[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

[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]