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Who: Beyond Birthday, Light Yagami and Mikami Teru
Where: Cherrygrove City
When: Backdated to the evening of the 25th
Summary: BB and Light meet for the first time. Accusations fly.
Rating: PG-13
Log: The dead are amongst us.

Light isn't pleased at all. According to the information Mikami had given him, Beyond Birthday was already in Cherrygrove City, and given L's dogged insistence on pretending that he had absolutely no ability to reason like a rational human being, Light felt as though he had no choice left. Perhaps it was a sign that fate was on his side then, that L had fallen into some sort of coma-- one that Light had secretly hoped he would not awaken from-- the week he was planning his separation from the detective forever.

Working quickly, just in case L did wake up, he gathered his belongings and carefully placed them into his backpack. He winces when Eevee refuses to enter his pokeball, as he half expected the detective to spontaneously wake up and greet him with a deadpan expression. Mercifully, that does not happen, and Light gives his room one final glance to check for any missing items. He would leave L to pay for the bill. Clearly, he had more than enough money. With no regrets, he turns the doorknob...

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...to find B standing not three inches from his face, looking rather displeased. His foot is already in the doorway.

"Hello, Light Yagami."

Little could have prepared Light for this. His eyes widen in surprise, and instinctively, he moves to slam the door shut.

B gets his shoulder in the doorway first. The impact might leave a bruise, but it's worth it.

With surprising speed, he slips through the gap and lets the strength of Yagami's own push close the door. Without his usual creepily wide stare, his eyes are narrow and overtly calculating, and he looks like he's come ready to inflict pain.

So this is Light Yagami, he thinks, moving to block the door. A pretty boy who comes out with the most charming fakery Beyond's ever seen, with utterly cold eyes when he thinks no one can see. Clearly a genius, and the object of something like worship from Mikami.

Beyond isn't impressed.

Light's thoughts color from incredulous to irritation as Beyond Birthday--for who else could it have been--forces his way into the room. Why he was here, was obvious enough; Mikami had clearly failed him. As for the other 'why,' Light could make an educated guess, though he does not like where his suspicions are leading him.

With an expression of forced calm, though he can't quite erase traces of contempt, he maintains his hold on the doorknob, determined not to back down from the intrusive freak.

"Rue-san, was it? You gave me quite the surprise. But if you'll excuse me."

"I don't think so."

The hand remains exactly where it is.

"And what business do you have with me, Rue-san?"

"Why don't you step away from the door, Light?" His tone and posture make it less of a request and more of a command.

B's demeanor registers as a threat and one Light is not particularly afraid of. I ended you! He seethes under his collected mask. You're nothing but a rotting corpse!

"I apologize. Perhaps I have not made my point clear to you." He begins softly with a perfectly vague patronizing smile.

"Either state your business with me, or I will be leaving."

"You can try." Ghostie floats in through the wall. "Did you know that a Gastly can take down an elephant in two seconds?"

As threats go, it's less than subtle, but he's not really concerned with this at the moment.

Light tracks Gastly's progress across the room through the corners of his eyes, then quickly turns his attention back to Beyond. He knew perfectly well what Gastly were capable of, even without B's reminder.
He reviews his options. He could use L to defend himself. If he remembered correctly, Eevee was immune to ghost attacks, but unfortunately the reverse was true as well. Additionally, if Gastly were to use hypnosis, then Eevee would be rendered absolutely worthless. Garbage. ...No, Light corrects himself. Magikarp were garbage.

So then what? Did he even have a choice anymore? He couldn't believe he was thinking this, when only a few moments earlier he had been hoping for the opposite. Goddamn it L, wake up!!

"Surely, you don't intend on causing a scene in this hotel."

"A scene? Oh, no, nothing like that." He gives Light a frighteningly cold smile. "Sit down. I only want to talk."

The smile registers as a physical oddity, sending the smallest of shivers down Light's spine, more so than any threat could have done, if only for the fact that the expression was visual incongruence on a face that so resembled L's.

Slowly, reluctantly, he removes his hand from the doorknob, but defiantly remains standing. This is about as far as Light was willing to compromise.

"Talk."

"What did you do to him?" He nods at L's prone body.

"Nothing."

Ghostie floats a little closer. "Try again," Beyond suggests.

His muscles are beginning to tense. He knew the situation didn't look good. He would have assumed similar conclusions himself had he walked into this scene, but for once Light is innocent and for all of his intelligence, all he can think is... shit.

"Threatening me won't change the truth."

"No, indeed, but it may well bring it to light– ah, pardon the pun." He wonders offhand how often Yagami hears that sort of thing.

Puns. Even now, in this ridiculous mess, there had to be a goddamn pun.

"Very amusing, but I've already told you the truth."

... Okay, he'll go with this for now. But his eyes narrow further: I'll play along, but don't think I believe you.

"Then what's wrong with him?"

A good question. Light didn't know what was wrong with L and up until about six hundred seconds ago, he didn't care.

"Your guess is as good as mine, but I assure you I had no part in this."

"When did it start?"

"He fell asleep two days ago."

"That's all it was, was it?" Ghostie makes his way to Beyond and bobs in place behind him.

Had the Gastly been removed from the picture, Light may have responded to this much more naturally. As it is, L isn't inspiring a great deal of confidence in Light either, as he is busy using Light's legs as a shield, ears turned downwards in apprehension.

"Yes." His tone is firm, perhaps overly so, as he attempts to indicate nonverbally that the conversation is over.

And that's interesting. It seems a little artless for a liar of Light's caliber to be overemphasizing, but perhaps he's doing it on purpose... but for what reason? To mislead Beyond, presumably, but why would he want to mislead Beyond into thinking he did have something to do with L's collapse? Unless this is all just a way to distract him... His gaze sharpens, and he watches both Light and the Eevee with renewed focus, ready for anything they might try.

"Then you won't mind waiting here until he can confirm that himself."

"Certainly not. And you won't mind if you'll be waiting alone."

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