Rumi watched Marmalmaide get destroyed after being flipped face-up and shuffled back to the deck taking Madolche nights from her graveyard through her effect which she quickly explained
Rumi was looking forward to something like this to happen and checked her top 5 cards of the deck considering her deck has mostly level 3 or 4 cards she felt confident as revealed her 5 cards "First card, Madolche Cruffsant in Attack position, Second, Messengelato in attack and I add Madolche Lesson to my hand, Third, Madolche Baaple in Face-Down Defense position, Fourth, Madolche Marmalmaide in Face-down defense and last Madolche Chickolates in Face-down defense" Rumi called out how she summoned her monster one by one, slightly disappointed didn't end up getting her hands on any spells or traps but she didn't really mind that, knowing Hootcake is in her graveyard she did grab the trap with the most potential
new Monster zone status: Madolche Cruffsant (2000/1700/L.3), Madolche Messengelato (2100/1500/L.4), Madolche Baaple (500/2300/L.3 Face-Down), Madolche Marmalmaide (1300/2500/L.4, Face-Down) and Madolche Chickolates (1300/2000/L.3, Face-Down)
Lua let out a deep sigh as he transferred his spell to his graveyard. It has served Little purpose but they were all still in the game thanks to this. As he began to pick up his cards he showed each. "A man eating bug in face down defense, a jinzo and apple of discord to my hand, a Bowgenian in attack mode, and finally, a mage if faith in face down defense mode" he muttered, trying to put them down as fast as he could to continue the deal.
" Sorry Martin..." he said, feeling a bit bad about what he had done to his impressive monsters. "You still have kali yuga though, hehe" he nervously continued before turning to Rumiss. "Well. I let you survive another turn so make it feel worth while"
Hand: 6 Feild: man eating bug (facedown), Bowgenian (atk), mage of faith (face down) Deck: 23
Martin managed to fill the field with yet more monsters, smashing through Sand Gambler, who was in defense mode so no more damage was taken from the impressive blow. Then Cyber Jar was triggered, wiping the field and causing everybody to draw another five card, giving them a chance to repopulate. Matt drew five more cards with a flourish: Maximum Six, Dicephoon, Cup Of Ace, Roulette Spider, Contract with the Dark Master, nothing he could summon, but five cards he could use to kick this duel up. When it got around to his turn of course. Matt nodded, "That Cyber Jar was pretty handy, I'm sure we can pull a victory out of this yet, with a little bit of luck." he said with a charming wink towards Rumi and and Lua.
0-0-0-0-0 0-set-Spirit Barrier-set-0- Seven cards in hand Banished Zone: Roulette Barrel, Dicephoon, Second Coin Toss, x2 Needle Wall Graveyard: Roulette Barrel, Sasuke Samurai #4, Gambler of Legend LP: 6200
Martin nodded, seeing how they had responded to his onslaught. "I'll end this battle. Enter main phase 2. I'll play Dark Contract with the Swamp King. With it, I'll remove from play D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali-Yuga and D/D Savant Thomas in order to Fusion Summon D/D/D Oracle King D'arc! Next, I'll tribute D.D. Sprite in order to normal summon D.D.M. Different Dimension Master! With his effect, I'll discard D.D. Designator and special summon Duo-Dawn King Kali-Yuga from my banish zone! Turn end!"
MARTIN LP: 400500 HAND: 4 (1 is Kepler, 1 is D.D.M., 1 is possibly D.D. Trap Hole) (Thomas 6) DARC - KALI YUGA - D.D.M. - ORTHROS - NONE NONE - NONE - GATE - NONE - NONE Graveyard: Gold Sarcophagus, Emergency Provisions, Chaos Zone, D/D Berfomet, Soul Absorption, Trade-In, Pot of Desires, Trap Stun, Allure of Darkness, D/D/D Wave King Caesar, Forbidden Dark Contract with the Swamp King, D/D/D Flame King Genghis, Necroface, Chaos Burst, D.D. Scout Plane, D/D/D Gust King Alexander, D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried, D/D/D Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok, D/D/D Doom King Armageddon, D.D. Sprite, D.D. Designator | Banished: Mathemetician, Pot of Desires, D.D. Survivor, Dimension Barrier, D.D. Trainer, D/D Swirl Slime, D/D Savant Thomas, D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali-Yuga, 10 cards face-down | ED: D/D/D Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok, D/D/D Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok (8+2) Deck: 19
The Phantom Duelist was, of course, following the two duelists around, and though the Ghoulish Rider was in a tough situation, he knew he had the chance to come up on top of the policeman. He did not, of course, notice Tekkan reaching into his pocket to pull from it a card he had intended on using.
