The boy with the guitar seemed a little distraught at Drake's comment, pouting to show his disapproval but not speaking out, in the back of his mind hoping that it wasn't him after all.
"Well. You can consider me as... not weak!" he blurted out, making an awkward expression, obviously not knowing exactly what to say. Then, trying to save face, his duel disk activated, deck shuffling within the deck compartment. "I'll even let you go first." he added.
Leaned outside the auditorium was a boy chewing a toothpick and stroking his hair. A look at his duel disk suggested he was at 4500 lifepoints- he had dueled someone before- and won. As he noticed another person passing by, his eyes lit up, turning his attention to that person.
"Hey" the boy said to Cooler. "You don't look like you've faced anybody," he took the toothpick out of his mouth, "yet. You one of them losers try'na hide from the competition to the very last second? Think you can take on all the stronger folks that show way at the end? Trust me boy. I've been there, done that. Gotta pick 'em out while the pickin's good. See, back at home, I was a fry cook. Back then it was just me and this here spatuler." He produced a steel spatula out of his pocket, twirling the handle around his index finger.
"So. I don't suppose you're itchin' for a duel too badly but see, you ain't gotta choice. Compared to all the other folks, you look pretty dang strong, so I reckon the two of us would've faced off eventually. Amirite?" the boy smirked, putting the toothpick back in his mouth, still holding onto the spatula.
The boy looked at the lady's hand while she projected frantically, talking about sticky hands even though nobody asked her. What kind of garbage diver gets self-conscious about being dirty, anyway? Was her head okay?
"...Hey. Maybe not my place to ask this, but... Are you really a student here?"
He pointed at her duel disk.
"Since, you know, I'm pretty sure a student would know that duel disks have an autoshuffle function... And also how to play rock-paper-scissors."
He folded his arms and sighed. Well, even if she was some kind of disabled hobo, a person was a person. 100 wins wasn't something you could accomplish quickly if you were choosy. He explained as best he could, voice tinged with pity.
"Okay... So you clearly, you have a vague idea of how this works. But, see, the thing about rock-paper-scissors is that you have to go at the same time. Otherwise it defeats the purpose of even playing, right? So let's try this again..."
He halted after each part this time, so she could follow along.
"Rock..."
"Paper..."
"Scissors."
He was committed to rock, so the boy threw rock a second time.
"See? The timing's not so hard. Let's do it for real this time."
The boy with the guitar seemed a little distraught at Drake's comment, pouting to show his disapproval but not speaking out, in the back of his mind hoping that it wasn't him after all.
"Well. You can consider me as... not weak!" he blurted out, making an awkward expression, obviously not knowing exactly what to say. Then, trying to save face, his duel disk activated, deck shuffling within the deck compartment. "I'll even let you go first." he added.
Leaned outside the auditorium was a boy chewing a toothpick and stroking his hair. A look at his duel disk suggested he was at 4500 lifepoints- he had dueled someone before- and won. As he noticed another person passing by, his eyes lit up, turning his attention to that person.
"Hey" the boy said to Cooler. "You don't look like you've faced anybody," he took the toothpick out of his mouth, "yet. You one of them losers try'na hide from the competition to the very last second? Think you can take on all the stronger folks that show way at the end? Trust me boy. I've been there, done that. Gotta pick 'em out while the pickin's good. See, back at home, I was a fry cook. Back then it was just me and this here spatuler." He produced a steel spatula out of his pocket, twirling the handle around his index finger.
"So. I don't suppose you're itchin' for a duel too badly but see, you ain't gotta choice. Compared to all the other folks, you look pretty dang strong, so I reckon the two of us would've faced off eventually. Amirite?" the boy smirked, putting the toothpick back in his mouth, still holding onto the spatula.
Cooler revealed a small smirk. He sighed to himself. He wasn't really trying to get involved in the little tournament, as it made no difference to him who won. But it had been a almost a week since his last duel, so maybe he needed this to knock some rust off. "Fine, I'll amuse you. Although I didn't really want to do this and you will be losing, don't say I didn't warn you though..."
