Sekhmet: The first of many agonizing stall deck duels that come out of Yuko.
Susano-o: Yes, and you'll see very soon it becomes an uphill battle to get Sekhmet to actually have Yuko on the back foot in a duel.
Sekhmet: I know too much and it upsets me. How can I not play that trap when I know it'll Counter the next move perfectly?
Susano-o: You write your duels so the trap never gets sprung, you know give the opponent the anime ass pulls for a change.
Sekhmet: They get enough asspulls already though. You'll get your wish. Eventually…
Susano-o: *Rolls eyes* Anyway here we go.
Duel 3: Useless Lesbian
Yuko was bored. Paying attention, but bored. Card types are pretty standard knowledge, you just had to think.
A loud snore to her left jolted her out of her thoughts. "Sparkman attack New Game Philip, Static Shockwave!" Rose muttered as drool ran down her cheek.
Yuko shoved the elbow supporting Rose's head, making her head slam into her section of the desk. She quickly resumed a casual sitting position, so as not to get punched.
"I have a trap card so fuck your couch!" Rose yelled standing up in the lecture hall and pointing at Crowler.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't use profanity in my lecture hall!" Crowler said with a growl that morphed into a scream by the end of it. "Now sit down and pay attention!"
"What a screwball." One of the Obelisks snickered.
"Yeah, a real nutcase." Another said.
"What a loser." A third sneered.
"Huh what was that?!" Rose yelled. "You wanna say that to my face!?" She yelled. "I'll duel you all at once right here and now!" She yelled pulling out her duel disk.
"Rose, you're attracting too much attention to yourself, again." Alexis said. "Sit down."
Rose's face went red. "Umm sure," She stammered sitting back down and pulling out her pencil, while everyone rub their necks from the mood whiplash. Yuko rubbed her face in exasperation, and a bit of tiredness.
Crowler glared at Rose he was about to give her a century's worth of detentions, but seeing her reaction to Alexis gave him an idea, a nasty, horrible, mean idea, he thought as his face morphed into a ghoulish grin.
"Does Rose have an off switch?" Yuko wondered.
"Stupid sexy Alexis!" Rose thought blushing as she thought about the beautiful girl behind her. "She's a blue so why am I like this damn it!"
"Ok, let's see. Traps counter spells, MST doesn't negate, and-" Yuko stopped her train of thought, stunned to find the rest of her notes near incomprehensible, replaced instead with doodles of Wicked Dreadroot. She scrambled to rip the page out of her notebook and continue writing notes.
…
"So Rose," Syrus said as the two ran around the track. "What happened back in Crowler's class?"
"What do you mean," Rose asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well you looked ready to kill those Obelisk's, but then Alexis said to stop and you did," Syrus explained. "And well Alexis is also an Obelisk so I was kind of expecting you to bite her head off for trying to stop you," He rambled. "So why didn't you...Rose?" He finished with a questioning glance at the massive blush now coating Rose's face. "Rose are you still there?"
"Syrus, don't bother. She's gone." Yuko said, approaching the two.
"Huh what's wrong with her?" Syrus asked. "Should we take her to the nurse?"
"Well, nothing's WRONG with her. She's a-" Yuko started, but was cut off by Rose's yelling.
"Yuko I swear to Ra!" She yelled missing her next step and causing everyone behind her and herself to crash to the ground in a heap.
"Alright, geez. It's not like everyone doesn't know anyway." Yuko said, passing her.
"I will shove you in a trunk!" Rose yelled back getting to her feet and racing after her friends.
"No threats on the track!" Ms. Fontaine yelled from the center of the track. "That'll be two extra laps for you Ms. Warren!"
"Ah fuck," Rose hissed picking up her pace.
"So, what is Rose?" Syrus asked. He and Yuko were far away from Rose by now.
"She's a lesbian. No big deal." Yuko stated.
"Oh ok," Syrus didn't really understand, but he smiled and nodded anyway.
...
