[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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[kingdomsgambit]

John steps up for Sora, crossing his arms.

"No need to be caustic about it. To be fair, nobody has any idea where we are, other than the place is called Rakuen. Call it a sub-dimension, if you want."

*CLINGS*

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi smiles at John, "It would be silly to call it a sub-dimension if it's not. It would be like calling you ugly." He already liked John. Without a thought he stands up for his peer. Honor was a good trait in humans, so long as they didn't take it too far.

[kingdomsgambit]

That... was unexpected. John adjusts his collar, laughing nervously. "Ah. Well, you do make a fair point, though I'm not... one to argue about names and semantics. Call it whatever you want. Within reason, I suppose."

What were they talking about again?

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi leans a bit closer and slips his hands into his pockets, still smiling. "Reason is a dubious thing, but I believe we can settle on it being at least a closed realm." He wasn't exactly hiding his gaze as he looks John up and down with piercing yellow eyes.

[kingdomsgambit]

John takes an awkward step back. Oh, he knows that look. That's the same type of look people give to 19-year old, charming kings.

"I... am flattered. By the interest."

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi didn't stop looking at John with interest, but he did dial down the intensity. "I said nothing about interest."