He raised his arm up and his Duel disk began to materialize. It's bright blue interior sparkled against the black outline which created the actual disk. He put it chest level and inserted his deck. In an instant it was consumed and spit out in portions, separating his extra deck from the main. Almost immediately after it shuffled his cards, before spitting out 5 to his available hand.
"A Duel, huh?" Carnel asked. "Sure, I'm willing to accept that challenge." The blade of his Duel Disk materialized as he readied himself for the Duel. As he walked back to get into position, Carnel continued, "As the one being challenged, I will go first."
"First I Summon Spirit Reaper in Defense position," Carnel started. A purple-robed humanoid figure appeared on the field, holding up its scythe defensively.
Spirit Reaper Level 3 ATK 300 DEF 200
"Next I place one card face-down and end my turn," Carnel ended. "It's your move now."
Rumi looked at her hand and looked awfully disappointed. "B-Because I have no other options, I set 5 cards facedown!" Rumi called out, desperately hoping she gets a better draw next turn. "And with that, I end my turn."
Carnel hadn't been expecting that. Still, considering the amount, it was very likely that some of them were merely decoys for the real threats. "Draw!" Carnel decalred as he drew his next card. Nothing special, and not very useful right now. "I'll just switch Spirit Reaper to Attack position and attack you directly then," Carnel said. Spirit Reaper rose up and flung itself toward Rumi, its scythe raised to swing downwards.
"And now, a Trap card!" Rumi called out. "Magic Cylinder activates!" Rumi announced "Your attack will be negated and its attack will be send back!" Rumi would have read out the entire card text but she wasn't exactly familiar with japanese text
Spirit Reaper went through one Cylinder and was instantly shot back out the other, straight at Carnel, who took the collision directly.
Carnel: 7700 LP -> 7400 LP
After brushing himself off, Carnel remarked, "Well, that wasn't a bad move, but that wasn't the best either. You should have saved a Trap like that for when you would take a huge amount of damage, not against something like my 300 ATK Spirit Reaper." As if to add to Carnel's response, Spirit Reaper laughed maniacally, brandishing its scythe around.
"Your reaper is a mean one," Rumi commented out of nowhere, looking at its response.
"My apologies. I can't control my monsters when they act like that," Carnel said, his polite smile on his face. "I don't have anything else to do this turn, so I'll end it here."
"Card draw!" Rumi called out. "I summon Madolche Mewfeuille and Special Summon my Madolche Messegelato from hand," Rumi declared.
Madolche Mewfeuille Level 3 ATK 500 DEF 300
Madolche Messegelato Level 4 ATK 1600 DEF 1000
"Messegelato's effect activates, and I add Madolche Chateau to my hand, and following this up i will also activate it!" Rumi said confidently as she watches a Château made of baked goods pop up out of nowhere along with her 2 other monsters "This should do it... Turn end?" Rumi asked herself before almost forgetting to attack "Wait, no! I need to attack first. Battle phase!" Rumi declared, "Go, my friends, attack!", specifically making the weaker madolche attack first
"Spirit Reaper cannot be destroyed by battle!" Carnel added as Spirit Reaper was hit by the little pink puffball.
"You still take damage, right?" Rumi asked in honesty.
"Unfortunately," Carnel responsed as Spirit Reaper pushed back Madolche Mewfeuille, only to be struck again by Madolche Messengelato
Carnel: 7400 LP -> 6700 LP -> 4900 LP
"And now my turn ends... You okay though?" Rumi asked not really understanding solid vision that well. "This game isn't that popular in Europe, around where I lived so I don't really know."
"No need to worry, Duels like these aren't meant to hurt people," Carnel replied.
