Yu-Gi-Oh! Spectrum (Still accepting via OOC)

[TotalObelisk]

Zeus scratching his chin as Elizabeth asked her question about his research.

[b]“Well that is a rather long story,”[/b] he said, not looking any of his audience in the eye [b]“I’m sure you all know that the game of Duel Monsters is based off a similar game played in Ancient Egypt, a game that legend tells involved powerful magic capable of summoning powerful creatures to do battle within the waking world. Among these monsters are seven creatures of light that proved impossible for any one man to control and whose only purpose was the destruction of each other. Eventually they were sealed away by the most powerful sorcerers in the land and buried, never to be used by another human being again.”[/b]

He paused, observing his audience’s reactions to his story before he continued.

[b]“Now, this might all just be simple legend and folklore but there is a lot more to this tale,”[/b] Zeus went on [b]“You remember the God cards, The 3 most powerful cards in all of Duel Monsters? Few know that they are more than simple cards, and that they hold the souls of the gods themselves and under the right hands can unleash the wrath of the gods. These seven creatures suffer a similar fate, a set of seven cards that serve as a gateway to their eternal prison made by Pegasus that have been distributed across the Duellist community. They are more than simple rare cards, each one holds the power of one of these seven creatures and all of them desire to eliminate all the others as they tried thousands of years ago.

“Of course that is simple legend, my research is simple directed at uncovering some hidden truth beneath this legend to see if there truly is something unusual about these cards such as some form of hidden technology or information,” Zeus said “But it is quite a fascinating story.”[/b]

His grin widened slightly as he spin this little lie at the end of his story, knowing that they were unlikely to buy the truth.

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Syra stared at Zeus as he began his story, scratching the back of his head.

[b]“Well this sounds like a load of dingo’s kidneys,”[/b] he thought to himself [b]“This guy’s nuts…Clearly very nuts.”[/b]

Zeus’ story did have some use to him, however, as he used the opportunity to sneak off while Zues was weaving his tale, jogging silently down a side corridor and ducking out of sight once he was a good distance away.

[b]“Right, now to find my card, get out and forget this all ever happened,”[/b] he said to himself.

[Time Psyduck]

"So you're looking to see if one of these cards has anything special about it?" Elizabeth confirmed, listening to the scientist's explanation. She wasn't the type who was particularly convinced by stories of super-powerful beings sealed in trading cards, or the supernatural in general. Given that Seto Kaiba was on record as having similar views, it could easily be argued that a head firmly grounded in reality was good for business. However, Elizabeth knew a couple of people who would be very interested in this sort of thing.

[i]I already had a vague notion that's what this was about,[/i] she mused, [i]after all, we are talking about my parents. Still, it's their money their throwing after this thing.[/i]

"Yes, it's an interesting story," she admitted, "but exactly what do you hope to achieve by finding some secret inside this card you have?" After all, unless it was for some sort of good cause, investors generally expected a return on the money they put into research.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#4b0082]"Follow him,"[/color] A smouldered voice inside Amelia's head made its presence known, [color=#4b0082]"We have enough information from the old man."[/color]

Amelia looked around to see what the voice meant by 'him', only to just see Syra sneak into a side corridor. She walked briskly to catch up to him just as he seemed to let his guard down, and muttered something about his card.

[color=#800080]"You lost a card?"[/color] Amelia asked Syra, [color=#800080]"Seriously?"[/color]

[TotalObelisk]

Zues frowned slightly and stroked his chin in response to the question, taking a moment to think before he answered.

[b]"That I'm not entirely sure of, I'm afraid,"[/b] he said [b]"I do have a few theories, however. Based mostly upon Pegasus' rather...Excentric nature as well as the growing trend his game has created."[/b]

He paused, taking a notepad from his pocket and thumbing through it.

[b]"My guess it it would have something to do with the game itself, some sort of secret buried in the very elements of the game,"[/b] he continued [b]"Some information that would prove invaluable, or just something as simple as wealth. Regardless we have made little progress, we have only one of the seven cards in our possession after all and, while it does certainly have some interesting properties to it, we have been able to gauge little from it..."[/b] He paused, eying the gathered crowd and raising an eyebrow [b]"I may be imagening things, but I could have sworn there where more of you."[/b]

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Syra jumped upon hearing someone behind him and immediately whirled around, striking a psuedo-kung-fu pose that was more likely to make him lose his balance than actually help him fight. He relaxed though when he saw it was a girl who had joined the throng of people following Zues inside the facility and not a 6 foot tall guard armed with a bazooka about to blow his head off.

