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event ~ wishbox 1 for @/dualshielding: Thomas Arclight icons!

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tron's number hunters (children of byron arclight) ↝ icons of v, iv, & iii (christopher, thomas, & michael) ↝ 200 x 200 icons request here

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193 IV ICONS  / YGO ZEXAL II

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Bad Idea #921331231

THE REAL DADS OF HEARTLAND CITY

6 dads. One city. 

Byron, rich, handsome single dad with a bunch of people interested in marrying him. He’s super sweet and holds the group together.

Kazuma, the hot, happily married dad who likes to go on adventures. A man’s man. 

Papa Kamishiro, the entitled fashion model dad who is unhappily married and is kind of a jerk

Don Thousand, proud single dad of seven, running a successful business. In truth, he just wants his kids to be happy. 

Eliphas, the wealthy suburban white helicopter dad but alien

and...Faker. idk. Just Faker. Everyone says they hate him and don’t get why he’s on the show but they always come back for him because surprisingly it’s him that causes the most drama.

Byron: I’m proud of all my children. Christopher is a world famous astrophysicist and has had his works published in various journals and currently, Michael is interning with the British Institute of Anthropological Studies for his freshmen year at Cambridge...Oh. And Thomas! He’s a world famous duel Champion. I love all two—three of my children. 

Kazuma: Hey! I’m happily married to my wife and we love going on adventures. Whenever I am home, I like to invite the other dads plus Faker to a barbecue and show them how it’s actually done. 

Papa Kamishiro: (A bunch of black and white shots of various parts of his body, then goes to his face) Yes, my name is Regée Kamishiro. I’m a model for Ralph Lauren. You may have seen me on Heartland Vogue a few times. My marriage is falling apart and I have a mistress

Don Thousand: (filing his nails and has a Jersey accent) Hello dawlings, I’m a proud papa o’ 7. As you know, I’m a pawht time fashion designer of the DK brand, y’know, we got a whole season on Barian World’s Next Top Model. Awesome brand promo, delicious juicy fashuns and la dee dah. Oh and I’m also a pawt time chaos deity.

Eliphas: Greetings earthlings, I am Eliphas the Radiant, Father of Astral World and its Holy Guardian, Defender of the Darkness and— 

DK: WOULD YOU SHUT UP ALREADY WE GET IT 

Eliphas: (Sighs) Since our worlds merged, I’ve become roommates with Don Thousand. As a father of one, Don’s ideas about raising children are so...out there. I’m just here, wanting to send my child Astral to the best planets and universes to complete their mission as the warrior of Astral World. Signing them up for all the extracurriculars, dance classes, choir, Astral Dictatorship Junior classes...I just...I just want my child to be happy. 

 DK: LET YOUR KID RUN FREE AND DISCOVER WHO THEY ARE INSTEAD OF SHOE-HORNING IN EVERYTHING UNDER THE DAMN SUN 

Eliphas: BETTER THEN LETTING MY KID RUN AROUND NAKED IN THE STREETS! YOUR CHILD DURBE, ESPECIALLY, IS OBSCENE TO LOOK AT. (Back to camera) Anyways, it’s hard being a single dad.

And...finally...we got Dr. Faker. 

Dr. Faker: Uh...hey. I’m a single father of two but (awkward finger guns) I’m looking for a special someone who will love these boys as much I do. Maybe even more. Uhm...I run this city. Like, I micromanage it. Sort of...? It’s pretty cool. I’m called the genius of the century and I build robots in my spare time. 

 (You can hear a distant voice off camera.) 

...Ah. Really? Do I have to? It doesn’t make me look so great— 

Director’s voice: Trust me dude, you’re at the bottom of the barrel already

 Faker: (sighs) Fine. A few of the dads have beef with me because I maaaaay have thrown a few of them down a cliff once...It was to save my son, okay?!

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i’ve been doing mostly artfight art the past few days so here’s iv

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YGO Icon set #33: IV (Thomas Arclight)

Requested by @animefangirl1989, thank you for requesting and participating in my YGO December 2017 event, I appreciate it a lot and I hope you’ll like these, enjoy and happy holidays!

