FujiwaraPhoenix

Yu-Gi-Oh Soul R (Still Accepting)

"Wouldn't it be better to let you find out what variant I'm using instead? Knowing what I'm using is half the fun gone, but guessing what my win condition is... That's a question all it's own," Ayami said, quietly shuffling her deck as Matt asked if knowing archetypes mattered. The answer, of course, was obvious to her.

"To know a person's deck is to know their weapons--what they can do, how they can do it, and what you can do to stop it. All decks have some core weaknesses, and if you know what deck they run, those weaknesses can be exploited. For example, against Artifacts, you would do well to not hit their backrow, lest you trigger something like a Moralltach or a Sanctum. By that same logic, though, you also become able to play around what the opponent might do. In the Kaiju matchup, as you asked--" she began to ramble before being cut off by the one actually using the Kaiju deck.

Well, fair was fair; let the pilot do the talking and all that. Side decking was also something to note, but it felt kind of hypocritical saying as much without having gathered one herself.

The arrival of an egomaniac on the scene put a dampener on her mood, though. While not nearly as aggravated as Aya seemed to be at the moment, Ayami certainly found it rather crude to just insult someone so offhandedly. Blue-Eyes were also a stronger archetype, though most of the duels involving them came from simulations or replays in her experience, and so the aggravator's jeering fell flat on her.

"If you're going to insult someone, at least do it correctly. With that level of cockiness, I can guarantee you'll have a rude awakening in your future," she said, staring at Aya to try to get her to stand down. "The best Duelists have a sound mind and a reliable Deck; you are lacking at least one of those, if not both. I suggest you remain quiet, unless you want everyone else here to become your enemy."

She, of course, would not fight if he began to call for one. Giving in to goading was not on her agenda for the day.

Convergence: The Restoration

Reisen Udongein Inaba

Intersection of Districts 5, 6, and 12

"...Point taken. Well, to answer your indirect question, then I can confirm that some form of teleportation magic is the bare minimum of what dragged me here. Be it a summons or otherwise, though... I don't have enough experience with that form of magic to be able to tell anything at all," the Lunarian said before the laughter that she had been attempting to ignore earlier grew ever closer.

"Great. Another lunatic. Why me?!" she complained internally before taking a deep breath to calm herself.

"Honestly, is there something in the air that drives people to madness here? I've had to deal with one already, and I'm not particularly in th emood for dealing with another..."

@Raineh Daze@TheFake

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Sogiita Gunha

District 10

The resulting shockwave from the two fists connecting barely caused Gunha to waver as a smile was painted over his face. This was always the best way to settle problems--let fists do the talking, all else be damned! It always got the message through, no matter how long it took, and it usually helped people get all their anger out, so he was definitely willing to oblige. The roar he got in return certainly seemed to confirm his beliefs, and the esper smirked before noticing that the person's other hand was free.

Shoot.

Gritting his teeth as he braced for impact with his spare arm, Gunha flew backwards, tumbling a good distance away and throwing up a giant gust cloud as he rolled along, finally coming to a stop after a few more seconds. Punching his right fist into the ground as he pushed himself up, Gunha spit out a bit of blood before climbing to his feet, cracking his knuckles on his right hand with a smile on his face before taking a deep breath. It took him a moment to realize, though, that his left arm had been popped out of place.

"...Again? Well, guts solves all problems," he sighed to himself, casually forcing the arm back in place (with a bit of pain in the process) before carefully testing it, rolling his arm around and gripping and ungripping his hand.

"Seems fine to me. Alright, let's try this again!" he shouted, full of renewed vigor as he rushed forward, explosions popping up left and right as he ran forward (though none of them really obstructed his path) before he began to throw a series of punches at the woman.

It'd have to work eventually, right?

@Lmpkio@AstroLu

Convergence: The Restoration

Reisen Udongein Inaba

Intersection of Districts 5, 6, and 12

The man in front of Reisen seemed to ooze ego as he spoke, which was not exactly a particularly joyful experience to deal with. Danmaku was meant to be a battle of visual beauty, not one of pure strength, so calling it 'picturesque but dismal' was half accurate--that much, she could admit. Granted, it was also only her first Spell Card, and there was something about 'escalating difficulty' that had been drilled into her head about the rules when she came here.

But the rest of his words left the rabbit with a great deal of mixed feelings about how everything played out. Danmaku rules were in play to make sure nobody got hurt and that everyone had a fighting chance, but tuning the damage of her bullets up to match the lack of rules...

That was the part that felt weird to her. Maybe it was because she wasn't used to having to fight for her life as of late, but at the very least she'd have to fight to disable and, quite possibly, kill. Not something to look forward to.

"From where I come from, danmaku is less about combat and more about visual beauty. Though I do admit my own are a bit static..." the Lunarian trailed off before shaking her head and staring straight back at the man. "In any case, they did what they needed to, and that's all that matters. What about you, then? Was there any merit in speaking to me to begin with, or were you just here to laugh over something that didn't concern you?"

