(GS3) Camping Trip - Camping Ground

[Skyzlimitz]

Hana's words offered Sky little comfort. While he did appreciate what she said it didn't change the fact that the card he started his vanguard journey with was gone. Sky did wipe away his tears realizing he was supposed to be an adult who was in charge of these kids for at least the remainder of this trip. Sky put his deck away and decided not to look at it for at least until the trip was over.

[Jello]

Haruka went into rush mode from the second he could set up his field. Sadly, due to things like Blaster Dark Revenger, Haruka's rear guard got messed up quick. Normally that's not a big deal, reforming the rear guard circle only takes a bit of time and patience, letting up pressure not an option. However Haruka learned that patience comes in different forms. Sometimes blowing your hand on the G2 turn is not the answer, as it wasn't here. Despite getting a good three damage head start, he was easily whittled down by damage by Peredur and the consistent superior calls of Revengers.

Haruka barely broke a sweat until his final attack turn. He had the Limit Break of Illuminal Dragon at his disposal and counter blast galore. His only issue was, due to no triggers, he couldn't end the fight right there. One. Anything would have pushed the battle to him, but alas Hatred Chaos, who he needed earlier, and Solar Falcon, who he really didn't need at all, showed up to his aid.

"T-Thanks guys, but I needed to finish this here..." Haruka started talking to his cards again. Overlord was the only thing that would respond to him because, well, he's the one who answered Haruka's call for strength. Maybe if Haruka made another call to arms, other units would come to him too? Food for thought, definitely. Haruka wasn't really interested in Illuminal Dragon anyways... Ethics Buster however. He had his attention.

"Thanks again for the fight Seifer. Definitely a lot more interesting than our first. Just one trigger aagghhh. Next time! I'll have my revenge next time. See what I did there? Revenge? Hahahaha...." Haruka started laughing, lying down to stare at the stars. He was actually pretty happy, despite taking the L for that one. Fights just happened that way, nothing to be upset about.

"One day I'll evolve beyond my limits too, just like Overlord did once. I believe it's possible to do again..." Haruka was whispering to himself about weird things again.

He noticed Hana standing by the mountain cliff, looking down. What was she up too?

"H-Hana... What's up? You okay over there?" Haruka nearly got up and ran over to her out of instinct.

[Cece Lockhart]

Noel finally full and satisfied, she got up and looked at the beautiful night sky. Seifer ended up taking the challenge from Haruka so she was able to rest. After that kind of fight, she was mentally tired to do another.

"Wow... the stars are so beautiful tonight... if there was life somewhere out there... I wonder if they are staring back to the same view as I am..." Noel said to herself implying if the Vanguard units are real and actually do live on another planet somewhere in the universe. She grabs her deck and looks at her two favorite units, her avatar Ashlei and her trusty and loyal companion, Salome. After receiving Ashlei from Seifer, Salome was the first unit Noel earned on her own and eventually the rest of her deck. Even after losing her in the forest, somehow she came back to her via Khudus. The loyal second in command staying by her leader's side no matter what. That's true loyalty and Noel appreciated how much Salome helped her deck and how well she works with her avatar.

Noel then looks up and says quietly to the stars, "If you are real, Salome... thank you for being by my side to lead my Jewel Knights... I always knew I can count on you.". Suddenly without Noel knowing, a faint image of Salome appears behind her kneeling down.

"Milady, it is an honor to direct me with those kind words. I promise to be by your side."

Noel felt like she heard a voice, she turned around and there was no one there but the other members of the Cardfight Club

[Cipher Izanagi]

Despite the overwhelming success Seifer had earlier using Kagero, he decided to use Shadow Paladin for this fight, relying on getting damage early for the Peredur he had in his hand from the start, and saving his guards for specific moments. Deck thinning and Peredur's push turn really helped, bring the tide of the fight to Seifer's side, though it almost ended in tragedy as had Haruka gotten one trigger on his last turn, Seifer wouldn't of been able to win it. Smiling though, not because he won, but because he had fun, he nodded at Haruka. "It was a fun match. Really fast paced. I almost couldn't keep up, especially with Illuminal. That's a scary dragon." he complimented Haruka's work, even laughing at the Revenge pun. Though when Haruka went over to Hana, he followed, since something seemed to be the matter. She was looking over the edge for something? Someone? Why?

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren noticed that Hana was looking around the mountain. He did his own headcount to see everyone was there. Maybe she was curious as to how it looked. That was probably all it was. He turned to Noel and saw that she seemed spooked by something. The idea that we were teleported here must have sunk in by now so was it something else?

"Noel, are you alright?" he asked her just to be certain.

His gaze then turned to the red mystery woman. He wanted to fight her again another time, feeling like he really did improve with each match. He wondered how much more he would need before he could win a big and important match. Well, it wasn't as if that mattered anyway. Still, he knew there were things still to be learnt and that those two knew something about synchronizing with units.

[Hope]

That weird scene seems to have gotten the attention of Haruka and Sliffer. She appreciated it, but she couldn't tell them otherwise would most likely look like a lunatic. Using Star Gazing right now probably isn't a good idea. "No, Im alright. Thanks!" She assured both of them. Her phone somehow ended up vibrating from the top of a mountain. How was that possible? Well.

Two words:
She's awake.

Hana's eyes widened and her heart pounded with excitement.

"TOMO, KOGA! This is an order!" She called out to both of them with an unshakable voice of authority.
"W-What is it Princess?" KOGA dropped her rice ball and quickly shoved the bread sticks into her purse.
"Yes?" TOMO was much more relaxed.

