Glaring at him as if he'd answered 'your mother', Angela took on her best drill-sergeant voice. It was obvious this one would take some work
"WRONG! Any grade-school kid who knows where Mommy's purse is can get a starter deck and learn to duel! You KNOW how to DUEL. You've ALREADY dueled! If I'm gonna make a MAN out of you, Lifeless, you're gonna stand up straight and tell me WHAT are you TRYING TO DO?"
"Damn it, I want to WIN!"
Wow, usually you tear your shirt off and fall to your knees when you scream that.
A few passing students stopped briefly to rubberneck in the direction of the howl of existential fury, only to decide it was probably all much more entertaining in their imaginations.
edited 16th Jun '10 9:09:52 PM by darnpenguin
Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)Where are your manners, man? Offer the lady a s'more.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I keep hearing-"
I'm supposed to be a bad influence, and even I can't let you walk into that one.
"It's nothing. Just heard it was going around campus. Explain this whole deck-naming thing in detail while I whip you up some s'mores."
Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)"I love history. It's as simple as that. I never really knew all that much about dueling until I was told I had to learn it."
He handed Angela a s'more and sat down on the cot. "I knew that Seto Kaiba, the man whose company created Solid Vision holography, played the game, and that he built this school for those who wanted to make a career playing Duel Monsters on the tournament circuit. I never saw the cards as anything more than tools, though."
He thumbed through his cards again. A lot of the artwork appealed to his occult fascination, but he didn't feel any special bond to these cards. "You know, they say this game is an adaptation of an ancient Egyptian practice, where priests would perform strange rituals to call forth their inner spiritual forms. I should eat this stuff up, but it all seems so detached from those sandstone reliefs."
Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)Have you considered couple's therapy?
Barnaby thought this over for a moment. "So, what do I do? Find cards that give me that 'knee-deep in ancient history' feeling?"
He was obviously not in the best condition to be taking all this in. If only he had something more substantial to eat than just sugar. Could you get something to eat on campus this late? Why did this card follow his hand when he reached to scratch his chin?
"Will there just be this moment when I know 'this is the deck- I think I just coated half my cards with marshmallow slime."
Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)"...Some people get attached to their cards that way, but that tends to be a ...you know... personal thing. But if you really want that, I hear the Dark Magician Girl does it for a lot of guys..."
The slight reddish tint to her cheeks suggested that there was a story behind that remark.
edited 16th Jun '10 10:12:41 PM by Scrounge
Ouch, walked right into that one.
"What? NO! I mean the marshmallows, from the smores... they just... Uh, look. I'm probably going to need new cards now anyway, so how about if I do some card shopping tomorrow. We can meet here after school and you can teach me how to build a balanced deck."
He made a mental note to look into this "Dark Magician Girl."
Add me on Skype: Al Cook (darnpenguin)Rue entered his room.
"Well... that was a... new experience..." Yeah, great going, me, you got your heart thumping thanks to a crazy girl.
Rue took a look around the room. "Looks like i'm the first one here. I wonder who i'll get as roommates." He set his suitcase down. Well, for now, let's check the luggage. He started going through his stuff.
Paradox - Illogical logical contrast of existence end /beginning Antipode - Red flower, blue flower: contrast of elements, full bloom

Andrew drew a card, with his trademark victory grin plastered on his face. "Well, it seems like I've won. I summon Hayabusa Knight in attack mode and activate Monster Reborn to return Morphtronic Videon to the field in attack mode."
Two new monsters appear on the battlefield, one a bird-man wielding a thin blade and the other is the robotic humanoid from earlier.
"Now I equip Videon with United We Stand, boosting his attack to 4200 points. I now activate Blowback Dragon's ability. Let's end this now!"
The energy begins to build up ut soon disperses. This catches Andrew by surprise. "Dammit! Fine, just shoot it normally!"
edited 16th Jun '10 8:17:18 PM by EviIPaladin
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