Conquest round 12

[kingofpoisons]

When all the students were gathered for the assembly at twelve noon on Sunday of Round Twelve Day stepped forward her face stern. She was joined on the platform by Santana and her team of Prefects; Flynn Scifo, Cino, Suzaku Kururugi and Golbez. Conquest had two more prefects but they were both unconscious.

"Good morning." Those who had been in Rakuen long enough would know the warning of her tone. The lack of extra raks in their bags the day before would have told them that they had lost this last round, though those following the battle records carefully might be a little confused at that.

"I would like to remind all of you that though I wish for victory, victory can not be achieved without participation and last round it is in participation that you failed."

A ripple of pain went though the audience as the battle records went up. "There were no Conquest only battles, disappointing. How do you expect to improve when you do not practice." Pain rippled through the Players of last round.

"However Ein beat Dirk Strider, well done Ein, Aly beat Onozuka Komachi," no well done for Aly as she was no longer a member of the school, "And Isabela beat Dirk Strider, well done Isabela." Day's eyes narrowed, "America lost his battle." America would be hit with a penalty, not too strong though.

"But at least he fought... you lost the round because of lack of fights, something you will improve on next Round.

Her eyes glittered and she took a bite of apple. "You all know the price of failure but let me tell you the price of not fighting at all is worse."

With that Arthur Pendragon was hit by a full level penalty. Day glared at him the whole time, even if he had already been punished with a fine she had to make her point felt.

The punishment went on for five minutes, anyone who moved or spoke got hit.

When it was finally over she glared at the audience. "Turn it around in Round Twelve, go out there and win, but more importantly fight. Anyone who fights less than three times will regret it next week."

With that the names of the unlucky Players of Round Twelve came up.

"Golbez
Suzaku Kururugi
Samuel Henderson
Cirno
Arthur Pendragon
Stellaluna"

Comments

[straightupzorra]

[talk to your head prefect?]

[she's annoyed, be warned]

[unflinchable]

[Arthur tries really hard not to react to the warning penalty. First he just grits his teeth and tries to bear it, but it gets worse and worse. He rubs his forehead and pinches the bridge of his nose trying to relieve the pressure that's building up there, but nothing seems to work.]

[Eventually, as his vision swims, he is forced to take a knee, and stays down for the remainder of the assembly.]

[When it ends, it takes Arthur a good few moments to rise again, he looks a bit shaken but determined nonetheless. No one was going to attack him like that and get away with it.]

[He planned on two things: fight as much as possible to show off his worth, and make Day pay.]

[whitestknight]

[ Once the assembly has ended and the prefects are free to move, Flynn heads over to Arthur. It says something about Conquest that he already has painkillers in his pocket for just these occasions. He offers some now. ]

For the pain.

[unflinchable]

[He looks at Flynn with a blank expression but takes the pills. He examines them though, they're not exactly like medicine he's familiar with]

Medicine? Thank you.

[he doesn't really know what to do with them so he just holds on to them for now]

That was the warning penalty I've heard about, then? She'll pay for doing that to me.

[whitestknight]

It is an unfair system, but I can't recommend seeking personal revenge. It won't accomplish anything. [ ... oh right, he forgets that medicine here is strange. It's been too long. ] Ah, about the medicine- you swallow them. Like a gel.

[ecthelion]

[Arthur had helped him once before. It was natural to be worried about him.]

...You all right?

[unflinchable]

[Arthur rubs his forehead]

I'll be fine. Day, on the other hand, will not be.

[ecthelion]

That... sounds good. It's not right for her to treat us like this.

[ecthelion]

[Ein had no way of knowing that those battles weren't listed chronologically. And even if he could, his head hurt a little too much to think about it.

No one with this authority deserved to treat their subordinates this way.

Whether or not Day was a demon, it wasn't right. But now wasn't the time to judge. Without the ability to draw a weapon, how could he fight?]

[swordofzero]

Suzaku had spent most the last Round in a coma but he was not surprised to see his name on the board. He frowned at the display at the end, recognising the victim as the man who had came third in the tournament. He checked his glove, and saw that Lelouch's name wasn't on it, he must be a Player as well.

He looked round, looking for people who hadn't found Players yet.

[gottakilldaves]

Jack was standing at the edge of the crowd, scowling as usual. His name wasn't up there this round, either. Talk about a pain in the ass. It was obvious to him that all these idiots didn't know how the fuck to win a fight, except maybe Aly and that Ein guy. Except now Aly was missing, so it was back down to one possible non-failure. Now what?

If he knew anyone's names, he'd probably go out and start sizing the round's players up. Since he didn't, he stuck to his spot at the edge of the assembly, keeping an eye out for anyone who looked like they might be a player. His gaze eventually met with Suzaku's.

He probably could've just walked over at that point, but fuck that. Jack continued to stand in his spot, giving the kid a bit of a challenging death-glare. Are you man enough to vow with this asshole?

