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Can we get some facts about the yami/yugi/seto ship?

About two years after the events of the fic, at about 5 PM on a Saturday, Seto kaiba posts to Warblr (the in-universe version of Twitter) : BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:00 PM: "I have made a miscalculation."

Kaibacorp stock goes haywire. Seto Kaiba is a proud man and does not admit to mistakes easily. What is it? Finances? Scandal? Is he getting divorced??

BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:02 PM: "I was at the fundraiser for the Los Osaka ASPCA today."

Kaibacorp stock skyrockets. Nobody even knows what's happened yet but this is shaping up to be Good.

BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:03 PM: "This is Animal."

Attatched is an image of a spectacularly ugly dog. It's some kind of sighhound, all long and noodly with a head like a bicycle seat. She's blind from cataracts in one eye, the other one a manic bug-eyed ice-blue. There are bald patches from scars and burns in her fur, her face is contorted into a permanent snarl, drooling a bit. She is approximately the color of old gym socks.

The internet is immedately in love.

>That sure is an Animal alright. >When did Baba Yaga get turned into a dog? >OF COURSE you of all people manage to find a Blue Eyes White Dragon in Real Life.

BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:05 PM: The vet says it's probably just as well that I have never had a dog before, because I have "no prior expectations of Normal Dog Behavior". BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:05 PM: "Which I take to mean that sitting in one's lap like a human infant is perhaps unusual." BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:05 PM: "The miscalculation here is that Animal is very heavy, and my arms are only so long." BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:06 PM: [Image cross-posted from Mokuba's Warblr (@StonksDotMeme) of Seto attempting to type on his laptop at his desk while reaching around a 90lb dog who is, indeed, sitting in his lap and hugging his shoulders like an attention-seeking toddler.] [She also has her head twisted around at a peculiar angle so she can watch his screen.] [It looks tremendously awkward all around.]

StonksDotMeme at 5:07 PM: I didn't get a picture of it earlier, but if she stands on her hind legs, she's taller than Seto.

KuribohDefenseSquad at 5:13 PM: PUPPY? BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:14 PM: Oh right. I keep forgetting that you used to have dogs. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:15 PM: Also please get home soon I can barely feel my hands. KuribohDefenseSquad at 5:16 PM: PUPPYPUPPYPUPPYPUPPY KuribohDefenseSquad at 5:17 PM: I shall teach her to eat steak off a fork. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 5:17 PM: ATEM NO. StonksDotMeme at 5:18 PM: Animal is so skeletal she looks like an animated Halloween decoration. She could stand to see him try.

The rest of the evening is filled with delightful images of various members of the household holding Animal like a baby, with varying degrees of sucess. Atem has the easiest time of it, having handled animals before, even if she handles like an animated bicycle. Mokuba isn't actually tall enough to get all four of her feet off the ground. Seto is very affectionately kicked in the face hard enough to take the couch with him when he falls over.

Until Yugi logs in from where he's visiting Téa while she's on tour with the London Philharmonic and in a tournament in Oxford.

KingOfGames at 9:01 PM: I WAS GONE FOR TWO DAYS.

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A few days later, a series of Images are posted to Seto's Warblr, of the various members of the household adjusting to life with Animal.

Image 1: Caption: "board meeting rehersal." Mokuba Kaiba, at his desk, with his laptop screen turned to Animal so she can see what he's doing, and he looks like he's explaining his presentation to her. His feet are dangling from his chair a bit. She's got all four feet flat on the ground and it just. Appallingly Tall.

Image 2: Caption: "Some guard dogs keep people away by intimidating them with barking or teeth. Animal keeps people away by being an enormous eldritch horror that makes people too uncomofrtable to commit assault." Noah Kaiba, visiting in his android body, looks at the camera with disgust and just a little bit of fear as Animal sniffs him with interest, tail a blur with excitement. The top of his head does not actually come up to her shoulder.

Image 3: Caption: "Organic weighted Blanket. He has been sleeping better since she came home." Atem is alseep on the couch, and Animal is sprawled out on top of him. Atem takes up two cushions and an armrest at his maximum hands-over-head sprawl. Animal has her front paws hanging off the armrest with his, takes up all three cushions, and her tail is draped over the opposite armrest. Atem looks ridiculously comfortable for someone being lovingly crushed by a small carnivorous horse.

Image 4: Caption: "Handicap." The image looks it was taken from behind the TV where videogams are being played. Yugi is sitting on the floor in front of the couch, holding a videogame controller. Atem and Seto are on the couch on either side of him, also with controllers. Animal is sitting in Yugi's lap, oblivious to any size concerns, forcing him to hold the controller in front of her and peer around her side in order to keep playing. It is clear from everyone's facial expressions that he's still winning.

TheDarkArtOfTechSupport at 4:01 PM: @ BlueEyesWhiteDynamo, Did you get Animal because you felt like Gulliver among the Lillputians?

BlueEyesWhiteDynamo Replying at 4:01 PM: Hang on let me look some stuff up. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo Replying at 4:05 PM: LMAO Yeah it was getting lonely up here.

