[battle] Round 2 Tournament Preliminaries

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Round 2 Tournament Preliminaries

RAFIEL vs. HIKARU SULU
LLOYD ASPLUND vs. MONTBLANC
MAI TOKIHA vs. YUKA OSADA

Location: Main Courtyard, Tournament Stadium
Time of day: Afternoon.
Special Rules: One Weapon or set of Weapons per battle; Players may not leave the stadium.

[the announcement rings through the campus all morning, on the half-hour: Can all participating Players report to the Tournament Stadium for midday with their chosen Weapons. The event will begin at twelve twenty-five for all other students.

Yes, that's right, the Tournament Stadium. During the early morning of Day 1, the staff were hard at work constructing a stadium in the main courtyard. There's raised seating for all students, and a large open-air ring for the participants. There's more than enough space even for fliers, and a number of raised areas, stairs and chest-high walls to make battles more interesting. At the end of the stadium is a large screen showing the ring from above.]

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[queenscheckmate]

Kallen could only think about how ridiculous this was. Before, they could get around fighting and now, all of a sudden, they were actually forced to fight. Well, one could forfeit, but that wasn't the problem here.

The teenager had never played Exaclan or watched any of the battles (outside of that strange checkers match), so she figured it would be a good idea to watch some of the battles to observe and learn. She wouldn't put any of those skills to good use until she actually fought. Not to mention that one of these people would and could wind up being her opponent in the future.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku spotted the Guren pilot and made his way over cautiously. He was still unsure about their shaky promise to help each other out here. He hadn't seen her last week actually, and in his strange dream that was rapidly fading from his mind in the day time though it often took over his dreams at night they had worked well together, or they had killed each other. The dream differed every time.

He was here to watch Lloyd fight, he felt bad actually that he had agreed to be someone else's weapon and not Lloyd's and he hoped the scientist did well. The least he could do was be here. "Hi," he stood awkwardly not wanting to sit down until the girl showed she was comfertable with him being here.

[queenscheckmate]

"Hey," Kallen said, looking at the male and them moving over slightly to give him room to sit. She hadn't seen him that week and didn't take in consideration that he could have disappeared with the others.

"How have you been?"

[swordofzero]

Suzaku sat down feeling a little less worried now she hadn't screamed at him or told him to go away. "I've been alright, how about you?"

He looked around the stadium, it was strange that it had been built overnight just for this tournament, "I didn't expect to see you here, I thought you disliked the fighting here." Of course he did too, but the Black Knight pilot had refused to fight and even now Suzaku knew she had agreed to fight to help everyone leave this place he did not think she was someone to come and watch a tournament.

[queenscheckmate]

"The same, I guess." Well things between her and Sulu was less awkward, so that had to be better in some sort of way. Let's just go with that she's feeling alright and not avoidant.

"I do, but I need to fight. And just because I am doesn't mean I have to like it." She tapped the pen she's holding against the notebook in her lap. "I'm taking notes. Anyone who fights today has the potential to be my opponent in the future. I just want to be prepared."

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded quietly and glanced at the pen and paper, it seemed a strange thing to be doing just to keep a record for those who might have to fight her in the future. The pilot didn't seem to be someone who usually planned ahead, unless... "Oh are you a player this round?"

Not being able to remember her name made things difficult, he thought of the list of players again and tried to match the girls face to the names, but none of them seemed to fit.

[queenscheckmate]

"I am," she confirmed, side glancing at him. He should have known that... until she remembered that well, he couldn't remember her name. "I'm not fighting until tomorrow though."

[swordofzero]

Ah, Suzaku nodded, so her name was not any of the ones that was flashing up on the screan at the end of the stadium. "Who are you fighting tomorrow?" This was more so that he could work out what her name was.

[queenscheckmate]

"Shoryu I believe."

[swordofzero]

"Shoryu?" Suzaku blinked, "He's my player," he looked at the list of matches for the tournament.

"Kallen Kozuki," he said when he found her name. He forogt it the moment he looked up from the paper though and sighed.

[queenscheckmate]

"I see..." Kallen said softly, turning to the notebook in her lap. But she didn't get to keep her gaze there for long. When Suzaku said her name, she looked in his direction.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded but when she turned to look at him he looked at her blankly. He had said something hadn't he, he could not remember what it was. He just sat silently staring out into the tournament ring.

[queenscheckmate]

She shrugged it off and turned her attention to the field. There were notes to be taken and the like.

[trollofthree]

[welp, there's nothing for him to do but hang around until tomorrow, since Kallen's still training with the two kids she recruited other than, well, him. So he's slouched on a bench at the end of the stadium, waiting for the battles to start.]

