Game King ~X~ [PG-16] [Started/Still Accepting!]

[Jake the Sage]

"Yeah I'd care to see you try," Lanz said firmly when the male officer said he'd personally exicute them. He was getting tired of having people suddenly barging in and what not. His normal instinct to fight everyone to escape this situation supressed by the logical thinking he looked around as his duel disk shuffled the cards. There was a lot of CI officers despite him being infamous, so he knew if he truly wanted to escape he could; after all when the entire prision was locked down they still couldn't capture him [i]or[/i] locate him at all. Raising his hand he pointed at the man, "Now quite f*cking stalling and tell me . . . us what you want Mr. Jauger Vis Villion! And if it is for us to come quietly then you didn't nearly bring enough officers . . ."

[ThatPhantomGuy]

Jauger stood his ground, unphased by Lanz comments, "Oh, forgive me again. Did my partner not tell you..?" he said glancing at Alex, "But Alex and I are not apart of the Mass Eclipse. I am the Commander of the 51st Legion, we specialize in hunting down the worst of the worst criminals. Don't get us confused with this prison's... officers."

"Obviously the Ghost can't reason. He's too much of a hot head," Alex sighed out crossing her arms.

"Calm down Alex. He's just as angry as you are." Jauger smiled, and quicker than lightning, he grabbed Lanz by the arm that he had his duel disk on with a gloved hand, "I won't say it again Mr. Lanz. If you come with us quietly we won't have to execute you, because we are not Eclipse Prison Officers. You will be rewarded for your cooperation too."

Jauger just kept his smile as he held a powerful grip on Lanz's duel disk, and was still unreadable. Alex was standing not too far away, keeping an eye on Feraku.

[Jake the Sage]

[color="#FF0000"][i]That's it! I'm killing him!"[/i][/color] a voice deep within Lanz's head nearly screamed out as Jauger gripped his right arm, squeezing down on the duel disk system. He didn't even bother to reply to the female, she was no concern to him at the moment, but when Jauger mentioned a 'reward for cooperation' he got a wide grin on his face, , [color="#FF0000"]"Now see . . . this is funny, I believe I told you to quite stalling and that I [i]wasn't[/i] going to 'come quietly' . . ."[/color]

With that Lanz felt a part of his conciousness fade away as the darker side of him took over, the one not afraid for a moment to get his hands covered in blood and dirt. Before he knew what was happening Jauger felt his forehead collide with the much smaller man's. "Lanz" then used the momentum to kick himself onto the man's chest before kneeing his chin, pushing off and breaking his duel disk in one clean movement, before landing back down. Crouched down he pulled a string on the inside of his jacket and a thick plume of smoke wafted out of airholes secretly stitched into the fabric, the smoke a mixture of tear gas, sleeping gas, and normal smoke. With his enemies vision blocked Lanz dashed over to Feraku, scooped her into his arms, and grabbed his dueling deck off the ground. Racing out of the smoke Lanz leapt onto his Duel Runner, which had been sumoned by a sly press from his PDA during the conversation with Alex, and zoomed off the rooftop before landing on the ground.

Looking back to see if Jauger and Alex were following he also checked up on Feraku as he bounced roughly on the backseat of his custom made Duel Runner. With a grin the personality in control of Lanz's body chuckled while he made a sharp turn left, [color="#FF0000"]"Some sh*tty situation you've gotten us into feather-girl . . . might want to start explaining quicker than the pigs did if you don't want your free ride to end just yet."[/color]

<tbh Phantom-sama . . . five posts without them stating what they want . . . I'm getting my character the f*ck outta there. Also, before anyone thinks "he got away too easily" I'd like to remind ya'll, he escaped the entire prision locked down and chasing him so unless they do THAT again he's going to be hell to catch.>

[Big Bad Pennar]

Nos Feraku Glared at Lanz with a look so menancing, it could might as well make him look like an innocent looking puppy, She hissed loudly and said "You really underestimate my judgment, Piss me off right now and we'll see what happens!!". She sighed and said "Look, All it does back in my cell is that it gets so lonely, but then again, I Somewhat figured I had a meeting with the head guy, and i just needed to confirm it..."

