#me? Knowing Something? whatever gave you that idea? 🤔😳

[octoagentmiles]

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[bunnywand]

i've made several disparate posts abt this before, but here's all the facts i have on a yu-gi-oh related childhood mystery i'm trying to solve:

as a kid, around 2004/05, before we got our own computer, i used to use my cousin's computer and the computers at the local library to print off pictures of yu-gi-oh cards i found, and then tape them onto real yu-gi-oh cards 😅

mostly it was real cards that were too rare for me to get as a kid, but some of them were fanmade ones, either cards from the anime/manga that hadn't been made/released in english yet, or completely fanmade cards, unrelated to yu-gi-oh

the 4 i explicitly remembered before i started looking into this more were: an english version of masked beast des gardius called "masked beast death guardius," an english version of the mask of remnants called "mask of requiem," a card for holactie the creator of light (which hadn't even been released in japan at that point) with a name similar to it's japanese name ("horakthy") and most bizarrely, a card based on "harpy valentine" from the saint seiya series, that i had no idea abt as a kid and thought was just s/t to do with like. mai and her harpies 😅

i started looking into this a while ago when i remembered i used to call the mask of remnants "mask of requiem" and couldn't remember where i got the name from?? after trying to search for it i had absolutely No luck.. but i did land on the theory that it was probably a fanmade english version i found, from when i used to print cards off 🤔

realising that reminded me of the harpy valentine card, so i tried seeing if i had anymore luck looking into that avenue.. and altho i discovered where harpy valentine was actually from, i had no further luck there either 😔

so i gave up looking for a while.. until last night, i remembered holactie was another card i got from that site, and started looking into it again!! and miraculously, i actually found something!! i can't remember my exact search terms, but i somehow stumbled on a site where someone had reposted a fake card in a Very similar style to the ones i remembered, that mentioned "horakti"

but the smoking gun was the "2004 MILES THE FOX" at the bottom of the card, which set off alarm bells in my head 😳 so i googled "yugioh miles the fox 2004" and sure enough..

a bunch of fake cards in the same style i remember, including 1) the exact same "horakti" card i remember from when i was a kid + 2) a bunch of cards based on saint seiya characters, confirming i'd found the right person!!! 🥳

unfortunately, that's where the trail goes cold tho.. 🙁 as you can see in those search results, the only images of the cards that have survived are ones that were reposted elsewhere.. i've found the "horakti" on several other sites (my guess is it got reposted a lot more than the others in the mid 2000s bcos there wasn't an official holactie card til 2011) but whatever site the cards were originally posted on just seems to have Completely vanished.. i've even found other ppl looking for other cards this creator made too, with no luck either 😓

and apart from those few cards on that page of search results, the only other ones i've been able to find are some more saint seiya ones..

which i can see enough of to tell they were by the same creator but 1) like the others, they only appear bcos they were reposted on a (now defunct) blogging website + 2) unfortunately doesn't include the harpy valentine card i remember 🙁

so what next?? i'm not sure.. it feels like a huge breakthrough to have found the name of the creator of the cards, as well as a bunch of cards they made - i'm now Certain this is from who i also found the mask of requiem and masked beast death guardius 😧 but as i said, all other trace of their cards, and wherever they were originally posted just seems to have been obliterated from the internet, so i don't know where to look next.. 😕

[digital-corruption]

😅 This concept is so much harder to write than the others... how on earth does one try to track a Jake anyway? 🤔

Pieces of You Part 2

Vortex: Woah! Woah! You actually paid! 😳

MC: Don’t make me call my bank to reverse the transaction. Can you get me the footage or not?

Vortex: Of course I can get you the destination! I just didn’t think you'd actually pay. You know, that you’re THAT serious about this.

MC: You know nothing about me. Don’t assume anything.

Vortex: Clearly not. 🤨

Vortex: And your target is serious too.

MC: What are you talking about?

Vortex: I found him leaving the motel as you said. His plates have filters on them preventing them from being tracked.

MC: Is that going to be a problem?

Vortex: For the police! But not for me! 😎

Vortex: It’s just going to take longer. I'll have to track his movement manually. So sit tight, I'll let you know when I have something.

Vortex is offline.

I tossed my phone on the couch beside me and sighed. Finding another hacker that I could trust wasn’t easy, and who knew if I could? But I was getting desperate for a lead.

