Liberta Duel Academy is a Yu-Gi-Oh! roleplay site set in an Alternate Universe (AU) version of the original series of Yu-Gi-Oh!, set roughly 50 years after the end of the Dark Side of Dimensions movie. Liberta Duel Academy is set in the city of Silvershine located in a fictional small country known as Silva, somewhere along the western coastside of Europe.
September through October 20X1 - Welcome, Class of 20X4!
The new school year at Liberta Duel Academy is here! Students - new and returning - are adjusting to their school life and getting themselves settled in. The entrance ceremony presented the principal's address, spoke of Dorm Rankings, and introduced the Student Council. Alongside the standard Master Duels, the experimental "Specialty Duels" were announced to those new to the academy. So unpack; duel a fellow or two; explore the academy and the city of Silvershine! Action; adventure; slice of life; it's up to you! How will you have yours unfold?
Doku's turn wasn't impressive at all to Tatsuya. In fact? It was the opposite. An unsatisfying attempt to make an annoying board that won't actually destroy anything with force: just cheap parlor tricks. Cards that protected each other, and had quirky interactions with his board. Abyss King that removed Genghis and d'Arc, Wild Wagon that protected his Hyper Director, et cetera. To him, it was all stalling for the end that was coming in like a roaring comet ready to blast him to smithereens. "Hmph. You done talking to yourself over there, Peter Pan? 'Cuz it's time to grow the hell up," he shot back with a bitter glare. What momentum Doku gained with the crowd went silent when it looked like his opponent tired of his antics.
"Lemme show ya why you should've walked away, pal. My turn. DRAW."
"...Hm." A rather ambiguous reaction to his newly obtained card. "During my Standby Phase, my Forbidden Contract cards have mandatory effects that take from my Life Points so long as they're face-up on the field. Right now it's just Forbidden Contract with the Swamp King: so my Life Points fall by 1000."
TATSUYA: 7000 LP >>> 6000 LP
"Also, D/D Savant Kepler's Pendulum Effect requires me to reduce its Scales by 2 every Standby Phase. After that, every non-'D/D' monster I control with a Level greater than or equal to its new Scales is destroyed. While the second part of this won't affect me, Kepler's Scale is now set to 8," he explained with a neutral, unfeeling informative tone. The scale to his left flashed, and its display scrolled down from 10 to 8. His backrow was self-destructive every Standby Phase for the most part: probably why the Aromas would have given him a hard time, as he mentioned.
"Now for Swamp King's effect again: when I use it to summon a 'D/D' monster, I can banish materials from my Graveyard to fulfill the requirements. By fusing Flame King Genghis and Oblivion King Abyss Ragnarok from my Graveyard, I can unleash one of the strongest monsters I have: just to show you how miserably you failed! Kneel before D/D/D Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok!!
The battlefield's Solid Vision display shook as another terrifying fiend found its way to the battlefield. This abyssal ruler didn't even need a weapon to be menacing: his bare hands alone were all that was necessary to set forth a daunting appearance given the deep dark aura surrounding him. 3200 ATK only cemented this. "I don't even need to worry about 'optimal' plays against a joke like you: just to show you I don't give a damn about obliterating you the 'right' way, I'll show you're not worth the effort. Purple Armageddon activates its effect to target the Sassy Rookie below Hyper Director: normally it gets destroyed and you take damage equal to half its Attack Points, but nothing happens because of Sassy Rookie."
"It did nothing. Just like you thinking you could take me, and just like your little girlfriend who tried to start shit with me too. I'm gonna make you WISH you didn't try to pull a White Knight on me."
The gathered crowd's gazes rested on Doku at Tatsuya's statement, with varying levels of understanding involved. Confusion and shock filled their mutterings as Tatsuya huffed and snarled like a feral dog. "Battle Phase. Wave Oblivion King Caesar Ragnarok attacks Hyper Director, only to activate its effect: I can send Swamp King back to my hand to equip one of your monsters onto it, then increase its Attack Points by its original ATK. Let's take the Sassy Rookie that I didn't touch: hand it over!" he demanded, swinging his right arm in front of him rather dramatically as his monster mirrored his movements: in a burst of cursed energy, the Sassy Rookie on Doku's far left vanished, reappearing shackled to the throne of Caesar Ragnarok. Its ATK skyrocketed to an overwhelming 4900.
