Solo Tremaine

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]Um... yes. Thanks, Mztic. Please check existing threads, ryo. This is a common problem here... [/SIZE][/COLOR]

I've never liked Valentine's Day. Not just because of the way it commercialises love and makes it seem based around gifts and roses, but because I'm always sourly disappointed with not hearing from anyone. I have no secret admirers, and if I did I'd much prefer them to come out and tell me raher than leave me with a cryptic clue that makes me just wonder who on Earth it is and then not talk to anyone. I don't do anything. In fact, I do my best to do nothing, because everyone around me seems to be doing something with their girlfriends/boyfriends/pets/whatever and it makes me just very cynical about everything. So it's not a normal day for me. It's much worse ^_^ Actually, last year wasn't too bad. I was given a rose by a girl I knew because I'd been a good friend to her and helped her out lots. That was the nicest thing that I've ever been given on Valentine's Day. Although I did get ribbed a bit because she was going out with someone else. Gotta love those rumours. Anyway, I've never had anyone to give things to on Velentine's Day. I'd much prefer to celebrate my love for someone else on a different day to everyone else. At least that way it's a little more special.

BladeGabumon and Rae said nothing to each other as he lead her carefully round his mountain path. She watched him climb down a set of outcrop and land deftly in the snow. "Hey..." she said as she hauled her rucksack over the edge, clutching the digivice. "What is this thing?" "It's a digivice." he said gruffly. "Er... what does it do?" she asked, tossing it from one hand to the other. "I don't know." BladeGabumon snapped. "I think... it's supposed to give digimon power. But I've never seen one work before." "Then how do you know it works?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips. She was rather sceptical about this. She didn't even know where she was. Or how to get back home. Well, she didn't care whether it worked or not. As long he wanted it, she'd be able to at least gat some way back home. BladeGabumon turned round and looked her in the eye. "Look..." she gave him a stern look back. Something was strange about her. Well, apart from being a human in the Digital World, there was something else. He felt... almost as if he should have known her before. Like a distant memory. He realised his cold stare had turned to one of confusion, as had hers, and they both snapped ack. "Look, I'm just getting you to the bottom of the mountain and then I'm having it back, okay?" She sighed. "Okay." She opened her mouth to say something else to him as he turned round, but didn't. Slowly, she followed him down the ridge.

