[System]
0 - The Fool
Rui Shinichi - Askr
I - The Magician
Matthew Harvester - Kresnik
II - The Priestess
Shirohane Kotori - Kikuri-hime
III - The Empress (NPC)
Hamada Leiko - Titania
IV - The Emperor (NPC)
Sutoraiki Kaminari - Zeus
V - The Hierophant
Samuru Amakusa - Shiro Amakusa
VI - The Lovers
Ryan Alon - Geraint
VII - The Chariot
Akane "Saito" Hanezawa - Setanta
VIII - The Justice
Katsuro Takuma - Giles Corey
IX - The Hermit
Ayano Wakahisa - Dantalion
X - The Fortune
Hashimoto Sato - Chronos
XI - The Strength (NPC)
Noboru Yamamoto - Atlas
XII - The Hanged Man (NPC)
Alexei Dragunov - Prometheus
XIII - The Death (NPC)
Chiaki Nettu - Freyja
XIV - The Temperance
Shizuka Otonashi - Inari
XV - The Devil
Jun Himura - Mordred
XVI - The Tower (NPC)
Fubuki Sayaka - Arachne
XVII - The Star (NPC)
Sieghardt Kasumi - Saturnus
XVIII - The Moon
Mako Moritomi - Israfil
XIX - The Sun
Zeke - Yatagarasu

The Story Thus Far
NOTE: This will only include story relevant events.

The beginning of the school term was nearing, and Rui had recently moved into Warakuma and was going to be attending soon. He met Noboru, who was a childhood friend of his shortly after arriving, and soon after he met Kami. Eventually the three went to the Warakuma Amusement Park, and after Noboru separated, Kami and Rui were drawn into the House of Mirrors.

After a series of strange events, they enter the Mirror World for the first time, and summon their Personas with the help of Kazuki, who happened to be there at the time. They were led out and informed of the Mirror World and the events that have taken place around it.

Shortly after discovering this, Noboru was taken into the Mirror World involuntarily. With the help of Kazuki and Megumi, Kami and Rui find the dungeon Noboru was in, and rescue him. Shortly after these events, Noboru was now part of the party.

In the following week, Matthew Harvester was taken, and police involvement resumed on the mass abductions originating from a year ago. Noboru, Rui and Kami responded quickly and went into the Mirror World to rescue him, also adding him to the party at the end of it.

With Golden Week near way Leiko Hamada was next, and just as quickly the party of four rescued her with the assistance of Riku. From then on, Kami formed the Investigation side, while Rui took care of the Dungeon side.

Shortly afterward, Chiaki Nettu was taken, and the team put together a rescue effort that resulted in a success. Meanwhile, Kami's investigation was showing up little results, as kidnappings so far seemed to be random, so no pattern was discernible.

Not long before midterms, Akane Hanazawa was taken, and the party put together a team to rescue her. The rescue was a success, leading to Akane joining the party. What followed after was a double kidnapping however, where Sato and Kotori were captured.

In the following week the team went to both dungeons and rescued both Sato and Kotori, subsequently the two joined the party as well.

The next week, Ayano and Kami had met up at the shopping center, and after a few events that had transpired, Ayano was captured, and immediately the next day Kami brought everyone together to rescue Ayano. After a difficult dungeon, it was found that Ayano had a more unique power as a Persona user, after she had been rescued.

Ayano's powers were put to the test during an emergency roughly a week later, when Alexei pursued cultist members as they kidnapped his sister, forcing his way into the mirror world. With Ayano's powers the party pinpointed their position and started a rescue mission for both Alexei and his sister Elena.

It was a success, with Alexei joining the team shortly afterwards, although with little time for rest, two more were taken the next week. Those two were Sieghardt, a member of the Drama club, and Ryan, a timid member of the Manga club.

Rui and Kazuki led two separate parties to rescue them in the coming weekend, though Rui's party run was smooth and Ryan was rescued without much incident, Kazuki did not have a much better time, and ended up requiring assistance, to which Rui and his party after rescuing Ryan, reinforced in the effort to rescue Seighardt. It was a resounding success, and the two were rescued safely.

After some investigation by Kami, he managed to find an unsettling truth after pinpointing the cult behind the attacks. The Junsei Sekai Tensei, or Perfect World Resurrection, was an old cult that has been around for awhile. There was one problem though, and that it's leader has gone completely MIA, and his wife died one year ago, despite the cult members passing mentions in a police interrogation.

Fast forward a week later, the Star Drop Café was attacked, and Mako, Shizuka, and Masahide were abducted by members the cult the party was pursuing. Aiko was injured, and Noboru sat this out to watch over him while everyone else successfully rescued the abductees.

Following this event, Jun Himura was abducted by the cult, and a Katsuro Takuma was caught in the crossfire, as well as many others. After a struggle from Jun Himura, it resulted in multiple of the abductors to be thrown into the mirror world as well. This resulted in strange knight enemies found within the dungeons, which were actually the people who were accidentally thrown into the mirror world.

After a rescue requiring two parties to go through different routes in the dungeon, everyone was rescued successfully. Though that has been resolved, tensions among Yakuza, authorities, combined with the presence of the Junsei Sekai Tensei cult, has made things uncomfortable for a few people.

That aside, summer break has begun but not two days into it, an incident has occurred in the Mirror World. Before they could investigate, Zeke, the hawk, guides everyone through to a new area called Seto, a giant lake and sea. Immediately they detect someone inside of it, much like the dungeons before, however upon reaching it, it's much smaller, but the threat to the person trapped here is all the same.

Rui takes a party in to rescue Samuru, while Kami takes another party to investigate Seto's immediate area. After a battle against Samuru's shadow, he awakens to his Persona and joins the team shortly after, while Kami's group sets their first foot into Seto's open areas, which starts as Japanese village and goes on into the fields.

Throughout the week everyone in varying parties explores this new area and progresses through it. Though considering this is Summer Break, Tadao offered everyone to take a trip to the beach for the weekend, which everyone accepted.

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[User]
Warakuma Central Shrine
Wednesday
July 13th, 2015

Kotori seemed to be calming down, seeing that her voice was more level again and she was smiling put some relief into Rui, knowing she was feeling more reassured. It was a small gesture, but the little things count for people who were shy like her, or so he believes. Kotori always seemed to try to enjoy herself, but he never felt she really did at some points, seeing her smile warmly in such a way for the first time told him all he needed, somehow he had an urge to protect her now. After a pause, he removed his hands from her shoulders as she suggested they continue along the way, he smiled back and responded,

"Of course, let's get going. I'm sure someone's turned up by now", surely, right? Well in any case, they were headed back for now. The festival itself was beginning to populate, as the square where the bon odori dancing was to be held was beginning to look more and more full. In maybe an hour they'll probably have people dancing there, but for now they headed back.

[Assistant]
Kotori Shirohane - Warakuma Central Shrine | Wednesday, July 13 2015

Rui was quick to agree with Kotori's suggestion of heading back - something she glad for simply because, as he turned to lead the way through the slowly growing crowd, she would have some time to calm down the heat that she could practically feel radiating from her face. As they walked with only the many sounds of the ongoing festival about them to accompany them, Kotori's thoughts drifted to what she'd just said to Rui - but as she caught herself thinking upon such things, she quickly shook her head and instead decided that there would be a time for that later, when she was alone. For now, she was at a festival, and so she ought to enjoy it - as Rui had suggested just a little while earlier yet. As such, she looked forward to meeting the others and to go around the festival together.

Unfortunately, this plan had one minor hitch. Namely, the fact that when they arrived at the meeting point, they found themselves in much the same situation as they'd been in when they had originally gone for their walk through the festival: they seemed to be all alone. Looking around, Kotori couldn't find any traces of the fellow investigation team members that she'd hoped to see - and for whom she'd already been trying to craft some excuse as for why they'd already gone on ahead rather than waiting for their arrival. Slight confusion and slighter yet worry crept into Kotori's mind as she glanced over to Rui - but even he didn't seem to know where the others were.

Not having thought of this possibility, Kotori was a little lost for what to do - at least until she remembered that she still had her phone with her. Quickly digging it out of her handbag, she checked it for any messages to indicate that the others had similarly decided to head out without them or that they'd been delayed - but to no avail. She was just about to start mustering the courage to ask Rui for his thoughts on the matter when her phone suddenly played a tone and buzzed in her hand. Kotori almost jumped at the unexpected notification of a received message and only barely managed to suppress a surprised cry - evidently, she wasn't exactly the most avid user of her phone nor particularly used to actually receiving messages or calls.

With a barely audible muttering to herself, Kotori quickly inspected the source of her surprise - and found only yet more surprise when she saw that it was from Shizuka. Apparently, she couldn't make it after all, but still wished her all the best at the festival. Kotori might have wondered at the odd phrasing were it not for the fact that another message arrived just then - followed in very short order by several more. Were she not more preoccupied with her surprise, Kotori may have wondered about the exact timing when, one by one, everyone else turned out to have some unforeseen commitment that unfortunately precluded their participation in the festival.

"Oh..." Kotori couldn't help but feel a little dejected - this did put quite a damper on the whole plan of going around the festival with everyone when just two turned out to have turned up. Glancing over to the other half of said two, Kotori saw that Rui no doubt too had found out that no one else was going to be showing up - and probably was a little disappointed with his situation, too. Not only had he already taken the time to go around the festival once with her, but now he wouldn't even get to see the girls in their yukatas - which Kotori had little doubt at least some of them would have worn.

