It was around midday, and only 12 hours since she had left her parents. She hadn't slept last night, deciding that the concrete alleys were too dangerous to sleep in, especially with a backpack on. She found herself in a library, sitting on a couch, on her own. She began considering whether running away was a good idea, maybe she should just find the card and return home. But that was a foolish thought, she didn't want to return to that life, and not after finally having an excuse to leave.
A thought struck her as she was drifting to sleep.
"What if I tried staying at that guys place?"
She couldn't think of anything else, and at the very least she could have a place to stay at. She rose from her seat clumsily and walked to the door, however, someone had caught her eye.
They were sat down, like any normal person in a library, reading a book and taking notes, like a student trying to study. Mary moved around the table until she could see his face, and it seemed luck was finally giving her a break.
"Hey, you!" Mary whisper-screamed, approaching Jacob.
He looked up from his books and notes to see her approaching, and replies, "What? Do I know you?"
"I don't have a place to stay, can I stay at your place?"
At this point, Mary realised that this was going to fail. She sounded either like a homeless girl (which was kind of true), or she was trying her new pickup line.
"No."
"I need a place to stay, even just sleeping on your coach is fine!"
"No."
Mary pulled out her duel disk, "What if I duel you? If I win, I can sleep on your coach, if you win, I'll leave you alone."
This suggestion intrigued Jacob. He had been wanting a chance to try out his new strategies on someone who wouldn't belittle him.
"Fine," He said, getting up. "I need to grab my disk, then we can duel."
Mary nodded in response, and followed him to his apartment, waiting for him outside, it only took a few minutes for him to go in and come out. Afterwards, Jacob led her to a stadium built for dueling practice, however, a room did not come cheap, and Mary's savings were almost completely out, if she lost, it would only be a matter of time until she wasted away on the streets.
They entered the private room, Mary going to the left and Jacob going to the right.
"Let's Duel!"
Turn 1 (Mary)
Mary (4000LP) vs Jacob (4000LP)
"I'm going first," Mary said in a monotone voice.
"I set a monster, and two cards, your turn."
Turn 2 (Jacob)
"I draw!" Jacob said. "I summon Globe of Fortune in attack position!"
Globe of Fortune: 0atk/100def/lvl1
"When Globe of Fortune is summoned, I can remove from play 2 spell cards from my deck, and add 1 of them to my hand after two of my standby phases pass!"
Jacob pulls out two cards from his deck and puts them in the 'banished' zone.
"I set one card and end my turn."
Turn 3
"Draw."
"I summon LifeForce Channeler in attack position."
LifeForce Channeler: 1000atk/1000def/lvl4
"LifeForce Channeler's effect activates! For every monster face-up on the field, I gain 250 life points!"
4000 - 4500 (Mary)
"Next I activate the continuous trap: LifeForce Burst! Once per turn, when my life points are higher than yours, I can deal half the difference as battle damage, however one card in my hand is also discarded."
4000 - 3750 (Jacob)
"I end my turn."
Turn 4
"I draw!"
"I summon Fortune Knight in attack position!"
Fortune Knight: 1700atk/1000def/lvl4
"Fortune Knight, attack LifeForce Channeler! Lucky Stab!"
Fortune Knight leaps into the air, and brings its sword down upon the channeler, destroying it.
4500 - 3800 (Mary)
"I end my turn."
Turn 5
"My turn, I draw!"
"I summon LifeForce Copier in attack position!"
LifeForce Copier: ?atk/?def/lvl1
"Once per turn, until the end phase, LifeForce Copier can steal the effect, level, attack and defense of a 'LifeForce' monster in my graveyard, so I copy LifeForce Channeler!"
LifeForce Copier - LifeForce Channeler
"LifeForce Channeler's effect activates!"
3800 - 4550 (Mary)
"Next, I'll activate LifeForce Burst, dealing damage equal to half the difference in our life points!"
3750 - 2950 (Jacob)
"I end my turn."
Turn 6
"I draw!"
"Thanks to Globe of Fortune, I can add one of my removed from play spell cards to my hand, and then send one to the graveyard!"
"So now, I'll activate that spell card, Twin Twisters! By discarding 1 card, I can destroy up to two spell/trap cards on the field, so say goodbye to your 2 spell/trap cards!"
"I activate my other facedown!" Mary responds. "Waboku! My monsters can't be destroyed, and I take no battle damage from attacks involving them!"
"At least I know you don't have any traps waiting for me..."
"Next I activate Fortune Knights ability! If you control more or an equal amount of monsters, I can activate a trap card from my hand! I choose Big Win!?!
"By declaring a level up to 12, we both toss a coin, if both are heads, then all monsters on the field are changed to that level, if we both get tails, then I take damage equal to the level multplied by 500, I choose level 6!"
Mary and Jacob both toss a coin.
results: 2 heads
Fortune Knight: lvl 4 - lvl 6
Globe of Fortune: lvl 1 - lvl 6
"Now using these 2 level 6 light monsters, I create the overlay network and XYZ summon: Bringer of Good Fortunes!"
Bringer of Good Fortunes: 2600atk/1750def/rank6
"I set one card and end my turn!"
Turn 7
"I draw."
"I flip summon LifeForce Gardna."
LifeForce Gardna: 100atk/2000def/lvl4
"Now I summon LifeForce Sage!"
LifeForce Sage: 1000atk/500def/lvl4
"Then I activate LifeForce Copiers ability, making it into LifeForce Channeler!"
LifeForce Copier - LifeForce Channeler
"Since you were so kind showing me your XYZ monster, I will show you mine! By using my 3 level 4 'LifeForce' Monsters, I build the overlay network and XYZ summon: LifeForce Parasite in defense mode!"
LifeForce Parasite: 2000atk/2700def/rank4
"LifeForce Parasite's ability activates! At the cost of an overlay unit, I can place 1 Leech counter on 1 of your monsters, then at the end of each of your turns, you can choose to either give me life points or take damage equal to half of it's atk! I place one on your Bringer of Good Fortunes!"
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A/N: Just wanted to leave this here (because I couldn't fit it into my summary) that I have not watched much of the anime or closely follow the card game, so if certain cards used in this have the same ability as an already existing card, let me know, kthxbye