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Teen Titans Lineup (Edited)

A culmination of a DC Reboot Titans Lineup that was always brewing in my head for an original universe: Earth 136.

Edit: OK, I thought about some changes, so second go at this

Edit 2: OK, a few more changes.

Founders

Dick Grayson-Robin/Nightwing

Kaldur’ahm-Aqualad/Aquaman

Wally West-Kid Flash/Flash

Artemis Crock-Arrowette/Tigress

Donna Troy-Fury/Darkstar

Later Additions

Conner Kent-Superboy/Valor(YJ TV Superboy)

Lilith Clay-Omen

New Teen Titans Recruits

Koriand’r-Starfire

Victor Stone-Cyborg

Garfield Logan-Beast Boy

Rae Roth-Raven

Tara Markova-Terra

Kole Andrews-Crystal Spinner

Joey Wilson-Jericho/Ravager

Titans Academy 1st Class

M’gann M’orzz-Miss Martian

Jason Todd-Stray/Red Claw(Jason Todd adopted by Selina Kyle, doesn’t die)

Roy Harper-Speedy/Arsenal

Lara In Ze-Supergirl/Power Girl

Karen Beecher-Bumblebee/Atom

Malcolm Duncan-Guardian/Herald

Tula-Aquagirl/Ocean Master

Raquel Ervin-Rocket/Icon

Eddie Bloomberg-Kid Devil/Red Devil

2nd Class

Cassandra Wayne-Batgirl/Huntress/Batman

Connor Hawke-Speedy/Green Arrow

Ryan Choi-Micro/Atom

Anissa Pierce-Thunder

Freddy Freeman-King Marvel/Thunder

Cisco Ramon-Vibe

Sinfi Reynard-Mirage

Grant Pratt Emerson-Damage

3rd Class

Stephanie Brown-Robin/Green Lantern

Cassie Sandsmark-Fury/Wonder Woman

Thaddeus Thawne-Inertia

Jor L II/Jordan Kent-Superboy/Superb(Comics Superboy, but instead of a clone they’re Kara’s younger sibling)

Bart Allen-Impulse

Courtney Whitmore-Stargirl

La’gaan-Lagoon

Cisse King Jones-Arrowette

Anita Fite-Empress

Khalid Hassir-Spellcaster/Dr Fate

Billy Batson-Cpt Marvel/Thunder

Later Additions as ‘Young Justice’

Tim Drake-Birdwatch/Blue Beetle

Slobo

Ray Terrill-Ray

Eugene Choi-Dr Marvel

Kiran Singh-Solstice

Greta Hayes-Secret

Lori Zechlin-Black Alice

4th Class

Virgil Hawkins-Static

Richard Foley-Gear

Kit-Kid Eternity

Mia Dearden-Speedy

Natasha Irons-Arclight/Steel

Traci Thurston-Lady 13

Mae Kent-Matrix/Supergirl

Lorena Marquez-Aquagirl/Woman

Luke O’brien-Offspring

Jaime Reyes-Silver Scarab

5th Class

Duke Thomas-Spoiler/Signal

Ace West-Kid Flash

Emiko Queen-Red Arrow

Jackson Hyde-Aqualad

Shenice Vale-SheBang

Olive Silverlock-Paleflame

Jennifer Pierce-Lightning

Pedro Peña-mr Marvel

Eduardo Dorado Jr-El Dorado

 Arlington Jones-Kid Croc(OC)

6th Class

Damian Wayne-Robin/Redbird/Nightwing

Jon Kent-Superboy

Colin Wilkes-Abuse

Darla Dudley-Miss Marvel

Maya Ducard-Nobody

Keli Quintela-Teen Lantern

7th Class

Yara Flor-Fury/Wonder Woman

James Derek Flynn-Sideways

Don Allen-Twister

Nora Allen-XS

Nell Little-Batgirl/Batwing/Flamebird

Ernest Jonathan-Morphic(OC)

