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The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

on another note, I have finally learned that Ethel is from Fairy Fencer F. Am I so incredibly knowledgeable or what? :P
I'm so stupid

@Scarifar

I'm just gonna-

The Gladiators of Arlen

I'm not objecting. Honestly I was starting to worry about this one because no ones said anything in the OOC recently.

@Innis

I've been lurking both the thread and the discord. Haven't had a reason to say anything, but I have been watching.

Souls of Steel: A Giant Mecha RP

Blackstar - Dealing with the last turret, then going in.
Eiswolf -
Hou Yi - She can't believe she made it through that. Neither can I.
Ranius - Blowing open the front door with excessive force and extreme prejudice.
Paladin - Priming the nuke
Prometheus - ded
X-7 - Priming the other nuke
Yeager - retreated

Infiltration
AA-XOTRY - Also ded
Caretaker - The only one inside doing something productive. (repairing whatever she can on AA-XOTRY, making sure everyone's okay)
Neo Angel - im crying rn
Weissritter - "Jesus Mai get your shit together"

WELCOME TO KAIBA WORLD (Yu-Gi-Oh! Roleplay)

Speed Duel Skill:
 Whenever a "Turtle" monster you control is destroyed you may special summon another "Turtle" monster with a level equal to or less than the destroyed "Turtle" monster.
Deck Master Ability: Whenever a "Turtle" monster you control is destroyed you may special summon another "Turtle" monster with a level equal to or less than the destroyed "Turtle" monster.


Not the GM, but I'm going to point out that neither of these says where you're special summoning from.

EDIT: OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

Haas waited at the entrance of arenas K and L for Nathan to arrive, leaning against the wall. He didn't really pay much attention, only occasionally glancing at the doorway to see when the other earth dorm would arrive. Luckily for him he didn't have to wait too long as Nathan walked through the door, and past Haas.

"Nathan! Over here!" Haas called out to the other boy, giving a brief wave before walking up. He covered his mouth to hold back a yawn, then lazily pointed over to the teacher on the other end of the room with his right thumb.

"Aah... sorry about that, exams are taking a toll on me. We should probably hurry on over while there's still an arena free."

Nathaniel raised an eyebrow as the first thing Haas did was belt out a yawn. It looked like Haas was not feeling too rested. Not that Nathaniel really minded, since that probably meant an advantage for him. Still, it was pretty jarring to have someone greet him with a yawn.

"Yeah, no problem. Let's go." He said as he followed Haas over to the arena.

The both of them swiftly arrived at the teacher who was in charge of monitoring the arenas at this time, Mei Rayne. She primarily taught Fusion theory and wasn't really all that involved, but her easygoing nature made her less fussy about the administration of using an arena than some other teachers at this school. Arena L-1 was still ready to be used while the other three currently had other examination duels going on, so the duo made their way over there. About halfway to the arena, Haas suddenly stops and turns to Nathan.

"Wait, where's Megan? Wasn't she coming too?" he asked briefly, glancing at the doorway.

There was a flash of red hair as Megan sprinted straight past the doorway and out of sight, before audibly skidding to a halt and coming back, walking through the doorway casually, "Oh it was this one after all." she said cheerily waving at Nat and Haas. Looked like they'd managed to get one of the chill teachers to supervise, nice. "This should be exciting, good luck to both of you." Megan said as she grabbed the nearest seat available and waited for the duel to start. She'd be beaten before by both Haas and Nat, it would be interesting to see which of them won this. Haas looked a little bit drained but it shouldn't matter very much, a good rousing duel would wake anyone up after all!

Haas briefly laughed, muttering "Guess that answers that..." before turning back towards the arena. He stretched out his arms and casually walked over to one of the ends, taking his position and waiting for Nathan to do the same. Once both boys had taken their spot, Haas started grinning despite his still-tired posture.

"Ready, Nathan? I might be a bit out of it, but I'm not going easy on you!"

"I wouldn't expect you to." Nathaniel smiled, and raised his duel disk in front of him. "Ready when you are."

Haas slotted his deck into his own Duel Disk and the machine sprung to life, the compartment he had shooting his blade up into the sky. Haas stretched out his arm to catch it, creating a nice and straight playing field for him to work with. Winning this thing in that swimming contest was worth it after all! Once he had readied up, both boys yelled in unison:

"DUEL!"

Duel! Entertainer Vs. Toymaker

Turn 1: Nathaniel
Haas: 4000 LP, 5 cards in hand
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 5 cards in hand

"Alright, I'll start this off." Nathaniel drew his hand in a flash, and mulled them over for a few seconds before taking two cards from his hand. "I set two cards facedown and end my turn."

Haas blinked a few times and rubbed his eyes with his free hand. "Huh, is that really it?"

"Well... for now." Nathaniel replied sheepishly. He coughed into his fist a couple of times before gesturing over to Haas. "Your turn."

Turn 2: Haas
Haas: 4000 LP, 6 cards in hand
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 3 cards in hand, 2 Set

Haas flinched and rubbed the back of his head with that same hand, laughing awkardly. "Right, right! My turn, draw!"

Haas performed a non-flashy draw as he stared at the card he'd gotten. He grinned when he looked back at his hand though, placing it in with the rest of them and picking up a new one. He swiped his hand across the Duel Disk, excitedly slamming down the card on to it.

"Well, I won't keep you waiting! I'll summon my Summoner Monk!"

From a vortex came a robed, cranky old man with inhumanly gray skin. He stood up for a moment, but their waist acted up and forced the man to take a seating position, a blue glow coming around them. Haas then slammed another card down on his disk, but not on the field this time.

Summoner Monk: 800 ATK 1600 DEF Level 4 DARK Spellcaster

"Summoner Monk can't remain in Attack position for long, but his effect makes up for it! By sending the Legendary Wind-Up Key in my hand to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon this guy from my deck!"

