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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2012-07-01 01:26 am

On the platform: Meet the new characters

As you all crowd onto the platform, which is drenched with sunlight though the air is cool you are met by six girls and ten boys. One of the boys seems to be a blue Hedgehog and one of the girls has wings; but the rest all seem human. All sixteenn 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 - nine depicting a shield on green, the other seven a sword on red.

At the first lull in the chatter, a frail looking girl with a shield on her cap steps forward.

"Excuse me, may I have your attention please!"

She explains that the sixteen of them are the current prefects of Rakuen, representing the two schools on the island. Nanami (she gestures to herself), Lelouch, Yuri, Sonic, Jade, Sora, John, Rebecca, Dirk and of Fortitude; and Santana, Flynn, Kevin, Gino, Suzaku, Golbez and Cirno of Conquest.

The introductions are over fast and the girl named 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; a boy and a girl step forward and begin to read names from a clipboard.

Golbez, the Conquest prefect made an imposing figure, standing there with his perpetual glare on his face, as he read off the names. "Dave Strider, Cheshire, Isabela, Jade Harley, Jack Noir, Hideki Hinata, and Hiyo Shishidou."

Despite what seemed to be a broken leg slowing her down, the Fortitude prefect; Jade looked almost excited in her prefect's outfit and neon orange T-shirt that came to her knees. "Okay, the people I read off are for Fortitude! If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them, but please don't threaten me with violence... Komachi Onozuka."
gottakilldaves: (dont know how to help)

[personal profile] gottakilldaves 2012-07-02 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Took what away from you, your fucking memory? What the hell are you talking about, who's been taking shit from you?!

[and now he's grabbing her by the shoulders instead HE IS REALLY CONCERNED

violently concerned]
gottakilldaves: (FUCK YOU THAT WAS MY FAVOURITE EYE)

[personal profile] gottakilldaves 2012-07-02 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Just answer the goddamn question!

[because violence and threats solve everything and he's lacking in the coatful-of-knives department, he's gonna try and lift Dirk up by the collar next]
greenspaces: short hair (there is still something worth fighting)

[personal profile] greenspaces 2012-07-02 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Stop!

[ Jade is I guess going to crutch over looking OFFICIAL!!!! ]

Put him down right now!
fracturedsoul: (i'll never forget you but i'll be gone)

[personal profile] fracturedsoul 2012-07-02 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Wow is this really happening. Dirk quirks one eyebrow, and he's just going to remain completely passive whilst Jack is holding him up by his collar. Mainly because he knows that in retrospect it's going to be more hilarious that way. ]

Jade, help. [ ...he said in a completely flat, deadpan tone of voice. ]
gottakilldaves: (HEY BITCHFACE GUESS WHAT)

[personal profile] gottakilldaves 2012-07-02 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jade catches him totally by surprise, and he actually does lower Dirk enough to touch the ground. But he isn't letting go just yet.]

I was just asking him a goddamn question, mind your own business!
missedflyball: (well it didn't go so well.)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-02 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[When Hinata steps off the train, he's waiting for his name to be called in the midst of this awful confusion. Wow was his head hazy. First that crazy dream, now something about some crazy schools...

He remembers disappearing from the afterlife, but he doesn't remember why-- is this where it lead?? Another messed up high school to be trapped in? Just. Perfect.

Of course, he doesn't hear his name... Well he hears 'Hinata' which is his last name and what everyone calls him anyway, but he didn't recognize any 'Hideki.' And he'd remember if his name was Hideki, right? He approaches the prefect with a bit of a confused look, shouldering the bag that had been with him on the train.]


Hey, I didn't hear my name! What am I supposed to do?
stoppedhiding: (r u for real)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-02 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He glances down at the boy in confusion. ]

What is your name? There's never been anyone unaccounted for in the past.
missedflyball: (no that can't be.)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-02 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[He pauses for a moment. Any attempts at recalling his first name are... not working.]

Err... Well my last name is Hinata? I heard that, but not my first name.
stoppedhiding: (rrgh)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-02 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Golbez is starting to get a headache. ]

What is your first name?
greenspaces: (pic#3860822)

[personal profile] greenspaces 2012-07-02 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ '-'!!!!!!!!! ]

If you don't let him go, I'll have to give you the penalty for...for harassment!
fracturedsoul: (pic#3571923)

[personal profile] fracturedsoul 2012-07-02 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
My hero.

