(GS3) Field: Beach

[Hope]

Hana smiles and greets Miyuki. "Yes look, its AUNITE IGHANNA!" She points at Ighnanna and pokes her wig.

She hears someone stomping right from the front stage, it was Dalis. She didn't seem so happy. Hana heard the familiar voice through the speakers back stage, Itou.

"Shut the microphone in the front stage and hand me one, turn this one on!" A sound director tossed Hana the mircrophone and she removed her hat and handed it to Drake who was still crying over his last game of Vanguard. "Here you go Drake-san."

His tears flow, like his endless love for his ex-girlfriend. Hana feels a bond starting to form between them.

Affinity:

Drake: +1


Hana had the make-up artists quickly prepare her make up. She ran onto the stage, somewhat frustrated, somewhat confused, and somewhat determined to put a stop the insults which had been given to her fellow performer. "Unacceptable! This is completely unacceptable!"

She stormed onto the stage and the crowd cheered. After that was some silence, as they had no idea whom she was. Her heart was beating quickly as she closed her eyes and reached for her inner idol persona. She gripped the microphone tightly in her hands.

"Ohayou minna! Do you want an encore!"

The crowd cheered, and she smiled and started twirling across the stage. "My deck can't fight that well, it's just all about putting on a good show... but I have to act strong!" she thought to herself. The men in black suits set up a fight table on the stage and it was about time to begin.

"I am not a rapper or acrobat, I am a School Idol, a Vanguard Idol, my name is BELLA and I hope to put on a good performance for you all today!" She waved at the crowd and smiled.

The crowd began cheering as both fighters put their decks onto the table. She continued to smile and wave, but her inner emotions got the better of her, she was scared, she's only practiced performing, but she's never actually done so in her entire life. Her heart raced and eventually it was as if something else in her had taken over. She put down the microphone and lay it on the table, next to her deck.

"Unacceptable." She looked at the man with eyes that pierced beyond any sort of knife or arrow. Her voice was lower, much more intense She was no longer in her idol persona, in some words, she was no longer Hana as well.

"Such vile treatment of the sacred place known as the stage, such disrespects towards its performers, such self-absorbed mindsets, focused on your own popularity... is unacceptable! You share the stage and work together to create a show together, that's what it means to perform! You work your very hardest to do your part not for the sake of yourself, but for the sake of those on the stage with you, a pact, a bond, a friendship, that's what it means to be on stage, everyone is the lead."

"But you... you've disrespected it enough, you've no right exist on world of the stage, and no right to exist on the beautiful Planet Cray!"
she drew her first five cards, a bad hand... she missing some grades, Pacifica wasn't there either.... but she had to keep acting strong.... like her sister.

With tears in her eyes she declared,
"I, Hana Isabella Espoir, shall bring down your judgment for such disrespect of my friends and the world I love!"

She lifted the mic towards her again, and her voice was a little rough but she managed to let it out:
"Ikke, My Vanguard! Wendell!"


"The powerful combo of Perla and her dazzling little sisters, let's pump it up everyone!"

Hana had pushed him to edge, managing to get Pacifica later on and re-riding her avatar. Despite this, he managed to get a heal trigger to regain the lead and it was no good as she had missed grade 2, and in terms of cards in hand didn't have enough cards to guard with despite using Pacifica's skill.

In the end Itou had ridden Soul Saver Dragon which had powered up his field and won him the game.

She closed her eyes again and remembered what it meant to be an idol, to perform on stage.

"Minna! I hope you enjoyed today's Summer Festival, we can't wait to perform for you guys next year!" She smiled and waved and greeted them, she saw some of the crowd members greeting back.

Itou had said something, but she was too concentrated on the cheering crowd to care, and like she said, he has no right to exist.

She called security on him and closed the show.

That was the end of the summer festival. Everyone went elsewhere for the rest of the day.

Affinity:

Itou: -5
Dalis: +1
Miyuki: +1
Ighana: +1

[Killa]

Reaching the stage, a whole uproar was awaiting Makuto. A guy standing on stage screaming at a woman wearing an acrobat costume and having a whip in her hands. The view was amusing yet terrifying as both of them seemed really angry.