A single card ejected from Haas' deck and he briefly flashed it to Nathan before summoning it as well. Summoner monk closed his yes and started humming while next to him another vortex opened up, summoning the fiercest creature known to man: A cute, green toy robot with a magnet for a head.

Wind-Up Soldier: 1800 ATK 1200 DEF Level 4 EARTH Warrior

Nathaniel eyed the two monsters in front of him with a look of anxiousness. "I think I know where this is going..."

Haas nodded to Nathan, smiling confidently. "Yeah, 'cause now I use these two monsters to build the Overlay Network!"

The network opened up in the middle of the field, with the soldier turning into a brownish beam of light and Summoner Monk into a purplish one. The two pulsated in place for a minute before jumping forward and swirling around ach other inside of it, creating a huge explosion.

"Master among the toys, Wind Up now and awaken from a deep slumber! Xyz Summon! Come to life, Wind-Up Zenmaister!"

From the explosion rose a bit of a design mess, with a pyramid shape connecting four rocket-powered engines to act as it's bottom half with a mess of shapes to support it's top half, a giant key stuck in the back and spring-powered fists for arms. Two brown orbs were floating around it in a cross shape, leaving a small and brief trail of light behind them.

Wind-Up Zenmaister: 1900 ATK 1500 DEF Rank 4 EARTH Machine

Haas stood there for a moment, still. Then his grin widened even more and he jumped up in the air excitedly, yelling "Awh yeah, I did it! An Xyz Summon on my first turn! Alright!!" and was stuck inside of his own little bubble of praise for a bit, regaining his composure only after he realised what a fool he was making of himself.

"Ah... ahaha... sorry about that. Anyway, Wind-Up Zenmaister gains a little boost for each Overlay Unit on it! Since it has two, that means 600 ATK! Spring Charge!"

Wind-Up Zenmaister: 1900 ATK > 2500 ATK

Haas seemed a little more pumped than before, but all that energy soon left him again when his shoulders went weak and he had to cover his mouth to hide another yawn.

Nathaniel on the other hand, stared at the Xyz Summon before him, letting out short and steady breaths in an attempt to keep his cool. "Phew. Well, this looks familiar. I guess it's a good a time as any to play this. I activate my Quick-Play Spell Card: Scapegoat!"

One of Nathaniel facedown cards revealed itself to be a green card featuring four round little sheep, one in blue, red, yellow, and pink, who promptly leaped out from the card to take up their positions in front of their summoner.

"This card summons four little Sheep Tokens to protect me. Aren't they just adorably valiant little creatures?"

Sheep Token: 0 ATK 0 DEF Level 1 EARTH Beast

Haas couldn't help but smile weakly at the Sheep tokens, but then looked up at his own monster. Without facing Nathan the boy started to speak again.

"Well, this is going to take a while... In the meanwhile, I'll have Wind-Up Zenmaister attack one of your Sheep Tokens! Spring Punch!"

Wind-Up Zenmaister's key started to spin and spin, causing the machination to come to life. Its blue eyes started to glow as it straightened itself out before pulling back its right fist, then sent it flying towards the orange Sheep Token.

"Okay, didn't think I would use both of these this soon. I activate my Trap Card Chaos Burst! When my opponent declares an attack, I can tribute one monster I control to destroy my opponent's attacking monster and inflict 1000 damage."

"Huh?! No way!" Haas yelled with disbelief.

Suddenly, the orange Sheep Token started to shake a little before a flaming demon popped out from the little thing. Zenmaister's right first went right through it before it blew itself up along with Zenmaister. The force of the blast reached all the way to Haas who managed to remain standing but was still pushed back from the impact. The ground squeaked a little as his sneakers slid across it.

Haas LP: 4000 > 3000

"Aw, c'mon Nathan! No fair... Guess I'll set a card and end my turn!" Haas replied, disheartened but still resolved. A single card back materialized on his field as it became Nathan's turn again.

Megan flicked through her own cards as she watched the duel. It had looked like Haas had the advantage for a moment by summoning a powerful XYZ monster on his first move, but Nat had not only set up a stall move but also taken care of the monster while inflicting damage to his opponent. Impressive from both parties.

Turn 3: Nathaniel
Haas: 3000 LP, 3 cards in hand, 1 Set
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 4 cards in hand, 3 monsters

"Well that was um... violent." Nathaniel remarked, having never activated that Trap Card before. Then again, he wasn't sure what he was supposed to expect with a named "Chaos Burst." In any case, this was his chance to swing this duel.

"Alright, draw-oh come on!" Evidently, it was not to be.

"I set one card facedown and end my turn." He sighed before handing it over to Haas.

Haas looked stunned again, tilting his head slightly now that Nathan had a clear view of him without Zenmaister. "Again? That isn't like you at all..."

Nathaniel just slowly shook his head. He was completely speechless, so he just gave a small shrug.

Turn 4: Haas
Haas: 3000 LP, 4 cards in hand, 1 Set
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 3 cards in hand, 3 monsters, 1 Set

"Alright then... Draw!" Haas yelled, drawing his next card with a bit more Gusto, though not Amelia's brand. Once again he placed it in his hand in favor of another card. With the same motion as on his first turn, Haas slammed the card down onto his Duel Disk.

"Next on the assembly line is one of my favorites! Give it up for Wind-Up Juggler!"

The first thing that came onto the field were a few differently coloured cogs trapped inside clear balls, falling from the sky. From behind Haas came a boingy sound as a green toy using a spring for movement frantically jumped onto the field, bouncing around them and trying to scoop them all up. Once the female-looking toy gathered them all up she started to juggle them, careful not to make them fall again like she had before.

