Answer in the comments: How do you guys feel about OC cards? I don't like them very much, really. Do you guys prefer reading with existing cards? Does using OC cards make it more interesting? I thought about making OC decks for like, main antagonists or something. OC God Cards, somewhere along those lines, but I feel like it would take away from the story a little. If I kept it at God Card variants, it wouldn't hurt. But I don't know. That's where I'm at now.
My lolventures at YCS Ohio
So hi, I'm back now with more story as promised. I took half of the month off to prepare for the YCS(Yugioh Championship Series) that showed up in my area, and I felt the obligation to go. It was fun as hell, had a great time and met a lot of great players. I did a lot better than I thought I would xd but worse than I wanted. I absolutely could not decide on a deck until pretty much the day of the tournament; I was between my beloved Infernity deck and my Agents, I figured that Agents would be a lot more consistent and it would be cool to do well with Enzeru's deck :3 so I finally went with that.
3x Earth
3x Venus
3x Shine Balls
3x Hyperion
2x Kristya
2x Tragoedia
2x Birdman
2x Effect Veiler
2x Kycoo (Got plenty of lols out of this card)
1x Honest
1x Sangan
1x BLS (Tried 1 Chaos Sorc in addition to BLS instead of one Birdman, didn't like it as much)
1x Jupiter (I don't like him, really. He was a great beater, it just never really came in handy)
1x Gorz
3x Duality
2x MST
1x Monster Reborn
1x Dark Hole
1x Mind Control
2x Bottomless
1x Mind Crush
1x Trap Dustshoot
1x Mirror Force
Ran something like that; admittedly I over-prepared for Dark World, which really turned out to suck, and I guess everyone said it was because of too much hype and lack of Dark Smog. No Dark World deck I faced gave me any trouble, it was the random shit that got me lol. I lost to Karakuri, which was one of the best decks I've ever seen, Six Samurai, which I thought no one would even try to play, so I didn't side for them and got raped, Gallis OTK, which I probably could have won if not for garbage draws, and another Agent deck by a player who was a pro at mind games. Overall, I got a 5/4 record, I beat up on two Dark World decks with a shadow mirror, a Dragunity deck after a BLS luck-sack, a Hero Gladiator Beast deck, and another Agent deck after some Kristya fun. 5/4 looks kinda clunky as a record, but if any of my losing games would've gone the other way, I would've made top 32, which was my overall goal. It's disheartening, but it was my first competitive scene and I did really well, just one loss too many for it to have been badass. I got a lot of experience and inspiration for UB, so I'll go back to what I'm good at for a while :3 No more bullshit, here's Chapter Five
Enzeru: Would it be in bad taste to make the theme song "Mr. Roboto" this time?
Arata: Yeah. It would. Don't do that.
Enzeru: Aww. But I love that song Arata!
Yugioh! - Unlimited Boundary Rewrite!
Chapter Five - Reposition
http:/www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=1P73OQd2wsU
Morning Musume - Kanashimi Twilight
Arata: Lolwhat? Our theme song got removed from youtube? Find a new link!
So the week went by, slowly but surely. Arata visited me every day, and since we had nothing better to do, we just talked. She told me about her life a little, her two sisters back at home and her fashion model mom. And her beloved D-Wheel. She went into more detail about it than her family, which oddly didn't surprise me. I avoided any attempt at prying into my past or my family. It wasn't worth talking about, not when Arata was just happy to see me alive.
I got up for the first time in a while and stumbled over to the mirror in the corner. I hadn't been wearing a top, but the bandages wrapped around my wounds held me like a bra or an undershirt, so I might as well have been wearing something. You couldn't see the wounds, which was great. But I looked... flatter... than normal. With a sigh, I threw my red blazer on to see if that made a difference, but it looked worse. I couldn't throw a real shirt on without a lot of pain; I didn't like having to leave the zipper up on the jacket, but even if the bandages covered me, it felt really revealing to leave it open. For now, mostly zipped had to work.
I went back to the nightstand next to my bed and threw on the duel disk bracer the school had given me. It was so light-weight and comfortable; and small when the disk was folded up. I looked at my deck to see Earth smiling back at me, with Kristya right behind her. My wounds stung a little when I went through my cards, but putting them in my disk made it stop.
