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Phan Cam: The Unexpected Heist

>The Hub. After taking the heart of Sheriff Johnson and Oracle and Violet starting college, we finally have time to keep our promise to the Scorchers and Battle Force 5 to help them reopen the portal of Highway 35 and bring back the World Race.

>We were all gathered together waiting for Oracle’s fellow hackers to make contact.

Me and Sophia have made the necessary precautions just in case the Silencerz attempt to trace us if we are caught.

Good, Sage. We’ll need it.

I just hope the Silencerz don’t realize that the ones hacking them are the people they had to deal with in the past.

Don’t worry. Something tells me they never had to deal with a hacker like me before.

Really? What makes you any different?

Oracle: Ever heard of Medjed?

The hacktivist group? Yeah. Why do you ask?

Brace yourselves. I was the founder.

Scorchers and Battle Force 5: (in shock) WHAT!!!?

You’re Medjed? I can’t believe it. I actually followed their work. Though, I thought how Medjed was doing these days seemed a bit odd. Now I know why. Other hackers were impersonating you. But now, I’m meeting the real Medjed!

Oracle: I was the real Medjed. That was a long time ago. I’m Alibaba now. But Oracle is good, too.

RING! RING!

Oracle: Speaking of Alibaba...

Incoming call from three unknown callers.

Oracle: Patch them in.

>Three holographic screens pop open.

Oracle: Hey you guys, long time no see!

Hey, Alibaba! Still rockin’ the headphones! I like that!

Still loud as ever, Yu-ichi.

Somethings never change, huh, Six?

Six: Yeah, nice to see you again, too, Lunch.

So you’re Fu- I mean, Alibaba’s fellow hackers.

Lunch: Yeah, nice to meetcha. You can just call me Lunch.

Six: I’m called Six.

Yu-ichi: And I’m Yu-ichi.

Six: Which is not much of a hacker name since it’s your real first name.

Yu-ichi: But it’s clever. No one would ever suspect that my hacker name is my real name.

Oracle: Okay, guys, stay with me.

Yu-ichi: Sorry. Hey, are the others coming, too? Spooky? Hitomi? And... what’s-his-name? (Gee, it’s been a long time, so I forgot his name.)

Lunch: They’ve been through enough already. Best to leave them out of this. So, why did you bring us back together?

Oracle: Nothing much. Just hacking into a secret organization’s databanks.

Yu-ichi: (laughing a bit) That’s all? That’s like the easiest thing there is. Give us a bigger challenge.

Six: (a little anxious) Get serious. We don’t even know anything about this secret organization.

Oracle: I’ll tell you about it.

RING! RING!

Oracle: Soon. Right now, our next hackers are calling in.

>Another screen opens.

Are we fashionably late?

I think that’s suppose to be my line.

Oracle: Nope. You four are right one time.

Alright! Let’s get this party started!

Hold on, comrade. I get there feeling there are more guests coming.

Indeed there are.

RING! RING!

Queen: That should be him.

>Another screen appears.

Here I am. Did I miss anything?

Queen: No, Forge san, you made it right on time.

Hold on! You’re Forge of the X-Men. Peter told me about you.

For real? Harry, Makoto, and Captain America told me about him, too.

Joker: And Adi told me.

Mixer: (in awe) Holy- It’s really Forge! Dude, I’m one of your biggest fans.

Joule: Come sono io.

Forge: Thanks. It good to meet a fan and a colleague. Un piacere di conoscerti. Y tú también.

Makoto, how do you know Forge?

Queen: Do you remember that Inhuman student from the school festival? The one who said her friend is a mutant? I looked into those students. The mutant student was visited by Dr. Hank McCoy. Forge san just happened to have come with him.

Forge: We wanted to talk to her before she and her friends left for Attilan. We wanted to make sure that she’ll be ready to go up us or her parents worrying about her getting M-Pox if she’s exposed to the Terrigen Mist. We also wanted to let her know that she’ll always have place with the X-Men.

Joker: That’s good to hear.

I thought you left the X-Men so you could do your own thing.

Forge: I still help them from time to time. Mostly with mutants who’ve just come into their powers.

Queen: I know what you mean. I had to go through Scott Summers and almost the rest of the X-Men to contact you.

Forge: And I still can’t believe you decided to ask me and had to go through all that just to do it.

It was either you or the other Forge. The one who still maintains his youthful appearance from being stuck in another dimension for many years.

Forge: Yes, I know who you’re talking about. I’ve met my Fellow Forge many times. A little rambunctious, but he’s a good person. I even asked him with help on some projects. Including this one I’ve been working on.

>Forge hold some kind of metallic helmet along with his phone which had an app open with the lets “c” and “p”.

Forge: I call it Cerebro Portable. Me and my Fellow Forge created it to help telepaths find mutants within a hundred mile radius. Especially ones who just got into their powers. But it’s not finished yet.

Yu-ichi: Really? How so?

Forge: We tried to design it based on the original concept for the original Cerebro. There’s just one problem.

Sophie: And what’s that?

Forge: There are only two people I know who know more about Cerebro than any and that would be the original creators. Professor Charles Xavier, but he won’t awaken from his coma for eight more years. The other is... Erik Lehnsherr.

Magneto.

Forge: That’s right. And I’m not about to go all the way to Genosha just to ask him to help me create something that he, himself, could use to find mutant to recruit into the Brotherhood or his mutant army. So it may be a while. Hopefully Professor Xavier will be awake by then. But for now, I’ll just settle with getting help from my Fellow Forges.

RING! RING!

Forge: Speaking of which.

>Another screen opens.

Sorry for the wait. Just finishing up with Kurt and the others.

Forge san! It’s been too long.

Queen: Yes, it has.

Forge: I didn’t want to leave him out of it, so I invited him to help out, too.

Other Forge: I’m willing to do what I can.

Joule: I think we’re going to have some confusion here.

Six: Yeah, how do we address one of you?

Other Forge: Well, my Fellow Forge came here first, so I guess we can call him Forge 1. I’ll be fine with being called Forge 2.

Yeti: If that works, we’ll take it.

How did you two meet Forge 2?

Queen: (unsure) Well...

Noir: (smiling) I can tell you. It all started...

>Flashback.

>The streets of Shibuya in the summer before the pandemic. A fast car was driving up wildly. Queen and Noir were coming back from grocery shopping... and Noir was behind the wheel.

Haru, please be careful! These eggs are for a special meal Sis is making tonight.

It’ll be alright. I think I’ve had a lot of improvement.

>The car was zooming around while people try to back off. Suddenly, someone accidentally fell into the street.

LOOK OUT!!!

>The car was about to hit the young man on the street... But it didn’t. The car suddenly was floating in the air. Queen and Noir looked to see that the young man they nearly hit had some kind of device that was creating some kind of gravity field.

Wow! Good thing I came here to show my new anti-gravity generator for situations like this. Hope you girls have your reentry cushions checked.

>End of flashback.

Mona: (unsurprised) That makes sense.

Noir: We exchanged information and we’ve known each other since.

Forge 2: And your eggs were even safe.

Forge 1: And how did that anti-gravity generator work out?

Forge 2: They said they’ll thank about it.

Translation: You were rejected.

Forge 2: Yeah, I figured.

Noir: Why would they? It’s a great invention. It really helped us.

Forge 2: Good question. Either because their minds are too slow or small to handle how advanced my inventions are, or... Well, you know.

Vert: Because you’re a mutant. Now that’s just unfair.

Forge 2: Sounds like you know the feeling.

Vert: (a small smile) Let’s just say, I have secrets of my own.

>For a moment, a small light formed in Vert’s hand which quickly vanished just as I saw something move on his back behind his uniform... I wonder.

RING! RING!

Oracle: Sounds like another fellow hacker’s here.

>Another screen opens.

I’m here and ready for anything.

Joker: Glad you can join us, Player.

Wayne: Yeah, how are things back up there, eh? I haven’t been back in awhile.

Player: Well, things are still quiet because of the pandemic. Other than that, everything’s great.

Joker: And speaking of of how things are, how’s Red chan doing?

WARNING: Spoilers for Carmen Sandiego ahead.

Yeah, ever since V.I.L.E. went down in flames and Zack and Ivy joined A.C.M.E., she’s been pretty quite.

Player: She’s fine. She finally found her mom, but she hasn’t said anything else. But I’m sure we’ll learn more soon. For now, I’ll see what I can do. Thanks again for inviting me.

Oracle: We’re gonna need all the hackers we can get.

Yu-ichi: I know. Hackers are getting younger and younger these days.

Six: (whisper) And yet you ack like you’re getting younger and younger... Don’t change, man.

Player: (smiling) Hey, the Spookies. Nice to meet you. You’re actually one of the reasons I was inspired to become a hacker.

Lunch: Really. That’s good. Of course, our reason for hacking is probably much different than ours.

Player: Pretty much.

Wolf: (a bit surprised) Hold on! Spookies? I thought you three were familiar. I should have realized that when you said Spooky, real name Masahiro Sakura.

Queen: Now that you mentioned it, I think I remember my father talk about a case from another part of Japan. I didn’t think much of it at the time and completely forgot about it.

Yu-ichi: So you know about that? I wonder what he’s doing now. He disbanded our group after some stuff happened and he left to find himself.

Lunch: I’m sure we’ll see him again soon.

Six: Same here. I sort of miss him and the others.

RING! RING!

Sophie: We have another one.

>Another screen opens.

I just finished my start-of-term homework, now I’m all free.

Joker: So glad you could join us, Adi. I just hope the Future Avengers won’t be called away anytime soon.

Adi: No, things have been relatively slow lately, so I think we’re good. But just in case, Mr. Stark and Cap want us on stand by.

Skull: I’m sure it’s nothing you, Makoto, and the others can’t handle.

Adi: I’m sure, too.

Joker: Thanks for helping us, little-brother-may-become-son.

Adi: You’re welcome, big-brother-may-become-father.

>I can sense I made Adi happy inviting him here.

Rank Up!

Confidant: Codec

Arcana: 3

Ability: Technical Act Type 2

Delivers the same effect as Technical Act but to a much greater extent.

RING! RING!

>Another screen opens.

All set and ready to go!

*Chirp*

Oracle: Welcome to the party, Conor. You, too, Chim-Chim.

Mixer: Is that a robot monkey?

Conor: Yeah, I’m allergic to most furs, so I designed him.

Forge 2: Whoa! Robotic technology sure has changed since 1978.

Conor: What do you mean by that?

Forge 1: It’s a long story.

There are so many hackers here.

Joker: I know, it reminds me of that movie Oracle showed us.

Oracle: Yeah, Angelina san was a treasure in Hackers Jackers.

Yeah. So, is that everyone?

Forge 2: Not quite. I have a feeling... that we have a couple more to go.

RING! RING!

Mona: You bet.

>Another screen opens.

Have you guys been waiting long?

Oracle: Just a little.

Thanks for inviting us. We’ve hadn’t had much to do since what happened on Eternia. I guess now that most of the evil of the universe, particularly Lotor, has been defeated, business for the Voltron Force has been a bit slow.

