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KING OF GAMES affiliated with citta mutou yuugi nobody district beta holds a deck of cards may summon kuribou twice a day

[koraava]

Seeing his adorable smile made her heart melt. Once given some advice from Iroh, Korra now always tried to remain positive. Influencing others to see the silver lining was something she strived for. “There’s nothing wrong with being a little vengeful,” She said. “Just don’t let it take over you.” That was advice more him rather than the spirit. See, she could be wise sometimes.

Korra smiled. “I don’t think they’re gone… just blocked, like our powers. I’m not exactly the patient type but if I can stand the wait then I’m sure you can too. It’s nice to meet you, Yuugi. So, where were you headed?”

[xpuzzles]

“That’s true,” he agreed easily, nodding. Her advice was very sound, and Yuugi was glad to have met someone so cheerful about giving that sort of advice out. It was nice.

The thought that the Puzzle’s spirit wasn’t gone as much as just blocked was a nice one. Much better than the thought that he might never feel the spirit in his soul again. He touched the pendant absentmindedly, before smiling again.

“Blocked, all right. I guess I can wait, then. But... powers? You have powers? What can you do?” he asked, already having heard about some of the abilities of this city’s residents, but unable to have witnessed any thus far. “And-- oh, I’m just looking for a game shop. It’ll be nice to find something to do while I’m here. Cards or puzzles or maybe even a little keychain game.”

[xpuzzles]

@xinprecatio || starter call.

The sight of a familiar face reassured Yuugi greatly. Ryo  Bakura was his friend and if he was here, then Yuugi wasn’t completely alone.

Which was good.

He was strongest, after all, with friends by his side.

And it’s unsurprising that he believes he’s speaking to his friend when he greets the white-haired one before him, as Yuugi often goes out of his way to see the best in people. It’ll be startling to learn whom he speaks to, but for now...

“I didn’t think I’d run into you here, Bakura-kun!”

[xpuzzles]

@zoosmellkind || starter call.

Yuugi doesn’t really know what the best course of action to take in this place is. There are a lot of people, but he hasn’t seen any of his friends, and his Millennium Puzzle has been silent and empty, and it really just feels like jewelry, so he places a hand on the pendant and says,  “Sorry, I know I said I’d help you, but now I don’t know where you are.”

As he says it, though, he notices someone walking rather close by to him, certainly close enough to hear him speaking to his necklace, and so he hastily does the first thing that comes to mind:

“I’m not talking to my puzzle!”

...

Smooth, Yuugi. Very convincing.

[xpuzzles]

@redbookowner || starter call. 

Violet eyes blink once, twice, three times. Yuugi is lost, and he hasn’t the faintest idea where he is. Either the person he had asked for directions from a little ways back deceived him, or he mixed up the instructions somewhere along the way. He wouldn’t be surprised by either, honestly.

But there is nothing for it but to try again. Approaching someone who doesn’t look too odd (this city is full of odd, but...), he smiles.

“Excuse me, can you tell me which sector this is?”

[xpuzzles]

@highbornoflittlegarden || starter call.

“Are those ears... real?” Yuugi couldn’t help but ask. He didn’t mean anything by it, and certainly didn’t mean anything rude, but the second the words had left his mouth, he suddenly realised that could be taken as rude.

“They just-- they’re the same color as your hair, so they look like they just fit on your head!”

[saltantemvulpis-deactivated2016]

@xpuzzles

“Vee?” Eevee stared at the card that had fallen in front of her in confusion before looking left and right; did someone drop this? And if so, where was the owner?? When nobody came to pick it up, the Evolution Pokemon padded the card with a paw in curiosity before picking it up carefully in her mouth. If the owner wasn’t going to come fine it, she’ll go find the owner herself.

[xpuzzles]

“37, 38, 39... Only thirty-nine?” Yuugi asked, eyes widening with shock before his worried frown set in. “Oh nooo, did I drop one?”

He must have, as a quick second count of his deck revealed the same thirty-nine cards. This wasn’t good! He’d need to give the deck a thorough look-through to see exactly which card was missing, but any one of those cards would be difficult (or in some cases nearly impossible) to replace, especially here.

It was then that he noticed a small, adorable creature with... was that his Berfomet card in its mouth? It was.

“Hey, uh, here... little guy? Or girl? Or... either?” he tried, hoping he could maybe coax the strange creature over. Hopefully.

[gemspectacled-blog]

@xpuzzles

“The only good thing about being here that I can think of is not having to see trailers for awful movie adaptations to my favourite books…”

[xpuzzles]

“The only good thing? That’s not a very optimistic way of looking at things.”

