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Who: Kurosaki Shun (
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When: IC: 12/10 - 12/11, probably
Where: Some coffee shop and the Shadiest Rooftop TM the Entertainment District has to offer
What: Shun ignores the carnival, and spends his time with finally completing the deck he's been working on for the past two weeks instead. Also, his BFF revives from the dead(!?), so tearful(!!???) reunions ensue.Alternately Shun may just call him an idiot, because he questions Yuto's life choices 5ever.
Rating/Warning: Cardgames, Arc V spoilers up to Ep45-ish maybe, except not really, but otherwise this should be tame. Probably?
[ A - Shopping District | 12/10 – ~3-5pm | O P E N ]
[It's taken a little until Shun had stopped feeling on edge with the crowds and busyness of this district – the brightly flashing lights, the chattering of people, the sheer normality of everything... it's so much (too much) alike the Heartland of his childhood (the thought aches with bitterness, but also with longing – even destroyed as it is now, Shun misses his hometown).
By now he is much more relaxed – for his own standard anyway – enough to feel at ease laying claim of one of the tables of one of the coffee shops for an hour or three. Beside the steaming cup (#3) and half-finished slice of toast, there is a fair number of cards spread across the table. Most of them are green and purple, though there are already two neat stacks with orange and black cards at the top.
He is pretty sure that he has all that he needs to finish this deck – he knows near certain that the Tellarknights will run stable – even if they aren't nearly as aggressive, nearly as merciless as his Raid Raptors.
(But that is not the point of this deck, not at all. This deck is back-up, is what he'll say aloud if asked, but deep down he knows it's a tribute to people lost, people fallen, to the potential of things that could have been. Heartland once shone as brightly as the stars after all.)
It's just the question of what spells and traps to use, how to balance search and summon support with defensive measures. He knows, in the end he can only make guesses – over long or short, only playing the deck will tell what adjustment he has to make, and who knows if he'll ever need to resort to that as long as he also holds the Raid Raptors.
Still, there is definitely no harm in doing this now, while he doesn't have to fear being ambushed by Academia. He reaches for his cup, sipping at the coffee as he rearranges the green and purple card clusters, frowning faintly while he sets down the cup again.
He hasn't quite yet noticed that the motion has caused one of the cards to slip off the table. Help him out?]
[ B - Entertainment District | whenever Yuto arrived | closed to
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[Shun doesn't quite know what to think of Sakaki's stream, of the revelation that Yuto has somehow been trapped within his code, of that 'Shadow Game' and the duel that follows. Just like that night over a month ago, he's forced to watch and do nothing, hands clenching, he tenses right until the moment Yuto's awareness returns, when his reactions confirm that it's him and not just a puppet of CERES or another bad dream.
One month worth tension bleeds right out of him for good just as he watches the public post – Yuto is alive, is here and Shun is not trapped alone any longer – and he sighs as he leans back into the concrete wall of the rooftop corner that is one of his sleep spots. One month since he's arrived here and in some ways it's been much more exhausting than one week of working with Akaba.
(Akaba gets things done after all, for all that he's secretive, for all that his approach is much too passive for Shun's liking. That is much more than he can say about CERES.)
The lack of an actual enemy to fight, of anything to do but to live through the same routine of training, playing ViViD and watching the Research Building has been wearing on him, has given him too much time at hands to think about Ruri and Yuto, about Resistance and home; especially after he had gotten the truth of that night out of Sakaki, the combination of all above is frustrating to the point of tiring and at this point it's Shun's sheer stubborn refusal to be broken that has kept him from faltering.
Maybe, he thinks as he sends the other a text with his location, with Yuto now here, they'll get more done. They'll figure it out once Yuto is done dealing with Sakaki and possibly Hiiragi from the sound of it and actually gets here... whenever that may be. It doesn't really matter – time is the one thing they have in abundance right now.
Shun closes his eyes once he's sent the text, not really expecting an answer. He is too drained and exhausted to feel anything but muted relief about Yuto's (revival?) arrival and sleep is precious. Two minutes later, Shun has already drifted into dreamless oblivion as he waits.]
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When: IC: 12/10 - 12/11, probably
Where: Some coffee shop and the Shadiest Rooftop TM the Entertainment District has to offer
What: Shun ignores the carnival, and spends his time with finally completing the deck he's been working on for the past two weeks instead. Also, his BFF revives from the dead(!?), so tearful(!!???) reunions ensue.