[ThatPhantomGuy]

-Don't worry, they can't get far. I guess I'll have to give a bit more info before I explain everything. ^^


Alex rushed to see where the two sped off to, she told her other officers to send a couple of officers after them. Alex was again angered that he got away again. Jauger didn't say anything and stood up moving his jaw around, the attack didn't seem to hurt him at all, just knock him off his feet. He looked at Alex, with a small grin.

"I'll take care of this." he said then opened a commlink that proceed to hack into Lanz's D-Wheel main frame, and he appeared on the screen, [i]"Hello Mr. Lanz, if I didn't explain more then I'm sorry. But the reason why I need to meet you is because you have information I need, if you give it to me, I can grant you absolute freedom from Mass Eclipse."[/i] Jauger's hacking system then started to shut down Lanz's vehicle, [i]"Or if you continue to be a nusance, I can alert the Head Warden and have this place on lockdown."[/i]

Jauger then smiled again, [i]"Of course this wouldn't scare a ghost, but since you have your friend with you they'll know both of your locations, since she's implanted with a chip. Once found, you'll both be kill on sight."[/i]

[Big Bad Pennar]

Nos Feraku heard the message from Jauger, which she pushed Lanz a little to the side and simply said "Really now inferior piece of Sh!t! you need to look into the mind of a criminal before you say what you say!" at which she flew off of Lanz's Duel runner, still riled from the rage, the Tranqs, which had little effect in her current state of mind, had worn off completely, her wings had turned from black to red as she flew upward, she spotted the group almost instantly...

[ThatPhantomGuy]

Jauger spotted the airborn Feraku and yelled up to her, "Please don't make this any worse than it already is miss. I don't want to harm you either."

Alex readied her whip again and the other officers with guns now, but Jauger stopped them before they could do anything.

"Go get Mr. Lanz, I'll have a word with the other one while your at it." he said to Alex. She hesitated for a moment, but started to leave with her fellow officers after Lanz now, leaving Jauger by himself. He flexed his gloved hands, preparing for the worst, but hoping Feraku wouldn't do anything stupid.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Nos Feraku Glared at Jauger as the men towards Lanz, she floated downward, landing before Alex and her group of soldiers could even arrive near Lanz, she wrapped her Tailfeathers around Lanz, she glared at Alex and said "I have been waiting all day to do this...." she held her fist out, Revealing a Duel Disk from under her arm, she simply said "I would really love to see how I would fare against you guys in a [s]Children's Card Game[/s] Duel, Maybe i'd win, maybe i'd lose, I would like to find that out before i'd talk nice with anyone, or even before you get near my friend!"

[Lexsuncion]

"[color="#9932CC"]Hey, Hey! Casimer![/color]" A feminine voice rattled Casimer's dreamless slumber.

"[b]I'm currently sleeping, and therefore cannot hear you, Echo.[/b]" Casimer addressed the Dark Valkyria floating around him by the name he gave her. The truth was, however, that Casimer could hear Dark Valkyria even in his dreams. His dreams were the first place she contacted him.

"[color="#9932CC"]The others are worried! You've been here for weeks![/color]" Dark Valkyria protested against his laziness.

Casimer, after a slight lapse in his usual good luck, found himself in (mostly) solitary confinement. Here, only Dark Valkyria could reach him. The rest of the army wouldn't be able to be briefed on the situation until he was reunited with his deck. It wouldn't be long, though. The Warden said three weeks, and try as he might, he couldn't forget the days with Dark Valkyria nagging him about the passage of time. According to his potent alarm clock, he should be released today, with his deck returned and everything in order.
-The whole thing was an accident, after all. The other guy involved had a bit more time to pay, if not more than that. Casimer was the defender, not the instigator, and the cameras proved it well enough. It was a little off base for them to lock up Casimer for the fight too, but what could he do now that the time was almost up? Whine?
-It started when Dark Valkyria began to explain something to Casimer about the recent events; something about scary bird demons? That was when Casimer bumped into another prisoner in the mess-hall, making an appropriately placed mess. The other prisoner was older, angrier, and probably in the prison for different reasons than Casimer. To prove this, he attempted to strike Casimer in a way that would have certainly broken his jaw. Casimer was able to feint to the side and take a defensive posture, before attempting to run. His escape was blocked by some relation of the offended party, who pushed Casimer toward the man who proceeded to put Casimer in a choke hold. As a varsity wrestler, Casimer was more at home while fighting up close, and it seemed like he wouldn't be allowed to run. So, Casimer broke the hold, and continued with the fight to the best of his ability. At the very least, he was able to preform a take-down. Were it a sanctioned wrestling match, Casimer would have totally won. Too bad no one ever told the other blood-thirsty man that locking your hands around your opponent was against the rules....

