Julia looked a little surprised, at Yoko's surprisingly high level technical plays in contrast to the relatively simple but effective moves her sister made, however, the surprise wore off quickly as Julia as Julia shut her eyes for a moment, and slowly let out the words, with total confidence.
"Morbum aut Curandum"
Her calmness dissolved into a smile, as the ground etched out something lurking from out under a tangle of glowing blue like fines, and at it's core a fossilized eye like structure peering out from beneath the surface.
"I activate my trap-
"I discard a card in my hand and in exchange, I banish nine tailed fox. "
She threw a card into the graveyard without announcing what it is, since she technically didn't need to explain this to Yoko and it was hardly like the fox was playing fair either, but it was still within the rules and spirit of the game. But as the fossil like creature pulled the spiritual fox in, the ancient beast was apparently too starved for even the fox to resist as it pulled it underground to...who knows where.
The match wasn't a lock yet, but Julia had a triumphant smile.
"All that hard work and it looks like you're back to square one again." Her smugness however was short lived before having a more serious air.
"The dead have been raised, and he must cure the disease."
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Er, no, no I don't. Helpless? Wait, what? Why? I thought she was like me. Adam thinks to the anthropomorphised card, perhaps having failed to grasp some implications.. Alright, alright, I'll be careful. "Oui, c'est moi." The young man stands as she approaches, tentatively leaning in to kiss her cheeks in the French style, looking to other people in the restaurant like just some friends catching up after a long time, or maybe a nervous first date. "Please, please, sit - anything you want is on me. I wanted to thank you for meeting me, Merneith - though I'm guessing that's not the name you go under." He says as he sits back down. "I, uh, pardon, I'm not 100% sure where to start."
(It doesn't negate the summon, it just banishes a face up card on the field.)[I'm pretty sure Mayhem still fires since Dinomischus doesn't negate the summon.]
The smile never leaves Yoko's white mask, despite the loss of her fellow kitsune. "You didn't use this on Dakki, did you? Very clever. Have some more burns for your trouble." The Thing in the Crater proceeds to hurl another chunk of half-melted magma and rock at Julia, followed by Uni-Zombie shuffling towards her, preparing to take a swipe at the woman. "You act as though the undead aren't natural. Ignorance truly is bliss..."
[Any response to the attack?
Also, did I just get Morbed?
"Fair enough, I suppose." Adam narrows his eyes as he sees the man. "I don't know for sure, but I think we're linked in some way. I knew you - or at least my predecessor in Ancient Egypt knew your yours. I was a priest of Horus, while you were, well, a pharaoh. I know this sounds insane - I thought the same way when some random girl started calling me a 'sorcerer' and herself a 'priestess', but I've seen enough stuff in the past few days to know that there's something to it - not to mention us communicating telepathically." He softens his voice and applies his charm, not trying to seduce or manipulate just yet, more just trying to get her to think positively of him. "I know it's a lot to ask to trust the word of a complete stranger, but I'm just trying to figure out what the hell is going, to make sure I don't get on the wrong end of something I don't understand. Me, and more importantly, the people I care about."
(It doesn't negate the summon, it just banishes a face up card on the field.)
"Of course, you already know of my connection to the nekroz and if I used Valkyrus that would endanger the connection. It's a strength in itself to be able to use a variety of cards than just your favorites."
She still chooses to take the attack from the molten rock monster, groaning in pain at more of her life force being drained, but as the zombie etches closer the ground shakes yet again.
A more insectiod creature rising as it circiled around uni zombie seeming to bury it back into the ground.
"Paleozoic Canadia puts it into face down defense position. What's more-I activate a trap card-
From the same ruptured earth that the insect fossil had emerged the crystallized eye creature had started to use it's tentacles to shamble out into the surface properly."
"When a trap card is activated, the Paleozoic's will return from the graveyard. Of course, that also means when any trap is activated." She smirked a bit, obviously referring to Yoko's continuous trap, making her aware of the risk of using it freely. However as she spoke, the tentacled fossil began to emit an even stronger bluish glow of power.
"The secrets of history are being unearthed. Even in their fossilized state, while Paleozics are fragile, they are beyond the power of monster effects."
"Yet another fossil inside of the depths." She openly announced what she was setting to Yoko. It was part of playing mind games with the fox. Kitsune were tricksters by nature...which led to them being the best people to overthink it. There's no way Julia would say that unless she didn't actually play a fossil or had a plan to counter an attempt to get rid of it.
She had Canadia set up in the graveyard and two of the fossil creatures waiting to be used. Yoko would need strong trap removal...but then sending them to the graveyard would only make it an issue.
Still Julia placed one of the other cards, she held.
"I play this regular trap card."
Julia directly announced it so casually, in a way that Yoko knew the professor was intentionally trying to play mind games with her.
"Dinomischius, destroy the lava beast!" The prehistoric creature lurched it's infinitely tentacles out down into the crater ignoring the hate until it heard the cries of the beast inside.
Julia intentionally destroyed it despite knowing it's effect. Either she was taking a gamble that Yoko, didn't have any pyro monsters in hand with only two cards or....she was planning something to strike it intentionally.
"As in someone who has dreams of Ancient Egypt? Yeah." Adam nods. "She seems to know more than I do, but I'm still not sure I can trust her - I suppose I can empathise with you, in fact."
The Crater monster was a bit of a higher level, so even with uni zombie on the field, she might be harder pressed to complete a strong synchro without being forced to discard another card with her hand waning. Of course, she still risk being able to get a sycnrho out, but she didn't have enough set up to punish too severely even through defenses. But more importantly...looking at the field, she knew she'd have to get zombie world off the field first. If she could just hold out for a couple more turns, she might be able to do it...
Before he blacks out, Adam hears a voice from the deepest recesses of his mind, calling him an idiot.