If you know you have a flaw then fix it!

The punishment for even scratching the paint on my d-wheel nothing short of death!

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio noticed he may have unintentionally frightened Kyoko and decided to try and reassure her, feeling it wasn’t right to intimidate someone who was helping him. “Well you seem reliable so I don’t have to worry about any of that.” Yukio continued looking around the garage to keep himself occupied during the time.

[aliceinsynchroland]

She poked around inside his bike, admiring the craftsmanship some as she made the necessary modifications to admit the new transmission, with bots assisting her with the simple work of reattaching the wheel. Noticing he was walking around, examining the garage, she decided to speak up and maybe offer something more interesting. “I-I-I-If you want…later I could show you my…um…storage….I keep…things…back there.”

[synchro-whirl-wind]

As he continued to check around the garage, Yukio couldn’t help be interested over the various parts and equipment he never saw before. “Huh? Oh really thanks then.” Yukio said. 

"Uh sorry if this may sound a bit too direct seeing as we’ve just met and all but which area around here are you from?" Yukio asked trying his best to not sound nosy. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

Smalltalk. This was good. He must like her, or something. Just…keep him interested. Answer his questions. That’s how small talk works, right?

Oh. This was a…difficult question. Quietly, Kyoko mumbled, “Satellite….”

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Hearing this his eyes widened slightly. "Oh... I see then." Satellite, that was the first place those fusionist seized Yukio thought. Having always lived in Neo Domino he never had to abandon his home when academia began their invasion so he really wouldn't understand what she went through or how she felt. Its best if I don't go any further and just change the subject he thought. 

"Well sorry about having to make you bring that up and all. So are you the only mechanic in your family?" 

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko bowed to him when he insinuated she might ruin the design, burying herself in her work again as soon afterwards as she could. She’d make this D-Wheel fly, but she first needed to adjust the transmission. If she could implement a twin transmission system in this D-Wheel, Yukio would be able to switch it from street mode, which allowed for higher speeds at the expense of tight cornering and grip, and a more rugged offroad mode which had lower top speed but was able to stay rooted to the road in the most difficult conditions. “I-I-I won’t! M-m-mess it up…i mean…” She couldn’t help but be a little intimidated by him, and worry morbidly about what he would do if she made a mistake.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio noticed he may have unintentionally frightened Kyoko and decided to try and reassure her, feeling it wasn’t right to intimidate someone who was helping him. “Well you seem reliable so I don’t have to worry about any of that.” Yukio continued looking around the garage to keep himself occupied during the time.

[aliceinsynchroland]

She poked around inside his bike, admiring the craftsmanship some as she made the necessary modifications to admit the new transmission, with bots assisting her with the simple work of reattaching the wheel. Noticing he was walking around, examining the garage, she decided to speak up and maybe offer something more interesting. “I-I-I-If you want…later I could show you my…um…storage….I keep…things…back there.”

[synchro-whirl-wind]

As he continued to check around the garage, Yukio couldn't help be interested over the various parts and equipment he never saw before. "Huh? Oh really thanks then." Yukio said. 

"Uh sorry if this may sound a bit too direct seeing as we've just met and all but which area around here are you from?" Yukio asked trying his best to not sound nosy. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

Her voice comes sheepishly over the sound of power tools and motors while she tightens and smoothens out the parts she replaces, “U-u-u-um…traction…it’s bad…for that…”

Without mentioning it, Kyoko then pops open the gearbox with a few deft hand motions and begins sliding out some gears, typing some things into her duel disk, then looking at the gearbox again. Suddenly she just darts her hands in and pulls out the gearbox in a matter of moments, setting it down on a rolling table that she has next to her. With a look of horror, she realizes she never asked permission, and uncomfortably avoids looking at Yukio while she stammers out, “s-s-s-s-sorry I can…I thought…maybe you’d like…I don’t know…gearbox…to be good?”

She knew what she was doing, she just had no idea how to convey that.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Oh so that’s why well that makes sense then." Yukio said, though he seemed to not be paying attention that much since he was looking around the garage.