Whatever the case, it was almost time to go. It would be nice to get back out into the open and duel. The up coming tournament was a risky prospect. While he wanted to win...the rumors of freedom worried him. If he was free, what happened next? He came to prison to duel; he had no plans on leaving unless he had to.

"[b]Hmmmm...[/b]" Dark Valkyria hovered in front of his face, a bit too close for comfort.

"[b]Gah![/b]" Casimer jumped a bit as he was broken from his thoughts of the past. "[b]What?![/b]"

She rose. She'd been leaning over him while he sat in the corner of the cell. "[color="#9932CC"]I'm beginning to think you're a Fairy.[/color]"

"[b]Gee, thanks? I hate you, too?[/b]" He replied. "[b]You know that's a derogatory thing to say to a human male, right?[/b]"

"[color="#9932CC"]If you were a Warrior, like Evocator, your bodyguards would protect you better[/color]," She continued without paying attention to him, referring to a pair of Marauding Captains that were almost always silently following him, "[color="#9932CC"]and I'm the only one who's close to you. If you were a Warrior, Evocator Chevalier would be here right now saying something boring about honor and justice and how oppression of the weak is bad, and blah blah blah.[/color]" She didn't like Evocator's Sense of Justice and Righteousness. He couldn't help it. He was a knight, after all. "[color="#9932CC"]But since you have me, and your bodyguards are useless, you must be a fairy[/color]!"

Casimer sighed. He might actually enjoy solitary confinement if it didn't involve listening to Dark Valkyria tease and shout at him most of the time. He could only hope that a guardsman would come to release him soon....

[The True Ace Attorney]

Olivia looked at Lan and gave him a little smile and said, "Of course we'll help each other. Now, though, you better run back to your cell. I'll talk to you later." Then, she turned and walked out of the library towards her cell. On her way, she thought over what had happened. It had felt good to talk to another person. As she came into her cell, she jumped onto her mattress and laid still. Closing her eyes, she waited for sleep to take her to the bitter beginning of a new day.

[ThatPhantomGuy]

Alex let out a long sigh, and decided to take a seat on the floor. The other officers stood their ground and Jauger moved his coat's sleeve, revealing a small and thin eletronic wristband. He pressed a few buttons on it, and soon a duel disk formed, Jauger reached inside his coat for his deck and inserted it into the disk.

"... We were trying to avoid a duel to save both of your hinds..." Alex said softly, "The more time we waste playing cops and robbers, the less time we have to get you out of here..."

"It's alright Captain. If Miss Feraku wants to duel so badly then so be it, although I can't promise I'll be a worthy opponent," Jauger smiled, shuffling his cards, "And as I said from the beginning, we mean you both no harm."

Alex sighed again, she hated that now they would be wasting even more time trying to get these two to have a civil conversation. But Jauger knew what he was doing, he had nothing to lose by dueling the girl, either the duel goes over quickly and they agree to come with them, or the duel takes a longer route and the Mass Eclipse officers arrive and kill them both.

"So, will we begin?" Jauger asked.

[Big Bad Pennar]

The only problem with Feraku's Wish was that she somehow couldn't move, she coughed a bit before taking several deep breaths. she said "God i hate it when that happens!", her red feathers on her wings turned black again, which is a positive indication, she panted several times, her fit of rage tired her out severely, she let out a low hiss before she passed out on the floor from exhaustion.

[encapturer]

"Thank you."

