Chapter 3: Searching The Mainframe
Ramsey walked through the front door to see his parents at the kitchen table.
"Ah Ramsey." Ramsey's dad said. "You're just in time for dinner."
"Ok, I'm just gonna make a pit stop by my room real quick." Ramsey said as he walked up the stairs.
Ramsey walked into his room and started up his computer. He got his golden staff out of the closet and set his deck on the table and his backpack on the floor. He sat on his bed and stared at his golden staff. He knew something familiar about the staff but couldn't put his finger on it.
"Ramsey, dinners ready." Ramsey's mom said.
Ramsey went downstairs with the staff in his hand and leaned it on the kitchen wall.
"Ramsey, are you ever going to stop trying to figure out what that is?" Ramsey's mom asked.
"Hey." Ramsey's dad began. "I've seen something like this before."
"Oh yeah." Ramsey said.
"Yeah, it's supposed to be an ancient Egyptian artifact or something." Ramsey's dad replied.
"Ancient Egyptian?" Ramey thought.
He set the staff down and told his parents about his day. He said that Jacob Champion confronted him again and he beat him in a duel just so Jacob would leave him alone. Then he and Michael beat Jacobs's friends for the same reason.
Ramsey finished his dinner and went off to his room with the golden staff in his hand. He sat at his computer and began searching the web for something that could link anything to the staff.
"Lets see, how about, Golden Staff." Ramsey said as he typed it in.
Searching.No results found.
"Damn. How about, Decorative objects."
Searching.No results found.
"Confound it! Ok Ramsey think." Ramsey said to himself.
"Study of Egyptian Artifacts."
Searching.Results found.
Ramsey looked at one of the links. It had an icon similar to the weird eye on the staff so he clicked the link.
"Welcome to the Illusion Industries mainframe." The page read as it came up. "Insert password."
"Illusion Industries? They study these things. Lets see who's their president?" Ramsey thought. "Ah, I remember now, Milell Sennen." Ramsey typed Milell Sennen as the password.
"Logging in.Welcome Milell."
"Figures, the passwords always the name of the president." Ramsey thought.
He looked around the page to see if he could spot something on artifacts and there in the middle left column was the link to The Centennial Items study. Ramsey clicked the link. He looked through the page to see images of the Centennial Items. All the way at the bottom was the Centennial Staff.
"Hey! There it is!" Ramsey said as he clicked the link to the research on the Centennial Staff.
A whole page came up on the Centennial Staff and what Sennen was researching it for.
The page read: In my past studies I've found the Centennial Staff to be the most powerful of the seven, but this is yet to be proven. My Centennial Sword is the most powerful Centennial Item I've been able to study and it has an amazing side affect to its wielder and the person it strikes.
In my past studies of the Centennial Staff I have found that it is part of a key. A key that can only be made when the seven Centennial Items are placed on the same lock and the most powerful of the seven goes into the middle and turns the key and opens the door. What is behind this door I am yet to discover.
In the past my attempts to get all seven Centennial Items have been thwarted by a man named Richard Vaughn. For some reason Vaughn has stopped all of my plans to gather the items and it has come to my attention that he has in his possession, the Centennial Shield. If this continues Vaughn will be dealt with.
The three other Centennial Items I have been able to study however. There is the Centennial Tiara, which has a mysterious ability to see in to the past as well as hundreds of years into the future. The Centennial Crown may find anyone it wishes. And the Centennial Sphere I am yet to figure out but I'm going to.
"Whoa this guy seems a bit hell bent on getting this." Ramsey thought.
Ramsey hit the back button and looked at the home page of Sennen's mainframe. He saw a link called "The Millennium Tournament" on the page so he clicked it.
"Hey, this is that tournament I'm going to next week." Ramsey thought as he looked at the page some more.
Ramsey scrolled down the page and saw some details about the tournament. Its held on an island, which Ramsey already knew. There are nine separate parts on the island. Eight of these areas are closed off from one another and the final area is in the center.
All duelists have one goal, to be the last duelist standing in his or her area and make it with seven others to Millennium Mountain to have the finals of the tournament.
"That's all that it says? Oh well I'd better catch some shut eye for tomorrow." Ramsey said as he shut his computer down and went to sleep.
Guardston: 2 days later.
Ramsey and his dad had just finished putting the last box of stuff in their new house when Ramsey decided to take a walk. Ramsey made it to Guardston Park where he decided to take a breather. He sat down and stared of into space.
Flashback:
Curenga and his friends darted at Ramsey with their fists balled. Ramsey decided to take a chance and run off.