Yukio ended up snapping out of his thoughts on hearing the mechanic speak to him. “Hm? Oh that’s alright you’re the mechanic anyway so you don’t need to ask for my permission on everything you do. I don’t mind what you do while you repair it as long as you don’t end up affecting its design or did a shoddy job.” Yukio said his tone darkening near the end. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko bowed to him when he insinuated she might ruin the design, burying herself in her work again as soon afterwards as she could. She’d make this D-Wheel fly, but she first needed to adjust the transmission. If she could implement a twin transmission system in this D-Wheel, Yukio would be able to switch it from street mode, which allowed for higher speeds at the expense of tight cornering and grip, and a more rugged offroad mode which had lower top speed but was able to stay rooted to the road in the most difficult conditions. “I-I-I won’t! M-m-mess it up…i mean…” She couldn’t help but be a little intimidated by him, and worry morbidly about what he would do if she made a mistake.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio noticed he may have unintentionally frightened Kyoko and decided to try and reassure her, feeling it wasn't right to intimidate someone who was helping him. "Well you seem reliable so I don't have to worry about any of that." Yukio continued looking around the garage to keep himself occupied during the time.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Huh the wheel was thin? What’s wrong with that?" Yukio asked. Though Yukio had worked as a mechanic in his parents shop and repaired his D-Wheel from time to time his knowledge and skills only allowed him to do basic repairs and maintenance on it. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

Her voice comes sheepishly over the sound of power tools and motors while she tightens and smoothens out the parts she replaces, “U-u-u-um…traction…it’s bad…for that…”

Without mentioning it, Kyoko then pops open the gearbox with a few deft hand motions and begins sliding out some gears, typing some things into her duel disk, then looking at the gearbox again. Suddenly she just darts her hands in and pulls out the gearbox in a matter of moments, setting it down on a rolling table that she has next to her. With a look of horror, she realizes she never asked permission, and uncomfortably avoids looking at Yukio while she stammers out, “s-s-s-s-sorry I can…I thought…maybe you’d like…I don’t know…gearbox…to be good?”

She knew what she was doing, she just had no idea how to convey that.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Oh so that's why well that makes sense then." Yukio said, though he seemed to not be paying attention that much since he was looking around the garage.

Yukio ended up snapping out of his thoughts on hearing the mechanic speak to him. "Hm? Oh that's alright you're the mechanic anyway so you don't need to ask for my permission on everything you do. I don't mind what you do while you repair it as long as you don't end up affecting its design or did a shoddy job." Yukio said his tone darkening near the end. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

"O-o-o-ok…" She wasn’t going to argue with him, not when he was standing over there muttering about killing people a second ago, no sir. She liked her face how it was, thank you very much. The D-Wheel was stripped down now, so it was time to get into the meat of the work. She used her duel disk to activate the jacks underneath the D-Wheel and started to reattach fresh parts where the destroyed ones had to be removed.

"w-w-well…I’m glad you weren’t…hurt…" The blush came back again, why did she always have to say such embarrassing things? It was true though, judging by where the blade hit the D-Wheel, it couldn’t have been very far from him losing a leg. Or being cut in half. Those were much harder to repair than D-Wheels.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Oh yeah I guess I am lucky that the attack didn’t hit me too though the pain I would receive would be nothing compared to what that asshole will feel once I let him feel my wrath." Yukio said trying his best to restrain his anger. As he thought back to his encounter with the fusionist Yukio remembered what he wanted to ask upon the offer of improvements on his D-Wheel.

"By the way I’ve been wondering can you improve my D-Wheel’s performance and allow it to accelerate far more than before?" Yukio asked.

