@Blight Bug@GarlandDaHero

"Dragulas. Attack the other Pyramid Turtle." The Phantom Duelist commanded.

"Now that the battle phase is over, I will take my main phase two" he explained. "I will activate from my hand Speed Spell - Magical Contract Door. By giving you a spell card from my hand, I can add a monster to my own. Catch." The phantom thumbed through his hand before picking a card, throwing it to the Ghoulish Rider- Traveler of the Highway to Hell. The card was none other than "Speed Spell - Contract with the Abyss". The Phantom smiled, knowing exactly what he had done. "I'll add Vampire Vamp to my hand with its effect." he explained, before laughing evilly.

"My turn is over."



@Zepavil@Eklispe

"YOU STAY OUT OF THIS!" the cafeteria man shouted Matt down before returning his attention to Taiyou. He snarled quietly at the boy before gently but menacingly putting him down. He then took the fork from the boy's platter and stuck it into the meatloaf before forcing the whole of the meatloaf into his mouth.

Undoubtedly, the meatloaf was cold, a little dry, and a little bland.

"Well?" the cafeteria man asked, placing the fork back onto the platter and his hands on his hips.

Lua looked ahead in the line, confused by the commotion and why it had stopped. He was surprised to be greeted with his former ally, and two men, one around Lua's age, though no doubt taller, the other a bulky hulk of a man holding him up. Watching the man shove a steak into the other boy's mouth harshly caused Lua decided that he didn't need a lunch tonight. With that, he put away his tray quietly and walked towards one of the open tables, an empty one that had room for others. He'd be sure to try to comfort the boy with the meat in his mouth, but he dared not get in between the monster of a man that held him until it seemed dire. What was he to do? To that man, Lua was a mouse, he'd quicker be stepped on than be of any use after all. he just watched with worry, a lump in his stomach that told him this was not something good.

Rumi as a cook/baker herself quickly stepped into the fray smelling like freshly baked sweets and bread "If you're going treat the people you feed like that you will only-" Rumi quickly approached the large angry man telling him off it first it started in regular old Japanese but then slowly turned into French and then Italian before finishing back up to Japanese "If you go ahead taste my food instead you will start to understand how important it is to just respect the mouths you feed" Rumi then promptly put a piece of bread she baked and put one of his meatloaves on top of it on a plate for the large man to eat "Just know that won't get much respect if you pick people off the ground to just shout at them!" Rumi's voice wasn't exactly as strong as the large man but it was clear Rumi is a lot braver than she looks

shortly after Rumi finished talking all the sudden a Blue, Red and Green flew into the cafeteria shouting "Pendulum Summon, Pendulum Summon" before landing on Rumi's head with some sort of small scroll tied to its legs

"Direct Attack! Direct Attack!" The Parrot repeated more duel speak before landing on the large man's head and repeating the large man's exact words to Taiyo in the same volume

@KOGaming @Manapool1 @Satoshi Kyou @Eklispe

Taiyo found that food had suddenly entered his mouth, causing him to momentarily cough before he began to reluctantly begin chewing, looking up at the man in the mask in fear. Never before had he encountered such... aggressiveness, save his time as a child picked on by bullies. It made him frustrated and mad, but this man was bigger, stronger and currently insulted. Knowing there was no reasoning with him, he slowly ate the meatloaf until there was nothing left.

The bland taste stained his tongue, the dryness and cold revolting, Taiyo shook his head in slight disgust. He did feel some relief however, thinking on it. After all, it could have been so much worse. He looked up at the masked man, hoping to settle his mood with his next statement.

"... it w-was-"

Before he could finish, another stranger had popped into the confrontation, a girl talking up the large man and telling him off, smelling like something far more delicious than the food he had just consumed. Looking up at the large man, however, he felt afraid of the possible reaction.

"... g-good..."

This would only get worse.

@KOgaming @GarlandDaHero

And so the Vampiric Dragon destroyed the dutiful Pyramid Turtle, sending another piece of the family legacy of the Pyramid Turtles to the Graveyard. There was surely an expression underneath the helmet of The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell. But that expression was just between him and the Devil. From the dust left behind from Pyramid Turtle emerged the purple abomination Plaguespreader Zombie in Defense Mode.

