[She doesn't have enough air. Atem's muscles are already burning when Bakura pushes her down and holds her under, and she breathes out half her air in surprise when Bakura doesn't let her back up.
What? What's she doing? Surely this isn't a murder attempt. Bakura wouldn't. They're friends. This is a joke, surely...
(Drowning's a cursed way to go. Usually, it's in the Nile. Fall into the wrong part, and your body is lost forever, impossible to preserve, part of the teeming masses that rely on the charity of Hathor to cling to any kind of existence in eternity.)
But Atem's body wouldn't be lost, if she died here. She'd be found, and it'd be clear what had happened. This has to be a joke. Bakura will let her up.
She kicks, hard, at Bakura's shin, with the last strength in her muscles, a flash of temper more than a real struggle for her life. It may or may not actually connect.
--and then she's up, gasping for air, coughing the pondwater out of her nose and throat, feeling like someone's stuck a poker up there and scrambled her brains. Atem squints at Bakura, wearing that stupid, affectionate look.]
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What? What's she doing? Surely this isn't a murder attempt. Bakura wouldn't. They're friends. This is a joke, surely...
(Drowning's a cursed way to go. Usually, it's in the Nile. Fall into the wrong part, and your body is lost forever, impossible to preserve, part of the teeming masses that rely on the charity of Hathor to cling to any kind of existence in eternity.)
But Atem's body wouldn't be lost, if she died here. She'd be found, and it'd be clear what had happened. This has to be a joke. Bakura will let her up.
She kicks, hard, at Bakura's shin, with the last strength in her muscles, a flash of temper more than a real struggle for her life. It may or may not actually connect.
--and then she's up, gasping for air, coughing the pondwater out of her nose and throat, feeling like someone's stuck a poker up there and scrambled her brains. Atem squints at Bakura, wearing that stupid, affectionate look.]
You're not -- koff koff! -- not very funny.