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Stardust Warrior

"1 Tuner Synchro Monster + 1+ non-Tuner Synchro Monsters If your opponent would Special Summon a monster(s) (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; negate the Summon, and if you do, destroy that monster(s). During the End Phase, if this effect was activated this turn (and was not negated): You can Special Summon this card from your GY. If this card is destroyed by battle, or if this face-up card you control leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect: You can Special Summon 1 Level 8 or lower 'Warrior' Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck. (This Special Summon is treated as a Synchro Summon.)"

#Yu-Gi-Oh!

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Hello, Cassette Beasts fandom. Here he is. Bluegene.

#Cassette Beasts #waow...blue jeans...

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NEO Sho Minamimoto in the DS TWEWY style :)

#zetta cool #TWEWY

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#adorabirds

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#Mega Man

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fish 2

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2024 is the year we stop “consuming” and go back to “reading/watching/listening to/playing” things

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Nobody in this game has any chill

#can confirm #Ace Attorney

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Ok gamers kind of went off with custom emotes, that shit rules

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Motonori from pokemon conquest. It feels so nice to draw fanart for your favorite obscure games from your childhood

#Pokemon

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…wait…

Is the card-based combat in Chain of Memories supposed to be a pun on “memory card”?

…nah, probably not…

#Kingdom Hearts

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I feel like I should have noticed this 20 years ago but Lan (Netto) saying “Plug-In” in the original Japanese not only works literally but can have a double meaning as a reference to plug-in software.

Like I don’t know if that was intentional or not but. I have noticed it.

#Mega Man #Battle Network

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Sorciere de Fleur

"If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your field, but it cannot attack your opponent directly, and is destroyed during the End Phase of this turn. You can only use this effect of 'Sorciere de Fleur' once per turn."

#when you try to wear a hat but it wimdy #Yu-Gi-Oh!

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"Dog years."

"Rangers have recently witnessed pombomb herds act almost like a democracy, like the humans who once owned them. The Elder Spitzfyres would take their cloths from their backs, giving them to their new leader before the aged herd disappears up Mt. Wirral and the Pombomb with the most cloths evolve, becoming the new leader."

#Cassette Beasts

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Damn I wish mental illness was half as fun as 00s internet culture thought it was lol

#Personal Pahrak

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This is me posting to my main blog while I'm thinking about it before I forget and mass reblog to my writing blog lol

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True Connection Get

Zeke sat against the wall of the convention center, endlessly shuffling his deck and trying to take up as little space as possible.  People bustled over every inch of the floor, but he was only vaguely aware of them, eyes trained on the floor until a jingle called his attention to a large screen mounted nearby.  The updated tournament bracket he saw didn’t exactly lift his spirits.

So he won C block after all.  Guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

The feed rapidly flicked between the players who had won the tournament’s eight blocks, giving the conqueror of C just long enough to give the camera a contemptuous grin.  Zeke grumbled as he looked back down.  He drew the card on top of his deck out of muscle memory; staring back at him was a humanoid robot with a large gear visible in its chest.  “Clockwork Banneret” was printed in glossy letters at the top.  After a few seconds, Zeke averted his gaze.

The memories were fresh and easily summoned.  He had battled his way to the semi-finals of C block, prepared to give the match his all.  When he had offered a pre-match handshake, however, his opponent had scoffed and started his opening turn.  Irksome for sure, but Zeke wouldn’t let that shake his focus; after carefully watching the way his opponent played his cards, he had gone into his turn as determined as ever.  The moment Clockwork Banneret had hit the field, the opponent had laughed.

“You actually brought that to a tournament?  What a joke.  You’re just here because you grew up on the TV show, aren’t you?”

Zeke had ignored the comment and carried on.  He had been successful in staying focused, but even then, a mere three turns later he had been soundly defeated.

“Come back with real cards next time, amateur!”

Shaking his head, Zeke returned Banneret to the deck.  He had hoped to at least clear his block—the lowest placing that would give him a trophy to take back to his local card shop—and while he wanted to be a good sport about things, he just couldn’t bring himself to let it go.

What a jerk.  Are there more jerks than usual here?  Feels that way, with how many are using those new Null Reactor cards…what’s the point of playing if you nullify every single card your opponent tries to play?

He scratched his head.

…Bah, I sound like an old man.  Maybe I’ll check the artist tables, see if that helps me clear my head.

Zeke placed his deck in the plastic box attached to his belt, and then pulled himself up onto his feet, stamping his heel a few times to wake up his leg.  He was just getting proper feeling back when someone stepped out of the crowd and jogged over to him.

“Hey, hi there!” the stranger greeted, offering his hand.  “You’re Zeke Thompson, right?  From C block?”

Tentatively, Zeke shook hands.  “Uh, yeah.  Hi.”

The stranger’s eyes lit up.  “I’m so glad I found you!  Uh, my name’s Christoph—I caught your match in the block semi-finals!”

Zeke winced.  “Ah…you saw that?  Not really my best performance, hah…”

“No, you did great!  Most players get OTK’d by Null Myrmidon decks.  You showed a lot of skill holding out like that!”

“Oh?  Um, thanks.”

“Full transparency, though: I tracked you down in the hopes of talking business.”  Christoph set down his backpack with a loud thud.  “See, I’m a Clockwork Banneret fan myself, and I was blown away when you upgraded it to Alloyed Overclock mode!  I did manage to pull a copy, but I can’t actually use it without a Soul Valence card.  So…is there any possible way I could interest you in a trade?”

Zeke blinked.  Then he chuckled.  “Huh.  I can’t remember the last time I actually traded, now that I think about it.”

“It’s a dying art.”  Christoph pulled a binder from his pack and began to flip through the pages.  “I get the appeal of just buying the cards you want, but I can’t help but find it less fun that way.  The thrill of opening packs and seeing what you get is what gives each card meaning!  Comrades drawn together by fate!”

“You’re a fan of the show too, I take it?”

“That’s why I want to play Alloyed Overclock so bad!  Asimov Junction is the peak of the whole series.”

“Yes!  You are a man of culture!  Here, let me…”  Zeke quickly sifted through his deck until he found the card in question and offered it to Christoph.  “I actually have a spare, you can just take this.”

Christoph shook his head gravely.  “Oh no, sir!  I appreciate your generosity, but this is a matter of honor: I must give you something in exchange!  And I believe I have just the thing…aha!”

He slipped one card out of his binder, and Zeke’s eyes went wide.  “A Starsteel Ingot…?!  Are you really sure?”

“Absolutely!”  Christoph grinned.  “I, uh, actually have like four of them.  But I know you as a Banneret fan can appreciate its true worth!”

“Yeah, that card was essential in the Motherboard Elimination arc…alright, you’ve got yourself a deal!”

The two of them exchanged cards, and then took a moment to marvel at their respective prizes.  Christoph said, “Thanks, man: you really made my day.  I’ve got to get going, but I’ll catch up with you later—I got your socials from your tournament profile.”

“I look forward to it!  Take care!”

Christoph vanished back into the crowd.  Zeke looked down at the Starsteel Ingot card, and after a few seconds, he smiled.

Not everyone here is a jerk.

#writing #original work #Pahrak writes stuff #Pahrak goes to college #we had to write contemporary fiction #which to me feels the same as saying Write normie shit #you know what. fuck you. *turns it into one big Yugioh reference*