Wordlessly The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell caught Speed Spell - Contract With the Abyss. "Oh. You will regret this Ryunosuke." Now Fyodor's turn approached. He drew his next card and looked at it for a small moment.

A card was placed down into his Spell and Trap Zone. He pointed at Plaguespreader Zombie and then to Pyramid Turtle. "Go forth and ooze all over Pyramid Turtle for the Synchro Summon!" Plaguespreader Zombie did just that and attached himself onto Pyramid Turtle. Emerging from the bubbling mutation of purple ooze emerged the Revived King Ha Des.

"Haaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiil to the king, hail to the one Revived King Ha Des.
Kneel to the crown, staaaaaand in the sun
Hail to the king! Revived King Ha Des go forth and crush Dragulus!" remarked the Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell as Revived King Ha Des flew towards Dragulus preparing to crush him in a merciless bear hug.

@Blight Bug@GarlandDaHero

"NAHAHAHA! I activate Dragulas's special ability! By detaching one xyz material, I can change one monster summoned from the extra deck to face-down defense position!" Ryunosuke boasted. The vampire dragon spread its wings, its orbiting material vanishing into the graveyard. "I will target Dragulas himself!" he declared. Evading Ha Des's attack, the dragon shielded itself with its fleshy wings as a coffin rose up from underneath it, the dragon falling into it, its lonely xyz material orbiting around the coffin. Due to the change in board state, however, if the Ghoulish Rider really wanted to, he was allowed to replay his attack.

@manapool1@Satoshi Kyou@Zepavil

The cafeteria man lifted his hand up over his head, the parrot hopping onto his finger. The cafeteria man lowered the bird to the level of his face and smiled. With his other hand, he gently brushed the bird on the back of its head. "Aw."

Gently, he placed the bird over the counter above the heat lamps. "Did you walk into my cafeteria to eat or complain about the service?" he glared at the small girl. "I don't have the time to be picking on little girls. If you're gonna eat, here." the cafeteria man grabbed a platter, a plate, and plopped a slab of meatloaf onto the plate before handing it to Rumi. "If you're not eating, get out of my cafeteria."

The slab of meat was really more a piece of meat inside a block of ice was how cold it was. Somehow, there were even ice crystals forming on it.

Unfortunately the Revived King Ha Des was unable to hug the Vampiric Dragon Dragulus to death. Apparently his foe was not chosen by the hug life. There was certainly an expression underneath the helmet of The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell, but that was between him and the Devil. He gestured to Revived King Ha Des then he took glances between monsters available. Shaking his head from side to side, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell pointed at the Phantom Duelist of Saotome while rolling his finger around to signal his turn was over.

Rumi took the meat and thought of it as a challenge "I'll eat your food if you eat mine" Rumi said snatching the plate from the large man as she handed the large man her own dorm baked sweet bread "You eat that!" Rumi said taking her own bite from the meatloaf "It's not bad, just not as good as it could have been" Rumi said strangely honest "It's a good palette cleanser if I ever had one, still just a tad bit too cold but it's good for what you tried to do" Rumi added just honestly complimenting the man for unexpected things the meatloaf does "Have you thought of taking in an assistant?" Rumi asked honestly wanting to stand in a kitchen again finishing the meatloaf she was given "You have any more of that?" Rumi asked likely surprising everyone in the cafeteria at the time "I have to admit, even though it's cold I like it" Rumi sounded insane just saying that but there doesn't seem to be anything suggesting she was lying "There I have given you my thoughts, It's only fair if you judge mine just be honest okay?" Rumi walked off to a table sneakingly passing the boy that was picked up a slice of her sweet bread along with everyone else she passed and whispered to them "Try combining that with the meatloaf its crazy good" as she passed and took her seat after getting another piece of meatloaf which she still ate with a clear smile on her face without combining it with her bread

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Matt shrugged, staying out of it as the situation seemed to de-escalate with a simple compliment to the food. Rumi's interruption however, seemed like it might make things worse, though it was hard to say. It was a back-handed compliment at best and an outright insult at worst, though slightly mitigated by asking for more and likely by them both being chefs. Matt got his own food and headed towards a table, his attention drawn to the crazy motorcyclist scribbling on walls and tables. A glance at one of them determined that he seemed to be running a detective business. "Hey brickdude, have any luck getting that brick back?" Matt asked cheerily. The dude was weird for sure, but Matt found him rather funny.