Crowler giggled as he wrote out what he considered to be his magnum opus, a love letter, written by Alexis to Rose. "Once that foul mouthed slacker reads this note she'll be tripping over herself to get to the blue dorms, where I will be waiting to catch her trespassing in the act!" He thought as he signed Alexis's name on the letter with a flourish before putting it in an envelope. "Hmm it's missing something," He thought turning it over in his hands. "Ah I know what it needs." Reaching into the bottom drawer of his desk he pulled out his small makeup kit. "Who says men can't wear makeup," He thought selecting a pink shade and applying it. "Now the finishing touch," He thought placing a kiss on the letter's flap. "Perfect!" He smirked.
Crowler quickly snuck his away into the girls locker room and found Rose's locker, where he set the letter on her boots with an evil smirk. "Goodbye slacker," He laughed sneaking back to his office.
…
"Yeah, I don't know why the art for 'Mystic Tomato' is so weird. Ask Pegasus I guess." Yuko said. She shivered as she thought about the art.
"It's not weird!" Rose yelled. "It's an evil tomato and the new one makes it looks like a pumpkin!" She argued opening the locker room door.
"It's called 'Mystic Tomato', not 'Demon Tomato'!" Yuko argued back. "Plus, I like the new one. It's easier on the eyes."
"Oh my Ra I can't even with you now," Rose sighed opening her locker and raising an eyebrow at the letter on her boots. "Huh, what's this?"
Yuko looked over. "Looks like a letter." She said.
"Thank you Captain Obvious," Rose joked picking the letter up and flipping it over making her eyebrows jumped to her hairline when she saw the kiss mark on the flap. "Oh well...that's interesting."
"Someone likes you, that's nice." Yuko notes, turning away for a moment to grab her bag.
"Yeah but why?" Rose asked opening the letter and reading it.
"I know. Written letters died off like, 20 years ago or something. Plus it would have been easier to send a message via PDA or an email." Yuko wondered out loud. Rose didn't respond, her higher brain function had seemingly shut down and her face was turning bright red. "You ok over there?" Yuko asked.
"Meep," Rose squeaked out clearly lost in her own thoughts.
"Geez, what's got you in a knot?" Yuko asked.
Rose responded by shakily handing over the letter before she collapsed bonelessly onto the nearby bench. Yuko looked over her shoulder to read whatever the letter had said.
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me prov'd,
I never writ, nor no man ever lov'd."
I love you more than plants love the sun. Meet me behind the Blue girls' dorms tonight so that I may confess to you properly.
Love,
Alexys
"Woah." Yuko replied. "You got really lucky."
"Meep," Rose muttered again.
"Never knew Alexis was such a wordsmith." Yuko added.
"Meep," Rose agreed finally getting to her feet and getting dressed shakily.
"You gonna go through with that?" Yuko asked, assuming that she would.
"Hell to the fuck yes!" Rose yelled finally snapping out of it and doing a small jig in the locker room, much to the shock and amusement of everyone else in there. "I was made for loving you baby! You were made for loving me!" She sang dancing out of the locker room.
"Good for her." Yuko thought, brushed some hair under her beanie, and exited soon after.
...
"It feels like the first time!" Rose sang loudly as she walked to the Obelisk girls dorm just after sunset. "Feels like the very first time!"
"There she is," Crowler smirked pulling out his camera ready to snap a photo as Rose knocked on the front door, and was then let in. "Wait what?" Crowler asked confused. "-But I thought that," He muttered before a lightbulb when off in his head. "She's also a girl," He realized before screaming and grabbing his hair in frustration. "Curse you slacker!" He yelled stomping his way back to the male dorms.
….
"Can you get Alexis for me please?" Rose asked the blue girl who had let her in. Her and another girl nearby looked at each other, confused.
"Why would Alexis want to talk to you?" One asked.
"Yeah. You're a Slifer." Another said.
Rose's smile vanished as she turned on her death glare. "Yet I beat Crowler," She said crossing her arms. "So what does that say about Obelisk students?"
"Sorry, but it doesn't make sense. Reds don't talk to Blues, and vice versa. It's the way it is." A third one passing by said.
"Yeah, I mean, she's out of your dueling league anyway." A fourth sitting on a nearby couch added.
"Is there a gas leak in here?" Rose asked sniffing the air. "Because I swore I just said that I beat a teacher in a duel, so that means I'm better than a teacher which means I'm out of all your leagues," She said talking like a teacher talking to a particularly dense student. "So run along and go get Alexis."
