The United Card Games of America

[VolTama]

Just trying out a little idea I had. I rushed this a bit, but it should still show my writing skills to some extent.

 

[spoiler=Chapter 1] Life is essentially just one endless food fight; you never know what the hell is going to be thrown at you. Take children’s card games for example. You don’t REALLY expect fully grown nineteen-year-olds to be wasting their precious time and money on pieces of cardboard. It is even more pathetic when said nineteen-year-old hasn’t even found a proper college to attend yet. Sad, isn’t it? Keeping this in mind, why the hell would they waste their lives like that? Why the hell am I wasting my life like that?!

 

“First round participants: Anthony Dillard vs. Gregory Mendel! Duelists, prepare your decks and kick it to overdrive!”

 

Resisting the urge to slap the judge, I settled down to a nearby table where my opponent awaited me. I judged Gregory quickly based on his appearances. He was… colorful to say the least. His wardrobe consisted of green highlighted skinny-jeans just barely hanging from his waist, a bright red Dickies T-shirt, and a strange gold medallion hanging around his neck. If you asked any random stranger what they thought about him, they would probably think that he was some kind of new-age hippie.

 

“So are you just gonna sit there and stare at me all day? Let’s get this game started already! You’re keeping me away from my precious prize money,” George said with an annoying grin spreading across his face.

 

Huh, I forgot all about the prize money. Strange how I would forget that money hungry companies like Konami would give away ninety-five hundred dollars just for winning a world-wide tournament they’re hosting. That’s enough for some minor colleges. All of this just for winning a card game for children. Like I said; you never know what the hell is going to be thrown at you.

 

“It wouldn’t kill you to be patient, would it?” I chuckled as we cut each other’s deck. Reaching into my pocket, I pulled out a silver dollar coin and flipped it. It was covered by my palm by the time it hit the oak table. “Call it.”

 

“Heads.”

 

“Well, well… I guess even newbs get lucky. You go first,” we both drew our opening hands.

 

“Alright, I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400) and end my turn by throwing down two face-downs. Your move rookie!”

 

I felt my eye twitch with annoyance. Not only was he an obvious anime fan boy, he was also confident that he was going to win. Now I could go for the kill on turn one, but what fun would that be? “Activate One for One, sending Treeborn Frog from my hand to the grave to Special Summon Blizzed, Defender of the Ice Barrier (300/500). Then I’ll set one monster and a card in my back field to end. It’s your turn, rook.”

 

“HA! I activate Polymerization, fusing Elemental Heroes Avian and Burstinatrix from my hand to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (2100/1200)! He attacks your frozen chicken and deals damage to you equal to Blizzed’s points.” (4000>3700) “Sparkman will then attack and destroy your face-down monster. I’ll end there.”

 

I tried to hold in a yawn and failed, “Oh no, I lost 300 life points. I’m sure in a pickle. It is a good thing that Blizzed let’s me draw a card after its destruction in battle. Oh! By the way, my face-down monster was Ice Blast User Rice (800/800) who can’t be destroyed when fighting against a level four or higher monster. Sir, your move has failed.” I couldn’t help but laugh as George clenched his fists. “Summon Blizzard Warrior and activate my Call of the Haunted to revive Blizzed. I then tune my three monsters to Synchro Summon the feared Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier (2300/1400)…”

 

“Argh! Synchros! You could have told me you were playing with Synchros!”

 

I blinked. Surely he couldn’t be THAT stupid… “Everybody plays with Synchros. They’re basicly as commonly found as plain old effect monsters now.”

 

“Forget it! I’m dropping out! Synchros cheat the game. See you later man.“ His enraged yells attracted the attention of at least several other duelists. Apparently, he is stupid enough to just rage quit after just two turns. Ah well, free win for me.

 

As I started packing up my cards, I got my first real look at the entertainment center the tournament was being held. There were posters of Yusei Fudo and Stardust Dragon hanging from every corner and window. Some of the duelists are even cosplaying as Yu-Gi-Oh! characters. The entire thing seemed more like an anime convention than a tournament.

 

I sighed. Five minutes into the tourney and I can already tell that participating wasn’t worth anything near nine-and-a-half grand…

 

[Dr. Cakey]

I love it. Obviously it's not much in the way of story, but it's fun and you're a good writer. Also, you use Ice Barriers, which makes you more win.

[Weather Report - Stand]

I like this story! I stumbled upon it because of the name, expecting a comedy. ANd it worked! Basically, it's our world, fused with theirs in a stupidly expected fashion, and our main hero is a perfect stoic. I like this story! Keep it up, and I said the previous statement twice on purpose.