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[becomeanwarrior]

So.

I think I just became Earth's ambassador to an inter-dimensional incident.

Unreleated, but Setsu, your Dad is a pretty cool guy, for a king of a hyper-militant police state.

Oh right also I apprehended Moeko, so there's that.

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[for_a_purpose]

It's not a police state. Technically. Everyone's fairly free. We're just all individual personalities connected to a mass cloud network run by several quantum crystal super computers.

[becomeanwarrior]

Oh right. Partial hivemind establishment. I had nearly forgot.

Still, he was pretty amicable with me, which was nice. Got a lot of information I needed.

[for_a_purpose]

That's good.

And yes, hivemind. It's easier to mass coordinate when you can just upload and download instructions on the fly.

[becomeanwarrior]

Yeah, that I can definitely understand, being able to coordinate with that much power is definitely impressive, I'll give you guys that.

Hyperborea is probably a bit too cold for me, though. No offense meant.

[for_a_purpose]

I find it easy.

And most people say that. It's also why no one invades us. Too cold.

[becomeanwarrior]

It'd certainly make SpecInv a lot easier to manage. We could have a coordinator at the office with real-time updates on cases...

Yeah, it seemed fairly stable and prosperous. A good home, assuming you don't mind the cold! I might go back and visit, assuming I can get proper clothing for the trip there.

...Your dad thought you didn't like me.

[for_a_purpose]

Are you offering me a job?

Your armor should do, probably.

I didn't, years ago.

[becomeanwarrior]

If you want a job, you're free to it. We could always use the help.

Good point. I should have probably switched to it afterwards, but I didn't want to be mistaken for going on the offensive. I figured it'd be smarter to stay as-is.

Well, I'm glad that changed, at least. You're plenty interesting enough to talk to.

[for_a_purpose]

I'll ask my husband.

Probably. We're not that stupid, computers, et al.

Shrug. I don't see a point in being mad/snippy anymore.

[thefifthmonarch]

... What happened.

[becomeanwarrior]

Uh, well.

Moeko hopped a warp portal to try and flee to some sunny tax-free haven where she could avoid persecution. I followed her in, we dueled. She went crazy and powered up from Number 96, I beat her and accidentally destablized the warp and we landed on Hyperborea, where I talked with Mobius and got information on Number 96 and informed him of what was going on.

That's the short version.

[thefifthmonarch]

... Sounds like something I'd do.

... You dueled on the Haven or? Oh. Warp. ... That. Isn't. Smart.

Powered up? Do I have to tentacle her.

How was Hyperborea?

[becomeanwarrior]

It's a remarkably sound plan.

And yes, we dueled in a warp in freefall. With an artificial Dark Game. It was uh... a thing that happened.

Not sure. She did something she called a 'Witch's Draw' and created a card out of thin air. 'Dark Mist's Deal'. You may have to tentacle her.

A little too cold for my tastes, but Mobius was friendly enough and answered all my questions. He says we have a couple of months to clean up the situation before he'll have to drag Judgeman and the Courts in.

[thefifthmonarch]

So what you penalty game him for.

... Witch's Draw? I think Shiroko mentioned that. And oh joy. I hope her brain doesn't dynamite too.

... Oh. Judge Man and the Agreed High Tribunal. Ugh.

[becomeanwarrior]

...You know. I didn't. The warp crashed before I could Penalty Game, and then Hyperborea were on us immediately and I kind of forgot about it.

I'd bet my bottom Yen that Number 96 has been agitating her fury over her not being the "real" Noriko. So I'd be careful. You should probably actually try to talk to her a bit about that. She's... remarkably lonely.

Also, Inner Demon's Force got an upgrade. Should mention that.

Yeah. Apparently, the policy they have is that if the situation gets out of control they have to glass the planet. So uh. We should probably not let that happen.

[thefifthmonarch]

Oh boy.

Ugggh. I'm probably going to need to set Setsuo and Souha down for this. And Shikou too.

... ... ... ... ...

Fix this immediately. I am not going to deal with that crochity high and mighty old guy. It was bad when I had to talk in front of him before for a parole hearing, but Uggggh.

Also, for your information, those courts are basically "We're all in trouble" level things that got set up for obvious reasons. They have no jurisdiction over individual parts of the 12 Dimensions.

[becomeanwarrior]

It was kind of a clusterfuck, all things told. Sorry.

If you need my help, just say the word. But I doubt she's going to want to see my face anywhere within a hundred feet of her.