Nera was speaking to some other women who had information about "The Hookup", or rather Robert Bloodstone, his real name. Unfortunately, she would not be able to contact him today, since hunting down information on him took longer than expected. It was a foolish move to ignore him just because she didn't need him at the time; at the very least, knowing how to contact him would have made things move quicker.

[I]Two hours until curfew[/I] she though, then was interrupted by a large imposing man, yelling loud enough to pierce her ears.

"I'M TAKING ALL CHALLENGERS!" the man screamed, almost causing Nera's eardrums to burst. "If you think you can defeat me, then step on up!" There was a well-dressed young man laying on the ground before him, covered in a cold sweat.

"I... I don't want to die...!" he said, shivering. "I... can't believe... I agreed..."

It didn't take long for Nera to find out what was going on. She looked around to see if any guards were nearby, quickly dashed over to the man, and palmed him one of her Duel Tokens.

"It will be okay..." she said. Although she was smiling, her voice was stern and forceful, but the fact that she just gave him a duel token seemed to calm him down. "Just hurry out of here!"

The man nodded and quickly scampered off the scene. Nera then stood up to face the prisoner who had just defeated the man. He was sneering at her, mocking her kindness, and generally riling her up.

"Never though I'd see an idiot who would just give their Duel Tokens to someone. You know, he might screw you over later. You should have just let him die."

Nera shook her head. "I don't care if he causes me problems for me. No one deserves to die in this system."

"LOOK, A BLEEDING HEART! HAHA!" the giant of a man laughed, almost causing those nearby to go deaf. "What will you do when you run out of tokens? HMMM?"

Nera unstrapped the duel disk that was hanging on her back on a harness and placed it on her arm, where it activated. "I don't have to worry about that. After all, I'm going to get them back, and then some." She brought out three of her duel tokens and showed them to her opponent. "Three Tokens! Fine with you?"

"Of course." the man said, showing his three tokens. "You best be ready to hand those over!" he added while activating his duel disk.

"Hmph..." Nera said, placing her deck into her duel disk. The time for trash talking was over. She couldn't stand watching people die because they lost a game. And to those who revel in it? Those who knowingly murder people? In Mass Eclipse, Duel Tokens are your life, and Nera will teach all fools this lesson.

"Duel!"

[The D.M.]

Robert had heard the boisterous yelling from his cell. It had interrupted his "alone time" and he was a little more than annoyed. He went down to see what was going on and sure enough he saw Nera and the man preparing to duel. He took a place on the sidelines with a semi-bored, semi-irritated expression. He shot a glance at the man and flipped him off. "I was trying to fap a**hole...The least your stupid ass could do is shut up and give the rest of us some peace since you're not LEAVING this prison." Robert said to him with a sneer. "Now if you don't mind im gonna watch this girl tear you a new one and then laugh when she jacks your Duel Token." Robert said with certainty in his voice. "You two can...kill each other now im done talking..." He said gesturing at the two of them to begin.

[Lexsuncion]

"[color="#9932CC"]Huh...[/color]" Dark Valkyria said as she came into view. She could come and go through the solitary confinement bars as she pleased. This was particularly helpful when Casimer wanted to know something about the outside world(Or rather, the prison area outside solitary confinement), or if he wanted to freak out a guardsman. It actually became a source of amusement for Casimer and the guardsmen to play guessing games as to where the guards might hide an object. Little did they know, it was more a test of Dark Valkyria's ability to find things.

"[b]What is it? Someone die?[/b]" As an evil spirit, Dark Valkyria was attuned to things like death and pain. When someone nearby was about to die, Casimer usually heard about it from Dark Valkyria. She was always more than happy to talk about death and suffering...jeez.

"[color="#9932CC"]Almost. Seems like some nice lady came along and gave him a token.[/color]" She pouted.

"[b]So what were you doing there? Those things usually don't concern you.[/b]" Casimer inquired.

"[color="#9932CC"]Well death was still close at hand. Besides, the man who lost his tokens lost them to that big guy you wanted to kill.[/color]" She pursed her lips and made an adorable face, trying to remember the name.

"[b]A little more description?[/b]" Casimer sighed. There were plenty of men in this system Casimer wanted dead. Some from personal grudges, and others for personal reasons. No matter the angle of the grievance, Dueling was at its core. Men who dueled other men out of their tokens so they would die.... Each one of them deserved a fitting death at the hand of a Knight, like Evocator.