[b]"Okay first, I didn't lose it, it was stolen,"[/b] he said, mentally trying to convince his heartbeat to slow down [b]"Second..."[/b] he paused, he hadn't actually thought this far ahead [b]"Nevermind, what's it to you anyway?"[/b]

He proceeded along the corridor, pressing himself up against the wall every so often and staring down both ends of the corridor before moving on. He seemed to be in luck, however, as he encountered no guards and eventually came to a door at the far end of the corridor. Looking through the window Syra could see his brother's card held in a small glass dome.

[b]"Perfect,"[/b] he said excitedly.

He rubbed his hands together and look at the keypad used to open the door, thinking hard.

[i]Now, if I where an evil, egotistical mad scientist with no fashion sense I'd probably go for the most complicated code imaginable...Unless that's exactly what they expected me to think, maybe they're trying to throw me through a loop and trick me![/i] A smug grin crossed Syra's face [i]Ha, figured you out doc, I'll be taking back my card now![/i]

With unrelented enthusiasm, Syra punched in a simple code into the machine: '1111'

[i][b]Access Denied[/i][/b]

He paused, genuinly surprised that this didn't work. He tried again: '1111'

[i][b]Access Denied[/i][/b]

'1112'

[i][b]Access Denied[/i][/b]

'1113'

[i][b]Access Denied[/i][/b]

'1134'

[i][b]Access Denied[/i][/b]

He stood back for a moment to think, stroking his chin as he did so and staring intently at the keypad. To his surprise, a series of green lights began to play around the keypad, lighting up one after another over 4 of the numbers before vanishing. Obviously surprised Syra stepped forward and punched in the sequence shown: '4257'

[i][b]Access Granted[/i][/b]

Syra punched the air victoriously as the door opened and bounded inside to grab the card. Holding it out triumphantly. His high spirits where quickly crushed, however, as he heard a deep male voice from behind him.

"Freeze!"

[Time Psyduck]

[i]Ah, the eccentricities of Maximilian Pegasus[/i], Elizabeth mused, [i]I suppose I'll have to get in touch with him as well at some point.[/i] "So, you have one of seven cards, and need at least two in order to find anything out about them," she confirmed. "Well, we have people who do research, so we may be able to track down another card." She then looked around, and she too noticed the group was smaller than before. "Huh. Maybe they got lost. I presume you have security capable of tracking people on your own premises?" If they didn't, it would be something that would need work on - after all, investments needed protecting. "So, since our group is somewhat reduced, what do you propose we see next?"

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Amelia sighed, and shrugged her shoulders. OK, so this kid had his card stolen, and now he steals one from the facility and gets caught by a guard. She wouldn't tolerate that type of idiocy, and thus was planning to leave, but then...[/color]

[color=#4b0082]"Wait, that card was a Spectrum Card,"[/color][color=#000000] informed the voice in Amelia's head, [/color][color=#4b0082]"Go now, save the child,"[/color]

[color=#800080]"What are you, insane?!"[/color][color=#000000] Amelia shouted, [/color][color=#800080]"I can't just barge in there and..."[/color]

[color=#4b0082]"Don't question me, worm!"[/color][color=#000000] the voice intervened.[/color]

[color=#800080]'Oh, I'm not going in there alone,'[/color][color=#000000] was the last thought she had, before all of a sudden, she was possessed by something.[/color]

[color=#000000]***[/color]

[color=#ff8c00]"Well, well, well, what do we have here?"[/color][color=#000000] what appeared to be an agent of some sort just happened to waltz into the room where Syra had been caught by a guard, [/color][color=#ff8c00]"Trying to steal a card now, are we?"[/color]

[color=#000000]The agent continued to walk up to the guard, and patted him on the back.[/color]

[color="#ff8c00"]"Good job soldier,"[/color][color=#000000] he stated simply.[/color]

[TotalObelisk]

Syra froze as instructed, in the exact pose he'd been standing in with the card still held out in front of him.

[i]Ohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrapohcrap,[/i] he repeated to himself over and over in his head.

Before the guard could advance any further Syra heard another set of footsteps entering the room, congratulating the guard for a job well done. Syra's eye twitched slightly and he turned about, ignoring his orders to freeze and glaring at the two men.

