001 [Audio-Locker malfunction | Action]

[reckless_fire]

[It's another beautiful morning at Locke High, and although he'd rather be almost anywhere else, Kenji is standing in front of his locker a few minutes before his first class is scheduled to begin. After glaring at the locker for a few moments, he decides he might as well get his books, and so dials in what he thinks is the combination. But with his usual technology fail, he actually dials in that annoying string of numbers that's been haunting him off and on for the past several weeks.]

...The hell? Open, dammit!

[There's a faint metallic clinking as he jiggles the lock to no avail.]

Stupid lock! I don't need this crap at eight in the morning, okay?!

[And now there's a loud banging as if someone were enthusiastically kicking something metallic--which is pretty much the case.]

Bastard! You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?!


[Kenji can probably be heard all over the first floor at this point. Anyone passing by will see an irate kid roughing up his locker. Which smugly resists his attempts to open it.]

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

Tch...

[[annoyance clear on his face, he grabs at the lock.]]

Combination? [[the question is flat and disdainful. He's too tired and cranky to bother with his "front" personality at the moment.]]

[reckless_fire]

[That look and that tone of voice pisses him off almost as much as his locker. Annoyed, he shoves the other boy's hands away.]

I know how to enter the combination--it's not working! See?

[He enters the combination again--correctly, this time, and...click! the locker obediently opens. Kenji looks dumbfoundedly at the locker, then over to the other boy, then back at the locker again.]

...It did that on purpose, just to make me look stupid.

[shiromadoushi]

...

Check that you have it right next time before you go punching the door. Idiot...

[reckless_fire]

DON'T CALL ME AN IDIOT! [He slams the much-abused locker door shut again.] YOU DON'T KNOW ME NEARLY WELL ENOUGH FOR THAT!

[That...makes no sense, really, but he's too pissed off to care at the moment.]

[shiromadoushi]

You don't need to know an idiot long to know he's an idiot!

[[He's likely getting strange looks from anyone in the hall who has him in class. Normally he had a far better personality that this.]]

[reckless_fire]

Yeah? Well, jackasses never know as much as they think they do!

[Likewise, Kenji isn't usually this touchy, but between demonic lockers and kids he doesn't know giving him crap, he's had about all he can deal with--and he hasn't even made it to his first class, yet!]

[shiromadoushi]

Good that you already know that about yourself, then~ [[and there's the 'innocent' face as the bitchy air all but vanishes, leaving just a smile that's only subtly mocking.

..okay no, it's not subtle at all right now.]]

[reckless_fire]

You son of a--!

[He clenches his fist, and even he's not sure if he intends to slam said fist into the locker door or that smug little face mocking him. Before he can do either, however, Kenji's entire body is momentarily outlined in a prismatic light, and a moment later, that poor locker door literally explodes in a cloud of multicolored sparks. The cloud swirls around Kenji for a few seconds before fading to nothing.

He casts an almost panicked look at the other boy; his mouth works silently for a moment, but nothing comes out. Finally, he turns and runs for the nearest exit. Classes be damned.]

[shiromadoushi]

What the--

Hey!

[[There's no thought before Bakura chases after, intent on grabbing the other teen's arm if he can. What was that light. What was that light?]]

[reckless_fire]

[Kenji's pretty fast--not to mention more than a little freaked out at the moment, so he manages to make it outside before Bakura catches him. He tries to yank his arm away.]

What? What do you want? Leave me alone!

[shiromadoushi]

[[Bakura's grip is pretty tight when he gets a hold of something, and this has his attention. A second yank likely will break the hold, however.]]

How did you do that?

[reckless_fire]

I don't know! It just happens! [He manages to break away this time and backs away a few steps]

Whatever it is, I can't control it so just... [He holds one hand out in a 'stay' gesture] ...don't.

[shiromadoushi]

Don't punch me and it'll be fine....

[[There was a hesitation]]

When did it start? A few days ago?

[reckless_fire]

Yeah? You know that for a fact, do you?

[Still agitated, he runs a hand through his hair, takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out.

A month or so ago. I was out in the Dead District and a guy tried to mug me. Same thing happened to his gun.

[shiromadoushi]

[[The dead district again...]]

...was there something you keep thinking of that came with it?

[reckless_fire]

[Scowling, he rubs absently at the back of his head, thinking.]

I dunno, it was weird. It was, like, I remembered something that never happened. Then those damn numbers. [Shakes his head, clearly frustrated] That's all I got, man.

[shiromadoushi]

[[a small nod]] You have a phone? I can show you something.

[reckless_fire]

[He blinks at that, but hell, given everything else that's happened so far this morning, he'll just roll with this latest strangeness.]

Yeah, I got one. [He fishes it out of his back pocket and holds it up.] You gonna tell me my phone's making everything go poof?

[shiromadoushi]

[[shakes his head I don't know anything about that, but the number, I can explain. Put it into your phone.

[reckless_fire]

Oookay. [He punches the number in.] Now what?

[shiromadoushi]

[[was watching closely as he did and swiftly enters the number into his own, opening up a private connection]]

It's like another way to text. Only it works no matter where you put the number.'

[reckless_fire]

[blinks, surprised as the message appears on his phone.]

Well, I'll be damned. How the hell is this even possible?

[shiromadoushi]

I'm not really sure, to be honest! At least through the phones, it makes sense, but I had it happen in my math notes.

[reckless_fire]

You math notes? [He ponders that for a few moments, then shakes his head.] Yeah, that doesn't make much sense.

So, any idea where this came from?

[shiromadoushi]

Not really. A bunch of people have had it happen, but no one seems to have had it the same way or know anything about it. It's all a big mystery, really!