the_campus | Screw the intro rules, I have money!

[While all of this was happening Pegasus found himself a seat and crossed his legs casually, leaning back in an office chair momentarily. Kaiba could fiddle with it all he wanted, but if he actually achieved results...Well, that would certainly be something.

Pegasus would've sold him all of the rights to the Blue Eyes on the spot if he found a way to return them home honestly. He would've given a lot to not be confined to this ridiculous school with its absurd rules and even more bizarre rooms.

With measured patience Pegasus looked on and watched as Kaiba worked, before finally rising to join him. My, he was awfully eager wasn't he? On a mission, as they say. All this walking around was going to tire him out, honestly. Still, he managed to rise smoothly and direct him once more.]

This way then, if you please.

[Then much like before, Kaiba is lead to the front desk. As to be expected there were phones, and Kaiba once again pulled out his laptop to connect it directly into the phone jack. It took him a few minutes of fiddling to set everything up, only to prove that this wasn't going to work either. There simply wasn't a connection; that phone line wasn't hooked up to anything externally. It was just a useless wire.

Kaiba almost bangs his hand on his keyboard, but instead just hunches over it as he seethes, leering at the screen. What now? Check every phoneline in the building? Every computer?]

If we want a signal, we're going to have to create our own, Kaiba-boy. You should realize this by now.

[Pegasus said with a somber tone from behind, watching the boy's frustration grow more and more the longer he worked on trying to find some kind of way to get a communication line out.]

Cell phones, computers, and phones here don't seem to amount to much no matter what we do to them...Well, obviously someone doesn't want us to leave.

[Kaiba shuts his laptop once more, though his fiery gaze doesn't lessen in the least.]

I was merely eliminating my options one-by-one.

[He opens his briefcase, sticking the laptop into a compartment at the top.]

If we can't get out the front door, then maybe we can get off from the roof.

[Now this is where Pegasus gets a little lost. Sometimes he couldn't exactly follow Kaiba's train of thought.]

Get off...from the roof? What do you mean?

[Pegasus rose as he determined Kaiba was about to move again, feeling a little more tired from all this unnecessary physical activity. True, he'd had to do a lot of it these past several months but there was no need for it right now.]

I mean we can jump.

[Kaiba heads back out of the room and for the courtyard again. There should be some cables in his jet that they could use to shimmy safely down the side of the building...]

What?! Why would you suggest that? What will that accomplish besides breaking your legs?

[Pegasus scoffed, clearly not seeing how this was going to work at all! How were they supposed to escape from the roof exactly?

But then there Kaiba goes, running off yet again! By this time he's going to start developing a little stitch in his side. Pegasus grumbles but follows along anyhow, keeping up with him by merit of his long stride.]

...You don't seriously think I would jump off, do you? [Pegasus, please, have more faith in him. He's smarter than that.]

I have a cable we can use to shimmy down.

[Kaiba makes a beeline for his jet, opening the cockpit once more and climbing inside to search for said cable. Once he finds it he climbs back down, looping it over his shoulder with a rather determined gaze.

Once they were outside, well...there had to be civilization somewhere around here. It certainly looked that way from his view on the rooftop.]

Well, you just said...Jump. What else am I to think? [Besides, at Duelist Kingdom you almost did jump, but then Pegasus didn't know Kaiba wasn't quite from that time yet.]

Oh. Why don't you work on your choice of words a little and then I won't be so quick to presume.

[He sniffed, anticlimactically, with a bit of a sulk. This wasn't fun for him to deal with. He's not some macho wall-climbing agent, you know. Physical sports and anything to do with that weren't exactly his strong suit. He had people to do that kind of thing for him!

Pegasus sighed, feeling a little like a tagalong at this point, but it's not as though he could rightly help without first knowing what Kaiba wanted to do or had in mind.]

I wasn't exactly a star at the rope in gym class. In fact I never took gym class!

Hm. [That's all he had to say to that as they headed right back for the roof. He didn't sympathize with the other man in the least--this wasn't about comfort, or even being good at it. This was about getting out of here.]

You'll manage.

[Finally, they make it back to the roof. Kaiba crouches down on one knee as he hooks the metal clasp of the cable over one of the legs of an air conditioning unit. Then as he goes to toss said cable over the edge...it hits something mid air and falls back onto the roof.]

...What? [That...couldn't have been the wind. Could it?]

[True, but he had to voice his complaints somehow. And that was just Pegasus' way of filling in the silence that would stay between them otherwise. And just his way, really. Still, if it was between him and freedom, he'd do it.

He does fall silent, fortunately for Kaiba, for a time afterwards, waiting until he spoke again.]

What? What is it?

[Pegasus looked down just in time to see the odd reaction, the repulsion of the cable seemingly by the air itself...Wind? But there wasn't so much as a breeze.]

Ah...Try it again.

[This time Kaiba picks up the cable and walks it over himself, reaching over to drop it over the edge when his hands are suddenly stopped by...something.]

... [He drops the rope suddenly and places his hands on the seemingly invisible wall in front of him and starts to pat it down in such a way it's clear he's feeling a bit panicked.]

There's a wall...

