Still In The Darkness

[Chibi of Doom]

These streets had apparently always been the dangerous ones. That was a hollow threat to the men who made them dangerous and Kyosuke Kiryu had been one of those men. But right now sitting on the side of the road, playing his harmonica with wistful melancholy and soaking up the atmosphere. He had plans on going to Crash Town, he had every intention of letting himself die there, but he'd been putting it off, probably those survival instincts getting in the way. He knew he couldn't leave until he was completely comfortable with leaving Satellite behind and so slowly but surely he'd been taking a one man, on-foot tour of the old place, just until he'd had his fill of nostalgia.

He suspected he might spot one or two familiar faces this way (not that he expected anything of it). It turned out he was right about that, but in all the wrong ways.

[十六夜]

Dark Carly was just finishing a duel with her God and it was taking his soul. As it attacked, she said, "I hope you have a good time, dying." After the attack was successful her opponent vanished and everything faded. She turned back and started to walk, trying to find something she could do. Being in Satellite wasn't good, but she knew it was full of people to sacrifice, had that been her plan.

As she walked, she started to hear sounds and see someone. She hurried to see who it was and it turned out to be Kiryu. What's he doing here? she thought, starting to think of answers as to why he was here. She stopped in front of him and said, "Kiryu, I wasn't expecting to see you here."

[Chibi of Doom]

Kiryu tilted his head up to see who was talking to him. He instantly recognised her as Carly, another former Dark Signer. No he could have sworn that she'd been saved, just like he was. How and why was she back in that state again?

"Would you believe me if I said sight seeing? Now more to the point... As great as it is to see you, and especially in that sexy outfit" he'd stand up as he said this, "What are you doing here and why are you still a Dark Signer?"

[十六夜]

"Judging by the sounds you were playing, yes." she answered. "I don't know why I'm still a Dark Signer, that's what I'm trying to figure out but nothing seems to answer that."

Although she liked being a Dark Signer, she didn't like being dead and that's basically what she was. Dead.

[Chibi of Doom]

"I was really, really hoping to avoid seeing them again but I guess if I found Jack you could throw a duel with him and come back to life like last time." he said, grabbing her wrist. "He's bound to live somewhere around here." he said, keeping the same cold and slightly depressive tone.

Apparently it hadn't occurred to him yet that Carly didn't want to be saved.

[十六夜]

"You know where Jack is?" Carly asked. She didn't want to be saved, but she wanted to duel Jack, but not if it meant dying or trapping Jack in her God. "There isn't a way I can duel Jack harmlessly, is there?"

There's one more problem I can try and figure out while I try and figure everything else out.

[Chibi of Doom]

He was already walking along the road, dragging Carly along with him "No idea. But last I heard he was living with Crow and Yusei. And don't bother trying to duel him harmlessly, if you tried to throw the match your God would just take over. I'd do it, but I'm not a signer. Unless..."

He suddenly stopped in his tracks, starting to think. "Maybe being a former Dark Signer counts for something, I don't know. If it helps I could try freeing you."

[十六夜]

As she was dragged along with him, she listened to him. "I'm not sure if that would work and besides, I like being this way. It lets me know that I can do something in this cruel world." she replied.

She may have been crazy, but she was right. When she was 'alive', she really couldn't do anything. Now, she could do a lot more things.

[Chibi of Doom]

"I used to think that way too, but power won't make you happier, a power borrowed from something else isn't your own power and power that comes at the cost of freedom doesn't get you any further than you were before. If you want to make a difference go out and get stronger on your own, you'll be better off for it." he told her, but that said his experience and feelings of guilt had left him with a deep hatred of the Jibakushin.

"Just promise you won't trust everything to that evil... death... chicken thing."

[十六夜]

"I don't want to be saved." Carly replied, looking away. "The only way I can make a difference is by having Aslla Piscu by my side, it's the only way."

She probably could have found another way to make a difference if she had tried. "Kiryu, that chicken thing you speak of is my God, please respect that. This is the reason I'm still alive, but live in the underworld. It's become a home to me and I can't leave it." She was really bound to it. She had a good home, but she didn't know if she trusted it enough.

