The Turbo Dueling instructor smiled when he saw the various students pour in. All seemed to be different in their own way, reclusive, bold, excited... And also, rude if he had to judge by Camryn's sudden collapse and comment. For some reason, the girl had said
"Good god, how d'you people manage in this heat?! It's ridiculous!" in complaint, followed up by
"And with all due respect, Sir, so's your outfit. No offense.". The man raised his eyebrows in confusion for a bit, kicking himself off from the wall.
"Well, I was expecting a little more respect from my students..." they muttered under their breath, then scanned the group of kids. Now that the teacher had gotten a good look in, a
lot of the Turbo Duelist students this year were female. Maybe like a 3-1 ratio.
"Alright, glad to see you all here in such a timely fashion!" they started off, clapping their gloved hands together.
"I'm Ryder Cellrate, your instructor for the year." Ryder introduced themselves, then raised their left thumb and pointed behind them to Camryn.
"As for my 'Ridiculous outfit', this is a riding suit." a quick pat on the chest followed, proceeded by looking over all the students to show he's addressing everyone.
"Don't get me wrong, but Turbo Dueling is dangerous. These suits protect you from the harsh winds you experience when driving around, and are the only thing protecting you if something goes wrong and you go flying. I want to get this out of the way now, but I don't want to see ANYONE try to ride around on a Duel Runner with one of these on." Ryder explained. It was pretty important to follow safety protocols, and telling the students to not screw up was kind of his job.
"Anyway, let's not stand around here for too much longer. Follow me into the garage." the teacher ordered, turning and walking off towards the main entrance. He quickly slid in the key to unlock the door, swung it open and turned on the lights. They flickered for a second, then sprung up in a bright white flash. It illuminated a small mobile desk not too far from the entrance, with a small suitcase on it. On the left side of it, which was also the longest part of the garage, were parked an immense variety of Duel Runners. Students weren't supposed to go near them yet though, with a locked metal fence separating them from all of those. On the right were rows of changing booths, as well as rather large box-like construction painted in the same color as the walls. On the other end of the room was another set of doors, presumably leading into the arena of the building. Ryder walked over to the desk in the middle of the room, pulled up a chair and went to sit at it.
"Allllriiiight, First things first." the teach began
"There's three things that need to happen right now. First, I need to give you guys your first set of Speed Spells. I'll explain what those are when we get to the actual dueling lessons, but I've been informed by the principal of each of your deck's and have picked out appropriate speed spells accordingly. I'm going to call out names and you'll receive them. After that, make your way over to the changing booths. We already have each and every one of your measurements, so form-fitting suits have been provided. Each booth will have a name on it, and that will be where your suit is located. Also, you'll be using that same booth unless you switch courses or finish the year. Lastly, we're going to be running a simulation in an hour to get you guys accustomed to Duel Runners via a provided room that replicates the experience. Failing is fine as there's no real repercussion, but you'll have to succeed in clearing a course there before you'll be allowed to try riding on an actual Duel Runner with autopilot off." Ryder exhaled in relief for a bit at that mouthful of an explanation, kicking back in his seat.
"So to repeat, I'm going to call out your name. Then you will get your Speed Spells, and then you should head over to the changing booths. Also, I've been notified of a certain 'Ignia' student having just transferred. Whoever Ignia may be, you will have to use one of the guest booths to change as there wasn't any time to prepare one for you. It's the first one you'll encounter. Anyway, on with the names! First off, Ethel Cilente. Please come forward to claim your Speed Spells." Ryder started, and after handing out Ethel's part, continued down the list systematically calling out names one by one.
The teacher at the front was scribbling down notes when the commotion started to rile up all around. They stole a glance at some silver-haired girl chasing a butterfly, and two boys walking in whilst chatting. Everything seemed to be pretty normal, although time was running a little low and not all students seemed to have arrived yet... He'd give them a little bit extra time, given things are pretty calm right now anyway. That was, he WOULD have, had someone not suddenly started shouting out of nowhere. The teacher got startled, not expecting the sudden ruckus, and someone seemed to throw an absolute tempter tantrum. They pulled out a list from underneath their papers, scanning the names and pictures, and found who it was that caused this uproar.
