[IC] The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

[The Irish Tree]

"I'm Maisy. Maisy McKellen." Maisy said with a smile, really glad that she didn't accidentally offend the ninja girl's culture with her question, happily extending her hand in kind and shaking it. Shuddering, Maisy realized that she hadn't yet DRIED her hands, and quickly did so afterwards. "Wow...I kinda figured that guy was using some secret Shadow Realm magic thing, but ninja teleportation sounds way cooler. And convenient." she said, more than willing to express how cool she thought the fact that there were REAL people who could TELEPORT! That and ninjas were cool cards too. Figuring that she shouldn't just assume that every ninja would use a ninja deck, Maisy instead asked: "So...what brings you and your family here to the Duel Tower? Are you all on a super secret training mission? Or a super secret mission to stop a mass-card-counterfitting ring run by an ancient underground society attempting to amass enough fake dueling energy in their cards to cause the apocalypse?" in a single breath, stars literally shining in her eyes.

Having grown up in a completely normal environment, Maisy was amazed that ninjas were even REAL. She just thought that she'd hallucinated the whole thing and was slowly losing her mind and would spiral into a psychotic dueling rampage after failing to get BERSERKER SOUL! But, she wasn't. Ninjas were real, and she could believe it.

[Scarifar]

Leander watched the Action Duel unfold, seeing both Duelists use their cards and the Action Cards. So this is what an Action Duel is, Leander thought as he spectated the Duel. The Monsters, the Spells, everything just went great. It seemed like the red-haired girl didn't so well in the beginning, but a huge reversal was made that the Deepspace Duelist couldn't recover from. Admittedly, the red-haired girl's didn't seem very interesting, compared to the space theme of the Deepspace monsters. Oh well, seems like a victory was a victory.

No longer interested in the Duel, Leander then wondered what he was going to do now, and realized that he was going to watch Vincent's Duel with Hayato. He wondered where they had gone, and walked around for a while before eventually giving up, thinking that the Duel was probably long since done. After a quick think, Leander decided to go over to the card shop to get some new cards. New cards were always nice, especially when opened fresh from a pack.

As it turned out, there were a lot of packs to choose from, and Leander took his time examining each card pack's cover art. They all looked so good, Leander didn't know which ones to choose. Then, one pack caught his eye: Above and Below. A pack that was releasing Parshath support. Leander remembered that he was using a Parshath deck, so this pack was undoubtedly perfect for him. Looking over to another nearby card pack, he noticed the Retro packs. Leander thought it would be a good reason to take a few of those as well; they looked fun, after all.

Making the transaction with the points he had accumulated, Leander walked away, humming a cheerful little tune. He couldn't wait to open them and see what cards he got, but even he knew that just opening them up right away would be a terrible idea; his cards could get blown away, or worse, stolen. Not to mention that fact that there was no nearby trash can to throw away the ripped up packs. So, he decided to wait until he reached a safe place to open his card packs. He continued his random wandering, not really caring where he ended up. Leander also wondered what time it was, and wondered if any classes were coming up.

[The Red Seelie]

Vincent Gulfus

Vincent had been stretching in the sand his mind drifting in and out of new ideas every few moments as he worked to get his muscles working again. One could get cramps after a duel and it was best to work them off. Despite the sun petering down in the desert Vincent felt good after winning a few times today and nothing was going to keep his spirits down after the duel he had been in. Then he noticed the person whom he had begun to look up to making her way over and somewhere inside of his brain the panic button was pressed and he just stood their silently taking in the information.

She complemented his duelling which was rare, he thought she disliked those in a lower dorm then her. Weird. Though he wasn't going to protest as it felt good to be praised every once in a while by someone. Specially by someone whom for all intensive purposes was deemed to be 'better' then he was at the game. Well the blue haired one didn't finish her exposit there oh no she continued much to Vincent's internal interest. When she asked his name his mumbled "yes" before waiting for her to continue further and then she said something that threw him for a loop a little. "Keep duelling like that. If you do, I'd love to face you some day." She even smiled when she said it most of him believed it to be genuine but somewhere inside he had doubts if she wasn't exaggerating but no matter really he would actually enjoy fighting her in the future if he could. Then she left him much to Vincent's interior sadness. However he watched her walk back inside the action duelling arena and decided to follow. His mind racing with the possibility of duelling her, part of him thinking how fun it would be to fight, the other how fun it would be to crush them utterly.