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]And here's Kaiba's new deck spoiler: KAISER SEA SERPENT Effect Monster Light/Sea Dragon/4/1750/1650 Effect: If you sacrifice this monster to summon a Light Main-Type Monster, The Kaiser Seahorse may count as 2 Monsters to be sacrificed. KA-01 Ultra Rare VAMPIRE LORD Effect Monster Dark/Zombie/5/2000/1500 Effect: When this Monster does Battle Damage to your opponent, name a card type (Monster, Magic or Trap). Your opponent searches his or her deck for 1 card of the chosen type and puts it in his or her Cemetery. Also, if this card is destroyed via a card effect by your opponent, Special Summon this card to the Field during your next Standby Phase. KA-02 Ultra Rare BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON (Japanese Text) Normal Monster Light/Dragon/8/3000/2500 KA-03 BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON (Chinese Text) Normal Monster Light/Dragon/8/3000/2500 KA-04 BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON (English Text) Normal Monster Light/Dragon/8/3000/2500 KA-05 BLOOD VORS Normal Monster Dark/Beast Warrior/4/1900/1200 KA-06 STEEL ORGE GROTTO #2 Normal Monster Earth/Rock/6/1900/2200 KA-07 LA JINN THE GENIE OF THE LAMP Normal Monster Dark/Fiend/4/1800/1000 KA-08 [The Kaiba Structure deck contains two copies of this card] BATTLE STEER Normal Monster Earth/Beast Warrior/4/1700/1000 KA-09 Super Rare SAGI THE DARK CLOWN Normal Monster Dark/Fiend/4/600/1500 KA-10 RYU-KISHIN POWERED Normal Monster Dark/Fiend/4/1600/1200 KA-11 VILE FRANKEN Effect Monster Dark/Machine/2/700/500 Effect: You may pay 5000 Life Points to Special Summon a Fusion Monster from your Fusion deck in face-up attack mode. KA-12 SANGAN Effect Monster Dark/Fiend/3/1000/600 Effect: If this card is put into your Cemetery from the Field, put a monster card with an attack strength of 1500 or less and put it into your hand from your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. KA-13 The Kaiba Structure deck contains two copies of this card] FLEET-FOOTED GILAZAURUS Effect Monster Earth/Dinosaur/3/1400/400 Effect: You may choose to summon this Monster as a Special Summon. If you do, your opponent may choose 1 Monster in your Cemetery, and Special Summon it to the Field. KA-14 INVITATION TO A DARK SLEEP Effect Monster Dark/ Spellcaster/5/1500/1800 Effect: When this Monster is Summoned or Flip Summoned, choose 1 of your opponent's Monsters. While this Monster is face-up on the Field, that Monster cannot attack. KA-15 LA JINN?S MAGIC LAMP Effect Monster Air/ Spellcaster/3/900/1400 Effect: If this Monster is attacked by an opponent while in face- down defense mode, you may redirect that attack strength to 1 of your opponent's Monsters. While this card is on the Field, you may Special Summon any "LA JINN THE GENIE OF THE LAMP ". KA-16 HEAVY STORM Normal Magic Effect: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the Field. KA-17 MONSTER REBORN Normal Magic Card Effect: Put a monster from your Cemetery or your opponent's Cemetery on the Field under your control. (It can be any mode, but must be face up.) KA-18 EARLY BURIAL Equipment Magic Card Effect: Pay 800 Life Points. Put 1 of the monsters in your Cemetery on the Field in attack mode, with this card Equipped to it. If this card is destroyed, destroy the monster it is Equipped to. KA-19 ANGEL'S GIFT Normal Magic Card Effect: First draw 3 cards from your deck, then discard 2 cards from your hand. KA-20 The Kaiba Structure deck contains two copies of this card] TRIBUTE TO THE DOOMED Normal Magic Effect: Discard 1 card from your hand. Destroy 1 Monster on the Field. KA-21 HYPNOTISM Normal Magic Effect: Your opponent cannot change the modes of his or her Monsters during his or her next turn. KA-22 MEGAMORPH Equipment Magic Effect: If you have fewer Life Points than your opponent, double the Equipped Monster's original attack strength then add equip cards. If you have more Life Points than your opponent, then the equipped monsters original attack strength is cut in half. Then add equip cards. Example: Blue Eyes (3000/2500) equipped with Sword of Deep Seated (Plus 500atk), if you have fewer life points and Megamorph is on the Blue Eyes White Dragon, then the Blue Eyes will go up from 3500 attack to 6500 attack. If you have fewer, Blue Eyes White Dragon will have an an attack strength of 2000. (3000 divided by 2 plus 500 for SODS =2000. KA-23 SOUL EXCHANGE Normal Magic Effect: You must skip you battle phase for the turn you activate this card. You may sacrifice 1 of your opponent's Monsters in place of 1 of yours. KA-24 THE BLACK DUST VIRUS Equipment Magic Effect: The Equipped Monster cannot attack. At the end of its controller's next turn, the Equipped Monster is destroyed. If this card's Effect is successful, return this card to its owner's hand. KA-25 THE SHALLOW GRAVE Normal Magic Effect: Each player choose a Monster in his or her Cemetery and places it face-down on the Field. KA-26 NOBLEMAN OF EXTERMINATION Normal Magic Effect: Remove 1 card in a Magic/Trap Zone from the game. If that card is a Trap card, search each player's deck for copies of those cards, and remove them from the game. Shuffle the decks afterward. KA-27 The Kaiba Structure deck contains two copies of this card] NOBLEMAN OF CROSSOUT Normal Magic Card