"[color="#9932CC"]Well gosh, Casimer! I can't keep you humans in line. You all look the same to me![/color]" She made a "Hmph" sound and crossed her arms, turning away from him in a childish manner. "I[color="#9932CC"]t doesn't seem too important. The Nice Lady seemed like she wanted to duel the man, anyway. Probably has a stupid Evocator Chevalier in her head too.[/color]"

Casimer quirked his brow. By the sounds of it, there seemed to be yet another "Agent of Justice" in the prison. There were several people, Casimer included, who actively sought out and attempted to defeat prisoners who dueled others to death. More often than not, these people were repentant of their crimes, and trying to save more people. There were some religious wackos near the top of the ranked "agents" as they were called. Casimer didn't really like them, but liked their view.
-What made Casimer and a few others slightly different was that they simply wanted those men dead. The most fitting way being to duel them out of their tokens. Casimer had yet to preform a finishing duel, but he'd set the stage for several. There were two types of duelists like Casimer. The kind like him, who duel on safe amounts of tokens, and the kind who live on the edge of the sword, dueling all or nothing. The first were less likely to die, but also less likely to kill the other man. Afterall, why would a duelist accept death if the other person would be safe? The second kind either died quickly, or became legendary....

"[color="#9932CC"]Do you think they'll let you out soon? I bet you could get him![/color]" Dark Valkyria said excitedly. She loved the thought of vengeance; or rather, she just loved seeing the pain in people's eyes and hearts before they died. It was a sore point between her and Casimer, and if she were a prisoner here, they would likely be bitter enemies. "[color="#9932CC"]If he has tokens left, you could try and use his hubris against him! Afterall, who'd think of losing against a pip-squeak like you?![/color]"

Although she was trying to get him in the mood for dueling someone, Casimer couldn't help be feel mocked whenever she opened her mouth. He hoped a guard would come and let him out soon, either to duel, or at least get some input from Evocator or Freed....

[ThatPhantomGuy]

"... That was... unexpected." Alex stood up, surprised to see the girl knocked out.

Almost everyone there was caught by surprise, Jauger sighed, and put his deck away and deactivated his duel disk. The rest of the officers stood on guard, ready for anything. Jauger walked towards the passed out Feraku and knelt down to tap her by the shoulder, Alex stood not to far away, keeping an eye on Lanz, with her whip ready.

"She's out... But I can't tell if it was the darts or not." Jauger said examining Feraku.

[Big Bad Pennar]

as she was tapped on the shoulder, Nos Feraku woke up a little, panting deeply and hoarsely. She wanted to slap Jauger for touching her, but did not find the energy to do so. She hissed a little as she panted and said "Please... do not.. put me.. in [i]that[/i]... wretched suit again.... That alone... had done enough...". She laughed hoarsely and panted more before falling out of consciousness again, she sounded like she could use something to drink...

[ThatPhantomGuy]

Jauger understood what she needed with a genuine concerned look, "Don't worry, you won't be in one of those again." he then signaled Alex, "Give her one of your water capsules. That should get her reenergized."

Alex nodded and walked over to the downed Feraku to give her a small blue capsule. These capsules are filled with water and a special energy protein that works quickly and effectively to cure exhaustion or sleepiness. Jauger stood up and took a step back as Alex gave the prisoner the blue pill.

[Big Bad Pennar]

Nos Feraku then munched down the blue pill, she jumped a little as her eyes widened and her pupils shrunk, her wings and tailfeathers also shrunk until they couldn't be seen, her nails started to grow a little and she started to try to dig into the ground, however, she couldn't even mar the floor before falling asleep. as it turned out, Regular water had also acted similarly to a Tranquilizer to her.

[ThatPhantomGuy]

-Can't do much with Lanz since JtS isn't on...

"S-She's asleep?" Alex asked, surprised that the capsule actually made her fall asleep and not wide awake.

