[color=F38014]"H-Huh?"[/color]

Genta was dumbstruck when Andre flat-out rejected his request to teach him, falling to his knees in despair. The earth dorm clutched up his fist, golden locks falling in front of his eyes. After a few seconds of self-pity, his open mouth closed and his eyebrows tightened downwards, the boy picking himself up from the floor and looking at Andre with determination. Andre himself had just gotten done picking up the Allure of Darkness from the unconscious dark dorm student. When Andre turned around and walked past Genta, the earth dorm turned as well.

[color=F38014]"Well, then I won't back down!"[/color]

The earth dorm student, who'm had been a meek and cowardly mouse up until now, yelled this with steadfast determination. If Andre turned his head, he could see the boy swallowing his saliva and a droplet of sweat starting to trickle down his cheek.

[color=F38014]"I don't care if you're as rough as broken glass, or you're only slightly older! You're the best duelist I've seen in the academy! I'm [i]not[/i] going to let this chance slip me by! Even if you refuse and leave, I'll follow you!"[/color]

After staggering a bit from shouting so much, Genta regained his composure. His expression shifted from a determined stare to the meek mouse he'd been before.[hr]Standing up, Joshua could see just how much taller he was that Cream- she barely reached chest height! Still, she didn't look the least bit phased as the boy began his own proposal. Cream's expression turned from amusement to a neutral boredom, as did her body language. She pulled one arm over her chest and let the other support on it, allowing her to rest her head in the palm of her hand. Her now half-closed eyes scanned Joshua up and down, as if evaluating him.

[color=f6989d]"...Really now. A duel. Originality galore!"[/color]

She sighed and used her supporting arm to pull out her hot-pink D-Ceiver, furiously typing away on the thing while her other arm just fell to her side. Curiously, her head remained tilted.

[color=f6989d]"I mean, I could duel ya right this moment buuut... 's a bit boring, don'tcha think? Hey, I got an idea!"[/color]

Her eyes brightened up as she showed Joshua her D-Ceiver, showing a small poll. There wasn't a question, but there [i]were[/i] three choices: Spicy, Sweet and Salty.

[color=f6989d]"Pick a flavor! Once ya do, I'll see ya back here in like... Iunno, thirty minutes? I'll duel ya differently based on yer choice. Cool idea, huh?"[/color][hr]Lite was [i]terrified[/i]. The box was violently shaking underneath Maisy's knee, and not even because the former wind-dorm student was trying to pull free. The shaking was entirely out of the fear-induced shivering Lite was performing. Sweat drops formed on his forehead as his deck was flashed in front of him, and all that kept him from screaming were Maisy's threats.

[color=AFCBA4]"Oh, I botched it up, oh man... I didn't sign up for this, oh please someone help me...!"[/color]

Lite was mumbling and closed his eyes, honestly expecting her to have already sent the picture and his entire dorm knocking on the door to laugh at him. Luckily for the dark dorm student, his saving grace was on the opposite end of the room. When Nathan had come down to squat next to the bed the nerves were starting to calm down ever so slightly. That's not to say he wasn't still terrified, as the box shook ever so violently.

[color=AFCBA4]"H-Honest, I wasn't up to anything b-bad! E-Exec just wanted me to scout this guy's room and look at his deck, see what cards he h-had! I swear, I wasn't going to steal them! I-I couldn't even find the cards! P-Please let me go, I don't want to get beat up agaaaain...!"[/color]

The boy was blubbering now, about to break down crying. Maisy really cut deep with her interrogation there.[hr]Meio was about to jump back into the pool right as Camryn addressed him. The boy tried to stop his momentum as he was already preparing for the jump, but all that did was cause him to stumble right in and make a huge splash, covering the poor girl again. The water bubbled for a bit before Meio arose again, gasping for air. He shook the water out of his eyes and looked up to Camryn, a tad annoyed.

[color=6BC4FE]"H-Hey, what gives?! Don't scare me like that..."[/color]

The boy grabbed onto the pool's edge and climbed out, shaking his head so the water didn't drop out of his hair and into his eyes. He turned back to face Camryn, still having a slightly annoyed expression. When he got a good look at her though, his face twisted into a confident grin. Meio's fist rose up from next to him and proudly smashed against his chest.

[color=6BC4FE]"Yeah, I'm Meio! Gwahaha, I must have quite the reputation for the ladies to come and search me out all on their own!"[/color]

At that moment, it almost looked like the spiky-haired boy's nose grew a bit longer. After that little display of confidence, his expression mellowed out a bit as he lowered his head to look Camryn straight into the eyes.

[color=6BC4FE]"What'cha need? For you, I'll gladly be of service!"[/color]

Best to reel this fish in while it's not resisting...[hr]Ethel's fury was still going strong when Angelo had sent her his message, and the effect he was going for with it was more than likely lost on her as she checked it. The only thing she got from his short message was more anger, figuring this jerk was telling her that she just sit back and watch him solve this mystery all on his own. Who did he think he was, Yugi Muto? Or no, better yet, Yuya Sakaki. A showboat who tried to impress people, only he didn't have any of the talent. Well, she wasn't going to ask for this braggart's help ever again! If he thought he was so much better than her at this, then let him think that. She'll figure it out on her own...

Meanwhile, Angelo didn't find any difficulty to get on the track. Strangely nobody was using it at this time, even though the thing would be filled with people trying to practice their steering at this hour. Angelo received some strange looks as he got onto the track and started to drive around. For a while, the only sound he could hear was his own engine's soft humming as he drove around. Then, in the distance, the roaring of another engine could be faintly heard. Before Angelo had any time to react, a road of light suddenly appeared in front of him that extended to the sky. Even though he tried to avoid it, his Duel Runner suddenly switched to Autopilot and forcibly took control away from Angelo, driving straight up the road.

To Angelo's left was the source of the distant engine. A long, purple runner had been revving up it's engines in the middle of the spectator area and launched itself from in between the audience seats, creating a bit of property damage. It landed on the road next to Angel as both runners drove up to the finish line, coming to a halt right in front of it. Behind Angelo, the road leading down had vanished. Surrounding him was a black-and-green dome, signifying the activation of a certain newly developed Speed World. The figure on the runner next to him was familiar- after all, he'd been searching for it not too long ago.

[color=9e0039]"Oh but you are such an obedient little puppy, it's adorable~!"[/color] a mocking, female voice spoke. Their gloved hand came up to their helmet, covering it's lower part as if it were a mouth while a giggle escaped the figure.

[color=9e0039]"Hey, it's me... the one you're looking for! I didn't quite expect the pieces to fall together quite this nicely, but while we're here... why don't we treat ourselves to a little [i]turbo duel[/i]?"[/color]

Angelo had little choice, being up high in the air with little room for escape. Dismounting the runner and grabbing the woman would be equally futile, as she could just drive away.