Omake 2: Chapter 21: "Ragnarok Online Monsters!"

Alaylle sits down comfortably on a bench in Geffen. "Aahh… it feels good to sit down after being on your feet for so long!" Alaylle shuffles through her things and pulls out a boxed lunch covered by a red metal wrapping. She carefully removes the wrapping, folds it, and pockets it. Alaylle happily opens up the box and the wonderful smell of warm food quickly spreads out into the air. Several people walking by halt and smell the delicious aroma coming from the box. "Ittadakimasu!" Alaylle pulls out a pair of chopsticks and gets ready to start eating.

"Waaaaaaiiit! I know that smell! Only one person in all of Rune-Midgaard, no… the world makes food that smells that good!" Karian comes running out from behind a building, wee-waving around people and shoving some out of her way until she skids to a neat stop right in front of Alaylle.

"Uhh…" Alaylle quickly recovers her wits. "Hello Karian!" Alaylle smiles happily at Karian.

Karian promptly sits down next to Alaylle and starts staring at Alaylle's lunch. "That looks sooooooo good!"

"Something tells me you don't have lunch." Alaylle happily pulls out another pair of chopsticks and gives them to Karian.

"Yeah… I was thinking of getting something, but then… my nose found something 10 times better!" Karian awkwardly fumbles with the chopsticks. "Gaahh… Alaylle, how do you use these things?"

"Like this" Alaylle picks up a ball of garlic deep-fried chicken with her chopsticks and feeds it to Karian.

"Mmm…" Karian chews while thinking for a moment… then swallows. She looks at Alaylle with tearful eyes. "I can't learn something this complicated when I'm this hungry!"

"Okay, okay! We'll practice with them later… I'll feed you then, you big baby." Alaylle giggles.

Karian makes her voice as sweet as she can. "Okay, Mommy! Feed me!" Karian opens her mouth and points inside of it with her index finger.

Alaylle giggles and shakes her head. She starts eating from her box and feeding Karian at the same time. Soon the box is empty and Karian is looking at Alaylle expectantly. "Hmm? Is there something on my face?"

"Oh come on… you can't fool me! I know you too well! You're packing more boxes! You might eat like your mom, but you eat as much as your dad!" Karian grins and taps her foot.

"Aww… but… but… I wanted to gobble these up myself!" Alaylle mock sighs and takes out 4 more boxes from her sleeves. "Hee hee hee… take your pick, Karian!"

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"I dunno how you make food like that, Alaylle. I mean… put me in a kitchen and I can't tell a sink from the stove." Karian leans back on the bench. "Ah! I know how to repay you for lunch! Come on!" Karian quickly hops to her feet.

"Hmm?" Alaylle looks up at Karian and gets off the bench.

"It's the latest thing that's sweeping Geffen!" Karian grabs Alaylle's ponytail and drags her off. "It's a card game that uses the monsters all around Rune-Midgaard! It's called 'Ragnarok Online Monsters'!"

Alaylle blinks her eyes. "Strange name for a card game… just what is 'Online' anyway?"

Karian grins. "The creators of the game put that in because there's a special machine that's needed to play the game, and all of the machines are gonna be all connected! Only… well… for now, it's only in Geffen. But I bet it'll soon spread all around the world!" Karian pulls Alaylle into Geffen Tower and starts pulling her up the stairs inside. She lets go of Alaylle's ponytail once at the top, where a wizard is looking through some cards. "Here you go! Sign up! It's free!… It's the cards that cost zeny." Karian grins and sweatdrops.

Alaylle walks up to the wizard behind the desk. "Umm… how do I sign up?"

The wizard looks up from his cards and points over to what looks like a stone podium. "Stand over there. You'll be signed up once your card pops up in the upper-left slot."

Alaylle nods and stands behind the stone podium. A soft humming comes from the podium and a gold-bordered card pops out of the upper-left slot. Alaylle takes the card and walks back to Karian.

"Ooo, ooo, ooo! I wanna see your card!" Karian stands on tiptoes and jumps, trying to look at it.

