Hello again all of you in Radioland and welco to another hour of the cortabulous tales of the helpful honed hero who strikes terror in the hearts of all the wicked wandering woebringers! It is ti once again for the Adventures of Corpse-Man!
The Adventures of Corpse-Man are brought to you by the Domino City Players and sponsored by Uncle Zigfried' Old Fashion German Brown Sugar Biscuits. Uncle Zigfried's: so good you'll forget that Norse and German aren't the sa thing!
Tonight's episode: The Secret Origins of Corpse-Man! So pull up a chair next to the fire. Soone else wants to listen to another program? Too bad! Have tasks you should be performing? Never mind! The President wants to speak? Fuck the State of the Union! Prepare yourself for another spine tingling adventure!
When we last left our hero Corpse-Man was staring down the dreaded kidnapper Renard Volpe, who had just been caught in the act of trying to sneak a poor innocent ten year old girl out of her ho-
"Uh, excuse ... I'm 15."
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Corpse-Man, who had for so reason stopped for about twenty seconds before beginning his rather odd monologue, blinked and looked at Mirabel before letting out a deep throaty laugh.
"Oh little girl! While I know everyone wants to grow up sotis never forget how precious childhood is!"
"That... has nothing to do with the fact that I'm 15," Mira complained. She glanced at Renard. "Do you know this man?"
"No and my boss usually tangles with magical Egyptian cri bosses."
Mira just blinked before holding her head in her hands. "Why are you people obsessed with proving my abuela right about the outside world?"
"You will be back with your aunt soon enough, little girl!" Corpse-Man said dramatically. "Just as soon-"
"Abuela ans grandmother you-" Mira scread in frustration, only for Renard to grab her shoulder and pull her away from the clearly crazy man.
"-as I deal with this sinister scoundrel!"
"I just rescued her," Renard complained. "She was in a cell. I broke her out."
"A likely story!" Corpse-Man said, tilting his chin up. "But you will find that I am not so easily fooled! I know you are a criminal. No different than people like Naruto Kagenou, who steal fanfics from their true authors and post them on Web Novel!"
"...are you sure you aren't supposed to be dueling my boss?" Renard asked hopefully. "This seems like a situation he should be a part of. He's this tall-" he held out his head, "-blond hair, goatee, has a problem with the rich and powerful even though he's rich and powerful."
"I have no qualms with the noble Green Arrow!"
Renard just shut his eyes. "What. Do. You. Want."
"For you to release the girl."
"Other than that."
Mira raised her hand. "I'm good with leaving you both and just going back in my cell. At this point my kidnappers sound more sane than either of you."
"You will never know the horrors of steel bars, chains, or training bras ever again." Mira mouthed 'training bra' to Renard but at that point his normally unflappable exterior was well and truly shattered and all he could do was give a rather Edwin-like groan.
"And if I say no because you are clearly a lunatic?"
"Then I will defeat you... in a duel!" Corpse-Man activated his duel disc.
"Seriously?" Mira asked. "How crazy-"
"Actually for Domino this is pretty normal," Renard admitted.
"Really?"
"I t my boss after he won a duel to save another kidnapped child."
"...I am never leaving casita again. I will stay in my room and just embroider dresses forever."
"Co now villain!" Corpse-Man declared, pointing right at Renard, "Face your doom here!"
Mira watched as Renard activated his duel disc. "You're actually doing this?"
"Like I said, settling things with duels has beco rather commonplace." Renard took out his deck and began to shuffle the cards. "And you agree that when I defeat you it will prove that I'm not so supervillain and you'll let us go?"
"But of course!" Corpse-Man said rather cheerfully... before instantly narrowing his eyes. And it was impressive that Renard could tell that, considering his entire face was covered by his mask. "Though you won't be defeating . I will be the one doing the defeating of the defeated. And I will then take young Becky Ann back to her farm."
"That's not even... forget it," Mira said, walking over and grabbing a piece of wood that had been leaning against the wall and using it to block the door JUST in case her kidnappers ca out to investigate why so loon in a costu was shouting loudly about defeating bad guys.
Renard looked over his hand. 'I need to finish this quick, to get back to Edwin... considering he hasn't found yet that ans he's most likely run into problems himself.'
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"Where the fuck am I?" I said as I put my hands on my hips, twisting my head one way and then another. "Fucking halls all looking the sa..."
