On the platform: Meet the new 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, six 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 young man wearing shades steps forward first.

"Excuse me." A second boy, a few years older and more serious looking steps forward from the red group. He explains that they're all prefects of Rakuen, from the two battle schools on the island. Fortitude - the boy in the sunglasses and the others dressed in green - and Conquest. They all arrived just like you did, weeks or months before this.

"I know you have many questions but first please come to the person who calls your name."

He looks down on his list to double check "For Conquest, Nanami Kiryuu, Hukaru Hitachiin, Madotsuki and Aria."

"If I call your name," the green-clad boy had stepped forward again, "it means you're with Fortitude, a.k.a the slightly more awesome school. Brittany Pierce, Jules de Ferrier, Izumi and Furiae."

Comments

Conquest

[swordofzero]

[moorecowbell]

Nanami is dressed in a cute gold sundress for the moment, and she holds her bag tightly.

"Excuse me," she says. "But while Conquest is by far an appropriate name for any house of someone of the Kiryuu family and since I'm in it OBVIOUSLY the best house, I did NOT sign up for this!"

She folds her arms and huffs. "I'm quite done with swords and fighting over stupid things that don't matter! I demand to know where my..."

She pauses. Brother? ... sister? Brother, no, that person had to be a brother, even if that brother was a she. Were they a she?

"Where my brother is!"

[swordofzero]

Why did Suzaku always get the angry ones. The ones who demanded to be sent back and never listened. "None of us signed up for this, your brother may be here, he may come later or perhaps not. If you give me his name I can check."

[moorecowbell]

"I..."

She bites her lip. She can't remember his name, or his face, or... anything, really. But no one else must know that.

"You wouldn't be worthy to know his name. Tch. And what do you mean, no one signed up? Do these people simply kidnap students from other, more superior boarding schools then?"

[jurist]

Juri had come to the platform out of idle curiosity; she hadn't been expecting to see anyone she knew from home. She especially had not been expecting to hear this particular strident voice echoing through the station. But there was no mistaking it.

Why her? Juri couldn't help wondering. Of all the students at Ohtori, why was it Nanami who'd shown up? Why couldn't it have been someone a little less, well, high-strung? Like Miki, maybe. Or... well, all right, most of the Student Council was hardly any better, Juri had to admit.

Still, a familiar face was a familiar face, and Juri couldn't just ignore her. So she approached Nanami, smiling pleasantly. "What a surprise to see you here."

[moorecowbell]

"Miss Juri!?"

She'd wondered if anyone else she knew was here, but of all people--why not her brother (whoever that was) (was it Juri? No, it couldn't be) or Tsuwabuki or someone useful?

"Are these people kidnapping Student Council members for a chance at the Rose Bride or something?"

If that was the case, then maybe her brother would show. She'd settle for Miki though, he was sensible and easy to deal with.

"They say we're here to duel, but I thought that whole idiocy was over with? And besides, I never understood what the big deal was about stupid nerdy..."

She paused. What was her name? ... didn't matter.

"Stupid nerdy Rose Bride girl with her stupid glasses and her stupid... stupidness."

[mean_one]

Hikaru marches up to Suzaku, grabbing his shirt. His slightly rough voice cracks as he demands, "Where is Kaoru! What did you do with Kaoru!"


[[ooc: I am so not sorry. Feel free to smack Hikaru, or knock him back, or whatever. He's just very upset.]]

[bloodbrother]

"Hey! Slow down there!" Sam said as he grabbed Hikaru by the back of his collar and his back belt loop. He lifted him about six inches off the ground without seeming to care.

[mean_one]

Hikaru flails, trying to hit Sam, or Suzaku- it really didn't matter. "Let me go! Give me back Kaoru!"

Re: Conquest

[landedonmars]

[Madotsuki had been slightly confused as to where she was, and looked around at the new 'dream world' she thought she was in. It was different, and certainly the people in her dreams rarely talked. Which is why she lazily blinked and drew forward with mild surprise as her name was called.]

This is new. [muttered she, who walked towards the group of people without much struggle, or confusion.]

[swordofzero]

Madotsuki? [Suzaku asked, as it was the only name on his list not ticked off.] Welcome to Rakuen city.

[landedonmars]

[she blinked in his direction, and cocked her head to the side, pondering on why someone in her dream would be speaking to her. they normally spoke to her in beeps, or noises.]

I'm Madotsuki. Where am I exactly? Why am I here? Conquest? [odd, and strange all at once.]

Re: Conquest

[sword_that_protects]

"Well, this is definitely not Housman anymore. Ah, and I was so expecting to wake up to plush, squeezable Cecily." Aria walks up to the man who called her name. "Hello! I am Aria! This place is sooooo beautiful! But I must ask, why am I here?"