Really? That’s a shame. I’m sure something will come up soon.

Pidge: Well, it’s not totally slow. We do get the occasional bully or mad conqueror. Though, it’s not really the same.

Forge 2: Don’t give up. You guys will see real action again someday.

Pidge: Thanks, Forge-Of-My-Dreams. But for now, the only real action we’ve seen is in our dreams. Like how I dream that I’m some kid with heel problem fighting monsters from Greek Mythology or a pirate kid with a very pirate family or some kid with magical slugs.

Joker: That’s all?

Pidge: Pretty much. But I haven’t been having more actiony dreams. There were two others, but they’re gone for some reason. Though, one of them I’m glad is gone. But the other one I really miss.

Forge 2: Yeah, I think I know. But, you still have me... and our last hacker.

Vert: (confused) Our last hacker?

Queen: Vince isn’t the last hacker we’re expecting?

Vince: No, but Pidge says he knows about him.

Then he knows that he’s just as smart as I am.

RING! RING!

That should be him now.

>Another screen opens.

Sherman: About time. We were afraid you weren’t coming at all.

Yeah, I kinda forgot until I took a siesta and these two reminded me. (he nods to Forge 2 and Pidge)

Pidge: You’re welcome.

Vert: (a bit suspicious) You seem familiar... You wouldn’t happen to know a teen alien who sounds like I used to when I was his age and is accompanied by a little alien robot that sound like you, would you?

Hi-Tech Young Man: (smiling) Maybe.

Spinner: Everyone, this is our cousin, Roberto Martinez. We call him Berto for short.

Berto: Hola, nice to meet you.

Six: Great, now we’ve got three headphones.

Hey, respect the headphones, man!

Mixer: Yeah, dude, don’t start dissin’ the phones.

Yu-ichi: Besides, you’re the one whose only mode of transportation is a skateboard... BTW, you still use for that?

Six: (blushing a bit) ... Maybe... Okay, so I’m still a long ways from getting that fancy sports car I’ve wanted. Business at our family’s store is rather slow these days. Even more since the pandemic hit. But I’m not giving up.

Berto: Hey, no shame in still skateboarding at your age. Look at me. I’m close to your age and I still do it.

Six: Easy for you to say, you look like you have a car. Most likely a high tech one at that.

Berto: Ture, I have a couple, but nothing beats a deck. Plus, it’s good for the environment.

Six: I guess that’s good to hear.

Wolf: So, is that everybody here, or are we expecting more?

Skull: Let me check. Yo, is anybody expectin’ anybody!?

Panther: Well, I did thought about asking Tecna for help, but I don’t want to get her or the Winx in trouble with the Silencerz, so she’s out. But I’ll call her if anything happens.

Skull: Then yup, that’s everyone!

Vert: Now that our team’s been assembled, let’s get on it. Now, I bet most of you are wondering why you’re here. Well, for that... I turn things over to my dad. Take it away, pops.

Thanks, Vert. You’re here because we might have a way to bring back one of the greatest inter-dimensional races ever. However, the secrets to that are locked away in the Silencerz’ mainframe. Your mission, should you choose to accept it (I’ve always wanted to say that), is to hack into their mainframe. In the mainframe, you must find a file containing the research data of the late Dr. Peter Tezla. But be warned, the Silencerz will try every hacker defense trick in the book: Firewalls, anti-virus software, encrypted passwords, security algorithms, even their own viruses and malware. If you do managed to get in and find the file, you have exactly 15 minutes to copy it before the failsafe kicks in.

Adi: Failsafe?

Jack: 15 minutes after the file’s been hacked, said file will delete itself permanently to prevent further hacking.

Forge 1: But if the Silencerz try everything to stop us, it’s going to be hard to get past all that. I think this is going to be much different than hacking into MRD tech.

Sophie: Luckily, that’s where I come in.

>The hackers on the screens (except for Adi, Player, Conor, and Chim-Chim) where confused until Sophie vanishes and reappears on the main screen.

Vince: (surprised) Holy!!!

Pidge: (smiling) I had a feeling that was no ordinary girl.

Yu-ichi: Amazing. An AI with it’s own ego... I wonder if I should tell my cousin Tokita about this.

Sophie: I am Sophia, humanity’s companion. I am going to help you all with whatever I can. That includes hacking into the Silencerz’ mainframe.

Mixer: You know, we have an AI of our own.

Sophie: You do?

??-??: A! I! S! H! A! We! Are! AISHA! ... Sorry, I couldn’t help it.

Sophie: So you must be M.A.Y.H.E.M.’s AI.

Call me In-Su.

Oracle: Didn’t I see you as part of an opening act for August Gaunt?

In-Su: With my sisters, yes. But that was a long time ago. I’m with M.A.Y.H.E.M. now. I mainly help Friday, Mixer, Gremlin, Joulie, and Safeword with cybernetic things, but I have done on-the-field missions... If the field is in Cyberspace.

Sophie: That’s good to hear. Nice to meet you. I guess we will be working together. I look forward to our mission together.

In-Su: I so will I, sachon*.

*”Sachon” is Korean for “cousin”.

Conor: Hey, if you’re gonna do something like this, me and Chim-Chim want to go into the virtual world.

Chim-Chim: *chirp chirp*

Lunch: You can do that?

>Conor shows he has some VR equipment.

Lunch: I guess that works.

>Conor connects the VR headset to his computer and Chim-Chim connects to it as well. Within moments, they were jacked in and something appears on the main screen with Sophie and In-Su.

Conor: Alright, all buffed up and ready for action! (begins singing) Here they come. Here comes Conor and his monkey, Chim-Chim.

>We all just stare... Which of us will be the first to ask?

Six: Oh, god. And why do they both of mustaches?

Vince: I’m guessing to match.

Yu-ichi: (smiling) I kinda like it. It’s actually quite clever.

Conor: (satisfied) Ha, I knew it! Take that, Lucy.

Pidge: Go with what works for you.

Jack: True. But remember what I said, the Silencerz will do whatever it takes to protect its secrets. I should know, I used to be the leader.

Vert: I wonder who took after you when you left.

Jack: (looking a bit down) Vert... I think you have pretty good idea.

Vert: I... I see. Well, we’ll still be able pull this off we work together.

We will. We can do this.

Vert: Thanks, Ren.

Jack: Again, I have to warn you, the Silencerz don’t play around. This is your last chance to back out. If you do, I won’t blame you.

>The other hackers were showing some doubt. No doubt they were thinking about what Jack said... However, their doubt quickly fades.

Player: Our friends wouldn’t have called us here if they didn’t we could handle the risk. We trust them.

Safeword: He’s right. They even helped M.A.Y.H.E.M. with a little something. Time to repay the favor.

Conor: Same with me, Chim-Chim, and our friends.

Vince: And us, too.

Lunch: I know this is the first time we’re meeting Alibaba’s friends, but we will help them.

Adi: Me and the other Future Avengers trust Ren, Yusuke, and the others.

Forge 1: We also just met, but we trust you.

Forge 2: Yeah.

Berto: (curious) Espeda, M.A.Y.H.E.M.? Racer Academy? And Arus? Aren’t those the places the Phantom Thieves... You know what? Never mind. I don’t wanna know.

Taro: (smiling a bit) Good. I don’t think you could keep your mouth shut.

Six: Look, what we’re trying to say is that we’re in. We’ll help you.

Jack: (with a look of gratitude) Thank you all.

Taro: Good luck, you guys. The fate of the World Race and Highway 35 is in your hands.

No pressure or anything.

Six: Believe me, we’ve seen through demons in a cybernetic world.

Safeword: Fight an evil organization everyday.

Player: What Safeword said.

Adi: Ditto, with a side of other villains.

Conor: I think we can handle it.

Vert: (smiling) Then let’s get to it!

Oracle: I’ve already got a lock on the mainframe. Ready when you are.

Conor: Ready as we’ll ever be.

>With that, Chim-Chim transforms into a motorcycle and Conor gets on.

In-Su: How are we suppose to keep up with that?

Oracle: Leave that to me.

>Oracle programs something into her laptop and something appears on the main screen.

What in the world!?

Oracle: I hope you don’t mind. I just thought we’d go with something more appropriate. This Johanna pretty much has all the things the original has for extra protection. Sophia, you’re driving. In-Su, I’m adding a side car for you.

>Oracle types something on her computer and a side car appears on Cyber Johanna. Sophie switches to her Phantom Thief attire.

Are you ready, In-Su chan?

In-Su: (now wearing a purple helmet with M.A.Y.H.E.M.’s fleur-de-lis which was blue on it) Ready.

Conor: Then let’s get going!

>With that, Sophie and In-Su get on Cyber Johanna and they, along with Conor and Chim-Chim, ride off.

>A little later, we were at the mainframe of the Silencerz. It was shaped like a giant tower with the Silencerz’ logo on it.

Sophie: This must be it.

Yu-ichi: You can already tell that they’re hiding something here.

Forge 2: And we’ll find out those secrets soon enough. Time to get to work.

Lunch: Let’s see what we’ve got here.

>Lunch begins hacking into the first line of protection.

>Meanwhile in the Silencerz’ Headquarters in an unknown location, an alarm goes off in the computer room.

We have a problem. Call #1.

>Almost immediately, another Silencer comes in.

What is it, #2? What happened?

Silencer #2: Someone is trying to hack into our mainframe.

Silencer #1: So what else is new? Have you got a lock on where the source of the hacking is from?

Silencer #37: (don’t ask, we’re using their numbers) Not yet. We are still trying to find it. But we have got a lock on the hacker’s virus.

Silencer #5: I do not know what to make of this.

Silencer #1: A virus based on a ghost? Then I suggest you try busting it.

>Some of the Silencerz began typing something.

>Back in Cyberspace, the Spookies’ virus was phasing open a way when something appears near them. They looked like four men in jumpsuits curing some kind of large device on their backs that had guns attached to them.

In-Su: (confused) Are those... the Ghostbusters?

Jack: I told you, every trick in the book.

>The Cyber Ghostbusters begin firing at the Sppokies’ virus ghosts.

Conor: Time to go to work, Chim-Chim!

Chim-Chim: *chirp*

>Conor and Chim-Chim begin fighting off the Cyber Ghostbusters. In-Su and Sophie join in as well. In-Su’s dance moves already makes her a capable fighter and Sophie was swinging her yo-yos. After a while, Sophie, In-Su, Conor, and Chim-Chim manages to beat the Cyber Ghostbusters, but they had completely destroyed the Spookies’ virus.

Safeword: Our turn now!

>Safeword, Joule, Mixer, and Yeti, begin typing.

>At Silencerz HQ...

Silencer #20: This does not look right. What do we do?

Silencer #12: Try typing “cookie”, you idiot.

Silencer #1: Hey, be nice. And I do not think that would work. I have seen this movie before. Try regular anti-virus software.

Silencer #20: Yes, sir.

