Silent Contemplation

[Bonz]

(July 10th. Late night around 10-11 pm. Open to anyone still awake...or not x3)

It was late here, as clearly evidenced by the floor-to-ceiling windows. The night outside was pitch dark, not even broken by stars, and a couple of panes had been opened, allowing the fresh night air to blow the curtains back with its gentle breeze.

Bonz sat on one corner of the gigantic bed, contemplating his place here. The key he'd been given he held in his hands, and he stared at it silently, lost in thought. On the one hand, it was awesome, being in this big mansion and having this gigantic room to himself. He loved the game room and the library was perfect for Duel Monsters practice. It was a far shot from back home, where the only places he could find to duel were out on the streets against other kids, or in his own bedroom (given his parents didn't decide he was a nuisance for it and yell at him....despite the fact he wasn't bothering them.)

On the other hand....he hadn't really intended to end up here. This wasn't where he wanted to end up at all, and really, all of this was a horrible misunderstanding. He wasn't really here to... "find love" or whatever nonsense that Aphrodite lady had explained. In all actuality he was a bit young for love, and he preferred playing games still above all else. It made him squeamish and uncomfortable to think that the girls in this mansion were looking for boyfriends and so he tried to avoid them whenever possible. Besides, he preferred the solitude...it was peaceful.

Well...was. The moment the thought crossed his mind, an odd rattling sound captured his attention. It sounded like it was coming from his bedroom door. Startled, Bonz stared at the door, feeling his heart rate increase a tad. Who...or WHAT....in the world could that be this time of night? He watched the door for several moments, noting that the handle was starting to rattle as if someone were trying to get in.

....Was it someone wanting to talk to him? That was a first. No-one had really paid much attention to him since he'd arrived, except that one boy. Briefly an idea crossed his mind that made him gulp. Was it.........one of the girls maybe? Maybe they wanted to see if their lock fit his key or something. The thought made him cringe a little. He really didn't want....

A grumbling voice from behind the door made him start. That voice sounded distinctly masculine. More courageous now, Bonz ventured slowly toward the rattling door. Carefully, he put one slender hand on the knob and pulled the door open.

He gasped when something hanging on the other side of the door fell off and landed at his feet. "Wha...?" It was a dalmatian puppy, that much he could be sure of. And it was talking to itself.

"I got it!! I got it, it worked!! Haha, it worked!!" Lucky stood up triumphantly. "This door must be what this key opens!! And I bet it's a room full of Cruella's doomsday devices!! Man I am SO good!!" Lucky puffed out his chest proudly, prepared to walk in and spy said doomsday devices. However, a curious, melancholy voice made him pause.

"Um......what are you doing?" Bonz stared at the pup, clearly lost. Lucky, however, jumped back in shock, falling on his back. "SWEET MOTHER OF KIBBLE IT'S A MONSTER!! SHE'S GUARDING HER WEAPONS WITH A SKELETAL MONSTER!! AAGGHHHHHHH!!!" Frightened out of his mind, Lucky took off running down the hall, no doubt waking several sleeping people in the process.

And Bonz stared after him, lost and just the slightest bit....hurt. "....W-What did I do?"

[rebecca]

"SWEET MOTHER OF KIBBLE IT'S A MONSTER!! SHE'S GUARDING HER WEAPONS WITH A SKELETAL MONSTER!! AAGGHHHHHHH!!!"

Rebecca's head rose from her paws and her ears perked up high at the sound of the sudden voice screaming about a monster. Bleary blue eyes were cleared so that she might see better, but in the dark it seemed a bit pointless. Who was screaming? For that matter, what was there to scream about? Rebecca couldn't figure it out. She rose to her paws and, probably against her better judgment, began to run in the direction she thought the voice had come from.

She could have sworn that someone had run past her at some point, but if they had she hadn't been able to see their form clearly in the night. Instead, what she saw was a bipedal creature of some sort not that far from where she eventually stopped. Well... that was an odd sight. Rebecca couldn't say she was exactly afraid of whoever it was, but she wasn't going to be so bold as to offer friendship immediately. Rebecca had to get to know this... person. She wanted to know what he was like.

"Who are ye?"

[Cadpig]

"Lucky, darling, if you are going to shout...WILL YOU KEEP IT DOWN!?"