[b]"I'm stealing nothing,"[/b] he said defensivly [b]"This card belongs to my brother and he left it with me to take care of, and that's what I'm doing! [i]You[/i] guys are the ones that stole it."[/b]

The guard raised a tasor threateningly and snarled at Syra.

"Don't push your luck, kid," He pulled what look like a two-way radio from his belt and activated it.

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[b]"Quite, quite,"[/b] Zues said [b]"Since you're here I suppose you'd like to see the card itself, perhaps you might recognize it..."[/b]

A soft beeping interrupted Zues' sentence and he paused, reaching down to retrive a small device from his pocket and pressing a button on it. He raised an eyebrow and then stowed the device away again and sighed.

[b]"It seems we have a...Situation,"[/b] he said [b]"Not the best timing I'm sure but I'm afraid it does need my immediate attention, I believe you know the way out."[/b]

With that said he strode over to the other side of the room and left through a keypad locked door, closing it firmly behind him.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#ff8c00]"I believe the term you're looking for is recovered,"[/color][color=#000000] the agent corrected Syra, [/color][color=#ff8c00]"The Spectrum Cards were never meant to be in anyone's possession anyway. In truth, that specific one was meant to be destroyed yesterday, but no, that old goat had to insist on having one last tour. Senior citizens these days, always trying to hold on to fading memories,"[/color]

[color=#000000][i]"Agent X, come in,"[/i] a voice was blaring out of the agent's intercom.[/color]

[color=#ff8c00]"What's the situation?"[/color][color=#000000] the agent asked.[/color]

[color=#000000][i]"About those reinforcements you were meant to receive,"[/i] the voice stated, [i]"They've... been defeated."[/i][/color]

[color=#ff8c00]"In a duel?"[/color][color=#000000] the agent joked, [/color][color=#ff8c00]"They don't happen to still be sore about it, do they?"[/color]

[color="#000000"][i]"No! ...yes. Quite literally too. They've somehow been injured in... I think I know what happened; they've been in a shadow duel. You better get out of there before this shadow duelist finds us and... oh god,"[/i] All of a sudden, there was a silence from the intercom, but one of which didn't last long, [i]"Abort mission! She's going straight for you!"[/i][/color]

[color=#ff8c00]"She...? Are you saying the shadow duelist is a girl?"[/color][color=#000000] No response came from the intercom, and in a state of emergency, the agent pulled a taser of his own at Syra, [/color][color=#ff8c00]"We [i]really[/i] don't have the time to screw around. Gimme that card, right now!"[/color]

[Time Psyduck]

Elizabeth started to head out, but then paused. She didn't trust the doctor, and it seemed something was happening. Unfortunately, she hadn't been able to see the code on the keypad, so she couldn't make it through alone.

Fortune seemed to be on her side, however, as someone resembling a security guard walked passed her, towards the door. She followed him, and this time got a good look at the combination. Before he went through, however, he turned to confront her.

"Excuse me, but this is a restricted area," he informed her, "who are you?"

"Ellie Smith," she replied, and she briefly flashed an official looking card. "I'm conducting an external Health and Safety inspection, but it seems my guide was called away on some matter. I wonder, could you direct me to your laboratories?"

Suspecting nothing, the guard nodded, and the two of them headed through the door, closing on the lab. [i]What are you trying to hide, Zues? [/i]she questioned, looking around and seemingly paying more than the usual attention to things like light fittings and wall power sockets.

[Aesirson]

Brighton, who hadn't had a chance to even show Zeus his card, was somewhat disappointed at the turn of events, but he was still interested in what was going on, so he followed Elizabeth and the guard, looking as official as he could (it wasn't very hard since he was wearing one of his finest suits) If luck was on his side the guard would think he was with the lady. He looked down at his pocket, the one where he kept his Phoenix, and wondered what secrets these cards might hold.

[Time Psyduck]

As the guard walked through the door, he turned back, looking at a man who had tried to join them without being noticed. "Excuse me sir," the guard spoke up, "but I can't let you through here without authorisation."

Elizabeth glanced back at the man, briefly wondering why he was shadowing her. She quickly came to the - rather sensible - conclusion that whoever this person was, they were presumably trying to see this card as well. She quickly made an unusually rash decision, although corroboration might be useful if she found something serious.

"Oh, he's with me," she explained, "he's a trainee." She cast about her mind for a name, since most people would expect her to know it. "Tony." She leaned back to the man. "If you want to get in, go with it," she whispered. "Well, now that's sorted, can we continue?"

