When Angelo had finished his simulation he went back to the viewing area and stood next to Ethel relaxing as he watched the others go through the simulations themselves. Angelo had trouble but the point was that he did put up as Ethel said before. Angelo was adept to using street roads back where he came from so he was able to do most at those points. What he didn't expect was the multitude of broken roads on the track cause that threw him for a loop "So how did I meet your expectations bunny?" Angelo asked her thinking it would be her new nickname from him to her. Although he tensed up getting ready to dodge a slap to the face for giving her a nickname she didn't want in the first place...
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As Ignia exited the simulation booth, Camryn practically leapt inside. She clambered onto the Duel Runner and practically shoved her head into the helmet, barely giving the course time to load before she started revving the Runner. This is gonna be so awesome! I bet I could finish the simulation in record time! Her train of thought continued in that direction as she continued to absentmindedly rev the engine, but she was snapped out of it by the sound of the timer beginning its countdown. She braced herself as the timer counted down from 3...

2...

1...

And she was off! The first part of the track was a long straightaway with a bunch of small oil slicks scattered in a random pattern along it. Camryn was able to go around most of them, but ended up clipping the last one, which made her slam into a wall and forced a restart. Okay, so maybe I won't finish in record time. But I can still finish! I just have to be a bit more careful. The second time around, she managed to evade the oil puddles, but when she saw the second obstacle, her face fell.

It was a short ramp with a long drop, and Camryn didn't have enough speed to get across the gap at the rate she was going. She floored the accelerator and tried not to scream at the sudden huge burst of speed. She barely managed to clear the ramp, but drove directly into a cleverly-placed boulder, costing her another try. She grit her teeth and resolved to not hit the boulder next time.

Fortunately, the boulder was easy to avoid if you knew it was there, so it was bypassed easily. The next part of the track looked to be a series of tight, zigzagging turns, so Camryn promptly slowed way down and took her time with the obstacle. That was where she went wrong.

Camryn ended up slowing down so much that after the first few turns, her Duel Runner was going so slowly that it couldn't keep itself upright, and, very slowly, tipped over with her on it, which resulted in the simulation ending, as she had run out of lives.

Camryn sighed. Well, that was embarrassing. Hopefully Mr. Cellrate is the only one who saw it... She exited the simulator room and went to sit down somewhere, hoping that nobody would notice her embarrassment.

The Turbo Dueling students were all trying their best to clear the course, one after the other. As one would expect, none actually made it to the end yet. But Ryder was also planning for that, he'd purposefully made the simulation more difficult than the average track to really steel the students' techniques for when they would actually drive for the first time. Nonetheless, some of the results surprised the man. Ethel, Ignia and Camryn were the first three girls to drive and had actually managed to clear a few obstacles, more than the average student. And the first boy to drive, Angelo, showed some remarkable skill... He'd made it farther than any other student so far, and seemed to drive as if he'd done it before. Some others were also standouts, either by clearing the first obstacle on the first try or getting just about as far as the above mentioned three girls. It seemed this particular batch of students had potential to drive, and that made Ryder smile.

The teacher also greeted each student that walked out individually, giving them some tips and advice for the next time. To Ethel they simply told her she needed to play around more with her center of gravity, leaning in a little less sharp to take turns. This was totally included in the first time the man acted, and is in no way the author trying to fix a plot hole. On Angelo, Ryder's words were: "Well, you've obviously done this before. But your technique's a little off, you seem to want to go too fast. Slow down a little, at the high speeds you're going it's hard to avoid any precision obstacles. Also, take less risks in your turns. I noticed you took them a little too wide, and only narrowly escape from side obstacles because of that. Stick closer to the corners."

Ignia was the next one out, and naturally they also had said something. "Ah! Good job for your first time, Ignia. I've noticed your problem is wanting to go too fast in too short of a timespan, I'm actually surprised you managed to avoid crashing the first time you passed the oil slick. You were going near horizontal around that corner, it's a miracle the system hadn't registered the wheels giving out. Try to pass objects a little more slowly, it'll give you more breathing room." was Ryder's advice to them. Once Camryn got out, Ryder seemed to be extremely let down. "Oh Camryn, what happened in that last lap? You were doing so well! It seems you were experimenting with different styles, and I like that. But you should stick to a more standard style for now. Also, revving it up like you did at the start is bad for the engine, instead, wait until just before you're about to take off. This way you don't demolish your brakes. For the rest of it you're mostly fine, just try to lean in a little more on turns and don't be afraid to go a little faster."

There were quite a few students still having to do the simulation, so those who cleared it have a bit of time to catch their breath and chat with each other.

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Wilhelms' attempts at keeping students inside the classroom seemed to be futile, which the man had to nearly curse under his breath for. Not that they actually did it, as they were too refined for that. Sighing and massaging his temples, they turned their attention to Nathan. The kid ran up to check if the Security personnel was still breathing, and from their reaction judging, they were. "The nurse is already aware, Security had informed me multiple accidents of this kind have happened in the school building. I wanted to keep all of you inside the class room, but unfortunately, some students decided to play hero..." Wilhelms shared his frustration, then raised an eyebrow at Brad. The boy had lifted up the taller man on his back with the help of Nathan and another nearby person, and was now asking for instructions on how to get to the nurse's office.

"I'm afraid that the nurse's office is thirty floors down, my boy. Elevators have been turned off to prevent the escape of the perpetrators, so if you're serious about bringing him there, you'll have to take the stairs. I'll inform her you're coming." the teacher answered Brad, then turned to grab the D-Ceiver they'd put on the desk. Dialing and muttering a few things, they informed whoever was at the nurse's office of the buff boy's arrival.