[Pegasus moved besides him, sticking his hand out, and almost pulling back as if burned.]

You're right...It's almost like some kind of illusion that doesn't allow us to see. Can you analyze it?

[Even if he didn't have an internet connection, he should have some kind of program that could do such a thing, right?]

[Composing himself a bit, Kaiba takes a step back, scowling ever so slightly.]

It's probably some sort of electronic force field. There doesn't seem to be any shine, or fingerprint residue for it to be glass...

[Then, deciding to take Pegasus' idea, he opens up his laptop and gets to work. A few minutes later, he comes back with a result.]

...It doesn't see it.

Who would have such sophisticated technology as to orchestrate something of this magnitude? Do you think it could possibly be the work of a professional?

Or maybe even a competitor...

[Pegasus had never given it much thought beyond that, but for a moment it almost seemed as though they were the ones being targeted. But who could create such a thing around an entire school?]

I see. That's a bit disappointing but if it's a force field there has to be some kind of generator or energy output for it, right?

[A competitor...that was Kaiba's first thought. Somebody who wanted him--and Pegasus--out of the picture.]

[He stands up again, looking over the roof. Pegasus was right about one thing...there would have to be a generator. Kaiba had had a similar train of thought himself.]

Yes, but it's probably on the other side of the wall. That, or maybe one of these AC units are just a cover...

[He walks over to one, placing a hand over the vents at the top.]

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Hmm~ Well, it's never a bad thing to check, is it. Illusions might be used here too, I'm presuming. For all we know the school motif could also just be a cover for some kind of facility.

This seems like a bad attempt at conducting a social experiment, to me.

[Pegasus has seen his fair share of both amazing and terrible things, but this was on another level altogether. He wasn't enjoying being abducted from his life any more than Lee or anyone else here was. It was just awful. Kaiba didn't know yet, and he was sorry for that.]

Well, you know...There is a way to pierce or destroy a force field without getting to the generator. If it is even a force field in the way we know of it as.

Kidnapping people for a social experiment--hn. Well, whoever set this up doesn't seem to care about legality anyway.

[Kaiba sets his hand back at his side, looking over at the invisible wall once more.]

[He crosses his arms, thoughtfully considering this.] We would either need to push something into it hard enough to simply break through, or neutralize it with an opposing electric shock.

You're quite right about that Kaiba-boy. The most I can tell you about the supposed perpetrator is that she speaks to us through the intercom apparently remotely.

[Sadly he hasn't come even a little bit closer to discovering who she was or even if she was the only one involved. He shifted his weight from foot to foot as he thought on it carefully.]

We'd need to have enough power to hopefully cause a malfunction but in order to do that we'd need something like an explosion...

[Perhaps there was a way...]

Actually I know someone who might be able to help.

So it's a woman? [Kaiba makes a wry face, but then simply goes back to considering the barrier in front of him.]

An explosion...depending how far this barrier extends, we might not be able to set off a big enough one that won't also put us in danger.

[Still, he's curious who that "someone" might be.] ...And who is that?

I can't rightly say with certainty as I've only heard her voice. She could just be a mere puppet. But she knows how to avoid detection. I believe we're being monitored quite closely.

[He's not the type to name names without reason. Either party could contribute much to this plan of theirs.]

Hmm well. Two people I've met here come to mind actually. A one Mister Lee Chaolan and a Miss Anna Williams. Miss Anna was in possession of a bazooka when we first met. Mister Lee is a scientific-minded individual whose expertise in these matters is quite reliable.

[The first person Kaiba would be getting revenge on then, once he was out of here, was that woman.]

...Pegasus. [He turns after the other man has finished explaining, arms crossed and a slightly disapproving air to him.]

You're telling me you had a bazooka and you never tried to just...break down one of the walls? If I had that, I would be out of here by now!

[Kaiba picks up his things and swiftly heads for the exit.] Let's hurry up and find her then!

Kaiba..You don't understand. We have tried. Do you honestly think we wouldn't have?

[Pegasus shook his head, his expression grave. Explaining this situation was going to be a bit more difficult than he thought.]

We've blown the walls to bits before and it does no good. Somehow it reconstructs itself as if we never even touched it. The building's materials must be somehow made of peculiar substances.

[He stretched out a hand towards him to stop him.]

W-wait! Didn't you hear what I just said? She's most likely speaking to us remotely. Even with a sweep of all the accessible parts of this place no one has found her at all. She's like a ghost.

[Kaiba stops, taking in the other man's words. The walls just...reconstruct themselves? With everything that's happened so far from the fact he thought he was landing at KaibaCorp HQ to the lack of a single working computer or phone, he was starting to feel a bit disorientated.]

...I meant the woman with the bazooka. [He corrects, bringing a hand to his forehead. He was obviously frustrated and at a loss for what he should be doing right now. How can walls simply reconstruct themselves...? Unless this was some sort of illusion, like the Solid Vision, but far more advanced.]

I need somewhere quite to come up with a plan, Pegasus. What's the most secluded area in this building?

Oh, it's enough to get a migraine!

[He reared back dramatically, clutching his head. Don't make him think about his situation anymore, please. It's enough to drive him crazy...]

Screw the intro rules, I have money!

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