Mellie smiled faintly as she watched William's win against Sam. Mostly to herself, she muttered "Of course the clown uses Toons..." He was quite a bit different on the field than he was off it, but he certainly was entertaining. Maybe aimed more towards younger kids, but Mellie could certainly see the appeal.
She turned her attention to the one ongiong duel. She remembered both participants from the waiting room, but... Normally I'd pick who to root for based on how cute they are, but they're both cute... Dammit. Oh well. Whoever wins, I'm happy. Mellie settled in to watch the duel, her attention held quite tightly.
“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor HebertSilly Billy vs Sam Hallow
William bowed to the crowd before going up to Sam, hand outstretched. "I really thought ya had me there, Sam." William's cheeks were a bit flushed by the adrenaline of it all. Performing in front of a big crowd... This is why he was going to do what he was going to do. "I'm sure I'll see ya aroun'."
"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior ValScotty
Scott watched the finish and whistled a little. He hadn't ever seen anything from Toons before, but he guessed this was something. A win was a win, but there was certainly something about defeating an opponent with his own monster.
Better be sure to watch out for his field spell and such.
Scotty decided to wait it out - he knew Byron was kind of rolling his eyes at the film, but Scott didn't blame him. It was a certain kind of thing - and he was fine with that as long as it gave him his entry to the film industry.
Billy
Sam took the handshake, putting a remarkable amount of force behind it.
"Good match, Silly Billy," She said excitedly, "Hope to see more from you in the future!"
"And I still get front row seats for the rest of the matches tomorrow!" She finished giddily as she walked back to the waiting room.
Wait what?While everyone else was focused on the Toon player, Anna was instead focused in on the Amazoness user.
The scanner also gave a pretty good response to Amazoness Pet Liger. It certainly wasn't as impressive in defense position, but it was still a powerful Fusion Monster. Anna would have to observe this one more closely.
"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGOMara Vs Chione
Chione drew another card, and looked at the field nervously. "I-I'll banish Triamid Master to keep Gaia Plate on the field."
From an outsiders perspective, it was obvious why. Swords Woman could continuously lower her attack by attacking Gaia Plate, never being destroyed since Queen was on the field, and inflicting all the battle damage to Chione. And Gaia Plate couldn't attack Queen because of Liger, which couldn't be destroyed because of Queen. Considering Chione's reaction to her draw, she had nothing to break the lock. If she let Gaia Plate get destroyed, she would lose, if she attacked, it wouldn't do anything, and if she kept as she was now, she had only 1 more turn at most to draw an out to the situation.
There was a long pause as Chione analyzed the situation, sweating. "I'll... end my turn."
Monster: Gaia Plate (Center)
Spell/Trap: Triamid Cruiser (Field)
Wait what?Yuria looked at the giant holographic screen in the sky. "Hmm, there should be only one game left. Mara Briggs vs. Chione Archer. Looks like it's Amazoness and Triamid." Yuria had played around with Amazoness before, way before they got the new Fusions, and she was flattened by her friend Gabriel's Ancient Gears.
It's the final match of the round. There's gonna be a lot of expectations.
Continue writing our story of peace.Mara vs Chione
"Hey, good on ya for not just dropping. Who knows, next turn you could draw some removal and break my lock." Mara said, drawing her card. "Which is why I'm also not playing anything myself. For all I know I'll need something to refill my empty board next turn. Battle Phase again, and again, Amazoness Swords Woman, just go lose to Gaia Plate again." This time, reduced down to 425 Attack, the Swords Woman practically pratfalled in front of the giant while the Amazoness Queen did a haughty laugh, one hand over her mouth.
Mara Vs Chione
Gaia Plate just looked on. If the golem actually had a face, it would be displaying immense confusion.
Chione, on the other hand, didn't seem to be in the mood to appreciate the Amazoness' comedy routine. The fall sent another sword from Swords Woman straight at her, once again shattering into pixels when it impacted. (LP: 3950-1600)
A few members of the audience could be heard laughing.
Edited by Blastgamer on Sep 23rd 2018 at 11:12:16 AM
Wait what?Spectating
Jo couldn't help but be impressed at the ingenuity of the Clown, Toons were something he had only ever heard of as a joke or meme deck, with the occasional horror story from one of his pals who had gone to a few tourneys out of town. He was intrigued, to say the least. Toons didn't present the slugging match he was looking for though, as interesting as they were. However, that's what the Amazoness player was for as he looked to watch the girl he was chatting with before lock the Triamid player down while whittling her down with Swordswoman's desperate struggle. "Not gonna lie. I don't think I've ever empathized with a statue before." He said with a small laugh as he continued to watch the clash, the Swordswoman repeatedly bouncing off of it.
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM SniperWinner Winner, Chicken Dinner
As William entered into the room where the remaining duelists were watching the final first round duel, he sighed in relief. Sam had been a far more challenging opponent than he had first thought. Based on what little he had seen of other duelists, he knew it would only get tougher. Especially since this Link stuff was something he still didn't quite get.
