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The
Discovery of the Millennium Puzzle:
How did Grampa get his hands on the Millennium Puzzle? Would
you believe it was fate?
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When Mr. Sugoroku Mouto was younger, he was quite the gambler. Never
lost a game, in fact (my, that sounds familiar...), and swore
(somewhat jokingly) that the day he lost a game would be the
day he traded in his tux for a pair of overalls and start
collecting years instead of chips.
As a hardcore gamer, he traveled the
world searching for the ultimate game. This search brought him
to Egypt. There, he learned of a "Shadow Game",
located deep within a tomb that no one, neither thief nor
archeologist, has ever breached (mainly because they all ended
up dying along the way **sweatdrop**).
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Well of course he had to play! To prove
himself as the ultimate gamer...
So saying, he hired two brothers to guide
him to the tomb. These "guides", however, had their own
agenda. They too sought the treasure held within the deepest chamber
of the tomb, and planned to kill Mr. Mouto as soon as he passed the
last trap.
At the entrance of the tomb, Sugoroku was
surprised to find that he could actually understand the inscriptions
on the walls. It read: "Beyond here, those who disturb the
domain of the slumbering Pharaoh, by Divine punishment, shall have
their flesh rot and their souls buried in darkness"
(doesn't that just fill you with optimism?).
...He went in anyway. XD |
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The first test that we're shown is a maze
of thin ledges. One of the guides accidentally steps on a switch
that locks them in and spikes are moving towards them, leaving no
other choice but to go forward. Running ahead, Sugoroku's way is
blocked by an animated statue that seems quite intent on slicing his
head off (Hmmm... memories of Mummy Returns and Indiana Jones &
the Last Crusade :D). Luckily, he figures out that the statues won't
attack if you walk with your left foot first. Only the pharaoh is
allowed to walk with right foot first (don't ask me why... something
to do with showing respect to a Living God). The younger of the two
guides ignores the advice and promptly gets himself skewered. |
The elder brother, shaken, grieved, and angry, pulls his gun on
Mouto-san and tells him to keep going. When the path forks, Sugoroku chooses the path
under the statue of the Falcon-god Horus, because he's the patron
god for the pharaoh.
At the end of the next chamber is a golden
box containing the Millennium Puzzle (well, they don't know what's in
the box yet). There's only one ledge leading to the treasure and
it's surface is engraved with five duel monster tablets. The inscription on
the walls say that only those with courage shall pass. At gun-point,
Sugoroku goes first and they safely pass the fourth tablet when the thief
decides he doesn't need anymore help and shoots Mr. Mouto in the
shoulder. Sugoroku stumbles and slips off the ledge, but manages to
hold on with one hand.
The thief, overconfident in the fact that he's already won,
goes for the treasure only to find that the tablet he's
standing on is suddenly coming to life. Short story shorter,
he gets eaten. ^_^0
Sugoroku meanwhile is hanging on for dear
life, quite literally, and lamenting the fact that he travelled
so far and came so close... only to die like this... Shocked
out of his stupor, he finally notices a ghostly figure looming
over him.
Kneeling, the apparition solemnly offers
him a hand and says: "I've been waiting for you...
Simon..." |
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He blacks out after that. When he comes to,
he's lying face-down on the ledge, shoulder apparently healed even
though the hole in his jacket says that it should be
otherwise.
On its pedestal, the golden box is
glowing.
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