@alphahydrii // Closed Starter
It didn’t happen too often, that Kaiba couldn’t sleep. It was annoying when it did happen, when he just laid in bed for hours, wasting time that could’ve been spent elsewhere. Having all this energy and drive that he was trying to stomp out! It was important to sleep, he knew that logically. But at some point, it seemed better to cut his losses. Especially when his personal lab was so close by.
Tinkering with machines had always excited him, since he was little. The rush of inventing something new never went away, and he felt like he was on the verge of something great! It was with his Virtual Reality Pods again-- he’d was bent over one of them with a screwdriver, installing a new piece, as well as typing on two laptops that were plugged into the machine. The pods were designed to transport a person’s mind into a game of his own design, which he’d proven it could do flawlessly. But the thought had crossed his mind, if it would be possible to transport someone’s mind elsewhere. Into a computer, into a different person’s body (ew), into another dimension. He didn’t believe in multiverse-theory of course, sounded a bit too mystical for his tastes, but... he was a man of science. And theories were made to be tested.
‘... I wonder if it’s good enough to boot up,’ he thought to himself, glancing to the power cord, which was currently unplugged. There wasn’t any harm in trying. Worst it’d do is cause a power surge and fry his laptops, so he unplugged those first. Then he picked up the main pod’s power cord, and just as he was about to plug it in...
"Ah!” He dropped the cord, jolting. What the hell was that!? It almost sounded like an explosion! Did it come from the pods!? No, they looked fine. Where did that come from?! It sounded close, way too close! Either from this room, or right outside! Shit. It wouldn’t be the first time someone had tried to break in here. Immediately Kaiba sprinted towards where he’d left his briefcase, pulling out his deck and duel disk and scanning the room while he mounted it to his arm. The lab was large, with a lot of places to hide. (He felt oddly naked, wearing the duel disk without his metal bracers underneath. Right now, he just had on a black turtleneck, slacks, and brown loafers, quite dressed-down by Kaiba’s standards. His locket was tucked under his shirt, out of sight.) “Who’s there? Show yourself, right now!”
