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

[kattobingore]

*Yuma returns Yuzu's hug, before looking around at everyone else, gratefully.*

Guys...

Thank you! I know that we'll definitely be able to do this together, as a team!!

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

...

So where are we going first?

::Points to the globe which has markers in China, two in South West/Central America, one in Australia, one in Africa, and one on Antarctica. There's a marker for Europe but it's a purple color vs the other being Red.::

[pendulum_soul]

Woah! We'll really be able to go all over the world?!

*He then pauses when he notices the different coloured marker.*

...why is one of the markers purple?

[kattobingore]

Yeah, bud! Exciting, right??

*Yuma points to the purple marker.*

Pretty sure I saw mention on the community of one of the Legendary Numbers being in France, but stuff happened with that one, I think that one was taken already, so we need to be super quick to the others.

*Yuma then looks over at Koyo, placing a hand on his shoulder.*

You've been really itching for some adventure! How about you choose the first location?

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

::Vaguely flinches from the physical contact but tries not to recoil.::

...

We don't know how functional this ship is, so it would be safest to go to either...

::Points to China or Australia.::

Personally, the Chinese location doesn't look too far, for a test drive, perhaps?

[the_ebbandflow]

I agree. China sounds like at least it wouldn't be impossible to return from, if something goes wrong.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Mind you, we'll probably have to deal with the Chinese Government asking how a bunch of Japanese kids got lost in China so far from home, in that case...

[monochromaticdays]

... Do you think maybe we could try to get one of the teachers to come with, in that case...? It might help in the long run, then...

... that, and it's unavoidable they'd know about this... I think at least one of them might insist on supervising, anyway.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

::Stares at you, Hitoshi. Do you want Noriko to put the Club on the steering wheel and impound the airship?::

[monochromaticdays]

... just saying... I don't think this can really be hidden, anyway... H-he said that it took a lot of energy, just appearing here, didn't he?

Unless if you know of a way to explain this thing away, to the teachers...

[kattobingore]

Hitoshi is right that they're gonna find out. I'm going to have to tell them what's going on.

Hey, maybe Samasu-sensei could come with us!

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

... If they lock it up, I get to tell you, I told you so.

[the_ebbandflow]

Hey, try to be optimistic! *says the guy who brought up the possibility of them getting stranded in China.*

[strongyuzu]

Hey, man.

The only reason the Red Dorm is still standing is because of one of our Professors. Okay?

So just. Lay off, okay? They're trying their best.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Some of us came here to study Duel Monsters and its connection to ancient history as our degree pursuit, something this island is supposed to have a ton of, but every area with said information is blocked off from student access.

[strongyuzu]

Because a lot of that stuff is really shitty and dangerous! The last time students had access to that stuff, they used it to try and hurt Yuma and Yuya and those demon things almost got into the school because of it!

It's not just something to be studied, okay, it's really messed up and dangerous too!

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

And how will we know whether or not it is truly dangerous if we can't touch, see, or experience it for ourselves. There's ruins of ancient civilizations and cuneiform on this island supposedly that's in a place that shouldn't be on a South Sea Island.

And I for one want to know WHY Mesopotamian and Ancient Egyptian artifacts and architecture are here.

If you insist on remaining on an island of ignorance at the darkness around us, that's your choice, but some of us want to illuminate a light into the unknown and understand it!

[the_ebbandflow]

... Hey, I know you're both having fun arguing and everything, but Koyo...

If this is what you're aiming for, for a degree and all, haven't you ever thought of just putting in a request to the school to access those places that're blocked off?

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

I expect to get denied, given the theme park tour, or get stone walled by The Witch. Or a combination of the three. After that Desperado incident, I never got a reply on the matter, so.

::Crosses arms coldly.::

[the_ebbandflow]

Well, maybe you should try again.

If it's all history stuff, then maybe Professor Samasu would be the one who'd handle it, instead of Professor Wakahisa.

[strongyuzu]

[Yuzu walks right up to Koyo.]

I care about knowing about this stuff too, but I care about all of us not dying and the teachers not having to be in situations where they're almost dying like Desdemona-sensei more than that! If that's ignorant to you, it doesn't mean you're searching for knowledge, it just makes you a callous asshole!

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Or maybe if they hadn't kept hiding things from us and themselves, they'd be better capable of dealing with that sort of situation.

[strongyuzu]

Gimme a freakin' break! You think YOU would've done any better against those stupid demons or those Number Hunters if you'd known about them?! That wouldn't change how strong they are!

That stuff probably would've chewed up and spit out an arrogant jerk like you!

[pendulum_soul]

H-Hey! C'mon guys! No-one needs to fight about this! We're all on the same team here, right?

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

The two of them work together. I trust neither one of them.