Disclaimer/Author's Note:
…Wait a second…omigod…I DON'T NEED A DISCLAIMER FOR THIS CHAPTER!!! (If I do, it'll be at the end)
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Explanation of Complicated Themes
Well, now that we're almost at chapter 10, I think I have some explaining to do. First of all, the phase thingies. The moon has eight phases, which are in a loop-new moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, third quarter, waning crescent, and back to new moon. A crescent is…a…crescent…a gibbous is what you see when you say 'Hey look, it's almost a half moon!' or 'Hey look, it's almost a full moon!" Waxing is leading up to the full moon, waning is leading up to the new moon. Although technically, everything is leading up to everything else…
About eclipses. In either eclipse, there are zones of light called umbras and penumbras. The umbra is the part of the shadow that casts the planet (or moon) in complete darkness. The penumbra is only partial darkness. Think of it this way…the umbras make the obstruction look like a scoop of ice cream on a cone, which is the umbra. The penumbras are the two triangles on either side of the cone that make the darkness a rectangle from one body to the next. I actually can't verify this information without digging up my 8th grade science material…which I don't want to do. If you want to learn more, there's stuff on the net. By the way, that's where 'Umbra' from Umbra and Lumis come from. Although Lumis would be better named 'Corona'…whatever.
The island has eight stages. It's not like a cone…more like a wedding cake. Each level is significantly lower than the next. And larger in diameter. So it's like level 1 is at sea level, 10 miles in diameter. Level 2 is maybe half a mile above sea level, 9 miles in diameter. I'm not saying that's what it is…just that that's the general idea.
Due to (not) popular demand, I will admit that, yes, the millennium items and the god cards do make appearances in the story. Well…more than that…More to come at the 20 review mark. And if you can land yourself in my list of favored few, you'll get the whole scoop. Mystic did. Hehehe…more news might come as soon as the next chapter…I mean jeez, how are Adriel, Aldrai, and Mystic supposed to win the items with only 3 stages left?! Well…yeah…
About the theme and my story's relationship to the real YuGiOh…it's not too long after the true show, but the holders of the millennium items decided that the world should forget about Egypt's dark secrets…and they sealed everything away in the shadow realm and cast a spell to make the world forget. So how did the relics resurface? Accidents happen, folks. A spell of that magnitude is bound to rupture the barriers between realms…you'll see…
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Author's Note
Look what I went and did…I need a disclaimer!!! I own pretty much nothing…but if you review I'm sure I can find a store that converts reviews into cash!!! Pleeeeeaaaaassssseeee??? Hope this little chappie helped.
