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[callmegladio]

[It's a warm, sunny day and Gladio is sat outside of the bar on a break.

There's a tiny kitten on his shoulder and when he lifts his communicator up to his face and grins, he makes sure his little girl is in the shot.]

Morning, everyone. [His grin widens] Hope I'm not bothering y'all on this pawsome day. But I was just sitting here, feelin so furtunate to be in this amazing city then I realise, hey, I've not introduced Azzy!

[He gestures to the kitten on his shoulder, wiggling a finger at her which she tries to bat at and mewls when he removed it out of her way. She might have only had little claws but he didn't want them stuck in his index finger.]

My new best furend! [The grin is barely held in laughter at this point.] Don't you think she's purrty? She's a real glamourpuss, but I blame Tony's influence there.

I just wanted to show her off and we wanted to say hi, make sure everyone was feline good after the craziness of last month. [He did laugh now, he was pushing it to cringer levels but he couldn't stop.]

Purrhaps I'll stick around here, if anyone wants to meet Azzy. She likes making new furends.

Comments

[runs_on_batteries]

How tall was he? I'm sure you 'lined up' fine, if that's what you were asking but I didn't exactly ask for measurements! Cleary tall enough for you if your grin at breakfast said anything.

[Oh this was too much fun. He wouldn't normally do this to someone so young, but.. okay, this really was inappropriate. Still, the kid was an asshole talking to an asshole. There was only so much that could be done here.]

[blue_eyed_obsession]

It's immaterial! [A hint of color sneaking onto his features. The height difference would have been nearly imperceptible to most anyway and he wasn't going to explain further. Yugi had acted as host for an ancient spirit and when this ancient spirit took over Yugi seemed to get slightly taller. Essentially Kaiba was asking if he ended up with the weakling from school, or the one he considered his rival proper] THAT IS 100% NOT what I was asking!

[Very inappropriate and the usual unflappable teen was showing that he was ill prepared for it]

You have no evidence of this.. you just know that both Yugi and I exist and come from the same dimension! [Since Kaiba hadn't provided the name himself]

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony lived for moments like this! He could be such a good person so often but no, not right now. He was totally the devil and relishing in proving this runt was out of his league.

He leaned in a little further toward the camera with the most wicked grin.]

Promise me you won't be a dick to Gladio again and I'll let you continue to believe that.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[It was a position Kaiba would prefer to be in, the one with the knowledge and the ability to twist it against someone else so he could understand the enjoyment derived from it...

..but this was at his expense which was something different]

I'm not going to promise you anything, especially when all I have is your word.

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony tsk-tsked at him and shook his head. He slips on a pair of sunglasses.]

Wrong answer.

[When he speaks next it's to someone else, but not someone Kaiba can see. A feminine voice answers him.]

Friday, locate an image of Seto and Yogi from my records.

Yes sir. Uploading now.

[It's unclear what Tony's examining exactly but if Kaiba looks carefully there are tiny flashes of color on the lens of the glasses. Tony grins and laughs. His gaze shifts back to the young man.]

Last chance, kid. I should warn you.. this was a pajama party.

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[Oh... that's not even fair. At least not if Seto was reading the situation correctly. This guy had access to his feminine-voiced ai whereas Kaiba hadn't used that sort of interface for almost a year]

...

[He silently seethed there, wondering just what was on those glasses and debating his options. There were two problems, one; he didn't want to let someone else control him in any capacity, and two; even if it wasn't him in what he assumed to be photos that's not what the populace would think. If these went live, he would have to work exceedingly hard to erase the damage.]

I don't believe in promises- but I can give you my word that I will refrain from speaking harshly to him again. [It was a concession- but a temporary one. He'd find away to assess those records.. besides, it's not like he had a need to talk to Gladio at all.] I... can't even imagine... [Me at a pajama party] .. It's like this alternative version is nothing like me at all.

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony rolls his eyes. Close enough.]

Good.

[The feed is abruptly cut off.]

[blue_eyed_obsession]

[This isn't over, old man. No one pressures Seto Kaiba and gets away with it]