Effect: Destroy 1 face down monster, and remove it from the game. If that monster is a Flip Monster, search each player's deck for copies of that card, and remove them from the game. Shuffle the deck afterward. KA-28 DARK HOLE Normal Magic Effect: Destroy all Monsters on the Field. Lord of D. does not protect Dragon Sub-Type monsters from the effect of this card because it does not specifically target any particular monster. KA-29 SNATCH STEAL Equipment Magic Effect: Gain control of 1 of your opponent's Monsters. During your opponent's Standby Phase, he or she gains 1000 Life Points. KA-30 BLESSING OF THE MYSTIC ELF Normal Trap Effect: Gain 300 Life Points for each Monster on the Field. KA-31 MAGICAL FORCE FIELD Counter Trap Effect: Negate a Magic card that targets 1 Monster, and destroy it. KA-32 DISSOLVE ATTACK Counter Trap Effect: When your opponent attacks with a Monster, negate that attack, and your opponent's Battle Phase ends. KA-33 DESTRUCTION RING Normal Trap Effect: Destroy 1 face-up Monster on the Field, and do damage to each player equal to the attack strength of that Monster. KA-34 CURSE OF DARKNESS / CHAOS SPELL Permanent Trap Effect: Target a Monster. Reduce its attack strength by 700, and it can't change its mode, nor attack. If the targeted Monster leaves play, destroy this card. KA-35 CRUSH CARD Normal Trap Effect: Sacrifice a Dark Main-Type Monster with an attack strength of 1000 or less. Destroy all Monsters with an attack strength of 1500 or higher on your opponent's Field and in your opponent's hand for 3 turns. Crush card does not remain on the field once this effect takes place. KA-36 BLUE EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON Fusion Monster Light/Dragon/12/4500/3800 Effect: "Blue Eyes White Dragon " + "Blue Eyes White Dragon " + "Blue Eyes White Dragon " KA-37 GADGET SOLDIER Normal Monster Fire/Machine/6/1800/2000 KA-38 VASAGO OF DESTRUCTION Effect Monster Dark/Fiend/3/1100/900 Effect: This monster may be substituted for 1 monster during a fusion. No other fusion substitution monsters may be used in that fusion. KA-39 NEEDLE WORM Effect Monster Earth/Insect/2/750/600 Effect: Flip: Discard the top 5 cards of your opponent's deck. KA-40 The Kaiba Structure deck contains two copies of this card] THE WICKED WORM BEAST Effect Monster Earth/Beast/1400/700 Effect: Return this card to your hand at the end of the turn in which the card is summoned. KA-41 HIRO?S SHADOW SCOUT Effect Monster Dark/Fiend/2/650/500 Effect: Flip: Your opponent draws 3 cards. If any of those are Magic cards, they are discarded. KA-42 The Kaiba Structure deck contains two copies of this card] CHAOS POD Effect Monster Earth/Rock/3/800/700 Effect: Flip: Each player shuffles all of his or her monsters on the Field into his or her deck. Afterward, each player reveals a number of cards from his or her deck until he or she reveals a number of Monsters equal to the number that were shuffled in. If any of those cards are level 4 or less Monster cards, they are summoned to the Field in face-down defense mode. Otherwise, they are put into the Cemetery. KA-43 ILLUSIONARY SUMMONER Effect Monster Light/ Spellcaster/3/800/900 Effect: Flip: Sacrifice 1 Monster monster on the field other than this monster to Special Summon a Fusion Monster from your Fusion Deck. Destroy that Fusion Monster at the end of the turn. KA-44 LORD OF DRAGONS Effect Monster Dark/Spellcaster/4/12001100 Effect: While Lord Of Dragons is face up on the field, no Dragon Subtype monsters that are face-up on the field can be specifically targeted by Magic Cards, Trap Cards, or monsters Effects. This DOES NOT protect against Dragon Capture Jar, Raigeki, Dark Hole, Field Magic Cards, Final Destiny, Fissure, Share The Pain, Wall of Illusions, Eternal Rest, Shield and Sword, Reverse Trap, Waboku, or Magic Cylinder. KA-45 MAN-EATER BUG Effect Monster Earth/Insect/2/450/600 Effect: Flip: Destroy 1 Monster on the Field. KA-46 THE FLUTE OF SUMMONING DRAGONS Normal Magic Effect: If a "Lord of Dragons is face-up on the Field, you may Special Summon up to 2 Dragon Sub-Type Monsters from your hand. No Tributes are required for upper level Dragon Sub-type Monsters. KA-47 FAIRY?S METEOR CRUSH Equipment Magic Effect: If the Equipped Monster attacks a Monster in defense mode, and the Equipped Monster's attack strength is higher, do damage to your opponent equal to the difference. KA-48 POLYMERIZATION Normal Magic Effect: Fuse 2 or more specific Monsters together. KA-49 HOLY RADIANCE Permanent Trap Effect: Monsters cannot be set face-down. When Monsters are set in defense mode, they are turned face up. At that time, Flip effects are not activated. KA-50 I think these two are already available in Japan (or will be soon), as they're up for sale on a number of sites, bundled with the Joey and Pegasus decks. We'll have to see. (BTW, Xra, I gathered you knew, but I thought I'd put the lists up so everyone else could see)[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]Here are the new Japanese Yugi Structure spoilers: YU-01 Black Magician Girl Type: Effect Monster, Dark/Magic User/2000/1700 Rarity: Super Rare Effect: Increase this monster's attack strength by 300 for each Black Magician and Magician of Black Chaos in each player's Cemetery. YU-02 Dark Knight Gaia of the Gale Type: Effect