(GS3) Field: Hotel

[NeoBuster]

"I know what I want to do with Vanguard. While I still want to know what happened with my parents, im going to fight with a constant smile on my face" Neo replied

"Vanguard is about bringing people together and having fun and thats something im going to make sure everyone does" Neo said

"Thats what my Vanguard is" Neo added

[Hope]

"Well alright then, as long as you don't stray from it, seems cool I guess."

She walked took a deck out of her bag, a common gesture which by now translates to.

"It's time to fight."

[NeoBuster]

Neo saw Neu take out a deck which only meant one thing. Neo then took out his portable cf table and took out his deck.

"Im ready when you are" Neo said

[NeoBuster]

Dragonic Kaiser Vermillion The BLOOD. This is Dragonic Kaiser Vermillions final evolution and the evolution Neo was looking for the entire time.

"I cant believe it, this power actually came to me" Neo said to himself.

Sure he had just lost to Neu, but that was the last thing on Neo's mind. Even though he lost, he had alot of fun and was ready for the challeges ahead.

"Thank you Neu for helping me carve the path I need to walk on. I couldnt have done it without you" Neo said to her

"I will stay on this path and treasure this card forever" Neo said.

Neo then put away his portable cf table and his new deck in his deckcase.

[Hope]

"No problem." she grinned.

Will that be enough to stop me?

She shook her head, her green eye glowed a little. She covered it up with her right hand and looked back at Neo. "That was extremely close. Man, just one one card would have changed everything, made my heart race. Haven't felt like that in a good while!" Suddenly there was pain going through her body. It seems that the side effects of the Rift were finally catching up to her. So far her physical features have changed, then her eating habits, and now it seems that another change is in progress.

It seems that I haven't completely let go of the past like I thought...

She weakly smiled at him again and breathed deeply, "I need to head back to my room I guess... Whew, that too a lot out of me!"

She turned away and made her way back to her room.

[Cherry]

The Red Lion Sacred Beast Armor had evolved on its own, but Ezel himself was rewarded with a cape. Platina, Garmore, and some others stood around in the hotel room, as Yugure sat on the bed. They waited expectantly, calm gazes all around shot toward the meditating queen. Ezel folded his arms, taking a place in the center. His vanguard's hand reached out, and bladed eyes opened. A glowing, blue outline appeared before them all that was of the new beast armor's design. Yukino's hand moved about, tracing the shining blueprint. Upon completion, it had been successfully duplicated, and it subsequently turned into a copy of Platina Ezel.

"So that's the power of the blacksmith", the lion spoke.

"I still have no idea how I'm doing this, but I need to make more", Yukino added, snapping out of the blacksmith-driven trance.

This is how she spent her morning and some of the afternoon. This power of replicating armaments from Blaster Meister was taking the first steps toward being honed in the favor of the card game.

[Jello]

Wake up.

Hmm...mm....

Wake up, Haruka.

Wha...what....

... WAKE UP!

Haruka nearly jumps out of his bed as a pounding in his head smart to ensue. The medication he took the night before for sleeping had taken a quick effect on him, sending him into an unworldly slumber. Not even a the roar of Overlord could rouse Haruka from his rest. However what if the voice that awoke him was not on the outside, but on the inside?

"S-Sera...?" Haruka rubbed his eyes, laying back down on his pillow. He wasn't trying to fall asleep again or anything, but he was too groggy to actually find the means to get out of his bed.

Haruka. You can hear me? Good.

"Hm? Yeah. yeah." Haruka waved his arms about over his head, finally mustering enough strength to get out of bed and walk over to the bathroom. Haruka looked in the mirror, then nearly had a heart attack at what he saw.

His face.

His skin was pale white and his eyes were extremely dulled. His hair was lighter than usual, as well as a mess from sleeping. His skin didn't feel particularly cold so that was good. Maybe the inner feeling had transferred to the outside?

"Sera, why do I look like a ghost?"

I have no real way to explain it. My voice had been shut out by something in your mind. You subconsciously tried to "freeze" me away.

Haruka sighed, scratching his chin. Weird.

With that, he set out into the lobby. He didn't have a specific destination in mind, but it might be nice to avoid seeing anybody he already knows considering the abnormalities his body was undergoing. If Haruka attained anymore of a pallor, he might turn completely black and white. Sounds cool, but Haruka preferred not seeming like something out of a silent film.

[Nobody]

After what felt like an eternity of walking around in random places, he finally arrived at his destination and salvation, the hotel. His entire body was covered in more than one layer of sweat, his eyes completely death from exhaustion, his legs struggling to support his entire body. As he walks into the doors, he smiles as if he saw an angel descend from heaven just to hug him. He was this close to laying on his comfy bed and resting for his entire life.