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko nodded nervously while he ranted about what he was going to do to the fusionist, sweating a bit uncomfortably as he talks. Turning her attention back to the D-Wheel, she keeps reattaching new parts when she catches wind of his second question. She peeks out from around the side of the raised D-Wheel while she’s working on it and nods again. “I could…I could make it handle better too…your wheel…it was thin…”

She couldn’t work up the nerve to explain exactly why that would matter, but she did plan to make the D-Wheel better than it had been prior to its destruction while she ducked back to the far side of the machine and got back to work.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Huh the wheel was thin? What's wrong with that?" Yukio asked. Though Yukio had worked as a mechanic in his parents shop and repaired his D-Wheel from time to time his knowledge and skills only allowed him to do basic repairs and maintenance on it. 

[synchro-whirl-wind]

CHARACTER MEME: DAY 11

11.) Is there an animal you equate with your character?

Birds probably. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko looked up at the Turbo Cavalry member who was still in the room, watching her strip pieces off his D-Wheel and muttering to himself about executing a fusionist. She spoke in a sheepish voice, “You…can get some r-rest…this will take a while…” She immediately buried her head in the guts of his D-Wheel afterwards to hide the blush that came with speaking to new people while she kept working. Hopefully he would understand that this would take some time.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Hearing the mechanic Yukio ended up being snapped out his gruesome thoughts of plotting how he would destroy the fusionist. “Oh its alright besides I don’t feel comfortable being separated from my D-Wheel while its being repaired. Kinda like how people wouldn’t be able to leave a loved one alone while their going through an operation at the hospital.” Yukio responded back. 

[aliceinsynchroland]

"O-o-o-ok…" She wasn’t going to argue with him, not when he was standing over there muttering about killing people a second ago, no sir. She liked her face how it was, thank you very much. The D-Wheel was stripped down now, so it was time to get into the meat of the work. She used her duel disk to activate the jacks underneath the D-Wheel and started to reattach fresh parts where the destroyed ones had to be removed.

"w-w-well…I’m glad you weren’t…hurt…" The blush came back again, why did she always have to say such embarrassing things? It was true though, judging by where the blade hit the D-Wheel, it couldn’t have been very far from him losing a leg. Or being cut in half. Those were much harder to repair than D-Wheels.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Oh yeah I guess I am lucky that the attack didn't hit me too though the pain I would receive would be nothing compared to what that asshole will feel once I let him feel my wrath." Yukio said trying his best to restrain his anger. As he thought back to his encounter with the fusionist Yukio remembered what he wanted to ask upon the offer of improvements on his D-Wheel.

"By the way I've been wondering can you improve my D-Wheel's performance and allow it to accelerate far more than before?" Yukio asked.

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko looked up at the Turbo Cavalry member who was still in the room, watching her strip pieces off his D-Wheel and muttering to himself about executing a fusionist. She spoke in a sheepish voice, “You…can get some r-rest…this will take a while…” She immediately buried her head in the guts of his D-Wheel afterwards to hide the blush that came with speaking to new people while she kept working. Hopefully he would understand that this would take some time.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Hearing the mechanic Yukio ended up being snapped out his gruesome thoughts of plotting how he would destroy the fusionist. "Oh its alright besides I don't feel comfortable being separated from my D-Wheel while its being repaired. Kinda like how people wouldn't be able to leave a loved one alone while their going through an operation at the hospital." Yukio responded back. 

[synchro-whirl-wind]

30 Days of Character Development - Days 1-10

1.)  Describe your character’s relationship with their mother or their father, or both. Was it good? Bad? Were they spoiled rotten, ignored? Do they still get along now, or no?

Yukio's relationship with his parents was a strained one when he was a child due to him always getting himself involved in all sorts of trouble due to his anger. He always got annoyed over the fact his parents would make him apologize to the other kids he beat up though most of them had it coming in his opinion and would get irritated whenever his parents would not take his side when he got into trouble. Growing up he both admired and envied his parents talents as mechanics since they would be able to repair things with their ability while he usually ended up destroying things due to his temper. He is grateful to them for allowing him to work in their shop when he "left" his career as a pro duelist. As his parents are currently working at the engineering corps as mechanics for the turbo cavalry Yukio does try to not cause them any more trouble than he already has by either trying to repair his D-Wheel on his or ensure it never gets damaged.