Thomas Kallor-Starkid

8th Class

Maps Mizoguchi-Sparrow/Blackbird/Blackbat

Cullen Row-Thrush/Bluebird/BlueJay

Cynthia Lance-Sin/White Canary

Suren Darga-Dragonstaff

Xiomara Rojas-Crush

Djinn

Billy Wu-Roundhouse

Milagro Reyes-Green Lantern

Jess Allen-Kid Flash

Adriana Curry-Aqualass

9th Class

Jamie Sutton-Tornado Champion(Red Tornado’s 2nd Child, Traya’s younger brother)

Maxine Baker-Beast Girl

Lar Gand-Mon El

Maxima(New 52 Maxima)

Jason Free-Escapist

Zan-Rago

Jayna-Fera

JJ Diggle-Silver Tiger

Koryak-Tempest

Jace Fox-Lark

Danny Chase-Phantasm

Amy Allen-Bombshell

Unclassified as of yet

Bobbie Barnes-Wonder Boy/Asclepsius

Additionally, there were some Sidekicks & teen heroes before the official founding

Kate Kane-Batgirl/Batwoman

Kara Zor L-Supergirl/Flamebird/Superwoman

Nubia-Wondergirl/Wonder Woman

Barbara Gordon-Oracle

Will Harper-Red Arrow-(Based off the the YJ version, but not a clone, instead Roy’s older brother)

Ted Kord-Blue Beetle2/Operator

Garth of Shayeris-Aqualad/Tempest

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My face claim for the mun is Hatsune Miku. So Icons of her are Out of Character posts.  

My Main Icon is Raphael from  Rhythm Thief and the Emperor's Treasure. No, he is not currently a muse on this blog. 

Tales of: 

​Yuri Lowell || Tales of Vesperia || Status:  Under Construction 

Yeager Herzwei || Tales of Vesperia || Status: Under Construction ​

Luke Fon Fabre ​|| Tales of the Abyss || Status: Under Construction  

​Asch the Bloody || Tales of the Abyss || Status: Under Construction  

Ludger Will Kresnik || Tales of Xillia 2 || Status: Under Construction​

Edward Elric || Fullmetal Alchemist || Status: Active

Shiroi Kumo / Makenshi  || Final Fantasy Unlimited || Status: Active

Link || The Legend of Zelda || Status: Hiatus || *default Skyward Sword

Oswald the lucky Rabbit || Disney (Epic Mickey) || Status: Under Construction 

Yugioh

5d’s

Yusei Fudo @stardustshootingstar​

Zexal 

Thomas Arclight *Currently Moving / Previously @puppet-master-iv​ 

Arc V 

Yuya Sakaki - @pendulumduelist​

Yuto - @rebellionduelist​

Yugo - @synchroduelist​

Kingdom Hearts 

 Ventus: @purus-lumen * Currently Moving / previously @puruslumen​

Roxas: *Currently Moving / previously @the13thkey​​

Fairy Tail 

Natsu Dragneel @fires--heart​

My Hero Academia 

Izuku Midoriya @nerdboyhero​

Magi

Hakuryuu Ren @whitedragonlancer

Naruto

Sasuke Uchiha  *Currently Moving / Previously @youngestuchiha​

Tiger and Bunny

Barnaby Brooks Jr. *Currently Moving / Previously @therookiewithglasses-blog

Misc - No Blogs

Duo Maxwell - Gundam Wing 

Allen Walker - D. Gray-Man 

Uryuu Ishida - BLEACH

Mytho - Princess Tutu

Kira Yamato - Gundam SEED

Yatogami Kuroh - K (Project)

Atsushi Nakajima - Bungo Stray Dogs 

Suzaku Kururugi - Code Geass 

Booker DeWitt - Bioshock Infinite

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And here is where the psychological violence comes in. 

