The door to the Turtle Game Shop closed behind Chance as it did; she took a few moments to look around at the shelves. All neatly arranged were many many games. Some of chance, others of skill, and most of them unrecognized by her. Moving forward she heard the rustling in the back and asked again. "Is someone here?"
This time her call produced some results as an aging gentleman in bib overalls and a bandanna that held his wild hair in check came out from the back room and smiled at her. "Well hello there. Is there something I can help you with?"
Chance found herself smiling back at the man. He seemed kind and certainly willing to help that she decided to get something even though she didn't bring much money with her. "Yes, I am looking for a couple cards to add to my DM Deck." She shrugged helplessly. "However I don't have much skill in the game and so I have no idea which ones would augment what I have already."
"I see. Well let's take a look at what you have and see if I can't help you pick out a couple cards then?" Solomon held his hand out to her for her deck and after a moment's pause Chance pulled her deck out and handed it over.
"It won't win me any tournaments, but back home I was pretty good. However I have the feeling that if I dueled anyone here in Domino, I'd get creamed." With a slight chuckle she watched as Solomon flipped through the deck quickly.
As Solomon worked his way through her deck, he started to see the basic strategy that she used in her games. There were a few low level cards, but she also had a couple of power house monsters that if she managed to get the right combination, would work in her favor quite a few times. All in all he saw that she had at least constructed a sound basic deck, he knew that he had quite a few cards that would augment what she had.
"For someone who claims to have no skill in the game, you have certainly put together a solid deck. It is no wonder that you were able to handle your competition in whatever town you came from. I take it that not many played where you came from?" The old man asked with a raised eyebrow.
"More probably played than I came across, but by the time I had finished off my friends, no one else wanted to duel me." Smiling slightly she chuckled. "I have a feeling however, that with the presence of Joey Wheeler, Yugi Mutou, and Seto Kaiba in this city, the competition is much more fierce."
Solomon didn't bother to hold in his surprise. "You know about those three? I admit, not knowing about Seto Kaiba after the Battle City Tournament would be even more of a surprise. But how is it that you know that Joey and Yugi are from here?"
"Its pretty common knowledge on the internet where those two are from sir. After Joey came in second place at the Duelist Kingdom tournament from out of nowhere, and to everyone's surprise that Yugi came in first, even beating Pegasus, the internet became a hotbed of rumor and news about those two." Smiling slightly and shrugging she looked at the cards that Solomon had pulled out while she was explaining things.
I believe that all of these cards would help your deck in one way or another Miss..." He trailed off looking for her name.
"Castner, Chance Castner." She spoke her tone somewhat distracted as she looked over the cards carefully. Some were out of her price range; others didn't seem to match what she was looking for. Finally she found a magic card and a monster card that complimented each other, and could be easily worked into any strategy she would come up with.
"Well Miss Castner, you seem to have a good eye for the cards. Perhaps you would be meet with my grandson sometime. I'm sure that he could give you a few pointers if you are interested in improving your game some." Ringing up her purchase, she also bought an expansion pack of cards to see what she might get that might help her deck. Paying for her purchase she had decided that out of all of the people she had a chance to meet today, Yugi and Solomon Mutou were most likely to be the best influence on Mokuba.
"Thank you for your help. I may take you up on your suggestion to meet with your grandson." Nodding slightly she left the store and headed back to her hotel room. The day had been spent and she was looking forward to relaxing a little before looking into the rest of the folio on Mokuba's friends.
Bathed, full and relaxed Chance sat at the desk in her room and started looking at the rest of Mokuba's friends. After reading about Joey and Tristen she wondered why Kaiba didn't hire one of them as a bodyguard. Both were used to street situations and had a history of being a pair of brawlers when the situations got rough. "Interesting. But they must be good people down under that surface, otherwise I don't think that Solomon and Seto would allow Yugi and Mokuba to associate with them."
Deciding to reserve judgment until she had a chance to observe them, Chance finished her bedtime routine and quickly fell asleep.
It was shortly after five in the morning when the phone rang in Chance's hotel room. Groggy yet able to comprehend that it was way to early to be up she picked up the phone. "I left a standing direction that I was not to be disturbed until seven AM at the earliest."
The night manager almost audibly flinched as she made the call but continued. "I'm sorry to disturb you Miss Castner, but there is a woman on the line who is adamant that she speak to you now."
"What is her name?" Eyes still closed she wondered who the caller was that would have gotten the night manager to risk upsetting a guest with an unwelcome call at this hour of the morning.
