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WHO: The Brothers Derp, Matsuka (

shiromadoushi)
WHEN: Thursday evening.
WHERE: Hell Towers
WARNINGS: Just the usual derp advisory.
FORMAT: Whatever.
SUMMARY: Matsuka makes an unexpected discovery about Bakura's latest project.

Bakura was working on another project. It wasn't really anything very out of the ordinary for Matsuka to sense from his friend; Bakura was often working on some project or other. Matsuka was curious, but Bakura had yet to mention it, and Matsuka didn't want to pry. Besides, the holiday shopping season was keeping things busy, only compounded by recent events, so Matsuka hadn't had a lot of opportunity to think much about it.

It wasn't really on his mind now, either, but when he reached out his thoughts to locate Bakura in order to ask him a couple of questions about tomorrow's workday, he was a little surprised to find that his sense of his friend's mind led downward.

A look around for Mouse - dozing comfortably - and Matsuka headed out of his apartment and to the elevator, following the guide of his telepathy down the floors of the building to, eventually, the lobby. Still no Bakura... and the unmistakable feel of his mind was still down.

The basement...? What would Bakura be doing all the way down there? Curious now, and more than a little confused, Matsuka headed farther down - and farther. Was there even anything down here...?

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Not before the end of October, no. But now there was a new set of stairs behind an unassuming door. Fresh stone stairs, slightly textured, flanked by smooth stone walls, lit by a line of recessed lights, a soft glow coming from down below.

The room down the stairs was almost as large as the garage under it, and almost as unfinished, support columns dotting the expanse. Chalk sketches and kanji marked the walls in various places, unfinished outlets and light fixtures at regular intervals.

And in the middle, a small table covered with sketches, notebooks, pencils, chalk and erasers, with Bakura diligently working away on a floor plan, lost in his on thoughts and planning.

Blink. Blink. Matsuka took a long, slow look around as he wandered farther downward, too surprised by what he was seeing for a moment to think to say anything at first.

"...Ryou?" he managed at least when he actually found Bakura in person. "This is what you've been working on?"

Bakura blinked up, having utterly missed his friend's entrance. "Jonah-kun!" he laughed, rubbing the back of his neck a little. "Didn't hear you come in!" he smiled, setting down his pencil to walk over. "Un, this is the current project! Someplace safe for all of us for when things start going wrong again. So we don't have to worry about running."

Matsuka laughed a little, suddenly embarrassed at himself for having simply wandered down without invitation. "I could tell that you had a new project," he admitted, "but I didn't realize it was something this big." He looked around again, a little wide-eyed now that he understood what exactly the space was in the process of becoming, and visibly impressed.

As far as Bakura was concerned, Matsuka didn't need an invitation. It wasn't as if it were locked or anything!

"It's only big because it'll be full scale!" he pointed out cheerfully. "It's actually a lot smaller than the VRPG things, just with a lot more specialized work, since you don't need a working bathroom and kitchen in a VRPG!" he laughed softly. "Or to accommodate two cats and a very large dog." His smile grew a touch fond there. "Mouse'll have his own special section in the bathroom, since he can't exactly use a litter box."

"Trust you to think of things like that," Matsuka said, with a fond little laugh. "It sounds as though it's going to be amazing. Even if we don't need to use it for a long while... at least, I hope that we don't... it'll be good just to know that we have something like that for when we need it."

Bakura nodded cheerfully, a touch warmed by Matsuka's laugh. It was still far too rare of an occurrence. "Un, and if we ever just want to hide away for any reason. Since it's pretty far down, any time you wanted to have some peace and quiet, you could just head down here. Or in summer if it gets too hot! It doesn't just have to be for an emergency."

Though the emergency would be when it was really going to be needed. It was a nice feeling, knowing that they wouldn't have to run away from home to be safe.

"And you'll have to let me know anything special you think should be added! Since I know I haven't thought of everything yet."

"I think you're a lot better at coming up with that sort of thing than I am," Matsuka protested with a smile. "But I'll think about it for a while and see if there's anything that I can come up with that you haven't already thought of. And if there's any other way I can help, you'll ask me, won't you?"

"Of course!" Bakura smiled. "And once the builders have come through, you can get your room all set up too. Oh! Ne, which room did you want to be yours? One of the corner ones, maybe? So you'll only have one wall shared?" he asked, turning the sketch to show. "I was thinking of putting Oniichan and Kiryu-kun here, on this side, since they're the noisiest, I think, of all of us! So maybe on the other side for yours?"

Matsuka moved to look at the sketch, eyes tracking where Bakura indicated. "A corner room would probably be the best," he agreed, smiling back a little ruefully. "So, maybe, here?" He reached hesitantly to point out a spot on the sketch, fingertip stopping short of actually touching the paper.

Bakura nodded, pencil swiftly, yet somehow still neatly, sketching in a "Jonah-kun" with the "kun" done out in kanji. "And since it's all being built, if you can think of anything that might help keep it quiet, we can add it in!" he smiled. Since the bunker was much smaller than the entire, spread out floor above, there as no helping the closer quarters, but Bakura was determined to make sure their hideaway was comfortable and safe for everyone!

"I was thinking of putting some soundproofing in between the rooms anyway, but I don't think that helps too much for other sorts of noisiness," he apologized with a soft laugh.