Monster, Earth/Warrior/7/2300/2100 Rarity: Ultra Rare Effect: If this card is the only card in your hand, you may summon it in attack mode without sacrificing monsters. This counts as a Normal Summon. YU-03 Retrained Elven Swordsman Type: Effect Monster, Earth/Warrior/4/1400/1200 Rarity: Ultra Rare Effect: This card cannot be destroyed in battle with a monster that has an attack strength of 1900 or higher. (Damage is still done). YU-04 Gilfar Demon Type: Effect Monster, Dark/Demon/6/2200/2500 Effect: If this card is put into a Cemetery, you may change it to an Equipment card, and equip it to a monster on the Field (decreases that monster's attack strength by 500). YU-05 Buster Blader Type: Effect Monster, Earth/Warrior/7/2600/2300 Effect: Increase this monster's attack strength by 500 for each Dragon monster that your opponent has on the Field and in his or her Cemetery. YU-06 Magnet Valktrion Type: Effect Monster, Earth/Rock/8/3500/3850 Effect: You can only summon this monster by sacrificing a Magnet Warrior Alpha, Beta and Gamma on the Field and/or from your hand. This is a Special Summon. Also, if you have a Magnet Warrior Alpha, Beta and Gamma in your Cemetery, you may sacrifice this monster to summon those three monsters to the Field. YU-07 Kuribo Type: Effect Monster, Dark/Demon/1/300/200 Effect: Discard this card from your hand to reduce the damage done to you by your opponent to 0. This effect can only be used during your opponent's Battle Phase. YU-08 Baffomet Type: Effect Monster, Dark/Demon/5/1400/1800 Effect: When this card is Summoned (including Reverse Summon), you may put a Phantom Beast King Gazelle from your deck into your hand. YU-09 Giant Rat Type: Effect Monster, Earth/Animal/4/1400/1450 Effect: If this monster is put into your Cemetery during Battle, you may search your deck for an Earth Main-Type monster with an attack strength of 1500 or less and summon it to the Field in attack mode. You have to sacrifice monsters if it is a level 5 or higher. Shuffle your deck afterwards. NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-10 Cyber Pod Type: Effect Monster, Dark/Rock/3/900/900 Effect: Reverse: All monsters on the Field are destroyed. Each player looks at the top 5 cards of his or her deck and places them on the Field in a mode of their choice. YU-11 Penguin Soldier Type: Effect Monster, Water/Water/2/750/500 Effect: Reverse: Return up to 2 monsters on the Field to their owner's hands. YU-12 Magnet Warrior Alpha Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Rock/4/1400/1700 "Alpha, Beta and Gamma can combine". YU-13 Magnet Warrior Beta Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Rock/4/1700/1600 "Alpha, Beta and Gamma can combine". YU-14 Magnet Warrior Gamma Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Rock/4/1500/1800 "Alpha, Beta and Gamma can combine". YU-15 Black Magician Type: Normal Monster, Dark/Magic User/7/2500/2100 "As far as Magic Users go, it has the highest attack and defence strengths for its class". NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-16 Phantom Beast King Gazelle Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Animal/4/1500/1200 "Its speed is so fast, it appears to be an illusion". YU-17 Rock Soldier Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Rock/3/1300/2000 "A giant soldier of stone. Its attacks with its large arms can shatter the ground". NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-18 Hand Obliteration Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Each player discards his or her hand, then draws a number of cards from his or her deck equal to what was had previously. YU-19 Sealing Swords of Light Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: All of your opponent's monsters cannot attack for three turns (counting your opponent's turns). If your opponent has any face down monsters on the Field when this card is played, turn them face up. Its mode stays the same. If it is an Effect card, its effect is activated. YU-20 Raise Dead Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Put a monster from your Cemetery or your opponent's Cemetery on the Field under your control (it can be any mode, but must be face up). YU-21 Jar of Greed Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Draw 2 cards from your deck. YU-22 Change of Heart Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Gain control of one of your opponent's monsters until the end of the turn. Treat it as your card. YU-23 Angel?s Gift Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Draw 3 cards from your deck, then discard 2 cards from your hand. YU-24 Broken Earth Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Destroy your opponent's face up monster on the Field with the lowest attack strength. NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-25 Cyclone Type: Instant Magic Card Effect: Destroy 1 Magic or Trap card on the Field. NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-26 Fusion Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Fuse 2 or more specific monsters together. YU-27 Multiply Type: Instant Magic Card Effect: Sacrifice 1 face up Kuribo. In each of your empty slots in your Monster Zone, put a Kuribo Token (Dark/Demon/1/300/200) in defence mode. They cannot be sacrificed to summon. YU-28 Black