Vincent re-entered the arena and saw Ethel talking to a guy, when he was about to say something in response but seeing the new person he quick retreat backwards and ducked behind a wall slipping in the process and letting out a large cry of pain as he slipped and landed on his side. Perhaps he had moved too quickly in his effort to stay hidden, perhaps he shouldn't of moved sideways at a perpendicular angle or perhaps maybe he had completely used up his good luck for the day. Either way he was on the ground and he quickly made it his priority to get back onto his fee. It wouldn't do him any good if someone saw that clumsy move.

As the action duel began in the background Vincent scurried back to his feet and revealed himself from behind the corner. "Why hello there" he said as he began dusting himself off. Making sure nothing was broken and he hadn't lost any of his cards. With a slight grin on his face which portrayed most of his inner thoughts of being a good person. he looked at them both and continued. "Is there any chance I could join in on this little gathering?" Vincent questioned. His eyes looking at them not with harsh coldness but with interest. He hoped he hadn't interrupt them that much.

[LunarStandard]

While Nathaniel was excited by the prospect of an Action Duel at first, the beginning turns were enough to cause Nathaniel to physically cringe. It was looking to be another one-sided beatdown in favor of the black-haired girl. The red-haired girl couldn't even play monsters, while the black-haired one was swarming the field with her "Deepspace" monsters, whatever those were. At least the red-haired one managed to play out an Evasion, allowing her to stay in the game with 400 Life Points, but Nathaniel was sure that her loss was imminent. Then she started playing monsters. Nathaniel was skeptical of the good a low-level monster like that would do her, but it bought her enough time for her to pull off more plays. By the duel's end, Nathaniel was clapping with excitement at the brilliant reversal he had just witnessed.

"Now that was a duel!" said Nathaniel, cheering from the stands.

It was a fantastic Action Duel, with great use of Action Cards but not an overabundance of them. Not to mention the fact that the game was extremely close. It was certainly a lot better than the first duel, that was for sure. Still, it was a little upsetting that there was barely anybody watching this duel. Most other people still carried their impressions from that suckier first duel, which was troubling. But Nathaniel was glad that there were still people around who can appreciate a good Action Duel.

With that, Nathaniel decided to get out of his seat and head down to the arena to greet and congratulate the two on their outstanding performances.

"That was a great game, you two!" Nathaniel said cheerfully as he approached them, raising a hand in friendly greeting. "My name's Nathaniel, an aspiring Action Duelist myself, and you can definitely count me as a fan."

[vancexentan]

"This isn't some gathering you bumpkin. I'm minding my own business and this girl wants to ask me something probably. Don't you have better things to do Mr. Winner? Or do you got nothing better to do than bother other people?" Andre told off Vincent with distaste as he looked back at the girl. "This guy a friend of yours? If so then you should probably ask him whatever you wanted to ask me." Andre said coldly as his blank neutral face looked directly at the girl unwavering and uncaring about any of this. He had been curious before the stooge arrived but now he was just annoyed. He had been enjoying his alone time. His mom told him to make new friends...he didn't have any interest in making friends with either of these two until he knew who and what they were about. Speaking of family...where was Ben anyway?

[Ammokkx]

As Gearfried sliced Camryn with their iron blade, a yawn came over from the audience. Haas' eyes flickered open, adjusting to the light for a bit. Once he regained sight somewhat, looking down upon the field revealed... A missed duel. Aw, damnit! Would've been great if Haas had gotten to see that... He jumped up from his seat and fist-pumped the air, feeling fully refreshed after that nap. "Alright, Not missing the next one!" they shouted to themselves, before realizing there probably were people around still... Erm... Whoops? A few of the students were giving him a weird look for just a second, then minding their own business again. "Note to self, don't do that in public again." Haas mentally reminded himself, scanning the area once more afterwards.