Alaylle hands the card over to Karian. "I've no idea what this thing is saying."

Karian looks over the card eagerly. She then promptly sweatdrops and narrows her eyes. She suddenly dashes over to the wizard behind the desk and scarily starts yelling at him. "What are you trying to pull old man? This is a terrible card!"

The wizard grumpily looks up at Karian. "All of the cards assigned to people have their strengths."

Karian's face gets red. "Not this one! Look at it!" She stuffs the card in the wizard's face.

The wizard hmphs, but reluctantly looks at the card. His eyes immediately widen. "This one… is terrible… no… absolutely horrible!" He quickly gets up and checks the stone podium. "No… nothing's wrong with the device…" He sits back down at his chair and looks at the card again. "…Character Cards aren't supposed to be like that… I wonder why hers is like that…" He sighs and gives the card back to Alaylle. "It can't be helped… but… I feel guilty…" He picks up a wad of cards and hands them to Alaylle. "Here… this is what you're supposed to start with… but…" The wizard takes another clump of cards from another stack and gives them to her too. "Those should make things a bit more even…"

Alaylle looks at the cards she was given. "I don't understand… how does this work?"

Karian grins. "The best way to learn is by playing! Come on, Alaylle!"

"Alright! Umm… where do we play?" Alaylle looks around.

"Eh heh heh… you know that stone thing you were standing at? You find two that are facing each other!" Karian points at the south part of the room. "There's a pair over there!"

Alaylle walks up to one of the podiums and takes a closer look at it. "Eyahh… all of these things… what is used for what?"

The stone podium's table has a slot in the upper-left corner, lower-left corner, 2 rows of 5 indentations for cards, and a big slot in the lower-right corner.

Karian looks at hers. "Well… the upper-left slot is for your character card… the lower-left slot is where you draw from… the top row is for monsters… the bottom is for spells, skills, and items… and that hole in the right corner is your discard pile. Don't worry; it makes more sense once you start! Start by putting your character card in, and placing your cards in the discard slot… it'll shuffle up your cards for you!"

Alaylle puts her cards into the slots and looks back at Karian. "Okay!"

"I'd show you how to play, but… ick… that character card… I can't even explain skills and spells to you because…" Karian points at Alaylle's character card. "'This character cannot use any skills or spells.' I mean… yuck… you're stuck using items! But! Mine uses lots of spells, so… I guess we can go over it then!" Karian holds up her card. "Mine is pretty good! Plus, I've gotten stronger since I used it last… they get better when you get better!" She shows the card to Alaylle. "See? I get to use the Steal card and Wizard cards… although I have to pay a bit more to use those… it's still really great! I wonder if yours will get a lot better after a while?" Karian sticks her character card in.

Karian looks at the Hit Point counters on both sides and sweatdrops. "Eeehh? You even don't have as many Hit Points as I do?" She pulls a piece of paper out of her pocket, crumples it up into a ball and tosses it at the wizard's head.

"Oww…" The wizard rubs the spot where the ball hit gently and goes back to sorting his cards.

"Old man, those cards you gave her better make up for it!"

"Maa maa… Karian… it's all right, really! Uhm… you were telling me how to play, remember?"

"Oh, that's right! Draw seven cards… Uhm… you can play one monster per turn… but as many items, skills, and spells as you want! You should go first… Ahh… and draw one for the beginning of your turn too!"

Alaylle draws 8 cards and looks them over. "I still have no idea what I'm doing… but… here goes!" She plays a Poring Card in the far left monster slot.

Karian grins. "Good, good! At least you put it in the right place..." She looks at the card Alaylle played. "Gah… I hate Porings… their ability, Apple Guard gets on anyone's nerves really fast! Even though they are really weak…"

"Apple Guard?" Alaylle looks at the card. "Once a turn, you may prevent damage from one source." She looks back at Karian. "Is that good?"