"Miss Ikushirou! I would prefer it if you stopped causing noise complaints and took a seat. Classes are now in session." the man instructed, feeling that if he didn't start classes things might've gotten out of hand. Some whispers already came from the room, remarks of 'Drama queen' and 'problem' being the most often made. The door was left open, for any student that would enter in late.
"This applies to all of you." the teacher quickly intervened, and the class fell silent soon after. Nodding in approval, they stood up and addressed the class once more.
"I'm Peter Wilhelms, and I expect you all to call me Mr. Wilhelms when addressing me by name. I am not here to be you friend, so I don't want anyone addressing me by my first name like some other teachers in the building. In return, I'll also be respectful to you." Wilhelms introduced themselves, then walked further back into the room. After pressing a button on some remote they pulled out of seemingly nowhere, a screen behind them flashed up with various card images.
"As you all know, I teach Synchro summoning. Synchro is performed by utilizing monsters called 'Tuners'." With another press, the card Tune Warrior got highlighted.
"By adding up the levels of a tuner monster, alongside the level of one or more non-tuner monsters, a Synchro Summon is performed. You can only Synchro from your side of the field, naturally, and only during your Main Phase unless a card effect states another time." Wilhelms pressed the remote twice over again, flashing up the level four Vorse Raider. Those two changed into a small formula, namely 3+4=7, and soon after a different card replaced those two. That card being the level seven Synchro monster, Lightning Warrior.
Some random kid in the class asked a question of why everyone had been going over basic material like this, and the teacher raised one eyebrow in confusion.
"There are a lot of people that have never performed, or heard of Synchro Summoning before. Yes, it is the favorite of some professional duelists, but not everyone..." the teacher trailed off, going into a rant about professional dueling. After a while and with more questions from the students, the topic suddenly started to shift from Synchro summoning to the reason teenagers would start smoking or using drugs. Also that the world has changed massively, where only twenty years ago you wouldn't know where to get any of the stuff yet now someone always knows someone else. Soon, the lesson wasn't really about Synchro summoning at all.
Ethel had a feeling things were going a little too well for her today. It'd been about an hour without someone bothering her without provocation, a new record for this place. But alas, to all good things come an end as a certain energetic little girl bounced up right next to Ethel.
"Hello Ignia." she replied, looking a little to the side to meet the other's eyes. They shifted from bubbly to intelligence, something the older of the two still couldn't make out how it was possible.
"We'll see." Ethel replied to Ignia's statement she would crush others. It was a foregone conclusion, sure, but Ethel didn't need some else's confirmation. She rolled her eyes when Ryder explained that Turbo dueling was dangerous. Of course it was, you're going at high speeds on an open vehicle. She'd assume people had enough common sense to realize that before signing up for this course. And his name was... Stupid. First Snipes Crosshair looks like an army man, and now there was a guy who's name refers to riding a high speed vehicle
teaching about them? This school seemed to be getting less prestigious by the minute... But they could be good at their job for all she knows.
Ryder then went over to open the garage door, and Ethel stalked close behind. She didn't pay much mind to Ignia, but that was more because of the fact she wanted to get on with the lesson rather than a particular disinterest in the other girl. Ryder explained everything very quickly, going over the facts without actually bothering to explain himself... Great. Ethel got called forward to recieve her Speed Spells, and so she did without a second wasted. The teacher handed her ten cards; Speed Spell -
Mystical Space Typhoon,
Monster Reincarnation,
Allure of Darkness,
Shift Down,
Double Summon,
Swallow's nest,
Overboost,
Half Seize and
The End of the Storm. She read over them whilst making her way to the changing booth, seeing one term keeping on repeating: Speed Counters. What... Were those? She'd figured that was the 'gimmick', regular spells can't be used because they don't use Speed Counters. But how do you amass them? Only one actual card gave them to her, and took them away in the same turn...