"Draw!" Carnel declared, drawing his next card. "I activate a Spell card: Grinding Levels," Carnel said, a Spell card appearing depicting Silent Swordsman LV5 fighting Armed Dragon LV7. "I return an 'LV' monster from my hand to my deck so I can draw two cards." Revealing Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4, he slipped it into his deck, and the auto-shuffler began to work its magic.
Rumi interrupted, "Hold it right there! I believe its time for a Tea Break! Madolche Tea Break activates. If there are no Madolches in my graveyard, I can negate a Spell or Trap card and send it back to its owner's hand if its negated."
An buzzing sound emerged from Carnel's Duel Disk, showing his Spell Card being crossed out before ejecting the card from it. "Well now, that's a bother. I'll switch Spirit Reaper back to Defense position and end my turn."
"Draw!" Rumi called out drawing her card. "Oh it's you! You can stay in my hand," Rumi smiled looking at her card, "I guess if I can't hit it... Turn end!"
"Draw!" Carnel called out, drawing his card. "So that's what was next," Carnel muttered. Returning his attention to the Duel, Carnel said, "I Tribute Spirit Reaper in order to Summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6!" A bird-like metallic create with a dragon's tail appeared hovering in the air, screeching as it made its appearance.
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 Level 6 ATK 2300 DEF 1600
"TRAP HOLE ACTIVATION!" Rumi called out. "Your monster is destroyed because it's strong!" Rumi poorly explained though it's likely he knew what the card does.
"I couldn't activate this last time, but now I can," Carnel said. "I activate a Trap card as well: Trap Stun! This card negates all other Trap cards for the rest of the turn, so Trap Hole is useless." A bolt of electricity shot out of Carnel's Trap Stun, striking Rumi's Trap Hole card and forcing it to pop into yellow sparkles.
"Awww..." Rumi said slightly disappointed, but knew she should expect this. "My friend told me this could happen."
"Your friend was right," Carnel said. "Now then, I also activate the Spell card: Level Up! With this card, my Horus becomes stronger, transforming itself into its final form." As Horus began to glow, its silhouette growing larger, Carnel chanted, "Dragon of magic-repelling hide, lay waste to your foes! Arise, Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8!" The glow finally subsided, and Horus had evolved into a much larger creature than the small beast from before, appearing like an actual dragon.. It roared as it made its entrance to the field.
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8 Level 8 ATK 3000 DEF 2500
"Horus, attack Madolche Messengelato!" Carnel commanded, and Horus let out a stream of black fire at the little mailman, who was quickly engulfed and popped into yellow sparkles.
"All Madolche monsters do not go to the graveyard, but get shuffled into the deck instead if they are destroyed by opponent's cards," Rumi called out as she took her card and put it back in her hand "My field spell's effect will also trigger. I will return her to my hand instead."
Rumi: 8000 LP -> 7100 LP
"That still smarts though..." Rumi added. "No biggie, though!"
Rumi drew her card in silence in awe of what she is facing right now. "Well, if anything bad happens... I'll have to play you now then, right?" Rumi talked to herself for a bit. "No? Chouxvelier, I'll summon you then!" Rumi said. playing out a simple card in face-up defense position. "Should have activated this earlier... I Activate Madolche Waltz," Rumi activated a trap card she had since the start of the duel. "And also Madolche Ticket!" Rumi called out scratching his head asking herself why she didn't when she could.
"I activate the effect of Horus!" Carnel countered. "When a Spell Card is activated, Horus can negate and destroy it!" Horus proceeded to fire a blue laser from the gem on its forehead, shattering Madolche Ticket.
"I'll also switch my other monster to defense position too," Rumi flipped her card sideways. "Turn End!"
Carnel drew his next card, thoughtful of his next action. Right now, attacking was next to pointless, considering the Madolche Waltz and the fact that he could only attack with one monster. Plus, any Madolches he destroyed would only be returned to the hand. "I'll just Summon Cyber Valley in Defense position, then end my turn," Carnel said.
Rumi drew her card and summoned Messegelato once again.