"She says that her name is Tammy, with the Kaiba Corporation. Will you speak with her?" It was clear that the woman who manned the front desk had seen many famous figures in her tenure as a front desk manager and people had made claims to be from the Kaiba Corporation before.
"Put her through Rene. Tammy would be Seto Kaiba's personal secretary." More awake than she was a few minutes ago, Chance got up and started to make some semblance of being more awake than she already was.
"Yes Ma'am."
As Chance hung up the phone, a moment later it rang again. This time with the transferred call to her room. Picking up the phone she spoke, pleased that the sleepy slur that had been present in her voice when Rene had called up was gone. "This is Chance."
"Thank you for taking the call this morning Miss Castner. I know its early, but one of the applicants has had to leave Domino due to a family emergency and will not be able to follow through with the rest of the application process. As you had mentioned that you didn't really have a set schedule during your stay in Domino you became the first on the list to call in case something like this should happen."
"You need me to take on Mokuba today instead of two days from now correct?"
"That is correct. The other applicants will be notified of the schedule change and those that were to follow after you will be moved up one day to compensate for the change in schedule. Will you be able to handle this?" Unlike Seto, Tammy was rather personable and Chance liked her.
"Sure, I don't see where that will be a problem. When and where will I need to be to get the last information for the test?" Chance picked up the pen and pad that was sitting by the phone and started to write information down, including what she was going to have to change for the day and what she was going to have to wear.
"If you will come down to the main office building at about two O'clock, check in with the guards at the front desk. Standing orders will be left that you will be allowed to bypass most of the security measures. I will come down to get you and lead you up to Mister Kaiba's office so he can brief you on what little else there is needed."
Chance grinned, she knew that she would be subjected to the search, but this time she had a feeling that she would be allowed to keep her weapons that she had to leave in the care of the security guards at the front of the building the last time she had been there.
Having an idea of what to expect of the security check at Kaiba Corp, she had her information ready as she walked in. One of the guards recognized her from the last time she had been there and gave her a slight smile of recognition and apology, as he had been the most vocal in their last meeting over the disposition of her berretta. She had been cleared for the main offices and when Tammy called down that morning to give the instructions they had all complied with out question. For Tammy was, in her own way, as bad as Seto Kaiba once crossed.
Looking around a bit more, she smiled slightly as she recognized the head office assistant coming down the hallway. Casually waving to the guards she moved with Tammy. "Anything I should know other than what I was told in the Fax?"
Tammy shook her head. "Not to my knowledge, but this is Seto Kaiba we are talking about. He will undoubtedly have some sort of extra instruction. He always does."
Chance chuckled softly before they stepped out of the elevator on the top floor. Stepping over to the desk Chance stood to one side while Tammy picked up the phone and spoke briefly. Looking up at Chance she nodded. "Go on in, he's been expecting you."
As Chance passed the desk, Tammy risked an unprofessional smile. Seto was going to be in for a bit of a surprise. Chance's outfit for the day bordered on something that the other teenaged girls would wear after school. But still her hair will pulled up and back in a variant of the bun, pulling the sides back to pin them, leaving the greater part of the hair loose and falling down her back.
Stepping into the office she closed the door behind her and then looked at the young CEO across the room from her. "Nice to see you again. Anything I need to know for today?"
Seto's eyebrow twitched upwards, whether in surprise or annoyance was anyone's guess. "You will want this, since you expressed an interest in having a comlink to me or someone I trust to make a decision about Mokuba. This will stay on at all times, however there is a mute setting that will allow for less distraction."
Standing and handing her the small earpiece, she was surprised that it looked much like an earring and ear cuff. Once it was in place the elder Kaiba smirked.
"Don't look so surprised, you aren't the only female on my staff and those in the security branch have told me that they are noticed less when they don't have the traditional comlink."
Once the basic functions of the comlink were explained Seto got down to more business. "You should have just enough time to get to Mokuba's school, the administration there knows that you are coming to get him this afternoon. I don't think I need to tell you how to do your job. Not if you are half as competent as you appear to be."
Chance cocked an eyebrow at him. "I think I'll choose to take that as a compliment mister Kaiba." She said in a wry tone. "If that is all?"
Seto nodded sharply, his hard eyes boring into hers almost with the verbal message of 'If he isn't safe and unharmed by the end of tonight I'll make your life a living nightmare.'
Chance did not flinch under the gaze, instead turned and left the office. Waving to Tammy as she passed the office assistant's desk she made her way out of the building and from there to the school.