--- A few months later, Yugi is in Moscow for the International World Chess Championships and to see Tea at the Bolshoi Theater.

KuribohDefenseSquad at 8:12 AM: @ KingOfGames I'm sorry, and this isn't my fault. KingOfGames Replying at 8:12 AM: WHAT. KuribohDefenseSquad at 8:14 AM: [Image of Animal next to the car at the local state park, looking ecstatic. Next to her is a second, equally leggy sighthound, but this one is a smooth black to Animal's curly white. Where Animal looks like she posesses forbidden knowledge of dark magic because she is a witch transformed into a dog, this dog looks like his head is full of the Mii Chanel Theme Music and Lint.] KingOfGames at 8:15AM: GODSDAMMIT. KuribohDefenseSquad at 8:16AM: We were on our usual morning run and Animal took off for the Canyon and found him, then refused to leave without him. No collar, no chip, no Lost Dog signs, the vet thinks he's been out here for weeks. KuribohDefenseSquad at 8:16AM: So this is actually Animal's fault. KingOfGames at 8:17AM: YOU GUYS CAN'T GET A DOG EVERY TIME I GET ON AN AIRPLANE. KingOfGames at 8:20AM: @ BlueEyesWhiteDynamo, What do you have to say about this? BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 8:30 AM: [Image of both dogs sitting on chairs at the kitchen bar. Seto is making them pancakes.] BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 8:31 AM: His name is Thing. KingOfGames at 8:35 AM: I'm never leaving the country again.

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Mai-Own-Valentine at 2:08 PM: Important Question: Do you guys ever do 'voices' for Animal and Thing?

BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 2:08 PM: No. KingOfGames at 2:08 PM: Liar. KingOfGames at 2:09 PM: Seto and Atem have decided that both dogs talk like ancient cursed souls forced to wander the earth until they've completed some task they have long since forgotten. Animal sounds like if Baba Yaga smoked five packs a day and Thing sounds like Elmo.

KuribohDefenseSquad at 2:30 PM: [Video Post]

The video starts with Atem coming back into the house after a morning run with the Dogs and is following them through the house as they jog with a great deal of Intent to a specific room.

Atem, gleeful: "Yes! Yes, go get them! It's time to get up!"

Thing launches himself at a double-door, slamming it open before bounding onto the Alaska King bed, shoving his nose under a heap of pillows and blankets, tail wagging furiously. Animal joins him, both dogs affectionately whine-grunting at whoever they're prodding.

Yugi: "Ugh, yeah, okay, okay, I'm getting up... Love you guys too. Come on, let me up."

Yugi gets up, disheveled, affectionately gives Atem the finger before heading into the bathroom. Atem turns the camera back to the bed, in time to see Animal crouch, jamming her face under the blanket at the other, Seto-sized lump and bellow. Thing jumps on him with all four feet and wails too.

Atem, in a low, croaking voice as Animal: "FATHER! THE BAEFUL EYE OF HORUS HAS TURNED HIS WRATHFUL GAZE UPON US AGAIN. IT IS THE HOUR OF THE FEEDING RITUAL. BRING UNTO US THE FLESH, AS HAS BEEN FORETOLD." Atem in a high, squeaky voice as Thing: "I DESIRE OF ENTRAILS FATHER!"

Seto: "I'd ask what the hell was wrong with you, but I was there for most of it- OW!" Animal has decided to stand on his Kidneys. "...Animal I do not need canine chiropractry. Off."

She climbs off his back to jam her long face into his, licking up his nostrils like an anteater. He groans but only gently pushes her away as Thing starts jumping up and down on the Bed.

Atem, still as Thing: "THE ETERNAL CIRCADIAN CYCLES ARE AS INOXERABLE AS MY HUNGER FOR FLESHMEATS, FATHER."

Seto, slightly muffled from both dogs standing on his abdomen: "Bullshit. Thing isn't smart enough to know a word like 'inoxerable'."

Atem drops the phone laughing and the video stops.

KingOfGames at 2:33 PM: If you're wondering why Seto is handling this so well- he sets the hounds on Atem if he falls asleep on the couch instead of coming up to bed. King of Games at 2:33 PM: I'll try to get video of it next time because he does Animal's voice much better. KuribohDefenseSquad at 2:34 PM: :( BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 2:36 PM: You're both lucky you're cute.

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SEVERAL MONTHS LATER: KingOfGames at 11:24 AM: [Video Post]

Yugi is holding the phone up to his face. He's outside in front of a beige building. There's the sound of traffic and dogs in the background. He looks gentle and affable as he usually does.

Yugi: "So, Seto is in New York for beta testing some cool new stuff this weekend, very exciting, and Atem is in Egypt doing archeology with Grandpa and Dr. Ishtar. He's going to be extremely sunburned when he gets back. And I miss them, but having the house to myself this week means I *finally* have the opportunity to do something I've been thinking about for over a year now."

He tilts the phone up until the "LOS OSAKA HUMANE SOCIETY" sign is visible over his hair. He laughs, a blatant parody of a Ming The Merciless Style villian, before tipping the camera back to his face, now full of manic glee.