Wind-Up Juggler: 1700 ATK 1000 DEF Level 4 WIND Psychic

Haas straightened himself out a little and carefully looked over all three sheep tokens before confidently pointing at one of them.

"Alright, Juggler! Take out the blue one!"

Wind-Up Juggler flinched and looked back at Haas with disbelief, accidentally dropping the balls. She tried to catch up to them, but Juggler tripped and fell on the floor. The little trapped cogs rolled all the way to the blue Sheep Token and suddenly started glowing, exploding underneath the poor thing. Haas jumped up and fistpumped the air, grinning at seeing his attack go through.

"Alright, great! I might win this even without my ace... Turn end!"

Turn 5: Nathaniel
Haas: 3000 LP, 3 cards in hand, 1 monster, 1 Set
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 4 cards in hand, 2 monsters, 1 Set

Nathaniel closed his eyes, as if attempting to will a useful card into existance. "Come on... give me something..." He whispered as he drew his next card with a flourish.

"...And I pass."

Megan nodded sympathetically. Few things wre quite as bad as simply having nothing to work with. At least it wasn't a very important duel in the grand scheme of things. Still sucked.

Turn 6: Haas
Haas: 3000 LP, 4 cards in hand, 1 monster, 1 Set
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 4 cards in hand, 2 monsters, 1 Set

"E-Eh? Alright... Draw!" Haas yelled again, a little less confident. A repeat of his previous opening moves, Haas made the same exact movements again.

"I summon Wind-Up Warrior!"

From a vortex next to Juggler, who had gotten some new cogs to juggle, came another toy in the series. This time it had an orange paintjob, with two dull claws for hands and a helmet to protect it.

Wind-Up Warrior: 1200 ATK 1800 DEF Level 4 EARTH Warrior

"Now the real fun begins! Just once I can wind him up, which activates his effect! One of my Wind-Ups gains a level and 600 ATK, and I think I'll give it to himself!"

Wind-Up Warrior's key suddenly started spinning rapidly, making his eyes vibrate in place and go wide. A red aura came around the toy as it spread apart its arms and tried to let out a roar to the heavens, but all that came out was a bit of mechanical clanging.

Wind-Up Warrior: Level 4 > 5
Wind-Up Warrior: 1200 ATK > 1800 ATK

A droplet of sweat ran down Haas' forehead, but his body language slowly became more active and sharper. He wasn't bent over anymore like he used to be and picked up another card from his hand. "Next up: A spell card! Weights and Zenmaisures!"

A scale rose up from beneath Juggler and Warrior, raising them both up in its respective scales. They shook wildly from left to right, unable to find balance. Juggler seemed less than happy as it struggled to maintain their little circus trick while Warrior motionlessly stared at Nathan.

"Pick a level, Nathan! 4 or 5! Both my monsters will become that level, but if you pick 4 then I get to draw a card!"

Nathaniel narrowed his eyes as he glanced from one side of the scale to the other, all the while pondering to himself.

Hmm... 4 or 5... I should pick 4, right? He's already summoned one Rank 4, and I've only ever seen him use one. So he should be out of them by now... But what if he isn't? What if he has another Rank 4? Then I would have drawn him a card and given him an Xyz. Rank 4s are the most common Rank too, which means I should put my bets on...

"5. I pick 5." Nathaniel said a little shakily.

The scale stopped swaying so wildly and calmed down, seemingly weighing down Warior as the heavier one. However, then it rose back up again, levelling them both as Juggler gained one axtra cog to juggle around.

Wind-Up Juggler: Level 4 > 5

Haas triumphantly jumped into the air again, laughing with excitement.

"Awesome! I knew you'd pull through for me, Nathan! I now Overlay my Level 5 Wind-Ups!" Haas bounced back again, the now-familiar Overlay Network opening up again. Juggler became a green beam, Warrior an orange one and they both swirled together to create a new power.

"Wait what?!" At that moment, Nathaniel knew he had picked wrong.

"Machination dwelling deep within the ocean! Become the base from which your ships launch! Xyz Summon, Rank 5! Shark Fortress!"

A huge, green monster ascended onto the field. Its core was cylindrical, open and extremely wide, with the inside slowly curving around before sharply closing with a cone shape. The front had a triangular head modeled after a shark's. The 'fins' were sticking out from both of its sides at the top, acting as jet boosters to make it swim around. Two purple orbs floated around it.

Shark Fortress: 2400 ATK 1800 DEF Rank 5 DARK Fish

"Wait, hold on. I have two monsters on the field... and now you only have one monster to attack them with... Are you sure that was a good idea?"

"Come on, Nate! I'd never underestimate you, would I? 'cause my Shark Fortress can attack twice at the cost of an Overlay Unit!" Haas bounced back with a wink, one of Shark Fortress' orbs splashing open into a flash of light when it connected with its head.

Shark Fortress: Xyz Material 2 > 1

Nathaniel's eyes widened. "Oh."

"Now to finish off the last of those Sheep Tokens! Shark Fortress, Submersible Raid!"

Two green-coloured torpedos fell out of two compartments in the fortress' sides, but right before they hit the ground they flared to life. The two remaining Sheep Tokens stayed calm even as the rockets of death were racing towards them, making contact and exploding spectacularly.

Haas nodded contently to himself, glancing briefly at his hand and then back to Nathan again.

"Guess I don't have much left to do... but now your field's wide open! I hope you can summon a monster now, 'cause otherwise I've got this duel won. Turn end!"

Turn 7: Nathaniel
Haas: 3000 LP, 2 cards in hand, 1 monster, 1 Set
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 5 cards in hand, 1 Set

He's right. If that monster catch me with an open field, I'm a goner. I was hoping on saving this one, but I guess I have no choice now.

"My turn. Draw! I begin by activating my facedown card, Mystical Space Typhoon. This card destroys your own facedown card." As Nathaniel revealed the card in front of him, a great tornado sweeped across the field to Haas's side, shattering his own facedown card into pieces.