And then he collapsed on the ground shortly after entering the building.

Save for breathing, there were no signs of life in his sweaty body. He was just there, on the floor, in the middle of the lobby, his hand reaching for the stairs as if is life depended on it, but it too, dropped "dead" on the floor.

[Jello]

What the-

"Shiki...?" Haruka kneels down, staring at the most likely dead guy on the floor. He was covered in so much sweat that you could replenish your water supply in a zombie apocalypse with it. Shiki might as well be a zombie at this point, considering his lack of life. He was only, just barely, breathing.

"H-Hey... are you okay?" He places a hand on the poor boy's head and pats it a few times. Then just sort of stares at him. Haruka actually contemplates for a few seconds giving him a hand up, but the boy seems so deprived of energy and sustenance that he might just ragdoll all over the floor if he stood up for even a moment. It might be best to just leave him here....

[Nobody]

Ignoring Haruka, Shiki lifted up his head looking forward, he started to slowly crawl towards the stairs, clinging to his dear life. But he didn't make it far, at the end of his short "journey" he flipped onto his back, breathing heavily as he started at Haruka.

"H-Hey.. stairs.. bed.. rest.." he whispered with the last bits of energy he had left, before looking back at the celling, sweat dripping from him as if he's some waterfall.

[Jello]

Eh... The boy was sort of just mumbling to himself. Haruka had half a mind to pick him up and carry him to his room...

If he knew where the boy's room was in the first place.

"S-Shiki... Hey, wanna come back to my room? I can get you something to drink maybe?" Haruka realized that sounded awfully bad.

"Water?"

[Nobody]

Something to drink? Shiki closed his eyes, staying like that for a few seconds contemplating what his answer should be. They say a drink helps when you're out of energy, but he honestly had no idea how that'd ever work, so he declined by shaking his head in disapporval.

A bed thought.. now that was something straight out of his dream, a comfy bed where he could just lay down and spend there an entire eternity while embracing the comfyness of the comfy bed. It wasn't his bed but.. who cares? A bed is a bed.

His face started coming to life as if god himself gave him a second chance. A large smile formed from his lips as he started shaking his head up and down alot, as a way to hint Haruka that he does indeed want to go to his room.. well.. "go" is the wrong word for this, as it'd most likely come down to Haruka dragging his body all around the floor.. the stairs.. and god knows what else on the way to his room.

[Jello]

Haruka then signed, looking up. It was gonna be a drag, literally. His only hope was that the guy was lighter than Satoshi, otherwise Haruka's back might break under the pressure.

"Alright dude, here we go..." Haruka grabs the guy by the wrists and begins to pull him back up the stairs he just came down.

After twenty or so minutes Haruka and Shiki arrive in his hotel room. Shiki's face is covered in a few bruises and intense rugburn. Haruka is sweating almost as much as Shiki was by the time they reach the top. To Haruka's fortune however, Shiki was indeed a bit lighter than Satoshi, but his outfit was made of a material that didn't slide very well across the carpet.

Once they got there, he lifted Shiki onto Haruka's bed and walks into his bathroom, pouring a glass of tap water. He then walks back into the bedroom, places the glass of water on the table top and proceeds to flop into the chair in the corner of his room.

"So, why are you like, almost dead again? Yukino didn't find you, did she?" Haruka joked.

[Nobody]

Finally, "the" bed, literal heaven. A feeling so orgasmic he could scream. Infact, he probably would if he wasn't dead tired. He embraced the bed as if it was his own, not even paying any attention to Haruka who went out to the bathroom.

He nearly fell asleep, the only thing that stopped him was Haruka's question. At first, he planned to just ignore it and go to sleep in Haruka's room. But it would be too rude, even for him, to completely ignore his savior like that.

"Park.. lost.. walk alot." he answered, the pleasure of the comfy bed was too big for him to mutter out any normal sentence. He ignored the water, and continued to roll around in the bedsheet.

[Jello]

"E-Eh... Right then." Haruka leans back in his chair, and states at the ceiling for a few moments. It was clear to him that Shiki had nearly died just a few moments ago. But what was unclear as to how walking...

Never mind that. Haruka ended up simply walking over to the balcony entrance.

"Er, you're free to rest here if you want. I'll be out here if you need me." Haruka pinches the bridge of his nose as he steps onto the balcony and stares out at the city line. Its extremely crowded down there. Haruka's only real reason for coming out here was to revisit some past events in his head. But in the end he ended up thinking about Yukino.

Lovestruck fool, indeed.

He pockets his hands, looking at the boats in the nearby harbor. The waves and ripples around them look so serene, creating a majestic backdrop to a city that never sleeps...

Haruka spends a few moments watching the water before returning back to the bedridden Shiki, currently enjoying his new comfortable setting.

Shiki AP+2