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'The longer I linger here the more I put all of us in danger. Not just Edwin and myself, or even Mira, but this poor man as well. He clearly isn't well and I need to get him to safety before he gets hurt.' As such he selected two cards from his hand. "I set Seal, Strategist Fur Hire in defense mode and set this card on my field, then end my turn." The mustached plotter of the Fur Hires appeared on the field, shifting to sit cross legged on the field while behind him a facedown card appeared.
"A strong opening move... but it will not be enough to defeat , villain! I will set this card and this monster, both facedown on the field and end my turn."
'Ti to get aggressive,' Renard thought to himself. "Because Seal is on the field I am able to summon Rafale, Champion Fur Hire to the field without a tribute directly from my hand!" The bipedal dragon fighter appeared on the field, spinning his weapon before pointing it right at Corpse-Man's down face monster. "And because Rafale was summoned to the field that way I can draw one card." He did just that, nodding at the spell he'd gotten; it would work well later. "And now Rafale-"
"I activate Revendread Reorigin!" Corpse-Man called out, Renard blinking in surprise as the trap appeared; he'd never head of the Revendread cards before. "This card takes your Rafale and infects it with the Revendread virus, turning it into a rotting zombie, and summons it in defense mode on my side of the field. The perfect thing for to set up your end."
Renard frowned as he looked over the field. 'I could still attack... Rafale is now his but it has no attack or defense. I could shift Seal into attack mode and strike. But I don't like how he wanted to summon that zombie token as quickly as he did... without knowing how the Vendread monsters work I can't risk a rushed attack. Zombie monsters are notorious for being difficult to keep in the graveyard so its entirely possible he WANTS to destroy his monsters to set up so sort of combo.' The forr eliminator sighed. 'As much as I hate to do it I must hold off this turn, at least until I figure out what Corpse-Man is up to.' He paused. 'But that doesn't an I can build up my field while I wait.'
Out loud Renard declared, "Then I will counter with this: Rookie Fur Hire! This card allows to set one additional Fur Hire monster on the field, so I set in face up defense position Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire!" The tiny swordsman appeare don the field, spinning his blade before sheathing it and dropping to one knee. "And I end my turn by setting this card on the field."
"You have marshaled your forces well, evildoer, but it is here, at this important mont, that good rises up and shows you just how powerful it is! I activate the ritual spell card Revendread Evolution!" The card appeared and Corpse-Man's downface monster was revealed.
"Ooooohhh!" Mira cried out in disgust and Renard didn't bla her. The beasts before him had once been dogs, that much was clear, but it appeared as if so horrid being had torn them apart and then tried to stitch them back together but couldn't quite rember how every piece fit with the other. Their mouths were too large or in the wrong place, there were extra eyes on so while others had none, and it was impossible to find one that had a coat that matched.
"I can now send my Vendread Houndhorde from my field and another from my deck in order to summon forth the warrior of vengeance and justice that will guide us through this dark night and to the dawn. Co forth Revendread Slayer!"
On the positive side when it ca to the monster that was ritual summoned to the field it at least didn't make Mira turn away in disgust. He was a man, or had once been, wearing a dark gray-blue body suit with golden accents and black belts. But bursting from the tops of his feet were bone spikes while bone blades had ripped through the flesh of his arms. His back was adorned with six long bone appendages, looking as if soone had ripped his ribs out and forced them to grow to gigantic proportions. The figures face was obscured by shadow and the truly massive ripped scarf he was wearing but his eyes blazed with red energy that leaked from his sockets.
"Just as I have adopted the terrors of the undead to fight against evil so too has my Revendread Slayer taken in the powers of the horde to strengthen himself. By using my Houndhorde to ritual summon my Revendread Slayer he gains their power, which I use now! By banishing from the graveyard one of my Vendread monsters I can banish one spell or trap on your side of the field!"
Renard winced. 'My Mayhem Fur Hire... that would have helped out greatly. It seems for being a rather goofy figure this Corpse-Man knows how to duel.' He set his jaw. 'But for all his claims of being a villain the fact remains that I am fighting for the innocent and those I care for.' Renard glanced at Mira. 'This poor girl was captured by the Rare Hunters to force her uncle to serve them... two victims in this mad vendetta Marik Ishtar has set up against Yugi Muto. And Edwin is still trapped in that warehouse... since he hasn't found he must have run into trouble.'