Haas dramatically reached forward and went down to one knee, mustering as serious of a face as he could. "No, Nathan! Don't do it! What you're destroying is my..." as Haas was about to say it, an after image of the card was shown. It depicted a monster valiantly taking a blast for another, all while speaking from its heart.

"...heartfelt appeal." Haas finished, lowering his head and pretending to sniffle. What little of his tiredness that was there had all but vanished, clearly.

"Well, that's just the opening act for this turn. Because from my hand, I activate Lightning Vortex! By discarding one card from my hand, I can destroy all face-up monsters my opponent controls. Won't be needing this." Nathaniel said to himself as he discard Odd-Eyes Dragon from his hand. Suddenly from the sky, several bolts of lightning descended around Shark Fortress before closing in. Being an aquatic machine animal thing, Shark Fortress stood no chance as it was obliterated by lightning.

Haas stood up again and took a step back, shielding his arms from the blast that came from his field. "Geez, you're merciless huh? Back to square one for both of us now." he replied again, lowering his arms and having one eye closed still as the dust settled.

Megan was surprised that Nat had managed to not summon a single monster beyond his goats and had yet to take a single hit on his own life points. Of course it seemed he'd spent what little he had wiping the field, so now it came down to who was able to recover faster. At this point simply summoning a monster with reasonable attack might be all it took to finish off either duelist.

"Not quite. I activate from my hand, the Field Spell Performapal Dramatic Theater!" As Nathaniel slid a card into his Duel Disk, a wave of glitter washed over the arena. What was once a empty flat field was soon occupied by trampolines, trapezes, and rings of fire. And the ceiling above them became covered with the red and black striped cloth of a circus tent.

"And what's a stage without a performer? I summon Performapal Corn to the field!" Nathaniel slapped the monster card onto his Duel Disk, and a horned girl with blue hair erupted amidst a cloud of confetti, giving a small bow as she landed onto the field.

Performapal Corn: 600 ATK 1000 DEF Level 3 LIGHT Beast-Warrior

Haas remained mostly serious throughout the turn, but once Corn took the stage he couldn't help himself from laughing, holding his stomach because of it. After a little bit of this he wiped his eyes with his free hand and looked up to Nathan, face still twisted in amusement.

"Wow, Nathan. What a cute 'circus animal' you've got there. Never seen a performapal like that before!" Haas joked, trying to keep as serious of a face as he could muster.

Nathaniel merely gave a shrug with his hands in the air. "My deck is full of surprises for children of all ages." Certainly giving me a surprise. He added silently. "Now the effect of Dramatic Theater gives Performapal Corn a little boost, giving her 200 extra attack points."

Performapal Corn: 600 ATK -> 800 ATK

"Now I'll have Performapal Corn attack you directly!" Performapal Corn took a leap at Haas head first, or perhaps horn first. Haas flinched and couldn't bring up his arms in time, getting hit square in the chest and getting knocked back onto the floor with a loud thud.

Haas LP: 3000 > 2200

"I'll then set one card facedown and end my turn." Nathaniel said as he slid the last card in his hand into his Disk.

Turn 8: Haas
Haas: 2200 LP, 3 cards in hand
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 0 cards in hand, 1 monster, 1 Field, 1 Set

Haas was knocked down on the floor and didn't move for a little while, staring blankly up at the ceiling. Then it sounded like he started to sob, with his chest frantically going up and down. That sobbing soon turned into another round of laughter, however, as Haas jumped up again, his goofy grin as unchanged as ever.

"Ahalright! This is great! First I was in the lead, but now it looks like I'm going to lose... I didn't know dueling you was this fun, Nathan! It's my turn!"

Haas drew his card with renewed vigor, giving it only a brief glance before slamming it down.

"You're not the only one with a circus trick! It's time for my own Mystical Space Typhoon!" Haas yelled as a storm brewed in the arena, the hair of both conestants flying around wildly and the tent starting to sway side by side. The field spell remained standing, however Nathan's other card was starting to quiver under the pressure. Nathaniel grimaced as his facedown card revealed itself to be Performapal Revival before being blown to pieces. He was hoping to reinforce his field with that card, but that plan's out the window now.

"I'm not done yet! Next up is another Spell Card from my hand!" Haas then picked up another card from his hand, holding it high up in the sky. The card started to glow, and so did Haas' Duel Disk. The hairs of the boy flew up in the air as a powerful gust erupted from underneath him.

"I'm not going to let this duel go by without bringing back my ace! Master of the toys, Wind Up once more!"

A bright flash of light engulfed the field, blinding duelist and spectator alike. Once everyone's eyes recovered, back again was the familiar construction of toy parts: Wind-Up Zenmaister... only it was in Defense postion and without any Overlay Units floating around it.

Wind-Up Zenmaister: 1900 ATK 1500 DEF Rank 4 EARTH Machine

Nathaniel looked on with wide eyes and a cold sweat as the familar machine made its way on the field as big as ever. Only when the dust cleared it looked to be kind of hunched and grayed out. At that moment, Nathaniel let out the longest breath of his life. "Oh phew. Scared me for second there."

Haas scratched the back of his head sheepishly, but the embarrassment was quickly replaced with pride as he looked back at his ace."Zenmailfunction brings a Wind-Up back, but it's effect is negated and it only comes back in Defense position. I can't do much else, so bring it on! Turn end!"

Just as it seemed Nat was getting the upperhand for once Haas brought back his XYZ monster to the field, managing to protect his lifepoints and likely managing to began his counterattack soon. At least Haas was looking a little more alive, though one might say it came at the cost of Nat losing his own vigor as seemed unable to establish anything on the field before it was wiped away, even if he was still somehow leading in terms of Life Points.

