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 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.

[honkhonkwoof]

[ 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. ]

[knightime]

[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.]

[honkhonkwoof]

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.

[knightime]

[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

[honkhonkwoof]

[ 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. ]

[knightime]

[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

[honkhonkwoof]

[ 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.

[knightime]

[He waves his hand in a dismissive manner.]

idk man
maybe i have some really shitty accent
that can only be masked through the use of text devices
i bet i could type the accent out though

[honkhonkwoof]

Well dang, motherfucker. I hadn't thought of that. What kind of accent could even make a bro want to do that?

[knightime]

sometimes i like ta put a bit of a texan twang
yall know
good ol country bumpkin days

[He doesn't actually try doing this. It sometimes slips out though.]

[honkhonkwoof]

[ Gamzee's face lights up and he laughs. ] Aww bro, that could just sound so motherfucking neat. [ Imagining what it would sound like amuses him. ]

[knightime]

just go to texas
youll get sick of it after the first few hours
texas is huge so you cant miss it

[honkhonkwoof]

Texas. Dang, bro. What a weird name for a place. [ He wouldn't get sick of it too fast. He could probably just sit and listen for hours. ]

[knightime]

[He shrugs.]

its probably only weird because youre not used to it
im not gonna lie
your shit sounds weird to me all the time
guess were gonna have to swap some terminology sometime