“That incident with the Gigadril got you into this,” shrugged Thiroux, “this is your way out. You have three hours to pack.”
Dash stomped down the hall, slamming the door to her bedroom behind her, the force knocking her latest prototype off the nightstand. She felt ashamedly childish, but the situation was so unfair. As she packed, she calculated the distance between Terracette and Zinnia Park. She’d escape and head there; join Ricky Royce and the others. She zipped up her bag and grabbed the prototype. Who needs parents anyway?
Not a single word was exchanged between daughter and mother the entire drive. But as Thiroux turned the steering wheel a hard right onto a long and austere driveway, both of them gasped.
Terracette Pathway Academy, established by Teklo Industries, stood looming, the entire perimeter fenced off. Terracette Prison, more like it. It wouldn’t be a simple escape.
They ascended the steps to the front entrance and knocked. Dash expected a stuffy superintendent to appear. Instead, a woman of similar age to Dash opened the door. She was dressed neck to toe in protective leather and gadgets.
“You must be Dash,” greeted the woman. “Welcome to wonderland.”
The gloom of the outside world disappeared, replaced by a bright interior filled with contraptions. As they walked along the corridors, young inventors like herself stood appraising their peers' creations. Dash felt excitement replace dread until a known face entered the room. Dr Wyverstone. If he was here, then she was in deep shit.
“Thiroux… Dash,” muttered Wyverstone. “I bet you didn’t expect to see me?”
“Not really,” groaned Dash.
“Dash!” scolded Thiroux. “Apologies Dr Wyverstone, it’s been a long drive.”
“It is I who should apologise,” replied Wyverstone, “for the…incident. I shouldn’t have raised my laser pistol at you, Dash. My temper gets the better of me sometimes.”
Thiroux looked at Dash, urging her daughter to respond.
“Apology accepted,” allowed Dash.
Thiroux winced, took a deep breath and smiled. “What do you say we put that behind us?”
Wyverstone nodded then noticed the prototype in Dash’s hand, raising his eyebrow in surprise.
“Is that what I think it is?”
“Oh, this…” She hid the gadget behind her back.
Wyverstone reached into his pocket, searching for something. “I’ll be teaching at the Academy for the interim,” he grimaced as he pulled out a key. “This is for you.” He dropped the key into Dash’s free hand.
She turned the tag over. “Tinker Workshop?”
“If you’re going to purify plasma with that thing, you’ll need a place to contain the mess.”
“I’m not in trouble?”
“Ask me again at the end of your internship.”
Debuting in Arcane Rising on March 27, 2020, Dash quickly boosted into the hearts of steampunk fans everywhere. Able to switch between a no-holds-barred aggro boost strategy and a slow and steady Induction Chamber gameplan, this plucky inventor was always equipped for anything.
Dash had one goal in Blitz - Gotta Go Fast. Burning through the gas in her deck, Dash would race the most aggressive and explosive decks and often beat them to the finish line. The introduction of a main-deck inventory to the format gave Dash the option to slow down against control decks with her trusty Teklo Plasma Pistol.
Dash officially reached Living Legend status in Blitz on September 6, 2024. Congratulations to all the bright sparks who changed the future with their need for speed. Your names have been engraved on the Roll of Honor!