>Back in Cyberspace, the first few defenses have been broken though. Suddenly, a bright light flashes and the virus is deleted.

Forge 1: (smiling) You ready for this?

Forge 2: (also smiling) You know it!

>Forge 1 and Forge 2 upload their viruses.

Forge 2: Scott, this is for you, man.

>The two viruses begin attack the Sliencerz’ other defenses. Vert was looking at Forge 2′s virus.

Joker: Is something wrong, Vert?

Vert: Something about Forge 2′s virus that reminds me of someone... But I’ll think more about it later.

>Back at Silencerz HQ...

Silencer #3: Now we have viruses based on mutants?

Silencer #2: Be nice. One of my relatives was a mutant.

Silencer #1: Either way, we cannot let them through.

Silencer #3: I know.

>Silencer #3 begins programming something.

>Back in Cyberspace, Forge 1′s virus and Forge 2′s virus managed to break through more lines of defenses.

In-Su: It looks like we’re making progress.

Conor: Keep it up, you guys!

>Suddenly, something appears... Something big.

Forge 1: That can’t be good.

Sophie: I can help them with this. Time to show you my own power. Persona!

Pidge: (surprised smile) Whoa! I didn’t think she had one, too.

Vince: But there are robots who do.

Six: I think I read something about that... And dreamed about it.

Berto: Like I said, I don’t wanna know.

>Sophie and Pandora fight the Anti-Virus Sentinels along with the Forges’ viruses.

Player: With them busy, looks like I’m going up to the plate.

>With that, Player begins typing something and a new virus comes up. It looked like Carmen Sandiego, but a little blue.

Player: I hope Red doesn’t get too upset for changing her colors.

>Player’s virus begins using an enlarged version of her laser cuter to cut through the defenses.

>Back at Silencerz HQ.

Silencer #7: They are still coming!

Silencer #1: This is getting out of hand. Have you found the source of the attack yet?

Silencer #37: It is hard to tell. They are coming from multiple sources.

Silencer #1: See if you can find the closest source. We will start there.

Silencer #37: Yes, sir.

Silencer #40: I will deal with the current virus.

>Back in Cyberspace, Player’s virus has cut through more of the mainframe’s defenses and the Anti-Virus Sentinels have been deleted.

Oracle: There’s only a few left. Keep going, we’re almost there!

Adi: I think I have something that’ll move us faster.

>Then, a virus that looks like a queen bee appears with a swarm.

Adi: I got the idea from some children’s show. I’ll tell you more about it later.

>The bee viruses begin helping Player’s virus cut get through more of the defenses along with the Forges’ viruses. Suddenly, something flies up.

Adi: These guys don’t quit, do they?

>The virus swarm fights off against the security algorithms with Sophie, Pandora, and the Forges’ viruses while Conor and Chim-Chim break through the last of the walls.

Conor: Just a little more...

>Finally, the last of the security walls were gone. But no sooner they were, a blast of flames came and nearly blew Conor and Chim-Chim away!

Conor: GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!

In-Su: You mean great walls of fire. It’s a firewall. Don’t worry, I’ve got this.

Pidge: Hold on, I have something that could help you.

>Suddenly, some big gun that resembles a lion appears in In-Su’s hands.

Vince: This wind blaster will help blow out the flames. But don’t use it now. Wait until you’re on the other side of the wall to use it, or you might blow the flames at the files and destroy them.

In-Su: Right. Here I go.

>With that, In-Su dances her way through the flames until she finally got to the other side.

In-Su: Stand back!

>Then, with a large blast of wind, the firewall was out. Conor and Chim-Chim go in.

In-Su: Okay, we’re in.

Jack: Well done, kids! Now, the file you’re looking for is labeled “200335″.

Oracle: We’re searching now.

>Outside the mainframe, the security algorithms were still coming.

Sophie: This looks bad, we’re running out of room. If only we had at least one more to help us.

Berto: Leave that to me! I’ve got the perfect thing!

>Berto then uploads his own virus.

>Berto’s virus assists Sophie, Pandora, and the Forges’ viruses as In-Su, Conor, Chim-Chim, and the other hackers search for the file.

>At Silcencerz HQ.

Silencer #20: Damn! They are in the mainframe.

Silencer #1: You still have not found them?

Silencer #3: We might be able trace them if they find they file they are looking for.

Silencer #1: Then do it.

>With that, the Silencerz begin their work.

>Back in Cyberspace, the Silcencerz’ security algorithms were finally defeated.

Sophie: We did it! Thank you all.

>The viruses gestured a “You’re welcome” to Sophie and disappear back to where they came from.

Vince: That virus of your, Forge 2, it makes me wonder.

Forge 2: Wonder what?

Vince: If... If I should have asked my dream brother from New Olympia to help us, too... Oh well, I’ll ask him next time.

Vince: You’ll have to get through his Big Buddy, Hunk’s dream brother. And I don’t think my own DB would be too happy. Especially after everything that’s happened in recent months. But I’m sure I can talk him into it.

Panther: Dream brother?

Queen: You mean...

My gift of connecting people’s minds and hearts with my singing strikes again.

Conor: Hey, I think we found it!

>Conor, Chim-Chim, In-Su, and Sophie who joined them, found a file that looked like a file cabinet. One of the drawers was labeled 200335.

Jack: That’s it!

Sophie: We found the file. Let’s copy it.

>Sophie opens the drawer show many files. No sooner did she open it, it starts flashing and making a siren sound.

Spinner: (covering his ears) Yikes, that loud!

Jack: That’s the alarm for the failsafe. You now have 15 minutes to copy the file before it deletes itself permanently.

Oracle: Leave it to me. I’ll just use the same program I created to copy Makoto’s Sis’s computer.

Queen: Let’s hope it works on the Silencerz’ mainframe than it does Sis’s.

>Oracle enters the program and it begins to copy the file.

>At Silencerz HQ, the computer room was now flashing and alarms were ringing.

Silencer #3: They are copying the file! Now, if I could just... Got it! I got a lock. The source of the copying is coming from... some town nearby.

Silencer #1: You mean... Handler’s Corners.

>Silencer #1 begins to leave.

Silencer #9: Sir, where are you going?

Silencer #1: (turning back) To visit an old amigo.

>With that, Silencer #1 leaves. Suddenly, the alarm gets louder.

Silencer #20: What is happening!?

Silencer #3: This looks bad. Someone else is in the mainframe. They are also copying the file.

>Back in Cyberspace.

Oracle: This doesn’t look good. There’s someone else here. Someone’s also copying this file.

>Sure enough, something comes out of the file cabinet. It was a little blue bad... wearing a pair of glasses and had the most ugliest comb-over ever.

It’s Strega! What the hell do they want?

Vert: Who?

Taro: Some cult.

Oracle: If they’re also copying the file, then us copying it will be difficult.

Lunch: So, we may not be able copy the whole file?

Yu-ichi: Well that sucks.

Player: I’m sure I think I might help with that. I mean, I can’t stop Strega from also copying the file, but I think I have an idea what may happen and how to solve the problem.

Oracle: I hope so.

Jack: Hurry, only 9 minutes left.

>Oracle’s program tries its best to copy the file which is difficult as the program from Strega (most likely made by Jin) is also copying the file.

Jack: Only 6 minutes.

Oracle: We’re almost done.

>Before we knew it, only 4 minutes left. Please copy it.

>3 minutes. Not much time left and the copying is still going.

>2 minutes. There’s still more.

>1 minute. Almost there.

>59 seconds... Come on. Come on! COME ON!

>10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1...

FILE DELETED. CONNECTION TERMINATED.

>The main screen goes to static. Then, Sophie is re-projected back with us, In-Su returns to M.A.Y.H.E.M.’s computer, and Conor and Chim-Chim are back in their real world forms.

Panther: Conor, Chim-Chim, are you two alright?

Conor: (a little dizzy) We’re fine. We’re used to this sort of thing.

In-Su: I’m fine, too. My source code is a little frizzy, but that can be helped with a quick fix.

Joule: You’ve earned it, In-Su. Enjoy your nap.

>With that, In-Su shots off for now.

Vert: So, did we succeed in copying the file?

Oracle: Let me check.

>Oracle checks the copied file.

Well, I’ve got some bad news, good news, and some stressful news.

Agura: I had a feeling it wasn’t going to be easy.

Oracle: Bad news: We weren’t able to copy all of the research data. Good news: We did manage to copy most of it. Stressful news: Most of it is encrypted. Until we can decipher the code, you guys are going to have to wait a little longer.

Taro: I figured as much.

Berto: But with all of us, we should be able to crack the code.

Mixer: Afraid you’ll have to count us out. We didn’t tell Persephone that we did this and she’s got a strict policy about messing with organizations other than L.E.G.I.O.N. without her permission.

Yeti: (looking down) ...

Mixer: (panicking) YETI, YOU TOLD HER!? SHE’S GONNA PUT ME ON COFFEE DUTY AGAIN!

Safeword: I see. If that’s the case... I’ll take a double shot expresso.

Joulie: I’ll take a mocha.

Mixer: (shocked) Seriously?

>With that, we bid our M.A.Y.H.E.M. friend fair well for now and they leave.

Conor: Chim-Chim and I have to bow out, too. Speed will be back any minute and I don’t want him to know what we did. I wanna keep it a surprise.

Pidge: Me and Vince have to go, too. I have a few castle defenses to upgrade.

Vince: And I’m on standby. I know business is slow, but Keith says peace time is the best time to prepare for anything.

Joker: Right, see you all later.

>With that, Conor, Chim-Chim, Pidge, and Vince sign off.

Adi: The rest of us will stay and help you decipher the code.

Player: With Red on break, I’ve got time.

Oracle: Thanks, you guys.

Berto: Guess I better let Max, Steel, and Ferrus know I’m gonna be busy for awhile.

Sherman: We’ll back you up.

Berto: Gracias.

Spinner: That’s what primos are for.

>With that, Oracle and our hacker friends begin their work to unlock Dr. Tezla’s research to reopen the portal to Highway 35 and bring back the World Race.

Oracle: But I am curious about one thing: What does Strega want with Tezla’s research?

>Meanwhile in an unknown location...

Crap! Of course the Phantom Thieves would be after this file.

Yeah. Talk about rotten luck.

Uh-huh.

Maybe you should have some kind of alert for them.

Jin: I’ll think about that. Right now, thanks to their hacking into the Silencerz’ mainframe for that file, I only copied most of it, but not all of it. Not to mention it’s encrypted.

I wouldn’t say that. I’d say that you copied plenty. And I’m sure with our new allies’ help, we might be able to unlock all of Dr. Tezla’s secrets.

Jin: Why are we even doing this, anyway? Since when are we interested in a long forgotten and completely no longer popular race?

Takaya: You would be surprised by what one can learn from things like this. After all, there are many ways to achieve your goals. Am I correct?

>Someone comes out of the shadows... in a dance-like manner.

That’s right, ghosty boy. I bet even M.A.Y.H.E.M. couldn’t think of something like this.