"INTRUSION PENALTY" Ryunosuke's duel runner droned. "AUTOPILOT MODE ON" the autopilot engaged on the Phantom Duelist's bike, and as soon as it did, he leaned back, slightly into Tekkan, and crossed his arms.
"Don't mind me." he stated.
Meanwhile, the officer pointed toward Fyodor. His turn was over.
The Ghoulish Rider noted that it was now his turn. He lost his faithful Zombie Dragon, he had lost his Summoned Skull. His only defense at the moment was a face down monster card; if they got past that it wouldn't take long at all to destroy the rest of his lifepoints.
There had to be something that he could do stop this officer in his tracks.
With that thought in mind, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell took his next card from his Duel Runner. There was certainly an expression underneath the helmet of The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell as he gazed upon his card and upon his Speed Counters.
Throwing his arms up into the air, Fyodor began cackling wildly. "BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" OH foolish officer, you do not know what you have wrought upon yourself when you challenged me! WITNESS YOUR DESTRUCTION! For I shall use the gift that Lucifer had granted me in this moment!"
From his hand, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell revealed from his hand Speed Spell - Tribute to the Doomed, as four speed counters drained from his Duel Runner. He had just activated an effect from Speed World 2, sending out 800 points of Lifepoint Damage at the officer.
"YOU HAVE FAILED OFFICER! TELL YOUR FELLOW OFFICERS, NONE CAN STOP THE GHOULISH RIDER - TRAVELER OF THE HIGHWAY OF HELL! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" This declaration was made, as The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell was unaware of the intrusion done by the Phantom Duelist of Saotome.
As the Phantom Duelist came ever closer to Fyodor, Tekkan was able to get a better view of the action. The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell only had 1 face-down Monster Card, but he had just revealed Tribute to the Doomed from his hand, which, at the cost of 1 card from his hand, could destroy a monster the officer controlled. "Kick his ass, Leader!" Tekkan called out to Fyodor. "HAIL SATAN! HAIL SATAN! HAIL SA-"
The white-haired youth was interrupted by the droning of Ryunosuke's Duel Runner, which had just entered autopilot. The Phantom Duelist's action of leaning into Tekkan didn't exactly make the boy comfortable, so he decided to voice his discontent. "Geez, what the hell was that? 'Intrusion Penalty'? Autopilot I understand, but what the heck is an intrusion penalty?"
@KOgaming@Eklispe@manapool1 Rumi had patiently awaited Martin to end his turn. She suddenly remembered her closest friend's words: "Once you try solid vision dueling and you see an opportunity to have fun, stop playing the game and start playing along with your cards!"
"Draw!" Rumi drew her card, doing a quick twirl in place "Wake up Fever!" Rumi called out, striking herself a cute pose as every single card flipped face-up in order: "Baaple, Marmalmaide! Let us dance and end our little Tea Break," Marmalmaide tossed Madolche Tea Break at Rumi who caught it while dancing in place but placed it back in the graveyard as she didn't need it, a little misunderstanding that's all "Little birdy Chickolates, Baaple, Show us your dance, You too D'arc! Chickolates, show Kali-Yuga how to dance too!" Rumi continued to dance as she slowly made the opponent's field start to dance along with herself as music started to play out of nowhere. Kali's dance was particularly awkward.
"Maid and Messenger, show your way to the Madolche Dancing Queen Tiramisu!" The two of them danced to open up the overlay network and brought forth Tiramisu who'm struck a pose with Rumi. "Tiramisu, bring my friends back to my hand! Sorry Kali, you and D'arc are really bad at this, so you better go back to where you came from!" Rumi's little show continued as Kali and D'arc left, dissappointed. "Joining our little party with her ticket is the Madolche Puddingcess! Baaple, can you go fetch her sister as well?" Rumi asked as Baaple left and the second puddingcess showed up in its place.
"But we can't continue yet, Dancing Xyz! Come here our new honored guest, Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode!" The two princesses' dance managed to merge them into a new form as Rumi excitedly continued on. "Baaple, sorry about that... You can return to my hand now, and don't forget to invite your best buddy Chouxvalier! Before I forget... Cruffy, return Chickolates back to my hand!" Rumi's poses never ended and she tried her hand at hinting at the other two guys to dance along with her.
