[Miyabigaoka] Centennial Park

[Apollymi]

In the center of a couple of blocks away from Miyabigaoka Private High School, is a park set aside by national funding. It has all the official parts of any good piece of recreational land, including open fields, trees, and play spaces for young children. For the more athletic there are racing tracks, quick practice areas, and sports related fields (for basketball, soccer and tennis). Beyond this the space is a well organized if not minimalist display of culture. In the center there is a statue which is also a water fountain which is often the target of graffiti. But underneath this water fountain is the entrance to a lair, or rather it covers the entrance of an old underground rail station. Getting in used to require proper credentials and knowledge of the placement of the chip scanner. But after it became obvious that too many people could get in that way, the typing changed. Instead it requires a basic test of skills by whatever rider chooses to approach. A power type rider must approach the large statue at the top of the waterfall and demonstrate enough force to move the hidden pressure plate beneath it. A speed type must run around the outside of the circle activating all of the outer statues in enough time to cause the mechanism to catch. And a trick type must demonstrate their torque ability spinning each of the inner statues enough to cause the movement of the slightly different one. If any of these three conditions is met, the water fountain itself will shift, causing the inner most statues to spread apart a bit and open up the space beneath where the slightly modified smaller statue will sink in allowing entrance into the chamber which is connected to its inner workings via a twisting turning slide which empties out into the larger space below.

This place was refitted to fit the specifications of one Akaru Chiyo, who wished to have a multifaceted cube space to hold races and trials for her team. As well as a hangout and is outfitted with a lounge, changing rooms, showers and a small office space for the girl. This place was put under construction at the start of the school year, because of her impending graduation from high school. Its exits include a set of stairs which let out a bit further into the park, and a single upshot gravity tunnel which requires one to jump into it before it shoots them out of an anti-gravity space and up into a holographic tree which will make it appear to anyone outside that they were simply hiding behind as it looks solid all around. It is to be the official headquarters of her team upon its completed construction.

[Bloodedge]

Late one Thursday night, Chimera, sub-team of the Black Order, entered the Centennial Park with motives not entirely clear to some. Kanda, the Lieutenant of this team, rolled out ahead of the others with his arms held akimbo. He could only make assumptions about what was to take place here, but he figured that since Chiyo had brought them to this location, it would be something worthwhile. "So, what exactly are we looking for here?"

About the same time the team arrived in the park, a middle-aged man who only appeared to be about 30 years old, approached from the other side of the area. He had long, black hair kept only slightly tame by a red bandana, which matched a long, red cloak he wore over his outfit. Aside from the upper half of his face, the only visible detail about him beneath the cloak was an intricate golden gauntlet on his left hand.

[Apollymi]

Chiyo was having a bit of fun rolling around the group of people travelling with her. When one in particular pulled out in front of them as they traversed the park the small girl scoffed. "Fuck! A thing, I had an idea for... enjoy the surprise." she said as they reached the center of the Park where a large water sculpture sat in the middle of the park. It was presently very pristine and had many maidens seated at the bottom holding up one woman with a bird on her wrist. While the statue itself lacked the kind of imagery the Storm Queen liked, she supposed there were worse things. After reaching it she rolled around it rather quickly looking for something in particular. "There's a special one~" mentioned two blonde twins as she rolled about. Chiyo looked at all the women across the bottom row and took in their details... it would take a few seconds for the girl to come to a complete stop in front of one which had slits for pupils instead of the normal round ones. "Fuck, you two were busy then~" she said stepping up to it. Doing so caused a laser like scan of the small girl's ATs, which made something strange happen thereafter. The water and began to rumble and bubble within the fountain and the women's bodies began to shift and move as the fountain began to shift opening up into a quick chute underground. "Gotta go fast!" the twins chimed as the ran past. "Sugoi!~" the small red haired boy said after following as well. Chiyo seemed stunned but also went. "Down the hatch, Kanda-nii!~" she mentioned as she slid down. After the last of these individuals was in they would slide rather quickly down into a very large open chamber which was the new base of the Chimera Branch of the Black Order. It was well designed technologically advanced space, with multiple cubes and race tracks as well as open spaces for training drills and the like. Beyond this lounge areas and hang out spots for the members as well as showers and lockers. The space itself seemed semi-endless and among the many things found down here, a small office for the Storm Queen designed to her specifications and general tastes. Upon entry the statues would spin around and the whole thing would close up like it didn't exist and the statues themselves would shift their order, so that people couldn't just find their way in without knowing exactly which statue to look for.

[Bloodedge]

"Che! Fine!" the Lotus King replied. Soon enough, the fountain at the park's center was being tampered with, until it ultimately shifted about and opened to reveal a drop chute into a secret location. Kanda sighed when he saw this, thinking it to be just a bit too complicated for its purpose, but he moved forward nonetheless. One other member of the team also hopped in; the young man with long, white hair, known as Hisoka. However, the members of Chimera were not the only ones to set foot in the base. In the small window of space just before the entrance sealed itself, the mysterious man jumped down the chute. "Yare yare," said Kanda when he reached the bottom, finding the spirals down to be unnecessary as well. "I'll admit to that being exciting and all, but there may as well have been a whole amusement park," he said to the twins. Hisoka seemed entirely disinterested, but both of these males perked up a bit when an unknown voice spoke. "I think it has a spark of innocence young ones like you all need."

[Apollymi]

The blonde twins held hands and giggled the entire way down. The young boy known as Taiga had been laughing the entire way down and when he reached the bottom shot back up in the air seeming to be overly excited. When he reached the ground again he made an excited utterance. "Yosh! That was fun, can I go again, Chi-nee!?" he asked with all the childish excitement he could. When Chiyo came down she was giggling and wearing the largest of fanged grins. "Fuck yeah, we're going again!" she said seemingly just as excited as the young boy with her as she held out her hand and they high fived each other. The twins seemed pleased by these two responses, but the older males seemed to simply not care about the excitement that went into building such a thing. After Kanda spoke the pair of twins looked at him and began to speak "Well..." they started both looking a bit sheepish. In truth they would have put more fun things in but they figured they'd have to slip those in discretely lest the Storm Queen be upset with them. But instead of explaining this they were interrupted by a voice they didn't recognize. This made the pair go into panic mode immediately moving to look for the voice which had spoken. Chiyo on the other hand also heard the strange male voice. "Who the fuck are you and what the fuck are you doing in my secret lair?" the girl asked. There shouldn't have been many capable of getting in before the closing of the statues, it was timed specifically to shut on anyone with slow reflexes.

[Bloodedge]

"Watch your mouth, girl," the man said as he began casually walking around the area, inspecting it, and occasionally reaching out to swipe his hand along a nearby surface. "This is akin to early Matrix work. Good craft," he said to the twins regarding this base. "... Yet still, so much growth potential. Toul Tool To is holding you back." Both Kanda and Hisoka could only wonder who this man was, and initially, if Chiyo somehow knew him. Her words, however, implied that she certainly didn't. The man eventually chose to address Chiyo once more. "... Chiyo. That's the name you chose, isn't it? I can't help but notice you've been very busy recently. Much more than what can be said of that boy."