"Ha, he's afraid of us boys. Look at him run like a scared little puppy." Curenga said as he and his friends began to catch up.
But Ramsey wasn't running away he was simply looking for a good sturdy tree. When he found it Curenga and his friends had Ramsey in punching range but were too busy with trying to catch him. Ramsey jamp onto the tree and sprung off in the direction of Curenga and his friends.
His black trench coat fluttered in the wind as Joshua came face to face with Ramsey's size ten and a half. Ramsey darted off again with Curenga and his friends in hot pursuit as Joshua lay on his side holding his face.
Ramsey made a stop with his shoes skidding on the pavement and darted toward another one of Curenga's friends. A thunderous smack echoed through the park as Ramsey collided with Curenga's friend and darted off again.
End Flashback.
Ramsey was awoken by the sound of two children arguing about something stupid. Ramsey got up and started to walk off again when a voice called him from behind.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Regional Champion."
Ramsey could recognize that voice anywhere. "Hello Curenga."
"I thought we ran you out of town after the beating we gave you." Curenga said with his arms crossed.
"You know Curenga I thought it was the other way around." Ramsey said.
"You must have hit that tree too hard." Curenga said.
"So what do you want? Do you want to try to kick my ass again?" Ramsey said.
"Well no actually. I kind of wanted to test my new deck out on you." Curenga said. "Word is it is that your going to be at the Millennium Tournament and I just thought I'd see if your deck changed at all."
"You want to duel huh?" Ramsey said. "Your on. But I don't see to have my deck or my disk right now."
"So how about we just meet here at noon." Curenga said.
"Fine. Noon it is." Ramsey said as he took off for his house.
Ramsey returned to the park at noon to see not only Curenga but also his entire gang of friends there with him.
"Hey Joshua, hows the face?" Ramsey said.
"Are we going to duel or not Keya?" Curenga said impatiently.
"Lets get this show on the road." Ramsey said.
Curenga- 4000 Ramsey- 4000
"I'll go first, and I play Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) and set one M/T face down." Curenga said as he placed his two cards on the field.
"I play the Mystical Space Typhoon to take out your magic or trap card or whatever it is and attack your Celtic Guardian with Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000)"
Curenga- 3700 Ramsey- 4000
"You got away from my trap card, but you wont get away from what I have planned for you. As a matter of fact, I just have to draw two more cards to seal your fate." Curenga said as he began to laugh.
Ramsey walked through the front door to see his parents at the kitchen table.
"Ah Ramsey." Ramsey's dad said. "You're just in time for dinner."
"Ok, I'm just gonna make a pit stop by my room real quick." Ramsey said as he walked up the stairs.
Ramsey walked into his room and started up his computer. He got his golden staff out of the closet and set his deck on the table and his backpack on the floor. He sat on his bed and stared at his golden staff. He knew something familiar about the staff but couldn't put his finger on it.
"Ramsey, dinners ready." Ramsey's mom said.
Ramsey went downstairs with the staff in his hand and leaned it on the kitchen wall.
"Ramsey, are you ever going to stop trying to figure out what that is?" Ramsey's mom asked.
"Hey." Ramsey's dad began. "I've seen something like this before."
"Oh yeah." Ramsey said.
"Yeah, it's supposed to be an ancient Egyptian artifact or something." Ramsey's dad replied.
"Ancient Egyptian?" Ramey thought.
He set the staff down and told his parents about his day. He said that Jacob Champion confronted him again and he beat him in a duel just so Jacob would leave him alone. Then he and Michael beat Jacobs's friends for the same reason.
Ramsey finished his dinner and went off to his room with the golden staff in his hand. He sat at his computer and began searching the web for something that could link anything to the staff.
"Lets see, how about, Golden Staff." Ramsey said as he typed it in.
Searching.No results found.
"Damn. How about, Decorative objects."
Searching.No results found.
"Confound it! Ok Ramsey think." Ramsey said to himself.
"Study of Egyptian Artifacts."
Searching.Results found.
Ramsey looked at one of the links. It had an icon similar to the weird eye on the staff so he clicked the link.
"Welcome to the Illusion Industries mainframe." The page read as it came up. "Insert password."
"Illusion Industries? They study these things. Lets see who's their president?" Ramsey thought. "Ah, I remember now, Milell Sennen." Ramsey typed Milell Sennen as the password.
"Logging in.Welcome Milell."
"Figures, the passwords always the name of the president." Ramsey thought.
He looked around the page to see if he could spot something on artifacts and there in the middle left column was the link to The Centennial Items study. Ramsey clicked the link. He looked through the page to see images of the Centennial Items. All the way at the bottom was the Centennial Staff.
