Ella's Concert

[mokubakaiba]

After hanging out with some of the local kids for a while, Mokuba arrived at the diner to help decorate for Ella’s concert. “Hi everyone,” he greeted, smiling.

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[mokubakaiba]

“It would be awesome if some of them did. But I would hate for them to be here until we figure out how to get rid of the barrier,” Mokuba said.

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah." Radley frowned. "There has to be a way to make it go away. If we knew what caused it, we might be able to reverse it...."

Or that was his hope, at least.

[mokubakaiba]

“Has the barrier always been here or did it just appear one day?” Mokuba asked.

[crystalmaster]

"It sure wasn't always here," Radley sighed. "One night a duel got especially intense and kicked up a lot of energy. People were getting blasted back. That was the first time a duel's effects felt real. The next day, the portal was here and so was the barrier. I'm guessing there's a connection, but we still don't know why the duels started acting up."

[mokubakaiba]

“The intense duel must have opened up something that made a barrier. As for the portal, I don’t have a lot of experience with them other than randomly appearing or being made by a magical object we found,” Mokuba said. “Do you happen to remember who was dueling?”

[crystalmaster]

"I do. But they're both in the mines now." Radley sighed tiredly. "This happened weeks ago.

"A magical object, huh? Like what?"

[mokubakaiba]

“Maybe we could talk to them about the duel. If it’s possible,” Mokuba suggested. “It was a candlestick that we found at a funeral home a while back. The funeral director was using it for self-purposes.”

[crystalmaster]

"Well, we can't talk to my guy," Radley sighed. "We could try to talk to Malcolm's. He's been kind of softening a bit since the conditions in my mine are nice."

He pondered. "I haven't seen any weird candlesticks around here. And that's so random. If it could be a candlestick, it could be almost anything!"

[mokubakaiba]

“Let’s talk to him soon. I just hope he can tell us something,” Mokuba said. “We didn’t even expect to find it until an alternate world had a portal opened up to it.”

[crystalmaster]

"Yeah, we can give it a try. He probably won't know anything, though." Radley sighed.

He gave a dry laugh. "You mean the candlestick suddenly activated by accident?"

[mokubakaiba]

“No. I’ll tell you everything that happened,” Mokuba said. He then explained how an alternate version of one of his dear friends, Lector, had become a vigilante that was named The Purple Avenger to find the rest of his Big 5.

[crystalmaster]

Radley listened. It was a wild and sad story, but it had a happy ending.

"The Big Five, huh? You've got interesting friends. It was impressive how they bounced back from the scandals at KaibaCorp and became the owners of a penguin theme park."

[mokubakaiba]

“I certainly do. I’m grateful they’re in my life and have achieved success,” Mokuba said.

[crystalmaster]

"You're a very forgiving person," Radley remarked. If more people were like that, the world would be much better off.

[mokubakaiba]

“Thank you,” Mokuba said. “Is there anything we need to do to prepare for the concert?”

[crystalmaster]

"Hmm." Radley looked towards the stage. "We should probably dress that up. Do you know how the stage is usually done during the concerts?"

[mokubakaiba]

“Great lighting and some colored ones for effect. Ella likes to have plenty of space to walk around and dance. If a song has a piano in it, like her song My Dearest for example, she plays it,” Mokuba said. “She also likes to make a memorable entrance.”

[crystalmaster]

"We're already set for lights," Radley said. "Does Ella do the choreography and plan her entrances herself?"

[mokubakaiba]

“She usually has someone help her with the choreography and entrances,” Mokuba replied.

[crystalmaster]

"I can do that then," Radley said.

He hadn't actually been planning on this widescale an event, at least not yet. It might be hard to do on such short notice, but he would give it his best.

[mokubakaiba]

“I can help out too if you want,” Mokuba said. “I’ve been to plenty of her concerts.”

[crystalmaster]

"That'd be great," Radley smiled. "Does she do specific dances for each song?"

[mokubakaiba]

“Yes she does,” Mokuba replied. “Back home, Téa helped her out with the dance moves for almost every song.”

[crystalmaster]

"Tea Gardner?" Radley smiled. Tea was an accomplished dancer by his time.

[mokubakaiba]

“Yes. I’ve known Téa ever since the Duelist Kingdom Tournament,” Mokuba replied.