Assembly [Both Schools]

[musicalee]

On Sunday morning, a day that dawned bright if a bit crisp and cold the screens on the campus' instructed everyone to go to their foyers at twelve as normal. The Conquest students would see Day stood on stage with Santana, Cirno, Yuka and Suzaku. The Fortitude kids would see Dolorosa stood with Becca, Alex and Yuri.

However the two headmistress' were not the one who spoke, instead the screens flickered to life and it was Dunleavy's face that smiled down on them. "Hello students and teachers of Conquest and Fortitude, welcome to those who are new and I hope that those who went on the school trip last week had a fulfilling time. You all did well and the winners of our competition will be announced when they are compiled."

She smiled at them again, "I hope you are all ready to get back to work, and study hard this week. I will leave you to your studies with the list of those who are Players this week." With another smile she disappeared from the screen and the list came up.

Conquest:
America
Yuka Kazami
Cirno

Fortitude:
Komachi Onozuka
Sora Himoto
Shion

Comments

Fortitude

[secretlyuseful]

Merlin had been glad to sleep in a bed again after the week camping, he stood with the others listening to Dunleavy speak. When she was finished he went to look for those he knew, mostly to check he wasn't a Player again... he really did need to regain his memory soon...

[ferriedmemories]

Oh, here's someone. At the moment she seems to be wut-ing at her Player streak.

[secretlyuseful]

"Hello Komachi!" He smiled at her, "My name isn't up there is it?"

[ferriedmemories]

"Not today!" she smiled equally back. "You have good timing, I was just about to start looking for Weapons."

Fortitude

[savedbyasong]

Shion was very quiet after the camping, it had been difficult and he was glad to be back in a city; he wondered what kind of person that made him.

When his name came up on the screen he paled... He was a player? He had never been a player before. He looked around like a cat caught in the headlights.

Fortitude

[the_stand_cometh]

Asagi came up to Shion after the assembly ended, hands in pockets as always. "Interested?" He figured the boy might like the chance to turn the tables and he owed him at least that much.

[savedbyasong]

Shion blinked. He was surprised Asagi wanted to be his weapon, though ideas of turning the tables were far from Shion's mind.

He wouldn't let anyone be a discard though, so he nodded. "If you want to, I will vow with you..."

[the_stand_cometh]

"I am going to need a player, after all. Izumi probably will too," but he wasn't going to force Izumi to vow to the same player, even if he expected it.

Conquest

[swordofzero]

Suzaku stood on the stage not paying attention, he was glad his name wasn't called, it meant he could just sit this round out. Being a discard wasn't too bad, he was just glad he wasn't a Player, he should be allowed to have others under his protection. He fiddled with the newest memory charm on his wrist, the one that he had found on his pillow when he had returned to the city.

Conquest

[mean_one]

Hikaru wonders over, hands behind his back and a grin on his face. His link charm was visible under the half-buttoned shirt he didn't let Kaoru finish buttoning today. "So, I meant to apologize for how I acted before. Would you like to be our player?"

Of course he meant Kaoru, the other half of the link charm, who would undoubtedly be close behind him.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku blinked at him, it was the kid... the one who had been angry. He remembered his twin arriving the week after.

"Apology accepted. Though I am sorry I am a Weapon this week." He told them, "Cirno is a Player though," he gestured at his fellow prefect down the stage from him, "You could ask her."

[mean_one]

Hikaru swallowed, embarrassed. "Oh, well, it was worth a shot." He leans back, playing it cool as he looks to Cirno. "I guess," he didn't know much about her though.

He looked back to Suzaku with a sly grin, "By the way, how do you start a school club here?"

Fortitude

[knightofwhat]

Sora looked around. She didn't see the other Sora anywhere. (And that was just so weird! They hadn't really had a chance to talk, so she still wasn't sure what to make of that. She hoped the other girl was all right...) So that meant she was probably the one who was a Player this time.

And that was weird too! None of the way they used the terms made sense, what they did didn't make sense. And everyone was so nice!

... Well, okay, that last wasn't actually a problem. People being nice was good! But Sora was feeling a bit down anyway, since something that'd seemed so clear-cut when she arrived wasn't holding up.

