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So, kinda a weird question, now that things have settled down a bit...

But what is an "idol", exactly? I've heard it mentioned a few times now while going around the city and getting my bearings, but... I think my mental image of what an "idol" is, is different from what people might be talking about?

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An idol is someone who becomes very popular, usually through something like singing, dancing or some other kind of performance and becomes idolised by a lot of people.

Oh! That definitely isn't what I was thinking of.

In the Japanese Lexicon, it means:

A singer, usually female, who is somewhere between the human years of, I don't know Mid 10s to Mid 20s, typically.

They sing fairly uniform/safe music for maximized potential. The CDs of such are usually comically overpriced.

And a large amount of them are publicly banned from having personal relationships to allow superfans of the idol to have unrealistic expectations that she belongs to them / will marry them.

So, it's not a physical object of worship, is what you're saying.

Oh it is an object of worship.

It just happens to be a living, breathing young girl-woman.

Do they usually represent something specific, like a god, though?

Not a God in the traditional sense.

But they're put on a pedestal and deified on unrealistic expectations, so to speak. And they're definitely made an object of worship that represents 'something' to her fans.

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So it's kinda what I was thinking of, only it involves a living person instead of anything else.

Pretty much.

You're entirely on the nose, Aegis.

It's just a variation of the thing, is all. Hence the term "Idol" for it. Because they are people who are idolized.

The only difference is the idol isn't a golden calf or a wooden totem or a set of preserved animal bones in a furskin.

... so the question is, why are people talking about idols now?

I don't remember them being a big topic before now...

Maybe the Idol industry finally got a solid foothold in the Dueling industry?

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Hnmm, maybe.

I'm still sorta getting used to how dueling is, on Earth, to be honest. I never would have thought of it as an "industry" thing before.

It's basically like a sport, essentially. Its particulars most closely resemble what's called Wrestling, I think.

Hnmm... it sounds weird to me, but I guess I can see how it could be taken as a sport. In a roundabout fashion.

Well, it helps that most of our monsters are holograms, not copies of the full out flesh and blood creatures.

Holograms.. Oh! I think I understand it a little better, now, then. So they don't hurt like regular duels do?

Well regular Duels around here, you'll ache and be pretty damn sore if you get hit really damn hard and might get knocked unconscious.

But it's rare for it to actually course severe injury or death on Earth.

Hell, if I could get the money, I'd be willing to take you to the Kaiba Corp Stadium to watch one of them. Though we could always watch one on TV, if you'd like, Aegis.

Oh, sure! I'd love to see the duels that happens here, especially if you're offering!

Hnm... I should probably actually start thinking about how the currency around here works. I got a bit of an idea before, but not exactly on the "how to earn it" part.

I actually have a pretty big TV provided for me in my current dorm room, so I'd be willing to sneak you in.

And we can discuss the concept of money and how to earn it, during commercials.

Sure! You're at that school island, right?

Yes. Show up near or on the pier, and I'll help sneak you in.

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