Walking out of the house, I make my way to the game shop. Walking in, I see Mr. Moto at the counter opening a box. He's organizing them based on their set and I count at least three different sets so far. "Hey, Gramps, good morning" I said in a more chipper mood. "Ah, good morning Jason. I didn't expect to see you back so soon, not that I'm complaining." He said while still working. I responded with a little bit of embarrassment: "I kinda forgot to get a few deck boxes and a storage box for all my extra cards". Looking around, I saw the section with everything I'm looking for and walked over there.
Walking up behind me while I was looking at the different deck boxes, Gramps said, "So did you pull everything you needed for your new Deck?" He said with genuine interest. "Yes, I did actually, but I also got a lot of cards that I don't plan on using. Mostly a lot of normal monsters and lackluster spells and trap cards," I said while picking out a few deck boxes and moving down the section where the card storage was. "So, Gramps, what's in the new sets you were sorting when I came in?" I said out of curiosity, "Oh, those are just some reprints from the past few years, nothing too impressive." he says. I then asked, "Gramps, do you have any of these and traps for sale?" handing him a small list of cards I'm looking for." I unfortunately don't think so. These are all pretty rare," he said thoughtfully.
Walking over to the counter, he said, "I will look for those cards as I open some boxes. Come back in a few days and I should have some news about them." After that, I paid, dropped everything back home, and caught the bus to the Kaiba Corp store to pick up my new dual disk. Once I secured my dual disk, I walked over to the Movie Theater, about five minutes away, to watch a movie with my parents. "So dear, what did you think of the movie?" my mom said. "It was pretty good," I said with amusement. We watched an action comedy. "Now dear, I ironed your suit and left it on your bed. Dad can help with your tie," she said with care and excitement for the upcoming dinner. My suit is black but with gold accents. Classic but a little more fun than the regular. I'm wearing an emerald green undershirt, and a black tie with a gold clip. I grab my deck, put it into the inside jacket pocket, and head to the living room.
I saw my dad standing in a navy blue suit with white accents, a white undershirt, and a navy blue silk tie. "There you are. Are you ready to go?" he said while slightly adjusting my tie. "Y, I'm ready. How about Mom?" I said, looking down the hall to see if she was coming out of their room. After about ten minutes, she finally came out in an all white dress with navy blue and gold accents and a navy blue purse. "Looks like we all are ready. Let's get going." My parents drive a 1970 Pontiac Firebird, pretty cool in my opinion, and drove to the industrial illusions building.
Pulling up to the garage, my mother showed them her badge and invitation and they opened the gate to let us into the parking garage. "Ok before we go in, make sure you speak English because the team is from all over the world and that's the one language everyone on the team speaks." It was only now that I realized I have been speaking perfect Japanese, reading and writing it, and understanding the language. I definitely have to do some more testing when I get home.
Going inside the building, the first thing you see as you walk in is walls filled with glass cases. Duplicates of every known card and proxies of the cards that there are very few of, like blue eyes and white dragons. In the lobby a security guard escorts us to the elevator and swipes his badge to get to the Pegasus personnel floor. We enter the hallway. It's light blue with a grey tile floor. The walls are decorated with paintings made by Pegasus himself, some of his wife, and others pictures of landscapes from his travels. Finally, leading to the end, there are three doors, and we are led into the middle one, where I see a bunch of people all dressed in their best clothing, presumably the team my mother works with.
