(OOC: Just to let you know, the part in Rinn's POV with the ***'s is a
flashback... I don't think I made it clear enough... hehe... . )
"What do you mean, 'you don't remember'?!" Joey demanded. "How can you not remember how you know something? I mean, that's almost as bad as not remembering that you didn't remember something. Or not remembering that you didn't remember to remember something! Or forgetting to remember that you didn't remember to remember to remember-"
"Ahem! We understand, Joey. Now on to problem number two," Tea said. "What do you mean when you say that your sphere is a portal?"
Alyz shifted uncomfortably. Would they understand the truth? Probably not. Oh, well. "Well there's this little voice inside my head-"- at this point Joey caughed loudly, -"-and it told me that my necklace was the millenium sphere, and that it was some kind of portal to-"
"-this world." Alyz stared at Bakura, who seemed lost in thought. "A portal into this world... that explains it."
"Explains what?" Tristen asked.
Bakura didn't answer him. Instead, he turned back to Alyz. "Your sphere... it's not like the other millenium items, is it?" Alyz nodded dumbly. No one seemed to understand what Bakura was talking about, until Yugi's face lit up in recognition.
"It's not one of our items, is it? It's a part of a whole new set, one that exists in your world," he said. "And that means that there may be more." Bakura's expression read that Yugi's guess had been correct.
"But not everyone who comes through might be as... friendly as Alyz," Tea had apparently caught the drift. "Some may even be hostile."
Yugi nodded. Joey rolled his eyes. "Oh, so now we should be on the lookout for people coming through this 'portal' and attacking us or something. Is that what your saying? And all because of some little voice talking in her head?"
Alyz was about to reply, but nothing happened when she moved her lips. /What the hell?/ she wondered, realizing she could not move any part of her body at all. /What's going on?/ She felt herself take a step forward, and struggled to gain control back, but nothing happened, she was still immobile.
*Rinn's POV*
My name is Rinn. I am... well, actually I am not. I am not anything. I am a nothing, and I am connected to the being you know as Alyz. Not connected in a physical sense, but connected in a bond that goes so much deeper than just flesh. We both occupy the same body, the same /being/. Occupying an actual body is somewhat new to me, as I have been confined within the bindings of the sphere for a millenia. It was somewhat of a surprise to me, naturally, when I was awakened after such a long period of dormancy.
Though I could not see or hear or feel in the true meaning of those actions, I could sense things. I could sense when, for example, a soul or body passed near me. I would sense that, and I would ache to be one of those bodies. All I wanted was to be alive again, or dead. But not trapped within a piece of burnished silver to sit for a millenia! That's what Barombe wanted all along, but I knew that I somehow had to get back out. I had to find Barombe again, and save him from himself.
***
/"Rinn?" Barombe asked me. I looked up at him from my desk. Barombe was outside the garden gate, partially hidden in the deep underbrush. It was the usual place where he came to meet me, though these were unusual circomstances.
"Yes, Barombe?" He seemed uncertain. "Are you here for a reason, or just to visit me?" Barombe smiled.
"I always enjoy visits with you," he said. "But today I am here for a different reason."
I looked at him curiously. It was a rare occasion for Barombe, visiting me at my house while father was home. At that moment I was outside, plotting the pattern for our new storage house. Mother said it was most unladylike for me to such a manly task, but father really appreciated the help, especially since he never had a son of his own. Nine daughters, but not a single son.
Even after raising eight daughters of his own, he was terribly paranoid about any young men coming to the house to visit me. So I simply had Barombe come to the house while father was out. I was eighteen years old, after all, and Barombe was more of a friend of the family than a possible suitor. Of course, mother and father had no idea that he had been courting me for nearly two years already.
"Really, Barombe?" I asked, "Whatever for?" Barombe grinned mischieviously, taking me by the elbow.
"Come on, Rinn. I'll show you."
***
Now, I was in Alyz's body, mostly recovering from the shock of life. A whole day it had been already, a whole day of a whole new life! Knowing my place, however, I knew not to take advantage of this gift I had been blessed with, for if Alyz should become alarmed and take off the necklace... I am doomed to live the rest of eternity within the confines of the sphere. So far I had done nothing to communicate with her other than speaking to her mind. That is why even I was surprised when I found myself in control of her body. I had not planned to do such a thing, but I found myself taking a step forward with a leg that was not mine.
I gasped, or rather, Alyz gasped. /What the hell?/ I heard the girl inquire. I could feel her struggling to gain control of her body. /What's going on?/
I hesitated, feeling terribly guilty. This was not my body, after all, I was no more than a visitor in the world of her mind. But as I took a deep breath of the cool air, and took in all the sights and sounds to behold... I was not sure that I really wanted to give her body back, at least... not yet.
/Alyz?/ I asked hesitantly. She did not answer, perhaps she did not know how. /Alyz, my name is Rinn. I am... I am 'the little voice within your mind'. I do not know how, but I have somehow been placed in command of your body,/ I continued. There was still no answer.