The guard obliged, and allowed them through the door. Elizabeth took care to be seen to be looking at things like lighting and power sockets, the sort of thing a Health and Safety officer might be interested in.

[TotalObelisk]

Zeus entered the security room, instantly making his way over to the wall of monitors showing the activity all over the facility. The security officers stationed there merely stood there as he scanned the screens for what he was looking for, zoning in on it in seconds.

[b]"Who let that boy in there?"[/b] He asked, his tone calm but threatening.

The officers dotted about the room shifted nervously before one of them spoke up: "We, we don't know how he got it, he just guessed the code for the keypad and hey presto,"

Zeus' eyes narrowed behind his glasses and he glared at the monitor again, observing the events as the two guards cornered the boy in the room.

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[b]"Bullplop!"[/b] Syra responded [b]“The heck would you need to destroy a card for, it's a card not a nuclear bomb!"[/b]

Syra was not in the mood to argue, but with two people blocking his escape he wasn’t in much of a position to make a break for it unless he thought of something fast. While the 'agent' was distracted he took the opportunity to look around the room to see if there was anything he could use. He considered the ventilation system before he noticed that it was far too small for him to fit through.

[i]Perfect,[/i] he thought [i]Now what am I supposed to-[/i]

[i][color=#006400]Kill them[/color][/i]

[b]"Huh?"[/b] Syra looked around, finding no source for the strange voice.

[i][color=#006400]Kill them[/color][/i] it repeated.

Syra held his breath, trying to listen and see if there was anybody hiding behind a wall or something.

[i][color=#006400]If you want your freedom then release me,[/i][/color] the voice persisted [i][color=#006400]Release me and let me kill them![/color][/i]

Syra shook his head, wondering if he was hearing things, and then realizing that both guards where advancing on him. As they drew closer a sudden idea popped into his head and he pointed behind them, a look of absolute terror on his face.

[b]"[i]LOOK, A DISTRACTION![/i]"[/b]

And with that he jumped up onto the podium his card had been held in a few minutes ago and used it to vault over their hands, landing in the doorway and practically punching and 'close & lock' button on the keypad.

[b]"See ya round Agent Smith and Agent Smith,"[/b] he said, waving to them before the door closer and he bolted down the corridor.

[i][color=#006400]You should have killed them.[/color][/i]

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Meanwhile, a possessed Amelia walked right up to the door that previously contained the Spectrum Card, and now seemed to have the agent trapped inside. Upon realizing what might've happened, she growled furiously, and an aura of heat surrounded her immediately. The pupils and irises in her eyes have also been mysteriously constantly changing shape, as though they were live fireballs or comets. Unable to contain the rage inside her any more, Amelia punched the door with all her might. All this achieved however, was breaking even more bones in her body, more specifically in her hand.[/color]

[color=#800080][b]"HOW CAN THIS BE POSSIBLE??!!"[/b][/color][color=#000000] she scolded, as her original voice had been combined with the one that merely used to be with her head, [/color][color=#800080][b]"I was so close to finally exacting my revenge! And now all of a sudden it's slipped away. But how? How can it... end like this? And why do [i]I [/i]have to suffer through this?"[/b][/color]

[color=#000000]Amelia was obviously distraught about this failure, but the being in possession of her body wasn't going to give up that easily. She reached her hand out to the keypad, hoping the intense heat now emitting through her body would lift up the fingerprints on the keypad. That was... if any fingerprints were to be found on the keypad at all.[/color]

[Aesirson]

"Tony" played along and kept following the guard and Elizabeth until they reached the labs. While Elizabeth looked around at things that would interest someone from a Health and Safety department Brighton's eyes quickly fell on a couple of cards that were spread across a table. He looked at them, and noticed that all of the monsters on the cards were of different colors. Every one of the seven colors of the rainbow were represented, except green. [i]Hm... I wonder if these cards have any relation to my card?[/i]

((The cards are just normal monsters that are of different colors. Let's just say that an NPC brought the cards because he suspected the truth (obviously he brought the wrong cards, though)))

[Ignis avis]

"Cyber Dragon go!" William Machina said playing the monster card. A metallic dragon soared out of the holographic card that had appeared in front of William "Now I'll destroy your kuriboh for the end game." The mechanical dragon shot it's fire, and singed the brown fuzzball which then shattered into dust. The man who was dueling against William fell to the ground.
"And our winner is William Machina. Here is the prize a one of a kind card." the announcer said handing him a monster card with a picture of a giant golden airship.