Jin: (a bit confused) Even though they were just in the mainframe as well.

Gaunt: A minor mishap. Something we’ll fix soon.

Myles: With a voice like that, it’s hard to say he’s wrong.

Evan: Uh-huh.

Gaunt: (with a small bow) Thank you.

Jin: So, can L.E.G.I.O.N. help with deciphering the code?

Gaunt: Maybe. Even we can’t work miracles that quickly. Just look at me. At first, I was only partially restored. I didn’t even have my-

Jin: (quickly with a frown) Okay, okay, we get the picture!

Takaya: Soon, we’ll gain what we’re after... Soon...

>What will happen next?

NOTE: We apologize if this post is a little long. We thought this would be the end of this heist, but like we said, this post was a little long. The last post for this heist will come soon.

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lendoco · 7 years ago

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Hoard Invest in the Clash of Titans

You can listen to the soundtrack of this article here: Play me

Have you ever heard a story, About Mrs. Feelesspaymentsglory?

Prologue

Hello everybody! My name is Mickey, also known as Tezkatlypoka from Reddit, and I would like to show you my own gathered information about a great project which will have its own *ICO** very soon, the Hoard Invest. Hoard, the One and Only project setting you up to be your own bank!

Introducing

Web page White Paper Team

The name of this little post is “Clash of Titans” and that's simply because we will have two big players in the field of cryptocurrency banking, where each of these two giants will trying to demonstrate their vision and make you be able to use your Crypto in a daily life.

One of these two Ambassadors of crypto banking will be definitively ETHOS. ETHOS was the very first project where I have been convinced that their goal is to improve whole paying system and basically to build one. Their ICO was very successful, they obtain decent support from the medial world, their community is strong and the main fact is, their team is awesome.

They have one young genius named Shingo Lavigne as a CEO and great strategies and visionary Mr. Stephen Corliss who has got a lot of experiences and connections to grant the opened door leading up to the institutional sphere for Ethos. Who was in ICO, made a decent amount of money. Everybody thought that has to be a true champion without any possible competition.

When I heard about the Hoard for the first time, it was like when you get struck by the lightning. And hit by a truck right after! I immediately download their WP right to my phone and started to read it. I have to read it twice (you know, good stuff...well written, but lightning...truck...these can mess up your day completely). I have known right from a spot that I was reading about a true gem. I get Inspired. I wanted to know more and the baseline which started all of this was: They are like Ethos but slightly better!

There is a man in Hoard Invest who is very good at making things done. His name is Jason Davis and he is a new Rockstar in the cryptocurrency Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He will bring a whole new concept to the world of the banking industry. He will create a special kind of bank without a possibility to provide loans. Hoard will partner with some banks to provide a real bank account with all the basic stuff in a little while.

Mr. JD has a tremendous experience in banking systems and also in application design and development. He has learned what struggles a new customer has to overcome and that's because he was a new customer once too. He is able to assemble those two things together and create ripper breakthrough product. The last piece of this puzzle is Mr. Dan Lipert, an expert who can code everything Don't get confused! This "ZZ Top look" guy has got very high expertise rating in coding stuff and if He looks like Jazzy Hipster, his ability to write a code is like when you are watching Eddie Van Halen play his Eruption solo. The movie Hacker with Hugh Jackman has been written by his CV btw and since he was working for the government of US as an IT expert, he has to know the drill. The team like this has a decent power to attract and create powerful alliances.

I choose to write about Hoard Invest because everything about it makes sense to me. This is where crypto needs to go for adopting. Only with projects like Hoard will the world start to take cryptocurrencies seriously.

The world will start taking crypto seriously if there will be a real use for that...like “Let's use it as a money”! (JD)

Someone sings to Shingo drone, Someone hails from Jayson’s throne.

The Hoard ecosystem

Let me tell you about another ecosystem which will make a huge impact on the future world, let me tell you about the possibility to be your very own bank, let me tell you about a team which is good as a hack and about their application modern design of which is fucking sick!

The Hoard is an ecosystem build on very good foundations. In this ecosystem, you will be using the hybrid multifunctional wallet where you can store all your coins and if this is not a game changer for you right now maybe I will change your opinion by adding another game-changing and astonishing tool, the Fiat gateway. That's right!

Unless you are not one of the most demanding readers and you are already convinced to buy their stuff, here you have a link https://www.hoardinvest.com/token/ and take care, but if you like it in more hardcore motion like I do, let's continue with some special perks list reading, shall we? :)

By implementing FIAT gateway they successfully put away any need for logging into an exchange. So you don't have to buy BTC or ETH (and pay the fee) for your EUR/USD, then send them on Binance/Bitrex (and pay the fee), purchase a Litecoin (for a fee) and then make a final payment with some fee (well fu*ck me, that's a lot of fees). We got to used to it.

Another ripper they can provide you with is the system of Instant payments. You just click on the button “spend” and sell whatever coin you have at the moment and you will instantly get a value in dollars which you can use for your morning coffee purchase. That is really important because you can pay for whatever you just have right now. What suit your needs better. If you have only Neo and you want to pay with Neo, but your shop receives only Litecoin and Bitcoin, you have to go on the exchange and consolidate it, make a transaction, do a market, spend some time, pay the fees. Not anymore with Hoard. Another thing is they want to create 1:1 peer to peer relationship in transactions (you send One BTC, the guy will receive one whole BTC, not 0,98). So we have an Ethos on steroids here but what is their vision? I think the basic idea is to make a highway for completely new users in the sphere of the crypto world and clear a path for them completely; no obstacles if possible. You are also a Master of your private keys and passwords. Hoard can hold them for you if you like (in a way of provided service/support as encrypted backup).

You can be your own bank. Hoard is not a bank in the classical way of thinking. The mission isn't to work for as many banks as possible but make the banks want to work with HOARD.

Using Hoard means = Technology+security+support and almost Zero fees

You can also Invest your crypto profits right from the App and then forget about it for a while and let your money grow. This is first very first ICO available in the US and bears witness to this historical moment, when 3-8 % of world economic lays peacefully in the arm of cryptocurrencies and do this all from your smart device, with a help of the elegant and well-written application.

Someone in hoard with shiny might, Someone is alone, in the endless night.

What can Hoard offer to you

1) Cross-chain transactions and inter-exchange price matching 2) Instant transactions with Masternodes and minable transactions for scalability 3) Dapps on the Smaug network and possible ICO hosting. Airdrops to token holders each ICO 4) Public or Private transactions 5) The decentralized exchange where you always control your private key never the exchange 6) Fiat Gateway with the first fully compliant US-based ICO 7) Multi-currency wallet where Hoard never holds your private keys 8) Merchant services — send and receive payments in any currency including fiat regardless of initial currency type 9) Low transaction and other fees. Fees will be very low and allow you to do microtransactions for zero or almost zero fees 10) Sidechain for instant low fee transactions (think the lightning network and plasma) with multiple layered blockchain 11) Portfolio tracking 12) INV Fintech partnering 13) Self-auditing process via Oracles 14) Two possible levels of KYC authentication 15) You have all needed tools to be your Own bank 16) Strong community

Someone tried to get that throne, He shall be doomed with crown of thorns.

Summary and Technical shortcut for advanced readers

The basic idea is to make a highway for an experienced user and clear a path for him, no obstacles if possible

You are the master of your keys and passwords, Hoard can hold them for you if you like in a way of provided service/support (encrypted backup)

Direct communication with banks; the idea is banks should want to work with HOARD

Their contribution to blockchain is a second layer payment protocol (Raiden; it is off-Chain; it is cross-chain capable)

They want to create 1:1 peer to peer relationship in transactions (you send One NEO, the guy will receive ONE whole NEO)

HOARD = Technology+security+support

HOARD is not a classic "bank"

The world will start taking crypto seriously if there will be a real use for that...like for money!

Important thing is that you can pay for whatever you have. If you have the only NEO and you want to pay with NEO, but your shop receives only Litecoin and Bitcoin, you have to go on the exchange and consolidate it, make a transaction, do a market, spend some time, pay fees.

Hoard has got an instant payment system, so you click button spend and sell whatever the fuck you have and you will have dollars

If you try to screw our network, they will take your value(basically PoS for exchanges)

By running Master node you can store your keys on our own system when doing trading with our platform; never keep your keys on an exchange.

They will have well know customers and unknown customers (true decentralization)

So it is basically a side chain with PoS in OAR

MM, Oracle(transparent auditing system), low fees, micro/instant transaction, support -> you want this

The Hoard is an ecosystem

Banks are in use of the BlockChain for 6 years already

Providing a trusted and secure bridge between the fiat money and cryptocurrency environments -FINRA/MSB regulated and KYC/AML compliant

2nd-layer cross-chain payments protocol for everyday use, serving as a valuable utility reinforced by our native currency from day one

OAR can be used to accelerate the conversion of fiat-to-crypto when buying cryptocurrency and crypto-to-fiat when cashing out or as a daily settlement mechanism for merchants. OAR enables holders to atomically transact - spend using (X) or (X + Y) currency while the recipient receives (Z) currency, instantly

OAR is ERC20 token running on Ethereum platform. They will migrate to their own chain in the future

They are opposite of Ripple

Oracle It is a software for auditing. Oracle sees everything, it knows what everyone has in their wallets on the platform. They will monitor the blockchain and collect data and use that data to react...its kinda like AI. Setting a current value of the crypto you are hoarding. Will be open-source in the future.

MasterNodes The master nodes have not yet been finalized. Master nodes are things you can run on your own by holding tokens, stabilizing the token value and help the Hoard to run transaction easily. By running a master node you provide a help with building decentralization.

Smaug protocol Instant trustless payments across any currency or smart contract based blockchain. Instantly and automatically swap holdings at transaction versus manual coin consolidation. Decouple reliance on any specific chain, foundation or exchange.

Decision making

Now, let's get back to our comparison. Mr. Corliss opens up the institutional side for ethos. He has deep connections from his time with BlackRock and knows how to give confidence and legitimacy to the ethos project. Having top talent like him attracts other top talents to join too. Shingo had a good idea. He cocked the rest of it up. Ideas like prediction or betting... then who knows what. They can still make it a good platform in the long run.

Mr. JD on the other hand, is so Fair dinkum and True blue developer/programmer/businessman/dealmaker/blockchain-evangelist/ and a great entrepreneur, because he understands the day to day problems in our own personal financial dealings and management systems, having a vast knowledge of blockchain technology he has come up with the solution we have all been waiting for. He is a solid unit. He made a tool to let us be our own bank and be less reliant on corporations who love to take your hard earned money and fee you to the death. If Roger Ver is Jesus of Bitcoin Cash, then JD is Chuck Norris of banking systems in the cryptocurrency world.

Ethos vs. Hoard. When it comes down to it, show that Ethos is offering two things. A fiat gateway for cryptocurrency investing and crowd sentiment for investing..(with Binance offering USD pairing soon ETHOS needs to step its game up). Hoard will be a fiat gateway with a minimal to no fee exchange and its base, with a network for instant transactions of any coins and also the ability to make any transaction private. Think what lightning network was for bitcoin but quicker and for any currency. Along with AI investing, spare change investing. The last thing is the fact you hold your own private key (at ETHOS you don't).