It seemed like there was an especially bored girl hidden in the audience, leaning on a skateboard and chewing on... Something. Didn't seem like they took a notice of Haas... Though he decided it'd be a good idea (somehow) to approach her anyway. Figured she might appreciate someone to talk to, right? Puffing up his chest, Haas walked as if he hadn't a care in the world towards the other person. It was a tad annoying, considering a few others were in the way and he actually had to jump over a row of seats at one point. It also basically ruined any cool entry he might've had. When Haas got in earshot range, they cried out a simple "Hey there!" from a little bit aways. Then, Haas realized had NOTHING to start a conversation with. Which led to a bit of awkward silence on his end as he walked towards Cassie. And even when the boy stopped in front of them. Damn. "Hi, I'm Haas! I thought you looked bored, so I came over to say hi." ...Was that seriously the best he could do? Haas didn't show the inner panic he had, but right now his mind was in turmoil. The guy's face didn't betray a hint of that though, just having a goofy, friendly, smile plastered across it.

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The boy Ethel attempted to talk to reacted better than she expected, which was good. She put on a little fake smile to come across as friendly, even. Andre replied to her greeting with something quite frankly... Stupid... But that didn't matter. All Ethel needed to do was hold his attention for a little bit. "No, I don't mind you being creepy." she replied, fake smile plastered across her face. The girl would have said more, but then something... Unexpected happened. First, someone fell a little ways behind Ethel. Then she could hear them scrambling to get up and stumbling on over. If it wasn't already bad enough, the worst possible outcome happened. They started to talk. "Is there any chance I could join in on this little gathering?" came from next to the girl, the boy from earlier being the one to speak up. Oh god, why was VINCENT here?!

This situation got worse by the minute. The wind dorm had sufficiently managed to piss Andre off, who bit back pretty harshly at Vincent. Ethel needed to try and salvage the situation to the best of her ability, though that duel doesn't seem to be in the cards anymore for her... Argh! "N-No... He's... Not a friend. But I'll do that." Ethel did a small bow to signal her leave, then grabbed Vincent's collar and dragged him off. Surprisingly enough, even without having the best of conditions the girl showed some pretty remarkable arm strength. Probably from drawing all those cards. She didn't even give Vincent the option of leaving on his own, throwing him forward a little once out of Andre's ear shot. "Don't do that again." she warned the guy, then proceeded to walk past him and make her way back to the Tower.

[Tojin]

At the sound of a voice from her left, Camryn turned to face the newcomer. "Oh, thanks, Nate! D'you mind if I call you Nate? I'm actually planning on majoring in Turbo Dueling, so hearing that I've already got a fan when I haven't even had a Turbo Duel is a great confidence booster! What deck do you use?"

[vancexentan]

"Huh...well then...that was weird. This school is stupid...day two and already weird people are coming out of the wood works..." Andre said with a sigh as he got up and brushed himself off and made sure his scarf was still secure around his neck. With that comment Andre decided it was probably for the best if he got back to his room. One of the things he found strange about this school ON HIS SECOND DAY HERE was how lively the people were here. Sure a lot of kids were silent but a lot of people were more out spoken. What the hell was with this place that caused people to go nuts? No one was bothering him so he had been able to sit in the background and hear all the rumors and listen to all the people make asses out of themselves already. Was he the only person in this school who could at least attempt to be normal? Everyone had some sort of angle. Some sort of thing that made them a pretty little snowflake. Hell THEY HAD NINJA AT THIS SCHOOL! Why on god's earth would a duel academy accept NINJA?! What weird idea was that? The more and more he thought about it the more and more it baffled him. What kind of insane asylum did he and his brother accept to join? He should've went with his older big brother out where he lived and learned his craft there but he wasn't a certified teacher...bah.

Andre made his way out of the area back towards the main building his steps echoing as he walked. He wondered...would he meet anyone here who were decent people? Who didn't have ulterior motives for talking to him? Or were all the god damn kids here, specifically here to meet their own ends? Surely there was someone here out of everyone that Andre could at least try to understand. He didn't want a friend he just wanted to know if he was the only last semi-sane man here. And him being the semi-sane man here made no sense...