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"Okay, I KNOW I've seen this breakroom before!" I complained, looking at the small kitchenette area that clearly had been part of the warehouse before the Rare Hunters had turned it into a prison. I walked inside and opened the fridge. "Yup... that's the bowl of tuna casserole I saw last ti... oh hey, pizza." I pulled out the box and opened it up. "at lovers, nice..."
I wiggled my jaw in thought.
"...they are criminals who kidnapped ... and I might need my strength..." I snagged a slice out, almost putting the box back before deciding Renard might want so as well and hell at this point the Rare Hunters might belief I was a delivery boy so why not carry it around? "Now, what do they have to drink..."
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"Now, summoning my Revendread Slayer this way didn't co without cost. At the end of your turn he will fall, unable to contain the power he gained from my Houndhorde. But until then..." Corpse-Man thrust out his hand. "Attack his Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire!"
Renard winced as the Slayer rushed forward, the bone appendages rocketing out and spearing Blade, causing the Fur Hire warrior to twitch before he shattered into pieces. It was only because renard had been smart enough to keep him monster in defense mode that he didn't lose any life points.
"And a activate Vendread Resurrgance, which allows my Slayer to attack twice this turn, destroying your Seal!" Once more the Slayer leapt forward, taking out Renard's field completely. "I will now set this card on the field and end my turn."
"So this doesn't seem to be going well," Mira pointed out as Renard drew his next card.
"Yes," Renard admitted. "He is far more skilled at dueling that I thought."
"But of course!" Corpse-Man said. "I am the world's first Dueling Superhero!" He said that with utter pride... far more than soone who said without a drop of irony that they were a 'dueling superhero' should have. "Of course dueling cos natural to ... I knew my way around a deck before I beca the rotting roundhouse of righteousness you see before you!"
"You were a duelist?" Renard said, surprised, though honestly he supposed he shouldn't have been that startled; it seed like over the last year nearly everyone in the world had been infect by dueling fever.
"But of course! How I ca to move beyond that passion and take up my noble crusade is a tale that is known only to ! For it must remain that way to protect myself."
"Alright," Renard said. "Then I-"
"So how did noble Corpse-Man co to be, dear listener? Why, turn up the dial, gather your family close, as we reveal at last the Secret Origin of Corpse-Man!"
"Didn't he just-" Mira began only for Renard to hold out a hand, getting her to grow quiet.
"I think it best we just let him do this... I don't think he even rembers we are standing here."
"Our tale begins on an island in the Asian Pacific..."
~So Harp Music and a ripple dissolve to half a year ago...~
"I can't believe we lost to that fool Joey Wheeler!" Bonz whined, looking at his deck in disgust.
"Technically we didn't lose anything, Bonz," Sid said, adjusting his glasses. "You were the one that ss things up."
"I did not!" Bonz declared, glaring at the taller duelist. "He managed to find a loop hole in my brilliant strategy. A single one! If not for that Sword and Shield card he would have lost and we'd be heading up to the castle!"
"And if you had actually planned ahead for sothing like that to happen, Bonz, we still would," Sid said in annoyance.
"Oh, you think you could have done better?"
"Of course!" Sid declared. "I told you I should have dueled Wheeler but you said you wanted the honor! My zombie elves would have overrun Wheeler's monsters!"
"You have two zombie elves and they aren't even that strong!" Bonz complained.
Zygor spoke up, clenching his fist and a smirk on his face. "Well, I say we all go back in there and take him on again! Nothing says we can't just keep challenging him till we win!"
"Yeah... yeah!" Sid said, nodding his head. "Only I will duel him this ti."
"Why should you duel him when I was the one that almost beat him?" Bonz declared.
Three normal friends, steered towards a life of cri thanks to their ambition. A shocking start for a hero... but even heroes must start sowhere! Who knows what dark dealings they might have dabbled in if not for one faithful mont where everything... changed...
"Nah, none of that," Bandit Keith said. He was leaning against the bolder they had rolled to block the exit, head dipped down as he looked at the ground. "It was a bad blow but we won't get anywhere if we keep trying the sa thing over and over. Ain't any of you dimwits heard that's the definition of insanity?"
