[Closed Event Post]

[duelacademynpcs]

::Onni, you've been called into an estate built into one of the TOPS Plates, where the owner was celebrating a party. His private vault has been robbed. By the Puppet Princess.

Before heading into the vault, you may observe a British looking woman with red-pink hair with a young girl with African looking skin and hair, together, in dinner dresses. You can talk to them.

Or your mother-in-law in a frilly bratty pink dress with Violet in a female tuxedo. You can tell they're bored out of their minds.

If you don't, inside the vault, which is also part occult office, there's a woman with short blue-purple hair and glasses, in a dinner dress. It seems the owner is busy.

Oh, and the entire vault door has been torn off But that's a minor detail for a 20-30 foot tall vault door, right?.::

Comments

[darlingdilemma]

No, despite the suspect's attempts to do so.

[destineedilemma]

Mom, I don't think she was targeting the crowd.

[darlingdilemma]

She wasn't not targeting the crowd either, Destinee, honey.

That's not a particularly good sign.

[becomeanwarrior]

Ah... So you saw the Puppet Princess with your own eyes, then? An eyewitness account would be helpful.

Spare no detail, anything could be helpful - oh, and, uh, please state your names for the record - for protocol's sake.

[ He's already got a notepad out. ]

[darlingdilemma]

Dahlia Dilemma.

She did basically put on a huge show in the main hall here but had two assistants keep the rest of the party away from her and the owner as they Dueled. She used a Gimmick Puppet Deck with unusually named Xyz.

And once the Duel was over had her ace rip open the vault.

Her ace monster looked a lot like her in its first form at least.

[destineedilemma]

Destinee Diamond Dilemma.

One of her assistants was a knight in heavy armor.

The other was a really... under dressed ninja.

[becomeanwarrior]

Thank you Dahlia. Destinee.

[ Is scribbling things down in a notebook. It'd probably be faster with a tablet or maybe some sort of wrist-mounted computer, but call him old fashioned. ]

Do you remember the name of the monster? I can cross-reference that with the I2 databases and see if anything comes up.

...A knight in heavy armor and a underdressed ninja... anything that might have made those two stand out, aside from the obvious? Knowing she has accomplices can actually be helpful, here.

[darlingdilemma]

CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix

::You will find no such card exists in I2 or Kaiba Corp's Databases.::

[destineedilemma]

The knight looked like she was blonde and had a prominent bosom, while the ninja was scantily clad, slim and had purple-platinum hair.

[becomeanwarrior]

...A Chaos XYZ... Does this Phantom Thief has access to Rank-Up Magic...?

And a top-heavy blond with a... purple-platinum-haired ninja...

[ ...There's no way, Onni. You're overthinking it. You don't even have any evidence. At best, it's a coincidence... for now. Scribbling it down. ]

That's a lot to go off of, actually, thank you both. And to be clear - neither of you were hurt in any way?

[destineedilemma]

No, my mother is usually good about avoiding trouble like this. And staying out of its way.

[darlingdilemma]

As my daughter said, I'm very conscientious of staying out of the way of trouble, despite my surname.

::Chuckles lightly, patting Destinee on the head.::

[becomeanwarrior]

A good thing to be proud of, to be sure.

I suppose now is the time for you to ask me questions, if you'd like. As well as volunteer any other information you think might be important - anything that seemed off even by the extraordinary circumstances, and the like.

[destineedilemma]

How many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll?

[becomeanwarrior]

Isn't it a Tootsie Pop?

And in any case, last I bothered licking, I think it was a hundred and seventy two.

[darlingdilemma]

Yes, a Tootsie Pop.

And I haven't confirmed it, strictly speaking, yet. But the thief stole documents relevant to the religious sect I am a member of.

[becomeanwarrior]

...Documents relevant to the religious sect you're a member of?

[ THAT gets his ears to perk up. ]

Can you elaborate further on that, Mrs. Dilemma?

[darlingdilemma]

I'm a long time faithful of the Babel Vulgate Church of the Crimson Extinction.

[becomeanwarrior]

Ah, the Babel-Vulgate Church. Yes, I'm well-acquainted.

[ 'As well I should be.']

And you're saying these documents were important to your faith...?

[ ... He's starting to put together possibilities, but he doesn't like the shape he's seeing. ]

[darlingdilemma]

Correct.

[becomeanwarrior]

[ It's fine, Onni. It's probably not the worst case scenario. You're imagining things before you have all the details. ]

Thankfully, I do have some sources within the Babel-Vulgate Church I should be able to confer with, if this is the case. But I'll likely need to see the scene of the heist to confirm. And obviously I won't be able to share many details if the nature of the work is... sensitive.

[darlingdilemma]

Of course, but this was new revelatory text the rest of the faith has not had propagated. So it's utmost importance, that it be recovered.

[becomeanwarrior]

[ ...She seems. Intense. ]

Well, we will have to make sure it's uh. Cleared by OOPARTS for further dissemination, if it was stolen. Especially if it is such a revelatory passage it could be used for. Nefarious purposes.

But I will endeavor to make sure this text is properly disseminated with all haste.

[darlingdilemma]

Thank you.

[becomeanwarrior]

If that's all, I believe what I need to do now is take a good look at the crime scene and speak with the purveyor of the establishment. But.

This testimony has been deeply helpful. Thank you both. If I have any further questions, you'll hear from me.

[ Is going to start making his way to the actual vault now.