middleofsomewhere | The Will to Fight: Conclusion

The battles rage loud and ferocious at the gates of the city and off in the ruined wastelands of Erda, and on the walls a struggle of a different kind occurs. The team who stayed behind at the towers are small but determined as they move stoically across the walls to right the stones that have become misaligned, even as their friends battle not too far away.

The city begins to hum. It's a quiet hum, not loud enough to be heard out where the others are fighting but it vibrates even through stone. The recovering monks assure them that it is done, the wards are back up and no demon will be able to enter the city.

Eventually the battle is won, all three battles. The demons fought back and killed, a major blow to their gate system that will keep them back for hopefully a long time. Those waiting in the caverns return to the city and by the time they get there the illusions are gone. Everyone can see the world for what it really is.

But despite the ruins of their world the people are relieved, the adrenaline of the fight coursing through their veins and the mood is one of hope. They will build again, their people will survive.

All Voidtreckers please return to the Voidtrecker Express. Departure will be in a few hours

It has landed not too far from the city, cloaked to make it unnoticeable to the citizens, for all the good that does. No one has been particularly subtle this last week. People can begin regrouping, packing up the camp and getting any wounded not already healed to the train.

However roughly half an hour later another message appears on their SCA.

Passenger Persephone has requested we remain on system System #86525656412355 for an additional day to further assist the people of Erda. The Voidtrecker Express will depart on the morning of Day Fifteen of the month of Kazoo.

The train remains where it is, so the voidtreckers can use its facilities. There is definitely a lot that can be done to assist those of this world and the citizens will welcome any helping hands.

After an extra day they finally depart, returning to the void once more.

(OOC Note: Once the wards are up any characters who are demonic in nature will not be able to enter the city either!)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

He looked up and blinked, rubbing his face. "Yeah, pretty much. I don't... want to deal with crowds right now."

"Understandable, people have been through quite a bit with the mission. There are plenty of beanchairs so make yourself comfortable in front of a game you want to play if you want to play one."

He wasn't sure which one they would but he wasn't going to make a guess either.

"Mm. I've been working on fixing up my deck... I'm too tired to think of strategy right now." He starts gently squaring up the cards so they all go back into a nice stack.

"Fixing it up, huh? Usually when one does that they already have a certain strategy in mind. But you can think of that before you work on your deck in general." In Yugi's case, his isn't necessary a certain strategy that is as obvious as some others, but even he has some ideas.

"I kind of do... I've tested my deck out a few times, and some of the cards don't feel like they're working together well." Too many low-level cards... he can't seem to hit hard once a few turns get going. But he tried putting in more tribute summons, and then couldn't get his bigger cards out.

"That's still a good start. Have you found magic cards that might help with the problems you might come across? Sometimes magic is there to help in that aspect." He knew there are cards that can help with bigger summons at least, so it is something

"I've found some... I think I might have too many trap cards, too." Too many of them are highly situational, after all.

"How many do you have?" he always knew people always had too many monsters, but ti was a first to hear of too many traps. Mostly because there are some decks that speclize in trap cards, but that is also because some traps can be used as monsters.

"Uh... I think about ten?" So one out of every six cards. Probably too much.

"So if you have a 40 card deck at minimum that is about a quarter of your deck. But I don't know how many cards that have currently, so this was a guess on my own part." So it's really not a whole lot when you think of it like that. But it does depend on the style of the deck too, he knows at least that.

"That can be classed as too many depending on the style of deck and what your intention is. Like for example some people build a deck based around trap monsters, which are both trap cards that can be used for monsters"

"I have sixty cards... I'm thinking of taking some out though, I can't get the cards I need since there's too many possibilities."

It's very frustrating! And also he keeps losing if he doesn't knock things out fast enough, hence all the traps... but then he can't get monsters out fast enough.

"Certain styles of decks can work with that number, but the fewer the better usually. Mine is usually 40 which is the minimum." Things like certain spell cards that might get you more cards would be useful if one wanted more cards, but otherwise, it is a lot harder to get the cards one might need.

"But it seems like your style might not work with that number it sounds like."

"I guess I just worry about losing from running out of cards if my opponent has more." That happened in one of his test duels and it made him feel extremely stupid. "I have an idea for a combo though, and I need to be able to get those cards..."

"You just gotta have faith that you'd get the card you'd need." You know heart of the cards and all that. But it was ultimately a game of luck if you'd get the cards you need sometimes.

"What is the combo if I may ask?"

That's stupid, but he's not going to say that. Not out loud, at least. "Well... Kaiba is working on a custom card for me with Koromaru on it. So it'll be a beast type... and if I can get both Burning Spear and Axe of Despair on him, it'll raise his attack power by 1400. ... Beast Fangs is good, too. I've seen him bite down on some Shadows really hard if his knife gets knocked out of his mouth."

... Yes. Ken is friends with a knifedog.

Ken. Why is there a dog with a knife is probably one of Yugi's first questions in his mind. The other is how did anyone be able to train a dog to even do that? Ken... So many questions, but he ain't going to say them out loud.

"Equipment cards are a good thing to have, especially if you don't have any stronger monsters you are able to summon. But if that is your stat to just rely on one card and equipment you'd need cards to prevent the cards from being destroyed."

The Will to Fight: Conclusion

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hey dw where did this tag notif go

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