"Well... what should we do now, boss?" Bonz asked. "We needed Joey Wheeler's Star Chips so we could get to Pegasus' castle. Right now you only have a couple, sa as and Sid and Zygor."
"Oh... I have an idea." Bandit Keith said. "One that will ensure my revenge of Pegasus remains right on schedule."
And with that Bandit Keith rushed forward, grabbing Bonz by his shirt and lifting him in the air.
"B-b-boss?" Bonz exclaid in surprise. "What are you doing?"
"I've taught ya a lot, Bonz, but now it's ti for the final lesson: in this life it is you against the world! Because you can only trust yourself!" With that he cocked back his fist.
BLAM!
"Bonz!" Sid shouted, staring down at the dazed duelist. "What the-"
POW!
"Hey!" Zygor exclaid. "Don't you even think about hurting my friends! I'll give ya a pounding!" he rushed forward only for Keith to stick out his leg.
SPLAT!
"That's the thing you three don't get!" Bandit Keith declared, pulling his foot back.
CRACK!
"This was never about you!"
STOMP!
"It was always about !" He fell on the three, slamming his fists over and over into their twitching forms.
BOP!
BLAMMO!
KERPOP!
REAGANOMICS!
SLAM!
"Don't feel bad, " Keith said as he looked at the three. Sid was sprawled out, eyes spinning. Bonz was flat on his back, head tilted skyward in a daze. And Zygor at so point had gotten his head smashed against a rock and was now curled up on himself. "You played your part... that's all that matters." Keith happily liberated them of their Star Chips and began to walk away.
That might have been the end of it all, dear listeners, if not for a quirk of fate! For as Zygor laid there, beaten by his clearly possessed ntor, a terrible new force showed itself! One that would alter his fate forever!
"Ow..." Bonz moaned, trying to get up only to find Zygor half lying on him. "Get off ... I said get off!" he shoved at Zygor's leg but the big man didn't move. "I said get off!" Bonz said in frustration before darting his head forward and biting down on Zygor's ankle. His friend instantly leapt to his feet, howling and bouncing around while holding onto his leg. "That's what you get-"
Bitten by a radioactive corpse Zygor Wallace suddenly felt his veins flooding with the atomic power of the undead! Every muscle in his body flared with strength, his senses heightened, and his mind pulsed with power as he gained all the abilities of a corpse!
"Zygor!" Sid yelled as the big duelist went screaming into the forest. "Co back man!"
"Ah, leave him... I'm sure he'll co back," Bonz said with a wince.
~Present Day~
"...wow," Renard said. "Have... have you been looked over for brain damage?"
"No because everyone knows that doctors are part of the evil cabal led by dic Mike, the Nurse of Naughtiness!" Corpse-Man declared.
Renard just poked at the inside of his cheek with his tongue. "Okay then. While I do feel bad for what happened to you I won't allow you to stop from helping Mira or going back and helping my captain! So if you won't drop this charade then I'll be forced to co at you with my full might!" Renard held up a card. "I start by activating the field spell Fandora, the Flying Furrtress!"
The area around the disappeared, Mira yelping as the hologram projectors turned the ground they were standing onto into the deck of the Fur Hire's flying galleon. The rigging was set and ready, all the stations prid... all Renard needed was to get a crew.
And he was ready to do just that.
"I now summon Filo, ssanger Fur Hire!" A small yellow bird Fur Hire appeared on the field in defense mode, chirping happily and giving a salute. "And because she is on the field I can special summon from my hand Wiz, Sage Fur Hire!" The pink bipedal octopus woman appeared, dressed in Middle Eastern garb and holding a staff. "When she is summoned I can increase my lifepoints by 500 for every other Fur Hire Monster on my side of the field." (Renard-4500)
"A regular team up of different villains. A... Legion of Very Bad Things That Will Bring Doom To All." Corpse-Man narrowed his eyes. "But it won't be enough to keep from saving that 4 year old you've captured."
"Seriously?" Mira complained. "Is it because of the dress? If Isa was wearing this no one would say boo but I do and-"
Renard tuned out her complaints, focusing on the duel at hand. "But this is more than a team up, Corpse-Man! This is a gathering of warriors to fight for justice!" Renard figured if Corpse-Man could get away with the bluster he should play along. "For I now use Filo's special ability to summon the true Rafale from my graveyard!"
