Yu-Gi-Oh! Renaissance Academy Roleplay Thread

Thursday, September 1st

It was a bright sun that shown down on the early morning of the first day. At 7:00 or so, the last bus had just dropped off the last batch of students and now thousands of aspiring young duelists had assembled on the grounds of Renaissance.

Yet the day was still young, and the speech to officially start the year would not be until an hour later. As such, the facilities were not open. To pass the time, some students had taken to dueling each other. Some others sat by themselves, tinkering with their decks for no reason than just because. Still others huddled in a corner, possibly doing trading negotiations. Regardless of what they were doing or where, the chatter could be heard everywhere.

"...in Attack Position!"

"Crap! I forgot my deck! Crap crap crap!"

"I'm so close to finishing you off, I could smell the Hungry Burger that's going to do it!"

"What the heck is this stain on my stainless steel Duel Disk?"

"Aw man, my Dragon Ruler deck is useless now! What am I..."

"...but it is you who activated my Trap Card!"

"Zzzz...."

If a new year of adventures really did lie just around the corner, then the energy and excitement in the air was surely an omen of things to come.

"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGO

Dmitri stretched as he got off the bus. "That ride gets longer every year, I swear," he yawned. Glancing around, he saw all the new faces. "I wonder if there will be any other real Beatdown Duelists," he said.

Hey look!. Yu-Gi-Oh meets wrasslin'!

As the chilly fall morning air blew through his large coat, Reggie shivered. He really should've aimed for a nicer place to live. Maybe one of the duel academies in the southern states, where it wouldn't be pure baltic so close to the end of summer. He practically hissed as the cold continued to worm its way into his skin. He would've spat on the ground but he was half-afraid it would freeze before it hit the ground.

In an effort to deter his attention to the horrific near-freezing temperature, Reggie moved towards a crowd that was gathered around a duel. Koa'ki Meirus? Who in their right mind uses those useless monsters? And a Dark Magician deck? Do they just let any crappy duelist walk into this place?!

Leaving the amateur fools to their fun, Reggie cleared his throat. "Attention anyone who understands what a Special Summon is; the great and eventually world famous Reggie Ringwald is looking for someone to last more than seven turns against him!" Even surrounded by this ungodly mild temperature, the Clown user grinned. This would be the year that Reggie Ringwald would become a name associated with greatness. A name associated with genius!

edited 5th Jan '14 7:13:46 PM by EviIPaladin

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val

Dmitri chuckled at Reggie. "I feel the same way sometimes. But my deck is the brute-force option; Special Summon the biggest, baddest monsters and wipe out your opponent before they can do anything."

Hey look!. Yu-Gi-Oh meets wrasslin'!

Making note of the cold the morning had to offer, the young Keith Butters tugged his beanie down a bit more to cover his ears and shoved his hands in his pockets to maintain warmth. If he had bothered checking the weather this morning he would have dressed a lot more thicker than he currently was.

As he wormed his way around the crowds of students with no particular destination in mind, he let his mind wander. Alright, no more doubts here, Keith. You moved all the way out here to learn to play a card game, if there were any doubts you wouldn't have picked up your bags and moved up into Canada. ...okay thinking of it like that is the worst thing, I'm here to learn a professional sport for crying out loud! ...a professional sport that's receiving a decline in popularity... oh knock that off! I'm here now! Around a bunch of people that actually like a thing that I like to play! ...a thing that they likely have far more experience at than I do... Oh man, I'm not feeling too good all of a sud— "Oof!"

Due to Keith's intense game of internal monologue, he lost track of where exactly he was going and found himself walking headlong right into Reggie's back. "Sorry!" he quickly exclaimed, and he quickly started shuffling past him.