"What's wrong?" Yugi asked, pulling me out of my thoughts. I jerked back in surprise. Still unused to this body, I felt my balance fail. Alyz, or any other person for that matter, would have righted themselves in a moment. But I was somewhat... out of practice at this, and found myself cascading backwards.
"Eeeeyah!" I shrieked. I smiled despite the situation, I had just spoken out loud! Bakura's face flickered with alarm for a moment, then he leaned forward and grabbed my--our--wrist. My fall was halted as my arm became taught. Pain! There was a brief spasm of pain up my arm, and it renewed my senses. I hung for a moment, unsure. Then I gathered my legs under me, and slowly raised myself to my feet.
"A bit clumsy today?" Tristen asked.
I felt Alyz's cheeks grow warm with embarassment. /I am not clumsy!/ She screamed angrily to me. /I don't know who you are, but I will not allow you to take advantage of me like this!/ Alyz said. My guilt doubled.
/I'm sorry,/ I said slowly. /It was an accident. I don't know how it happened./
/Well however it did happen, change it back!/ I sighed internally. My reign had been so short... but it was not truly mine to enjoy in the first place.
/All right,/ I said, feeling somehow defeated. I closed her eyes and attempted to give her back the control. /Open your eyes,/ I suggested. There was a moment in which nothing happened.
"I can't! You still have control!" she said out loud. "What? I have control of my voice but not my eyes?" she said again. I couldn't see anything, but I could just imagine the expressions on the others' faces. I attempted to open her eyes. Much to my surprise, it worked. I blinked a few times just to be sure, but I still had control of her eyes. I tried to move her arms and legs, and found that the right leg still heeded to my command, also.
/I don't know what to do, Alyz!/ I said frantically. Alyz did not reply, and I sensed that she shared my confusion.
*Alyz's POV*
Alyz stood unsurely. It was a truly strange experience, what was now occuring. It was like her leg was completely numb, or severed from her body somehow. She could not feel any part of it, and could not move it in the least. Her eyes darted back and forth, but she was not making them do so.
"Help," she said, unsurely. Yugi and the others seemed almost frightened to be anywhere near her, and she couldn't really blame them. This presence in her mind... it had truly gotten out of hand. What had it said its name was? Rinn?
"Help me!" Alyz repeated to no one in particular. After all, who could help her when her enemy was something inside her?
(OOC: Oops... that last sentance sounded really really really familiar, eh? *laughs at her pure Canadianism* PLEEEZE R&R!!! : D tell me what you think of my story so far!
BTW I know the Bakura/Alyz thing is getting a bit out of hand so I'll do what I can to make it a little less obvious in the next chapters : P)
"What do you mean, 'you don't remember'?!" Joey demanded. "How can you not remember how you know something? I mean, that's almost as bad as not remembering that you didn't remember something. Or not remembering that you didn't remember to remember something! Or forgetting to remember that you didn't remember to remember to remember-"
"Ahem! We understand, Joey. Now on to problem number two," Tea said. "What do you mean when you say that your sphere is a portal?"
Alyz shifted uncomfortably. Would they understand the truth? Probably not. Oh, well. "Well there's this little voice inside my head-"- at this point Joey caughed loudly, -"-and it told me that my necklace was the millenium sphere, and that it was some kind of portal to-"
"-this world." Alyz stared at Bakura, who seemed lost in thought. "A portal into this world... that explains it."
"Explains what?" Tristen asked.
Bakura didn't answer him. Instead, he turned back to Alyz. "Your sphere... it's not like the other millenium items, is it?" Alyz nodded dumbly. No one seemed to understand what Bakura was talking about, until Yugi's face lit up in recognition.
"It's not one of our items, is it? It's a part of a whole new set, one that exists in your world," he said. "And that means that there may be more." Bakura's expression read that Yugi's guess had been correct.
"But not everyone who comes through might be as... friendly as Alyz," Tea had apparently caught the drift. "Some may even be hostile."
Yugi nodded. Joey rolled his eyes. "Oh, so now we should be on the lookout for people coming through this 'portal' and attacking us or something. Is that what your saying? And all because of some little voice talking in her head?"
Alyz was about to reply, but nothing happened when she moved her lips. /What the hell?/ she wondered, realizing she could not move any part of her body at all. /What's going on?/ She felt herself take a step forward, and struggled to gain control back, but nothing happened, she was still immobile.
*Rinn's POV*
My name is Rinn. I am... well, actually I am not. I am not anything. I am a nothing, and I am connected to the being you know as Alyz. Not connected in a physical sense, but connected in a bond that goes so much deeper than just flesh. We both occupy the same body, the same /being/. Occupying an actual body is somewhat new to me, as I have been confined within the bindings of the sphere for a millenia. It was somewhat of a surprise to me, naturally, when I was awakened after such a long period of dormancy.
Though I could not see or hear or feel in the true meaning of those actions, I could sense things. I could sense when, for example, a soul or body passed near me. I would sense that, and I would ache to be one of those bodies. All I wanted was to be alive again, or dead. But not trapped within a piece of burnished silver to sit for a millenia! That's what Barombe wanted all along, but I knew that I somehow had to get back out. I had to find Barombe again, and save him from himself.
