Welcome one and all to the second chapter of Queen Of Card Games. In this chapter, you'll be getting a taste of how my co-author and I write duels. We will be going by the official rules of the game (i.e. Sacrifice monsters to summon stronger ones) and stuff like that. Hope you all enjoy, and remember to leave a review at the end and also check out my co-author's profile at Moheart7. With that all said, it's time to duel!
"Pacifica, it's time to duel!" Star said in a commanding and confident voice.
Needless to say, this change in Star's personality and appearance surprised both Pacifica and Star's friends. However, Pacifica put on a strong face as she stared down this new Star.
"If it's a duel you want, Butterfly, then it's a duel you'll get."
"Star, are you sure about this? She managed to beat Marco of all people," Janna said with worry evident in her voice.
"Janna, leave Pacifica to me, you take Marco and take him to the hospital," Star said, her voice stern.
"Star," Marco groaned as he tried to adjust himself to look up at his best friend.
"What is it, Marco?" Star asked, kneeling down to talk to him.
Marco reached into his pockets, taking out a deck of Duel Monsters cards and giving it to Star.
"Star, I created this deck with all that I have. I made it to be almost unbeatable. I put my heart and soul into this deck, and I want you to use it," He said weakly.
Upon seeing the look of confidence Marco still had despite his weakened state, Star couldn't help but smile as she accepted this new deck, grasping it in her hand with pride as she once again turned to Pacifica.
"Marco," she said, her gaze never leaving Pacifica's smirking face. "I'll be more than proud to use this deck, if only because it came from you."
Hearing this, Marco too put on a small smile as Janna lifted him to his feet, supporting the boy's weight as she slung his arm over her shoulders. Of course that was when Pacifica decided to ruin the moment.
"Cute," she sneered. "But a new deck won't be much help if you're playing against me. Trust me when I say you have never had a duel like the one we're about to have."
At those words, the blond began to turn away into the open doorway, not even bothering to turn her head as she proceeded to walk into the next room.
"We shall have our duel in here," she said. "Don't keep me waiting."
"Trust me, I won't," Star said in a low tone, following Pacifica into the other room as Janna and Marco reached the elevator.
Inside the other room, Star was surprised at the site before her. The room looked like some kind of stadium with rows upon rows of seats surrounding the large duel arena in the center of the room. The arena consisted of two stations for the players to stand while in front of the stations was a large field covered in what looked like solar panels.
Pacifica was already standing on the opposite side of the field from where the door was, waiting impatiently for Star to take her place on her side of the arena.
"Well come on, Butterfly, we don't have all night," She said in a taunting voice, making Star clench her fist in anger at the girl's attitude.
Once Star had taken her place on the opposite side of the field, her mind couldn't help but burn with questions.
"Kinda large a space for a simple card game isn't it?" she asked, earning a small chuckle from her opponent.
"You like it?" she replied. "I've had the finest engineers build it for me as per my instruction, another thing I am certainly proud of is my ingenuity..."
"Save the ego trip for another time, Northwest!" Star snapped, eager to start the duel. "Just tell me what it is we have to do here."
This of course, earned another chuckle.
"My, my, impatient, aren't we?" Pacifica sneered. "Well if your so eager to lose, then allow me to explain the situation. What you find yourself in is what's known as a virtual field, the game will play out as normal, but while on this field, I think you'll find it adds a bit more life than a regular duel. We'll each start at 4000 Life points, first one to hit zero loses. Clear so far?"
"Crystal," Star answered, though still a little unsure of how the arena worked. Both duelists shuffled their decks before they placed them to the right of their platforms.
"As you have said before, Butterfly; it's time to duel," Pacifica said as they both drew five cards each, "I'll go first so I can show you just what this arena is capable of. I summon the Hitotsu-Me Giant in Attack Mode!" (4) She said, placing down a face-up card.
To Star's confusion, a light shone on the field and, to her amazement, the card materialized on the field. The monster before her was a large beast that looked like a green cyclops with sharp teeth and powerful muscles.
Hitotsu-Me Giant (ATK: 1200, DEF: 1000)
"What kind of sorcery is this?!" Star exclaimed in utter shock of the monster now standing before her.
"Sorcery that is officially known as Science to someone with half a brain cell," Pacifica mocked. "What you are seeing is but an example of what this virtual field can do. As you can see, one of the many properties of this arena is the ability to created life-like holograms of each monster on the field. You can only imagine the reaction I got when the boy with a thousand insecurities faced me for that Blue Eyes of his."