Jauger was just as surprised as her, then let out a sigh, "Well, we can't leave her like this... Alex, take her to an unoccupied office, I'll stay here with Mr. Lanz." he said turning his attention to the 'Ghost', "Once she's up, explain to her our proposal."

Alex nodded and easily scooped up the sleeping Feraku into her arms, as an officer brought to her a D-Wheel. She carefully placed Feraku on it, and rode towards the offices in Mass Eclipse. She'd rather be the one to talk to Lanz, but she knew better than disobey orders. After stopping at the office entrance, Alex soon found an empty office to set Feraku on one of the chairs, she waited for the female prisoner to wake up now.

[Jake the Sage]

[i]"This idiot bird-girl is going to be the end of me,"[/i] Lanz thought with a frown as he watched Feraku pass out once more after being given a water supliment. She had leapt from his Duel Runner, causing it to slam into a wall, haulting it more than the exterior hacking had done, and crashed to the ground before Alex and Jauger caught up; however due to the hacking Jauger was able to explain a bit about himself. Apparently he had [i]information[/i] they wanted to get and didn't want them captured by Celestial Officers . . . this, more than anything, nearly convinced them their story was based on truth, not lies. However his life has again and gain tuahgt him that even the most sincre sounding person can hide astounding lies . . .

"So you want some kind of information [i]I[/i] have do you Mr. Jauger?" Lanz finally said revving his Duel Runner; using the short moment they had been distracted by taking Feraku somewhere to rewire his onboard computer, eliminating the possability of another hacking. Grinning he looked behind them and lowered his stance, as if he was about to speed off, "Then, as I said, I won't go with you . . . no matter how nicely you ask or how much muscle you bring!"

Releasing the brake on his Duel Runner Lanz swurved around and zoomed towards the group off officers. Breaking through before they could even get prepared he laughed before activating a special feature of his Duel Runner, a rarely seen cloaking device, and looked behind him as he speed out of sight he called out, "However Mr. Jauger! Now that I have no more 'attatchments' to weigh me down you've gotto play by MY rules. And before you think about calling the fatman and locking down Mass Eclipse I should warn you, didn't work the first time . . . won't work the second! Wait for me to contact you and then come meet me ALONE if you ever want me to cooperate, got that? If you do anything else I'll know . . . then the deal is off and you'll [i]never[/i] see me again."

Not waiting for the man to answer back Lanz clicked off his Duel Runner screen, stopping the only means of communication Jauger had to him, and raced down the street silently. Passing filled jail cell after filled jail cell he headed towards his most secure hideout in hope that Jauger wouldn't be dumb enough to ignore his threats.

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[Big Bad Pennar]

after a few minutes, Nos Feraku woke up in a daze, she muttered "wait... where in the hell am I? I can't be back [i]there[/i] right now" opposed to the bright green surroundings in the office, she had seen she was in a very familiar cave, though it was all a haluccination to her. after a few seconds of hallucinating, she came back to her senses and saw Alex, she blushed and said "Did i say something or was that me?"....

[encapturer]

"Since you challenged me," The large man said, while drawing his six cards, "Obviously I'll go first. [I]Obviously[/I]" As it stood, Nera had no idea how his white T-shirt can withstand being stretched to almost being unrecognizable. Clearly looking at him for the first time, she saw exactly how intimidating he was, like a classic rowdy-type. The torn jeans, shaved head, and worn footwear just completed the look. And of course, his voice... was really loud.

"Yeah Oscar!" a voice called out from the nearby crowd. "Teach her a lesson!" Nera could not help but wonder if all of the people here were followers of this... Oscar person. If that was the case, she pitied them. Yet, she stayed silent and did not respond.

"Quiet? After everything you said? Boring," Oscar said. "I'll still stomp you into the ground. I summon [!!!]Goblin ATTACK Force!!!" As he slammed the card onto the duel disk, the small goblin army materialized onto the field, each one looking more like a thug than the last. And yet, Nera did not waver, in spite of Oscar's loud showboating. "Hmph, I'll place ONE card facedown then, and end my turn." Oscar said, grinning wickedly.

