That was always what happened when he woke up: it was either him tied to a gurney and filleted like a fish at the market, or beaten by one of the newbies who needed an outlet for their frustration.
Pain, day in and day out.
Numb, numb, numb--
But this was different. This wasn't the simple shock of physical pain. The noose around his throat was barely a tickle compared to the scientists' usual mercies, but the instructions...this was new.
Hangman. They want us to play hangman. With each other.
Another game, cruelly twisted by these horrible, horrible people.
How dare they.
How dare they take something so innocent as a childhood game and make it into something so horrible! How dare they take them and play with their lives like this?!
Yuugi took a deep breath...and closed his eyes.
He looked for all the world like he was fast asleep, but really he was trying not to think. Trying to, for a moment, clear his mind to his situation, his potential fate, his--
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That was always what happened when he woke up: it was either him tied to a gurney and filleted like a fish at the market, or beaten by one of the newbies who needed an outlet for their frustration.
Pain, day in and day out.
Numb, numb, numb--
But this was different. This wasn't the simple shock of physical pain. The noose around his throat was barely a tickle compared to the scientists' usual mercies, but the instructions...this was new.
Hangman. They want us to play hangman. With each other.
Another game, cruelly twisted by these horrible, horrible people.
How dare they.
How dare they take something so innocent as a childhood game and make it into something so horrible! How dare they take them and play with their lives like this?!
Yuugi took a deep breath...and closed his eyes.
He looked for all the world like he was fast asleep, but really he was trying not to think. Trying to, for a moment, clear his mind to his situation, his potential fate, his--