Madolche Messegelato Level 4 ATK 1600 DEF 1000
"I just remembered! My friend said this called a turnaround?" Rumi asked, then concentrated. "As my friend has done once before! I shall begin my xyz chant... Ah... I forgot... ANYWAYS! Xyz Summon! Come forth, Madolche Queen Tiaramisu!" Rumi said as she also tried to the chant her friend usually does when he Xyz Summons.
"Now he said I can detach overlay units to activate effects... I detach Xyz Materials from Queen Tiaramisu and return Madolche Ticket to my deck and target your big scary bird dragon and send it back to your deck... unless I am doing it wrong...?" Rumi conducted her turn in a very confused matter as it is actually her first time using xyz.
"Well, unless the effect says otherwise, that should be correct," Carnel said as Horus faded away from the field, having been returned to the deck.
"With that, I will now attack your monster with the queen herself!" Rumi said, signifying the change to the Battle Phase.
"I activate the effect of Cyber Valley!" Carnel declared. "When it is targeted by an attack by an opponent's monster, I can banish it to draw 1 card, then end the Battle Phase!" Cyber Valley faded out of existence, and Carnel drew one card from his deck.
"Aww... Well thats no biggie, I'll end my turn now then," Rumi commented. "Hmm, hey, you want something to eat after this?" Rumi asked without a particular reason.
"Draw!" Carnel announced, drawing a card. "I place two cards face down, then I summon Dandylion in Defense Position," A small dandelion with features resembling a lion appeaqred on the field, crouching and holding its two leaves out as if crossing them to form a blocking gesture.
"Draw!" Rumi called out. "I will set a card, detach my last card, and return my Madolche monsters to my deck, but due to the field spell, I add them to my hand instead and return your cards back to your deck," Rumi declared, considering her options. "I'll return both your set cards to your deck."
"I activate one of my face-downs: Fires of Doomsday!" Carnel countered. "This allows me to Special Summon two 'Doomsday Tokens' in Defense position." Two black flames then erupted next to Dandylion, both of which morphed into forms similar to the Metal Fiend Token. Carnel returned the other card to the deck while Fires of Doomsday went to the graveyard.
Doomsday Token Level 1 ATK 0 EF 0
Rumi double checked her hand. "I summon Madolche Cruffsant and use it to return Mewfuelle back to my hand. It gains a level and- Huh...?" Rumi tried to announce but an error message pops up realizing she put the wrong card on the disk "EEEEHHH!? That's not Cruffssant," she calls out, surprised. She then realizes she put Messengelato on the field instead. "What do I do... what do I do... end my turn? Yes, end my turn! T-T-TURN END!" Rumi panicked as she ruined her plan, ending her turn in her own confusion and panic. Sadly, the disk registered it as a command before she could say anything to stop it. "N-N-no wait I wasn't done with my turn yet let me take my turn!" Rumi said in a foreign language completely out of the blue.
Carnel didn't know exactly what was going on with Rumi, but he could make a reasonable guess that she had messed up something. He briefly pondered taking advantage of her predicament. The thought lasted only a brief moment. His pride as a Duelist would not allow him to do something do underhandedly, at least not to someone who seemed to have only recently started playing Duel Monsters. With that in mind, he decided that he would cut her some slack in the next turn.
"Draw!" Carnel declared, drawing his next card. "I Summon Elemental HERO Stratos in Defense position." A warrior an armored blue flight suit, complete with a pair of wings and rotors, appeared on the field.
Elemental HERO Stratos Level 4 ATK 1800 DEF 300
"With his effect, I can search out one 'HERO' monster from my deck," Carnel explained, pulling out the card that had been ejected from his deck and revealing it to Rumi. "This monster can only be Special Summoned by Tributing three monsters." On that note, Stratos and the Doomsday tokens vanished, and Carnel began to chant, "Master of blood, strike fear into our foes. Take their strength as your own and render them helpless. Level 8! Destiny HERO - Plasma!" A humanoid figure with dark purple armor and large tattered wings appeared, generating a menacing aura.