[ionlyclimbfree-deactivated20160]

@xpuzzles

{ ❝ Hey, excuse me over there! ❞

Coddled between both hands, Manami revealed a distressed swallow he’d discovered thrashing upon the path. Its left wing resembling a bloodied, mangled clump of torn feathers.

❝ Do you mind helping me out for a minute? ❞ }

[xpuzzles]

The ‘ excuse me ’ could have been directed at anyone, though the high-schooler still looks, if only to be sure one way or the other. And he’s glad he did, because it seemed he was the one being addressed.

“What do you need?” he asked, looking surprised at the mangled bird. What a terrible thing to have happened!

[aemuli-blog]

@xpuzzles

There were a number of things that literally protruded from this kid, things that were taking up Green’s field of view without his consent. He could of course start with the outfit; those pants didn’t look like they could breathe at all, and the jacket looked like a cue ball biker had shared their tailor with a magician. His hair looked like a safety hazard, and those colors couldn’t be easy to maintain. He honestly had to hand it to the guy; guts were required to pull a look like that off. It still gave Green a wave of second-hand embarrassment, but he won’t tell people how to live their life.

Glancing down, he notices Growlithe panting up a storm. He’d have to make a point of getting a grooming brush to aid the shedding process. He then pokes at aforementioned stranger on the shoulder blade.   

“Y’know, you should move a little to the left. My Pokekmon here could use the shade.”

[xpuzzles]

Yuugi looks puzzled at the other’s words at first, searching for the insult there, within the words used, shade suggesting a jab at the size of his hair, but Pokemon was an unfamiliar term. Glancing down, he notices the panting creature looking overheated and sighs.

And he does step a little to the left, enough so that the shadow produced by his hair falls onto the creature. Such a sucker for cute things, Yuugi is, though not as much as Anzu could sometimes be.

“What kind of dog is that?” he can’t help but ask.

It... it is a dog. Isn’t it?

[fuuryuu]

⁎⁝ ⁞ ⁝ ⁑ kamikaze.

【雅】“I am afraid I do not know much of modern card games–” Kasen began, but caught himself in time. 

“–ah, that is untrue. There is one that is still in play, I believe.”

It takes less time to explain the rules of menko to his companion than it does to track down a viable deck, which Kasen succeeds at after rifting through a few antiques stores in Sector 004′s cultural district. When all is said and done, he finds them a table and slaps the deck on the table.

“You said you had a fondness for games?” the uchi asked with a smile. “I’d like to see your skills.”

“Pray for a divine wind–or else, that ‘heart of the cards’ you have so much faith in.”

@xpuzzles

[xpuzzles]

The game is easy enough to learn, and not completely unfamiliar to Yuugi, though he has never played it himself, having been easily won over by flashier gaming products, as is common among young people. Still, he hasn’t been called King of Games, for nothing, even if that title is a shared one, held jointly  with the Puzzle’s spirit...

He smiled, glad for a regular, friendly game, just like back in school, and gave a nod. “This should be fun,” he said and he meant it, too.

“Would you like to go first, show this beginner how it’s done?”

[scirephysica]

Humans were painfully abundant in the City, indistinct faces barring the few he’d taken to befriending. But sometimes, there was that one who seemed to throw him off.

Said child seemed to step towards him, clearly curious about his own looks. The hair could only be described as a wig, but the human’s bright eyed and interested expression seemed to calm him somewhat.

“Yes? He shrugged off the sense of empty faces, staring back in faded memories with an equal interest, and focused solely on the boy’s curiosity. It was more… comforting, that way. The same wide eyed interest as apprentices took to on the first day of lab work.

“Have you not seen one before? We like to hang in science classes.”

[xpuzzles]

Yuugi blinked in curiosity once more, eyes seeming to become even wider as he took in the sight, before he broke into a grin at the pun. He’d never expected to meet a skeleton in the first place, but even if he had, puns would have been unexpected. Still, that wasn’t bad. At least this guy was friendly?

“I’ve never seen one before! But I’ve been skipping class a lot lately,” he laughed, looking a little embarrassed about admitting that.

“Do skeletons like science, then?”

[koraava]

“That’s really cool,” She said sincerely. Her smiled widened slightly; a spirit, huh? Well, that certainly made things more interesting. “It seems we have more in common than I first thought. I have… well, had a connection with a spirit too. Her name is Raava and she’s the Spirit of Peace and Light. Where I come from, the Avatar—that’s me—has the job of keeping and restoring balance to the world.”

“But listen, it’ll be okay. I recently found out that over time, what’s taken from you is restored so I’m pretty sure we’ll see Raava and your friend again someday!” She gave his head a small, affectionate pat. “Until then, though, you can talk to me about anything. If you want, obviously. My name’s Korra, what’s yours?”