[idkmybffxiao]

[Surprise, something just attacked your head, Gino.

Mei had stormed up from behind the bench. All it took was a leap and a tackle -- the leap to get a foot up on the back of the bench and the tackle to, well, tackle Gino's head -- and there you have it. Small child assaulting giant knight.]

GINOWHATSTHEBIGIDEAWHYDIDYOUDITCHGRENNANDME?!

[WAS THAT ENGLISH]

[trollofthree]

[IF IT WAS, HE DIDN'T GET IT. This is possibly because you're covering his ears with your limbs. He manages to pry her off enough that he can hold her in front of him, at arms' length. This is slightly longer than her reach. He thinks.]

Huh?

[idkmybffxiao]

[Flailflail agh. Mei is pried off and held awaaay, unable to reach him. So she just FOLDS HER ARMS and GLARES. GLAAAARES.]

You ditched me and Grenn for some girl! Why! Who is she?!

[trollofthree]

Who, Kallen? She's a friend. [kind of. As long as he doesn't have orders to the contrary. Wevs. He is unphased by your glare.]

Grenn's got Koharu and that black-haired guy. And you, Mei. Kallen's not good at making friends, so I'm lending her a hand.

[idkmybffxiao]

...she is?

[uuuuh, okay. Now she really feels stupid about confronting Kallen. Oops.]

Yyeeaah. She did seem kinda... aloof. [But she assumed that was because she was, y'know, accusing her of thiiiings.] I guess. But.

[ghhh, she can't fuss over it if he's just being nice to a friend, so she just looks down and sulks.]

Fiiine. I guess that's okay.

[trollofthree]

Aloof. That's a good way of describing her! [he's gonna set you down on the bench next to him now that the danger of GBH is apparently past.]

D'you know who Grenn's using tomorrow?

[idkmybffxiao]

She'd have more friends if she wasn't...

[JUST SAYING. Ah, if only life were that simple. Mei shrugs from her new spot sitting on the bench.]

Dunno yet. I don't know what the other two have... and I don't know how well she can use kunai, soooo.

[trollofthree]

She's just that kind of person. [part of what makes Kallen Kallen. Can't change that! it also makes her more attractive oh look, his mind is fogging over. What was that thought? Who knows.]

I bet she'll do great.

[idkmybffxiao]

Of course she'll do great! We're the best team!

[Somehow. Like reality matters when Mei's decided something like that.]

Hey, hey, Gino. Where did you meet Kallen? Is she from Britannia, too?

[trollofthree]

Nope, she's on the other side. [see this little 'reverse' gesture? It means she's his enemy. Really.] The ace of the Black Knights, Guren's pilot.

[idkmybffxiao]

[Wait, if they're enemies... Mei looks confused.]

But how can you be friends if you're enemies?

[trollofthree]

[his memories fuzz over again as he's about to answer, and there's a slight pause before he shrugs one shoulder.]

No point fighting here. And she's too much fun!

[idkmybffxiao]

...but she's kind of...

[Man, Gino is being weird again. WEIRD. Enemies don't equal friends. What is this even.]

If she's fun and you're friends, why would you fight against her at all...?

[trollofthree]

Because she's a terrorist~. It's nothing personal.

[idkmybffxiao]

A what?

[That word has 'terror' in it. It can't be good.]

[trollofthree]

It means she wants to destroy the government and kill the Imperial family.

[:D]

[idkmybffxiao]

[uh oh. Destroying a government makes you a terrorist...? But wasn't that what she was helping with in Amestris?!]

Um. Would anyone destroying a government be a terrorist?

[trollofthree]

[actin' shifty there, Mei. Luckily for you there is no way you could be an enemy of Britannia. You're safe.]

Depends what side you're on. If you're trying to destroy a government, I guess you'd call yourself a freedom fighter.

[idkmybffxiao]

[Terrorist math time, boys and girls! Mr. Scar + fighting state alchemists x aiding and abetting a wanted criminal, along with a military coup complicated enough to bring algebra into this big mess equals...]

...but you would call them terrorists?

[D:]

[trollofthree]

Officially, yeah.

[idkmybffxiao]

[noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

[trollofthree]

[ask him again when Kallen's let him have his memory charms back k]

First Battle: Rafiel vs. Hikaru Sulu

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Re: First Battle: Rafiel vs. Hikaru Sulu

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[Curiously enough, Rafiel has appeared on his end alone. He has no partner in sight, nor does he seem unduly troubled by this fact. His gaze is quiet and calm, even as he looks out at the soon-to-be battlefield.]

Second Battle: Lloyd Asplund vs. Montblanc

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Third Battle: Mai Tokiha vs. Yuka Osada

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