She quickly in between both of them. "I need you to send me back to my penthouse, just for the night, then I kind of have to get back for the nighttime attendance and stuff to check in with the staff that I'm not dead."
"Ok?.." KOGA tilted her head.
"This is an order." Isabella repeated herself in a more serious tone.
"Alright then, fine." TOMO stood up, saying that statement in a nearly protesting tone. She really doesn't get paid enough.

"I'll be right back guys, just... important matters to attend to!"

With that she immediately zapped away.

[Jello]

Dumbfounded. Hana literally just poofed off the top of the mountain. Seeing it is actually weirder than it actually happening to you so that's fair.

"I... Uhm." Haruka just shook his head, shrugging nonchalantly.

"Time to sleep I guess. Uh, I don't know about you guys, but I'll see you at the bottom of the mountain. Don't wanna be up here too late, y'know?"

With that, Haruka snatched up his bag and set back down the mountain trail. Luckily going down was a much less resistant path than going up, so it didn't take very long at all for him to get back to the campsite. Maybe fifteen or so minutes tops, considering the brisk pace he set.

"hey, I'll see u soon, yeah? Sweet dreams, Yukino. -haru"

Leaving something for his beloved, Haruka passed out the second his head hit the pillow at his tent. Haruka had dreams of restanding everything. Vanguards and rear guards. Sounds fantastic.

[Golden Sage NovaRaizer]

Darren was confused, actually that was an understatement. He had no idea what was going on. Why would Hana order the two like that, why did they listen, and most of all... why would she leave them like that?

Darren gave a small sigh as he figured it had to be something he was going to ask her later. He was growing concerned with each moment. "I hope nothing happened," he muttered lightly before he stood up. He grabbed his things as he started to walk down the mountain. Whatever this was, he couldn't do anything for it now. Besides, he had things of his own to deal with.

[OverDrive]

At the end of the fight Tsubasa sensed the same presence of Stern Blaukluger behind him, it was obvious from Sky's daze what was happening and even more emphasized when his deck was examined. This situation felt extremely familiar to Tsubasa..he had been through the same thing, but before Yukino informed him about the situation he had no idea, this time Sky was there when Stern disappeared. After putting back his cards in his deck box he went to talk to Sky as he was sitting on the edge of the hill from one side.

"..I know it's not my place to talk to you about this...but I need to tell you a story, do you remember Blaster Blade Liberator, my avatar, the one I used against you moments ago?...approximately a year and 3 months ago, I used to play with the Royal Paladin clan, with Blaster Blade, his courage gave me strength to change who I am...to make amends for my mistakes in the past...but two months later...he was sealed away.." he said, looking out in the horizon as he remembered those incidents.

"..Later after that my deck was replaced with the Gold Paladins..and looking back...I don't regret it this clan truly is the right one for me..but I had lost my avatar and I had to fight to get him back..you see -takes out his deck from the deckbox and begins to shuffle it over and over again- through my experience with this game, it's not just the players who choose their units, sometimes the units will choose you because each is bound by their desires and hopes...and Blaster Blade has chosen me as one of his Vanguards -stops shuffling and draws the top card, it's back facing Sky- he has never let me down, and through hardships and struggles he returned to me -reveals the card, Blaster Blade Liberator- stronger than ever before, as a Gold Paladin and together we will continue fighting..-puts back the card- give it time i'm sure you'll find the strength to bring Stern back and when that happens...I look forward to our next fight." he said, as he rose and began to walk back to the group.

"..Good luck my friend..you're not alone that's for sure." he said.
"...I can't believe that worked though...Thank you my Avatar." he thought, as he stared at Blaster Blade Liberator.

Returning back he was not surprised by the events that took place with Hana, considering her 'power' he was aware that such a thing might happen so he followed the others down the mountain, "Good Night Everyone, i'll be heading back to my tent." he said, as trailed his way down the mountain with ease.

[Spectre Diamond]

Seeing Hana disappear from sight with the red headed girl had confused Hikaru for a bit. Deciding he had enough for the night he quietly went back to his tent.

[Cipher Izanagi]

It was semi late in the night when Seifer just sat up in his tent sighing. He couldn't sleep, and for good reason. There was something bothering him a bit so he decided to pull out his phone and open his contacts looking through it. On the way to the bottom of the list, he hesitated on Rosalia's number for a moment before scrolling all the way down to the bottom. He stopped on the name he had in his phone, "Yugure", the number he'd gotten from Tsubasa earlier. He felt like he needed to know, like he needed some answers for himself but... Would it be okay to call at this time? ...Worth a shot. He checked the cell service and it surprisingly had enough to call, so he hit the call button and held it up to his ear, listening to the dial tone.

[Cherry]

"Yugure", the soldier responded to Seifer's call.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Ah he wasn't expecting an answer but... "It's Seifer. I have a couple of questions if you'd be willing to answer them." his reply would probably be shrouded in a small amount of static, but nothing to serious. She'd be able to hear him just fine.

[Cherry]

"Fire away", Yugure gave the okay. The little bits of static weren't anything that'd greatly interfere with the conversation, but annoyed her nonetheless.

[Cipher Izanagi]

Where to start. "It's about what we talked about a little while ago. My sister and I have both had nightmares, her more so than I have. I didn't think about it at the time of our meeting but." he hesitated for a moment debating what to say next. "When I first showed back up in Rijuku, I had a nightmare for a few nights in a row. Darkness, loneliness. Fear... And a pair of colors, black and red. ...My sister mentioned something to me a bit after our meeting that I promised I'd ask around about as well. She'd been having nightmares where she couldn't see anything, and yet she heard voices saying something along the lines of 'don't give into temptation' or 'come with us'. That's really all she told me." he waited just a moment letting himself breathe after that long winded bit of dialogue before he spoke again. "Does any of that mean anything to you at all?"