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WHO: Bakura, the Bachelor's Suite: Peru Edition, and Vector
WHERE: Starting in Peru, ending in Cali
WHEN: Monday afternoon.
SUMMARY: Bakura's off to help the evacuation effort and Vector is his ride.
FORMAT: Para to start 99% chance of para to continue!

Bakura closed his com with a deep sigh, flopping back on the hotel bed and looking up at the ceiling. It wasn't as if he hadn't known it was coming, but he had almost managed to put it aside completely. It had been easy, being in another country. Even if the news covered things in the City, it was all in Spanish anyway.

He had hoped he'd be able to enjoy the rest a bit longer... but...

He took in a long, slow breath, holding it and closing his eyes, holding the breath a long moment before exhaling, letting his stress leave with the breath.

In theory. He still hadn't quite mastered that yet.

He would have to talk to his brothers (and Saitou) and then call Vector.

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"Oniichan? Kiryuu-kun? Saitou-san?" Bakura called, looking for his roommates.

[[ooC: Up to you guys if you want one on one chattime or to be found as a group]]

Kiryu poked his head out of his room, rubbing at his hair with a towel. "What is it?"

"I need to get back to the City," Bakura apologized. "They're evacuating the bystanders from the HIVE and need all the help they can get."

Kiryu stared at him for a moment, unsure of whether he'd heard that right. Did that mean he was leaving? Already? And to deal with the HIVE at that--well...Kiryu wasn't sure he could call evacuating people dealing with the HIVE...

His expression went blank; he really wasn't sure if he was angry or second-handedly grateful. If it had been Satellite...

"When are you leaving?"

"Soon. Going to call Vector once I'm ready to come get me," Bakura said softly. He gave a hesitant look at his brother. He had all but known something would come up and he'd have to leave early. He had kind of hoped it would be later, rather than sooner, that he could get to spend the whole two weeks on the trip. "I'll keep in touch, let you know I'm all right."

Alastair had juuuust found himself a stable internet connection, so he wasn't looking up from his laptop at the moment.

"....yeah huh? What?"

Bakura gave a small smile as he walked over, sitting down next to him. "Checked the network today?"

"No, I haven't." Alastair lifted his head and peered suspiciously at Bakura. "Why?"

"They're asking for help evacuating people from the HIVE," Bakura explained, not looking over. "So that the people trapped there won't get hurt when they attack."

"Psh." Alastair secretly had a slight amount of sympathy for the people forced to live in that area, assuming they weren't free to leave at any time, but had no interest in any heroic efforts to evacuate them. "Exciting. The City's not blowing up, is it?"

Bakura covered a soft laugh, shaking his head. "It's not."

"Well. Good, then." He went back to fiddling with his laptop, actually looking for the weather forecast for the next few days. He would get to the news later. "Not a hell of a lot I can do about it, I'm on vacation."

Bakura nodded. "Un. I wouldn't expect you to come too," he smiled.

"Good, because I'm n...."

There was a pause, and then Alastair looked at him again, his eyes narrowing. "What do you mean, 'too?'"

"With everything going on... the refugees are going to need help," Bakura didn't look directly at his brother. "I know I can't do anything to help get them out, but I can help once they are out."

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Once he was packed and ready, Bakura pulled out his com again and sent Vector a message, checking with his GPS before telling him where he was.

It was less than a minute before the bridge opened, inches behind Bakura. Vector didn't even step out of it, remaining inside the portal ring as he regarded the young man.

"Bakura, you are ready?"

Bakura looked up with a smile, nodding. "Un. I've told everyone..." He gave a look to the door a moment before shouldering his bag and hefting the new bag that was stuffed with souvenirs. "Aa-- do you think we could stop at Hell Towers first? I need to drop off somethings first."

"It can be done." He held out a hand to help Bakura up in to the bridge, his other still holding Rhisling in an easy grip. For a claymore-sized sword, it was easily wielded in one or two hands by one such as he.

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"Thank you," Bakura smiled, accepting the hand up and holding on. He'd only been in the bridge a few times and it was still so surreal that it really helped having something to anchor him. "I hope you don't mind, but I got you a present," he smiled, shifting his second bag a bit.

For all the world, Vector was as familiar in its not-space as he was in three dimensions. More, perhaps - for a form of this was how he viewed the worlds, most of the time.

He arched his brow. "A present?" he asked curiously, not quite understanding as he let the portal close, and let his senses extend for another cut point. "Whatever for?"

"Because you're my friend," Bakura smiled, looking a bit embarrassed. "It's just what you do when you go on vacation, you bring back souvenirs for people."

"...friend."

In truth, he was...flattered, to be called one so directly. Slowly, a wry smile tugged at his lips.

"I believe I may owe quite a few others presents, in that case," he said, looking up as they walked - and then making a single, straight cut.

The Hell Towers were through it.

Bakura smiled warmly before carefully hopping down and carefully dropping his bag. A quick rummaging though the gift bag and he had retrieved a wrapped package, roughly square with a smaller package that was far more oddly shaped on top of it. "Here!" he smiled, holding it out.

This was...a present?

Humans are so strange, Vector wondered silently, examining the package without the faintest clue as to what he was supposed to do with it. "Ah...thank you, Bakura."