Chapter 6: Feedback
Author's notes:
The very first card that came to mind when I thought of this set was the Marauding Captain (though for the life of me I don't know why). Thank you for catching that reference, LeDiva! Here's a peanut butter chocolate-chip scone (they're really, really good).
I'm introducing eight cards in this chapter, because Chapter 4 didn't bother introducing anything.
I do NOT own Yu-Gi-Oh!. . .ah, heck the rest is at the end of this chapter.
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Pegasus waited until the matchup screen stopped flickering before addressing the confused mob in front of him. Most people stared at the screen; a few had figured out exactly what those numbers had meant. They were the ones staring elsewhere.
"Remember those cards I mailed out? Match the number of the card with the number on the screen. If you're number's up there, please report to the table that's being used as a snack-hey, get your food off my table!" Joey Wheeler shot a guilty glance at the stage before moving himself and his box of pizza elsewhere. Pegasus' guards shook themselves awake. Pegasus himself sighed into the microphone, causing quite a bit of feedback. Many, many interesting statements ripple through the room.
Joey finished his pizza and looked up. 43 was paired with 24; 42 was stuck with 22; 3 and 30 were up; and 19 and 37 were matched up. Joey fished out his card. . .number 30. Just great. Who held number 3?
Seven other duelists had somehow beaten Joey to the table he'd been sitting on. They milled around, no doubt trying to figure out who had what. Raphael muttered something in a foreign language. Malik did his best to look calm, which didn't seem to convince anyone. Mako Tsuanami chatted merrily with. . .Tea? What was she doing here? Rebecca waved cheerily; Joey did NOT want to know why she was here. Rex Raptor looked depressed; Ryou looked nervous. Pegasus walked up to the miniature crowd.
"Now that everyone is here, let's begin. Cards out!" Six people snapped their cards out. Raphael arched an eyebrow at Pegasus. Rebecca stuck her tongue out.
"That's not a card!" Pegasus said, with a look of horror on his face. Rebecca giggled cutely and took her card out. Raphael sighed and followed suit (without the giggling, that is).
Joey took quick stock of the cards, then took some time to stare at Raphael's card. Why did HE get such a cute girl (who was a Super Rare, no less)?
Tea held card number 19; Rex had card number 24. How did the Dinosaur wannabe get such a rare card? For that matter, how did Malik, who held card number 42, wind up with a VERY rare anime chick?
Ryou's face lengthened as he looked at the cards around him. Joey felt like doing the same. Ryou held card number 37, which looked like a rather useless common. Motion in front of his eye caught Joey's attention. Rebecca jumped up and down like a rubber ball gone mad.
"I'm challenging YOU!" she squeaked. Joey shuddered. If she kept using that tone of voice on him, he'd have to forfeit. His ears rung in three different chords.
Before Rebecca could snatch her card away, Joey grabbed it out of her hands. He read the effect, then groaned. Did Pegasus have a thing against his deck?
WTF-3
DJ Q-Jack
If this monster battles a Machine-type monster, he will become
irritated and disassemble the monster he's trying to battle, thus
destorying the monster before battle damage is calculated.
Fire/Insane Director/Effect; 4; 1800/1200; Rare
Rebecca's monster looked like a monster. It was a man with wild red hair. He looked like he was dressed in spare machine parts. The grin on his face was one that Joey occasionally saw on the face of Yugi, when the latter had consumed one too many ice cream cones (the cones without the ice cream, that is).
"Ooh, ooh, I wanna see!" Rebecca exclaimed, as she somehow got a hold of everyone else's cards. Joey peeked over her shoulder. Rebecca may be irritating, but she couldn't read as fast as he could!
The first card that Rebecca chose to read was the cute girl Raphael had snagged. She didn't have an effect. The next card must have belonged to Tea, because she snatched it away as soon as Rebecca handed it back.
WTF-19
Space Fight!
This card can only be activated when one side has more monsters than
another. The player who has more monsters than the other must send
their monsters to the Graveyard until he/she has the same number of
monsters on the field as the other player.
Rare (Magic)
The next card Rebecca read looked like Rex's overly shiny card. Joey read the effect and whistled. Rex had scored!
WTF-24
All-Powerful, Ever-Constant Konami Code
Remove all cards in both Graveyards from play. These cards cannot
return to play for any reason at all for the rest of the Duel.
Ultra Rare (Trap)
The card after that was Malik's card. Joey took a closer look at the picture. She looked somewhat scary. Her effect was scarier; she could take out most of the monsters in the set with her effect! Malik smirked as he took his card back.
Judging by the look on Ryou's face, Rebecca held his card. As soon as she was done reading, he took his card and scurried away.
WTF-37
World Wide Love
All monsters on the field are changed into face-down Defense Position,
and cannot be changed or used as a Tribute for anything until both you
and your opponent have gone through one Standby Phase apiece.