After the the acrobat left the stage, a young lady showed up. She claimed to be a Vanguard Idol and she stole everyone's heart as she set a fight for the sake of her dear friend. It didn't need much to even make Makuto smile with her performance. Sadly she lost to the rude man...

"Another wonderful day wouldn't you say?" whispered Makuto so Akuma could hear him.

"Bella was it right? You should keep a close eye on her." answered Akuma with a worrying voice.

Akuma worried of someone? That sure was weird thought Makuto to himself as he was leaving the beach.

(+1 AP for Bella)

[Cherry]

Demon World Marquis, Amon shined a malevolent purple within Makuto's deck.

I CALL, SON OF MAN.

Lured by the mastermind, the card and all its copies merged into one. Then, it vanished. A massive hole to the side, invisible to every other being, forcibly ripped itself open. Peering into it, one would see that it is a void of time-space in its rawest form. Even so, the heartbeats of deranged lifeforms could be sensed. In fact, an enormous, ghastly-looking skeletal-like hand bursted forth from within, grabbing the boy, then yanking him in! The wormhole dissipates...

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(Maku, you have been dragged into The Rift. Make an RP post there to proceed.)

[MaXtreme]

Itou leaves the beach sad after realizing his acting and words and decides to head to the park

[Helios]

After 5 fights of trying to get into Nationals, Hazama finally did it. "Wow, what good games all of them were," Hazama says to himself. "And what a perfect way to watch the sunset on the beach. THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!" He pulls out his portable beach chair, sets it up, and watches the sun go down over the horizon. Waves come sloshing upon the shore, reaching Hazama's feet, but not the entire chair. The beautiful streaks of pink and orange are starting to appear in the sky. Hazama just listens to the waves and watches the elegant sky to its colorful dance to end the day.

As soon as he knows it, a crab crawls right besides Hazama's chair. "You want to watch the sunset too?" Hazama asks the crab. The crab looks at him, and the only movement he makes is a 90 degree turn to watch the ocean waves come ashore and the sky do its dance. "How much more perfect could this get?"

[Beryl]

Satoshi stretched out on the beach and sighed happily. He felt pretty good at the moment, having realized what his mother finally meant and becoming at ease with himself. Come to think of it, this tanktop and pair of shorts he was wearing were quite comfortable and he was glad to have them, too. He stared out over the water at the sunset about to happen.

Coincidentally, he was waiting for someone he had to apologize to for his actions. This was their meeting place, mostly by his choice. If there was ever any place he was ready to take a slap and fall in the water, it was the beach.

It was a fairly nice place. He had never went to the beach as a child, but had similar experiences at a lake on the property. Volleyball, swimming, sand castles...he knew about all of those and had done them with his parents. Mind you, the lake's beach wasn't nearly as big as this one. He made a mental note to get some swim trunks and come out here some time, maybe with Haruka, Yukino and Hana.

[Jello]

Haruka makes his way to the beach side for the evening. Due to insecurities, Haruka is still wearing his scarf along with his normal beach attire. It's a light blue this time around, like the morning sky. Without a second to waste, Haruka starts eating his ice cream bar. He bought several bars, wondering if maybe Satoshi or Hana would want one. He wouldn't put it past Yukino to take one, considering the way she jacked his last time at Card Capital.

He notices the Satoshi in question stretching a few meters down the beach. "Satoshi!!" Haruka runs over, lugging his candy cache. "You ready?"

With a few licks and a chomp on the corner of the ice cream bar, he takes in a view of the surroundings. Haruka cracks open a strawberry soda can and takes a swig.

"Want one?" Haruka offers about the ice cream. "It's pretty goooooood." He nudges Satoshi to try one.

[Beryl]

Satoshi grinned. "Sure, I'll have one." He opened it up and took a bite of it, licking his lips. It was pretty nice, but...

