[b]Name:[/b] Scrimshaw [b]Sex:[/b] Ask Your Local Testudinologist! [b]Age:[/b] Two Years of Improved Sentience/Awareness (More as an average Tortoise) [b]Appearance:[/b] Scrimshaw is a tortoise of the species [i]Agrionemys horsfieldi[/i]. As such, Scrimshaw is a rather diminutive tortoise that is mostly seen from a small plexiglass orb that is featured prominently in a much larger robotic shell. Usually only Scrimshaw's grey scaly face is visible. In essence, Scrimshaw is more or less a giant metallic shell that is three feet wide and about a foot tall. The robotic shell is made of a sleek titanium alloy with patterning to look like a titanium shell. If one carefully looked at upper layer metallic shell they could see a variety of intricate drawings depicting some mythological story. On the underside of the shell is a small propulsion device which allows for mobility via slow levitation. Alongside that there is a circular retracting filling inlet, that can open and close and serves as a port for fueling. [b]Duel Disk:[/b] The duel disk [i]is[/i] the shell. When engaged in dueling, the titanium shell opens up to reveal itself as the duel disk. The very center of the shell hosts the plexiglass orb flanked by small rectangular holsters which contain the playing cards, and dice. The now opened up front portion serves as a dueling platform like a simple table structure. From the back part of the shell a pair of cartoonishly mechanical hands emerge to operate the necessary tasks such as drawing cards and placing them onto the field; because even for a robotic tortoise it is fun to manually play with cards. [b]Duel Runner:[/b] As to be expected the duel runner is the shell. It looks and functions more or less like the duel disk except now the back portions of the shell fully open up. These portions unfold to become a pair of jet like wings. This process signals down to the propulsion engine to crank up power being delivered to 11 and thus turbo charge Scrimshaw's mobility to the amount needed to properly turbo duel. [b]Personality:[/b] Scrimshaw is an easygoing and very patient individual. This tortoise has a singular driving goal, to reconnect with The Creator, and will not rest until that mission is complete. This individual is someone Scrimshaw venerates to an almost Godly extent, cherishing and following the "guiding words" that were given before the disappearance. The Creator is never taken lightly around Scrimshaw. While Scrimshaw is slow to anger and quick with jokes, this patient nature can eventually succumb if one were to press hard enough. [b]History:[/b] For a very long time, at least in Scrimshaw's mind, the [i]Agrionemys horsfieldi[/i] that would become Scrimshaw was but a normal member of its species. However fate would eventually lead this tortoise to the mysterious and eccentric figure that Scrimshaw would call 'The Creator'. This creator lovingly took in Scrimshaw and began to create robotic shell for the tortoise to inhabit and applied experimental procedures, like that of the 'Wheeler' test monkey, to give Scrimshaw a greater sense of sentience so that the creature could experience the fun of playing games. The result was a success, which allowed the creature to play Duel Monsters and the less popular, but still fun, Dungeon Dice Monsters. Everything seemed happy as Scrimshaw bonded with The Creator. However these good times were not meant to last. Due to the eccentric ways of Scrimshaw's creator, the two were pursued by all sorts of individuals who wanted to stop them. During an escape attempt from a group of these enemies, The Creator was forced to abandon Scrimshaw so the tortoise could go on and keep living. Tearfully the Creator told them to remember to 'unleash your dueling spirit' and