Karian nods. "Yup! One of the best defenses in the game! It gets really frustrating when all 4 pop up… Anyway… it's a chance to attack! Even though it's attack power is only 1… it still counts!"

"Okay! I'll have the Poring attack you then!" Alaylle eeps a bit as she sees a Poring hop across the field and tackle Karian. "Eehh? What was that?"

"Hmm… well, I'm down to 149… Huh?" Karian looks down at the field. "Oh… when you play a monster card, the podiums make an illusion of that monster! Porings are so small, I guess the podium was blocking the way, huh?" She notices the position of the Poring. "Ahh, that's right! Alaylle, remember, most monsters will attack by charging in a straight line. There are some that don't but… don't worry about those for now. Monsters defend the spot where they are, and the two slots left and right of them! So… your Poring can only defend the left-most slot and the left slot… uhh… better move it one right so it can at least cover the middle too! You can move a monster once a turn, but… you can't place two on one slot!"

Alaylle moves the Poring Card one slot over to the right. "Like this?"

Karian nods. "Yup! Well, you attacked and moved, so you can't do anything else… my turn! Uhmm… I'll show you what I mean by defending…" She looks through her hand. "Ahh, this one will do the trick!" She plays a Picky Card in the middle slot. "Okay Picky, attack Alaylle!" A Picky appears on the field and charges at Alaylle.

Alaylle looks down at her Poring Card, which is glowing. "Uh… this means it can block the attack, right?"

"Yup! Make sure you use Apple Guard, though… or it'll go splat!"

"Alright! I'll have my Poring block and use Apple Guard!" Alaylle smiles happily. The Poring on Alaylle's side spits out an apple at the charging Picky. The Picky immediately stops and starts pecking at the apple.

"You don't know how irritating that gets after a while…" Karian groans and shakes her head. "Anyway, I'll play this card face down on this slot opposite your Poring… and move this Picky one to your right. See? If you don't move your Poring, this Picky can get past it and attack you!"

"Umm… Karian? What about that card you put face down?"

"Oh this, it's a secr- Oh… wait… here I am getting ahead of myself when I'm trying to teach you how to play!" Karian turns the card over, revealing a Lightning Bolt spell card. "Eh heh heh… it's a spell card! As much as I'd love to use it right now, with your Apple Guard used up, I can't… it has a charging time! After each person's turn, all the cards in your skill, item, and spell slots turn a little bit to store the charge! This one takes up at least one turn to charge to use… so during my next turn, I can use it! The most devious thing is… you never know what kind of card might be in there! You might get all nervous over a charging item! Well, that's the end of my turn!" Karian turns the Lightning Bolt card clockwise and stops it so that it's diagonal. "This is half a charge… there are some spells that are devious and only take half a turn to charge… those can be used on your opponent's turn! Eh heh heh… I have some in this deck too!"

Alaylle draws her card and then places 5 cards in the item/skill/spell slots.

"Yipes!" Karian looks over at the wizard. "Old man, you gave her tons of item cards, didn't you?"

The wizard looks up from his cards and shrugs. "You told me to be fair."

"Hmm… I'll move my Poring to the middle slot… Uhh… trying to attack wouldn't work very well, would it? That Picky can easily block my attack... but… it'd lose some Hit Points at least… Poring, attack!"

Karian rolls her eyes. "I won't block… its only 1 Hit Point…"

"Ahh… well… I'll play another Poring on the far right slot and have it attack you too!"

Karian grumbles to herself. "The health loss I can take… but… two Porings are gonna be hard to take out… Hmm… 147 HP left over here…"

"Hmm… I'll keep the Poring in place… your turn Karian!"

"Okay… I'm not gonna hold back anymore, Alaylle!" Karian draws her card and turns her Lightning Bolt spell so that it's horizontal. "Here it comes! Lightning Bolt!" She discards the spell card and discards a card from her hand.

Alaylle giggles and flips over a card. "I'll Apple it!"

Karian grumbles to herself some more. "Oohhh… damage prevention cards get sooo on my nerves!" She looks back at her hand. "Eh heh heh… Now this is more like it! I'll play a Hornet Card!" Karian plays the card in the middle slot and then another Hornet Card appears to it's left.