Turn 9: Nathaniel
Haas: 2200 LP, 1 card in hand, 1 monster
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 1 card in hand, 1 monster, 1 Field

Nathaniel looked at the field with worry. He survived this turn with his field somewhat intact, but Zenmaister will only be stopped this turn, and it'll start wreaking havoc the next turn. He would need to draw something to take it down now while it's still weakened.

With that in mind, he drew his next card and sighed deeply.

"I set one monster facedown and change Performapal Corn to defense position. Turn end."

Turn 10: Haas
Haas: 2200 LP, 2 cards in hand, 1 monster
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 0 cards in hand, 2 monsters, 1 Field

"Alright! Then it's my turn!" Haas put his hand on his deck, paused for a second and breathed deeply.

"Y'know, Nathan... it's kinda weird. I can sorta... feel my deck right now. It's bursting with energy, desparate to show what it can do... and I'm about to deliver!"

With that said, Haas drew his next card. His face lit up with excitement as he held it out in front of him, keeping a good grasp on it between his two fingers as he turned it around for Nathan to see. Soon after a compartment on the side of his blade opened up, slotting the card in.

"Y'know, I think I learned in class that Xyz monsters were created from a massive amount of concentrated energy... and now it's about to be unleashed! Prepare for a new Field Spell: Xyz Territory!"

A small red and orange, pulsating orb rose from the ground in the middle of the arena. It started to spin around and suck in the air around it, growing ever larger in size. Nathan's circus tent couldn't withstand the pressure as the equipment first got sucked into it, then the curtains. The more that the orb absorbed, the larger it became before passing through both Nathan and Haas, trapping them in a coloured sphere of incredibly pressure. Wind-up Zenmaister's eyes flashed again as it rose up, ready to battle, with Haas having tilted the card on his Duel Disk.

"Wind-up Zenmaister, attack Performapal Corn! Spring Punch!" Haas called out and pointed dramatically. His monster responded by pulling both its arms back, but not ret releasing. The energy floating around the two duelists started to gather around both of Zenmaister's fists, coating them.

"When an Xyz monster battles inside of Xyz Territory, it gains ATK equal to its rank times 200!"

Wind-up Zenmaister: 1900 ATK > 2700 ATK

The machine released its powerful punches, sending two spring-powered, high-impact boxing gloves flying at poor Performapal Corn. Performapal Corn let out an "Eeek!" before shattering under the force of Zenmaister's punches.

"So glad I put her in defense position..." Nathaniel muttered.

Zenmaister's eye stopped glowing and it looked to power down, remaining motionless as the energy around it started to drain back into the walls of the sphere. Haas held up one finger, ready to finish his explanation. "The monsters who battle in Xyz Territory have their ATK returned to normal afterwards, though."

Wind-up Zenmaister: 2700 ATK > 1900 ATK

The little toymaker fistpumped the air, then looked Nathan in the eyes with firm determination. "Isn't this exciting?! You never know what happens inside of a duel... I end my turn!"

Turn 11: Nathaniel
Haas: 2200 LP, 1 card in hand, 1 monster, 1 Field
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 1 card in hand, 1 monster

"Well this is not good..." Nathaniel whispered to himself as he drew his next card. "And that didn't help. Turn end."

Turn 12: Haas
Haas: 2200 LP, 2 cards in hand, 1 monster, 1 Field
Nathaniel: 4000 LP, 1 card in hand, 1 monster

"Alright then, my turn! Draw!" Haas shouted as he swiped another card from his disk, briefly stared at it and then slammed it down next to Wind-Up Zenmaister.

"If you're not going to attack, I will! I summon the Tuner monster, Re-Cover! Then I'll attack your facedown monster with Zenmaister!"

Re-Cover: 700 ATK 300 DEF Level 1 EARTH Psychic Tuner

A small hole in thr ground opened up, with a sealed book flying out. It spun around in the air for a little while before sprouting arms and legs, giving a thumbs up to Haas once it nailed the landing. At the same time, Wind-up Zenmaister was already preparing another spring-powered punch in the direction of Nathan's monster. The aura of Xyz Territory gathered around its arms again as it sent out a single attack.

The card revealed itself to be a two-faced, top hat wearing grasshopper before succumbing to the force of Zenmaister's punch.

"Now Re-Cover attacks you directly!" Haas commanded to his monster, with a purple ball of energy gathering in one of the small book's gloved hands. It then threw it out at Nathan.

Nathaniel put up his arms to defend himself, not that that was really necessary since all it really did was push him a couple steps back. "Oof..."

Nathaniel LP: 4000 > 3300

Haas threw both his arms behind his head, his expression having calmed down a bit from the excitement he showed before. "I guess that ends my turn. You alright, Nathan? You've been grimacing all duel..."

Turn 13: Nathaniel
Haas: 2200 LP, 1 card in hand, 2 monsters, 1 Field
Nathaniel: 3300 LP, 2 cards in hand

"Oh yeah, I'm fine." My luck on the other hand... This duel has really not been going Nathaniel's way. As Nathaniel put his hand on the next card in his deck, he looked down at his deck nervously. If he didn't draw a monster, it was over for him. But even if he did, all it would do for him is stall further until his inevitable demise. Things seemed hopeless, but Nathaniel digged deep within himself to find the resolve to do one thing: get this duel over with.

"Draw!" Nathaniel cried as he drew his next card. Surprisingly enough, it was not completely useless. This card's always done right by me before. "Looks like it's Performapal Whip Snake to the rescue!"

As Nathaniel played his next card, a purple cobra-like creature slithered its way onto the field, wearing the signature Performapal top hat and bowtie combo. It wiggled its long tongue enthusiastically as it gave a wink to their small audience.