Yugi: "MY TURN."

KingOfGames at 12:34 PM: Okay, I forgive Seto a little bit because she literally climbed out of her enclosure and onto my shoulders and that's REALLY hard to say no to. Atem still let Animal bully him into taking home a random dog out of the state park, and that's just. Sad.

KingOfGames at 12:36 PM: [Screencap of his phone. There are notifications that read "27 Missed Calls" "14 New Voicemails" "136 Text messages" and "More Notifications"] KingOfGames at 12:36 PM: LOL KingOfGames at 12:36 PM: LMAO

KuribohDefenseSquad at 12:37 PM: ...Another Puppy? KingOfGames at 12:38 PM: Not A Puppy :) BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 12:40 PM: IT BETTER NOT BE A SNAKE. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 12:45 PM: DO NOT LEAVE ME ON READ. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 12:47 PM: YUGI. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 12:48 PM: WHAT IS IT YUGI. KingOfGames at 12:49 PM: Not A Snake :) KuribohDefenseSquad 12:50 PM: That's a relief. Odion said that if you hadn't gotten me back by your birthday he was going to gift you a Cobra. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 12:50 PM: ABSOLUTELY NOT. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 12:51 PM: YUGI WHAT THE HELL DID YOU BRING INTO THE HOUSE. KingOfGames at 12:55 PM: Nothing yet, I'm still filling out the paperwork :)

KingOfGames at 1:44 PM: The Initial Reviews are in: KingOfGames at 1:44 PM: [Image: The couch that Animal can Normally sprawl the length of, but now Animal and Thing are huddled together on the far side of it, Animal reared back in alarm. Thing is mostly behind her, but has angled himself around to peer with extreme confusion at something on the other end of the couch. It's been covered in a black box that reads [REDACTED] but the size indicates it's smaller than the hounds, at least.]

StonksDotMeme at 1:46 PM: That might be the most baroque image of the dogs I've ever seen but seriously Seto is about to throw an executive out a window. Please reveal the beastie. KingOfGames at 1:47 PM: [The same image as before, but the box has been removed to reveal a laughably small and extremely fluffy kitty the exact color of chocolate milk.] StonksDotMeme at 1:48 PM: LMAFOOOOOOOOOOOO StonksDotMeme at 1:48 PM: Seto just asked if that is a chinchilla? KingOfGames at 1:50 PM: [New Image of the Kitty, looking up at Yugi. She has large, yellow eyes with wide purplish pupils. Her tiny ears are barely visible through the Fluff. She's being held in just one of Yugi's arms, indicating she can't be more than six or seven pounds.] KingOfGames at 1:51 PM: This is Purriboh. KuribohDefenseSquad at 1:51 PM: YES!! BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 1:52 PM: what. KingOfGames at 1:54PM: The shelter says she's probably five or six years old, and is just really tiny. She's really smart, she already figured out where her litterbox and food bowl are, and how to open the dog food bag. She's not blind but her vision isn't very good, so she sort of follows the dogs around. I think they've lived with cats before because they flinch if she tries to pat them, so they know about the knife hands. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 1:55 PM: Knife? Hands? KuribohDefenseSquad at 1:55 PM: Cats have very sharp retractable claws. KingOfGames at 1:56 PM: [Image: Close-up of one of Purriboh's paws, which Yugi is delicately pushing the Beans of to extend her rather impressive and fully-functional claws.] KuribohDefenseSquad at 1:56 PM: Like That! KingOfGames at 1:58 PM: [Image of Purriboh demonstrating the use of said claws in holding Thing's face with them extended while she lovingly grooms him.]

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ForesightIs2020 at 6:34 PM: So, how is Purriboh settling in?

KingOfGames at 6:38 PM: [Image cross-posted from StonksDotMeme of them on the couch, which can barely support them. Seto is on the far end, with Purriboh snuggled on his shoulder. Yugi is napping in the middle, head on Seto's leg and a dog on either side of him. Yami is the closest, looking moderately dejected.] KingOfGames at 6:39 PM: Atem gets depressed about the fact that Purriboh likes sleeping on Seto more than him. I'm just glad when I wake up because sometimes I worry they're going to smother me in my sleep. BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 6:40 PM: LOL KuribohDefenseSquad at 6:40 PM: :(

StonksDotMeme at 7:01 PM: I love when Purriboh sits on Seto's shoulder like that because their hair blends together and it looks like he has a Mullet. KuribohDefenseSquad at 7:01 PM: :D BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 7:01 PM: DELETE THIS IMMEDIATELY. *BlueEyesWhiteDynamo Has Updated Thier Profile Picture!* [It's a close-up of him and Purriboh and that EXACT faux-mullet pheneomenon] BlueEyesWhiteDynamo at 7:02 PM: AND LOG OFF MY ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW.

#Yugioh #TPOFATGIF #The Power Of Friendship (And This Gun I Found!)#Post-fic ficlet #fluff #tooth rotting fluff #Hope you have dental insurance #seto kaiba #atem #yugi moto

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