sirenspull | 001: [Video] Duel One

[A video blips on as he fiddles with his device, at long last making a steady connection to the netvice community. A silvery-haired fop is now on your network—Ready to do a little chit-chatting, Siren's Port?]

Oooo. This is just like out of one of those Sci-Fi shows, you know. How exciting. Can you all hear me? Well hello, hello there! ~☆

[Waves all friendly-like with a glass of wine in one hand, smiling winsomely.]

Good evening, good evening my dear friends. I do hope all of you are having a stellar evening, indeed. I'm…What is it they say? Newly Arrived? Oh, it's really all very strange. Very confusing. Why, I've been absolutely terrified!~

Also, I confess, a little exhausted.

[Fans himself briskly with one hand and sits up from what appears to be a posh-looking couch that most certainly wasn't in the Starter Apartments, letting forth a dramatic sigh.]

Well, since it appears we're going to be stuck here for a while why don't you let me tell you a little about myself so we might get to know each other better, hm?

My name is Pegasus J. Crawford, inventor of a wonderful card game called Duel Monsters, chairman and CEO of Industrial Illusions, and I come from America. California, to be specific. Ha, ha.~ It's a wonderful place, really.

[Giggles at that, as if telling the most amusing joke.]

Pleasure to make your acquaintance. ♡

But now that you know who I am, it's only fair that I should like to get to know all of you. So, boy do I have a little question for you, Siren's Port:

Do any of you like to play games? I invented one, you know. Maybe you could help lil' old me pass the time? A winner-take-all duel, you might say. The loser takes me out to dinner. Or, if you're so inclined, maybe show me around. I could really use a tour. How about it, hm?

[ooc: Action tags are welcome. He'll come skipping right out to meet and greet almost anyone if they're friendly enough. Don't expect him to walk too far though unless you call him a cab.

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Expensive? Well...It's many things. Yes, I suppose you could say that. Back home many Duelists rested much on this little game~ I cannot exactly place a number on its value.

[It's a complicated matter, but in terms of how much importance you place on it...And indeed, the card she held in her hand would be: "Change of Heart".

He'll go on to explain the rules in brief, detailing how two opponents engage in a duel via by using monsters, trap/magic cards, etc. with the goal of reducing each other's life points from 2000 to 0.

"Of course", Pegasus would go on to say, "one must never attack another opponent's life points directly." That would defeat the purpose of the game. With a base deck of 40-60 cards a person has a large number of choices from which to defeat their opponent...]

Altogether, it's not so bad, hm?

But, there are other ways besides Magic and Trap cards to get the one up on your opponent...Take this monster card for instance...The Dancing Fairies.

[He turns it over nimbly, looking up at her.]

Its effect can be quite useful: As long as it remains face up on the field in defense mode then it can increase your Life points by 1000 each turn.

[Hattie furrows her brows a bit as she takes in the rules.. It actually sounds far too simple, epecially with the card as reference. However, seeing as a deck has so many cards, that made things far less simple. And numbers weren't used in the manner she was used to.]

It sounds like it takes a bit of practice to get down pat.. I think I understand a bit better what you meant about 'strategy' before. [She then looks at the card and gasps.] That's a really powerful card, I hope I have three of those! Now let's see what I have..

[She looks at her card, and seems considerably less impressed.]

.. Oh.

[It'd take a little getting used to, but the basics were fairly simple, indeed. Glancing over to her he can see she's a bit lost though.]

You'll learn your way around them if you play enough, believe me.

Oh well, it can...have its advantages and disadvantages. Even if you had three, you see, what's to prevent me from destroying it with a more powerful monster? The Fairies are gentle creatures, and prefer defense to attack, as you can see.

[He'd almost think her expression humorous at that last bit, his lips creasing in a smirk.]

Let me see~ Can't be that bad, can it?

[Hattie nodded]

Of course! I'm not going to give up that easily. Now.. Hmn. [Hattie thinks about his question for a moment, then looks at her card again.]

Well, in that situation, Change of Heart would be good! Then I'd have lots of health and I'd win! [She shows him said card.] But otherwise this isn't any good. You're going to have more health and then I'll lose.

[And that, is Hattie's so-called 'strategy'.]

Yes, indeed it would.

Ooo, yes! See? You're catching on rather quick. Change of Heart could be used to take my more powerful monster and use it against me...Or! Perhaps you could play another monster such as this one—

[Pulls out Hane-Hane ] and return the monster to my hand.

Now, now, we can't determine that solely from a single move, dear. We'd have to play through the game, being as anything can change...

[Chuckles softly, taking a momentarily sip of his wine before returning to their "teaching" game.]

If I had a De-Spell card then Change of Heart would be destroyed and your strategy would become useless. Then you'd have to think of something else.

[Hattie seemed rather proud of the praise. It's short-lived, however, as things get a little more complex. Not in the way of understanding, but rather in the increased number of things that she has to look out for. She reflects upon the rules for a moment.]

Ohh.. Oh! I see, that's really interesting!

So then to be exceptionally good at this game, one should be as knowledgable about as many of your cards as possible, right? Is there any chance you have any for sale?

Yes, indeed. Knowledge is helpful, in all things.

[He's just glad she catches on rather quickly. See? A children's card game can be taught to even someone like you, Hattie. ;) ]

Ah, well, you see...I am quite embarrassed to tell you that these are the only ones I have right now, being as I've only been here less than...2, or was that 3 days?

But, rest assured, I will be putting them into production as soon as possible.

However, given that I like you...You can keep the Dancing Fairies for free, if you like. A gift, from me to you. Just please take good care of it, won't you? Then I will be very pleased to make you a custom deck, in the near future, for your own use.

[HEY!!]

Oh, right.. Yes, that was a rather silly question in retrospect..

[Hattie did seem a bit embarassed there, and tried to brush it off. Excitement over keeping a card and a promise to have a deck made in the future will do just nicely, the blonde given a yelp of delight. Oh, and the flattery doesn't hurt.]

Oh! That'd be wonderful, thank you very much! And of course I'll take care of it. And thank you very much for your time, Mister Crawford, this was all quite enlightening! [She gives the card a look for just a moment, then back to him.] Is there any way I can help get things started? A donation, perhaps?"

001: [Video] Duel One - Greetings! 6pm

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