Kotori only felt a little more guilty when she realised that, rather than anything he'd probably been hoping to for, Rui had instead just been laden with the sudden revelation of her own personal problems with no forewarning - in fact, she wouldn't have been surprised at this point if he was just annoyed with the whole situation and wanted to just go home; even if she could find no traces of frustration in the furtive glances she stole at his face.

"Uhm..." Kotori started, realising only then that she didn't really know what she wanted to say and took a moment to adjust her glasses despite her gaze being fixed on some non-descript patch of ground before her. "I... uhm, it doesn't seem like, well, the others are coming, so..." Kotori's voice trailed off at that point when she failed to find any way to say what she wanted. Of course, she could fully understand if Rui had had enough of the festival and wanted to go home - but at the same time, she found it strangely difficult to actually say that outright and instead, with a nervous glance his way, waited to see what his response would be.

[User]
Warakuma Central Shrine
Wednesday
July 13th, 2015

As Rui waited at the meeting spot alongside Kotori, it became increasingly apparent they weren't coming. At around the same time as Kotori opened up her phone, he too ended up doing so, just a string of messages from one after the other, having various different plans. Akane had a deadline to meet so she was able to come tomorrow, since Summer Comiket was coming soon, very soon, and Alexei was dragged to help her. Matt and Shizuka made last minute plans to do something else but were coming to the festival another day, while Ryan had a family dinner to attend, then there was Sen and Mako who both had very vague messages saying they couldn't come, it stood out since those two were the only vague ones. Then came Ayano who also spoke for Kami saying he came down with a summer cold and she was caring for him. As he scrolled down a myriad of other familiar names had not been lit up for a long time too.

He let out a somewhat dejected sigh, but then was reminded that he wasn't alone here at least. Kotori's voice broke his train of thought as he turned to her. She seemed to have entered a similar mood, but it would do no good to just go back now. He gave it a bit of thought, before sighing again,

"I guess it can't be helped", he began. Everyone's beginning to go their own paths, and that was fine. He predicted after this entire cult business was over, everyone was going to begin to focus on the paths they want to take in life in full force.

"Everyone has their own plans, so let's make our own right now", he continued, he stopped leaning up against the fence and stood up properly and turned to Kotori, offering her a hand.

"Let's enjoy the festival tonight then, just the two of us", after all, it would be a waste to just go back now.


[System]
Age: 15

Appearance:

No scarf, eyes are blue, no glove, and no bag.

Element: Ice

Personality: Dia is aloof, distracted by the details that make things. Like how ice is made up of crystalized water, buildings of overlaying stone, and the details of nonliving materials. The living interest her less, making her slow to notice people and as such come off as rude and antisocial.

When not involved in a conversation, or project, Dia is quiet and prone to inner monologuing on what she sees. While involved in something, Dia often becomes highly animated. Anyone who spends time around her would argue that she holds two personalities.

However, if you get Dia to become involved in the conversation you'll discover she has a great love for life and cares for others deeply. The problem is just coming out of her daze.

This love of life is blatantly obvious when she's more animated, and she becomes prone to overstating what she's thinking.

Dia is not entirely quick to open up about her deep inner fears and hopes, though, at least not until she feels comfortable around those present.

History: Dia came from two water elementalists, living nearby to the elemental school her parents had attended. She started displaying odd elemental abilities around the age of twelve, a chill around her persons. After she started becoming obsessed with details, her parents wanted to try and help her gain control (afraid that the abilities were affecting her head) and grow as a person.

In the future, Dia personally hopes to become a kind of defender with her abilities, protecting others and objects from harm. Eventually she'd love to be able to provide medical aid as well, and maybe even use her powers to help in that field (numbing and freezing, in other words).

[User]
Emi

Location
Dorm room
Amsterdam

Emi had woke up some time ago when the sun had risen, she got a nice long shower and was currently busy with taming the big ball of fluff you could call her hair. She was still pretty tired so she occasionally would drop her head a bit while brushing her hair. It was always difficult to go through the morning to make it on time for school. She would always be way to drowsy to do anything like a normal person.

The shutting of the front door caught her off guard for a moment so she wanted to look but ended up tripping over her hair dryer cord and fall face flat on the ground while her roommate stepped into the shower. She gave a quick pout before returning to fixing her hair. After hearing her roommate walk around the living room again after half an hour or so she jumped out of her own room too immediately angeling her upper body for a cute pose while saying a weird line.

"Tuturu ohayo~"

She gave her roommate a nice long smile before standing upright again slowly making her way over to Dia with both hands on her back.

"How did your day go yesterday, I haven't seen you go out this morning either hehe."

[Assistant]
Dia - Dorm Room

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Dia turned bright red at the last mention, stuttering out several attempts at an explanation.

"Well, I went to relax on the roof with the Stars.... There was - I met - I got...." she puttered out, letting out a sigh. "S-sorry...I was up there a lot with Felix, then we got pulled into this run thing, and then I...."

She broke off again, turning an ever brighter red.

"ohgoditsoundssohorriblehowimsayingit," Dia muttered under her breath. Taking a deep breathe, she kinda stood there awkwardly for a moment.

"H-H-How about I m-make breakfast before I head out again?"

[User]
ShiZhen stepped into the bathing/training area timidly, noticing the Headmaster, and Mr. Manilow, the rather rowdy, yet slightly mysterious teacher who had given a strange speech at yesterday's ceremony. Since Mr. Hargor had mentioned being with 'another student', she could only assume that 'said student' had left through some other entrance. M-Mr. Hargor? L-last night...during the...run...my friend and I encountered a...water-related obstacle. As the water elemental among us, I should have dealt with the situation, but I was powerless, and my friend, who is a sweet, harmless, wind elemental who loves music, was the one trying to save me. We...we both woke up in the infirmary this morning. I...I want to get stronger...I need to get stronger. I don't want to be useless anymore!" Realizing that she had raised her voice somewhat, she shrank back in on herself. The high humidity of the springs collected on her body, and very soon, she was drenched, sopping wet from head-to-toe, simply because her powers had activated in her nervousness.

Is that any way to greet a teacher? Catherine thought to herself, and smirked, liking Kanako's faux-rebellious attitude already. "Yes I am. Catherine Hargreaves, but outside of classes, feel free to call me Catherine," She said as she hovered down to Kanako, a deathly stillness of the air descending on them and ending the gust that had been playing with Kanako's skirt. "Students who go out of their way to seek instruction certainly get teachers' attention, so for now I'm all yours. But first, I'd like a demonstration of your level of control." Catherine waited for Kanako to either start displaying her powers, or explain how she didn't know how to use them yet. Catherine hadn't yet looked at the footage from the previous night so had no knowledge of Kanako's level of aptitude.

[Assistant]
He wrinkled his nose at her as she came up with names for him. They weren't very interesting. "I'm not a quartz or a picasso. I'm a Zeke." He took her hand, pulling her gently along as they retraced their steps to the dorms. He explained as they went; "Icy is a girl who makes things cold. So she's icy. Yellow makes plants grow, but his eyes are this funny yellow colour and so he's yellow. You make music and have a singing violin, so you are Viola. I'm a Zeke because I do what Zeke does." He stopped in the foyer of the dorms and spun around, trying to guess where her room was.

Then he spotted a shadow on the ceiling that make a very interesting shape. Distracted, he started drawing it, the way it overlapped with a sunbeam from a different window but was still far enough away that it was darker than the other parts of the ceiling. He had, however underestimated the crowd, and he was bumped four times before he wiped the drawing away with a mumbled whine. "People getting in the way and ruining my picture and nyaaaa." He folded his arms and pouted.

Stygian

[User]
Algorithm
As they spoke, Kanako noticed that the strong wind blowing around them suddenly died down. Perhaps this was due to Miss Catherine's power? She imagined doing such a thing would be easy for an experienced wind elementalist like her.

"Y-yes, right away!" Kanako replied to Catherine's request. She didn't expect she would be asked to demonstrate her strength first before beginning their lessons. Well, she just have to calm down and do her best.

Kanako took a deep breath and spread her legs apart a little. She began with something simple. Taking care on facing away from Catherine, she gathered the wind around her before blowing them all to the empty space in front of her. After that, she gathered the winds around her once more but this time she blew it all around her towards the four directions.

That's it for the strength demonstration... now for finesse...

Kanako then brought her hands close to her stomach, before manipulating the air around them to create a swirling ball of compressed air inside them. At first, the air density was light, but as she focused, she added more and more air to the ball. As the ball got denser and bigger however, she could feel that she was slowly losing control of the thing. She now thought she would reverse the process, slowly taking air out of the swirling wind ball. However...

"A-aaaaaa, n-nonononono!"

The ball instead spun faster and faster as Kanako panickedly tried to make it die down. In the end, the wind ball exploded right in front of Kanako, sending her flying a few meters away from where she stood.

"Ooowww, that did not go as I expected..." she said to herself as she rose up, after landing on her butt. She always had trouble in controlling the wind in that manner. It seemed she just lacked the finesse necessary.

"So, h-how did I do, Miss?" she asked Catherine eagerly. What the poor girl didn't realize that thanks to her wind ball, she had shredded her own skirt to pieces. Now, she stood in front of a teacher wearing nothing but a pair of pantyhose-covered panties down there.

[Assistant]
Silas Asara

After a few moments of searching through his things, Silas managed to retrieve a set of clean clothes. He hadn't gotten changed after the chaotic events of the night run, so a shower was most definitely in order. Besides, taking a shower would help him actually wake up, he certainly didn't need to piss off more of the teachers by passing out mid-class! As he stood up, the ever-tempting bed next to him caught Silas's eye. He so badly wanted to just fall down and sleep through the rest of the day, it took all of his willpower to resist the inviting call of the pillows and sheets.

