Dreams of power
Chapter 2:
It was about twenty minutes later when Marik and Malik were inside the Domino Library. They were towards the back, looking for any kind of book or pamphlet about the road to becoming president. Malik was on one side of the shelf while Marik was one the other.
"I can't find anything, Marik. All these ones are about presidency in the 19th century."
"I know, but keep looking."
They searched a little more then Malik came across a small and oddly specific guide book, "Hey Marik, come here. I think I found what we need."
Marik took the book, "How To Become President. Well, it sure sounds like what we need. It's probably as close as were gonna get... so let's check it out."
They went to the counter and got the book stamped and everything, then left.
"Why are we walking so fast?" Malik was struggling to keep up.
"Because, a lot of the other candidates started their campaign last year and we really need to get started on everything. The voting is this November."
"Oh..."
When Marik and Malik got home they went upstairs to their bedroom to look at the book. Marik held it in his hands while Malik looked over his yami's shoulder. "Okay then, turn to page one."
"No, that's table of contents..." Marik flipped a couple of pages, "We need page four."
"..."
"So, you want to be president? Well, that's all fine and dandy but there are a few rules you need to adhere to. The first thing you need to do is get your name on a ballot. How do you do that, you ask? Well, you need a whole lot of people to sign a petition saying that you should be nominated for president. People need to think you are a good leader and will do well with all that power in your hands. There is no real precise number... but at least over a million. "
"But Marik, no one thinks were would be good with a lot of power!"
"Sure they do."
"Name one."
"Uh... um... I... Well..."
"See? You can't think of anyone and neither can I."
Marik smiled, "What about Bakura?"
"I don't know about him... he might vote for us."
"There we go!"
"That's one. We need a million. See?" He pointed to the page.
Marik smiled, "Easy. We'll go door to door and tell people to sign."
"Door to door! Marik, do you know how long that would take? A million doors! Think about this, Marik."
"I've already thought about it."
"And?"
"And... follow me." Marik walked out the room and Malik followed. They went down the street and to the bus stop. They waited for a second or two then bus #23 came around the corner. They got and rode down town to the local television station.
"Marik, what are we doing here?"
"We are going to make a commercial, then broadcast it all over Domino. It'll tell everyone to come to our house and sign that petition thing."
"How can we be sure that they'll actually do it?"
"You're forgetting, Malik..." he pulled out his millennium rod. "We have persuasive powers."
"Oh yeah."
They walked inside and up to the front counter, "Hey."
"Hello," a lady said. "How may I help you today?"
"Well, we want to make a commercial."
"We have a room especially for that, but do you know the cost for one?"
"No."
"For airtime it's about, $500."
Malik looked at Marik, "What?! Marik, how are we gonna pay that much?"
"Don't worry about it. Yeah, we have the money."
"Okay then follow me." She got up and walked down the hall.
Marik and Malik followed her to a room with a big white door, she led them inside and then shut the door.
"What are we supposed to do now, Marik?"
"I guess we're supposed to use this." He pointed to a camera in the corner. "I'll shoot it, and you have to be in it."
"Um...okay."
Malik got into the middle of the room while Marik set up the camera, "Get your millennium rod out, Malik."
"What am I supposed to say?"
"Just go with the flow. Nothing fancy, remember we're on a budget."
"Alright."
Marik was now set up, "And... ACTION!"
"Hello people of Domino. This is Malik, I'm telling you to go to me and Marik's house and sign a ballot so we can become president." He held up his millennium rod, "Everyone."
"And... CUT!" Marik got the tape out, "That was really good, Malik. You should go into acting."
"Uh, no thanks. I'm camera shy."
They went to the door and Marik slowly opened it to see if anyone was around.
"Marik, I still don't know how we're going to pay for this."
"We're not." Marik grabbed Malik's hand and led him out the door and down the hallway. He looked at each door.
"What are you looking for?"
"You'll see." Marik walked into a room with the tape and sat down in a chair. The room had lots of buttons and a computer and a T.V.
"Cool! A T.V!"
"That's not for watching shows. That's for running advertisements."
"Oh."
Marik popped the tape into the VCR and started typing something on the computer, "When would be a good time to show this?"
"Um, as soon as possible."
"Right." Marik typed something else in and jumped out of the chair. "Alright, let's go before someone sees."
"Okay."
They ran out the room and into the hallway. Eventually they made it out of the building and they were back on the bus. When they got home there was a ton of people at their door knocking to come inside.
"Whoa, I didn't think it would work that fast!" Marik walked closer.
"I didn't think it would work at all."
They struggled to get in front of everyone but when they did, Marik went upstairs and got a lot of paper. "Here, Malik."
"Why are you giving this to me?"
"We have to get all these people to sign their names."
"Do you think there enough people?"
"Sure."
They walked out side and held the paper up. Marik shouted over all the noise, "YOU ALL KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE! JUST SIGN THE PAPER AND BE ON YOUR WAY!"
Malik got out a pen and everyone got into a single file line. One by one they came and put their names on the sheets and left. It took about three hours, but at last the final person came and went.
"Wow, Marik... That must have been everyone watching T.V in Domino."
"Yup, let's go count the names and see if we have enough."
So, they went upstairs and started to count. Marik counted one half of the papers and Malik counted the other. When they were done Marik had a count of 400,000. Malik had a count of 350,000. (If you're bad at math, together that's 750,000.)
"We need more."
Marik thought for a second, "I know!"
"What?"
"We could make up the rest of the names, and sign the petition ourselves."
"What?!"
"It'll be easy."
"It will not be easy. We have to make up 250,000 names! First and last! Do you know how long that'll take?"
"It won't take long at all. Look, I'll start." Marik grabbed the pen and wrote down the name 'Yugi Motou'.