[Eklispe]

Megan also faced Nate, still a little jacked up on adrenaline from her duel. "Thanks action duels seem to be great for me, though I haven't tried turbo dueling yet." Now that Camryn brought it up, why had she come to the action dueling course when she was going to major in turbo? Were you supposed to get an education in all three? What about summoning methods, were you supposed to attend all those classes as well? "Did you plan on dueling next?" Megan asked curiously, it didn't seem like he'd brought anyone with him. Of course she didn't know if there were even any more duels allowed right now. How many fields were there anyway? Do they just go through a rotation or were they randomly selected? It seemed like every time Megan did anything she got more questions about this place. It was fun.

[LunarStandard]

N-Nate?

That was new to him. Nobody ever called Nathaniel "Nate" before, although that was probably because they were busy calling him other nicknames. Still, with that said, "Nate" was definitely something Nathaniel can handle.

"Sure, you can call me Nate." He replied before taking out a card to show to the two girls in front of him, revealing it to be Performapal Whip Snake. "I use a Performapal deck, so you can probably tell that I'm more of an Entertainment Duel kind of guy. Not sure I can handle a Turbo Duel, to be honest. I mean, what if you crash?" said Nathaniel, shuddering at the thought. He knew Action Duels had their own dangers, but at least he was used to it and knew how to avoid some common pitfalls. Turbo Duels just seem so much more dangerous.

"Me? Oh no, I wasn't planning on dueling." Nathaniel answered Megan a little sheepishly. Although now that he thought about it, he hasn't had a full duel since he's been here. He had his placement duel, but even that was unfortunately interrupted. Maybe an actual duel would be good for him. As he prepared to reach for his Duel Disk and maybe ask for a challenge, he realized he forgot something very important.

"So... What are your names?"

[Eklispe]

Oh right. "Sorry my name is Megan and this is Camryn. I guess classes are getting pretty close to over, I wonder how good dinner is going to be. My deck is just warriors by the way, nothing special." Performapals were pendulum monsters right? Like that guy with the odd-eyes. Just thinking about him put her in a sour mood momentarily. She didn't even remember the guys name. Megan became lost in her thoughts staring at Nate's duel disk. Only performpals? Did he have an odd-eyes? Did he know what classes to attend? Did she? No. She wondered if they could get custom duel disks at some point, she'd seen them before. Maybe something dragony. How'd they get new cards anyway? Just by walking up to the same place as the structure packs? With money? Or some sort of academy credit?

[Poke]

Venwyn Ael

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The Disappearance of Venwyn Ael

(Spoiler: He kind of just walks away)

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The Duel between the two girls had ended, and Venwyn had been a spectator. Unlike the previous Action Duel that had taken place, this one would have probably been considered much more interesting, with its longer duration - and also a comeback nearer to the end. However, Venwyn had only stayed for the opportunity to witness the usage of more Action Cards - of which there weren't many, save for the Evasion Action Card, which was used twice. It was somewhat disappointing for the Archiver - the Duel wasn't necessarily bad, but the contents of it didn't align with what he was interested in. Venwyn felt that his time would be better spent elsewhere, and decided to leave and go somewhere else.

"I'm leaving." He said for the second time, although this time it was probably directed to Cassie, since she was the only one around at the moment. Around the time he did say it, another male student had decided to make himself apparent to her anyway, so Venwyn's departure didn't really matter all that much.

With that, Venwyn made his way out of the Action Duel arena - without any ninja-like theatrics this time. Amazing. Where exactly he was going wasn't really known. Probably the cafeteria.

Probably.