[ Yeah, that would probably look better than Dirk penalizing Jack himself. Which he'd been considering doing. ]

Jade, this guy's a psychopath. I'm so scared.
missedflyball: (you say something?)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-02 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's searching his head, hold on... Nope not there.]

... Err.... I don't know. I can't remember.

[He's not helping that headache, is he?]
gottakilldaves: (i dont wanna)

[personal profile] gottakilldaves 2012-07-02 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[ugh fuck

He takes a good, long moment to glare at her, but... well, it's still Jade, and he still kind of owes her. Even if she apparently doesn't remember it or something? It's confusing.

So with a scoff he finally lets the kid go, making sure to give him a good shove on the way down.]
I was just trying to ask him something and he was being a little shit, Jesus Christ, you can calm down.
stoppedhiding: (frown!!)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-02 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Nope. He rubs at one of his temples. ]

I don't understand how we are meant to function as a cohesive unit if such vital memories are removed from new arrivals.
missedflyball: (it's a long story.)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-03 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
What?? You mean... I forgot my own name?

[Well, okay, that was a stupid question because he just established that he can't remember his first name...]

Err... nevermind. But, what do you mean by removed memories?
stoppedhiding: (Default)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-03 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
It's a method our overseers use to enforce our cooperation with their game. They remove our memories, which can be regained at the cost of participating in a game called Exaclan.

You can find the details in the manual with which you were provided.

[ He's not the most talkative prefect. ]
missedflyball: (sweet light.)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-03 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Cooperation?? They took our memories ransom so we'd participate? Err, wow, is it that bad?

[Geeze, this place took way more precautions than the place he came from...

He blinks at the mention of a manual. Oh, that'd be helpful. Hinata pulls his bag off of his shoulder and opens it up, and sure enough, manual!]


So we have to go to school or we don't get our memories back?? That's kinda cheap, isn't it? [He gives a bit of a laugh, though he's not sure how amused this guy will actually be. Golbez seems... grumpy.]
stoppedhiding: (r u for real)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-03 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, Hinata. It's that bad.

The schooling is not directly related to regaining our memories. If anything, it's a nuisance in the way of the true objective of this city: To battle one another and earn this city's currency, which we must use to purchase our memories.

[ Golbez is extremely grumpy. He's not amused at all. ]
heroiccia: (I'm CIA)

[personal profile] heroiccia 2012-07-03 07:28 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, I've been here for a while. Are you? [He's guessing that she is, either that. Or she was from the other school. Either one was cool with him, of course.
missedflyball: (eh?)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-03 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Lighten up, you're making him nervous...]

Sooo what's the point of it if all this is-- wait, battling for money?? [Okay now you've got him concerned.] What is this, some kind of Battle Royale thing?

[He glances back at the train.]

... Can I go back??
Edited 2012-07-03 07:32 (UTC)
sobsprite: (Beggin Strips?!)

[personal profile] sobsprite 2012-07-03 07:33 am (UTC)(link)
Well there's Astronomy classes and Government, and a bunch of different fighting classes. I'm not really any good at any of them.
stoppedhiding: (dramatic and pretentious keyword)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-03 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
It's nothing of the sort. Only a few of the abductees are expected to fight at a time; the others serve as the weapons, providing items that apparently exist in a holographic state within their bodies until the time at which the players require them for battle.

[ He glances also. ] No.
missedflyball: (hey hold on!)

[personal profile] missedflyball 2012-07-03 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Sigh.] Thought so.

Still, we're being forced to fight. For money. Like it's some kind of game.

That doesn't strike you as... I dunno, at least a little bad?? Are you actually supporting of this or something?
stoppedhiding: (r u for real)

[personal profile] stoppedhiding 2012-07-03 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not supporting it. I'm simply informing you of what's expected of us. We haven't found a way out, but we do have reason to believe that playing along with the system will, in the end, grant us our freedom.
knightime: Art by mirrorshards (fucking poodles)

[personal profile] knightime 2012-07-03 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
[That sure is Dave walking in a obnoxiously bright, neon pink t-shirt. Jesus fuck, he's actually wearing that shit...

He spots Jade.

...Oh okay. He quietly sneaks up behind her before flicking one of the dog ears. Sup Harley, sup.
]

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