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WELCOME TO YOUR PRIVATE CHANNEL, CCC-REDHORSE. FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION, USE 134.64.202.69 *** CCC-REDHORSE has joined 134.64.202.69 <CCC-REDHORSE> This is Reira Akaba! <CCC-REDHORSE>I'll try to answer you but sometimes I'm busy or sleeping, so I don't think about the message right away.

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[soft_focus]

Yeah, holograms!

And I guess it's because people don't talk about games a lot?

[For now, it's just decks of cards on the table; some of them have almost metallic, goo-like appearances on the cards. Others look more like maidens dressed as flowers. There's not a Lot of cards, but they Are unique.]

[notpiercings]

See you then.

[goldenherd]

[ Claude looks over the decks on the table, considering his choices before deciding on one of the ones featuring the flower maidens because sure, why not the deck full of pretty girls? ]

Is this one okay? I'm not sure what I'm looking for just yet.

[soft_focus]

[Congrats]

Yeah! You can pick any deck- we gotta teach you the basic things first, [she explains 'helpfully'.]

[goldenherd]

[ Neat! ]

Makes sense. So what do these numbers along the bottom mean? That's attack and defense, right?

[soft_focus]

Mn! This is the attack, and that's the defense...some monsters have stuff written about them here, but most of the time they have a special effect instead, [she explains, pointing it out.]

And...above that, it says what kind of monster they are- like a fairy, or a tuner, and an effect monster...

[goldenherd]

Right. So how do they interact? Is it as simple as subtracting one from the other to see how much damage an attack does, or is it more complicated than that?

[soft_focus]

Mostly yeah! If it's in attack mode, that's how it works. But if it's in defense, [She explains, moving the card to its side,] Then you don't take damage even if it's destroyed.

There's lots of effects and spells too, and those are things that could change how the battle phase goes too.

[goldenherd]

[ He draws a card from the deck and looks it over before angling it so Reira can see what he's looking at. ]

Oh, I think I get it. So is the goal to attack the other player until they run out of points, rather than get all their units off the field? And ones like this one give you points back as long as they're active.

[soft_focus]

Yeah!! [He's got it!] Each side starts with a certain number of points- and if you reach zero, or run out of cards and can't draw the next turn, you lose.

Some cards can make you lose cards in your deck a lot- that's 'Milling'- so there's definitely people who try to make you lose that way.

[goldenherd]

Makes sense. So how many different cards are there? I assume it's not a game like chess where there's only a set handful of different pieces. [ He could be wrong, but just looking at the deck Reira's loaned him there already seems to be quite a bit of diversity. ]

[soft_focus]

[ohboy] A lot.

Um. Normally you pick ones that work well together though, like with a theme...and from there they're going to be monsters, spells, or traps.

Some monsters are 'extra-deck' monsters, like these, [she adds, flipping over one with white bordering.] So you can't draw them, but if you look at the instructions on them, you can summon them with the normal cards.

[goldenherd]

This game seems like it could get pretty complicated pretty fast, [ Claude muses, shuffling through a few more cards. ] I guess it's more about thinking on your feet than memorizing every move your opponent could make? Unless you know your the other player and their deck really well.

[soft_focus]

Mnh! Yeah, if you think about moves specifically, it's not great- unless you're looking at the cards they played. But if you think about things that make sense, like 'someone would defend normally', or 'someone normally wouldn't do this', then it's easier!

<pace_tua> [backdated to June 2nd]

[pacetua]

Hey kiddo. I saw that post from yesterday. How're you feeling?

[soft_focus]

Eh?

[It takes a second, but- oh.]

Oh, that. I'm okay. It's been a while since everything happened, so I don't think anything is going to happen...

Um, thank's for asking though!!

[pacetua]

Oh good!

Also, you know there's not really an equivalent exchange in someone trying to murder you, right?

I know we come back and everything, but you don't really want a 1:1 ratio on that. Can I suggest something? If that's OK?

[soft_focus]

Are you just sending me a message to say killing someone back after they kill you is wrong...

(But ok I guess you can suggest things)

[pacetua]

yes and no.

i don't think you should kill someone back, no. but i do think that if they're trying to kill you, use everything in your power to kill them back. aunamee is reprehensible, we all know that. but he's also going to use a lot of trickery to come out on top.

it's better that people are warned against him, you know? especially if any new people show up and he tries to get his creepy hooks into them (figurative hooks ofc).

you're not a bad kid, though. if they made you feel that way, shake it off and we'll go get some ice cream or something. how's meow thor?

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[ew that sounds a lot like yes]

I didn't say I wouldn't fight though, just that if it happened I wouldn't try to kill him back again after. People don't normally get to do that anyway.

but

he kept lying
about how important it was

how much it had to happen

killing all those people

and then me

just because he thought something and wouldn't listen

So I told everyone what his heart looked like. I don't know if I should do that again. That just makes people look for it...it's why Black Hat said he could help me make him hurt, anyway, so probably people would just look to hurt him more.

and a month really is too long

that's a lot more than three

They didn't make me feel bad. I already know killing people is bad. And wanting to is bad too. ...that's why I asked to be a different monster after that. So that I could stop feeling like that was

good

i guess

meow thor keeps saying they're on break to make the next season

december 24.

[digiorno]

[Late in the evening, Giorno leaves a package at Reira's door. It contains a small, carefully-wrapped box of almond cookies, a square heating pad (winter sucks), and a neatly-printed note thanking her for allowing Giorno into her home.]

[justbeingknife]

[ Season's greetings -- a Christmas present has arrived at the door!

A tin of Christmas cookies and a pair of light-up sneakers. What?! Oh, they're from Felfri. ]

a few minutes after midnight, 01/01/21, holy shit we made it

[notpiercings]

[A knock sounds at the doorway connecting Reira's room to the play area.] Reira! You still awake, yeh?

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HAPPY NEW YEAR TO US!!

[soft_focus]

[During the final dash of the holidays, sleep is for the weak.

Which is to say-] Yup!

[She sounds remarkably chipper, pulling the curtain back.] I'm not sleeping until I really have to!

[REIRA]

dio pogchamp!!!!!!!

[notpiercings]

Whew! [He sounds remarkably relieved and prances into the room.] Damn, we made it, ah? It's... it's been a year since I came first...