@SillyPhilly

[Tojin]

"Oh, Performapals? Like the one Sakaki kid, right? I've always liked them, honestly, they're pretty cute. Mostly, anyway. And yeah, crashing is always a worry, but most Duel Runners have pretty good protection systems in case that happens." She waited a bit to let Megan have a turn speaking, then said "Yeah, this was the last class of the day. The Colonel ended it early, since the example duel we had was over in three turns. We've got free time until dinner now. And I'm Camryn, like she said." After an awkward silence, Camryn snapped her fingers by Megan's ear. "Hey, Earth to Megan. I don't think Nate appreciates you staring at him like that." That was probably kinda mean, but whatever. It won't cause any harm. Probably."

[Satoshi Kyou]

Hayato thanked the person who handed him the packs he bought and had a strange feeling he forgot something and tried to think back to remember... until Shinrei's request echoed in his head and realized he should probably go look for her if he is correct she should be at the fusion class room and waited for the elevator to arrive and slowly went up to the fusion classroom after a while shinrei's words started to echo in his head "To be honest, she's the only thing that really keeps me human and from going insane" Hayato closed his eyes as he thought of those words in his head as people left the elevator before reaching the fusion classroom on his own and took the time to say his thoughts out loud as it tends to relax his mind "Shinrei! do you even understand what type of pain you bring to you and your sister... as you keep being this fool who keeps things to himself as if nobody cares..." Hayato said as he slowly started to arrive at the fusion class room "Shinrei... what do you even know..." Hayato uttered before entering the fusion classroom and entered the fusion class room "its not like you are the only one suffering... Abandoning my sister for 5 years... I bet Hayate hates me now... I AM A FAILURE OF A BROTHER!" Hayato said punching the first wall he saw in the class room realizing what he had been doing to his sister ever since he arrived "Why did i even tell her to come here with me... if I was just going to ignore her... I should have known better... THIS IS UNFORGIVEABLE!" Hayato punched the wall once again out of frustration this time his hand started to bleed but really he didn't care anymore he needed to get it off his chest even if he didn't feel like he was a good brother to his sister and simply walked to his former desk forgetting why he went up here in the first place and sat down and put his packs on a pile and sighs "phew... good to get that off my chest..." Hayato sighed in relief before noticing Ben and Tsukiko "i'm guessing one of you got some pain off your chest as well... sorry for bursting in like that... i had a rough day..." Hayato apologized and sighed again mostly in relief that it was just Ben and Tsukiko that heard him if it were a group people'd think he's pathetic and to extend he feels like he is.

Hayate looked at her surrounding as she woke up in a strange old location looked at Shinrei who put her on a bed to rest "i think I am... said in a rather insecure voice as if something was bothering her and checked her surroundings "Why did you catch me...?" Hayate asked in a soft slightly scared voice, as if she was talking to a ghost but quickly shook her head "are you going to yell at me...? like you did those other people... hearing that... hurts... I didn't come here to hear those type of words..." Hayate asked but knowing there wasn't anyone around and Hayato wasn't there to stop her Hayato and I were the kids of a pro duelist... though the media only know Hayato as his apprentice to keep people away from me but to solidify that Hayato went on a journey with his father for about 5 years leaving me alone with mom... who could only drop by twice a month... well... i say mom but she isn't my real mother... she kinda looks like you... Natsuki is her name she works as a duel equipment researcher its where Hayato got his strange gadgets like that weird mini solid vision projector" Hayate explained pulling out her own projector "I got one too... mine is white his is black" Hayate pondered for a moment before deciding to talk about something she much rather have off her chest "I've had this bad dream yesterday... you were part of it..." Hayate said and explained the dream to shinrei imitating the voices she heard in her dream "Hayato stopped caring about me didn't he?" Hayate said in a soft sad voice rolling up into a ball on the bed to hide her face "I'll always be alone won't I...?" Hayate asked Shinrei not knowing what to think of her dream and simply asked Shinrei "D-do... you want to play a game with me...? all you need is two mini solid vision projectors... i got a spare one after all... it will keep things off my mind... Hayato came up with this game when we first got it..." Hayate asked explaining how it always calms her mind when she plays it

[The Red Seelie]

