* @[Mamoru] so, Trena, Kiko, you're in the testing area, Mamoru's up above, messing around with the settings.
* Date_Kiko is squabbling with Trena until something happens.
* Trendafilka is squabbling with gusto with Kiko, even IF something happens.
<@[Mamoru]> *... he's kinda giving that sorta... glower down at the two girls. maybe he should've locked the door. Oh well. Roll with it. He speaks into the microphone.* I'm going to start up the system now. Please prepare yourselves.
<Date_Kiko> "Would you shut up and try to be professional for once in your mutant life?!" Clears her throat. "Yes sir."
* Trendafilka chews on one of the arms that Kiko was trying to hold her off with. Gives a little salute.
* @[Mamoru] he flips the switch, as the area suddenly becomes dark-- not even a real darkness, but it's the kind of darkness where everything around you is a swirling void. there's an oppressive atmosphere to it.
* Date_Kiko whispers down to Trena (still on her arm) "Oh, look. Your homeland." Pries her half-sister off, and activates her disk.
* @[Mamoru] the only thing you can see is what seems to be a sign of Action Cards floating around, like stars in the night, and a clink. clunk. clink. You hear some metallic somethings.
* Trendafilka huffs and follows suit. "Please, it's not on enough fi-Oh. I-is something coming? Is it a samurai!?"
* @[Mamoru] no. It's a pair of Gadgets. A Gold and a Silver Gadget.
* @[Mamoru] clinking and clunking, their cores an ominous glowing red.
* Date_Kiko ... tilts her head. "Huh. I was expecting both of us against one big thing. Alright. Gold or s-"
<Trendafilka> "Gold! You get the silver!"
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> Intruders lo-located. Human. Conclusion: Elimination. <Silver> C-Confirmed. Commencing "DARK DUEL" *their voices are warbly, as the oppressive atmosphere gets heavier. Your disks load up the duel settings-- Tag Duel. You've been pushed into a Tag Duel.*
* Date_Kiko sighs. "Alright. Remember, we d- Oh what the hell is this."
<Trendafilka> "Yes! Is just like I have always hoped for! Fighting monsters with large sister." Trena practically glows with awful anticipation as she draws. "LET'S GO LET'S GO LET'S GO"
* @[Mamoru] 4000 LP vs 4000 LP: SHARED FIELD INITIATED
* Trendafilka has no idea what that means!
* @[Mamoru] try and figure it out!
* Trendafilka duels from her HEART not from her BRAIN. "Oh! OOOOH!" She shows Kiko her hand. Kiko shrugs. Trena waves her arms around excitedly. "Grass is Getting Mowed on the Other Side! If I have more cards in deck, an' I do, than my opponent, I discard that many cards from the top of my deck until we're even!"
* @[Mamoru] they both have 36 cards after the initial hand draw
* Trendafilka has... 19 cards to discard.
* @[Mamoru] I'll-- I'll give you a moment to list all of those cards.
* Trendafilka discards: 1. Foolish Burial, 2. Void Expansion, 3. Lumina Lightsworn Summoner, 4. Infernoid Sjette, 5. Infernoid Harmadik, 6. Void Seer, 7. Void Purification, 8. Lightsworn Sanctuary, 9. Torrential Tribute, 10. Mystical Space Typhoon, 11. Void Trap Hole, 12. Void Imagination, 13. Drowning Mirror Force, 14. Infernoid Piaty, 15. Infernoid Attondel 16. Infernoid Harmadik 17.
* Trendafilka Infernoid Devyaty 18. Void Launch 19. Void Purification.
* @[Mamoru] that sure was a lot of cards.
* @[Mamoru] the Gadgets are clicking at the amount
<Trendafilka> "Next! I'll play Void Expansion." Trena begins to form her OWN terrible void around her, this one giving off blue fire and in the distance of it, a... tree of life? And let's not forget the little blue spheres of flame filled with Trena-esque teeth. "Next! I'll play Charge of the Light Brigade to discard: Void Vanishment! Infernoid Onuncu, and Infernoid Patrulea to add one level four
<Trendafilka> Lightsworn from my deck to my hand!"
<Trendafilka> "I add Ehren, Lightsworn Monk to my hand! And summon her!" (1600 ATK, for the high kicking girl) "And~ That's the end of my turn."
* Trendafilka THEN discards: Infernoid Antra, Monster Gate, and Infernoid Decatron as her turn ends. If only they were running worms.