2.) What are your characters most prominent physical features?

It would probably be the look on his eyes since usually they would appear lifeless and bored but when angered they have a menacing look that an enraged animal would have.

3.) Name one scar your character has, and tell us where it came from. If they don’t have any, is there a reason?

He has quite a few scars on his back from duels and fights the latter mostly because he would usually end up facing multiple opponents and someone would attack him from behind. He has some on his hands as well from the times he spent tuning up his D-Wheel.

4.) How vain is your character? Do they find themselves attractive?

Regarding his skills as a duelist he has enormous amount of pride and believes he can't be easily taken down. If its about his appearance he hardly pays any attention to them though he is very serious about taking care of his hygiene so he'll make sure his appearance his clean at all times if possible.

5.) What’s your character’s ranking on the KINSEY SCALE?

He swings between 2 and 3 but regardless Yukio hardly seems to not care too much about romantic relationships due to currently being in a war. He also does feel like it would be bad luck to him since he believes that it always the lovers who get taken out first in wars. 

6.) Describe your character’s happiest memory.

His happiest memories would be during his time spent as a pro duelist. He loved having audience cheer him on as he defeated his opponents and being able to rise through the ranks was a great thing to experience.

7.) Is there one event or happening your character would like to erase from their past? Why?

Of course the war would be one of them not to mention him getting some security officers killed due to his reckless decision to take on a group of fusionist alone. 

8.) Day of Favorites! What’s your character’s favorite ice cream flavor? Color? Song? Flower?

Ice cream: Mint Chip

Color: Dark green and Purple are his favourite colors.

Song: He likes quite a lot and can easily change depending on his mood so its hard for him to pick a true favourite.

Flower: The amaryllis

9.) Who does your character trust?

He has an large amount of trust towards his friend Tatsuya to the point that if he had to choose trusting the judgment of synchro command or Tatsuya he would choose the latter undoubtedly. He also trusts his mechanics allowing them and only them to touch his D-Wheel without question. Most importantly he has a firmly believes in his deck and own strength since he knows no matter what happens those two are the only things he can wholeheartedly rely on, this also prevents him from getting easily overcome with despair when pushed to a corner in a duel.

10.) Can you define a turning point in your character’s life? Multiples are acceptable.

Definitely getting a bunch of security officers killed due to his recklessness.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Still dazed by the altercation with the fusionist, Shuuko stretches, and gets up from her D-Wheel, and walks over to the Turbo Cavalry bike. Its tire was slashed.... REALLY slashed. The front wheel had been severed off, like a head at a guillotine. It had been a while since Shuuko saw one that fucked up. Its owner was bolstering angry threats at its perpetrator over the edge of the highway; Shuuko walks up to him, and remarks: "Nice D-Wheel you've got there."

Boiling with rage Yukio glared back at the mercenary. “This isn’t funny! I just tuned it up the night before and now that bastard had to go and do this. I’m going to be a laughing stock to the others.” Yukio punched his fist into his hand while muttering how he would he kill the fusionist during their next encounter.

[aliceinsynchroland]

"ok…yes…I can do that…"

Kyoko types a command into the duel disk attached to her arm and two automated mechs activate and make their way into the room from the adjacent room to detach the D-Wheels and orient them on the lifts in the room that allow her to get underneath. With everything set up, she shrinks away from the two of them and sets to work on the machines, getting her tools and quickly diving into the guts of the man’s D-Wheel, pulling off the useless scraps that she’d have to replace with her deceptive upper body strength. She hums and studies the insides, occasionally sending one of the rolling mechs for parts while she removes the unusable ones and sets them beside her. The mechs collect the useless parts and take them away to be recycled in the automatic smelter Kyoko had recently finished.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Wait you can improve it? Yeah I’m okay with that and thank you." Yukio replied back. 

"Hmm my name? Guess I ended up forgetting to tell you it because of everything that happened its Yukio Shizuka. That reminds me thanks for helping me haul my D-Wheel over here." Yukio responded back to the duelist.

