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Rakuen Moderators ([personal profile] utopiamods) wrote in [community profile] rakuen2011-02-05 10:33 am

Round 1 [new characters and round announcement]

You're falling, and you can't remember why. It's a sickening feeling that makes your insides lurch; the darkness and the vertigo combine, and all you can think of is a story you heard once, somewhere.

- I remember now. It's a simple story that everyone knows. A legend of a Princess, the Demon Lord who kidnapped her, and the Knight who fought to save her.

The Demon Lord had kidnapped the Princess countless times, but every time the Knight bested his challenges and rescued the Princess.

No matter what tricks and ploys the Demon Lord used, the Knight would always triumph in the end. This was because--


The world tilts on its axis one last time, and the dream slips from your mind as easily as it arrived. A new voice intrudes on your sleep.

"Next stop: Academy Main Entrance. This tramline terminates here; all change. Next stop: Academy Main Entrance. All change."

Sunlight streams through the windows of the long carriage, making the seats almost uncomfortably warm beneath its waking passengers. The air is muggy and thick, the atmosphere deeply tired. Your nausea settles, slowly. The last of the dream fades.

"We have arrived at Utopia. Repeat, we have arrived at Utopia Academy. Could all passengers please leave the tram, as it is terminating here."

The tram pulls to a stop outside the academy station, and the students onboard are ushered off and directed to the front lobby of the school. They can't miss it; there are signs up pointing toward the main entrance, reading "New student orientation" in big, bright letters. If anyone should care to move off the path, try exploring somewhere else, a teacher will conveniently appear to shoo them back toward the lobby, assuring them that "all your questions will be answered inside".

The lobby is big and spacious, looking more like a university or perhaps a fancy international hotel than a high school. Stood around are any number of students in the uniform of the school. Some of them even look awake. There are several receptionists at the desk towards the back of the lobby, but for now they seem busy with paperwork.


[ Note: the round announcement will go up in a thread once you've all mingled. ♥ ]
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[personal profile] trollofthree 2011-02-06 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's what we've been doing." He rested a hand on Anya's head, companionably. He'd missed her, unsurprisingly. "Did you find the Knight of Seven yet? Haven't seen him yet, so he's probably still asleep..."
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ed stays quiet for a moment, frowning while his mind works furiously to figure something out. There has to be another option. Preferably one that didn't end in death.

"The punishment is just losing tokens? What happens if we lose all of them?"
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[personal profile] trollofthree 2011-02-06 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"Right! You can," he corrected.
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
More great news. This whole situation was fantastic.

"Perfect. Guess it's just as well, they're not exactly the listening type..."
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[personal profile] loyal_liar 2011-02-06 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
At that, Lyra grinned from ear to ear. Even if she was still confused, and very, very worried about what was going on, there was one bright spot!

"When can I start?" she asked.
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[personal profile] loyal_liar 2011-02-06 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure! It en't like I know anyone here, anyway. Do you want me to make that oath?"

Well, Lyra's thinking along similar lines anyway.
aureus_veritas: (how many people wanna kick some ass)

[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Without missing a beat Ed whirls back around on his heel to face the girl, setting a glare on her.

"Do you ever try thinking for a second before you open your mouth to talk? 'Cause I'm sure that if you did, you'd have already figured out that I don't know the answer to that!!"
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[personal profile] trollofthree 2011-02-06 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
This he could work with. He grinned right back.

"Just get into a fight! Challenge someone tomorrow, and use my weapon."
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
His frown deepens. "If whoever brought us here really wanted us hurt or worse, I'm sure they'd have done something to that effect by now."
loyal_liar: (huh?)

[personal profile] loyal_liar 2011-02-06 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right. Can I practice with you beforehand?" Lyra had learned at least a little bit about making sure she was ready, after all.
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[personal profile] loyal_liar 2011-02-06 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're probably right. They did have us all unconscious," although Lyra's really hoping this isn't another Bolvangar.
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Exactly."

But that brought up a whole other set of questions in need of answers. Ed falls silent for a moment, brow furrowed while he thinks. Why have all these people been brought here? And who's behind it all?
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[personal profile] summerstars 2011-02-06 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Grenn looked up at the blond and raised an eyebrow. He wasn't thinking... Probably was. She shook her head.

"Technically, nothing... But you'll continue losing them, and if you want the memories they took away, it's gonna be hard with tokens in the minus," Grenn said with a grimace. "And... I don't know. They might decide to do something else, if taking tokens isn't... uh, deterrence enough."

She really hoped he wouldn't get the idea of doing something like not participating. She shook her head.
"Trust me... Last round two of the children attempted to play an ordinary board game after having drawn the weapons to get around the fighting part..." Grenn looked up again and gave him a brief, direct stare. "There was tokens docked, and the penalty warning. On children."
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[personal profile] loyal_liar 2011-02-06 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I just hope this en't some kind of experiment," is Lyra's next comment. Something about the staff here reminds her of the people at Bolvangar.
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[personal profile] formerly_known_as_prince 2011-02-06 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
No, she usually doesn't.