Vincent Gulfus

Vincent had interrupted them of course so he expected a reaction of annoyance. Yet the tongue of Andre hit something in Vincent's soul of course it was just the part of the soul that actually had some sort of reasoning to it, making it cower but the rest was kicking. Vincent wanted to say something so badly to the guy or maybe apologise profusely either way. Yet before anything could be said Ethel was dragging him like a ragdoll which bore reminiscence to a earlier time where a certain Hayate dragged him to his dorm room. Yet this was much less painful in comparison. Vincent probably could of easily resisted but his mind was kinda dead at the rejection words she had spoken. He wasn't her friend, He was trying his best to be a good person and helpful and yet he had failed. Ethel left him but not before parting a warning of never to repeat what had happened. 'Great now somebody has mantle for my head if I screw up' Vincent thought.

He waited a couple of minutes for Ethel to get out of sight before making his Venture back into the tower, enjoying the air conditioning cooling his sweaty face. glancing at the people in the main hall Vincent saw a dark haired girl looking through her cards and smiling every so often. Guess some people find enjoyment like he did at looking at the cards that did their job and remembering the times they fought. Well anyway Vincent needed to stop staring at random people he had points to spend after all. Vincent took the elevator up to the floor where he could buy packs. making light whistling noises as the elevator ascended to its destination.

Stepping outwards Vincent headed for the card shop, 90 points in pocket the boy stepped up to the counter and spent every single one on a large haul of packs that he had to divert to pockets to even carry. With these packs his deck could finally become stronger and stronger and feared. Vincent went looking for a place to open his packs and reap the bounty of what he would uncover.

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Ignia Nosfera

prequel of the day before

'Oh Ignia what have you got yourself into this time' Ignia thought to herself as she was seated on the bus far out of the way of everyone else, trying to keep to herself as best as she could. She had foolishly chosen to wear a black blazer over a white shirt trying to look presentable, it was probably because of the strict rules of her old school dictating to dress presentably to all outings and trips, that she started doing it naturally never the less, her mind wandered to what people she would meet and what perverted things she could get up to in order to torment them.

She openly admitted that she was a pervert unlike a guy she used to know whom could barely hold a pencil to her skills, though with the desert heat causing her to feel a little unresponsive she didn't put much thought in anything. Her mind drifting in and out of focus due to the heat.

Ignia woke up when the bus drew to a sudden stop and people started moving in swarms to leave each one wanting to be the to get their structure deck. Of course Ignia was no exception and she moved with the purpose of collecting her deck and her luggage. Albeit the latter first of course. Stepping out from the bus Ignia looked upwards towards the Duel Tower, It stood in the desert contrasting heavily with the rest of the landscape what was the founder of such a place thinking? The place would be her home for a while regardless so her Green eyes continued their scan for a few seconds before someone pushed her out of the bus exit. Snapping back to the reality of the world with a sigh on her face. Ignia grabbed her stuff and headed inside the entry hall. Letting out a sigh of relief at the fact that the building had air conditioning.

Ignia walked over to elevator which just happened to be empty, she quickly made sure it went up before anybody else decided to enter. Humming to herself a simple but addictive tune she had heard before in the past. She stepped out and began looking at the room with its spectator seats. Walking up to someone whom seemed heavily disinterested in the current situation she looked around at the decks the guy was offering. Monarchs looked good perhaps she would go for Monarchs but before she spoke up someone else claimed it quickly. She noticed that a Structure deck that hadn't been claimed had 6 people on the cover, she only recognised one which was 'Eria the Water Charmer' which would mean that the structure deck was a charmer deck! "I would like Taming the elements please" Ignia said as she was handed her structure deck. Her green eyes brimming with excitement then fear then doubt then back to happiness. This deck and her would be going on a long journey.

After filling out her forms and taking the academy style duel disk of course she sat down to watch the entry duels unfold in all of their stunning glory. The first five battles weren't interesting enough but it was the 6th that drew her attention considerably.