Performapal Whip Snake: 1700 ATK 900 DEF Level 4 EARTH Reptile

"And now, Performapal Whip Snake activates its special ability! During the Main Phase, I can target one monster on the field and switch its attack and defense points!" On Nathaniel's command, Performapal Whip Snake held its tail out in front, and dangled a little heart-shaped pendulum at the end of its tail as it emitted a hypnotic signal towards Haas's field. "The monster I target... is Re-Cover!"

"No way!" Haas shouted out in disbelief, watching his monster helplessly fell over onto it's open pages as the hypnotic wave hit it full blast. Tiny little stars started dancing over its head while the ATK value displayed next to it trickled down.

Re-Cover: 700 ATK > 300 ATK

"And now, for the coup de grâce. I activate the Spell Card Back-Up Rider! This card gives a monster on the field 1500 additional attack points! That means Whip Snake climbs up to 3200!"

Performapal Whip Snake: 1700 ATK > 3200 ATK

"3200?! Wait, but with my Re-Cover at only 300..." Haas yammered out astounded, bringing his hands in front of his face to start counting on his fingers. "So 3200 minus 300..."

"I'll save you the calculations and just tell you it's a lot more than you have Life Points left. Performapal Whip Snake! Attack Re-Cover!" Performapal Whip Snake closed in, not merely slithering over, but charging forward with the force of a thundering steed. It tackled Re-Cover full force, shattering the hapless little book in an instant. The force of the impact reached all the way to Haas and swept him off his feet, sending him flying onto the floor while he yelled out a big "NOOOOOO!!"

Haas LP: 2200 > 0

Nat had actually managed to win, with only taking a single hit no less. Despite having almost no cards on the field at any point in the duel he'd chipped at Haas life points before delivering a devastating final blow by taking advantage of the weak monster Haas had deployed. To be able to win with so little was very impressive. "Wooo, nice dueling from the two of you! But you're going to have to deal with me next Nat!" Megan proclaimed and jumped over the railing to get ready to duel. "That is unless you'd like a break first?" Megan paused and asked quizzically, Nat had looked a bit drained in the latter half of the duel after all.

WINNER: NATHANIEL!

The Duel Tower: The first year students. (A Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Academy Roleplay.) [Axed]

Finished the duel with Lunarstandard, waiting on Eklispe for if he wants to add more additional comments.

By the way, people, I'd like to point out that nobody has started a duel after I started Maisy and Nathan's duels. The point of the event was to get some points flowing into your characters, so you might want to start challenging each other to duels. Otherwise we're stalling this out for no good reason.

WELCOME TO KAIBA WORLD (Yu-Gi-Oh! Roleplay)

Õja Rura

Name:
Õja Rura

Sex:
Female

Age:
24

Appearance:
Rura is clearly in the prime of her youth, boasting a slender figure and smooth, streamlined face. Her small, thin and amber-coloured eyes are placed a bit higher than is usual, with both her nose and lips being smaller than the average person's. Her hair is usually loose, reaching down just below the shoulders. It's clearly dyed, with it starting at a red colour scheme, transitioning into brown, green and eventually a light blue. It's always neatly combed, with a single bang curling up just above her right eye. Rura stands at about 1m73, making her slightly taller than the average person but not exactly a giant. Despite her rather striking features, she doesn't dress the part. Her clothes are, again, a mismatch of colors. She usually wears dark brown longcoats with crimson red shirts, dark blue trousers and mossy green shoes.

Duel Disk:
While deactivated, it looks like an actual disk is resting on Rura's arm, albeit one in four different colors. When activating, it spins around in place a bit before violently unfolding into five zones in front of the duelist using it, revealing a deck slot and D-Pad undearneath. Both parts slowly transistion from blue to green, with a bit of red and brown placed in between. On the D-Pad, the duelist's status is displayed such as lifepoints, state of the field and whatnot. There are no S/T compartments, instead there is a single slot that acts as both the graveyard and reader for the S/T zones that faces the duelist themselves. On the opposite side to the deck slot there is a compartment for the Extra Deck that opens up when needed. The Duel Disk is worn on the left arm, as is standard.

Duel Runner:
Long but thin, this Duel Runner is made for speed and acceleration while sacrificing handling and breaking. It has a swordfish-like front with the first wheel underneath, staring at an olympic blue color scheme. Past that you get the engine components and the housing of the Ener-D module, which flare up with a fiery red with bits of metal sticking out to signify flames. Then you come to the seating of the rider, which is an earthy brown and very geometrical, with lots of edgy parts including two beam-like handlebars sticking out of the side. The last part of the Duel Runner is colored a seafoam green, with two 'wings' sticking out of the back and acting as thrusters and the wheel being almost hidden between them.

Speed Duel Skill:
Element Discharge: Once per duel, you can banish 1 EARTH, FIRE, WATER and WIND monster from your graveyard, then target cards up to the number of cards you banished: Negate those targets' effects until the end of this turn. If you target a Set card, that card can not be activated until the end of this turn.

Ace Monster:
All four Dragon Rulers are equals in this regard.

Deck Master:
Strong Wind Dragon

Deck Master Ability:
Once per turn: You can tribute 1 Dragon monster, then target one other Dragon monster on the field: it gains ATK equal to the tributed monster's ATK on the field.

Personality:
Rura is a no-shit individual. She doesn't have time to joke around and play games or become friends with people, because she's devoted her entire life to this card game that the entire world is obsessed with. Dueling is everything to her and she will do anything, save for cheating, to win and keep winning. It's such a deep-seated belief that she has to do so that it affects her social interaction, with her usually being very brisk and curt when it concerns anything that doesn't involve dueling in some way, shape of form. Behind that tough exterior some would expect a kinder individual, but the way she acts is far from pretending to be someone Rura is not. She's just that obsessed, and will freak the heck out when she loses to someone that she deems leagues below her.