"Wild Wagon prevents its destruction by battle, but unfortunately for you, it's once per turn. Purple Armageddon, follow right behind Caesar Ragnarok to trash this guy!!"
DOKU: 8000 LP >>> 3900 LP
DOKU: 3900 LP >>> 1200 LP
As even the cart protecting Hyper Director exploded from Caesar Ragnarok's punch, Purple Armageddon's awe-inspiring violet ray of demolition blasted straight through the director and right into Doku. Tatsuya didn't even flinch, instead momentarily pulling up a larger display of the Sassy Rookie that he took from him. "Look... At... THAT. Your little 'Abyss Actors' are just clowns getting ripped to shreds as you desperately try to shout some 'show' BS like you know what you're doing. You're a JOKE, Doku Shi. Sadly, my favorite part of jokes is when they fall flat for people to laugh at..."
"...So go ahead. Prove me wrong, H E R O. 'Cuz I'm not gonna stop until you look like just as much of a failure as that pathetic wimp Sakamoto... Not like I have to try very hard to make THAT obvious. You two are PERFECT for each other!!!"
That smirk. That twisted, sadistic smirk that came up on his face. Tatsuya was toying with him. Getting a rise out of him was all part of his game plan. The best way to remove a weed was to yank it so hard that the roots come right out with the pest, making it shrivel and die without any chance of coming back. If he could mess with Doku as much as possible by hitting the one sour spot he knew about, maybe he'd give up. Maybe he'd run home crying and never try this again. It wasn't a personal ordeal, but sometimes the simplest solutions required the ugliest means. On the outside, Tatsuya Taro had willingly went as far as he could to torment and humiliate Doku Shi like the big, bad bully everyone says he is.
On the inside? He just really wanted to finish lifting. This match was taking too long. Plus, Gran-Gran wanted to video call after he finished his time at the gym. Can't keep her waiting when she texted him that she won something exciting at the local senior center raffle. He wondered if it was that fleece blanket she said she had her eye on this time around.
Doku watched Tatsuya's turn, he was losing life points rapidly, that was... good? Doku wasn't sure. He watched as the massive monster was fusion summoned. To be honest, the boy was amazed, Doku could admit that. Doku snapped his fingers as Tatsuya tried to destroy his sassy rookie. "Oh! You seem to know that won't work~" Doku chuckled. "That's right, the first time my Sassy Rookie would be destroyed, he's not!"
Doku listened... White Knight. Oh man, he just hoped people wouldn't get the wrong idea! Doku watched as his life points plummeted to a dangerous amount.
Doku took a deep breath, and he seemed to be getting actually angry. "Don't talk about my friend like that!" He clutched his fist, "It's not over till I hit 0 life points!" He had a fire burning in his eyes now! This duel had gotten personally he wasn't just dueling for himself now, he needed to win for Masumi. Well, at least he felt like he needed to... maybe he WAS a white knight...
Doku quickly yanked the top card from his deck. "I draw!" He glared at Tatsuya. "I guess I'll just have to beat your ass now!" Doku was pretty blinded by anger. Dueling faster than he could think. His top draw was Curtain Call, not the best thing to draw now... but he had a plan!
"Thanks for leaving Hyper Director! I'll use him to link summon... Hyper Director again!" He said as another Hyper Director appeared on the field. Doku's sing-song tone had disappeared into a more serious tone.
"I'll use hyper directors effect! I'll summon Twinkle Little Star to my field! And Replace her with my Mellow Maddona!" A very small girl appeared on the field with a star theme. "Next! I'll use Wild Hope to set my scales!" Doku's scales went from 2 and 0 to 2 and 9! "Next! Mellow Madonna lets me search out any Abyss Actor for the low price of 1000 life points!" He paid, now with only 200 life points to spare. "I'll add my Superstar!"
"Now! The show will start as my actors swing into action! I Pendulum Summon! Abyss Actor Sassy Rookie and Superstar!" Sassy Rookie returned but the new face appeared to be a doll-looking fiend who took a bow to the crowd. "I'll use the script that I set earlier! Opening Ceremony! This gives me 500 life points for all of my actors!" Doku's life shot up 2200. "2000 life points for me!"
"Next, Superstar lets me set a script directly on my field! I'll pick... Fantasy Magic!" Doku had a smirk on his face, if this went through he'd be able to wipe Tatsuya's field. "I'll use it right away! Targeting my Twinkle Little Star!" He explained. "Now... what this does is return your monsters to the hand when Little Star battles! And she can attack three times~" He said snapping his fingers.