So my advice is: Do not sell your ETHOS for HOARD even thought that I am very bullish in the HOARD case. It’s not always about the best technology remember, but don't hesitate with HOARD very long.

But need to say they are both very decent projects. I like Hoard more and that's all. Remember that without a strong competition they would not be a true winner and how could we recognize a great gem if there isn't anything similarly good for comparison?

I am using a reference to my good buddy EvilMonkey. He is an awesome writer and he did a great review about Hoard a few days ago. You can read his article here: https://medium.com/@ICOProReivews/hoard-invest-ico-review-52f18c3227d6

Epilogue and acknowledgment

Ok my friends, regular people, fans of crypto, early adopters and decent readers, you have made it again.

This is the end of this sorry and I frankly thank all of you for your kind attention and wish you all have a great day (...or a bad day, depends on your level of self-sadomasochism, haha).

For me is the Hoard Invest the winner of this Clash of Titans and We my friend will meet again in Jason Davis interview, which will be pretty awesome.

Future will show, who will bow, Who shall be victorious in Titan's brawl.

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Visualising IOT Data on a Pi Cluster using Mesos, Spark & Kafka

The sensorpi repo on GitHub holds various ramblings, scripts and code put together for and experiment to visualise realtime sensor data processed on a cluster of Raspberry Pis. Not dissimilar to https://www.circuits.dk/datalogger-example-using-sense-hat-influxdb-grafana/ but using the features of the cluster for near realtime processing.

But first a few caveats, unlike my Hadoopi project as this is an experiment there isn’t chef code to setup and configure the cluster of Raspberry Pis (you’ll need to do this by hand). Originally this project was intended to implement a SMACK (Spark, Mesos, Akka, Cassandra and Kafka) stack. You’ll see the end result is more of a SMKS stack (Spark, Mesos, Kafka and Scala) acting as a transfer mechanism between two Pis for capturing sensor mnetrics and visualsation of the collected data. On the sensor side a Pi zero is using an EnviroPhat pushing data to Kafka via Python. On the visualisation side there is an influxdb instance and grafana server to store and serve a realtime dashboard of the data.

Despite all of those caveats, I learned a tonne about running a Mesos on a cluster (on tin), writing Scala code, building it, Spark streaming, IOT sensors, Influxdb TICK stack and Grafana dashboards. So if you want to play along I expect you’ll learn all those things too, so it’s a case of manual setup, please make sure your command line Fu is cranked up to 11!

What You Will Need

The project uses a cluster of 5 Raspberry Pis, a wireless hub and 60W usb power adapter, full details of the cluster hardware can be found on the Hadoopi project. You’ll also need a development PC, I’m running Debian linux as it supports all the technologies and tools to build and deploy. Finally for the sensor I’m using an EnviroPhat from PiMoroni on a Raspberry Pi Zero W.

These instructions below will help you set up the cluster, this is how we are going to spread the workload across it:

Raspberry Pi Zero W and EnviroPhat - Python application posting sensor data to a Kafka Topic

Master01 - Running influxDB and Grafana

Master02 - Mesos Master, Launch Scripts and NFS share for spark app checkpointing

Worker01/02/03 - mesos slaves for running tasks from mesos

Each of the workers will run the spark application and kafka brokers as part of the mesos cluster.

You’ll be using the development PC for building the scala application and submitting it to Spark, if you have Kafka installed you can also use that to view the messages on the Kafka topic to help with troubleshooting.

As stated above this project really is an experiment because you could post metrics from the sensor Pi directly to influxdb - therefore the mesos, spark, scala and kafka components really are their just to learn.

Compilation and Packaging

Because the Raspberry Pi uses an arm architecture we are going to have to compile Mesos and Kafka, you’ll also find minimal documentation on achieving this, I’m using instructions that Netflix posted after one of their hackdays and blog post so as a result we have quite an old version of Mesos 0.28.3. I’ll be using the tried and trusted jessie lite 23-09-16 distribution of raspbian as I’d proven whilst building the Hadoopi project.

Boot one of you Pis from a fresh install and run the following to prepare the environment for compiling:

sudo -i apt-get update apt-get -y install oracle-java8-jdk tar wget git autoconf libtool build-essential python-dev python-boto libcurl4-nss-dev libsasl2-dev libsasl2-modules maven libapr1-dev libsvn-dev update-alternatives --config java select /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-8-oracle-arm32-vfp-hflt/jre/bin/java java -version <--- check it's the 1.8 SDK vi /etc/dphys-swapfile set CONF_SWAPSIZE to 1024 /etc/init.d/dphys-swapfile restart free -h <--- check you have 1GB of swap

Next clone and patch Mesos:

git clone https://github.com/apache/mesos.git cd mesos/ git checkout tags/0.28.3 wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Netflix-Skunkworks/mesos-on-pi/master/mesos-docker/mesos.patch wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Netflix-Skunkworks/mesos-on-pi/master/mesos-docker/add-to-patch.zookeeper git apply < mesos.patch cat add-to-patch.zookeeper > 3rdparty/zookeeper-3.4.5.patch

And now build the binary (warning this may take 3-4 hours):

./bootstrap mkdir build cd build ../configure --disable-python make mkdir /opt/mesos make DESTDIR=/opt/mesos/ install tar -C /opt/mesos/ -zcvf /home/pi/mesos-install.tar.gz .

Now transfer the binary mesos-install.tar.gz down to the dev pc

Next we need to make the kafka binary for mesos, following from the above build on the Pi:

cd apt-get -y install oracle-java8-jdk git java -version <--- check it's the 1.8 SDK git clone https://github.com/mesos/kafka cd kafka vi build.gradle version <--- change this to theabsolute path for Config.scala, so prepend /root/kafka/ ./gradlew jar downloadKafka cd /root tar -C /root/kafka/ -zcvf /home/pi/kafka-install.tgz .

Now transfer the binary kafka-install.tgz down to the dev pc

You can now power off the Pi and wipe the sdcard for reuse.

Setup OS and Networking

On each of the 5 nodes in the cluster - master01/02/worker01/02/03 (so excluding the sensor Pi). The Network is is setup to use the 10.0.0.255 subnet with master01/02 at 10.0.0.11 and 12, the workers being 21, 22, 23.

sudo -i apt-get update vi /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf country=GB ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=netdev update_config=1 network={ ssid="XXXXXXXX" <---- replace twith the SSID and KEY for the wireless network psk="YYYYYYYY" } vi /etc/dhcpcd.conf ...add to bottom... interface wlan0 static ip_address=10.0.0.XX/24 <-- 10.0.0.11,12,21,22,23 as appropriate static routers=10.0.0.1 static domain_name_servers=10.0.0.1 hostnamectl set-hostname ZZZZZZ <- change to master01/02/worker01/02/03 as appropriate vi /etc/hosts ...add to bottom... 10.0.0.11 master01 10.0.0.12 master02 10.0.0.21 worker01 10.0.0.22 worker02 10.0.0.23 worker03 vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config ...add to bottom... StrictHostKeyChecking no <--- this will break sshd on a stretch based distro of raspbian, it's ok on jessie service networking restart ifup wlan0 ifconfig <---- check got correct ip apt-get install nscd

You may for convenience wish to setup passwordless login from your dev pc

ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub pi@ZZZZZZZZ <- master01/02/worker01/02/03

At this point you should have all 5 cluster nodes setup with network connectivity, the correct hostnames and access to the other nodes in the cluster.

Setting up the Worker Nodes

Now we are going to setup each of the worker nodes installing mesos, zookeeper, spark and startup script.

Firstly copy the mesos binary from you dev pc to each pi

scp mesos-install.tar.gz pi@workerXX:~

Then on each worker pi:

sudo -i cd / tar -zxvf /home/pi/mesos-install.tar.gz apt-get install libcurl4-nss-dev libsvn-dev mkdir /opt/mesos-slave-work_dir sudo -i apt-get install oracle-java8-jdk apt-get install zookeeperd vi /etc/zookeeper/conf/zoo.cfg ...add server list... server.1=worker01:2888:3888 server.2=worker02:2888:3888 server.3=worker03:2888:3888 echo "X" > /etc/zookeeper/conf/myid <---- X is 1, 2 or 3 correcponding to worker01/02/03 service zookeeper start

Next Create the startup script in /root, change the “ip” and “hostname” as applicable for the node

cd vi startup.sh #!/bin/bash mount -t nfs4 10.0.0.12:/ /mnt mesos-slave --log_dir=/var/log/mesos/ --work_dir=/opt/mesos-slave-work_dir --ip=10.0.0.XX --hostname=workerXX --master=zk://worker01:2181,worker02:2181,worker03:2181/mesos --launcher=posix --resources="cpus(*):2; mem(*):768;disk(*):40000;ports:[31000-32000,7000-7001,7199-7199,9042-9042,9160-9160]" <---- replace XX with ip address and hostname chmod a+x startup.sh

Now setup spark

cd /opt/ wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/spark/spark-1.6.2/spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6.tgz tar -zxvf spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6.tgz ln -s /opt/spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6 /opt/spark cp spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/conf/spark-defaults.conf.template spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/conf/spark-defaults.conf vi spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/conf/spark-defaults.conf spark.network.timeout 500s spark.testing.reservedMemory 64000000 spark.testing.memory 128000000 cp spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/conf/spark-env.sh.template spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/conf/spark-env.sh vi spark-1.6.2-bin-hadoop2.6/conf/spark-env.sh ...add to bottom... SPARK_MASTER_IP=10.0.0.12

That’s the worker nodes ready to go.

Setting up master02

The master02 node is the most fidly to setup, it runs the majority of services, so there are a few steps to install, mesos, spark, nfs share and kafka.

Copy the required files to the Pi - that’s startup scripts, the mesos and kafka bianaries onto the node:

scp scripts/*.sh pi@master02:~ scp mesos-install.tar.gz pi@master02:~ scp kafka-install.tgz pi@master02:~

Then install mesos:

sudo -i cd / tar -zxvf /home/pi/mesos-install.tar.gz apt-get install libcurl4-nss-dev libsvn-dev

Next we need to setup an nfs share for the spark applications to use for checkpointing, details taken from http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-Raspberry-Pi-into-a-Network-File-System-versi/

apt-get install nfs-common nfs-kernel-server mkdir -p /srv/nfs4/share chmod a+w /srv/nfs4/share/ vi /etc/exports /srv/nfs4/share 10.0.0.21(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) /srv/nfs4/share 10.0.0.22(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) /srv/nfs4/share 10.0.0.23(rw,sync,no_subtree_check) wget https://cdn.instructables.com/ORIG/F10/L3AF/I6HSMRV1/F10L3AFI6HSMRV1.script mv F10L3AFI6HSMRV1.script /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server wget https://cdn.instructables.com/ORIG/FS8/4950/I6HSMRZH/FS84950I6HSMRZH.cfg mv FS84950I6HSMRZH.cfg /etc/default/nfs-kernel-server vi /etc/default/nfs-common NEED_STATD="no" NEED_IDMAPD="yes" chmod a+x /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server update-rc.d rpcbind enable update-rc.d nfs-kernel-server enable service rpcbind start service nfs-kernel-server start

Next repeat the install of spark on master02 as was done on the worker nodes.