"But... that isn't possible! Your Rafale remains on my field!" he waved at the zombified Fur Hire he still contronled.
"That is rely a... evil counterpart from another dinsion," Renard declared quickly.
"...yes, I see what you an! The horde is filled with horrors that my Revendread Slayer must eliminate while strengthen himself. Of course."
"Right," Renard muttered before declaring in a clearer voice, "And because Rafale was summoned this way I can now look at cards from the top of my deck equal to the Fur Hires on the field except for him and add one to my hand." He did just that, looking at the two he drew before adding one that would be helpful to his hand. "And now it is ti for my Fur Hire's to unite!"
"Unite?"
Renard nodded. "Yes... I now Link Summon using Rafale, Filo, and Wiz my Folgo, Justice Fur Hire!" The three monsters were digitalized, turning into ones and zeros before flowing into each other, the code altering and allowing Renard to summon forth his new monster. Fulgo was a large lupin samurai, cherry blossoms blowing around him as he took a step forward, hand gripping his sword as he looked across at Slayer. "But you should understand by now that my Fur Hires never fight alone! When you hire one you hire them all! As such I summon from my deck Dyna, Champion Fur Hire!" The massive muscular beast warrior appeared on the field, slamming his fist into his open palm before letting out a challenging roar that reverberated across the deck of Fandora before dropping to one knee, moving to defense position.
"You might have so mighty monsters but they can't stop justice!" Corpse-Man said.
"Uh... did he miss that your werewolf is Justice Fur Hire?" Mira asked.
"Most likely."
Mira nodded. "Right... so are you a furry or-"
"I prefer the term anthros," Renard said.
"Hey, not judging!" Mira said quickly, holding out her hands.
"Nor I!" Corpse-Man called out. "So long as it harms no one Corpse-Man will never kink sha a soul."
Renard nodded. "So now that we all know we are accepting of each other's fetishes I can continue. Because Dyna was summoned to the field I am able to banish two cards from your graveyard... I will send your other Houndhorde and your Evolution Ritual Spell." He smirked. "I understand zombie decks... for them the graveyard isn't the place defeated cards go to waste away but just another zone that can be manipulated. I'm not letting you set up any more plays." He looked over his field. "And while normally I'd be worried about your Slayer being stronger than my Folgo, especially since he can't attack the turn he was summoned from the extra deck, this ti I am perfectly fine... because I end my turn and your Slayer is destroyed!"
"I activate Vendread Charge!" Corpse-Man called out. "I knew my Revendread Slayer was dood so I set this card to at least allow an advantage if he did survive to the end of your turn. Now I can destroy him myself so I can summon from my deck one Vendread monster. And I choose my Vendread Remnants!" A horde of shuffling moaning zombies appeared on the field, swaying in place.
"That activates Folgo's final effect!" Renard snapped out. "When you special summoned your Remnants I am able to draw a card." He did just that. "I am more prepared for your zombies now."
"But are you prepared for the gift my Revendread Slayer left behind?" Corpse-Man asked. "When he is sent to the graveyard... well..."
"Did it just get darker?" Mira asked, looking about. All around Corpse-Man was inky darkness, a lone spotlight shining down from... sowhere... to illuminate him.
"Holograms?" Renard asked weakly, all hopes of regaining his unflappable persona dying a swift death.
"Every hero must be prepared that they might die fighting the good fight. That when the choice cos to save themselves or save the world... it won't be a choice at all. They will know what needs to be done and do it. And if a hero has done their job... they can et their end with a smile for they know they will have inspired others to take up the mantle and continue on with the good fight! That they are not the end of a single adventure... but a link in a mighty legacy!"
And then everything popped back to normal. Or as normal as it could be when Renard was fighting a zombie-thed superhero with brain damage.
"Such is the case with my Revendread Slayer, who allows to add one Ritual Spell Card from my deck to my hand if I send one Vendread monster from my deck to my graveyard."
"Well... that's not too bad, right?" Mira asked. "I really don't follow this dumb ga-"
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"What is it Kaiba?" Yugi asked as Seto stopped in their middle of their duel against Lumus and Umbra, staring towards the warehouse district of Domino.
"Soone said sothing offensive and I feel the urge to correct them."
