(GS3) Home Field: Espoir Mansion

[Crystalia]

'Yes, let's go'. Miyuki had originally planned to follow Hana to wherever they were going, however Hana slowed down, walking right next to her. That was fine though. 'I guess we're going to her room then' she thought. 'I know the way there, and Hana did want to play vanguard'. Before she could ask however, Hana lay her head on Miyuki's shouder.

'E-er, Hana?' she questioned. 'This makes it harder to walk, are you alright?' Despite her questions, she could feel her heart speed up, and she could feel herself blushing. 'Must be all the things that have happened today' she thought, althought she did wonder why she was blushing. Letting Hana's head stay on her shoulder, they continued to slowly walk through the mansion. Then she realised that she had forgot to say something.

'Hana? Where exactly are we going by the way?'

[Cherry]

Yugure looked at him, wide eyed when his hand met her cheek again. The gaze of a sickly woman faced Haruka's eyes - a kind of look like a dying pet would give, looking for some kind of mercy. A quiet breath passed as she looked down, a near-silent chuckle. Lecture? This guy? The thought of this goofball fumbling through his words to lecture someone put a small smile on her face, but it quickly faded. Looking back up, another expression of gratitude was gifted to him.

"Thank you", the woman began, holding that hand. When he corrected himself from "friend", it made most of the nauseous feeling go away. "I'm... fine, really."

This wasn't a battle anyone could win, and she certainly didn't want to drag Haruka into it. The queen beamed at him to ensure she was at peace, even if she really wasn't.

His hand was squeezed, like it always was.

Haruka +2 Affinity

[NeoBuster]

Neo had found himself back at Hana's mansion.

"I know everyone wasnt feeling well today.. but for some reason I felt like i needed to come here" Neo said to himself

So neo rang the doorbell and waited for the usual worker to come.

[Hope]

Hana felt the feeling for sure. It was nice and warm. Her face felt weird though, but this was definitely a really nice moment. She lifted her head from Mi-hime's shoulder.

"Well, Mi-hime, we're going to use dad-san's fight room tonight."

It was at one of the hidden corners of the house, hard to find, but once one was at that location, it was hard to miss. It had a large wooden door, so heavy that Hana had to call a team of ten workers to get one door to even budge. Usually dad-san opens the two doors by himself, sometimes breaking it because it's not heavy enough to support him. The inside of the room was a large circular auditorium, with a center stage having four tables with a good amount of room in between each other so that two cardfights could happen at once. This site was exactly like the fight stadium that Hana fought in during the national tournament.

"This is where Dad-san and his friends used to train their fighting skills, he said we should use it tonight. It has a working holographic system and everything." Hana went to a corner and turned on the computer that was there, the recessed lighting scattered across the rest of the room flickered on, presenting the grand fighting stage deep within the Espoir Mansion.

"Right, I should invite everyone."

She sent out a group text to Yukinee, Yukinee's bf, New Thirst-kun, Jello, DogeKaiser, Iguana-chan, Screamo-kun.
Invitation to have a night of fun fights over at dad-san's holographic cardfight room! It'll be fun, just ask the workers to lead you there! Also dad-san won't be there its ok Yukinee's bf. <3 ~ BELLA

[NeoBuster]

While waiting at the front door, Neo got a text from Hana saying to come to her house to train and practice.

Neo then texted back "Im in front of your house" then waited to be let in

[Jello]

Haruka sighed, smiling back.

"Fine? Ah..." Haruka thought he knew Yukino decently well enough by now to know what she had meant. He definitely needed to worry a little less about her. She was strong-willed and was a brave, powerful woman.

That's what attracted me to her I suppose.

He lets his hand remain for a moment. Remembering the first time he had done it, she let out what seemed like a small gasp. Maybe this was something she was particularly fond of?

Of course she is, stupid! She would have told you to get off by now!

So instead, he nods and begins to speak. This was probably the best he could do now.

"You're welcome, Yuki. I'll keep doing me then." Assuring he wasn't going to change was probably the best he could do, leaving her to fight her battles without the worry of Haruka being somebody different by the end of them. With his free hand, he takes her hand that was left at her side, and brings it to his lips. With a light kiss, he looks up.

"Your Majesty." He starts to chuckle a little, remembering the days he only referred to her as the Ice Queen, but he saw her as something different now.

However right on command, a text buzzes his cell phone. He steps back a moment, letting her kissed hand down, and taking out his cell phone. "Holographic Cardfight room?" He looks at Yukino, expecting some sort of answer to Hana's message.

[Cherry]

Yukino managed to keep things bottled up while feeling better in the process. Haruka made it clear he'll always be Haruka - the boy she was falling in love with. That reassurance woke her up and stopped Yunos' voice from returning... no, his presence ceased the latter. Staying up to stay away from that nightmare and shutting out a tormenting, hollow memory would help her last. Though, the queen was caught off guard by Haruka kissing his hand. Twice now have those lips met her skin, but never her own lips. That wasn't fair, they began longing for his. A giggle at "your majesty", remembering the days of being a... egocentric queen. Not the most pleasant of memories, but she did meet her two friends while like that.

... No, she had enough.

Yugure almost started to lean forward before her phone vibrated in sync with his. Reading the message, she sighed. A night of games could probably help her out some, but she highly doubted it. Yet, if it kept Hana in a good mood, it'd be worth it.