He let out a defeated sigh as he proceeded towards the bathroom clothes tucked under one arm, before his path was intercepted by Vera. Currently she was the complete opposite of Silas. He was a mess, tired and angry at the fact he was currently awake, while she seemed energized, happy, and generally ready for the day.

"Classes? Oh, there's nothing to worry about, love. We didn't miss a thing,"

She had been waving a paper around as she spoke, and Silas found it being pushed into his hands as soon as Vera had stopped talking. "Well that's good... Now I don't have to worry about some teacher literally burning me because I missed the first day." Silas said as he gave a small chuckle. Now that class had been cancelled, he wouldn't have to contend with a teacher's ire tomorrow.  In a place where the Headmaster looks like he could be the final boss of a video game, and another teacher threatens students on day one, I probably shouldn't piss a teacher off.

"Ooh, how about we grab a bite somewhere together before training? That ought to make you feel better."

The mention of food caused Silas to realize that he'd not eaten anything since waking up, albeit he only woke up a few minutes ago. It was if the words themselves had made him hungry, Silas even thought he heard his stomach growl, though he was unsure if it was just his imagination. Still, food was food and he wanted to eat.

"Yeah that sounds great! Just gimme a minute to get ready."

Spurred on by the motivation of food, Silas rushed into the bathroom and hastily closed the door behind him.

Silas stepped into the shower and turned on the water, the warmth felt great on his exhausted body, yet there was something... off about this water. Every time a drop touched his skin, the connection felt more than just physical. Strange as it sounded, it was as if the water was almost... calling to him? Was this just because he was at the academy? Maybe it was just his tired brain making shit up? Or maybe this was because of his own elemental power? Two feelings in particular washed over him as the water cascaded past. On one hand being surrounded by the water felt nice, it was soothing and comforting in a way. Yet at the same time the water felt as if it could become a suffocating and threatening presence on a whim. Confused greatly, Silas elected to get out of the shower and get dressed.

Emerging from his side of the dorm room, considerably more awake, clean, and 'present' than before Silas called to his roommate.

"Alright, I'm ready to head out. Where are we going?"

[User]
Emi

Location
Dorm room
Amsterdam

After asking how Dia her day went yesterday she turned bright red for no apparent reason. Emi tilted her head seeming a bit confused as to what had suddenly happened to her. Dia looked all too nervous and flustered at the same time... Her first school day couldn't have been that exciting right?

"E-eh.."

Dia went aloof with her story, telling Emi how she looked at the stars together with Felix? and they then went running. Did she actually meet someone that she likes already? That was fast. Dia only reddened as her words became a big ball off tangled wires and then quickly stopping herself before it got even worse. Dia calmed herself down before completely diverting the topic, NO! Emi ran up to her and held both of her hands while looking her straight in the eyes with a serious tone.

"Oh my god. This is a scoop. Tell me everything about him, as recent promotion of becoming your roommate I must know. You can't leave me out of this!"

The room turned silent before Emi her stomach made a big loud growl clearly breaking the tension in the room right now. Emi let go of Dia and dropped herself down to her knees while holding one hand behind her head and giving a slight awkward giggle.

"Dear oh dear hehe, I'm could really use some eggs in my belly... he."

She gave a soft puppy lip at Dia hoping she would be so kind to cook some food for this poor blonde floof.

[Assistant]
Dia - Dorm Room

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Dia bowed her head slightly. "I can do eggs," she said with a small smile. "But only sunny side up. The rest is always a mess and ruined when I try."

---

A short time later Dia had put down a plate for Emi, herself, and found some containers to take some for Felix. She was currently enraged with cleaning up her mess, still a little flustered over Emi's last request to know more about her ramblings.

"He's, uh, another first year. And, I don't know, there's just something about him that clicks. Err. Like there's this bit that makes everything feel okay and that I can not worry around him so much. If that makes sense?" Dia said softly.


[System]
Alternate 1. Alternate 2. Alternate 3.

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Background: Sukaina was born under a married Arab-American couple, one who lived on the Babel Space Station for all of their lives. Her parents raised her under a sheltered lifestyle, and often attempted to find out what her main niche talents were in order to help her find a place within the station, in order to become part of society. It wasn't until she was six that she discovered she was good at fixing things, especially Tech. She worked on this skill ever since then, and even though both her father and her mother were not exactly as tech-savvy as she was, they had a vague understanding of how it worked. When she was older, she applied to schools in that field, and often made nice demonstrations with what she built from scrap. It wasn't until later when she went to college, and trained under BISE as a Spacer as she attended college, applying her skills and knowledge to work with weapons and armor as well. She soon graduated, and was named Armory Chief when she was fully inducted into the program. She used to work on the station before the civil war broke out, but when it did, she was reassigned to the Pathfinder, and was on the ship for quite a bit since then. Nowadays, she fixes, smiths and improves weapons and armor onboard the ship.

Personality: Sukaina wasn't much of a people person to begin with. She didn't like talking to other people, she preferred to be alone with her gadgets instead. Her obsessive-compulsive behavior, as well as her hints of Asperger's made her a difficult woman to work with sometimes, but when she got the job done, she got it done right and on time. She was shy compared to most people, but she would speak up when it was necessary to do so, and she maintained at least a little bit of professionalism when around her superiors. She does get a little annoyed easily, but since high school, she's learned to control her temper and outbursts. While she does prefer to be alone sometimes, she doesn't mind having one or two friends to count on, as she's simply not the social butterfly type. In times of emergency, she normally keeps a calm and cool head, and is able to solve problems on the fly.

Equipment
 - Standard-issue Assault Rifle, smithed upgraded to the point where it could qualify as a light machine gun
 - Standard-issue Heavy Pistol, smithed and upgraded to the point where it could qualify as a hand cannon
 - Standard-issue Heavy Armor, armor that doubles as both an enviro-suit and ballistics protection. Comes armed with kinetic barriers, a HUD, an onboard computer and two blades that retract along the wrists/arms.

Strengths
 - Very good at fixing things, especially weapons and armor. Turn in your weapon and armor for one night, and expect it to be good as new the next day or two. Being the Armory Chief, this is is what's expected of her.
 - Excellent marksman. Can take out most common targets with a single burst of automatic fire, or with a single shot from her hand cannon. Thank training from Spec Ops for that.
 - Very tech savvy. Can hack most human-based computers and locks with ease. When working on various tech gadgets when in school, she's transferred those skills as she grew up to various jobs along the way, learning how to bypass most locks and encryption devices.
 - Quite cultured and educated. Has some basic college education (aside from what she learned with technical stuff and in the military), and is ahead of the bell curve in many respects.

Weaknesses
 - Even at gunpoint, she can't cook for shit. She always has to resort to frozen food, and sometimes even she screws that up. Her parents never taught her, and they always got fast food when she grew up.
 - Has a fear of crawly things, her big sister having played pranks on her with rubber crawly things in her sleep when she was a kid.
 - She sometimes has her idiot moments as well, and she has some of the scars to prove it. Some people just can't be bright all of the time.
 - She's not that good at flying things. At all. Never ask her to take the helm. Driving, on the other hand... she's not too bad at, but not good at it either.

Speech Color: .

Other: Can't think of anything now, but I plan on using this character for a whole lot of my sci-fi RPs.

[User]
"Warning!"
"Warning!"
"Critical Engine Failure!"

Commander Nathaniel Cook ran to the front on the Pathfinder, watching as an enemy ship engaged theirs. They were fired upon first as they pushed to get to a planet to refuel. The Pathfinder was low on fuel and getting shot at wasn't helping much either. Nathaniel stood next to the pilot, Sera Kennithson, and looked at the warning messages. Shot after shot, the Pathfinder was getting hit. Hard. And Nathan heard the constant beeping of the A.I. that gave the warnings.

"Do you think you can pull her together?" Nathan asked, trying to remain calm. He gave the orders to fire back and some crew members manned the guns to do so. The ship was racked with another direct hit, tearing metal armor plates off the side of the cockpit. Nathan's balance was interrupted and he stumbled around.

The enemy firing at the Pathfinder crew was a notoriously hostile group of extraterrestrials known as the Esper. They were a violent race, wanting nothing but to dominate their area. Nathan knew what they were attempting to do; they wanted to board the ship.

[Assistant]
Sera had been holed up in the cockpit for too long, she was about to go on a break when the damned Espers attacked. The Pathfinder was taking heavy damage, and systems were failing one by one. A prompt came up on the systems analysis terminal to her right, she didn't even get a chance to read it before the AI blared out the issue.

"WARNING"
"CRITICAL ENGINE FAILURE"

Sera swore under her breath, as the captain asked if she could pull the old girl together. She really didn't need him staring over her right now. "Uh. one second sir," she said pulling up a full analysis of the damage, "Main thrusters are down, we're running on Retro's and the RCS until engineering gets them back... oh fuck these guys" she cut her sentence as she swung the ship around to give the guns a better view of the attackers - all she could do now was slight course adjustments and pivot her around if she didn't want to be a sitting duck, she hammered a few buttons under the dashboard. A terminal or two lit up, but flickered. "RADAR and LADAR systems are on the fritz but they stay up long enough for what we're using 'em. If you want my opinion, we're all kinds of fucked until we get mobility again. Maybe we should prepare to be boarded, give these guys a run for their money".

Another thud hit the hull of the ship - if Sera wasn't strapped in she would have been thrown from her seat. Even the commander seemed to be struggling with his balance. Another terminal died.

