Round 9: Conquest

[kingofpoisons]

To those who had been in Rakuen a while it was a normal Sunday, the screens telling them to report to the foyer for assembly at 12, Santana making sure that no one got lost or tried to skip.

For those who were new it might seem strange, the angry looking woman on stage surrounded by students in Berets. Flynn, Feferi, Kevin, Suzaku, Golbez and Gino; the prefects of Conquest were joined by Santana when she finished dragging stragglers in.

Day stepped forward and everyone in the audience would experiance a sharp pain. It only lasted a second though and she sighed looking... not angry. But disappointed.

It was potentially more dangerous.

"I know you are better than this. You are either not trying, or this is some form of rebellion but it will stop."

She shook her head, "Some of you," America would be getting a headache as she spoke, "Didn't even fight before the deadline. You barely fought with Fortitude at all. It will change this round."

The Battle Records appeared on the screen behind her. "For Conquest fights, Cirno and Lemina Ausa, Cirno won." Lemina was hit by a penalty, hard enough to make her stagger. "Feferi Peixes and Samuel Henderson, Feferi won." Samuel was hit, "America and Lemina Ausa, America won." Lemina was hit once more.

"Against Fortitude you were pathetic, Lemina lost to Dave," Lemina was hit once again, and to Jake, and she drew with Jade." Just a twinge of pain for that last result, a draw was better than a loss after all.

"But." She glared at them, "At least Lemina actually fought against Fortitude," all the Players but Lemina were hit this time and the battle records faded.

"You better get your acts together, for this next round is our first tournament. A chance to prove your worth and I hope that you do not let me, or Conquest down."

She smirked at them, "Conquest have been chosen to fight first on Monday, which means even if you lose your match you will have to fight again by Thursday or you will be fined. Those that win will fight in the quarter finals, you may use two Weapons for your first fight, chose wisely. Fights outside the tournament are also encouraged, for practice and to gather the Weapons most likely to help you win.

And you better win."

The list of Players came up on the screen, but this time they were in pairs, the list of the first fights. Day read out the names.

"Nunnally vi Britannia vs Stellaluna
Kotaro Mochizuki vs Samuel Henderson
Jadesprite vs Duzell
Sis Strider vs Arthur Pendragon."

Comments

[kingofpoisons]

[She sticks around looking stern, in case you want to talk to her.]

[straightupzorra]

[Or if you don't want to talk to Day, you can always talk to Santana]

[Lesser of two evils]

[Maybe]

[pennypincher]

[ Lemina doesn't want to talk to Day. But she has to yell at someone.

Also she is crying. ]

This is so mega unfair! If it's a fight someone's gonna have to win and someone's gonna have to lose. We can't make it so none of us ever lose!

[straightupzorra]

But you can make it so we don't lose every fight we participate in. We were just pathetic this round! Pathetic!

[sobsprite]

[She doesn't remember her name, so of course she has no idea her name is up there. So she just kind of floats off away from the group. Sniff sniff]

[straightupzorra]

...Jade? What the hell happened to you?

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku sees her name on the board and sighs, he goes over to her, knowing that she doesn't remember her name.] Jadesprite... How are you feeling today?

[anotherpath]

A tournament round?

[Yuki doesn't bother keeping the question to herself. They seem to have unique round after unique round lately. She didn't think she could be surprised again, until she was. Again. A tournament round makes sense though, she probably should have thought of that earlier.]

[There are a lot of unfamiliar names on the board, new students, meaning they'd have less upgrades and would probably not fair well against the more seasoned fighters... Maybe she should go find Sis.]

[unflinchable]

[Arthur is uncomfortable in the school uniform but he figures it is in his best interest to blend in with the other students, but it doesn't mean that he has to like it. The uniform doesn't offer and of the security of his chainmail, or any of the comfort of his tunics.]

[But when the tournament is announced, he grins smugly. A battle tournament and he is to be involved. He could do this. He could do this with his eyes closed.]

Where am I to go to acquire a weapon?