"As a member of the turbo cavalry its disgraceful for me to have been so easily crippled by that fusionist. Worse I could only stand by and watch that worthless piece of trash humiliate me and escape, unforgivable! Next time I see him I’ll execute him right on the spot for his actions!" Yukio replied back his anger rising as images of the fusionist appeared in his mind.

[cybermerc]

Shuuko had an exceedingly flat expression on her face.  Way to miss the point.

To be fair, it was pretty embarrassing to get your front wheel cleanly sliced away from your bike within ten seconds of the encounter.

"…Well, I don’t care.  If talk is cheap, gossip is worthless.”  Shuuko didn’t intend on sharing details of his harassment with anyone, but she felt that she likely didn’t communicate that well.  Shuuko had a tendency to be like that.  She didn’t dwell on it.  .

When he brought up the fusionist, Noburo, her interest was piqued.  ”Execute him?”  She was interested in seeing that— Specifically, seeing him try.  ”More power to you.”

Shuuko turned back to the mechanic, working on the D-Wheels.  She seemed to be at ease— a good sign, and a good time to ask a question.

"D’you got an idea of when you’ll be done with mine?"  Shuuko avoided trying to sound impatient, since she was legitimately interested in seeing the results of the mechanic’s work.   It didn’t help that Shuuko really did have a place to be:  XYZ dimension.  She had some business to address, there.

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko looked up with a surprised expression when the duelist interrupted her work. Realizing it was just an honest question, she looked away in embarrassment while she stammered out a reply, “W-w-well I can have in decent shape in about 15 minutes…with the mechs…” She added quietly, “to improve it though i’d need…a lot more time…you can come back when you’re free…?”

It wasn’t a great solution, she knew, but there was no way she could optimize that bike if this person was in a hurry. She pushed a few buttons on her duel disk and the mechs began to scan and tune up Shuuko’s D-Wheel while Kyoko focused on Yukio’s, moving more slowly now that she was conscious of being watched.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Yeah I'll end that scumbag's life with my own hands once I catch him." Yukio said as a he punched into his other hand.

"Well I don't really mind how long it takes since I have some free time anyway." Yukio said to the mechanic. 

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio: [Runs someone over with his D-Wheel and stops to worry over if his D-Wheel got a scratch]

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Still dazed by the altercation with the fusionist, Shuuko stretches, and gets up from her D-Wheel, and walks over to the Turbo Cavalry bike. Its tire was slashed.... REALLY slashed. The front wheel had been severed off, like a head at a guillotine. It had been a while since Shuuko saw one that fucked up. Its owner was bolstering angry threats at its perpetrator over the edge of the highway; Shuuko walks up to him, and remarks: "Nice D-Wheel you've got there."

Boiling with rage Yukio glared back at the mercenary. “This isn’t funny! I just tuned it up the night before and now that bastard had to go and do this. I’m going to be a laughing stock to the others.” Yukio punched his fist into his hand while muttering how he would he kill the fusionist during their next encounter.

[cybermerc]

"Drag less… To prevent flipping…  Oh.  You mean you can make it go faster?"

Shuuko nodded.  ”Sure, go ahead.  Let me know how much you want for it, when you’re ready.”  Shuuko steps away and leans against an empty table. She takes off their helmet, finally revealing her face— the white stripe in her black hair, previously pressed down, popped upwards, in a shape reminiscient of a mohawk. 

Shuuko looks at the other duelist, the one with the busted D-Wheel.  ”Tell me your name.”

Shuuko pauses.

"…You know, nobody cares about what happens to your ride.  As long as you get it fixed, that’s what matters.  Happens all the time to me, and nobody gives me shit."