Field:
[code]
OSCAR: 4 Cards, 4000LP
OSCAR: [---][---][F*D][---][---]
OSCAR: [---][---][GAF][---][---]
NERA: [---][---][---][---][---]
NERA: [---][---][---][---][---]
NERA: 5 Cards, 4000LP
[/code]

"2300 Attack on the first turn? Oscar's got this one bagged already," another voice said, coming from the croud.

Instead of reacting to that insanely idiotic comment, Nera drew her sixth card, and gently placed it onto the duel disk. "Come forth, [url="http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9994/159873.jpg"]Aschen Brödel[/url]!" And with that, the taciturn robotic woman appeared on Nera's field.

"Aschen, attack Goblin Attack Force." The woman dived into the mob of goblins, despite only having 1700 Attack points. They soon began overpowering her, surrounding her and beating down on her with their clubs. As a result, Nera lost 600 Life Points.

All Oscar could do was laugh. "HAHAHA! Have you gone MAD? Your woman will surely be destroyed-"

Oscar was cut off mid-sentence as smoke began to erupt from the mob of goblins as they all were flung outward from the center, where Aschen was supposedly at. It was coming from android, who apparently shed off the green portions of her bodysuit. Once she jumped back to her original field position, it was clear that it was like she was a different card. No longer stoic, she was smiling, and bouncing about like a hyperactive teen.

"Once per turn, when Aschen would be destroyed by battle, her Code DTD - Dust To Dust activates, allowing her mechanical body to be pushed beyond its limits." Nera explained, smiling. There was no doubt about it, she was going to win.

"Confident, aren't we?" Oscar asked, leering at Nera. "Why don't we raise the stakes, then. I'll bet ALL FORTY-NINE of my tokens, and you'll bet everything you have. I don't care even if all you have is those three, so what do you say?"

The crowd began murmur, but Nera's sharp response shut them up. "I refuse."

"Scared? Think you might... die?" Oscar replied. It was quite obvious that he was taunting her.

"I already told you. No one deserves to die like this. Not even you." Nera replied, while placing a trap card facedown onto the field. "It's your turn."


Field:
[code]
OSCAR: 4 Cards, 4000LP
OSCAR: [---][---][F*D][---][---]
OSCAR: [---][---][GAF][---][---]
NERA: [---][---][ASC][---][---]
NERA: [---][---][F*D][---][---]
NERA: 4 Cards, 3400LP
[/code]

"You're already down 600 life and you STILL talk like that?" Oscar said, before returning to the game. "MY DRAW!" A quick glance at his hand and he already knew what he was going to do. "I summon [!!!]Mist ARCHFIEND!!!" Once again forcefully slapping the card down on his disk, the duel disk responded by materializing the monster onto the field. "I then play [!!!]BANNER of COURAGE!!" Just as before, a representation of the card appeared on the battlefield, this time as a man holding up a flag. "Now, Goblin Attack Force... ATTACKS!!"

Once again the goblins surrounded Aschen, and once again they were blasted away by her Code DTD effect, increasing the android's attack to 2300, while Nera lost another 500 life points. Nera knew Aschen would be destroyed, but took comfort that she had the means to bring her back if need be. At least those goblins were now exhausted, and retreated to their very vulnerable defense position.

"Mist Archfiend, ATTACK! Then BEGONE!" The crowd went crazy as they the gaseous monster destroyed Aschen Brödel now that the monster was vulnerable. To make things worse, Oscar's hidden card was revealed to be [!!!]Begone Knave!, which sent the Mist Archfiend back to Oscar's hand, circumventing its negative effect since it was able to deal 300 more points of damage to Nera's lifepoints in the process. "AND NOW, I end my turn."


Field:
[code]
OSCAR: 4 Cards, 4000LP
OSCAR: [---][BOC][BK!][---][---]
OSCAR: [---][---]<GAF>[---][---]
NERA: [---][---][---][---][---]
NERA: [---][---][F*D][---][---]
NERA: 4 Cards, 2600LP, 1 grave
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With Oscar's power play he was able to get the crowd excited, which frustrated Nera to no end. Why were they following after him, anyway? She had no time to ponder such questions, as it was now her own turn. Fortunately, her next card will help even things out.

