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

[knightime]

[Dave merely looks up as he hears his name being called. So he's a player huh...?

He frowns though. That means he has to talk to other people and...can vows be done over text. He scowled a bit.

But battling was easy. He could battle. He just needed someone with a good weapon, that's all. He could fight, and this made it just a tad easier on him.]

[drawsdeath]

[Becca didn't get called. So now she's just milling around nervously, wondering who she should vow with. Anyone that'll take her, basically. Once it's common knowledge what her weapon is... Yeah. Yeah, she and Dave hadn't gotten off to the greatest start when she'd been against reading, but at least if she vows with Dave it means not getting screamed at for having a useless weapon. She approaches him and digs out her notebook to offer him.]

Hey. Congrats on being a player.

[knightime]

[He pulls out his PDA to show her he's got a new way of communicating. He quickly types into it, and really, he probably typed as fast as people talked at this point. He showed the screen to her.]

it isnt all that big of a fucking deal
honestly
it just means ill be the one fighting
been fighting all my life
so this isnt so bad
i guess

[drawsdeath]

Yeah? You'll probably do great with my weapon, then...

[knightime]

[He folds his arms for a moment before going back to typing.]

that depends
do you even fight???
whats your weapon???

[drawsdeath]

No, I can't fight. But the weapons just stand at the sidelines, it won't matter.

And my weapon's something only a master fighter could use.

[Read: obviously useless.]

[knightime]

read the manual yet???
weapons take the damage
you gotta have some fucking high pain resistance even if you arent the one in battle

wow that is the most ridiculous fucking lie i have ever heard of
you just have a shitty weapon form huh

[He's obviously not buying it, but he shows her the screen again before she can say anything.]

lucky for you
i already have a weapon in mind that i intend to use in battle
so im just collecting weapons for my weapon harem of badass swag

[drawsdeath]

I don't fight. But I have a ridiculously high pain tolerance.

[She thinks. She rolls up her sleeve and displays the numerous circular scars that decorate her arms. She has no idea how they got there, actually, but anything to keep up the bluff.]

So yeah. You'll do great with my weapon. ...Protect me?

[Batting her eyelashes sarcastically.]

[knightime]

[Dave isn't convinced. But he's already decided that she wouldn't be someone he'd probably ask to go into battles with. He already knows Sonic's weapon form was a broadsword, and he knew how to use that with ease.]

still bullshit
but im not in the mood to go over whats high pain tolerance and whats not

[There's a slight eyebrow raise.]

yea
why the fuck not???
so you want to be my weapon???

[drawsdeath]

Will you give me permission for everything?

[knightime]

do what you fucking want
i really dont give a rats ass as long as you stay out of trouble
dont want to find out youre getting penalized
and you better actually be around if i fucking call

[drawsdeath]

Yeah, I'll be there whenever you want.

[Go on, claim her and find out what her lovely weapon is.]

[knightime]

alright then
consider yourself owned then
or whatever
vowing via text is kind of stupid sounding but yeah
youre my weapon now
i think you get some symbol or something now

[Whatever. More Raks for him and honestly, he finds the Discards having no rights rule utter bullshit.]

now spill
whats your shitty weapon form that you refuse to say???

[drawsdeath]

[She leans in to whisper in his ear. Yeah. It's that bad, and if he won't let her whisper to him, she won't say it at all.]

[knightime]

[He just leans over so he can listen. He can do whispering.]

[drawsdeath]

A pencil.

[knightime]

[There's a short pause where he pulls back to look at her. His expression still the same.

It takes a little longer before Dave breaks into a grin and he might have started laughing. It's completely silent of course except for the sounds of him inhaling and exhaling for air. Give him a moment, he can't type while cracking up.]

[drawsdeath]

[Becca watches as he starts to grin, and turns her face away when he starts to laugh. She...yeah. Yeah, she starts crying.]

[knightime]

[Woah. What the fuck. Calm your shit, holy shit.]

ok
ill bite
what crawled into your panties???

[drawsdeath]

Don't laugh at me! I didn't ask for this.

[knightime]

wow you are like
the most sensitive fucking snowflake
i have ever met
like
glass so fragile a light breeze would shatter you
just fucking suck it up
theres worst things you could be laughed at

[drawsdeath]

Maybe I wouldn't be so fucking sensitive about it if it didn't mean I'm probably gonna be a discard every fucking round and have no fucking rights at this damn school!

[knightime]

wow
fuck you
did i say i was discarding you???
no i didnt say i was fucking discarding you
how about you take a nice trip to reality lane and realize not everyone is as fucking shallow as you fucking think they are
grow the fuck up a bit and smell the fucking coffee
did you really think i agreed to this without knowledge that you probably wouldnt be suitable to fight???
i already have another person i vowed to who ill be using in battle more often then not
so
chill
the
fuck
out

[drawsdeath]

What about next round? When you're not a player? What then? I'm still fucked. It's a serious issue for me!

[knightime]

could you whine anymore???
jegus
weve barely even started and youre freaking out about next round
news fucking flash
there are some nice fucking people here
believe it or not
little miss got a stick shoved up her ass needs to take a breather
and realize that the world isnt out to fucking get her
weh weh more