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To put things in as quick of a matter as possible, a lot has happened since my last entry. The day after the events of the Sky Realm, we had our team modification for the Hyper Beams completed-- and we named it the Hyper Beams, after the team name. Pretty in sync, right? So, with these high-powered headlights completed, all they needed was a test run! Naturally, of course, the best thing to do there involved me shining Impavido's Hyper Beams onto the reflective body of Seared Tuner! Or, well, so I thought. Turns out the headlights were bright enough to create a flashbang that got everyone riled up at Mike and I. They've probably all forgotten about it by now, though.
After the successful test, the SCRIM crew pulled us together for another meeting. There was a whole lot to unpack there, notably the fact that we have a name for the groups of racers trying to sabotage us now. That name would be CLYP, and the robotic drivers they've employed have been dubbed the Racing Drones. The Major had a whole data list kinda like this which gave us a confirmation of their roster so far.
From here on out, I'll be calling these vehicles by the names you see in this list, so come back to this post if you ever here me say a hostile car name that you don't recognize, alright? The rest of the meeting went about as you'd expect, with confirmation that an Emergency Driver Return device was being worked on and prepared for installation into our vehicles-- which I can tell is going to be a serious life-saver in the Racing Realms. Or, at least, it went normally enough until Vert brought the Activator Wheel into the room.
As I mentioned in Aligned, the Activator Wheel, when some sort of button on its back is pressed, unveils 5 open slots, one in each quadrant and one in the center. These slots, as we've discovered, serve as a perfect fit for Accelechargers. There's 5 slots. We've won 5 Accelechargers. Put the pieces together, and the next thing you know, once the Accelechargers are slotted in, the Activator Wheel starts floating and glowing an intense multicolored light-- and the boom. It dissolves, and the Wheel of Power's rings start to align. This time, I could've sworn I'd seen a gold glow emanating from the symbols that locked into place...
The ensuing environment was anything but your normal Racing Realm. Using a slightly more advanced-looking version of the Jungle Realm's orange track, we were sent into what looked like a futuristic city, one that looked built solely for car-- the orange track replaced anything resembling a sidewalk, while simultaneously spiraling around buildings, zipping in radical maneuvers, and coiling up into loops and jumps throughout the entire horizon of the metropolis.
It didn't look like the place was populated by any Accelerons-- but up on a tall spire in the center of the city, we certainly found SOMETHING in Hot Wheels City. In case you couldn't tell from the title of the post-- that would be the Wheel of Power itself, which our racers immediately scrambled to race towards, as we approached a four-way split. Even though Mike wasn't officially part of the Hyper Beams yet, Shuvi and I took the same pathway as him-- completely alone, outside of the presence of Noah, decked out in a new coat of paint.
We let Mike onto our team's radio frequency, and took off, trying to keep away from Noah. As we drew closer to the center of the city, however, he wouldn't let up. Needless to say, our rivalry had heated up with 1 million dollars on the line, and mid-clash, I realized... Shuvi and I couldn't just hope to hold him off for a perpetual amount of time. I fell back, and Impavido took the back line on the track in order to take the front line of defense. We were evenly matched, blocking each other's attempts to pass and counter each other, and for a moment, the blinding lights of Hot Wheels City faded out-- replaced by the roar of engines at Watkins Glen International. I had him-- until the Nitrox boost. Trying to pull a fast one on me, Noah was attempting to slingshot past Impavido, but I was having none of it-- blocking him, only for the 300 MPH momentum to send my prized vehicle airborne, tumbling onto the ground on its side with a cracked windshield and shattered driver's side window, not to mention the ruined paint! Noah didn't escape unscathed, though-- outside of picking up damages on his front bumper, I had done my job for my team. They were too far ahead.
All four routes that had branched off were approaching their own tall, steep ramp up to the spire that led to the Wheel of Power at the same time. The racers on each pathway had their own shot at it-- Takane and Kenji were working together from one path, all of Shogun with April in the mix fighting them was on another, and the last route was an all-out war between Brick, Veronica, Suki, and Henry. However, in the end, the superb teamwork of Mike and Shuvi was enough for Trak-Tune to fly off the ramp and for Shuvi to grab the glistening Acceleron artifact!
With a flash of golden light, our vehicles appeared one by one in the sands of the Californian desert, back on Earth-- but for once, nowhere near the exit portal that usually we usually launched out of back into the headquarters. Heck, there wasn't even a portal or Accelecharger for this track! Definitely not your usual Racing Realm. The Wheel of Power was safe and sound now, and my team had pulled through a win for it! Unfortunately, the desert itself was rather uninteresting, outside of one thing--
Whatever that was. Mike and a couple others went up to investigate, and apparently it was entirely wrecked-- but he did find some burnt documents and VHS tapes... Around the same time, this huge Osprey that I've never seen before, and Willem and a bunch of SCRIM guys are in it to retrieve us from this desert and get us back to base. We rolled up into the vehicle, which fortunately was designed to fit all of our cars, and immediately this worker guy tells Mike to fork over the VHS tapes. He refuses, things verbally escalate for at least 5 minutes until he concedes and hands the tapes over. Whatever was up with them, they didn't want us knowing.