New field status: Madolche Cruffsant (2300/1700/L.4), Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode (3000/2700/R.5) Madolche Queen Tiramisu (2700/2600/R.4) and Madolche Chouxvalier (2200/1800/L.4)
"Dance Battle," Rumi called out, winking and pointing at the remaining monsters on Martin's field. "Go play with the Master Puppy, D.D.M! Chouxvalier, go compete with Orthos! As for the Madolche Queen and Princess, show Martin your best moves!" Rumi declared, joyfully dancing around in place and in glee.
"After this show is over, I shall set 2 cards facedown," Rumi called out with a spin and bow. "Your turn, my dear Lua and Matt." Rumi said to Lua and Matt kinda hoping they don't take it out of context.
@Satoshi Kyou@Eklispe@KOgaming As Lua looked at Rumi, completely dumbfounded as she began to dance and her cards did the same. Looking to his own bowganian began to shake and move around in a nice shuffle. As she passed to her teammates to dance with her, he stiffened a bit in embarrassment. being put on the spot, and not wanting to embarrass himself in this card shop, yet he did not want to let his new friend down, and so he decided on a shy, short little jig, only making him look a bit more foolish. His face had gone completely red by the end of her turn, being called dear, which only made him more embarrassed. With that, he was quick to draw a card, and smiled. It was another Cyberjar. He decided not to play it yet. It could save them again later. "Well, you're going to take 400 damage from by boganian's effect, then, I'll switch him to defense mode. After that I'll just put down mist body on him and end my turn" He muttered quickly, turning to Matt. He wanted any attention brought to him to someone else who could take it better. Hand: 6 Feild: man eating bug (facedown), Bowgenian (atk), mage of faith (face down) Spell/trap: Mask of weakness, Mist body (Bowgenian) Deck: 22
Rumi took to her turn with a sort of newly found fervor. Dancing and cheering, forcing the monsters to join in, she played her cards soundly destroying Martin's field. The somewhat subtle hint for him to start dancing was lost, though Lua's sudden awkward movements brought it to his attention. Grinning with amusement Matt spun in place with one arm spread dramatically and stuck on hand on the brim of his hat, moonwalking in place with startling grace for a few moments before resuming a more normal position. "Well that was a fun little dance number, I don't have too much more to add to it. I'll play Dangerous Machine Type-6!" A odd looking contraption sprung onto the field with 6 constantly spinning faces.
"It won't do much for now, so I'll summon Gambler of Legend and use him to attack." A replica of the earlier gambler popped onto the field, flicking a coin at Martin with stunning speed before leaning back casually, his paltry 500 attack more for show than anything else. He could've done a bit more, but to be honest it would've felt like he would be stealing the show and beating up on Martin. Of course Martin was more than capable of taking care of himself and likely not even terribly set back by this, but the feeling remained and Matt abided by it.
0-0-Gambler Of Legend-0-0 0-set-Spirit Barrier-set-Dangerous Machine Type6- 5 cards in hand Banished Zone: Roulette Barrel, Dicephoon, Second Coin Toss, x2 Needle Wall Graveyard: Roulette Barrel, Sasuke Samurai #4, Gambler of Legend LP: 6200
Martin nodded as the girl who seemed previously meek suddenly did something he deemed... a little cringe-y. He looked, eyebrows quirked, but didn't seem to react much to his monsters being destroyed, though a decent chunk had been taken out of his life points. Before Martin could draw a card, Rumi activated Madolche lesson, allowing her to return a single monster from her graveyard to her deck, increasing the attack value of her monsters by 800. Then, a monster was special summoned onto her field, Madolche Puddingcess. Silently, when Martin's turn came, he drew a card. Two thousand life points were painstakingly subtracted by his Dark Contracts.