In the center of the room are three large tables, one horizontal and the other two are vertical, one coming off the ends of the first table. Looking around the room, I don't see anyone else around my age, then I see a stairway in the back right corner with a Pegasus coming down it. "Good evening, everyone. I'm glad you all could make it. Dinner will be ready soon, so please continue to chat with each other," he said with his dramatic and drawn-out way of speaking. He scans the room and walks right up to my mother. "Aoi, my dear, it's so nice to see you. Gabriel, it's wonderful you could come as well. And you must be young Jason. Your mother has said so many wonderful things about you." He said with an extremely friendly tone
"It is nice to see you as well, Mister". Both my parents said almost at the same time. He stretched my hand out. I said, "It's nice to meet you, sir. I have read all your books, and I was wondering if you would humor me with a duel after dinner." I said with a little awe and embarrassment. I never thought I would be able to ask that. Seeing my parents' looks from the corner of my eye, their faces were that of sheer embarrassment. After what felt like an eternity he finally shook my hand and started to laugh. "Hahaha of course I will duel you. It's been a while since I have had the chance to duel someone". My excitement is rising. "Jason my boy, let's give everyone a show before dinner." he said in his iconic exasperated way of speaking. "Come, everyone, to the duel arena," he called out as he escorted everyone to the room on the right of the hall. As I'm walking into the room, I realize it's from a duel from the Duelist Kingdom finals.
As I took my spot on the red side, Pegasus walked to the blue side and everyone took to watching on the left and right side of the stage. Finally, Pegasus' right hand man walks up to me and holds out his hand to shuffle my deck. After he finishes he does the same to Pegasus deck and walks to a slightly raised platform. He begins announcing "We shall begin the duale of Jason Todd vs Mister Maximillian Pegasus. Are both dualists ready?" "Yes-Yes," we both said at the same time, "I'll go first" he said, drawing his card for the turn.
[P]4000 LP 6 cards in hand
[J] 4000 LP 5 cards in hand
[P] I will start by playing the Toon Table of Contents. This card allows me to add one "Toon" card from my deck to my hand. I will add a second copy, then play it again to find a third. Finally, I will play it and find the spell Toon World, and I will play it costing me only 1000 life points. As he did, a massive book appeared on the field and opened, showing a pop-up castle. Then I will play Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw 2 cards. I will then set one monster face down and set these two cards, and end my turn.
[P] 3000 LP 2 cards in hand, one monster set and 2 cards set in backrow
[J] I draw "my hand is not that bad 1 vendread houndhord 1 vendread striges 1 pot of greed 1 Vendread core 1 preparation of rites 1 vendread revenants" I will start by playing Pot of Greed to draw 2 card- [P]" In response I will activate one of my set cards Jar of Greed allowing me to draw one card" he said with a small smirk "The cards I drew were 1 vendread origin and 1 vendread nights"
Next I will activate preparation of rites. This spell allows me to add one ritual monster that is level 7 or lower. I will add Revendread Slayer. I will then activate the ritual spell vendread origin allowing me to summon any vendread ritual monster. I will send Vendread core, Vendread houndhord and Vendread striges as the material for the summon. Then Revendread Slayer [Dark/LV6/Zombie/Effect/ATK 2400/DEF0] appears on the field and puts the locket from origin around his neck and gains a powerful aura around himself as he gains the effects of the other monsters. Next I will normal summon Vendread Revenants [Dark/LV4/Zombie/Effect/ATK1800/DEF200], when they are summoned three zombies appear on the field next to Slayer who shoots them a nasty look.
Now, because Vendread Houndhord was used for a Vendread ritual monster, the ritual monster gains the effect. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls; banish it. And I will have Slayer use that effect targeting your Toon World. After I say this, Slayer jumps across the field past the facedown monster and stabs the card in the back row with his scythe-like appendages on his back. After it is banished his face down monster also flips face up revealing Toon Mermaid before it blows up because Toon world is no longer on the field. Next I will activate the effects of Vendread Striges and Houndhord by revealing a vendread card in my hand. I can summon them to the field, but banish them when they leave the field.
After saying this, I showed him Vendread nights. After doing this, a flock of undead birds appeared on the field in defense position [Dark/LV2/Zombie/Effect/ATK200/DEF2000,] then right next to it is a pack of undead hounds in defense position [Dark/LV3/Zombie/Effect/ATK0/DEF2100]. Now time to finish this, I will have Slayer and Revenants attack directly! I said with excitement. After declaring this, Revenants ran over first and swung their claw-like arms at Pegasus, then Slayer followed up by throwing a solid jab at him, ending the duel.