Petite...okay miniature dalmatian puppy moved her way past her brother and past Rebecca, unable to tell who she was. Though she'd have to speak to her later about her heart shaped spots. Perhaps it was symbolism? She stared up at the skeletal figure and frowned. She tunred backwards to Lucky, clucking her voice in a scolding fashion.

"Lucky, how many times must I tell you! Beauty shines from within!" She peered up at Bonz again and winced. "Errr....this guy must have a LOT of beauty tucked away. My name's Cadpig friend." She slapped a nametag out and placed it on Rebecca's collar and one on Bonz's chest.

"LUCKY! STOP BEING RUDE! I'm sorry, he can be a...well a...he's kind of a jerk." She blinked big blue eyes over in Rebecca's direction.

[rebecca]

Lucky? That was the name of the black-eared pup she had met in DeVil Ville with his siblings, wasn't it? Rebecca was almost certain it was. Truthfully, she had missed seeing him in the time between seeing him off and being pulled out of her home. Maybe they could finally get to know each other better! Before Rebecca could have the opportunity to see if it really was who she thought it was, the miniature dalmatian decided to introduce herself and proceeded to stick something to her frilly pink collar. Rebecca looked down to see what it was, putting her paw against the piece of paper stuck to her collar, and smiled a little. It was a nice gesture, she guessed. She didn't know what the paper was for, but it seemed friendly enough.

"Muh name is Rebecca. It's good ta meet ye, lass." Rebecca said. She felt there was something familiar about Cadpig, but just what that was had yet to make itself evident to her. Unless she was one of the other two dalmatians she remembered from that fateful day in DeVil Ville. Maybe she was! But it didn't seem like Cadpig remembered her. How strange...

[Bonz]

"Um....." Bonz wasn't sure what to make of these two newcomers. More dalmatians? More TALKING Dalmatians? It took him a moment to realize the first pup had asked him a question. She was a cute little thing with a frilly pink collar and spots shaped like hearts. The other...well....seemed to have some issues with temper.

"I'm, uh..." Before he could say more, Cadpig stuck a piece of paper to his shirt. Curiously, he pulled it off and looked at it. "Cadpig....no wait, um..." He looked up at Rebecca, deciding again to answer her first. "I'm Bonz. Uh.." He gestured down the hall in the direction Lucky had run. By now the horseshoe-spotted pup had disappeared into the dark shadows of the hallway, still screaming his fool head off. "Are either of you related to that....that first pup that...uh that screamed at me?"

[Hungary]

"Ah, what's going on here?" a brown haired woman entered the room, she aware that it was late, but she couldn't sleep. Hungary couldn't sleep. She walked down the hallways with intentions of going into the kitchen to get a glass of water. She then heard a camotion coming from another room.

Hungary looked around to see Bonz, and a few dalmatians. "Why aren't you asleeep?" she asked all of them. "It's very late."

[rebecca]

Related? Them? Rebecca shook her head to confirm the negative. She didn't think she was related to Cadpig or Lucky. "I don't believe I'm related ta either of them. I can see why ye would think that, though. We do look sort of similar. But all of us are dalmatians, so it makes sense." Rebecca said. She still wanted to know what this person before her was. She knew she and Cadpig were dalmatians, but was Bonz a human? Something else entirely? Rebecca had no idea.

Before she could ask, her attention was directed to a young woman that had appeared. Her question was fairly simple to answer, too. "I heard a commotion, and I wanted ta know what was goin' on." Rebecca said before giving a little nod.

[mai]

Mai had heard the scream heading out to see a dalmatian run by screaming his head off. She still wasn't used to animals talking but she still thought it was rude to shout so late. She yawned and decided to see what the commotion was about. She walked down the hall seeing a woman enter a room shortly before she arrived. She saw a couple more dalmatians, the woman, and a strange kid with a pale face. She was used to strange guys working at her old job, and half expected it to be a mask.

"You look familiar. Wait I remember now. I saw you with Bandit Keith and a couple other guys registering for the tournament. I was starting to think I was the only duelist here." said Mai.

She paused as she remembered meeting Joey at dinner, so there was at least three duelists here now.

[Bonz]

"Huh?" The other woman and the puppies were complete and total strangers, but Bonz recognized Mai immediately. He stared at her with wide eyes. "Hey!! I know you, you're Mai Valentine aren't you?" He smirked. "Yeah. Zygor asked you out and you turned him down." And what a hilarious sight that had been. Bonz had chuckled when his downtrodden companion got rejected by Mai. Only to get his face crunched into the dust.

