Meet and Greet [intro #1]

[utopiamods]

As you all crowd onto the platform with your bizarre mix of faces, expressions, clothing and wild theories, you are met by two girls. Both are in uniforms that would match if not for the colour differences - skirt, waistcoat, and a light summer shirt that seems totally inappropriate for the thin layer of snow coating the station platform. Both have a beret with a crest - one's shows a sword, the other's a shield.

At the first lull in the chatter, the taller girl, her uniform red and white, speaks out over the crowd.

"Hey, losers!"

She explains, in short, irritated sentences, that they're prefects, representing the two schools in Rakuen. Santana, Conquest, she says, gesturing to herself with a smile that would be smug if she didn't look so annoyed to be out here. Nanami here is Fortitude, she adds, pointing to the pale girl half-leaning on her other arm. The girl nods.

"We're here to get you sorted and back to campus. If you wanna ask stupid questions, do it on the way. It's freezing out here."

The girl introduced as Nanami interrupts. "When we say your name, please move quickly and quietly to us."

"Yeah, then we can go back to the dorms."

They separate, moving to stand several metres apart, and both pull a list from their waistcoat pocket. Alternating, they start to read out your names.

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[drawsdeath]

"I'm Becca," admits the slender girl, stepping forward. She's surprised to be called first, but whatever. "What's going on?" She didn't want to leave Lithuania alone, but there was obviously some sort of plan for them. Best to split up.

[effortless]

"You have been enrolled in Fortitude," Nanami says. "I suppose you won't remember for a little while, your journey was rather long..."

[drawsdeath]

"What's wrong with Tech?" she asked, naming off the high school she'd been going to back home. None of this made sense.

[effortless]

"Tech?"

[drawsdeath]

"That's where I used to go to school. Why would I need to switch schools? Especially to some place far enough to take a train?"

[effortless]

She didn't seem particularly concerned, really.

"Who knows? Perhaps you can ask the headmistress, once you're settled in."

[drawsdeath]

"Yeah," she said, not convinced at all. She fidgeted nervously, scuffing her toes on the ground. "Something like that... Hey, I need to go home," she said, but she put her hand to her head trying to stop a headache when she tried to think about why.

aaa sorry I thought I'd tagged

[effortless]

"That isn't possible at the moment." It was a flat statement, no room for debate. The kind of fact given by someone who had seen absolutely every attempt to prove otherwise fail miserably.

No worries!

[drawsdeath]

She sighed and folded her arms across her chest. "So why do I keep getting headaches? I never had that before I came here. Is there like...something in the air or something?"

<3

[effortless]

"Memories were taken from you when you enrolled," she explained, a little tiredly. "If you attempt to remember them, it can cause pain or confusion."

Or so she was told.

-patpat-

[drawsdeath]

"Memories?" she repeated, a bit dumbfounded by the idea. "How's that even possible? Why was it done?"

[effortless]

"We never worked out how it was done." Admitting that much wouldn't be a problem. She shrugged, a graceful motion, and continued. "But the most popular theory is that it is done to motivate you into participating. It also causes some measure of confusion, which makes it difficult for you to organise yourselves. It's somewhat ingenious, if cruel."

Again, something she heard someone say once.

[drawsdeath]

If it was meant to be motivation, that must mean... "We get them back, right?" Her tone was only a little bit hopeful; she tried not to get too excited.

[effortless]

"You can buy them back, of course."

[drawsdeath]

"Paying for my own memories that got stolen?" she snarks, not impressed in the slightest. If it's possible to shoplift them, she will try. "I'm not getting an allowance from home or anything..."

[effortless]

"Attending your classes, participating in battles... There are many ways raks may be earned."

[drawsdeath]

"Raks..." What a dumb name. Still, it meant she wasn't completely fucked, and that was a good thing. "So I can get cash just for showing up? Man, this school knows kids."