Now install kafka:

cd /opt mkdir kafka cd kafka tar -zxvf /home/pi/kafka-install.tgz vi /opt/kafka/kafka-mesos.properties ...remove all lines and add... storage=zk:/kafka-mesos master=zk://worker01:2181,worker02:2181,worker03:2181/mesos zk=worker01:2181,worker02:2181,worker03:2181/KafkaCluster api=http://master02:7000

Finally move that startup scripts to /root

mv /home/pi/*.sh /root chmod a+x /root/*.sh

That’s master02 ready to go.

Setting up master01

We’ll install 2 TICK stack components - influxdb 1.4 (which unfortunately doesn’t have the free clustering option) and the Chronograf. For dashboards we’ll also install Grafana.

Let’s install influxdb and create an empty database for our data:

sudo -i apt-get install apt-transport-https curl -sL https://repos.influxdata.com/influxdb.key | sudo apt-key add - source /etc/os-release echo "deb https://repos.influxdata.com/debian jessie stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/influxdb.list apt-get update apt-get install influxdb vi /etc/influxdb/influxdb.conf [http] # Determines whether HTTP endpoint is enabled. enabled = true # The bind address used by the HTTP service. bind-address = ":8086" # Determines whether user authentication is enabled over HTTP/HTTPS. auth-enabled = false service influxd restart influx -precision rfc3339 ---issue db creation command --- create database sensordata exit

Next install Chronograf:

apt-get install chronograf systemctl start chronograf http://master01:8888

Next lets install Grafana:

apt-get install apt-transport-https curl curl https://bintray.com/user/downloadSubjectPublicKey?username=bintray | sudo apt-key add - echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/fg2it/deb jessie main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list apt-get update apt-get install grafana vi /etc/grafana/grafana.ini [server] # Protocol (http, https, socket) protocol = http # The ip address to bind to, empty will bind to all interfaces ;http_addr = # The http port to use http_port = 3000 service grafana-server restart

Check http://master01:3000 to check grafana is working

Setting up the Sensor

Connect up the EnviroPhat and boot, next configure the networking as for the main cluster, I chose 10.0.0.99 as the ip.

Upload the sensor.py code

scp sensor/sensor.py pi@XXXXX:~ <--- replace XXX with the ip of your sensor pi

Install the supporting libraries and configure:

sudo -i apt-get install pip python-envirophat pip2 install envirophat sudo raspi-config <------ enable i2c bus from the interfaces option pip2 install kafka-python

Everything is ready to go

Starting up the Cluster

This is where the fun starts, Make sure all the Pis are up and running and we can start playing.

Open 3 terminal windows to worker01/02/03

sudo -i ./startup.sh

The workers should have mounted the nfs share from master02 and kick off the mesos slave daemons.

Next open 3 terminal windows to master02

sudo -i ./start-mesos-master.sh

Open http://master02:5050/#/slaves check mesos is running

Take a look at the slaves and check our worker nodes are present and correct.

Now start the spark and kafka frameworks

sudo -i ./start-spark-framework.sh ./start-kafka-framework.sh

Open http://master02:5050/#/frameworks check both frameworks are running:

For first run only you’ll need to create the Kafka brokers, note we are pinning each broker to a specific worker via the constraints option:

sudo -i cd /opt/kafka ./kafka-mesos.sh broker add 0 --constraints hostname=like:worker01 --heap 64 --mem 128 --options log.cleaner.dedupe.buffer.size=67108864 --jvm-options "-Xmx128M -Xms64M" ./kafka-mesos.sh broker add 1 --constraints hostname=like:worker02 --heap 64 --mem 128 --options log.cleaner.dedupe.buffer.size=67108864 --jvm-options "-Xmx128M -Xms64M" ./kafka-mesos.sh broker add 2 --constraints hostname=like:worker03 --heap 64 --mem 128 --options log.cleaner.dedupe.buffer.size=67108864 --jvm-options "-Xmx128M -Xms64M"

Then for this and subsequent runs start the brokers with:

sudo -i ./start-kafka-brokers.sh ./list-kafka-brokers.sh

Open http://master02:5050/#/ check the 3 tasks are running for the Kafka brokers

Get the Sensor Sending Metrics to Kafka

Next ssh to the sensor pi and run:

python sensor.py

On the dev pc, locate your local kafka install and read from the kafka topic with the console consumer to check messages are making it to kafka

./bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --bootstrap-server 10.0.0.21:7000,10.0.0.22:7000,10.0.0.23:7000 --topic test --from-beginning

You’ll see the sensor data from kafka being displayed on the consumer console.

Building the Scala Application and getting ready to deploy

One of the challenges I set myself with this project was to write code in a new language, I chose to use Scala and Spark streaming (an ideal fit for mesos), much of the work is based around the learnings from a couple of books and the excellent Taming Big Data with Spark Streaming and Scala - Hands On! by Frank Kane.

I’ve put together a small spark streaming app that loads small batches of data from Kafka and pushes them to influxdb. One of the main frustrations during development was library dependency issues, I worked originally in ScalaIDE http://scala-ide.org/ submitting the app to my local spark instance using the data sources on the Pi Cluster. This was somewhat “clunky” but worked, packaging up the application to deploy to the cluster using the Scala Build Tool was also problematic, but after much wrangling I got it working. Here’s the files included for the KafkaSensor app:

. ├── build.sbt ├── project │ └── assembly.sbt └── src └── main ├── resources │ └── application.conf └── scala ├── KafkaSensor.scala ├── Settings.scala └── Utility.scala

To build the fat/uber jar (app, config and dependencies), install sbt from https://www.scala-sbt.org/ Set the version in project/assembly.sbt as directed in https://github.com/sbt/sbt-assembly. The dependencies are defined in the build.sbt:

libraryDependencies ++= Seq( "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-core" % "1.6.2" % "provided", "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-streaming" % "1.6.2" % "provided" ) libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-streaming-kafka" % "1.6.2" libraryDependencies += "org.apache.kafka" %% "kafka" % "0.8.2.1" libraryDependencies += "org.apache.spark" %% "spark-sql" % "1.6.2" libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.play" %% "play-json" % "2.6.8" libraryDependencies += "com.pygmalios" %% "reactiveinflux" % "0.10.0.5" libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe" % "config" % "1.2.1"

There include libraries for kafka, json parsing, config management and influxdb. The job of sbt is to go and grab the nested dependencies of jars needed to build the jar and package it up for runtime.

You may want to review the runtime settings included in the project in src/main/resources/application.conf.

To build the jar run:

sbt assembly

If all goes welll you’ll have a jar file target/scala-2.10/KafkaSensor-assembly-1.0.jar

Running the Scala Application on the Cluster

Now we have compiled our application, we need to use the spark libraries on the development pc to submit the application to the cluster.

Open 2 terminal windows on your dev pc. In one window run a web server to allow the cluster to load your jar:

cd target/scala-2.10 python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

In the second, submit the spark application (you’ll need the spark binaries installed), replace the 10.0.0.9 with you dev pc ip

/opt/spark/bin/spark-submit --class com.andyburgin.sparkstreaming.KafkaSensor --master mesos://master02:7077 --deploy-mode cluster --conf spark.testing.reservedMemory="64000000" --conf spark.testing.memory="128000000" --executor-memory 256m --driver-memory 256m --num-executors 1 http://10.0.0.9:8000/KafkaSensor-assembly-1.0.jar

You’ll note the teeny memory settings needed to get the app to run on the cluster (see the hadoopi project for more details on cluster memory allocation). Check the application is running on the cluster http://master02:5050/#/ watch the driver and then worker tasks be created

Select one of the tasks and look at the “stdout” output, you should see the heartbeat message

View Metrics in Chronograf + Grafana

Now the application is running, lets look at the data being collected in Chronograf, point the browser at http://master01:8888/

Use the data explorer to quickly find the metrics and knock up a quick graph.

Next we need to set up Grafana, make sure the server is running on master01 and restart it if not

sudo -i service grafana-server restart

Log into Grafana by hitting http://master01:3000/, login as user “admin” password “admin” (change these at your leisure)

Next set up the influxdb data source to http://master01:8086

Then import the “grafana/EnviroPhat.json” dashboard.

And at long last view the dashboard and metrics

Stopping the App and Cluster

To kill the spark app, much like how it was launched run:

/opt/spark/bin/spark-submit --master mesos://master02:7077 --kill driver-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Replace the driver id as applicable, check the tasks in mesos have ended http://master02:5050/#/

To shut the whole cluster down, first cleanly stop the Kafka brokers and Spark framework on master02

sudo -i ./stop-kafka-brokers.sh ./stop-spark-framework.sh

Then terminate the running processes for the kafka framework and mesos master by hitting ^C on each terminal window on master02, also do this on the mesos slave processes on each worker.

Summary

As you’ll have seen this is very much an experiment, the original plan to build a SMACK stack hasn’t come to fruition. The cluster is really a massive overkill to simply recreate https://www.circuits.dk/datalogger-example-using-sense-hat-influxdb-grafana/

But in doing this as I said at the start I’ve learned a whole heap about Mesos, Spark and Scala and that was always the intention (and it turns out my soldering skills aren’t too bad either).

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Tareq: I don’t have that dream anymore, but since then, I just can’t seem to sleep. I tried everything to relax. I even asked Master Kimora for advice. He said to take some time off, but that’s not helping at all.

>Then, Tareq did some bow-like move in front of the giant bug. Then, he did it again and the bug disappears.

Tareq: See? I can’t even send my Creature back properly. I’m just so worried about Master Brightmore. I...

Glowing Creature: You can say it.

Tareq: I... I miss him.

Glowing Creature: But is that not why you requested the help of the Phantom Thieves? To change his heart so he may turn himself in and he would at least return to the temple?

Tareq: Well, yes.

Then that’s what we’ll do.

Tareq: You will?

Panther: We don’t know much about what happened, but we’ll help you anyway we can.

Fox: We Phantom Thieves do this so we can give courage to others. That includes you.

Tareq: I see... Thank you.

Glowing Creature: I am glad to hear that... So this is what “glad” feels like.

Ape: Well, it does look like you don’t much about emotions, uh...

Glowing Creature: Forgive me, I have not introduced myself to you. I am known as Ra-Vu, Indomitable Seeker of Lightning and Stormbringer. I am a Creature of the Light Civilization in a hidden world known as the Creature Realm.

Tareq: And you probably already know I’m Tareq: I’m an acolyte in the ancient art of Kaijudo.

