The sound of running footsteps was all that was heard in the early morning as a Slifer Red and an Obelisk Blue student were heard speeding down the path to the forest. Both trying to outrun the other as they raced to the Reject Well, knowing that the identity of the musician would be revealed to them soon enough. Jaden smiling like a fool as he managed to take the lead.
"C'mon Lex, I thought you were quick on your feet!" He laughed as he jumped over a fallen log, Alexis laughed as she picked up the pace, catching up to her friend. "Well, I'm just as fast as you are Jaden, maybe even faster" and she pulled ahead of him. Both giving their all, as they raced down the path.
As they reached the well, the music grew louder and more pronounced, looking to each other, Jaden offered a smile. "Ladies first?" as he scratched the back of his neck, Alexis gave a small scowl, but began the climb down into the well, followed by Jaden.
As they reached the bottom of the well, they were greeted by a sight they were not expecting. Atticus surrounded by a group of his fangirls, casually playing away at a beautiful golden sax.
"It was you this whole time? You're the Jazz duelist? Why am I not surprised?" Atticus looks up to see his sister with an exasperated look on her face, smiling, he sets the sax down, and walks over to her. "Believe me little sis, I'd be happy if that title went to me, but I was checking around this place when I found this magnificent instrument, I gave it a go, and it sounds amazing, but, it's not mine. However, I think we at least have a clue now." Alexis sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose as she walked off to think. Jaden, growing ever curious, walked up to the Obelisk student holding the sax. "So, why did you think to check in the well? We were here a couple days ago and didn't find a thing." Atticus gave him a smirk. "I've been scouting around here for a little while, and I've seen someone coming in and out of the well, and hearing that music playing after that person goes in. It's just a matter of finding the person. That's all".
Alexis, hearing her brother had found a trace, walked over to him again. "You saw the person leaving the well? Why didn't you confront them? Why didn't you figure out who it was?" Atticus blushed and began scratching the back of his neck. "Well, I was so moved by the music, by the time I was focussed again, they were already gone". She growled. "Well, we're close to finding out who this person is, and we will figure it out". They all nodded in agreement, planning to stakeout the place the next few nights to see if they could catch the musician.
Sitting at his desk, trying his best to ignore everyone attempting to see him that day, was Chazz. Notes being drawn onto hand drawn music lines, drafting his own song, it was going well until 'someone' interrupted him.
'Uh, boss, we got a bit of a situation, that's kind of major" "Well, what is it? I'm making good progress here, and I don't want to stop for a little while yet, I'm… in the zone". Smiling as he goes back to his paper, Ojama Yellow swallows hard, then turns to his two brothers.
"Hey! Isn't it your turn to hand over the bad news Green?" "Wuh, uh, no, I gave him the news about the showers, and the toilets freezing in the winter, uh, Black?" "Not a chance you numbskulls, I gave him the news that Jaden was Alexis' valentine four months" "But this is so much worse than BOTH of those, c'mon guys?!". Chazz growled as he put down his pen. "One of you Science experiment rejects tell me what's going on, NOW!" as he slammed his fist into the table.
"I'll handle this with tact, you three fools seem to lack in that department. Chazz, Atticus saw you the other night exiting the well, he doesn't know who you are, but he knows someone goes to the well to play. He's also located your saxophone, and him, Jaden, and Alexis have set up a watch tonight, to try and determine who the musician of the well is" "I was SEEN?!" turning to the Ojama brothers with a quickly growing scowl on his face. "You three shitheads were supposed to keep watch!" "it is not their fault, they didn't see Atticus, he was well hidden. Even I didn't spot him until you were well on your way back to the dorms" Chazz took a deep breath to calm himself as he began pacing his room, thoughts running through his head a million miles a minute as he tried to find a solution.
"Well, I guess we just have to spring the trap" Chazz said aloud, the Ojamas look more confused than ever, but Light and Darkness Dragon had a look of surprise on his face. "I feel like this will involve some minor misdirection" "Oh, you're damn right it will. First, I'm gonna need my old Obelisk Blue coat, that'll throw them off track, then, I'm gonna need some kind of mask, something that'll hide my face, I can't be seen" He searched his room, looking for anything that could work, then, he spotted his old Obelisk Blue jacket. It was ripped, it was stained, and it would work perfectly.
"Now here's something that should be able to help mask the Chazz's identity" hanging his coat on the wall, Chazz dons the blue trenchcoat. Looking in the mirror, he smiles, 'Man, this look goes way back, back when I was someone completely different, now I just need a mask' Looking around his room once again, he winced as he saw the one thing he'd hoped was long gone.
His white trench coat lay in a corner of the room, it had been buried under some of his clothes, but it'd been uncovered by his recent searching. He then smirked.
"This is definitely something I should have done when I snapped out of it". He then began to rip the coat into sections, strips, and began to form it into a makeshift hood. Taking a moment to admire his handiwork, Chazz slipped it on, and buttoned up his coat.
"Alright, go time, I have to get my sax, and get out of there. Fast" "Do you have a plan Chazz?" "Yup, improvise".