William woke from his nap. It had been two years since that day, but lately it had been coming back to him every day in increasing clarity. "I wonder why I'm dreaming about it now." He said as he got ready to go into town. "As good a day as any I guess." after slipping his deck into it's case he was out the door, and on his way.

[TotalObelisk]

[i]Okay,[/i] Syra thought, [i]I’ve got my card, now I just need to get outta here.[/i]

He turned several corners as he continued running around the facility, coming up several locked doors and dead ends in his attempts to find a way out.

[b]“Damnit!”[/b] He snapped after the fourth locked door [b]“Where the heck am I supposed to go?”[/b]

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Zeus stroked his chin while he watched the boy on the monitors, his eyebrows creased and his mouth twisted in a frown.

“He got the card,” one of the guards stationed commented “Should I send someone after him?”

Zeus paused for a moment, an idea forming in his head after hearing what the boy had said.

[b]“No,”[/b] he said calmly [b]“I have a theory I wish to test.”[/b] This sentence was followed by a few groans and rolling of eyes [b]“Keep an eye on him though.”[/b]

With that Zeus left the room, a confident grin spreading across his face.

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[b]“Ahah!”[/b] Syra exclaimed as he finally found a door that would open [b]“Now I can…Oh.”[/b]

He ran through the large double doors only to find himself in a large white room, about the size of a tennis court, various instruments and computers where dotted about the edges and Syra couldn’t even begin to guess what they could even be for.

[b]“Huh…Would this be a good sign or a bad sign?”[/b] He wondered aloud.

[b]“Good afternoon,”[/b]

Syra jumped and looked around to see Zeus walking through a pair of doors at the other end of the room, both hands clasped behind his back and a confident grin on his face.

[b]“I believe you have something of mine,”[/b] he said calmly.

[b]“Bullplop!”[/b] Syra retorted [b]“This is the card my brother gave me and you [i]stole[/i] from me!”[/b]

Zeus’ grin didn’t falter.

[b]“Well I apologize for any misunderstanding, but are you sure you didn’t simply lose yours and this is simply another copy?”[/b] He asked.

[b]“Hell no,”[/b] Syra replied [b]“I know my brother’s card when I see it; it’s the only one of its kind!”[/b]

Zeus chuckled softly, adjusting his glasses with one hand.

[b]“Well, you’re half right,”[/b] he chuckled.

[b]“Huh?”[/b]

Zeus reached into his pocket and pressed a button on a small device, immediately throughout the facility computer screens opened up showing the room from various angles, complete with audio.

[b]“You remember that story I told you when you first arrived?”[/b] Zeus began [b]“About the 7 Spectrum cards and the powers they possess.”[/b]

[b]“Vaguely,”[/b] Syra shrugged.

[b]“What if I told you that story was true?”[/b] Zeus asked [b]“And the card you hold right now could possess the power to destroy the human race.”[/b]

Syra looked down at the card in his hand, a doubtful expression on his face.

[b]“Pull the other one, doc,”[/b] he said, looking back up [b]“This card’s important to me, sure, but it’s still just a card.”[/b]

[b]“Oh ye of little faith,”[/b] Zeus sighed, shaking his head [b]“Very well, since you’re so keen to hold onto that card I’ll offer you a chance.”[/b]

Syra raised an eyebrow. Zeus responded by raising his arm, revealing a duel disk strapped to it and a deck already inserted.

[b]“Beat me in a duel and I’ll let you go free, card and all,”[/b] he said [b]“Lose, and you relinquish your card to me and I decide what to do with you myself.”[/b]

[b]“What’s stopping me from just knocking you out and running past?”[/b] Syra asked.

[b]“Well aside from state of the art security, a maze of corridors that only me and my staff have memorized and the fact that you’re an immature boy with no knowledge of breaking in or breaking out there’s also the fact that I’ve just locked all the exits to this room,”[/b] Zeus said [b]“And those doors are directly linked to my duel disk, beat me and they unlock and you can go free.”[/b]

Syra weighed the facts in his mind and finally settled on a decision, opening his backpack and revealing his own sleek silver duel disk.

[b]“You’re on old man,”[/b] he said, slotting the disk into one of his arm gauntlets and adding Emerald Skull Champion to his deck.

