[color=00aeef][center][h3]Cassandra Moore – Obelisk Blue[/h3][/center][/color] When Cassandra next opened her eyes she was staring at the sky; a night’s sky, visible through the sparse branches of trees above her head and with a small smattering of stars glimpsed through wispy dark clouds. The ground underneath her was lumpy and uncomfortable, something sharp was digging into the small of her back and the cold dirt was leeching the heat from her body. Her arm, lying across her chest, still had her duel disk active on it. But her eyes were open. She hadn’t expected that to ever happen again. The last thing she could recall was losing the duel to the possessed Haruko, the darkness closing in on her and the reminder that she had been duelling for her life ringing in her ears. She had expected that loss to be… permanent, but apparently it hadn’t been. Unless… Sitting up, Cassandra took in her surroundings, her eyes adjusting to the darkness to let her see a little further. The oppressive feeling of misery and anger had abated enough that though it still lingered in the air it was bearable and Haruko was nowhere to be seen; that was a good sign, but didn’t give her any answers. What she did see were three other students, none of whom she recognised; a boy in Slifer red and two girls in Ra yellow. Idly, she picked a dried leaf from out of her hair and called out to the person closest to her, the boy. [color=00aeef]“Hmm, excuse me? What happened?”[/color] He turned to her, a frustrated frown of confusion on his face as he looked her over warily. [color=ed1c24]“Honestly? Not a damn clue. I’m still waiting for someone to fill me in on that.”[/color] Nodding, Cassandra pulled her knees up to her chest and wrapped her arms around her legs; it was still cold out and she had rushed out here in her pajamas, but she didn’t feel like standing up just yet. [color=00aeef]“There were a lot of angry duel spirits in the woods; I think they were upset about being abandoned, discarded. They possessed that girl and… were trying to do something; gain power or… use power for something. I felt it from my dorm, so I came out here to help but… I lost. I’ve never lost before.”[/color] The boy scoffed at her. [color=ed1c24]“Spirits and possession? Are you serious? Are you sure it wasn’t just… wait, you’ve never lost before?”[/color] He stopped speaking then, staring at her in surprised. She responded by shaking her head. His eyes dropped to her jacket then, the blue standing out less in the dark than his red, but still visible, and shook the thought away. [color=ed1c24]“Whatever. Anyway, this was probably just some prank right? Spirits don’t exist. Hell, you were a part of it; you started acting all weird after beating that girl…”[/color] He jabbed a thumb over his shoulder to one of the Ra’s. [color=ed1c24]“…and then challenged me a Kaison to a tag duel. Then we won and everyone just kind of… snapped out of it.”[/color] Understanding lit up in Cassandra’s eyes and she nodded at the boy’s explanation, even though he himself still looked confused. [color=00aeef]“Hmm, that makes sense.”[/color] She had been fighting for her life, but losing hadn’t meant death or destruction, it meant possession; like what Haruko had been through. After losing to Haruko she’d duelled on the spirits behalf, defeating others before being defeated herself and apparently being freed. That meant this boy had beaten her. And saved her. “Thank you.” [color=ed1c24]“Er, you’re welcome. I’m Leo by the way.”[/color] Finally standing up, Cassandra patted some of the dirt from her pajamas and deactivated her duel disk. [color=00aeef]“I’m Cassandra. Nice to meet you.”[/color] She patted her pockets, making sure her deck was still there and pulling it out. All of her cards were still in her possession, including Gokibore, so she was happy; even if tonight could easily have gone much worse. [color=00aeef]“I’m going to go back to my dorm now.”[/color] Still confused, Leo rubbed a hand through the hair at the back of his head. [color=ed1c24]“Yeah, sure, er… do you need me to walk you there?”[/color] [color=00aeef]“Hmm, no, I’ll be fine. I have my friends with me.”[/color] With that, she turned and walked away, limping slightly due to the cut on her leg, more than ready to crawl into bed and get some sleep. ---- [center][h3]Leo Wilde – Slifer Red[/h3][/center] Leo watched the strange girl leave, glancing from side to side to try and see these ‘friends’ she has mentioned. He considered following after, just to make sure she made it back ago, but decided against it; she was a big girl after all. Well, no, actually she was tiny, but she was old enough to take care of herself. Instead he turned to leave, walking back in the direction of the Slifer dorm so he could try and get some shut eye before classes tomorrow. [color=ed1c24]“Man, everyone in this school is so weird.”[/color]