(GS3) Field: Beach

[Cipher Izanagi]

Well Seifer made his way here. Odd enough it was clear as day on the path here, though he was told it would be. Still, didn't hurt to be cautious at all. In any case, the brunette made his way to the bar shack that was settled so perfectly on the beach, waiting for the person who called him out here to show themselves. It was rather quiet as well, same eerie feeling as a horror movie. Sad to say though, Seifer was starting to grow accustomed to the atmosphere of it all. Leaning back against the bar he waited with eyes half shut, the mark glowing a bright crimson.

"You sure it was a good idea to come alone?" Mordred's voice rang out in the silence of his mind. Seifer gave a soft sigh just nodding. "I couldn't very well just involve Rose in this. And I just hope I got out without anyone else seeing me. It'd be... Difficult... To explain my reasoning for this, a-" "It's fine, I just wanted to be sure you thought you could handle this with that... Thing... Still there in your heart." Mordred cut him off mid sentence, and Seifer stayed quiet. He really didn't have an answer for him.

[Beryl]

Satoshi was right there, eating fries. Maybe it was the sunglasses that made him not stick out so clearly.

"Took you long enough." He gestured with his unmarked hand to the fries. "Luckily these stay fresh forever for some reason. Here."

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer gratefully, albeit hesitantly, took some, nodding his thanks before standing and putting his hands in his jacket's pockets, staring at Satoshi. It was pretty easy for him to tell who it was, even with the sunglasses, though didn't notice him right off since he didn't realize the other male would be sitting there at the bar waiting for him. That and his attention was on Rosalia for a moment, so he kind of just... Zoned out bad but... "Sorry I didn't notice you at first. And I guess sorry I'm late. It was a pretty long walk here." he commented, taking note of the shades. Odd. Why would he? While it was a nice day, it was still kind of cloudy.

[Beryl]

"Peaceful, I'm guessing. Good, I wanted to make sure of that."

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the crimson mark on Seifer's face. A second mark didn't mirror it on the other side...was he somehow only half-Reversed? Strange. Then again, he wasn't exactly reversed in the same fashion, either. The Heart Lock imposed on him had made his hand burn with the twin black rings, and his eyes were marked similarly to demonstrate his tie to them. That was primarily why he kept his eyes covered except mid-game, when Nebula Lord came out to impose judgment.

That said, it was fairly clear that his companion's mind was elsewhere, so he turned on the stool. "Is something troubling you?" His marked hand now sat next to the container of fries.

[Cipher Izanagi]

"Mostly just sorry that I left where I did, but I felt this necessary to come out for. Which begs the question." the brunette trailed off staring at Satoshi out of the corner of his eyes. He seemed normal but that was just a facade. He couldn't put his finger on why and yet, he just felt he knew his current companion was doing a charade. "Why did you call me out here??"

[Beryl]

The ever-important question. "Well, I wanted to ask you if you knew the location of something I'm looking for. But before that, I may as well do you a favor, first."

He slipped his sunglasses off of his face and into his fingers with his eyes closed for a moment, opening them to reveal the symbols within the irises. The twin rings glowed gently.

"I'm looking for something...or, I guess someone...known as the Seed. That's been the purpose of most of the Reversing that's been going on recently." He gestured with his hand sheepishly. "Some of them turned out a bit more violent and aggressive than anticipated, but that's just how Earth's population works, isn't it?"

He shook his head. "Cero had some sort of assumption that the Reversed are out to harm everyone and potentially even kill them. It sounded familiar to something Yugure said a while ago. I'm going to guess you all are working together. That's grand." His brow furrowed. "With that said, I gave you a simple path to me to ask you if you knew of the Seed. If you do, I must make contact with it. If not, that's okay. Either way, you're free to go. I'm not going to keep you here for anything more than that."

