rakuen | Conquest round 12

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"

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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.

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.

"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."

"Well...Did you get a headache or anything?"

After that question, she plowed onwards into her tasks, "You get to be a Weapon this round, Shouldn't be that hard. Some people come in and are Players right away! Now you just have to vow with someone. If they are nice, they will give you all your rights and you don't have to worry about too much, or go to the later classes...."

She smiled at this, trying to hide the fact she was not expecting this to be easy at all. She lands, shifting around a bit. She wanted to ask but at the same time, didn't want to.

"...I want to ask you to be my Weapon but..." She lowers her voice a bit, blushing as she admitted this, "I don't wanna lose you in a fight. I'm not the best at this Player thing."

"There might have been something like that... it was just for a moment though."

Yuka contemplated what Cirno was saying. It seemed like she had very different ideas of the advantages and disadvantages of player, owned weapon, and discard. Yuka did have to admit that free access to the forest would be nice. The other "rights" didn't really seem all that significant to her, but she supposed other people had their own priorities.

Yuka hugged Cirno. "You shouldn't worry so much. If your mind is filled with doubt, how can you do your best? And even if you do lose me, I won't be gone. Someone else would be able to call upon my time, but we could still talk to each other and do things together... well, maybe not this." She chuckled a bit. "We'd still be friends. And that's the most important thing."

She let the smaller girl go and stepped back a bit. "Besides, I have no intention of being passive despite the way some of the documentation describes Weapons. There's more that I can do to help than just letting you pull a weapon out of me."

That hug got her to relax a bit although she was still worried about everything. She did offer up a smile and a hug back though to show she appreciated the hug.

"I know..but..This is my third time being a Player. First time I didn't win a single fight and then last time..."

A pause. She tries to think how to explain it without going overboard. She is quiet for a good long moment, looking down at the ground before looking back up, her features schooled into a serious look.

"It was bad. Not only did I lose...Someone attacked Miss Day...so not only did we get punished for losing, we also got it for someone hurting her. I wanna believe that this round will be different."

She tilts her head a bit at the last bit, now curious, "What do you mean? Help me how?"

Yuka shook her head a bit at the mention of Day. "I just don't understand what she thinks she can accomplish with this approach." The part about an attack seemed strange. It didn't sound like it was in the context of a proper battle. That raised several questions in Yuka's mind, but this didn't seem like the time to pursue them.

"Well, you've probably never fought with a parasol, have you? I can give you some tips on how to use one well, and we should be able to practice some too."

"Miss Day is just that way...Even in class. So I dunno. But we haven't won even when someone is trying to get everyone to the same cause so..Maybe it's just us?" She shrugs a bit at this, Being here so long has taught her a few thing, most of them were not good things.

"I haven't. The only thing I'm kinda used to is a sword....but I can learn! I won't let you down!" She looks determined as she says this, floating up a bit into the air. She wasn't as worried now, focusing on one thing now.

Yuka frowned. "I have my doubts." Then she shook it off. There was no point in dwelling on it now.

"We should find someplace private to do that today then." She looked down at her hands, noting the lack of marking. "Once we actually vow, that is..."

Cirno blinked and looked down at the the glove on her hand, "Oh...Right. I forgot about that." She frowned at the blank thing for a moment before grinning up to Yuka once more, "I vow to protect and fight along side you with all of my strength! Also to give you all your rights as a Weapon by my side."

As she says all that, she bows a bit. It almost sounds like she had this rehearsed, or at least had this in her head for a while. Even though she liked being a Weapon, she did have some idea of being a decent player..even if she had not proved that fact yet.

Yuka smiled. "Then I'll join my strength to yours, and let us walk this path together." Was that affirmative enough for the system? She checked her hands again. Apparently it was.

Yuka smile grew wider. The whole situation with Day still chewed at her leaves, not to mention the other issues that had come up since she arrived here, but right now her heart was focused on one thing...

She was really looking forward to this!

After looking at her glove to make sure that the vow was with her and not someone else, Cirno's smile widened as well. She didn't trust the system right now and was glad it was cooperating with her at the moment. She was hopeful for this round now, trying to ignore the failures of the past. She threw her gloved fist up in the air with a happy laugh.

"Let's win this!"

Conquest round 12

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