"That's not happening. You're not worth the air she'd use to talk to you." A fifth one from halfway down the stairs said.
"Alright then," Rose said clapping her hands. "Clearly you all have a gas leak in your rooms, I'll make sure to mention it to someone tomorrow, but as for now seeing that you're all having a collective case of amnesia I guess I'll have to find her myself," she determined before walking towards the main staircase to the dorm rooms, shouldering past the one who tried to block her way. "I wish you all the best of luck sorting out your problems and I will conclude this little talk by tell you all to go fuck yourselves," She smirked with a bow from the top of the stairs.
All five of those girls seemed to have the same idea, as they all tried to rush Rose and tackle her.
"Oh how cute," Rose said grabbing one and flipping her over judo style. "It's like a bunch of middle schoolers trying to take down a high school kid." While Rose could easily knock them off one by one, more and more girls piled on by the minute. One of them had called her a trespasser, and that stirred up the residence like a hive of angry bees attacking a wasp.
"Ok," Rose growled as the pile of girls held her down on the floor. "Normally I wouldn't mind this situation, but the one who is digging their elbow into my back is really ruining it for me!"
"Woah, what's going on here?" Alexis asked. She had just come out of her room to see what all the ruckus was about, to find a somewhat bizarre sight of Rose being held down by about half the dorm residents.
"Oh hey Alexis," Rose said with a nervous smile. "Sorry about this, I'll get out of here soon and we can go talk," She said trying to force herself to stand up despite the people holding her down.
"Talk about what?" Alexis asked.
"The letter you sent me," Rose said finally getting a leg underneath herself and using it to prop herself up. "In my locker."
"I didn't send you a letter." Alexis said.
"Yes you did," Rose said with a frown pulling the letter out from her jacket and handing it over to her. Alexis skimmed over the letter.
"Rose, this is just a copy of a poem by Shakespeare and my name isn't even spelled right." Alexis said.
"Oh," Rose said depressingly. "Ok," She muttered finally standing up and brushing herself off. "Guess it was a little far fetched to believe," She said with a rueful chuckle. "I'm gonna go throw myself in the ocean now, have a good night."
"No you don't, you're trespassing!" One of the girls piped up. Another one agreed, and soon the whole mob of girls was in agreement.
"Oh my Ra," Rose muttered rubbing her face. "I've already had a shitty night can you just fucking let me leave?" She asked looking at Alexis.
"Actually, I've been waiting for an opportunity like this to come around. Ever since you beat Dr. Crowler in your entrance exams, I've been wondering just how good of a duelist you really are. How about this: We duel. If you win, you go free, no questions asked. If I win, we report you for trespassing." Alexis proposed.
Rose's face went from white to red so fast is was a wonder she didn't pass out. "I need to make a call first," She squeaked shuffling over to the corner of the room to call Yuko.
…
"Oh come on!" Yuko shrieked. She had opened her notebook to study what she had written down in class, and while the top of every page had decent notes, the bottoms all had sketches of Dreadroot. She could only use half her notes!
"What's the problem hun?" Midori asked from her desk.
"Half my paper got turned into doodles. I've still got some notes from class, but still. Bored Me is a jerk." Yuko explained.
"Oh that's not good," Midori said looking over Yuko's shoulder at her notes. "Can you use Rose's?"
"I'll look in her bag." Yuko said, and got up to look through Rose's bag.
"You know these are very good," Midori said looking back at Yuko's various sketches. "You should take a class in card design."
"I thought about it, but decided to go into Dueling instead. It's more exciting, you know?" Yuko said, finding Rose's notebook. She opened it up only to find drool marks. "Rose didn't take any, there's only drool in here."
"Oh is there," Midori said with a glare. "Well I'll have to have a talk with her when she gets back," she said darkly. "Until then I'll see if I have my old notes for you to borrow," she said looking through her desk.
"You're a lifesaver, Midori." Yuko said. Suddenly, her PDA rang. When she answered it, Rose popped up on the little screen. "There you are. Listen, when you get home, Midori wants to talk to you."
"Yuko I have a million more problems than that right now!" Rose yelled over the screen. "I need you to get over to the Obelisk girl's dorm ASAP!"
"What? Why?" Yuko asked.
