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DUEL MONSTERS TOURNAMENT ♠ ROUND 1

WHO: ANYONE AND EVERYONE
WHERE: Central Park and Harbor
WHEN: Saturday March, 20th early afternoon
WARNING: Swearing and card games
SUMMARY: Round 1 of the duel monster's tournament.
FORMAT: Whatever you want!

Months of planning and recreating an empire from the ground up was finally reaching its climax. Fireworks shot into the sky as the workers ran out of the way trying to avoid the large screen to which the firework stands were attached. If there was still anyone who had not heard that a Duel Monsters Tournament was being held in the city, the sights and sounds quickly informed them.

The same set up was found in the two locations. One at the center of Central Park and the other stretched next to the water by the harbor. The rules the duelists had been given told them where to meet and when to be sure they would be there for the beginning. Since Kaiba couldn’t be in two places at once, especially as he had his own duel to prepare for, a video had been pre-recorded to start the event. The screens turned on at the same time, the KaibaCorp logo flashing across the screen. It disappears to show a montage of duels fought by different monsters. Those who are paying close attention may even notice cards that Kaiba could have only found out about in the City. The montage ends with a Blue Eyes White Dragon destroying everything in its path and causing the screen to fade to white.

The blank screen suddenly changes again to a video of Kaiba. “Welcome to this City’s first chance at a Duel Monster’s Tournament!” it started. “You have had plenty of time to prepare, and now it’s time to show exactly what you can do. At the end of this announcement the tournament will officially start.

“Find your opponent and duel! The winner will go on to the next round. The loser can go home. You have all been given copies of the rules. Any cheating will be punished.”

The Kaiba in the video paused, emphasing a big-brother idea about how cheating would be caught and punished. The look changed into a smirk as he threw his hand forward and dramatically proclaimed,

“Game Start!”

(Make your own threads here for your individual duels. You can log as much of the action as you want. Remember you need to PM me with the winner of each duel before Sunday 11pm CST (whether or not the log is finished). If I don’t have a winner I will proclaim one for you to keep things moving. In case you've forgotten the brackets are here)

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[Crow is standing somewhere near the shore, enjoying the sea breeze, the weight of a duel disk on his arm (just as it should be) and the knowledge and anticipation of the upcoming challenge. When he closes his eyes he can almost pretend that he is in the Satellite, close to Daedalus Bridge, that when he opens them again he'll see their work, the completed bridge. Of course he doesn't, but it still would be nice.

He shakes his head, turning it towards the screen when video starts up. A part of him feels a bit nervous - this is his first totally official tournament. The only thing he has done that would come close, would be dueling in the street war of Satellite, under the name of Team Satisfaction when Kiryu had been still…

No. He would not go there, it would just end in a headache. He'd get enough of that should he end up facing Kiryu, which he wasn't sure was that good of an idea. On the other hand avoiding his old friend was definitely not an option either.

Frowning slightly he listens to the announcement - Kaiba sure has a way to hold peoples attention. He stretches a bit when the video ends, replacing the frown with a predatory grin, stalking of to find himself an opponent. Kiryu or not, first and foremost he was here to have fun~]

Alright, let's get this started!

Kaiba scanned the crowd while the announcement was in progress. Everything had been going according to plan. This was the culmination of what he'd been working towards since arriving. If this went correctly then this place had potential. If not...It would work.

He didn't need to pay attention to the video. He'd made it. It was more important to see the competition. There had been enough A ranked decks that this should actually be interesting. There were some people he wanted to duel, but not yet. Those duels would have to wait until later. After all, there hadn't been a tournament yet where he had not made it at least to the semi-finals. There would be time to challenge them later.

The first duel was a warm up. A battle with someone unnamed. He moved from his spot at the back of the crowd when he heard the first sounds of duel disks activating. It was too crowded here, they needed to spread out. To that end Kaiba started walking towards the water, trusting that either another duelist would have a similar idea or would notice the tails on his coat head this direction and choose to follow.

Crow decided to stay at the edge of the crowd; far far easier to take his time and pick out an opponent that way. Of course it didn't take long for him to take note of Kaiba - the white coat and the confident-bordering-arrogant step made him more than stand out, especially to Crow after having (again) lived in the same house as Jack for over six months now. Honestly the coat, the demeanor, the way he moved - dye his hair blond and he and Jack pass as weird sort of twins. Of course there where some large differences from what Crow had seen to now - Kaiba wasn't quite as loud as Jack (or perhaps just a different sort of loud) and far less approachable as his housemate (who liked to pretend that he didn't care, but didn't fool anyone, especially not someone who had grown up with him). But from what Crow knew, their style of dueling was rather similar (power-deck with a dragon-type focus).

Interesting. Yes, the more he thought about it the more appealing the thought of challenging Kaiba became. For one because not many people in his time could boast to have dueled the Seto Kaiba. For another because he should probably pay him back for calling him a novice - he had promised so much over the com, hadn't he? Kaiba may be a big fish for a first round opponent, but certainly not more than he could chew, in Crow's opinion at least.

Quietly he followed the taller duelist towards the water, grinning even more predatory than before as he decided to call out and make himself be noticed.

"Looking for someone, Kaiba?"

Kaiba heard someone following behind him and smirked. He knew he wouldn't have to search for an opponent, one would come to him. He didn't appreciate the tone in the other's voice when he called out. It was too familiar and confident. Kaiba would just have to take care of that.

He spun around to face Crow, his coat catching a wind coming off of the water perfectly. He didn't recognize him instantly as they had only communicated briefly over the comm. At that time, he'd decided this duelist wasn't worth it and hadn't bothered to remember him.

"A respectable duelist," Kaiba responded tauntingly. "There doesn't seem to be one around here."

Crow raised an amused eyebrow. At another time a similar comment might have set him of, but here this was to be expected. Trashtalk was as (if not more) common in the streets as in a tournament. He shrugged easily, letting himself be bothered was like showing weakness. Showing weakness before or in a competitive duel was certain death.

"So you keep saying. Care to let me prove you wrong?"

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