"I'm guessing this is yours then..." Hayato said taking everything out his usually empty left pocket and handed it over. Tsukiko immediately turned her attention toward Hayato then noticed he was holding a chain which resembled her locket. When she got a closer look at it, she noticed that it was in the shape of the moon and that glance is when it hit her. It was indeed her where she took it from him wanting to thank him for finding, but then she noticed he wanted to be alone. Tsukiko decided to return to her room where she would change her clothes since she was tired of wearing her uniform.
She went back to the Earth Dorm where she stripped out of her shirt and skirt laying them on her bed so they could be put in the dirty laundry later. She then pulled out of one of her fancy looking dressers with a mirror on it shaped like a moon the clothes she was going to wear for the rest of the day. She stuck with her choice of panties which were striped just like the ones she wore earlier and so was the bra. "Hopefully, I don't have to deal with any perverts today." As she refrained from wearing some of other pairs of underwear which were a little more provoking than her usual striped ones.
She also pulled out a dark red blouse along with a pair of dark black denim shorts. She slipped on a pair of thigh highs and then put on her tennis shoes. She decided to also put a new pair of fingerless gloves which she slipped onto her hands. After she was done putting her new set of casual clothes that she would wear for the remainder of the day, she neatly stacked her cards together before slipping them into her duel disk card holder. Afterwards, she slipped the duel disk onto her wrist that way in case someone wanted to challenge her they could. Before she left she noticed that the lighter shirt choice allowed people to get a better view of her bust size which she didn't entirely like, but if she hid it from people they'd just continue to harass her until they knew how big they were. "The way this shirt shows off my breasts..." She complained as she wasn't sure if the clothing choice was the right one, but if she spent too much time trying to find a set of clothes to wear the day would be over. Hopefully she wouldn't get too many unsuspecting eyes and get too much attention like she drew yesterday when she went to supper with Haas. Well, she didn't hang out with him but she did accompany him after the two bumped into each other.
Tsukiko walked out of her room then locked the door as she made her way toward one of the lower floors. There was no reason she needed to return to the Fusion Room nor was their any reason for her to confront Hayato about his troubles. It wouldn't help either of them and she had troubles of her own that she had to deal with. One being her brother who has been nearly completely ignoring her all day. The only time she saw him was during classes and during the time she went to eat breakfast where she thought she saw him watching over her. Other than that, he hasn't been around to keep her company and she was a little bored. She also noticed that he left somewhere with Hayato's sister which did strike her as surprising. Being that her brother hasn't done anything like that before in the past except with her. Something about that Hayate girl must have triggered something in her brother. it was the only explanation she had. She would ask him about that later. For now, she would try to enjoy the rest of the day and try to follow Ben's example of not letting herself get so down. It was challenging because the emotional problems that she faced overwhelmed her by staggering odds where it was heard to keep her composure. I wonder how brother is handling the painful memories that are carved by blood into his soul. He won't talk to anyone about his past. I don't know how he lives with himself looking like a dead ghost for almost the entire day.
Tsukiko took the elevator all the way down toward Floor 7 after a voice told her to go there where she would also check out this new card trading device she had heard about. Hopefully, she hoped that this person who told her about didn't give her bad information. When the door's to the elevator opened bringing light to the scene in the room she noticed there were a few students already there. There wasn't really any students on that floor that she recalled from the classes which were held earlier. The top card in her deck which was 'Void Dragon' glowed for a brief moment which struck her as strange. Was the card trying to tell her something? She wasn't sure why it glowed like it did for a moment then just went dim and dormant. Hopefully nobody in the room just saw what just happened, because not even Tsukiko had the words nor the answer for what just happened a moment ago. She grabbed the card off the top of the deck then flashed it in her direction toward her eyes where she mumbled hoping no one else was paying any attention to her. She didn't know if her eyes were playing tricks on her mind or if that card really did just glow a moment ago. "Void Dragon... Did you bring me to this floor? If so, why would you bring me here? What is it that you want me to learn here or see here?"
