[Closed(?) Event Post - The Below That Should Not Be]

[duelacademynpcs]

::So Judai and Asuka meet together one night soon after hearing Kamala's story about a former classmate who shouldn't be.

It's in the maintenance tunnels. Probably darker clothes to avoid cameras and security as much as possible, and Asuka's advised against anything too loose because there is a lot of piping.::

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[danse_etoile]

::And then we hit a door. A plain school door.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai quietly reaches out for the handle and attempts to carefully open the door.*

[danse_etoile]

::It's a storage room... except the back wall is missing, and opens into a vast cyclopean tunnel, made by some civilization that must be pre-human. Non-human. It's far too big for sanity. Far too ancient to be man.

There's a rusted motorcycle, and rusted barrels in the 'storage room', and the tunnel. More of an alien cathedral, just stretches on.::

[i_like_red]

*Juudai cautiously walks in, looking around at the storage area, then at the tunnel.*

This looks REALLY out of place...

I take it there is nothing mentioned about the school being built on top of something?

[danse_etoile]

No.

And the door we came in isn't on the school plans.

[i_like_red]

So the question is, where did this area come from and what's it for.

[danse_etoile]

Or how.

::Taps, the rusted motorcycled.::

This got down here.

[i_like_red]

That's true.

*He takes a deep breath, then looks towards the tunnel.*

I guess we should investigate this creepy ancient tunnel.

[danse_etoile]

Right.

::The area... seems... empty, unused, and it might take some time to reach the other side of the structure.

A tunnel understates what it is. It's like the misplaced portion of some ancient city or temple. But it feels so empty.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai looks around as they walk through the tunnel.*

This feels so out of place. Like it shouldn't belong here.

I really feel something like this would've been found or known about when the school was actually built if it was here beforehand.

It's weird it's so... empty too.

[danse_etoile]

Yeah, like. We came across the idea of something someone had... but never completed.

Was this even here when the school was built...? It has to be, right?

[i_like_red]

I mean, logic says it had to be but... logic isn't always a thing we deal with.

I would've thought that there would have been some information somewhere saying the school was built on top of something, or what was here previously.

Though, this place seems rather ancient, so maybe it was just buried all those years and nobody knew it was here until now.

[danse_etoile]

... Hrm, maybe. Though that bike and barrels seem like they were for a normal storage room that got dragged down deep... The hell...

::Turning her head back, squinting.::

[i_like_red]

Hm?

Do you notice something?

*He turns his head to the direction she's looking.*

[danse_etoile]

It feels like.

And this is just a guess.

Like the spaces got melted together...? A storage area to the school and whatever this is.

::Motions to the 'cathedral'.::

[i_like_red]

Hmm, like the storage area was part of the school, but this space was just attached onto it?

Kinda like, I dunno, a mystical space or maybe even another dimension or something weird like that which was just tacked on?

Cos this place is impossibly huge and not something that would 'naturally' be here.

[danse_etoile]

Yeah... What's going on...

[i_like_red]

I'm not sure, but I guess looking further into this place is the only way we have any chance of getting possible answers.

[danse_etoile]

Right...

Let's press on.

::It's then you two hear clanging, like two metal objects banging against one another.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai instantly goes on alert as he hears this and lowers his voice to a whisper.*

...what's that?

[danse_etoile]

... clanging...?

::Narrows her eyes.::

[duelacademynpcs]

Folgo, attack her Infinity!

::You what looks like a green haired young woman, not teen, but not as old as you or Asuka, with a Wolfman by her side. The wolfman unsheathes a katana and dashes at her opponent's monster, while also armed with a glowing green sword (4200 ATK).::



::On the other end is a woman in a red dress and combat armor and a Duel Disk, with a huge black knight vaguely resembling Yuma's Number 39: Hope::

You really think that'll end this in your favor! You should quit struggling and join me!

Trap Card, Soul Strike! If my Life is below 4000, then I can pay half my current LP, and then my monster gains ATK equal to the difference between the number post payment and 4000...

::(100 LP) -> (50 LP)::

In other words, it gains 3950 ATK! Making its ATK 7950! Counter Attack, Infinity!

::Her massive black knight reels its sword, slicing down at her opponent's offending wolfman.::

[i_like_red]

*Judai is watching what is going on quietly, keeping hidden, alongside Asuka. He isn't sure what's going on, but he notes the monster that has similar looks to Hope.

Whatever this was, he didn't like the look or feel of it.*

[duelacademynpcs]

::Flung backwards into a wall (??? LP -> 0 LP). BZZZT.

Fortunately for you two there's some debris like a wall or column left over, to hide behind.::

[soundofarmor]

::Walks over, crouching.::

Be fortunate I'm busy right now~ Or I'd have a good long talk with you~~

::Pats the other woman on the head, before marching up a flight of stairs to a large door.::