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean

Gina had gotten in early, she needed to and was too anxious to sleep to her usual time, to begin with. She had spent the better part of the past hour un-boxing and assembling the parts of her stand, taking inventory of tools and spares, tinkering with her deck and having breakfast. Right now sitting behind the semicircular work-table/counter top, eating an egg-salad sandwich. Over her a skeleton of metal pipes with some blue canvas stretched over it, serving as a roof. On the table, some flyers, a log book, and a bottle with orange juice. Hanging from the front, and both sides of the pipes, as the shop was backed into a wall, yellowish cloth signs with "Gina's Repairs" painted in bright red on them. Gina herself? slightly tired, but glad she didn't have to set this up later, as she ate with her sleeves rolled up, suit coat and gloves off.

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.

Reggie was going to tell the simple-minded fool who thought only of brute force where to shove it when some new kid bumped into him. "Watch where you're going, dweeb!" Reggie snarled, grabbing Keith by the shoulder. "Respect your superiors! Reggie Ringwald is my name and if you think you'll get let off with a 'sorry', you're mistaken, kid."

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val

Keith yelped as he was suddenly grabbed, he would have ran for the hills if Reggie's tone hadn't turned his legs to jelly.

He hesitantly decided to face the music and turned to Reggie, stammering out a response, "Uh, s-sorry again then, Reggie, disrespect, uh, wasn't what I intended to give. Um. What- what will you let me off with then?"

Smooth, Keith. Smooth like a boat in the middle of a storm. He had a feeling he knew what Reggie wanted out of him, but he wasn't exactly the pinnacle of confidence in it right now. Especially not after that rousing game of internal monologue.

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean

Someone snorted behind Reggie. Keith, who was facing him, could see that that someone was a tall girl, wearing a brown trench-coat and a large, formless hat. Coolness practically radiated from her, and she gave both Reggie and Keith an icy stare.
“No doubt he'll play some lowly practical joke on you and expect you to laugh,” she said.

After a year at the Academy, Keith probably heard about the girl, one of whose most flattering nicknames was 'Ice Queen'.

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

Releasing his grip on the smaller teen, he turned to face the glaring girl who addressed him. "I don't know who in the seven rings of hell you think you are, but I'm going to do the nice thing and suggest you take your leave." Closing the distance between the two of them he whispered with pure malice. "And if you ever, ever think of making some joke about doing tricks, I'll do the fun trick of burying you six feet in this disgusting frozen ground." The wisp of his frosty breath got blown in her face, with a toothy sneer accompanying it.

edited 6th Jan '14 2:26:49 PM by EviIPaladin

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val

This is just my luck. Keith thought to himself. Attracting the attention of a very scary upperclassman and the coldest lady on campus? What a great way to start the day, not to mention the year!

He began wondering how far he'd be able to get before Reggie caught on that he was subtly scooting back and away from him.

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean

Dmitri cocked his head at the two belligerents.

"Hey, sorry-kid, over here. You might want to step back if you're going to watch the fireworks."

Hey look!. Yu-Gi-Oh meets wrasslin'!

The stare Vera gave Reggie could freeze boiling water. “Me? Joke?” she asked. “As if.” A sneer. “As to who am I...” Vera paused for a bit and flicked an invisible dust speck from her coat's shoulders. “You know full-well who I am,” she said. “Now back off lest I will bury you.”

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

"Then let's throw-down, girl!" Reggie snarled, drawing out his D-Pad and D-Gazer from his coat. "I'll put you in your place and start on my journey to become the ultimate duelist!"

edited 7th Jan '14 12:00:20 PM by EviIPaladin

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val

With Reggie's attention firmly wrestled away from him, Keith shuffles back into the crowds. He sighed in relief and decided to be a spectator to the potential duel.

mario is red, i am green, i try my best, but everyone's mean

Caramon Carson turned his head as he heard a familiar voice yelling in the distance.

"Ah, Vera...found someone else to trounce?" He slipped through the crowd and emerged on the edge of the rapidly cleared circle of students. He recognized Vera of course, how could he fail to recognize a fellow in arms (even if she wouldn't admit it)? The other boy.....R-something, he thought his name was, but he only recognized him as being in his year.