[b]“Excellent,”[/b] Zeus said, a wide grin on his face [b]“Oh and there’s one more condition, if you wish to win you must play your Emerald Skull Champion, if you win without it then our deal is off.”[/b]

[b]“Ha, no problem,”[/b] Syra grinned [b]“Say your prayers gramps!”[/b]

[b][i]“Duel!”[/i][/b]

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]No such luck. Amelia had to get in that door somehow, so she tried various combinations off the top of her head, hoping that at least one of them would work. The agent was in there waiting for her, after all.[/color]

[color=#800080][b]"Burrrn..."[/b][/color][color=#000000] she whispered as she entered the first combination, 2876.[/color]

[color="#000000"][b]Access Denied[/b][/color]

[b][color=#800080]"Killll..."[/color][/b][color=#000000] this time, she tried 5455.[/color]

[color=#000000][b]Access Denied[/b][/color]

[b][color=#800080]"Inciner..."[/color][/b][color=#000000] she managed to enter 4624, before crossing an epiphany in her mind, [/color][color=#800080][b]"God damn it, there's not enough spaces for that one. Hmph, looks like I'll have to try this again..."[/b][/color]

[color="#000000"]Amelia pressed the cancel button, wiping the combination clear from the screen. She took some time to think of one more word that could somehow translate to a number combination. Finally, something came to her.[/color]

[color=#800080][b]"Paaiin..."[/b][/color][color=#000000] if she was successful in lifting those fingerprints, Amelia would've realized that her latest attempt in 7246 was close to the real combination. After all, it did use three of the four correct numbers. But alas...[/color]

[color=#000000][b]Access Denied[/b][/color]

[color="#000000"]Infuriated, Amelia screamed at the top of her lungs, loud enough for everyone in the entire building to hear, before slamming her palm into the keypad, destroying it instantly and rendering it irreparable, and then charging into the door a few times, each time using all the might she can muster, and only stopping to the sound of someone moving inside the ventilation shaft. Finally giving in to the possibility that the agent may have escaped, she kicked the door one last time.[/color]

[color=#800080][b]"Why are these the only words I know?"[/b][/color][color=#000000] she asked herself sorrowfully.[/color]

[Ignis avis]

Arriving at Set Tech William unlocked the employees entrance, and walked in. He grabbed his uniform, a black blazer, and started to slip into it.
"Hey William. Your late, that's unlike you." a tall lanky man said as William walked into the break room.

[i]"[color=#ff0000]Sorry Mr. Set. Got any jobs for today?" [/color][/i]William asked buttoning the blazer.

"It may not be a duel, but we have a delivery to Vulture Labratories across town. A couple of Hard drives they ordered about a week ago finally came in. They are out back grab them, and head out." Mr. Set said tossing him a pair of keys, as he went back to the front of the store. William caught the keys, and went back out the door he has came in through.

"[color=#ff0000][i]May not be that cool, but at least he doesn't make me work too much.[/i]"[/color] William said as he loaded the hardrives into the delivery truck. Sitting in the drivers seat felt good, but turning the keys felt better. [color=#ff0000]"[i]Got to say thanks when I get back[/i]." [/color]he whispered as he started the drive to the labratory.

[i]Wonder what they need these hard drives for. You would think they would buy this stuff from a bigger company[/i]. he thought as he started to switch through stations on the radio
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[TotalObelisk]

[b]“Let’s get started then,”[/b] Zeus said, drawing a hand of six cards and waiting for Syra to follow suit [b]“I’ll start with the basics, I’ll set one monster in defence mode and set one card face down.”[/b]

A pair of holograms appeared in front of Zeus, both of face down cards with the one in front set sideways.

[b]“Let’s see what you make of this,”[/b] Zeus said, lowering his arm.

[b]“Heh, this’ll be easy,”[/b] Syra grinned, drawing his sixth card [b]“I summon Archfiend Soldier in attack mode!”[/b]

Syra placed his card on his duel disk, summoning a hologram of demonic warrior dressed in hellish dark armour and a green cloak.

[b]“Archfiend Soldier attack!”[/b] Syra ordered.

The monster charged forward, raising a clawed hand to strike Zeus’ face down monster.

[b]“I reveal my trap card!”[/b] Zeus said.

The card flipped up and a blinding light filled the room for a split second. By the time Syra was able to open his eyes again his jaw dropped as he found himself floating in a virtual space field, complete with both stars and planets. He looked back over to his field to find his soldier still there but Zeus’ field empty aside from his now face-up trap card.