Vincent Gulfus, the guy she spent most of her earlier childhood with before moving away was here, at this very same academy? What the hell was fate playing at, not that this was a bad thing, just a very large coincidence. They could be friends again like old times. Ignia stopped herself midway through her train of thought. People can change over the period of two years. Either way she watched 6/10 lose considerably quickly to a French guy whom she would to be closer in distance to in order to give them a rating on her scale of targets. Because honestly the first thing one would realise about Ignia after knowing her for a few minutes is her perverted mind. Which never ever stopped coming up with more perverted concepts. In her distraction she lost where Vincent went after he had finished dueling. 'Damn it' she thought to herself.

Soon it was her turn to duel for her placement, she was fighting the girl whom had taken the monarch deck earlier. Her eyes did their quick scan for the rating of the girl. Hair brown, Eye colour brown, Fat, Short, Freckles, Misshapen noise. The only the girls eyes was their real defining feature. 3/10 wouldn't stalk in a millennia. Charmers and Monarchs stormed forth and at the end of a climatic battle of the elements...

The monarchs won because of their damn frosty friend destroying her Unpossessed trap card, If only the girl didn't draw it then Ignia would of won by a landslide. Oh well. The rest of the day passed extremely quickly until Ignia was woken up the next morning.

Ignia had been watching the Action duel between Vincent and Leander with such glee. Vincent won for the first time here which was good on his part. In a manner that bore reminiscence to their youth together, Brutality was the way Vincent liked to win. A three turn OTK with the power of Chaos at his side, it seemed Vincent was only put in a lower dorm due to the rapidity of his opponents deck in the last duel. Still Ignia noted how short the action duel was which wasn't really the point at all. Ignia left within a crowd of other people during the start of the free period. Once she got to the entrance hall she decided she might as well go through her deck checking each individual cards for the combos she could preform and that is what she began doing. Eventually she was so engrossed in the concept of her cards that she didn't notice Vincent walking past her to the elevator. After a few more minutes of looking at her cards, Ignia put her deck back in her pocket. "Now what am I going to do." She said to herself as her mind flocked to the idea of finding prey to capture in an image to satisfy her pervert nature. Yea that's what she'll do in a few minutes after she thought of a good way to do such a thing.

And so Ignia began her brooding on how to effectively pervert an entire school.

[TBKrunk]

Akemi Ael

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The reference to her cousin Venwyn made her scoff at his mistake; the one reason she had revealed their roots was due to his exposure of some of their magic, granted it did take years to master and you did have to learn from a teacher, but still, it wasn't a very smart idea to use it so flippantly. "Yeah, heh, it's convenient as heck, but the whole point about being a ninja is about being secretive. He used it in front of everybody in the class! It's no wonder so many girls swarmed him." She blew a strand of hair that fell in front of her eyes back up in anguish, Akemi had never been so disgruntled in her life at how she could've played herself up to be more mysterious, yet have this ruined by Venwyn. A thought came into the girl's mind - she could duel this girl for more points, tempt her in by making up an excuse, but first she was to answer the question. "Like I said, secrecy is pretty much our thing, but between you and me I'm here to show my cousins how it's done." For the second half of the sentence, she had leaned in to Maisy's ear and whispered the words, to give it emphasis. "If you want, I could show you some of my ninja techniques in a duel." There were no such things in dueling, however she did want to take note of the other girl's combat style.

[vancexentan]

"Oh hey there I'm not going to say anything about this or what you just said. It just seems like it'd be better off that way. Though it does seem like the moment is over. Though you'll forgive me if I say I can't really take anyone else's stories for today. I'm...a bit worn out at the moment. I'm only one guy after all." Ben said to the newly arrived person. It seemed to him that the fusion room had just become that much more awkward. He didn't let go of Tsukiko though he did loosen his grip. He did feel weird about holding onto her still but hey for all he knew letting go of her like this may end up causing more harm than good. He didn't mind if rumors started but this guy seemed to be having his own collection of problems. "Hey look if you need me the name's Ben Carson alright? Not sure if you ever heard of my older brother but he's a part time pro-tag duelist. Part of Team Dimensional Switch. So if you need me you know who and where to find me. As for you brah. This room is all yours. I don't want to ruin your day anymore than it already is. Whatever happened it ain't none of my business."