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"-but those ritual cards... he has to have both the ritual card and the ritual monster in his hand and its unlikely that-why are you glaring at ?"
Renard scowled. "Because as my Captain would say... you just jinxed us."
"Aw crap."
Corpse-Man nodded. "Aw crap indeed, wee baby-"
"OH CO ON!"
"-with my Vendread monsters I do not need a ritual monster in my hand! Instead... it rely needs to be in the graveyard."
"You're Slayer!" Renard exclaid.
But Corpse-Man shook his head. "No, evildoer, not him. The next to take up the mantle of the rotting defender of justice! I use Revendread Origins, sending the zombified Rafale and my Renents to the graveyard to summon forth Revendread Executioner!"
The monster that appeared on the field certainly shared similarities with Revendread Slayer but was not the sa hero. The gold on the forr's uniform had been replaced with red while the blue gray body suit was now gray bone armor. The appendages on the hero's back were now like long crab claws and the energy coming from his eyes gushed with a far greater intensity.
"And with his effect the mont he appears on the field he inspires such great terror in his foes that one surrenders at once, disappearing to the graveyard!" Folgo slowly released the grip on his sword and bowed his head before shattering. "And now my Revendread Executioner will destroy your Dyna! Rotting Claw of Justice!" The zombie leapt forward, lashing out and easily shattering Renard's defense position monster. "And with that you are left open next turn to face punishnt for your cris!
"Not quite!" Renard declared. "Reveal my facedown: Training Fur Hire, Fur All Your Training Needs! This card allows to special summon one Fur Hire Monster directly from my deck to the field!" He took out his deck and carefully looked over the monsters he had before selecting the perfect one. "If there is one thing I have learned it is that your monsters refuse to stay dead. So to prevent your to Revendreads from having a team up I will summon a second Dyna in defense mode and use his effect to banish your Revendread Slayer from your graveyard!" He smirked. "And now... its my turn!"
"Wooo!" Mira cried out, pumping her fist. "Uh... that was a 'wooo' mont, right?" Renard nodded. "Wooo!"
"I'll start by giving up my draw phase in order to activate Fandora the Flying Furrtress' special ability, which allows to add one Fur Hire Monster from my deck to my hand. Next I will summon a second Seal, Strategist Fur Hire, in attack mode." The wise Fur Hire planner appeared on the field with a nod. "And because he was summoned to the field I can now special summon this monster from my hand: Bravo, Fighter Fur Hire!"
"So," Mira asked as the lizard warrior appeared and spun his blades, "is it still called a furry if it isn't... er... furry?"
"Antrho," he reminded her.
"I heard they are called scalies," Corpse-Man chid in helpfully.
Renard rely pressed on past that little debate. "And I activate the next effect, which allows to add one of my Fur Hire Monsters from my graveyard back to my hand." Selecting a card he held it up. "And now with Bravo on the field I can special summon this card right back to the field. Co forth Beat!" The small bladesman Fur Hire appeared, spinning his own weapon before moving to stand next to Bravo. "And that trigger's Bravo's other effect, allowing to increase the attack of all the monsters on my field by 500." He smirked, eyes have shut. "And I'm not done yet."
"There's more?!" Corpse-Man exclaid.
"Far more!" Renard promised him. "I now can use Beat being on the field to special summon Sagitta, Maverick Fur Hire in defense mode!" The dark raven Fur Hire appeared on the field, unslinging a sniper rifle from her back and carefully looking it over before dropping down to her belly and aiming right at Corpse-Man. "And when she is summoned to the field two things happen. First, Beat's effect activates allowing to add a Fur Hire card to my hand. Second, with all my Fur Hire Monsters on the field Sagitta is able to unload a payload directly into your lifepoints, 500 damage for each Fur Hire. Sagitta, Sniper Fur Hire!"
Corpse-Man cried out as he was sent stumbling back and the barrage of hologram builts exploded around him taking out half his lifepoints (Corpse-Man: 2000)
"A strong effort," the hero said, rubbing his chest, "but I possess all the powers of a corpse! Bullets can not harm !"