"I'll set D/D Savant Kepler from my hand onto the pendulum scale." he declared, the mechanical humanoid appeared, a number 10 glowing underneath it. "Next..." Martin said hesitantly... "Pendulum Summon...? From my extra deck, D/D/D Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok times two. Next, its effect activates, but only once. Be revived, D/D/D Flame King Genghis. Abyss Ragnarok's other effect activates. I'll tribute D/D/D Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok, then target one monster, banishing it. I'll choose Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-a-la-Mode. Next, I'll use Dark Contract with the Gate. D/D Vice Typhon is added to my hand. Next, I'll activate Dark Contract with the Swamp King... D/D/D Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok and D/D Vice Typhon, Fusion Summon! Here. Level 8 D/D/D Dragonbane King Beowulf. Flame King Genghis's effect activates! Be revived, D/D/D Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok! Next, I'll activate the effect of D/D Vice Typhon in my graveyard, banishing itself and D/D Berfomet. Fusion Summon! D/D/D Oracle King D'arc." One by one, monsters returned to Martin's field.
Martin pointed at Matt's Gambler of Legend, his Flame King Genghis being swift in destroying it. He pointed again. Caesar Ragnarok glowed a deep blue color, at which Martin pointed at Madolche Queen Tiaramisu.
Before he could take hold, however, a trap card was activated: Madolche Nights. Martin grimaced, knowing something like that would happen. Then, its second effect activated, and Martin had to discard a card. That was D.D. Trap Hole. Regardless, it took a swing at Matt. As a cost, Kepler was once again returned to the hand. This was followed by Martin's D'arc with a direct attack against Matt. The final attack was Beowulf against Lua's face-down (you choose).
MARTIN LP: 22800 HAND: 3 (1 is Kepler) (Thomas 1) CAESAR RAGNAROK - DARC - GENGHIS - BEOWULF - ABYSS RAGNAROK NONE - TIARAMISU - GATE - SWAMP KING - NONE Graveyard: Gold Sarcophagus, Emergency Provisions, Chaos Zone, Soul Absorption, Trade-In, Pot of Desires, Trap Stun, Allure of Darkness, D/D/D Wave King Caesar, D/D Lamia, Forbidden Dark Contract with the Swamp King, Necroface, Chaos Burst, D.D. Scout Plane, D/D/D Gust King Alexander, D/D/D Cursed King Siegfried, D/D/D Doom King Armageddon, D.D. Sprite, D.D. Designator, D.D.M. Different Dimension Master | Banished: Mathemetician, Pot of Desires, D.D. Survivor, Dimension Barrier, D.D. Trainer, D/D Swirl Slime, D/D Savant Thomas, D/D Vice Typhon, D/D Berfomet, D.D. Trap Hole, 10 cards face-down | ED: D/D/D Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok, D/D Savant Thomas, D/D Orthros (D/D/D Duo-Dawn King Kali-Yuga) (7+3) Deck: 14 D/D/D Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok 5400/3000 | D/D/D Oracle King D'arc 2800/2000 | D/D/D Flame King Genghis 2000/1500 | D/D/D Dragonbane King Beowulf 3200/2500
The officer's duel runner started steaming and the cigarette fell out of his mouth. The duel runner fell on its side onto the road, the officer motionless. Then, as his body hit the ground, mechanical parts appeared underneath his clothing, before the duel runner and the officer both exploded.
"You're strong, I'll give you that. But let's see if you have the makings of a Phantom." Ryunosuke boasted. "My turn. Draw!"
"You won't be able to give too much with the paltry amount of life points you currently have. You certainly wouldn't be a very challenging opponent... From my hand, I'll activate the Speed Spell - Upstart Goblin! I can grant you 1000 life points, and in exchange, I can draw a card. Next I'll activate the Speed Spell - Count Up! I'll discard two cards from my hand and gain 3 speed counters for each, putting me at 8. Now. I'll activate the effect of the Vampire Sorcerer I discarded to my graveyard! By banishing it, I can normal summon a Vampire without tributing. Come to me, my loyal servant, Vampire Duke!" Ryunosuke slammed the card onto the field as virtual bats flew in front of his motorcycle, becoming a spooky vampire, cape waving in the wind. It closed its came, then out of it stepped another vampire, Vampire Lord.
"Beings of the night converge and construct the overlay network! The ultimate vampire champion! Take up arms and vanquish my opponent! Behold, rank 5 Crimson Knight Vampire - Bram!" the two vampires disappeared once again, transforming into vampire bats before changing into purple flashes of light as a spiral shape formed in front of Ryunosuke, the two monsters swirling into it. The thing turned blood red, and out of it emerged a pale humanoid figure with flowing blonde hair. In one hand, it held an overwhelmingly large sword; in the other hand, an equally overwhelming shield. Orbiting around it were glowing spheres of purple light. Bram stretched itself out casually, before turning to glare at the Ghoulish Rider.