A knock at the door grabbed my attention, and a tall man came through with two men in black suits behind him. Arata hung back in her chair and gave a casual wave as if she knew the man, and he laughed at her. He peered over his round glasses to stare at me with his bright green eyes, and just started to smile. The man wore a black suit as well, much nicer than the CIA behind him, with an elegant aura to both his stroll and his craft in words. He offered his hand out and spoke softly. "Hello, Enzeru. I'm Chancellor Mayes."
I looked back at Arata, confused. She motioned for me to go with it. So I grabbed his hand. "Nice to meet you."
"I was watching your game with Alek; I couldn't believe that dragon card. Believe me, we're looking for him."
"What's... going to happen to him?" I asked.
"Well, he'd be prosecuted. He tried to kill you... Expulsion, jail time, however far you want to take it."
"Oh god," Arata's face hit her hand.
"It's up to me?"
"You're the victim."
"...I don't want him to get in trouble."
"..." The Chancellor watched me.
"She's serious," Arata sighed.
"Really?" The Chancellor asked.
"Yeah," I nodded. "I don't want anything to happen to him for this."
The Chancellor looked back at Arata, as if to ask if my judgment was clouded.
"Just listen to her," Arata waved a hand. "Do what you can for Alek. She doesn't think it's his fault. I believe her."
Mayes seemed dumbstruck, but he shrugged his shoulders. "I like the boy; Alek's one of the best I've ever seen," Arata's eyes shot him a glare, and he laughed nervously. "But... we'll discuss this another time. I came to meet you, Enzeru. Your game was very nice."
I smiled. "Thank you."
"Arata has... alerted, me that there has been a discrepancy about your rank?"
I didn't really respond to that, just brought the color of my jacket to his attention.
The Chancellor watched me for a moment, lingering on a thought with his arms crossed. Arata actually sat up to listen by now. I was distracted by the two men behind him, who never even twitched. I went back to packing up the room while Meyes seemed entranced with his mind. I looked to Arata, and she gave me a motion not to be concerned.
By the time I finished gathering everything up, The Chancellor was ready to speak.
"I guess I could retest you, under different circumstances of course. It would take a while to process though... That's why we do the tests almost half a year in advance."
"Why would it take so long to process?" Arata asked.
"Transferring to higher classes, transferring to the appropriate dorm, and I have to run it by those in charge of that."
"Semantics. She can just dorm with me, the only important thing there is her classes."
"I guess... But she wouldn't have the same privileges as you, Arata. She'd have to stay in the dorm she's assigned, she'd have to follow the rules like everyone else."
"Not if she's a Black rank like me."
"You think she's good enough for that?"
Just kinda hanging out here.
"Of course I do."
Talking for me. Signing me up for things without thinking. But that's okay.
"Hm... That's not something we just throw around, Arata. It's... barely even a rank," The Chancellor sighed. "Enzeru, if you personally have a problem with where you've been placed, I will see to your file and have you retested this afternoon. I would say after two weeks time, if not sooner, your results will be in."
I didn't realize right away that he was asking a question, so a momentary silence came over. "Oh. Um..." What else was I doing today? "Yeah. Sure. Alright."
Arata cheered.
"Great," Chancellor smiled. "Whenever you are ready, Enzeru, have Arata take you to the lab."
"Why the lab?" Arata asked.
"Well. Alek broke the stadium. So there's that," He said angrily. "But also, I've been meaning to test a new simulator. I figure this is perfect timing for it."
That was the end of that, with Arata out of questions and myself just taking things as they come, I threw my bag over my shoulder and smiled back at Arata. "Alright. So, let's go!"
"So soon?" Arata asked.
"Yeah. Why not?"
"Alright," She smiled back. "That's what I like to hear. Let's go then."
So she took me by the hand, and the two of us left for the new challenge.
We left the hospital after the head desk gave me the okay, and I noticed right away the looks that I got from people. The nurses looked at me like I was a ghost, and once the two of us left, any passing person let their eyes linger for a moment that I still existed. I hated the feeling of people staring at me; they weren't even being subtle! Side conversations dropped, others just stopped walking as I passed by. Arata laughed. "You're famous."
