[... okay, that isn't exactly how that conversation went. It's damn well close enough, though, if you ask Yusuke. He goes on.]
Turns out, the trial - or ordeal, or whatever you wanna call it - he was supposed to go through to come back to life involved hatching what's called a Spirit Beast - kinda like a Pokemon, except the form it takes is determined by what sorta energy you've got emitting from your soul. Sorta like a reflection of your inner self. The Prince of the Spirit World told him that it was a test of character - if he did good things and hatched a good beast, he'd pass the trial, and the beast'd guide him back to his body. If he kept bein' a stupid asshole and he hatched somethin' ugly and evil, then he'd fail the trial, and the beast'd eat him, soul and all, and he'd be lost forever.
So, y'know. No pressure, right?
[INSERT ONE DIRECTION LAUGH TRACK HERE... god, that deal was such bullshit. Why is half of everything related to Spirit World bullshit. This is the question that will plague Yusuke until the end of his days.]
Anyway, the guy wasn't exactly buying what the Prince was selling, but before he could think too much about it, he took the egg. Then he and the Reaper went back to the living world, and the Reaper was like, "Oh yeah, by the way, we should probably make sure your body doesn't get cremated. Can't return to your body if it's burnt to a crisp, can you, NYEHEHE."
[... Yusuke, Botan doesn't laugh like that and you know it. Geez.]
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And then the guy was like, "what the hell."
[... okay, that isn't exactly how that conversation went. It's damn well close enough, though, if you ask Yusuke. He goes on.]
Turns out, the trial - or ordeal, or whatever you wanna call it - he was supposed to go through to come back to life involved hatching what's called a Spirit Beast - kinda like a Pokemon, except the form it takes is determined by what sorta energy you've got emitting from your soul. Sorta like a reflection of your inner self. The Prince of the Spirit World told him that it was a test of character - if he did good things and hatched a good beast, he'd pass the trial, and the beast'd guide him back to his body. If he kept bein' a stupid asshole and he hatched somethin' ugly and evil, then he'd fail the trial, and the beast'd eat him, soul and all, and he'd be lost forever.
So, y'know. No pressure, right?
[INSERT ONE DIRECTION LAUGH TRACK HERE... god, that deal was such bullshit. Why is half of everything related to Spirit World bullshit. This is the question that will plague Yusuke until the end of his days.]
Anyway, the guy wasn't exactly buying what the Prince was selling, but before he could think too much about it, he took the egg. Then he and the Reaper went back to the living world, and the Reaper was like, "Oh yeah, by the way, we should probably make sure your body doesn't get cremated. Can't return to your body if it's burnt to a crisp, can you, NYEHEHE."
[... Yusuke, Botan doesn't laugh like that and you know it. Geez.]