As the peeping of the life point counter ends, the guard declares me the winner, and Pegasus starts to walk over to me. "Jason boy, that was a wonderful duel. While I didn't expect to lose on the first turn, I'm still impressed at your skill". I smile, gaining a bit of confidence. "I have something for you, please follow me upstairs. A little raven told me it should be given to you" he said with a bit of an amused tone before saying to the crowd. "Please return to the dining hall. Dinner will be served in a minute. Jason and I will be with you in just a minute." After saying this, he led me up the staircase and down the hallway to his office.
The office is decorated with different cartoon and manga merchandise along with a picture of his wife and a picture of him, and Yugi, on some island. "Please take a seat," he said, waving his hand at the nearest chair. Sitting down, I watch Pegasus move a bookshelf on the side wall and remove a hatch on the wall. It reveals a small black Safe. Unlocking it, he pulls out a case and locks it again, moving everything back in place. He walks back over and sits in his seat and puts the case down. "In this box are two powerful items imbued with magic" He analyzes my face as he speaks. "I wasn't lying when I said a little raven told me these items were for you. The first time this gold chain was delivered by a raven made of green energy, this was almost 10 years ago, when your mother first started to work for me right after the duelist kingdom tournament," he said, handing me the thin gold chain.
Picking it up, a flash of gold light appeared, and a flood of information about the chain popped into my head. Its name, Gleipnir, is the chain meant for holding Fenrir until Ragnarök. That should not be possible, but I'm not going to complain. I put it in my left pocket for easy access. Then he continued, he pulled out a pair of black leather gloves with gold runes, laced with red thread. "These are a pair of Leather gloves that were given to me by a black raven with gold runes on its wings about a week ago. I've done some research into them" he continues. "The runes are used to store the magic and enhance it while the magic is induced into them, all while the creator sings. Quite a unique piece of craftsmanship, I must say".
I have heard of these gloves before, back in my past life when I was studying different mythologies as a kid. They are from Estonian mythology; they store magic and whispers in them from the singing of the person who made them. I pick them up and slide them into my jacket pocket alongside my deck.
"Now, Jason, boy, having these will be useful to you, but you must be careful. Some unsavory people will try and cause you trouble to get these items, so you must be prepared for that. I suggest practicing with them somewhere private to draw as little attention as possible. If you need my help feel free to come to me". Still in shock and awe, he continues speaking to me. "Now, to make sure your parents don't find out about the more supernatural part of the world, let me give you this" he says, reaching into his desk drawer and pulling out a piece of paper. "This is a letter of recommendation. I can only give out a few of these a year because of my position as a sponsor of the dual academy. This will let you skip the paper test, but at most, put you in the RA yellow dorm if you do well on the practical dual," he said. I accepted the paper, still astounded by all I've just received and been told and we both head down the stairs and took our spots at the dinner table.
" Dear, what did Mister Pegasus want after your duel?" my mom said with a bit of concern. "He gave me this letter of recommendation. I have to take this down to the testing site tomorrow so they can process it before the testing day. He also said to come to him if I ever need his help," I said with a bit of pride. As the rest of the night progresses, all I'm focused on is my conversation with Mister Pegasus. I eat my dinner all the while anticipating the night's end so I can go home and reevaluate all I've heard tonight.
Getting home from dinner and changing into my pajamas, I get on the computer and look up different languages that were used today. I can read and write them perfectly. Looking out of my room, I see that my parents have already gone to sleep, so I quietly start trying to speak the different languages.
At first it was difficult, but after a minute I was able to do it. The easiest ones were languages related to English like German, Dutch, and Danish. Then the romance languages and Asian and Sanskrit languages. Finally, the most difficult ones were the African languages, while sign language was almost impossible without having to watch multiple videos on the different versions of it.
Finally, I looked up the ancient languages like Egyptian hieroglyphs and ancient Greek, finishing up with ancient Sumerian. It took my brain a while. It wasn't the same as all the others because instead of reading them, my intent was transferred to it and translated into English in my head. I also couldn't write or speak them. Exhausted after today's events and my studies, I finally hit my bed and slept for the evening.