It was a short walk and with it being a nice day, she jogged the few blocks till she sat across from the school entrance. Looking at her watch she smiled, she still had a few minutes, time to get her bearings.
This time her call produced some results as an aging gentleman in bib overalls and a bandanna that held his wild hair in check came out from the back room and smiled at her. "Well hello there. Is there something I can help you with?"
Chance found herself smiling back at the man. He seemed kind and certainly willing to help that she decided to get something even though she didn't bring much money with her. "Yes, I am looking for a couple cards to add to my DM Deck." She shrugged helplessly. "However I don't have much skill in the game and so I have no idea which ones would augment what I have already."
"I see. Well let's take a look at what you have and see if I can't help you pick out a couple cards then?" Solomon held his hand out to her for her deck and after a moment's pause Chance pulled her deck out and handed it over.
"It won't win me any tournaments, but back home I was pretty good. However I have the feeling that if I dueled anyone here in Domino, I'd get creamed." With a slight chuckle she watched as Solomon flipped through the deck quickly.
As Solomon worked his way through her deck, he started to see the basic strategy that she used in her games. There were a few low level cards, but she also had a couple of power house monsters that if she managed to get the right combination, would work in her favor quite a few times. All in all he saw that she had at least constructed a sound basic deck, he knew that he had quite a few cards that would augment what she had.
"For someone who claims to have no skill in the game, you have certainly put together a solid deck. It is no wonder that you were able to handle your competition in whatever town you came from. I take it that not many played where you came from?" The old man asked with a raised eyebrow.
"More probably played than I came across, but by the time I had finished off my friends, no one else wanted to duel me." Smiling slightly she chuckled. "I have a feeling however, that with the presence of Joey Wheeler, Yugi Mutou, and Seto Kaiba in this city, the competition is much more fierce."
Solomon didn't bother to hold in his surprise. "You know about those three? I admit, not knowing about Seto Kaiba after the Battle City Tournament would be even more of a surprise. But how is it that you know that Joey and Yugi are from here?"
"Its pretty common knowledge on the internet where those two are from sir. After Joey came in second place at the Duelist Kingdom tournament from out of nowhere, and to everyone's surprise that Yugi came in first, even beating Pegasus, the internet became a hotbed of rumor and news about those two." Smiling slightly and shrugging she looked at the cards that Solomon had pulled out while she was explaining things.
I believe that all of these cards would help your deck in one way or another Miss..." He trailed off looking for her name.
"Castner, Chance Castner." She spoke her tone somewhat distracted as she looked over the cards carefully. Some were out of her price range; others didn't seem to match what she was looking for. Finally she found a magic card and a monster card that complimented each other, and could be easily worked into any strategy she would come up with.
"Well Miss Castner, you seem to have a good eye for the cards. Perhaps you would be meet with my grandson sometime. I'm sure that he could give you a few pointers if you are interested in improving your game some." Ringing up her purchase, she also bought an expansion pack of cards to see what she might get that might help her deck. Paying for her purchase she had decided that out of all of the people she had a chance to meet today, Yugi and Solomon Mutou were most likely to be the best influence on Mokuba.
"Thank you for your help. I may take you up on your suggestion to meet with your grandson." Nodding slightly she left the store and headed back to her hotel room. The day had been spent and she was looking forward to relaxing a little before looking into the rest of the folio on Mokuba's friends.
Bathed, full and relaxed Chance sat at the desk in her room and started looking at the rest of Mokuba's friends. After reading about Joey and Tristen she wondered why Kaiba didn't hire one of them as a bodyguard. Both were used to street situations and had a history of being a pair of brawlers when the situations got rough. "Interesting. But they must be good people down under that surface, otherwise I don't think that Solomon and Seto would allow Yugi and Mokuba to associate with them."
Deciding to reserve judgment until she had a chance to observe them, Chance finished her bedtime routine and quickly fell asleep.
It was shortly after five in the morning when the phone rang in Chance's hotel room. Groggy yet able to comprehend that it was way to early to be up she picked up the phone. "I left a standing direction that I was not to be disturbed until seven AM at the earliest."
The night manager almost audibly flinched as she made the call but continued. "I'm sorry to disturb you Miss Castner, but there is a woman on the line who is adamant that she speak to you now."
"What is her name?" Eyes still closed she wondered who the caller was that would have gotten the night manager to risk upsetting a guest with an unwelcome call at this hour of the morning.
"She says that her name is Tammy, with the Kaiba Corporation. Will you speak with her?" It was clear that the woman who manned the front desk had seen many famous figures in her tenure as a front desk manager and people had made claims to be from the Kaiba Corporation before.
