Jin and Junji had been to enthralled in their banter to notice what had happened. Junji had taken a break to down some water from the cool, black bottle his brother had handed him. With the silence between the two of them, Jin turned to see what was the big fuss. He turned to look while blindly prodding Junji with a limp hand. Junji gave him only partial attention as he drank intently. Jin started to push him "Junji, you need to see this.", Junji grunted in false acknowledgement<br/><br/>"KIOTSUKE!" Jin barked, Junji hopped to attention and instinctively stuck the bottle out in offering to his brother, pulling a face of grave seriousness and intensity "Look," Jin said softly, in stark contrast to his previous tone. Junji turned to see what he was looking for "What? what is-?" His words fell to a gasp "Her- Her-..." Jin nodded as Junji stared dumbstruck at Draco before shaking his head confusedly "No, No, No, this makes no sense, She can't be-"<br/>"She's not," Jin interrupted "At least not naturally," He said seriously, Junji rushed towards the commotion and Jin followed hesitantly. The pool was lined by Obelisk Blues, and the pale obelisk boy had made himself obnoxiously obvious, with a duel disk on his arm. This had gone just as far as it could've, Jin thought.<br/><br/>Junji had forcefully passed a large group of people to get to the front of the crowd, while Jin apologized to them as an after thought. Junji broke through to the front and tightly gripped the shoulder of a girl to pull himself past a Slifer boy. Jin maneuvered, less aggressively, to the front and reprimanded his brother with a harsh look; Junji shrugged awkwardly "I'm sorry miss," Jin said with a legitimate tone of repentance, "My brother is a bit, uh, enthusiastic about things" He said, noting how much of an understatement that was. Junji's attention had already shifted to the duel that was about to start.<br/><br/>Chad Smiled. “Well, It seems Even my deck wishes to give you an easy start. I Summon, Divine Dragon Ragnarok In ATK Mode.” He said, as he summoned the creature. The card wavered, seeming to fade like dissipating smoke. Junji suddenly clutched madly at his own throat and made a clawing motion downward, his voice strained to say something or shout but the only thing that came out was a hiss and a fit of coughing. Jin quickly placed a hand over Junji's eyes; his fit settled and the card solidified into a monster. there was an odd looking collar wrapped around Ragnaroks neck, as it was summoned. “I Then Play one card face down, and end my turn.” He said, as he placed (#34) Face down, into Magic Slot 2.<br/><br/>"You okay?" Jin said, letting his hand drop to his side and returning his focus to the match as to look less conspicuous. Junji nodded "It had given up hope." He said quietly "but when it saw me, it thought it saw an escape, or at least a messenger. When it realized it couldn't escape, it let me see in it's mind." Junji said, turning to match his brother's posture.<br/><br/>"Is it dying?" Jin said, eyes locked on the duel<br/><br/>"No" Junji replied "The collar just reminds it, that it will serve, whether it wants to or not. It said that it can never adjust to the feeling of the collar around it's neck,"<br/><br/>"Will the others respond the same way?" Jin questioned quietly<br/><br/>"No, the monster said it will let the others know that I'm not what they're looking for but I understand," He paused for a moment before  continuing "It also said that some of them are serving willingly." Junji's hands were balled into tight fists and his teeth were barred "What in the hell is going on? ". Jin grabbed his hand and let him squeeze, Junji's grip loosened a bit, afraid of hurting his brother. "I don't know and right now there's nothing we can do," Jin said matter-of-factually "We'll figure out what's going on when we get to the academy,"<br/><br/>"Okay" Junji said, his expression softening; though his words were empty, Junji genuinely felt better... for some reason.