Destiny HERO - Plasma Level 8 ATK 1900 DEF 600
"I activate Plasma's effect! I can target one of your monsters and equip it to Plasma," Carnel declared, pointing at Madolche Queen Tiaramisu. Plasma then spread his wings, and a strong wind was suddenly generated, slowly sucking in the queen until she could no longer resist and was absorbed into Plasma's left wing. "By doing so, Plasma gains half the ATK of the equipped monster."
Destiny HERO - Plasma: ATK 1900 -> ATK 3000
"I should mention that Destiny HERO - Plasma will negate all of your monsters' effects as well," Carnel said. "Turn End."
"D-draw!" Rumi declared, clearly realizing her deck is powerless right now. "All monster effects negated..." she looked at her hand. "Madolche can't do anything without their effects... Checkmate..." Rumi said, slightly disappointed. "I'll set a card facedown and err... um... I summon Chouxvalier and Xyz summon Queen Tiaramisu again!"
"And use its effect to send Madolche Tea Break back to my deck and Plasma back to your deck?" Rumi declared, very much unsure of what to do even forgetting she can't use Tiaramisu's effect.
"Again, Plasma's effect negates all of your monster effects," Carnel reminded her. "Tiaramisu's effect won't work, I'm afraid."
"R-right... this doesnt mean I get the overlay unit back, huh..." Rumi responded and thought about the card she just set. "Wait... the card I just set... might work right...?" Rumi thought to herself. "Well... in that case... Battle Phase! I will attack your defending monster with Tiaramisu!" Rumi declared merely watching the battle unfold,
"When Dandylion is sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon two 'Fluff Tokens' in Defense position," Carnel said after Dandylion was destroyed, and two white fluffy floaties appeared, both having a defiant look on their faces.
Fluff Token Level 1 ATK 0 DEF 0
"You probably already read this effect while it was on the field, but you take 300 damage after the damage step because a Madolche monster battled!" Rumi commented but also explained in case he didn't. "And with that, I end my turn!" Rumi declared after making sure she did everything.
"Draw!" Carnel declared, drawing a card. "I Tribute one of my Fluff Tokens to summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6!" One of the white fluffs disappeared, only to replaced with the metallic bird-like creature.
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 Level 6 ATK 2300 DEF 1600
"Battle! Horus, attack Madolche Mewfeuille!" Carnel commanded, and Horus fired a small black fireball at it, incinerating it, but not before Mewfeuille danced around Horus first as Madolche Waltz was triggered.
Carnel: 4600 LP -> 4300 LP
"Plasma, destroy Madolche Queen Tiaramisu! Bloody Fears!" Plasma spread his wings once more, and fired small pellets of what appeared to be blood from them.
Right before damage calculation, Rumi shouted, "MADOLCHE LESSON! I wouldn't call that proper manners on a Hero! I Return a Madolche monster to my deck and my Madolche monsters gain 800 attack and defense points! The queen here shall show you proper manners herself!" Rumi called out.
Madolche Queen Tiaramisu: 2700 ATK -> 3500 ATK
A table covered with silverware and plates appeared in front of Tiaramisu, which blocked the blood pellets from Plasma. Then the various objects levitated upward before firing themselves at Plasma, destroying him and making Carnel wince at the damage, both from the battle itself and from Madolche Waltz.
Carnel: 4300 LP -> 3700 LP -> 3400 LP
Carnel soon recovered, and a small smile appeared on his face. Carnel looked at his hand, eyeing the Royal Decree he had drawn after Rumi's end turn mistake. Even after the recent events, Carnel did not regret not setting the card earlier. It was only fair. "Looks like you got me," Carnel said. "At the End Phase, if Horus managed to destroy a monster, it Levels Up to its strongest form. Appear, Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8!"