"Put her through Rene. Tammy would be Seto Kaiba's personal secretary." More awake than she was a few minutes ago, Chance got up and started to make some semblance of being more awake than she already was.
"Yes Ma'am."
As Chance hung up the phone, a moment later it rang again. This time with the transferred call to her room. Picking up the phone she spoke, pleased that the sleepy slur that had been present in her voice when Rene had called up was gone. "This is Chance."
"Thank you for taking the call this morning Miss Castner. I know its early, but one of the applicants has had to leave Domino due to a family emergency and will not be able to follow through with the rest of the application process. As you had mentioned that you didn't really have a set schedule during your stay in Domino you became the first on the list to call in case something like this should happen."
"You need me to take on Mokuba today instead of two days from now correct?"
"That is correct. The other applicants will be notified of the schedule change and those that were to follow after you will be moved up one day to compensate for the change in schedule. Will you be able to handle this?" Unlike Seto, Tammy was rather personable and Chance liked her.
"Sure, I don't see where that will be a problem. When and where will I need to be to get the last information for the test?" Chance picked up the pen and pad that was sitting by the phone and started to write information down, including what she was going to have to change for the day and what she was going to have to wear.
"If you will come down to the main office building at about two O'clock, check in with the guards at the front desk. Standing orders will be left that you will be allowed to bypass most of the security measures. I will come down to get you and lead you up to Mister Kaiba's office so he can brief you on what little else there is needed."
Chance grinned, she knew that she would be subjected to the search, but this time she had a feeling that she would be allowed to keep her weapons that she had to leave in the care of the security guards at the front of the building the last time she had been there.
Having an idea of what to expect of the security check at Kaiba Corp, she had her information ready as she walked in. One of the guards recognized her from the last time she had been there and gave her a slight smile of recognition and apology, as he had been the most vocal in their last meeting over the disposition of her berretta. She had been cleared for the main offices and when Tammy called down that morning to give the instructions they had all complied with out question. For Tammy was, in her own way, as bad as Seto Kaiba once crossed.
Looking around a bit more, she smiled slightly as she recognized the head office assistant coming down the hallway. Casually waving to the guards she moved with Tammy. "Anything I should know other than what I was told in the Fax?"
Tammy shook her head. "Not to my knowledge, but this is Seto Kaiba we are talking about. He will undoubtedly have some sort of extra instruction. He always does."
Chance chuckled softly before they stepped out of the elevator on the top floor. Stepping over to the desk Chance stood to one side while Tammy picked up the phone and spoke briefly. Looking up at Chance she nodded. "Go on in, he's been expecting you."
As Chance passed the desk, Tammy risked an unprofessional smile. Seto was going to be in for a bit of a surprise. Chance's outfit for the day bordered on something that the other teenaged girls would wear after school. But still her hair will pulled up and back in a variant of the bun, pulling the sides back to pin them, leaving the greater part of the hair loose and falling down her back.
Stepping into the office she closed the door behind her and then looked at the young CEO across the room from her. "Nice to see you again. Anything I need to know for today?"
Seto's eyebrow twitched upwards, whether in surprise or annoyance was anyone's guess. "You will want this, since you expressed an interest in having a comlink to me or someone I trust to make a decision about Mokuba. This will stay on at all times, however there is a mute setting that will allow for less distraction."
Standing and handing her the small earpiece, she was surprised that it looked much like an earring and ear cuff. Once it was in place the elder Kaiba smirked.
"Don't look so surprised, you aren't the only female on my staff and those in the security branch have told me that they are noticed less when they don't have the traditional comlink."
Once the basic functions of the comlink were explained Seto got down to more business. "You should have just enough time to get to Mokuba's school, the administration there knows that you are coming to get him this afternoon. I don't think I need to tell you how to do your job. Not if you are half as competent as you appear to be."
Chance cocked an eyebrow at him. "I think I'll choose to take that as a compliment mister Kaiba." She said in a wry tone. "If that is all?"
Seto nodded sharply, his hard eyes boring into hers almost with the verbal message of 'If he isn't safe and unharmed by the end of tonight I'll make your life a living nightmare.'
Chance did not flinch under the gaze, instead turned and left the office. Waving to Tammy as she passed the office assistant's desk she made her way out of the building and from there to the school.
It was a short walk and with it being a nice day, she jogged the few blocks till she sat across from the school entrance. Looking at her watch she smiled, she still had a few minutes, time to get her bearings.