Digmata

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Perils of the Night

Henry Palmer

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When Henry saw the face of the card shop owner, he finally convinced himself that Beatrice is not pulling shit from her pockets, everything here is deliberate to forcibly drag him out of his ignorance.

So that even if he denies his parents, his life will never be the same.

To think that a card game would serve as their only defense to literal monsters. Is that why they are named ‘Duel Monsters’?

He then raised his hands, planning to ask a question.

“What would happen if we didn’t join?”

After hearing the answer he took the magnifying glass and see the ‘Ectoplasm’. After a few moments, he used the glass to look at his deck.

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Henry Palmer

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“Huh…” was the only answer he gave. He listened to Allie’s explanation, of course things won’t be normal. And decided to throw a confused guy a bone.

“Esoteric for the most part, means supernaturally obscure.” he provided as he finished drinking his coffee in one gulp, he would be sleeping in the morning at this rate but unless he find something that can make Beatrice step back, it would remain to be an always present part of his life,

“That esoteric side of Duel Monsters, it involves psychic bullshit right?” he asked, recalling the two incidents at his house. “Because it would explain my last few days!”

Regardless he began taking a lantern and walking along the path. The faster he could finish this ‘card game occultism’ the more time he would have for his normal life.

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Is Aile at the gate? I was under the impression that she was somewhere inside the cemetery, otherwise Toby would have had a bad reaction to seeing her.

@Double

I presumed that she was at the gate because waiting for us inside is asking for us to get lost.

I willing to edit my post if I'm wrong though.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Perils of the Night

Henry Palmer

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“We can fix this in an hour..”

The tournament all things considered went well, admittedly he was annihilated in the semi-finals by someone who knows to actually play the game but being one win away from the finals is not bad, especially for someone who never touched his deck for months.

His semi-final even blurted out advice for him to improve his deck, shame that he doesn’t have time to apply his ideas.

“You should’ve really made steps to improve your deck!” he remembered Beatrice whining as she left. She ordered him to follow the message he received to the letter, implying consequences if he didn’t follow.

But does she need to break his window to prove the point? Just force choking his neck would make the message clearer and cause less property damage.

He handed the payment to the repairman, at least he managed to make her shoulder the repairs for her house. Small mercies.

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Henry takes another sip of coffee as he walks to the gate of the cemetery. He is the type to wake early instead of sleeping late, which makes him rely on the substances to stay awake.

He wasn’t the first person to arrive though, there was a guy that he saw to be one of the participants of the tournament who came first, is that going to be a pattern?

Then waiting in front of the gate was the tournament’s champion, her name was Al-something? She used that very complicated and definitely expensive Link Deck. He had given up on the game when they introduced Pendulums to be honest.

Taking his time to observe her mannerisms, he noticed a few things. She was waiting for him or at the very least, he is one of the people she is waiting for which means she knew more about this ‘side-quest’ than he did.

Deciding that there is nothing to lose, he approached the blue-haired girl.

“So why did you know why we’re here? This place was a terrible spot to play a card game due to you, respecting the dead thing.” he asked while taking another sip of coffee.

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So who fights who?

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I honestly thought this would be our tutorial duel against each other to be honest.

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

Mischief Reef/Đá Vành Khăn/Panganiban Reef - 11/01/2022 08:20 UTC+8
Cristina

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“Hey” the freelancer greeted as the conversation between Quingshe and her friend came to a close. She didn’t expect to see Marta near ‘the snake’ or that she would wear something like that.

…It wasn’t her place to judge and she doesn’t really ultimately care. She knows more about following god than her.

“I…” she tried to speak before accidentally cutting her words, trying to think of what she should say. That was when she realized one thing.

She didn’t notice it because she knew that she was an ally. She was sitting on the same boat with them and it is in her best interest to keep them fighting. But here, the closest place she had to her own home, when she is about to reveal her vulnerabilities? She realized it.

She fears her, even more than the pervert dragon.

She contemplated pulling back and forgetting about it but she buried her land to the sand. There is nothing she could do by bitching away. She took a deep breath and swallowed her fears what’s the worst she would do, torture her?

“I…”

She recalled her sister. She saved her multiple times during that time, she can save her at least once.

“I need your help.”

She recalled Han Rui’s words, this is the group that makes miracles who said she can’t make one.

“I need to become stronger, fast.”

She stared at Quingshe's snake-like eyes and her figure reflected back to her. Gone was the terrified woman who could barely speak and in exchange was the nearly cold disposition that they always see in her. This time however, she was filled with resolve to accomplish whatever she was planning.

Even if it was the last thing she would.

Yu-Gi-Oh!: Perils of the Night

Henry Palmer

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The last 48 hours of Henry Palmer’s was, to put it frankly, a series of twists and turns that left him confused, terrified and left him with bouts of headaches. That shameless homewrecker whose name is Beatrice barged into his house, destroyed the door and announced that he is due for a family reunion he never asked. He then expected his day to be annoying but he was willing to give them a chance.

But no, they decided that it wouldn't be a straight affair.

They needed to take on a few ‘side quests’, using her words some smelting in order to make him worthy of blood. If you ask him, it only turned his apathy to cold restrained hate. He wasn’t sure if it was the purpose.

Furthermore, he has no choice but to bend his knee because he doesn’t want to suffer the same fate as the door on his house. He still values his life.

