[ Oh good, sounds like he still has a sense for what is and isn't normal. Manjoume won't lack for excitement in Tokyo; they're just fighting souped up versions of bats and bears now. Elan leans back against the glass with an ironic sigh. ]
All that trouble just to play a card game! I can't understand it. What makes this game so special?
You mean other than the fact that it's the most popular game that my world has to offer, to the point where most people build their entire careers around it? [pause] Well, it probably has something to do with the fact that people like Seto Kaiba and Pegasus decided one day to use technology to try to make it look like the cards could be brought to life, and it caused the game to explode in momentum in getting everyone to play it to see the life-like monsters for themselves.
You've seen me summoning dragons and stuff before during missions to block off enemies or take a hit, right? Those are my Duel Monster cards being projected as hard light holograms with my Duel Disk, which has some of the most recent tech and programming back home to give it that edge over other older models.
So you got inspired to become a professional duelist? I don't get the craze, but I prefer your world's version of monsters.
[ No offense to planet earth, but monsters who eat people are kind of a bummer. The ferris wheel resumes its rotation and Elan feels a jolt as they start to rise. ]
Yeah. There's a lot of strategy involved in building a deck that works with whatever playstyle you prefer, and it's exciting when you get to fight and take down a strong opponent on a stage in front of a cheering crowd...
[... Damn, he misses it. He really wants to play his favorite game in front of audience again, not be stuck here fighting kaiju...
The ferris wheel moves, jolting him momentarily out of his thoughts as he quickly turns his gaze to the window to look outside and watch.]
I forgot to ask before, but how long do these rides usually last?
Sounds like you were something of a big shot back home.
[ Weird to think of a card game getting so much hype, but it's not weirder than a world where they have to fight monsters. He glances out the window as they make their leisurely ascent and then back at Manjoume, shooting him the cheekiest smirk. ]
Hell yeah I was: you're looking at "Manjoume Thunder", the duelist that graduated in the top 3 of his year from Duel Academy. I was on the track to receiving sponsorships to promote me for the professional leagues... and then I ended up here.
[So, you know. Kind of pissed about that, but its whatever at this point.]
And no, I'm just asking since I haven't been on one of these before.
[ Never having been on one, Elan shrugs. He looks comfortable where he is, idly watching the buildings grow smaller as a city painted orange in the sunset stretches out before them. ]
Too bad about the sponsorships, but at least they'll still be waiting for you if you ever go home. Provided you keep your skills sharp.
When I go home, not if. I refuse to believe that I'm doomed to be stuck here for the rest of my life.
[He huffs out the correction, leaning back in his seat here.]
And of course I'm keeping my skills sharp: in fact, if they're not impressed with them after I've come back from a world of slaying kaijus, then they're a bunch of fools.
True. After you've battled real monsters, a school duel is nothing. Not that I've ever seen you intimidated by anything...besides maybe rollercoasters.
[ Elan hums. Schools keep kids sheltered from reality. Asticassia had been a playground for play fights next to the conflicts going on outside its perfect climate-controlled walls. Manjoume will surely return a different person. ]
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All that trouble just to play a card game! I can't understand it. What makes this game so special?
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You've seen me summoning dragons and stuff before during missions to block off enemies or take a hit, right? Those are my Duel Monster cards being projected as hard light holograms with my Duel Disk, which has some of the most recent tech and programming back home to give it that edge over other older models.
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[ No offense to planet earth, but monsters who eat people are kind of a bummer. The ferris wheel resumes its rotation and Elan feels a jolt as they start to rise. ]
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[... Damn, he misses it. He really wants to play his favorite game in front of audience again, not be stuck here fighting kaiju...
The ferris wheel moves, jolting him momentarily out of his thoughts as he quickly turns his gaze to the window to look outside and watch.]
I forgot to ask before, but how long do these rides usually last?
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[ Weird to think of a card game getting so much hype, but it's not weirder than a world where they have to fight monsters. He glances out the window as they make their leisurely ascent and then back at Manjoume, shooting him the cheekiest smirk. ]
Why? Are you tired of me already?
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[So, you know. Kind of pissed about that, but its whatever at this point.]
And no, I'm just asking since I haven't been on one of these before.
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[ Never having been on one, Elan shrugs. He looks comfortable where he is, idly watching the buildings grow smaller as a city painted orange in the sunset stretches out before them. ]
Too bad about the sponsorships, but at least they'll still be waiting for you if you ever go home. Provided you keep your skills sharp.
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[He huffs out the correction, leaning back in his seat here.]
And of course I'm keeping my skills sharp: in fact, if they're not impressed with them after I've come back from a world of slaying kaijus, then they're a bunch of fools.
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[ Elan hums. Schools keep kids sheltered from reality. Asticassia had been a playground for play fights next to the conflicts going on outside its perfect climate-controlled walls. Manjoume will surely return a different person. ]