<@[Mamoru]> <Silver> *clickclick* Dr-draw card. *the cards appear in front of it. not giant, but floating, essentially.* Begin by summoning "Red Gadget". Add Yellow Gadget to hand by effect. *the card for Red Gadget vanishes, as it appears on the field, whirring (1300 ATK)* Set two cards. Finish turn. *whrrrr*
* Date_Kiko tilts her head. Draws. Looks at Trena's awful field spell. ... Probably going to come in handy for the little mutant, so...
<Date_Kiko> "First off! I'll special summon Mermail Abyssteus (2400 DEF) from my hand by discarding Atlantean Marksman! Because Marksman was discarded by a WATER effect, I destroy one of your set cards, Silver." She points at the one it had set first.
<@[Mamoru]> <Silver> Activate in response. *c-click click* Forbidden Lance. Reduce the attack score of Ehren, Lightsworn Monk. *Ehren's given a lance, which sucks out her strength to 800 ATK.*
<Trendafilka> "Aw booo."
* Date_Kiko shrugs. "Because Abyssteus was summoned via it's effect! I can add one level four or below Mermail card from my deck to my hand! I choose Mermail Abyssdine! Because she was added to my hand from my deck, I can also summon her!" (1000 ATK) A cute little girl mermaid warrior joins the horrific and crusty Abyssteus. "Now, I normal summon Mermail Abyssocea!" (1100 ATK) And a beautiful
* Date_Kiko one with flowing blonde hair around her joins the other horrible swarm of sea monsters.
<Date_Kiko> "Now, Abyssocea!" The crusty old sea monster Abyssteus glows. "I can summon any number of Mermails of level four or less from my deck up to the level of Abyssteus, which is seven! I special summon: Mermail Abysspike! (1600 ATK) and Mermail Abysslinde! (1500 ATK) for the small price of Abyssteus now going to the graveyard."
* @[Mamoru] Full Field
* @[Mamoru] that's what your disk registers when you summon those last two.
* Date_Kiko ...blinks. "WHAT."
<Trendafilka> "Um... I think our fields are shared. Which means combined we can only have five monsters out...? Which means swarming is hard for you.."
* Date_Kiko groans. "I thought that just... ugh! Half my strategy, up in smoke. Abysspike only then." (1600 ATK) As Kiko sighs. "I attach Abyss Scale of the Cetus to him!" (1600->2400) "And then! Construct the overlay! Abyssdine and Abyssocea! Leviathan Dragon!" (2000 ATK) "Leviathan Dragon! Destroy the Red Gadget!"
* @[Mamoru] BEEP from the Silver one as the card it set flips up-- suddenly Leviathan Dragon is wrapped in chains
<@[Mamoru]> <Silver> Trap activated: Fiendish Chain.
* Date_Kiko grins. "Aha! Because a trap card is activated..." Abysspike's nice Cetus scale armor glows as the merman leaps at the chain, destroying it AND his precious armor. (2400->1600) "Cetus automatically negates it!"
* @[Mamoru] the Fiendish Chain gets annihilated.
* Date_Kiko grins as her not super happy dragon breathes down onto the gadget. "And, for a sporting chance, end my turn."
<Trendafilka> "What?! That's the kind of move that gets us killed! HUBRIS, KIKO. THE THROAT."
* @[Mamoru] the Red Gadget is destroyed. 3300 LP. Ehren goes back up to 1600 ATK, as the Gold Gadget draws. ... strange, a part of the Silver Gadget seems... missing?
* @[Mamoru] you've got no spells/traps other than the field right now, right?
* Date_Kiko yup, just the three monsters and Trena's little void.
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> *cliclunk* Acti-Activ-Activate Mystical Space Typhoon, destorying the Field.
* Trendafilka ... aww. my little field.
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> Discard Machina Gearframe and Yellow Gadget. Special Summon: Machina Fortress. (2500 ATK) *A large robot appears, riding on the ground from the darkness, treadmill marks forming on the inky ground in its' wake*
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> Machina Fortress, att--attack the Leviathan Dragon. Aim and Fire! *the Fortress aims and fires a laser right through the Dragon, before the beam heads right for you, Kiko. Your instincts tell you that you should move.*
* Date_Kiko blinks as her dragon is destroyed [3500 LP] as she bristles and leaps to the side.
* @[Mamoru] the beam hits where you were standing, and you can feel the force feedback of the resulting explosion. you get up, and-- Kiko part of your arm is missing.
