(GS3) Field: Hoshiko High School

[ShadowCM]

Khusuds knew something was up but it seemed Noel was up to something. He decided to play along and left her alone. Before she left he passed her Darren's number and let her know both Seifer and Rose were around as well. Afterwards he headed to his hotel room for the day,


Seifer AF +1
Noel AF  +1
Rose AF +!
Darren AF +1

[Skyzlimitz]

It was early in the morning, none of the students had arrived at school yet. Sky unlocked the gates and went to open the front doo. It was time for work.

[Skyzlimitz]

Sky glanced at his phone having recieved Hana's message. "Alright so you all probably know about what's been going on. I'm sending this out to see who hasn't been taken into the invader's hands yet. We have to meet up. On my way to go take Darren back. Respond if you can. - Hana Isabella Espoir " What happened to Darren? Sky had been working since the trip and knew nothing about any "invasion" was this why none of the kids had been showing up to the cardfight club? Not that Sky was complaining he still couldn't even pull his deck out of the box since the events of the trip. Sky thought about it and decided Hana's message was probably some club activity they were all doing. So Sky pushed the thought out of his head and got back to work, in one hour he could lock up and go home for the day.

[Skyzlimitz]

It was late in the afternoon, once again no one showed up for the cardfight club they were all probably busy playing there new game Hana refereed to yesterday. Sky was cleaning the tables in the club room. He saw his reflection on the surface of the tables. Seeing himself made him think about Stern. Why did he leave? Was it because Sky wasn;t strong enough? If that was why how did Stern expect Sky to get stronger? Sky sighed and continued to clean.

[Cece Lockhart]

As Noel approaches the school from the residential area, a line of fighters stood in her way in hopes of fighting back. She had a sadistic smile seeing the pathetic attempt the "sinners of the weak" had made to stop her and started to slowly sing as the two red marks appeared on her face and a blazing dark red and black aura engulfed her:

"Ring-a-round the rosie..."

"AHHHHH!!!!!"

"A pocket full of posies..."

"GWAAAH!!!"

"Ashes!"

"I LOST?!"

"Ashes!"

"NOOOOOO!!!"

"We all fall down!"

The wall of defense all fell to the ground as the Reverse aura consumed them all. All the fighters screamed in pain until eventually silence. They are all now Reversed and part of a growing "kingdom" Noel has planned. A kingdom devoid of the weak. "Hehe...you have all been purged from the sin known as Weakness, now be one with the Reverse~"

Like a little girl, Noel started skipping towards the school and a large black and red ring started to appear above. She had claimed the school as her castle.

[Beryl]

As he walked past the school, Satoshi felt a strong chill. A great power had definitely just unleashed itself. Godspeed to anyone in the way of it.

He looked up. Actually, it would be good to make sure that this location's efforts to look for the Seed were sevenfold. He walked forward into the school, waving down Reverse fighters with his hand. Such a convenient power, even if it was over the weak-willed.

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel sensed an explosion of energy coming from somewhere faraway and stopped in the middle of a hallway because of it. The power of the Reverse allowed her to gain the ability to sense energy of powerful fighters. This burst of energy she sensed, it was very familiar but with an added twist of Reverse energy as well. She knew who it was, it was her brother Seifer. Her own aura started to flare up and she began to laugh hysterically as she looked at the ceiling with eyes widen and with a twisted smile. She began to hug herself due to her enjoyment of feeling that energy.

"Oh, Brother's energy! Just accept the Reverse! Please dear brother! Let it consume you so you can then bow down to me!" Noel continued to laugh by herself, the halls echoing with her creepy laugh until she sensed another energy near by. Someone is making my servants bow down to them? Who is this? Who dares enter my castle?! She thought to herself. As she approaches a stair case, she demands, "Who dares walk my halls?! Show yourself!"

[Beryl]

Satoshi recognized this girl. What was her name...Noel? She spent a lot of time with Seifer, that much he knew. And she was part of the Cardfight Club. That explained, at least somewhat, why she was back here, at the high school. He wondered if Seifer knew that this girl was serving the black rings now.

He held up his marked hand. "Your superior dares. I came to make sure everything is going as it should be." He looked around. "You picked a good place to set up camp, though. Plenty of space for an army."