"Eehh? How come two popped up?" Alaylle looks at the two Hornet Cards on Karian's side. "It's not an effect on the card…"

"It's because the Hornet is an Assisting monster! It always calls for help! But only on adjacent slots! Okay! I'll make all my monsters attack!"

"I'll have my Poring block the two Hornets with both Apple Guards! And… well… I'll let the Picky hit me!" Alaylle looks at her HP counter. "Aahh… 95 left…"

"Hmm… this is gonna take too long with that many Porings so… I'll discard a card from my hand… and play this card, Lord of Vermillion!" Karian grins and places the card in the center slot.

"Gosh… that's a wizard spell, isn't it? Ahh… that's right… your card lets you play those…"

"It's the perfect time to play it! You have nothing but Porings, and you can't interrupt my spell by hitting me in the center slot! After all, I have three monsters guarding it! It may take a while to charge… but… I think my defense is pretty solid right now! That's all for my turn!" Karian grins and rotates her cards half a charge.

Alaylle draws her card and plays another Poring in the far left slot. "I guess I just need to prepare to defend… Hmm?" She looks at her Poring Cards as they start to glow. "Karian, what's this mean?"

Karian looks over at Alaylle's cards. "Eeehhhh! That means you can do a special summon! But… there's only one monster that works off of three Porings…" Karian turns to the wizard. "Hey, old man! You didn't give Alaylle a Mastering, did you?"

The wizard raises an eyebrow as he looks at Karian. "No, I didn't… I just gave her item cards… perhaps the young lady picked one up before?"

Karian looks confused. "But… that can't be right… She just started today…" Karian looks over to Alaylle. "But I'm interested what's gonna pop up! To do the summon, discard the glowing cards!"

Alaylle nods and discards the three Poring Cards. A gold-rimmed card pops out of her draw slot. "This?"

Karian's eyes widen. "Eehh? A gold-colored rim? I've seen silver colored ones… those come from defeated monsters… a lot of the experienced players have them… But I've never seen a gold-colored one outside our character cards…"

The wizard behind the counter stands up. "Now this is interesting… young lady, Alaylle was it? Would you play that card?"

Alaylle looks at the card carefully. "This card seems familiar somehow… Huh? Oh, right! Here goes!" Alaylle plays the Mastering Card in the center slot. The moment the card falls in place, a summoning circle appears on the field and in a flash of light, a Mastering appears with its mob of Porings, Drops, and Poporings!

Alaylle blinks her eyes, and then smiles happily. "Mr. Mastering! What are you doing here?"

Karian and the wizard say at the same time, "Mr. Mastering?"

Alaylle smiles happily. "Yes! This is the Poring I met a long time ago and got a card from! He really grew… I wonder what he ate to become so big? Anyway, I know it's him because he still has that little bandage I put on his head!"

Karian blinks her eyes. "I see… anyway… shall we continue?"

Alaylle nods quickly. "Mr. Mastering, help me win this game!"

Mr. Mastering nods and arranges his mob in a battle formation.

"Huh? Oh… these cards must represent his friends…" Alaylle points to the "Poring Assault Squad" Cards that have filled the other four slots. "Eh heh heh… lemme see… what were his special attacks again? Ahh! I remember! Mr. Mastering, Layered Squash!"

Mr. Mastering inhales his mob, becoming huge, and then lunges at Karian.

"Gahh! I'll block with a Hornet!"

Mr. Mastering splits into an explosion of Porings, Drops, and Poporings upon impact with the Hornet, hitting the Picky, the other Hornet, and Karian. The two Hornets and Picky collapse, all swirlly-eyed.

"That attack hits everything! I'm down to 97… and my spell got interrupted too!" Karian sighs as she discards her magic card.

Alaylle looks at the four Poring Assault Squad Cards. "Hmm… Attack Karian while she can't block!"