promised that they would reunite. Ever since Scrimshaw has been traveling the wide world, making friends, playing games of Dungeon Dice Monsters and Duel Monsters while trying to find its creator. While so far Scrimshaw was unable to find any truly noticeable leads; recently there has been a new serendipitous moment in the tortoise's search. Scrimshaw was sent an invitation to participate in the Kaiba Corp sponsored Duel Monsters Tournament hosted in Kaiba World. So Scrimshaw has set off to Kaiba World, hoping that just maybe that fabled reunion was near... [b]Speed Duel Skill:[/b]
 Whenever a "Turtle" monster you control is destroyed you may special summon another "Turtle" monster, from your Deck or from your Hand, with a level equal to or less than the destroyed "Turtle" monster. [b]Ace Monster:[/b] Turtle Bird [b]Deck Master:[/b] Turtle Bird [b]Deck Master Ability:[/b] Whenever a "Turtle" monster you control is destroyed you may special summon another "Turtle" monster, from your Deck or from your Hand, with a level equal to or less than the destroyed "Turtle" monster. [hider=The Worldly Tortoise/'Main Deck']Monsters: 26 Catapult Turtle x 1 Turtle Bird x1 Turtle Tiger x1 Jar Turtle x2 Crab Turtle x1 Electromagnetic Turtle x1 Island Turtle x2 Gamecial the Sea Turtle Kaiju x2 Giant Turtle Who Feeds on Flames x1 Gora Turtle of Illusion x2 Gora Turtle x2 Green Turtle Summoner x1 Hydrotortoise, the Empowered Warrior x1 Testudo era Numen x3 Numen erat Testudo x3 Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord x2 Spells: 21 Turtle Oath x1 Aqua Jet x1 Steel Shell x1 Ground Collapse x2 Kyotou Waterfront x1 A Legendary Ocean x1 Aquarium Set x1 Aquarium Stage x1 The Dark Door x1 Stumbling x2 Surface x1 Monster Reincarnation x2 One for One x3 Recycle x1 Pot of Avarice x1 Swords of Revealing Light x1 Traps: 13 Jar of Greed x1 Abyss Stingray x1 Poseidon Wave x2 Fish Rain x1 Bottomless Traphole x2 Trap Hole x2 Malevolent Catastrophe x1 Aquamirror Cycle x3 Total 60[/hider] [hider=Turtles All the Way Down/'Speed Deck'] Monsters: 16 Turtle Tiger x1 Catapult Turtle x1 Green Turtle Summoner x1 Giant Turtle Who Feeds on Flames x1 Electromagnetic Turtle x1 Jar Turtle x2 Gora Turtle of Illusion x2 Gora Turtle x2 Turtle Bird x1 Island Turtle x2 Exodius the Forbidden Lord x2 Spells: 13 Aqua Jet x1 A Legendary Ocean x1 Aquarium Set x1 Aquarium Stage x1 Monster Reincarnation x2 Swords of Revealing Light x1 The Dark Door x1 Stumbling x1 Recycle x1 Ground Collapse x2 Pot of Avarice x1 Traps: 11 Jar of Greed x1 Abyss Stingray x1 Trap Hole x2 Fish Rain x1 Malevolent Catastrophe x1 Poseidon Wave x2 Aqua Mirror Cycle x3 Total 40[/hider] [hider=The Shellraiser/'Turbo Deck'] Monsters: 26 Catapult Turtle x 1 Turtle Bird x1 Turtle Tiger x1 Jar Turtle x2 Crab Turtle x1 Electromagnetic Turtle x1 Island Turtle x2 Gamecial the Sea Turtle Kaiju x2 Giant Turtle Who Feeds on Flames x1 Gora Turtle of Illusion x2 Gora Turtle x2 Green Turtle Summoner x1 Hydrotortoise, the Empowered Warrior x1 Testudo era Numen x3 Numen erat Testudo x3 Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord x2 Speed Spells: 1 Speed Spell Advanced Ritual Art x1 Traps: 33 Jar of Greed x1 Abyss Stingray x1 Poseidon Wave x2 Fish Rain x1 Bottomless Traphole x2 Trap Hole x2 Malevolent Catastrophe x1 Aquamirror Cycle x3 Statue of Anguish Perish x1 Mirror Force x1 Magic Cylinder x3 Bottomless Shifting Sands x2 Gravity Bind x1 Scrap Iron Scarecrow x1 Wall of Revealing Light x1 Negate Attack x1 Sakuretsu Armor x3 Threatening Roar x2 Draining Shield x3 Dimensional Prison x1 Total 60[/hider] [hider=Surf and Turf/'Dungeon Dice Monster Set']Jellyfish x3 Penguin Soldier x3 Hitotsu-Me Giant x3 Mushroom Man x1 Exploding Disc x2 Time Machine x2 Resurrection Scroll x1[/hider]