2027 arc

**2027 arc** (or **Ten Years Later arc**) is the first story arc of *Talk About Random: New Beginnings* and the fourth overall in the *Talk About Random series*.

Ten years had passed since the Shadow Four were defeated. Neopia remained peaceful for the time being. The story follows twins Sylvia and Lance, now nine years old, want to be adventurous. But, Lance feels down because he thinks something is missing. Little did they know, they were being monitored by a unknown Bori who lusts for the necklaces both the twins possess. What powers do the necklaces carry and why does the Bori need it?

## Summary

### A Decade Later: The New Story Begins

In 2016, the Shadow Four are defeated and Neopia remained peaceful for eleven years. In 2018, for their first birthdays, the twins received a gift from Wave. What Wave told Sylvestre and Lani about the necklaces was wrong. That same year, a mysterious Neopet wants the necklaces all to himself to gain power. With the twins now nine years old in 2027, the story begins. However, Buizel, now professor at Neopian Central University, senses danger as his class leaves.

One day, Sylvia and Lance come home from school, which was finally invented when the twins were five years old. As the family dine in at home, both Sylvestre and Lani notice Lance feeling gloomy. Sylvestre asks Lance what's wrong as he responds that something is missing. Lance excuses himself, leaves the dinner table, and heads to his room to figure what is 'missing' in his life.

Salem and Emily, the twins' best friends come over to hang out. Salem asks Lance about why being gloomy and he too replied the same answer as he did to Sylvestre. Salem told Lance that the next day will be a different day. Out of nowhere, his necklace began to glow. While Emily is with Sylvia, them both wonder why Lance was gloomy. As their conversation continue, Sylvia's necklace began to glow as well. In an abandoned factory in Moltara, the same place where the Robotic Army events took place, the same Neopet wants the necklaces and tracks the twins down.

### The Twins Kidnapped!

Both the twins rushed to talked to each other but they bumped themselves. Not knowing about the glowing necklaces, both the twins yell for Sylvestre to ask about the necklaces. Sylvestre rushed upstairs and sees the glowing necklaces. So, everyone heads downstairs and sit on the couch to have a conversation of the necklaces.

Sylvestre told the twins that necklaces, when combined, will give the family good fortune. As Sylvestre explains the story behind the necklaces, Buizel knocks on the door while Blayne was sleeping. Even though, Blayne hasn't matured enough within eleven years. Buizel tells urgent news to the family that danger is coming. Sylvestre doesn't believe for a mere second until he becomes frozen.

After Buizel becomes an ice cube, Blayne wants silence. As he yells, Sylvestre wonders why Buizel froze. Sylvestre looks outside and sees a freezer beam heading his way. He avoided it. Sylvestre asks who the Neopet was and why he froze Buizel. The Neopet introduced himself as Borim, a Darigan Bori and is after the twins. Sylvestre engages in combat with Borim but loses to him. Borim drops a smoke bomb to lose Sylvestre. Sylvestre wonders where did he go and looks up, seeing him in the sky. Borim leaves at a fast rate, with the twins.

After the combat between Sylvestre and Borim ended, Sylvestre thought it was a dream but it was reality. With Blayne thawing out Buizel with a hairdryer, Sylvestre wonders where did Borim take the twins until he visions the place where the Robotic Army events took place. Sylvestre tells the others where the twins are. Lani gives them hope to rescue the twins.

In the abandoned factory, where the twins are being kept captive, Borim wants to grab the necklaces from the twins. However, the Garnet Lavalliere shocked Borim. Borim then decides that he wants to eliminate the twins and gain power from the necklaces. As he plots, the security system alerted Borim that the brothers are on their way. Borim deployed robots to eliminate the brothers so they don't rescue the twins.

On the way to rescue the twins, Blayne created a wall to stop Sylvestre and Buizel from going any further. Sylvestre asks why he created the wall as Blayne points out to the robots heading towards them. Thus, the robots surround the brothers. They fight against the robots but they are outnumbered and overruled, as the robots used elemental powers. However, Zappz comes in and helps his brothers out. Borim gets furious of seeing Zappz destroying the robots with his tornado power. The necklaces the twins possess glow with the chains strapped on them dissolved.

### Sylvia and Lance Unleashed!

With their journey almost complete, a beam of light shines the sky and has the brothers rushing towards the beam. Zappz spaces out little relives the moments they had from 2015 to 2017 when saving the world from villains such as Geraldina and Cimetiere. Back to where the beam of light began to glow, the twins created a force field to protect themselves. Borim shoots his laser at the twins but the beam reflected. The twins recall to Borim on why he called them pathetic and weak. Borim tells his story on how he was abused and mistreated when he was young. While growing up, he gets jealous of families making bonds for one and other. The reason he captured the twins is for the Garnet Lavaliere and use the power to force small and young Neopians to go against their parents.

Borim fires a powerful laser at the twins but the brothers' powers merged together stopped the laser and destroyed it. Borim gets furious at the brothers standing tall as the smoke clears. Sylvestre tells Borim what Geraldina did to Wave and Hikari in the past, claiming that Borim is doing the same thing, as breaking bonds from other Neopians. However, Borim witnessed everything during the Geraptiku events that took place in 2014. Borim uses dark magic against Sylvestre, knocking him down. The twins gain more power from the necklaces and use it against Borim. Borim is deceased after the smoke clears, leaving nothing but a pile of ash, which is blown away. The twins run towards their father to see his condition. Sylvestre tells the twins to protect the necklaces with their life.

## Trivia

* The arc is loosely based upon *Fairy Tail*'s "X791 arc", with differences:
	+ 2027 arc takes place a decade later from the events of the Shadow Four back in 2016.
	+ X791 arc takes place seven years after the events of Tenrou Island in X784.

## Navigation

Scourge of the Spirits arc
***Talk About Random: New Beginnings***
Lost Isle arc
***Talk About Random: Tall Tales***
Team Shadow arc
***Talk About Random EX***
Soul of the Spirits arc
***Talk About Random: College Years***
College Years arc