"Sorry about that! I guess we'll both have to try to find that out!" She says, her voice completely unchanged so despite her apology it sounds still as if she's arguing with him.

And she stalks off...right in the direction he's going anyway. She can be found arguing with the hapless clerk, gesturing profusely.
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[personal profile] trollofthree 2011-02-06 09:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course~!"

He wanted her to win, so he'd even show her how to fight with a polearm. How magnanimous of him. "I'm your possession for now, anyway. What you say goes. I'm in the Pale dorm, okay? 1-B."
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
An experiment.

That makes the serious look on Ed's face intensify, the muscle in his jaw jumping as he clenches his teeth. His eyes sweep through the crowd, searching for anyone who at least doesn't look horribly confused. "I hope so, too."
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
That actually makes Ed pause for a moment, disoriented. What the hell just happened there?

He follows her movements with his eyes for a moment, just to see where she's going. Then his scowl is back when he sees her arguing with the clerk. He rolls his eyes and heads off to find anyone else who might have information.
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[personal profile] loyal_liar 2011-02-06 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"All right! I'll remember where you are. I just hope I'm in the same Dorm as you."

Which she wouldn't be, but she didn't know that yet.
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
A single eyebrow arches upward. While Ed can understand that it seemed especially harsh to issue punishments on children, most of the reasoning behind that became lost on him after Izumi Curtis had become his master. Then again, he and Al weren't like most other kids and had somehow endured that beating. Most kids were more fragile, weren't they?

"But there's still nothing guaranteeing that. And chances are that whatever 'power' is locking our memories away or whatever will become ineffective once we find a way out of here, right? Our focus should be on all of us leaving, not on surviving."

Though even as he's saying that there's a strange, nagging feeling in the back of his head. Like there's something he's supposed to do here as well. But what...?
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[personal profile] summerstars 2011-02-06 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"... And, um, leave before our memories are back? We have no guarantee that they'll be returned when we leave..." Grenn shook her head and frowned. "And personally, I know I'm missing at least three things I want back before I think of trying to leave and possibly... sacrifice the other taken memories..."

Grenn shrugged. He could, of course, attempt to do what he thought best. She was, after all, contemplating doing something that could possibly bring down severe punishment on her head. She would still do it.
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"We don't have any guarantees of anything, period," Ed mutters with a scowl. "Like I said, there's still a chance our memories would be returned if we find a way back to our respective homes."

He looks over at the girl with a half-shrug. "I'd rather spend my time doing that then playing their little puppet game."

[personal profile] idkmybffxiao 2011-02-06 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
For someone so tiny, one might never have suspected that Mei had the lung capacity to drown out the entire room of talking people. They're about to know better in three, two, one, and...

"EDWAAAAARD-SAMAAAAAAAAA!!!!"


If only the room could burst into a million flowers and sparkles to go right along with that delighted shriek, but it couldn't, so his name is the only warning he has before there is a tiny pink girl barreling through the crowd. The very moment she got close enough, she threw herself at him, fully intending to flying tackle him with a great, big HUG.
Edited 2011-02-06 22:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] summerstars 2011-02-06 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Wouldn't we all..." Grenn shook her head and rubbed her face tiredly. Afterhalf a minte of dithering and thinking, Grenn took a decision.

"You have to understand, everyone of us here spent last... night? I'm not sure... in some sort of..." A sigh. He was probably not going to believe her, but... "Shared dream, hallucination... something. It was real enough my nerves still feel like my left arm shouldn't be here," Grenn paused to look up at the young man, a pinched look on her face. "Because it was chopped off. It was real enough, I know I died."

It seemed completely out there, considering she knew what he was seeing; her sitting here in front of him, seemingly unharmed. Grenn rubbed her left arm and tensed her muscles. It was still hard to imagine it was there.
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[personal profile] aureus_veritas 2011-02-06 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
There's no mistaking that voice.

Nor is there any mistaking the way she addressed him.

One would think Ed would be more ready for a Mei attack... but he's not. He'd been under the impression that she'd developed a crush on Al. Which was... fine, he supposed. Though it did mean that he'd more or less dropped his guard around her. Which means that right at this very moment, Ed's been knocked off his feet with a yelp of shock and alarm and is now being smothered on the floor.

Which is also not good for all the cuts and bruises he's sustained from the Father fight. So, wincing all the while, Ed attempts to squirm free and pry Mei off of him.

"MEI, WHA- OW- WOULD YO- GAH! - GET OFF!! STUPID BEAN GIRL
GETOFFGETOFFGETOFF!!!
"

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