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

[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.

[unflinchable]

When the system is unfair you fight until it can be changed, this is more than personal revenge, it is to better the lives of all those who reside here.

[oh but he's confused]

A gel?

[whitestknight]

Any system is there for a reason, unfair or not. [ aaaand then they're distracted back onto the medicine topic ]

Gels are medicine from my home world. I often forget they aren't universal.

[unflinchable]

The system was set in place for a reason, of course it was, but that doesn't mean it's not an outdated system. There are better ways of handling things.

[also this mysterious medicine > the system]

And you just swallow them?

[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.

[unflinchable]

It is very unfair, therefore someone must do something about it, and I will.

[ecthelion]

...We will.

[unflinchable]

[Arthur cracks a smile at that]

Yes, we will. We need to plan first, of course, and it won't do us any good to attack right away, we need to bide our time. As much as I am against fighting females, there is a time and a place for anything. She must have a weakness.

[ecthelion]

Right... If that means waiting for another round, I'm willing to wait.

For now, though, I can be your Weapon. I think you'll like it.

[unflinchable]

I am willing as well, one of us needs to be a Player to put this plan in action though. If it is plausible to do it this round, then we will.

[he nods once] I vow to protect you then.