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Day 8, 8:00, Arena Points: 61 W/L Record: 3/3 A 20-point loss isn't exactly what I wanna see. Maybe it was the heat from her losing fight against Cyanthrax a few days back, but Aurora had been a bit out of it since that fight. Most of what she did between then and now was kind of a haze; she definitely remembered having some fights, and only winning one of them, but even the details on that were pretty foggy. Maybe she'd caught some weird demon flu? Whatever it was, her head was feeling cleared up today. Aurora checked her watch for a few different status updates on the arena itself. The issues with the event battles had finally been fixed! She'd finally be able to cash in on that special fight, which was the thing standing between her and a bigger, better room. Although, I guess I'd have it by now if I didn't sign up. Win some, lose some, I guess. According to the message she'd gotten from Mauvache, it would be pre-recorded? That probably meant she'd have to come back around to that later, around the time she had her typical arena fights perhaps? Which gave her a few hours to start her day off right! Mauvache was even paying for the meals today! If the arena meals weren't on a pay-per-day basis, this would have been the morning where Aurora stuffed her face. Without skipping a beat, Aurora got dressed and made directly for the food court. Breakfast was the most important meal of the day, and Aurora wasn't about to miss hers, especially when it was free. It wasn't until she got there and sat down, with a plate full of pancakes, that she remembered something important. The casino. It would probably be a good idea to send a message Gavin's way. From: Aurora To: Gavin Hey! Sorry if I've been out of touch or something lately. Not sure what was up, but whatever it was, it's gone now. We should check out that casino sometime today if you're not busy. He probably wasn't busy, right? Not like anyone was fighting today, just like Mauvache said.

The comments on Hibiki's unintentional outburst seemed to just be various flavors of "it's okay." However, there was one comment in particular that stood out to her outside the rest. "You can be as loud as you like... Makes it easier for me to track you down and kick you into the dirt." This girl... might be dangerous. I should avoid her during this test! "Before you head into the exam, please come up to me and state your name. At that time, I will mark you off the Attendance List and hand you a starting badge. These badges will count towards your 5 total badges and also clue you in as to what you're looking for specifically. After that, you will be allowed into the practical one at a time. This process will be volunteer based, so the first ones to volunteer will be the most likely to find badges in the exam. Those who wait last will most likely have to ambush others for theirs...or must have a sharp eye." Sharp eye? Oh no! Hibiki briefly removed her sunglasses. Everything looked blurry under the sunny blue sky, and she had to squint and strain her eyes to make out any details on anyone. That was most certainly not a sharp eye! She put the sunglasses back on. She wasn't sure what counted as sharp, but she certainly could see better with less light invading her retinas. In the time it took to assess her vision situation, a few students had already stepped up and headed into the exam area. They were getting a head start over her! That was even worse! Hibiki hurried up to the front after the Diana girl, wings flapping excitedly with every step. "I'm Himura Hibiki! Pleased to meet all of you!" She was handed the badge, clearly surprised by its weight. It was way heavier than it looked! Trying to pay no mind to the weight, Hibiki headed into the exam area. The area was split between a city and a forest. Obviously Hibiki was going to the forest. There would be more natural shade there, and probably more spots to hide if other dangerous students decided to try and fight. And so, Hibiki turned, stepping into the woods and opening her mouth. A sound was coming out of her mouth, though there was no way the other students would've been able to hear it with how high-pitched it was. It was painting a clearer picture of her surroundings than her eyes would have given her. As one might have expected, her surroundings featured lots of trees. And one distinctly not-tree thing over in... That direction!

