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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. ♥ ]
earlofpudding: (w-what?)

[personal profile] earlofpudding 2011-02-13 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
"One of my Knightmare Frames? Are you sure?" Lloyd tried to pin a memory, any memory, of him working on a Knightmare Frame. He knew he did. He'd made plenty of weapons before. There was the... ah... no, blanking out there. What about the... the... hm... "I can't even--"

This was getting distressing. Of all the things he could forget, his inventions were perhaps the cruelest to take away. They were his life. "What did it look like? Lancelot was... it was... he was..." Was that a note of panic in his voice? Why yes, it was. His hands went to his head, grasping silver-blue hair. "It isn't there! It's gone! All of them! Everything!"
swordofzero: (upset)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2011-02-13 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
Suzaku's eyes widened, it wasn't just the names then. He had forgotten his inventions, that was cruel. Suzaku tried to give a reasuring smile but failed and so just looked at Lloyd with empty eyes. "It's to make us fight, they make us earn tokens to win back our memories." It made him angry but his voice did not hold any anger, just a vague sense of helplessness.

"The Lancelot is four and a half meters talls, it's white and gold," it wasn't the best description, Suzaku didn't really know what to say. If it was a taken memory Lloyd would just forget whatever Suzaku said moments after he had said it anyways.
earlofpudding: (huh?)

[personal profile] earlofpudding 2011-02-13 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"White and gold? That sounds a lot like the Frame that Guren destroy--" Oh. Damn. That connection only made it worse. Lloyd's hands dropped back to his sides and his shoulders sagged, looking defeated for the time the memory lingered.

"...I need some air." Even with what he had just been told already fading away into obscurity all over again, that wasn't going to fix anything. Those memories were gone and he was aware of that now. Without another word, he turned to wander off.
swordofzero: (upset)

[personal profile] swordofzero 2011-02-13 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Suzaku looked worried, it was not often Lloyd actually looked upset about anything. It was such a cruel thing this school had done, to everybody but some took it harder than others. Suzaku let Lloyd walk off, he probably needed to be alone and Suzaku could always find him later when he had calmed down.