"Good job, y'all," William smiled meekly at the rest of the group. Future opponents but no reason to not be nice. Maybe they'll remember him after they win the tourney? Maybe help him out with getting off the ground with his act? Hopefully.
The side of his gaze turned to the monitor on the wall, showing the last duel. It seemed like it was a bit of a forgone conclusion, with the expression of the Triamid player being that of despair. Admittedly, Sam had a similar expression prior to her big push. William could only hope something similar happened; these people wanted to be entertained. But then again, there were some laughs at the Amazoness shenanigans that were afoot.
"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior ValMara Vs Chione
Once again, Gaia Plate punched the incoming Swords Woman. Once again, Swords Woman was knocked back to Mara's field. And once again, the Amazoness' sword impacted with Chione. (LP: 1600-0)
Chione didn't seem to be in the best of spirits afterwards. She quickly shook Mara's hand, not even waiting for her to put it out, and hurried out of the arena.
Everyone
"And that concludes the first round!" Kayla's voice announced, "That's all for today folks, but be sure to stay for a few more days, because we still have 4 more rounds to go!"
In the locker room everyone had congregated in, a separate announcement from Kayla blurted out, this one only audible to the contestants as they couldn't hear it echoing from the main arena.
"Please exit the arena before sunset. Remember, you all have rooms rented for you in the nearby Yujo Hotel. All eliminated contestants are welcome to come back tomorrow for special seating to watch the next round, although you are not required to."
In-game it's around noon.
Wait what?Yuria returned to see her bodyguards waiting for her.
"That was an admirable performance, Miss Yuria. You handled yourself rather well," Rooke said.
"Yeah, you really kicked that chick's butt," Knightley gave her a thumbs up.
Yuria grinned and scratched her cheek with her finger. "Hehe, I'm glad I did not get an epic thrashing on my first televised duel. Oh, do you think Mama watched my debut? I think I'm gonna give her a call."
"I don't think so," Knightley said. "It is 3 p.m. at the Institute. Doctor Mariana is probably busy at work right now."
"Oh, right." Yuria slumped down, dejected. "Maybe another time.
Edited by RAlexa21th on Sep 25th 2018 at 4:01:11 AM
Continue writing our story of peace.Scotty
"Gotta wonder what their position on parties and inviting girls up to your room is..." He grinned - already thinking of trying to bring groupies up to his room for activities that need not be gone into.
Nothing made the young jock quite so happy as indulging himself that way - well, the gym was a very close match to it. He hoped the place had a functioning gym so he could keep his fitness up.
And he knew some people probably wanted to watch a sexy boy work out...
"Man, what a fun day! I can't wait to see what tomorrow looks like.' Byron grinned, stretching his hands above his head and groaning as he did. "Nothing like eliminations to get the blood pumping! And we still got the rest of the day ahead of us!"
"...Oh shoot, I have no idea what I'm gonna do..."
Edited by MichaelDj54 on Sep 25th 2018 at 6:03:42 AM
Mellie gave William a slightly awkward smile as he came in, and a "You too." He seemed like a nice guy, and a good duelist besides, so she wanted to give him a bit of encouragement. Her attention moved back to the TV screen, where she was just in time to catch Mara winking at her opponent before ending the duel. Mellie immediately flushed red. Nope, no, bad Mellie, no crushing on one of your potential opponents. Even if she's cute... and exactly my type... N-nope! Not happening! Nuh-uh!
As the announcer reminded everyone of their hotel rooms, Mellie began to ponder what to do with the rest of her day. Fortunately, she didn't have to think long; her stomach growled loudly, reminding her that it was lunchtime. She stood up, stretching her legs a bit, and asked the room at large, "Uh, does anyone know somewhere good to get lunch?"
“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor HebertIt was a little disappointing that Chione was so crushed by losing, but Mara wasn't gonna let that bring her down. There were people like her all over, and that was the best way to deal with them.
"Yo anyone wanna go get wings?" Mara announced herself as she walked into the waiting room. The pop-off was real after almost getting obliterated by that blitz of boss-monsters. "We got our hotel and this weird kinda waiting area but like, I kinda want to get out and around before tomorrow." She smooched her deck and holstered it, jerking her head up at everyone in the room. "Seriously, great stuff out there. Surprised to see so many decks outside the meta doing so much crazy shit. I think. I don't follow much comp analysis. Are Sylvans meta?" She jerked her head up at Mellie. "Just watched a recap on my phone walking down here, those are some crazy combos. I have a hard time piloting Amazonesses as it is, I could never do that."
Yuria spotted Anna. With some hesitation she took a deep breath and approached her; Rooke and Knightley loomed behind her.
"Oh, hello. Your name is Anna Cunningham, right? My name is Yuria Mariana." Yuria's face flushed red; her implants started blinking again. Seriously, guys. You don't have to follow my every footsteps.
Edited by RAlexa21th on Oct 8th 2018 at 11:25:37 AM
Continue writing our story of peace.

ignore this one
Edited by Tojin on Sep 20th 2018 at 11:17:31 AM
“Not a promise, not an oath, or a malediction or a curse. Inevitable." - Taylor Hebert