'So THAT'S why Marco looked in such a terrible state when me and Janna found him. He wasn't just playing a card game, he was practically battling real monsters!' With this fact in mind, Star's glare hardened and she drew a card from her deck. (6)
"Well then, if THIS is how we're going to play then I guess I have no choice but to go along with it," she declared, smiling as she looked upon the card she drew. "For my turn I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode! (5)
Big Shield Gardna (ATK:100 DEF: 2600)
"I also place one card face down and end it there," (4) Star continued, placing down one other card as a hologram of the same face-down appeared just behind her monster. "I may be the one to start the attack, but even I know when to bide my time. I wanna see just how good you actually are before I take you down."
Pacifica couldn't help but frown at that, almost feeling like somehow she was being mocked by Star's words.
"Fine then, I'll show you just how good a player I can be," Pacifica said with a scowl as she drew her card and smirked at what she drew. (5)
"I sacrifice my Hitotsu-Me Giant to summon Swordstalker in Attack Mode!" She proclaimed, taking her card off the field and replacing it with what looked to be a black demon with a large, sharp scimitar in it clawed hands. (4)
Swordstalker (ATK: 2000, DEF: 1600)
"Then I'll place one card face down and end my turn," Pacifica finished, placing one card down in the Spell/Trap Zone, the card appearing on the field. (3)
"It seems we're still stuck in a stalemate, Butterfly," Pacifica said.
"Not for long, Pacifica," Star answered as she drew a card from Marco's deck and was confused by the weak card she drew. (5) The card portrayed some kind of orange right arm with a shackle attached to its wrist. The card read was incredibly weak, with an attack power of a mere 200 Attack Points.
'This card won't do me any good, I'll have to use one of my other cards,' She thought.
Thankfully the card she needed was already on the field waiting for her to use.
"I begin my turn by switching my Gardna to Attack mode," Star declared, switching her monster's position and earning herself a laugh from her opponent.
"Ha! Big mistake, Butterfly!" she giggled. "Even if it wasn't my turn you just put you're own monster at risk of an easy attack.
However, Star merely smirked at that remark.
"Oh I wouldn't say that. I activate my face-down!" Star declared, flipping over her hidden spell card. "Shield and Sword! With it I switch the ATK and DEF of my Gardna, attack your Swordstalker, and send it to oblivion!"
Big Shield Gardna (ATK:100 DEF: 2600 - ATK:2600 DEF: 100)
As soon as Star declared her attack, Pacifica could only watch in shock as her monster was bludgeoned and destroyed by her Gardna's giant sheild, thus lowering her own life points
PACIFICA'S LP: 4000 - 3400
"I know I can't switch again until my next turn, but until then I'll just lay down another face-down and end my turn," Star concluded, placing another card into her spell/trap zone. (4)
"You'll pay for that, Butterfly!" Pacifica exclaimed, angry that Star was the one to draw first blood. Drawing her card from her deck (4), she smirked at her card.
"I summon La Jinn The Mystical Genie of The Lamp in Attack mode!" She proclaimed, placing the card on the field, summoning a green genie wearing a gold armband and wearing a blue and red hat on its scalp with a ghost-like tail where its legs would be. (3)
La Jinn The Mystical Genie of The Lamp (ATK: 1800, DEF: 1000)
"I also activate my spell card: Double Summon, allowing me to summon an extra monster to the field; and I summon Battle Ox in Attack mode." She continued, placing the card and summoning a large Minotaur-like monster with a curved sword and wearing red and yellow armor. (1)
Battle Ox (ATK: 1700, DEF: 1000)
"And now, La Jinn, destroy her Big Shield Gardna!"
"Not so fast, Pacifica! I activate my trap card: Negate Attack, stopping your attack and ending your Battle Phase!" Star proclaimed, activating her face down card, creating a purple wormhole that absorbed La Jinn's attack.
Pacifica was now fuming at Star's last move before looking down at the last card in her hand.
"I activate Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards from my deck," She said, drawing her cards and smiled at what she got, "I'll end my turn there." (2)
"Alright then," Star replied with a smirk, drawing her next card (5) and looking at with a look of concern. "What the...?"
But of course the card she did draw wasn't going to help her at the moment, in fact it's presence mereley confused her. This time, she drew a card that portrayed some kind of orange left leg with a shackle attached to the ankle, and just like the previous card she drew had an attack power of a mere 200 Attack Points. Staring down at the card, Star couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Another one of these cards?" she muttered. "Just what exactly did you put in this deck, Marco?"
