[on the platform: attn. all characters]

[utopiamods]

Rakuen is warm in the noon sun, not humid enough to be uncomfortable but bright enough to make the transition from train to platform momentarily disorienting. The group greeting you is rather large, but also rather uneven - on one side, ten students in black and green; on the other, five in red and white. Whilst the green group are all fairly average, all teenagers other than the tiny, frail woman leading them, the red group are a tad more varied. One of their girls is tiny, the size of a small child, and her wings are beating patterns in the warm air. At the other side of the group, a warlike man looms over his comrades.

When they notice the arrivals, one out of each group steps forward. A lively teenager with ridiculously long red hair is the first to speak.

"Excuse me! Over here!" That's all she's contributing for now, her counterpart steps forward from the red group to continue. He explains, more calmly, that they're all prefects of Rakuen, from the two battle schools on the island. Fortitude - the girl in green waves - and Conquest. They all arrived just like you did, weeks or months before this.

"Please," he finishes, holding up a clipboard. Which seems rather unnecessary given how few names he has to read, "Come forward when we call your name, and we can answer your questions. I'm sure you have many."

As the Conquest prefect, he reads, "For Conquest school: Yuka Kazami," and leaves it at that.

"I'm Sora," the girl adds, "We're from Fortitude. Come ask us anything, even if I don't read your name! Let's see... Asagi, Juri Arisugawa, and Shion."

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FORTITUDE

[allurprincess]

[savedbyasong]

Shion blinked in the sunlight. He had not thought he would ever see it again, in the darkness of the correctional facility such things as sunlight seemed to belong to a different world. A world he had left behind and wasn't sure he would live to return to.

He hadn't found Nezumi; he still didn't know where he was but there were people here and despite the uniforms they did not seem like military or officials. Instead they looked like... school children.

He listened to the blonde man, taking in the information even if it made little sense. Battle schools, an island, a city that was not No. 6 or any of the other cities.

There was no such place as Rakuen city...

But he was here and the red haired girl was calling his name so Shion stepped forward feeling self conscious of his bruised face and the blood on his shirt. "Hello, I am Shion."

[pencilpremonition]

"SHION!" Becca screamed as soon as she saw him. She rushed forward and moved to wrap her arms around him, almost immediately bursting into tears as soon as she had seen that yes, it was him. She'd thought she'd lost him, and she'd been so very, very upset.

[savedbyasong]

Shion turned to the sound of his name being screamed and was taken aback when a girl who he had never met before hugged him. Why was she crying? Had he done something wrong?

He had noticed the hat, he still had no idea what was going on but he understood that those with the hats were in charge. "Please don't cry miss."

[allurprincess]

"Welcome!" Sora was halfway through a greeting before she paused, "Er, wait. I mean, welcome back?"

[savedbyasong]

"Welcome back?" Shion blinked in confusion, "What do you mean?" He looked around, he had never seen anything like this place before in his life.

[afraid_of_my_shadow]

Alex runs over to Shion, excited, but looking worried as soon as he noticed the blood. "Sh-Shion! Wh-what happened? A-Are you okay?"

[savedbyasong]

After the crying girl and the confusing red haired girl Shion wasn't as surprised as he could have been at the boy knowing his name. "Yes thank you..." He paused, not knowing the boys name. "I mean, I am confused. I still don't understand how I am here."

[knightime]

[This is dumb. This is dumb. This is dumb.

Why would you even make Dave a prefect?

Regardless, Dave spots Shion and approaches him. He's wary though. Shion didn't look like he knew what was going on. Dave wasn't going to get his hopes up either. He's gotten used to his friends coming and going and coming back with no memories.

He stands in front of Shion, hand held out to shake Shion's in greeting.]

[savedbyasong]

[Shion blinked at the child who had approached him, he had a hat as well. Shion shook his hand a little awkwardly, it wasn't a gesture he was used to.] It is nice to meet you, I am Shion.

[He might already know that, Shion was very confused about how people knew him here.]

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi is smoking another cigarette by the time names are called and looking rather laid back for someone who just got transported to a strange city. He approaches Sora, "It is Nanami. Nanami Asagi." He gave his name with given name first. Guessing by the school uniforms and the name of the stop, this place was at least from a similar Japanese culture as the one he left. "Is this a sub-dimension?"