"What am I even doing here?" she whispered.

[savedbyasong]

"Is everything okay Sora?" He knew this wasn't the same Sora he knew, but he had seen her on the camping trip and she seemed nice.

[knightofwhat]

Sora blinked. "Oh. Hi, Shion."

"... Hey, you've been here longer than I have, right?"

[savedbyasong]

Shion nodded, "This will be my fourth week now." He thought she had only arrived the week before.

Conquest

[frozenmemories]

Cirno at this point was not surprised at all to hear her name being called for player. But she did not look happy at all as she glanced about at the gathering. So many people gone or just not waking at all...

She didn't even wait to talk to anyone after the assembly ended, hopping off the stage and slowly walking towards the door. She took the hat off her head and clenched it in her fist. She didn't even look interested in trying to get vows, her eyes on the ground.

Conquest

[justaflowergirl]

This was really getting out of hand. So many people had disappeared, and it didn't seem like they were any closer to doing something about the whole situation.

And there were so few players this round, too... that would make things harder.

It struck Yuka that it would be a good idea for someone to talk to the new people. Suzaku didn't seem interested in that or anything else, which was probably understandable. Cirno... Cirno wasn't doing too well either. She wished she could do something to help, but now didn't seem like a good time... and she still worried that she might just be making things worse. And Santana was herself.

Which left Yuka. What a way to grow a garden.

She spotted Apollo first, and so headed over to talk to him. "Hello. Have you decided what you're going to do this round?"

Re: Conquest

[notabunnylawyer]

Apollo couldn't help but notice that not many of the others in his dorm seemed to be in very high spirits. For his own part, Apollo was just staying quiet, trying to figure out what was going on. He'd already been told a little about the combat... and that every week, some would be doing the fighting while the rest were left as weapons. Was that what this assembly was all about?

When the green-haired woman approached him and asked that question, Apollo rubbed at the back of his neck, awkwardly. "Round of the... fighting, right? I'm not so sure I want to do anything. I'm not, uh, much of a fan of violence."

Re: Conquest

[justaflowergirl]

Yuka smiled. "Something like that. There are other things going on, of course, but a great deal is influenced by it in one way or another."

"I've met a lot of flowers since coming here who feel that way... I don't really understand it. But one way or another, some are required to participate... especially if you'd like to see your home again."

Re: Conquest

[notabunnylawyer]

"Flowers?"

He looked a little confused by that term, but the rest of it was clear enough. "I don't think I'd even make for a good participant, honestly." Apollo crossed his arms over his chest, "Is that really the only way to go back? By giving in to what our captors want? It's one thing to have to live to work here, but this entire system of fighting is barbaric!"

Apollo was already aware that leaving seemed impossible, but there had to be some other way to do it! He was too stubborn to just sit back and accept it. And who but a sadist would kidnap a bunch of people to make them fight?

Conquest

[sword_that_protects]

Aria patiently awaits for the assembly to conclude. Once done, she notices Yuka's name is up on the Player list. Could this be her lucky day? She had made such a good friend of Yuka, and Yuka had been her first Player ever. Might she be willing to take her back?
[in the smallest corner of her mind, something starts nagging at her for slowly replacing Cecily with Yuka.... but Aria is still not completely aware of this happening]

In the crowd, Aria spots a head of green hair. Not recalling any other teacher or student here with the same phenomenon, Aria quickly weaved her way through the crowd, calling, "Yuka! Hey Yuka!"

Re: Conquest

[justaflowergirl]

Yuka had just finished talking with Apollo when she heard Aria calling her name. She smiled to see one of her favorite people here approaching. "Hello, Aria!"

Re: Conquest

[sword_that_protects]

"Hey! I was wondering, would care to be my Player again this round?"

Aria thought it only courteous to ask Yuka regardless that the two of them had barely been separated since that "fateful" breakfast when Aria first arrived in Rakuen.

Re: Conquest

[justaflowergirl]

"Of course! I've really enjoyed spending time with you. I think I'm starting to get the hang of using a sword, too..." She'd even managed to make a pretty good showing against one of the staff during the trip... although the format of that match had been strange.