"Hey, Butterfly!" Pacfica snapped, growing ever more impatient. "Are you going to make a move or are you just going to mutter to yourself!?"
Realizing that she was taking too long, Star quickly regained her composure and proceeded to look at the remaining cards in her hand, luckily she didn't need the card she drew, for she saw the very next one she needed.
"If you're starting to get impatient, Pacifica, then allow me to give you a good show to make up for it," she declared. "Since you're up for bringing out new monsters onto the field, allow me to bring out my own. I sacrifice my Big Shield Gardna in order to summon the one and only Summoned Skull!" (4)
And just like that, the second Star slammed the card down onto her console, the hologram of Big Shield Garda burst into an abyss of dark, purple flames, and in it's place was a large, muscular creature with skeletal armor.
Summoned Skull (ATK: 2500 DEF: 1200)
"Now, Summoned Skull, destroy her La Jinn! Lightning Strike!" Star exclaimed as the skeletal demon before her put its hands together as lightning coursed throughout its body and fired it at the green genie. However, Pacifica had a smirk on her face as she flipped over her face-down card.
"I activate Shadow Spell, lowering your monster's Attack Points by 700 (Summoned Skull, ATK:2500-1800), destroying both our monsters," She said as the card flipped over and a series of chains sprung out from the card, wrapping themselves around Summoned Skull as its lightning struck La Jinn, destroying both monsters in an explosion of pixels.
"No! Summoned Skull!" Star cried at the destruction of one of Marco's best cards. Steeling herself, she locked eyes with Pacifica, "I activate my spell card Swords of Revealing Light and end my turn," She said, placing her card down and ending her turn. (3)
Needless to say, Pacifica couldn't help but smirk in delight as she watched Star's face twist with frustration.
"Oh, what's the matter, Butterfly?" she asked mockingly, "What happened to all that confidence."
Star growled at that.
"Oh it's still there, Pacifica," she stated sternly. "rest assured, I won't be brought down by any card you may have, nor any of your smart remarks."
"Oh really?" Pacifica replied. "Granted your swords won't allow me to attack, but I can bide my time, and until such a time, I CAN attack, I'll just relish in watching you squirm after seeing my OTHER moves."
At those words, Pacfica drew her card, her smirk widening as she saw which card it was.
"And I think I'll start out by playing THIS!" she declared, slamming her card on the field. "I activate the spell card, Spell Absorbtion! With this on the field, every time you activate any more spell cards, I gain 500 life points."
Of course Star wasn't too happy with that little fact.
"You sly little..." she tried to say.
"No interruptions please," Pacifia said, cutting her off. "I also place one moster face-down on the field and end my turn." (0)
'What is she doing?' Star thought to herself. 'That move just cost her entire hand, whatever she's planning, it can't be good.'
Shaking this thought, Star decided to draw her next card (4), and this time it was something useful: The Giant Soldier of Stone.
'This should help me keep up a good defense until I can summon a more powerful monster,' She thought before placing it in face-down Defense position. (3)
"I'll end my turn there, Pacifica," She said as Pacifica drew her card and grinned.
"I activate another Pot of Greed," She said, placing the card down and drawing two more cards and she grinned evilly at what she drew, "I now activate my spell card, 'Ancient Rules' to summon forth Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" (0)
She then slammed down the card onto the console and out from the light on the field came the giant blue-eyed beast, roaring so loud it made Star cover her ears from the pain. Star couldn't believe her eyes. Pacifica had a Blue-Eyes White Dragon of her own!
Blue-Eyes White Dragon (ATK: 3000, DEF: 2500)
"No frigging way!" Star gasped, eyeing the dragon with a mixture of awe and fear. "B... but how...?"
"Did you really think that little Marco was the ONLY one with a Blue-Eyes in his collection?" Pacifica mocked. "I told you I was a collector of Duel Monsters, and this bad boy is the golden crown of MY collection."
This was bad, VERY bad, had it not been for Star's Swords of Revealing Light, she would have lost by now. With no monsters on the field and two of the cards in her hand being all but useless, Pacifica had put her in an incredibly tight spot. Granted, Giant Soldier of Stone might be good for defense, but even he didn't have enough Defense points to last against the Blue-Eye's Attack points. At this point, Star's only hope was in her next draw phase.
