Chapter 78: Chapter 68 Games!
As one of the Pinkies bounced energetically like an unstoppable ball, her movements grew increasingly erratic until, with a final bounce, she collided with the light bulb, shattering it into a rain of sharp fragments that scattered across the floor like crystalline confetti.
Pinkie number 4 turned to her counterpart, Pinkie number 8, and with a playful smile, she exclaimed, "Hey, we are absolutely DE-LIGHTED," In a blink, she spawned a battery set, and then the sound "Ba Dum Tss!" filled their ears.
Pinkie, number 8, stared at her companion in disbelief and amusement. She opened her mouth to scold her companion for the bad pun, but mid-way, she simply shook her head in resignation.
With a surrendered sigh, she reached for a nearby needle, quickly impaling the pointy object into her head; with a comical pop, her head exploded like an overfilled balloon, sending a shower of colored streamers scrambling all over the place.
Despite the unexpected turn of events, Pinkie number 4 couldn't help but chuckle at the mess. She exclaimed between giggles, "Was it really that bad?"
Before anyone could respond, A pinkie with the number 3 in her head interjected excitedly, "I GOT AN IDEA!!!" A bright, metaphorical yellow light bulb appeared above her head, glowing with newfound inspiration. Then she somehow managed to physically grab it and place it on the roof to replace the broken light; she murmured triumphantly, "It's perfect!"
While all of this happened, one pinkie sang in full voice with the previously summoned battery set, "♩I am not a sunshine♩~ ♪I am not the moon at night♪~ ♫well, who else could I be♫~ ♬when I can hardly see♬~."
Suddenly, a knock echoed through the room, interrupting the chaos. "Dante, are you there?" came Daniel's voice from outside the door, tinged with confusion for the strange noises.
A chorus of enthusiastic voices responded in unison, their tones fast and high-pitched with excitement. "Yes! You can enter~" they chirped, their voices blending together in a beautiful melody.
Daniel cautiously pushed open the door, and his eyes widened in astonishment; the sight left him speechless, with his mouth opening and closing as he tried to find the right words to say against this multitude of unknown girls with fluffy pink hair identical to each other.
All of the pinkies used a different way to greet him, "Hi," "Hello," "Salutations," "Howdy," "Long time," and "Hello there!" "Yo," "Hey there, champ," "'Ello mate," "How's it hanging?" "What's good?" "Sup"
Trying to make sense or even comprehend anything in this discordant mayhem, Daniel slowly muttered, "What... Just.... Happened..."
Dante was trying to speak, but the loud noises of the Pinkies were drowning out his voice. He quickly typed a message into the system, "Stuff… Let me take care of them."
Dante quickly grabbed every single one of his clones and stuffed them in the closet. Somehow, every single one of them managed to fit inside. He closed and opened the closet door, surprisingly seeing it now empty, without any trace of the other Pinkies.
Dante turned to face his friend with his eyes reflecting a mix of frustration and resignation; he said with a wry grin tugging at the corners of his lips, "Long story short, I'm stuck in this room..."
Daniel, taken aback by his friend's statement, changed his expression from one of confusion to doubt, responding with a hint of skepticism in his voice while inspecting the girl from head to toe, "I don't see you 'Stuck' in the sense of the word."
Dante, undeterred, comically raised his eyebrow and then walked normally towards the door, only to suddenly disappear and reappear exiting the closet, with his body slamming onto the floor with a loud thud.
Daniel's eyes bulged in astonishment, he exclaimed, finally understanding his friend's trouble. "Oh... indeed."
Frustration bubbled up within Dante as he struggled to comprehend what was happening; he desperately shouted, "AND I DON'T KNOW WHY!"
Daniel grabbed a painting and threw it to the door, but to their astonishment, the painting simply dropped to the floor; seeing this, Daniel commented on his insight, "It seems your ability only affects you; learn how to use it. I can't do much, so I'll go back to sleep."
Daniel, ready to leave the room, walked confidently toward the door. Yet, before he could even step outside, he found himself sprawled on the floor, his face meeting the same fate as Dante's one.
Dante couldn't help but burst into laughter from Daniel's 'accident.' Babbling between his loud laugh, "You-You should've seen your face-Wait..." Suddenly, Dante's neurons began working, "Doesn't that mean that..." Their eyes were silently interconnected, and they had an entire mental conversation between them in the span of a single second.
Dante's laughter gradually lowered. His expression began changing from one of amusement to a more somber one as a black screen appeared behind him, and the implications of Daniel's clumsy teleportation began to sink inside both of their minds.
A faint murmur escaped his lips, barely audible in the room's speechlessness. "Ups...?"
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Dante's gaze fixed on the ornate patterns woven into the rug beneath his feet, his mind drifting as he absentmindedly traced imaginary figures with his fingers. Breaking the tranquil silence, he voiced the most obvious suggestion. "Should we call the others?"
A weary sigh escaped Daniel's lips as he mulled over the idea, "So everyone is stuck in the same room? Concentrate and learn how to control your ability."