"Come forth, [url="http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8103/159873n.jpg"]Suzuka-hime[/url]!" The oni princess appeared onto the field, supported by her large blue robot with more guns than a person has fingers. And toes. "Then I activate my spell card, [url="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4852/159873l.jpg"]Drink Me![/url], bringing Aschen Brödel back to the field." The spell card appeared in the spell zone, which was soon replaced by Aschen's card, and then her holographic image. "Suzuka, attack Goblin Attack Force." Suzuka began dancing all of a sudden, and as if it was the signal to attack, the robot, Jyaki-GUN-Oh, laid waste to the goblins with its shoulder mounted guns. "I end my turn."

Field:
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OSCAR: 4 Cards, 4000LP, 1 Grave
OSCAR: [---][BOC][BK!][---][---]
OSCAR: [---][---][---][---][---]
NERA: [---][---][SUZ][---][---]
NERA: [---][ASC][F*D][---][---]
NERA: 3 Cards, 2600LP, 1 Grave
[/code]

The crowd was all surprised at the fact that Aschen was back in play... as a spell card. Already people win the crowd were comparing Nera's deck to Crystal Beasts and other things, and got them interested in the duel besides wanting to see Oscar destroy someone. Oscar seemed to sense this, and spoke his displeasure.

"You think your deck is special, huh?" Oscar said. "I'll CRUSH you RIGHT HERE. I DRAW!" His movement during draws and card plays werer even more exaggerated now. "Return to me, Mist ARCHFIEND!! And attack that SUZUKA-HIME!" No sooner than the archfiend appeared on the field, it raced over to attack the oni and her robot.

"I activate my trap card, [url="http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/9994/159873.jpg"]Support Defend[/url]! By paying 500 Life Points, I can switch Suzuka with Aschen, and have her take the blow instead!" The android lept into the monster zones while the oni princess and her robot retreated to the rear. Aschen blocked the hit, causing the green portions of her body suit to go flying off her body. "And since your monster is so strong, Code DTD activates, increasing Aschen's attack, and leaving her unscathed." Nera then smiled for the second time since the duel began. "You know what happens next, right?"

Mist Archfiend let out a loud wailing as it dissolved into a sickly green mist, which seemed to affect Oscar, as he lost 1000 life points. Even so, Oscar still seemed ready to fight. "A minor setback, that's all. I end my turn."

Field:
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OSCAR: 4 Cards, 3000LP, 2 Grave
OSCAR: [---][BOC][BK!][---][---]
OSCAR: [---][---][---][---][---]
NERA: [---][---]<ASC>[---][---]
NERA: [---][SUZ][SDF][---][---]
NERA: 3 Cards, 2600LP, 1 Grave
[/code]

[ThatPhantomGuy]

Jauger sighed deeply as Lanz sped off, he certainly wants things to go his way and by his rules. Jauger could have told him that they'll just kill Feraku since he's being such a bother, but Lanz cut off all communications. The Ghost of Mass Eclipse is too confident for his own good, he obviously hasn't heard of Eclipse's new operations, it could prove to be his undoing.

"Poor boy," Jauger said, "probably can't reason well since he's been in here so long..."

It really didn't matter to Jauger what Lanz does, as long as he cooperates by giving him the information he needs. Even then, if he can't get the info, it's not like he'll lose anything either.


[Location: Mass Eclipse, Unknown Office]

Alex saw that Feraku finally woke up, she put down the small book that she was reading. But Feraku was haluccinating for a couple of minutes before she actually came to her senses.

"Not really..." Alex answered Feraku's question, "You were hallucinating for a bit."

Alex noted that she was blushing, maybe Feraku had something secret she didn't want discovered...

[Super Chaos Sonic]

Lan had finally returned back to his cell after talking with Olivia. He then smirked and pulled out his deck known as 'Birth By Sleep' and he secondary deck, he nicknamed 'Dragon's Escape'. He looked at both of them and said,"When this starts, me and Birth By Sleep are going to run into this tournament with everything we got. And if I can't win with that, then my Dragon's Escape will help me out." Then put his decks away and then laid on his small mattress in the cell. Lan stared at the ceiling and smirked as he said to himself,"Alright me and Olivia...no matter what happens, we'll help each other out."