"So do you see how pointless your attempts are yet?" Pacifica continued. "Even if you can place another monster on the field, they have little to no chance against MY monster's power."
'She's right,' Star thought in fear, 'I only have a couple of useful cards at the moment, but all that will do is slow her down. But I've gotta try.' She thought as she drew her new card and it was something useful. (4)
"Well? I'm waiting, Butterfly."
"I place one card face down and then activate my spell card, Heart of The Underdog. (2) With this card, I can draw an extra card whenever I draw a normal monster card," She explained, "I'll end my turn there."
"Fine then," Pacifica said, though having a somewhat worried look.
'What could she be planning with that face-down card? Is it a trap?' She thought as she drew her new card and her look of worry turned to another evil grin.
"I activate my spell card Melody of Awakening Dragon, allowing me to draw two Dragon-Type monsters from my deck with 3000 or more Attack points from my deck," She said, drawing the two cards from her deck.
"Wait, 3000 Attack points? Only one kind of card has that kind of attack strength," Star said.
"Very perceptive, Star," She said with a smirk, "I now sacrifice my Battle Ox and face-down card to summon forth my second Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" (1)
And just like that, in another flash of light, a second dragon appeared on the field, one that was just as large and ferocious as the first. Thankfully, with Swords of Revealing Light still in play for at least one more turn, Star had a chance to draw a good card to use. Unfortunately, Pacifica had to spoil her mood once again.
"Oh and before we forget," she said. "Since two Spell cards had been activated. I now gain 500 points for each thanks to Spell Absorption"
Pacifica LP: 3400 - 4400
Now Star was REALLY beginning to get ticked off, even if she didn't use any monsters, that Spell card was going to raise Pacifica's Life points every time she used a Spell. This was certainly going to be a challenge even by Star's standards.
"My move!" she declared, drawing another card. (3) "I drew a normal card, meaning I can draw another card from my deck,"(4) She said, drawing another card and smiling at what she got.
"I activate my spell card Monster Reborn, and I use it to bring back your La Jinn," (3) She said, placing the card on the field and bringing Pacifica's genie back from the Card Graveyard.
But of course this move only made Pacifica laugh out loud.
"Is THAT it!?" she cackled, "Did you forget that I still have Spell Absorption in play? I just gained yet another 500 Life Points from that card. (Pacifica's Life Points: 3400-3900) What's more, you brought back one of my weaker monsters. What do you plan to do with that anyway?"
"Summon my strongest monster, that's what," She said, surprising Pacifica, "I summon the Dark Magician in Attack Mode!" (2) She exclaimed, slamming the card onto the table. Suddenly, Star's face-down Giant Soldier of Stone and La Jinn disappeared in a whirlwind and was replaced by a tall man with long, purple hair and wearing a purple robe with purple armor over it, wielding a long purple staff.
Dark Magician (ATK: 2500, DEF: 2100)
However, this only made Pacifica laugh yet again.
"Oh please, do you really think you can beat me with Dark Magician?! He's nowhere close to my Blue-Eyes' strength! Face it, after one more turn you and your pathetic cards will be sent to oblivion!"
"We'll just see about that!" Star snapped, ending her turn.
"My move," Pacifica said, drawing another card. (2) "And since I'm feeling so merciful, I'll simply skip this turn and allow you the opportunity to lay down YOUR last attempt at a good defense, after all with two Blue Eyes on the field, what chance do you really have?"
Now Pacifica was beginning to get cocky, then again who could blame her given the two cards on her field, still that gave Star all the confidence she needed when drawing her next card. Even as her Swords of revealing light finally dispersed into nothing, she still kept her grin, which grew upon seing the new card she drew.
"Oh I'm not leaving the game just yet!" she declared, flipping her card over. "I activate my second Swords of Revealing light!"
Upon seeing her monsters once again halted, Pacifica couldn't help but roll her eyes.
"Pathetic," she said, almost in a bored tone. "You're so desperate that you're now grasping at straws just for a good card. But you're only delaying the inevitable, Butterfly, and which each turn I grow stronger, and speaking of which...
Pacifica LP: 4900-5400
"Seriously, how long are you planning to keep this up?"
"As long as it takes, Pacifica," Star replied stoically.
Pacifica then drew another card (3) and smirked once again.
"I activate Ancient Rules to summon forth my final Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" (1) She proclaimed, slamming the first card down and summoning her third dragon. Star couldn't help but gasp at this.
