Name: McCoy Holt
Username: Konoha Koi
Nickname: Koi or Coy
Age: 24
Bio: McCoy had a turbulent home life with a father who could loosely be described as jealous, controlling, manipulative, emotionally abusive, and wildly successful in his business. He was never violent with McCoy's mother, but he wasn't afraid to "physically discipline" McCoy until he did what he was told to do, which was a lot in order to mold McCoy into someone who could fill his template of success, if not his shoes.
When McCoy moved out, he did so in a self-destructive blaze of glory where he blew up at his father, threw a punch or two, and had the cops called on him by their neighbors. Nothing came of it legally, but when all was said and done, he was thoroughly estranged from his father and living paycheck to paycheck in a trailer park, the only place he could afford. After his sudden veer off the path his father had set for him, his high school sweetheart, Mona, broke up with him, and so he entered a five year long depressive spiral which didn't exactly help his finances.
Although he tried to meet new people, get back to work chasing the so-called American dream, and look into entering the professional dueling scene, nothing came of it other than a few shallow flings, lost duels, unnecessarily inconvenient job interviews, and exploitative working environments that he couldn't stick with for more than a few months at most. Still, things weren't all bad. When he decided to feed one of the stray cats in the trailer park a half-eaten piece of shrimp from some Chinese takeout, a lifelong bond was forged in that moment. The cat, which he named Jerry, followed him around from then on, and proceeded to hang around his trailer until he was let in.
He eventually got a tolerable job (that definitely has nothing to do with drugs) and felt motivated to work longer hours to take better care of Jerry. He didn't keep Jerry locked up in his trailer, so sometimes Jerry would return with other cats, which he couldn't bring himself to deny. Being the appellative genius that he is, he named the second cat Mary, and the third cat Terry, and the fourth cat Sherry, and the fifth cat Gary, and the sixth cat-
Well, you get the idea. He is currently the proud caretaker if not owner of 26 stray cats. They are weirdly drawn to him, he has come to realize, though that may just be because he spends so much time around other cats.
He became known as the crazy cat guy in his trailer park, though given he actually forces the cats to take a bath every so often, his cat horde is generally well-liked, and an old lady who lives nearby sometimes comes over to pet them or take care of them while he's away.
When Cairo Tech Industries announced Advanced Duels and the Terminus, he decided he'd give it a try. He didn't exactly regard his desire to become a professional duelist as anything more than a pipe dream, but it was emblematic of all the things he wanted that his father didn't want for him, and he genuinely really liked duel monsters. Even if was just for fun, he figured it'd be worth trying out.
Playstyle: "If it works, it ain't stupid."
Duel Partners:
A eerily silent monster with empty, unblinking eye sockets. Rarely does anything of its own accord, and generally seems kind of lonely.
Abilities:
- Signal Check - When attacking or attacked, three glowing orbs emerge from within Glow Moss' body, floating around or beside it. For each attack, one of the orbs lights up at random - Yellow, Blue or Red, before all three return to Glow Moss' body. Glow Moss must use one of the following abilities based on the result:
- Yellow: "Glow Barrier" - extends an arm which rapidly expands to create an opaque barrier between it and its target. The barrier hardens to shockingly tough levels, but the barrier is stationary and will quickly crumble after Glow Moss disconnects from it.
- Blue: "Spore Spear" - Glow Moss uses its amorphous body to create a thin javelin that it can use to attack at a distance and with greater precision than normal.
- Red: "Synthesis Mode" - Glow Moss immediately stops and enters a defensive state where it begins to slowly heal itself.
An affectionate but aloof cat that likes to wander about. Intelligent for a cat, but only communicates in meows.
Abilities:
- Unlucky Whirlwind - When revealing itself, (when coming out of hiding) Dark Cat causes misfortune to two enemies and one ally. This tends to manifest as mild inconveniences, but Dark Cat can direct this misfortune as a sudden gust of strong wind that sweeps its targets off the ground and reverts them to card form. If the targets cannot revert to card form, they are instead simply pushed back forcefully.
Support Cards:
Spells:
Advanced Duel effect: When this card is activated, an attribute (other than divine) is chosen at random. When an attack is initiated involving the equipped monster and a monster of that attribute, throw a bomb at the opponent that deals 1000 damage. Afterwards, a new attribute is chosen at random. If no bomb is thrown, the chosen attribute changes randomly after a certain period of time.
Advanced Duel effect: When this card is activated while you control a face-up "Neko" or "Cat" monster, and randomly after activation: Special Summon (a) level 3 or lower "Neko" or "Cat" monster(s), biased towards wild monsters in the surrounding area, based on the strength and popularity of the face-up "Neko" or "Cat" monster you control. Monsters special summoned this way are not considered to be under your (or anyone's) control. They are somewhat friendly by default and may (or may not) cooperate with you.
Traps:
Advanced Duel effect: If you control a "Cat" or "Neko" monster, or 2 face-down (hidden) monsters: All enemy attacking monsters become temporarily paralyzed and cannot attack. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 2 face-up monsters on the field, including at least 1 "Cat", "Neko", or "Prediction Princess" monster; They are pulled into shadow and will remain hidden within until they leave or the shadow is attacked.
Advanced Duel effect: When an opponent's monster initiates an attack: Target the attacking monster; repel the attack with a wave of light, and 1 face-up LIGHT monster you control gains ATK equal to that target's ATK for a short time.
Miscellaneous: McCoy's 26 cats are named, in alphabetical order, Aery, Barry, Canary, Cherry, Dairy, Fairy, Flarey, Gary, Harry, Jerry, Kerry, Lary, Library, Mary, Neri, Peri, Query, Rarey, Scary, Seri, Sherry, Terry, Veri, Wary, Yareyare (mispronounced intentionally), and Zeri.