[allurprincess]

"Nanami, got it." Unfortunately for him, he was talking to an idiot. Sora paused at his question, mouth half-open, then nodded. She didn't look sure.

"A sub-dimension. I think that's it!"

[the_stand_cometh]

And he was a detective of sorts. Reading that she had no idea what he meant was easy. "You aren't the brightest one. If you aren't any good at lying, you probably shouldn't."

Re: FORTITUDE

[jurist]

Juri strode off the train onto the platform, trying to maintain an air of confidence. She paid the group of uniformed students little mind, assuming that they couldn't be talking to her—until the red-haired girl called her name. It must be some sort of misunderstanding; Juri would just have to go over and explain matters, and then this would all be sorted out somehow.

"I'm Juri Arisugawa," she told the girl. "But your list must be mistaken—I don't attend this 'Fortitude school.'"

[knightime]

Dave lets out a silent sigh and approaches Juri. He has his PDA in his pocket, but he also brought a notepad and pencil to write on. He flips it to a blank page and holds it out to the other.

'You've been enrolled whether you like it or not. It's better to just read the manual you were given and at least participate classes. If you need an explanation on how this place works, most of the prefects, like myself, are qualified to inform you. You can't leave this place even if you tried.'

His handwriting was easy to read at the very least. He preferred his PDA, but not everyone seemed to understand what they were.

CONQUEST

[whitestknight]

[Picking up from the end of the conversation below...]

[justaflowergirl]

Yuka stepped up to the young man who Cirno had indicated she should talk to. "I'm sorry, but I was so surprised to see Cirno here that I missed everything else. I'm Yuka Kazami."

[whitestknight]

"Flynn Scifo," he replied, "I'm glad you've found somebody familiar, at least."

[themiraclemiko]

Sanae calmly approached the prefect, her confused look still present from the train. "I-I'm Sanae Kochiya... I think." Ow, suddenly she forgot the word 'Kochiya' like it had never existed. "My name is Sanae, I know that much..."

[whitestknight]

"A pleasure to meet you--" he paused at her confusion, but didn't comment - she would regain it soon, if it was one of her losses. He hoped. "Sanae. That's a start, and you will remember the rest soon, I'm sure."

Off to the side

[frozenmemories]

[Cirno had quickly hidden herself from view, behind another person, the moment she spotted the new arrivals. She was interested in who was to show up but at the same time, she wanted nothing to do with them for the most part. Why try and make friends who were just going to dissappear anyways, so she decided to be shy today so she could see if any of the people stuck around.]

Re: Off to the side

[justaflowergirl]

Yuka stepped out of the train, absentmindedly flipping open her parasol.

Ignoring the waiting group of people for the moment, she took in the landscape. A wall to the north, with unfamiliar buildings behind. More to the northwest, not to mention the structure she was standing in. And there was a certain strange feeling in the air. Suspicion turned into confidence.

She was no longer in Gensokyo.

Before she could contemplate this further, her subconscious began to nag at her. Like she'd seen something familiar, when she'd glanced at the apparent welcoming committee. But that was ridiculous. She didn't know anyone in the outside world.

There it was again. A flash of light? She stepped forward to get a better look... and stopped dead in her tracks. The flash was revealed as sunlight reflecting off wings made of ice, the wings of someone she hadn't imagined she would see here, had never seen like this at all.

Rucksack and parasol fell to the ground unnoticed. Yuka's entire attention was riveted on this sudden sight.

"Cir... no?"

[frozenmemories]

Hearing her name being spoken made Cirno look around at the group she was standing with. Once she realized that none of them had called her, then turned to the new arrivals. She came out of hiding with a very confused look on her face. Someone in this group actually knew her?

"Yes...?"

She took a step forward, quickly spotting the woman who called her name. She thought hard for a moment and the resulting headache from trying to remember the woman's name or how she knew her made her wince and place her hand to her forehead.

"I'm sorry...I don't remember you....Who are you?"

[themiraclemiko]

[It took her a moment to realize... hey, she'd seen this fairy before.]

Hey! [She noticed her for a split second; that hairdo and bow combo gave her away fairly well. It was odd, but Sanae felt like for some reason this was one of the only memories she had.]

[frozenmemories]

[Cirno wasn't paying too much attention to the newcomers. She heard the 'Hey!' but looked to the wrong people, trying to find out who was calling and who they wanted. She then turned at spotted the girl staring at her.]

...Can I help you?