Regardless he needs to focus he has a duel to finish, in front of him is a large man who had been matching him every turn, unfortunately for him Henry’s deck grow stronger as his graveyard get larger and he found his opening sooner than him.

“I banish Grapha and Fabled Dyf in my graveyard to special summon Chaos Creator to the field.” he announced as he started the final turn of the game.

“I activate–”

“Solemn Judgment, your handtrap is negated.” he announced as he foiled the enemy’s final gambit. He wished he had more copies of this card but the ridiculous rarity stopped him, regardless that was the game.

“With that out of the way, I special summon Grapha with Chaos Creator’s effect. Head to battle phase and attack for game.”

“Good game.” his opponent announced as he offered a handshake, he accepted it as a show of sportsmanship. After that he took his cards off the table and returned to his waiting seat.

“That was too close.” his ‘guardian” Beatrice announced as he took a seat beside him. She ‘lost’ her match earlier but was allowed to stay for ‘moral support’.

“But your sidequest only states that I need to play in this ‘surprise’ tournament, not win it.” he spat back as he took a sip of coffee from his thermos.

“True.” she muttered between her giggles. "But I do hope that you’re giving it your all, holding back will defeat the purpose of this sidequest.” she muttered in a more menacing tone as her face creeped closer.

“Don’t worry, I don’t see any reason to do that. I’m actually quite interested with the card packs that’s going to be the prize.” he reassured her before he shoved her back to her seat.

Still taking a tournament seriously was the point of the sidequest? The more I learn about my family, the more confused I feel.

Can’t they really just go and leave him alone, he wasn’t really interested with the people who abandoned him when he was an infant.

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The One Who Walks Between Light and Dark

Character Profile

"If I can be anywhere else, I wouldn't be standing here before you."

Theme Song

https://youtu.be/Gw65jr-tAjw?si=wJO26O5FWKLNvmvu

"But we only play the cards in our hands."

Character Name: Henry Palmer
Age: 20
Occupation: College Student

Personality: A guy who lives in the moment, uncaring of the future and not bounded by his unknown past, Henry is the type of person who will give his all on whatever task was presented to him regardless if he's actually interested or not. Those who know him even in passing would describe him as an incredibly blunt person who won't hesitate to speak what was on his mind regardless of the situation. This makes him come across as insensitive.

Despite that however, Henry is a responsible person especially when other people placed their trust on him to the point that he placed their well being above his personal situation.

Background: Henry Palmer was an orphan who was raised by an old man that he saw as his grandfather and only family, aside from that uncommon family he lived his mundane life beneath the notice of almost everyone. When he reached his thirteenth birthday, his grandfather offered him to tell the truth about his parents but he declined believing that knowing about them won't change a thing about his life.

Things got bizarre during his high school days, he would receive cryptic messages, gather the attention and protection of suspicious people and his grandfather insisted that he should improve his dueling skills for his 'protection'. He thought that the last portion was weird but he decided to humor his grandfather until his demise to old age. During his first year in college however a mysterious woman claiming to be a 'servant of his family' visited him and claimed that his 'true' family was searching for him. He tried to shoo her away but when she broke his door it suddenly occurred to him that he had no choice in this matter.

Deck

https://www.duelingbook.com/deck?id=14820466

Monsters [27 Cards]

Fabled Ashenvail x2
Fabled Dyf x2
Fabled Grimo x2
Fabled Gallabas x2
Fabled Kushano x2
The Fabled Catsith x1
Fabled Ganasha x1
Beigiie, Vanguard of Dark World x2
Broww, Huntsman of Dark World x2
Brron, Mad King of Dark World x2
Scarr, Scout of Dark World x1
Grenn, Tactician of Dark World x1
Snipe Hunter x1
Chaos Sorceror x2
Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World x2
The Chaos Creator x2
Chaos Emperor Dragon, Envoy of the End x1\

Spells and Traps [13 Cards]

Dark World Dealings x2
The Gates of Dark World x2
Charge into Dark world x2
Card Destruction x2
Fabled Treason x1
Solemn Strike x2
Solemn Judgement x1
Solemn Wishes x1
Metalmorph x1

Extra Deck

Fabled Ragin x1
Fabled Unicore x1
Fabled Leviathan x1
Fabled Andwraith x1
Star Eater x1

Noble Arms - The ASEAN War, Second Thread

Cristina
Abandoned Training Center

For a while Cristina just ignored him and continued letting out her rage. In her mind was a rebuke to every statement Han Rui gave.

They do make miracles but it would take one mistake for the group to fall apart.

She managed to hold against that man but she knew her sister, what she did won’t even slow her down.

Ask God? She had long stopped believing in him, after all he did nothing when she was shivering in that dark cold place hoping that someone would stop that nightmare. Nobody heard her calls for help.

It also felt wrong to ask God for this, it would make her an ungrateful bitch.

But when he mentioned the untapped potential of Noble Arms, she stopped. Sinagtala has been her reliable companion for this journey, it helped her survive situations that quite frankly she had no business of even stepping in.

But his words made her wonder, had she released the true potential of her Noble Arm?

The pulsating power that she is now noticing tells her otherwise.

She failed to notice Han Rui leaving as she became engrossed at the idea of strengthening herself.

Yet she doesn’t know how to.

She left the training area, with a new purpose on her steps. She needs to find the snake, if there’s someone who can help her about this, it’s her.