[xpuzzles]

Her sincerity brought out a genuine smile from Yuugi, happiness he had nearly forgotten how to employ since arriving. Her next words brought out more of it. Someone else who is friends with a spirit? That was almost unbelievable! Her spirit sounded rather different from the one he was friends with, but it was still something. “Raava sounds very cool!” he exclaimed with a grin. “My spirit is cool, too, I think, but he’s darker, and sometimes even a little vengeful.”

Among other things, though he’d been better, lately. Yuugi felt he’d been a positive influence.

“I’m sure we’ll see them again, too! Sooner or later. They can’t be gone!” he agreed, cheered by her optimism.

“It’s nice to meet you, Korra! My name’s Yuugi!”

[devisee-deactivated20180101]

     It was an unexpected collision, that was for sure. 

     You had heard in the distance what sounded like a boy shouting but thought nothing of it. After all, this city wasn’t exactly normal and neither were the people in it. But unfortunately, while your mind was lost in the train of thought that was the possibility of unraveling the mysteries hidden within, the very boy you previously heard had ran into you. 

     Before you answer the one before you, you inspect yourself for any injuries that may have emerged after the “impact”. It wasn’t as if you had your God Tier abilities anymore to fix such a thing, but it had become second nature regardless. You were fine though. A little sore, a little annoyed, but fine. Bursting a nerve over an accident like this would be petty and you didn’t want to go upsetting people so soon. That would only make your stay here, however long it may be, more troubling.

      “I would hope not. Still, I suppose I should say “don’t worry” as I am fine.” You pause, pursing your lips. The surprise of being so suddenly bumped into had worn off and overall you felt far calmer. As you looked at him for a moment, your gaze caught the card IN his hand and curiosity bubbled within you. “Why were you so worried over a card, might I ask?” It looked like one of those trading cards, nothing worth getting so flustered over. 

[xpuzzles]

Oh, she looked annoyed! Yuugi felt himself almost shrink a little bit, still not used to intimidation, especially not all alone. His strength came from his friends, after all, or it did more often than not. Though technically capable of inner strength, probably, it would be a lie to suggest that he could pull confidence out of nowhere without even his Puzzle’s spirit by his side.

Eyes widening, Yuugi offered a bow, polite as he knew how to be.

“Sorry again,” he added, now smiling a little bit to show his not rude intentions. Her question, though, has his eyebrows raising.

“It’s not just a card, though! That’s the Dark Magician, and it’s very important to a friend of mine! If I were to lose it, I don’t know what I’d do!”

[xpuzzles]

putting out a starter call for this cutie here. if anyone would like a thing, please like this post—!!! no cap for now!!

[disenchantryed]

“The…” Gestures in the shape of his bangs. “The standing up thing. The gravity defying thing.”

[xpuzzles]

“It just grows like this. I have a friend whose bangs do almost the same thing.”

[xpuzzles]

@captivefighter || starter call.

“Wow, what kinds of cards are those?” Yuugi asked excitedly, upon noticing that the other seemed to have playing cards of some form or another, though not the sort he himself recognised. Which wasn’t too surprising. Though his grandpa’s shop had a wide variety of games, from old classics to the latest trends to personal favourites, he knew there were many more games out there than one single person could ever play.

Not that that would stop him from trying, of course, and it certainly wouldn’t dampen his excitement when he spotted something new.

“I’ve only had time for Duel Monsters recently! It’s really popular right now, so I don’t know as much about any new card games these days.”

[koraava]

A moment of silence passed between the two as Korra’s smile faded slightly. “I know what it’s like to lose a link to someone close to you.” She said with a hefty sigh. She placed a hand upon her chest, longing to hear Raava’s voice, just once. Just to know she was still there. But it wasn’t just Raava, it was the past Avatar’s and her friends, family and Naga too…

“Three thousand years old?” She repeated, looking at the golden pyramid puzzle in awe. “That’s amazing!” Her smile returned; she wanted to help as many people as she could in this city, despite being new herself. If she could start with this guy then that would be something. “Who’s your friend?”

[xpuzzles]

Yuugi’s eyebrows knit together in an expression of concern at her words, no one should have to know what it’s like to lose someone close to them... though, of course, the world didn’t always care about fairness. Which was why, of course, he appreciated the spirit of his puzzle so much, because his partner did care about it, and did try to make things more fair, and--

And that was too hard to think about, so he simply focused on the here-and-now, the words she was saying, and nodded. “Yeah, it’s pretty impressive! This puzzle was found in a really old tomb, broken into a lot of pieces. I put it together a few months ago and ever since... my life has been so much better. As for my friend, he’s... well I don’t know his name, but he doesn’t either, to be fair. He’s, uh, sort of a spirit?”