"Bram's effect activates," the monster slashed one of the purple spheres orbiting it, "I will detach 1 xyz material, then target 1 monster in your graveyard, special summoning it on my side of the field. Your Summoned Skull is now mine's! Battle! Summoned Skull, attack his face down!"
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" continued The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell as he watched from his side mirrors to see what impact the officer would make. What he saw was not the writhing agony of a flesh bound officer, or their prayers to Lucifer about their new freedom; instead what The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell saw was a grizzly display of carnage as duel runner and robotic parts flew off from a fiery ball. The cackling stopped as Fyodor spoke solemnly.
"Какая трата хороших ресурсов; Я плачу о тебе, падший воин. Я должен собрать обломки. Нет смысла тратить впустую ни одного гайки или болта. Не волнуйтесь. Я отправлю тебя в огненной кузнице самого Ада. И как только вы там окажетесь, я сделаю Люцифера вашим покровителем." Upon finishing that statement Fyodor balled up his left hand and smacked it once against the torso.
It was at this point The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell realized that The Phantom Duelist of Saotome actually intruded in the battle. In response to the Speed Spell Upstart Goblin, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell simply nodded at Ryunosuke as his lifepoints shot up to 1600. Konstantinovich watched patiently as his foe had set up the moves in order to reveal the Crimson Knight Bram.
Bram angrily at him, seemingly aware of their last encounter. Whether the Crimson Knight Bram was more pissed about its own destructions, or the rhymes that Fyodor spat out at him last time would remain a mystery for the current time.
"Don't get so comfy you Vampiric Knight! For despite your spite, I have more might and I am not afraid to smite. I mean let's be honest as we both know I have Speed Spell - Tribute to the Doomed. You know that'll be coming sooner than later I figure I assume. So again I shall tell you, get out of my sight."
Just as he finished that bit of dialogue The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell saw that Bram had activated one of its effects and summoned the fallen Summoned Skull to fight against his own master.
"Look. Summoned Skull, I swore when I used Final Attack it would actually be the Final Attack. Don't you dare give me that stink eye!" But of course such an attempt at establishing a dialogue with Summoned Skull was worthless as the lightning struck true.
The face down flipped card revealed itself to be Pyramid Turtle! With its head slightly poked out of its shell the turtle saw the lightning come towards it. Eyes widened as the head tried to find security in the Pyramid Shell; yet such safety could not be found.
The shell fractured apart as a grey mist appeared. "Pyramid Turtle! Your death shall not be in vain! NOW UNLEASH YOUR RACING SPIRIT AND BRING FORTH...!"
Another Pyramid Turtle was brought to the field in Defense Mode. It barely had its head sticking out from the shell. "OH PYRAMID TURTLE! You will help avenge your lineage! IT IS YOUR DESTINY PYRAMID TURTLE!"
The sound of air horns echoed throughout the school as the final bout of the battle royale ended. The picture what was perhaps a ninja appeared on the duel disk of every participant, along with the word "WINNER" underneath their portrait. Soon after, instructions were transferred to the duel disks of the students, telling them to head back to the auditorium.
"Standing" on stage was a spherical machine resembling the cafeteria robots, but wearing a suit with a name tag. Anyone close enough could read the name "Prof. Furiko".
"CONGRATULATIONS STUDENTS. PAUSE FOR APPLAUSE." the professor started. "THIS CONCLUDES TODAY'S ACTIVITY. SCORES HAVE BEEN EVALUATED BY NUMEROUS FACTORS AS DETERMINED BY TODAY'S EVENT. HOUSES ARE TO BE REWARDED POINTS BASED ON THE GENERAL PERFORMANCE OF THEIR MEMBERS. PROVIDING EXPLANATION OF HOUSE POINTS. AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT WILL BE THE HOUSE IN WHICH THE HONOR STUDENT SHALL BE CHOSEN. THE WINNING HOUSE ALSO RECEIVES THE HIGHEST WORD IN CONTROLLING SCHOOL POLICY FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. CURRENT RULING HOUSE: UTOPIA HOUSE. LISTING REWARDED POINTS. 400 POINTS TO ODD-EYES HOUSE. 300 POINTS TO DARK MAGICIAN HOUSE. 200 POINTS TO UTOPIA HOUSE. 100 POINTS TO STARDUST HOUSE. 0 POINTS TO NEOS HOUSE. CONGRATULATIONS. APPLAUD." the professor clapped its metal hands together, a metal clanging echoing through the auditorium.