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Maisy's hat seemed to be cursed that day, lest it be wind or something else, it would just not fall into the girl's hands... Or float, for that matter. It got blown all the way into the stairwell, then decided to plummet straight down a few floors. Sliding on the railing, it made quite the spectacular sight. Somewhere in all the chasing, Maisy got separated from Vincent, Tsukiko and Leander. Her hat wound up all the way down floor 4, the cafeteria. Coincidentally, Haas just stormed past that floor and into the cafeteria... Which blew the hat straight in as well.

If Maisy'd step inside, she'd see two people there: Haas and someone else. Another figure, though different from the last one since they were male. It was clear they were out of place in the academy, standing at 1m97 with one green and one blue eye. They had a pair of light blue glasses on, brushing a few strand of their rather long black hairs to the side. They were wearing a brownish cloak, again similar to the lady from earlier, with a full body black business suit underneath. On their right arm, crossed across his chest, was a two-piece disk modeled after a mirror. It had a brilliant blue-and-gold color scheme. "...Great." they muttered, obviously displeased with the two kids showing up. On a table nearby the entrance Maisy's hat finally landed, though for some reason, other than the two other people there wasn't much else in the room. Security wasn't anywhere in sight.

"You aren't who we're looking for. Go away." They barked out, keeping one eye shut. The other one was keeping Haas, and Maisy if she were there, closely in sight. If either of them tried anything, the guy on the other end of the room would know.

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Vincent, Tsukiko and Leander were still running down the stairs. None of them were noticing anything particularly odd, but at one time they weren't able to pinpoint, some of them got split from Maisy. Not only Maisy, really, Tsukiko seemed to get split from the two boys as well. The girl herself wouldn't really recall why, where or how either. Some sort of dizzying, empty fog clouded her mind each time she'd try to think back to that, though it didn't feel like anything strange at all. Leander and Vincent wound up on floor six, a gym, while Tsukiko seemed to end up right at the academy's entrance. Vincent and Leander wouldn't quite be able to recall why or how they were on six either, having the same empty feeling clouding their mind. Tsukiko wouldn't find anything odd about the first floor, except for the fact the door to the stairwell behind her was locked for whatever reason and no personnel were actually on that floor. Almost as if she got locked out of the rest of the building... Nobody else seemed to be in the direct vicinity, except for maybe Shinrei or the Turbo Arena students were she to wander out that way. Though, some sort of music was coming from outside, more into the direction of the sandy desert areas. And alluring melody, like a siren's song. Shinrei wouldn't be able to hear the music, though was close enough to the main building to see anyone wandering out of it.

Meanwhile, Vincent and Leander would find a pretty standard area. Their was a built-in closet at the far and of the room, lines painted across the floor, benches on the side... Standard gym look, really. The same woman as before was there to greet them, a smirk on her face. She'd lowered the hood to reveal a dark-pink ponytail hairstyle, alongside amber eyes. The same lipstick as before pretty much confirmed it was, indeed, the same person. Two softer locks of hair curved along the side of her face, though many other details weren't noticeable as the cloak obscured the rest of her features. "Ooooh, I didn't expect guests so soon~!" she playfully murmured, and for some reason, not even bothering to hide the fact that was a lie. "Mmm... A shame you didn't bring the other kid." she let out an exasperated sigh, winking at the two boys. "Oh well! This is fine~!" They continued on, with a little hum. It seems she was baiting out a reaction first, from the tame and non-hostile attitude she was having. Strangely, nobody else was on this floor as well.

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Megan's searches weren't very fruitful, all she discovered by going up a few floors was much the same sight as before. Security personnel in various numbers were badly wounded and laying there, with students either freaking out or being oddly calm. None of the classrooms seemed to have any useful leads beyond what she already knew. On her way up to the final student-allowed floor, though, Megan passed by a cloaked figure obscuring their features. They were surprisingly nimble. From the other end of the door she also could hear a teacher barking orders at their students, more than likely someone who was also affected by the entire mess.

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Ethel decided to pay attention to Angelo's riding for... Whatever reason. She wasn't really all that interested in the guy, but he was the next one to ride after all. The only reason she said what she did was because of that very reason, and she could see the stupid grin under his helmet. Ugh, was he seriously smiling about what she said to him? Well, whatever it was, they already showed at least something in being able to kick off perfectly like she'd done before. And crashed for his first time at the very same point. "Ugh... You're doing this on purpose." she muttered out under her breath, thinking he was just trying to show off by purposefully crashing where she had. Even worse was Angelo clearing the walls without an issue, which Ethel couldn't. At this point, she was convinced he was only showing off because the girl told them to show up the rest. While she was a little impressed at him getting farther than her, her sore loser tendencies also welled up inside. Jealousy and not being able to do it.

Angelo actually managed to get pretty far in the course, and even though Ethel told him to, she wasn't exactly happy with it. The way they drove made her look like an amateur in comparison... His third try wasted, the black haired boy shortly after decided to walk on out of the simulation booth, tagging in Ignia. And then Ethel nearly gagged, him walking out all smug and throwing a wink in her direction, as if what he just did should have impressed her. Who the hell did he think he was? Do one impressive thing and expect her to be head over heels for him? Ignia walked into the booth, Ethel pulling her eyes away from Angelo and onto the screen. She wanted to see how this turned out, Ignia being the one student the girl was somewhat familiar with. She seemed to be having about as much luck as Ethel, failing due to slippery wheels launching her against a wall for the first attempt. Ethel almost felt sorry for the poor girl.

She wanted to continue paying attention, but something felt off. A sense of dread washed over the girl as her ears picked up the sound of someone making their way over to her. From the corner of Ethel's eyes, she could see a hue of green worming it's way through the crowd. Right towards the back. Where she was. He isn't seriously... she began mentally asking herself, though her suspicions seemed to quickly verify themselves. The most annoying voice possible right now rang from a little whiles away, sounding casual and what was an attempt at cool. "So how did I meet your expectations, Bunny?" Angelo asked Ethel, who's right eye twitched.

