rakuen | Assembly [Both Schools]

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Assembly [Both Schools]

By Sunday morning the translation system was back online. Signs were readable to everyone and each screen ordered students to the Battle Arena for 12 noon. Prefects were sent out to make sure no one leaves the campus until that time and then gathered up everyone to take to the battle arena.

Once everyone was seated, the prefects taking up the first two rows, the staff appeared. All of them looked grim; even Recette who's usually cheery face was gone, Dolorosa had an expression usually worn by Santana. As they came to stand in a row in front of the students, it was Dunleavy that stepped forward.

"As I am sure you are all aware, yesterday there was an attack on the Exaclan system and the city of Rakuen itself. I first would like to apologise for the inconvenience and the amount of time it took to get the system working again. Luckily there was no permanent damage."

That was the easy bit, Lee blinked, they hadn't had any sleep at all, working until the early hours to help repair the system. Considering the six of them did not share a common language, it had been a difficult process. The next bit was harder; she hated punishing people. She always felt like she had no right to. But she did, she had taken on that right and responsibility when she became mayor and this was a serious attack.

Perhaps they had been too soft with them, experimentation and trying to cheat was one thing. But this was an entirely different category.

"We have, of course discovered the perpetrators of this crime." She nodded, sending Santana and Nanami to collect Suzaku Kururugi and Lelouch vi Britannia from the stands. They were both prefects which was disappointing. Lee would have hoped they would know better.

"Lelouch vi Britannia and Suzaku Kururugi were both found to be the ones that began the attack." Though she had a feeling she knew which one had had the idea. The other didn't seem intelligent enough.

At least they were responsible for each others wrong doings, and so Lee didn't have to punish an innocent.

"You have both been found guilty of attacking the city of Rakuen." She paused, because giving the accused a chance to speak was considered civilised in most worlds and cultures.

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Aria was off to the side, not having made any friends yet, looking thoroughly confused, yet the idea of pain was not making her react in any noticeable way. None of these names meant anything to her.

Alex noticed the girl who looked rather confused and alone. He takes a bit of pity and heads over to her, worrying his hands. "U-uh, h-hello? You're n-new, right?"

Aria raises her hand in greeting. "Nice to meet you! You're right; I just arrived on the train yesterday. To be honest, I got a little turned around on may way to this assembly." She thinks maybe she should study the campus map a bit more. "That aside, I'm Aria!" She introduces, lowering her hand for a potential hand-shake.

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Alex smiles at her, "I w-was h-hopeless when I f-first got here. You sh-should be fine!" He stares at the hand a moment, not sure if he wanted to take it, but took a small, calming breath and shook her hand a moment before it became awkward. "I-I'm Alex. It's n-nice ta meet you."

Alex might notice Aria's hands are rougher than the typical well-dressed woman.

"Alex. A very nice name for such a cute guy." Aria gives Alex a quick wink.

"Would you be willing, by chance to answer some questions for me? For example, what is it, exactly, that happened? Does this have something to with the weird language thing I noticed on this device I was given?" She holds up the PDA, still unsure of the device's potential.

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Unfortunately, Alex didn't meet many well-dressed women, let alone shook their hands. Frankly, the outfit was a bit too revealing for the shy boy, and the comment on him being cute just made him go red from ear to ear. "A-ah, yeah. Some g-guys attacked the system that r-runs this place, and the l-language servers broke, s-so you m-might not've understood anything."

He smiled, taking out his own, more than happy to explain technology at least. "See," he pulls up a post he made a while back announcing the rave he had on Saturday, "This i-is a message. Y-you can send one t-to anyone, or t-to everyone, like this one i-is. Then p-people c-can reply to you." He pulled up a new message and went through step-by-step how to made a text post. "You c-can also do videos a-an' audio p-posts if you g-got the upgrade."

While Alex explained the workings of the PDA, Aria got up close and personal to see over his shoulder. His stuttering was really cute too.

"Wow. That's really something. Who knew such a little thing could do so much?" Aria was so fascinated by the device, she temporarily forgot all about the spectacle that happened in front of the assembled students. "A rave - that's like a party, right? It feels like forever since I had some fun like that! Though...." She looked a little forlornly in the distance. "...I don't really have much of a wardrobe. All I have is this and the uniform I found in that bag I got off the train. Wait, that's red. I CAN'T WEAR THAT! IT'S NOT GREEN!" Aria began fretting, ringing her hands and walking little circles a little ways away from Alex.