"For what reason?" I complained.
"Surviving, I guess. Everyone knows you now as 'that chick that fought Alek, did well, and died', so they seem to think. To see you alive, well..."
"Scares people?"
"More like intimidates people. You're a badass now," She laughed again. "Sweet, little you is a terrifying, dueling monster."
"Well," I didn't know what to say. "Alright then."
We passed the stadium on our way to the lab, and I could feel my wounds burning again. Any area that could be considered an opening was completely sealed off with wooden boards. It was impossible to see how much damage had been done to the inside; it must've been hell in there for anyone who actually saw it. I could still make out where I crashed outside. It was a lot more painful to think about than I thought it would be... I was fine just a minute ago... All of a sudden, I was crying.
"Enzeru..." Arata consoled me.
"No, no," I assured her, drying my eyes. "I'm fine, really. I don't... know what that was about."
When we arrived, the Chancellor was waiting for us right outside. He led us through the automatic doors and down a mesmerizing, chrome hallway, to a door oddly separate from others. The other rooms on this floor had been mostly see-through, or large, or widely-spaced. This room was just a metal door. Seemingly minuscule compared to the others... Chancellor assured me that this was the place for me. "If you'll wait inside, Enzeru, you'll be given further instructions. We'll be watching you from another room, if you need us."
I looked back to Arata, who nodded at me to continue. "Good luck. You'll do fine."
"Thanks..." I took a deep breath and stepped through the door, walking right into near-pitch darkness. The door shut behind me, removing any trace of light there was. I clung to the door; sure not to run into anything if I didn't move. Several minutes later, I could hear the Chancellor's voice once more, and the blinding lights clicked on, revealing the surprisingly-empty room. Not a feature, beyond what sat across the room from me. It looked like another person; albeit pale, with an odd grey to his hair color, but he wore the same blue uniform. Had he not been tethered to the wall by wire and cords, I would've been convinced. He sat on the floor, slumped over himself with a duel disk strapped to his wrist. Before I could even ask, Chancellor's voice came back.
"This is an import from the Kaiba Corp in Japan," He began. "His name is Cairne-X... thousand? Zerozerozero?" He questioned himself. "Thousand sounds better. Cairne-X000. He's meant to simulate any level of dueling, providing a challenge for any opponent, while getting better after every loss."
"That's... interesting," I looked curiously to the robot, who had slowly started to move. The thick cords retracted into the wall, thus rising Cairne to his feet as his glowing, flashlight eyes had been pried open. He threw is arm forward as his duel disk activated and the cards in his deck shuffled. My duel disk then responded, the screen displaying a challenge. Yes or no?
"We based Cairne's deck off of an old professional's to make him as challenging of an opponent as possible."
Oh joy. I pressed "Yes".
"Initiating. Dueling. Simulation. Zane."
"Um... Duel, I guess!"
Enzeru - 4000
Cairne X000 - 4000
A coin gets tossed on the screen, and I choose right as I select tails.
"I'll go first, then."
No response.
I draw my top five cards; Venus, Earth, Honest, Master Hyperion, Mystical Space Typhoon, and the sixth, Light of Redemption.
"I can use Cyber Dragon?" Cairne asked.
"What?" I asked.
"N-No! It's not your turn yet!" The Chancellor yelled.
"Yes, Father."
"Father?" I asked.
"Ignore him... Please, continue," Chancellor sighed.
"I... I summon The Agent of Creation - Venus(1600/0, Light/Fairy/Effect, Level 3) in attack position, and sacrifice my life points for her effect." The golden maiden flew forward, dancing in front of Enzeru before settling with her arms crossed, three spheres of light swirling around her wings.
Enzeru - 2500
Cairne X000 - 4000
"The Agent of Creation - Venus. Pay 500 Life Points to Special Summon one Mystical Shine Ball from your deck or your hand."
I nodded my head. "And I use this effect three times, bringing out three Shine Balls(500/500, Light/Fairy, Level 2) in defense position."
The three orbs flew out from Venus' presence and took one of their own, each one separating onto the field.
"After that... I set one card face-down, and end my turn."