[b]“Hey what gives?”[/b] Syra asked [b]“Nothing happened; your trap card was a dud.”[/b]

[b]“I wasn’t aiming to stop your attack,”[/b] Zeus explained [b]“I simply played Macro Cosmos in response to it.”[/b]

[b]“Macro Cosmos?”[/b]

[b]“Correct,”[/b] Zeus continued, a smug grin on his face [b]“And so long as this card remains active, all cards sent to the Graveyard are now removed from play.”[/b]

[b]“Wait, what?”[b] Syra was taken aback by this news [b]“But then…That means I can't use…”[/b]

[b]“Exactly, it means you can’t summon your Emerald Skull Champion,”[/b] Zeus said [b]“What a shame that the conditions for victory mean you [i]have[/i] to summon it in order to win.”[/b]

[u]Zeus[/u]
LP: 4000
Hand: 4
Field:
Macro Cosmos
Grave: 0
RFG: 1
Deck: 34

[u]Syra:[/u]
LP: 4000
Hand: 5
Field: Archfiend Soldier (ATK: 1900)
Grave: 0
RFG: 0
Deck: 34


[spoiler=cards used]
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[Ignis avis]

William pulled into a parking lot adjacent to to the giant labratories, and shut off the truck. Grabbing the hard drives he walked up to the doors, and saw a small machine that you pressed a button on to speak. [i]Nothing ventured nothing gained [/i]he thought as he pressed the button.

"[color=#ff0000]Hello?[/color]" William said into the microphone. "[color=#ff0000]My name is Wiliam Machina, and i'm here on a delivery from Set Tech across town[/color]." Releasing the button he had nothing left to do but sit and wait for a response. Taking a step back from the door he looked up, and at the building. It was huge, and metallic, like something out of a sciece fiction movie.

[TotalObelisk]

The machine came to life after William’s reply and a voice issued through, sounding slightly bored.

“Come on through,” it said lazily “We’re in the middle of a security breach at the moment but it won’t take long to resolve, you can wait for a representative in the waiting room until we’re ready.”

The message ended and a small buzzed indicated that the door was unlocked to allow William entrance.

[center]****[/center]

Zeus’ communicator suddenly went off, emitting a soft beeping until he took it from his pocket and answered it.

[b]“Oh come on,”[/b] Syra moaned [b]“This is not the time to be answering your phone.”[/b]

[b]“Please be silent,”[/b] Zeus replied before listening to the message telling him of William’s arrival [b]“I see, tell him someone will be with him shortly, I’m afraid I have my hands full at the moment and…Oh? I see that is interesting. No leave them be, if anything this should benefit things.”[/b]

He turned the device off and returned it to his pocket.

[b]“Now, where were we?”[/b] He asked [b]“I believe you were about to end your turn?”[/b]

[b]“I…I guess I am,”[/b] Syra shrugged [b]“I’ll set two cards down and that’ll do me for now.”[/b]

[b]“Excellent,”[/b]

As soon as Syra lowered his arm a glowing white orb appeared on Zeus’ field, transforming into a spherical satellite.

[b]“Uh…Where did that come from?”[/b] Syra asked [b]“You didn’t even draw yet.”[/b]

[b]“It’s called Different Dimension Scout Plane,”[/b] Zeus explained [b]“And if it’s out of play during the End Phase I can summon it in attack mode.”[/b]

[b]“That so?”[/b] Syra replied, a smug grin on his face [b]“Well it’s not going to do you much good, it’s only got 800 ATK!”[/b]

Zeus drew a new card from his deck, ignoring Syra’s taunt as he looked over his hand.

[b]“I sacrifice my Scout Plan in order to summon Mobius the Frost Monarch!”[/b]

Zeus’ monster vanished and was replaced by a hulking warrior in white and blue armour with a dark navy coloured cape behind him.

[b]“Now for the fun part,”[/b] Zeus said.

Mobius raised his arms and a blizzard suddenly flew from Zeus’ side of the field, forcing Syra to raise his arm over his face entirely forgetting it was only a hologram. Both his face down cards began to freeze over before the finally shattered.

[b]“When he’s summoned Mobius has the power to destroy up to 2 spell or trap cards anywhere on the field,”[/b] Zeus explained [b]“So if you were hoping those would help you then you’re sadly mistaken.”[/b]

[b]“Oh fudge,”[/b]

[b]“Now Mobius destroy his Archfiend Soldier,”[/b] Zeus ordered.