"NOW! Twinkle Little Star Attack!" Doku commanded as his Twinkle Little Star slammed into Ceasar Ragnarok!
Now... Doku wasn't thinking straight and he forgot that Twinkle Little Star didn't negate battle damage. Causing Doku to be smacked with 2500 points, as the force from taking damage caused him to fall on his ass.
If that wasn't embarrassing enough... he heard laughing. The crowd was amazed by his stupid misplay. Doku just kinda sat there, as he let out a sigh.
Doku Text Color: "#d619e6" Yuki Text Color: "#07dbe4" Ace Monster: Aromaseraphy Sweet Majoram
His plan paid off in the end. Doku didn't read his own card, and paid the price for it. The crowd was in hysterics at the failed attempt to make something out of his dire situation, and was laying on the torment in response. Tatsuya stood where he was, arms crossed, glaring ahead at Doku in silence. The harsh lesson of not messing with Tatsuya Taro was taught in the most cruel, efficient, and long-lasting way possible... Especially considering there were several phone cameras that he could see in his peripherals. This duel was going online, for people to watch for weeks and laugh at it. This painful reminder to Doku Shi would backfire one day as everyone who thinks that they're better than him would jump on the train and swarm him with duel requests: ones he shouldn't refuse if he wanted to keep his rep...
"...Now SHUT UP. ALL OF YOU."
Silence returned the second Tatsuya raised his tone again. He closed his eyes and grit his teeth like a wolf baring its fangs at a flock of sheep. "You're all just screeching like banshees. Get lost. Now."
. . .
"I SAID NOW!!!"
Never before had a crowd dispersed as fast as this one did the second Tatsuya looked up and uncrossed his arms, with everyone who valued an unpunched face bailing on the formed group, and even the more daring types not wanting to be the next one filmed for an embarrassing failure. After a few seconds, the two were basically alone again: some remained within line of sight, but were trying their hardest not to draw Tatsuya's attention and earn his ire. With a menacing, slow approach, the bully snatched up his victim's blazer collar in his balled fists and yanked him up to his feet forcefully.
"...Satisfied, Shi? You got your little fight and you lost. Now that peace and quiet I had today's gone, prick," he mumbled under his breath with a terrifying grumble in his tone. "All I wanted to do today was lift some weights and have some alone time. You singlehandedly ruined that for me to impress some damn girls that think you're a joke. They're probably laughin' reeeeeeeal hard at you for forgetting how to read 'cuz I pushed your buttons, huh? Thinkin' you'd magically be better than me, and that I wasn't gonna stomp your ass flat for tryin' to rope me into your little underdog fantasy..."
In a surprising turn of events, he gently released Doku's collar and sighed.
"...Ya got balls, geek. You're stupid, but ballsy. You wanna push yourself so badly? Spot me. I'm finishing the bench I was gonna start. Don't piss me off again and it'll help me ignore the fact you tried to fuck up my day."
And with that, he moved back to the bench to finalize his setup. Even added on some extra weight to help blow off steam... Damn, Tatsuya can lift that much for reps?! In total, that amount measured up to about 80 kilograms! He only looked to be about 65 himself!
Doku felt a shiver run down his spine at Tatsuya's voice. Damn... he really was THAT scary. Never could you hear an entire gym just go... silent, along with them leaving. Tatsuya was... impressive to say the least, though... did he like being known as the big bad Tatsuya? Well there was no time to think. He heard Tatsuya walk towards him, before being snatched up by the other boy.
"Yeah... I'm pretty satisfied..." even in a situation like this Doku stood his ground. "Wouldn't be the first time I've been humiliated..." He would mumble to himself, but due to how close Tatsuya was, it was impossible to not make it heard. Everything Tatsuya said was true, man Doku really was a joke huh? The purple haired boy would brush his shirt off after being let go. Spot... him? What was going on... truth be told Doku was to scared to say no right now. "Well... alright..." Doku would walk over to the bench, he let out a gulp seeing more weight being added.
"What's the most you've ever lifted?" He asked, though he wasn't sure if he was supposed to talk while spotting... but there was totally tension between the two of them so maybe he could ease it?
"Look... I'm sorry for all of this, I didn't think a crowd would record the entire thing-"
Doku Text Color: "#d619e6" Yuki Text Color: "#07dbe4" Ace Monster: Aromaseraphy Sweet Majoram
