rakuen | Conquest Round 17

When the students and teachers of Conquest filed into the hall for assembly Day stood with her group of prefects on stage looking not too impressed.

"Good afternoon," She greated them, "I hear that congratulations is in order. The third tower is open, even with your small numbers you succeeded. I am almost impressed."

She gave them a stern look, "But you only drew. I have told you before that drawing is not acceptable." A ripple of pain went through the audience, nothing serious. Indeed for those who were relatively new and had not seen Day at her angriest then it was possible they might think they had imagined it. A mere brush, a warning.

"Congratulations to Arthur Pendragon and Flynn Scifo who both won their battles, Cheshire; I hope you try better next time." Cheshire would feel pain then, just for a couple of seconds.

"The mayor will now speak to you." The screen flickered to life behind her and Dunleavy sat on the other side smiling kindly. "Well done, you opened the third tower and are one step closer to your goal. I hope you all enjoy your rewards and use them wisely. I shall now read to you the next part of the legend."

The previous parts of the legend came up on the screen behind her and Dunleavy began to read.

"Once, the Knight had not eaten for many days. All grew dark. The path was no longer clear, but the Knight did not waver. On the path, the Knight found a silver bowl, and in the bowl was a meal fit for a king. At first, the Knight suspected a trick by the Demon Lord. But at that moment, a tiny, pale bird flew across the path. Into the bowl fell a single rose petal. The Knight ate of the meal, and became strong again." There was a silence and then Dunleavy smiled again, "I hope the next round goes well for you."

She faded and Day looked back to the audience. "The next group of Players better win, and fight more. I know their aren't many of you but even more reason to fight with everyone you can. You need all the strength you can get." The list of names came up on the screen behind her.

Cirno
America
Arthur Pendragon

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At least one of those players was easy to spot as she just decided to fly over their heads and land in a open spot. She looked pretty mopey still but she was out of her room and not just taking off just yet.

She spots Yomiel and heads over, trying to offer up a smile, 'Hey...Are you okay? Ya look kinda upset?"

She wasn't one to be talking but still, She had things to do and Weapons to find!

Oh, it's - the fairy. That's still odd to accept, but then again, you'd think ghosts are unscientific as well. So...

"I'm fine." His expression slides carefully back into neutrality. He isn't going to say what he was worried about as long as no one else here knows of his little advantages yet.

"...you wouldn't happen to know who those new players are?" A nod towards the screen - he really only knows one or two people's names as of yet, so he has no idea.

"Okay...if you are sure about that.."

She frowns a bit, looking at him curiously before it hits her. She's never actually met him. She saw him on the platform before she took off like usual but still!

"Yeah, I do. America is cool and Arthur is strict but a good fighter and Cirno...Well that's me!"

She crosses her arms over her chest for the moment before nodding, "So who are you?"

"I am." And he'll just leave it at that.

- ah. So she's one of the Players? Well that was convenient. Not that he minds at all, starting to grin slightly. Right, he'll ask her first then, and if she says no - he'll try the one not described as strict next. He doesn't want strict, though he still thinks he could just disobey a Player despite what was said in the handbook.

"Name's Yomiel. Do you by any chance need a Weapon?"

She doesn't push the issue and shrugs it off.

Cirno blinks at the question and smiles a bit, "Of course! All players need a weapon at some point. It kinda gets nasty if you don't and Miss Day makes the penalties worse on you. Not a good feeling at all." She knew better by this point. Almost every time she's been a player she's been punished but she won't say that out loud.

"If you want I can vow you. Do you have any of your upgrades yet?" She's been floating slowly to eye level as she speaks, curiosity taking over.

"Worse penalties, eh? Something like what she just did?" A nod towards the headmistress, quietly digging for information. And, if that was right... hm. He'd been a touch jealous of the Players before, but if he thought about it, they were just as bound. They apparently had to find Weapons and fight, while Weapons were only limited in movement unless they vowed themselves... which only made it stranger that apparently none were fighting back. Not that he was going to mention that with Day still nearby.

"I do." Rather blandly spoken - he doesn't really want but he needs easier access to places. "Then it's a deal?" A short pause on upgrades - if that breaks the deal - but then she'd find out soon anyway. "Not as far as I'm aware."

"Yeah, I've been hit with them and..." She looks away at the next part, not proud at all of what was to be said, "Sorta caused some of them. I want to win so Miss Day won't be so angry with us and won't cause worse pain." She taps the ground with one foot for a moment, trying to think things through.

Cirno then looks up and smiles brightly, "It's a deal! I can get you a few upgrades, I have the raks to spare. I'll head over to the shop after all of this calms down okay?"

Again, his respect lowered a bit for the other residents here. This was a normal thing, and no one fighting back? ...well, he certainly wasn't going to lag about. Might not be able to do much as a Weapon, but as soon as he was a Player or found a Player willing to cooperate, he'd see if this headmistress could stand against an attack. Who knew, they might even kick him out if he just tried that, and that's what he wanted.

An expression of light shock flickered over his face for a moment, though he quickly hid it. "...that would be kind of you."

The fairy just grinned happily and nodded, "Not a problem. We have ta stick together around here to try and figure out how to go home eventually!"

She seems rather cheerful for what all she just said, "Besides, We gotta fight for those who have gone home. They keep taking people we care about as we go along." And there is the reason.

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"Right. ...thanks." He still hadn't expected help like that. Giving away information? That was free and made people owe you a favour. So why not. But this... oh, and he'd owe her a favour for it, wouldn't he. Well, he'd deal with that when it came up.

Wait - "Taking people?"

That smile fades from her face quickly. Her wings droop a little bit and she bites her lip for a moment.

"Yeah..I've been here since Round 2 and a lot of people have disappeared. I think this is the smallest the school has ever been. I know a lot of people that have been here and then just up and vanished one day. You'll know they are gone when they leave a upgrade ring and memory charm on their beds...Like Neph did today."

She looks down at the ground. She looks more like a little girl then a long lived fairy at this point.

"...vanished..." Well, that's interesting. "No idea to where or why? Or who might have taken them?" He juggles the options of either the headmistresses or maybe whatever had taken them to this island in the first place - probably the latter, unless the two are one and the same. He hadn't gotten that impression previously, though. "No sort of evidence beyond..." He hesitates for a moment before repeating, "- that 'upgrade ring' and 'memory charm'?" Upgrade ring's been mentioned, but memory charm - he remembers a dream or something, but...

It takes him a moment to remember that if he wants to keep his cover as a perfectly normal human for the moment, then he has to at least pretend that seeing other people's sadness affects him. He slips a look of concern onto his face and adds quietly, "...hey, you alright?"

"Pretty much. Their weapon shows up in one of the towers though and right now it's all guarded by these shadowy things..Oh yeah! Their name gets taken off their dorm room too."

There is a pause before she shakes her head, "No..I'm not alright, Too many people I made friends with and fought along side of have gone. But I'm not giving up just yet..There are people here still.."

"...so it's someone, or something, related to those towers. And who knows enough to remove names..."

After a moment of hesitation, he gives a small, sympathetic smile - though it looks a bit... off, if you pay close attention to it. He can only pretend so much. "Well, knowing this 'game,' -" or rather the sense of humour someone who'd engineer this would have " - they'll probably show up again if we win or something like that." Encouragement doesn't hurt him, and if they do manage to 'win'... better try for two possible avenues of escape, not just one. Winning might be a second.

Conquest Round 17

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I'm so sorry I'm so late with this.

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