"You have all three other Blue-Eyes White Dragons?! Wait. Of course. You only wanted Marco's Blue-Eyes just so it couldn't be used against you!"
"Well, yes AND no," Pacifica answered with a casual shrug. "Granted the idea of a Blue Eyes being used against me was a little unnerving, but the fact that a weakling like Marco Diaz has one, only makes me sick to my stomach. If anything I did the gaming world a favor when I tore up that card."
THAT was the final straw! If Star had the power, she would have jumped over the field and given Pacifica a good slap in the face for what she had just said. In the meantime, she will simply have to make do with what she can get on her next draw.
"Alright, you asked for it!" she snapped, gazing upon the card she drew and deciding to play something else. "I drew another normal card, meaning I can draw another card!"
As soon as that card was activated, Star then drew yet another card, and thankfully since it was already in play, it didn't give Pacifica any more Life Points with Spell Absorption. To her dismay, the second card she drew was just as useless as the last.
'ANOTHER arm and leg!' Star thought confusingly, seeing the resemblance to the two cards she already had in her hand. 'Just what kind of deck did Marco give me?'
NO! She can't loose hope now! Marco gave her this deck for a reason, and there was no way that she was going to loose faith in her friend's abilities now. Still, given her options, she only had one other move to make at this point.
"I drew a second normal, so I draw again," She said and drew a spell card, thus ending her draw phase, (5) "I activate my Spell Card," Star declared, placing it on the field. "Magician's Scepter! Giving my Dark Magician a 500 point boost!"
Dark Magician (ATK: 2500, DEF: 2100 - ATK: 3000 DEF: 2100)
Not much in the long run, but at least when Pacifica's Dragon does finally attack, she'd be able to take at least one with her.
Unfortunately, that activated Spell Absorption once again, adding to Pacifica's Life Points.
Pacifica's Life Points: 5400-5900
'Why does Marco have these weak cards in his deck?' Star though, 'All they are are arms and legs. They're like pieces of a puzzle,' That's when it hit her, "That's it! They're separate pieces that make up a whole! But when in Duel Monsters are cards like a puzzle?' She asked herself when she suddenly remembered a conversation that she and Marco once had at his dad's game shop.
-Flashback-
"Exodia?" Star asked, raising an eyebrow as she took a break from search for new cards.
"Yeah, my dad told me that it's this super rare monster that can never be beaten," Marco explained, bringing Star's purchase to the front desk. "I heard that once it's on the field, the game is basically over."
"Wow, sounds like one awesome card," Star commented with an impressed tone.
But Marco only shook his head at that.
"Ah, see now, THAT'S the catch," he stated, instantly confusing his student. "It's not one card, it's FIVE! And the monster can only be summoned if the player manages to draw all five. Unfortunately since those cards are so rare, no one to this day has EVER been able to summon Exodia. But if they did... BAM! Game over."
But impressive speech aside, Star was still a little skeptical.
"You sure such a monster even exists?" she asked. "I mean, no offence to your Dad, but I can't say I've ever heard of such a thing."
But alas Marco merely smiled.
"Believe what you like, Star, but one thing is for sure..." he said. "Should that monster ever be fully assembled in someone's deck, I'd prefer that someone to be you."
-End Flashback-
'That's what I have to do! I have to get the last piece of Exodia to defeat her!' Star thought as she ended her turn.
Pacifica then drew her next card and smirked (2), "I place one card face down and end my turn," She said, placing a card in the Spell/Trap Zone.
Just before Star drew her next card however, Pacifica spoke once again, "I activate my trap card, Magic Jammer! This card allows me to disable any magic card on the field, and I choose your Swords Of Revealing Light!" She exclaimed as the card flipped over, showing a magic seal with purple mist emanating from it. The mist came out of the card and surrounded the magic swords before destroying them. Star was worried now. Without her Swords, all she had was her Dark Magician as a last defense, and that will only last her one attack. She was starting to lose faith. She began to drift inward into her mind as she started to think hopeless thoughts.
'I can't do it. I can't beat her,' She thought hopelessly.
"Are you really going to give up so easily, Star?" Came a voice from behind her.
The second she heard that familiar voice, Star could practically feel her heart jump right into her throat. Snapping her head around, she saw none other than the image of her best friend and mentor.
"Marco!?" she gasped, seeing the smiling face of her friend only for her own expression to change into a look of fear a second later. "Oh my god! Why am I seeing your ghost!? You died at the hospital, didn't you!?"