[imperceptible]

Yo. [At Arthur's elbow, there is a young boy looking up at him. His hands stuffed into his pockets, he's looking directly at the other man, figuring his question marks him as both new and a player.]

How are you with guns?

[unflinchable]

[Yo? How rude could you be? Do you even know who he is? Obviously not. No one knows who he is here, no one except Merlin at least. It's really annoying]

A gun? What type of weapon is that?

[bloodbrother]

[Sam weathers his punishment, though feeling this kind of pain is kind of new for him. He wondered how much more he had to be given for it to feel the same as the others.

He rubbed his temple and sighed. But then they announced the tournament matchups. He was against Kotaro.

He didn't have any words yet. He thought he might be able to beat him, but he didn't want to have to. But then again, Kotaro was a born vampire, and even if he was a child, he could easily be stronger than himself. He probably looked a little dumbfounded.]

[stoppedhiding]

[ Sam, again? Golbez didn't think twice before approaching him. ]

If you are interested, I'm willing to once again serve as your weapon.

after the Golbez thread

[babysage]

[Kotaro hadn't been able to find Sam before the assembly, but once their names were called out he started to search for him. He didn't mind having to fight him, since he knew they would still be friends no matter who won!

Sam was attacked by a hug from behind and a smiling Kotaro] Hello Sam!

[swordofzero]

Suzaku glared at Day the whole way through the assembly, he had been a Player enough to know that the punishments hurt. A tournament was interesting though, though it was just another way to force them to fight. When the names came up on the screen he frowned even more, Nunnally...

He looked round the room for her, he didn't even need to check with Lelouch.

[forthward]

[is a bit to the side watching the screen with a frown and worried face]

[babysage]

Kotaro was a Player again! That meant he had to find some Weapons to fight with and to protect! He went around looking for anyone who looked like they needed a friend.

[frozenmemories]

Cirno was shaking off the penalties near by. She wasn't thrilled with her performance last round once again so was glad not to hear her name called. She spotted Kotaro and flew over to him with a smile, "Hey! Congrads on bein' a player again!"

[forthward]

[a... player? I've never been a player before]

[trollofthree]

Stellaluna, huh. [ guess who's just shown up next to your chair. ] Never heard of them.

[ he seems to be taking it for granted that they're teaming up. Because. Well. Obviously. Plus, there really are no rules that say he can't just pick up his weapon and fight for her whilst she flies out of range of any attacks. ]

[sanguine_corruptio_lamia]

[Duzell is, as expected, standing away from everyone and just watching from the background. He looks bored by the announcement, even though he himself is a participant.]

[babysage]

[Have a small child watching you and waving if you look towards him.]

[bloodbrother]

[As he walks by, he suddenly gets a whiff of vampire. He can tell this guy's the srs business type, but opens his big mouth anyway.] Ah, excuse me, I don't believe we know each other. Are you new here?

attn: stellaluna! c:

[whitestknight]

Only half of the names called were ones Flynn could recognise with anything more than the brief familiarity double-checking the school registers could get you. That was the problem with burying yourself in paperwork for a week. Theoretically, he knew everyone on the roster, but he hadn't met many of them face-to-face. It was incredibly impolite of him.

Of course, even then, he met the students in his lessons, or in the corridors and courtyards. The teachers, in meetings. That meant that many of those names had to be entirely new to the school. He stood in silent contemplation for a while longer, his Link ensuring that he didn't have to actively look for a Player to be participating.

[vespertinity]

Pip had been placed on a chair at the edge of the room for the "assembly", but hadn't been able to see. There was a big thing next to her, though (curtain? She thought she had heard someone call it a curtain), and it was easy to grip onto. The curtain had seemed simple to climb, but it kept moving whenever Pip moved.

She had climbed high enough to see what was going on. When the assembly was over, she started climbing down. It was more difficult than she'd expected, and partway down she slipped.

Whoops.

She landed on something yellow that wasn't as soft as it looked and laid there trying to get her breath back.