1st Cut -- [Audio | Cellphone] -- [Forward-dated to around 3:00am on the 4th]

[twopercent]

[Somewhere in a suburban neighborhood, there's two loud gunshots, one right after the other.]

[Less than five minutes after that (for those that might have heard it), there's a comment on the network -- and for those receiving voice, Jack sounds on edge. What the hell. If he's lost it, then maybe he should just give in and join the rest of the crazy crew.]

Some of you were talking about strange animals? If anyone's awake out there, you might want to check your doors and windows. All of them.

Comments

[twopercent]

[Fortunately Jack isn't really in the mood to comment on Bakura's language, even if he does take note.]

Look, can you just go check. The locks on the doors, too.

[One of them had... fingers. If what Bakura says is true, he's probably fine. But there's no harm in checking.]

[shiromadoushi]

[[have some muttering in Japanese for your trouble, Jack.]]

Fine.

[[The phone gets dropped onto the bed and more, much harder to hear Japanese can be heard in the distance. Looks like he's not the only one up. About three minutes later, he's back, and no less cranky.]]

They're all locked.

Next time just tell me someone got shot if that's what you're worried about....

[twopercent]

Nobody got shot. It's fine.

But you know, you should probably go back to bed. [Kid has to have school tomorrow, right?] Get some rest.

[shiromadoushi]

Next time tell me that before you wake me up and get me to check the windows and doors.

Grandpa said there were shots. And I'm awake. What's going on. [[The question was said very flatly in a tone that seemed a little too old for the teen it was coming from. Not that Bakura had sounded like himself much this conversation at all, really.]]

[twopercent]

[It's hard to come up with an innocent-sounding rationale for gunshots, although Jack does pause a moment to try.]

Just scaring off some animals that got into the house somehow.

[It sounds less worrying that way. Just ignore the gun part, Bakura.]

[shiromadoushi]

More birds with teeth?

[twopercent]

Raccoons. They just startled me... I thought someone must have broken in at first.

[shiromadoushi]

[[a long sigh and the sound of Bakura flopping back on his bed are answer to that.]]

If you called everyone just because you were scared of racoons, I won't forgive you if I flunk my test tomorrow...

[[not that he had one, but...]]

[twopercent]

Heh. Sorry about that. Tell you what, if you flunk...

[He'll what? Call his teacher? Yeah, explaining that would go down just great. Just great.]

...I'll owe you one. Just let me know if you need anything and I'll try to give you a hand. Okay?

[shiromadoushi]

Yeah, yeah.

[[a covered yawn]]

[twopercent]

Hey, I'm being serious.

Now go get some sleep, huh?

[shiromadoushi]

I'll try.

Turning this damned thing off this time... [[he finishes in a mutter before the connection goes dead]]