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer stared back at the male, keeping eye contact, his own eyes turning crimson through Mordred's influence on his physical body. That and they were pretty much the same person. He wasn't intimidated, even if that wasn't the intention of the gesture. Quietly though he shrugged shaking his head. "If you think I know based on this..." Seifer traced the mark down the side of his own face. "You're mistaken. I don't remember anything from that night sad to say. Well, that's a lie. I remember four voices, though I can't place who they belong to." he placed a hand on the side of his head looking out at the ocean. "Every time I try to think about it, my head just starts hurting. ...I'm not sure what your intentions are, but investigate the park and train station I suppose. I vaguely remember those locations for some reason." when he turned his attention back to Satoshi, his eyes had reverted to their regular blue.

[Beryl]

The train station...that was a place Satoshi had put off observing, if only because there was little need to from what he understood. Still, perhaps some details required observation. He nodded.

"I merely asked because of the people in my contact list, you were the most likely, in my opinion, to not respond in an aggressive manner." He waved his phone in his hand. "I was considering messaging Yugure, but revealing something such as this to her would likely not bode well."

He scratched his chin. "Then again, I'm not exactly bothered if you tell her and the others where you've been. If anything, finding the Seed is key to your success as well as mine." He chuckled. "Funny, I guess I'm sort of giving away the grand scheme of things by saying so, aren't I?" Shaking his head again, he returned to a more serious look, getting up from the stool.

"When I find the Seed, and it awakens or has already awakened, the invasion will be one step away from being a complete success. Keep that in mind." He turned, then paused for a moment. There was something else he was thinking of...

Oh, right.

"There's one other thing you should know, and it's about the Reversal of Cray." He pointed up to the sky with an arm, mostly to stretch but also to gesture. "Humanity's unreversal is one thing, but Cray's requires the cleansing of this same Seed. So if you were wondering why some of the Reverse lingers in people...there you go."

He placed his sunglasses back on his face and walked off. "You'd better get back soon. My manipulation of those Reverse fighters isn't going to last forever, you know."

[Cipher Izanagi]

Seifer gave a soft but confident smile. "Appreciate the concern, but whether or not they can stand a chance against me right now isn't a question. They'd all fall like flies." What was that just now? Seifer didn't understand his own response but it came out that way. And that's now how he'd usually talk. In any case, he gave a casual wave before turning on his heel to walk away. "While our end goals may be the same, let's just hope you don't cross me on the battlefield Satoshi." It was both a warning, and speaking out of concern for both of their well beings.

"Are... You okay? You seem kind o-" "Crazy?" "N... No... Just, off..." "Oh. I'm fine. ...No need to worry about me at all."

[Jello]

The waves were crashing, gently, in and then out. The ebb and flow reaching the orange-glowing specks of sand that encompassed the entire shoreline. Haruka sat on the shoreline in his trunks and white t-shirt, feet in water as it raced back and forth. The sea foam left traces around his feet; a bubbly white.

"You really are a piece of work Sera."

And you aren't?

"You killed me, you know? I wonder how I can't hate you right now..."

I wonder that myself.

Silence. Haruka and Sera sat on the beach staring at the horizon line. The sun was setting so peacefully, despite that beyond the horizon laid masses of invaders and creatures ready to rain hell on this world. Only a few days left before they showed up. Haruka was torn. Not that he wanted to help Sera and his forces but he quite literally was the weaker half at the moment, and unable to completely stop him. It was a problem he had developed after, well, dying. These things happen when you die, you know.

He shook his head, laying back in the sack, letting his toes sink into the wet sand and reveling in the cool breeze from the sea, amplified by the thin warmth setting sun had provided. Night time was well approaching now... Best to get some rest soon. But something was racing through his head

The Raven, Hana. Sera knew she was reversed, but why? How? These thoughts ran through a few times before deciding that he wasn't going to find the answer by running in those circles. Didn't matter now anyways, she was on their side.

Haruka was on the opposite side of the spectrum, missing Yukino over and over as his heart kept the cycle of grief moving. He couldn't just go see her, or Sera might take control and cause trouble with her. Even arms' length was too close. Shouting distance? Maybe... But he was fearful. This was far enough. Where she couldn't just find him like 'that.' He stared up, shakily breathing, dialing a message to everyone he had in his contact list.

