[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?"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

::Presses it down.::

Y-yes.

[hardcorebestcore]

"Oh sweet! You can teach me how to ride one of these! I didn't know you could do this! Which one makes it go fast? Is this bike yours? That's so cool!"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

::Flips her visor up.::

Y-you w-want to l-learn from me?

[hardcorebestcore]

"...Yeah? That's what you're here for, right? Is not something I have any experience with, but you do! So I wish to learn from my friend who does!"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

::Makes a strain confused noise, unsure what to do.::

Um. Well, you. Sit on it??

[hardcorebestcore]

She hops onto the other bike, sniffing at it.

"Uh-huh. And then you steer with these...?"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

To a degree. For the most part, since a fair number of drivers are kids like us, or people with no experience with bikes, they run on majority auto-pilot...

[hardcorebestcore]

"Whaaat? Can you turn that off? I thought this would be super dangerous!"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

You can but I'm pretty sure the teachers would forcibly reactivate the auto-pilot and then skill the Duel outright, at least here.

[hardcorebestcore]

"They are literally ruining everything.

Ah, will be taught this later then, when I will need to turn such a thing off in different time and not on track. Shall we ride then, Tsurugi?"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

A-are you asking me to Duel?

[hardcorebestcore]

"After I get used to the motorcycle!

U-unless you don't want to because, of, uh... Things that never happened. Wh-which is totally fine, we can just hang out and ride bikes together!"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

I wouldn't mind...

[hardcorebestcore]

She grabs your hands and hops.

"Excellent! Let us duel then!"

[sword_of_dracoheart]

H-huh?!

[hardcorebestcore]

"O-oh you meant... not minding riding. S-sorry.

In this case, yes, let us ride."

[sword_of_dracoheart]

O-okay...

::Turns everything on her bike and explains how and rolls onto the track.::