A swarm of Porings, Drops, and Poporings attack Karian. "Eyaahh… so many bouncing smiling faces! I'm down to 77!"

"Okay! That ends my turn!" Alaylle smiles happily.

Karian sweatdrops. "That was… really powerful… here's hoping!" Karian draws a card. "Hmm… this will let me stall, at least…" Karian plays two cards face down. "That's it… I need to get more cards before I can do anything to stop that Mastering!" She turns the two cards a half charge.

Alaylle draws her card and is quickly interrupted by Karian. "Hold iiiiiit!"

Karian flips over both face down cards, a Safety Wall card and a Blue Gemstone Card. "I'm using Safety Wall! I'm not losing on this turn!"

Alaylle looks at her face down cards. "Eh heh heh… but I have something to win here!" Alaylle flips over the item card Banana. "I'm gonna slip your Safety Wall one to the left!"

"Whaaaat! But then… I'm wide open to the Mastering!" Karian sweatdrops.

"I'm gonna use the Poring Assault Team's ability!" Alaylle discards all four Poring Assault Team Cards. "That loads the Poring Machinegun! Mr. Mastering, fire at Karian, and then attack!"

"I'm at… -13 Hit Points…" Karian blinks her eyes. "Kyahahaha! That's what I expect from my rival, Alaylle!" Karian smiles happily.

"Thank you so much Mr. Mastering!" Alaylle quickly runs out and hugs the Mastering.

"Whoa! Hold on there, that's not an illusion?" Karian walks onto the field and pokes Mr. Mastering. "Yeow! It really summoned him!"

Mr. Mastering nods and nestles close to Alaylle.

"But… he really was attacking me, wasn't he?" Karian looks over at Alaylle.

"Yeah, he was… but… it's just a game! It's not like you'd die or get hurt or anything like that!" Alaylle lets go of Mr. Mastering.

The wizard quietly walks back behind his counter and sits down. "Well now… that was worth watching! Thank you two, for showing me something interesting."

The summoning circle appears underneath Mr. Mastering and transports him away.

Alaylle waves goodbye as Mr. Mastering leaves. "Bye bye Mr. Mastering! I'll see you later!"

Alaylle takes her cards from the podium and starts looking at them.

Karian notices Alaylle and quickly collects her own cards, then running over to Alaylle and looking over her shoulder. She quickly spots the other gold-rimmed cards in Alaylle's deck. "Aahh… I remember that Desert Wolf Puppy Card that the puppy gave to you… Oh, you have a Vocal Card too? Hmm… you got some rare stuff in there, Alaylle!"

"Ahh… Thank you for telling me about this game, Karian!" Alaylle smiles happily up at Karian.

"Aww… no need to thank me! Besides, I didn't even get to fully explain the game… oh well… if you play others you'd get the other rules I didn't explain…" Karian inclines her head. "Oh, by the way… Alaylle, weren't you in the middle of something?"

Alaylle startles and panics a bit. "Oh no oh no oh no! Yes, I was in the middle of training! I gotta get back to work!" Alaylle puts the cards away in her sleeve. "Bye bye Karian! I'll see you later!" She waves goodbye to Karian while running out of the room.

Karian waves to Alaylle. "Eh heh… well… until next time, Alaylle!"

End of Omake 2: Chapter 21
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Chapter 22 Preview!

Alaylle: "Now it's time for me to train Amber…"

Alaylle: "Only… it seems Amber is the one training me!"

Alaylle: "And the calm peace of Ambernite Field is broken!"

In the next Chapter: "Horn Hazards!"

Alaylle: "What dangerous looking bugs!"
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Alaylle: Chotto matte! That was kinda confusing, wasn't it? Well… in all truth, I made up lots of other cards, but… Uhh… the Chapter was already getting kinda long. Anyway! Here are the cards featured in this chapter, and some that got cut!

Character Cards:
Alaylle, HP: 100, Level 35, Acolyte Class. Attack: 1, Defense: 0. Alaylle cannot use any skill or technique cards.