Hole Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Destroy all Monsters on the Field. YU-29 Magic Box of Death Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Destroy 1 of your opponent's Monsters on the Field. Give control of 1 of your monsters to your opponent. Yu-30 Early Burial Type: Equipment Magic Card Effect: Pay 800 Life Points. Put 1 of the monsters in your Cemetery on the Field in attack mode, with this card Equipped to it. If this card is destroyed, destroy the monster it is Equipped to. YU-31 Magic Cylinder Type: Normal Trap Card Effect: Cancel the attack of 1 of your opponent's monsters. Do damage to your opponent equal to the attack strength of hat monster. YU-32 Holy Barrier - Mirror Force Type: Normal Trap Card Effect: When your opponent attacks, destroy all of your opponent's monsters that are in attack mode. YU-33 Magical Silk Hat Type: Normal Trap Card Effect: Choose 2 non-Monster cards from your deck and 1 of your monsters on the Field, then shuffle your deck. Shuffle the chosen cards and place them face down on the Field in defence mode. Treat the other cards as monster cards (attack and defence strengths of 0), and are destroyed at the end of the Battle Phase. This effect can only be used during your opponent's Battle Phase. YU-34 Shift Change Type: Normal Trap Card Effect: You may activate this card when your opponent targets 1 of your monsters with a Magic, Trap or attack. Change that target to another of your monsters. YU-35 Hexagram Curse Type: Permanent Trap Card Effect: While this card is on the Field, 1 of your opponent's monsters cannot attack, and cannot change its mode. If the targeted monster is destroyed, destroy this card. Yu-36 Reserves Type: Normal Trap Card Effect: You may activate this card if you have 5 or more monster cards in your Cemetery. Return up to 3 non-effect monsters with attack strength of 1500 or less from your Cemetery to your hand. NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-37 Magic Jammer Type: Counter Trap Card Effect: Discard 1 card from your hand. Negate the activation of a Magic card, and destroy it. YU-38 Winged Phantom Beast Chimera Type: Fusion Monster, Air/Animal/6/2100/1800 Effect: Phantom Beast Gazelle + Baffomet When this card is destroyed, you may Special Summon 1 Phantom Beast Gazelle or Baffomet from your Cemetery to the Field. (Face up attack mode or face up defence mode.) YU-39 Silver Fong Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Animal/4/1200/800 "A wolf with silver fur. Its eyes are beautiful, but has a cruel disposition". YU-40 Ruiz Type: Normal Monster, Earth/Animal Warrior/4/1200/1500 "Even thought it's small, its defence strength on the Plains is fairly high". YU-41 Magician of Black Chaos Type: Ritual Monster, Dark/Magic User/8/2800/2600 Effect: Summon by a Ritual of Chaos Black Magic. You must sacrifice monsters from your hand and/or in play with total levels of 8 or more. YU-42 Ritual of Chaos Black Magic Type: Ritual Magic Card Effect: Used to summon a Magician of Black Chaos. Sacrifice monsters from your hand and/or in play with total levels of 8 or more, or you cannot summon a Magician of Black Chaos. YU-43 Magic Removal Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Destroy 1 Magic card on the Field. (If that card is face down, turn it face up, and if it's a Magic card, destroy it. Otherwise, turn it back face down.) YU-44 Gaia Power Type: Field Magic Card Effect: Increase the attack strength by 500 and decrease the defence strength by 400 of all Earth Main-Type monsters. NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-45 Emissary of Obliteration Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Destroy 1 face down monster, and remove it from the game. If that monster is a Reverse Monster, search each player's deck for copies of that card, and remove them from the game. Shuffle the deck afterwards. YU-46 Hurricane Type: Normal Magic Card Effect: Return all Magic and Trap cards to their owner's hands. NOTE: There are two in the Yugi Structure Deck. YU-47 Eye of Truth Type: Permanent Trap Card Effect: While this card is face up on the Field, your opponent plays with his or her hand revealed. During your opponent's Standby Phase, if your opponent has any Magic card in his or her hand, your opponent gains 1000 Life Points. YU-48 Compensation of Blood Type: Permanent Trap Effect: For each 500 Life Points that you pay, you may Special Summon a monster from your hand to the Field. In all, I think this deck looks really good. Magician of Black Chaos! They'd better release this in the US...[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]We did have a discussion about this a while ago, but it am gone. The Yugi and Kaiba ones have already been released in the US (unless this is a second edition or something). The Joey and Pegasus decks are due to be released in March, and as of yet the others are just rumour and speculation. There have been no confirmed news of releases for Mai, Bakura, weevil or Rex. And, to me it seems likely that there won't be, because most of their signature cards have been released already, and they aren't that special, like the Change of Heart for Bakura. Although I've not seen any of their Battle City decks, it still seems a little unlikely to me. EDIT: Gah! Replying too fast for me![/SIZE][/COLOR]