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8 Level 8 ATK 3000 DEF 2500
"Draw!" Rumi called out. "This will finish it, I think... Tiaramisu's effect! I detach an Overlay unit and return my monsters back to my hand, and return your monster back to your deck as well. Battle phase! Go, Queen of Sweets! Final attack! Empty his Life Points now!" Rumi declared, watching Tiaramisu land the finishing blow on Carnel.
Elly was annoyed with the raw, vast stupidity going on in front of her. Once the opening ceremony was finished, students filed out of the auditorium and began scattering like ants after you light their food on fire. A few fools started to duel each other right outside, risking endless intrusions, but my god, the sheer quantity of losers skittishly wandering off to hide in the bowels of the school was embarrassing. Don't they know anything about how events like this work?
As a new student, Elly has no choice but to put faith in the competence of the staff. Once that's assumed, the possibility of waiting things out to be the last standing doesn't make any sense. After all, why reward cowardice?
Clearly, the whole thing is being tracked by everyone's duel disk, meaning that the more losers snuffed out, the better placement everyone is given!
...Unfortunately, now wasn't exactly a good time to go sniping. Few duels had any progress made, and the ones that did probably already had so many intruders that they could all turn on any further intruders and end them in a heartbeat.
No, the best idea is to stalk one of these spineless wimps and crush them. It's funny, really, how easy it was for her to put this plan into effect, following this small, docile loser to a secluded spot on the edge of school where they can't be intruded upon. She sees him take a sigh of relief, thinking he made it. Oh, how wrong he is.
She grabs him by the shoulder and spins him around. "Running away?" A horrible screeching noise goes off as her duel disk snaps into place. She gives the small boy a wicked smile. "It's okay, I'll just kill you off! That way, you don't need to worry about this event at all~♥"
She points at him aggressively. "Why don't you start us off? Or maybe... you prefer to just forfeit instead?"
While he was walking around campus, Tekkan heard talk about 'not wanting to waste time on fools and weaklings' coming from around a nearby tree and looked over to find its source. It seemed to be another white-haired male around the same age as him, if not a year older. He figured the talk to be him just bragging about his own 'strength' and decided to make him eat his words.
"You talk a pretty big game for someone who probably hasn't even dueled all day, you know that?" Tekkan called out to the young man as he ran towards him. Once he got close enough, he saw another duelist there, apparently already about to duel. He didn't want the other guy to ruin his chance, so he pushed him out of the way, stood his ground, and pointed at the white-haired male with his index finger, his other hand on his hip.
"Don't listen to that guy! I'll be your opponent, 'cause I know for a fact that I'm stronger!" Tekkan activated his duel disk, the autoshuffler already working its magic. "Come on! Let's Duel!"
"...You do realize the folly of that statement, right?" Ayami asked, watching as the rider's ace monster got flicked back into the Extra Deck. "Actually, given how you've been spouting off for the last few minutes, I'm not surprised that you'd end up throwing a fit."
Drawing a card from her Deck, Ayami opted to simply go straight to her Battle Phase. Pointing at the facedown card, Ayami watched as Nekroz of Valkyrus pointed its weapon at it.
"Attack."
Her turn would essentially end there--no more, no less.
Lo did the sorcerer's blast strike true at the face down monster that the Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell placed upon the field. Fyodor leaned in, while still squatting, as the attack came through. And just before the card flipped up, a dramatic pause was used.
...
Spirit Reaper emerged and bodied the attack. The purple robe zombie simply shook its head and tapped its scythe up and down.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. See? You bored me. I bet you were expecting some flashy sorcery weren't you? But you'd be wrong. So besides Pyramid Turtle haunting your dreams, you've got Spirit Reaper lying in wait."
The boy with the spatula nodded. "Aight." he declared. He produced a pan handle on a steel duel disk with the usual touchscreen displaying his lifepoints as he touched it, having idled after not dueled, revealing the 4500. He drew his five cards.