Joker: I see. I’m not so sure about what you just said.

Tareq: I’ll explain while I take you to where you need to go... I’ll just ease your memories after this anyway.

>With that, Ra-Vu takes off to the air and we leave with Tareq... We didn’t see that someone was spying on us.

Ray: I knew something was up.

Round Boy: I guess Panopter got something good.

Ginger-haired girl: Think we should tell the Masters?

Ray: (grinning) Have we haver told them about the stuff we do?

Round boy and ginger-haired girl: ... Naw.

>Later after being told everything about the world of Kaijudo, we were now standing in front of a convenient store.

Tareq: I got word that he was back in town. He took up a job here as a clerk.

>We take a peek through the window. Ra-Vu sent us a telepathic message that he can connect us so we can hear what’s going on inside.

What is this I’m looking at?

>He was holding an instant ramen bowl.

It’s instant ramen. Anyone can see that.

Yeah, boss. I thought we were the dumb ones.

Nigel Brightmore: (irritated) I am aware that it’s instant ramen. What I was asking was why I found this in the nacho aisle?

Boy in Sweater: Because the instant ramen is next to it. C’mon, it was just one mistake.

Nigel Brightmore: (still irritated) We are trying to make the shoppers’ trips here easier! Unlike life. You better think twice before making such an error again!

Hat-wearing young man: Whoa, boss, relax, it’s fixable. Geez, and we left Carny just for this?

Boy in Sweater: It can’t be helped, Nickles. Carny had the dough. And now that he’s spending more time with his old man, we gotta make cash somehow.

Nickles: I hope yer right, Driggs.

Nigel Brightmore: Then perhaps you should have thought about that before deciding to work here. Now quit flapping your jaws and get back to work!

Nickles and Driggs: (scared) Yes, sir!

>Back outside with us.

He must really miss being a Master.

Tareq: It’s making him so frustrated he’s taking it out on his employees. And they don’t even know anything about Kaijudo or Creatures. It’s pathetic, but at the same time, sad. I can’t stand to see him like this anymore.

Ra-Vu: (telepathically) Meet me at the back of this shop.

>We go to the back where Ra-Vu was waiting for us.

Ra-Vu: Now you see how far my former master has fallen. How his misery has turned him from a once honorable man into a disgraced figure of sloth and anger. He might as well, how would humans put it... Made a prison of his own heart. And he is even the warden.

Skull: That sounds like it fits.

>Skull takes out his phone and enters the words we hope are the keywords. Nigel Brightmore... Convenient store... Prison...

Nav: Results found. Updating guidance system.

Ape: Bingo!

Tareq: So, you go to this Metaverse with an app? How does that work?

Just trust us.

Skull: Well, with all that done, all we gotta do now is go into his Palace and-

???: Palace?

>We are surprised by three new people with us. It was those kids from the studio.

Tareq: Ray? Allie? Gabe? How?

Allie: Never underestimate the power of Stalker Spheres.

Gabe: And was that Nigel in that store?

Tareq: ...

Ray: Tareq, you knew? You knew all this time he was back in town and hid him from the Stalker Spheres?

Ra-Vu: He knew, yes, but it was I who hid him from the Stalker Spheres. Tareq had nothing to do with that.

Allie: Can we really believe that?

Gabe: This wouldn’t be the first time a Light Creature lied.

Ra-Vu: Princess Sasha only did what she must to do what is right. But I am not lying to you now.

Gabe: ... Fine. But what’s going on here? And with these guys?

Allie: Hold on... I thought I recognized you.

>She was staring at Skull and Duke.

You do?

Allie: You’re Ryuji Sakamoto from KUROFUNE. The other kids at school just wouldn’t shut up about it since your official debut last year. And you, you led those Joes after you were framed.

Duke: Fine, you caught us.

Ray: Actually, I think I do recognize these two. I think I even recognize the rest of you from the Dream Festival.

>We just stared.

Ray: My cousins were competing in the Top Three.

Skull: Hold on. Okamoto...

Oh, as in Nobu and Ichiro Okamoto!

Ray: They’re my cousins.

Skull: I see. You know, I heard they were dropped from their Unit because their leader that they were the reason they didn’t make it. Now that I’m a True Idol and can make my own Unit, maybe I can recruit ‘em.

Ray: Really? That’s good, I guess... But that still doesn’t answer what’s going on here.

Tareq: (sighs) You might as well tell them.

Ra-Vu: Actually, I think it best simply to show them.

Allie: (unconvinced) Show us?

Ra-Vu: But before we do so, I suggest you first summon your creatures.

Gabe: Right here? Right now?

Ra-Vu: I shall explain later.

Ray: Okay, I guess.

>The three adepts take out their gauntlets and empower them with what Tareq called Mana. Tareq does the same.

Ray: Tatsurion the Unchained!

Allie: Scaradorable of Gloom Hollow!

Gabe: Reef Prince Glu-urrgle!

Tatsurion: What is...

>The Creature known as Tatsurion, or as he as known as “Bob”, sees Ra-Vu and quickly makes a fighting stance.

Bob: (not looking happy) What is he doing here?

Ray: (trying to calm the situation) I’ll explain soon, Bob. Right now, we should hear what he has to say.

Bob: (a bit disappointed) Fine.

Ra-Vu: I am glad to hear that. Now, you may begin.

Joker: Alright, he we go.

Nav: Beginning navigation.

>With that, the familiar red wave passes over us. When it ends, the convenient store had now been replaced with a prison that looks like something out of Avatar the Last Airbender. More specifically, The Boiling Rock.

(Insert song: Price)

Ray: Holy...

Ra-Vu: That is precisely the right thing to say in the situation.

How don’t see how it is. Care to explain?

Allie: First, explain something. A couple of things... Where the heck are we and what’s with the outfits!?

Gabe: Hold on, those masks... You’re the Phantom Thieves, aren’t you!? The Phantom Thieves of Hearts!

Hey, shush! I don’t think the Shadows heard us.

Tareq: Shadows? You talked about that.

Yeah, in the Metaverse, enemies attack us.

Allie: I think it get it. But what does that have to do with summoning our Creatures before coming here?

Ra-Vu: Because it is unknown what effects may occur from opening the Veil within the Metaverse.

Gabe: (worried) Now you tell us.

Oracle: Right, so until we can be sure it’s safe...

No Summonings.

Gabe: Right. Opening the Veil in a place like this could cause a Butterfly Effect so massive, it might cause great damage.

Well, shall we go in now?

Right, I’m just itching to cause some damage.

Then let’s get to it.

>I use my Third Eye a spot a hole in the mountain big enough for all of us to go through.

Joker: You think we can fly up there?

Bob: I can.

Oracle: I can also use Necronomicon carry us as well. Persona!

Ray: (surprised) That’s definitely not the kind of Creatures we’re use to.

>With Bob and Necronomicon’s help, we managed to get inside the prison without fail. Inside, there were young men getting pushed around by Shadows dressed like prison guards.

Tareq: How does those guys get here?

Mona: Their just cognitions. They’re based off of people in the real world. It’s those guards you have to worry about.

>We secretly land near what we can only guess is the front door. We enter what we assume is the lobby which looks more like a courtroom. Then, we see two cognitions dressed like guards escorting a young man with a bag over his head. The two guards look like the two boys from the store.

Allie: Why are Driggs and Nickles here?

It’s not really them. Like Mona said, they’re just copies that exist only in this Palace.

>Then, someone arrives on the judge’s podium. It was Nigel Brightmore dressed like that warden from The Boiling Rock. However, it looked like it was made of gold... Including his eyes.

Shadow Nigel: Read the charges.

Cognitive Driggs: Yes, sir.

>Then, Cognitive Driggs removes the bag...

Ray: (shocked) It’s... It’s me.

Cognitive Nickles: Raiden Pierce-Okamoto, you are charged with defying the ways of the Kaijudo Order. You have touched Creature after Creature, made forbidden trips to the Creature Realm, causing much chaos, and worst of all, cost the warden his job. How do you plea?

Cognitive Ray: (looks like he’s crying) ...

Shadow Nigel: We will take your silence as your confession. So, for your crimes, I sentence you to be “reeducated”.

Cognitive Ray: N- No!

>With that, the cognitions leave.

Bob: (now getting angry) They will pay for that!

>With that, Bob runs out of hiding.

Ray: Bob, wait!

>Too late. We’ve been spotted.

Shadow Nigel: (a malicious smile on his face) So, the real one comes to my presence. And I see you brought your friends as well. And what’s this? You’ve become friends with those annoying fools from Japan?

Well, guess what. These annoyin’ fools are gonna take you down and steal your Treasure!

Shadow Nigel: I am not scared of you. This prison in impenetrable. Nothing is coming in or out. Ever.

Tareq: You can’t be serious. Master, I know you have fallen, but this isn’t going to make things any better.

Shadow Nigel: Doesn’t it? I lost everything because of these children. The Masters have left their ways and are now weak. Our mission to protect the people of the Human Realm will fail this way.

Ray: That’s not true. The Order didn’t become weak, they grew. Now, they’re stronger than ever.

Shadow Nigel: I refuse to believe it. Being a Kaijudo Duel Master was everything to me... And I intend to take it back.

>Then, a large Shadow appears.

Tareq: Please, Master Brightmore, it doesn’t have to be this way. Just turn yourself over to the Masters and I promise that I’ll make sure that their punishment is something light.

Shadow Nigel: ... No. It’s too late for that.

Ra-Vu: It is never too late to redeem yourself.

Shadow Nigel: (getting angry) You dare speak back to your master? Fine, if you wish to defy me further... Then you can just die here. Guards, seize them!

>With that, Shadow Nigel runs off and the large Shadow changes shape.

Allie: (surprised) I don’t think that angel is here to save our souls.

>Necronomicon scans the Shadow.

Oracle: I’m not sensing any weaknesses. It’s real strong. And avoid using Bless Skills.

Joker: But maybe Curse Skills can give us the edge...

Maybe even stronger.

>I go Third Tier.

Joker: PERSONA!

Skull: I’m in, too. You might need the extra muscle.

Mona: You’ll need a healer, too.

Fox: And me.

>Skull, Mona, and Fox all go Ultimate.

Skull, Mona, and Fox: PERSONA!

Ray: We’ll fight, too. I know it may look like you’re full up, but you might need us.

Joker: Alright. I don’t think this will be an ordinary fight this time.

Gabe: Ready to do this, Gargle?

Glu-urrgle (aka Gargle): RFA. Ready for action, G Ablriel!

Skull: Glad you can join us. I like that RFA thing.

Allie: Let’s snuff this guy out, Squeaky.

Scaradorable (Squeaky): *squeak*

Mona: I’m not much of a gentleman if I keep a couple of ladies waiting.

Tareq: Shoot. I knew I should have summoned a Creature before coming here.

Ra-Vu: I shall fill that role for this battle.

Tareq: Thanks, Ra-Vu.

Fox: Good. Time for the beauty of art to be illuminated.

Bob: Then let the brawl begin!