"Hey! There it is!" Ramsey said as he clicked the link to the research on the Centennial Staff.
A whole page came up on the Centennial Staff and what Sennen was researching it for.
The page read: In my past studies I've found the Centennial Staff to be the most powerful of the seven, but this is yet to be proven. My Centennial Sword is the most powerful Centennial Item I've been able to study and it has an amazing side affect to its wielder and the person it strikes.
In my past studies of the Centennial Staff I have found that it is part of a key. A key that can only be made when the seven Centennial Items are placed on the same lock and the most powerful of the seven goes into the middle and turns the key and opens the door. What is behind this door I am yet to discover.
In the past my attempts to get all seven Centennial Items have been thwarted by a man named Richard Vaughn. For some reason Vaughn has stopped all of my plans to gather the items and it has come to my attention that he has in his possession, the Centennial Shield. If this continues Vaughn will be dealt with.
The three other Centennial Items I have been able to study however. There is the Centennial Tiara, which has a mysterious ability to see in to the past as well as hundreds of years into the future. The Centennial Crown may find anyone it wishes. And the Centennial Sphere I am yet to figure out but I'm going to.
"Whoa this guy seems a bit hell bent on getting this." Ramsey thought.
Ramsey hit the back button and looked at the home page of Sennen's mainframe. He saw a link called "The Millennium Tournament" on the page so he clicked it.
"Hey, this is that tournament I'm going to next week." Ramsey thought as he looked at the page some more.
Ramsey scrolled down the page and saw some details about the tournament. Its held on an island, which Ramsey already knew. There are nine separate parts on the island. Eight of these areas are closed off from one another and the final area is in the center.
All duelists have one goal, to be the last duelist standing in his or her area and make it with seven others to Millennium Mountain to have the finals of the tournament.
"That's all that it says? Oh well I'd better catch some shut eye for tomorrow." Ramsey said as he shut his computer down and went to sleep.
Guardston: 2 days later.
Ramsey and his dad had just finished putting the last box of stuff in their new house when Ramsey decided to take a walk. Ramsey made it to Guardston Park where he decided to take a breather. He sat down and stared of into space.
Flashback:
Curenga and his friends darted at Ramsey with their fists balled. Ramsey decided to take a chance and run off.
"Ha, he's afraid of us boys. Look at him run like a scared little puppy." Curenga said as he and his friends began to catch up.
But Ramsey wasn't running away he was simply looking for a good sturdy tree. When he found it Curenga and his friends had Ramsey in punching range but were too busy with trying to catch him. Ramsey jamp onto the tree and sprung off in the direction of Curenga and his friends.
His black trench coat fluttered in the wind as Joshua came face to face with Ramsey's size ten and a half. Ramsey darted off again with Curenga and his friends in hot pursuit as Joshua lay on his side holding his face.
Ramsey made a stop with his shoes skidding on the pavement and darted toward another one of Curenga's friends. A thunderous smack echoed through the park as Ramsey collided with Curenga's friend and darted off again.
End Flashback.
Ramsey was awoken by the sound of two children arguing about something stupid. Ramsey got up and started to walk off again when a voice called him from behind.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't the Regional Champion."
Ramsey could recognize that voice anywhere. "Hello Curenga."
"I thought we ran you out of town after the beating we gave you." Curenga said with his arms crossed.
"You know Curenga I thought it was the other way around." Ramsey said.
"You must have hit that tree too hard." Curenga said.
"So what do you want? Do you want to try to kick my ass again?" Ramsey said.
"Well no actually. I kind of wanted to test my new deck out on you." Curenga said. "Word is it is that your going to be at the Millennium Tournament and I just thought I'd see if your deck changed at all."
"You want to duel huh?" Ramsey said. "Your on. But I don't see to have my deck or my disk right now."
"So how about we just meet here at noon." Curenga said.
"Fine. Noon it is." Ramsey said as he took off for his house.
Ramsey returned to the park at noon to see not only Curenga but also his entire gang of friends there with him.
"Hey Joshua, hows the face?" Ramsey said.
"Are we going to duel or not Keya?" Curenga said impatiently.
"Lets get this show on the road." Ramsey said.
Curenga- 4000 Ramsey- 4000
"I'll go first, and I play Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) and set one M/T face down." Curenga said as he placed his two cards on the field.
"I play the Mystical Space Typhoon to take out your magic or trap card or whatever it is and attack your Celtic Guardian with Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000)"
Curenga- 3700 Ramsey- 4000
"You got away from my trap card, but you wont get away from what I have planned for you. As a matter of fact, I just have to draw two more cards to seal your fate." Curenga said as he began to laugh.