Observation 7 - Pick a card, any card!

[originalnumber]

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Astral is sitting on the floor of the living room using the coffee table to draw on it looks like; numerous sheets of card are littered (albeit 'neatly') around him, some of them decorated with statistics and blank squares and others completed with fully rendered monsters of some sort.

At the moment, he seems to be drawing something that looks like this, before staring at it a moment and sighing.

"Hahhhh..." Remembering all the cards he saw in his world just isn't the same as actually having them here... But it's just not fun to have the deck of real cards and be unable to use them...

[Phone]

Hello? Does anyone happen to know of a proper material for use in colouring on card? I don't want to ruin any of the drawings I've made thus far, but I would like to add some colour to them...

Also, when it is done, I should have enough cards to make a variety of 'duel monsters decks', provided they do not vanish without warning. They of course will not work with a d-pad when I have it returned, but if anyone is interested in a tabletop card game, I will gladly join them.

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[Phone]

[tsukihime]

I'm not really sure what all you just said...but...table top card game?

Is that like poker or something?

[Phone]

[originalnumber]

Ahhh... No. [...Not at all.]

It is a sort of trading card game; it is immensely popular in my world, typically played using a device that displays each card in Augmented Reality. For obvious reasons however, [cough, mayfield, cough], that is quite impossible at the moment... Particularly since I was only given the deck I used with my partner.

[tsukihime]

Yea...I still don't get any of that.

Games sound fun, though!

[originalnumber]

Aah. Well, if you like, I could easily explain the mechanics of the game itself!

There are many different cards; monsters, traps, spells... All of them are used for a 'duel'.

[tsukihime]

Uh...I dunno if I'd really be able to learn unless I actually played. Everything you're saying sounds like a weird alien language.

[originalnumber]

[Fun fact; he just talks like that.] Understandable. Unfortunately, until I am able to colour these cards, there will not be enough for a game... [Decisions decisions...]

[tsukihime]

Oh. I don't really know what colors on cards.

I just use whatever I have around no matter what.

[originalnumber]

Ah? Really?

And the colours appear clean and separate? [Evidently someone had a test run with some bad markers...]

[tsukihime]

I dunno, I just color with whatever I've got.

[Sometimes she goes outside the lines...but that's okay she's just expressing herself.]

[originalnumber]

Aah. I see... [...Not quite what he's doing ahhh...]

In any case, it was good advice. Thank you.

[tsukihime]

Now I wanna learn how to play this card game!

phone;

[cullscuttlefish]

Colored pencils?

[originalnumber]

Ah- Hello Feferi.

Coloured pencils? [No you can't just repeat what she said Astral, that's silly.] Aah- yes I tried with the school's, but there isn't a very large variety...

Do you know if one of the stores would have a larger range at all?

[cullscuttlefish]

Hey! Hm. I think I've seen some bigger packs at one of the stores. I don't remember how big, though. But it's worth looking!

[originalnumber]

That it is. I will do so later then- with luck, I will be able to finish the 'sea-creature' deck soon.

I suppose that while we are talking however, there is no harm in asking how you are faring. Are things relatively well? [Relatively is a very important word, this being Mayfield and all...]

[sarcasmandbooks]

[Walking by....]

What's with the phoenix?

Astral actually thought the show was real for a bit, it was adorable. ;u;

[originalnumber]

"Mm?"

He turns, looking up briefly before looking back to the card. "Aah. It was a part of the deck belonging to another from my realm; the monsters were created based on a live action series I became interested in."

Entirely straight faced, he looks back to Raven. "It was a very good series." What. "Unfortunately, I am fairly certain 'ESPer Robin' does not exist here." ...No it doesn't but-

Robin?

Hehehe. Hehehehehehe.

[sarcasmandbooks]

....Esper Robin?

I shouldn't be laughing so hard at this, it's just mean. ;;u;;

[originalnumber]

No Raven no-

NO-

"Aaah. It was centered around the psychic hero Robin and his friends, who fought against the Galactic Queen..! However tragically, the Queen was actually his mother, tainted by darkness... So, he could not defeat her- he instead needed to find a way to return her to her previous state..!" Annnnnd that's about where he deflates a little.

"...I was unable to see the final episode."

[sarcasmandbooks]

.....Who we're his friends?

Dub names aside.. http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/ESPer_Robin

[originalnumber]

[[They're nothing alike, but his dub voice is Wayne Grayson, I CAN'T-]]

Surprising or no, he grabs a few more cards from the pile. "First there is Phoenix Gairuda... Then," he continues, grabbing a few more, "Iron Hammer, the Giant, and the Beast Warrior 'Puma'."

"ESPer Robin himself, is this one," he continues, pulling out an additional card.

...Yea this definitely isn't the same Robin.

[sarcasmandbooks]

Interesting.

[originalnumber]

"Ah? You believe so?" He looks back to the cards briefly. "...It is somewhat embarrassing but... For a short time in Yuuma's realm, I had not realized that live action television was fabricated; when we met with the actor Fuya, who played the role of 'Robin', I initially believed them to be the same person." Though the trivia helped during their duel later, strangely enough.

[sarcasmandbooks]

Sounds like something Starfire would do.

[originalnumber]

"Aah? Starfire?"