(GS3) Field: Regional Hall

[Hope]

After the endless dunking, Isabella took it upon herself to throw Drake into the contraption and even changed the name from "Sink the Idol" to "Dump the Rapper."

She dried her hair and combed it, changing into a set of clothes that she would wear while serving over at the cafe. Mer's didn't exactly work for her's since her body type didn't fit nor look well within the outfit, but Reit was perfect. Isabella even set her hair up to be pig tails, looking a little extra cute because of them. The dress color that she picked was black of course, and she opted to skip on the fins. While applying make up, she tried to go with a minimal and more natural looking style.

Upon walking out of the dressing room, 50 miles worth of jaws dropped as she twisted the light around her to make her skin glow radiantly, and as a result of using her powers to do this, her eyes reflected stars and people were entranced by them. Isabella was loving her role as the Eye of Temptation. She was also hoping that she could take a picture later to show Mi-hime. For now, more lined up over at the Vanguard club's booth, ready to see the mermaid princess in action.

She signed into the club roster, noticing a bunch of other missing members. With her, she brought a few missing costumes, carried by a few of the Espoir workers. She brought Butler-san over who wanted to dress up as a unit, but didn't want to be too bulky since he would be unable to create cuisine to the best of his ability. He dressed up as Mr. Invincible.

For Noel, she brought and Ashlei costume, and for Dogebuster, she got a Gauntlet Buster Dragon costume which was extremely large. She didn't think about the specifics of the rest, but as more people showed up, she decided that with the amount of costumes that she brought, they would be able to find something. She even brought a Blaster Blade costume for Yukinee if she decided to make an appearance.

[Cece Lockhart]

"Yahello! Sorry I'm late guys! I got the text about the festival but I got caught up with some things back home that I had to take care of. I tried rushing to get back here but things were a little complicated but I'm here now. Hopefully things haven't officially started." Noel said barely arriving and was gasping for air, most likely she power walked and eventually ran the rest so she can get there on time.

Fortunately, she wasn't the only one late. The others of the Cardfight Club were late as well. The only ones there were Haruka, Darren, and Hana. Noel now makes four of them. Then something caught her eye, there were costumes of Vanguard units. The members apparently had to dress up for the event. "Cooooool, this is gonna be so much fun!"

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren looked at Haruka, trying not to smile too much at the costume as he said, "No one else has come yet, but I did send a text to Noel while I was changing. Hopefully she'll be here soon." The more he looked out at the amount of people around, the more he really hoped it wouldn't just be them serving. He looked down at the checklist and saw mostly everything was done. Still not shure what I can do here...

It was then that Darren saw Hana, waving to her as he was relieved that he wouldn't be the only one around. Looking at her though, she might attract even more people. At least our event would be a success. That was a good thing... wasn't it? He then saw Noel, glad to have another hand to help. "Hey Noel, ya made it! We're about to start soon."

[Jello]

Reit, Dorint and Garmore stood at the forefront of the event, waving customers in with smiles and such. Hana had attracted at least half of the event over to this side of the hall, making Haruka realize something fatal... He wouldn't be able to keep this costume on all event. Why? Dorint's costume was a zip-up from the back, meaning it would be very difficult to move around besides the basic cardinal directions. But had he the need to bend over or kneel, the costume would break or rip, cause it wasn't very well done armor and there was cloth under that was stitched to it, but it was a super tight fit.

"I-I'll be back in a minute." Haruka went out back to change after he waved to Noel for joining us.

"Make sure you get into costume too!"

Haruka had a Plan-B. It was ironic in every which way considering the only thing he really knew about this unit was one thing. His name. Oh, and he had a habit of making things in the front row disappear.

Black armor, red cape, green eyes, he was Blaster Dark, Revenger addition because Haruka loved capes. And he felt even more silly in this than in Dorint's costume, because if anyone who knew the story behind Yunos' awkward jealousy of Haruka, it would just make for too good of a story to pass up. He grabbed the sword and walked back out behind Darren and Hana.

This time, the costume actually was separate pieces of armor, not just cloth stitching. He could move around easier in it, but he looked so edgy. Well, a change of pace never hurt. The edgelord lives on.

