sideboarded my Blue Green Madness for the Mono Black Control. It was a seesaw battle
between myself and Darke, and no matter how many times I was up against the ropes, I
was able to come back with my next draw. In the end, it was a heartstopper of a finish,
with myself down to my last life point, while I managed to do the impossible and got
someone playing Mono Black to deck out!
I was too winded to actually complain when it was found that Darke didnt have the five
million all along. Not that I really minded; the one million USD is more than enough for
me anyway, and if an evil force was thrown back in the process, thats a plus.
Jasmines Arrival, Modern Day, 2003 AD
The next time my Book acted up was several months later, early this new year, while
Jamie was having a archelogical vacation with her father. For some reason I knew it was
announcing Jasmines freeing from her Dominarian Book before it told me, and it
somehow concerned Jamie. However, after this point, things get spectulative. Although
Im not above putting Jamie McIndy as Magic: The Gatherings answer to Yugi Moto, I
need more proof. That, and Jamie would kill me if I asked her about it. You heard of the
phrase, "M:TG is your brain, Drooling Monsters is your brain on drugs?" Jamie started
that line.
As for me, I took the prize money I won last year to set down some roots in a naighboring
town of Landings, Nevada which actually appreciated someone with a tilt twoard being a
town joker.
I managed to convert a former Starbucks Clone and turn it into BakaBreakers, a
homegrown coffee shop where card games is sold and played and a steady stream of
Anime (Some not even translated yet) are shown on big screens. Its very popular with
the young people here.
Also, Landings is the home of not only Jamie, but also NeoGizmoTech, a robotics firm
who got the contract to produce and perfect the holographic technology used in that
tournament.
Some may think I made an unconventionally quieter change of pace in my life, but you
may be surprised: Although Im a Millionaire, Wizards has the patents of holodueling,
and that demons knockd back several years, Damien Darke is still out there with his
Dominarian Book. And now, Jasmine Sparkfloe--a real Planeswalkerr--is on the loose.
Things wont be any quiet anytime soon.