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

[subjugated]

"There was some time given to us to prepare ourselves." Or in other words, did you not read your guide?

[savedbyasong]

"Well I read the book but..." But he hadn't thought he would be put into this position so quickly, "It was a lot, this system is so unfair."

[subjugated]

"Not too unusual, though." His home world is not too different. or at least it is not any "fairer", if there is even such a thing as a "fair" world.

[savedbyasong]

Shion blinked but after a moment gave a sad nod, even though they were much more blatant about it. Giving them rules and forcing them to battle. Separating them simply into those who had rights and those that didn't... They were more open about it than No.6 had ever been but it was no worse than No. 6 had been.

It still didn't make it right. "Why do you think they have brought us here?"

[subjugated]

"Maybe there was nobody else." Maybe it is a strange kind of experiment. Maybe... it does not make much sense.

[savedbyasong]

"Maybe," but if they needed people to battle why would they bring him? He couldn't fight, he had never even witnessed violence until Nezumi had taken him out of No. 6 and into the real world. He would be no use to them.

"I am Shion by the way," he gave a warm smile.