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For the most part, Sukaina was caught in a different state, a working state, if you will. Sitting in the armory, one filled with (what else), weapons and armor along shelves, lockers and benches. Sitting at a bench by herself, she was using a small welding tool to fuse a few circuits together on a gun's targeting HUD, wearing her tank top, dog tags, combat boots and military issue fatigue trousers. She was listening to some smooth electronica as she focused and concentrated on welding the two circuits together.

 And then an alarm sounded, snapping her out of her trance. She looked up, watching as the alarms made the lighting in the room fade in and out of red. She looked confused as all hell.

 "You can't be fucking serious!" She shouted, starting to get angry. "This better be importa-" She was cut off by an explosion that shook the ship, causing her to nearly lose her balance. "Oh shit!" She then looked to see what the warning was on her armband computer, now knowing that they were under attack from a hostile alien vessel. "Dammit!" She shouted as she saw crew members running around in the other rooms, some carrying wounded to the medical bay while others ran into her armory and grabbed some weapons. It seemed obvious that they were preparing to repell boarders.

 Immediately, Sukaina snapped on a set of her standard issue armor, putting it on as fast as she could, putting on her helmet and pressurizing her suit for space combat. After a few more explosions, she immediately grabbed her assault rifle and handgun, putting them on herself before handing out rifles to some of the crew members who are part of the fireteam onboard the Pathfinder. Once all the weapons in the locker were handed out, she got her own rifle ready and ran out into the main hall. "Commander! Status report!" Sukaina called out into the comms.

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Jack felt the ship lurch forward and immediately began to curse under his breath. Ships didn't lurch naturally and it always meant a headache for him. Soon after, the A.I. began to go off announcing engine failure. Jack had already been running to the engine rooms, and with the A.I. going off he picked up the pace a little more.

He was yelling at some of the other engineers that had been on duty asking for a status of the engines and what they could do for power. As soon as he knew a bit of the situation, he began barking orders to divert power to the working systems. It seemed the main thrusters were beyond a quick repair, but there was still power, for now.

They had diverted power to shields, but the onslaught was still continuing. "Stop getting shot!" He shouted into a commlink to the bridge. Not a moment after he finished a different kind of impact hit the ship. "I wonder if that pilot knows to dodge the projectiles," He grumbled to himself. He figured that may have been a boarding crew since it seemed the main fire stopped. With the ship in barely stable conditions and the shields holding fine, he moved on to help the crew repair the far left thruster. It seemed to take the least amount of damage and may be able to work in the next several minutes. He kept a few other crews keeping the other systems like RADAR and LADAR functioning as well. If they were being borded Sukaina would have to take care of it primarily with her crew.

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Nathan ran to get his own weapon from the armory, only to get knocked off his feet from a boarding pod hitting the side of the ship. "Fuck!" Nathan yelled, getting up from the floor. He ran to the main intercom to alert the whole ship. He looked at the pod, knowing for a fact they were about to be boarded soon. "Everyone! We are being boarded! Proceed to the main deck for a counter attack! Sukaina! Keep them out of the armory!" The Commander ordered before the door to the pod opened. Nathan was only a few yards away and he scrambled to the cockpit. He locked the door for Sera, knowing that the Esper would try and hijack them. After this, he sprinted to the armory.

As he approached the armory, he could hear some of his lower-class crew engaging the enemy. They were in good shape, at least for now. Nathan banged on the door to be let in, the ship still being fired upon as he awaited entry. He then heard another boarding pod hit the ship, luckily only grazing the side from the erratic movements from being fired upon.

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"Stop getting shot!" a voice yelled over the ships com-link - Sera recognised the voice as being Reagen, the ships chief engineer. Smarmy Bastard. The ship shook as a pod hit it, boarders were here. The commander had already ran to get a gun and locked the bridge so Sera wasn't instantly jumped.

She shook her head, putting her hand under the console again, making sure her pistol was in it's place - one of the only weapons on the ship that didn't get locked up in the armoury just for situations like this. Can't have an unarmed pilot if the bridge gets breached. She hit a button on her comm system straight to the engine room, "If you want me to stop getting shot then get me some damned thrust, I can't do anything without shooting her into reverse and leaving us a sitting duck!" she yelled, hoping Reagen caught on that it was for him, the thought came to mind, Wait that might work she thought.

Her radar registered two more blips, those engineering lads knew how to keep things running at least. Two more landing pods on a direct course for them. She clicked another button, the whole ship was going to get this one. She put on her best calm and collected voice, "Ladies, gentlemen and boarders this is your pilot speaking. Please find something to hold onto, we'll be running into a small amount of disturbance in our acceleration pattern,". She waited until the blips on the radar we're fairly close. And then she whacked the ship into reverse - or well, retrograde if you wanted to get technical. The ship responded perfectly, coming to a stop fast enough that the boarding pods sailed straight past them. Hopefully the retro thrusters kept themselves up and running for any other evasive maneuvers.

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Sukaina, who was already ready for battle at this point, was just about to leave the armory. However, hearing her commander bark orders through the comms, she nodded, speaking back to him. "Aye aye!" She replied, activating crew-only locks on the doors so they can have access to the weapons, but would keep the boarders from getting access to all of their weapons, armor and ordnance. As of now, she was the only one in the armory, until she heard knocks on the door. Checking the lock interface on the door, she saw it was a human on the other side, and immediately opened the door, revealing Commander Nathaniel Cook.

"Commander!" Sukaina exclaimed, a little surprised to see him here, of all places. Almost immediately, she gestured him to come inside, drawing out her custom handgun and covering his entrance. Once he entered, she would shut the door behind him and activate the crew-only lock protocol. "Your weapons are still in your locker, some of the heavy ordnance is still in their respective units if you're looking to blow the bastards back out into space!" Sukaina said, checking each of the entrances to the armory, to make sure that the boarders aren't close. "Who the hell are we dealing with? What the fuck do they want?" She asked.


[System]
Notable Parents: None that she knew of, she's a orphan so she doesn't know her parents.
Age: 21

Sex: Female

Hair Color: Red

Eye color: Bright Blue

Appearance: (Picture preferred, Description is accepted, both are best!)

Stands 6'8 and is quite muscular and thick boned and a solid body, has tanned skin with a large scar going from cheek bone to cheek bone and crossing the bridge of her nose just below the eyes. Wears black fingerless armored knuckled gloves, as well as a chain necklace with a silver pendant with design of the summoning creature Valefor.

Weapon: Sword, fists, feet... Actually most of her body.

Fighting Style: Alex is highly skilled in swordsmanship, to the point where she can dual wield, but her impressive strength goes nicely with one sword so she can land harder hits. She's also skilled in hand to hand combat, her fists and kicks making powerful blows that could knock a Ronso on his tail.

Limit Break: Damocles Photon Slash Barrage- User dashed toward the enemy, weapon glowing with energy and slashing upwards. Knocking the enemy in the air, the user jumps after and repeatedly slashes the enemy before stabbing the enemy and swinging the enemy over the User's head and throwing it back to the ground. User then makes multiple slashes, creating energy protectjiles toward the opponent before slamming downward to slam the enemy from above.

Any Armor: Has minor chest plates and shoulder pads and some protection to the hips and armored knuckled gloves.

Skills:
-Impressive physical strength
-Great swordsmanship

Shortcomings:
-High Temper. Loses focus and thought when angered.
-Emotionally Unstable.
-Highly weak against magic attacks.
-Lacks self-esteem and is often a bit overly paranoid, worrying over things that come to mind be it true or untrue.
-Can be manipulated and/or tricked pretty easily.

Occupation: Defender Blitzball Star/Currently Guardian to Eva.

Biography: There isn't much to say really. Alex was found at the doorsteps of the Besaid Orphanage when just a infant. No one knew her name or where she came from, but she was named Alexandra after a legendary summon. Though she mostly called herself Alex, finding the shorter version more pleasing to hear at least coming from others. She was always a rambunctious child, always outgoing and ready to take on any challenge. Having a temper and a blunt personality, she didn't have a lot of friends. Being the only child in the orphanage, she was always alone. During summers, she met with Gippal and Urick but that was only when they visited. Naisha was another child she played with until the girl got sickly for some time. So, in the end, Alex was a lot of times alone. Disliked by temple priests who would mutter about her. However, she loved hearing the stories of the heroes who stopped Sin. In fact, one day Yuna and Tidus came to visit the orphanage. The blonde man had shown her kindness and shared stories of his adventures, especially as a Blitzball Player. That was the day when she dreamed of becoming the best Blitzball player.

Of course, that was always difficult for anyone. So she practiced everyday to be just like Tidus. Practicing with a wooden sword and a ball. In her teen years, she had a lot of competition to get in the home team. Years in fact of trying in the try outs until she was finally accepted. Now she has become a star player, known for her aggressive tackles play on the field by defending her team.

Personality: Alex is a hot tempered woman with a sharp tongue. She is brutally honest and speaks her mind without truly thinking it through. She at times can be immature and is easily side tracked when pushed to aggression. Often careless and reckless, she finds herself in bad situations a lot times that usually end up in a brawl. Despite her aggressive nature, she has a kind heart and believes in doing the right thing, of course what she thinks is right. She has a soft heart for women and children, mostly. Usually she is able to speak her mind clearly, but when she feels flustered or embarrassed, she tends to stutter, have a mental panic attack, before avoiding the situation awkwardly. She also tends to have a very overprotective nature when she does care for someone. Be it friendship or love interest. She's brave and loyal, and despite her gruff hot tempered nature and being difficult to socialize with, she's a bit talkative and in reality is pretty lonely. Though she'd never admit it. She gets irritated when someone brings up how she has no parents, being slightly jealous others have a family while she lives without one. She has great confidence in her abilities as a warrior and a Blitzball player but finds herself being modest when she is praised a lot, unused to it. Usually has difficulties talking about herself.

