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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 0:46:40 GMT
The process of making decks that cater to everyone that showed interest in joining the club or otherwise trying out the game is done with a lot of nervous fumbling, spreading cards all out over the table, and incessant talking to herself. By the time all the sets of cards are divvied out into their color-coordinated card sleeves and deck boxes (and matching playmats that Yves got up and ran to her room to grab, almost tripping over a few chairs when she returned), Yves looked like she was on the edge of a nervous breakdown. But like, in a good way?
"Thanks- thank you again, for helping me with this. It took uh, longer than I thought it would." Yves looks over to Yugi, the small, sheepish smile on her lips showing a little bit of pride and gratitude for the mediator's assitance.
"Oh, yeah, you can use the one you put together, but, um, if you'd like to try something else, I did make a Dark Magician deck, because of your nickname. I thought it was... like, a funny coincidence, and it has all the newest support for it, at least, of the cards that I own, so it wasn't just because I thought it was f-funny..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 1:05:43 GMT
“What are you looking at, Hella?” Yugi peers from a distance at the card. “Is it something paleontological? Not that I wanna make assumptions about your interests!” She apologizes. "Oh, yeah, you can use the one you put together, but, um, if you'd like to try something else, I did make a Dark Magician deck, because of your nickname. I thought it was... like, a funny coincidence, and it has all the newest support for it, at least, of the cards that I own, so it wasn't just because I thought it was f-funny..." “Oh cool! That makes me feel really special! Thanks!” The girl in the striped sweater looks through the dark magician deck, writing down notes. “I’m just appreciating all the cool stuff you do with your talent!” Yugi sits at the table. “Who will challenge me!” She laughs in a little taunt that’s just kinda goofy.
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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 1:57:55 GMT
"Oh, I think it would be better if I judge. Like, um, a tournament judge. Watch and give rulings and stuff..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 2:14:44 GMT
“Oh!” A look of disappointment crosses the curly haired girl’s face. “I guess I’ll have to study hard so I can face you some day!”
Yugi looks around pleading with someone else to play.
(If nobody else does, she eventually goes back to her room to practice violin and study for classes. She falls asleep late and wakes up early the next day. Feel free to skip ahead to tomorrow)
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Mar 18, 2023 3:25:49 GMT
"I reckon I'm in the same boat as Nico as I never played the card game when I was growing up." Calvin said as he glances over the impressive Yu-Gu-Oh! card collection that Yves is showing off.
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Post by NIKI on Mar 18, 2023 4:50:50 GMT
"...Does the game involve math at all?" Su-Ah asked, with a certain fear in her voice.
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Post by rei. on Mar 18, 2023 4:55:54 GMT
"...Does the game involve math at all?" Su-Ah asked, with a certain fear in her voice. "It is only in the minimal sense." We can always use our phones to keep track of the numbers, isn't that right, Ms Clemont?" “Oh!” A look of disappointment crosses the curly haired girl’s face. “I guess I’ll have to study hard so I can face you some day!” Yugi looks around pleading with someone else to play. (If nobody else does, she eventually goes back to her room to practice violin and study for classes. She falls asleep late and wakes up early the next day. Feel free to skip ahead to tomorrow) Neuron notices the young girl searching for people to play with. "Well, Sir Hawk and Ms Koizumi are out to explore the armoury. I'm left behind here with you all." He moves out to grab cards from a certain archetype. They all started with the word Traptrix. don't you play a game with me?"
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 5:14:47 GMT
“Sure Neuron! Let’s play this!” Yugi says probably in for some sort of trouble. She does a quick bow to the assistant teacher before she plays.
She is very poor from a strategic standpoint, but it was probably already clear that this would be the case…
She does love quickly adding and subtracting numbers though!
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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 5:18:43 GMT
Yves scoots out of her her chair as the teacher's assistant and Eugenia start their game to stand next to the table, looking between Su-Ah and Neuron. "What Mr. Itsunoi said is right. The math is just like, um, stuff like seventeen-hundred minus fifteen-hundred, or finding the difference between twenty-six and ten, it's not that complex. At worst there's a fifty involved, but not very often."
"And, yeah, I have the life point tracker app, on my phone, I think I brought it... or, we could just use the calculator on someone else's, or an actual calculator or something."