@Eklispe

There were many words The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell spoke of in spreading his message; alas many refused to acknowledge the crisis of faith lingering in their hearts. Fyodor acknowledged that his doctrine needed a touch more time in order to pierce through to these who allowed themselves to be shackled to the ideals of angels. Sooner or later they would recognize the will of the Infernal One and would be unable to hide from the truth Fyodor spread. Another deal like the bus heist would certainly help spread the doctrine of the Prince of Darkness.

However this moment was not about spreading religion. The Damned Detective finished the latest in a series of scrawling. Glancing towards Matt he tapped his marker at the message. "You have not read. Read it." The Damned Detective tapped at it again before pointing at Matt, "Do you have a mystery that needs solved? Yes or no?

@Blight Bug@GarlandDaHero

Ryunosuke drew a card and looked solemnly toward the Ghoulish Rider. "With this new card I've drawn, I could easily end you." he stated before chuckling evilly. "I'm more merciful than that;" he smirked, putting a card down; "Speed Spell. Foolish Burial. By removing two speed counters, I can send one card from my deck to the grave. The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots, farewell. You should know, however, that a card in the graveyard is far more useful than in the deck. These boots were made for walking, after all. I will banish Silent Boots from my graveyard, activating its special ability! I'll add Phantom Knights' Fog Blade to my hand. I'll set a card facedown and end my turn."

There, with only one additional card on the field, Ryunosuke ended his turn in spite of having a stronger monster on his field. Clearly, he had a plan.

@Eklispe@manapool1@Satoshi Kyou@Zepavil (And Blight Bug again)

The cafeteria man grumbled before hopping back over the counter to do his job, slamming cold meat loafs onto plates for people who stepped into the cafeteria. At the corner of his eye though, he noticed a bit more commotion. In particular, two students who were not eating. He peered at them before yelling toward Fyodor and Matt, glaring at them, compelling them to turn their heads.

Taiyo quickly scurried away from the chef with his tray, not even caring if there was food on it or not. The attention from the other students made him quickly nervous, as he scouted the room for an empty table. He found one by the back, not yet taken by any others, and quickly sat in the corner, now away from the ruckus.

He pulled out his deck and examined his cards, going over each of them carefully. He thought back to the few duels he had seen today. Each one he would work to learn more about, so his deck could always be prepared in kind.

Hopefully, he would better represent his house. Maybe some duels would even commence here, during eating time. A few more battles to watch and learn from.

Fyodor did not speak a word as the Phantom Duelist of Saotome made his moves. Currently the situation did not appear to be in favor of The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell. Another Speed Counter emerged as he drew the next card and looked at it for a moment. "Perhaps you are telling the truth, or perhaps you were lying. I do not care which one it is as it is not impacting the now. All roads lead to Hell after all. My resolution is absolute. I will find the path I need."

With that said The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell made the quick play of placing a monster face down in Defense Mode. He simply pointed towards the Phantom Duelist to notify him the turn was over.

-

Meanwhile at the cafeteria the Damned Detective tapped his marker against his message as he continued to stare at Matt. However his attention was commanded by that monster among men, the man with the red mask. Forsaking his task of advertising, at least for the moment, he marched to the cafeteria to procure whatever was being served.

As he grabbed one of the lunch trays he noticed that they expected blocks of ice to be eaten. Lifting the tray up Fyodor quickly slammed it down on the counter. "My meat loaf is STONE COLD! HEAT IT UP!" Remarked the Damned Detective before continuing on, "The old lunchlady would've." spoke Fyodor unaware of who the old lunchlady was or whether or not that policy was in place under that former cafeteria regime.