"As per your request, I am going first. After all, the customer is always right. Because of this, however, I am not allowed to draw this turn." he explained, looking at his hand. He thumbed through his options for a moment, thinking of future plays, before quickly popping down a card, and in a blazing inferno, a rocket-shaped creature materialized in front of him. "In attack mode, I summon Volcanic Rocket! Now, I'm gonna turn up the heat with his special ability! It allows me to add a "Blaze Accelerator" card from my grave or deck to my hand, I got... Blaze Accelerator Reload!" The boy showed Cooler the trap card.
As the battle began to get deep into its process, no more than eight turns in, no less than six, someone had wandered into the area in which the duelist has begun their fierce combat and instead of politely moving out of the way for them, he merely moved to the sidelines, to watch in awe and wonder as two young students with customized and strong decks tailored to their skills and the way they think. He wished he had been able to have such, but instead was allowed basically only what his brothers left out for him from what they did not want for themselves, their greedy hands grabbing card they saw as worth value. He hoped one day that he could use his deck, or perhaps even make his own deck the way he wanted so that he could take on foes like this. The young man was small but was probably older than the two of them, his hair cut short and his body as wimpy as he thought his deck was. He was covered in a sweat jacket, his jeans slightly dirtied from him sitting down on the ground to watch the duel more comfortably. As it came to an end, he clapped his hands loudly and genuinely, fast and hard, as he stood up and moved through the now cleared battle area. "Wow! That was amazing! You guys are really great! And your decks are perfect!"
All the metaphorical wars were fought and won as the pair finished their painfully slow rock-paper-scissors battle, but when the metaphorical dust had settled and the metaphorical radioactive supermen emerged from their metaphorical faulty bunkers the one left standing at the top of the metaphorical mountain was the gloomy-looking guy who was standing in the paper bin and refused to leave.
"...Scissors? Really? Was trusting me really that hard?"
The boy visibly drooped as he clapped a duel disk onto his arm that resembled a large, dark blue scroll. He sighed as he loaded his deck, the well-tuned shuffling mechanism a barely-audible whisper.
"I'm honestly a little hurt, you know? I mean, sure, I can admit I might seem a little strange, a little shady, even... but isn't looking past those things what brotherhood is all about? I mean, we're both duelists, aren't we? I know you're good for it, you know I'm good for it... and you still feel the need to wound me in such a manner, it makes me question if you have any humanity at all..."
The boy tutted quietly and drew five cards. A golden holographic field flickered to life around his duel disk.
"What is the world coming to, really... Well, looks like it's my go, then..."
He sorted his hand, scratched his head, took a good long look at his cards, and then:
"Three cards facedown. End turn."
My character won the rock paper scissors bout
My character took the first turn
My character set three cards facedown in his spell and trap zone
"Tch." Drake put a pair of fingers on his forward in annoyance, before looking towards his challenger. "Stronger huh? Fine, We'll see who's superior. I'll take your challenge. If it will seal that annoying grin of yours." The edgelord prepared his deck and battle disc on the fly. "The rest of you two can either leave or watch as I crush this fool that dares to challenge me."
Tekkan smirked. His first duel at the academy, and he would love it if this first opponent, one who was way too overconfident, would snap at the face of defeat. "Sorry, but the grin is here to stay. I'll make sure of it!"
He drew his five cards and smirked at his hand. If he could get his main card to trigger, he had this in the bag.
"Alright, I'll go first! And for my first move, I'll place Igknight Templar and Igknight Paladin in the Pendulum Zones!"
As the white-haired youth placed his monsters, the ethereal form of an orange knight and light purple knight, armed with gunblades in the shape of a sniper rifle and a musket, respectively, materialized on the left and right sides of Tekkan's field, respectively.
"Next, I'll activate Templar's effect to destroy them both, and if he does, then I can add a Fire Warrior-Type monster from my deck to my hand!"
Templar signaled towards Paladin with his hands; afterwards, the two knights aimed their weapons towards one another and fired at the same time, only pieces of their armor remaining from the blast, which had sent them to the Extra Deck instead of the Graveyard.