With a resolute nod, Dante bellowed fervently like a soldier, "YESSIR!"
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The room was alive with the animated energy of a friendly game of cards. Dante's hand hovered over his deck, considering his next move carefully. "Green +2," he yelled confidently, laying down his card with a flourish style.
Daniel's kept his usual poker face as he surveyed his own hand. After a moment's consideration, he placed a card on the table. "+4..." Seeing this action, Dante yelled, "NUH-UH!
Daniel's expression shifted from nonchalantly to bewilderment as he attempted to decipher Dante's reaction while struggling to maintain his composure. He calmly raised his voice, "The heck do you mean by 'NUH-UH!'?!"
Dante yelled with some fancy reading glasses that magically appeared already placed in his eyes, "YOU CAN'T PUT A +4 ON A +2!!!"
Daniel's confusion deepened as he attempted to process Dante's logic. He spoke calmly, trying to understand, "But earlier, you just-" Not even letting him finish, Dante interrupted with the same adamant rebuttal. "NUH-UH!"
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Amidst a pile of discarded clothing, Dante twirled in front of the mirror, experimenting with different outfits; a flurry of questions and musings accompanied each rotation. "Hey, do I look better in this Tiffany Blue or these French navy ones?" His voice echoed off the walls, punctuated by the sound of fabric rustling as he considered his options. "Actually, I'll need a weapon now... What kind of weapon would go fancy? Will I need more abilities to support this reckless fighting style? W-"
Daniel was engrossed in a new game manual and barely peeked up from the letters. "I'm already busy; you can decide by yourself," he replied dismissively, his attention already drifting back to the pages before him.
While doing a pout, the girl replied with annoyance, "You are really petty... that was hours ago! You can't put a +4 on a +2; the host makes the rules! I took away that rule in our first game to make it easier."
Daniel glanced up briefly, swiftly responding with amusement, "I have been saving this but don't you remember that we already played this game? And those weren't actual rules?"
Caught off guard by Daniel's words, with a sheepish expression, Dante fell silent, his mouth still holding the remains of a snack as he processed his words. He urgently swallowed the food in his mouth and quickly attempted to interject, with slight embarrassment, slipping in his tone. "Look! Hear me out-!"
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Dante casually extended a bottle of wine towards Daniel, saying, "Want some? It's pretty good, though now it doesn't taste the same. Both of these transformations seem to be enjoyable, but for different reasons. Or maybe I already liked drinking, and it was passed down to my new body. Who knows!"
Daniel shook his head, politely refusing his friend's invitation with a remark, "No thanks, I don't have an alcohol addiction..."
Almost offended by the reply, Dante defensively answered with a book that magically appeared in his hand and an index finger raised, "An addiction is a compulsive, chronic, physiological, or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects-"
Cutting him off, Daniel interjected calmly, "I know what addiction is, and the lack of negative effects doesn't negate the fact that it's still an addiction..."
Dante paused, contemplating his friend's perspective for a moment before responding, "Yes, it does! If taking drugs wasn't dangerous, then it wouldn't be an addiction!"
Daniel simply sighed in response to Dante's argument. Shifting gears back to the game, Dante declared, "I use 'Dark Contract with the Gate' and activate the effect of 'Dark Contract with the Gate'! to choose 'D/D Swirl Slime'!
"I fusion summon, 'D/D/D Oracle King d'Arc'!'" Dante added, "Don't forget about the effect of 'Any effect that would inflict damage to you makes you gain that much LP instead, so the side effect from dark Contract with the Gate' will now heal me 1000 PL per turn!"
"Next!" Dante continued with enthusiasm, "I'll Pendulum Summon with my previous two Pendulum monsters placed on my scales! D/D/D Rebel King Leonidas and D/D Savant Newton to Pendulum summon, 'D/D/D Doom King Armageddon.'
I also NORMAL SUMMON 'D/D Nighthowl' and use its effect to bring back 'D/D Berfomet' from my Graveyard. Then, I use both of them as material to Synchro summon, 'D/D/D Gust King Alexander.'"
Interrupting Dante's thought process, Daniel inquired, "When is my turn going to start?"
Dante shrugged him with a grin playing on his lips. "What do you mean? I still need to do the XYZ and Link! Hey!!! You picked the Dragunity deck! Do you want to spend five minutes on each turn? Both of us can play this game!"
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Authors note:
Yes, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Scene was necessary, and I actually wrote one entire chapter for myself, but that is a Spin-off/Fan-service for me and only me!
If you wonder, Daniel would use Mathmechs/Mekk-knights/Numeron, and Dante, depending on which version, might use:
Purrely or Trickstar deck (Rarity)
Kaijus or Blue Eyes Deck (Rainbow dash)
Madolche or Toon Deck (Pinkie Pie)
And if he somehow Dante gets his hand in his next transformation then it would be: D/D/D Or Endymion
And... yes ¡I AM A D/D/D PLAYER... But not for too long!