barbecue.

[lostcompany]

[Night, and a campfire outside of town, in the lightly forested scrubland of the Neloi Flats. A good rendezvous point for a ragtag bunch of abductees; a point of interest for any stragglers, where fellow otherworlders can be found.

Just follow the smell of cooking meat. There's...there's a lot of it.

And while you're all feeding yourselves, there's a lot to talk about. For instance: who the fuck were the people that brought everyone here? What did they want? Who's interested in finding a way back home, and what's the best way to tackle that question? Where will everyone stay? How will everyone get along in this place?

All that and more, at the campfire.]



[[ooc: Meant to be a rapid-fire IC conversation kind of post, with rampant threadjacking, but do as ye will! Proper toplevels are welcome, as are new characters.]]

Comments

[soft_focus]

I'm already eating with everyone. [Or well, she was. She holds out her glove hand, blinking.] ...Prompto made something called 'smores'.

[planetary_bonds]

Ah, those? I haven't had those- [Sweets in Satellite are a rare thing, they don't keep well.] - but I hear they're typical camping snacks.

[soft_focus]

I didn't either until today. I hadn't had marshmallows or 'graham' crackers either, but Shinji gave me chocolate at Crow's house...

That was the only thing I had that Prompto used though. It was better than Chocolate..!

[planetary_bonds]

Crow?

[This is the thing he picked up on, apparently.]

You don't mean Crow Hogan, do you?

[It's a small chance, since they're clearly from different dueling periods, but maybe...]

[soft_focus]

[Wuaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat-] Yeah!

[BUT HOWWWWW-] ...Crow came from Synchro Dimension though... ...but you knew what Fusion cards were...

...They don't have Fusion, or Xyz cards in the Synchro dimension....

[planetary_bonds]

Synchro...Dimension?

[He narrows his eyes.] I'm afraid I don't understand...I haven't heard of anything like this.

[soft_focus]

....One of the four dimensions.

....There used to just be one-then it broke into four, because of Zarc.... ....Fusion, XYZ, Synchro, and 'Standard'.

[planetary_bonds]

...Is that so...

[Zarc did that much damage...?]

You're telling me the universes split along summoning methods? [He knows card games are powerful, but...this is ridiculous!]

[soft_focus]

Mm. [She nods.] That was how Zarc was sealed. Ray used her four cards, and everything split in four...even her, and Zarc, since it was their duel.

[Well. Shit.]

[planetary_bonds]

...So this Crow you met, he was in one of the four dimensions...

[And you didn't recognize Yuusei himself, so it's safe to say that he must not have been around, either. Huh.]

[soft_focus]

Yeah.

He lived in 'Commons', in Synchro...they had riding duels there, with big 'd-wheels'. Those didn't exist anywhere else.

[planetary_bonds]

D-Wheels, huh? Of course he'd be somewhere with those...

[Wait a second. Yuusei sounds like he's familiar with those.]

[soft_focus]

[Woah whatwhattttt-]

...You had d-wheels?

[planetary_bonds]

Aah. The Riding Duel is very popular, in my time.

[soft_focus]

....Does that mean it's going to stop though..? [...Yeah that's an awkward question.]

[planetary_bonds]

...I don't know. It could be the game will continue to evolve past them.

[He's not aware of how far the game will go, see.]

[soft_focus]

[Hmm. This, she considers...and...] ...Like Action duels?

[planetary_bonds]

Action Duels?

[He's not familiar with that.]

[soft_focus]

You ride on your monsters and find spells or traps while you're dueling!

And you make it fun for the people watching. An action duel.

[planetary_bonds]

Aaah, I see.

[He chuckles. That actually seems fun.]

The whole point of a Riding Duel is to ride alongside your monsters, to feel the wind, that speed...if people could ride on monsters to establish the same effect, I don't see why it wouldn't take over Riding Duel, or at least share a platform.

[He doesn't sound happy admitting that, though. More like...wistful.]

[soft_focus]

Umn....I guess that's what happened then...

...I don't think XYZ had Action duels, but they had entertainment duels, and you need Solid Vision for that...

But I don't think you'd need solid vision for Riding duels! [Oh....she sort of wishes she'd had the change to try now though.]

[planetary_bonds]

No, I imagine not.

[Frown.]

Real monsters tend to make Riding Duels a little...dangerous.

[You say that like you know the feeling.]

[soft_focus]

[Buddy....pal...] ....Solid vision isn't supposed to cause real damage, it's soft...

[She says that, but just as quickly gives a sharp shout, clutching her head. Oh of course Zarc would get ruled here!

They didn't have those failsafes in his time.]

[planetary_bonds]

Under most circumstances, it is-

[Ah! He puts down what he's doing in alarm.] Oi, are you alright?

whispers yo throw this at discord winkwink

[soft_focus]

[OH GREAT NOW HE'S SHOUTING ABOUT LIARS ON TOP OF IT-

She winces and hisses, but Reira otherwise nods, chewing her lip tightly. She finds herself more worried about others getting worried than anything, but-]

...he's really mad about that...