The pin in her hair launched itself out, making contact with the concrete floor and making a rather loud *Clang* sound. The girl's blue locks of hair drooped down over her shoulders, her head slowly turning in Angelo's direction with a look of scorn plastered across her face. "What did you just call me?" she hissed in his direction, now FUMING with anger. "Who do you think you are?" She asked him, turning around and looking up. Without her boots the guy was a little taller than her, but that size difference didn't scare the girl. "Don't address me so casually, you thug. I'm not your friend. I'll never be your friend. Just because you are somewhat skilled does not give you the right to give me such a dehumanizing nickname." She bit in his direction, resisting the urge to slap them.

Ethel picked the hairpin off the floor, tossing it right into the trashcan as it seemed to have snapped in half for some reason. She turned around and walked a few steps away from Angelo, obviously not wanting to be anywhere near him for a little while. Ignia's simulation just ended, and a girl called Camryn was called in. That one went about as well as Ethel's as well, though maybe even a little better. Seeing everyone do so much better than her really didn't help the girl's mood, though the students afterwards were worse. At least that lifted her spirits somewhat.

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Haas was breathing heavily whilst he checked the rooms one by one, and was getting increasingly confused. Why were security flooding the rooms with nobody in it? You'd think if they found nothing, they'd move on to the next... And nobody was stopping Haas from looking around either, and the stairwell was deserted as well! He didn't really figure they were incompetent, but this was at least somewhat fishy. For some reason, Haas didn't consider going inside the Gym room and opted to just pass it by. Then he noticed a hat flying right by him, raising an eyebrow. It seemed to have a will of it's own, floating alongside Haas as he ran, even right into the cafeteria when he nearly burst through the door. Inside was a single person, unlike the previous floors which were swarmed by security. "...Huh?" Haas muttered, looking around the room in an attempt to spot anyone else. But he didn't find anyone, except for maybe someone bursting through the door.

And then something hit Haas. The person was wearing two things: A cloak and a Duel Disk. Not only that, but shortly after that observation, they basically told the guy to scram. "Wha-?" Haas was about to comment, and then felt somewhat sluggish. His energy seemed to vanish in an instant, probably from that constant running. Haas let out a yawn, covering his mouth to be somewhat polite. "So... Like, you're with that woman from before?" he asked, lazily pulling up his pointer finger and... Well, points at the other guy. He also looked over his shoulder at the hat, seeing it gone, and wondering where it went.

Vincents mind felt empty for some reason. he was questioning his location, why he suddenly moved from following maisy on the hunt for their hat to the gym somewhere on the 6th floor. He paused for a minute wondering if he had been hallucinating. Maybe he had been affected by some sort of subtle mind control that lead him to this very same gym. he had just heard someone start to mention his name to try and talk to him when he blanked out for those few moments. Either way Vincent was a little angry at whatever the cause was. so his a vent to his anger showed up.

ugly lipstick with its sick orange colour that reeked of disgusting originality. It was that very same woman who set a typhoon in the middle of a classroom. Oh hohoho boy Vincent was laughing his bloody head off inside off him at her slightly clownish appearences on the outside however he let loose a slight grin which caused the sides of his mouth to curl upwards. Still dark pink hair and amber eyes. quite cool but throw in that lipstick and it becomes clownish as hell and Vincent would laugh at you. still his eyes betrayed both his annoyance. And also his slightly growing blood-lusted glee. A battle would probably be coming and a fight was what he lived for, he needed one today Badly. The woman sounded playful as if she was flat out telling them that she expected them here. better question was why she wanted them here. They also seemed a little sad they didn't get the earth boy. That when Vincent looked back and realised Leander was also here, fairy boy was here to help which was slightly reassuring.

Either way the woman was being playful and Vincent decided to speak up before he felt like ripping something apart. "So your the woman who strolled right into our classroom and set off a typhoon and then you expected us to come here, Just what is your game, if its to sell that disgusting lipstick then it was a little extreme. Otherwise you went a little far lady. so let it be said I don't know who you are, what you want or what you plan to do here but rest assured." Vincent said as his eyes closed for a second before opening with a reddish fury. "I will beat your ugly ass back to where you came if you hurt anymore people!" he said venting as much as the fury he had into a single comment before shutting his mouth and glaring and waiting for a response.

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Angelo listened as he was giving an opinion on how he did from his instructor and overall he could tell that Angelo has done this before. After all he had to learn and it took him months to do so and become as good as he is now but at least now the instructor was actually giving him pointers instead of Angelo needed to go with 'okay I didn't make it lets try again' over and over until he finally got the turn or a similar situation like that.

Angelo smiled and just as he expected she blew up about him calling her bunny but honestly how did she not expect him to come up with that with the way she dresses and even in the way she acts. Anyone who got to close to her she would get away from after all and Angelo pretended that he got hit by a gun by putting his hand over his chest "you wound me greatly fair maiden, I would never do such a thing to give you any sort of insult or hurt your pride. I just think your really cute" Angelo said with a smile not getting any closer to her but he knew that she could hear him and while she was just as hostile as tsukino at least Angelo knew what he did wrong this time. Although the fact was that Angelo saw a side of tsukino yesterday that he thought made her look beautiful in a way that he couldn't really describe. Angelo needed to test the waters with Ethel and see if he can feel that spark for her...

Nathaniel wasn't really sure what to expect in this situation, but he looked up in astonishment as the silver-haired girl from earlier rushed out after Haas, followed by Megan.

"Wait, guys. Are we really just going to-" He barely had time to finish the rest of his sentence before several more students made their way out of the classroom. Pretty soon, there was barely anyone left. He didn't really know what else to say except "-Okay then."

