rakuen | Fortitude: Round 1

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Fortitude: Round 1

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.

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[ Gamzee listens to the rules with an eyebrow raised. Weapons aren't allowed to eat, aren't allowed to do anything... and his name isn't called. A fire of irrational anger burns inside him for a moment; why isn't he a Player, then ...

But that's OK, those are the 'rules', although they sure as hell are weird, and kind of tricky to understand. While fighting isn't really his thing, he'd done enough of it playing Sgrub. He supposes he'll just have to find a nice Player to team up with, and oh, Vriska? He definitely recognizes that name, and a small smile appears on his face.

He looks around, wondering if any of his other friends are weapons too. He's been feeling antsy since this morning, and isn't sure why. ]

[He still had no idea what to make of this guy in the horns and makeup. But he was getting a feeling he'd be useful.] Gamzee, [walks up to him] Do you have a Player yet?

[ Gamzee grins, but shakes his head. ] Naw, not yet. Shit's been going a bit slow for this motherfucker.

Excellent. Would you like to be my Weapon? [Offers hand for them to shake on it]

[ He considers him a moment, then grins more widely and nods, grabbing his hand and shaking it a bit too eagerly. ] Hell yeah! Why not.

[Ow!] Good. [What the hell has he just gotten himself into? But for now, he puts that glove on.] I want to know what I have to deal with, so I'm going to draw it. [No, he's not asking for permission first.]

[ Blinks a bit too fast, then nods, still with a smile. ] Uhhh, sure bro.

[And he reaches out to Gamzee's chest. There's some pretty lights, and out comes the pair of clubs, and Lelouch is pretty surprised. And then annoyed, because that doesn't seem all that useful for now, without upgrades. But he'll address that later.] Interesting.

[Tosses one up and lets it spin before catching it again.] These could be useful.

[ It's kind of really weird for him, just watching, but then out come the clubs, and he chuckles a bit. ] They sure worked fine for me when I was fighting before. Y'know, before being brought here. [ Yeah, those definitely work as decent weapons with enough force... ]

[That's pretty strange. You're pretty strange. But he puts them back.] Well, if you need access to anything that you need my permission for, let me know. Particularly if you need to buy an upgrade.

Yeah, for sure, motherfucker. [ He waves a hand around airily, only then noticing the mark. ] Heeeey, ain't this neat. [ He examines it with glee. ]

[Sigh] Please don't call me that. And yes, that was the mark Headmistress Dolorosa just mentioned.

Ohhh, yeah, I didn't really catch all she said. She said a lot of stuff. [ He frowns a little bit. ] Aw, shit, sorry bro. [ He'll probably end up forgetting... ]

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[Oh hey...more trolls. Just going to approach you. Not sure which one you are, but you got clown make-up on and shit.

Oh, you're probably that troll he sent that one video to or something, haha.]

[ Gamzee doesn't know why he's not saying anything, but he smiles anyways. ] Well, hey, bro. Is something up? [ Oops, guess who's appearance he's forgotten. ]

[Dave hasn't met Gamzee yet, so he only knows it's him because of the make-up. Hell, he's just assuming this one is that crazy miracle, clown guy.]

He gives the other a nonchalant shrug them shakes his head. Naw, he's pretty chill right now. He's going to be fighting all the time apparently.]

[ Gamzee turns to face him fully, and looks him up and down with a quick sweep of the eyes. He supposes he's just shy or something. ] Heh, you a Player? I'm a weapon, [ and a bit of that irrational anger returns, his hand twitching in an odd little way, but it's gone as quickly as it'd come -- ] but I'm already teamed up with a motherfucker named Lelouch. How 'bout you, bro?

[Dave nods when the other asks he's a Player. Yes or no questions are so convenient. Too bad most questions can't be answered with a nod or a shake of the head.

He takes out his PDA.]

not yet
i guess i should though
being a discard sounds like it fucking sucks ass
need to make sure all the weapons are well fed and not being fucking loners

[He holds out the PDA to Gamzee so he can read what he typed.

[ Gamzee blinks and smiles, realizing who he is upon seeing the text color and typing style, and nods at the PDA. ] I'm just motherfucking glad I got a Player so soon. And not one that's a huge jerk - at least I think so. [ He talks a lot, doesn't he. ] I wonder if weapons can be teamed all up with two Players? [ Wondering more to himself than anything. ]

[He shakes his head at that. He read the manual way too many times. They gave him a lot of free time and nothing to do with it but read apparently.]

pretty sure it said ownership is one player
or something
idk
its not like we cant chill and shit even if you arent my weapon or whatever

[He holds the PDA out again.]

Aww, too bad. [ He grins as he reads, maybe showing too many teeth. ] Dang bro, I'd be up for that. Your name is Dave, right? Or am I remembering this shit wrong? Mine's Gamzee.

[Naw, he's so used to trolls and teeth...or something. Or maybe it just doesn't bother him.]

dave fucking strider at your service
sup
also since people seem to never get it
i cant actually talk
just fyi
you know
in case you actually gave a fuck about that

[ That can only be a good thing.

He frowns a tiny bit as he reads, and he shrugs. ] Got it, bro. I thought it might be something like that. [ Well, once he brought out his PDA. ]

[As long as you're not all up in his grill. Pretty sure that's what Terezi would do though.]

can never be so sure
not everyone can think as fast as you apparently

[ He laughs shortly. ] Well, it was a motherfucking guess, really. Don't see why the fuck you'd bring that out to talk if you didn't need to.