Alex got even more awkward and stuttered worse as she stood over his shoulder. He was about to explain a rave when Aria starts freaking out. He puts his hands up, palms out in a calming gesture, "C-calm down! I-I'm sure we c-can figure something out! M-maybe you c-can talk ta the Headmistress!"

It was an odd reaction, but generally in this place, that meant something was forgotten.

Aria continued walking in circles, occasionally stopping only to mutter to herself before continuing on the track she was wearing into the ground. ..."Green...green... not red. Green...green... not red. I can't wear red. Have to wear green..."

Alex approaches her like he would a wild animal and very cautiously reaches out to touch her shoulder, "A-Aria?" For someone who has had so many of his own panic attacks, he was not always the best with dealing with someone else having one.

"Huh?" Aria starts at his touch. After a brief, sharp pang in her head she notes the worried expression on Alex's face. "Oh, sorry, I don't know what came over me." Aria stared at the ground a moment to collect her thoughts. "You mentioned a rave, right? That is like a party?"

Alex smiles nervously, "Y-yeah, b-but with loud m-music and l-lots of flashing l-lights. I-it's p-pretty awesome." Was she always like this?

"That sounds a bit rambunctious! I'm sure it was fun though. Do you have any intentions of hosting another? I would love to have some fun like that!" With the last comment, Aria gives Alex a sly wink and giggles, as though she were hinting at something else.

Alex was about to say yes, he was planning to have more of them, but hearing that last bit, it came out as, "I-I-I h-have a g-girlfriend!!"

"Oh sweetie. That's OK. You're cute, that's all." Aria gives him a reassuring smile [at least, she hopes it's reassuring.] "No need to worry about little ol' me."

Alex is Not Sure about this. He just smiles back awkwardly, "A-all right...."

"I didn't mean to cause you alarm, Alex." Looking away for a minute, Aria decides to change the topic, hopefully allowing Alex to open up a little again. "You mentioned 'video/audio' upgrades for this 'PDA'. I think I have those." Aria hands Alex her PDA. "Could you show me how to use those too?" So as not to interrupt his personal space so blatantly this time, Aria shifts to stand next to him, instead of over his shoulder and breathing into his ear.

Alex starts leading her through the different functions. "Oh, a-and soon at the store, y-you'll be able t-ta get a program I made that k-keeps track of who's a player, wh-who's a weapon, and e-everyone's statuses."

"That seems like a 'nifty' feature. When it comes out, if I get it, will you help me to figure it out?" Aria had a poker face on as she wondered if she'd ever get the hang of this technology thing.

[Alex grins proudly,] I installed a t-tutorial that t-tells you h-how i-it all w-works.

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Izumi looked around for a moment once the assembly was finished, spotting someone all by themselves. With a smile approached, leaving Asagi to his own devices for the moment, and bowed before her.

"Intrigued. My name is Izumi, and I couldn't help but notice that you're by yourself. Are you a new arrival as well?"

"Intrigued? Flattered. Nice to meet you, Izumi. You are correct, sir, I AM a new arrival, hence my solitary state. Is that the reason for your approach?"

Aria avoided giving her name to this Izumi character, for he was very fair and beautiful for man. Being a lover of pretty things, she decided to be wary of "purity" of this "jewel"; looks could be deceiving.

Izumi nodded.

"Indeed. Nobody should be alone in unfamiliar surroundings. It can be a terribly frightening experience."

He smiled a bit.

"Curious, but with a touch of polite caution. I'm afraid I didn't catch your name. You're welcome to keep it private if you wish, but you'll leave me with no choice except to think of you as either rude or excessively frightened if you keep it to yourself after I've offered my own. I mean you no harm, after all."

Aria considered his words carefully, curious as to why he was speaking everything out loud regarding what he was feeling. "I'm Aria. It was not my intention to seem rude, my apologies."

Izumi smiled brightly.

"Understanding. I didn't mean to imply that you were being rude, merely that if you don't wish to give off that impression then you should choose your words with greater care. In any case, all is forgiven."

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