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Cards to a Past
Jun. 4th, 2016 10:26 pmMain Points:
Yugioh Paparazzi!Verse
Chapter Summary: Anzu's excited to find a topic that Yugi's actually interested in talking about.
Word Count: 510
Rating: teen
“Okay, what’s your favorite card, then?” she asks, and Yugi beams again, kicking his feet like a teen rather than the adult he is.
“It’s hard to decide, really. There are so many amazing cards.” He pauses, then smiles shyly at her. “Maybe I can show you some of the cards I’ve got in my deck at some point. There’s Maha Vailo. I’m most like him, I think. And there’s Dark Magician. He’s one of my favorites. But then, the Magnet Warriors and Kuriboh are cute…and Mirror Force is one of my favorite trap cards, but I wouldn’t call it one of my favorite cards overall…” he pauses for breath and shakes his head, looking a little sadder. “But then, it’s pointless talking about it, really.”
“Why’s that?” she asks. It’s the most excited she’s seen him, and it’s cool to see. And sad to see vanish.
“Well,” and he sounds really unhappy now. “Pegasus—that’s Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters—liked getting inspiration from myth and legend all around the world, if the cards were any indication. He disappeared ten years ago on an expedition to Egypt and hasn’t been heard from since. His company, Industrial Illusions, tried its best to hang on, but it’s going to go bankrupt later this year. I think they still thought he was alive, probably longer than anyone else did. At this point, though, I think they’re just trying to sell off the last of the cards. Kaiba tried to keep it afloat, but there’s only so much money KaibaCorp could put into it without going bankrupt, too. It’s rare that anyone’s even heard of Duel Monsters anymore, and pretty much no one is playing card games these days.”
“Have they grown up?” she asks, and he smiles, sweet and innocent, back.
“No one grows out of card games,” he responds with confidence, before shaking his head. “Well, no. That might not be the way to put it. Maybe a lot of people do. But for the good ones, never. It’s in your blood. I’m guessing a lot of people just put up their decks because, well…” he chuckles, rubbing the spikes, which bounce a little, “…Not everyone’s into casual games. A lot were just in it for the competition, and without official sponsors, there’s no such thing as tournaments.”
He looks so sad, but like many of the realizations lately, there’s absolutely no way to fix it. Unless… “Maybe you could teach me to play?”
She’d thought he’d been excited before, or pathetically grateful before, but the way that he grabs her hands, eyes shining, she’s quite possibly made his year. “Yeah, that’d be really cool! And given that Seto wouldn’t mind more people writing about how awesome Duel Monsters is, he might even be willing to give you enough cards to make your own deck.” He pauses, then winks playfully. “Of course, I have to warn you that I’m pretty good, but I could probably be persuaded to go easy on you, seeing as you’re a beginner and all.”
Yugioh Paparazzi!Verse
Chapter Summary: Anzu's excited to find a topic that Yugi's actually interested in talking about.
Word Count: 510
Rating: teen
“Okay, what’s your favorite card, then?” she asks, and Yugi beams again, kicking his feet like a teen rather than the adult he is.
“It’s hard to decide, really. There are so many amazing cards.” He pauses, then smiles shyly at her. “Maybe I can show you some of the cards I’ve got in my deck at some point. There’s Maha Vailo. I’m most like him, I think. And there’s Dark Magician. He’s one of my favorites. But then, the Magnet Warriors and Kuriboh are cute…and Mirror Force is one of my favorite trap cards, but I wouldn’t call it one of my favorite cards overall…” he pauses for breath and shakes his head, looking a little sadder. “But then, it’s pointless talking about it, really.”
“Why’s that?” she asks. It’s the most excited she’s seen him, and it’s cool to see. And sad to see vanish.
“Well,” and he sounds really unhappy now. “Pegasus—that’s Maximillion Pegasus, the creator of Duel Monsters—liked getting inspiration from myth and legend all around the world, if the cards were any indication. He disappeared ten years ago on an expedition to Egypt and hasn’t been heard from since. His company, Industrial Illusions, tried its best to hang on, but it’s going to go bankrupt later this year. I think they still thought he was alive, probably longer than anyone else did. At this point, though, I think they’re just trying to sell off the last of the cards. Kaiba tried to keep it afloat, but there’s only so much money KaibaCorp could put into it without going bankrupt, too. It’s rare that anyone’s even heard of Duel Monsters anymore, and pretty much no one is playing card games these days.”
“Have they grown up?” she asks, and he smiles, sweet and innocent, back.
“No one grows out of card games,” he responds with confidence, before shaking his head. “Well, no. That might not be the way to put it. Maybe a lot of people do. But for the good ones, never. It’s in your blood. I’m guessing a lot of people just put up their decks because, well…” he chuckles, rubbing the spikes, which bounce a little, “…Not everyone’s into casual games. A lot were just in it for the competition, and without official sponsors, there’s no such thing as tournaments.”
He looks so sad, but like many of the realizations lately, there’s absolutely no way to fix it. Unless… “Maybe you could teach me to play?”
She’d thought he’d been excited before, or pathetically grateful before, but the way that he grabs her hands, eyes shining, she’s quite possibly made his year. “Yeah, that’d be really cool! And given that Seto wouldn’t mind more people writing about how awesome Duel Monsters is, he might even be willing to give you enough cards to make your own deck.” He pauses, then winks playfully. “Of course, I have to warn you that I’m pretty good, but I could probably be persuaded to go easy on you, seeing as you’re a beginner and all.”
