat your breakfast. Faster. EAT UP!" and when we get home it's "Yugi, sweep the floor. GO TO WORK!") But not today.
"Yugi, your friends are here!" ...Oh, wait...never mind...
Today, we're going out for a walk. Well, okay, we're really going to a...'soccer'...game. Yugi tried to explain why he doesn't play THAT game (has something to do with him being short, non-athletic, and disliking jocks). I think he's just lazy. Will design rigorous aerobic exercises for him. Then will become King of All Games.
Oh, did I mention something? Yugi bought a big chain for my Puzzle. Not a *jewelry* chain. It's a CHAIN-chain, the kind you use to strap things onto moving vehicles, or that you use to hit thugs with, or to keep really big dogs or leopards from running off and killing people. Yeah, right, like the puzzle has little Millennium Legs that it can use to run away with. Yugi is paranoid.
On top of that we both agree something "big" is coming. Yugi is slightly more worried than me, but after he got into "Friends don't let friends drive drunk and we'll stick together and be okay!" mode, he felt better. I think it's high time I start revealing, in bits and pieces, about my Pharaoh-past. Still have to think up the best way to do that...need to make it believable, because right now he still thinks I'm just some magical imaginary friend.
Anyway, Tea came and picked us up. She's waiting downstairs; we've been stalling for ten minutes. Can't imagine spending that much time alone with Grandpa Motou, so we'd better go rescue her.
Walking, walking, bouncing up and down. It's really nauseating actually. And Domino has an awful lot of panhandlers and beggars. Heh. Yugi is stopping to talk to eery-looking cloaked fortune teller.
...WHAT IS YUGI DOING? WHY IS HE TAKING OFF THE PUZZLE? WHAT IN THE NAME OF RA IS GOING ON?
....I'M BEING STOLEN!!
...Am using the little eye/peephole on the front of the Puzzle to try and figure out where I am. Oh, that's good, there's arrows telling Yugi where to go. Hope he figures that out.... I mean, what if he *never* finds me? I'll be stuck with ugly mindless zombie with greasy fingers.
At least Yugi washes his hands....
He knew this would happen. *I* knew this would happen. Fat lot of good the chain does NOW. I'm being hammered into a wall. If Yugi'd just *kept* the ugly rotting piece of rope on my Puzzle, I could've made it rot more and dropped down. But *Yugi* wanted to be secure.
Ah! Yugi's here! He followed the arrows!
And of COURSE my kidnapper--er, the robber, wants to duel. Oh, yeah, forgot about little loophole; you can't just *steal* these Millennium Things, you have to win them in a duel. Otherwise, I'll explode. The Eye will melt your brain. The Rod will float around and stab people. The Necklace will strangle you in your sleep. The Ring...really likes to run away when you're not looking (the PUZZLE doesn't but does Yugi believe that?) I'm pretty sure the Ring does something else but I was eating dinner during the meeting about which Millennium Item should do what and don't remember what we decided.... The Scales will just go lopsided, and the Key will stick itself into the back of your head for eternity. Unless, of course, one of the guardians steals. See, if I took Shadi's Key, it wouldn't hurt me even if it might not work for me. Of course, Shadi wouldn't be happy because he really gets off on his power. "Ooh, look at me, I'm Shadi, I own two Millennium Items and I guard them while the Pharaoh's away! Don't mess with me or I'll stab you with this Key!"
Hm. Got off on a rant. Am going into denial about my "predicament". I missed seeing the Celtic Guardian be a sacrifice. AGAIN. I'm really going to have to talk to him about that.
Sniff sniff. Hmm...that guy smells like hotdogs and machine oil....
Yugi's thinking, Only one person uses machine cards! Which isn't true; we *have* machine cards in our deck, so does Joey. But when he said, "Show yourself, Bandit Keith!" I had to agree.
Especially when the robber tossed back his hood and, Wow!, there was Bandit Keith. ...Didn't he die, or run off in eternal shame? Some people don't quit. It's admirable in me, but really irritating in others.
Eegh. He's being controlled by somebody. Somebody with a magical-probably-Millennium Item.
What's Bakura doing here?! Ohh...! He just freed Keith's mind! If he didn't smell like rotting meat, I could think about hugging him! As it is, I think I'll let Yugi do it.
Uh oh. What's Keith doing? Why is he running towards me? Oh, no...Don't you dare...don't you even think about--
DAY TWENTY-NINE
I'm alive. Ok, dead, but in one piece again. Keith started a fire and broke my Puzzle; it's a good thing that Yugi remembered how to solve it. It's also a good thing Joey and Tristan came by; the chain was really strong and Yugi couldn't get it un-nailed from the wall. But his friends could.
Well, now Yugi's feeling all guilty. He's got the Puzzle set in front of him on a nice soft blanket. Need to go comfort him, will write more later.
...Have just finished talking to Yugi. He asked me who I really was, where I came from...and...I don't remember. I mean, I've forgotten some of my past. As in, almost all of it. I was powerful...and...apparently Pharaoh if my diary is telling the truth.
Well, that's just GREAT. I was all geared up and now I don't remember anything that can make me confident! I'm going to get whoever controlled Keith and made him break my Puzzle.