ow the edge (open)

[blue_ice]

Who: Kaiba (blue_ice) and you!
When: One early September morning
Where: All over campus!
What: DUELS. In any and every game. Or try to talk him down from this madness, idk.
Warnings: Excessive edgy shonen rival behavior. Possibly some dark themes, will be labeled in subject lines!


Kaiba's request, in hindsight, was a foolish one. Every interaction between their worlds and this one thus far had been a disaster with unintended consequences, why would this be any different? And why would he risk his most priceless possessions this way? He could kick himself, but that's not going to save his Blue Eyes White Dragons. His hand trembles as he holds them, watching their attack and defense values slowly tick toward zero.

You are not the worthy heir we chose, says the trio of voices in his ear. Your emotions have made you weak. We seal our power from you until you prove that the spirit of a champion lurks within. Crush your foes with precision! Or are you now a coward?

No. He's no coward. Kaiba sweeps through the hallways with an icy expression, searching for prey. Any instrument they might hold for a game draws him...a deck of Fantastic Foils cards. A basketball. A chess board. A wand. Any game, anywhere...he absolutely must win. He swivels to face his chosen opponent.

"You. Duel me. Now."

Are you game? Or more inclined to tell him he's out of his mind? It's your move.

Comments

[ahew_kha]

Too bad for him that running into Kisara is probably the wrong person to be asking any sort of game thing towards. She'd merely been looking through a simple book, slowly blinking up at him from her sitting position. He can't be serious, can he? Of course not.

"... Duel?" Outside of what little she'd heard of with the whole stone tablets and such, she really has no clue what has gotten into him or what that term even really means. "I... don't know if that's honestly a good idea?"

Or perhaps she's the right person to be talking to if the whole dragons thing is a problem, but it's up to Kaiba if he wants to test that theory or not, after all.

She's content to look at him absolutely bewildered from her sitting position on the floor for now.

A WILD ANGEL APPEARED!

[temptationaccomplished]

"I seem to have left my sword at home," he retorted, flustered and more than a tad bit annoyed at having his study break interrupted by this RUDE young man demanding a duel, of all things. How archaic! Hadn't dueling of strangers on the street gone out of fashion sometime in the 18th Century? And there were rules, besides. Where was the thrown glove? Written challenge? Chosen Seconds? This was hardly a duel of gentlemen if the young lad couldn't follow a few basic rules.

Foreign to Aziraphale was the concept of dueling collectible monsters (or monsters on collectible cards), though he may have recalled Warlock mentioning such a video game, but that was neither here nor there.

He flipped over the top card to reveal the 10 of Hearts as he tried to resume his solitaire game and shifted a bit to pointedly angle himself away from the boy.

"Besides," he continued with a snappish, holier-than-thou tone, "there are nicer ways to ask for things."

[puzzlers]

He had been working a lot with Professor King over the last couple of weeks with his Deathtoll card to see where the Gate could be opened and they had found a lot of, uh, interesting places. It seemed like the most interesting was still the one he and Kaiba had found though, but whatever. He's sure that the two of them would have breakthrough soon. He was scribbling in a notebook in an empty classroom when Kaiba burst in unannounced and... challenged him to a duel. What.

"Kaiba? Are you okay?" He looked positively maniac. He closed the notebook and stood up, wand out and used to lock the door, so his boyfriend couldn't escape without answering the question.

[replaceme]

Lady feels like she's losing her god damn mind. If you didn't think she was skittish around people before she's become 100x more so because of the regain she's struggling with. She's not sure she regrets diving head fist into so much sundering magic, because necrotic magic is hers to wield, but it's been a while since she's had to deal with something like this. Her saving grace is having her familiar back by her side. Back home it was his death that caused things to become so overwhelming, so perhaps having him here will help.

Shade is here too, and though he can't speak like Nyx can his presence has been calming from the start. Shade is perched on her shoulders and Nyx is flying by her side as she stares at the ground and tries to keep it together. She walks head first into Kaiba, which is not what she needs right now. The other thing she doesn't need is to be challenged to a duel. "W- What?"

H-O-R-S-E

[hyperdrivemonalisa]

A basketball. And it got passed to her--sort of. It bounced off Isabel's chest, and she arched a brow at who'd thrown it at her. Well, she'd gotten used to Kaiba's sort of gruff and aggro attitude, but someone had dialed it up to 11 since she'd seen him last.

Hmm. Intuition told her that there was more to this than she was seeing...

"What's eating you, Seto? I mean, we can play, but I'm not gonna let you push me over, even if we're friends, you know." Leaning over, she picked up the ball. At least playing him would take her mind off her own problems. She tilted her head at him, spinning the ball on one fingertip like she was a recruit for the Harlem Globetrotters. "So how do you want to go about this. Gotta abide by the rules and laws, y'know." Though Isabel was pretty much open to anything.

[daughterofclay]

Jude looks up from the deck of playing cards she's shuffling. She's sitting comfortably on a little sofa not far from the Valhudor dormitory, though she's clearly wearing Gekronus Maius colours. An oak table with ornate legs is in front of her.

"...sure."

She motions him towards the chair opposite her.

"What are we dueling for?"

[noasark]

Noa, suffice to say, is a little baffled. Especially with THAT kind of look.

"...............why...?" Noa is narrowing his eyes. Are you cursed. Are you cursed like HE was cursed a while back? He's unsure.

[shiningkindness]

A bit startled by the voice, Fluttershy turns towards him.

"D-Duel...? What do you mean...?"