[Scarifar]

Michelle Kine

The day before

Michelle didn't get much sleep last night. She had been too excited to sleep, and now she was paying for it, especially in the current heat. Fortunately for her, it seemed like she wasn't the only one suffering, so she took some comfort in that. Michelle wondered what the academy life would be like; she had never done anything like it before. Eventually, the bus arrived at the academy, and Michelle took her luggage and went inside like everyone else. Being so excited, she hurried ahead and managed to be one of the first several inside. It was much cooler than outside, which she was grateful for.

She boarded the elevator and made the ascent, then made her way to the location where a bored-looking person was handing out structure decks. Michelle scanned the titles to see which deck she would like, then her gaze fell upon one: Realm of Light. She remembered that deck; it was the same one that the shop manager from the very first time she started playing Duel Monsters offered to her. With no hesitation, Michelle said, "Realm of Light, please." She was handed the deck, and Michelle walked away, satisfied with her choice.

Michelle made her way over to another place where she had to fill out some forms. Michelle was a bit slow filling them out; she didn't know at first which choices she should make. Eventually, though, she managed to complete them, then she made her way to the stands, where other people were watching the placement duels. Michelle watched all of them with keen interest, and some also managed to surprise her, like the one that ended with a 6600 Life Point difference.

Eventually, it was her turn to take her placement duel. She made her way to the arena, then began the Duel with the other first-year. The two fought hard and valiantly, but ultimately Michelle won, 1850 Life Points remaining and 3 monsters on her field. The rest of the day passed uneventfully, with Michelle being placed in the Wind dorm.

Michelle watched the Action Duels keenly. The first one was disappointingly short, but Michelle noted how Leander made his plays. Attacking before summoning Ancient Sacred Wyvern was a good move, since using Seven Tools to stop Bottomless would've meant the Wyvern losing too much ATK to battle, and Trust Guardian's effect to prevent Wyvern's destruction by battle was also good. Unfortunately, a surge of Chaos monsters quickly overwhelmed Leander and got past his defenses before he could set new ones. Looking over the other spectators, it seemed like no one else noticed it, or at least didn't seem to care for it.

The second Action Duel was of more considerable interest. It was rather one-sided in the beginning, but Megan made a reversal by finally summoning monsters, which Camryn was too slow to recover from. All in all, a nice Duel. The day seemed to be over for now, and Michelle wondered what she would do now. She then decided to make her way to the card shop. As nice as her deck was, it was for the best that she make some improvements; one could only go so far using a standard structure deck. Entering the shop, Michelle browsed the collections of card packs, looking for ones related to her deck. Unfortunately, it seemed like not many were really focused on Lightsworns. There were a few packs, though, so she did take 2 packs of Light of Destruction. She could only hope that she got the cards she wanted from them now.

Distracted from her card packs, Michelle didn't notice Vincent in front of her until she bumped into his back, causing her to drop her Light of Destruction packs. "Sorry," Michelle said as she bent over to pick them back up.

[LunarStandard]

"Megan... and Camryn. Got it."

"Yep, just like Yuya Sakaki." Nathaniel answered with a smile, glad that there were other people up to date with Entertainment celebrities, even if people only knew him because of his father. "I don't use any of the Pendulums though. That stuff isn't really my thing."

"Ahem." Now Megan's staring was making him a little uncomfortable, although he tried not to show it. Instead, he tried to turn the conversation somewhere else. "If you like, I can give you a little demonstration."

Hint hint.

[SillyPhilly]

@Ammokkx

Cassie flared her nostrils a bit at the duel she just saw.

While it was way better than the duel prior it still didn't quite scratch that desire to see a true battle unfold before her. To her the duel between the two girls was kinda like watching a fight in a Rocky movie. Apollo would wail on Rocky for a bit, Rocky no even bothering to put up a guard, then they would switch and it would be Rocky's turn to punch some face.

Such a lack of technique...

Truly nothing could satisfy her. She noticed the weird ninja dude turn and walk off somewhere but she paid him no mind. She saw Haas trying to get her attention. A smile spread aross her face.

"You. Me. Let's go. Duel now."