On the platform: Meet the new characters

[utopiamods]

As you all crowd onto the platform, which is drenched with sunlight though the air is cool you are met by four girls and three boys. One of the girls is a somewhat humanoid grey-skinned, finned alien and one of the boys seems to be a blue Hedgehog; but the rest all seem human. All seven are in uniforms that would match if not for the colour differences - skirts and trousers, waistcoats, and light summer shirts that seem totally inappropriate for the chill. Some seem irritable while others look excited. Each has a beret with a crest pinned to the front - three depicting a shield on green, the other four a sword on red.

At the first lull in the chatter, the sword crested girl who is not a troll speaks up, looking annoyed.

"Listen up!"

She explains that the eleven of them are the current prefects of Rakuen, representing the two schools on the island. Santana (she gestures to herself), Feferi, Nephenee, and Suzaku of Conquest; and Lelouch, Jade, and Sonic of Fortitude.

The introductions are over fast and Santana seems impatient, "So come over when your name is called so we can all get inside." They all move to stand in two groups some distance away from each other and begin to read names from a clipboard.

Comments

CONQUEST

[straightupzorra]

Tavros Nitram

[hookemhorns]

Tavros wheels up, a nervous smile on his face. Unsure of himself with strangers, he says nothing. Everything about this place is strange to him; Alternia doesn't have trains or train stations, or even humans, and this increases his already considerable anxiety.

[straightupzorra]

And then she sees him, "Are you serious? Do we have every cripple on the island? This is ridiculous."

[hookemhorns]

He flinches visibly. "Uh. Uh." He looks down with an ashamed expression and fiddles with his hands in his lap. "I'm, uh, sorry."

sorry this is so late

[straightupzorra]

"Oh my god a stuttering troll in a wheelchair, how did you even survive on your planet?"

[cullscuttlefish]

[Feferi sees this and walks on over, smiling.]

Hi, Tavros! We're gonna be in the same school! Isn't that exciting?

[greenspaces]

Tavros?

[ wow she thought he was human the last time he was here??? he looks just like karkat did???? oh well. She grins. ]

I remember you!

[hookemhorns]

[ Oh it's Jade! He likes Jade. She's nice. ]

Oh, uh, hi Jade. It's good that you remember me. But I didn't think you knew what I looked like.

FORTITUDE

[greenspaces]

Measure Heart

[measureheart]

Measure Heart walks up hesitantly, unsure of what to think of this situation. The strangeness of it all is only increased by hearing her power called out instead of her name. She keeps herself composed, though, and tries to seem capable and intimidating. She nods at Jade sternly to acknowledge her.

[greenspaces]

"Hi, I'm Jade. I'm a prefect." She smiles at the other girl. "I know it's really confusing, but living here is fun."

[measureheart]

Measure Heart raises and eyebrow and speaks out of distaste and confusion. ”Fun. Really? This seems more suspicious than fun...”

SLIDING IN HERE BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IT WAS COOL

[goodboybestshot]

[Jake is just kind of meandering awkwardly. This is all really strange and he's starting to wonder if his funny bump to the noggin hasn't just knocked him clear into la-la land. Maybe this is all still a dream. He felt fuzzy enough in the head for that to be a reasonable conclusion.]

[Oh. Wait. That prefect looked really familiar.]

[greenspaces]

[ Smile and wave. TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS she has no idea what he looks like!! ]

Hi, I'm Jade.

[goodboybestshot]

[Eyebrows shoot up! Oh! Oh was this-!?! He knew it!]

Jade! It's me, Jake! Your ever illustrious penpal?

[kingdomsgambit]

[ John is just. Kind of gawking at the buildings. He's in the process of stuffing his jewelry in his royal robe pockets when his name is called. ]

Right here, madame.

[ /completely ignores how she looked like him when he was younger ]

[theillbeatknight]

[David almost thought he had dreamed it, but clearly John had also been on that weird boat... wagon... it went over the water, that makes it a boat right? But it was on some kind of road on stilts in the ocean...

Anyway, this was obviously some exotic locale. Possibly enchanted. But he wouldn't have gone traveling with the king unarmed and without armor - what if they were attacked? Not everyone liked the King of Prospit even now. He would stay close to John, then; he could at least try to protect him if anything happened.]

[So only John can hear:] Sir, where are we so far across the sea?

[kingdomsgambit]

[ John jumped when he heard somebody address him. Usually in places he was unfamiliar with, he didn't bother trying to recognize anybody. He was surprised and relieved that somebody did. ]

[ ...Now. Who was this man again? He seemed so familiar and he had the bearing of a knight, but confound it, he couldn't remember him! ]

The answer to that would be I have no idea.

[ He blushed. ]

Goodness, I can't seem to remember you. Would you be so kind as to remind me who you might be?

[greenspaces]

[ Respectively, Jade is gawking at John. No brother should be that grown up, especially when he is considered the younger sibling. ]

John? You're old!

[kingdomsgambit]

[ Nobody's called him John in years, and with such familiarity too. ]

I'm nineteen. That hardly counts as old.

[fracturedsoul]

[ Dirk is at the platform to take a look at the new arrivals and to pick up the package he ordered this morning.

Oh.

Hey.

Isn't that something. ]

English?

[goodboybestshot]

[And we are turning around very quickly!!!]

I-- Strider. Jesus jacknifing Christ, you're a sight for sore eyes!

[fracturedsoul]

I should think so. It's been a whole week. Shit, the session must be totally fucked thanks to this little detour onto Battlemurder Island. [ Which is very distinct from Hellmurder Island. There are important differences between the two. ]

How are things back home?

[goodboybestshot]

[And now he just kind of tilts his head at him. That didn't sound right. Not at all.]

Now that doesn't quite add up. A week? I must have taken that blow to the noggin harder than I thought. We are still at the eve of our adventure! Aren't we?

I think this is ight... >>

[xroyal_bratx]

[ She still has a shocked look on her face as she looked around. This wasn't a stupid dream or anything right? She was confirmed with that earlier. There's a plastered frown on her face as she tried to recall certain things but there were always holes in them when she got here. She wasn't even certain how she could handle this right now. She knew she couldn't just scrape out answers from her mind, seeing that even that was messed up.

She stepped onto the platform looking rather out of place. ]