INTRODUCTION

[petoskeymods]

INTRODUCTION

A sound wakes you up, muffled yet somehow near - the sound of a trumpet being played, from somewhere outside the building you're in. There's no fog, no headache as you greet a new day - only the confusion of being in an unfamiliar cabin, lying on top of an unfamiliar bunk bed in somewhere that is certainly not where you last closed your eyes. You're also pretty sure you weren't wearing this outfit before you somehow arrived here - so that's an uncomfortable thought. Yet, the cabin you're in is comfortable, but looking in the steamer trunks near the bunks will only result in finding normal toiletry items and sets of underwear and more of the same strange uniform. Your personal items have been stripped away - well, in the cases they're not absolutely essential for you to live.

Stepping outside, you find yourself in a very forested (and ungodly humid) area, outlooking a wide lake - there's cabins and other buildings next to yours, but the main thing that'll most likely attract attention are the three adults standing out in front of the largest building, bearing the name 'LODGE' on it in large letters. A woman, an older man, and a man in full priest garb, tooting away on a trumpet - your wakeup call, apparently. Just in front of them is a picnic table littered with markers and 'MY NAME IS' nametags.

Maybe you should go and demand some answers? Or will you just decide to explore...and try to find a way out of this weird camp?

Comments

[finalguard]

People could lie?

[ Double DUH :| ]

... it's more of a plan than we had before, I guess.

[itsagazebo]

If you've got a better one I'm all ears.

[finalguard]

[ What follows can only be described as 'stubborn silence'. Boa has evidently run out of arguments that actually fit their situation, but he refuses to admit it, so he just winds up making a tense face and saying nothing for a bit. ]

[itsagazebo]

[He lets that silence sit for a little while. Finally, he breaks that silence by clearing his throat.]

So, uh, where are you from?

[finalguard]

[ Another two seconds of silence follow in which it almost seems like Boa is going to deny the info exchange bonding too, but then he finally manages to open his mouth for a reply. There's no eye contact yet, but hey, your plan it is, Eddie. ]

... Mexico originally. I was just in Alaska because I was following someone around. Mexico's where I live, on the edge of the jungle.

[itsagazebo]

[He blinks in surprise]

Oh hey I didn't think there was anyone but Richie and me here from North America. We're from Maine. What's Mexico like?

[finalguard]

People tend to say 'hot' as their first impression. I wouldn't know, I've lived there my whole life.

[ Descriptive................. What's details? Oh! ]

I lived at a place called the Snake Pit, and fittingly there were a lot of snakes in the surrounding area.

[itsagazebo]

The snake pit?! That doesn't sound very hospitable.

[finalguard]

Well, it's not meant to be. You can't train if you stay in your comfort zone.

[itsagazebo]

Oooohhh I get it... so, is Alaska s'posed to make you used to the cold?

[finalguard]

[ That makes Boa laugh briefly. ]

Good guess, but no. We've got a room full of ice in the Snake Pit already. Alaska was just me following someone around for different reasons.

[itsagazebo]

Oh, right, that makes sense. [EXCEPT IT DOESN'T! What kinda weird-ass place do you come from, Boa?]

Why were you following someone?

[finalguard]

The strongest Beyblader from the Snake Pit had gone rogue and I was tasked with following him - though to be honest, I'd have followed him anyway.

He was challenged and the meeting point was in Alaska, so we went.

[ All of this is said very casually. Boa's refusing to think about the end of this encounter right now, but the lead-up to it is... pretty reasonable in his mind. ]

[itsagazebo]

[Yeah because all of that makes perfect fucking sense.]

Rogue? Rogue how? What was he doing?

[finalguard]

Well, he left the Snake Pit and refused to act under Ashram's command any longer. Ashram being the owner of the place.

[ This info is semi-confidential, but Boa figures people from literally other worlds aren't exactly a threat - and really, Ashram's not exactly got Boa's loyalty either. ]

What he was actually doing was travel the world and challenge the strongest bladers on his own.

[itsagazebo]

[He still dun get it]

So... he was challenging people. Why was that bad?

[finalguard]

Because he wasn't ordered to. It's a place with a strict hierachy.

[ Though Ashram seemed more amused by Red Eye leaving than angry. Smug bastard. ]

[itsagazebo]

Oh... so he went against orders... I didn't know that shit was so serious.

[That sounds like a military thing to him... is Boa some kind of child soldier?!]