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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. ♥ ]
discarded: Miwako Aihara (Step forward)

[personal profile] discarded 2011-02-06 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
"That sounds like something out of a manga," she comments warily. "I... I didn't know those kinds of things were real..."

Somehow, Miwako does not share in his excitement.
earlofpudding: (SCIIIENCE!)

[personal profile] earlofpudding 2011-02-06 02:01 am (UTC)(link)
"It isn't all that far-fetched! There are actually a few institutes working on a study for--"

And this was where he went on in-depth about how something like tangible light could be possible. It involved a lot of strange words and equations and a dozen tangents that were vaguely connected to the topic. Lloyd wasn't actually trying to explain any of it to Miwako anymore, he was just thinking aloud as he tried to puzzle it out himself. He couldn't care less if it made no sense to her.
discarded: Miwako Aihara (Um um...)

[personal profile] discarded 2011-02-06 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
She stares. His words fly right over her head, in one ear and out the other. Finally, she squeaks out a nervous, "Oh. I-I see."
earlofpudding: (i have robot puppies and candy in my van)

[personal profile] earlofpudding 2011-02-06 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
Lloyd stopped when she managed to squeak something out. Oho, she could still talk. He just smiled and gave her a pat on the head. Pat. Pat. "No you don't," he told her, the words as discouraging as they were cheerful, "But not to worry! You don't need to know anything to actually use them!"
discarded: Miwako Aihara (Um um...)

[personal profile] discarded 2011-02-06 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
Well, he was right there, but she didn't quite know what to make of his tone. "Are you in charge then, sir?"
earlofpudding: (I told you so~)

[personal profile] earlofpudding 2011-02-06 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Me?" The idea of Lloyd, of all people, being in charge of a school would send shivers of horror down spines. What an amusing idea, but, alas. "Nope! Certainly not." He gave a shrug and folded his arms. "I ended up here the same way as everyone else."
discarded: Miwako Aihara (It can't be...)

[personal profile] discarded 2011-02-06 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"O-oh..." That was bad. Was there no one here who was responsible for this? Was it all being run remotely by video? "S-sorry. I just figured..."
earlofpudding: (glasses go up)

[personal profile] earlofpudding 2011-02-06 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
"I do look like a professor, don't I~?" Which was sort of true. He played that role every now and then, when he couldn't get of it. Lloyd glanced around the lobby again. Students, students, students...

"Aha!" Lloyd spotted the receptionists. "You could try over there," he suggested, pointing out the women behind their desks.
discarded: Miwako Aihara (Default)

[personal profile] discarded 2011-02-06 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh!" She brightened a bit. Those women did look like they knew what was going on, didn't they?

Miwako smiled shyly at the man. "Thank you! I'll go ask them."