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel bowed down to her apparent superior out of reflex. All she did was saw the mark in his hand and Noel's body instantly bowed out of worship and respect to the mark without her commanding her body to do so. She tried to resist and get up but the more Noel struggled, the heavier her body got and more fixed her bowed state became. "My goal was to make my kingdom here. I Reversed fighters everywhere throughout the city so they can serve me by purging them of their weakness. I felt the school would be a perfect spot to raise an army of Reverse fighters."

Even her speech was no longer in her control that Noel even spoke about her reason for claiming the school. Noel did not like it one bit, to be forced to bow down to someone so naturally like that reminded her of how she was forced to obey her father's every command. She gritted her teeth as more anger started fueling through her. Noel felt weak and weakness is a sin. WHAT IS GOING ON?! I'M A KUSANAGI!! I HAVE NO SUPERIOR!! I BOW TO NO ONE!! WHY?! WHY WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!?!? Her own thoughts were out of control but she could not do a thing in front of her superior's presence. Not because she didn't want to, she just couldn't. All she managed to say robotically was, "Everything is going smoothly. You have nothing to worry about, you can leave things here to me."

[Beryl]

Even in her automatic state, Satoshi could see the disgust and irritation with bending a knee to the mark. Despite his emotionless stature, he couldn't help but smirk at this. After all...

"You know, Seifer is of equal rank to me. You wouldn't want to disappoint him, would you, Noel?" He said this not necessarily make her squirm, but to understand that he was a superior she could trust. He walked up and gently patted her head. "I appreciate your efforts, however. If I could reward you properly, I would."

[Cece Lockhart]

The last string of what could of been called Noel's sanity that stayed intact while Reversed has been cut after hearing what her superior just said. Noel's soul sunk so deep into her own darkness that it felt like she had died inside. B-Brother.... is.... like him...? What more can Seifer have that she never did? What more will Noel be deprived from again? So many thoughts were going through her mind that she wasn't thinking at all anymore. Complete and utter mental destruction. Her body that tried to break from from her current pose even calmed down.

"I... I do not... that would be... illogical. I don't require a reward, your praise is enough to me. Please, you can leave in peace knowing that I can secure you an army and safe passage. I will handle things from here..."

[Beryl]

Satoshi tilted his head. Now she seemed...sad. "Are you sure there's nothing I can do for you? You seem upset." He kept petting her. "You can tell me what's wrong, y'know."

If anything, Noel reminded him a bit of himself. His non-Link Joker General self. If Seifer were Haruka and Rosalia Yukino. Even though that maybe didn't make that much sense, given how cutesy Rosalia was. Despite his cold demeanor at the moment, he felt as though hearing this particular meat puppet out was not just in his interest for ways to keep her dedicated to her job...but also because if anything, it was like talking to a female him.

[Cece Lockhart]

"No... there is nothing. Now please leave this place to me."

Noel was full of anger to the point that she had a twisted smile.

[Beryl]

Satoshi blinked. "Well, alright, then."

He switched hands briefly to implant the invaders' orders once more with his marked hand. With each stroke of her head with his fingers, tiny strings of energy worked Noel's mind with the directive.

"Find the Seed. Report to the Generals when you find it." With the directive came visions of the beautifully mesmerizing twin red and black rings of Reverse, just to maintain the brainwashing in question.

Leaving her to the vision, he walked off, though next to her in the prone position was a piece of paper with his number on it and a brief note:

"When all of this is over...let's talk. You and I actually have a lot more in common than you might think."

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel was no more. Not even her sadistic Reversed side was present. All that was left was a mindless body following a directive from the higher ups. Her new mission, to find an object known as the Seed and to report it to her superiors as soon as possible.

It was a poor sight to behold. The tragic life of a girl who tried to have a voice of her own, oppressed by her own birthright. Even the twisted side who accepted her birthright to a radical extreme was robbed of her voice. All to become a puppet of an alien force bent on returning everything to nothingness. A lonely, empty shell that death would probably be a much nicer and merciful alternative than her current state.

A horde of Reverse fighters were gathered at the school's auditorium and Noel went up the podium. She raised her arm and pointed outside, "Find the Seed and bring it to me..."

All the Reversed fighters exited and went out on their search.