***
/"Rinn?" Barombe asked me. I looked up at him from my desk. Barombe was outside the garden gate, partially hidden in the deep underbrush. It was the usual place where he came to meet me, though these were unusual circomstances.
"Yes, Barombe?" He seemed uncertain. "Are you here for a reason, or just to visit me?" Barombe smiled.
"I always enjoy visits with you," he said. "But today I am here for a different reason."
I looked at him curiously. It was a rare occasion for Barombe, visiting me at my house while father was home. At that moment I was outside, plotting the pattern for our new storage house. Mother said it was most unladylike for me to such a manly task, but father really appreciated the help, especially since he never had a son of his own. Nine daughters, but not a single son.
Even after raising eight daughters of his own, he was terribly paranoid about any young men coming to the house to visit me. So I simply had Barombe come to the house while father was out. I was eighteen years old, after all, and Barombe was more of a friend of the family than a possible suitor. Of course, mother and father had no idea that he had been courting me for nearly two years already.
"Really, Barombe?" I asked, "Whatever for?" Barombe grinned mischieviously, taking me by the elbow.
"Come on, Rinn. I'll show you."
***
Now, I was in Alyz's body, mostly recovering from the shock of life. A whole day it had been already, a whole day of a whole new life! Knowing my place, however, I knew not to take advantage of this gift I had been blessed with, for if Alyz should become alarmed and take off the necklace... I am doomed to live the rest of eternity within the confines of the sphere. So far I had done nothing to communicate with her other than speaking to her mind. That is why even I was surprised when I found myself in control of her body. I had not planned to do such a thing, but I found myself taking a step forward with a leg that was not mine.
I gasped, or rather, Alyz gasped. /What the hell?/ I heard the girl inquire. I could feel her struggling to gain control of her body. /What's going on?/
I hesitated, feeling terribly guilty. This was not my body, after all, I was no more than a visitor in the world of her mind. But as I took a deep breath of the cool air, and took in all the sights and sounds to behold... I was not sure that I really wanted to give her body back, at least... not yet.
/Alyz?/ I asked hesitantly. She did not answer, perhaps she did not know how. /Alyz, my name is Rinn. I am... I am 'the little voice within your mind'. I do not know how, but I have somehow been placed in command of your body,/ I continued. There was still no answer.
"What's wrong?" Yugi asked, pulling me out of my thoughts. I jerked back in surprise. Still unused to this body, I felt my balance fail. Alyz, or any other person for that matter, would have righted themselves in a moment. But I was somewhat... out of practice at this, and found myself cascading backwards.
"Eeeeyah!" I shrieked. I smiled despite the situation, I had just spoken out loud! Bakura's face flickered with alarm for a moment, then he leaned forward and grabbed my--our--wrist. My fall was halted as my arm became taught. Pain! There was a brief spasm of pain up my arm, and it renewed my senses. I hung for a moment, unsure. Then I gathered my legs under me, and slowly raised myself to my feet.
"A bit clumsy today?" Tristen asked.
I felt Alyz's cheeks grow warm with embarassment. /I am not clumsy!/ She screamed angrily to me. /I don't know who you are, but I will not allow you to take advantage of me like this!/ Alyz said. My guilt doubled.
/I'm sorry,/ I said slowly. /It was an accident. I don't know how it happened./
/Well however it did happen, change it back!/ I sighed internally. My reign had been so short... but it was not truly mine to enjoy in the first place.
/All right,/ I said, feeling somehow defeated. I closed her eyes and attempted to give her back the control. /Open your eyes,/ I suggested. There was a moment in which nothing happened.
"I can't! You still have control!" she said out loud. "What? I have control of my voice but not my eyes?" she said again. I couldn't see anything, but I could just imagine the expressions on the others' faces. I attempted to open her eyes. Much to my surprise, it worked. I blinked a few times just to be sure, but I still had control of her eyes. I tried to move her arms and legs, and found that the right leg still heeded to my command, also.
/I don't know what to do, Alyz!/ I said frantically. Alyz did not reply, and I sensed that she shared my confusion.
*Alyz's POV*
Alyz stood unsurely. It was a truly strange experience, what was now occuring. It was like her leg was completely numb, or severed from her body somehow. She could not feel any part of it, and could not move it in the least. Her eyes darted back and forth, but she was not making them do so.
"Help," she said, unsurely. Yugi and the others seemed almost frightened to be anywhere near her, and she couldn't really blame them. This presence in her mind... it had truly gotten out of hand. What had it said its name was? Rinn?
"Help me!" Alyz repeated to no one in particular. After all, who could help her when her enemy was something inside her?
(OOC: Oops... that last sentance sounded really really really familiar, eh? *laughs at her pure Canadianism* PLEEEZE R&R!!! : D tell me what you think of my story so far!
BTW I know the Bakura/Alyz thing is getting a bit out of hand so I'll do what I can to make it a little less obvious in the next chapters : P)