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Hypatia She had been mistaken about being in control of the duel. Kiyoko had made that exceedingly clear. “I’ll draw!” She took the card into her hand and looked over her options. Two counters she couldn’t use and four cards in hand, while Kiyoko had a board of monsters and cards in her hand to spare. She felt childish for it, so she didn’t let it show on her face, but Hypatia was a little upset. She had, for a brief moment, fantasized that she might be some sort of miraculous card game savant. It didn’t help that Kiyoko was so utterly stoic. Well, not entirely; Hypatia had seen her glance over her face down cards, if only for a moment. She could probably use those to bluff while she went on the offensive. That would only work if she could put pressure on Kiyoko though. She would have to get lucky here. “I’ll summon Witch of the Black Forest, and I’ll tribute her to use Monster Gate. It lets me reveal cards from my deck until I reveal a monster, then I can special summon it.” She pulled out the cards slowly, with a steady hand, hoping for the one that would turn things around. D.D. Dynamite, Widespread Ruin, Soul Absorption, and… Hypatia threw her head back and let out an uproarious laugh which subsided into an exasperated chuckle. She sighed and revealed the card. “Bad luck! Tsukuyomi can’t be special summoned, so all four are sent to the grave.” She placed them in the slot. There wouldn’t be a comeback this time. “When my Witch is sent to the graveyard she lets me add a monster from my deck to my hand. I’ll choose Battle Fader, and then I’ll special summon Chaos Sorcerer by banishing a light and a dark monster from my grave.” She eyed Garoth disdainfully. “Would you mind removing that thing for me darling?” The Sorcerer obliged, pointing a finger at the Lightsworn without a word. It vanished just as silently. “That’ll be all for me. I end my turn.” Kiyoko didn’t seem too bothered by the loss of her monster as she simply declared, “my turn. Draw!” Looking at the card in her hand she said, “first, I activate Raiden’s effect once again and send the top two cards of my deck to my graveyard.” As she declared this, Raiden’s blades glowed golden once more as she tossed the cards to her graveyard. However, as she did so, a column of light erupted next to Wulf as she said, “however, because one of the cards I sent to the graveyard was Felis, the Lightsworn Archer, Raiden both gains 200 attack points and I can summon Felis in defense mode.” The light disappeared, revealing a woman with feline features and bow in hand, taking a defensive posture. Looking at her hand, the girl then felt a strange surge of...something, come over her, as the mark on her arm seemed to glow. She wasn’t quite sure what it meant, but she felt as though it had something to do with the other signers. Still, she could feel something from her own brand, as if her dragon wanted to be free themselves. Looking at her hand, the girl then looked back to the field muttering, “next turn.” Taking a different card she said, “now I tribute Raiden, to bring forth Gragonith, the Lightsworn Dragon!” Raiden turned in a mote of light, from which a white feathered dragon with a golden mane appeared. “With this, Gragonith’s effect activates. For every Lightsworn monster with a different name in my graveyard, Gragonith gains 300 extra attack and defense. Because I have eight such monsters, Gragonith gains 2400 attack and defense!” As she declared this, the white dragon was enveloped in a large golden aura as its attack went from 2000 to 4400. Looking at the two set cards that Hypatia had, Kiyoko merely powered on saying, “now battle! Gragonith attacks Chaos Sorcerer!” With a golden light gathering into its mouth, the dragon let loose a large stream of golden flame, enveloping the Sorcerer and reducing it to ash. Hypatia LP 5300 ---> 3100 “Now Wulf, attack her directly!” At her command, the beast man charged forth, swinging its golden claws towards Hypatia. Even as her monster was incinerated and those claws rushed forward intent to snatch victory away from her, Hypatia couldn’t help but be awe struck. And then there was Kiyoko, standing there with her mark glowing bright. Altogether it was overwhelming; like staring at the sun. She raised her hand to block out the light, but there was another light there, the light of her own mark. She came back to her senses. “When a direct attack is declared I can special summon Battle Fader! Its effect lets me negate the attack and end the battle phase.” Without missing a beat, Kiyoko stated, “I activate Felis’s effect. By sending it to the graveyard, I can destroy one face up monster you control and send the top three cards of my deck to the grave.” Declaring this, the girl sent her cards to the graveyard as Felis pulled back on her bow. With a golden arrow being formed, the feline archer fired it off, destroying both themselves and the monster at the same time. “I set one card face down and at the end of my turn, Gragonith forces me to send the top three cards of my deck to my graveyard.” Her expression not wavering as she looked to her opponent, Kiyoko sent the cards to the graveyard as she merely said, “your turn.” Hypatia stared at her mark. She was chosen too, wasn’t she? So she couldn’t afford to look away. Not while there was Kiyoko standing across from her, shining so brilliantly. Maybe she couldn’t beat her, but she could at least take some of that light. “I’ll draw!” And that would be the card to do it with. “For my first play!” She said resolutely, her face made into a mask of confidence. “I’ll use Pot of Greed! It lets me draw 2 cards from my deck!” She pulled them out with an excessive flourish, merely glancing at them out of the corner of her eye as she continued. “Second, I’ll use the spell card Nobleman of Extermination! With this card I can banish a face down spell or trap card and all copies in our decks. And I know just the one.” She flung her hand forward to point at the one set card on her opponent’s field. A thick broadsword flew forth and destroyed the face down Lightsworn Barrier. The decklist came up once again and Hypatia brushed it aside with her finger, staring intently at the cards as they spun across the screen. “Third, I’ll play D.D. Designator! I can guess a card in your hand, and if it’s there it’s banished. If I guess wrong…” She held up the last card in her hand. “Then my card is banished instead. Of course, I won’t be guessing.” She looked at the four cards that Kiyoko had clutched in hers. “Ignoring the 13 cards that you sent from the deck to the graveyard, there are only four cards missing from your deck since the last time I checked. Raiden, Gragonith, Lightsworn Barrier and the card in your hand... I'll choose Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden.” The cards in Kiyoko’s hand were revealed, floating in the air as a glowing dagger sliced through Minerva. Hypatia smiled, clearly pleased with herself, before closing her eyes and throwing her hand high in the air. “And for my final play!” She brought it down to press a button on her duel disk and placed her hand gently on her deck. Hypatia LP 3100 ---> 0 “I’ll surrender.” She opened her eyes and looked at Kiyoko. “Wow, I’m a vindictive person aren’t I?” She sat down at the table and ate an apple slice. “Sorry about that.”

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