Looking around him, it seems the only people left were Brad and a girl with glasses who he was not familiar with. But that didn't matter. What mattered was that they get the man to the infirmary, since it seemed like help wasn't going to go to them anytime soon. The infirmary was thirty floors down, and while Brad seemed like a tough guy, Nathaniel figured that defending himself might be difficult if he was carrying the officer with him the whole time.

"I'll go with you, Brad." Nathaniel said as he helped the man onto Brad's back. "Strength in numbers, right?"

Leander kept running, quickly catching up to reach Vincent's side by leaping over the rails of the stairs. He wasn't really sure why this woman was so important that she was worth chasing, but it sure beat staying in the classroom. As he ran, he thought to himself that perhaps the guy that was sent flying into the classroom earlier should be getting help, but that feeling was quickly pushed aside by a strange feeling of blankness. His mind clouded and foggy, he could barely even think about why he was feeling like so. It was very strange.

Before he knew it, however, Leander found himself in what appeared to be some sort of gym. Leander looked around in confusion, wondering what had just happened earlier. As he did so, he found Vincent next to him and the woman they had been chasing. Leander was a bit confused when the woman said "other kid", wondering who this other kid would be. Then Vincent started off with the angry behavior again, which Leander was uncomfortable with. Leander understood that it wasn't undeserved, but that didn't excuse Vincent's behavior.

"Vincent! Profanity!" Leander admonished Vincent. "Anyway, I don't really get what's going on," Leander started off. "But like any other situation, there's only one way to settle this." Leander suddenly reached into a pocket and threw a device into the air, which unfolded itself while in midair. Leander then caught the device as it fell with a harness on his left arm, and the device unfolded even further to reveal his Duel Disk blade. "With a Duel!" Leander finished with a grin.

Tsukiko had been enveloped by a dense fog which affected her mind, but when it tried to trigger memories she would rather forget she managed to shake them off. She had no idea what was going on since her mind was completely blank at the moment due to the fog trying to stir up memories inside her mind. "Huh?" Tsukiko questioned as the fog had finally evaporated, but not before she ended up on the first floor of the tower. She didn't even remember taking the elevator let alone using the flight of stairs to get down to the first floor and even if she did it would have taken longer either route to get there. Something mysterious was going on, but due to the fact she was battling the fog trying to keep her memories in check she didn't really get a good look at what was around her when the fog was around. She first tried to go over to the elevator and push the button, but the lights were on and the elevator wasn't even on the first floor and even if it was without power she was going nowhere. "Dammit, the elevator is out. I'll have to use the stairs!" She exclaimed as she turned around immediately and tried to head toward the stairs, but the door was locked when she tried to turn the handle. She tried to punch the door down, but it was a gigantic metal door that wasn't going to budge no matter how hard she hit it and if she tried to use one of her specialty moves to take it down it might bring the ceiling down on her head which wasn't a good idea. "Great... The door is locked too." She sighed as she took a seat on the benches for a moment to examine her options clearly. There was no way she was going to get back upstairs without using the stairs or the elevator where both options were out of the picture.

Tsukiko took some time to ponder what options were available to her. The only logical solution for her was to leave the building and see if anything else was going on outside. It was a risky gamble since someone could have lured her there to spring a trap on her when she fell right into it. Problem was, she had no idea where the trap was and surveying her surroundings it didn't seem it was inside the building since she was all alone and it was just too quiet. "Might as well take a look outside." She agreed with herself as she made her way toward the exit only to hear a very strange sound which almost sounded like it was in the form of a lullaby. She stepped outside as the light enveloped her as she looked around to see where exactly that sound was coming from. Toward one side she caught a glimpse of the Turbo Dueling Arena, but that wasn't where the sound was coming from. It was coming from the sands where she decided to venture out there to see what it was. When she got far enough out there she saw what look like a person, but they were still too far away to get a really good view of who they were.

"Who are you and why did you bring me out here?" Tsukiko questioned as she made her way toward the person where she thought the song was coming from. Unless her mind was playing tricks on her, it was this person in front of her that had to be playing the song or at least be the source of where it was coming from. Even though it could be a trap to lure her out she decided to go in the direction of where the song was coming from.

Megan glared at the cloaked person. It certainly didn't appear to be the lipstick women but they were probably in league with her. Megan's disk unfolded as she stalked up to the unknown person angrily, "I don't know who you are but you aren't supposed to be here so I'm going to have to ask you to come with me." Of course this was utter BS and Megan had no authority what so ever but they didn't know that. They might run but Megan was a pretty good runner herself and was confident she could catch them if she needed to. She really doubted it was a student and if they were... well she'd get there if she had to. As it was she was mostly just rather peeved and needed to feel in control or beat someone to vent. Either would suffice. Though she was mildly curious, if the person was working with lady lipstick, what where they here for? Stealing student IDs? Stealing cards? Being freaking idiots?!

Brad bit his tongue as he watched the other students fly out the door as if recess had been called early. The sudden extra weight on his back snapped him back to the current situation, looking at Nathaniel from over his shoulder. "Probably. If someone tried ta fight me with this guy on ma back, it wouldn't be good."

Standing up to his full height, Brad grimaced. It had been a while since he did any heavy lifting while running. But hey, why not start in the middle of a school invasion by mysterious assailants? As good a time as any.

"Just try ta keep up, 'kay?"

Maisy literally didn't even stop to hear Tsukiko's life story, continuing to chase down her seemingly poltergeisted-hat, somehow unable to run faster than it going down stairs. To say that Maisy wasn't flat out exhausted halfway down climbing down the way would be a lie. And only bad people lie. Short of breath, but not wanting to give up her hat, Maisy figured that this be-spooked cap had the right idea riding down the railing, and as such she promptly clung to the railing to where she was like a...Maisy rail-car and slid down, a look of absolute determination on her face that was being assailed with frustration over how much this hat didn't seem to want to be worn today.