"Long story short the letter was a fake and the blues won't let me leave without getting me in trouble for trespassing, the only way out of this is I have to duel Alexis!"
"So duel her. You beat Dr. Crowler, this should be easy for you." Yuko said.
"No no no I can't do it!" Rose whined.
"What, did you already do it and lose?" Yuko asked.
"No I just can't duel her!"
"Fine. Give me a few minutes." Yuko said, and hung up. "Midori, there's been a change of plans. Rose got in some trouble and she needs my help to get out." Yuko said, grabbing her duel disk and her Dreadroot deck out of her backpack. These particular cards were old and weathered, like they'd been used for years.
"What happened?" Midori asked putting her shoes on.
"Apparently Rose got sent a fake love letter and got set up for trespassing. She's being a useless lesbian so now I gotta go help her." Yuko explained.
"A useless lesbian?" Midori asked raising an eyebrow.
"I don't know how else to explain it." Yuko stated, and left the room. She wasn't about to go anywhere near the blue dorm without someone she trusted, though. This brought her to knock on Syrus' door before leaving the area.
"Yuko? What's up?" Syrus asked when he opened the door.
"The Blues have Rose in a trespassing scheme and I'm not about to go over there without a friend." Yuko said bluntly.
"Oh, that's awful! But why can't she get out of it herself?" Syrus asked.
"She's being a useless lesbian right now. That's the best way I can describe it." Yuko said, and the three started walking.
Syrus nodded, he really didn't understand what that meant but he knew his friend needed his help.
…
With the three arrived at the blue dorm, Yuko knocked on the door. A girl opened the door and rolled her eyes, before shouting up to Alexis. "Alexis, they're multiplying!"
Midori glared as she step forward. "Just let us in," She ordered.
"We just want our friend back." Yuko added. The girl rolled her eyes again, but let them in. At the top of the stairs stood Alexis, and behind her Rose.
"Ok, can someone give me the full story one more time so I can get everything right?" Yuko asked.
"Your friend here trespassed into the building!" One of the girls said.
"Your friend here got a fake love letter and dragged half the dorm down a hallway looking for me." Alexis clarified. "And if she wants to go free, she'll have to beat me in a duel."
"And Rose can't duel you because she's a useless lesbian." Yuko said, asking for clarification from Rose as well.
"Shut up!" Rose yelled blushing.
"Alexis you know you can't hold her hostage," Midori said crossing her arms. "What Rose did is nothing compared to what you all did!" She yelled. "I'll see you all arrested for this!"
The girls all broke out into worried chatter. Some were worried about their records, others the actual legal implications.
"So what do you propose we do?" Alexis asked raising an eyebrow. She knew the Chancellor wouldn't really do anything to either one of them if they took this to him as no one actually got hurt.
Midori smiled. "You wanted a duel?" She asked. "Well you can have one, Yuko will duel you, then when she wins we'll all go our separate ways and forget about what happened."
Yuko looked like she saw a ghost. "Me? But I'm probably the worst duelist here!"
"Well considering Rose is useless and me and Syrus don't have our gear, I guess it falls to you," Midori said shrugging.
Yuko made a strangled noise, knowing that she was right, before sighing. "Alright." She said, walking forwards. "Let's do this then."
Alexis smiled and walked forwards. Both engaged their duel disks. "Ready?" She asked.
"As I'll ever be." Yuko replied.
"Duel!" Both shouted. (LP: 8000)
"I'll go first. I draw!" Alexis said, and drew a card. "Rise, 'Etoile Cyber'!"
A beautiful monster reminiscent of a ballet dancer took to the field. (1200/1600)
"I'm also going to play one card face down." Alexis said, and ended her turn.
"Ok, here goes everything." Yuko said, and drew a card. Yuko got an idea, but she wasn't sure if she wanted to run it yet.
"I'll set a monster face down, as well as two facedown cards." Yuko said, and the cards appeared on her field. "Your turn."
"Very well. I draw." Alexis said, looking over the cards in her hand.
"Well this isn't starting off very exciting," Jasmine said crossing her arms. "Bet that Slifer is just gonna spend the whole duel stalling."
"Yeah Alexis has this one in the bag," Mindy said smirking.