Re: I'm So Sorry - Darren, Rose, Hananana~, Noel, Sky, Yukinoms<3, SeiferBoysss, Tsubaka, Butler-san, Kingoftheunderground, Neo-bodyguardstatus, HeyYoShiki, Uncle Toshi-ki(?)

...

Haruka couldn't find what to write in this message. His hand shook. So instead he just gulped and sent the empty message, leaving only the tag-line open. He proceeded to stare back up. Darkness had consumed the sky all too swiftly. The falling sun was all too gorgeous to remain anyways...

[Nobody]

The distorted figure, along with his hazy "partner" - Chaos Breaker Dragon walked down the beach line, and one after another people dropped on the sand unconsious only to rise shortly after as part of the Reverse. A suprisingly large amount, given the state of chaos most of the city was in and yet there they were, enjoying the beach as if it's just your normal everyday life.

After a while, a large group of the Reverse was formed which upon being given an order from the Figure, started to cause utter havoc on the beach, destroying poor sand castles and knocking everything over. It didn't take long for the beach to turn into a place of complete destruction too.

[Cherry]

Pinpointing Chaos Breaker was simple - look out for a concentrated amount of Void, and then determine how many power sources it came with. The Clown always seemed to work away form the other commanders, cackling as his presence reigned death by himself. The reason why the other generals didn't go near him? Who cares? Yugure saw him as one of the titans of evil that had to be slain. More and more infected readings came off from reports at HQ, figuring the Beach was under the jester's control.

Yugure, entering the scene, witnessed the zombie apocalypse. While Reversed mobs acted like the undead of movies, these people seemed legitimately the exact same. There was barely fighting with cards, just destruction of the area. Snack bars were trampled over and stolen from, beach equipment was being wrecked, and sand castles born of bonds and friendship were decimated. Such evil could not be overlooked.

Well okay, the sand castle part doesn't actually matter.

A group witnessed the girl, and didn't hesitate in trying to swarm a candidate for the clown's growing puppet army. Summoning Blaster Dark, the claymore slashed forth, conjuring a gust of wind that blew the people out of the way without touching them. Dealing with these masses can wait, the ringleader needed to die first.

Raging Form popped up behind her, roaring a challenge: "Chaos Breaker!! Vile scourge, I have come to duel with thee to the death!"

[Nobody]

The Figure was just about to leave, literally prepared to do one of those super-human long jumps people seem to pull out of nowhere until he heard what sounded like multiples of his grunts screaming, and as he turned around what he saw was exactly that, they have been downed by a single person wielding an actual sword.

He turned around to face her, not even flinching at the sight of a huge dragon appearing out of nowhere. The Figure started to walk forward the girl, his arms spread out with one of them spinning his scythe as if it was a simple stick.

"Oh? Are you yet another of those wannabes who thinks they can just win in a cardgame and make a difference? If you also live in that big lie, we can have a game if it makes you feel better about yourself. Not like I have anything paticulary important to do at the moment."

[Hope]

Neu walked into the beach in order to end her day in a relaxing way. The and people getting blown away were just what she was expecting. Two figures a few feet or so away from her had actual weapons out.

ACTUAL WEAPONS!

She set up an umbrella in order to protect herself from the blood splatter, taking food from a reverse fighter who just stole from the snack bar and just so happened to run by. She also build a sand castle while she was at it before sitting down under the shade and hoping that someone dies here.

[Cherry]

Chaos Breaker's wielder made himself known... itself...? Herself? Yugure could barely make out the figure being human. Seeing the distortion... this Void was beyond what they had ever seen. Was it even Chaos Breaker doing this? Such warping was only thought possible by Sera, judging by how Overlord destroyed soil with its presence alone. ... This wasn't the time to start making inquiries, as the soldier was out for blood. The clown's owner will simply revert to a normal state once he himself is dead.

"Card... game...?"

It was obvious the figure spoke of Vanguard, but nobody even brought up the notion of fighting with the game here.

"You sound as if you want it more than me."

They did have a massive Abyss Dragon and a heinous Cyber Dragon here. Not like she was against it to utilize the Reality Bangle, but why did the figure talk about it like that?