"ASSEMBLY DISMISSED." the professor declared, the doors of the auditorium opening.
By the time the entire situation had ended, the sun had already set and most of the higher years had already gotten dinner. Fortunately for everybody, the cafeteria was still open.
Waiting at the lunch line, serving what appeared to be Salisbury steak, some red sauce slathered over it, was a muscular man in a mask. This was the only option as an entree, and though it was cooked, the meat was still a little cold. The lunch man, who had apparently replaced the serving robots, wore a grimace under his hairnet and particularly grotesque mask; possibly suggesting there was something even worse to see underneath the mask.
"Tch. I set a card and end my turn." Ryunosuke replied, a card materializing face-down on his field before quickly disappearing. Due to Bram's effect, he could not make a second attack. However, with two strong monsters on the field, he clearly had the advantage.
Tekkan pumped his fist in the air out of excitement when he saw Fyodor defeat the officer, who was soon revealed to be an automaton, like Prof. Furiko before him. What a twist, eh?
"Yeah! You sure showed that hunk of junk who's boss, Leader!" the youth called out to the Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell. He gave out a whistle, proud of his enigmatic commander.
However, he did not expect Ryunosuke to start a surprise duel with him. After the Phantom Duelist's turn was over, Tekkan angrily punched the rider in the shoulder. "Hey, what the hell was that?!" the youth barked. "He just finished a duel by the skin of his teeth, and now you're striking him while he's weakened?! Man, you suck!"
Tekkan then called out to Fyodor, Hell-bent on giving the Speed Demon card to his boss. "HEY, LEADER!" the white-haired youth exclaimed. "TRY DRIVING CLOSER SO I CAN JUMP ON AND GIVE YOU A HAND!"
Returning to the auditorium, Taiyo waited and listened, and as the house points were announced he grimaced. His house was coming second last. Was that his fault for forfeiting so early? Now with the knowledge of house points being an occurring thing, he knew better he needed to better represent his house.
As Taiyo moved into the cafeteria afterwards seeking a bite to eat, he looked up at the masked man with horror as it came to his turn, before he shook himself out of his possibly offensive stare. Looking down in shame, he awaited the entree meal, hoping the situation wouldn't get any worse.
'J-just wait for the food, walk away, and sit alone. That's the plan.' He thought in his moment of nervous panic.
The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell did not care at all when "house points" were brought up. After all he had achieved what he wanted and more in this Battle Royale. During the events of this activity, an Unholy Sanctuary was forged, vehicles were gathered, His Infernal Message had reached the masses and perhaps also as importantly, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell was able to finally get a pack of cigarettes. Fortunately despite the explosion, the cigarettes managed to stay intact.
He still had much work to do when he returned back to the Unholy Sanctuary, such as dealing with his 'special guest' the Mechanic and utilizing all the scrap recovered from the wreckage of Officerbot and his Duel Runner.
But for now Konstantinovich was in the cafeteria, sitting at the long bench table, armed with a chiseled tip marker. Uncapping the marker a message was quickly scrawled onto the table.
'MYSTERIES RATTLING YOU? CASE DEEMED 'TOO INSANE'? THE DAMNED DETECTIVE WILL TAKE IT ON. SOLICIT INSIDE STARDUST.'
The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of Hell took a moment to analyze what he had written. It would suffice for bringing in potential customers to indulge Fyodor in the hobby of detective work. Getting up from the bench the Damned Detective glanced towards the lunch line, before going up to various walls and objects and inscribing his message upon them.
All the while, his mind wandered back to the Phantom Duelist of Saotome...
GOTTA GET BACK, BACK, BACK TO THE PAST BECAUSE THE DUEL STILL ROLLIN'
The next turn came as The Phantom Duelist of Saotome was annoyed at the supreme might of the Pyramid Turtle. It was only natural after all. Fyodor paid little attention to that Trap or Magic Card Ryunosuke placed onto the field; after all he had Speed Spell: Tribute to the Doomed and Pyramid Turtle, alongside the boost in life points given to him by the Phantom. Everything was looking up as his Duel Runner shot a new card at him.
