Fortitude Round 9 Start

[mamarosa]

The sunnier weather of Saturday had remained and as usual all the screens displayed the instruction to report to the lobby for assembly at 12 noon. Dolorosa stands on the platform, flanked by her prefects, smiling and enjoying the warmer weather. She hopes that with more time with the sun in the sky, morale around here will pick up.

Speaking of picking up the morale, "Good morning my students, I would like to once again congratulate you for winning the round, you have all fought wonderfully from your first round to this last one. There were only a few battles last round but we acquired enough wins to bring us to victory."

Behind her the screen lights up with this round's battle records, "For Fortitude battles, Dave defeated Jake, Jade defeated Jake, Jake defeated Bublecup, and Dave and Jade ended their battle in a draw. Congratulations to all of you. Now for interschool battles, Dave defeated Lemina, Jake defeated Lemina, and Jade and Lemina ended in a draw, meaning we did not lose a battle. I am very proud of all of you."

"We are once again having a special round, we are having out first tournament round. In this round, each school will start with 8 Players, totaling 16. The first round of the tournament will be in-school battles, cutting the field from 16 to 8. The remainder of the battles will be interschool and I'm sure you will all fair well."

"During the first stage of the tournament each Player may use up to two weapons, dual wielding is only in effect if one of the Weapons has that upgrade. Quarter and Semi finalists may use three Weapons, and those in the Final round may use four. You are also expected to have battles outside of the tournament."

"The first, in-school round will be on Tuesday and made of the following match ups, meaning they are the Players for the round:

Shion vs Dave
Daenerys vs Jade
Anya vs Istar
Dirk vs David

"I will stay after assembly to answer any questions you may have, good luck in the up coming round."

Comments

[mamarosa]

[Talk to Dolorosa?]

[fracturedsoul]

[ Two weapons for the first fight? Welp, Dirk is set. ]

So what do we get if we win this thing? Anything special?

[mamarosa]

You will find out at the end of the tournament, there will be a reward, of course, but we cannot give away the ending.

[spoilers]

[greenspaces]

Do we have to? Daenerys is my friend.

[mamarosa]

I'm sorry, child, you have to fight. But I'm sure you can speak with Daenerys and work something out. [pause] Just don't tell anyone I suggested such a thing. [she smiles]

[brbdocumenting]

A tournament? Okay.

[and then she's off to look for weapons]

[xroyal_bratx]

[ Dear god Ishtar doesn't even know how to find weapons but she'll have to be asking for some help here...maybe? ]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion recognises her as the girl he spoke to over the network and goes over to her.] Ishtar right?

[xroyal_bratx]

Ah.....Shion......I think..?!

[ She looked a little surprised to meet someone in person. ]

Yeah, that's me.

[brbdocumenting]

[Anya walks over to her and stares]

We are to fight.

[xroyal_bratx]

[ That's another girl...she doesn't look much older than Ishtar....and the teen just gives her a look. ]

....Really....?

[ She's not really into this fighting thing and she's just making sure she heard correctly. ]

[kingdomsgambit]

[ Oh! David's a player. Well. Good for him. ]

[ Dave's also a Player. Perhaps he should ask him...? But wouldn't that be rude, when David's also a player? Okay, geez, he's just going to stand here and do absolutely nothing. ]

[theillbeatknight]

[David saw John looking lost and made his way over, hoping John wouldn't attempt to evade him again. Being avoided had been worse than Thursday's seemingly uncharacteristic behavior; he reminded himself that John didn't recall the last 3 and a half years. He stops in front of John.]

Peixes. [...a moment. He's really hoping John won't walk away.] Please allow me to protect you.

[kingdomsgambit]

[ ...He was hoping this wouldn't happen. John blushes. He does want to walk away, though that's because he isn't sure if David is still angry at him, but he's polite enough to stay. He's tugging nervously on his sleeve, meanwhile. ]

David, if you're asking because you feel obligated to me because I am your king, then I would have to tell you that it's fine. You do not have to protect me if you really don't want to.

[pencilpremonition]

[Meanwhile the moment Shion's name came up Becca knew exactly who she was going to. But John looks so lost. She slinks over.]

Gonna be okay?

[mutesician]

[Oh, hey isn't it his new friend? Louis comes a-hopping and a-flapping over. No greeting yet, but this should be noticeable enough.]

[secretlyuseful]

Merlin was stood looking a little confused still, his shoelaces were untied because he had spent a good ten minutes trying to tie them up before the resulting headache had forced him to abandon them. Luckily he hadn't tripped yet.

He had read the rulebook, but was still confused, he looked at the names not recognising any, but since he couldn't even remember what his own name was...

[bloodandfire]

Daenerys sees him with his shoes untied and looking confused, she couldn't help bu go over and see if he needed assistance, mothering instincts and all that.

"Hello," she says and smiles at him before looking over the Player board, "You're not on the board, I recognize the names and I don't know you."

[savedbyasong]

Shion blinked in surprise when his name was called, not that he hadn't expected it. He hadn't been a Player in a while after all, and of course it was no surprise at all to see Dave's name up there.

But he had to fight Dave? In a tournament?

He didn't want to fight Dave, though Dave could easily win he still didn't want to fight his friend, it was unfair. He stood staring at the screen for a while as everyone moved around him.

[pencilpremonition]

Becca came up to Shion and moved to hug him automatically. "You're a player~! And I've got all my upgrades now~," she chirped. "Be my player, Shion, please~?"

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Alex had battled with Dave before and liked the guy, but Shion gave him a different feeling. It was more comfortable. Dave was a good guy, but there was something about the few words he exchanged with Shion so far that made Alex actually trust Shion.

He was more relaxed now than he ever was approaching any of the other people he vowed to. He wrings his hands a bit and stutters as he asks, "Shion, w-will you vow with me? I d-don't have all my upgrades b-but..." He smiles nervously.

[knightime]

Dave was looking up at the stage before glancing over at Shion. Well. This was surprising. He didn't mind fighting friends as long as it was just good game. Like when he fought Jade.

But Jade was a fighter too. Shion wasn't.

Still. He waved at the other.

[goodboybestshot]

[Jake already knew that Dirk was a player this round thanks to the Link charm. Which was fine. Dirk was probably a much better player than him anyway. And with a tournament? They were so going to clean up. So Jake sat down and kicked his feel with excitement watching everyone else bustle about.]

[fracturedsoul]

Well, this was pointless. No reason to hang around here if I can only use two weapons for the first match anyway. I'm already set.

[ He returns from his chat with Dolorosa and sits down next to Jake. ]

[knightime]

Oh. Well. This was...new? Not that it really changed anything, honestly. It just meant more fighting without having a choice with who he fought with. He's more surprised at all the Striders getting chosen this round. But hey, they were fighters. And so was Jade.

He felt bad for Shion though. Shion was definitely not a fighter.

But now he needed to find a Weapon. And it looked like his usual choices weren't available. Shit.