Of course, people don't work like rail cars and she eventually slipped and bumped her head on the wall beside the railing, vowing to never go into the business of anything relating to Trains. Realizing there was no time to lose, Maisy dashed after her hat, apparently having been passed by someone as she was busy contemplating trains...which blew her hat faster. Holding in a screech of frustration, she just kept on going and going, until she realized the hat went inside a room on the fourth floor, namely the cafeteria. The soles of her shoes literally squeaked and smelt like burning rubber as she took a deep breath through her nose and exhaled through her mouth, an inch away from having run down the stairs all the way to the 1st floor. Turning around, she faced the entrance and strolled right on in, noticing totally-normal-guy, and totally-weird-hood-guy. AND HER HAT!

Skipping over, Maisy promptly picked her hat off, patted the top of it twice to shake off the cafeteria germs, and put it back where it belonged, right back on her messy dark brown hair. "Re-Hatting complete!" she said loudly, throwing her cap up once before it promptly...landed lopsided back on top of her head. That probably looked way lamer than she was intending, but whatever. Fixing her hat right away, she finally noticed that the weird-guy was wearing a clock over a business suit. Huh. Who knew cults had business attire being mandatory? Ears perking up a little at his words, Maisy raised her right index finger questioningly. "Wait...so who are you looking for then Mr. Glasses-Man? The classes aren't on this floor. Oh! Or maybe you're hungry and were looking for the chefs? Well...I don't know if they serve food at this hour, but I could make you something to eat!" The last bit was a lie. Maisy had the cooking skills of a quad-amputee that was blind and had their tongue cut out. And only had souffle ingredients at any given time. And a crock pot to make it with. Suddenly pulling her notebook out of her back pocket, Maisy started doodling...something down. Tongue pushed out of her mouth in concentration, she doodled a crude sketch of the hooded who'd blown her hat away...although in her drawing she had huge fish lips. Meaning any value it had as a sketch of the person in question made it fairly meaningless"Also, have you seen this lady? She hurt somebody and scared my hat away." she asked, looking to both the mystery man and the not-so-mysterious student while holding her drawing up.

Brad and Nathan's descent wasn't anything spectacular like the rest of them, being left alone throughout the whole thing. Brad's training helped him achieve a god balance while jogging off the stairs, though the Academy's cleanliness made sure that he got close enough to slipping more than once. Stuff was so polished you could practically see you reflection in it. Once arriving at the Nurse's office, they were greeted with probably more than they bargained for. A good ten or so hospital beds were lined against the wall with separating curtains, and a good seven of them were filled with security personnel and students alike. Medical equipment was chaotically strewn around the place in an attempt to deal with all the injured folk, and two people were frantically attending to everyone's needs. One was a tall, middle-aged woman in a doctor's coat, blonde hair tied up in a dot and face prettied up a little by make-up. The other a younger man, with a sweet mustache and stubble beard adorning his face and a rather short Bieber cut on his head. They, also, were dressed like a doctor. The man seemed to take notice of the two boys entering and let out a heavy sigh.

"We've got another one, Dell." they tossed out towards the woman, then took some bandages out of a medical cabinet. 'Dell' turned to face the kids, with a grimace on her face. "What in the world has HAPPENED here?! If I didn't know any better, I'd think the entire school was wounded!" She strolled over and took the man off of Brad's shoulder, placed them in one of the beds, and started tending to their wounds. The man looked back towards the two kids, having a much softer expression though also a very tired one. "Don't mind her, she's just a little overworked at the moment. Thanks for bringing them, we'll take it from here. I'll have to ask you to leave for the patient's sake though, it's already loud enough as is here." the man finished, motioning Brad and Nathan out.

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The mystery woman couldn't help but sigh at both Vincent and Leander's response, using her non-disk hand and applying palm-to-forehead. Whatever cheery, playful mood she may have had seemed to vanish alongside the room getting a few degrees colder. "You... Don't get it, do you?" she asked, brushing her hair back and suddenly looking a lot more serious compared to before. No more wistful smiles or unfocused gaze. She even glared at Leander in particular, shooting daggers with only her eyes. "I hadn't even mentioned anything about dueling, and you two want to fight? Fine by me. I was only going to have a nice little chat, but..." she cut herself off, taking the other arm out of the cloak whilst lowering the first, only to reveal the same disk as before. Her deck wasn't slotted in yet, but she'd do that soon enough.

"I'll take you on, Kid. Normally I'd only have told you about something, but a demonstration might be in order." She took her piercing eyes off of Leander for just a moment to look at Vincent, who hadn't seemed to take any initiative just yet. "If you want to duel me too, that's fine. But I'd suggest sitting this one out for your own good." she almost threatened. Using her free arm, the woman took out a pair of cards and slotted it into the Duel Disk, which quickly jutted out the blade along the length of the woman's arm. "Don't disappoint."

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Whoever Megan had the smart idea to taunt seemed to take the bait at first glance, stopping in their tracks to glance over their shoulder. The girl had unfolded her Duel Disk, much like Leander, and was prepared to duel. "I don't have time to deal with a kid who's in way over her head." they replied, having a filtered voice as if they were Darth-Fuckin'-Vader. They didn't bother to accept Megan's challenge, jumping further down the stairwell. Though inside of Megan's head, some thoughts that weren't there before started swimming around. If you really think it's a good idea, then follow. We'll take it to the arena. rang a nameless voice in her head. How or why wasn't really explained, but that was the message Megan got. Putting two and two together meant they must've come from the mystery person, who trailed off further down.

Were Megan to follow, she'd find out the person kept their promise and got down to Arena YZ, on floor 23. In the middle of the room would they stand waiting, still completely covered head-to-toe in a mysterious crimson cloak that didn't show any sign of revealing the person inside for who they actually were.

