[Event] [Locked to those who'd be at the Sakaki Family Household]

[rideon_clearwings]

*"I don't like this feeling."

Yugo muttered to himself as he looked through all of the videos that were in the Sakaki family's collection, right in their living room. Sure, there were a lot of movies, reference duel videos, things like that, but what he was looking for was his dads' duels-- Yuusho's Pro Action Dueling videos from over the years.

He'd avoided thinking about it, since he couldn't afford to fall apart on them; not after Yuto and Yuri had ran away before, not when Yuya had to be in the middle of that, not when dad got injured, not when they had all realized that things just didn't...

Just didn't match up, sometimes. Yeah, Yugo remembered growing up here, in this house, with Yuya, Yuto, and Yuri, but Yugo also remembered growing up in an orphanage with Rin, having to deal with poverty, scraping together everything possible just to build a working D-Wheel, getting chased down by robo-cops. All of that.

And with his dad announcing his official retirement, he'd realized that while he remembers seeing his duels before, he couldn't actually recall them so clearly.

And he didn't like that feeling at all. But what can you do other than try to fix that, right?

"Oh, here they are." He finally found the right collection of videos-- all separated by the years, as he pulled out one from Yuusho's earlier days. He went over to the TV and popped the DVD in, flopping back onto the couch and waiting for it to load up.*

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[dark_rebellion]

*As Yugo is waiting for the DVD to load, Yuto enters the room and goes to the kitchen to grab a drink from the fridge. He then notices Yugo sat in the living area so he curiously wanders over to him.*

What are you watching?

[rideon_clearwings]

Oh, uh--

*as though answering the question, Yuusho's visage pops up, announcing his duel against a pro at the time-- the video's dated to some years back in the corner.*

... Well, guess the answer's sorta obvious now. But it's dad's old pro duels. Figured now's a good time to do a little marathon of sorts.

[dark_rebellion]

*A small smile appears on Yuto's face. A little amused at the DVD screen practically answering his question, but also, it seemed like a nice idea to watch some of their dad's old pro duels.*

Mind if I join you?

[rideon_clearwings]

Nah, go ahead! It's not like I've laid claim to the whole couch or anything like that.

*he moves over so Yuto can sit wherever he likes. the announcer starting up his grandstanding introduction of the duelists, with panning shots of the audience, with their cheers as the duel gets underway...*

[dark_rebellion]

*Yuto moves to sit next to Yugo on the couch, placing his drink on the nearby low table. He sits back and watches the beginning of the duel with interest and curiosity. It was definitely stirring up some strange feelings for him as the duel went on. Something that he'd already been kinda feeling, but he'd mostly been ignoring.
But seeing this duel playing out on the TV, it was really making those feelings a lot more forefront that he'd like.

Eventually, he decided to bring it up.*

Do you feel you really should remember something clearly... but instead you feel like you're also somehow seeing it for the first time too?

*He wasn't really sure if he was even making any sense.*

[rideon_clearwings]

*he'd been keeping on a smile while watching the video, especially seeing Yuusho make his moves, almost like they were magic tricks on a stage, but when Yuto brings that up, his expression got... a little more complicated.*

You too, huh?

[dark_rebellion]

*Yuto glances over at his brother with a small frown of concern, realizing he'd brought up something difficult, but it also made him realize that he wasn't the only one with these strange feelings.*

Yeah.

I've mostly been ignoring it up until now, but...

*He looked back at the TV, watching Yushou's movements, each one as memorable as the last, so... why couldn't he really recall this?*

... I feel like I should remember his duels more clearly. Instead it just feels like they're some... vague dream.

[rideon_clearwings]

Dad's duels are kinda like a dream, seeing them like this. So maybe it's not even that weird! *he tries to put a lighter spin onto it, but you and he both know it's a bit hollow*

But... I know that's not what either of us are thinking, here. And... maybe there isn't a whole lot we can do about that.

Other than build a time machine or something, but I think "watching his old duels through recordings" might be a bit easier than that. *not, you know, impossible. just harder than popping in the DVD.*

[dark_rebellion]

*Yuto smiles a little. Maybe it was uncomfortable knowing they both couldn't really recall these duels clearly through memory, but it didn't have to stay that way. He liked the idea of watching them through the numerous recordings they had access to now.*

You know what... I think watching these old duels is a really good idea.

I didn't have any major plans for today so... why not make an afternoon of it.

[rideon_clearwings]

Hey, any idea is as good as the other, right?

How about I go toss in some popcorn while we're at it. Get ourselves really cozy, then! *it goes unstated as he gets up to do that, but the feeling is clear:

Even if they don't have the clear memory of these things, that doesn't mean he can't make this into a good memory.*

[dark_rebellion]

*This was something Yuto could absolutely agree on. Plus, with how busy they sometimes were, it wasn't often they got to do things like this together.

With that, he sits back again and continues to watch the duel playing out on the TV while Yugo prepared the popcorn for them both.*