The faint sounds of insane laughter caught Reisen's attention, if only momentarily, before she decided to ignore it for the time being. She wasn't in the mood to be dealing with another lunatic so soon after the last.

@Raineh Daze@TheFake

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Sogiita Gunha

District 10

The student's eyes widened in realization as the woman turned, the somewhat-familiar glow of energy setting off alarms in his head as he looked at the line of fire that the beam was aimed at. It was one thing to fire it straight at him, but another to fire it at the buildings around him (and the people in that area by extension).

But then his enemy swung her head as she let the beam loose, which caused Gunha to pause for a moment as he attempted to figure out how to deal with it. It took a moment, but the answer was obvious in retrospect.

"So... Just gotta match guts with guts, huh? In a battle like that, I ain't gonna go down that easy, though! AMAZING PUNCH GUARD!"

As the laser beam began to move towards his head, Gunha let go of the monster's tail and cocked back for a punch. When it was a few millimeters away from his body, the young esper let loose an overhead swing, sending the laser careening straight into the ground in front of him. His knuckles seemed to be smoking slightly, granted, but guts would probably make them right as rain soon enough.

With that problem dealt with, Gunha took another step back before launching himself at the woman, tossing a punch with all his might to see if he couldn't get a less instinctive reaction out of her. Punching someone back to their senses always worked out, right?

@Lmpkio@AstroLu

Fate/ Transcendent Paradigm (A Fate/GO Based RP)

If anyone asks why I haven't moved: I'm currently drafting up as much of Scandinavia and Babylonia as I can right now, and I also only plan on moving after everyone else has to set up the scenes.

Needless to say, they're, uh... Pretty hefty to plan, since there's going to be a decent amount of variance depending on what you guys do.

Yu-Gi-Oh Soul R (Still Accepting)

Ayami nodded her head in acknowledgement as Matt introduced himself and Aya, taking care to note what Houses they were in as both of them began to talk about their decks. She had figured the conversation would lead here--'all roads lead to Rome' and all that. The Duelist listened carefully as the two conversed, still digging through her bag for her Deck before she heard the words "know very little" come out of Matt's mouth. Aya's reaction more or less mirrored her own--a sense of astonishment that he was even here to begin with was probably the easiest way to describe it.

"You started playing 'very recently' and committed the next few years of your life to the game on a whim?" she followed, trying to understand the young man's train of thought. "You say that your deck is a 'big gamble', but the biggest gamble I see here is trying to jump into this field blind. I certainly hope it works out for you, though... For your sake more than anyone else's, in fact."

While her words were cold, the feelings behind them were honest; it was a long road to learn about the game, so Matt would likely have to work a lot more to catch up. There were likely beginner courses at the school, but she hadn't paid much attention to that since it didn't concern her. Maybe those would be sufficient to bring him up to speed.

"In any case, I play Nekroz. I've only really played Nekroz and nothing else, but I do enough studies on the side to at least understand how most other decks function," she said, finally taking out her Deck from her bag and going through the cards. There did seem to be 40, at the very least, so no emergency searching seemed to be in her future.

Convergence: The Restoration

@Kafka Komedy, waiting on you, mate.

Yu-Gi-Oh Soul R (Still Accepting)

Okay, I maaaay have gotten a biiiiit carried away writing.

Please don't hang me ;w;

Yu-Gi-Oh Soul R (Still Accepting)

The sound of something rather solid hitting a nearby window caused Ayami to instinctively tense up and jump a little in her seat. Though it had miraculously failed to break through (thank the engineers of this glass for that), the impact did not fail to cause the young woman to shut her book and look at what had caused the incident. Taking her earbuds out of her ears as she peered out the window to see what had caused the noise, Ayami's eyes flitted around, only to see no hint of what could have caused it.

"I would think that the era of vandalism and delinquents would have passed us by now..." she sighed quietly to herself, shaking her head in disappointment before another student--one from the seat in front of her, in fact--began to freak out about the mystery object almost breaking through the window. While Ayami admitted to herself that if something similar happened to her she would likely be stunned to some extent, it did not warrant causing any more panic than it already had. That was the goal of things like these, after all: to send a message. It was an overused trope in literature, though she herself didn't quite know how grounded in reality it was anyhow.

"I... I, did not, in fact, see where it landed. It was a brick, then?" Ayami responded to the girl peeking over, her right hand rubbing her chin as the bus came to a stop. "Well, if it did not break through, then I think that is all for the better. That window does look like it has seen better days, though. Slightly better."

The fact that the window was partially open actually made it all the more miraculous that the brick had not slipped through instead. When the though of it actually making contact with someone's body passed through her mind for a moment, a rather unsavory image followed suit, and Ayami removed that mental image in great haste. Though the indent was rather tiny, the emotional impact would likely last. So the job had, in fact, been successful... Which was a fact that Ayami didn't like at all. She glanced over at the young man asking if everyone was okay, to which she returned a slight nod of her head; the confirmation would hopefully cause him to settle down, at the very least.

