A/N: DOUBLE UPDATE? Why yes, all because of the skipped update yesterday, this will happen everytime I skip a day XD
# Come touch, my +5 to dexterity vest #
Sorry, I've been watching far too much "The Guild" lately.
~Ava
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One other thing I could say about having my friends; I was getting a workout. I realised this as I ran after Mokuba onto the top deck of the blimp and out of the lift, I skidded to a halt at his abrupt stop and rested my hand on the kid's shoulder to keep myself upright as I caught my breath. Teá and Yami stared at the two of us in mild confusion before Mokuba shouted to his brother and I looked everywhere but his brother, instead my eyes locked onto a woman I could only describe as beautiful; she had the kind of mysterious beauty of one of the old films depicting Cleopatra, so much so in fact, that I felt like I should be offering her an asp rather than watching her play a cardgame. I shook my head free of Egyptian thoughts, the little I knew probably paling in comparison to those on deck's, speaking of which, I looked around the deck and my hand tightened protectively on Mokuba's shoulder when I saw Marik standing just few metres away, he had his eyes fixed on Cleo, regardless, I pulled the kid a little closer to me and took a step closer to my friends.
"You can't let her win bro!" I winced a little at the loudness of the shout that came from Mokuba as he yelled to his older brother, "you'll have to use your secret weapon!" I frowned, secre-
"Ohhh..." I murmured, knowing that he meant the God card that Kaiba had, I tore my startled gaze away from Marik and instead focused on Kaiba, "You'd better win this!" I yelled up at him as he looked at me, "Or next time, it really will be arsenic!" A slight smirk and frown acknowledged my threat. I looked over to the woman again and frowned at her, she seemed so...sure of herself while Kaiba seemed a little on the back foot; a complete subversion of how I was used to seeing him duel.
"Uhhh, Sophie?" Teá asked from my far right, I whipped round and raised my eyebrows to invite a question, she frowned a little, "..." the corners of her eyes creased a tad with a repressed smile, "...nothing..."
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"SIC 'ER" I yelled at the blue monster, not fazed in the slightest after seeing it so many times, I was still awed, just not scared anymore. However, Yami's voice dragged my attention to Marik.
"Look!" He hissed as he, Teá and I looked over at the glow emmiting from the golden artifact, the others too engrossed in the game to notice.
"Wha-" I trailed off halfway through my words as Mokuba brought something to our attention.
"Huh?" He said, frowning up at a seemingly frozen Kaiba, "Why isn't he attacking?" I frowned along with the rest of my friends at the lack of any development on the field, this continued for several seconds when, instead of using the, already summoned Obelisk, Kaiba sacrificed it for the sake of a three-headed dragon.I stared at it for a second as it obliterated the woman's life points. My initial reaction to this monster for the frist time was different to the fear I had felt at the God cards, this dragon was a work of art, I frowned a little as I saw it. It seemed so familiar, yet I was sure I'd never seen it played before...
"Nice one Seto!" Mokuba sad, punching his fist in the air with an enthusiasm I couldn't quite match in my coffee-deprived state, instead choosing to smile, stifle a yawn with my right hand and deepen my frown over why the hell that dragon looked so familiar, I was still thinking it over when I absent-mindedly followed Mokuba agan, realising I'd done so, back into the lift we'd taken up. I whipped round to look at my friends, or more specifically and Teá with a mildly knowing look. The doors closed as I slammed my head against the glass.
"It's bulletproof Callaghan." Came a voice from behind me, I rolled my eyes.
"Oh hush you." I snapped, never being able to say 'hush's' harsher counterpart to my friends, I snapped my fingers and spun on my heel and pointed at the two brothers, "Lottery, that's where I saw that damn dragon before." I said, smiling as I realised it and then frowning again, "...and the shower-head...and the little ornaments in your office..." I tailed off at a look from Kaiba that clearly said, 'shut up.'
"Mokuba," He started, looking down at his brother after shooting me the warning glare, "did you finish translating the text?" The black-haired boy shook his head.
"We've still got a few more lines of the paragraph to translate." Mokuba checked s watch as I frowned, stepping out of the halted lift and into the light-green hallway.
"What paragraph? Why does it need translating?" I asked, keeping pace with the two brothers on the other side of Mokuba, who looked up to answer my question.
"Marik's Egyptian God card, it's instructions and description was written in hieratic text." He clarified for me as I stared at him in disbelief.
"Hieratic text?" I said, shaking my head as I realised I had followed them into the office and saw the card on the screen, Mokuba took the seat infront of it as I walked closer to the screen; staring at the text. I laughed a little, "HA! Brilliant! Ohhh god, I wish Dad was a normal, cuz this is right up his street." I snickered, pointing at a zig-zag that was next to a bird, "all I know for sure is that's an 'e.'" I stopped talking when I noticed that Kaiba was kneeling on the floor, I moved a little cautiously towards him and placed a hand on his shoulder without thinking. "A-are you okay?" I asked, hating myself for the over-concern in my voice as he tensed under my touch and stood hastily, clearing his throat.
"I'm fine Callaghan, I have no time for this Egyptian nonsense." He fixed his gaze very deliberately on the screen and the text, eyes flicking over the text like he could...read t? Mokuba and I shared a look. "You however," Kaiba said, startling me, "are shaking like a leaf." He raised an eyebrow while still avoiding eye-contact. I laughed a little hysterically.
"It's what happens when I go a day without any caffine whatsoever." I held out my hands infront of me and watched them jitter slightly, "I was on my way to get coffee when your brother ran into me." I flitted a hand to the two of them, neither looking at me, "ahhh, I'll be in main room with fourteen lattés and an espresso." I turned on my heel and left, flopping down on the same leather sofa I had leapt up from only three days ago, I switched the televison on and found BBC Worldwide, showing re-runs of old Mock the Weeks.
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A/N: Yeaaahhhhhh, I tend to write short chapters after a long one XD
As always, revies are lovely XD
~Ava