"The line can start moving in once Noel changes. There should be enough of us that way." Haruka fixed his helmet and adjusted the cape notches.

[NeoBuster]

Neo finally made his way to the Festival. He wasnt his normal self it seemed. Usually he would scream out peoples names and say hello, but he just decided to sit on a bench and watch everyone have fun.

"I wonder.." He said to himself

[Cipher Izanagi]

After the events of the previous night, Seifer made his way here, his hands shoved in his pockets. What happened last night? Where was Tsubasa and Neu? Flipping his phone open though he brought up a contact that wasn't mentioned. Yugure. He hesitated for a moment before typing away at the keypad.

'We have to talk. It's urgent, and I'd rather not do it over the phone.'

He hit send before continuing on about his business, looking at everything around in the festival. He should probably enjoy himself while he could since it seemed things were picking up and not for the better. He noticed however at the forefront of the festival was Reit, Dorint, and Garmore. He recognized the three units, one being from Shadow Paladin. so it was a Vanguard event? Then he saw Haruka in Blaster Dark's armor. That almost brought a laugh, but instead he continued to wander around.

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel looked surprised, they had a costume prepared for her? No one even consulted her on what she wanted to dress up as. "I didn't know I had one already to wear... guess I will take a look." She then went and looked at the rack of costumes and started going through them. So many different Vanguard units here and the materials used to make it looks top notch! It's almost like the real clothing of the units themselves! She thought amazed at how masterfully done the costumes were. That was when she saw it. A costume based on Ashlei. However, something about the costume looked familiar.

"I never cosplayed as a Vanguard unit before yet... why do I feel like I used to wear this before? Like if it was something I always wore... this is honestly the first time I ever saw an Ashlei costume so why..." Noel somewhat muttered to herself in confusion and familiarity. She feels like the costume was part of her attire before but at the same time Noel never owned or even wore the costume in her life. She then went to the changing booths and started putting the costume on. Noel started having strange nostalgic moments as she equipped herself with the accessories of the costume. Now fully dressed into the costume and accessories of it, Noel looked exactly how Ashlei would look but the difference being Noel has black hair instead. She then took the replica sword and as soon as she touched it, she started having a strange headache a long with visions of random memories rushing through her eyes like some sort of slideshow.

"What the, what in the world?! What was that just now?!" Even more confused, Noel shook it off and went back to the others. The Knight of Pearl has arrived at the Vanguard Cafe!

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Daren looked at Neo with a blink, wondering what had happened to him before. He thought about asking him but it was going to be hectic enough as it was. He decided he would ask about it later. For now, however, he had to focus on... whatever it was he was going to be doing. What was he going to be doing again? Serving? Preparing? Cash Register? He could do at least some of those but no one drew up a set plan of duties. At least with Noel ready, and looking nice in her costume actually, they could get some direction and get started.

[Jello]

Everyone seemed to assemble rather quickly. Haruka went ahead giving small directional orders considering none of them worked a cafe before and this was going to be a lot more work than play, sadly. Unless you got a fight challenge. Then it was some play, less work probably.

"Alright, since Hana is so good at getting attention, she can work out front leading people in? A good hostess can make or break the place after alll. Err, Darren I need you in the back helping me with barista work, but you'll out with Noel serving too. Until other people show up that's all we can do for now..." Haruka trailed off for a moment, fixing the armor again. It fit surprisingly well, he just wasn't sure how to make the cape sit correctly-Oh, got it.

"Hop to it then, we can talk later." Haruka saw Seifer out of the corner of his eyes and wanted to call him over, but he was already gone when the idea came to his mind.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer sighed softly to himself before turning around on his heel and walking back in the direction of Blaster Dark Haruka, stopping next to him and putting his hands into his pockets. He should probably actually help out but oh well. "I suppose I'm needed for something as well? ...That sounds kind of bad to say aloud... Sorry, I've just got a lot on my mind. Where do you need me and what should I put on I guess?"