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The man on floor four raised an eyebrow when Maisy barged in as well, wondering what all the needless theatrics for a hat was for. And the girl proceeded to scribble something down in her notebook. "Didn't you two hear? Scra-" they were about to finish, before getting cut off by the ever-so energetic Maisy having scribbled some random doodle down. He had... No idea who that was supposed to be. "My condolences to the hat, but no. I'm afraid I have no idea who you're talking about." the man answered, then looking at Haas who had something to say. He asked a question about 'A woman from before', figuring she was the same person Maisy was talking about. He was starting to get an idea of what happened, but is still not entirely convinced. "Like I said. I don't know who you're talking about." they answered curtly, seeming to get more annoyed by the minute. Oh why did HE have to get stuck with THIS job?

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Tsukiko wasn't wrong in what she saw for the most part, past the shifting sands was indeed the shadow of a person. The blowing sands, though not a sandstorm mind you, obscured what they had been doing from afar. Tsukiko, after wandering closer, could see they were actually simply just playing a flute. Holding it sideway, their fingers stroked along to create an elegant melody, similar but not quite the same to the one the girl was hearing earlier. They opened their eyes upon hearing the voice of a girl, noticing Tsukiko from the other end of the sands.

Slowly, the person lowered the flute with a smile. From a glance you could tell they were male. Their hair was spiky and stark white, and so was their right eye. The other was a deep blue. They were wearing a silky white scarf on a soft jacket, who's hue was a softer blue from his eyes. Underneath the jacket was a maroon shirt, tucked neatly into some casual jeans and ending in a nifty pair of modern, gray shoes. The person didn't seem to give any hostile intent at all, and even literally waved off her comment. "Hey, hey. Nice to meet you too." they started off, half-joking. They had a sickeningly soft and sweet smile, bordering on looking faked.

They spun their flute around once, then proceeded to drop it into a satchel on their side. They casually started to walk towards Tsukiko, just to make the conversation a little earlier, but knew to keep a certain distance still. "I'm Shiyura, nice to meet you. You're Tsukiko, right?" they asked rhetorically, already knowing the answer. "I'm just here for a nice chat, away from the crowds. Not really a big fan of them, you know?" Shiyura started conversing, even adding in a little laugh at the end. They were acting as if they were Tsukiko's friend, even though they were clearly not...

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Ethel had to hold back a snicker as she saw someone crash and actually ''physically'' fall off the simulation bike, wondering how they managed that. And then, just as her mood began to rise again, disaster seemed to love striking. The annoying voice of Angelo broke through the crowd, even as Ethel had walked away, and performed some needless theatrics. They even finished it with a poor attempt at flirtation, which earned the girl's ire. If eyes could glow, hers would, as she turned her head towards the person that seemed to love overstepping their boundaries. "I wouldn't let my pride get hurt by you in a million years, but I don't want the public to view me as if I were an idiot on the same level as the likes of you. When someone moves away, you'd think it's because they wouldn't like to be around you anymore. And for the record, yes, I'm cute. I don't need some low-life creature to tell me that, thanks. Now leave me alone." Ethel vented in frustration, clearly losing her cool somewhat. Hoo boy, she couldn't wait for the next section to start so this guy was more focused on that rather than her. She'd almost walk away just to search out Ignia, if Ethel were desperate.

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Haas was getting the hint that maybe this guy didn't want the two of them around. Though Maisy asked a question, and Haas felt like giving a snarky reply to that first. "Oh, yeah, no, it's totally not like I ran out of the classroom to find the lady that wrecked it. I mean, that's crazy right?" he replied, rolling his eyes at the redundancy of the situation. However, Maisy wasn't the important one here. That guy over on the other end was, who was clearly up to no good. I mean, he started making trouble in the neighborhood! Haas would get into one little fight and the school'd get scared, leaving the boy's fate up in the air. And he wasn't going to risk that, now was he? "I think I'm going to leave, though. This guy doesn't seem like he's going to be helping us out any time soon." Haas informed Maisy, being met with a "Finally!" from the other end of the room. Though Haas wasn't entirely convinced yet. "You coming too, or do you think we'd better stay here and get some more info outta this guy?" he asked Maisy, not sure why he felt the need to get her approval.

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Angelo sighed as she called back and let him know how little her opinion of him was, honestly this was a little disappointing the least she could do was show some humility. Not even a blush just plain anger it really didn't suit her "and here I thought you were more humble such a shame anger doesn't suit you" Angelo said simply as he relaxed watching and waiting for the teacher to go to the next lesson. The odd thing was that now Angelo was looking forward to seeing tsukino maybe he was starting to get more attracted to her the more Ethel got angry at him doing basic things any normal person would say to a girl he is attracted. She was that kind of girl though so go figure...

Megan was furious. Who was this person acting like someone out of a bad action movie? Then came the sudden jarring of thoughts that were clearly not her own. Who only served to make her more angry. So naturally she raced after the person, taking steps five at a time, nearly falling a couple of times in her haste to catch up with him. For some reason she couldn't explain she stopped outside the arena she knew it was in. A moment of clarity shone through her rage. Was this a good idea? This person seemed to be some sort of telepath and might have the ability to do things like the women from earlier. And here she was with a starter deck and a few boosters. Megan could just leave, surely security or something could deal with. Someone more qualified than her. Then she promptly ignored that and shoved her way in. "Yo rip-off batman in the cloak, you going to keep running or what?" Megan demanded angrily as she stormed towards the unknown person. If they didn't tear of the cloak she would do it for them, inside a duel or out of it.