Karian, HP: 150, Level 45, Mage Class. Attack: 1, Defense: 0. (From Level 15 Card) Karian my use the Steal Card by discarding one card from her hand. Karian may use Wizard Spell Cards but must discard 1 card from her hand before playing it, and the card must be played face up.

Monster Cards:
Poring, HP: 1, Level 1, Water/Plant. Attack: 1, Defense: 0. Looter (If this monster makes a successful attack against your opponent, and an Item/Skill/Spell card is in the same column as this monster, when the card is flipped over, and is an item, you may choose to immediately use the item or discard it). Effect: Apple Guard: Once a turn, you may prevent damage from one source.

Picky, HP: 4, Level 1, Fire/Brute. Attack: 5, Defense 0. Growth: If Picky stays in play for 8 turns, you may discard Picky, turning it into a Pecopeco.

Hornet, HP: 8, Level 1, Wind/Insect. Attack: 10, Defense 0. Assist (If there is a open slot to the left or right of this monster, another Hornet will appear in your choice of either open slot.)

Pecopeco, HP: 50, Level 20, Fire/Brute. Attack: 20, Defense: 0. If Pecopeco was grown from a Picky, it gains the Attack: Charge: Even if Pecopeco is blocked, it may deal damage directly to the Character. Growth: If Pecopeco stays in play for 8 turns, you may discard Pecopeco, turning it into a Grand Peco.

Grand Peco, HP: 400, Level: 60, Fire/Brute. Attack: 250, Defense: 30. If Grand Peco was grown from a Pecopeco, it gains the Attack: Full-Speed Charge: Even if Grand Peco is blocked, it may deal damage directly to the Character, and all of your opponents monster cards in play.

(Yes, Karian likes that series of cards)

Fabre, HP: 3, Level 1, Earth/Insect. Attack: 1, Defense: 0. Growth: If Fabre stays in play for 8 turns, you may discard Fabre, turning it into a Pupa.

Pupa, HP: 21, Level 1, Earth/Insect. Attack: 0, Defense: 0. If Pupa was grown from a Fabre, it gains +50 to Defense. Growth: If Pupa says in play for 8 turns, you may discard Pupa, turning it into a Creamy.

Creamy, HP: 30, Level 20. Wind/Insect. Attack: 30, Defense: 0. If Creamy was grown from a Pupa, it gains the Effect: Teleport Wings: If Creamy is affected by any card or attacks, you may flip a coin, if heads, Creamy is unaffected.

(The above series is actually in Alaylle's deck)

Mr. Mastering, HP: 1000, Level 30. Water/Plant. Only Alaylle may play Mr. Mastering. Attack: 50, Defense: 30. If there are 3 Porings in play, you may discard them to bring Mr. Mastering into play. Mob: Once Mr. Mastering is summoned, discard all other monster cards in play, and bring 4 "Poring Assault Squad" Cards into play in the remaining slots. Attack: Layered Squash: If all 4 Poring Assault Squad Cards are in play, Mr. Mastering may attack all of the opponent's monsters at once, including the opponent's character card. Attack: Poring Machine Gun: Discard a Poring Assault Squad Card to reduce any card's HP by 10.

Poring Assault Squad, HP: 115, Level: 20. Water-Fire-Poison/Plant. This card may not be brought into the game unless it was summoned as part of Mr. Mastering's Mob. Attack: 5, Defense: 0.

Mr. Vocal, HP: 1500, Level: 40. Earth/Insect. Only Alaylle may play Mr. Vocal. Attack: 80, Defense: 50. Mob: Once Mr. Vocal is summoned, discard all other monster cards in play, and bring 4 "Rocker Orchestra Group" Cards into play in the remaining slots. Effect: Screech Strike: Instead of attacking, Mr. Rocker may use this to disable all text past Defense of your opponent's monster cards until your next turn.