Standing up, she spoke: "Follow me, I know where she's talking about."

Another text was sent to a servant, stating to allow Neo inside if he arrived. And since he was already here, he was let in.

[Jello]

Haruka noticed Yukino had moved forward a little before the text had been sent out.

What was that about?

"You, sir, My Vanguard, are denser than osmium."

Haruka dismissed Vortimer's light comment and followed Yukino's heels. "Don't tell me you guys actually have a holographic fight area..." Haruka was pretty easily amazed by things, meaning this would get added to the list very quickly if it's what he imagined it is what he thought it was.

[Cherry]

"Father had to get that buff somehow", Yukino replied. "It doubles as a gym and a fighting room. He and a bunch of work buddies, along with mother used to stay in there for longer than believed humanly possible to train."

You know, the Espoir adults were probably classified freaks of nature.

The queen opened the door to the holographic chamber as soon as they got to it.

Meanwhile, Lop Ear and Dindrane were gossiping with each other. Like how Marron and Akane would. ... The only difference is that Pellinore - a higher up - joined in their childish shenanigans. Garmore and Ezel quickly scolded them for acting like giddy teenagers.

[NeoBuster]

Neo was allowed in the mansion by one of the workers

"Thank you" Neo said

He walked up all the stairs to find Hana

[Jello]

No. Way.

"So this is in this house too, huh?"

Haruka finds himself staring in awe at everything in the room. He's unable to take it all in at one time so he stands sort of frozen in the room.

"This is crazy, Yuki."  He cranes his neck to get a look at all the fight tables. Well polished and lit-up. But what did they mean by holographic exactly? The fighter's became holographic or the units...?

"That was a dumb question. It makes you able to see us."

Hoh. Well that's cool, too.

Haruka's stupid grin brightens. He was a bit too excited for tonight.

"Get me on that Vanguard Circle and we'll take the field by storm. Got it?"

Haruka nods.

[Hope]

Hana is talking to a worker, ordering him to fetch a few drinks and snacks for the guests who come. She then holds her deck in excitement. Angel Feather, in this version of the world, a world where Bermuda Triangle never existed, she has been plying this deck forever, so she should love this deck as much as she did Bermuda Triangle right? She looks at Nociel, somewhat apologetic of how she has been treating the Angel Feathers, as temporary replacements to the Bermuda Triangle clan.

"Nociel I've been wanting to say lately that I-..." She began to speak but was interrupted.
"Hana we understand how you've felt. We want to become close to you too, but we also tried to keep our distance because we feared that you weren't ready to accept as yet or that you'd think that we would take Bermuda Triangle's place in your heart." Nociel explained to her.
"R-Right.... but, I have a place for both of you guys... N-Nociel-chan...." Hana said under her breath.
"I see... Hana-chan...." The pink haired trash also uttered silently.

[Lance Korilum]

Cero had received an invitation to the mansion of his rival from someone named 'Bella.'  After learning where said mansion was (It was the only mansion around so it was kind of difficult to not notice), Cero entered.  In his usual shouting manner, Cero demanded that the workers lead him to the 'holographic cardfight room' so he could meet his rival in combat once again.  The workers were initially confused by this insane man who just walked up and started shouting at them, to which Cero responded, "I am Cero Kirguis, Europe's King of Vanguard and rival to Yukino Espoir!" 

  With this information, the workers asked, "Sir, are you sure you don't need to go to a hospital?"  The same question.  Again.  The question that people seem to ask everywhere he goes.  It's returned. 

  With every bit of air in his lungs, Cero screamed at the workers, "I DON'T NEED A HOSPITAL, I'M HERE TO FIGHT MY RIVAL!!!  NOW LET ME IN BEFORE I SMASH YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND WALK IN MYSELF!!!!!!"  This response was not the most elegant of Cero's words, but it seemed to work.  The workers lead him to the cardfight room, but not before phoning in that a 'clinically insane foreigner' had just attempted a break-in.

[Cherry]

The ear-splitting roars of a new guest echoed throughout the house. Dad Espoir was real sick of these boys entering, but he won't give a damn if Cero doesn't intend to harm his little girls. ... Just in case, he told the servants to be on watch, and to use deadly force if required. The queen nearly went deaf hearing Europe's king downstairs. She wanted to be glad he was back in Japan, but she was too sad and her ears were still ringing.

She greeted Hana and Miyuki, but heard herself speak in a muffled tone.

Shaking her head, she said "We're here" and was able to hear it.

[Hope]

"Hana-chan! Hana-chan! Everyone we can now be friends with Hana-chan!~!" Nociel chants happily.

Hana smiles seeing that her sister has arrived. She nods and greets her, "hello nee-san." Next up, Hana hears the screaming coming from downstairs, perhaps a burglar, but no she knew that yelling. It was Screamo-kun, who had returned from Europe, his mental condition seemingly having gotten worse. With the deepest of concerns, she called her father and asked if the workers could be equipped with tranquilizer guns for their new visitor. Dad-san was actually already ahead of her. This was, of course, not to Hana's surprise as she expected no less from dad-san!

The tables are prepped, the first two to fight may begin at any time. Hana allows a bit more time for visitors to make their way up.