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“Ariel” was a name chosen to avoid a life better off forgotten. As long as she could defeat the darkness once and for all, the world didn’t need to remember Eria, the Water Charmer. The Gishki taught her powers that not even Lady Doriado could. At least, none that she would have dared to. That was what Ariel liked to think, for a time. Her body was cold. She couldn’t feel her legs, but she knew that there was something skittering along the ground, carrying her towards her prey. Not yet, she told herself. Now wasn’t the time. Not until Isamy was here. “So this is the future…” Ariel couldn’t quite explain why, but she was somehow disappointed. Even with Itsu’s Void Inclusion, would this be enough? “No, this isn’t it. There’s still something more. Something even further ahead. So why? Why can’t I reach it?” “This is plenty,” Eria answered. She was wearing dark blue armor, and her Keyblade had transformed. It still looked like a rapier, but the guard was covered in barnacles, and the edge of the blade was stained crimson on one side, while the prongs of a trident extended from the other. Fins decorated her gauntlets, though the left fin extended past her forearm. She looked at her hand. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath and removed the glove. Slowly, she opened her eyes again. She saw nothing in her hand. No marks. No l’Cie brand. “A future free from Megiddo,” she smiled. “Maybe this is what the Void Inclusions are. The wishes we make on the Door will decide our future. And if these powers are what we’ll gain in the future, we can use them to make that future possible." Eria turned around, but a monster was staring her right in the face. It looked like an angler fish, but the face alone was as big as Eria herself, and that was before getting to the six legs that held the creature up, or the leathery wings that it proudly displayed. Eria stepped back instinctually, but the monster bowed its head. Ariel’s upper body was attached to the forehead of the beast, though Eria wasn’t quite sure that was where the monster ended and Ariel began. “Well, that’s probably a good sign for you,” said Ariel. “Sticking to the optimist routine? Better than moping around, I guess.” “You sure you’re still supposed to be me?” Eria teased. “You sound more like Hiita.” Ariel smirked. “Maybe I’ve just learned why she hated our guts so much.” For a moment, Eria almost felt like laughing. But the other Hiita had just died during the batte in Remembrance. She shouldn’t be joking at Hiita’s expense like that. After a few stutters, she added, “We’ll bring back them all back, okay? I don’t think we can say our future is secured until we’re all together again.” Ariel nodded. “Somehow, I think you might be right about that.” The two Eria’s shook hands, and the world around them began to change. The rain was gone, and they were back at Epiloguous once more. Gagagigo awoke in Epiloguous with a stir. “…gigo?” His head was aching as he lifted himself up from the ground. He stumbled for a moment as his eyes adjusted to his surrounding. Eria was standing before him. Two of them, though vastly different. One was merged with some kind of monster, while the other looked more like a knight than an apprentice mage. “You look like a real hero now,” Eria smiled. She held her hand beside her, and a mirror of ice appeared. Gagagigo was startled; he almost didn’t recognize himself at first. His body was clad in silver armor, and red-orange tatoos marked his body. He put a hand to his heart, and sure enough, when he looked into the mirror, he could see himself mimicking the motion. “This… this is me?” He looked down to her, trying to understand what had happened himself. “I had heard your voice. You had called upon the power of the Ocean Dragon Lord.” Eria tilted her head. The name sounded familiar, but she didn’t know too much about it. “Daedalus, wasn’t it? Something to ask Doriado about once we’re home.” If Doriado was could be alive again by then, she had to remind herself. “Yes. Whatever spell you acquired to accomplish this must certainly be powerful.” As he continued to admire his new armor, he noticed Ariel staring. He wasn’t quite sure if it was a good stare or a bad stare. “I… I know I am not your Gagagigo-” “I know, you’re sorry,” Ariel interrupted. “It’s not your responsibility to apologize to me. You and Eria already patched things up. I’m… not quite sure I get to hold a grudge after siding with Protheus. I’d rather just wait and see if my Gagagigo has even half as much sense as you. But I don’t mind working with you. For now.” “So… partners?” asked Gagagigo. “…I suppose I can agree to that,” said Ariel. Her beast half crawled over to Gagagigo, and Ariel extended her hand. “Don’t worry, he’s not going to bite. Much. And only Isamy, I assure you.” “That’s…” Gagagigo watched anger gnash its teeth expectantly. “I’m not sure if that’s actually reassuring.” Once Gagagigo and Ariel reluctantly shook each other’s hands, Ariel looked around Epiloguous. “Now then, where is the boyfriend?” “I’m right here,” Arthur answered. He and MirageGaogamon approached Gagagigo and the Eria’s, though he was looking around for someone else. “That just leaves…” "Don’t worry, I’m here,” said Sora. Kairi walked beside him, her hand in his. Kairi took a deep breath, but Sora nudged her. “We’ll be okay, Kairi." “Right,” she said nervously. Kairi looked the same as she had before Itsu appeared. A single glance was enough to tell that Eria, Gagagigo, and Sora had all changed, but Arthur didn’t have the same feeling about Kairi. Had the Void Inclusion changed anything? Compared to the magnificent Keyblade that Sora now held, Arthur was concerned that Kairi didn’t receive anything similar. “Arthur and I wouldn’t have these powers without either of you,” said Eria. “Let’s all show Isamy what we can do." Eria’s smile was so infectious, Kairi couldn’t help but smile back. She felt more at ease listening to Eria. “I’m sure I could show you a thing or two myself.” “Eria, you’ve got a moment?” asked Arthur. He nodded, gesturing to Eria to follow him away from the rest of the group. “Sure,” Eria complied. Her