[nineteenth launch - voice]

[a_lone_flame]

It seems a bit too quiet lately.

... Huh. Fog cleared up, that's good.

Kinomiya, you owe me a beybattle. Tomorrow morning sound good for you?

Oh, and if people want to come spectate, feel free.

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[gallantgoggles]

Um, what's a beybattle?

[a_lone_flame]

Kinomiya and I will be fighting with our tops. [ Here, have an example. ]

[ VIDEO ]

[ The image's a bit fuzzy, but there's a dark blue top spinning down on the ground. ]

[ /VIDEO ]

Does that help?

[gallantgoggles]

Not really. I mean I know what a top is... but how would you fight with it? Don't they usually just spin all over the place? And acting like a top just makes you dizzy.

[a_lone_flame]

Beyblades are different from traditional tops. Usually, there would be a holy beast inside of them, but due to this city, they've been taken out of their chips and are allowed to roam freely. You can customize them with attack, defense and weight rings, amongst other things.

[gallantgoggles]

A holy beast inside? Is it like a holy type digimon?

[a_lone_flame]

... Never heard of digimon, but if you look outside Horton, there's a dragon, phoenix, wolf, tiger and falcon.

[gallantgoggles]

Digimon are like living creatures made out of data. They can look like anything and come in hundreds of different types. And they can grow and get stronger when they evolve.

What, seriously?

[a_lone_flame]

I see.

Yes. Respectively, their names are Seiryuu, Suzaku, Wolborg, Byakko and Falborg.

[gallantgoggles]

...Those names feel kind of familiar.

[a_lone_flame]

How so?

[gallantgoggles]

I'm not sure. It just seems like I've heard them somewhere before.

[a_lone_flame]

...if it helps, Suzaku's the legendary Chinese phoenix god of the South.

[gallantgoggles]

...That sounds a lot like Zhuqiaomon. He's the guardian of the southern quadrant of the Digital World. And he looks like a giant phoenix.

[a_lone_flame]

Zhuqiaomon... hm, has a nice ring to it.

Then, Seiryuu's the Azure Dragon of the East while Byakko's the White Tiger of the West.

[gallantgoggles]

This is getting really weird. Azulongmon guards the East and looks like a dragon. He's very nice. Well, he's nicer than Zhuqiaomon, but that isn't hard. And the Sovereign of the Western quadrant is a tiger named Baihumon.

[a_lone_flame]

It's a small world after all.

Finally, Genbu's the Black Warrior/Tortoise of the North.