"Hope can only get you so far in life, but you can't do anything without it. Guess you just had worse luck than your friend, though the fact you're here is impressive as it is. Everyone is here to learn and improve, from the youngest Slifer to the oldest Obelisk. You're lucky that you have friends that are willing to help you, not everyone has that luxury." Bob shrugged as he spoke to Tracy, noticing that the tension in the air began to dissipate. "My experience with banishing is limited, but when I banish a card, it is with a time capsule. My brother decided to just ignore the laws of nature and banish monsters from either graveyard to summon creatures made out of bone, I believe they were called Fossil monsters. It's been a while since I last saw him though, so the memory's hazy." The Ra Yellow seemed to be very nonchalant about the whole ordeal, though his air of indifference was lifted when his machine monsters were mentioned.
"Almost all the cards in my deck are Machine monsters, with the exception of Time Wizard. The reasoning behind it is nothing like you and your banish deck, not that there is anything wrong with that. As a middle child, my parents focused more on my older brother and younger sister than me. Although it was lonely, their negligence allowed me to do things many other kids were not allowed to. I came home with reptiles I found nearby, used my dad's tools to create wooden swords, swam in nearby lakes by myself and took in wounded animals. I now know that I tried to impress my parents by doing these things, but it didn't work. After realizing that they would not truly pay attention to me, I took a gamble and began tinkering with electronics. After a while I realized that I was somewhat good at it and I was having fun. I made my fair share of robots and learned how to program them, which in turn made me realize what type I wanted to base my deck around. Machines are powerful and reliable, they don't need a lot of things for them to do what they are meant to do and they know how to work together. A single cog cannot do much by itself, but add more and you have a large machine. It's the same with a deck, one single card cannot do anything. It needs support, be it traps, spells or monsters. Sure, one card can turn a match around, but you were pushed into that situation due to the well-oiled machine that is your opponent's deck. No matter how weak or strong the monsters in a deck may look, it is the synergy that makes or breaks a deck."
A jingle from his phone informed Bob of a notification. "Excuse me for a second." He said as he pulled out his phone, a family picture as his background. "Right, match's about to begin. You can watch the match if you want. I am the only Ra, the other three are Slifers. Maybe you can learn something?Oh, and that match offer is still open if you want to take me up for it." With those words, the machine user turned around and went back to the arena as he began making a new beat in his head. Glancing at the results of the previous match, he raised a corner of his mouth. So Braxer and Bix lost, not very surprising, but they still made it further than some Obelisks. He'd talk to them after his match. "Yo Weasel, our turn again to crush dreams of making it to the finals? How far do you need to make it for your project? Because I am more than willing to get us to the finals, this tournament is starting to become interesting now." Bob grinned at Weasel, a grin that was somewhat reminiscent of Blowback Dragon in their last match. Perhaps the pragmatic Bob had more in common with his signature card than one might think at first glance.
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"Oh neat, we're up against a Slifer and Ra. This should be doable." Willow said as she looked at her phone, a selfie from her trip to Rome as her background. It wasn't exactly the most subtle nod to her deck as she was in front of the Colosseum, but she liked it too much to change it. "Alright, let's do this then. If we lose in the next round to those Obelisks, we still made a name for ourselves by making it that far. What do you say?" The Slifer flashed a grin at Noah, feeling confident after their victory against the two Obelisks. Sure, she did not do much in her last match, but it didn't exactly last long enough for her to do much.