Looking behind their shoulder The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell glanced towards Tekkan. He shook his head as he began to speak."Oh Neophyte! I have begun to teach you the ways of the Infernal One and how best to serve Him; but there is still much I must show you, such as the Code of the Road. And you have seem to not see the graveyard for the tombstones; take note of your position. You are RIDING WITH MY OPPONENT. Have you forgotten your glorious act in the service of serving The Lord of the Flies!? You are within striking distance you know. NOW THEN!"
The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell glanced at the card he drew. From his hand he activated Speed Spell: Tribute to the Doomed and discarded the very card he just drew. Two large coffins emerged out of thin air. The rightmost coffin opened up as there was brief glimmer of the Zombified Manhorse Mezuki being wrapped as a Mummy. Mezuki was shoved into the casket as it slammed shut and exploded. The leftmost coffin opened up as Konstantinovich pointed at Crimson Knight Bram. A flood of mummy wrappings shot out and began to restrain Crimson Knight Bram by all of his limbs. The wrappings spun around Bram to fully encase him before forcefully pulling him into the coffin. As soon as Bram was secure the coffin then exploded as Bram was destroyed by the effect of Speed Spell - Tribute to the Doomed.
"Well now that I settled all of that, I will now activate Mezuki's effect and banish him from the Graveyard so I may bring forth a Zombie from my Graveyard." spoke The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell noted as Mezuki, still partially decorated as a mummy, reappeared only to fade into the ether. The mummy wrappings fell to the ground and began to hiss and create a large smoke cloud.
Arising from the smoke as the target of Mezuki's ability was...
...
Could it be!? Was it possible that The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell would that particular monster!? It was! Emerging from the smoke with its head barely poking out of its pyramid shell in Defense Mode was Pyramid Turtle, the one that the newer Pyramid Turtle swore to avenge! The two of them both, well not boldly, but they kept their ground in defense mode.
The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell began cackling as he threw his right arm in the air. "NOW THAT IS RACING SPIRIT! You thought you might've bested Pyramid Turtle, you thought he would COWER at the situation he was stuck in. But you shall realize the POWER OF THE PYRAMIDS POSSESSED BY THESE FINE DAMNED SOULS! GWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
With that he pointed at The Phantom Duelist of Saotome to signal that his turn was over.
As Taiyo looked away, the head of the masked cafeteria man snapped toward him. "HEY!" he shouted in a growling voice. The condensation from the heat lamps on the meat appeared on his mask, making it appear glossy. The red, fleshy color made the beads of condensation appear more like blood than anything else and the scowl he wore was nothing but menacing. On the other hand, he was too preoccupied with this boy's offense than the other person scrawling over the table.
"YOU GOT A PROBLEM WITH WHAT'S FOR DINNER?" the line stopped and the masked cafeteria man hopped over the food and into the line. Standing at seven feet tall, he towered over a majority of the students. The cafeteria man grabbed the collar of Taiyo's shirt and lifted the boy up to his face, glaring into his eyes. He exhaled slowly out of his nose, his breath hot with anger.
"Go on... You got a problem? HOW ABOUT YOU SAY IT!?" he shouted into Taiyou's face.
"Hmph. Playing defensively I see." A smile creased onto the phantom's lips from underneath his visor. The loud roar of an engine was heard from close by. Driving by the Phantom and the Ghoulish Rider, coming up from behind them, was what appeared to be a coffin on four wheels. It was made of a rich, mahogany wood, intricate carvings done on the side. The wood was well lacquered, protecting its polish. Underneath it, engines roared, carrying it forward at a speed which kept up with the two turbo duelists' duel runners. It pulled up on the side of the road, riding alongside the Phantom Duelist.
"Behold. The true duel runner wielded by those who have inherited the mantle of Phantom Duelist!" Ryunosuke took off his helmet and handed it to Tekkan, placing it on his lap. His duel disk clicked free from the duel runner and Ryunosuke leaped off of the motorcycle. With a snap of his fingers, the casket opened. The inside looked to be made of fine satin, a section at the front designed to hold a duel disk. Most remarkably, it did not have a steering wheel. Ryunosuke landed in the casket, his duel disk clicked onto the coffin. Without a duel disk facilitating the autopilot, Ryunosuke's original duel runner swerved uncontrollably as he in the Phantom Duelist Duel Runner sped forward avoiding it.
"DRAW!" Ryunosuke shouted, taking a card out of his duel disk. "During my standby phase, I gain one speed counter and Crimson Knight Vampire Bram returns from the dead."
