Fortitude: Round 1

[mamarosa]

When characters wake up the next morning there will be an announcement on all the screens. "Please report to the lobby at 12 noon for important information about this round." Anyone who is not in the lobby by twelve noon will most likely be found by the prefects and taken there by force.

When the characters turn up in Fortitude Lobby they will see the woman they saw battling yesterday, they may recall her weapon to be a shield, fitting for Fortitude. She is standing on a raised podium, looking relaxed, with Nanami by her side. "I hope you slept well," she says with a friendly smile, "Today marks the beginning of the first battle round. If your name is called you have been chosen to be a Player for this round. Those chosen as Players are given all of their rights and can grant rights to the Weapons they vow to. Unvowed Weapons, known as Discards, do not have rights and have to do whatever the prefect," she motions to Nanami, "tells them to do. This may not seem fair to many of you, but these are the rules of Rakuen and they must be obeyed.

I'm sure you've all read the rule book and are familiar with the vowing process, but for those who are confused, I will briefly go over it. Vowing means to promise to protect then, when vowed the Weapon will have a possession mark appear on their hand. As Fortitude students, your mark will be a shield. Only when vowed are Players allowed to give Weapons rights."

Throughout her speech, her forever peaceful smile never left her face, "I believe you will all be good Players to your Weapons, even if it is not required of you. We will be watching what you do and any disregard for the rules will be taken care of.

"Today, if you are unaware, is Sunday. Rounds will always start on Sunday and as there is no school I would suggest vowing today. The day before round start, Saturday, is your free day. There are no Players or Weapons on Saturday and therefore everyone has equal rights. You are allowed to work for extra Raks on Saturday as well. School starts tomorrow 8am sharp, breakfast is from 7 until 8, Players have access to the full menu, Weapons need permission, and Discards do not have that access"

She pauses to take out the piece of paper with the list of Players on it, "The following students have been chosen for the first round:
1. Kotarou
2. Dave
3. Shion
4. Lelouch
5. Spain
6. Vriska

I, as well as Nanami, are here to answer any questions you may have about the school or battle system, so do not hesitate to ask. Good luck in battling and remember that not battling comes with its own price."

With that last ominous note, Dolorosa finishes her speech.

Comments

[koyo]

( Spain arrives late. Chances are, he probably did get escorted in by a prefect but in his defense, he forgot how to tell time (though, he honestly would have been late even if he remembered). Luckily, he is just in time to hear most of what he needs to know.

And then once more, memory loss strikes again. Unaware that he's been listed as a player, he makes a face. )

Weapons aren't allowed to eat?

( Eating is the only important thing right now. )

[effortless]

[ belatedly, Nanami leans over to the microphone. ]

Ah, by 'Spain' she means you, Antan.

[koyo]

Huh? ( It's the prefect again. When he hears that, of course, he forgets the first half of what she said but THAT ISN'T IMPORTANT. )

I can eat?! ( He sounds too happy about this. ) Ah, but wait that means. . .

( He should find a weapon too. )

[pysankya]

[Ukraine's surprised to see Spain as a man, not the woman he remembers. This place only continues to get more and more strange. He addresses the confused man anyway with his thick accent.]

It seems not. Unless the Player says it's okay... I think...

[Ukraine will look over and down at Spain and then at the speaker. He's not too sure he understands the entire process but he's trying to understand.]

[koyo]

Well, that isn't very fair. You would almost think it's the dark ages or something. . .

( ooc: BY THE WAY, are you up for doing a thread with all of the room mate meeting? Some of us were thinking of having one set up ;u; )

[pysankya]

Yes, you would think is that way. So, I guess they are really going straight into having matches right away. I em surprised they wouldn't get school started then the battles.

[OOC: Heck yes I am! Just drop me a line on plurk or AIM when you all are thinking of getting it up =) ]

[koyo]

I'm surprised they're making us fight at all in school. Fighting is normally against the rules, you know?

[pysankya]

Yes, mebbe is just a different idea? Like having a fencing school or ballet school?

[koyo]

Perhaps! But this one is pretty strange, don't you think? Did you see the fight yesterday?

[pysankya]

It was, em not sure how it works really but seemed simple enough. Guess for this round I'll heff to see if anyone needs a weapon since my name wasn't called. Oh well, give me more time to think about what I will be teaching for class.

[koyo]

Ah. . . ( Spain looks around the room, watching to see how many players are already beginning to pick up weapons. ) But will you be all right without a Player?

[thalassa_shell]

[She nods.]

They need permission from a player to do most stuff, apparently. Kind of inconvenient, huh?

[koyo]

( He nods in agreement, )

It isn't fair. . . Are you a Player?

[thalassa_shell]

They didn't call my name, so I guess I'm a weapon!

[koyo]

( ( But she's just a child. Spain frowns when he hears this. He doesn't even like the idea of children fighting like this. Is being a 'weapon' that much better? ) )

Are you okay with that? It doesn't sound very good if you ask me.

[thalassa_shell]

Well... I guess not! I'd kind of like to be able to go places and all.

[koyo]

If you want. . . you can be my weapon. ( YEAH. ) And you can go where ever you want and do as you please.

[thalassa_shell]

Oh! That's a good idea.

Sure, I'd love to be your weapon, mr....?

[countryofassholes]

[Standing near Spain is Britannia done up in the boy's uniform. When Dolorosa finishes up and pointedly doesn't call her name, for a minute she seems... annoyed. Her options then are to obviously confront the woman with her issue, but that's... undignified. After a moment the irritation passes and she seems fairly content.

Just another trial. After all, those who can't adapt and evolve get left behind. So, resolve done, she looks around for the first player she recognizes and- ahah~]

Antonio!

[koyo]

( ( First, Nanami calls him out and then someone else is doing the same. He feels so popular today. He turns around to see who's calling him. ) )

Hm? Oh, Britannia.

[countryofassholes]

[And, in regards to not respecting your personal space, she slings an arm around Spain's shoulder.]

Let's fight together!

[koyo]

( Taking on the extra weight and slouching, )

You seem excited about this. . . ( Must be a young nation, yup. )

[countryofassholes]

You aren't? [Have a blink of surprise as she looks at Spain. How can anyone not be excited about fighting?]

[koyo]

Fighting is hard work. ( It's a complaint and Spain doesn't care to elaborate on it. ) But I suppose if we don't we get in trouble, hm?

[countryofassholes]

[Spain, quit being a downer. Britannia is all hyped up for her first chance to actually do something physically useful instead of just looking on from afar.] Probably. So be my player, okay?