[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.]

Comments

[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]