Rating/Warning: Cardgames, Arc V spoilers up to Ep45-ish maybe, except not really, but otherwise this should be tame. Probably?
[ A - Shopping District | 12/10 – ~3-5pm | O P E N ]
[It's taken a little until Shun had stopped feeling on edge with the crowds and busyness of this district – the brightly flashing lights, the chattering of people, the sheer normality of everything... it's so much (too much) alike the Heartland of his childhood (the thought aches with bitterness, but also with longing – even destroyed as it is now, Shun misses his hometown).
By now he is much more relaxed – for his own standard anyway – enough to feel at ease laying claim of one of the tables of one of the coffee shops for an hour or three. Beside the steaming cup (#3) and half-finished slice of toast, there is a fair number of cards spread across the table. Most of them are green and purple, though there are already two neat stacks with orange and black cards at the top.
He is pretty sure that he has all that he needs to finish this deck – he knows near certain that the Tellarknights will run stable – even if they aren't nearly as aggressive, nearly as merciless as his Raid Raptors.
(But that is not the point of this deck, not at all. This deck is back-up, is what he'll say aloud if asked, but deep down he knows it's a tribute to people lost, people fallen, to the potential of things that could have been. Heartland once shone as brightly as the stars after all.)
It's just the question of what spells and traps to use, how to balance search and summon support with defensive measures. He knows, in the end he can only make guesses – over long or short, only playing the deck will tell what adjustment he has to make, and who knows if he'll ever need to resort to that as long as he also holds the Raid Raptors.
Still, there is definitely no harm in doing this now, while he doesn't have to fear being ambushed by Academia. He reaches for his cup, sipping at the coffee as he rearranges the green and purple card clusters, frowning faintly while he sets down the cup again.
He hasn't quite yet noticed that the motion has caused one of the cards to slip off the table. Help him out?]
[ B - Entertainment District | whenever Yuto arrived | closed to
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[Shun doesn't quite know what to think of Sakaki's stream, of the revelation that Yuto has somehow been trapped within his code, of that 'Shadow Game' and the duel that follows. Just like that night over a month ago, he's forced to watch and do nothing, hands clenching, he tenses right until the moment Yuto's awareness returns, when his reactions confirm that it's him and not just a puppet of CERES or another bad dream.
One month worth tension bleeds right out of him for good just as he watches the public post – Yuto is alive, is here and Shun is not trapped alone any longer – and he sighs as he leans back into the concrete wall of the rooftop corner that is one of his sleep spots. One month since he's arrived here and in some ways it's been much more exhausting than one week of working with Akaba.
(Akaba gets things done after all, for all that he's secretive, for all that his approach is much too passive for Shun's liking. That is much more than he can say about CERES.)
The lack of an actual enemy to fight, of anything to do but to live through the same routine of training, playing ViViD and watching the Research Building has been wearing on him, has given him too much time at hands to think about Ruri and Yuto, about Resistance and home; especially after he had gotten the truth of that night out of Sakaki, the combination of all above is frustrating to the point of tiring and at this point it's Shun's sheer stubborn refusal to be broken that has kept him from faltering.
Maybe, he thinks as he sends the other a text with his location, with Yuto now here, they'll get more done. They'll figure it out once Yuto is done dealing with Sakaki and possibly Hiiragi from the sound of it and actually gets here... whenever that may be. It doesn't really matter – time is the one thing they have in abundance right now.
Shun closes his eyes once he's sent the text, not really expecting an answer. He is too drained and exhausted to feel anything but muted relief about Yuto's (revival?) arrival and sleep is precious. Two minutes later, Shun has already drifted into dreamless oblivion as he waits.]
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Still, the cluster that Mizael placed that card with, is undeniably defensive, speaks of certain skills and knowledge.]
...You are a duelist.
[Someone beyond himself, Sakaki and Hiiragi? CERES must be bringing in new people again then, he supposes. There's just the question of which dimension the other was pulled from...]
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Yes, I am.
[He take a moment to look over the cards again, and then pulls up a chair and sits down across from Shun. What is being friendly and polite, he sure doesn't know, but he can maybe try. a little bit.]
My name is Mizael. I'm a dragon user.
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Actually replicating the introduction is about as far as it goes.]
Kurosaki Shun.