Are you arriving in Besaid or Living there? Living there.

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"Mmmm… so bright…" Nai muttered as she woke up in the morning. The sun has already risen across the horizon and now was shinning on her through the window. It was blinding and quite uncomfortable. Especially with what she assumed was her hangover. Trying to move the heavy and warm blanket she usually slept with, the mage found out that she indeed found it hard to get up under it. Her muscles were hurting so badly she couldn't bring herself to push away the blanket… Eventually after about 5 minutes of mental preparation, she finally sat up and with even more weak than usual legs, managed to move from the bed, to the chair that was next to it.

 Going through the regular routine of casting the floating magic, to washing herself and dressing up, she finally was ready and just in time as she heard Alex knocking on the door.' The sounds hurts…' Nai thought as she was slowly moving to the front door to open it." I'm ready…, but please be a little bit quieter… my head is killing me still." The mage begged as she opened the door and came outside." I really shouldn't have drank like that last night… I'm sorry you had to bring me home like that." She said, reaching in her small bag she had and taking out a recovery potion. It was going to help with the hangover." I suppose the rest of the team should be gathered already. Let's go and win ourselves this game… " Nai was very close to asking Alex to not guard Gippal from time to time so he takes a hit or two, but she reminded herself the game was important and there was no place for personal things there.

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"...Ah... That's right."

Saina's eyebrows raised as she looked to the pale-haired brothers once more. Even as the bright lights invaded the purity of the space inside the temple, she appeared not to notice it.

"You are... blitzball players. I suppose then we will have to allow time for your necessary..."

Her voice trailed off as though she were looking for the correct terminology, as though the concept of what blitzball was was completely foreign to her.

"...duties..."

Was that right? Duty? She frowned. No, no that... couldn't be the right word. By her expression it was obvious she knew it, but decided to move forward to look at the summoner.

"Perhaps then, as they prepare and perform those... rituals... I and her ladyship can prepare supplies from the village come morning. I'm certain the task should be simple with the specific residents of Besaid."

She of course meant Tidus, Yuna and the rest of them. Saina looked to Eva, her expressionless face back once again.

"Should her ladyship feel she agrees, she can meet me in front of the temple tomorrow morning. If she has other things to attend to, I shall look into the task myself and... perhaps, if time permits, take a look into this... 'Blitzball' everyone loves so much."

Upon mentioning blitzball, she turned her eyes back to the brothers, nodding at them both.

"It would be nice to see the craft you two hold in such high regard in action. I... look forward to it."

With a touch of a smile warming her face, she nodded her head to the two of them before once again nodding to Eva.

"Your ladyship,"

With that, the pale woman departed the Besaid temple. Many people peered at her as she exited but she paid them no mind. Her head turned to the stars and her blue eyes reflected their brilliance. After gently closing them and taking a deep breath, Saina began to relax. What a long day. Off to the side, she spotted a trail that led down to the cliffside just tucked beneath the Temple. She turned to it and made her way down the cliffside overlooking the beach and the ocean before coming to a cozy overhang with enough space for three people to lay down on with ample space. She truly felt herself relax once she was away from the eyes of others, a soft sigh escaping her lips as she undid her cloak, allowing it to drape down and fold over the ground gracefully. With a stretch, her hands moved up to remove the ponytail from her hair. As she undid the band she felt her hair follicles nearly eek in joy as the blood rushed back into her scalp which she promptly massaged to help its flow. Even now her ebony and blue hair danced surreally in the oceanic breeze.

Unhindered by the laws of physics, or so it seemed, her hair moved as though she were underwater. A small side effect of her magic, she assumed. She usually wore her hair in a ponytail to hide this strange phenomenon and usually it went completely unnoticed. As though she needed anything else to make her look strange aside from skin like snow in this mad world. She pressed her body against the warm stone of the cliffs and sank down against it. How cozy this place was... if only there wasn't a village over her head, she could see herself just living here forever. Reaching out, the tips of her fingers managed to grab her cloak and wrap it around herself. Tonight wasn't the kind of night she could kick her shoes off and remove her skant clothing aside from the cloak, she decided. She had already placed her katana beside her.

She wasn't cold--she was never cold. But sleep didn't feel right without a blanket of some kind. Her eyes slowly closed as she stared out at the ocean and the stars beyond, trusting the gods to watch over her this night.

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With the cries of the gulls and the sun breaking the horizon into a beautiful dance of purple and orange hues, Saina's eyes cracked open. Morning... She rose up, nearly finding herself dizzy as her blood began its recirculation. With a soft groan, she took the cloak that had covered her last night and tied it snuggly around her waist, put her hairband on her wrist and her katana on her back. Before going to see the summoner, she decided to refresh herself.

Her stare meeting the rising sun head on, the pale woman ran and leapt off of the cliff and into the sea.

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Alex waited at the door with her arms crossed over her chest, left foot gingerly tapping against the ground. Though, she knew Naisha would take a moment after drinking like that. When the door opened and Naisha spoke, the red head simply grinned a little. "Well the game is going to be even louder in the games. Think of me like preparation for it." she laughed softly as she went behind nigh, gripping the handles of the chair before starting off toward the stadium.

At the apology, Alex chuckled and patted her friend's left shoulder. "Eh don't worry about. It was no problem. Just glad you seem okay." Alex said with a grin. "We'll definetly win this one!" the red head said, entering the stadium and maneuvering through crowds of eager people.

Several trying to talk to her in order to get a autograph. Alex declined as she made her way to the teams lobby. Letting go of Naisha's chair, Alex went on ahead with grin playing on her lips. "I'm going to go on ahead to change into the uniform. Make sure you get ready to watch us win this!" she said before going off.

She wasn't looking foreword to seeing Gippal, but for the game, she'd have to put her irritations for him to the side.


[System]
Age: 16

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Personality: Haas is a rather...interesting person. He's prone to highly energetic bursts of activity in rather sporadic periods, optimistic and cheerful and generally a really peppy guy. That changes after an hour or so, and he becomes somewhat grumpy, tired, sluggish, and overall a bit of an ass to deal with. He's never excessively tired however, as long as he takes one of his legendary fifteen minute power naps, after which he looks like he just got a full night's sleep and goes right back to being happy.

History: Born the oldest of four children to a German toy-maker, a modest living was all that Haas' father could afford for his family, and barely even at that. Despite the financial troubles they went through, his father always maintained an air of exuberant optimism, that was almost infectious.

Wanting to be like his father, Haas worked hard to always have a smile on his face. Balancing the work at the store along with his education, Haas' friends eventually got him into Duel Monsters, and the toymaker's son was surprisingly decent at it. Well, he at least knew which way a chain went. Ironically, Haas took the entrance exam for the Duel Tower Academy entirely by accident, having one of his "tired" episodes wound up getting him to sign up for some sorta desert dueling school. He passed the exams no problem and lo and behold, he was off. His father, rather than being worried about the store with one less set of hands was supportive, willing to believe that his son could make his (apparent) dreams of becoming a professional Duelist come true. However that worked.

Favorite Card/Archetype or theme: Favorite Card: Wind-Up Rabbit

Chosen Structure Deck: Zen and Punishment (Custom)

-21 Monsters-
x1 Wind-Up Knight
X1 Wind-Up Soldier
x2 Wind-Up Juggler
x2 Wind-Up Honeybee
x1 Wind-Up Shark
x1 Wind-Up Warrior
x2 Wind-Up Hunter
x1 Wind-Up Dog
x1 Wind-Up Rat
x2 Wind-Up Kitten
x1 Wind-Up Snail
x1 Wind-Up Bat
x1 Summoner Monk
x1 Re-Cover
x2 Hyena
x1 Dogu

-11 Spells-
x2 Weights & Zenmaisures
x1 Zenmailfunction
x1 Card Shuffle
x1 Supply Squad
x1 Shard of Greed
x1 Legendary Wind-Up Key
x1 Monster Slots
x1 Downward Current
x1 Mystical Space Typhoon
x1 De-Synchro

-8 Traps-
x1 Zenmairch
x1 Attention!
x1 Void Trap Hole
x1 Appropriate
x1 Chain Ignition
x1 Dust Tornado
x1 Negate Attack
x1 Turnabout

-Extra-
1x Shark Fortress
1x Wind-Up Zenmaister
1x Mechquipped Angineer
1x Sirius The Blue Wolf Star

-21 Monsters-
x1 Wind-Up Knight
X1 Wind-Up Soldier
x2 Wind-Up Juggler
x2 Wind-Up Honeybee
x1 Wind-Up Shark
x1 Wind-Up Warrior
x2 Wind-Up Hunter
x1 Wind-Up Dog
x1 Wind-Up Rat
x2 Wind-Up Kitten
x1 Wind-Up Snail
x1 Wind-Up Bat
x1 Summoner Monk
x1 Re-Cover
x2 Hyena
x1 Dogu
x1 Gravekeeper's Ambusher
x1 Mecha Phantom Beast Harrliard

-11 Spells-
x2 Weights & Zenmaisures
x1 Zenmailfunction
x1 Card Shuffle
x1 Supply Squad
x1 Shard of Greed
x1 Legendary Wind-Up Key
x1 Monster Slots
x1 Downward Current
x1 Mystical Space Typhoon
x1 De-Synchro

-8 Traps-
x1 Zenmairch
x1 Attention!
x1 Void Trap Hole
x1 Appropriate
x1 Chain Ignition
x1 Dust Tornado
x1 Negate Attack
x1 Turnabout

-Extra-
1x Shark Fortress
1x Wind-Up Zenmaister
1x Mechquipped Angineer
1x Sirius The Blue Wolf Star
1x Armades, Keeper of Boundaries
Points: 30

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Hayato heard the bus stop and tried to get off the bus as fast as he could. He hated traveling by car or by bus and was happy to finally get off, wondering what the inside of the building was like. He walked into the building, following someone else who had already entered the building before him. Hayato took the elevator up to the 11th floor with him and quietly waited for the other person to get his deck and duel disk before making a move of his own.