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Matt tilted his head, "I'm afraid I did read it, as for a mystery to be solved, the mystery is whether you found that brick or not-" Matt stopped talking at the feeling of a piercing stare from behind. He turned just as Fydor decided to grab a lunch try and rather aggressively slam it down, demanding for it to be heated. Well, something was about to get heated, but it likely wasn't the meat loaf, Matt thought with a grin as he sat down at a convenient table, next to Taiyo, though he didn't notice, slowly taking bites of the all together not horrible meatloaf.

@Zepavil

Watching the commotion, hiding halfway under the table to keep from being yelled at for not eating, Lua decided he would have to be sure to keep on Rumi's good side so that he might be able to live off of real food and nice words, instead of frozen meats and yelling. He noticed the one picked up trudge away from the confrontation in dismay, and Lua's instincts kicked in. he stood and quickly scurried over to the other to sit next to him, putting his deck next to the new encounter's own deck. He looked up at him with an innocent, reassuring smile and continued to put a hand out to shake.
"Sorry that you had to deal with all of that, I just hope they used good meat," He said in a soft manner. "I just hope you aren't scarred for life, it'd be terrible if you looked at another Salisbury steak and screamed" He spoke, letting out a polite chuckle.
"I'm Murasaki Lua, it's a pleasure to meet you"

@Blight Bug@GarlandDaHero

"Hm. You're not as impressive a duelist as I first believed. Perhaps you are not worthy of being the next Phantom." Ryunosuke boasted. He looked down at his duel disk. "Draw." he plucked a card from the deck slot. "As my turn arrives, my speed counters count up. I now have a total of ten speed counters. Unfortunately, I don't have a speed spell to use them for. Instead, I will flip Dragulas face-up. Now, his special ability activates. When Dragulas is flipped face-up, I can target any one card on the field and send it to the grave. It is not destroyed, and face-down cards are not flipped face-up. It is simply sent to the grave. Speaking of face-down cards, I'll choose your face-down monster."

The card, Dragulas flipped up on the field, a coffin emerging from it. The lid of the coffin burst upward in a cloud of black gas, the silhouette of Dragulas seen in the middle of the cloud, its wings spreading, dispersing the gas which moved to surround Fyodor's face-down monster, spiriting it away to the grave.

"Hehe... AHAHAHAHA! I enter the battle phase! Summoned Skull, destroy Revived King Ha Des! It's all over for you now! Dragulas! Attack his life points directly!"

( Blight Bug again)

The cafeteria man scowled at the Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway to Hell.

"YOU WANT IT HOT? I'LL MAKE IT HOT." The cafeteria man manhandled Fyodor's platter and forcefully threw it onto the grill. He then raised his arms upward. "REALLY HOT." he shouted, lowering his arms, flames coming out of the kitchen. From under the counter, he produced a crate of chili peppers, sticking his fist into the crate and grabbing a fistful. "I MEAN. REALLY HOT." The meat loaf was lit ablaze, then hoisted into an electric chair. The cafeteria man pulled a switch, sending jolts of electricity into the loaf. "SHOCKINGLY HOT."

He presented the meat loaf back to Fyodor and put out the fire.

"YOU'RE WELCOME."

The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell watched as the events unfurled before him. The Phantom Duelist of Saotome had secured the path to victory. Watching carefully as the ability of Dragulus activated he witnessed the destruction of the monster that he had hoped would provide some protection long enough for the pieces to come into place. As the lightning crackled from Summoned Skull's fingertips and then throughout the body of Revived King Ha Des, the Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell knew what his fate in this encounter would be.

Extending out his arms the Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell began cackling as the Vampiric Dragon made its killing blow."Сатана решает мою судьбу! Ты просто еще одно испытание, которое проверяет меня и мою веру. THE SCORE IS CURRENTLY ONE TO ONE! WHO WILL WIN THE WAR!?" howled out Fyodor as the Speed World vanished around him, and the damage from the assault sent Fyodor into a tailspin.