"Now! From my hand, I activate the quick play spell card, Speed Spell - The Phantom Knights Rank-Up-Magic Launch! MUAHAHAHAHA!" The phantom duelist laughed maniacally as Bram vanished in a streak of red light into a spiral galaxy.
"Superstition, fear and jealousy... Dead I am the one, exterminating son, slipping through the trees, strangling the breeze; dead I am the sky, watching angels cry, while they slowly turn, conquering the wyrm! Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches! Rank up! Dark Xyz Change! Rank 6! NUMBER 24: DRAGULAS THE VAMPIRIC DRAGON!"
Emerging from the spiral was a fearsome dragon, wings spread and arms crossed.
"Battle! Summoned Skull! Attack his pathetic Pyramid Turtle!"
"For now yes." mused The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell as he glanced back at Ryunosuke, "But you remember what unfurled last time I'm sure." As soon as a new engine began roaring out, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell turned the helmet to glance towards the source of the sound. Surely there was an expression underneath the helmet as The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell saw that esteemed sheen, the fanciful wood, those smooth surfaces and the well done carvings. But that expression was just between him and the Devil.
This coffin was revealed as the true Duel Runner of the Phantom Duelist of Saotome. Fyodor glanced back at Ryunosuke, "WHAT!? So you mean that one was not the r- Hmph. So be it." The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell watched as Crimson Knight Bram's effect kicked in and as the Phantom Duelist of Saotome activated that Rank-Up spell. Once again did The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell see Dragulus the Vampiric Dragon. Shortly after Summoned Skull used its vicious lightning to destroy one of his Pyramid Turtles.
"Do not worry Pyramid Turtle; you shall avenge it all. Now go and bring me forth some pieces so I can get rid of this dragon AGAIN!" From the mist of Pyramid Turtle emerged...
The last of Pyramid Turtles in Defense Mode. "I know what you're thinking, 'again with Pyramid Turtle'. Buuuuuuuuut why mess with the formula of success. NOW THE PYRAMID TURTLE LINEAGE HAS TRULY BEEN ASSEMBLED! AND THEY SPELL OUT YOUR DOOM! WHAT ELSE DO YOU HAVE PLANNED PHANTOM DUELIST!?"
Matt, casually moving along the line, just two spots from getting his food, had his progress suddenly impeded. The source was obvious, the muscular masked meal-maker had apparently taken offence to a colorful boy ahead of him, the chef's grisly visage and incredible volume making for quite the intimidating scenario. "Hey now no need to get worked up big guy, give the dude at least a chance to eat it before laying into him ya?" Matt's voice was relaxed and soothing, though it likely wouldn't have much of an effect on the rather agitated man, it was at least worth a shot. Matt had a suspicion that a duel would be required to settle the matter of honor that was apparently at stake, but time would tell if that was the case.
Tekkan initially groaned and grimaced when Fyodor refused to drive closer to the vehicle. However, his leader's command to strike Ryunosuke quickly reignited his grin. The youth nodded and gave a quick salute.
As the Phantom Duelist of Saotome began summoning his ace monster, Tekkan heard the biker chanting familiar words. They sounded like a song he heard when one of his cousins from America visited him. He was 14 at the time, and 3 years later, he still remembered the tune quite vividly.
After Ryunosuke destroyed one of Fyodor's Pyramid Turtles, the white-haired youth felt a sinister urge come over him. Now was the time to carry out his leader's wishes.
"And slam in the back of my DRAGULA!" Tekkan suddenly brought one of his hands crashing down onto Ryunosuke's neck in a swift karate chop, intent on incapacitating the biker at least.
As he was lifted up by this terrifying man, Taiyo almost let out a shriek, doing his best to keep his mouth shut and holding on tight to his tray as to not let his food drop and possibly anger the man further.
"W-w-w-why n-no sir! I w-w-was just u-uh... u-um m-making sure my f-food didn't f-fall off-"
Before he would continue to stammer, a stranger had interrupted. A tall fellow, with a charming voice and pale yellow hair attempted to calm the man holding him almost off the ground. He let out a soft sigh, trying to recollect himself before he locked eyes nervously with the masked man.
"M-mhm, what he said. If I could eat first, I'm s-sure it'll be just as delicious as it looks!"
As the words tumbled out of his mouth, he hoped it would be enough to sway the man's anger.