Aidian woke with a start. Sweat was dripping down his forehead. The dim dawn light was beginning to creep into the mouth of the cave. Opposite him was sat Jedah, who was smiling in a way that Aidian didn't like. Jedah knew he was having nightmares. He cursed the ability to not be able to block other people from seeing his mind. It made running away that much harder. Aidian's gaze met Jedah's steely eyes. "What?" Aidian asked irritably. "Going to gloat?" Jedah shook his head calmly. "I have no need to. You've already given me all the satisfaction I need." Aidian lay back down again with his hands behind his head. There was no point trying to argue with him. Trying to ignore him, he waited for the sun to rise and for the others to wake up.

Rae looked at the mountainside around her in bewilderment. Where on Earth was she? BladeGabumon peered out from behind the outcrop cautiously. Rae noticed the blade on his head glinting in the light and gasped. He shied back slightly, not knowing what to do. "Hey... are you...?" Rae said, trying to descern whether he was a human or not. BladeGabumon carefully walked out form behind the outcrop and gave her a suspicious look. "Who are you?" Rae was slightly shocked at many things. Not least the digimon's appearence, but also that he could speak. And that he would be that rude. She thought better of herself to question it, though. "I... My name's Rae. Where am I?" "You're on my mountain..." BladeGabumon said firmly. Rae's jaw dropped. "Am I... on Earth?" BladeGabumon scrunched his nose in surprise. "No! You're in the Digital World." he said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. At least, it was to him. Shock pounded into rae's stomach. She fell to her knees and looked up at the sky. Another world? She felt sick. BladeGabumon's expression softened a bit. "Are you alright?" he asked. Rae shook her head. "I just need a minute. I'm in another world?" "No, this one." Rea sighed. "I know that... I mean another to mine." "What?" "Who are you, anyway?" she asked, her confidence returning slightly. BladeGabumon clenched his fist. All he wanted was to be left alone. He didn't want to have to deal with some confused stranger form another world. "I'm BladeGabumon. A digimon. And-" "What's this?" Rae pulled the digivice from the wood. It was a metallic silver and blue colour. BladeGabumon launched himself forwards. "That's mine!" he shouted. As his claws reached it, a bright yellow light exploded from its screen. The two of them fell backwards and the digivice landed in Rae's hand. "What was that?" she asked, bewildered. BladeGabumon shook himself, now thorooughly annoyed. "I don't care. Now... give it back." Rae had an idea. "You can have it back..." BladeGabumon stepped forward to take it. She snatched it away from him. "...after you get me off this mountain." She gave him a smug grin. "Fine." he muttered as he bagen leading her down a safe part of the mountain...