"Draw Phase. Draw one card. Standby Phase. No action. Main Phase One. I activate Power Bond from the hand. Do you respond?"
"Um... No," I smiled. It was proper, the way he was announcing himself. It was just something I had rarely ever seen.
"I proceed. Two Cyber Dragon cards are removed from my hand and placed into the graveyard to activate the effect of Power Bond. Power Bond's effect then activates. The Special Summon of Cyber Twin Dragon is being attempted. Do you respond?"
"No response."
"I proceed. Cyber Twin Dragon(2800/2100, Light/Machine/Effect, Level 8) is summoned successfully. Power Bond's second effect then activates, doubling the A.T.K points of Cyber Twin Dragon."
"Oh. Um... Pleasant."
"The activation of the card 'Overload Fusion' is being attempted. Do you respond?"
"No," I shook my head.
"Probability is in the favor of Enzeru Adokenai's face-down being Mystical Space Typhoon. Attack success probability, 90%."
"Hey now," I waved my hand. "How do you know that?"
"The effect of Overload Fusion is activated. Two Cyber Dragon cards are being removed from my graveyard. The summon of Cyber Twin Dragon is being attempted. Do you respond?"
"No! It's MST, alright? Stop asking me, please."
"Probability of Enzeru Adokenai's face-down being Mystical Space Typhoon probability decreased. Attack success probability at 85%. Overload Fusion special summons Cyber Twin Dragon(2800/2100, Light/Machine/Effect, Level 8) in A.T.K. position."
"...That's fine, I guess. No big deal," I say as I stare down two massive, screeching, two-headed dragons.
"Probability of Enzeru Adokenai's hand containing the card 'Honest', a one-in-forty chance."
I tried not to respond, as to not give away that that I did indeed hold Honest. It was probably the only reason I wouldn't mercilessly lose right now.
"I retain my Normal Summon for turn one. The normal summon of Cyber Kirin is being attempted. Enzeru Adokenai has requested that I stop asking for a response. I normal summon Cyber Kirin(300/800, Light/Machine/Effect, Level 3) in A.T.K position. I then use the effect of Cyber Kirin to negate all effect damage to my life points."
"Right. Okay. Cause of Power Bond. I got you."
Normally, if you let the effect of Power Bond go without notice, it will burn you for the attack points of the monster you summoned. Despite sounding like a requirement, it is not a cost to activate the effect of Power Bond, so it is considered effect damage, thus easily negated.
"Enzeru Adokenai's stress levels remain mostly unchanged. The probability of her hand containing Honest increases. I declare an attack with Cyber Twin Dragon with 2800 A.T.K points. My A.T.K target is Mystical Shine Ball. Do you respond?"
My hand rested on my forehead. "No."
And one roar and a flash of light later, one of the spheres vanished.
"The effect of Cyber Twin Dragon activates. I can declare two attacks. My second A.T.K target is another Mystical Shine Ball."
The second sphere had vanished, just as the first.
"Cyber Twin Dragon declares an attack with 5600 A.T.K points. My first declaration is Mystical Shine Ball. My second is the A.T.K position Agent Venus."
The second shine ball disappeared. When Twin Dragon had begun its final attack, I revealed Honest from my hand. Venus' eyes shot open as her wings began to shine. A second pair unfolded from behind her shoulders, and as her attack points rose, so did a golden torrent of aura around her feet. She took flight and rose up to meet Cyber Twin, and the two clashed until Cyber Twin shattered.
Enzeru - 2500
Cairne X000 - 2400
A necessary risk, if I had to give Cairne credit. If he didn't attack into Venus, his turn would've been mostly wasted. If he didn't attack into Honest, I would've attacked him using it, and I would gain more advantage that way. If I didn't have Honest, easily I would've lost.
"One face-down card is set onto my field. My End Phase occurs. Your Draw Phase begins."
"My Draw Pha... I mean, my turn, I draw!"
Celestial Transformation. No help there, really. I didn't think that I needed it...