Soon, Ethel stopped before her own changing booth. Yeah, there was her name alright, carved into an iron plate. She opened the door, scanning it. It was pretty basic. A small gap was between the floor and the door, but otherwise the thing was sealed shut. A small coat hangar hung off a hook on the wall, with Ethel's riding suit hanging from it. The booth itself had a little room to move around and leave clothes, but otherwise not much else was accommodated for. It was fair, considering there were a lot of booths and everyone needed some space. Ethel quickly undressed down to her underwear, then took her suit. She scanned it over. The colors were fitting, a mix of large open spots of her signature dark blue mixed in with stripes of alternating black and azure. Maybe the academy kept people's tastes in mind? Pushing that thought aside, the girl slid into the suit with just a little difficulty. It seemed to be awfully tight for some reason... She zipped it shut, then looked over to a small bench built into the booth's wall. In it's corner was a pair of gloves, anti-slip. Ethel slid those on as well, then double checked to make sure he put on everything properly.
The teen slid a spare hair pin into her hair, balling up the hair on her back into a dot. This way it wouldn't get in the way and hang loose on her shoulders, unlike her hoodie where it hid underneath the cap. The two signature locks at the front still hung free, though. Ethel exited her changing booth and proceeded to walk over to a nearby mirror to check how she looked... Well, the answer would be that she looked very... Provocative. The suit was strapped to Ethel's skin like it was magnetic and she was metal, putting some focus on her more... Well-endowed areas. They noticed nothing wrong with it, though, and found it to be pretty comfortable once the initial choking feeling of the tightness wore off. Her disk hung from her left arm, and the deck already had all her regular spells switched out with speed spells. Content, Ethel nodded to herself and went back over to the area Ryder was in to wait for the next part.
Haas saw nothing really interesting was happening for the first few moments, so he decided to... Doze off. Class wasn't starting for a little while anyway, so getting in a little nap wouldn't hurt. Funny enough, at the same time the boy closed his eyes Tsukiko decided to stroll in which caused Haas to completely miss her. The only moment he'd have to notice her was when he was suddenly jolted from his nap when he heard Tsukiko shout something out loud.
"...Gnhuh?!" Haas let out in a surprised gasp, frantically looking around for the source. Well, truthfully, he didn't have to look very far. From over where he was sitting, a little higher up, he could see Tsukiko almost ready to burst into either flames or tears. Couldn't tell which one.
"...Tsu-?" Haas was about to start, though got quickly denied when she turned around and walked off into a different direction. Not even seconds after, the teacher ordered Tsukiko to sit down as well. Some girls were giggling behind Haas, whispering things into each other's ears. The boy managed to catch a small bit of what they were saying, and soon after, went a little red in the face from anger.
'Wow... The drama queen rumors were true, huh?' 'How pathetic!' 'Hey, I heard she acts like a bitch just like her brother.' were just a few of the phrases they threw around, laughing in Tsukiko's direction all the while. Haas kicked back his chair and stood up, facing the group of 'Bullies'.
"Hey, don't talk about her like that! She's such a nice person!" Haas rebutted, which only got laughter thrown at him.
"What is she, your girlfriend?" they commented, right before the teacher made the comment for people to quiet down. Begrudgingly, Haas obliged and proceeded to sit down as well. He couldn't believe these people! They didn't even know her, so how the hell could they judge Tsukiko's character like that?!
Though he wouldn't have much time to ponder over it. The teacher started talking about Synchro summoning, and Haas already pulled out his notebook to... Well, take notes naturally. Scribbling down the info fed to him, Haas always double checked to make sure he got things right. It didn't take long, however, or the teacher derailed into something else entirely. The boy was left confused, unsure what to do here. He awkwardly took a look around the room for
someone that could get the lesson to move on already.
