Sandra had parked her nice little behind on the front bench eager as ever to get duelling. Even before she got in to the newly built academy she had gotten in one quick duel on a decent but beaten opponent. He was fun...his deck was clearly not his own but it was still fun. She really got that right vibe when she crushed him...sadly or perhaps good for that moment she failed to summoned her ace in the hole. Then again, having an ace ready was pretty good. Sandra felt that this tournament was going to kick arse and really give her a chance to shine at a major stage

And then to really make things more interesting the organizers throw this whole ''Shadow realm'' gimmick! Sandra was so surprised that she jumped up as they got off and put her deck in to her black duel disk and shouted proudly
[I]''LETS DUEL!''[/I] But the crowd was all over the place, trying to get out, some where already duelling, some where just sitting there blindly. She got slightly pissed off as in her mind was thinking how boring and serious these people where. She got herself on the stage and took the microphone from the soon to be waking up announcer and started to talk 
[I]''Hello? Hello? Is this on...?...yea..yea i think it is. Guys and gals? Here on the centre stage? Yea thank you, Now listen, this is clearly part of the whole ceremony, the whole tournament and all that so there is no need to panic. Just pick up your decks and lets get playing. Clearly the best one of us will face them 3 teachers or something..''[/I] Some in the room had turned to look at her now standing up there, she standing there gesturing and posturing 
[I]''And really? Some of you are trying to run? Your here to duel not to play catch the flag. There is good enough food for everyone i wager, and really was any of you planning on leaving before they came and pulled out this stunt? Nah i don't think so. So common guys don't look so cold, have some of that good soda that i know is in the vending machines and lets have a duel!''[/I] 

She bowed and jumped down from the stage with a smile on her face. Sadly her can do attitude seemed to win her zero love form the crowd. They where pretty much the same. However one guy had gotten up on the stage, a good looking fella who seemed rather introverted. If not for his blond spiky hair she could have sworn from his eyes that he was a goth kid. She took in both her hands 2 chairs (The chairs where small and easy to lift) and gave him one as a ice breaker
[I]''Miss.Yamanari. Pleased to meet you. Did you like my pep rally? I used to be the student council president before some girl named Katara kicked me off by blackmailing me.''[/I] She clearly was being over the top for the sole reason to switch the mood