Tutorial

The Kaijudo Adepts’ assistance is the same as a regular assist. Sometime, if you can’t knock down all the enemies, they will assist in knocking down the rest of them.

Which Adept assists depends on the character.

Joker = Ray and Bob

Skull = Gabe and Gargle

Mona = Allie and Squeaky

Fox = Tareq and Ra-Vu

>Uriel Summons three Shadows. We’ll tell you that they’re Angels since we can’t show you pictures of them. All the Angel use Buffs on Uriel. Raoul uses Heat Raiser on Mona. Seiten Taisei uses Matarukaja.

Oracle: This one! Defense up!

>Necronomicon uses Marakukaja. Mercurius uses Masukunda. Kamu Susano-o uses Masukukaja. Uriel uses Bloodbath. Luckily, we all dodge it. Angel 1 uses Kouha on me. It knocks me down. Angel 1 then attacks me. Angel 2 tries to use Makajama on Mona. Luckily, he dodges it. Angel 3 looks scornfully at Skull. I get back up and Raoul uses Maeigaon. It knocks down all the Angels. I pass the baton to Mona and Mercurius uses Miracle Punch on Uriel. It didn’t knock him down. Seiten Taisei uses Charge. Mercurius uses Miracle Punch on Uriel again. This time, it was a critical hit.

Mona: Quiver in fear!

>After the attack, the Angels were gone, but Uriel was still up. Kamu Susano-o uses Tempest Slash. Uriel uses Megidola. Raoul uses Eigaon. Seiten Taise uses God’s Hand. Mercurius uses Mediarahan. Kamu Susano-o uses Bufudyne. Uriel uses Myraid Slashes on Mona. Raoul uses Concentrate. Seiten Taisei uses Matarukaja. Mercurius uses Miracle Punch. No knock down this time. Kamu Susan-o uses Masukukaja. Uriel summons another Angel. The Angel looks scornfully at me.

Joker: Alright, Raoul, it’s showtime!

<With that, Uriel and the Angel are both fast Asleep. Seiten Taisei uses Charge. Mercurius uses Masukunda. Fox defends himself. Both Uriel and the Angel are still Sleeping. Raoul uses Maeigaon. It was technical hit on both of them and the Angel was knocked down. Seiten Taisei uses God’s Hand.

Gabe: Me and Gargle are ready when you are!

Skull: Go for it, man!

Gargle: LOL! Happy Hour!

>With a few shots of his Potato Gun, Gargle knocks Uriel down.

Skull: All right! Time for some pain!

>After the attack, the Angel was gone, but Uriel was still up, but a little more weaker. Mercurius uses Miracle Punch. It was a critical hit.

Mona: Time for some bloodshed!

>After the attack, Uriel was still up, but now more weaker. Kamu Susano-o uses Brave Blade. Uriel uses Myraid Slashes on Fox. Luckily, he dodges it. Raoul uses Eigaon. Seiten Taisei uses Matarukaja. Mercurius uses Garudyne. Kamu Susano-o uses Masukukaja. Uriel uses Bloodbath. Both Skull and Mona fall under fear. I use Relax Gel on Mona. Skull is too Scared to move. Mona uses Harisen Recovery on Skull as Mercurius uses Miracle Punch. No knock down.

Allie: I think we’re good to go, right, Squeaky?

>Squeaky nods.

Mona: Then be my guest.

Allie: Alright! Squeaky, show them your real dark side.

>Squeaky uses her Fear Gaze and attacks Uriel. He’s knocked down and falls under Fear.

Mona: Too late for apologies!

>After the attack, Uriel is still up, but now even weaker. Kamu Susano-o uses Brave Blade. It’s a critical hit.

Fox: This is the final blow! Now! Let us strike!

Oracle: And to finish it off!

>With that, Uriel was gone.

Allie: That definitely wasn’t like any Duel we’ve been in. This is just crazy.

T-Bob: Crazy? You haven’t seen anything yet.

>Gabe goes over to the podium Shadow Nigel was. He begins looking through some files.

Gabe: These files are on all three of us. Ray, me, and Allie. It’s like he really does see us as criminals.

Bob: Now I just want to get him good.

Panther: He’s suppose to be the Master of the Light Civilization, and yet he’s willing to hurt others just to make sure others follow the rules?

This is totally the opposite of who he should be.

Gabe: Hold on, there’s another file here.

Gargle: (scanning it) It doesn’t seem to be on anyone. No viruses, no worries.

Oracle: Let me see.

>Oracle looks in the file.

Score! It’s a map of the prison.

Skull: Cool! This Palace will be a cinch.

Tareq: (looking down) Yeah.

Violet: Is something wrong, Tareq kun?

Tareq: It’s just... Is this how Master Brightmore really is? Some tyrant who just want to control everything?

Violet: Pretty much. But that’s why we’re here. To change all that.

Tareq: Can we?

Joker: Tareq, you truly believe that there is some good in Nigel and you might be right. You know this. I know this. We all know this... And we want the Masters to know the same thing. That’s why we’re ding this. We’re going to do more than take his heart...

We’re going to save him.

Tareq: ... Thanks. You know... I don’t think I’ll be erasing your memories after all.

Gabe: (a little worried) Really? ... Then again, a chance to ally with the Phantom Thieves? When will have another chance like this? A chance to know more about this Metaverse and how it might effect Mana.

Allie: Just be careful not to get over yourself.

Oracle: Then I’ll just lend you a hand. I know a thing or two about how cognition works here.

Gabe: I think that will be great.

Tareq: Then it’s settled. You help me with this and I won’t erase your memories. I might even help you in some places most people can’t. So, will you help?

Alright then. It’s setled. We’ve got ourselves a deal.

>We shake on it. I think this deal might work in our favor.

I am thou... Thou art I...

Thou hast acquired a new vow...

It shall become the wings of rebellion That breaketh thy chains of captivity.

With the birth of Storm Persona I have obtained the winds of blessing that shall lead to freedom and new power...

Confidant: The Duelist

Arcana: Storm (This Arcana is made up for this Confidant.)

Rank: 1

Ability: Acolyte

Allows you to enter the Kaijudo Temple.

Panther: Well, we’ve done all we can for now. Let’s regroup for today.

>With that, we leave.

>We return to the real world. Ray, Gabe, and Allie send their Creatures back to their realm.

Ray: It looks like things are about to get more complicated from here on.

Joker: Most likely. But not right away, though. It’s only the first day.

?????? ??????: The first day of what?

>We were shocked by who was now with us.

Ra-Vu: It appears there are some Stalker Spheres I forgot to ask to keep us hidden.

What was your first guess, mi amigo?

This could be bad. Real bad.

Tareq: Master, wait, I can explain.

Master Chavez: I suppose you can.

>Suddenly, something flies down to us.

>Then, it projects a screen... It shows us disappearing into the Metaverse.

Now we really have to explain.

Tareq: Then please, hear us out.

>The Kaijudo Temple. We came here and explained to the other Duel Masters and even Ray’s parents of what had transpired. Hopefully, they will listen to us.

So, Nigel Brightmore is back in San Campion. This is startling news.

And you two have been hiding him from us the whole time? Are you so loyal that you would protect this traitor for your masters?

Ra-Vu: He is not a traitor. He merely, as you humans would say, made a mistake. One that is atonable.

Master Isao: You only say that because he is your master and he probably ordered you to hid him from the Stalker Spheres.

Ra-Vu: That is not true. I am hiding Master Brightmore of my own volition. Even those of the Light Civilization are not above compassion and empathy. A feat that our Princess Sasha proved possible long ago.

Gabe: He has a point there.

Either way, I am still not so sure about how your plan will work. I understand how much the Phantom Thieves of Hearts has done for the world. I must admit, even I was impressed by what they did in New York. Not to mention what happened in Auradon and with that general. But still, to change his heart?

Tareq: I just want to see Master Brightmore do the right thing. This is the only way I can do it. Please believe me. I don’t want him to be punished so harshly if he doesn’t turn himself in.

And what punishment did you think we would give him if he didn’t?

Tareq: I don’t know. Banishment to the Creature Realm without his gauntlet? Or worst of all... You’d erase his memories. A fate far worse than death.

Master Chavez: And what punishment do you wish for us to give him if he does turn himself in?

Tareq: I guess maybe tending to the Creature Pens? Helping Master Toji in his workshop since Fingers isn’t around anymore. Even help Master Kimora in his garden or the studio upstairs. Just please, don’t erase his memories.

After everything he did to us, to my son... To me. He deserves such a fate. To have to go through the same ordeals I had to go through.

Ray: (a bit shocked) Dad!?

Ken, no.

Saguru: (as he wishes to be called, only his family can call him Ken) However, to do such a thing... We would be no different than August. So even though I’m no longer a Duel Master... I wish to favor Tareq’s request.

Master Isao: Ken chan, are you sure?

Saguru: Please, Uncle, you know that this might work.

Master Isao: ... Very well. We will vote on it. All those in favor of allowing the Phantom Thieves take Brightmore’s heart so he may turn himself over to us?

Master Kimora: Well, I suppose we could give it a try. I think Nigel really wanted to do the right thing.

Master Jaha: I also agree. Nigel was consumed by the order of Light. This might be a good chance to help him come to his senses.

Master Chavez: I’m curious to know if this would really work. So, I agree as well.

Master Nadia: (still doubtful) Fine. But only because Hector thinks it might be a good idea. However, I also propose that we give them until the end of the month to change his heart. If they fail to do so, then we must step in and take Nigel ourselves. Are we all in agreement?

>The Masters agreed.

Mona: Alright then, the deadline is January 31. So we have to establish a route to the Treasure and send the calling card no later than two days prior, the 29th.

Ray: Luckily, we’ll be helping you.

Janet: (a little worried) Just be careful, Honey. It sounds like this Metaverse is nothing like the Creature Realm.

Ray: It’s okay, Mom, the Phantom Thieves will be joining us and they know more about the Metaverse than we do.

Saguru: For their sake, they better. (looking intimidating) Because if they so let as much as a cut on you...

>Something crawls out of his eye.

Ape: I have a feeling that bug is more than it appears.

Visor: (a little worried) You can say that again.

Then it’s mission start. Time for Operation: Save the Light!

Violet: That sounds a little taken.

Joker: Well it was either that or Attack the Light. Maybe even Unleash the Light.

Allie: (confused) Too many Steven Universe references.

Tareq: (also confused) Steven Universe?

Violet: You don’t know about Steven Universe?

Allie: The only channel the Temple gets is San Campion 24/7. They don’t even use the Internet much here.

Oracle: Which makes me wonder. How did you managed to write your request?

Tareq: Well, it all happened when Gabe stayed the night here to take a break from those brothers of his. I sort of... Borrowed his phone while he was asleep.

Gabe: (upset) I thought it was odd that slightly more used data!

Tareq: (a little embarrassed) Sorry.

Gabe: (sighs) It’s alright. Just ask next time.

>With that, we prepare for the heist ahead of us.

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