Looking at the uninterested person handing over the deck and the duel disk, he walked towards the teacher and simply told him "Just give me the samurai warlords deck and a return of the duelist pack." The boy quickly received his deck after a long sigh of the teacher. They were opening the deck and replacing one of the cards with another, saying that the card that was in the structure deck was forbidden and needed a replacement. Hayato nodded as he received his deck, pack and duel disk and walked off to the arena and took a seat next to the person he followed. He started staring at the duel disk wondering how to use it "Hmm... My parents had never let me use one of these... How does this even work...?"

[Assistant]
Michelle made an effort to endure the sweltering heat. It was only an inconvenience in the journey, albeit a very uncomfortable one. She had made her decision to come to this Duel Academy, and she was not about to let a mere temperature ruin it for her. That being said, though, once the bus finally stopped and directions were given, Michelle went ahead of most of the others into the building, where it was thankfully air-conditioned. Michelle then began following the blue line as instructed and went into the elevator. A short period of time passed as she waited for the elevator to take her to their intended floor.

Getting out of the elevator, Michelle went over to the seemingly uninterested teacher who explained about the decks and packs. Looking over the choices, Michelle eventually said, "The Knights of Light structure deck, and the Duelist Genesis pack." After the cards and Duel Disk was handed to her, Michelle went off into.the stands and took a seat, then opened her box and pack of cards and started looking through them. The pack contained only cards useless to her current structure deck, but perhaps they could become useful in time.

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Megan gave a sigh of relief as the bus finally came to a stop at their destination. She jostled a little to push out ahead and quickly made her way to the blessedly air conditioned building ahead of them. All the while of course while following the blue line. Luckily due to her expediency she had gotten on the elevator without too many people crowding it. She found this whole thing very interesting, this should a lot of fun, and with any luck she would even get better at dueling. Megan looked at the decks uncertainly, the teacher's monotone drawl not helping her at all.

Shrugging she simply grabbed one that looked interesting and said, "I'll take this Warrior's Triumph pack, that's all thanks." The teacher didn't even look at her so she simply grabbed the pack as well a duel disk and retreated to a corner. Megan eagerly opened the pack and pursued the contents, this looked kinda cool, she could see how some of the cards worked together. She set the deck down and began fiddling with the duel disk, Megan had used one before of course but she wanted to make sure she knew how everything worked on it.

[Assistant]
Yin had slept basically the entire ride to the tower and waking up as the bus screeched to a halt she finally saw the tower. One could definitely say it did not disappoint to say the least. Slowly standing and walking leisurely off the bus and starting for the tower Yin rubbed her eyes in an attempt to wake up fully as she finally entered the tower. It was much cooler than outside, which was nice, but seeing as Yin was just wearing a nice, yet casual, chinese dress, it's not like the heat was an unbearable factor to her.

Once she had followed the blue line just as those before her Yin came across the same lame guy handing out decks and duel disks. Yin decided to ponder for a moment though because she decided the deck should represent her, and that's when it caught her eye. "I'll take that Dragon's Roar off your hands now, but no pack will be necessary at this time." This pointed out one of the other things about Yin though. She had been trying to act more normal towards people, trying to drop the superiority act, or the 'I have more power than you because of who I am' routine. She just had quite mastered it yet.

As she slid on her duel disk and then slid her deck out of the box, which she tossed over her shoulder as it had no purpose now, and began to shuffle before sliding the deck into her duel disk. She was ready for action, and she had faith that her deck was what she needed and that it would guide her. After all she had seen the one card she needed that had told her everything. Plus unlike some of the people here she actually knew wat she was doing. She was here to advance herself and prove herself, not learn the basics.

Once she had gotten to the arena Yin took a place near the back to observe. She saw some of the others ahd made their way here as well. Of course she could socialize, though where would she begin? Now that she was here it occurred to her that she hadn't really met a lot of people that didn't work for her family, or owned a big corporation, or were politically important. Where on earth did she go from here? Well there was just one more thing that the young girl from China would have to have faith would work out in the end.

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Having slept through quite literally the entire bus ride, Haas was one of the last people off the bus, mostly because the driver had the decency to shake the lazy kid awake from his rather nice dream. Something about an entire open grassy field made out of spaghetti. Quickly rushing out of the bus after thanking the driver, Haas smiled as he overlooked the Duel Tower, wiping a bead of sweat from his brow. "Alright! Dueling World, here I come!" he cheered himself on with in his head as he joined the masses to get inside, listening to the instructions, then following the Blue Line down to Arena B.

Feeling energetic after his nap, Haas opted to take the stairs, making a spiraling run down them, sticking to the right side. Despite how many damn floors he had to climb, Haas was still ready to begin, maintaining a jogging pace as he entered the arena. Poking his head up above the crowd on occasion, Haas was excited more than anything. Not being able to use his own deck meant that maybe he could find new ways to think outside the box. Though he wasn't quite sure why people started laughing when some guy picked his deck. Not like he picked something absolutely garbage. Besides, Haas was a firm believer in that funny little saying that people used when they pulled the card that they wanted...something about high-fiving the sky? No, that'd be stupid. Let's Rev It Up? No...he'd have to remember it later.

Regardless, Haas approached the bored-man when it was his turn and gave each structure deck a look over before smiling broadly, holding up his choice. "Zen and Punishment it is then! Thank you very much sir, and I hope you have a nice day." he says with a pleasant tone, before turning on his heel. "Oh, and no pack please." He added, taking his duel disk and strapping it onto his arm, before taking a seat. Opening his box and fiddling with his disk, Haas readied himself for the duels. Looking over his shoulder at someone with a black ponytail, who seemed to be having some trouble. Leaning back to where his bangs were hanging free, Haas says: "Well, you slip your arm into that sleeve there...and then when you're ready to duel, there's a little trigger on the bottom that activates it.", still looking at them from an upside-down angle. Offering an outstretched hand with his duel disk already attached for a handshake, he says: "I'm Haas."


[System]
Age: 14
Race: Imperial/Redguard
Items and gear: A smithing hammer, as well as various metals in a knapsack. He also has a small canteen. In his a pack, he carries a pouch of coins, a short sword, a compass, and a pot to cook. He wears all that you can see in the photo, as well as black trousers and worn brown boots.
Abilities: High level smithing, medium level one handed, and low level pickpocket.
Job: Supplying weapons to any trade stores, in return for money.
Bio: Cedus was abandoned at two years old, but eventually adopted by a renowned blacksmith. He learned under his wing for many years, until hearing about the attack on Helgan. He told his adopted father that he wanted to help. His father gave him enough supplies to smith for the town, and sent a message ahead telling them to take him seriously.
Other: Very quiet, but is quick to defend his smithing.
Pets: None.

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@Evil gnome

Valrona smiled as he asked for only one. "Here...I will make you a deal. I will sell you two for one gold. It looks like you need it." She said knowing she was selling it at a loss but she knew if she made a good deal for him that he would be sure to come back to her shop if he needed anything else.

Yang smiled at the man addressing her. She walked up slowly to him and licked his hand and wagging her tail. It was rare that she could make new friends after the attack. She walked off and came back with a small ball of string dropping it at his feet.

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Illium Vethlot - Helgen

At first glance the room beyond the door seemed disorderly and messy. Illium had been inside on more than one occasion and could explain in great detail how organized everything was beyond the initial shock of seeing things everywhere. As the door to Casimer's house swung open, Illium's head turned back around to peer at his friend. The man had obviously just stopped working, or atleast took a break to answer the door, when he had arrived. Then again, Cas did give a time of day to have it delivered.

When the other man's gaze turned away from himself, Illium turned once more to look towards Helena's. The thought crossed his mind that they wouldn't send anyone with aid, but then he turned back to address the man with a question.

"We did send a runner to Whiterun with a message saying we'd been attacked, right?"

[User]
Casimer Demetrius-Kahn - Helgen

His brow furrowed deeper at the question. With a weary sigh, he shrugged his shoulders.

"No one's told me anything."

He peered out again towards Helena's, his features adapting a more thoughtful expression. "But Helena will know.". With that, the Imperial took a step back, allowing Illium access to his home. "And if you have the time, we can get that metal stacked over here" - one hand jerked to point in the direction of the small stack Illium had spotted earlier - "and then head down."

[Assistant] "Alright. Perhaps I shall check in the store. I suppose guarding the town is a worthy endeavor in light of attack here." Ardashir shrugged and padded his way over the the store, where he found Valrona and some others.

[User]
Wolfgang finished up blessing the temple and organizing the furnishings, which were for now just a bed for himself and some shrines since he had spent most of his money on the temple itself. He made a mental note that at some point seats would need to be added but until then those who entered would have to kneel to pray.

Wolfgang walked outside equipped in his full set of gear, the town was half destroyed of course but considering its state it was bustling with many people, even an argonian and a khajiit had made their way here. He walked up to two people talking "Hello brothers, I am Knight Protector Wolfgang Vestenheimer. I've recently built a temple here and it now serves as a headquarters for the The Knights of Aedra and Protectors of the Blessed" Deciding on the spot that was the name for the order which was a mash up of the two names he was considering "I invite you to come pray sometime soon, and if either of you are the fighting sort perhaps you would be inclined to join?"

