Story and Event Post

[kattobingore]

[STORY]

"What... is this place?"

Floating along, Hope looked around at the darkened area he was in. A large amount of mechanical objects, mostly gears, surrounded him, but he had no idea what the place he was in was, or how he even got there. While inspecting the structure closely, a glowing from the corner of his eye caught his attention. Turning towards it, he could see that it was a card that was suspended in mid-air not far from him.

"Number 66: Master Key Beetle..." Hope said to himself. "... the card that mysterious woman left to Yuma." He floated closer to it. "She called it 'A key that can open all doors' and was given to us as a starting point into finding out the answers both Yuma and I seek."

Stood before it, Hope raised his hand towards the card, but as he did, the glowing card began to transform until it became a distinct curved 'question mark' shape.

"What is this...?!"

The item suddenly began to move away, exploding in a tremendous amount of light. Once the light cleared, Hope witnessed the object attaching itself to what appeared to be the steering wheel of a ship. Looking around through the darkness, he could see that he was now in a different part of the structure; a ships cockpit. Although this was all new to him, the technology and power of the ship felt eerily familiar to him.
As the ship powered up, a holographic green globe appeared with a number of blinking red marks on it. "A map...?" It seemed like the ship was pointing them towards something.
But what?

"Is this ship and the map related to the knowledge Yuma and I are looking for...?" Hope questioned. Either way, this was an important development and one he needed to alert Yuma to straight away.

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As the entire of Duel Academy slept, a sudden dimensional rift began opening up above the harbour of the island. The force of it sent a sudden shockwave out, rocking the island.

"W-W-WHAAA!!"

Yuma yelled as the shock from the tremor woke him up, making him fall from his hammock onto the floor. Yuya also woke up in a similar panic.

"W-what was that?!" he exclaimed loudly, before he looked down at Yuma. "Y-Yuma...?"

Yuma was sat on the floor, looking at the Emperor's Key hung around his neck which was glowing wildly. He then looked up at the desk in the room to see two cards from his deck were also glowing. Quickly Yuma grabbed them, to see that it was Hope and Number 66.
Not wasting any time, Yuma jumped up in a flash and ran out of the door.

"H-Hey! Yuma! Wait up!" Yuya quickly climbed down from the bunk and followed his friend out of the door.

Outside, what awaited them, was a large swirling vortex of clouds and energy in the sky, above the harbour. As the two boys approached the edge of the cliff, near the bridge, Yuma's key shined more brightly than before. It suddenly let out a massive crackle of energy that shot up towards the vortex. This made the vortex explode into bright light, making both boys cover their eyes.
When the light subsided, they looked to see a massive structure coming out from the sky, flying down, almost hitting the bridge as it passed over it, then finally coming down towards the harbour, scrapping the warehouses and helicopter pad as it did.

Both boys just stared at the structure in shock for a few moments afterwards.

"What IS that thing?" Yuya questioned. "It looks like some kind of... airship?"

Yuma had no idea, but what he did know was this 'airship' just seemed to come out of his Emperor's Key.
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[EVENT]

*If your character is at Osiris Red, or if they were around late enough, they would of noticed the shockwave and flashes of bright light. Inspecting what's going on will lead them to both Yuma and Yuya by the bridge, looking down at what appears to be a large mechanical airship which is now parked on the helicopter pad on top of the warehouses on the harbour.*

Comments

[the_ebbandflow]

I dunno, I agree with Koyo, in a way. I mean, if it's Yuma's, shouldn't it be up to him if this thing's safe or not?

[kattobingore]

I think it'll be fine!! It's too late to bother anyone right now anyway!

Let's go and check it out!!

*Aaand he's running off before any of you can say anything else.*

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

::Chases after Yuma, yanking his arm out of his brother's grasp.::

Before the staff can cover it in security barriers and chains and put guards all around it!

[pendulum_soul]

H-Hey, Yuma! Koyo! Wait a minu--

*But they've already rushed off towards the harbour. Yuya looks at the others.*

... well, I guess we're checking it out.

*And he follows too.*

[the_ebbandflow]

*oh geeze KOYO.

He follows after his excited brother*

[strongyuzu]

Guys! GUYS! OH, COME ON!

[gottasteadfast]

[Gongenzaka is quietly heading after them.]

They're gone, Yuzu.

[strongyuzu]

Razza-frazzin'...! Fine! But if we all die, I am haunting the heck out of you guys!

[And Yuzu follows too.]

[monochromaticdays]

*he shadows behind Yuzu, uncertain himself about this, but...

... it PROBABLY won't kill them, right?*

[kattobingore]

*Well, let's hope not because soon you are all there on the helicopter pad, looking up at this huge airship.*

It looks so awesome!!!
I wonder how we get in!

[hopes_stupid_observations]

*As soon as Yuma says this, and starts looking for an entrance, there is a collection of swirling white light that forms into Hope, who is now stood before you all!*

[strongyuzu]

Hope!

[Yuzu perks up - something resembling an adult is here, finally!]

What're you doing here?

[the_ebbandflow]

*Kai is pretty surprised at first* Wha-- can things stop appearing out of nowhere, now?!

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

His monster appeared without a Duel Disk?!

[hopes_stupid_observations]

*Hope looks at the brothers silently, then turns to look at Yuzu.*

I brought this airship here.
It appears that the Number card the mysterious woman gave to Yuma was actually the key to this airship.

I observed that this was an important development and that Yuma should know.

[monochromaticdays]

So this is an "airship"...?

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Like a Final Fantasy game?

[the_ebbandflow]

I wasn't gonna say it, but...

[hopes_stupid_observations]

Yes. A 'Different Dimension Airship' to be exact.

And it appears to have several locations marked on a map within, that I believe are important.

*Looks at Koyo.*

I do not know what this 'Final Fantasy' that you speak of is, however.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

A series of videogames based in varying fantasy worlds that range from the medieval to the modern dystopian, they have an airship as the final vehicle you can acquire.

[the_ebbandflow]

Aside from that...

Why did you have access to an airship in the first place, but no key?

[hopes_stupid_observations]

I do not know.
I do not know how I even came across the airship, and although it is something new and unobserved to me, something about it also feels... familiar, but I do not know why.

But I believe this airship may lead Yuma and I to the answers we both seek.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

::Holds up his hand.::

[hopes_stupid_observations]

*Looks at Koyo.*

...yes?

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Are others allowed to come on this airship?