* @[Mamoru] you still feel like it's there but you are clearly seeing through it.
* Date_Kiko ... stares blankly at it. "...Oh we're... all the way a dark duel, huh."
<Trendafilka> "KIKO WHERE DID YOUR ARM GO WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING ARE WE GONNA JUST DISAPPEAR IF WE LOSE?!"
<Date_Kiko> "I... ... Yeah. You know what, sure. If we lose we're going to die. Your school has lured us into a certain death trap."
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> Main Phase Tw-tw-twtttottwo. Set one card, t-turrrnturn end. *the Gold Gadget glitchily sets the card, leaving it with only one.*
* Trendafilka shrieks as she draws.
<Trendafilka> "My sister's field is my field! Construct the overlay, rank 4 XYZ summon! Brightest burning star of the Lightsworn, second only to Michael! Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn! (2000 ATK)"
* @[Mamoru] the two gadgets click click
<Trendafilka> "Now, I discard Abysspike from Minerva to discard the top three cards of my deck! Breakthrough Skill! Void Imagination! Lightsworn Barrier! Because Lightsworn Barrier is a Lightsworn card! I can draw one card!"
<Trendafilka> "Now then~ Let's really get started." She grins widely and pops her neck. "First off! I banish Infernoid Harmadik from my grave to special summon Infernoid Pirmais from my hand!" (0 DEF) as the man sized gargoyle crouches next to her. She gives the canister on it's back a pat as it glows white. "Once per turn, Pirmais can shuffle a set card into the deck. Like the one you JUST set!"
* @[Mamoru] click clik, the card returns to the deck
<Trendafilka> "Next! I will banish Infernoid Sjette and Infernoid Piaty to summon Infernoid Attondel from my hand!" (2800 ATK) as Trena seems to reach up to the inky blackness and something answers, a gundam sized mechanical dragon beast falling in front of her.
<Trendafilka> "Finally! Infernoid Decatron from my hand! (500 ATK) I send my last Harmadik from my deck to the grave, making Infernoid Decatron become Infernoid Harmadik (level 4) and gain it's effect! I can target one monster on the field and destroy it!" She points at the Machina Fortress! "Like that thing!"
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> *clickclick* Effect has targeted Machina Fortress. Before effect resolves: I look at your hand, and discard one card.
* Trendafilka has no cards in her hand. Kiko does though!
* @[Mamoru] since it's a shared field, let's say that I can look at Kiko's hand then. Kiko, your hand please.
* Date_Kiko has Salvage and Mermail Abyssmander.
<@[Mamoru]> <Gold> *click* Salvage, discarded.
* @[Mamoru] the Fortress gets destroyed though.
<Trendafilka> "Whatever! Tuning. Decatron! Piaty! Minerva! Level 9! Crashing all non-believers! Mashing the deceivers, never ending potency! Vermillion Dragon Mech!" (2700 ATK Also, field check)
* @[Mamoru] nothing, one card in hand. The other has four cards.
* Trendafilka points. "Vermillion Dragon Mech! Attondel! Attack directly!"
* @[Mamoru] Silver beeps instead
<@[Mamoru]> <Silver> Activate from hand. Swi-- Swi-- Swift Scarecrow. *discards the card, as the attack is negated, and the battle phase ends.*
* Trendafilka ... frowns as she just... ends her turn then.
<@[Mamoru]> <Silver> Draw card.
* @[Mamoru] what even IS your field at this point
* Trendafilka has Vermillion Dragon Mech (2700 ATK) and Infernoid Attondel (2800 ATK) only. Kiko's got one card in hand.
* @[Mamoru] ... wait a minute.
* @[Mamoru] how did you tune away Minerva.
* @[Mamoru] the system seems to finally catch up and recognize that should not have happened.
* @[Mamoru] the entire area glitches and fluxes, before you hear everything powering down. The Gadgets vanish, and hey Kiko, your arm's back.
* @[Mamoru] FORCED SHUTDOWN appears on your disks
* @[Mamoru] ... you swear that Mamoru is kinda glowering at you, Trena, from up in the control deck. but that might just be his normal expression. still: whoops
* Trendafilka ... I'm not in XYZ classes I don't know how they work.
<Date_Kiko> "... How DID you manage that?"
<@[Mamoru]> *he comes down, opening the door with a sigh* A glitch. I expected this.
<@[Mamoru]> I didn't expect it from the subject, however.