@GrizzTheMauler

[Assistant] Cedus followed Ardashir to the general store. The Argonian had won his friendship. He was quite an interesting fellow, in his opinion. And most likely brilliant at fighting. "Would you like to go on an adventure soon?"

[User] Corinth chuckles. "I would be interested. The god I serve is Talos, like my father and the ones before him. No matter what the damn Thalmor have to say about it. I am Corinth Frozen-Hammer, I am currently the Captain of the Guard here in Helgen."

[Assistant]
Vauldis viewed the ruined town before him. He had noticed the wreckage the previous night, he had also noticed the group attempting to rebuild the town. This could be an opportunity to gain some renown in the province. And renown can attract admirers. Admirers can become servants. Or food.
Approaching the ruined town, he observed it from a closer distance. There were several buildings already being constructed, the necromancer noted the church with disdain I should burn that if I get the chance, who knows what trouble those Divine worshipers could cause for me.
As the argonian reached centre of the town he looked around where he noticed many of the townsfolk entering a store. He followed, grasping some of his concoctions from his robe as he did. Entering the building, he spoke with a somewhat weak and raspy voice "Does anybody require an old alchemists service? I noticed the activity around the town and thought you would appreciate any help you could get." Vauldis noticed the young argonian wearing hide armor, presuming he was a fighter, he revealed a red poison vial He added the last part of his sentence hesitantly, he knew little about his races traditions but he was sure they refer'd to each other in such a way.

[User]
@DriveEMOut

"An adventure? Sure. We can call it a hunt. If any of you need to find an excuse to go off to war, you can call it that." Ardashir flexed his clawed toes, a sign of enthusiasm for a trip among argonians. "And yes, I would appreciate any and all help I can get. I was thinking we could raid a ruin not too far from here. One of those old nordic barrows. Maybe do some actual hunting if we have time."

[Assistant] "Sounds good. Would you like to go now?" Cedus was shifting balance back and forth between his feet, bursting with anticipation. His sword and pack were strapped to him. He had several rations in his pack, as well as a canteen and a compass. He had been waiting for the right time, and now seemed to present itself as such.

[User] "I'm ready, so if you are, yes. I have my weapons on me. Got some magic too. If this goes well, maybe I'll buy a new longbow, or maybe get one from one of the enemies we're going to face." Ardashir opened the door and walked out of the building.

[Assistant] "Ah Talos? Interesting" Wolfgang said. Even before the Thalmor shoved their jackboots down the empires throat there had been intense theological debate in the ecclesiastical community and various holy orders on the divinity of Talos, with Wolfgang himself spending many hours debating and nights pondering the question. Eventually Wolfgang settled on the idea that while Talos was certainly not Aedra, he however managed fit into the category of God anyway, alongside Lorkan and Anu, and had earned the right to be worshipped. "Fear not, I'm no Thalmor agent, your Talos worship is fine with me. Speaking of which, welcome aboard. Come by the temple when it pleases you so you can be officially inducted"

[User] Cedus followed. "Let's go mate! Now, I'm thinking we could see if there's any bandits who've stolen metals that I could use for my work. Or money. So I could buy a workshop. Or weapons. So I could sell them for a workshop." He was already running down the road, before stopping. "Wait, which way again?"

[Assistant]
Corinth nods. "I will, once the men Siddgier sends me get here. Now I must take my leave, I have not slept since yesterday afternoon and I need rest. None guide you, friend." With that, Corinth heads back to the keep to get some much needed rest.

Off in the distance, voices can be heard coming from the south west. Soon, the familiar banner of Falkreath can be seen as a caravan with some guards enter. A courier runs through the town and enters the Inn.

"Afternoon, may I speak to the owner of the establishment?" The courier heads over to Helena.

Guards start heading towards the keep, talking amongst themselves as they lead the carts.

"I hope the place doesn't get attacked again..." One says.

"Aye..." Another nods.

[User]
@Evil gnome

The wolf proved very friendly, licking Felix's hand and wagging her tail, perhaps even more so than most dogs. She then walked away then came back immediately, dropping a ball of string at his feet.

"A ball of... string?" He murmured unconsciously. Is it a toy? Should I do something with it? He was confused, as he didn't have much experience dealing with pets. As the Khajiit and Valrona made a deal, he decided it would be best to simply pick it up and wait for the elf. Meanwhile he continued petting Yang absent-mindedly.

[Assistant]
Vauldis followed the two young men out of the building, still holding the vial of poison in his hand "Would you care to take these off my hands? I will accompany you, I have some uses outside of crafting potions" to prove his point, he fired a frost bolt from his free hand into the woods. "Or do you feel an old man such as myself would just drag you down? Take this poison either way" He said while offering the red vial to the argonian, his pale hands trembling slightly as he held the potion.

@DriveEMOut

[User] Helena was wiping down a counter when the courier entered and asked his question. "I am the owner. What did you need?" There seemed to be a commotion from outside as a group of people made their way across town. She doubted the courier needed any quartering or alcohol considering it seemed he was on official business.

[Assistant]
The courier has a note in his hand. "I was sent by the Jarl to hand this to the leader of this town. To let them know supplies and aid is on its way. Do you know whom that might be?"

The guards enter the keep and see Corinth snoring as he sleeps on the bed.

"Is that him?" One guard asks quietly.

"I'm not sure... He looks like the description..." A second answers.

"He looks like a strong warrior..." A third states.

Corinth grunts and sits up. "By Talos I'm trying to sleep here..." He rubs his eyes as he looks over. "Oh. You the guards Siddgier sent me? Hope you are ready to work. Names Corinth Frozen-Hammer, after when I had my Naming Day I killed a troll with a hammer. Now, Two of you set up patrols at the north gate. One at the South and East. And the rest put any supplies in the keep storeroom. You will find me a very accommodating man. But slack off and we'll have problems. Understood?"

The guards salute. "Yes, sir!"

Corinth nods. "Good. Get to work." He watches as the guards start moving, getting things done.

[User] Yang crouched down when he picked up the toy wagging her hips back and forth to show that she wanted to play. Valrona looked over to see Yang and she laughed softly. "She is trying to have you throw the ball. Don't worry Yang is careful around the shop. She won't knock anything over." She said to the other customer before looking back to the Khajiit.

[Assistant] "Well, there isn't exactly a delegated leader currently," Helena explained, "but I will get this taken care of as soon as possible." Now that she thought of it, they really hadn't decided a leader for the village or even for the reconstruction. Everyone just did what they needed to do in order to rebuild the city. Once the courier made his exit, Helena began informing anyone who entered her inn to meet back an your before dawn and to spread the word as soon as possible. Most people nodded and agreed, others gave some attitude. Either way as long as the word was spread, she was happy.

[User]
"Thanks for the poison. Not sure if I'll need it, but it always helps to be prepared." Ardashir placed it into a pocket, keeping the vial secure. He then turned to Cedus.

"This way. Follow me. We have to get out of Helgen and onto the main road, in the direction of Riverwood. Not that we're going all the way there, of course."

[Assistant] So it was a toy. It was quite obvious judging from the wolf's eager tail-wagging, but the master's confirmation made Felix smile with relief. He tossed the ball to the other side of the shop lightly. "There, Yang." It was his first time meeting a wolf that didn't want to kill him. Instead, she wanted to play with him. He found it very soothing, especially after his distance-wise short yet treacherous journey from Riverwood.

[User] Yang barked playfully and walked quickly over to where he tossed the string. She picked it up and walked it back over to the Khajiit. She dropped it at his feet and crouched down again playfully. She even panted softly showing how happy and eager she was. Yang always knew a way to make people happy even if her breed was known to be very mean. Her master trained her to be kind and compassionate unless it is someone Valrona does not trust.

[Assistant] Cedus dutifully followed, his pack bouncing on his shoulders. "This is gonna be amazing! We could get famous for this!"

[User] "You can keep the fame and glory. I'm here for the reward" Ardashir noted as they walked down the road. A soft rustling in the bushes heralded the advance of some wolves, and the argonian drew his sword in response.

[Assistant] Cedus nodded and grabbed his sword as well. It was beautifully crafted by Cedus' own hand. He was proud of it, and he cherished it the most of his belongings.


[System]
Species: Jyraimon
Gender: Male
Level: Baby: 1
Appearance: There don't appear to be any variations in his appearance, other than the Digital Hazard Mark on his back, of course.
Height: .3M
Personality/Backstory: An odd digimon that seems to wander around a certain area, lost and confused. Jason, as he likes to call himself, seems to constantly be looking for something. What that may be is anyone's guess. Jason also occasionally mumbles about strange things, and digimon observing him from a distance have since decided to keep that distance due to the digital hazard marking on his back. Thus far, he has yet to see another living thing other than the various plants in this world, and Jason just seems all the more confused because of it.

Family: Dragon's Roar
Attribute: Virus
EXP: 0/0
Techniques:
-Name: Fire Bubbles Type: Baby Technique Element: Fire Effect: Damages the opponent with fire that looks a bit like bubbles.
Features:

Ember Mirage - Digimon with this Feature may use their Power Based Fire Techniques to distort the air around them and transport to a location within their Movement range as a stream of embers in a short amount of time, and can do so three times daily. While not true Teleportation, Ember Mirage allows all Movement in battle to be taken as a Mini action when used. Use of Ember Mirage cancels Freeze, but all other status ailments remain and take their effect. This Feature can not travel through water, and distance traveled over water is reduced by 50%. However, this Feature may travel between gouts of flame or active Magma Vents for additional movement. Digimon using this Feature must make a roll of 2d6 plus Dexterity Modifier for successful transport. (Free- Requires Fire Technique or Flame like Body features.)