"What!? No!" Marco's image said, almost looking insulted when she said that. "Listen, sometimes when the game looks it's most bleakest, THAT's when you draw that one card that can turn it all around. Just remember to believe in The Heart of The Cards, K? And remember that your friends will be supporting you all the way."
And just like that, Marco's image disappeared and Star found herself snapping back into reality.
'Believe in the Heart of The Cards?' She asked herself as she took a deep breath and put her hand over her deck, ready to draw.
"Draw your last pathetic card so that I can end this, Star," Pacifica said with a smirk.
"Marco's deck has no pathetic cards, Pacifica. But what it does have," She said, flipping over the card she drew with a smile on her face, "Is the unstoppable Exodia!" She exclaimed.
Pacifica's eyes went wide when she saw the card in Star's hand, "What!" She exclaimed in utter shock, "No one's ever been able to summon Exodia!"
"Well I have, Northwest, and I put all the cards in the right place," Star said after placing the cards down in the right order. Suddenly, a magic seal appeared in front of Star. The seal turned clockwise before stopping. Suddenly, out from the seal came a giant monster wearing a pharaoh's crown and an ankh necklace. It was so huge that it dwarfed Pacifica's Blue-Eyes.
"And now, Exodia, OBLITERATE!" Star exclaimed as the monster brought its hands together, creating a ball of orange energy, almost like a small sun. It then pointed its arm forward, firing a large beam of energy, wiping out Pacifica's entire side of the field and her Life Points.
Pacifica's Life Points: 5900-0
After that, every hologram faded into nothing and the lights in the stadium turned back on, revealing a baffled Pacifica Northwest, who at this point had been brought to her knees in utter shock and embarrassment.
"This... this is impossible!" she whimpered. "I can't have lost, I NEVER lose! How could this have happened to me!?"
Hearing this and seeing the whimpering state her opponent was now in, Star couldn't help but feel pity for the girl.
"You play only for power, Pacifica," she stated, causing said girl to look at her with dismay. "THAT is why you lost. If you had been a little more open-minded about the way people play this game, how many would put their heart and soul into it, then maybe you would have had a better chance."
Of course that sentence only made Pacifica all the more angry.
"This isn't over, Butterfly!" she snapped, angrily pointing an accusing finger at the other blond. "You may have won today, but there will be other duels, other monsters, and I won't stop until you are put back in your place beneath me!"
"You say that now, Pacifica, but you would've won this day if you had just opened your mind!" Star said, holding out her hand toward Pacifica as Star's Millennium Puzzle began to glow in a bright, golden light and the eye of the Millennium item appeared on Star's forehead. Suddenly, Pacifica felt an immense chill run down her spine as she felt like a door inside her mind was unlocked by a great key. Suddenly, a great flood of new emotions and feelings washed over her very being. It was like her brain was overloading. This new strain was so much that the rich blonde doubled over onto the board, trying to compensate for these new emotions she felt.
After doing so, the eye on Star's forehead disappeared and the Millennium Puzzle ceased to glow. Star closed her eyes for a moment before reopening them, her eyes back to their original blue color and her hair shortened to its original length.
"I did it, Marco," She said, a smile gracing her gentle face.
-Echo Creek General Hospital-
Marco lay unconscious in his hospital bed, Janna laying by his side, watching over him as he rested. Suddenly, his eyes flickered open and he looked at the ceiling.
"Star did it," was all he said before his face grew into a smile as Janna hugged him in relief that he was okay.
Meanwhile, in a dark room in an undisclosed location, a man in a golden suit with a black bow tie was enjoying a small glass of wine while playing his piano, his short blonde hair shimmering in the faint glow of the candle light. Suddenly a knock on the door caused the strange man to stop playing for a moment.
"Enter," he said, his voice smooth as silk.
At those words, a door opened to his side and another man entered the room.
"Sir, we've just received word about our uncontested champion, Pacifica Northwest," he said. "It would seem that he has been defeated in a duel sir, by someone named... Star Butterfly."
Hearing this the man smiled and raised himself from the piano, grasping his cane with delight as he turned towards his subbordinate, the eye-patch over his left eye in full view.
"Make our usual preparations, Klein," he instructed. "We have some work to do..."
And that concludes the second chapter of Queen Of Card Games! Hope you all enjoyed the chapter and the way myself and Moheart7 wrote the duel. Who is this mysterious one-eyed man? Why does he wear the eye patch? And what does he have planned for our heroine? Find out next time on Queen of Card Games!
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