duel 1. ( text )

[puzzlingly]

[ There are no Duel Disks here, no one seems to have heard anything about Duel Monsters either... If Kaiba was here, he'd be already throwing a fit, and he'd be trying to make disks out of thin air and selling them to everyone.

...

Atem would be the first in line, but you didn't hear that coming from him.

Anyway, since this place doesn't seem to know about fun, he might as well ask the most important of questions. ]

wht do people do for fun hear?

[ Good Osiris, Atem, you shouldn't have fallen asleep during Yuugi's classes, stop playing games and go back to school... Mahaad would be so mortified to see this... ]

here*

[ ... phew. ]

Comments

[puzzlingly]

[ !! Someone willing to learn more of this amazing game HE'S ECSTATIC! ]

sure! i'd be glad to!

atem, my name is atem!

[ You can't see it but he's so excited to type it! For reasons! ]

[jocoeur]

( oh. sudden exclamation marks? why is that cute? akira is picking up on that excitement even through text, it seems... )

it's a date, then.
have you been playing duel monsters long?

[puzzlingly]

[ Oh buddy, you don't know how happy it makes him to share it. ]

yes, for a long time now
i used to have the king of duelists title back home

[jocoeur]

king of duelists, huh?
sounds like i've got my work cut out for me if i hope to stand a chance.

[puzzlingly]

maybe. but all you can do is keep trying.
i will teach you all i know so you can become a true duelist!

[ smug much? he's being as humble as possible... ]

[jocoeur]

( oh, are we getting into it? well let him just exercise what his shogi instructor taught him... )

right! my sword of rebellion will not be quelled until the last foe has fallen!

( too... too much? )

[puzzlingly]

thats the spirit!

[ lawl, man, what are you getting into indeed... ]

[jocoeur]

the spirit of the unwavering champion, I call upon you to, ah,
reveal your true nature at the height of combat! go!



like that?

[puzzlingly]

yes!
you have the soul of a true duelist akira!

[ stop encouraging him ... he might explode ]

[jocoeur]

heh
does this mean i passed the first lesson?

[puzzlingly]

with flying colours

[jocoeur]

I expect the next one actually has to do with cards though, right?
if not, this may be easier than I thought.

[puzzlingly]

what makes you think this isnt related to the cards?

[jocoeur]

hmm.

( wow you sure are serious aren't you atem.
akira is really just being a little shit, but since it seems that important to you, then... )

you're right. I should be listening to the master instead of making assumptions.
maybe this is, as they might say, the technique of invoking the spirit of the deck?

[puzzlingly]

[ You have no idea... He likes you a lot already, dude, whether you're mocking him or not! Not that he will say it for now. ]

something like it! spirit. heart. there is no difference.
you must always believe in the heart of the cards and trust them. always.

[jocoeur]

( for akira's part, he's mostly having fun with the possibilities. but as the conversation goes on, it's getting easier to see just how important this game might be to his new game buddy... )

the heart of the cards...

( as a phantom thief, he's used to stealing hearts. changing them. but believing in the heart of the cards... this would be new territory. )

all right, then.
in that case, i'll be looking forward to learning from both you, and the cards.

[puzzlingly]