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

[lovesignmasterspark]

That wasn't hard at all. She didn't even have to ask! "Sure, that sounds good, ze." Not like she had any abilities yet, but all she remembered was that her weapon was a staff.

[savedbyasong]

Shion gave a small smile glad to help someone get past this awful system, even if they had to use the system to do that. "Okay then..." The book had said to vow.

"I Shion vow with all my heart and soul to protect you with all my strength for now and ever more." That was a decent vow right?

[lovesignmasterspark]

Marisa had to... actually give it her all not to die laughing. Whether this guy meant it or not, he had pretty much sounded like he was trying to sell his life for her protection. Well, they did say you had to vow. Guess this is what they meant.

"Sure thing. Now can I--" Oh, a shield just appeared on her glove. That was new. "Uh, are you able to give me permission to do stuff?

[savedbyasong]

Shion looked at the mark in astonishment, did that happen because of the vow. He nodded. "I will write a note, do you think that will work." He got out the notebook he had bought yesterday and the pen.

"What's your name?" He should have probably asked that before he vowed to her.