[aliceinsynchroland]

"ok…yes…I can do that…"

Kyoko types a command into the duel disk attached to her arm and two automated mechs activate and make their way into the room from the adjacent room to detach the D-Wheels and orient them on the lifts in the room that allow her to get underneath. With everything set up, she shrinks away from the two of them and sets to work on the machines, getting her tools and quickly diving into the guts of the man’s D-Wheel, pulling off the useless scraps that she’d have to replace with her deceptive upper body strength. She hums and studies the insides, occasionally sending one of the rolling mechs for parts while she removes the unusable ones and sets them beside her. The mechs collect the useless parts and take them away to be recycled in the automatic smelter Kyoko had recently finished.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

"Wait you can improve it? Yeah I'm okay with that and thank you." Yukio replied back. 

"Hmm my name? Guess I ended up forgetting to tell you it because of everything that happened its Yukio Shizuka. That reminds me thanks for helping me haul my D-Wheel over here." Yukio responded back to the duelist.

"As a member of the turbo cavalry its disgraceful for me to have been so easily crippled by that fusionist. Worse I could only stand by and watch that worthless piece of trash humiliate me and escape, unforgivable! Next time I see him I'll execute him right on the spot for his actions!" Yukio replied back his anger rising as images of the fusionist appeared in his mind.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Still dazed by the altercation with the fusionist, Shuuko stretches, and gets up from her D-Wheel, and walks over to the Turbo Cavalry bike. Its tire was slashed.... REALLY slashed. The front wheel had been severed off, like a head at a guillotine. It had been a while since Shuuko saw one that fucked up. Its owner was bolstering angry threats at its perpetrator over the edge of the highway; Shuuko walks up to him, and remarks: "Nice D-Wheel you've got there."

Boiling with rage Yukio glared back at the mercenary. “This isn’t funny! I just tuned it up the night before and now that bastard had to go and do this. I’m going to be a laughing stock to the others.” Yukio punched his fist into his hand while muttering how he would he kill the fusionist during their next encounter.

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko responds in her usual fashion to Yukio’s reaction to her sudden appearance, but making an undignified squeaking sound, jumping back, and bowing her head. “S-s-s-s-sorry…” She wanted to explain that she thought they might be intruders, but she looked dumb enough as it was. Best to stay silent.

She peeks up when he makes his request and nods quickly and slightly nervously. “U-um…yes. But what…um…happened to the…er…the wheel…?” She asks uncomfortably, not sure whether the question will make him mad but also needing the answer to fix it. Getting a new wheel would be difficult…

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio began to sweat uncomfortable as he heard the dreaded question he desperately wished he could avoid. He knew that if he told the truth about how a fusionist caused this the second he arrived to cripple him, he would become a laughing stock among his colleagues if the mechanic told anyone. Shaking his head Yukio knew he couldn’t allow that to happen.

"Oh this? Well this happened during a duel I had with a fusionist. Knowing I had him overpowered the coward decided to damage my D-Wheel so he could escape." Yukio answered. 

[cybermerc]

Listening in from about 10 feet away, Shuuko turned her head to face the dueIist and the mechanic.  If her ears weren’t deceiving her— Well, this was rich.  Shuuko knew that he was trying to avoid complications (of which there were almost none, knowing from her own experience), and that about 70% of what he said was more-or-less true—

But, if there was something that pissed her off, it was people who indisputibly lied about their strength.

Shuuko turned back around to continue working on her own D-Wheel, and in a tone of voice that was somewhere between flat sincerity, and sarcasm, said: “Well, he fucked me up.  If he even made a break for it the second you showed up, that just goes to show how strong you are, eh?” 

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Hearing the remark Yukio began to laugh as he turned to face the other duelist, knowing his lie was easily seen through due to his carelessness of forgetting the other they were still there. "Yeah." Yukio could only reply back, noticing the fate of his reputation was in the hands of the duelist.

"So will it be alright if I ask for your help on repairing my D-Wheel?" Yukio asked the mechanic as he turned to face them.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Still dazed by the altercation with the fusionist, Shuuko stretches, and gets up from her D-Wheel, and walks over to the Turbo Cavalry bike. Its tire was slashed.... REALLY slashed. The front wheel had been severed off, like a head at a guillotine. It had been a while since Shuuko saw one that fucked up. Its owner was bolstering angry threats at its perpetrator over the edge of the highway; Shuuko walks up to him, and remarks: "Nice D-Wheel you've got there."