"I summon 'Blade Skater'!" Alexis called. A purple bald figure skater took the field. (1400/1500). "And I use 'Polymerization' to fuse 'Etoile Cyber' and 'Blade Skater' to summon 'Cyber Blader'!
The two monsters skated together in a whirlwind to summon a larger figure skater to the field. (2100/800) "Go, 'Cyber Blader! Attack her facedown monster!" Alexis commanded.
'Cyber Blader' spun up a whirlwind to kick over the facedown card, which was Marshmallon (300/500). Marshmallon split nearly down the middle, but remained resolute and pulled itself back together.
"Marshmallon's ability activates!" Yuko called out. "After damage calculation, if this card was attacked while face down at the start of the Damage Step, you take 1000 Damage."
Marshmallon showed it's pointy teeth, and bolted over to bite Alexis' leg before returning to its side of the field. (Alexis LP: 8000-7000)
"First blood goes to Yuko," Midori said smiling proudly.
"That was a good move," Syrus agreed. "Now they both have an indestructible monster on the field."
"I'll end my turn then." Alexis said.
"Alright, here I go." Yuko said, and drew. A weird feeling shot through her, and she knew she had drawn her favorite. She had all the pieces to summon her best card, she just didn't know if it was the right move. Then again, if she didn't win, Rose would be in huge trouble. Alright, she'll do it.
"I'll use the special ability of my 'Gilasaurus' to summon it to the field." Yuko said. A hungry looking velociraptor snarled as it appeared on the field. (1400/400) "The side effect of this is, you get to special summon a monster from your graveyard, if you so desire."
"I'll take you up on that. I'll resummon 'Etoile Cyber'!" Alexis said. The ballerina took the field again. (1200/1600)
And for my Normal summon, 'Hardened Armed Dragon'." A disgusting looking dragon made of bones and muscle took the field. (1500/800). "I'll place one card face down and end my turn." Yuko said, the card appearing on the field.
"Three monsters," Rose muttered pulling at her lip. "Lot of things she can do with that, but now she's got a big problem."
"What?" Syrus asked nervously.
"Alexis's 'Cyber Blader' has three effects, and they are cumulative," Midori explained. "So Alexis's monster is now the strongest monster on the field."
"Told you Alexis was out of your league," Jasmine smirked at Rose, making her shoot a death glare at the smug blue girl. "I'm not even dueling you dumb bimbo!"
"You've made quite a big mistake, summoning all those monsters." Alexis stated. "My 'Cyber Blader' is virtually indestructible thanks to its effects. Not only can't it be destroyed by battle, but it's attack is doubled, and all your spell, trap, and monster effects are negated." (2100-4200/800) 'Cyber Blader! Attack Marshmallon with Whirlwind Rage!"
Marshmallon was cut to bits by Cyber Blader's skates. "But since Etoile Cyber isn't strong enough to attack any of your other monsters, I end my turn." Alexis noted.
"I draw." Yuko said. That'll help in the future. "I'll special summon another 'Gilasaurus' using its special ability." Another velociraptor took the field. (1400/400). You can summon another monster from your graveyard."
"I'm aware. I'll resummon 'Blade Skater!'" Alexis said. The ice skater came back. (1400/1500).
Yuko's heart was pounding. "I hope this works." I tribute all three monsters to summon 'The Wicked Dreadroot'!"
The ground shook and the pavement split open as a huge hand ripped its way out of the ground. The hand slammed the ground and pulled the rest of a huge demon armored in bone out of the fissure in the earth. (4000/4000)
"Oh my Ra." Rose whispered as she stared at the massive behemoth of a monster that had risen behind her friend.
"I don't think that's Ra," Midori answered as a cold sweat broke out over her body.
Syrus meanwhile had hidden behind the two, his face pale as death as he was unable to tear his eyes away from the monster that was unfurling its wings and glaring down at Alexis.
Jasmine and Mindy where holding onto each other for dear life, obviously terrified to even be near this thing.
"Oh, oh my Obelisk." Alexis muttered, struck by how evil this monster felt.
I
"Once Dreadroot hits the field, the attack and defense of all monsters except for itself are halved." Yuko explained, shivering. A purple fog gathered from Dreadroot's legs and spread across the field. Alexis' monsters cowered in fear. (1400-700/1500-750) (1200-600/800-400) (2100-1050/800-400)
"Oh no!" Alexis said.
