First Bond - Getting one's bearings [video/action]

[planetary_bonds]

 [Looks like someone new has arrived in Nuvema Town. Naturally, one of his first stops would be the lab, so any newcomers will see one Fudou Yuusei nearby it. He seems very interested in the new device he's acquired, however, and is examining all its new features, until...]

...Ah. 

[Seems like someone has just turned on their video feed. Might want to work on your greeting there, Yuusei.]

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[planetary_bonds]

That was what the old man by the Entralink mentioned, as well.

[And then he blinks.]

Juudai-san?

[...Crow, Yuusei just used an honorific. Gape in awe.]

[os_blackbird]

"Eh? There was someone there after all..?? Hn. Empty when I was..." WAIT...

"Judai... SAN..??" WHAT IS WITH THE 'SAN' NO NO NO-

[planetary_bonds]

Mn. His behavior does remind me of you, Crow, but his dueling skills are to be respected.

[Why are you talking about him as if you know him, Yuusei.]

[os_blackbird]

"BUT..." HOW. "He's from 500 years before- ... I only met him after coming here, how-!?"

WHAT WHAT. "How did you know who he was..!?"

[planetary_bonds]

Where I come from, Juudai-san was a famous duelist from twenty years ago.

[He closes his eyes and sighs. Clearly, there's some huge differences between this Crow and his own friend. No matter. The similarities are enough.]

[os_blackbird]

"Twenty..!" HOW....

He'll just... Stare... "Mahhh... I never thought I'd be asking this so much, but..." Hahhhh...

"What year is it where you were..?"

[planetary_bonds]

2027.

[os_blackbird]

Endless sighing.

"...2500." WELP.

[planetary_bonds]

I see.

[There's a vague quirk of the lips.]

Regardless of some differences, you're still Crow across timelines. That's somewhat of a relief.

[At the very least, you're still someone he can trust.]

[os_blackbird]

Beat.

And grin. "Heh! Got that right..! Even from another time, we're still friends..!" ...Somehow.

Though... "O-Oii, does that mean you can't see ghosts then..." wat.

[planetary_bonds]

[He has no idea what you're talking about.]

No.

[os_blackbird]

"Damn. It's back to talking to thin air then..."

"I take offense to that."

Crow seems to be giving a side eye to an empty spot beside him. WELP.

[planetary_bonds]

Since when have you been able to talk to ghosts?

[He's being surprisingly calm about this. Then again, fighting against zombiefied reincarnations of former friends probably gives you a little more open-mindedness regarding the spiritual world than most.]

[os_blackbird]

"Since one decided to use my body as a meat suit and cut our duel with Godwin short by imploding him."

...

What.

[planetary_bonds]

...

Explain.

[This is his "cut the bullshit" tone. Clearly things are different in his world, Crow.]

[os_blackbird]

Mnnn... "After I destroyed Quilla... I didn't land on the track. I started falling- and then without warning, a spirit called 'Aiapaec' took my body." Very uncomfortable. Uh.

"...He destroyed the Condor, Godwin, the King of the Netherworld... ...And then he turned on everyone else..." Pale as heck he is- he doesn't like talking about this for obvious reasons. "Rua... He tried to get it to leave, and.."

Guh. "...The Crimson Dragon revived him with the 'Tail'- because of what Aiapaec did to the King of the Netherworld, his Signer Dragon was able to appear. And then, as punishment for his actions, The Crimson Dragon exorcised me- and locked Aiapaec to the living world. He made it impossible for him to possess another being... And brought back as many of the people who had died as possible..." Guh...

[planetary_bonds]

I...I see.

[It sounded painful for Crow to talk about this, and he can imagine how...But even so, it seems like things went very differently for this Crow than he knows, and he is admittedly not sure if overall things went better or not.]

And this...Aiapaec? What happened to it?

[...Oi.]

[os_blackbird]

"Mn... Lots of attitude adjusting." SIDE EYE. ALL THE SIDE-EYE.

If only Yuusei could hear the cheeky chuckles from this guy. "As it turns out, his main goal was the Dark Signers themselves- Bommer's people descended from the ones who worshiped him. So when the Dark Signers blasted it off the map..."

Welp. Still. SIDE EYE. "It doesn't excuse a thing though."

[planetary_bonds]

I see.

[His eyes flicker briefly over to where Crow keeps looking at, but as he discerns nothing, he just focuses on Crow. He assumes the ghost is there, though.]

It appears your version of events is much different from mine.

[os_blackbird]

"Yea... If none of that happened in your world..." AH-

"Wait, but that means we still won against Godwin..!" AHHHH- "Then, for the WRGP..."

HOHHHH!!! SUDDEN EXCITE- "I'm still one of the drivers for the team aren't I..!" YES.

[planetary_bonds]

Of course you are. [And Yuusei looks admittedly almost cowed by the sudden excitement.] I assume something about ghosts prevented you here.

[os_blackbird]

"Ah..." Awkward. "Y-Yea... Between Kiryu, and the issue of Pearson's murder..."

...What the hell is Kiryu doing in your answer about dead people.

[planetary_bonds]

Pearson? I thought he had died in a fire?

[And...what?]

And Kiryuu? [Ghosts and Kiryuu...? That didn't sound good at all...]

[os_blackbird]

"Yea, he died in a fire... ...And deaths like that..." He shakes his head. "Sometimes, when a spirit comes back they forget who they were. ...In the process of making him remember, I got burned up pretty bad." Awkward laughing there...

Uh. "Oh- Yea... Since he died too far before we fought the Dark Signers, the Crimson Dragon wasn't able to revive him... But apparently, he wasn't able to move on either. He absorbed the power of the earthbound god he had, and then another shaman had him bound to a charm..." Tsk tsk tsk... "Mahhhhh, that was just a mess..!"

[planetary_bonds]

Dead? [And Yuusei looks grieved here.] Where I come from, all of the Dark Signers save for the two Godwins were revived...and you say your Kiryuu wasn't able to move on? Not even after...

Man...I can't be satisfied with this...

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