Boiling with rage Yukio glared back at the mercenary. “This isn’t funny! I just tuned it up the night before and now that bastard had to go and do this. I’m going to be a laughing stock to the others.” Yukio punched his fist into his hand while muttering how he would he kill the fusionist during their next encounter.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

The sudden appearance of the person nearly ended up causing Yukio to scream in fright. “Don’t scare me like that!” Yukio said through pants, as he patted his beating heart.

"Wait did you say you’re a mechanic?" Staring at his D-Wheel Yukio knew that it would take him quite a while to repair it in its current state with his skills. Yukio decided it would be best to ask for the mechanic’s assistance, even if it brought up the uncomfortable question of how it got into this state. "Um well is it alright if I ask to repair" Yukio asked.

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko responds in her usual fashion to Yukio’s reaction to her sudden appearance, but making an undignified squeaking sound, jumping back, and bowing her head. “S-s-s-s-sorry…” She wanted to explain that she thought they might be intruders, but she looked dumb enough as it was. Best to stay silent.

She peeks up when he makes his request and nods quickly and slightly nervously. “U-um…yes. But what…um…happened to the…er…the wheel…?” She asks uncomfortably, not sure whether the question will make him mad but also needing the answer to fix it. Getting a new wheel would be difficult…

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio began to sweat uncomfortable as he heard the dreaded question he desperately wished he could avoid. He knew that if he told the truth about how a fusionist caused this the second he arrived to cripple him, he would become a laughing stock among his colleagues if the mechanic told anyone. Shaking his head Yukio knew he couldn't allow that to happen.

"Oh this? Well this happened during a duel I had with a fusionist. Knowing I had him overpowered the coward decided to damage my D-Wheel so he could escape." Yukio answered. 

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Still dazed by the altercation with the fusionist, Shuuko stretches, and gets up from her D-Wheel, and walks over to the Turbo Cavalry bike. Its tire was slashed.... REALLY slashed. The front wheel had been severed off, like a head at a guillotine. It had been a while since Shuuko saw one that fucked up. Its owner was bolstering angry threats at its perpetrator over the edge of the highway; Shuuko walks up to him, and remarks: "Nice D-Wheel you've got there."

Boiling with rage Yukio glared back at the mercenary. “This isn’t funny! I just tuned it up the night before and now that bastard had to go and do this. I’m going to be a laughing stock to the others.” Yukio punched his fist into his hand while muttering how he would he kill the fusionist during their next encounter.

[aliceinsynchroland]

Kyoko was spending a peaceful night, working on improving the output capacities of some of the turbo cavalry duel disks and performing routine maintenance on her personal tools in a usually abandoned bay when she heard a loud scraping sound behind her. It was the sliding door, someone had opened it!

She let out an undignfied “EEEEP!” and ran quickly to hide behind the large rolling toolbox she had in the garage before the door was even open. The surprise was too much, nobody was supposed to come in this way! What if it was fusionists? From behind the toolbox, she shook and watched as the door slid open.

[cybermerc]

"Eh?"  Ryuuta thought that she may have heard something.  Like… a scream.  She looks around intently, but comes to the conclusion that no one’s there.  Mildly unsettled, she mouths: " …Whatever."

After awkwardly dragging her own D-Wheel inside, with the other’s still attached, she unhooks the hauling chain, and looks back at the duelist.  It occurs to her that she doesn’t know who this guy is, other  that’s he’s part of Synchro’s elite cavalry.  To that, she also thinks: ‘Whatever.’

"A mechanic.  There should be at least one or two, this late.  I’m done, I’ve gotta be someplace."  Shuuko scans the tables in the garage, and finds one with a clean rag. Taking it, she begins to wipe down her bike, removing the soot stuck to its exterior.  