[Chapter Index] Title: Psychological Redrum Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Character(s): Yuma Tsukumo, Kaito Tenjo, Chris Arclight Notes:  Because this is in a futuristic city, I have decided to make that the medical diagnosis rather advanced. Please make it an exception that with the MRI scans and a few other diagnostic tools, Chris was able to have machines to gives estimations. By all means, there will be some discrepancy, but one can get good relative measurements. “Redrum” is the word used by Stephen King in “The Shining”, backwards for “Murder”. 

Sitting around at the table for breakfast, Chris and Kaito did not exchange words but the same two words had came to mind, in describing Yuma: clueless and childish.  

In just a matter of 15 minutes, Yuma had shown that he didn’t know how to use the room’s light adjustment switch, and he barely knew any of the subjects that Mihael has at school.

Kaito couldn’t even be bothered to even huff as the boy almost choked from eating too fast during breakfast. As though not learning from that, he continued talking to Haruto about the cartoons the blue-haired boy liked to watch.

At the very least, he hasn’t shown knowledge gaps in the basic activities, Chris thought to himself while Mihael was offering a glass of water. With his profession, he didn’t often get the chance to witness his younger brother talking to someone of his age, let alone with such interest.

“Thanks. Uh…” Yuma had forgotten his name again when taking the glass of water.

“Mihael.” the boy reminded him, not offended.

“Mihael,” Yuma said, scratching the back of his head sheepishly. “Sorry, I’m not that great that catching onto names. But, I’ll make sure to remember next time.”

The boy asked little questions about the apartment. He did have a eye of curiosity whenever he saw the younger siblings (Mihael and Haruto) mentioning about what they were doing today. Apparently there was a third Arclight brother, said to be coming back later in the afternoon.

“His name is Thomas.”

“So why doesn’t he live here?”

“He usually does, it’s just that he’s currently away on a live tour. He’s an actor and singer, you see.” Unfortunately Mihael didn’t have many updated photos of his brother on his phone, so Yuma would just have to see for himself what the second eldest brother was like when he arrived later in the afternoon. While it wouldn’t be hard to search online… for the moment there was something else more important.

“Yuma.” Chris spoke as he placed his pair of chopsticks down. It was Mihael’s turn to wash the dishes. “No need to rush, but shortly after this, you, Kaito and I will go to the hospital that I work at.”

…

…

The hospital was never pleasant for Kaito, probably even more so when he thought about the times when Haruto was sick. Or whenever he had to come for a check-up. The blonde-haired man ignored the bright, sunny weather outside the hospital windows, his eyes reading through the lists of names on his phone.

It was the same black model all public police officers had for work purposes. The indicator on the top screen showed that the ringtone was muted to respect the quiet in the corridors. The majority of the screen illuminated to show the browser, though the heartland icon with a gear showed that Kaito was currently browsing on the protected wireless network reserved for the public security division.

Scrolling over the three pages, on the search list for “Yuma” as the key name, nothing really showed up of a right age. Photo recognition wouldn’t be too hard if the kid had used social media. Though the basic searches from the last two years proved to have found nothing. He even did a search of Mihael and a few random other kids just to make sure that the searcher algorithm was working properly.

Fed up with the fruitless search and waiting, Kaito leaned back onto his seat. It would have perhaps been easier if he could ask someone from the forensic department to do some DNA analysis. But he didn’t know anyone from there, and without connections they wouldn’t just simply do it without a proper case. Analysing tests cost money, and thus always reserved for actual cases.

The image of the monitor screen in that abandoned clinic burned into his mind. Very rarely he liked to rely on just pure instinct, but it seemed a better idea to see what he can find out from this boy and how his father was involved.

The device in his hand vibrated, and he picked the call.

“Tenjo speaking.”

“Oh, Kaito,” Gauche’s voice matched the weather.” That was quick. You’re not busy?”

“Not as of this minute. What do you need?” Kaito’s tone would have perhaps sounded rather too blunt, but Gauche didn’t seem that bothered as he gave a small chuckle. A little quieter, meaning that he was a  bit uneasy.

“I was just dropping by Droite’s office.” Kaito’s eyes showed mild interest in hearing about their old collegae. “She’s ran into a… let’s say… unpredicted trouble, leaving her office in a mess. I'm thinking of sending some of what she told me over to you to check. It could be a case itself, she said.”