"Y'know, at home, we actually make our own ice cream with fresh milk..." he said between bites. "S'pretty good. Maybe sometime I'll actually be able to bring you guys out there, at least to check it out." He looked at the label on the bar. <Maybe I should tell Pa to start sending shipments to stores...they'd make a lot more money on top of the farmers' market...>

He stared out at the sunset, mulling over Haruka's question. "Am I ready?...Well, kinda. I know what I want to say and do. It's just a matter of not getting ahead of myself, right?" He crossed his legs, sand rubbing up against his thighs. "As long as I do that, from now on, I should be golden."

[Cherry]

Time to fix all of which was set in motion. Asking Yunos where the strongest presence of Neo Nectar was in the vicinity, he directed her to the beach. It was quiet, the majority of noise being made by waves crashing against the surface. Some noisy seagulls flying overhead... the last time she was here, it was for a performance by Dalis. That got turned on its head however, but it was something to think on considering she labeled everyone that was a stranger an idiot. Here she was now, seeking one of those many, many idiots everyone else in the world was branded as.

Yugure was happy with how far she came.

It was easy to spot the two she was looking for, because one of them stuck out like a sore thumb. Haruka kept that scarf on, despite being in regular beach attire. Yukino was unable to help but giggle over how stupid that was and looked. Removing her heels, the snow woman began approaching the two men in the sand.

[Jello]

"I'm glad you like it! It's my favorite. Sea salt." Haruka's scarf was maybe a shade lighter or so than the ice cream. Haruka laughed and chuckled a bit before the subject of Yukino herself came up. He wanted to give Satoshi a bit of solace before she showed up.

"Right. No pressure, yeah? I mean that... she was a different person at the time. Just. Act natural." Haruka winks, as he hears the sound of a girly giggle and sand shuffling behind them. "Must be her right now, eh?" Haruka turns his head to see the Queen herself, Yukino Espoir making her way down the beach side.

"Yuuu-kiii-noooo, hurry uuupppp!! Your ice cream is gonna melt!!!"

Haruka yells to make sure she can see them. Then again, he'd be awfully disappointed if his trademark scarf didn't catch anyone's attention considering they were practically the only 3 on the beach at the time.

"Well, here she comes. Remember. Natural." Haruka nods, making sure Satoshi is ready.

[Beryl]

Satoshi leaned back a bit to have a look at Yukino. She was dressed in her formal wear, but carrying her heels as she stepped barefoot through the sand. In the sunset...she looked like the beautiful snow flower she was the first day he met her, even though he hadn't exactly indicated it to her in person. Her eyes were back to their normal shade of icy blue, reflecting well in the light as she took each step.

He stood up a bit, with a bit of a sheepish smile, scratching the back of his head. "Fancy meetin' you here, darlin'."

[Cherry]

Hearing Haruka mention melting ice cream made Yukino start rushing toward them. Gotta get treats in the midst of all this if possible, she still hasn't eaten anything. Good thing she wasn't near them yet when her stomach growled. Getting to her boys, she swiped away some ice cream from Haruka like she did at Card Capital. For an ice queen, her eyes - free of glowing swords - gave them a warm glance. She was happy to see them, and happy in general after the previous two nights' events.

Before responding, the woman shoveled the ice cream down her throat. Little did she know that, no matter how hungry she was, no matter how fast she wished to rid herself of the feeling... the calamity known as Brain Freeze could not be stopped. Yukino gripped at her head in pain, wincing. "Gaaah!" Crying out, slowing down was the only option.

While eating, the queen spoke: "We... need to talk."

[Beryl]

Satoshi fiddled with his hair a little. Yeah, it was time to, wasn't it?

"We do. I know you probably have a lot to say, but...let me go first." He turned to her and stared her right in the eyes and began to speak more.

"When I first met you a while ago, at Card Capital, you were the first person in the city I had ever gotten a chance to interact with, let alone play with. You accepted me being around as a good thing, and you gave me something I never had before, back on the farm I came from: you gave me my very first real friend." He rubbed his cheek a bit. "Coincidentally, I managed to find out that my destiny, fate, whatever you wanna call it, may not be as prominent to yours...but it's tied to it in some way. That gave me more reason to be there as much as I could. Maybe it's simply that sort of coincidence, but...I don't really want to think that.