new waifu who dis

Club recruitment was in full swing this week. Which, under any other circumstance, wouldn't have been a problem. However, the swim team was also a club, and because of that, the pool wasn't exactly available for recreational use, which was a problem. While she didn't mind swimming in more natural(?) bodies of water near the school, the pool had the added advantage of being more away from the public eye. She could have done with a quick swim today, but instead settled for simply ordering some Tito's. She was just now getting back onto campus, even if today felt like it would have been a good day to go exploring a bit. Today, she was busy with something... A few days ago; CoffeeCards... This latest guy was different because he looked like he was here for something besides coffee. Also, his outfit was stupid. Kyouko nearly spat out the final sip of her coffee on seeing the guy, trying her best not to laugh that someone would wear that in public. "And here I thought the entertainment duelists at our school had some dumb getups," she couldn't help but comment. "Like the Kamen Rider, right?" Sai added. "I really can't imagine how he walks in public with that..," Why was he looking at the people at Kyouko's table? And coming this way? Kyouko deliberately turned her eyes away from the man in the stupid costume and to her drink, sipping it down. He was still there, right at the edge of the table. She could feel him looking at her. Go away. "Miss Kyouko Izumi, I presume?" Just don't look at him and he'll buzz off, Kyouko thought to herself, thumb tapping against the table surface. The next thing she knew, she felt sometehing against her hand. It felt like cloth, but the shape of it felt like a pair of lips. Looking back at her hand, she found the guy, kissing her hand through that dumb mask thing over his mouth. Kyouko reflexively yanked her hand away, before bringing it forward again to punch the man as hard as she could. However, his head had already moved, and Kyouko's fist not only missed its mark, but very nearly slammed directly into one of the fine people she was sitting across from. "Personal space," she spat. "You should keep that sort of thing in mind." “Glad to have your attention. Allow me to introduce myself. You may call me Raven, and I have come here for the express purpose of challenging you to a contest of skill, my lady.” Contest of skill? Kyouko had never been much the dextrous type, always more the type to solve problems with sheer force if they ever came up. “Not sorry, but if it’s for someone who tries to make a first impression like that, I think I’ll pass.” Kyouko guzzled down the rest of her drink, casting a judgmental glare at this Raven person. “Allow me to clarify then. I mean to challenge you to a duel.” “If you meant a duel, then just say so in the first place. I’m sure there are pretty girls in whatever wackjob part of town you’re from who like a guy that beats around the bush like that, but I’m not one of them. So, why me of all people? ...and for that matter, how did you know I was here to begin with?” This guy was a creep beyond redemption, wasn’t he? “A true master never reveals his secrets, but let us just say it is my job to be in the know, and that I know a great many things. You do wish to pay me back for invading your space, do you not?” She couldn’t make out his facial expression, but the look in his eyes conveyed all the smarm necessary for the desired effect. How did I let that creep convince me to take up his duel? She was sure he'd try to cheat in some way. If he even showed up in the first place! Needless to say, with today being the day he'd promised to show up, the nerves from that meeting were coming back to Kyouko. He was apparently a good enough stalker to find people no problem, no matter where they may have been, so it wasn't like Kyouko had to worry about going out of her way to find him. As she absentmindedly chewed on the bite of taco already in her mouth, taking some time to savor the taste, before a distinct bumping sound snapped her out of her mindless meandering. Her feet had guided her up to the roof of the school building, and peeking out through the cracked-open door, there was a boy lying there, looking up at the clouds. Was he brain-damaged? Trying to be? Lying in that spot was just flat-out stupid. "Hey," she flatly said, looking down at the boy on the floor. "You stupid or something? That's a great spot to lie down if you like people opening doors onto your head."

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Classy

I understand why some people may take the new site being founded the wrong way, but it's not nearly the problem anyone claims it is, nor is the drama surrounding it. I'll be sticking to this forum myself, and don't really care much what most people do one way or the other. Also, no movies that stand out to me for 2019. Not yet anyway.

don't have any; I'm more likely to fail at whatever I pick as a resolution if I make it a resolution.

I have a Twitter account, but it's been suspended for almost the entire time I've had it due to "suspicious behavior". I think it thought I was a bot, since I'd just log in once or twice a day to search a few things, then leave.

I can only assume you didn't actually check for one before asking

can't spell NEIN without EIN

I'm colorful ? also this implies I'm somehow any sort of leading figure for all this which is even funnier

new year new me

hot dogs or hamburgers?

don't wanna break the site with a gifs thread juuuuuuust yet, so here's a tiny version instead.

7/10 You could midiswap this with a Dark Cloud soundfont and tell me it's an unused Dark Cloud track, and I'd be inclined to believe you. 7/10. OP's suggestion, might make this one my profile music when I can afford that: 8/10

nice

Ayyyy, that's why I had the chiptune radio too! Just to see if it'd work!

Did you get the idea to do the fallout radio for your profile music from that time I had a chiptune radio as mine or naw?

Heavily displeased. This is something I have to answer step by step, starting by quoting the status by the man himself. Let's take it from the top. >Sorry about downtime, was on vacation and didn't have access to internet for about 2 weeks. Where the fuck do you vacation in the 21st century where you have no internet access for two weeks? The Mariana Trench? The Bermuda Triangle? This is an annual thing, so would it really have been that difficult to renew the whatever or check before leaving? And frankly, if it hadn't been for Winter going to outright-stalker-tier measures just to bring it up, the site would probably have been down for all of January too, or however long it took for YCMaker to try getting his next ad check. >Fixed spam problem. Someone with admin permission disabled spam prevention plugin - too many cooks in the kitchen. This bit in particular interests me, since he only said "Someone with admin permission" without excluding himself. From this, we know it was either him or Torm, and Torm wasn't able to access damn near half the site's plugins anyway. I wouldn't put it above YCMaker at this point to disable the anti-spam measures himself so that the spambots would keep triggering ads in a desperate effort to make a quick buck off ad revenue, then try to shift the blame. >Apparently our moderators left? Will be looking for replacements when we move to new forum software. People tend to leave when they're finally done with their incapable leader's bullshit. I constantly say I'd like to be remodded, but YCMaker could PM me right now with a super mod position and that wouldn't be enough to make me stay there. The people who want to stay can stay if they feel like, and quite bluntly NCM will be better off without a decent chunk of them. Overall, it was too little, too late, and too obviously a last-ditch effort to keep his site from decaying into a rotten corpse. I'd love to say to his face everything wrong with YCMaker's return, why he's such an inadequate administrator that we created an entirely new site, and more, but my voice of reason has demanded I don't because it would cause drama to spill over to here.

7/10 I yearn for a timeline where we get a full song length version of this. Maybe when we inevitably get a live-action remake because I swear the Disney execs have developed the biggest remake fetish in the history of cinema. 7/10 9/10 7/10 OPirate's suggestion: 9/10

Mmm, if it were a brand from Mexico that'd be one thing, but from Canada seems a bit odd since I live in the middle of the vast nowhere of Texas. Must have just been unlucky timing on my part then.