Yeah, assuming we can get something from Moeko, I'm thinking we can crack the case wide open finally. I've got a long list of information I got from Mobius that should help us pin down anyone else who might be involved.

I kind of figured, but it's good to know. Is Judgeman really that bad to deal with?

[theheadmonarch]

Oh boy.

... I'm not even going to ask how you pissed her off so badly.

Share it with me immediately, invoking my right as your whatever I am.

YES. He's an annoying old guy!

[becomeanwarrior]

...I told her I was sorry for ignoring her and said she had the right to be whoever she wanted to be. She kind of went ballistic.

Dark Mist is still bound, meaning it needs Duel Spirits or mobile bodies as conduits for its power. It's arrogant and prideful with a sense of honor, confident in its own abilities, and tends to target ideally beautiful people of either gender - though predominantly female - who have little or no connections to other people, emotionally or romantically. It also learns from its mistakes, so we can probably only exploit any potential weaknesses once.

...That's it? Just being an annoying old guy?

[theheadmonarch]

... ... What else did you say.

That's obvious it's a Number.

I think we knew it was arrogant and proud.

... Beautiful people. ... So basely lonely bachelors no one would miss. And how many weaknesses have we burned so far do you think?

Onni, there's a reason he's called Judge Man.

[becomeanwarrior]

...Well I kind of established that you had more right to be Noriko because you're the one who we've always recognized as Noriko.

Also I may have prattled on about how I wouldn't be here without you and so I was going to defend you no matter what. You know. Usual talk.

Yeah, essentially. And I think we might have burned at least one by getting ahold of the Rank-Up-Magic cards. But I think it might still be underestimating us.

...A fair point.

[theheadmonarch]

Onni. I'm saying this not as your liege or as the head family or whatever. Saying what you did is bound to cause her to snap like frayed rope.

... How did we burn one by getting ahold of the Rank-Up-Magics?

How is it under estimating us.

You'll see if he shows up.

[whitrthanwhite]

... Onni, what did you do. And who do I have to apologize to.

[becomeanwarrior]

I didn't do anything! Just. My job takes me to strange places sometimes.

Places like ice robot planet.

[whitrthanwhite]

You're joking, right?

[becomeanwarrior]

You know when you have one of those days and you aren't really sure if you'd want to pretend it was all a dream or not?

Yeah. This was one of those days.

I mean, I'm home now, Mobius hooked me up. But yeah.

[whitrthanwhite]

...

... bwuh.

[becomeanwarrior]

Blame Moeko. She was trying to use a warp to flee to a tax-free haven where I couldn't arrest her. We dueled in the middle of a warp and then landed on ice robot planet from the destabilization.

[whitrthanwhite]

Isn't that one in a Quadrillion odds.

[becomeanwarrior]

...Is it? It seems like it'd just have shifted location.

Why, what's the most likely chance of location dropoff during warp destabilizing?

[whitrthanwhite]

The middle of outer space...?

[becomeanwarrior]

So it would seem.

Still, I'm alive, and the universe curses and shakes its fist at me once more.

[whitrthanwhite]

So, where do you want to live?

[blackrthanblack]

A interstellar void.

[becomeanwarrior]

Oh.

Well uh. That's. Good to know.

Glad that that didn't happen.

[blackrthanblack]

There's a reason yer called a cockroach.

[becomeanwarrior]

Too lucky or too stupid to die? We may never know...!

[blackrthanblack]

Ahahaha!

So, when's the wedding?

[lightning_strke]

... Apprehended?!

[becomeanwarrior]

...Yes. Apprehended.

[lightning_strke]

Why!? What happened? What'd Noriko-chan do?

[becomeanwarrior]

She was caught in possession of Rank-Up-Magic Inner Demon's Force, and attempting to flee the... erm, planet. Due to conspiring with Number 96, a criminal Duel Monster still at large.

My apologies, Setsuo.

[lightning_strke]

Wha-- when did this happen?!

I thought she was going on a weird business trip!

[becomeanwarrior]

Just recently. She was using the business trip as a cover to flee the planet to a tax-free haven to avoid arrest.

[lightning_strke]

Ghhhh. I knew something was fishy about her claim... But I didn't really want to get all upset...

Private

[becomeanwarrior]

...Don't be too mad. There's reason to suspect she's being manipulated by Dark Mist.

Re: Private

[lightning_strke]

What's a "Dark Mist"?