Regardless of how or why, Bonz was relieved to see someone he knew on this island. "Yep. That was uh....actually what I was trying to find was the Duelist Kingdom but....somehow I ended up here.." He scratched the back of his head with one hand, looking sheepish.

(I think Bonz is a kid Mai XD not a man. Oh and for the record, the whole "Zygor asked Mai out" thing never actually happened in the show XD we'll just say it was something that happened off-screen.)

[mai]

Mai nodded at Bonz recognized her.

"Yes I'm Mai. What's your name again? I looked at the list once but didn't really memorize any of the names." said Mai.

She paused and laughed as she remembered turning down Zygor.

"I remember him. He just wasn't my type. I'd prefer a strong intelligent duelist. Someone who can challenge me, maybe even beat me. Of course I doubt there's anyone that can do that." said Mai.

Sure she might be a bit overconfidant. But she hadn't been beaten yet and she planned to keep dueling and to get to the top.

"Well the next tournament that's on an island I'm making sure I'm on the right boat before I leave the harbor." joked Mai.

She paused glancing at the rest of the group, sheepishly realizing she had practically ignoring the others in the room by talking with only Bonz. She smiled at the two dogs and at the woman.

"Sorry I get a bit carried away sometimes. I'm Mai nice to meet all of you." said Mai.

(ooc: didn't catch the "man" part. fixed that. And sure that can happen off screen. Interesting to have these two talk as they didn't appear on screen together. xd)

[Sir Kay]

Sir Kay had heard the screaming about a monster. At first, he thought it was just some idiots trying to ruin his beauty sleep, like Arthur and his nightmares. Then he remembered that Arthur wasn't here. Maybe this would be his chance to be a hero. He grinned to himself as he grabbed his sword. This would be a knight's job, after all.

As he ran into the hall, he followed the sound of dogs until he neared the gathering. There, in the middle of the group, was a ghoulish-looking figure. A monster for sure. It even had a fair damsel as its hostage. He held his sword high in a goofy fashion, though he was taking it seriously. "Take this, you stupid monsta," he smirked with his heroic call, running forward and ready to slash the scary fiend.

[Bonz]

Bonz started in alarm and jumped back at the sight of the sword. "H..Hey!! Watch where you're pointing that thing!! Mai!!" He cried, jumping behind the pretty blond-haired woman since she was the closest person to him, "Make him stop!!" Seriously, why does everyone keep calling me a monster? I'm not THAT scary looking am I? he thought.

[mai]

Mai frowned glaring at the maniac with the sword. She was glad Bonz was alright as she glanced back at the man.

"Look here buster. You have no right to come barging in swinging a sword. The only monster I see here is you! So why don't you go ride off into the sunset and fight a dragon or something. No one needs rescuing here." said Mai.

She glanced around to find something to defend herself in case he didn't leave. She found a candlestick grabbing it ready to protect herself. It wasn't the best weapon but it was better than nothing. He looked too strong to take down but if he didn't leave maybe there was a way to outwit him somehow.

[Sir Kay]

Sir Kay skidded to a halt, before his blade came into contact with the woman. He withrew it and sheathed it. "What do you mean that thing's not a monster? The little creep looks like he just crawled out of his grave, he does. And I haven't heard of any dragons round here, m'lady."

Kay stroked his chin, thinking hard enough to cause himself brain damage as he took in the situation. Maybe this woman was a witch? Maybe the kid wasn't some undead familiar. Maybe he was just a kid. Now that he really got a good look, the squirt looked more like a blue-haired Arthur than anything. Still deserved the kid a good thwack on the noggin later, maybe. "But if there isn't a monster, then why was someone screaming 'bout one?" he asked with a stupor.

[mai]

Mai relaxed a little seeing the man had calmed down. She set the candle down ready to grab it again if necessary.

"The dog was just like you assuming an innocent kid was a monster. There's two dogs and three people in here. You could have really hurt someone and then you'd be in jail for a misunderstanding. Next time you should be more careful." said Mai.

She frowned and folded her arms.

"You should put that sword away in a safe or something. We're supposed to be finding people who match our keys and locks, not hurting them." said Mai.