"In any case, the word nearly means that you weren't hit, which is probably the best we could hope for in this situation. Though... For safety's sake, maybe that window would be better off closed. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, after all," she continued, noting how the bus had come to a stop and how the driver had decided to go and retrieve the brick, tossing it into the bus before continuing the ride. "And if that sound is anything to go by, the evidence is on-hand. The culprit will be found... Eventually. I hope."

With that incident still fresh in her mind, though, Ayami was no longer in the mood to do what she had been doing since the trip had begun, so she instead began to rifle through her bag for her Deck. Even if she wasn't going to be Dueling anyone else at the moment, it always helped to be aware of the current state of affairs. Decks were always subject to change, after all...

Maybe it was about time to start looking for cards to build a side deck for herself. Or start trading. Maybe both. She hadn't needed to open a pack (or a box, for that matter) for ages. Hopefully, the campus' store had enough variety to choose from; a Deck that was permanently static was a Deck doomed to fall, after all.

Even she had to admit, though, that doing something like that alone was kind of pitiful. The sooner she made herself some connections, the better it was in the long run.

"...That aside, since you've done me the honor of not having to speak first, I hope you don't mind a self-introduction... Especially seeing as how you and your seatmate have already begun to hit it off. My name is Yukishima Ayumi, and I'm to be living in the Dark Magician House. It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."

The fastest way to forget an incident like this was small talk, however mindless it felt to her. Maybe if she kept going, there would be something of substance to capture her interest and hold it in place. For now, though, it was time to make sure that her Deck had no cards missing. If there were, then an hour or so opening boxes seemed to be in her future... Assuming the store didn't sell singles, of course, but Ayumi had already resolved to gather cards to trade instead.

Convergence: The Restoration

Reisen Udongein Inaba

Intersection of Districts 5, 6, and 12

Reisen sighed and dusted off her suit as she slowly descended from the air, the bullets in the air fading out of existence as she did so. Unlike the projectile fired out of that sword earlier, these bullets had no meaningful impact on their environment--useful, considering how she would rather not be held liable for any property damage if any witnesses came around. It seemed as if her emergency gambit had worked, at the very least; the lunatic was now notably less crazed (though still a bit incoherent, given what had just happened), so maybe she could pry some answers out of him.

"I don't think you're any closer to death, but I'm fairly certain you are winded. Fighting does generally cause both, though, so I'm not sure where you stand on either scale. But if your rants about monsters falling from the sky were anything of note, then I'm not sure if you would even wish to return home," she sighed before noting the only other person nearby.

His choice of attire gave enough away about his location of origin not being this land, if the buildings and the architecture were any indication of anything. But putting aside his choice of clothing, the blonde man seemed to radiate an aura of smugness, if not concentrated ego. This...

This type of person would be annoying to deal with. Only two types of people acted like that, after all: those with the power to back it up, and those who did not. The Lunarian didn't particularly wish to find out which was the answer.

Before she could try to gather more information (as had been her initial goal), the one who she had just defeated decided to ask if fights such as that were commonplace, and the urge to knock him upside the head with a paper fan momentarily surfaced in her mind before she stepped forward and took the initiative instead.

"Rather than asking if it is common 'around here', wouldn't it be more prudent to ask 'where you come from'? That sort of clothing certainly fits a more modern scene than this land would imply, after all," she said, facing the newcomer with a stoic expression. "Though, before any of that, I guess I should apologize in advance if you were caught in the crossfire of that skirmish. I don't intend to get others mixed up in my problems, though I cannot say the same of this man."

Needless to say, she didn't really have a high opinion of the cultist, even after that short apology. Honestly, those misconceptions about Lunarians were going too far!

@Raineh Daze@Kafka Komedy

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Sogiita Gunha

District 10

Gunha walked a few steps too close as he jumped into the crater, only to barely catch the woman's tail as she flung it straight at his torso. Though he did manage to get a hold of it, the impact did cause his feet to skid along the ground, dust and stone being kicked up as he was dragged along. What was more surprising to him, though, was that the hit managed to hurt. Usually, stuff felt like pinpricks to him, and those sorta hits could usually be ignored. But pain? Nah, not really.

Granted, it went away after a few moments and didn't really cause any lasting injuries, but it still hurt.

"You've certainly got guts to flail around after something like that, I gotta say," the esper retorted as he noticed the energy building up around the hybrid. Something in his mind clicked at this point, though, and he let go of the tail before assuming a defensive combat stance.

"Oi, oi, calm down there. You keep freaking out like this, and someone that ain't us is gonna get hurt. I dunno who you are or what happened, but if you do something I can't ignore I'm gonna have to give it my all to stop you, okay?"

It was only fair to give a warning or something. That was the sorta thing Judgement did, though; he didn't really do that kinda stuff. But against what was probably gonna be a tough opponent, maybe it was better to try and stop things before they got too nasty. He knew as much as anyone else how destructing fights got when he was involved, so something like that...

Well, some things were better left to imagination, honestly.

@Lmpkio@AstroLu

Yu-Gi-Oh Soul R (Still Accepting)

But Ayami doesn't know that. Let her be wrong, I say!