heart was beating faster. There was something else to the power she now had. Even thought Itsu said she wouldn’t have the memories of her future self, Eria could feel something that she was sure she would one day have. More than just a longing to be with Arthur, or the attraction she had, there was something more relaxed. She knew it could be distilled down to a single word, but it was just on the tip of her tongue. “Everyone looks ready,” said Arthur. “Except me and MirageGaogamon, I mean. I’m still not sure if I want the power of the future or the past." Eria shrugged. “There’s no easy way to break this to you, but from everything you’ve told me, I think the past is the last thing you want for this.” “I know,” said Arthur. “I guess I just… we’ve all had our fair share of illusions lately. Of how things could end for us, good or bad. I want something I can believe in. The past… as terrifying as it was, it has a bit more certainty." “Are you sure it isn’t that you don’t trust what might happen if you pick the future?” “There is that. It’s more like…” He glanced over at Ariel. “I don’t want to look at some other version of myself and not like what I see. If it’s just some stupid dream, and I’m not good enough to make it come true, then I’d just be setting myself up for disappointment.” “Then don’t leave it up to chance. Don’t gamble on what your future might be, and walk away thinking you won’t deserve it. Look at me. Look at me, and tell me the future that you want. Not the future that someone else says you could have. The future that you, Arthur, want for yourself.” She pulled Arthur towards her, looking directly into his eyes, and daring him to react. Her heart beat heavier and heavier. She wanted Arthur’s answer. “You told Isamy that you want everyone to forgive you. And you’re here, helping me bring my friends back. I’ve already forgiven you, Arthur. At the end of Remembrance, you said you want to start running towards your life.” Eria showed Arthur her hand. “Megiddo’s brand is gone. I know that as soon as we kill Isamy, that brand will come back, but until then, this is all the proof I need to know that I’ll beat him. I’m not sure what I’d do after that, but knowing I can get that far? To even be able to ask myself, what tomorrow might have in store? That’s enough for me. So for you, maybe you need to ask yourself what you would do when you’ve made things right for everyone you can.” “You just said you don’t know what you would do next,” Arthur sighed. “If you have no clue, then I doubt I’d have a better chance.” Eria pursed her lips. “Point. I suppose I have no business asking you a question that I can’t answer myself.” “I know I want a way for us to stay together,” Arthur answered. “Without giving Megiddo what he wants. It’s… it’s how we get there that I can never figure out.” He tried to find something more to tell her, but there was nothing. She was still waiting for him to give her a proper answer. “That’s what the problem is,” Arthur sighed. Eria smiled. “Go on.” “We’ve only just discovered that we could become Aetos, but once Itsu showed up, I started think about whether I could become something even better than Aetos.” “We managed to kill Protheus," Eria reminded him. "And we thought that was supposed to be impossible. What could possibly be better than that?” “Exactly. When the Demon Lords fused with MirageGaogamon and I, it exploded pretty much immediately. And when you had merged with that Leviathan, and I tried to save you… Actually, I never told you about him. In the Digital World, I wasn’t the only human who fought the Demon Lords. Most of the others ran away before we even got to the Demon Lords, but there was one other human. Ytidens. He actually managed to convince some of the Demon Lords to work on his side, and turned the Demon Lords against each other. I talked with MirageGaogamon about this earlier, but at first I thought that we had just survived the war instead of win it.” “And you’re wondering what you could do if you had the chance to use that power.” Arthur froze. MirageGaogamon was standing behind him. He sounded curious, but Arthur he was more disappointed than anything. “Merging with the Demon Lords is what set you on this path to begin with. It’s hardly a path worth revisiting. I know that, as I am now, perhaps I’m still not as strong as we were back then. But the difference between us now, and who we were then? Back then, you and I were simply chosen to survive because the Demon Lords needed us. We were their anchors to keep on living. We got lucky. But this time, we won. We actually deserve to be heroes now. All of us are already on the right path. Whether it’s Megiddo or the Demon Lords, you both have a future where you no longer need to be haunted. That should be the destiny you both must chase.” Arthur nodded. “Right. Instead of trying to trying to one-up Aetos, we need to try it again, and push that to the limit. With all these powers we’re getting now…” “We use them with Aetos,” Eris said, “And then, goodbye Isamy.” “Yeah,” Arthur sighed. It seemed so simple. He shook his head, cursing his brain. No matter how many times the easiest answer was standing at him right in the face, he had to keep finding to worry about. MirageGaogamon. I think you’re closer to being as strong as every Demon Lord combined than you think.” Arthur raised his Keyblade, as the Digivice within it began to stir. “Itsu! I choose the future!” At first, Arthur couldn’t see anything. MirageGaogamon hadn’t changed, either. And yet, there was a sound. A quiet hum, one that Arthur couldn’t decide if he was imagining or not. His hand was trembling. Looking to his side, his Keyblade now had an orange glow. Small sparks of light dance along the glow, but he could still hear the humming. The dance almost seemed to be in rhythm with the hum. Perhaps it wasn’t random humming. It was a song, flowing through the Keyblade. The time it took to make it through all of Famous Last Words, just to gather all the power he needed to destroy Protheus, now endlessly coursed through the Keyblade. “Are you ready?” MirageGaogamon asked. “I am now.” Arthur look at his Keyblade. “Thanks, Dad. I’ll see you soon.”