Suddenly there was a knock on my apartment door. It was the middle of the night, who could possibly be knocking? I went up to the door and peeked to see who it was. Definitely not someone whom I was expecting.

“Hannah!?” I exclaimed as I opened the door. “I’m sorry, but what the hell are you doing here? It is 2 am!”

“I know you’re looking for him,” she pushed into the apartment. “Because I’ve been looking for him.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. We can’t find someone who doesn’t want to be found,” I lied.

“Bullshit! There is no way you've rolled over on this! Come on! Tell me what you have!” she insisted.

“Did you come all the way from Duskwood alone?” I questioned. “Does Thomas know where you are?”

Hannah sighed and sat down on my couch, “We are taking a break.”

“Oh, I’m sorry,” I went and sat down in the armchair across from her. “I just don’t think this is best for you right now.”

“Not you too!” she rolled her eyes. “Jake looked for me and never gave up! Why the hell shouldn’t I do the same for him?”

“Hannah, you were kidnapped. Jake is being pursued by the government. Us searching for him might very well lead them to him,” I sighed. “It’s really not the same.”

My phone beeped next to Hannah. I tried to keep a straight face while she eyed me. Eventually she picked up my phone and saw the message on the screen.

Vortex: Found him! Well found the general area he's hiding.

“You lying bitch!” she yelled.

“Ok, ok, I’m looking for him, but only to make sure he’s ok!” I explained. “I’m not going to do something crazy like actually search him out!”

“You honestly expect me to believe that?” she raised her eyebrow.

“Maybe?” I replied innocently. “Can I have my phone?”

“Are you going to let me search with you?” she countered.

“Do you promise to do as I say and not do anything rash?” I narrowed my eyes.

“Yes, fine, I promise,” she waved her hand.

“And promise to tell Lilly where you are so everyone back in Duskwood doesn’t freak out?” I continued. “And make it clear I had nothing to do with this!”

“Gosh, yes, Mom!” she frowned and tossed my phone onto my lap.

I sighed and opened my phone. “I managed to find the motel he was staying at before he had to run,” I explained.

“How?” she asked sincerely.

“He was careless and let slip that there was a particular kind of restaurant across from the motel. That narrowed down the possibilities a bit,” I smiled.

“So? Did you go?” she pushed.

“I did. It was terrifying, Hannah. He was shot at. He barely got out of there in time. I spoke to a witness that told me he escaped on a motorcycle,” I glazed over the finer details.

“Shot at?” Hannah repeated.

“Exactly why you and I have no business getting too close!” I emphasized. Well I meant more her than me, but still.

“What the hell did he do?” she thought out loud.

I sighed, “I have no idea, but whatever he did it was big. They’re ruthless and persistent.”

“Well, I’m not going to give up,” she grinned determined.

I looked at her exasperated. After all that time we spent finding her, saving her, she was going to throw herself into trouble. I could feel the weight of a lot of people pressuring me to convince her of otherwise, particularly Jake. I mean if he found out that I involved her, he was going to be pissed. At least I could see how stubbornness ran in the family.

“What do you have?” I asked curiously.

“Me?” she looked confused.

“Yes, you've been searching for him as well?” I clarified.

“Oh, well I have, but I have no idea what I'm doing,” she admitted very embarassed. “I was hoping maybe I could pick up something from an expert like you.”

“An expert? Please I'm hardly that,” I laughed uncomfortably. “My first instinct was to find another hacker!”

“We're both hopeless without him?” she giggled.

“Well like I said, he doesn’t want to be found so its going to take another hacker to track him,” I leant back with a sigh.

“Can we trust this hacker though?” Hannah asked seriously.

“I spent a while looking for recommendations for hackers for hire. Even so, I’m just feeding him the bare bones of information. I can’t guarantee he'll be 100% loyal, but he doesn’t come cheap so here’s hoping he doesn’t try to double cross us,” I explained.

“Shall we go check out the location now?” Hannah suggested.

“It’s nearly 3 am, I did want to get some shut eye,” I frowned at my uninvited guest. “You must’ve been driving all day to get here!”

“It was longer than I expected,” she smiled awkwardly.

“Oh you should get some rest too, I’ll set up the sofa bed for you. After all we’re not Jake, we do need sleep to function properly,” I insisted as I stood up.

Hannah yawned and stretched, “Yeah ok, but first thing in the morning we’re chasing your lead!”