Snack Time!

/"Why didn't the chicken cross the threshold?"/

Jake and his buddies were walking down the block to a Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament going on somewhere in San Fransisco. Their hotel was only a few miles from the convention hall, so they'd skipped breakfast to get an early start. There would most likely be food for sale at the tournament, though it'd be way expensive so they'd packed some goodies to sneak in to lessen the damage.

So onward they trekked, leaving a trail of mountain dew, red bull and empty booster packs when a strange hooded man stepped into their path. "What the hell, I thought this was a Yu-Gi-Oh! convention, so what's with the Organization 13 wannabe?" "FOOL! You know not of what you speak! Now-" "Excuse me?" "Eergh! Now step forward and duel so that I may claim your soul!" "Soul? What, now he's a Bleach poser? Hey dude, you're supposed to wear a kimono-thing, not a cloak and cape-ish getup." "This victory will hardly be worthy of my skill! Now prepare to lose your soul!" "Huh? What the hell is THAT?!" "Dude what's going on?!" "Yeah, the ground's glowing!" "What is that, like a... star of David?" "This is the Seal of Orichalcos. No one shall leave until the duel is over and none shall enter. Only the victor will be freed and the loser's soul will be forev-" "Ok, ok, whatever dude, let's just do this! Either way, we'll be done in a sec and we can get on with the convention."

Duel commences and proceeds to drag on and on and on...

"You are indeed a skilled oppo-" "Duuude, this is taking forEVER!" "Seriously man, I'm starving!" "Jake, you should take a snack break!" "Sweet idea man. Hey, we're gonna take 5 so..." "A snack break?! Your very soul-" "OUR 'souls'." "-is on the line and you want to take a snack break? Fine, but you seem to have foregotten of my seal..." "What, you're fancy light show? Nice trick but whatever, we'll be bac- Oof! What the hell?!" "Dude, we can't get in either!" "This is kinda borderline freaky... erm... wait, LIGHTBULB! We'll just have to have lunch here!" "Whatever do you mean?" "James! Toss me your chicken sandwich!" "What?! Not my-" "Just do it man!"

He does and the meat splats against the shield and slides to the dirt, while the bread and lettuce come through.

"What the-... hmm... ooOooh! Nothing with a soul can cross, and chickens have souls (well sorta) while bread and lettuce don't, soo... Toss me some cheetos then, or a twinkie or something!"

They toss some assorted junk foods through the shield and proceed with lunch. The duel continued a few minutes later and continued for a while longer, until both players were out of cards.

"A tie! I never lose a duel!" "Too bad weirdo! Looks like your lightshows over too. Except now we're late for sign ups so we gotta book it outta here. See yuh!" The group runs off towards the tournament, leaving the furious hooded man in the street. "Feh! My master has more important targets for me anyway!" he says as he turns towards a geeky cosplayer dressed as Yugi, just before being hit headlong by two short kids. :sigh: He was going to take someone's soul and two instead of one was looking really good right now. The dino/insect duo got up as Jake's group dissappeared into the distance.