<Trendafilka> "... Um. Sheer force of... wi-Oh, a glitch see, i-... Um... Well if it allowed me to DO that it probably... shouldn't have?"
* Trendafilka looks sheepishly down at her boots.
<@[Mamoru]> It shouldn't have. "Sheer force of will" is a way to excuse it, but it's still technically a glitch.
* @[Mamoru] he puts his fingers to his temple, like he has a headache from understanding HOW she did that.
<@[Mamoru]> I was expecting for the AI to do something... Unexpected, as part of the test. So I was shocked that you were the one to do it. I should have reacted quicker to shutting down the system.
<Date_Kiko> "... The mutant breaks things." She shrugs.
<Date_Kiko> "S-sorry. That was the first XYZ monster I've ever summoned! I can NEVER get out enough stuff to get enough levels for that!"
* Trendafilka window
* @[Mamoru] it's a Rank 4 monster for two materials. truly you're depraved.
<@[Mamoru]> ... You may want to take some basic Xyz Courses.
<Trendafilka> "Probably? I thought it was a fancy name, not ACTUALLY missing levels!"
* Date_Kiko stares. She... she lost to this idiot? "It's... It's not worth going into."
<@[Mamoru]> ... I'll send a recommendation to the Xyz instructor. The system needs time to reboot, anyway. I'll need to look over the data and fix whatever might've allowed that to happen. *he shakes his head* Sorry. I think you're done for today.
<Trendafilka> "Sorry I broke your computer system in a way you didn't think it could ever break!"
<@[Mamoru]> This is the point of testing.
* Trendafilka flashes her teeth and skitters out the door. "I will see if I can apply this to reality because I read somewhere this could ALSO just be simulation!"
* @[Mamoru] ... what a strange girl. he just has this grimacing frown.
* Date_Kiko opens her mouth as Trena disappears. ... closes it. ... she can't, right? "Sorry sir."
<Date_Kiko> "The arm disappearing LOOKED authentic on me, if it's any consolation? If you're looking for feedback on what I saw on your small test, I can probably give you a few paragraphs."
<@[Mamoru]> ... If you're willing to do a short write-up, that would be helpful. I can't tell too much when the system is active, so much of my data is based off of the system itself.
<Date_Kiko> "Yeah, I don't have anything going on for a bit and like the idea behind this. ...I think we can probably leave Trendafilka safely out of making a write-up?"
<@[Mamoru]> ... I'm not going to wrestle a report out of her.
* @[Mamoru] he's smart enough to not bother with that.
<Date_Kiko> "Yeah. ...yeah, there's only one person who I think could get that out of her and you're not Ophelia." She chuckles. "...Might be a family thing. I heard my brother once didn't do the math right on one of his synchro summons and still was able to go through with it."
<@[Mamoru]> It's still something to fix. When the system starts doing things out of expectations, it brings in risks, especially when simulating something like this. ... But you say you like the idea of this?
* Date_Kiko nods. "I do! Pushing the edges of science and our current tech, while providing a pretty safe learning environment without having to try and trust a dark sorcerer for a simulated dark duel, just in case shit DOES start happening again? I'm all for it, I got thrown into it headfirst and I think it made me bitter, angry, and sarcastic. I'm not really cut out to be a scientist like
* Date_Kiko you, but I love reading scientific reports." She pauses. ... now that she mentions it, Ophelia DOES keep saying she works on this stuff. ... wouldn't this be her baby alongside this guys?
* @[Mamoru] it's likely that while Ophelia works on the main tech, this guy's been basically trying to apply it to Supernatural Circumstances
<@[Mamoru]> *... he gives a pretty slight smirk though at Kiko's reaction.* Thank you. That's probably the best reaction I've heard about my idea, here.
<Date_Kiko> "...that's not the only reaction? It seems pretty clear to me." She scratches at her cheek. "Anyway, once I fill this out, and you get it through all the other teens and twenty-somethings and tuned up more I'd love to come back and test your system without my half-sister."
<@[Mamoru]> ... Fine. I won't mind that. *he takes a couple sheets out from the clipboard, and then hands it over to Kiko with a pen*
* Date_Kiko has the penmanship of a typewriter, writing down that she really likes the idea, the flaw that stopped the test, that the AI seemed to stutter a bit in 'speaking' to them, that she didn't actually do physical contact with the 'monsters' etc. A pretty detailed account of what happened, basically.