Ignia had finished her simulation and received the advice she had already given herself from the teacher confirming her suspicions. She had been going way to fast for her own good. But boy did she turn that corner well, must be because she is quite light weighted. either way Ignia watched the simulation for a while her eyes watching other new people and prior drivers. Everyone had different levels of experience and that made Ignia smile slightly either way Ignia was in a good mood until she heard a voice somewhere behind her. A voice that called someone a bunny, Ignia was about to play it off as a stupid person being stupid when she heard a Loud *clang* which caused her to snap her head around searching for the source of the noise.

Who did she see but her friend that she had known for only a day, still they looked in a spot of bother as they raged at the guy for being a ignorant person whom doesn't have the right to call people that. Ignia agreed with Ethel Opinion on the matter. yet still she observed the situation watching Ethel try to walk away and the guy followed. which started to rise a Anger in Ignia, can't the ignorant fool tell when a girl isn't interested. anybody standing near to Ignia could see her eyebrow start to twitch until she couldn't take it anymore.

Ethel said she wanted to be left alone and Ignia was gonna make sure that happened. Walking through the few groups of people between Her and The boy whom was annoying Ethel. It was stopping before she got their But still Ignia wanted a word in, "Hey you 6/10 Wind boy guy who is annoying Ethel." Ignia walked over obviously shorter then them both her voice changing to a intellectual one as she tapped the side of her head. "You sir haven't got a chance in heaven or the 9 hells if you think thats how to get someone to like you." Ignia said with a slight look of disdain at look at the 5.95/10 guy. Ignia turned to Ethel "Sorry bout coming over." She said apologising profusely in her hurried tone before turning back to the 5.85/10 Boy. Her face was back in its intellectual type. "You sir need to get a grip on reality seriously." She said sternly like a teacher would to a ignorant student. Ignia took a few steps back keeping an eye on the boy. Ignia wondered when the next lesson was going to start... And what everyone else was getting up to in the synchro classroom or whatever they were doing now.



Vincents anger was venting quickly after he had made his comment to the woman with the amber eyes. He had to start to begrudgingly accept the type of lipstick as it did fit the more thought he put into it, tacky but it worked the best. yet still he wanted to fight but fighting can be delayed, such thing as prefight banter exists maybe the woman actually had a VERY good motive for being here that wasn't intentionally attacking the security cards to steal something or unleash some sort of ancient power, you know the sterotype. Yet Fairy boy called him out for both Profanity before proceeding to do something very VERY VERY stupid almost like Haas running out the classroom first. Leander wanted to rush into a duel against them without and pretalking. Did Leander even see what their cards could do? didn't he remember the Mystical space typhoon.

Was Vincent hesistating. The Amber eyed woman was asking if he wanted to join the fight. He really did more then anything. But something was holding him back, maybe it was the fact HE wasn't prepared enouth Vincents deck was stronger then Leanders by presumption but Vincent still thought he was way way out of his league currently in terms of deck strength. He would need a miracle to win currently shameful as it is. So Vincent did something that could maybe make his odds higher if HE DID want to fight later but probably not as he had a sort of half hanging respect for the woman with the amber eyes.

Anyone that can almost freeze you in place and cause a room to drop in humidity by personality alone is someone who is either respectable or a kindred spirit. Brutal winners come in all shapes in sizes after all. "Leander can go fight you first, he seemed awfully persistent. You want to talk I am all ears currently, Yet otherwise don't kill the boy or I would probably have to regretfully avenge him" Vincent said his eyes a slight sombre red colour he was bloodthirsty but also interested could he make his cards solid? that would be so cool!

"Hey, hey. Nice to meet you too." They started off, half-joking. They had a sickeningly soft and sweet smile, bordering on looking faked. Tsukiko could notice slight deceit in his eyes, but it might not be the best idea to get on the wrong side of this individual. She would just have to oblige for now since she was completely isolated and an easy target for anyone. She surveyed her surroundings while he greeted to her to make sure no one else was within the vicinity. When she confirmed no one was within the vicinity after closely examining her surroundings in the desert like area she was in she decided to acknowledge the person in front her. This boy looked and sounded a lot younger than the woman she encountered in the classroom. It was obvious that it was probably this person who used the fog to spirit her downstairs knowing that she would at least go see what the music was. Unfortunately, she didn't plan well for this and didn't know what to say. The person had white hair which she didn't normally see and especially on someone that still looked in the late teens. Even though the person greeted her Tsukiko didn't want to answer. For two reasons, one it was a boy and two she felt an uneasiness around this person which made her feel very uncomfortable.

"I'm Shiyura, nice to meet you. You're Tsukiko, right?" They asked rhetorically, already knowing the answer. "I'm just here for a nice chat, away from the crowds. Not really a big fan of them, you know?" Shiyura started conversing, even adding in a little laugh at the end. Tsukiko wasn't a fan of crowds either, but she had a feeling inside her that this person couldn't be trusted. Even though she felt that way perhaps it would prove beneficial to at least cooperate with the individual for now. Wouldn't at least hurt to see what they wanted. Besides, it wasn't like she was going to get back on another floor other than the first in the tower anyway. "Yes, I'm Tsukiko. Why do you ask and what do you look to accomplish by bringing me out here? If my father sent you I have no interest in complying to his demands to surrender myself to him." She looked at him with a very serious yet stressful tense tone which had a certain vibration to it that she was someone who had been through a lot. Her eyes even though they tried to deceive people were full of both emptiness and sadness as you could see the heavy gloomy radiance shone down upon them almost as if it she had been through a painful ordeal. Embolden on her face was utter emptiness and her feelings continued to wander around her eyes embraced by her reluctance to reveal them. Her face looked like it was almost like cringing in pain and there was a certain uneasiness that could be detected from her voice if you listened closely.