[swordofzero]

Well at least she wasn't punching him. He ticked her name off, "Hello Aria, my name is Suzaku Kururugi. You have been brought here to fight, there are two battle schools in the city and everyone brought here must fight for their school." He started off simply, not wanting to overload her with information.

Fortitude

[fracturedsoul]

[ wow sorry for the delay ]

[brittspierce]

Britt steps out of the train and looks around her with wide eyes. She's not scared, she's not wondering how she could here or how it could be possible. She's actually quite happy and excited. Looking around again she's kind of glad that she's not in her cheerleader uniform. She would stick out quite a bit...not that that had even been a problem for her before.

When her name is called she bounds up to the boy with a huge grin on her face. No she's not excited at all. What on earth would give you that impression.

"Fortitude? It already sounds awesome."

A pause just for more looking around, "I had a dream like this once. Where a train took me somewhere magical...except in my dream there were unicorns Is this place magic?"

[fracturedsoul]

Dirk raises his eyebrows at the girl's reaction. That's certainly a new one.

"Not really. The fighting each other with removable soul weapons shit sure seems like magic, but it's actually predicated on some super-advanced virtual reality computer software. Sorry to disappoint."

[straightupzorra]

Santana had been walking around making sure that the Prefects did their job. Well, it used to be her job but someone had to take over after they were gone. It's then, after she checks up on Dirk and sees if he has any food for her (which may be the real reason she's checking up on him), that she sees Brittany.

Or, to be more precise, she hears him. The comment about Fortitude has her turning her head, it's such a familiar voice and one she wants to hear more of, even if she's spouting pride for the opposing school. But it's the comment about dreams and magic that really has her.

"Brittany!" It's within that moment that Santana pulls Brittany into her arms and hugs her hard, "You're here again. In Fortitude?"

Re: Fortitude

[love_debased]

Furiae waits politely for the prefects to finish their little introduction before approaching, trying to remain calm through all of this. Even though there were people... attacking the prefects on the other side. Um.

She stepped timidly up to the boy who seemed to be in charge for the moment, wringing her hands a little. "Excuse me, but I believe there's been some kind of mistake..."

Notably, her arms are unusually long, which might have something to do with the white feathers running all down her forearms. Also, she has a tail. A weird segmented tail that looks kind of insect-like, poking out under her white dress.

[fracturedsoul]

Dirk is just ignoring the Conquest side of the platform for now. He sticks his hands in his pockets as he raises an eyebrow at Furiae.

"In your case specifically? 'Cause none of us particularly want to be here."

Re: Fortitude

[remitter]

Izumi blinked and took a moment to examine the situation he found himself in. School. How long had it been since he had been in anything resembling a school? And now he found himself, he presumed, enrolled in one.

He smiled a little and headed for the green group without a single word or a hint of fuss save for a polite bow. It was better, after all, to go with the flow until he could get more information, something he intended to gather from the boy with sunglasses the moment the opportunity presented itself.

As he approached the group he paused. That scent. His smile grew ever so slightly as he approached the green-clad boy and took what he assumed was his place in the group. At the very least he would get answers soon if Asagi was close by.

[fracturedsoul]

Dirk turned an eye to Izumi as he approached. This guy at least seemed like he wouldn't be any trouble. Lucky Dirk, getting stuck with platform duty on a nice, easy week like this.

"Any questions?"

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi was nearby, but in his suit, not his school uniform. It was Saturday after all. He is watching the proceedings and has noticed Izumi in the group- It was hard to miss him with his height after all.

Rather than approach him, Asagi hung back, letting him check in with the prefect. His tie was undone and he was lighting his cigarettes with matches rather than his lighter. He could wait until Izumi was finished to talk.

[trageteas]

It would be a lie to say that he'd ever been in an odder situation than this one. More difficult to cope with, certainly, but even as a child there was at least some information to find a way to wrap his head around. Needless (?) to say, not knowing was much worse.

He blinks when his name is called, having half-expected to be ignored or told that he must be in the wrong place. It seems almost prudent to run away at this point, but years of quietly obeying his "superiors" has resulted in an attitude that isn't outwardly rebellious. A bit more slowly than the others, he steps forward, looking the man he was just directed toward up and down. (Part of a school? He doesn't look it.)

"'Fortitude', is it?" he asks, resisting the temptation to express his displeasure instantly. "And what is that supposed to mean?"

[fracturedsoul]

"Not a lot," Dirk admitted as he looked up from the sheet to Jules. "The assignments are pretty arbitrary."