"And using his effect, I add Igknight Margrave from my Deck to my hand!" Tekkan's duel disk swiftly ejected the card, which depicted a red armored knight with two riot-shaped gunblades, from his deck into his hand.
"Next, I'll activate Summoner's Art! This card allows me to add a Level 5 or higher Normal Monster from my deck to my hand! And I choose Igknight Cavalier!" His duel disk ejected another card, this time a pink-armored knight that looked like a ninja, with handguns that doubled as kunai.
"And now, for my final move, I'll place the two cards I added into the Pendulum Zones and Pendulum Summon Templar and Paladin back to the field!"
The two knights, red and pink, sounded a whistle which called the destroyed Templar and Paladin out of the Extra Deck.
"And for good measure, I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."
This'll be easy, Tekkan thought. Once his turn comes around, I'll immediately flip my face-down and shut down his entire monster line-up by tributing just two of mine! The thought made him grin as he waited for his opponent's move. Watch me, mom. I'll make you proud. I promise.
Drake would draw his five cards, looking at his hand with a serious face. He then looked back to his opponent playing his pendulum cards and setting a face down. Drake figures this deck would be annoying. He'd let out a sight as he drew his sixth card, starting his turn. "Lets get this over with, then." He said as he studied both his and the board carefully.
Tekkan smirked as Drake drew his card, officially starting his turn. "Yes! An opening! I activate my Trap Card: Tyrant's Throes!"
The white haired youth flipped his face-down card face-up, revealing a portly noble of some sort throwing a tantrum.
"While Tyrant's Throes is on the field, neither of us can summon Effect Monsters! All I need to do to activate it is tribute two Normal Monsters!"
Tekkan did as he explained, and the two Igknights saluted as they disappeared back into the Extra Deck. Tekkan grinned widely, proud of the maneuver he just performed.
Drake would let out a sigh in annoyance. "Right." This was a terrible match up, even if fate was on the side of his draws, he had little that could stop that in his deck. However all was not lost, least not yet. "I activate double summon, allowing me to normal summon/set an addition monster for my turn." He would play the spell card, sending it to the graveyard before proceeding. "I suppose I should expect no less a strategy from cowardly duelists such as yourself. You must be too scared to face my superior monster." He scoffed before setting two face-down monsters. "I set two monsters face-down, and I end my turn."
Tekkan was rather annoyed by how well the other duelist was taking his strategy. "Geez, would it kill you to at least try showing some emotion? Freakin' edgelord..." He grumbled to himself as he drew his next card.
"Next, I activate the Field Spell Card Ignition Phoenix!" As the youth placed down his card, flames sprouted from the ground and into the air, creating a bird shape in the sky.
"Ignition Phoenix gives all Igknight monsters on the field 300 additional ATK and DEF, and also allows me to destroy an Igknight card I control to add another one from my deck to my hand! And I'll destroy Cavalier so I can add Gallant to my hand!"
The pink Igknight gave a salute as it was destroyed, and Tekkan received a bulky, green Igknight in its place, which he promptly placed in his empty Pendulum Zone.
"And now, I'll Pendulum Summon all the Igknights in my Extra Deck back onto the field! Go!"
The red and green Igknights let out a whistle, causing the orange, purple, and pink Igknights to come back to the field, covered in the fiery aura of Ignition Phoenix, which gave them an additional 300 ATK and DEF points.
"Time for an all out attack! Let's GOOOOO!!!"
If all went as planned, he would attack the face-downs with Cavalier and Templar, with Paladin attacking directly if no monsters remained.
Drake's face only grew more serious with the added field spell. He soon closed his eyes, keeping them shut and remaining calm until the igknights made their attack.
"Fortune appears to be smiling on me this round.." He muttered as his eyes opened. With the attacks of his two face down monsters, they were flipped. "Behold, my two gatekeeper's of the shrine!" with 2100 def on each, only cavalier was able to defeat one of the two dragons.