Roll of Honor |
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Abhay D Srivastava |
Alejandro Ziegenhirt |
Aleksi Sorjonen |
Alessandro Arbasino |
Alessandro Stefanelli |
Alexander Gadalla |
Alexander Tsohohey |
Alexander Wolfe |
Alexandru Hristache |
Andre Belote |
Andrea Colombo |
Andrea Tosi |
Andrew Hilleary |
Ariela Randriamasy |
Austin Somers |
Basil Hershberger |
Ben Lucas |
Benjamin Cumming |
Benjamin Michaelis |
Benjamin Troth |
Braden Phillips |
Brock Morford |
Brodie Snoek |
Bruno Carvalho |
Bryce Henschel |
Bun Ar |
CB Kai |
Cesar Yrick Sevilla |
Charles Duruy |
Charlie Thompson |
Chris Borecky |
Chris Mikkelsen |
Chris Ray |
Christopher Schuster |
Christopher Shehan |
Christopher Spescha |
Claudio Mendes |
Colin Ragas |
Connor Bryant |
Corentin Petit |
Craig Johnson |
Damiano De Prosperis |
Dan Tholkes |
Daniel Li |
Danton Lima |
David Elrod |
David M Smith |
David Mulveney |
David Reitenbach |
Dimitar Evstatiev |
Donnie Wilkinson |
Dylan Thompson |
Evandro Campos |
Finn Johnston |
Florian Vanclaire |
Florin Mazilu |
Francco Cipriani |
Fu Kah Deng |
Gaál Benjamin |
Gabriel Beckett |
Gabriel Passarelli |
Galaxy Yang |
Grzegorz Pawlikowski |
Henrique Gouvêa |
Holly Alford |
Jackie Rousseau |
Jackson Ball |
Jacob Kurka |
Jake Woodward |
Jakob Hendrikx |
Jakub Schneider |
Jamal Salem Saedidaryan |
James Armstrong |
Jameson Hughes |
Jason Rolfe |
Jason Wellendorf |
Jason Williams |
Jason Zhang |
Jeff Rebelo |
Joe Fletcher |
Joe Robertson |
Jordan Beange |
Jordan Long |
Josh Newton |
Joshua Korovesi |
Joshua Tavares |
Justin Cu |
Justin Smith |
Kaina Gimenez |
Kentaro Kataoka |
Kit Valentine |
Kou Khang |
Kouji Hamada |
Kyle Mullings |
Leon Chan |
Linford Hulin-Bobart |
Marc Lanigra |
Marcel Scheenaard |
Marcin Duda |
Mark Henderson |
Matteo Tosetti |
Matthew Digregorio |
Matthew Ericsson Marquez |
Merrick Kemp |
Michael Barnes |
Michael Gohl |
Michael Hinson |
Michael Stanko |
Michael Wachouschek |
Michelle Chmura |
Mirko Macchia |
Miroslav Košař |
Mohamed El Fardi |
Nathan Abrams |
Niccolò Crema |
Nicolas Bouffard |
Niels Kornerup |
Nuno Miguel Correia Das Neves |
Oliver Gehrig |
Own Hsiang Yu |
Panagiotis Kostoglou |
Patrick Jones |
Patrick Requejo |
Patrick Weiss |
Pedro Lecey Opitz |
Piergiorgio Villani |
Powerful Dickson |
Rafael Durán |
Ricky Lianto |
Rob Emery |
Robert Bryant |
Robert Cartwright |
Roberto Grimmett |
Rodolfo Brites |
Rodolphe Lobet |
Rodrigo Marques |
Rokas Jaskevičius |
Romain Garcin |
Rose Smyth |
Ruben Van Dessel |
Ryan Bega |
Ryan Josing |
Samo Planinc |
Sébastien Spilliaert |
Shane Bengford |
Shane Skimehorn |
Sherman Darrenkamp |
Shu Murashima |
Shuan Li Tan |
Sou Fujita |
Spencer Beck |
Stanley Hopkins |
Sylvain Poirree |
Te Koha Jansen |
Thierry Mévillot |
Thomas Chevrinais |
Thomas Johnson-Averette |
Thomas Li |
Thomas Stokes |
Timothy Bell |
Tomas Liutvinas |
Tony Stobbe |
Ty Kuper |
Tyler Green |
Vitor Negri |
Vitor Ximenez |
William Bao |
Wilson Tran |
Wisnu Agung |
Xincheng Hou |
Yassine Echafai Tripiana |
Yong Soon Ooi |
Yuri Dellandrea |
Yuto Niida |
Zachary Wallach |
Zeno Bianchini |
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