"Hmm... Are you trying to sound funny?" Emily said, still inspecting Jack with her eyes. "I was just trying to start a friendly conversations... Where are your manners, boy?" She said, with an angry tone in her voice this time, still staring at Jack, taking a sip of her red wine this time. "Anyways, I shall teach you to have some respect when addressing the Bloodriver." She said, with a smile on her face, putting her deck onto the table. "Unless you are scared that is.." Emily said, her face changing to a sadistic smile now.
Duelists are so predictable, Jack thought. "Listen, lady, I'll duel you. Hell, if you win, I'll even let you stare at these pretty blue eyes all night. However, If I win, you're going to walk away. Understood?"
"Don't test your luck. Your eyes aren't even that nice... And sure, if you want me to go away, you could have told me from the start... But the fact that you are offering to let me stay means that you must be interested in me." She said before finally breaking eye contact with Jack.
"Don't flatter yourself too much, cupcake." Jack goaded her on. "Frankly, I would have thought seeing a man drinking alone in the corner might have been cue in itself to leave well enough alone. But you wanted to chat, and I'm a fair man. I'm offering you the chance to win that right."
"Well, I'll teach you some manners, you arrogant pig... First lesson, ladies first!" She exclaimed as she drew 6 cards from the top of her deck and gave them a glance. "Yes... this one shall do well!" She said, as she put a monster Face-down on her side of the field. "Lets see how you manage in a duel!" She said, as she took yet another sip from her glass.
Jack drew his hand and it couldn't have been any more perfect. "First things first, I'll set a couple cards face down. But, darn, I just can't help but think how lonely your monster looks over there all by itself. I think I'll give you another one." Jack placed his Grinder Golem on Emily's side of the field, attack position. "But that's not all, I now have two Grinder Tokens at my disposal, and I think one of them should attack."
"First of all.. my monster doesn't mind the loneliness.." she started with an air of uncertiaty growing in her voice. "Second of all, are you completely insane? That will cost you 3000 life points in your first turn!" She shouted.
"Am I insane? Probably so, but I've also activated a powerful spell card called Inferno Tempest. When I lost the 3000 life points for attacking Grinder Golem, it's effect was triggered, banishing all monsters from both of our decks and graveyards." Jack laughed, it was too easy.
"So what?" Emily demanded. "I am running a mill deck, you fool! That was even worse than your first move!" She said, as she started to laugh, after which she took another sip from her glass.
Jack signals to Emily that his turn had ended, but as she tried to draw a card, Jack spoke once more: "And then, before you even draw a single card, I think I'll just go ahead and end this duel. Activate trap card D.D. Dynamite! That ought to wrap things up."
Emily was silent for a moment, taking in what just happened.
"Well... You were boring anyway..." She said, as she picked up her cards, leaving the table, looking around for somebody else to sit to her.
"What a rude boy..." She thought to herself.
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As she departed, Jack had already begun to drift back into his thoughts. Taking a refil from the busy little Time Wizard, he noticed that Emily had left her own unflishd glass on the table.
Red wine was what she had ordered, but wine didn't cling to the side of the glass like that. This cocktail was far too thick.
Suddenly, the aroma of copper hit his nostrils, and he cringed.
Duelist were predictable, yes, but people like Emily?
They were truly disgusting.
Finishing his second drink, Jack made note of yet another name that needed investigating.