[Generally Winged-Beast user, but that's not something he outright advertises until he faces off in duel. Element of surprise and anyway, if someone can't tell as much from his name that's their problem.
Anyway, whether Mizael minds or not, he has a deck to finish building.]
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But it isn't enough for Mizael to feel like leaving, mostly because now that he's sitting, he doesn't really want to get up again (and Shun didn't object when he sat down, so it's probably fine). Not to mention, he's not sure what to do now that he's here. Mizael sighs irritably and rests his chin in his hand, elbow on the table; it's going to take a few minutes of looking around and watching the humans to figure it out.
Watching the humans is boring, though, so it isn't long before Mizael is watching Shun and what he's doing more than he's watching anyone else. And making faint noises of interest or disapproval every so often when Shun moves a card around.]
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He appears fairly successful in tuning out Mizael once he starts taking interest in his work again, focusing on putting together his spell set-up instead. Though, by the third time it happens Shun sets down the card he's picked out and regards Mizael with a mix of irritation and annoyance.]
Do you attempt backseat-deckbuilding for every stranger you come across?
[Talk about really rude duelist habits.]
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You're the only one who's had their deck out in the open.
[And usually he's just passing through and only gets to make one unsolicited observation, if any.]
I'll stop.
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Anyway, Shun has selected the last card for his set up and is stacking together his spells and traps before reaching for the monsters and start shuffling his new deck.]
If you are so invested, you can help me test the deck.
[Is that Shun's backwards way of issuing a challenge? Why yes, it might be!]
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Vectorslosers....Yeah, okay, so maybe he was still watching Shun a bit out of the corner of his eye, because he straightens up and smirks before Shun is finished speaking. Normally, he wouldn't be nearly as interested helping anyone test their deck, much less a human, but right now he really wouldn't mind a low key duel to relax a bit.]
All right. I could use a distraction.
[And obviously they can't do this in here (since who plays cards on a table?), so up he gets to start heading back toward the door.]
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It takes a moment for Shun to follow – he needs to gather up and put away the cards that haven't made the cut for the deck and takes the second he needs to down the remains of his coffee (part habit really, it'd be a waste of resources), then put down some money before he leaves as well.
He catches up with Mizael on the outside, quickly brushing past the other. He'd prefer to choose the site of their duel somewhere private, in a place that he can change gears and even run if there turns out to be a need. The other doesn't look like someone from Academia, but that doesn't make him trustworthy.]
Follow me.
[Hope you don't mind climbing a fire escape or three in order to get to the roof top that Shun has in mind, Mizael.]
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At least until Shun starts climbing up ladders. Not that Mizael has any problem with heading somewhere higher up for this, but he has no interest in climbing anything if he doesn't have to. So once Shun is high enough, Mizael just starts jumping up after him instead, like he jumps up the sides of buildings everyday.
Because that's definitely how non-Academia human people get around.]
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He frowns to himself as he slips over the last railing and onto the rooftop, reading his duel disk and exchanging decks. Even if it turns out, he's ended up challenging an enemy, he's confident enough that it will hold him out; even on the unlikely chance that he's driven into a corner.
He glances over at Mizael once he is done slating the deck in and activating the disk. They better get on with this.]
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Dramatic like how he summons his duel diskShun's getting right down to business, he likes that. Mizael summons forth his own duel disk and his D-Gazer and stands ready for everything to start.But instead of the tell-tale sign of code falling into place, there's...nothing. Mizael frowns and slowly blinks his eyes, turning his D-Gazer on and off a couple times, but it doesn't seem to make a difference. So he frowns over at Shun instead, because he's definitely the problem. His duel disk isn't anything like Mizael has seen before...but more importantly, he didn't pull out a D-Gazer of any kind, physical or not.
Well that's...not how it usually works...]
...You don't have a D-Gazer?
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Shun's frown deepens into confusion when there is no twin-hum of the activation of Solid Vision from the other's duel disk – the whole shape is foreign (where is his energy blade), and he has absolutely no idea why his left eye keeps changing eye color.
...Or what exactly that question is about.]
What the hell is a D-Gazer?
[Whatever it is, that's... not how it usually works...]
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It's to use AR Vision. To duel. It's usually a small device that covers one of your eyes...
[But he doesn't even one. So now Mizael's frowning at Shun's duel disk instead. He had been willing to write it off as some fancy model, since it wasn't like he hadn't seen his share of those, but obviously that wasn't the case.]
How does that work?