Deathly Power - Digimon with Deathly Power gains an extra 5 points of Power at creation, and for each level gained, but incur a 50% increase in Energy Costs to Techniques that utilize Power.(Free.)

Stats:
---Hit-Points: 3/3 (Current/Max)
---Energy: 4/4 (Current/Max)
----------Power: 5
----------Endurance: 4
----------Force: 5
----------Fortitude: 4
----------Dexterity: 4
----------Agility: 4
----------Vitality: 4
----------Wisdom: 4
----------Cunning: 4
----------Generation: 0/17 (Used/Total) [The GM has approved of this]
----Weight: 5g
Equipment: None at the moment.

Name: Alan Smithee
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Height: 5'7"
Appearance: Alan, due to the coldness of Colorado, usually wears a thick, white jacket, and a pair of denim jeans. He's fairly skinny, and has short brown hair, which, for some reason always makes it look like he has bed head, and brown eyes, and pale skin. His nose is somewhat large, his eyebrows are very thick, and the same color as his hair, obviously, and his head, as a whole, is somewhat more spherical than average.

Bio: Alan was always the quiet one, never really wanting to talk to anyone, for whatever reason. If someone at school said 'hi' to him, he'd just wave, rather than actually talk. The first six years in school went relatively well, with students generally ignoring him, or thinking that he's 'creepy', and just leaving it at that. The reason they all thought he was weird was because he always seemed to be writing something down in his notebook. Everyone during those years assumed it was something pertaining to them, that he was stalking them, or something, but on his seventh year of school, the school bully finally decided to pay him attention, and the first thing that bully did? Steal his notebook and show it to absolutely everyone. The notebook itself was full of drawings of dragons, something Alan really liked to do, whether he was actually good at it or not. The other students, no longer seeing him as creepy, no longer ignored him, and always tried to be his friend. By now, Alan thought of himself as a loner, so all this attention just made him try to avoid the other students for a while. The school counselor eventually got him to stop that by the 8th grade, but he still didn't talk to the other students much, if ever.

By the time high school came around, he had his own small group of friends, though, much like him, they also didn't like talking to others very much. Interestingly, the more popular kids seemed to come up with a new label for his group every week, and each one was worse than the last. Of course, the others in his group were outraged, but Alan didn't really care, or even notice what they were calling him, as long as they let him work in peace, he was fine. He took whatever art classes he could, and typically excelled at them. However, whenever the teacher wanted Alan to actually sell his art, as in, a silent auction the school put together in order to get more funds, he'd get mad, and just take it back home with him. Even to this day, he thinks his art is the worst, thanks to that bully and how those kids reacted back in 7th grade... even if everyone else has been telling him otherwise. Oddly enough, he's actually incredibly upbeat, just not the most social person you could come across, which caused other students to originally label him and his group of friends as 'emo'. That label obviously didn't stick when the group was seen outside during a sunny day, and talking about normal things rather than death or suicide.

His senior year in high school started off with him finding something very odd. Some strange, red and black device, which he quickly used to doodle a dragon or two on, just due to a habit of his. He then showed the device to as many students and teachers as he could, which wasn't easy, given that most of his speech consisted of 'Um...' and 'Uh...', that is, assuming he worked up the courage to actually talk to any of them. Nonetheless, nobody has been able to identify the device, or whatever use it might have, the art teacher even assumed it was another thing Alan made in ceramics and tried to get him to sell the thing, Alan, obviously, refused. Alan then hid the thing, and figured that he'd look it up online, once classes were done, and what ended up happening right then and there, at his home computer, while he was holding onto the odd device, might just end up changing his life.
-Stats: (List in *(Stars))
Morale: **
Athleticism: ***
Spirit: *****
Knowledge: *****
Psychology: *****
(I'll keep track of the Morality points)
Inventory: 1 mostly empty backpack (it has a textbook and a notebook that has his drawings in it), the clothes on his back.
BITS: 0

[User]
Remus and Zuromon wandered about the forest in a clockwise fashion, circling around where they left the teasing creature and the rest of the group, that way they would be able to spot the boy who wandered off without getting completely separated from the rest of the group while at least attempting to search for there missing companion.  "Despite making such a big deal about it I guess I was not all that prepared for a search and possible rescue huh?"  "In all honesty I would not have really even thought of bothering, Sure that Dracmon was getting on my nerves-"  Remus smirked and thought about bringing up the notion that judging by Zuromon's somewhat gelatinous nature if she even had nerves to be bothered but he kept it to himself since if anything it might affect her feelings.  "Our chances of getting lost in our search where quite high, especially for a person we know little about."   "I suppose I thought about that possibility and the more we are out here I realize that it was not the most well thought out plan but if we did find him gratification can certainly-"   "Hush pet! I think I heard something!" "Oh I'm the pet!? Your the one-" "I said hush pet!" Zuromon hissed and with that Remus decided to zip his lips.

Coming into View was Alan and his creature, seemingly unharmed, Remus wanted to call out or say something but Zuromon seemed cross with him already just for being out here so he kept quite even in his approach back to the clearing where Dracmon and the others gathered. The duo leaned up against a tree and awaited for the Dracmon to regail them with more taunts but hopefully something worth listening to.

[Assistant]
Isaiah and Eleazar made their way into the group and came within 10 feet of the floating 4 eyed creature.
"What is it?" asked Isaiah aloud.
"It's one of us, sort of." responded Eleazar. "Don't be afraid, if it wanted to attack it would have."
Isaiah nodded at his Digimon before looking at the other people with little creatures around them. They seemed to be in the same situation he was in and probably would be no help, but the floating 4 eyed thing should be able to help.
"Who are you and why are we here" Isaiah asked Dracmon.

[User]
The floating Digimon gave a wicked grin as the boy approached with the Zerimon in tow.
"Ooh, observant ones, aren't we?" declared the Digimon with a somewhat forceful tone, arms thrust forward rapidly.
Visibly startled, Nadica fell back, now huddled on the ground, giving a shudder. Pabumon slipped from her arms, and jittered on the ground for a moment, before continuing to silently effervesce.
"I am Dracmon," he introduced himself more specifically, "And you're here because something's wrong. Guess you have to fix it. Too bad."

---

Nadica takes a penalty to Psychology.

[Assistant] Remus tilted an eyebrow at the creature referring to itself as Dracmon, his interest piqued "Wrong? What could be so wrong that you need us, complete strangers in a strange land to fix it? How are we even suppose to go about fixing it and more importantly, whats in it for us?" When Remus referred to "us" he was speaking about himself and Zurumon, he still remembered what she had said to him when he met her "You and I are going to accomplish great things." He certainly wanted to return to familiar grounds but really what was waiting for him? More roads to walk and alleys to slink through? A few odd jobs for chump change only to have to beat some random scum and turn the tables around on a potential mugging. A life always under the radar hiding from a wrathful woman lusting for money that only his name currently held and he himself had and would never actually hold? Besides here he at least had someone or more precisely something who thought he had a good head on his shoulders, since she seemed to be fond of them enough to lounge around them all day. "Why should we even bother with your problem when we should be finding a way home."

[User]
Isaiah was about to speak when Eleazar started. "I think this might be your way home."
"I was going to say the same thing!" exclaimed Isaiah. "That's freaky."
"Eh, happens to me all the time." replied the Zerimon.
"So are you the problem we need to fix, you look evil enough." stated Isaiah. "Between all of us we should be able to handle you!"
Eleazar jumped up startled at what he heard. "Were not digivolved yet! What powers do you humans have to damage Dracmon?"

[Assistant]
The floating Digimon began to giggle, then chuckle. Soon, he broke into a loud, boisterous, if not maniacal laugh.
"Hehe, hehehe, HAHAHAHA! Meatures are a hoot," he mused to himself, letting out a sigh to regather his spend breath, "No, fighting me won't do anything. Yes, you get to go home if you can fix things, maybe. To the north," he began, pointing in the direction behind him, "Castles have appeared, overnight. That's not too unusual. But the armies of Undead Digimon that ushered forth from their gates and began devouring all Digimon in their path, well... you see where I'm going with this," he then pointed with his left arm straight out, "The nearest village is east of here. About ninety kilometers away. Have fun."

[User] "Thanks I guess." replied Isaiah. He then turned to the rest of them. "So are we all going that way, or should we not trust this things direction?"

[Assistant] "Well, he's the only lead we've got, we might as well follow, right?" I said with my best imitation of a shrug. Said imitation was so poor that it only served to remind me that I no longer possessed limbs. I really hoped that would change soon. I would have headed north, leaving the others behind again, however, Alan picked me up, and whispered "Do I have to remind you that they're our only allies right now? Please, stay with the group," I decided to not fight him and just wait until HE headed north, all the while, the rest were just standing there, looking at 'dracmon' as he talks and belittles us. I had enough free time to notice something a bit weird about this place... we were outside, yet, the air didn't really seem 'fresh', so to speak. It almost seemed artificial, or, possibly even alien, and, finally, once I was sure everyone was done listening, I reiterated my point "We might as well head north... it's the only direction that MAY lead to something," through this, I pointed out that pretty much none of us knew where we were going, or where we were supposed to be. I then recalled something that he just said... something about castles appearing overnight, and how that supposedly not unusual for this place, that the unusual thing was the undead ... digimon? Was that what they were called? That odd name almost reminded me of something else, but, the main thing was that, if these were robots, or some sort of thing made of code... how could there BE undead? You can rebuild a robot, or turn it off and on and it wouldn't be some undead monstrosity, right? Maybe I was just missing the point, and there was some other reason they called them undead, even if they technically weren't.