Event Post

[azuremagma]

In front of a cafe, sipping on a hot drink, you may see Cyril, pen in hand and scribbling notes. Unlike the last time you might have seen Cyril, he looks... put together. Probably moreso than he has in a while. His hair is the obnoxious 'trimmed but I'm wearing it messy anyway', face clean shaven, and his eyes seem to be a rather intense blue. But, most bizarrely, he's dressed in ancient Babylonian-esque clothes, dyed brilliant blues and purple.

If looked at closer, he's leaving small scorch marks on his cup and pen. Occasionally he will look up from his notes and look around, as if he's nervous or waiting for something. Maybe it's you! It's probably not you, but you should bother him anyway, he probably hasn't seen anyone in months.

Comments

[3_s33s_what]

That's fair. If this place went t' hell, then th' whole planet's screwed.

So who's th' date y'waitin' f'?

[azuremagma]

"In keepin' with tradition, in reappearin', there was a girl pretty close. Asked 'er ta coffee once I got twelve dimensions muck offa me. 'parently she's some sorta ice skatin' action duelist? Escher?"

[3_s33s_what]

Wha-- oh! That girl. She's th' one who did an Accel Synchro on skates durin' th' tournament.

[azuremagma]

"Yeah, 'er. I thought that was cooler than shit. ...Uh, didn't know 'oo she was 'till I looked 'er up."

[3_s33s_what]

T' be fair, I don't think anyone know who she was 'fore th' tournament.

Which actually is kinda funny, since I thought everyone in this was veterans. But, eh. *he shrugs*

She's obviously got a lot 'f 'xperience, with th' way she was movin'.

[azuremagma]

"Tha's kinda weird." He frowns at the thought of 'been dueling and skating for a while.' Frowns... shrugs. Overthinking is the enemy.

"Maybe she got picked up by people fer showin' some talent, gave the Su-...Yuki a run fer 'is money."

[3_s33s_what]

Yeah, she really stood 'gainst 'im pretty well, all things considered.

I mean, she still lost, but that could've gone either way.

[azuremagma]

"Yeah, that's what I'm sayin'..." He pauses, considering.

"Do ya even duel much anymore, Shades?"

[3_s33s_what]

When would I even get a chance t'. *he says that half-serious, but then shakes his head*

Nah, I sorta fell outta doin' it t' any real use. I still duel a bunch 'gainst Sanko though since she needs it for assignments.

Honestly, I kinda miss Ridin' Duels more than anythin' else, but they're not really in style anymore.

[azuremagma]

"Fuckin' 'ell Shades, the ogre kept my bike. Once I get, uh... my deck all sorted back out, y'wanna at least go ridin' fer a bit? Maybe a duel or two?"

[3_s33s_what]

... Sure actually. 'd like that.

I wonder if Speed World even works still with th' updates an' th' interface...

[azuremagma]

"Well, only one way ta find out. Man, we can try an' make ridin' action duels."

[3_s33s_what]

... T'be fair, I did have a thought on that.

But Action Duels are still all confined t' arenas. I wish they could figure out a way t' just... make 'em with duel disks.

[azuremagma]

"Ah, tech ain't there prolly." He laughs.

"Ya put a track in the arena, boom, ya, me, an' the other twelve people in the world 'oo miss ridin' duels can 'ave 'em."

[3_s33s_what]

Y'know, 'd dispute that, but that prob'ly is th' rough amount 'f folks who're left who'd wanna spend money on gas, now that Momentum is kaput.

[azuremagma]

"Ugh, that kinda sucks. Fuckin' paradigm shifts. Man, can ya imagine if it takes ta long? Gotta stop fer pit stops, fuel back up."

[3_s33s_what]

Kinda like one of those big car races, yeah.

It's why I was thinkin' 'bout how Action Duels could work in it. Did y'know people ride monsters in those things?

[azuremagma]

"...What? No, I didn't! That's fuckin' sweet. 'oly shit, I'm prolly jus' gonna get back an' binge watch action duels. Huh." He lets out another laugh.

"'ow the 'ell do we spirits work if we summon ourselves to the field with that shit?"

[3_s33s_what]

I don't think anyone's gotten t' try yet. Action Duelin' is really new. 'pparently it's been a thing in a city called Maiami, an' they probably didn't have spirits an' all wanderin' 'bout like 'ere.

[azuremagma]

"Then I aim ta be the first. ...kinda reminds me of what we did in the ol' days, honestly."

He frowns at that, then shrugs.

"Eh, Earth is shiftin'. Give it a few more decades an' most cities 'r gonna be like Domino now."

[3_s33s_what]

Prob'ly. It'll be kinda funny when that eventually happens.

Though right now I think folks outside'a Domino are a little wary on monsters.

[azuremagma]

"I mean, gonna shoot straight 'ere. I dun blame 'em. Some of us nutbars that 'ang out 'ere ain't exactly stable. Or safe sometimes."

[3_s33s_what]

Yeah, but 'm talkin' 'bout a specific reasonin'.

[azuremagma]

"... What kinda specific reasonin'?"

[3_s33s_what]

There was this city called Heartland. Point 'f that sentence bein' "was".

Thing is, it got really suddenly attacked a while back. No one knows what really did it, but a lot 'f th' news outlets blamed monsters f' it.

It kinda cooled down since then, an' one 'f th' survivors 'f th' whole mess was a reporter and wrote a bunch 'f stuff arguin' 'gainst those claims. But folks're still buyin' that initial wave 'f news, y'know?