"Then let's just deal with your Executioner and end this duel!" Renard shouted, thrusting out his hand. "I shift Dyna to attack mode and with the added boost from Bravo he is now as strong as your Revendread Slayer! I ram him right at him, losing Dyna by eliminating your monster!" Dyna let out a roar and leapt right at the Executioner, the two trading powerful blows that made Fandora tremble even as Dyna led the zombie hero to the edge of the ship, giving a final nod to his crew before taking both of them over the edge. "A noble sacrifice but one that leaves you open for a final assault by my Beat and my Bravo to allow to win the duel! Bravo, attack!"
The lizard Fur Hire nodded and rushed forward...
...only for Revendread Executioner to rise up back onto the deck.
"WHAT?!" Renard shouted in shock.
"Death can not claim one dedicated to justice!" Corpse-Man cried out. "By banishing my ritual card from my graveyard my monster was spared."
Renard grit his teeth. 'Damn it all... and now my Fur Hires are left in attack mode and left open for a full assault! I was counting on defeating him this turn and now he's not only bought himself more ti but a chance to go after my lifepoints!'
"I am afraid that the curtain draws to a close on our battle, villain. For now... the night has co. I activate Vendread Nights!" The field spell activated, bathing the entire battleground in darkness and below the Fandora Renard could see a city teaming with hordes of the undead while the citizens cried out for a savior. "With this card on the field I can now discard a Vendread card to add one Vendread monster to my hand and I summon it now! Co forth Vendread Strigies!" Much like the Houndhorde the Strigies were birds that had been ripped apart by so dark force and then assembled back together. Multiple eyes, misshappened wings, and a thirst for blood. "And now I will ram my Strigies into your Beat!"
The forr eliminator frowned as the Strigies were destroyed. "Why would you... no. You must NEED them in your graveyard!" (Corpse-Man: 1300)
"Exactly. For the night is dark and only one hero stands against the forces of evil... and he can not tire. As such every ti my monster destroys one of your monsters I can banish a Vendread from my graveyard to allow him to attack again! So my Strigies and the final Houndhorde in my graveyard will leave the ga to allow my Revendread Executioner to take out your Beat-"
Beat cried out as the bone claw raced out, piercing him and shattering him. (Renard-2700)
"-your Bravo-"
The fighter could not out dodged the attacks and soon he too was destroyed (Renard-1600)
"-and your Seal!"
The strategist had no way out from the vicious assault. (Renard-200)
"Next turn... will be your end," Corpse-Man said. "You will pay for your cris."
'He's right... one more turn,' Renard thought to himself, looking at his deck. 'But my Fur hires... I have long trusted them to get out of any dark situation. They have never failed ... even in a lose they helped find the Captain. And now I need to get away from this man, to get Mira to safety and then find Edwin. So I look to you, my dear friends... and DRAW!'
He looked at the Pot of Dichotomy he'd gained.
'...that was slightly anticlimactic,' he ntally winced. It was a good card... just not the ga changer he wanted. "I now use Pot of Dichotomy, which allows to shuffle three monsters with different types from my graveyard into my deck and the draw two cards. But I will not be able to conduct my battle phase." He did just that, taking a calming breath before drawing once more...
...and Renard smirked.
"This... is your end," he declared. "First I summon Beat in defense mode, and then use his effect to special summon Filo once more." The two small Fur Hires appeared on the field. "And Filo allows to add one Fur Hire monster from my deck to my hand. And that monster-" He turned the card his Duel Disc spat out for Corpse-Man to see. "Is Sagitta."
"No..." Corpse-Man whispered.
"Yes," Renard confird. "I don't need my battle phase to defeat you... because I was never your enemy, Corpse-Man! I am not the villain here! The real villains are inside and I am going to end this duel so I can go back in there and save my friend! I summon Sagitta to the field and activate her effect, doing 1500 effect damage to your lifepoints and ending this duel!"
Corpse-Man rely nodded as his lifepoints disappeared in a blast of sniper fire, the Fandora disappearing as the Vendread Night ended and the sky returned to normal. (Corpse-Man: 0000)
"I see... I was wrong," the costud man said.
"Yes, for-"
"You are a fellow superhero!" Corpse-Man declared with a laugh. "I should have known from the gaudy coat and ridiculous hair style!"
Renard reached up and touched his tuffed up hair.
"Ah, the classic hero misunderstanding before they unite to stop a common threat! How I have longed for one!" He placed his hands on his hips once more. "My apologizes, old chum! To make up for my mistake I give you these 5 locator cards I removed from so thugs just an hour ago!" He tossed the cards to a now utterly baffled Renard.