Rocker Orchestra Group, HP: 100, Level: 20. Earth/Insect. This card may not be brought into the game unless it was summoned as part of Mr. Vocal's Mob. Attack: 50, Defense: 20. Effect: Back-up Band: The Item/Skill/Spell slot in the same column as this card are disabled. If there is already a card in the slot, discard it.

(Gold)Desert Wolf Puppy, HP: 20, Level: 10. Fire/Brute. Only Alaylle may play this Desert Wolf Puppy Card. Attack: 15, Defense: 0. Effect: Burrow: Instead of attacking, you may turn this card face down. While face down, this card cannot be attacked, or be affected by Items/Skills/Spells. The next turn, this card must be turned face up and attack, but its Attack will double.

(Gold-rimmed cards are only received from monsters, when given willingly. Other people may have them… but 99.99 of people who do will only have gold-rimmed cards gotten from their pets!)

Items:

Apple: Prevent damage from one source.

Banana: Move any one card one space to the left or right.

Magnifying Glass: Turn any one card face up.

Yggdrasil Leaf: If there are any open monster slots, take one monster card from your discard pile and play it in the open slot of your choice. The monster will only have 1 HP.

Red Potion: Heals 10 HP.

Blue Potion: When used, act as if you have discarded two cards from your hand.

Blue Gemstone: Needed to use some spells.

Jellopy: Add one Jellopy to your Jellopy Pile.

Equipment: Clip: Discard one of your monster cards in play and attach it to this card. Your character gains any Effects or Attacks that the monster had.

Spells:

Lightning Bolt. Target: Column. Charge time: At least 1 turn. Upon using this spell, discard X cards from your hand up to a limit of 10 cards. This spell does 5 X damage to the target. If the monster is a Water-type, do 10 X damage to the target.

Cold Bolt, Fire Bolt: Same as Lightning bolt, except Cold Bolt's 10 X is against Fire, and Fire Bolt's 10 X is against Earth.

Napalm Beat: Target: Column. Range: 1. Charge time: At least half a turn. Upon using this spell, discard X cards from your hand up to a limit of 10 cards. This spell does 2 X damage to the target and any in range. If the monster is a Ghost-type, do 4 X damage to the target.

Safety Wall: Target: Column. Charge time: At least half a turn. Requirement: Blue Gemstone. This spell will block attacks to the monster or character in the same column that this spell is placed, but will last as long as it was charged.

Skill:

Steal: Discard one card from your hand. When your character lands a successful attack against the opponent, you may flip over one of their Item/Spell/Skill cards. If that card is an item, you may choose not to deal any damage to discard the item, or use it yourself. If damage is chosen to be dealt, the card remains face up. Discard Steal after use.

Alaylle: Oh yes… you were probably wondering what was with the Jellopy and the Jellopy Pile. Well, you can discard your own monsters to gain 1 Jellopy per monster discarded. By discarding the Jellopys in your Jellopy Pile you get to draw cards. Draw double the amount of the cards you discarded from the pile. Don't deck yourself out! Also, higher level monsters cost Jellopy to play! Level 1-10s are free, but past that, it costs (Level – 10)/10 Jellopy unless you play them in special ways, such as Growth. There's also Scells, Garlets, and Zargons, but I won't go into them yet! I'll just say those are the keys to playing high level monsters without sweating over the Jellopy! Alaylle even had a few Jellopy already in her Jellopy pile when she played Karian because of the level difference of the characters, but Karian never told her about Jellopy!

Alaylle: Oh yes… Once equipment is revealed, it attaches to the Character Card and frees up the Item/Skill/Spell slot. There are decks that even have minimal monsters and just focus on beefing up the Character Card! They're scary only if the player gets lucky enough to get all the equipment they need! All those duplicates of equipment can mean a card discarding skill/spell slugfest!

Alaylle: Oh, and Alaylle's not the only one with gold-rimmed cards! Some people have their own special skills/techniques that get made into gold-rimmed cards. Even special weapons!

Alaylle: Well, enough of my own little spoof of collectible card games!

Alaylle: A spin-off series? Uhh… maybe… maybe not… But the Omakes of the future might involve this ;