“Email it.” Kaito replied, “I'll take a look in my own time.”

“Droite gives her thanks.” Gauche said.

“Alright,” Kaito lifted his eyes just when the door from the corridor had opened and Chris walked out. “Talk to you later.”

Right after, Yuma walked out, pressing one of his hands towards his head. His eyes were just confused, not in pain. The crimson irises lingered back with curiousity on the scanner machines before Chris had gotten his attention again.

“Yuma, Kaito or I let you know when the results are compiled properly.” Chris said, with the reassuring smile of a doctor. If he noticed Kaito’s eyes narrowing by a fraction. “I’d like to give a check-up for Kaito while he’s here anyway. Why don't you take a walk around the courtyard downstairs in the meantime?”

“Eh? Kaito’s injured?”

Yuma sent a worried glance at Kaito, who suppressed the temptation to say that the boy should worry about himself first.

“No, not at all. Just doing a harmless check-up. It’s good to do it frequently to detect any problems early.“ Yuma easily bought the partial lie from Chris, not realizing his true intentions. After giving some directions he turned.  

“Let’s talk inside.” Chris said after Yuma had waved and disappeared around the corner of the stairs. He wasn't stating the obvious, but making a point to the younger to save his questions later when it was just the two of them.

Kaito followed Chris into the room. More than two thirds of it was divided on the other side by a glass wall and window. On the other side of the glass door was the scanner machines. One for lying down and doing the complete MRI scan. On this observation side, there was the general desk where the operating machines were. He couldn't be bothered to glance at the status, but the words “results” were large enough to be seen. Behind them the automatic door finally slid shut..

“Now are you able to talk?” he pressed a little impatiently, as the two men had sat on the same side of the desk.

“Yes. Firstly, where did you find him?”

“I told you it was related to a case. Must I tell you more?”

Chris’ face remained dead serious. He shifted briefly to face the observation computer, pulling up a graph. It contained several copies of the scans, presumably all from Yuma. Kaito couldn’t tell anything from it, but the long-haired one continued on.

“Yes, I know that’s information that can’t be simply shared, but see if this sounds odd enough. The results suggest that Yuma has his memory wiped.”

“Wiped?” Kaito echoed. Not simply lost, but done intentionally?

“I’ve only seen if very few times, but I’m certain that his brain scans shows that there’s been symptoms of electric shocks, to destroy the inner memory. It’s done in a very clean way, that’s only possible by standard brainwashing methods.”

Standard brainwashing.

Chris’ last few words hit like stone. Kaito stared intensely at the grey scans, trying to strain his mind to think of anything that he had missed the previous night.

“I found him in an abandoned clinic. There was no one else there, and he wasn’t even awake.”

“... Alright. I don’t know the details of what you saw. But if you didn’t have problems with bringing him to where Haruto and Mihael were, you obviously concluded that he wasn’t a criminal.”

“I’m not saing that he’s definitely not able to be a law-breaker,” Kaito continued on, remembering which district he had found the boy. “ but under the law, regardless of what crimes minors are found guilty of, they wouldn’t have a memory wipe as a punishment.”

It wasn’t of Kaito’s field of matter, but all apprentice police investigators would have been told at some point. There was execution reserved as the most severe punishment in prisons. That was needed was carefully planted electric shocks to the brain. It was the most effective and least harmful. The criminal’s memories would be completely wiped, like a blank slate, that they would have ot learn their alphabet again. Of course, this would be kept from the public, as the ultimate power to reduce a criminal to as powerless as a child.

Thus, such practice shouldn’t be possible outside of the prison centre..

“What also doesn’t add up is that Yuma does not act like his memory is completely wiped. I had thought it was just simply he has no recollection of events revolving around himself. But standard brainwashing reduces a man to have forgotten everything even from elementary grade one. .”

The blonde-haired one said nothing but Chris knew that Kaito was thinking the same thing at that moment.

