ROUND 4 - NEW PLAYERS & ROUND CHANGE

[utopiamods]

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 anyone onboard is ushered off and directed to the front lobby of the school. You 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.

Anyway, the many screens are far more interesting. Once a good number of students are gathered inside the building, they all activate at once to show a cheerful, almost cavity-inducing woman in the school uniform. She smiles, waves, and launches into her speech without further ado.

"Good afternoon to our new students here at Utopia Academy! Thank you for choosing to enroll with us for this, our first semester of the new year. Our battle system is the best in the world, set up for you, our students! I hope that you all had a fun journey here, and that you've all made some new friends! You're going to need them soon, so keep them close, okay?

"Now, I'm going to explain the rules for you. Make sure to listen carefully, and remember, you can find all of this and more in the Exaclan manual!"

She outlines the battle system for the newbies as she has every round previous, then claps her hands. The screen goes blank, and the following appears:

PLAYERS FOR ROUND 4:
Dahlia Hawthorne
Edward Elric
Gino Weinberg
Kanaya Maryam
Lelouch vi Britannia
Rudy Roughnight
Sherlock Holmes
Shiro Tougyu
Suzaku Kururugi
Takuto Tsunashi
Tomoko Oashi
Zoro Roronoa

Comments

[monkeystail]

"Don't be silly, of course we do! Otherwise we wouldn't be here, right?" Huashi nodded with a wide grin, since Kotarou'd already agreed (demanded) when she'd asked his input.

"Just be aware, you use both of us, or only me!" Briefly, Suzaku got a stern frown that hinted at how Huashi's face would sharpen out as she got older, but it was quickly gone, because Suzaku had, after all, been there when Kotarou's weapon broke.

He'd know why she demanded this.

[swordofzero]

"Of course," Suzaku smiled as he spoke, he understood why and he wouldn't have used Kotarou's weapon anyways even if the boy had come to him to vow alone. However he had helped unlock Kotarou's weapon he knew that it could be used with another and it was quite useful as long as it was not hit at all. Suzaku smiled at them both, "Alright then."

He went down on one knee solomly and looked at them both, "I swear to protect you both Kotarou, and Huashi Sun and to not use Kotarou's weapon apart from with Huashi's." He watched as the signs appeared on their hands showing that the vow was complete before he got to his feet.

[tenwholeryou]

"I accept," Kotarou added, to make the mark appear that much faster. Suzaku sure had a strange way of making a vow, though. "Do you have paper? You need to write us your permission."

[swordofzero]

"Oh yes." He had forgotten about that, he found some paper and a pen and quickly wrote two letters of permision.

I Suzaku give Kotarou permission to eat desert, use the gym, the computer room and library and all other activities and areas restricted to weapons.

I Suzaku give Huashi Sun permission to eat desert, use the gym, the computer room and library and all other activities and areas restricted to weapons.

He signed them both and handed them over, "Will they do?"

[monkeystail]

Huashi looked hers over and shrugged.

"Sure!" She didn't really care, and was uncertain what use it'd be; most desserts, still, she couldn't eat, she preferred the courtyard or the forest for her training, and the... metal box thingies? she had no idea how they worked, and didn't see much use for them either.

"If you want to train with my staff, we can do that. It'll change to whatever size suits you most, so don't worry about that!" Huashi grinned, thinking it best to offer; just because he could use a sword didn't mean he knew how to wield a staff properly, or to the best (most devastating) effect.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku nodded, "That would be useful Huashi if you don't mind." He had trained in quite a few weapons with Toudoh but he had not used a staff in quite a few years, not since he had joined the Britannian military actually. A long time ago.