" the Link Monster doesn't already point to but could " I don't understand that part of the effect. Due to the following effect, I assume it changes 1 of the markers/arrows of that Link monster into the direction towards that Main Monster Zone, but you may need to write it in a more PSCT-friendly way. For instance, write the arrow/marker shift effect first, then Special Summon the monster. Text issue aside, this card looks good to me. Free Summons from the GY are welcomed, one just has to think of Glow-Up Bulb, and the condition to make it live is a easy to set-up nowadays. This card not being a Tuner puts it on a weaker position than the aforementioned Bulb, as well as other monsters that generate monsters by interacting with the GY such as O-Lion and Steam, but that should be fine. Not every Level 3 or lower monster has to be a Tuner xD Still, it would give it an edge over a fellow self-revival EARTH, low-Level Cyberse monster, Dotscaper.

Heptceratox Flarex FIRE/Dinosaur/Effect/Level 9 2900/3600 Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must first be Special Summoned (from your hand) by banishing 1 Dinosaur monster from your GY and shuffling 2 of your banished Dinosaur monsters into the Deck. Once per turn, during either player's Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can destroy 1 Dinosaur monster or Spell/Trap in your hand or field, and if you do, until the end of this turn, negate the effects of 1 face-up monster your opponent controls and take control of it. If this card is sent to the GY by a card effect: You can Set directly from your Deck or GY 1 "Survival" Trap that includes "Dinosaur(-Type)" in its text. You can only use this effect of "Heptceratox Flarex" once per turn. With the unlimit of Miscellaneousaurus I randomly thought on giving Dinosaurs an additional boss that is intended to secure them a place at the top tiers in the upcming formats. This big Dino is FIRE for Agnimazud, Level 9 for the True King Xyz and the recent Level 9 World Legacy support, is Summonable by Double Evolution Pill and covers what Ultimate Conductor Tyranno and Overtex Qoatlus cannot touch, which is monster effect negation, in the form of a Widow Anchor or Manhunt/Crackdown-like effect. The second effect is mostly to mirror Qoatlus' design. Now, I am aware that with the return of 3 copies of Miscellaneousaurus, Dinosaur decks look really promising already, and may not really need any support, so again, this card is mainly intended to secure them a place at the top. Besides, even with the new boon they may still struggle against the other top tier contenders, namely Orcusts. Thoughts? Anyone thinks this fits in Dinosaurs and their Level9 playstyle? Would it actually be barely acceptable for the upcoming meta(s)? Or perhaps would be a disgusting overkill?

I only just realized I haven't posted a drawing to my twitter in a month just while learning how to draw decently. My one follower, @Sleepy is probably panicking. I only made this that I'd like to show anyway and it's bad: http://i65.tinypic.com/2nbwnqc.png

This was it. The big day. Pyrrha Varan had never met the other Chosen in person, but she at least knew who they were, what they were up to, and most importantly, the undeniable weight of her mission as someone about to join them. She double-checked everything for probably the seventh time that day, running down the mental checklist of her important possessions. Got my bow. Got my axe. Got my cloak and my flute. And Eltain of course. Being lucky(?) enough to become a Chosen was a great honor to her, and frankly, she wasn't sure if she'd be able to live up to it. But she would try her heart out anyway. As the portal opened up, signalling that it was time to get going, Pyrrha grabbed her things and stepped through. The moment was now. Once she stepped out the other side of the portal, she saw them. All... four of them? There were supposed to be more, right? Something must have gone terribly wrong. It was less people to remember which was something, but the sense that something was wrong wouldn't leave her. Least of all because of the very-obviously-fumingly-angry draken in the room. Despite the anger, Pyrrha couldn't help but look at him with interest. She'd seen other draken before in passing, but never really had the chance to meet one for herself! Then there was a boy and a girl - both human - and another girl. "Pleased to meet you," Pyrrha started, taking a bow in front of the other Chosen. The nerves were hitting her. She'd spent a bit mentally preparing herself to start this adventure, but now that it was finally time, she felt nervous. Pyrrha would have to just grin and bear it, she figured. She then moved on to an introduction she'd been working over in her head for days now. "I'm Pyrrha Varan, the Chosen of Wind. I'm not really sure if I'm up to snuff to be a Chosen, but I'll give it my all! I specialize in archery and scouting, and look forward to putting my skills to use to help save the world from this demon problem." I didn't blow it. Phew.