Mewtwo returns isn't, strictly speaking, an official movie, as it was animated by the US animation team (so I assume. That may not be right, though). It wasn't released in cinemas in Japan or in the US- it was a straight-to-video sequel. So Celebi: A Timeless Encounter (er... Pokemon 4ever) is still movie 4, and so on after that. I guess.

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]Sorry, favourite threads are against OB rules. This is due mostly to the fact that they bring about little intelligent discussion. Seeing as Bakura is the best in the series anyway, there'd be little to debate ;)[/SIZE][/COLOR]

The sky began to darken. Rae was in the middle of the city now, and the first few specs of rain splashed on her face. She was almost at Jess' house. All she needed to do was turn down the alleyway. As she neared the entrance, something about the air felt strange. Slightly electrical. Ignoring it, she ran down the alley. ----- As BladeGabumon walked up the mountainside, he noticed his claw touch something embedded in the wood. Curious, he threw the wood down and looked at it. It was a strange metal object, almost like a watch. He pressed a button on it. Suddenly, a pillar of intense white light shot into the sky, past the clouds, and into space... --- Suddenly, a massive shaft of light exploded from the sky and thundered down inbetween the two tall buildings, right in front of her. She stopped, frightened and in awe. She could feel herself being dran towards it. Something about the light intruiged her. It was almost as if it had come for her. It certainly wasn't lightning. Slowly, she leaed forwards and touched it. Suddenly, something pulled her forwards, launching her onto the white shaft of light. The buildings around her shifted out of focus and suddenly zipped away, while in front of her she could see a snowy mountainside flying straight towards her... --- BladeGabumon watched as a shining object shot down the shaft of light. He thought it was a meteor at first, and dived for cover behind a rocky outcrop. It slowed as it neared the ground, and he noticed that it was a girl. A human girl. He'd found a digivice...

I was recently given about 20-odd anime videos to watch by one of my mum's friend's husbands, who's very into anime. Some of them I've never heard of before. Does anyone know about The Winds of Amnesia? That's one which interested me, and I'll watch it when I have time. I was also given Megazone 23 (which I've watched. Wasn't amazingly spectacular, in my opinion), Madox-01, lots of Dominoin Tank Police, four Project A-ko episodes, Lensman, Odin, Cyber City: Oedo 808, and Venus Wars. Any of these worth watching? Also, I really want to see the Fire Emblem anime series. ADV released it on VHS in '95, but it has since disappeared into obscurity. Has anyone seen it?

It depends. If the letter begins with a vowel sound (e.g. 'F' would be 'eff'), then you use an. 'C' is 'see', so you use 'a'. Anyway, it's probably best to PM a moderator about questions like this in future. Not that I guess it matters that everyone who needs to know how to do linky things gets to see it.

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]*Puts down six-shooter* That's okay, Shiek. ;) But... I'm not sure a Bakura thread would get much varied discussion, seeing as everyone thinks he's great anyway. It'd be like a favourites topic... all about Bakura o_O; What I wonder about in the Yugi-Yami transition, Duellist Kingdom anyway, is how Yugi's shoes change. When he's Yugi, he has shoes and trousers. When he's Yami, no shoes, it becomes like the bottom half of a (rather stylish) baby-gro.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

NOTE: Rae has hair like this: [url]http://www.cartoonparty.net/evangelion/evangelion4.jpg[/url] BladeGabumon shook his fur coat roughly. It was much hotter than he was normally used to. Ripping some branches from a tree, he started making his way back towards the mountainside. It had been a long time since he'd last spent more than an hour down the mountains. The sun was a lot more powerful here, and there were no winds here to cool him. When he reached the river, he looked at his reflection briefly. He had a much more slender face than a normal Gabumon, and he was less paunchy, which often got him confused for being a female. He never knew how to react to being around others. He'd never fitted in with the other Gabumons, and so more often than not had to be by himself. He shrugged it off. He was better for it, he thought. Not dependent on anyone. That was better. Hurriedly, he made his way back to his cave in the mountains. * * * * * "WHAT?" Rae shrieked. "Hun, I'm sorry we didn't tell you sooner." her mother soothed. "Your father and I didn't know how you were going to take it, and the longer it took, the harder it got to say anything." "But..." Rae felt like crying. She loved the friends she had here. They were the best she'd ever had. She didn't want to leave everything behind. "...two weeks? That's nothing." she choked. Her mother looked at her with apologetic and loving eyes. "I am so sorry, Rae. Do you want me to take you to see them now?" Rae shook her head. "No thanks, Mom. I need to get my head together first." She quietly walked upstairs to her bedroom and closed the door quietly behind her. Sitting heavily on her bed, she began to think of everything she liked about this town. Why did dad have to accept the job offer? The one down the road would have done. It wasn't high-pay, but at least they'd still be here... She walked over to the mirror and tied her long orange hair back, sighing deeply and watching two large tears slide slowly down her cheeks. Then, she made her decision. Wiping her eyes, she grabbed her washbag and threw it into a large rucksack which she pulled out from under the bed. She took some clothes and shoved them inside. Being careful not to make any noise, she unclipped something from the wall. It had been given to her by her grandfather and meant an awful lot to her. It was a 42 inch long sword in a silver and blue scabbard. She'd always liked swords, and she wasn't going to leave this behind. Wrapping it in some black jeans, she shoved what would fit of it into her bag and fastened the clips, the end of the scabbard poking from the top. She ran over to her wardrobe and hurriedly put on her favourite black denim jacket. It went well with her blue and white t-shirt. Grabbing a pendant from her dressing table, she looked at her rucksack. She was ready to run away.

