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  1. Rock Anchor can be summoned with Revolving Switchyard, whose effect doesn't negate the effects of the level 4's it summons from the deck. Pegasus gets more money off that deal, but Anchor can work off of no setup and get things from the hand.
  2. Itsuki Watanabe Itsuki was steadily beginning to realize that he had taken too much time looking for medals. The more he looked around, the more spots he could find that he could tell a medal was probably once found, but that it was now empty. Right now he had three medals, so he was almost there, but he needed two more in order to make it into the school. There was also a lot of commotion surrounding him-- shouting, explosions, sounds of rushing wind. Itsuki now regretted joining up with any of the other students. At least then he could make all of them do the work and then knock 'em down and take the medals or something. Damn, that should've been his strategy from the start. At some point Itsuki came across a larger building that looked as if it was ready to topple in on itself at any moment. From inside there was the faint sound of screaming, obviously from a recording if it was anything like the previous medals, and through one of the upper floor windows Itsuki could see the glint of a medal. Just then, a chunk of concrete fell loose from one of the upper floors and crashed on the ground with a loud thud, and any small desire that Itsuki had to dive into the building was quickly expunged. Even if there was more than one medal in there, it wasn't worth it. Turning around and heading down another street, he then came across a girl, approaching from the down the street. She seemed to be alone, but more importantly had two badges pinned right in the center of her shirt, displayed proudly for all to see. Itsuki needed two more badges, and had he been a more careful and calculated person he would have realized that this had the smell of a trap written all over it. "Yo, girl," He called out, waving one hand while keeping the other cupping his medals in his pocket, partially to try and keep them hidden but also to keep his pants from slipping any more. "You look lost. Need some help?"
  3. Tora Mori "...Where is Biggus Dickus, bearer of the Left Nut?" Tora's face turned red and her nerves only seemed to increase. "B-biggus who?" She muttered. "O-oh... he passed on this morning. Died of... well... well then, I certainly didn't think one could die of that. How odd." "W-what?!" Tora said much louder this time, but she seemed to be mostly unheard as introductions continued. "I am known as the Magus of Knowledge, but you can call me Mr. E," he said with a bow. "I will be you new 'handler' as it where. I want you all to rely on me." Mr. E explained, and Tora breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't have to deal with Ms. Katsuki anymore, so at least it looked like things would actually start looking up for once. "You all will be faced with more trials and tribulations, so I hope I can help you in any way I can." Tora sunk to her knees. Nevermind. "Especially concerning love. You're always welcome to receive my consultation." "EEHHHH?!" Tora cried out. What was with this place?! "As for why you're here, well, I suppose you can call this the next stage of your tests," He explained as he folded his arms, tilting his head. "It'll be the hardest thing you all have faced, but I believe in you. You've been gathered here to...," He then smiled and threw out his arms, confetti flying out from his sleeves and filling the air. "have a sluuuuuuuuuuumber paaaaaaarty!!!" Tears rolled down Tora's dumbfounded face. "I just want to go home, everyone here's crazy..." she mumbled. One by one each of the other candidates introduced themselves while Tora remained slumped there on the floor, staring off into space. There was Shannon with Luster Pendulum, Kiyoko with Michael, Raijin with Thunder Spark, Hotaru with Dragonecro, Hypatia with Void Ogre, Natsumi with Scrap Dragon, Jet with Stardust Spark, Octavia with Heartlandraco, and then that one angry dude who was off harrassing Mr. E. Oh, and another that Tora had missed the name of who began to sputter off their confusion over the whole situation. "These are the marks, like this," Tora mumbled, lifting up her right arm while remaining slumped on the ground, tears streaming down her face in miniature waterfalls. Her sleeve rolled down just a bit, revealing on the back of her hand and extending onto her forearm somewhat, the mark of the claw. "And the duel dragons are like these." She fished into her pouch and took out Mach Accel Dragon and lifted it up to be seen. "Mine's Mach Accel Dragon. At least I think, I don't... really have any other dragons, so I dunno what else it would be." She let her arms fall down, placed Mach Accel back into safety and let herself fall backwards so that she was laying down on the cold, concrete floor. "I'm Tora Mori and I just wanna go home..."
  4. Tora Mori This morning started the same as every other. By now, Tora expected that she would have been used to it, but it never got easier each time it happened. At 4:30 on the dot the door to Tora's bare-bones dormitory burst open to the sound of a blaring air-horn. Standing in the doorway was a very tall, well-built woman with very short black hair and a thin scar running from her right eyebrow down to where her neck met her jawline. Tora awoke with a loud yelp, practically leaping out of her cot and landing on the ground in a heap of limbs and bed sheets. "WAKE UP, SLACKER. IT'S TIME TO GET A MOVE ON!" The woman shouted, planting the air-horn down to her hip. "Y-yes ma'am!" Tora shouted instinctively. "THAT'S MISS KATSUKI TO YOU, SLACKER. NOW MOVE!" Miss Katsuki was not Tora's original handler. Originally she was assigned a kind lady, but this was quickly changed as Tora had given them a difficult time. Tora was never a kid known to be problematic, but from day one of experimentation she did all that she could think of or stomach to get out of it. Then, she was assigned Katsuki, a handler to "whip her into shape". She insisted on being called by her first name, as "it means victory and that is the path that you will learn from me". Of course, Tora was only ever called "Slacker", for her performances in dueling as well as other tests. Miss Katsuki said that Tora would have to earn being called by her name. Every morning had the same routine: running, stretching, exercises, practice drawing cards, more running, and finally when it seemed like Tora would pass out, breakfast. At first it was never this hard, but once Tora's mark manifested, Miss Katsuki started working her to the bone. However, today was different, as after breakfast Tora was immediately lead to a vehicle waiting for her outside. Then Tora remembered: today was the day that she would be moved to the other facility in Domino City, and her stomach sank at the prospect that she would continue to be stuck in this program. The drive from Turbo City to Domino was long and boring. As soon as they had left Turbo City, the roads and the layouts became a lot more empty and boring, the routes just simple grids without anything of the sort to especially accommodate duel runners. Eventually they arrived at the facility. They weren't the last, but they certainly weren't the first, One by one they introduced themselves, mostly girls who were all more finely dressed and done-up than Tora who, in her hoodie and sweatpants, hair still tangled and disheveled from her running this morning, looked completely unkempt in comparison. Soon, it came to her turn, and Tora had not realized she was slouching in her stance until Miss Katsuki smacked Tora in the middle of her back. "Stand up straight and introduce yourself!" Katsuki barked. "H-Hello! M-m-my name is Tora M-mori! P-please to meet you all!" Tora said, bowing perhaps a little too deep, and so quickly she felt the blood rush to her head in an instant. With a sigh and a nod, Miss Katsuki turned on her heel and marched out of the room, leaving the teens to their devices, or whatever it was the administration had in store for them.
  5. Hiraku Tsukino If Hiraku had to pick one thing that he didn't like about being on the dueling team, he would have to say it was entirely the captain. In fact, that was the one and only thing he disliked about being on the duel team, but it was something he more or less had to swallow his pride on to a degree. If he ever wanted to cement his position as the school's number one duelist, then being on the duel team wasn't something that he could just neglect, even if the captain was the one to make a mockery of him at last year's tournament. In fact, this was even considering Club Day and how every member of the duel team was tasked with helping out at the booth. Hiraku, as voted unanimously by the entire team, was not considered to be a good person to have at the front of the booth talking to new students. "It's not that we don't think you can be polite," they had said. "It's just that... your reputation kinda... follows you around. We just don't want any drama at the table, okay?" "Reputation indeed," Hiraku scoffed to himself, as he spent the entire time behind the scenes unpacking boxes of fliers and grabbing various things for the members at the front of the table. It wasn't Hiraku's fault that most of the new students that wanted to be on the team weren't of particularly good stock, and most of them couldn't even duel half as good as the game they talked up. As if on cue, a short girl who introduced herself with perhaps the longest name that Hiraku had ever heard, and definitely one that couldn't be true. Princess, yeah. As if any monarchies still existed around these parts. ...would be willing to allow you to have me on your team." And that's when Hiraku couldn't take it anymore. "Allow us? I'm pretty sure it's the other way around, kid," Hiraku called out from near the back of the booth.
  6. Aria Dear Fighters. I apologize if you feel a bit unlike yourselves this morning. There was a rather unusual magic surge overnight but I assure you there aren't any changes, beyond perhaps a couple superficial, that you must worry about. I hope you enjoy today as it's the start of a new week. Which means a free day for you all! Of course you may still participate in an Event if you so choose, just know it will be prerecorded and shown other days of the week, but I personally would take this time to relax and enjoy this most wondrous of cities. PS: Your regular meals are on me today. -Mauvache Aria awoke that morning staring in the mirror. Despite having gotten what seemed like a full night's sleep, she was sure that she spent much of it tossing and turning. Not only that, her muscles ached from head to toe. There was no way that Aurea was going to give any leeway after the day that Aria had spent skipping out to waste all her time at the arcade. "This sucks," Aria mumbled. "I just. Want to play. Video games." Aria checked her watch and read the message. Mauvache made this sound like it would be a nice, relaxing day, but Aria could already tell that this would just mean more time for training. Letting out an exasperated sigh, Aria realized that there was no way she could get away spending the day goofing off without feeling guilty about it anyways. Either way, Aria figured that it would best to figure out her day on a full stomach after breakfast, and the one thing that she knew for certain was that she didn't want the basic meals that day. With that in mind, Aria made her way towards Tegur's.
  7. Itsuki Watanabe Eventually, Itsuki's travels had him come upon the edge of the city area in the exam space. Right there was what looked like a large car accident, several cars piled up on top of each other with lights flashing, at least one horn blaring, and a steady stream of smoke curling out from the smashed hood of one and up towards the sky. Through one of the windows the familiar glint of a silver badge could be seen. The accident looked authentic, but considering the nature of the city area and the forest it couldn't be anything but staged. "Oh I see," Itsuki muttered to himself. "The badges must be in places where a hero would be needed or some shit." Itsuki walked up to the wrecked pile, shards of broken glass crunching underneath his feet, and peered through the crushed window of one of the cars to get a better look. The badge was just out of arm's reach, he'd need to break the door off. "Well, guess it can't be helped." Itsuki stepped to the side and closed his eyes, taking a slow breath in through his nose and out through his mouth. Then, inside the car, a shimmering square of gray light materialized and began to move towards the door. As it reached and touched there was a sound of creaking metal and a low bass note like a metal drum being hit repeatedly. A droplet of sweat trickled down Itsuki's furrowed brow until there was a sharp squealing and a pop. The car's door went flying out, tumbling and skidding across the ground before it found itself lodged into a tree a few meters away. Itsuki let out a sigh of relief and looked at where the door had gone. "Yeesh, that coulda hurt someone." Regardless, he shrugged and leaned into the open door of the car, grabbing the badge and slipping it into a pocket. Had he known he would be doing something like this today he would've worn cargo pants or something. But, it was a good start. The badge itself was easy to get and, to top it off, this was the perfect spot for attracting attention. All the noise he had just made was icing on the cake as well. As if on queue, he could hear a distant sound not unlike that of something rebounding off of one of Itsuki's barriers, only a bit different. Almost nonchalantly, Itsuki made his way to the corner of the nearest building and lean against it, peering out and scanning the trees in the direction of the approaching noises. There, through the trees, he caught glimpses of some white kid, probably an american gaijin or somesuch, seemed to be a few of those in the crowd, with lavender hair, a really tacky-looking bright red coat, and goggles for some reason. In his wake he seemed to be conjuring glowing squares in mid air and propelling himself with them, straight towards the sight of the wreckage. "Alright, show time," Itsuki said, and focused once more. Just as the purple-haired gaijin got close Itsuki conjured another barrier right close to the edge of his range, directly in the path of the american. There was a loud cry with the usual sound like a metal drum and a tumbling sound. Itsuki smirked and pushed himself off the building's wall and walked over to where the american was, lying face-first in the dirt with his behind sticking straight towards the sky. "Hey, hey gaijin, ya dead?" Itsuki walked up and poked the kid with his foot. He could see breathing so that was a plus, but he was out like a rock. Itsuki looked the kid over and found, tightly gripped in the kid's hand, one of the badges. Itsuki reached down and, prying the fingers loose, relinquished the badge and added it to his own collection. "Sorry kid, them's the breaks. Better luck next year." By now he could really feel the weight of the badges pulling down at his pants, and after a few adjustments wished that he had worn a belt today. Still, three down and two to go. Itsuki conjured another barrier-board and hopped on, pushing off the buildings to propel himself to another location. Badge Count: 3
  8. Itsuki Watanabe "<JUSTICE!>" "<Justice.>" <"Hell yeah, JUSTICE!"> "<J-justice...>" Itsuki said with a minimal-effort pump of his fist. So far, the crowd here was on an energy level several notches above his own. Even the scary girl, who seemed to get angry at the enthusiastic individuals for this, was displaying far more enthusiasm than Itsuki was. Of course, not the same enthusiasm, mind you. "Looks like we have some enthusiastic competitors! Let's not keep them waiting any longer, shall we?" The old man said, and the Samurai stepped forward. "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." The samurai held up a thick, silver badge in the shape of the U.A. logo. "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." One by one, with the scary girl in the lead, the students went up, announced their names, and received their badges. Not many of them looked terribly interesting, and that one angry short girl seemed to be trying a bit too hard. Reminded Itsuki of any of those blowhards at the arcade that were all talk until they went 0-10. Then they tried to be all fist, of course then Itsuki's quirk would come into play and-- And that was it. A light-bulb went off in Itsuki's head and he realized how he could pass this exam without having to work terribly hard. When a gap in the flow of students showed up, Itsuki walked up with a smirk on his face. "Yo, Itsuki Watanabe. I'll take my badge, thanks." The Samurai cocked his head at Itsuki and handed him the badge, that Itsuki promptly almost dropped. Getting a tighter grip on the weight, he walked through the gate and into the trees. He glanced into the trees of the forest, and every now and then he spotted the glint of silver way up there. He let out an exasperated sigh. His quirk was good for horizontal movement, but the last time he tried to do anything vertical it didn't work out terribly well. But that didn't matter, if his idea worked then he wouldn't need to climb any trees. Itsuki stopped walking and performed a small hop. Just below his feet, a large, shimmering, yellow rectangle appeared just before Itsuki landed on the ground. As he stood on top of the rectangle, it would slide off to the side subtly. "Alrighty then, let's get goin'," Itsuki said to himself, gripping a tree to his side and pushing off hard, sliding off into the forest as if he road on a snowboard.
  9. In my senior year of Highschool I'd spend any loose change I'd have on a can of Orange Juice almost every day, as they were only $1.00. Some teachers recognized me for this and some would poke fun at it.

    1. Kazooie

      Kazooie

      what the fuck 1.75 for a can of orange juice those fuckers should be ashamed

    2. VCR_CAT

      VCR_CAT

      All because I was getting it so regularly! BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE

    3. Kazooie

      Kazooie

      THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES D:<

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  10. Stoked to see you around again! What's the project on?
  11. We still have the maindeck cards as a mystery, not to mention that we have cards like Flying Pegasus that makes Xyz plays for EARTH Machine quite a bit easier
  12. All we have revealed so far is one Xyz and this Link. The Xyz is entirely generic so far, and actually pretty decent. There's reason to believe that, with the sort of support Trains got in the Duelist of Roses set (being among the best in that set), along with the various support that machines have gotten in general, alongside I think a few other reasons I'm forgetting right now, it really seems like they very much intend for this theme to be mostly generic and highly splashable. I certainly hope that it opens a lot of new doors for EARTH Machine decks.
  13. From the 20th Anniversary Challenge Pack 20CP-JPC09 Mugen Kidou Goliath (Infinite Ignition Goliath) Link 1 EARTH Machine Link Effect Monster ATK 1000 Link: Bottom Right 1 “Infinite Ignition” monster, except a Link Monster. You can only use the 1st effect of this card’s name once per turn. (1) If this card is sent from the field to the GY, you can target 1 Xyz Monster you control; attach this card to that monster as Xyz Material. (2) While this card is attached as material, an Xyz monster whose original Type is Machine gains the following effect. • This card cannot be destroyed by effects.
  14. I only took two years, so the classes I took were pretty lower-level and about more general topics than the deeper nitty-gritty stuff. Had I continued my studies I'm sure the opportunity to take such classes would have arose, but I did not.
  15. I do, but if the knowledge of what is in a food/what a food is actually grossed me out enough to not want to eat it, then I would be a vegan. I really like burgers, but Pizza will more or less always be my #1 food. I was mostly just referencing my YCM sig in that thread. Bacon is... enjoyable? But overhyped. It's really just thin, salty meat. There's much better meat out there that have much tastier results.
  16. The best hot-dogs I've had have been good. The average 'dog I've had has been... mediocre. The best burgers I've had have been amazing. The average burg I've had has still been decent. Hot Dogs are just... not that great? The meat sucks.
  17. It's all in the title. Except the BBQ. That's for me.
  18. Itsuki Watanabe Itsuki yawned for what must have been the fifth time since the teachers had lead them through the gates of U.A. For a couple days in a row now he had been forced to wake up far earlier than what he was used to, by several hours. To him, waking up this early was almost as bad as being kicked out of his own place of living, and this was something he had to keep reminding himself as the students were lead across the grounds, through the halls, and towards a large, gated area just outside the rear of the school. "To get this far, you must have already passed the written test," the teacher clad in the samurai armor began to say. "Passed" was about as accurate of a word to describe Itsuki's success thus far. He didn't excel, he didn't thrive, he didn't impress. He "passed". Today will be the day of the practical. Beyond this gate lies a forest type area, and a city type area. You are free to roam wherever you please, and do as much damage as possible, but your objectives will all be the same. In each area are a limited amount of badges that resemble the U.A. logo. To complete the practical, one must obtain 5 badges and return to the gate before sundown." Itsuki let out a sigh of relief. At least the written tests and academic bullshit was done for now. "It doesn't matter how you get your badges. Just so long as you're here, you'll be permitted to attend U.A." Another student, some tall, scary looking chick, asked a question that was soon answered, but all of this fell on deaf ears for Itsuki as he yawned just loud enough to make it hard for him to hear what was being said. Oh well, couldn't have been terribly important. "Now, we'll give you some time to stretch, and think of any strategy, before the main event. Heroes don't normally get prep time, but that's a lesson you'll surely learn in time," the old guy said, and it wasn't long until several of the more eager and prepared students began to stretch, scope out their competition, trash talk, what have you. "...our very BEST!" A voice rang out so, so much louder that any waking up that was left for Itsuki to do was shocked into effect immediately. He scanned the crowd for the source of the noise and his eyes eventually rested on that of a small bat girl, somehow even shorter than he was. She was cute, he supposed, but Itsuki wasn't typically one for the "moe-blobs". On top of that, he also wasn't one for the ears or animal features either. Oh well, it's a big school and there's sure to be prettier girls than the big scary one or the bat. The bat girl proceeded to apologize profusely, but her energy was still at an obnoxious high. "Hey don't sweat it," Itsuki said in highly informal speech, patting her on the shoulder with one hand and rubbing his temple with the other. "Just make sure you don't make me regret not bringin' earplugs, mmkay?"
  19. Pulled Pork, baybee. That, or Prosciutto.
  20. I should post some of my customs, but man. I haven't had any new ideas for cards or archetypes in some time. Really did burn myself out.

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