Common (Trap)
By the process of elimination, the final card in Rebecca's hands had to be Mako's. Joey gasped in shock when he saw HIS card in her hands. What did that little brat-
"Hmm, your card is yummy!" she said, as she handed back to him. Joey peeked over her shoulder as she read Mako's card.
WTF-43
All In
This card can only be activated if your opponent activates a card
effect that involves discarding card(s) from his/her hand. Your
opponent must discard his/her entire hand. If he/she refuses to do so,
negate the effect. If the negated effect was part of a Magic or Trap
card, destory that card.
Rare; Counter (Trap)
Mako smiled warmly as he took his card back. Pegasus shot a very nasty glare at Rebecca, who simply let it bounce off of her. He cleared his throat.
"Now that we're all acquainted with each other, let's begin the matches. First, these are for you. Don't open them just yet." Joey looked at the pack he received. Apparantly, the set was named, "Where's the Fun?" It explained the strange booster abbreviation.
Pegasus handed a pack to everyone. "Open that pack, and take a card. Pass the pack to the left. Once one card is left in each pack, give it back to me." Joey opened his pack up. The Moronic Captain's idiotic grin greeted him. Wouldn't it burn Kaiba up if he got a good Attack with this card? Joey took the card, and passed the pack to Tea. In turn, Rebecca handed him her pack, sans one card.
Once Pegasus had gotten all the packs back, he repeated the process. He then shuffled all the extras, and gave two to everyone.
"Shuffle the cards you've chosen into your deck. Then, put the card I mailed to you into your deck. You will be playing with 39-card decks, because I feel like it." Murmurs went around the assembled duelists in roughly the same order as the packs had.
Joey followed directions like a good dog. While Pegasus wasn't looking, he drew five cards, to see what he'd get. Two of the cards were from the boosters!
WTF-34
Fruits of K-Na's Studies
Look at the bottom three cards of your Deck, arrange them in any order, and place them at the top of your Deck.
Common (Magic)
WTF-16
DJ Shiki
All effects controlled by your opponent that target a monster with "DJ" in its name must target this monster first.
Wind/Family Man/Effect; 4; 1300/800; Common
Another card Joey drew was Upstart Goblin. He quickly cut Upstart Goblin back in his deck, and drew one more card. It was from the pack Rebecca had passed to him.
WTF-31
Common Cold
Destroy all Common cards on the field.
Rare; Counter (Trap)
The Common Cold was rather counterproductive. It would destory many of his monsters. However, it was a card that could potentially hurt his opponent more than it could hurt him. Joey figured that he'd have to get lucky with that card. He idly shuffled everything back into his deck. A shriek brought Joey back to the tournament. Pegasus had once again caused some nasty feedback. It was almost as irritating as Rebecca's voice.
"The rest of you are required to stay. I will specify that reason during the matches. Now, duelists, to the left there is a cleared-out space. Choose a spot, and duel! No fist fights, please," Pegasus said, as he stared pointedly at Raphael, who glared back. It probably wasn't wise for Pegasus to tick off someone who was twice his size, in terms of muscle.
"All right, let the duels begin!"
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Author's notes, yet again:
I do NOT own Beatmania IIDX (insert style here), any of the songs, any of the artwork, any of the characters, or anything else except for one cruddy little score on the 9th Style Internet Ranking.
I'm not exactly sure how a booster draft goes, but I did my best interpretation here. Sorry if I messed that up!
DJ Q-Jack is my favorite DJ in the entire series. He gets drunk quite often, and he's almost always in cosplay. In terms of skill, I'm slightly worse than him. Last but not least. . .he's cute.
Space Fight! is a song by Akira Yamaoka. The song itself sounds far too much like the theme from Super Milk Chan for my comfort.
The All-Powerful, Ever-Constant Konami Code is a tribute to a certain gaming code that has appeared in many Konami games throughout history. The effect was a suggestion from one of my friends.
World Wide Love is property of MTO. With proper bass support, the song sounds awesome. Without proper bass support, the song sounds. . .kinda wimpy. Regardless, it sounds like hippie music.
All In is a term from Texas Hold 'Em. I felt like making fun of them.
Fruits of K-Na's studies is a spoof of Fruits of Kozacky's Studies. I will explain more about the awesomeness of DJ K-Na later.
DJ Shiki manages an arcade, and is the only DJ I know of that's married (with children). He also smokes to no end. He was DJ Yuz's IIDX student for a while. Okinawa pride!
The Common Cold is the complete opposite of Brightness Darkness. It was put in for balance.
Feedback is a song on 10th Style, and is by Audio Highs. You decide whether I'm referring to Pegasus' lack of skill with a microphone, or Rebecca.
Speaking of feedback. . .review, please?