Tsukiko decided to take the card she held in her hand to a table where she would sit down and analyze it more. She was hoping that what she just saw was just her imagination. She thought it was just a mere exaggeration of thought, but if other people it saw it they might ask questions about what just happened. She looked around while she set the card on the surface of the table she took a seat at and noticed the rest of the students were acting normally. Didn't look like any of them saw what just happened. "I really need to get more sleep. I'm starting to see silly things like cards glowing." She sighed in relief since she didn't have to go and explain to anyone in the room what just happened, because she really didn't have an answer for what happened. She did remember someone earlier she met as before she went to sleep had informed her that certain cards choose their owners and those cards are stronger in the hands of those owners than anyone else. Was that actually true? Did cards actually have minds of their own? Tsukiko found that ridiculous since they were just inanimate objects. All they are were objects that projected images from the face.
"Huh, this isn't where the card trading machine is? This area looks like..." She paused for a moment as she surveyed her surroundings noticing some students were wearing their bathing suits. She gave off a long deep sigh, because one someone had given her a bad piece of information and secondly that voice sounded like it just wanted to deceive her which she just heard a moment ago. "This area looks like where there's an indoor pool." She said disappointed as she remembered she had left her swimsuit in her room. She had a variety of them to choose from, but had she known that Floor 7 was where the indoor pool was located she would have at least brought it. Besides the clothes she wore right now were normal for anyone going to the pool.
"Looks like I need a new travel adviser. That last one ripped me off." She said shaking her head in complete discouragement which gripped her tight like a hand-crushing blow from a giant being such as a golem or titan. It certainly was a delivering defeat toward her trying to enjoy the day as she had just went to a room by mistake. She decided she would hang around for awhile anyway as she continued to sit at the table she sat at. "Well, at least I'm wearing clothes that are suitable for someone that is going to the pool so I doubt anyone would notice my mistake. Just by coincidence too..." She mused as she would try to blend in with the other students while she made her next plans. One of them was finding where this card trading machine was actually located. It'd be a bit awkward if it were on the same floor as the pool area, that's for sure. It had to be on some other floor she hadn't been to yet she assured herself.
Shinrei once again closed his eyes for a moment to collect his thoughts before opening them again as he collected his thoughts of what he just saw earlier while Hayate explained the game to him. He listened to her rules as she sorted out his deck handing him back just the monster cards in his deck. He noticed the girl was a bit troubled judging by the expression on her face. Still plagued by loneliness, huh? He thought to himself since she was the same way he was despite he would never actually admit that himself.
"So basically, we draw a card call out ATK or DEF and the person who draws the higher number wins? Simple enough, correct?" Shinrei answered as he thought he had just put her rules into words that were more simple to understand. He could have been wrong by how interpreted them, but judging by the way she explained the rules it sounded like his observation was spot on. He then noticed she showed some hesitation as he realized she was resisting to answer, because she felt a little afraid. "If you're afraid that your words bother me then just cease thinking that way. I will let you know when you say something which I do not approve of." Shinrei said in a reassuring voice though it was still cold, but it certainly was more friendly than how he approached other people. He would call this his casual tone since he spoke to Tsukiko in the same exact tone usually.
Shinrei heard Hayate say that her father was on vacation which made him sigh deeply and it was a very long sigh. He didn't want to alarm the girl from what he knew since the document he had was about the World Circuit duels since there is something he was investigating himself. He wouldn't say what it was he was investigating, but it was obvious that it had to do something with her father. That boy hasn't told her yet, has he? It's not my place to do so either. It might be cold, but this is something she is better discovering on her own. He said as he shook his head in disappointment when he thought about the fact Hayato just outright lied to his sister about her father. It was cruel for him to keep the truth from her, but like Tsukiko he didn't think she had the heart to handle the truth and it might affect her in a negative way which might drive her into the same madness that pushed him nearly into the void of nothingness. I don't know why I care so much about this girl, but something inside me doesn't want her to experience what I had to go through. It's probably better that way too. He to himself as he shuffled his cards then put them on the table when he had finished. It was ready to start this game she wanted to play with him though he found it rather peculiar that she didn't just leave or at least complain that he brought her there against her will which was the epitome of kidnapping. The girl wasn't upset at all and looked to be more dazed and confused than anything. Hopefully keeping her company would brighten her day like he did with Tsukiko.