She waits patiently on the sidelines, watching the impromptu duel attentively and is there to answer any questions or provide any judging if need-be.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 5:23:29 GMT
“Math is fun! At least this is better than pre-calculus and trigonometry…” Yugi sticks her tongue out.
“Mom and dad wouldn’t like to hear me saying that one…”
Yugi then makes a game-losing blunder that’s very obvious and makes an obvious gasp when she sees it letting everyone know that she definitely knows how bad it is.
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Post by NIKI on Mar 18, 2023 5:57:09 GMT
"Oh, thank god... don't even dare to mention pre-calculus and trigonometry in my presence ever again!"Su-Ah laughed. She then looked at the game and back to Yves to see her reaction.
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Post by rei. on Mar 18, 2023 5:59:07 GMT
At the start, Neuron was going easy on the new player, with plans to not let her summon her big cards later on with Traptrix's specialty. However, before that would happen Yugi seemed to have tributed her most essential cards for the normal Dark Magician. Seemingly have lost tempo and all her avenues to summon, Neuron was able to beat Yugi in a disappointing manner.
"Hm. Well, it is a hard game. Of course this would happen! Don't let it get to you!"
"You just need to learn how to read is all..."
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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 6:14:15 GMT
"Wow..." Yves claps, like a weirdo, as soon as the duel is over, an abnormal amount of elation on her face.
She looks to Yugi first, offering a sympathy pout as she lowers her hands. "I think you did very well for your first time, Yugi. And, um, you kept a much more level head playing through all the disruption that Traptrix cards have. I've played with people who would've stomped their way out of here after the fourth Trap Card got flipped..."
"Oh, and, congratulations, Mr. Itsunoi. I wasn't expecting you to be interested in playing, but, you could definitely keep up with a lot of the regulars that come to our store..."
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 16:45:50 GMT
"No! I almost had it!" Yugi says, being extremely generous with her choice to use the word 'almost'. She looks to Yugi first, offering a sympathy pout as she lowers her hands. "I think you did very well for your first time, Yugi. And, um, you kept a much more level head playing through all the disruption that Traptrix cards have. I've played with people who would've stomped their way out of here after the fourth Trap Card got flipped..." The teen looks to Yves and smiles, "Thank you! Thank you for sharing with us, I wasn't sure if you would be up to it, but I had a lot of fun!" Yugi starts helping clean up the space as the show seems to be over, "Same time tomorrow? I'll prepare next time!" She looks around the room, "Uh teachers? What's next for tomorrow? What time do I have to be out of my room?"
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Post by Panda on Mar 18, 2023 18:26:31 GMT
"I want everyone down for breakfast at 8am. Outside of meals though, it's free time," Kameron answered, while his griffon flew around his head. "I've got a few things planned for the day after, so until then, take this time to rest. Treat it like the weekend!"
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Post by JaytheBluPirate on Mar 18, 2023 18:39:46 GMT
"8 AM? That's something that I could easily do, Mr. Fields." Calvin replied as his bull familiar snorts. "It's like back hum, where I and the farmhands have to get up early to take care of the animals and crops on the Marston Farmlands."
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Post by Rosa on Mar 18, 2023 19:05:03 GMT
"Yeah, sure, whatever", Kenji grunted. "Must be nice to have a sleep schedule to adhere to." He looked at a fast asleep Bruce with annoyance. "I think somebody's going to have to teach this little beast a little listen of how to stay awake, in the meantime."
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Post by Panda on Mar 18, 2023 19:09:39 GMT
Gusty the griffon flew up to Kenji and then in circles around Bruce, screeching at the bat to try and wake up him. Gusty's birdcalls sounded like Hollywood eagles, even though it wasn't taxonomically accurate.
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Post by dootdoot on Mar 18, 2023 19:24:00 GMT
"8 in the morning?!" Faye's cry of indignation was almost louder than the griffon. "You want me to get four hours of sleep?!"
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Post by NIKI on Mar 18, 2023 19:31:02 GMT
"Hehe, guess a paranormal investigator must stay up late. I'm used to waking up at 5 am myself, so it should be fine."