"Kick his ass, Vera!"

"Oooh fight!" Said the pink haired exclaimed excited. She got her coat and gloves on, left a "Will be right back" sign on the counter and made her way through the crowd.

The graceless warrior, wielder of the edgeless blade, prophet of the old religions, writer of fluent nonsense, saviour of soul and song.

"Hey, Carson!" Dmitri shouted across the circle, making his way around the ring to talk to him.

Hey look!. Yu-Gi-Oh meets wrasslin'!

"Caramon Carson." By this point, the correction was near reflexive on his part.

"How're you doing, Dimitri? Ready up for another year of excitement?"

edited 7th Jan '14 6:31:23 PM by Krika

"Dmitri, not Dimitri," Dmitri said hypocritically. "Or Dima. And definitely ready for another year. How'd your deck turn up?"

Hey look!. Yu-Gi-Oh meets wrasslin'!

Caramon Carson nodded. "Right, right. That always trips me up, as you are aware, sorry about that." He grinned as he reached down to tap his deck-case on his belt.

"As for my deck...well, not that many changes, but I got my hands on a few new cards, including one that's both kinda new and rare - bit of a story behind that one, remind me to tell you sometime. How'd yours fair? Find any.." He chuckled. "Any....bigger cards? If that's even possible?"

edited 7th Jan '14 6:48:21 PM by Krika

Dmitri grinned. "Skypalace Babylon. Only the biggest."

Hey look!. Yu-Gi-Oh meets wrasslin'!

“Pfah. You, putting me in my place?” Vera sneered. “Such an audacious plan. If you insist on a trashing... let's duel, clown.”
Slotting her bloody-looking D-Gazer on her eye, she activated her D-Pad and faced Reggie, not even giving Caramon a second glance. “Duel!”

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground

Flicking his D-Pad into the air, Reggie slid his bright orange D-Gazer across his face before slotting it over his left eye. Extending his right arm forward and flexing, the D-Pad slid into position and activated. "Duel!" he cried, his battle thirst shimmering in his ice blue eyes.

"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior Val

“You are finished,” Vera calmly said as she drew. “For my first move I shall discard The Fabled Ganashia to Special Summon The Fabled Nozoochee to the field, which means Ganashia will also grace my field with his presence.”
A yellow snake, intricate red markings covering its body and a blue helmet-like covering of scales covering its head, appeared. Shortly after it appeared a grey-skinned humanoid with an elephant's head.
The Fabled Nozoochee: 1200/800 (DEF)
The Fabled Ganashia: 1800/1000 (ATK)
“Next I activate Fabled Grimro's effect, sending her to the Graveyard in order to bring The Fabled Cerburrel to my hand.”
A hologram of a pale-skinned woman wearing a piece of clothing entirely made from raven feathers, whose wings had the same colour, appeared briefly before turning into a small, red, three-headed dog.
“Next I discard the selfsame Cerburrel to Summon another Nozoochee; this time he brings a friend — Fabled Lurrie.”
Another snake appeared, accompanied by the three-headed dog and a small, purple-skinned imp with a huge grin and bat-like wings.
The Fabled Nozoochee: 1200/800 (DEF)
The Fabled Cerburrel: 1000/400 (DEF)
Fabled Lurrie: 200/400 (DEF)
“Now, I tune my level two Cerburrel to my two level two Nozoochees, the level three Ganashia and my level one Lurrie!”
The miniature Cerberus turned into rings of green light, in between which the rest of the monsters that occupied Vera's field flew; light covered them.
“The fallen Seraph, the dark fable, I call thee from your kingdom! I Synchro Summon Demon Roar God — Leviathan!”
A large throne appeared before Vera, its occupant sporting golden-trimmed red armour, white skin, crimson hair and large red bat wings.
Fabled Leviathan: 3000/2000 (ATK)
“I cannot attack as this is the first turn of the duel, so this will be it.”

edited 10th Jan '14 2:14:17 PM by desdendelle

The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground