After eating a hearty meal, Cole stretched, and then walked outside, beckoning for his sister to follow. She spooned the last bit of rice into her mouth, then got up, shoving the clean plate to him. He placed the plate alongside his own, and set them aside for later.
Slipping on a grey coat, and giving Mary a black one, they both walked outside, not forgetting to bring their duel disks with them. Cole walked in the direction of the Fortuneteller's tent. It had no sign above it, yet most residents in the city knew when it was genuine, as it had the feeling.
On the way, he noticed a duel occurring inside the card shop. Intrigued, the led Mary inside, and they both stood on the sidelines to watch. Immediately, he turned Mary's head to the other side of the blue haired duelist, "Don't look at the gold chain guy. He's kind of a pedophile, judging by his duel disk
Old Man: 7300 Emes the Infinity(3200 ATK) Shard of Greed(0 counters)
Placido: 6900 Mother Grizzly(1400 ATK) Shard of Greed(0 counters)'
"Due to reckless greed, I skip my draw. Shard of greed gains a counter on my standby.(1 counter) I now activate trade-in, and I select my Splendid Venus." He discarded a level 8 fairy type monster to his graveyard, and drew two more cards. I now activate Card Destruction, we each discard two cards, and draw two." Picking up two cards from his hands, both monsters, he placed them in his graveyard. The old man did the same, both monsters. "I now summon Pyramid Turtle in attack mode" A small tile of sand shook, and a gray turtle with a pyramid on its back rose to the field (1200 ATK). "I now XYZ summon, using Pyramid Turtle and Mother Grizzly, and I call forth my Number 85: Crazy Box in attack mode." Mother Grizzly and Pyramid Turtle turned to orbs of blue and gray, respectively, and flew into the sky, circling a shining entity which revealed itself as a constantly shifting blue box.(3000 ATK). "Now, I activate his ability, by detaching one XYZ material, a dice is rolled, and an effect is called determined on that." The holographic dice rolled, and landed on 2. "I now draw one card. And I will activate it, my Upstart Goblin. By giving you 1000 life points, I can draw one card." He drew again, as a purple energy force flowed to the Old Man, giving him Life Points. 8300.
"I now activate Dark World Dealings, and we each discard a card, drawing one more." Drawing his card, he nodded, and sent a monster to the graveyard. "Now, I activate a second Trade-In. This time, I select Majestic Mech - Goryu." He drew two more cards. "I end my turn, and since I have seven cards, I discard one." He chose another monster, sending it to the graveyard.
"My turn!" The old man drew his card, grinning, "On my standby, my shard gets his boost too! Now, I activate Double Summon, allowing me to summon twice! First, I summon Time Wizard, but I'm not using his effect! Emes needs it! I now summon another Hourglass of Life!" Two monsters rose on the field, one, an anthropomorphic clock with a cape and a wand, the other the same pink hourglass the old man started with. (500 ATK). (700 ATK). "Now, since both of em are level two, time for my own XYZ summon! Go forth, and call on, Gachi Gachi Gantetsu!" A yellow and brown material flew up, circling a stone entity, a humanoid golem, which hunkered down in defense position. (1800 DEF). "Gachi Gachi Gantetsu increases the ATK and DEF of my monsters for 200 for each material! And since he has two, it's a 400 boost!" Gantetsu gave an invigorating roar, spinning the two materials by him rapidly. Emes stood straighter, gaining the boost, and Gantetsu receive his own buff. (3600 ATK) (2200 DEF) "Now, Emes the Infinity, destroy Crazy Box!" Obeying, Emes thrust his sword forward into the box, causing it to make odd noises as it was destroyed, the other material disappearing with it.
Placido: 6300
Old Man: 8300
"And don't forget! Emes gains 700!" The warrior gave another roar, his power increasing. (4300 ATK). The old man ended his turn.
"I activate Shard of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards. Now, I activate Dark World Dealings twice, and we both draw two, and discard two." Drawing two cards, he picked the ones he didn't want, and discarded them. Monsters again. Placido counted, he now had enough. "I special summon Sephylon, the Time Lord." Even a mile away, people could see the large ray of light descending onto the area where Placido and the Old Man were dueling. An odd creature stepped from the light, seeming to be a machine, yet not. Two radiant yellow mechanical wings seemed to sprout from it's body. (4000 ATK). "I activate his effect, and special summon Splendid Venus from my graveyard." A golden angel descended next to Sephylon. "Due to Sephylon's effect, Venus does not gain her effect, however, her attack is boosted to 4000." The angel was enveloped in a cleansing white light. (4000 ATK). "Now, I special summon another Sephylon, the Time Lord, and I use his effect to bring back Majestic Mech - Goryu." Two more monsters stepped from the pillar of light, and joined their brethren, one another Sephylon, the other a long, mechanical golden and white dragon. (4000 ATK)(4000 ATK). "I now XYZ summon, using Splendid Venus and Majestic Mech - Goryu, my Divine Dragon Knight Felgrand." The two monsters roared, and condensed into orbs of radiant light, then rose up and circled about a silver entity, a shining star in the city. Even with other similar duels going on, none of the ongoing duels were at the stage Placido and the Old man were, by this time, a small crowd of spectators had gathered. A knight appeared, seeming like an angel, except with dragon wings, and he descended to the two Sephylons. (2800 ATK) "I activate his effect, and negate the effects of Gachi Gachi Gantetsu." The knight rose his sword up dramatically, then swung it down, a beam of light descending to Gachi Gachi Gantetsu, making him wince and turn away. "Now, Emes is weakened." Emes slouched a bit, feeling defeated at the presence of the new monsters Placido had created in such a short time. (3900 ATK). "Now, I special summon yet another Sephylon, the Time Lord. Not only that, but I use his effect to summon another Majestic Mech - Goryu." Two more monsters appeared on the field, now five in total, all staring down at the old man's field. His eyes bulging as if he's never seen such a spectacle, the old man started backing away, falling onto his backside. Placido felt a small pang of pity, "I apologize. Attack." Felgrand swooped down, crushing Gantetsu, since he couldn't use his effect, next, Majestic Mech - Goryu fired a beam of intense light, engulfing Emes the Infinity. Finally, the three Sephylons all stood side by side, and wordlessly lifted up their arms. Shining light started growing in all of their arms, and they all simultaneously fired at the old man, engulfing him and the surrounding area in light.
Placido: 6300
Old Man: 0
Walking to the Old Man, Placido offered him a hand, which he gratefully accepted, getting back on his feet, and he took his cap back, and put it on his head, he then slowly hobbled through the crowd.
Immediately as the duel ended, some of the spectators started shouting challenges, which Placido all declined, "I apologize, but I am a bit worn out. I will continue my work, and I will be free to play a game tomorrow."
Unsatisfied by his response, some of the crowd boo'd as Placido walked back into his tent, and started brewing another pot of tea.