History:
Deep in the mountains there are tribes of people that do not communicate with the outside world, or at least very rarely do. These are tribes of duelists that escaped the city life and sharpened their skills in mother nature's embrace, learning everything from how to draw better to harnessing the powers of some of the mightiest creatures in Duel Monsters. Naturally these people are still humans with human urges, so they had children in their secluded lifestyles. Rura is one of those children, born in the 'Tribe of Storms'. These were people that had managed to command the wind themselves to bend to their every will, playing monsters of the WIND attribute in their decks. Rura learned everything from that tribe, starting with the simple things such as learning to play Duel Monsters to reading and writing. The girl was a child prodigy, managing to beat out even the village chieftain at age twelve. This feat led the chief to show her the tribe's treasure, three rare cards of extreme power: Dragon Ruler cards. The tribe had two copies of the elder dragons and one copy of the baby dragon, with these treasures being passed down onto the strongest duelist... which was Rura.

At age fifteen, Rura set out from her tribe. She knew that these weren't the only Dragon Ruler cards, they couldn't be. The aura of power emanating from them was too strong for that. The girl also knew that there were three more tribes in the area, but not in the mountains. One was located in the nearby forest, another at the sea and one near a volcano. She set out to find these tribes, starting with the forest since it was the closest location to travel to. She eventually arrived there and very brazenly challenged the strongest duelists there to a duel, after which she got rightly ridiculed. To prove she was worthy to fight them, she challenged the entire village to a ritual of duels lasting the entire night, with her taking on everyone back-to-back. It was the roughest night of Rura's life and by the time she had beaten her last opponent, a whistling came from the trees around her. She looked up to see a kid her age hanging from the branches, a goofy smile on his face as he finished his song. Dueling this child lead her to discover that he was the holder of the next set of cards, the Dragon Rulers of Earth.

The duel ended in a tie, but Rura wasn't about to let him go so easily. She explained to the boy that her mission was to collect all the Dragon Ruler cards, with proof of more than just the WIND one existing, so he decided to tag along with her on her journey. You know, just for fun! It would help out both of them to improve, and if she could best him later then he'd happily give over his own cards. Thus, the two set out to the sea, with the boy from the forest tribe knowing where to go. Rura had become seventeen by the time they'd made the journey to the shores, having laughed and suffered along the way with her new companion. Outraged that nothing was there, the boy reassured Rura that he'd lead her there. Whistling a song she'd never heard before, a whole city suddenly rose from the ocean, a pathway extending for them to walk on.

Inside of this dream-like city, they met another boy her age: a prince, in fact. Rura knew straight away that this prince was her target, she could feel the cries of the Dragon Ruler cards coming from him. She brazenly challenged him to a duel, outraging the citizens. The prince did not mind though and humbly accepted it, scheduling it a week from them. So, Rura and her friend stayed in the city for that amount of time, but one night someone broke into her room. She shot up and saw people messing with her deck, taking out and replacing cards willy nilly. Before she had a chance to stop them, they were already gone. Looking through her deck again, it was significantly weaker than it was before... and yet they didn't take her Dragon Ruler cards for some reason. Fastforward to the eve of the duel and it became apparent why this happened: The prince was absolute trash at dueling. Someone probably sabotaged her so he could win, but even without Rura's original deck the girl still managed to beat the duel, causing the whole town to uproar. The prince tried to calm down his people to no avail, but he lead out the duo via secret passageways and escaped alongside them.

Once outside the city again, the prince humbly apologized for his people. Rura lashed out at him for stealing her cards, but the prince did not seem to know what she was on about. It turns out that is wasn't the prince who ordered her deck to be sabotaged, but he still felt guilty as it was his fault. He gave her his deck to mix with her own, and the forest tribe boy did the same. Both of them gave her the Dragon Ruler cards they owned, saying that she had already proven herself to the both of them. Still, the two boys decided to tag along with Rura for her final journey: The journey to the volcanos.

Rura had already matured into an adult by the time she entered the sweltering caves of her destination, aged eighteen. This was the most dangerous journey yet, dodging traps and machinations, evading less than stellar people and generally getting into a lot of trouble. Eventually the three of them were captured, dragged off away from each other. The three of them were each thrown into an arena where they were constantly forced to duel, being kept for a few days as they kept winning. Eventually, Rura was faced against her two friends again, winning both times now that neither of them had their Dragon Ruler cards. It pained her to damn them to whatever fate the losers had to suffer, but she had to come out on top in this tournament. After these two grueling losses, she was faced up against the champion, another girl her age. The two had the fiercest duel Rura has ever played, and even with only one set of Dragon Rulers, the other girl was still more than capable of holding her own. The volcano people had, after all, a secret weapon: Xyz Summon. Eventually, though, Rura won. It earned her not only the final set of Dragon Rulers and a new deck to work with, but also the title of champion. She lived in this volcano tribe luxuriously for about two weeks or so, but she was just biding her time to formulate a plan of escape. After all, she figured out that the losers of the gauntlet had been forced to do labor without rest. She wasn't going to let her friends suffered at her own expense.

So, she tried to bust them out and escape. Unfortunately, while the plan had a strong start and they managed to escape in the confusion, the volcano girl had managed to do so as well. Taking extreme pride in her tribe's ways, she managed to recapture the forest boy and drag him back to the village, but not the champion or the prince. The two of them managed to escape, only to be greeted by the city people from the prince's hometown. This made the prince also dragged away from Rura, leaving her alone and bitter as she completed her mission but lost all her friends for it. The girl then traveled into the city, learning the ways of the people there and honing her dueling skills in foreign and new methods to her, before eventually getting an invitation to the new Kaiba Corporation tournament.