Tsukiko stared at the ground with a very empty look on her face which surged through her body demonstrating her careless demeanor that she was trying to fully embrace. She wanted to get as far away from the place she was as she could, but it was her curiosity which caused her legs to weigh her down in place like an anvil. No matter how hard her mind urged to leave she refused wanting to know somethings herself from this person which they may be able to answer. She was rather curious if the way she used Mystical Space Typhoon was similar to her brother's new form of dueling simulation though she tried to keep her thoughts hidden to prevent much about the project from being learned by yearning eyes. "Do not think I'm just going to trust you, because you had the common decency to properly address me. I give you credit for manners, but I am not as easily naive as some of the other students around here." She cautioned toward the individual with words that were full of fiery spirit though she didn't reach for her duel disk. Staring a duel right now especially with all that has happened was probably not a good idea.

"I can't believe they just kicked us out like that." Nathaniel sighed in annoyance as he stepped out of the infirmary with Brad. "I mean, where are we supposed to go? The entire school is on lockdown!"

Nathaniel had hoped that they could just take refuge in the infirmary until the rest of this affair was settled, but no such luck. Now they were stuck wandering the building with at least one deranged psychopath on the loose. Nathaniel could tell, judging by the number of victims that had accumulated in the infirmary, that either the mysterious woman has had a very busy day, or there might actually be more than one assailant. And that was just the people taken into the infirmary. Who knows what other soul was unfortunate enough to face one of these lunatics, and was now lying on the ground beaten with nobody around to help them? Nathaniel shuddered at the thought.

Nathaniel quickly went over their options in his head. They could either go up into the classrooms, or head down into the recreational areas, and both had their upsides and downsides. Given that it is around the time they usually have classes, that means the upper floors are probably the most congested. That means more students, and hopefully more security officers. At the same time, it also probably means more assailants, and it was a crapshoot which one they would run into first. There was also the pain of climbing up stairs. A few flights, Nathaniel could handle, but if they wanted to get to a classroom, they could be climbing anywhere from thirteen flights to thirty. On the other hand, they could head down into the recreational areas. If they were lucky, they might run into some members of the staff there. Librarians, shopkeepers, patrolling officers, really anybody would do. If they were unlucky, then they might also run into a random bad guy. On top of that, the school was locked down. That means even if they get down to the lobby, there would be no escape, for the invaders or the students. To sum up that little internal debate, there was really no best option here.

"Brad, what do you think? Do we go up or do we go down?"

"I'll try not to," Leander said in response, eager to get things rolling. Vincent mentioned something about Leander getting killed, which Leander ignored.

"DUEL!" Leander said, the duel officially starting.

Vincent looked left and Vincent looked right of course their was animosity as a duel was about to begin. Still there was little Vincent could do to stop it, so he walked to the benchs alone the wall out of the way an observer to what he honestly thought would be bloodshed of a guy whom was a little to fast in getting into a fight. It seemed Vincent was really going to enjoy himself watching the duel. Leander let the woman get the first turn to set-up of course that would mean Leander would get the first attack, but was that always the best play? The woman had a opening turn of a monster and a set card. It struck Vincent as odd that she was summoning a 0 ATK monster unless she was baiting. The tactics made Vincent smirk in approval, bait the enemy and then let them suffer, he was beginning to like this womans style.

Of course Leander took the bait and was left with a empty field, Vincent wasn't interested in Leander's plays though he was more interested in the womans whom proceeded to demonstrate a Xyz or Exceed summon. Vincent was now no longer begrudgling respecting the woman, he honestly liked her style, brutal simple Effective The woman then proceeded to reoverlay her monster to rank it up again, the spear wielding titan that was born from the overlay network made Vincent smile. it was powerful unstoppable and it DOMINATED the battlefield as proceeded to quite literally impale Leander resulting in his lose in the second turn.

Vincent quickly got up from his seat when his mind registered that Leander got quite literally shanked and he should do something. Running over Vincent looked at Leander. "You did good Fairy guy hold on I'll help you in a moment" Vincent said. Before turning to the woman and laughing "That was great, you are amazingly strong!" Vincent said as he clapped his palms together obviously pleased and his blood lust slightly sated by that match. He knew that the woman had wrecked the classroom and had attack the security personal but still, they were an awesome person in his eyes, he could look past the attacking of other people, its not like anyone died yet.

Vincents smile dropped off his face as he asked a question. "So why are you even here in the first place?" He questioned obviously curious treating the stranger like a acquaintance. "I mean you can't just be here for pointless vindictive Anarchy can you?" Vincent said his eyes still slightly reddish tinted. He wanted a match more then anything but he wasn't stupid, he was a wolf in comparison to the woman who was a hunter with a shotgun. His chances were slim if he had any so he wasn't going to try. Though he did have one thing he wanted from the woman besides information. Gulping Vincent spoke up again "any chance you could teach me to Xyz summon" He said with a little bit of self loathing in his voice as he waited for a response.

Brad didn't hear Nathaniel's question. At least, not at first. The trip to the infirmary had been frightening to the former footballer, from the near falls on the slick floor to the feeling that the crazy lady could be around any corner. The fact that it had gone so smoothly only made it worse. They had seen no one on the entire trip, neither security, student, nor attacker. While a week ago, he would've thanked the Light, he knew now that this place was too bizarre to have something go so well.

That and how quickly they were ushered out of the infirmary. Sure, he wasn't a doctor but he figured the struggling personnel would've appreciated an extra couple pairs of hands to help. Brad also knew CPR but he admitted to himself that was probably not what the moaning patients needed.

On top of all that, another particular moment burned in his mind. That lady in the classroom... She had looked at Nathaniel, specifically. Was he in danger? Was Brad in more danger just by being around him? He couldn't just leave him alone; the guy was one of his only friends.

Brad felt himself shake. He was big and tough and strong but, by the looks of things, that wasn't exactly going to help him here. Brad was way too out of his element here.

He propped himself up on the wall, finally processing Nathaniel's question. "I... I don't know."