[swordofzero]

Suzaku met the eyes of the glowling man before going over. It didn't look like he had a Player, unless he was a Player. The way he was glaring Suzaku did not doubt he would be up for fighting and finding a way out.

"Hello." Suzaku nodded politely.

[gottakilldaves]

"You looking for a Player, or a Weapon?"

Jack wasn't too big on smalltalk. He folded his arms, trying to look intimidating because... that would help his situation, maybe. He hoped this kid was a Player, that'd speed things up so much. The kid didn't look like much to him, but neither did most of the other students. Those who'd been around longer probably knew more than a thing or two about fighting, though, so who knows. Maybe he'd be surprised.

Anyway, the discard rules were stupid and the food was shit. Getting stuck with any Player at all was better than that.

[kingofpoisons]

[Dare you approach Day? Warning she is not happy, in case that wasn't already obvious.]

[stoppedhiding]

[ Golbez is irritated by the punishments, but he can handle them. He's used to them, and it helps that he feels like he deserves them.

Still, he approaches Day. ]

A moment, if you have one.

[kingofpoisons]

Of course Golbez, what do you want?

[witchofspace]

[Jade is hardly happy about these penalties and what have you-- to her, this was just bullying.
Head of the School or not, she doesn't tolerate bullies.
She stomps right up to Day after the conclusion of the ceremony, hands on her hips and expression none too pleased.]

Excuse me Miss Day, but I think you're being very rude! It's not our fault we're here, and maybe if you were to be more specific on why you want us to do these things, maybe we wouldn't have this problem! And who cares if we lose against the other school, this should be fun and not a horrible competition! Failure shouldn't be something to be feared, it should be something to learn from! If you're gonna treat us all like dumb trash, maybe someone else should be the leader!

[A small growl is coming from her throat.]

[kingofpoisons]

[A raised eyebrow] It's not my fault you're here either miss Harley, and I want you to do these things because I want you to be successful. Simple as that.

[Another raised eyebrow, since Day's idea of things that should be fun didn't include being sent to different universes and becoming part of an endless combat cycle.]

And I suppose you think you could do better?

[justaflowergirl]

Yuka just stared at Day, absolutely stupefied. -This- was how she thought you could motivate people to fight? This made less sense than the time those three fairies thought that blowing up Daiyousei's house would be a great way to get her to join their cause!

The will to fight was a delicate thing, hidden deep inside everyone's heart. Nurtured with water and sunlight, it could grow until it became the power that could even save the world. What exactly did she think would happen if she kept digging up those seeds to check on them because they weren't growing fast enough for her?

Before this assembly, she'd been thinking it'd be good to be a Discard this round. It'd mean no fighting, but she'd have plenty of time to get to know the plants around campus, which had seemed like a good trade.

So much for that idea.

[frozenmemories]

After her moment of sitting on the platform, Cirno had decided to just go with it. She was still being very wary about the whole threat that was looming over her head now was keeping that fear hiding in her expression. She spotted Yuka and flew over everyone's heads to get to her quickly.

"Yuka! You didn't get hit did you?"

She hovers at eye level, looking concerned and not explaining what she means as usual. She knew those penalties well at this point, even as she was preparing herself for one heading her way once this round ended. She didn't look very thrilled.

[justaflowergirl]

"Huh?" She thought back. There'd been a twinge of something earlier, but it hadn't really stood out as something abnormal. Was that what Cirno had been referring to? "... I'm not really sure."

[frozenmemories]

[Cirno stood completely still through out the assembly. She remembered what happened the last time she had moved during one of these and wanted nothing to do with it. At the announcement of players, she was already looking for who to vow with when she heard her name. Her head whipped towards Day with a look of shock and a bit of fear. She made her way to the edge of the platform, staring at her glove as she sat on the edge.]

Oh no......Not now....What do I do?

[themiraclemiko]

Sanae could have spoken up. This was something she felt wasn't right. But something told her that it wasn't worth it. That was, until she watched one person fall on one knee, apparently in major pain. In reaction, she took a step towards him, and immediately grasped her own head. "Ah...!" She fell over for the rest of the penalty, unable to do a thing but focus on something other than the pain.

Once it stopped, she slowly got to her feet, feeling a bit dizzy. "That... what..."

[frozenmemories]

"Sanae! Are you alright?"

Cirno came charging across with worry. She knew how those penalties were and did not like seeing others get hit with it. She made her way over to her side and was trying to help steady her. "You gotta be careful about those penalties. They really hurt..."

[themiraclemiko]

"I'm... I'm fine." Well, she knew she would be, once she was able to wrap her head around what just happened. "Why is she punishing people like that...? It's not right." She wanted to march right up to Day and ask, but it had looked like a few others were doing that same thing. Maybe it wasn't the best idea...