As Melissa looked at her dueling opponent, she almost felt... Calm, despite her earlier nervousness. She drew her hand while her opponent was talking about boringness, but only now looked at it. She gasped.
The cards she was holding were like none that she had ever seen before. They were all Ghostrick cards. "Hey, new deck; could I look at my cards for a minute?"
"No. Play now or forfeit."
Melissa sighed, looked down, and scanned her cards. She saw that Ghostrick Jackfrost could be summoned if was about to take battle damage. "Ok, I'll just end my turn." She called out.
My opponent laughed, then said, "I draw. Then, I attack directly!" Melissa laughed back, and said "I active Ghostrick Jackfrost's ability! I can now summon him into face-down defensive position, then set your monster face down!" She played her Jackfrost, then looked at her hand to check the rest of her new cards.
Every card in her hand started with Ghostrick, she noticed. Her opponent set his monster into its new position, then said, "I end my turn."
Melissa smiled, saying "Good. Now, let me show you how it's really done." She picked a card from her hand and showed its back to her opponent. "This card is a Ghostrick monster. Now, I can't play it normally, unless if I have another face up Ghostrick. Oh! Lookie here." She flipped Frost up. "Now I do! So, say hello to my Ghostrick Jiangshi! Now, neither of them are strong enough to take down that big bad Alexandrite Dragon of yours, but hey, they aren't called Ghos 'trick' for nothing!
"Next I play this card - Swords of Concealing Light! It makes that card to face down. So, my little Jianshi can attack, then so can my Jackfrost! Finally, I can set this card, then their special abilities allows me to flip them back down. So, I think that ends my shenanigans for now."
"About time. How about I wake you up to what REAL dueling is?" Her mystery duelist replied, irritated. He drew his card dramatically, looked at it, then slammed his fist down and yelled "AW, COME ON!"
Melissa couldn't help but bark a laugh. "So, how is that real-dueling thing working out for you?" Melissa asked teasingly.
Her opponent growled at her again, then said, "Alrighty, smarty-pants, I set this card face down." He set the card, then held up "Behold, Maiden with Eyes of Blue! ATTACK her, and I get a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Target her with ANYTHING, and the same happens. Good luck defeating her."