“It would have taken perhaps a year or so to get to the level that he’s able to talk with any of us like that. You’re the investigator here. In your honest opinion, Kaito, what are your thoughts?”

“I … “ Kaito leaned back into the chair, his eyes furrowed.

…

…

Chris had other appointments to attend to for the rest of the day. Thus, Kaito had bade him goodbye at the office and headed downstairs to where Yuma would be. Theories raced through his mind as he passed by others.

Mizael had once said that most cases related to minors were often influence from an adult. Even in the red-light district. Thus their punishments were never beyond being locked up in cells and put through hours and hours of boring drills.  

Then was the question of how much did Yuma really know. His extent of his maturity in socializing seemed too childish for his age, yet too much for one supposedly handicapped. .

He walked out to the sunlight in the back courtyard. It was early in the morning, at this time most of the people here had the hospital patient uniform, or the staff clothing. He searched around for a head the violet-coloured bangs, which should have been easy to spot, but…

Where did that kid go?

“Kaito!!”

He whipped his head upwards at the loud call. In the west wing building, there was a telescreen from the second to third floor. It was currently showing the news of Mr Heartland’s face in the news, with the expected weather in the right corner.

He had to stop his jaw from dropping. There on top was Yuma standing on top of the telescreen. How the boy was able to wave so enthusiastically without a fear in the world.

“GET DOWN FROM THERE!”

Kaito yelled on reflex. The happy smile was wiped off on Yuma’s face, and the boy quickly scrambled off. He opened his mouth, realizing his mistake that it might be harder to come down, but Yuma had grabbed onto the pole like he knew exactly what he was doing.

With ease, the boy had slid a fraction down the pole and easily found his footing on the window sill. Immediately he dropped down to the second floor’s window sill, before landing onto the grass with a small tumble.

No yells, nor groans of pain when he stood up. There was merely an embarrassed and sorry look on his face while he walked over. He couldn’t believe what he just witnessed, such that he completely didn’t notice the rather annoyed look the nurse close by had given to him for yelling in the quiet place.

“What the heck were you thinking climbing up there?” Kaito’s voice was low, causing the other boy to gulp.

“I guess I like high places?” Yuma laughed uneasily. “It wasn’t much trouble getting back down, since I just remembered how I had climbed up.”

The other wanted to ask whether he had remembered anything, like having being taught acrobatics or parkour. It wasn’t uncommon for a kid in the red-light district to pick these up.

“Um.. Kaito, are you ok?”

Kaito blinked, coming back to the present. He gently pried away Yuma’s smaller hand that had been waving in the air in front of his face. “Aren’t you worried, or upset about losing your memories?”

Yuma blinked, finding interest suddenly in his shoes. They were ones borrowed from Mihael, who was the same height as he was. “I… I don’t know. I suppose I should… But I don’t know what it’s like to have memories.”

“... I guess not,” Kaito answered back awkwardly. The better part of his conscious felt like he was misleading the youth, as though implying that it was possible for him to retrieve. When he knew exactly the truth, that seemed like the most difficult thing to tell the teenager.

“If they do come back, it would be good.… But Chris said that I’d have to just have to wait and see,” Yuma’s voice suddenly sounded more livelier and hopeful again while looking into Kaito’s blue-grey eyes. “Thanks for helping me. Sorry, I didn’t get to say it. Mihael told me that you were the one who had found me, right?”

It wasn’t easy not to speak what he really wanted to say, or have his eyebrows furrow in frustration.

“...It’s nothing… ” he replied quickly before turning abruptly. The shadow on the ground next to his own followed along as the two entered back into the corridor of the hospital building again. Come to think of it, he hadn’t even gotten a chance to talk to the kid about the condition he had found him in. If Yuma was lying about his cluelessness about the clinic, this 13-year-old was certainly no normal actor. “But, I do have a few questions to ask you.”

“Sure! If it’s anything I can answer.”

“Good. Let’s find somewhere to sit first, since this may take a while.”

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Hello! Could I open a wishbox for Thomas Arclight (YGO Zexal) icons? Thank you!