"Wait... you had Six locator cards? That ans you could have-"
But Corpse-Man held up his hand, stopping him. "Co, Captain Furry Fucker-"
"...nooooo."
"-let us save your captain!"
And with that Corpse-Man ran... in the wrong direction.
"Would you mind terribly if we lied and said I was delayed trying to pick the lock on your cell?" Renard asked Mira.
"Yeah, that works for ."
~MC~MC~MC~
I heard soone murmuring behind a door and let out a sigh of relief. Either it was another prisoner that I could safe, Renard, or it was so Rare Hunter I could fuck with. While I still only had the most basic of fighting moves (Renard was trying to teach and even with the Ani giving so muscle mory I was apparently still utter shit in Mr. Volpe's opinion) I did have the Millennium Key and honestly I was so done with wandering around the maze that was the warehouse that I was willing to pull a Yami Bakura and just begin unleashing Shadow Realm magic.
'Sothing I really need to begin practicing,' I thought to myself as I shifted the pizza box I was still holding. 'As much as I loathe to use the power its stupid to set aside a tool that can help . And the Millennium Key is a tool.' My jaw worked though as I rembered just how it had co about. I wondered just whose blood was mixed in the golden item that now could sink into my chest at will. 'Nearly every user of the Millennium Items have been corrupted by them. Pegasus. Bakura. Marik. Ishizu... that's my personal bias speaking but I can't be sure yet if she's on the straight and narrow or if her own corruption just happens to align with what Yugi needs to survive Zorc. Sa with Shadi... the shadowy bastard could have saved so much ti and energy had he clued Yugi into so things.' I looked down at my chest, rubbing it with my free hand. 'And now I've gone from freaking out about having the Key to casually throwing around my glowing eyes. It's a very slippery slope... if I'm not careful I might end up taking Selene up on her offer.'
People misunderstood my fear of power. They thought I had so weird phobia about it. Perhaps even that I was so sub that liked to be weak; I'd played the role of sub sotis, sure, but only because I was basically a Loki, happily shifting from sub to dom, alpha to beta back to alpha again. So long as it allowed to play a role, any role. The Trickster so did love to act.
But no... my fear was not of power itself. It was what I might BECO. The Ring of Power... with it I would seek to do good but instead I would beco everything I hated and despised. That is what I feared.
And now I found myself with a Millennium Item that I was willing to use and a goddess offering eternal life and power to match. And oh... how easy it would be to grasp that. But in doing so I'd have to let go of my morals. My values. Everything that made ... .
I'd beco no better than Aiden fucking Order.
'The only person not to be corrupted by power in the world is Yugi, honestly, and he has-oh.' I blinked. 'You fucking idiot.'
Pegasus was not close to his servants.
Marik had abandoned his sister and truly lost it when Odion was knocked out.
Bakura's natural shyness had allowed him to be taken over by Zorc's shade.
Alone. They were all alone.
Yugi had friends to keep him grounded, to keep him sane.
Sa as .
I smiled as I called forth the key.
Ti to get one of my friends fucking back.
"PIZZA DELIVERY!" I called out as I stord into the room, ready to go on the attack against a Rare Hunter or make a joke if there was a scared prisoner.
"Oh, how delightful. I suppose you don't have so plates and napkins?"
I found neither of those things sitting in the cell.
"Pegasus," I whispered in shock as I stared at the creator of Duel Monsters who was resting on a stool, looking at through the bars of the cage.
"Hello Eddy-boy."
"...fuck , Marik has balls," I muttered as I walked over to the lock on the cell door and used the key to open it. "Co on, let's get the hell out of here."
"Well, I was going to be happy with the food but I suppose a rescue is even better," Pegasus said with a light laugh. "But... I must ask... who is Marik?"
"Marik Ishtar. Head of the Rare Hunters." I looked back at Pegasus who just blinked in confusion. "Guys in purple robes... tend to be mind controlled."
"Eddy-boy... I have no idea who you are referring to."
I felt my insides turn to ice.
"Pegasus... who kidnapped us?"
"," a familiar voice said. I turned and stared...
...at the pint size fuck fetishist eliminator jag off who was leering at .
"Aw fuck," I grumbled as I stared at Bruno, the frog fucker from Duelist Kingdom.
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