[center][h3][color=00aeef]Luna Abbott[/color][/h3][/center][hr] [color=00aeef]"SHIT!"[/color] That was all the girl could say as her opponent summoned her first monster... The freakin' girl used [i]Sky Strikers!?[/i] [hider=-Get set, DUEL-] ...Transcription complete. Please view this duel log at your leisure... First player, Mary, Sky Strikers. Second player, Luna, No Notable Theme. <1 | 8000> Foolish Burial sends Sky Striker Ace - Raye to the GY. Discards Sky Striker Maneuver - Jamming Waves to summon Sage of Benevolence - Ciela. Foolish Burial Goods to send Reasoning to the GY. Upstart Goblin to draw 1 card. Normal Summon Armageddon Knight, sent Sky Striker Ace - Raye to GY. Pass. <2 | 8000> Draw. Normal Summon Reactor Slime. Activate Reactor Slime's effect to summon two tokens. Battle Phase, declare attack with Reactor Slime. Activate Reactor Slime effect, tribute Reactor Slime to place Metal Reflect Slime face-down. Magical Mallet for four cards. Set two Spell/Traps face-down. [Draining Shield, Mirror Force] Activate Terraforming to add Mound of the Bound Creator to hand. Pass. <3 | 8000> Draw. Link Summon Sky Striker Ace - Hayate from Sage of Benevolence - Ciela. Tribute Armageddon Knight to use the effeect of Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P., Special Summoning it. Attacks with Sky Striker Ace - Hayate. -1500 LP. Effect to send Sky Striker Maneuver - Afterburners to the GY. Attacks with Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P. Draining Shield Activated. +2500 LP. Pass. <4 | 9000> Draw. Activate Mound of the Bound Creator. Activate Metal Reflect Slime. Tribute Metal Reflect Slime for Egyptian God Slime. Attack with Egyptian God Slime. Destroy Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P. -500 LP. Mound of the Bound Creator prevents Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P. from targeting Egyptian God Slime. Mound of the Bound Creator inflicts -1000 LP. Pass. <5 | 6500> Draw. Pass. <6 | 9000> Draw. Attack with Egyptian God Slime. Sky Striker - Hayate's effect, send Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Canon to GY. Sky Striker Hayate destroyed. -1500 LP. Mound of the Bound Creator inflicts -1000 LP. Pass. <7 | 4000> Draw. Comment "Damn Bamboo Swords..." Pass. <8 | 9000> Normal Summon Double Coston. Attack with Egyptian God Slime. -3000 LP. Attack with Double Coston. Game. [/hider] [color=00aeef]"Sorry about that, that's why Magical Mallet is my favorite Spell card, hehe."[/color] Luna said as she picked up her cards. "I really need to ditch the Bamboo Sword cards in my deck, anyway. I bricked once you had Egyptian God Slime out. Good game." [color=00aeef]"I could tell. Yeah, good game."[/color] The two shook hands and stood up, collecting their decks. As she did, Luna wasn't quite sure why she was here. She wanted the packs, yeah, but why was her first instinct to go to a game store when she got to Old Domino City? Familiarity? Was there such a thing for someone in a new town, or worse yet in her position? She sighed and went off to an empty table as near a corner as she could get and began shuffling her deck. Having totally forgotten her standard playing card deck and having to really ration her money, she decided to substitute her Duel Monsters deck for it. Shuffle twice, draw six cards... So she did. She placed the cards in a pentacle with a sixth card in the center, all face-down. She spun the outside cards once, clockwise, and then began divining her fortune from the top right point. The first card she flipped was Cyber Jar. Renewal, a new chance that's neither good nor bad, but a strong possibility of taking things too far... Nothing new there. Taking things too far was Luna's MO. Her second card, opposite Cyber Jar on the top left point, was Loris, Lady of Lament. Another card of new beginnings, though much more of a "second" chance than Cyber Jar. It made sense given that this was her second attempt, but it also meant there were pitfalls ahead. She'd have to be careful. Her third card, the bottom right point, was Scapeghost. Pretty obvious answer, she was either blaming someone unfairly or would be blamed for something unfairly, but whoever it was that was blamed would come back stronger. She would have to check the next card to get more context. Fourth, the bottom left point of the star, was Swords of Concealing Light. She'd be in a slump for a long while, and her enemies would take advantage. She could only hope that those enemies weren't her family. The final card of the star was Metal Reflect Slime, one of her go-to cards. Also fairly obvious, she would be on the defensive but likely to be victorious in the end. Finally, she flipped the center card... Upstart Goblin. An excellent representation of her current situation. Starting from nothing, giving her enemies something nice but gaining something in return. Leaving her horrible aunt and uncle would have made them happy, she was sure, so learning that she'd at least thrive from it was nice. A perfect reading. Even the positioning was great! Victory through renewal, a dip in prosperity, unfair decisions leading to trouble, and a new start for everyone. She was content with that, but she wished it had been better for her. So she decided to check a card, not for the reading, but to just see what fate had in store in the moment. Luna placed her hand on the rest of her deck, and closed her eyes. She slowly pulled the top card off the pile... And opened her eyes. Juragedo... She'd be helping someone soon, in a big way, it seemed.