Let’s see… Winged Kuriboh brought back Old Hollywood! I may be a bit biased but I personally think this is rather cool looking with Thomas! But I hope you like it!

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ygo zexal lgbtq+ headcanons (1/4)

200 x 200 icons

happy pride month, my friends! if you have a certain headcanon that you want an icon of, come request for it!

more under the cut!!!

yuma: mlm astral: mlm ryoga: mlm rio: lesbian kaito: mlm kotori: bisexual tetsuo: bisexual V/chris: mlm IV/thomas: bisexual w/ femme lean III/michael: mlm

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165 IV ICONS  / YGO ZEXAL

TOU – Icons are free to use, free to edit, with or without credit, likes and reblogs are appreciated but not required. Please don’t re-upload or claim as your own. Please let me know about any broken links — DOWNLOAD  

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Oh boy... wonder if I’m biting off more than I can chew when I decided to write stuff... 

Title: Ehgze Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Character(s): Kaito Tenjo Notes: Small mention of Yuma Tsukumo who’s also involved. “Iocane” is just a  fictional name of a fatal poison I decided to use. The effects will be revealed more specifically later, but I had in mind that it would take minutes for fatal consequences if it’s injected via the bloodstream.  [chapter index]

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Kaito had planned to leave work at the usual time. Since it was Friday, he would have picked up Haruto himself and they would go to the family restaurant just like every week.

Yet plans were thrown out the window when he had seen the photo. Three teenage boys were looking into the camera, as though they were at some field trip. The background though didn’t look like anywhere around in the neighbourhood. There were few cracks on the wall, and the labels on the door implied that it seemed to be of an old hospital ward room. But more importantly, he couldn’t look away from the blur of a face in the corner. It was slightly blurred, and not very noticeable. But there was no doubt, the shape of the hair and the purple eyes. The blurred figure in the back looked exactly like his missing father, Dr Faker.  

Earlier two of the same boys in the photo had came, frantically reporting about not able to contact their friend. They had ventured into the abandoned hospital, as a “test of courage”. Never did they think of the possibility that one of them would be missing. While another friendlier-looking officer was listening to them talk, Kaito got up from his seat.

Shortly afterwards there was a notification from Thomas. The second-eldest Arclight brother would be able to pick up Haruto for him. He knew that Haruto would be understanding if he wasn’t able to return home tonight. Once he had confirmed for himself whether their father was there or not, he could tell Haruto that they finally had clues about him.

…

…

The photo had been taken from a clinic that was to have been out-of-business for four years now.It wasn’t a surprise that the even the site re-construction seemed to have been abandoned, remaining as a plot of deserted land in the red-light district. The cranes had been moved, but there were still a few construction beams placed in the left wing.

A more realistic side reminded himself that perhaps his father was just passing by some coincidence. Nothing more. But there was no other clue that he could look towards other than this photo.

Entering into the building, it wasn’t long before his eyes adjusted to the darkness. The streets here were darker, without the bright lights as the other parts of the city. The walls looked clean, save for the few medical charts that were peeling off. This place had clinics that still hadn’t replaced the paper posters with telescreens. It was few remaining buildings that had being left behind after the civil war.

He explored the only two floors, his footsteps remaining quiet while stepping over any debris and cracked places. No one was there. Only empty rooms.

Was he being too optimistic? He asked himself when finding himself back in the room closest to the entrance again. Where the photo of the teenagers had been taken.

The only thing he’d managed to find useful was a map plastered on the wall in the same room.

The page showed that it actually had a lower floor. On the far end of the corridor, probably hidden by the construction beams, there would have been a staircase to lead to the basement floor. He had no answer for why they would just decide to design another floor by extending vertically downwards, but it now opened another place for him to check.

He remembered that the door to the basement past the staircase was locked when he had passed by. That would only mean he had to use the lift. The button was already broken, but only took two hands and a construction pipe to wedge a crack.

Peering within, it was then the first time that he used the torchlight from his watch. Peering downwards, he stared for a moment. He was not expecting to see a complete black hole beneath. There was only one floor below the ground according to the map, yet he couldn't even see the bottom.

