[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]

::She leads you to a door in the maintenance tunnels.::

This isn't on the plans, and I heard from the administrators who Mrs. Kawasaki and I have to answer to that they plan to cement over the door here and pretend nothing happened.

And more pressure to expel Kamala.

[i_like_red]

*Juudai follows her*

Why are they so adamant about expelling her? Weird stuff happens to her, but she's not a bad kid.

Also cementing over a problem and pretending it isn't there is probably going to go worse for them in the long run.

We need to figure out what this place is and how it came to be.

[danse_etoile]

Because weird things happen to and around her, ergo she must the problem, and I think this is a middle manager from Kaiba's more 'what occult' days.

Either that or it's because she's a rich girl who easily causes people to gravitate towards her.

And you know how people up the food chain are, problems exist to be cemented over and the can kicked down the road.

[i_like_red]

So they're pretty much discriminating against her because of things she has no real control over.

*He gives out a sigh*

Even if they cement it over, someone else will find this place exists eventually and it'll just become a problem again.

[danse_etoile]

Reminds me of a certain someone and the events at a certain school.

::Snorts.::

[i_like_red]

*He lets out a small laugh.*

Yeah, that's certainly true.

Anyway, for now we should concentrate on what this mystery underground place is and whether it actually does have any connection to Fujiwara or not.

Kamala noted to me that the 'Fujiwara' she spoke to was 'dark and angry', which doesn't really fit his personality.

[danse_etoile]

At least not up to the point we knew him.

But I recall my brother and Ryo after the matter saying there was something deeply... wrong with Fujiwara. A broken bitter resentment underlining all his actions the more and more they thought about it.

[i_like_red]

Hmm, we don't really know what he's been doing since we last saw him, so it's possible that side of him is more prominent now.

[danse_etoile]

Or this was him before everything?

Or its an imposter like you suggested.

Hrm. Something's definitely. Off.

::Taps her chin.::

[i_like_red]

Yeah, I agree something feels really off with all of this.

I guess we'll have to see what we find.

[danse_etoile]

::Opens the door, and what's behind it is a mostly normal hallway that leads to... steps. Normal steps.::

[i_like_red]

*He takes a deep breath.*

Alright. Let's be careful.

[danse_etoile]

I've been down below, so, the way down's safe but... yeah.

::Takes a deep breath herself.

Walking down. And down. And down. It's going down way too many steps, before you reach a turn to another flight. Down. Down. Down...::

[i_like_red]

*This is a LOT of steps.*

This is way deeper underground than I thought it was.

[danse_etoile]

Yes. And it feels like it's even deeper than last time...

::And down. Down. Down. To another turn.::

[i_like_red]

*As they carry on, deeper and deeper, Judai couldn't help but feel a knot in his stomach, especially when Asuka comments that it feels deeper to her than the last time she was down here.

Quietly, he keeps and eye and an ear out for anything unusual... other than what seemed to be a never ending descent down stairs and hallways.*

[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.::