Chapter 2:
It was about twenty minutes later when Marik and Malik were inside the Domino Library. They were towards the back, looking for any kind of book or pamphlet about the road to becoming president. Malik was on one side of the shelf while Marik was one the other.
"I can't find anything, Marik. All these ones are about presidency in the 19th century."
"I know, but keep looking."
They searched a little more then Malik came across a small and oddly specific guide book, "Hey Marik, come here. I think I found what we need."
Marik took the book, "How To Become President. Well, it sure sounds like what we need. It's probably as close as were gonna get... so let's check it out."
They went to the counter and got the book stamped and everything, then left.
"Why are we walking so fast?" Malik was struggling to keep up.
"Because, a lot of the other candidates started their campaign last year and we really need to get started on everything. The voting is this November."
"Oh..."
When Marik and Malik got home they went upstairs to their bedroom to look at the book. Marik held it in his hands while Malik looked over his yami's shoulder. "Okay then, turn to page one."
"No, that's table of contents..." Marik flipped a couple of pages, "We need page four."
"..."
"So, you want to be president? Well, that's all fine and dandy but there are a few rules you need to adhere to. The first thing you need to do is get your name on a ballot. How do you do that, you ask? Well, you need a whole lot of people to sign a petition saying that you should be nominated for president. People need to think you are a good leader and will do well with all that power in your hands. There is no real precise number... but at least over a million. "
"But Marik, no one thinks were would be good with a lot of power!"
"Sure they do."
"Name one."
"Uh... um... I... Well..."
"See? You can't think of anyone and neither can I."
Marik smiled, "What about Bakura?"
"I don't know about him... he might vote for us."
"There we go!"
"That's one. We need a million. See?" He pointed to the page.
Marik smiled, "Easy. We'll go door to door and tell people to sign."
"Door to door! Marik, do you know how long that would take? A million doors! Think about this, Marik."
"I've already thought about it."
"And?"
"And... follow me." Marik walked out the room and Malik followed. They went down the street and to the bus stop. They waited for a second or two then bus #23 came around the corner. They got and rode down town to the local television station.
"Marik, what are we doing here?"
"We are going to make a commercial, then broadcast it all over Domino. It'll tell everyone to come to our house and sign that petition thing."
"How can we be sure that they'll actually do it?"
"You're forgetting, Malik..." he pulled out his millennium rod. "We have persuasive powers."
"Oh yeah."
They walked inside and up to the front counter, "Hey."
"Hello," a lady said. "How may I help you today?"
"Well, we want to make a commercial."
"We have a room especially for that, but do you know the cost for one?"
"No."
"For airtime it's about, $500."
Malik looked at Marik, "What?! Marik, how are we gonna pay that much?"
"Don't worry about it. Yeah, we have the money."
"Okay then follow me." She got up and walked down the hall.
Marik and Malik followed her to a room with a big white door, she led them inside and then shut the door.
"What are we supposed to do now, Marik?"
"I guess we're supposed to use this." He pointed to a camera in the corner. "I'll shoot it, and you have to be in it."
"Um...okay."
Malik got into the middle of the room while Marik set up the camera, "Get your millennium rod out, Malik."
"What am I supposed to say?"
"Just go with the flow. Nothing fancy, remember we're on a budget."
"Alright."
Marik was now set up, "And... ACTION!"
"Hello people of Domino. This is Malik, I'm telling you to go to me and Marik's house and sign a ballot so we can become president." He held up his millennium rod, "Everyone."
"And... CUT!" Marik got the tape out, "That was really good, Malik. You should go into acting."
"Uh, no thanks. I'm camera shy."
They went to the door and Marik slowly opened it to see if anyone was around.
"Marik, I still don't know how we're going to pay for this."
"We're not." Marik grabbed Malik's hand and led him out the door and down the hallway. He looked at each door.
"What are you looking for?"
"You'll see." Marik walked into a room with the tape and sat down in a chair. The room had lots of buttons and a computer and a T.V.
"Cool! A T.V!"
"That's not for watching shows. That's for running advertisements."
"Oh."
Marik popped the tape into the VCR and started typing something on the computer, "When would be a good time to show this?"
"Um, as soon as possible."
"Right." Marik typed something else in and jumped out of the chair. "Alright, let's go before someone sees."
"Okay."
They ran out the room and into the hallway. Eventually they made it out of the building and they were back on the bus. When they got home there was a ton of people at their door knocking to come inside.
"Whoa, I didn't think it would work that fast!" Marik walked closer.
"I didn't think it would work at all."
They struggled to get in front of everyone but when they did, Marik went upstairs and got a lot of paper. "Here, Malik."
"Why are you giving this to me?"
"We have to get all these people to sign their names."
"Do you think there enough people?"
"Sure."
They walked out side and held the paper up. Marik shouted over all the noise, "YOU ALL KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE! JUST SIGN THE PAPER AND BE ON YOUR WAY!"
Malik got out a pen and everyone got into a single file line. One by one they came and put their names on the sheets and left. It took about three hours, but at last the final person came and went.
"Wow, Marik... That must have been everyone watching T.V in Domino."
"Yup, let's go count the names and see if we have enough."
So, they went upstairs and started to count. Marik counted one half of the papers and Malik counted the other. When they were done Marik had a count of 400,000. Malik had a count of 350,000. (If you're bad at math, together that's 750,000.)
"We need more."
Marik thought for a second, "I know!"
"What?"
"We could make up the rest of the names, and sign the petition ourselves."
"What?!"
"It'll be easy."
"It will not be easy. We have to make up 250,000 names! First and last! Do you know how long that'll take?"
"It won't take long at all. Look, I'll start." Marik grabbed the pen and wrote down the name 'Yugi Motou'.