I've seen it *ignores fact that is only 17 o_O;* I didn't like it that much. I guess it's a acquired taste, but I thought it dragged for too long. Bits of it I liked, like the music (Howard Shore strikes again), and I can't remember many other scenes. It was very dramatic, but just not to my taste, really. According to my film buff friend, it's one of Martin Scorsese's (sp?) more mediochre films. But I've never seen any others, so I've nothing to compare it too.

They're supposed to correspond with their Crest colour, I believe. I still like it, DM ^_^ Even reading it again I can't find much fault with the dialogue style. It's well-written.

BladeGabumon adjusted his thick fur coat. It felt sticky. He didn't usually venture from the mountains, and if he did, he never liked it to be for more than a few minutes. He didn't like the heat. He'd been down here for half an hour already. There just wasn't any wood anywhere. "Where is it?" he asked himself, rather confused. There'd been loads of firewood about last week. Where had the dead trees gone? Perplexed, he scratched his head and wandered off downstream, keeping an eye out for other Digimon.

I assume that includes the Yu-Gi-Oh one as well?

[SIZE=1][COLOR=purple]I don't know what you're trying to do here, but it shouldn't be here, at any rate. If you want to duel someone, go to the Battle Arena, but the duel has to be in a story context, like the series. And don't double-post, please. Use the 'Edit' button.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

Aidian stayed quiet during the whole scene, eyeing Michael. He'd hardly said anything to them since they'd 'met', and all he seemed to be doing now was staring outside the cave. He shrugged. As long as he didn't want to hurt them then that was alright. Lying onto his side, he prepared himself to sleep for what was left of the night. The rain beating down on the ground outside was a relaxing noise, but he still preferred the tranquility of the mountains. Silence was much more preferable to noise, he thought. Closing his eyes, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

OOC:Hmm. Might just be us, then... Ah well. We'll see how we do. --------------------------------------- The skies above Cornaria were almost in a deadlock of fighter craft, each fighting for a place to land. Barging his ship between two Army fighters trying in vain to keep some sort of order to the amount of craft flying around, he found a convenient crater on the outskirts of the city. He could see hundreds of mercenaries running towards the arena, some of which he'd had run-ins with in the past. The arena was a massive Colusseum-shaped building set in almost the dead centre of the city. Having been a landmark for countless centuries, it was the hub of activity when the war was over. All sorts of celebrations, meetings and tournaments were held there. A perfect place for an assassination. Ripping the plasma rifle from his cockpit, he started running towards the city centre, as, in the distance a familiar starship roared through the atmosphere.

RazeGallantmon followed the light of his staff through the narrow coridors and into a large chamber. All around the walls were strange markings, almost like those of a serpent. Thinking nothing of it, he moved out of the way of the door to let Apsaramon and Rakshemon in. A thin pillar of light shone in from a hole high in the ceiling. Cautiously, they moved further into the room. The eerie silence made Aidan feel uncomfortable. MetalArmadillomon could feel it oo, and RazeGallantmon began to struggle walking. "Hey, don't fall apart yet. We'll need cover to get out of here." Apsaramon hissed as they crept round the pillar of light. At the other end of the room was a large plinth, which looked like an eerie stone tomb. Very slowly, RazeGallantmon grabbed the top and eased it off the base. It thundered to the ground, sending defening echoes reverberating around the room. They peered inside...

Wah! -__- I am shamed. Yes, you're right ryo. Blah. I should have known that, especially since I wrote about it about a month ago... Ah well. I think the character whose favourite card isn't in the game is... Pegasus? The Ties of Friendship or something like that. The one with Cecilia on it?

Too many! Heh, five. What was the lowest that Kaiba's Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon Attack points got down to when he was against Yugi in Duellist Kingdom?