WEEK 1 - SUNDAY / LIGHT (afternoon, post-execution, laundry room)

[ This... isn't really the best place to have a conversation. Even though Seto knows that the lounge is relatively quiet, there's still a risk of being overheard.

There's still a risk of getting caught.

They've sidestepped each other enough, and two people have died. One of them executed.

It's not like their hands are clean - he'd voted for Hana, damned her to that fate. He actually finds that he feels sympathy for Light, however little it may be. That execution was torture for torture's sake.

Seto Kaiba looks calm. Underneath the surface, he's anything but. He laughs. It sounds more like a cry of pain. ]

... I'm sorry you were forced to do it.

[ He'd thrown his dice for Kaito, actually, since Kaito had led the investigation.

Seto's not usually the one to lay his cards bare on the table, show his hand before he's collected all the winning cards. But if Seto wants to get out alive, he's going to make sure that he's allied with the right people.

There are forty people left in this place. Light Yagami is as good an ally as any. Seto's fairly certain that he knows the stakes for this game now that he's been forced to participate in it. ]

I don't like you very much. I don't trust you, either, but we both have a vested interest in wanting to get out of this place alive.

[ His gaze will flare, blazing and feverish, he'll give Light a swift and searching look. ]

No more lies. Today isn't the first time you've killed.

[ It's said with the conviction that he knows what it's like to have killed. ]

WEEK 1 - SUNDAY / KAITO (evening, post-execution, lounge)

[ If this keeps up, he's going to develop some kind of alcohol addiction.

This isn't the first time that he's found himself in the lounge nursing a drink of some sort. But after the events of this morning's execution (although Seto privately thinks that it was more of a torture session than anything), he finds that he needs it more than ever.

He's not one to subscribe to the idea of luck, either, but there's just a feeling about this place that gives him the impression that from here on out, it's only going to get worse.

If he wants to survive this and get out of here alive, he'll need all the help that he can get.

Which is why he slides into the seat opposite Kaito Kuroba with a practiced nonchalance - he's found that if you act like nothing is wrong, people are less likely to poke into your business and/or overhear whatever you are actually talking about.

It's a useful skill, especially considering the conversation that he intends to have with Kaito. ]

Your cards. Are you up for a game?

[ Then again, a card game is also a good enough cover as any, he supposes. No one would suspect an alliance to be forged under the cover of a card game. ]