Decks

Ruling Dragons

Monsters: 22

Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos x 2
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders x 2
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms x 2
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls x 2
Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks
Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles
Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts
Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets
Strong Wind Dragon
Frost and Flame Dragon
Koa'Ki Meiru Drago
Dodger Dragon
Blizzard Dragon
Heraldic Beast Abernconway
Vanguard of the Dragon
Heraldic Beast Amphisbaena
Flamvell Grunika
Lava Dragon

Spells: 17

Dragoroar
Stamping Destruction
Return of the Dragon Lords
Dragon Shrine
Dragon's Gunfire
Super Rejuvination
Dragon's Fighting Spirit
Dragon Shield
Dragon Ravine
Sacred Sword of Seven Stars
Twin Twisters
Paralell Twister
Raigeki
Soul Charge
The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch
Monster Reborn
Rival Arrival

Traps: 18

Proof of Powerlessness
High Tide on Fire Island
Dragoncarnation
Dragon's Rebirth
Tyrant Wing
Burst Breath
Castle of Dragon Souls
Dragon's Bind
Xyz Universe
Wonder Xyz
Xyz Reborn
Tri-and-Guess
Moon Dance Ritual
Unbreakable Spirit
Foolish Revival
Impenetrable Attack
Dimension Gate
Miniaturize

Extra Deck: 12

Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon
Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon
Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon
Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon
Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger
Hieratic Dragon King of Atum
Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon
Evilswarm Ouroboros
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon
Queen Dragun Djinn
Kachi Kochi Dragon
Galaxy Stealth Dragon

Ruling Dragons(Speed)

Monsters: 18

Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos x 2
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders x 2
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms x 2
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls x 2
Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks
Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles
Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts
Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets
Blizzard Dragon
Heraldic Beast Abernconway
Vanguard of the Dragon
Heraldic Beast Amphisbaena
Flamvell Grunika
Lava Dragon

Spells: 10

Dragoroar
Stamping Destruction
Return of the Dragon Lords
Dragon Shrine
Super Rejuvination
Sacred Sword of Seven Stars
Twin Twisters
Paralell Twister
The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch
Rival Arrival

Traps: 10

Proof of Powerlessness
High Tide on Fire Island
Dragoncarnation
Dragon's Rebirth
Tyrant Wing
Burst Breath
Castle of Dragon Souls
Unbreakable Spirit
Impenetrable Attack
Dimension Gate

Extra Deck: 7

Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon
Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon
Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger
Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon
Queen Dragun Djinn
Galaxy Stealth Dragon

Ruling Dragons(Turbo)

Monsters: 22

Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos x 2
Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders x 2
Tempest, Dragon Ruler of Storms x 2
Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls x 2
Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks
Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles
Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts
Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets
Strong Wind Dragon
Frost and Flame Dragon
Koa'Ki Meiru Drago
Dodger Dragon
Blizzard Dragon
Heraldic Beast Abernconway
Vanguard of the Dragon
Heraldic Beast Amphisbaena
Flamvell Grunika
Lava Dragon

Spells: 18

Speed Spell - Mystical Space Typhoon
Speed Spell - Foolish Burial
Speed Spell - A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon
Speed Spell - Creature Swap
Speed Spell - Chaos End
Speed Spell - Angel Baton
Speed Spell - Shift Down
Speed Spell - Sonic buster
Speed Spell - Dash Pilfer
Speed Spell - Final Attack
Speed Spell - Curse of Fate
Speed Spell - Summon Speeder
Speed Spell - Speed Storm
Speed Spell - Speed Energy
Speed Spell - Silver Contrails
Speed Spell - My Body as a Shield
Speed Spell - Power Baton
Speed Spell - The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch*

Traps: 18

Proof of Powerlessness
High Tide on Fire Island
Dragoncarnation
Dragon's Rebirth
Tyrant Wing
Burst Breath
Castle of Dragon Souls
Dragon's Bind
Xyz Universe
Wonder Xyz
Xyz Reborn
Tri-and-Guess
Moon Dance Ritual
Unbreakable Spirit
Call of the Haunted
Impenetrable Attack
Dimension Gate
Miniaturize

Extra Deck: 12

Odd-Eyes Rebellion Dragon
Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon
Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon
Red-Eyes Flare Metal Dragon
Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger
Hieratic Dragon King of Atum
Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon
Evilswarm Ouroboros
Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon
Queen Dragun Djinn
Kachi Kochi Dragon
Galaxy Stealth Dragon

Custom

Speed Spell - The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch
Quickplay Spell Card
During the Main Phase, if you have 4 or more speed spell counters, remove 2 of your Speed Counters: Target 1 DARK Xyz Monster you control with no Xyz Materials; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 DARK Xyz Monster that is 1 Rank higher than that monster you control, by using it as the Xyz Material, and if you do, attach this card to it as additional Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) During your Main Phase, remove 2 of your Speed Counters: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 DARK Xyz Monster you control; attach 1 "The Phantom Knights" monster from your hand to that monster as Xyz Material.

WELCOME TO KAIBA WORLD (Yu-Gi-Oh! Roleplay)

So does anyone know what's up with hiders and why they break half the time?

@KOgaming

Well, if you've screwed up your code then it's no wonder they break. Everything's gotta be correctly typed out first.

However, if the thing shows up 'no error' and you still don't get a hider, that means one of your [ or ]'s is glitched and has to be re-typed. I wish I was joking. Something to do with it having an extra character or something. Stuff's weird.

Ace Academy - Ready!? Set!? Rumble! - High Casual

Maybe you can do something with Ian. I'm currently still waiting on Vietmyke to continue the collab.

WELCOME TO KAIBA WORLD (Yu-Gi-Oh! Roleplay)

Do you hate Amorphages because they suck, or because they're low key broken?

@KOgaming

I hate floodgates and I hate that they made it into an archetype even if the archetype is shit.

I uh, still don't know what you want me to do with the skill and custom card.