rakuen | Conquest Round Seven

Some of you might be a little worse for wear but nonetheless the screens bear the same message as they do every Sunday. "Please report to the loby at 12 noon for assembly." Santana will gather up anyone who is dawdling.

As usual Day stood on the small raised podium with Flynn, Feferi, Nephenee, Nevin and Gino. Santana came to join them when everyone was assembled.

"Good morning," Day didn't seem in a dangerous mood. "I hope you all enjoyed the change of scenery last Round." She had seen most of the footage and had actually been surprised by how well some of them had done, and very amused at the failings.

"Well done to those who defeated the final boss, commiserations to those that didn't but your efforts were... notable."

Anyone feeling suspicious about the lack of punishment would perhaps have those suspicions belayed when her eyes glinted. "We have some new people I remind them the rules are on page nine. Read them. Please note that violence is only acceptable in official exaclan battles."

Her eyes met Spades Slick and for a moment he would be hit with a sharp head pain. It only lasted a couple of seconds though.

"This Round is back to normal, I hope I don't have to remind you that losing is not acceptable. The Players for this round are," the screen switched on to show the following list, Day read the names outloud.

"Golbez
Suzaku
America
Kotaro
Prussia
Itsuki
Gino"

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Lemina was pleasantly surprised to not have to deal with a headache this round. Maybe that round she'd arrived for had just been a fluke? Who knew?

She was a weapon again, which she was okay with. The extra raks she'd get for fighting would be nice, but she was mega pooped after that dungeon round. She looked around to see if anyone was looking for a weapon to vow with.

Dave floats over. He doesn't know that Lemina is the one he talked to over the network-- the pictures are terrible and so Dave doesn't connect this cute blonde girl to the not-so-photogenic girl he messed around with online.

"Hey. 'Sup," he says casually. "You a player?"

Dave, however, is easy to recognize even if those pictures are awful. Plus he looks like the other Dave only weirder, so there's that. And hey, he's talking to her, so he must have accepted her apology! Or so she assumes.

"Nope," she replies. "I'm looking for one right now. What about you, Dave?"

Other Dave already said that calling this orange Dave Other Dave wouldn't fly, and with one in each school it shouldn't be that confusing... would it? Maybe she should think of some way to differentiate them. Hmmm. (On that note, what would it be like if Fortitude had another Lemina, she wonders. That would just be weird.)

Dave figures he shouldn't be surprised this girl knows his name-- the other Dave gets around, after all-- and then there are also pictures online of him. Yeah, definitely shouldn't be surprised.

"Who are you again? I don't remember talking to you before."

He doesn't recognize her? The nerve. Her picture on the network is the best, most beautiful one of all!

...okay, it's actually pretty bad and doesn't catch her beauty in a good light at all. But still...!

"Lemina Ausa, of course!" And she poses briefly. "We talked the other day! You were a jerk, but it's okay because I was being mega insensitive, too. Remember?"

"Oh," is all he says before fluidly turning around. If he had a heel, he'd just have turned on it. He floats in the opposite direction. "Later."

And here she'd been willing to give him a second chance and everything. Rude!

"Excuse you! I said I was sorry. And look, I'm not even going to call you 'Other Dave' anymore. You're just Dave to me." Hell, she'd only known Fortitude's Dave a couple weeks, so it didn't matter to her. "I guess sometimes I'd have to differentiate you, so he can be Human Dave and you can be Cat Dave."

Okay, that gives him pause. He looks over his shoulder at her and casually stops moving. "Cat Dave?"

"Is that no good?" She puts a finger to her chin contemplatively. "I mean, you have wings and one of those weird neck ruffle things."

"What fucked up world," he asks her, "do you have to come from that cats have wings?"

"Um, the best world? Not every cat has them, but I was pretty good friends with a talking one who did." She shrugs. "So you're Cat Dave."

"If anything call me Crow Dave," he's saying. "Shit, a cat is the opposite of what I am. I'm a bird."

"I don't think cats are the opposite of birds." She frowns. "What's a crow?"

Koizumi paced the floor, deep in thought. He had no problem with being a Player, though he was a little surprised by it. If anything, he was excited to see what it was like. He was just trying to decide whether or not he should ask Sherlock to vow again. On one hand, Sherlock was-- no, definitely not reliable. Useful? Interesting? Something like that. On the other hand he was a holy terror, and Koizumi wasn't feeling especially well. Besides, he should meet more strangers. At home he'd had an extensive network of contacts for everything he could possibly need, and the only way to establish a new one would be getting to know as many people as possible--

He stopped just short of walking into Lemina and jumped a little. Instantly, the surprise was plastered over with a smooth smile.

"Excuse me," he said, taking a long stride back. "I should have been paying more attention."

Lemina glanced over and backed up slightly when Koizumi came close, but she smiled and shrugged when he spoke. "It's okay. We're all a little distracted. Are you looking for a Player too?"

Oh? Well, that was a bit of an embarrassing way to introduce himself, but this was all right too.

"Quite the opposite," he said, smiling. "I'm looking for a Weapon. I'm a bit new to this, so I'm afraid I don't really know where to start..."

He gave a hopeless little shrug. The whole act was a little over-done. As she'd said, he was distracted, and that took away the middle ground between 'silent observer' and 'daytime soap actor.'

Was he knew? She thought she'd seen him around campus before. In any case, that didn't mean he'd been a Player before.

"It's easy. You just find someone and ask them. I guess I could be your Weapon, as long as you'll use me to fight so I can earn money."

New enough. Besides, he liked to be underestimated. It was practically his profession, back home. He laughed, a little surprised.

"I certainly intend to fight, but isn't this a bit hasty? We haven't even introduced ourselves." He offered a hand. "Itsuki Koizumi. Perhaps we could discuss this over coffee?"

"Lemina Ausa." She took his hand and shook it. "And now we've met! But sure, I don't mind as long as I don't have to buy it."

He chuckled. She certainly

"Are you saving up for something? Very well, it shouldn't be a problem to get it from the cafeteria."

Conquest Round Seven

For Itsuki

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