#intern memo

As part of your financial investments portfolio, you own stock in Kaiba Corporation (NYSE: KCRP). Following the announcement of the new Duel Disk, shares are trading at an all-time high of $413.98. However, its charismatic CEO, Kaiba Seto, is once again on a “leave of absence” for unknown medical reasons and for an indeterminate length of time, and Wall Street analysts generally agree that Kaiba Corporation’s recent investments in space infrastructure were a bad move on his part. The question remains as to whether the Duel Disk and other Kaiba Corporation verticals (e.g., the amusement parks) will be able to sustain Kaiba Corporation despite the undeniable money sink that is the KC-1 Space Station. Kaiba Corporation’s cash position is best described as “unstable” and leverage is higher than average compared to its competitors.

Since its inception, Kaiba Corporation has not been managed so much as it has been ruled by its dynastic chief executives — if they had a family motto, “my way or the highway” would be an apt choice. Their results have been undeniable, although their methods are, delicately speaking, suspect. Analysts note that Kaiba's younger brother, Kaiba Mokuba, filling in as interim CEO, will almost certainly act in lock-step with both his brother’s strategic objectives and the “family legacy” vis-à-vis management style. Given Kaiba’s absence, the company may double down on strategy that favors the status quo: in essence, making sure that when he returns, he will find it just as he left it. If righting the ship now means displeasing the Kaiba family in the future, clear-cut (dare I say “common sense”) solutions will not necessarily be available to decision-makers.

You will have the opportunity to vote on a new board of directors at the next annual shareholders’ meeting. You may choose to retain the current board — essentially a vote for Kaiba’s continued leadership — or vote to remove the current board and replace them with directors who are unlikely to allow Kaiba to continue his reign over Kaiba Corporation. As noted, share price is strong, but the future holds only uncertainty.

without hesitation jumping in to whale on other boys who appear to be his age or older

being very patient and game with mikey (mokuba-adjacent in age and appearance)

when hacking into kaibacorp, rebecca quips that he should give her a job, and he says "yeah i'll consider it"

losing his shit when zorc kills those two kids

while still generally being rude, dismissive, aloof, or standoffish to everyone his age or older.*

it's really easy to say "he just likes mokuba," and equally easy to say "he likes kids;" but it's more tempting, more interesting, adds some depth and a bit of a tweest if we read it a little differently: he's a bit more naive in his thinking and subconsciously divides the world into two flavors of people: everyone younger than him is a sweet baby to be indulged and protected; everyone his age and older (the adults, ANY adults) is suspect, possibly ill-meaning, not to be trusted. children good, adults bad, he is the line between them.

and when i say "naive," i mean this: when mokuba grow up to become a fully-realized adult and is behaving like a fully-realized adult, it may rattle seto and cause friction in the relationship when he is forced to confront the reality that his little baby brother who has always clung to him for protection and comfort is now a fully-realized adult, and the relationship has to change.