She thinks about what the fusionist, Tsukino Noburo said about her deck:  ’Where did you get those Cyber style cards?’  —something like that.  ’It might be worth it to stop by a few old places in XYZ,’ she thinks.  Largely occupied by her own thoughts, she turns away from the other rider, leaving them to their business, herself unaware of the third entity in the room.

[aliceinsynchroland]

They seemed to think that this was their base, judging by how they acted, and they both had D-Wheels. Oh dear, this was embarrassing. She had completely overreacted and ju—what had happened to that poor innocent D-Wheel?

Before she knew it, she was out from behind the toolbox, looking at the destroyed D-Wheel with a pained expression on her face, akin to the expression one might have upon seeing a fresh corpse. It was only then that she realized she was exposed.

"U-u-um…hi…? I’m…Yoshimura…Kyo—ko…a mechanic…"

Nice work Kyoko, now they probably think you’re a murderer.

She vaguely wanted to run, but that D-Wheel required urgent attention. She couldn’t go now, not with a poor, poor, machine in that desperate a shape.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

The sudden appearance of the person nearly ended up causing Yukio to scream in fright. "Don't scare me like that!" Yukio said through pants, as he patted his beating heart.

"Wait did you say you're a mechanic?" Staring at his D-Wheel Yukio knew that it would take him quite a while to repair it in its current state with his skills. Yukio decided it would be best to ask for the mechanic's assistance, even if it brought up the uncomfortable question of how it got into this state. "Um well is it alright if I ask to repair" Yukio asked.

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio's deck

Monsters:

Liberation Storm Dancer [LV2]

Liberation Storm Shaman [LV2]

Liberation Storm Rider x1 [LV2]

Liberation Storm Defender [LV2]

Liberation Storm Wolf [LV2]

Liberation Storm Trooper x1 [LV3]

Liberation Storm Guardian x1 [LV3]

Liberation Storm Lancer x1 [LV4]

Liberation Storm Knight x1 [LV4]

Liberation Storm Monk x1 [LV4]

Liberation Storm Archer x1 [LV4]

Liberation Storm Solider x1 [LV4]

 Tuner Monsters:

Liberation Storm Owl x1 [LV1]

Liberation Storm Raven x1 [LV2]

Liberation Storm Hawk X1 [LV2]

Liberation Storm Falcon X1 [LV3]

Liberation Storm Raptor x1 [LV3]

Liberation Storm Eagle X1 [LV4]

 Synchro Monsters:

Liberation Storm Healing Angel [LV5]

Liberation Storm Sharp Shooter [LV6]

Liberation Storm Warlock [LV7]

Liberation Storm Swordsman [LV7]

Liberation Storm Winged Dragon [LV8]

Liberation Storm Phoenix [LV8]

Liberation Storm General [LV8]

 Spells:

Forbidden Chalice x1 [Quick-Play]

Forbidden Lance x1 [Quick-Play]

Liberation Breeze x1 [Continuous Spell]

Liberation Dust Devil x1 [Quick-Play Spell]

Liberation Mistral x1 [Quick-Play Spell]

Liberation Cyclone x1 [Quick-Play Spell]

Liberation Hurricane x1 [Quick-Play Spell]

Shining Rebirth x1 [Normal Spell]

 Traps:

Defense Draw x1 [Normal Trap]

Jar of Avarice x1 [Normal Trap]

Liberation Updraft x1 [Normal Trap]

Liberation Jet Stream x1 [Normal Trap]

Liberation Gust x1 [Normal Trap]

Liberation Current x1 [Continuous Trap]

Liberation Gale x1 [Continuous Trap]

Liberation Whirlwind x1 [Counter Trap]

Powerful Rebirth x1 [Continuous Trap]

Rage Resynchro x1 [Normal Trap]

Skill Successor x1 [Normal Trap]

Synchro Spirits x1 [Normal Trap]

Synchro Strike x1 [Normal Trap]

Urgent Tuning x1 [Normal Trap]

[synchro-whirl-wind]

Yukio would be the kind of person to chase someone down if they cut him off while driving.