Yuko collapsed to one knee. She didn't feel like herself. She never did when she played this card. Her hands shook and she felt sick to her stomach. Sick with fear. Still, her friend's future was on the line.
"'Wicked Dreadroot! Attack 'Etoile Cyber' with Fears Knockdown!" Yuko commanded. Dreadroot wound up a punch and smashed 'Etoile Cyber' into holographic pieces. (Alexis LP: 7000-3600) "I end my turn." Yuko concluded.
Alexis shivered as she drew a card. Did she even have a card in her deck that could stop this thing? Not while Yuko only had one monster. If she could get Yuko to summon another monster, she could play her 'Axe of Despair' card. If she draws it, that is…
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn." Alexis said.
"Holy Ra that thing is strong," Midori said looking at Rose. "Did you know she had that?"
"She said she had an attack reducing card," Rose said nervously. "Didn't say it was a monster."
A small noise caused Rose to look away from the duel for a second, scanning the area she thought she saw the air beside her duelbox distort for a few seconds before returning to normal. "Did you see that?" She asked her two companions.
"See what?" Midori asked rubbing her clammy hands on her pants. Syrus was still too scared to even respond.
"Nothing," Rose muttered looking back at the duel, though for some reason she didn't feel as scared. "Nothing at all."
"I draw." Yuko said. This was just what she needed.
"I play the spell 'Lightning Vortex!' Now by discarding a card, I can clear your field." Two bolts of lightning struck 'Cyber Blader' and 'Blade Skater', destroying them.
"But that means that-" Alexis said, and gasped at the implications.
"I'm sorry, but when you try to hurt my friends, you try to hurt me. 'Wicked Dreadroot'! Attack her directly with Fears Knockdown!" Yuko commanded. Dreadroot wound up another punch and it hit dead on. (Alexis' LP: 3600-0. Winner: Yuko.)
Yuko dropped to both knees as Dreadroot faded into the air, duel disk shutting off. She stared into space, not quite comprehending that she beat a student two levels above herself. As a few moments went by, her sick feeling went away.
"I...I did it?" Yuko asked, to anyone in the vicinity.
"Yeah, you did it Yuko!" Syrus cheered and confirmed.
"I did it! I did it!" Yuko cheered, slowly coming back to her senses. She got up and did a little victory jog, culminating in her hugging the hell out of Syrus and jumping up and down while still cheering. It was the happiest either had been all week.
"Woohoo!" Rose yelled grabbing her friend in a bear hug. "Thanks for saving my useless ass."
"That was some very impressive dueling," Midori said with a proud smile.
"Thanks. Don't give me too much credit though, I sort of just winged it." Yuko admitted, and then got rather serious. "But seriously, none of us should talk about this."
'Sure," Rose said. "-But I don't know if Tweedledum and Tweedleidiot over there will keep it secret," She said pointing at Jasmine and Mindy.
Yuko turned to them. "As exciting and frightening as it was, you CANNOT talk about what happened here tonight. 'Wicked Dreadroot' is a very special card, and it would be on the hit list of any card bounty hunter. Many of which would shoot me, you two, and anyone else who has any other connection to it in the back of the head in the shower to get it." Yuko said. She was mostly lying, but anything to protect her secrets.
"Umm sure totally!" Jasmine said nodded rapidly. "We'll keep it a secret!"
"I appreciate it." Yuko nodded. "And Alexis?"
"Alright, I won't back out. Rose gets to go free." She said.
"Let's go, you useless lesbian." Yuko said.
"Shut up," Rose muttered with an over exaggerated pout as she crossed her arms.
"So guys I have a question," Syrus said once they left the blue dorms.
"Yeah?" Yuko asked.
"What's a lesbian?" Syrus asked. Yuko cut Rose off before she could say anything.
"A lesbian is a girl who likes another girl romantically." Yuko explained.
"Oh." Syrus replies, and then it sank in. "Oh…"
"Yep," Rose said with a smirk. "What are you thinking about Syrus?" She asked watching her friends face get redder and redder.
"Nothing!" Syrus shrieked. And everyone had a good laugh.