"You and Haruka both...you're the best thing that's ever happened to me, even more so than my own family. I left that house in the fields wanting to find a purpose in the city, and without you two, I never would've known. It's why I think of us as this little team of sorts..." He felt the sand a bit, blushing. "A triad, even."

He looked over to Haruka. "Honestly, I'm amazed the two of you manage to put up with my unfamiliarity with interacting with other people. All I've ever really known would be my parents, so when things like this happen...I don't really know how to react." He shook his head. "Well, I used to not."

Satoshi looked back to Yukino with another smile. "Yesterday...I was amazed you or Haruka didn't just clock me a new one. I acted impulsively for my own interests, which were focused on preserving the friends I had for the sake of emotional stability, and it came to bite me, hard. I said things I didn't really mean, I felt the world just sort of...collapse." He scratched the back of his head.

"When you said I didn't know what it was like to feel like you failed everyone and that everything was your fault...prior to the moment where everything just snapped in my head, you're right. I didn't. But I learned, and what I learned...I'm hoping to not make happen again." He turned slightly to Haruka. "So first of all, I'm sorry to you. I left you in the park unconscious and I shouldn't have. I'm glad Hana showed up, because otherwise I wouldn't have known what to do with myself. You're a great guy, and I'm super glad to have you as a rival, a partner...and one of the best friends I've ever had."

Once more, he turned to Yukino. "And as for you, darlin'..." He blushed. "I'm sorry I acted the way that I did towards you last night. You're a fine lady, a strong fighter, and the first friend I always wanted. You mean more to me than you know, and...well...I don't know what else to say other than I don't want to leave your side again." A few tears dropped, still smiling like the bumbling farm boy he was. "I hope you can forgive that and take me back, y'know?..."

[Jello]

I see. So these are Satoshi's true feelings then. The honesty on this guy is pretty brutal sometimes.... It's not even cold out, why I am shaking...

These are the things running through Haruka's head, when he finds himself shaken a little. He was so moved by Satoshi's words, he almost had to sit down for them. Haruka had a wry simper on his face, which gradually evolved. The simper became a grin, and then a smile, a big toothy smile. Haruka wanted to jump in the air and yell and holler and hug them both. Haruka had yet to hear the piece from Yukino, but he was already really overjoyed. He turned his attention to her, waiting for her to speak up. He sipped his soda and bit into his ice cream carefully and methodically, taking bits at a time. He wanted to savor it.

The three were standing in what seemed to be a triangle in the sand, and the sun was slowly going down yet nobody seemed to notice or care. The atmosphere was still.

Unbroken.

It felt like a closed space where time was moving at a different pace than the rest of the world. These are the kind of revelations Haruka wanted from Day 1. These are the friends he's wanted since he could remember.

 

[Cherry]

Yukino closed her eyes, listening to everything Satoshi had to say - absorbing it. Before beginning to really care about anyone who wasn't an Espoir or one of Hana's friends, everyone else was just a mongrel. How they felt toward her was irrelevant if it wasn't accepting of her sovereignty. Not once did she consider how the farm boy felt having her for a first friend.

"When... I was lost, on my rampage... I didn't intend on hurting anyone. I only thought about fixing everything I did... I was thinking of only myself too", the queen began, recalling the ordeal. The suffering she went through was like nothing she'd ever forget. The Hell that she was entrapped in for messing up everything... "I pushed everyone away because I thought I didn't deserve anyone."

Eyes opened to gaze upon the two cloaked in the sunset's shadow, smiling at the other two of their triad. Previously believing that the Chosen Sword's destiny was a path solely meant for her and her alone... these past days have changed her mind. Hana, Haruka, Satoshi, Ahmes, Yunos, paladins, all of Cray... It was a shared fate among all of them with her. Uncaring if she was the most important in it or not, she was simply glad to be a part of it. Giving a sigh, she spoke again.

"I should be the one apologizing for forcing everyone away from me. For your voice not reaching me", Yukino expressed how sorry she felt. Finally did the imperial majesty of a girl understand how to interact with friends - with people she really cared about. Being a pompous royal pain made it quite obvious that social skills weren't her strong suit. There were quite a few people to thank for teaching her how to improve. These two were some of them.

"Hell, I should be the one hoping for everyone to forgive me."