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[[Bakura's grip tightened at each rev, his heart pounding quite loudly in his ears to the point where he could have had an echo and not even noticed.

Yet slowly, the death grip relaxed.

It was different enough. Even if he was going fast, it was in open air so the normally near paralyzing fear and panic wasn't materializing. The fear of being trapped wasn't there. Nothing could trap him with this wind....]]

[Soon enough, they'll arrive at the park, and Hajime will switch off the engine.]

There. That wasn't so bad, was it?

[[a small, shaky laugh, as Bakura nods and attempts to get off the bike.

His legs did not get the memo, however, and he stumbles before winding up sitting on the ground in an ungraceful pile]]

Aaa... I think the adrenaline.... [[admits with a small, awkward laugh, hand over his heart which is still beating rather fast.]] I guess I panicked a little after all! But not like with cars.... so... I think... I think that works... [[exhales slowly with another small laugh before attempting to get back up to his feet]]

[Hajime looks concerned there when Bakura ends up on the ground, but the kid seems okay.]

The first ride's always the wildest. You sure you're okay?

[He'll move to help Bakura up.]

[[Bakura's grip is rather tight and clingy until he manages getting to his feet.]] Yeah... [[deep breath]] Just jelly legs! [[a faint laugh]] I think... I think I could do that. Not just be stuck maxing out at 20 miles an hour. [[another laugh and slow exhale.]]

[There's a grin.]

I know a garage where we could get you one for cheap. Might need a little work, but I do all the maintenance on this baby myself, anyway. She runs pretty good for a 2004 model, I'd say.

[Careful, his motorcycle otakudom might come out in full force.]

[[and his eyes widen a touch]] ....don't you have to have a licence to drive one, though...?

A motorcycle license, yeah.

[Hajime frowns and rubs at the back of his neck.]

Not like I can remember what you need for that to begin with. I had my regular license first, and I had a practical exam with the bike...

No way I can do it if I have to get a regular licence first... [[deep sigh, his shoulders slumping]]

[There's a shrug.]

I can't remember if you have to have one or not, honestly...I just remember that I already had it, so all I had to do was a little bit of riding in front of them to get the motorcycle license. You should look into it.

[[a small nod before he looks over with a smile]]

Would you teach me...? How to drive it, I mean...

Sure...they'd probably let me borrow one at the garage for you to use for that, too. It might, er, fit better.

[Translation: this bike is sized for someone Hajime's height, hence a little bit of embarrassment there on his part. It might not be entirely comfortable for Bakura to drive much.]

[[Always embarrassing to be shorter than a teenager, eh, Hajime?

Bakura doesn't comment on the fit, however, and just nods with a smile]] That would be awesome, thank you!

[There's a grin and a "you're welcome" nod.]

Now...what's this about a deck? And what's in that bag?

Aa! Right!

[[and with a grin he shrugs the bag off his shoulders, unlocking and unzipping it to pull out his Duel Disc. With a swift motion he snaps it onto his arm, activating it. The discjerks to life, snapping together and rotating around, a wave of eletricity washing over the playing field with an eletronic sound.]]

This came with the deck...

[[He draws a card, slapping it face up on to the field. Seconds later a dark aura appeared in the air in front of him, a creaturematerializing from within it.]]

Huh...that's--

[Hajime's assessment of the technology cuts off once he sees that creature materialize. Pure reflex kicks in, and he springs back, assuming a combat position as his belt flashes into view. The buckle's green as it is when he's in his bug-monster form, not the usual red it takes when it's just him and the belt.]

[[Bakura startles at the sudden motion and he takes a step back]]

...It's not real, Hajime... it's a hologram. Here, see? [[he picks up a stick and reaches forward, waving it back and forth through what he can reach of the illusion]] It's okay, it's not going to attack or anything!

Yeah, I...I kind of couldn't stop myself. Kind of like when the doctor hits your knee with that little hammer and your leg jerks...

[He's awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck now.]

It's a pretty realistic-looking hologram...the stuff it's wearing kind of reminds me of some of the monsters I remember, I think that might be what set me off...

Think they might be related?

[[Bakura pulls the card off the disc, the image vanishing]]

A lot of them look pretty different from each other. [[he walks over, holding the card out for Hajime's inspection.]] Most of the ones in my deck seem to be occult type. Lots of ghosts, ghouls, zombies and nasties.

[[he pauses, blinking, pulling out the deck and rifling through it]]Though there was this one...

[[He pulls out a card and holds it out along with Dark Necrofear.]]

I like to think I'm better looking than that...

[Hajime's got kind of an odd look on his face as he looks at the other card. A card devoted to a bug-monster is stirring some of the feelings he'd picked up after that memory with someone with his face and the stone slab and the imprisonment...]

Weird how they look different from mine.

[He'll pull his only card out to compare.]

Mmmm... rather different... [[Bakura frowns a little as he looks the card over]] This one looks more like a playing or tarot card... since it has a suit and number. This part here is almost like a bar code... for where you scan it in the belt, right? None of mine have anything like that... Means they likely wouldn't work in yours, would they...

Probably not. I think they'd allhave to look the same...

[He's looking towards Bakura's hologram thing. He is not at all sure he'd want to know what this card might contain in this case, and he hates letting the card out of his grasp, anyway. Hard not to, since he has trouble maintaining a human form without it.]

I'd assume this one wouldn't work in yours, either.

One way to find out~

[[He holds out his arm with the disc with a grin. Gonna slap it down, Hajime?

[There's a moment of hesitation, and Hajime doesn't exactly slap the card down, but carefully places it on the reader.

The hologram that comes up is fuzzy and prone to flickering out, like there are some compatibility issues, but it's recognizable enough. The hologram is of Hajime himself...or his human form, anyway. Hajime, missing a shirt and wearing a completely different sort of weird belt.

Hajime himself is visibly freaked out by this.]

[[Bakura just... stares.

He hadn't... actually expected that to work. And that it did...]]

...holy shit, Hajime, that's you...

[[a blink]] The guy with your face....! [[realizing suddenly]]

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