Mobius raised his arms and threw an almighty punch at Syra’s monster, destroying it and taking 500 points off Syra’s life points.

[b]“Eugh, that smarts,”[/b] Syra commented.

[b]“And now that my turn ends my Scout Plane returns,”[/b] Zeus said as the aforementioned monster reappeared on Zeus’ field [b]“Your move.”[/b]

[u]Zeus[/u]
LP: 4000
Hand: 4
Field: Mobius the Frost Monarch
Macro Cosmos
Grave: 0
RFG: 1
Deck: 33

[u]Syra:[/u]

LP: 3500
Hand: 3
Field:
Grave: 3
RFG: 0
Deck: 34

[spoiler=cards used]
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[Ignis avis]

William did as he was told, and walked into the waiting room.

"[color=#ff0000]I wonder what kind of breach they are talking about[/color]."[color=#ff0000] [/color]William whispered to himself as he set down the hard drives. He started to pace back and forth. "[color=#ff0000]Guess I'll have to wait, ain't that right cruiser[/color]."

Sitting down in one of the chairs closes to the door he pulled out his deck, and started to go through it as he often did when he was bored, or nervous. Slipping his Gilded cruiser card out of the deck, he returned the rest to the holder at his side. [i]At least I have you [/i]he thought. Returning the card to his deck William looked up at the ceiling, and smiled. Something about the day just felt different, and he wasn't sure quite how yet.

[Admiral_Stalfos19]

[color=#000000]Eventually, a handful of security guards had held her at taser-point, but Amelia was having none of that! Still being possessed by this strange entity that had yet to identify itself, Amelia pushed away a couple of them aside, before trudging down one hallway. Her new target had become Syra, the kid who got his Spectrum Card back, and selfishly sealed the door shut so that her own goal was blocked. She stormed off in his direction, fighting off any guard that got in her way and pushing through every open door until she was just outside the room where Zeus and Syra were dueling. Amelia turned to the nearby technician.[/color]

[color=#800080][b]"Open that door!"[/b][/color][color=#000000] she demanded.[/color]

[Premier Alexander Romanov]

Hannah had finally managed to track down the information. It all led to this place, Vulture Projects. As far as she knew, most of the holders of the other Spectrum Beasts, if not all of them, were already inside. She quickly ran up to the gate, pulled out her trusty grappling hook, and threw the pronged tool up to the top, where it quickly latched on. She then scurried up the rope like a ravenous koala to the most delicious euclayptu-
Wait just one second, she thought to herself as she scaled the gate. Why was she thinking in such an obvious Australian euphemism? She wasn't no stereotypical Australian! And while she did admire Jim Crocodile Cook, he was more Australian than she was! HE was the one that should've been comparing koalas climbing trees to her climbing a gate! However, as she attemped to come up with a more accurate euphemism regarding paleobiology, she had already reached the top of the gate. It didn't take much for her to swing her rope over and climb down, though she was still seething over the fact that she almost went stereotypically Australian.
Finally, she went inside of the building, and declared. [color=#ff8c00]"Ulryte, ya wankahs! Oi wanna see tah heddmahn o' diss heyah playce azoon az pozzibull!" [/color]This is when she remember that, while she could always attempt to escape the climate in which she was raised, she could never get rid of the tongue her parents gave her. However, from now on, some cosmic being decided that her speech should be translated into text on some obscure forum on the Internet as if it was Native Australian, rendering her sentence as such. [color=#ff8c00]<Alright, you wankers! I want to see the head man of this here place as soon as possible!>[/color]

[Time Psyduck]

Elizabeth noted that 'Tony' had spotted something on a table, which turned out to be duel monster's cards[i]In a laboratory that is supposedly conducting work on trading cards, having several cards out unnattended in such a way is bad practice. In fact...[/i]

"Good find, Tony," she told the stranger, "something like this should be kept outside of a laboratory. Most labs would have at least something harmful, and it's good practice not to leave items like this laying about. If it's part of the work, they shouldn't have been left scattered about like this; if not, they shouldn't be here at all." She turned back to their escort. "Can you find out what's going on with these?" she asked.

The guard gave a nod and stepped out of the room. As soon as he was gone she turned to 'Tony'.

"So, who are you really, and what business have you in here?"