Once we were back, apparently Shuvi's car cover had screwed up and she got some metal shards wedged in her arm, so we hardly had any time to celebrate the grand prize of a million dollars before we went to the infirmary together and got that cleaned up and patched up. She fortunately ended up fine-- and in the time it took for me to grab a coffee for her, apparently she recruited Veronica onto the team. I can't say I'm fully opposed, we did kind of plan this out a couple days ago, I just wasn't expecting her to warm up to the idea so soon.
The next day was mostly uneventful at first, as we went to the mall to check out the food court-- where things escalated soon after. In the midst of our normal conversation, ZEEK came in and started talking to us. We were all collectively going to scramble when all of a sudden a GUY IN A PIZZA HUT OUTFIT comes and starts YELLING ABOUT ZEEK and proceeds to UNVEIL HIMSELF AS A POLICE OFFICER. Apparently this whole spat was over a display bagel that the cop had eaten on accident?! Whole thing was crazy. The people that live in this town are crazy. After that, Mike pulled me aside to make a blunt statement-- he was really unsure on what team to pick between and mine and Noah's, because of course, Kyle was working with Noah. Both me and Kyle stood there in deliberation, waiting for Mike to unveil his choice-- before he announced that he'd be working with the Hyper Beams! Just like that, our team was full, and our future was bright as ever.
I have no idea what the Racing Realms have in store for us from here on out. I just know that there's no way the road ahead is ending, even if we have the Wheel of Power. CLYP is still out there, and their robot legion poses a threat to way more than the Racing Realms. You hear that? We've got a job to do. Stop the Drones, get the Accelechargers. And there's no one else I'd rather do that with than the Hyper Beams.
-The Blue Thunderbolt
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Kiria
Glad to know that Shuvi did so well! Good on her.
Yup! Turns out she'd been going through a rough patch lately, but the Hyper Beams and I made sure it got resolved to set her back on her feet. We're all good now.
-The Blue Thunderbolt
by BlueThunderbolt; ; Report
Clancy “Nitro” Bryne
also is that the fucking blonde with the riced yellow truck
What, Super Tuned? Takane's truck? Yeah, it's pretty riced. She's one of the drivers in the midst of things.
-The Blue Thunderbolt
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Clancy “Nitro” Bryne
Sheesh, and I thought Otto’s street gang was dangerous. These CLYP assholes seem like a buncha pricks! Kinda nice rides though, i’ll admit. Anyway, still up for that race you commented earlier about?
...how do you know otto's gang.
by ❀synkroKJ❀; ; Report
You talkin about Von Diesel’s gang? Cause if not, you’re thinkin of the wrong Otto.
by Clancy “Nitro” Bryne; ; Report
At the moment, my confidence is shot, for reasons my next blog post describes. Don't think I'm calling off that race, though. Gimme a week or two and we can settle everything. I'll let you pick the area... if your license ever gets unsuspended, that is!
-The Blue Thunderbolt
by BlueThunderbolt; ; Report
However much prep time you need, take it. As it so happens, I should have my license back in a week-ish. Also- tell that Takane chick to come out and race me as well- I have a score to settle!
by Clancy “Nitro” Bryne; ; Report
EmmaTheCat
It's always a pleasure racing you and Hyper Beams BlueThunderbolt for the wins here. Keep up the good work! You are bound to win one of these races. I just know it!
-EmmaTheCat
Yeah, here's hoping we can get one in the coming days. With how much CLYP has upped the ante, it's gone from a guarantee to an uncertainty way too fast.
-The Blue Thunderbolt
by BlueThunderbolt; ; Report
2012AcuraTSX
Your car turned into an United flight.
Kinda like my team turned into a united duo and completely smoked you in Hot Wheels City, leaving you in the dust. Wouldn't have been possible without my sacrifice.
-The Blue Thunderbolt
by BlueThunderbolt; ; Report
I could give less care to who won, as long as it isn't you.
- You're Not Good Enough For Wright
:)
by 2012AcuraTSX; ; Report
You'll never be good enough for Wright. Yeah, just like you'll never be wright in the thick of things for a win in one of these damn races. Also you lost to a woman. How embarrassing ;)
by EmmaTheCat; ; Report
Unfortunately, Moore, if Shuvi won, the Hyper Beams won. That's a win in my book. Also, Emma, what's with calling out the fact that a woman won? Males and females have equivalent driving potential, their gender doesn't determine who the better racer is. Skill does.
-The Blue Thunderbolt
by BlueThunderbolt; ; Report