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Post by Joker on Mar 18, 2023 19:39:54 GMT
“That shouldn’t be a problem for me!” Nico replied. “But what time is it anyways? Do the clocks still even work?”
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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 19:46:02 GMT
While the others begin talking about the schedule that should hopefully bring some order in their lives and keep the chaos and despair away for a few days, Yves starts to clean up the giant mess of Yu-Gi-Oh! paraphernalia she created on the table, only to stop in the middle of packing a handful of deck boxes back into a tin, staring off into space. "Oh, that's right..." She rubs her left shoulder with her right for a moment, then slowly raises it above her heard. "C... Cyfarwydd...!"
In an instant, a pink teddy bear with beige accents materializes on the table, on top of the pile of cards, its bulbous head flopping over to the side while its giant googly eyes with bright red irises staring directly at Yves.
"Barn...ie? But, that can't be, she should be up in my room right now... I didn't cast the wrong spell, did I? And something about her's not right..."
As the question leaves Yves's mouth, as if it were a command, the stuffed bear jumps up onto its feet, waving its right paw at its owner excitedly.
Yves, for her part, stands there staring at the doll incredulously, frozen in place.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 20:03:40 GMT
“8 AM? That’s much later than school usually starts! I get to sleep in!”
Yugi cheers as Yves summons her familiar. “Wow, they’re so cute! Way cuter than a worm!” She squints her eyes, clearly visualizing her own familiar.
“What homework do we have? What books should I take out of the library?”
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Post by Panda on Mar 18, 2023 20:03:45 GMT
"If you think 8am is early, what were you planning to do if we weren't dragged to hell and were still doing classes?" Kameron exclaimed incredulously. "8am is me being generous!"
At Nico's question, he looked at his watch. "Seems to be working just fine," he said. "We should probably check the computers at some point though. My phone doesn't get a signal here, unsurprisingly..."
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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 20:14:46 GMT
Yugi cheers as Yves summons her familiar. “Wow, they’re so cute! Way cuter than a worm!” She squints her eyes, clearly visualizing her own familiar The bear rapidly snaps its attention to Yugi, miming whatever motions she did while cheering, and a split second later bursts open with a horrible metallic screeching noise, like a grinder cutting through a running motorcycle engine. Dark blue sinewy threads stretch out the parts of the doll that thrust apart from the main body, creating a web around the pool of inky black darkness and a pair of glowing red eyes peer out from the void. Multiple pairs of scissors and razor blades thrust out from the familiar's insides and rattle around, only for the doll to collapse and flop back onto the table, looking like it had when it first appeared.
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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Mar 18, 2023 20:24:54 GMT
“C-cute?” Yugi says to be polite.
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Post by Kachu on Mar 18, 2023 21:02:27 GMT
"Eight in the morning is lenient." Mikoto comments, while seemingly distracted by something else, staring off blankly in front of them. Maybe this is the weird magic status screen? "In order to properly hone your body and spirit, a rigorous schedule is mandatory. Just like a sharp knife or blade, our bodies need to be treated well, lest we succumb to foolish human weakness."
"It's as they say: The ones who wake early get all the cheese, while the ones who sleep in will burn in the fires of hell." Mikoto turns to the group, smiling underneath their coat. "Though, I suppose we're already in hell..."
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Post by NIKI on Mar 18, 2023 21:24:12 GMT
"WOAH!! Yves, your familiar is beautiful!" Su-ah exclaimed in awe at the dangerous teddybear.
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Post by Collin1002 on Mar 18, 2023 21:29:20 GMT
Felix smiled a bit after Yves first summoned her familiar, finding it cute. Said smile was short-lived, as he yelped in fear once said familiar bursted open for a few moments. His own familiar pawed at his leg, trying to get him to settle down.
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Post by Akkordian on Mar 18, 2023 21:46:40 GMT
Yves, still looking horrified at the magic little critter conjured out of her soul, or whatever, nods her head slowly and bites her lip, frowning.
"She- my familiar sure is...something. Um, Cyfarwydd..." She lazily raises her right arm again and promptly de-summons her familiar, sneaking a few glances around the room.
"Thank you for, saying she's cute, and stuff, even though the-" She mimes an explosion with her hands, "the thing happened..."
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