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[pendulum_soul]

I got an invite to the Action Duel Tournament.

I really wanted to go and take part in it, but...

... I declined.

It really sucks, but, it's the same month as finals and there's no way I'd be able to concentrate on both.

Comments

[naturalcure]

You declined?

I thought you wanted to become a pro with your Entertainment Dueling.

[pendulum_soul]

I really do! But... I don't want to risk my education for it. It was either choose the tournament, or choose my finals and I felt my finals was the right choice to make.
I'll have other chances to show off my Entertainment Dueling in the future. I'm sure of it!

[naturalcure]

Sakaki...this isn't just some random tournament, here, it's a chance to be a world champion. Chances like that don't just fall into your lap.

If you enter and win, you'll have already done everything you went to school for in the first place!

[pendulum_soul]

I know and that's what made the decision so difficult. Of course, if I entered, I would enter to do my best to win but... what if I didn't win? What if I lost in the first round? I'd be up against duelists with professional backgrounds.

If I did badly, I'd run the risk of not kickstarting my pro career very well and I wouldn't be able to go back to Duel Academy. In fact, it'd probably look bad in the long run that I flunked out for a tournament I didn't win.

I guess I'm just trying to think realistic and long-term.

[naturalcure]

Sounds more like you're more concerned with what'll happen if you lose than what you have to gain if you win.

[pendulum_soul]

Is it really wrong to be concerned with that though? I just decided to choose what I felt was the more safest and secure choice.

Yeah, if I entered the tournament now and won, that'd be amazing and would really give a boost to both me as a pro-duelist and to Entertainment Dueling but... if this tournament does well, and I think it will, they'll be other Action Duel Tournaments in the future I could enter.

Besides, I've worked really hard at Duel Academy and dueled for my right to stay there when I was almost expelled. I don't want all that to go to waste. I want to be able to graduate next year, alongside my friends.

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[naturalcure]

Yeah, well, being a duelist takes a lot more guts than tha -

[naturalcure]

[...]

Hffffffff.

...

You and I are two very different people, Sakaki.

[pendulum_soul]

It'd be boring if we were all the same, right?

In the end, neither choice is completely wrong or right. It just comes down to what the person making the choice feels the most comfortable doing.