[Chibi of Doom]

"And what happens when it possesses you? What happens if you find Jack only to have your eyes turn purple? You can't have it both ways." he said as he looked deeply into her eyes.

"Just let it go Carly."

[十六夜]

She shook her head. "No, it's one of the only things I have now. I can't just let it go and let it fly away. What would happen if I was free? I would get into a lot of trouble, go on these failed-before-I-begin missions to leak the real stories to the media, and more."

[Chibi of Doom]

"Fine, then I'll just have to be cruel." he said, reaching for his duel disk, "And show you that you're not as powerful as you think you are." he said as he placed it over his arm.

[十六夜]

A duel? Carly thought. Maybe I can try and talk him out of it.

"I don't think I'm powerful, I'm saying that when I was free, what purpose did I serve?" she asked. "I don't think I served any great purpose because no matter where I went, I always messed everything up."

[Chibi of Doom]

"Revenge and destruction aren't great purposes Carly and those are the only things it wants from you." he assured her.

[十六夜]

"How do you know?" Carly asked. "You don't know if it just wants to rule the world so none can oppose it. I think it just wants to rule the world, that's all."

[Chibi of Doom]

"Oh so it just wants to rule the world? Phew, guess I overreacted then, nothing to worry about!" he said sarcastically as he rolled his eyes. "You have five seconds to give me one very good reason why I shouldn't try to stop you right here and now."

[十六夜]

Carly tried thinking of a reason. When she couldn't, she raised her duel disk. She didn't want to do this, but if she must, then she will.

[Chibi of Doom]

"You know, there'd be some real poetic justice at work if I did get killed by a Jibakushin." he admitted as he drew his sixth card. He decided he'd save Carly or die trying, either way he got what he wanted.

"I set one monster card in face down defence mode and end my turn."

LP: 8000
Hand: 5
Face Down Monster (?/?) DEF

[十六夜]

Carly drew 5 cards and then a sixth cards to form her starting hand. "I'll summon Fortune Lady Watery in attack mode and set 2 facedowns to end my turn."

Fortune Lady Watery
2x f/d
3x CIH
LP: 8000

[Chibi of Doom]

"Hmm, I play the continuous spell card Wave-Motion Inferno, I can sent it to the graveyard if I want to, and when I do I get to discard my whole hand, otherwise all my Infernity Monsters gain 400 attack points when I'm handless. So, any counters?"

[十六夜]

"No." she replied. She decided that she would wait for something more dangerous to come along.

[Chibi of Doom]

"Now I summon the tuner monster Fiend Roar Deity Raven, this lets me discard two cards to increase its level to 4." he said, expecting a trap to activate at any minute.

[十六夜]

Carly watched as Kiryu summoned his tuner. "Continue." she said.

[Chibi of Doom]

OOC: The discarded cards were The Transmigration Prophecy and

"I tune Fiend Roar Deity Raven and Mystic Tomato together to summon Infernity Death Dragon! (3000/2400)" he roared with renewed energy and enthusiasm as his dragon took its place on the field.

"Now Infernity Death Dragon, attack her Fortune Lady, show me what you've got Carly!"

[十六夜]

(you should have asked for a counter after you summoned your monster)

"I reveal Scrap-Iron Scarecrow." Carly replied. "This trap card negates your attack and instead of going to the graveyard, it goes back facedown."

[Chibi of Doom]

OOC: I'd have expected you to activate something anyway if that was the case.

"Ha ha ha ha ha, nice one. Alright it's your turn Carly-Chan, hit me with your best shot." he dared as he ended his turn.

LP: 8000
Hand: 2
Infernity Doom Dragon (3000/2400) ATK
Wave Motion Inferno

[十六夜]

(oh okay)

"I draw." Carly said. "My Watery's special effect activates. Since it's my Standby Phase, her level increases by 1. I will end my turn."

Fortune Lady Watery(1500)
2x f/d
4x CIH
LP: 8000

[Chibi of Doom]

"I activate Foolish Burial, this lets me send a monster from my deck to the graveyard, in this case Infernity Beetle."

((OOC: Chains?))

[十六夜]

Carly didn't care that he was thinning out his deck and she let him g oon, because she had nothing to do.