This place had suddenly looked like it was much, much more than just a simple abandoned re-construction site. He turned off the flashlight. His eyes shifted towards left and right from where he stood. No one was around. In the corners of the room, there didn’t seem to be any surveillance cameras either.

Steadily, he then grabbed onto the electric elevator’s suspension rope and lowered himself and quietly forced the other elevator door open.

Down in the basement level, the first notable difference Kaito realized was that there was the faint sounds of machines. Light was projected to the corridor from the rooms.

The building was still in use.

Becoming cautious as ever, he kept closer towards the walls to keep his form hidden in the shadows. His dominant right hand remained within his pocket before glimpsing into each of the rooms. There were no beds like in the wards on the ground floor. Instead, a few had desks and locked cabinets almost like an office. Yet as he had ventured further down the corridor, past the staircase, the rooms took a change.

The light was coming from various computer monitors. It was the normal off-the-shelf computer models that one can buy, yet operating on medical devices. In the centre of the rooms there was only a white table. With the lack of windows in the entire floor, these looked more like an autopsy room.

His hand gripped around the thin weapon in his pocket harder. As much as he didn’t like this place by the second, but if it meant that there were clues he needed to proceed further…

He arrived at the end of the corridor. There was only one set of staircase, leading to the door that he had tried to open earlier. The last door was closed. Like all others, there was no lock. Kaito opened the door, his body freezing when his eyes saw a bed with a figure lying on it.

Whoever was lying didn’t even move or stir. Seeing steady rising and falling of their chest in a sleeping state, Kaito walked towards the ward bed. It wasn’t the third missing teenage boy from the photos, but a complete unfamiliar face. However, it was a boy with black hair and violet spikes. His young face seem to show that he was of a similar age to Mihael.

What on earth was a boy doing here in an abandoned clinic?

Kaito would have muttered out loud if it wasn’t for the situation growing more and more bizarre. His eyebrows were furrowed even more as he turned towards the monitor. A cable was extended out, connecting to the bracelet that was around the boy’s left wrist.

It was a health status monitor. The screen had shown the basic information. Compared to the rest of the furniture in the room, the computer was the only thing that didn’t look so out-of-date.

The information showed that this was a person with normal heart-rate and body pressure. With today’s advanced diagnostic tools, it was shown that he didn’t have any diseases or illness either. Reading further, he was 13-years of age. The name though didn’t make sense to him.

Number 0 - Utopic Zexal.

That didn’t sound like a name at all. His hand hovered over the mouse for a moment before deciding to access the few icons on the corner. One was the archive icon, possibly for the patient’s health records.

58 seconds until timeout… Please input authentication details to login or exit. Username: Password:

The login screen only meant a dead end. Nothing from the locked cabinets could have given even a possible surname of any operators around here. The other icons didn’t seem to have anything useful, with his limited education in medicine.

There wasn’t anything to do with Dr Faker here. He couldn’t leave the room yet, the responsibility of his profession urging him to at least wake up the teenager. Not when this was nothing like -

A sharp beeping sound came from the machine, slicing into the silence like a knife. Kaito’s eyes didn’t even manage to blink before the screen’s words changed.  

Login time expired. Possible attempt for unauthorized access. Loading pre-input client operator commands… Input authentication details to terminate... Liquid GHB injected into patient...

“What?” Kaito looked around frantically. Why had the machine decided to forcefully injecting more of a prescription-only sleep drug? Just because it login session timed out? There was a click coming from the bracelet around the wrist. The light indicators on the device showed red.

Preparing to inject Iocane into patient in 240 seconds…

No words came out, but Kaito clenched his teeth. Grabbing the mouse again, his at the key firmly and quickly onto the other icons on the menu bar. The cursor moved but nothing was changing. The machine had been rigged to also inject fatal poison? As though to challenge the cyber police officer, a counter suddenly showed up on the bottom half of the screen. .

3 minutes and 56 seconds.