-

There was certainly an expression underneath the helmet of The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell as he watched the masked cafeteria man make the meatloaf really hot. However while this expression was just between him and the Devil; his body language of shaking a bit was plainly obvious. The way the fires seemed to obey his command alongside how this lunchman was preparing the meatloaf awakened something perhaps deeper in the enigma cloaked in black. After the barrage of peppers and voltage from the kitchen's electric chair were finished the food was re-presented to him.

It was nice that the cafeteria employee even blew out the flame for him. The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell tapped his fingers together while he shook a bit more. "T-thank you Mister Lunchman." meekly responded Konstantinovich as he took the tray. Quickly upon taking the tray he realized he made a horrible mistake. "S-sir. Heh..."

With that he took a few steps away from the lunchman.

@Zepavil

With a large bowl of salad that was mostly croutons, a slightly chubby girl sat down next to Taiyou. "Heya! Mind if I sit here?" she asked, only to be courteous, seeing as she's already sat down. The girl had long-ish, wavy hair dyed a light brown color clear from the black roots of her hair and indeed her Asiatic face. Her Japanese was spoken with a distinct accent that was distinctly non-Japanese. She wore a white, linen shirt; an unzippered denim jacket; a plaid skirt; and socks that went up to her ankles, obviously part of the fashion, if one could call it such. Without warning, she opened her mouth and took out her retainer to put inside a case. She was clearly intent on sitting and eating in that location.

Still chewing her meal she turned back. "So what deck ya' running?" she asked, food still in her mouth.

@Blight Bug@GarlandDaHero

The Phantom Duelist's arms were crossed as the solid vision dispersed and the blade his duel disk vanished. While the coffin cruiser was still in motion, Ryunosuke picked his deck from his duel disk and placed it back into its case.

"Follow me." he shouted. Using his duel disk as a steering wheel, he drifted forward, his vehicle turning, the back wheels spinning wildly, carrying the duel runner forward. Ryunosuke reached underneath his coffin cruiser as the front lifted up and his orientation within the coffin changed and the front wheels touched the concrete wall dividing the parts of the freeway, the hind wheels following not far behind, the duel runner scaling the wall and going across.

A whistle was heard from across the wall. Not long after, in spite of whatever measures Tekkan had taken to take control of the duel runner, or not take control of the duel runner, the vehicle skidded ran in reverse, changing its orientation before driving in the wrong direction of the road, forward back toward Saotome, evading whatever other vehicles were in the way.

@KOGaming @manapool1 @Eklispe

Taiyo quickly found himself surrounded on all sides. Beside him left and right, and on the other side of the table were three other students. One stayed silent, the one with the charming voice from the food line. The other two he had not seen before. A chubby girl with a nice set of well-chosen clothing and an innocent looking guy introducing himself as he placed his deck next to his.

Taiyo felt very out of place surrounded by so many people interested in him, and his deck. Despite his anxiety, he felt compelled to greet them.

"M-my name is Taiyo Hoshimi. I-it's a pleasure to meet you... all... Uh, please call me by my f-first name..." He said with a quick nod of his head as a very brief bow.

With the introductions out of the way, his eyes drifted to the other boy's deck that he had placed down on the table too. He almost wanted to just pick it up and look through it, and examine this child's play-style and strategy right there and then. But, restraining himself, he quickly pulled himself together, turning towards the girl.

"A-archfiends, mostly... what about you? And... this deck. Murasaki Lua... do you mind if I...?"

@Zepavil @KOgaming @Eklispe

"Not at all, but you'll find it's really just a few cards my brothers couldn't fit in their decks" He muttered. He had no become interested in the deck that Taiyo owned. His demeanor and shyness seemed to make the young man seem as if he was similar to Lua himself. A simple, kind young man who had trouble believing in himself. Perhaps he could help with that sometime.
"Perhaps I can look to yours as well, it's definitely a deck I have not heard of before. Archfiends sounds interesting" He spoke delicately, now eyeing the cards like they were a facedown card, some sort of curiosity that toyed with your head. He turned to the other lady and smiled.
"What about you? I've seen my friend Matt's deck, it's one to be reckoned with I must admit. I assume you have a strong deck just as they do"