"I reveal The Agent of Mystery - Earth in my hand, removing her from play to summon the blade that carves my path. Reveal, my unlimited boundary! Master Hyperion!(2700/2100, Light/Fairy/Effect, Level 7)"
Familiar flames exploded from a tower of light off of the center of the field. I tried to look away; I had a theory on what would happen but I played it anyway... Seeing the flames dance as the body of my angel formed, my wounds began to sear more and more. I grabbed my chest and fell to my knees, lingering over myself as nausea fought its way through to my throat. The simulation prompted at my disk for the duel to end, but repeatedly, I said no. Instead, I pushed back at the pain. I stood right back up to my feet to greet Master Hyperion's full, majestic form waiting for orders.
"I... I then remove a Shine Ball from my graveyard to destroy Cyber Twin Dragon!"
The fire built in Hyperion's hands. He threw his arm forward and engulfed the metal creature in blinding flames, swarming him until its body shattered, just as the first.
"Master... Hyperion. Attack Cairne's life points directly!"
Hyperion grounded. Fire build in the both of its palms, and tight fists curled together. A pair of bright, shining wings flew out from behind him, and carried him off of his feet and towards my opponent. Both flames built strong, and both fists met with a powerful strike into Cairne, knocking him into his knees as the relaxing sound of a small life point counter rung in the room.
Enzeru - 2500
Cairne X000 - 0
"I summoned Cyber Twin Dragon."
I panted without a response in mind. I just waited for Chancellor to return with applause, and Arata to throw her arms around me, keeping me from collapsing.
"You did good, Enzeru," Chancellor smiled. "Two turns. Nice."
"Thank you," I smiled as Arata came to my side. "But... What's up with Cairne? It seemed like all he cared about was summoning Cyber Dragons."
"Well, that's what we wanted him to do. He's supposed to be able to play the deck of any player; the programming for the Cyber deck was simply 'to summon Cyber Dragon cards'."
I found a curious gaze on my face. "But... that's not what it's about."
"Why's that?" He returned my curious gaze.
"Well... I mean summoning Cyber Dragon cards may be the point of the deck, but that shouldn't be all he's limited to. If he has the ability to reason and think, he should be capable of more than just one strategy. If I played him again, would the duel be the same?"
"As close as possible, probably."
"Then I don't want this to count... It was fun, but if you're going to test me based on my skills, I don't want it to figure in an opponent who could've won but didn't. Maybe you should let Cairne figure a deck out for himself, instead of teaching him to play one he's forced into. It doesn't feel right."
Arata had to leave the room, but the audible "Whoooo" could be heard from outside the door. The Chancellor laughed at the sound, as did I eventually. Cairne just watched the two of us.
"Father is satisfied?"
"Ugh..." Chancellor tried to ignore him. "Well said, Enzeru. Certainly changes things as far as your profile goes. As for Cairne... Maybe he should attend classes as well."
"What? How?" I asked, unsure of The Chancellor's point.
"Well, the wires pretty much keep him alive, but why did they invent batteries? Like you said, Cairne has the ability to think and learn. Maybe he could learn to play on his own. That'd be something, wouldn't it?"
"Well, yeah," I said. "That'd be something."
"Cairne would be something."
"I'll see to it. It's exciting, really. Until then, I'll keep you updated."
As The Chancellor turned to leave, and the door slowly swung open, I caught a glimpse of Arata partying in triumph before she turned to face us.
OC - Cairne-X000, by deadman2020 (Wow, they won't even allow links to their own site. Lame.)
www(dot)fanfiction(dot)net/u/1414411/deadman2020
Wow. Using OC's is hard lol I've used my own OC's, and my sister's, and some from a friend in my fictions before, and I haven't had any problems. This chapter felt a little.. awkward. I hope this isn't a trend that starts from over reliance on OCs. First arc is pretty much a bunch of one shots hinting a little at the main story, like almost any multi-arc series I've ever seen. Slow intro into a good story. I'll give it a few more chapters, but I hope I won't have to drop the whole OC thing altogether. But thank you to deadman2020, probably the only instance I'm ever going to use an existing character's deck lol
Dear FFNet. I would enjoy it if you stopped taking away my italics and my bold marks every time I uploaded. It adds like an extra half an hour to my workload and it sucks. I rely on them a lot. It's not fun. If anyone knows how to stop this from happening, it would do me a lot of good xd