[New Horizons - LDS Post]

[ruleroftheend]

::Standing in front of a major assembly hall is Akaba Reiji, President of Leo Corporation.

He stands there before swinging his arms outwards, his glasses shimmering:

"We are on the cusp of a new age in both in terms of the World and in Dueling. In such an age of rapid change, people look to pillars of normalcy for what they seek. And they look for heroes. Legends. And as such, it is our duty, the duty of the Leo Corporation and Kaiba Corporation, to seek forth New Horizons.

We must be bold, and take action, to find the new talent hidden in the sands of the unseen and the unknown! We must challenge our knowledge of the world! We must expand the limits of what a Duel is as far as possible! This is the ideal of the Leo Corporation! An ideal we've held since we created the Real Solid Vision System!

And we are glad to push the limits further with the help of our rivals, Kaiba Corporation and Duel Academia, who seek to push Duels to the zenith as well! Let us march forth and seize even greater heights! I expect every one of you to beyond the limits!"

He finishes and then teachers start showing up sorting and explaining various programs.

Among the options of things to do here:

A) Action Field Stamina / Obstacle Courses in the center miniature stadium behind the school, for running through various dangerous environments. Including them are a Temple of Doom set up. And a space station. Or a frozen temple. And even a volcano.

B) A Riding Duel exhibition match. Waiting for you is a girl wearing a helmet, snapping on riding gloves. You see traces of pink hair. The D-Wheel she has provided her is a modern generalized model, but she's basically picked a generic black demon-dragon esque unit.

C) Sit in on one of the Fusion, Synchro, Xyz or Ritual courses.

D) Sit on one of the above in actual training.

E) In a side stadium, there's an offer of an Exhibition match with three pros from Team Eibon waiting. Specifically, it involves a man who looks like a ninja and a man wearing a tacky zoot suit. There's a larger guy hanging back, but he's staying in the back. The man with the zoot suit seems to be turning away anyone who doesn't have a WATER Deck or at least a WATER ace to his partner.

F) If you're feeling particularly ballsy, you could enter an Exhibition match in general to show off your skills.

G) Or you could just be hanging out in the lobby, gawking at this list of Courses.::

Comments

[hardcorebestcore]

She has been running the obstacle courses all day and doesn't even look too worn out as she approaches the riding duel. ... her parents aren't here to tell her it's too dangerous. And looks for a helmet to put on.

[sword_of_dracoheart]

::Is frazzled, as she sees you approach, pressing her helmet down tighter.::

[hardcorebestcore]

She sniffs.

"...Tsurugi?"

[thestudyof]

*there is this seriously gloomy older (older than the students running around, that's for sure) man observing over the Action Field stadium. Sometimes he can be spotted from the controller's station-- and believe me, he stands out-- but he'll sometimes come down to check on the active stability of the Action Field itself. How realistic it is. Things like that.*

[hardcorebestcore]

Poking her head from an action field as you check it.

"Oh, are you making these?"

[thestudyof]

*... oh, someone's addressing him.*

I'm the one in charge of operating the machinery, correct. Please go about your business.

[crimsoncryptid]

::A lady with red hair and a labcoat is jotting down notes while sitting in the stands or from an observation bay for the Riding Duel Track. Perhaps you'd like to prod her as she's writing down notes.::

[littlemissmyrmidon]

This one, joined unwillingly by her sister, looks at the three pros from Eibon. They argue a bit. 'That guy wants water duelist!' 'Yeah, but the guy standing in the back is probably the strongest, dibs.' 'Yeah, but I'm not gonna duel a ninja!' Before she walks up.

"Going to guess the big guy in the back isn't accepting challenges."

[thegangs_allhere]

"..."

[thegangs_allhere]

That would be correct.

::The ninja speaks up, he's kind of tiny looking.::

[kattobingore]

*Yuma is totally running the Action Field Obstacle Course on the Temple of Doom set up! He's dodging rolling boulders, arrows being shot at him, pit fall traps, the lot!

Well, he wasn't dodging them that well at first, but this must of been the fifth time he's run through it and he's getting better and faster at dodging things with each try!*

[arknpcs6]

::From the shadows unseen, an old enemy unlodges a jammed boulder with spikes, before slipping into the darkness. Start running Yuma.::

[kattobingore]

*Yuma looks around and OMG WHERE DID THAT BOULDER COME FROM?! THAT USUALLY DOESN'T MOVE!
With that Yuma starts running for dear life!*

[Separate Thread]

[icequeen_rio]

::You come across a young woman looking at the arrow traps. Who picks up a series of pebbles, kicking them, which jam and break the machines.::

Re: [Separate Thread]

[kattobingore]

*Yuma stops on the course when he sees her jam and break the machines.*

Oh man, why'd you break them? It was more fun trying to dodge them!

[littlemissmyrmidon]

Kiko hasn't bothered you yet through all of the events so:

She can be found running a small lap that involves jumping over the same pit trap over and over again.

And gives a small wave!

"Hey Tsukumo!"

[kattobingore]

Hey Kiko!!

*He waves back!*

Guess you decided to go for the obstacle course too!!

[pendulum_soul]

*Yuya is hanging out in the lobby, curiously looking at the list of courses that LDS offer.*

They really go super in-depth with all this stuff here...

[windsbygone]

A bit ridiculous, isn't it?

*this guy has approached you, Yuya.*

[pendulum_soul]

Em? *He looks over at Garum.* I guess, a little. I knew LDS taught all the summoning methods, but I didn't realise they went this far into the theories of them.

I'm Sakaki, Yuya, by the way!

[Separate Thread From Garum]

[soundofarmor]

They sorta have to when they're focusin' on drillin' information right into the skull, ya see?

[hardcorebestcore]

"It's soooo boring! This and that, theorems and conjectures and literally eating away will to duel."

There's a flopped out girl behind you, staring at the same wall you are.

[seaandsky]

*stepping up behind Yuya*

Interested in any of the courses here?

[deepseahunter_shark]

*oh no Tsurugi, someone's coming up to the Riding Duel exhibition.

oh no Tsurugi.

They have their own D-Wheel.*

[sword_of_dracoheart]

::Oh geez, oh geez he's going to eat me alive.::