[Lance Korilum]

  Cero entered the regional hall, looking around at the various booths set up.  As he walked, none of them looked particularly interesting.  Most of them were about Japanese culture, something Cero didn't really care for.  When he reached the end, however, he noticed a rather large line-up for a booth.  Looking at it, it read "Vanguard Café."  There were a number of people dressed as Vanguard units, the only person he recognized being Hana dressed up as Reit, which was probably the only reason the line-up was as long as it was.  Cutting to the front of the line, Cero decided he may as well see if this 'café' was any good.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren had no idea what a "barista" was but if he was needed in the back then he would go to the back. He walked back there, hoping he would get some direction as things went along. "Let's do our best guys!" he called out. Being in the back made him think he would need to prepare things. As long as it wasn't horribly difficult he should be fine. Big emphasis on should.

[Jello]

"Go in the back and get dressed. Pick a costume, uh, er, there should be something to suit your tastes. Darren will be working in the back with me, as well as serving with Noel, Hana will work hostess. You're good at orders, so I'll have you serve full-time. Get dressed and go go go!" Haruka made it sound something like soldier work, but this wasn't nearly as hard as that. Probably.

Haruka walked to the line, letting more people in and noticed a familiar face. Sort of anyways. One he didn't particularly like to remember, but at least it could've been worse. Cero Kirguis was at the front of the line, presumably not there before but it didn't really matter now.

"Come on in and find a seat." Haruka welcomed the first batch of people whilst going back and leaving the seating to Hana in the meantime.

Meeting with Darren he called out, "Okay, we're on cooking staff. Thing is, everything is premade. We just make the orders and remake any coffee or tea that people want. We also serve water and a few fruity drinks which you'll find in the cooler over there." Haruka directed Darren's attention to a blue and orange cooler over by the sink in the back room.

"For now, I'll handle things back here and I'll call you over when needed. Head out there with Seifer and take this." Haruka handed Darren a tray as well as a notepad.

"Give the notepad to Seifer so he can take orders. Oh and a pen." He handed Darren that too.

With a sigh and a wave off, Haruka seated himself in the back. There was a mirror for employees to fix themselves with, so Haruka took a look in the mirror just for fun. He saw himself in Blaster Dark's ebony armor. He liked the look, despite how awkward he wore it. Something about Shadow Paladins gave off a good vibe to him, probably because Vortimer and Spectral Duke were something similar to Shadow Paladins originally and therefore he did hold a semblance of a connection to them.

Almost made him wish he knew the clan a bit better from the get go...

With that out of the way, he shook his head and started pouring cups of coffee for the first batch of people coming in.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer thought for a moment before walking to the back of the shop, looking through costumes. Only two appealed and he might wear the other one tomorrow... but for today... After a few minutes, the male returned to the front wearing a Dragonic Overlord outfit which the only thing that wasn't there was the head, really just Dragonic Overlord's head ornaments like the horn and head wings. It, oddly looked very good on the brunette and he walked up to grab the notepad to get orders. The only thing that really felt weird was the tail and wings though... He'd have to adjust to that. Walking up and around getting orders for people and bringing them to Haruka and Darren when prompted, depending on what the order was. Stopping in front of the person who he vaguely recognized however as one of the heroes from a year ago he readied the notepad and pen. "Can I get your order please?" he asked Cero.

[Cece Lockhart]

"I gotta serve people? Being a waitress might be tough, especially if we are going to be really busy. Just look at the line out there! Hopefully we won't have any issues..." Noel then sighed as she knew that her job to serve people will be tough and demanding. Taking orders from people isn't as quite simple as it seems, especially in cafe's and other food places. Everything needs to be exactly as ordered. One small thing that can go wrong and the day will go downhill from there. She placed her replica sword behind the counter so she can move around easier without having something by her waist that can knock something down. Alright, I can do this. It shouldn't be hard at all! Back at home with the dozens of maids and butlers, they did their job so flawlessly! If they were able to do it, then so can I!

Noel noticed someone cutting in front of the line and she wanted to yell at him for being rude to those already waiting but somewhere in her mind she heard a voice saying, "There is a time and place for everything. This isn't one of them." That's when she stopped and thought about customer service. Someone who works in that line of work shouldn't care about the customer's attitudes or rude habits, they sadly always win even when they are completely clueless and wrong. If the sky is green, then the sky is green. Eating the words she was about to say, she then replaced them with: "Welcome my Vanguard! How may I serve you?"