Round One start: Conquest School

[kingofpoisons]

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 Conquest Lobby they will see the woman they saw battling yesterday, and perhaps talked to before that, on the small raised podium. she is eating a piece of bread. Santana is next to her.

"I hope you slept well," she says when she finishes her bite. "Today the first battle round of your time in Rakuen begins, please listen carefully because I am not going to repeat myself.

I have here the list of students chosen to be Players for this round. Listen carefully, these are the people who have rights this week. The rest of you have no rights, the rest of you can be granted rights by these people if you agree to be their weapon.

Now I am going to assume that none of you bothered to read the manual so apologies if you actually did. There are rules to be followed and they are on page nine, failure to follow them will result in consequences and I'm sure no one likes consequences." She pauses to eat some more.

"The most important rule is that if you are a Player battling is not optional. You will not like the consequences of ignoring that rule at all," yes you should be very afraid of the smile that crosses her face.

"To own a Weapon you must vow to them. Vowing to own and protect them, when the Weapon has given their consent a mark appears on their hand." Here she held her own hand up to show the sword that marked her own hand.

"Players may give their Weapons permission to access the school facilities, and to eat from the full cafeteria menu among other things. If you haven't got a Player then you are a Discard, make sure you know all the rules and do exactly what Santana tells you to."

She paused to eat more bread, really these lot looked like they wouldn't even understand what she was saying. She paused to see if Santana wanted to add anything there. Santana for her part just scoffed and sarcastically wished everyone good luck.

"Today is Sunday, every round starts on a Sunday, Saturday is your free day, no one is a Weapon or a Player on Saturday so I suggest taking advantage of it. Anyone who wants to take on a Saturday job for extra Raks is allowed to. There is no school on Sunday but I suggest you take the time to vow to Weapons if you are a Player, or find a Player if you are a Weapon. School starts tomorrow 8am sharp, breakfast is from 7 until 8."

She grins again, "So since I am sure you are all desperately excited to find out who is a Player, they are as follows.

1. Lithuania
2. Homura
3. Golbez
4. Aqua
5. Feferi
6. Aisha

If you have any questions please come and ask them. If not, follow the rules, don't get into trouble and Battle well!"

She grins again.

Comments

[antitank]

Homura would be lying if she said she wasn't surprised to hear her name being called out. But she doesn't let that show on her face. She's read the rulebook and understands the game well enough. The only thing left to do is to fight.

She doesn't approach anyone, but stands on her own quietly, looking around.

[herplaceinthesun]

Aisha is glowing with happiness, a funny thing to see. But she gets to fight, and she gets to eat well? Besides being stuck fighting for some invisible group she had no idea about, she was failing to see what the problem was here.

Especially since she didn't have to get bossed around by that Santana girl. That's a bonus if she's ever heard of one.

[swordofzero]

Suzaku listened to the woman carefully. He was not planning on staying here any longer than needed, but Lelouch was here and he wouldn't leave without him. He doubted Lelouch would leave without Nunnally, so he couldn't just attempt to escape on his own.

He had flicked through the manual the night before, and was not impressed by what he saw. The lack of rights didn't bother him that much, after all having to fight for someone in order to earn basic human rights was a system he was used to.

He looked around, looking for anyone familiar.

[secondtoone]

[He's not a Player. Admittedly there was little chance of it, but Red can't help feeling both disappointed and spurned. Even if he won't admit it to himself, being thrust into a competition makes him want to, well, compete. That and now he'll need to find a Player... someone to take pity on him. He isn't looking forward to that.]

[As reluctant as he is to approach anyone, Red opts to stand against the wall and look around the group. Someone could always come ask him. Someone usually does.]

[babygotback]

[Admittedly, Marik was slightly disappointed on his name not being called. But, he didn't dwell on it for long, upon hearing the other alternative.]

A job, eh...

[shakes]

...So how likely was it that Lithuania would be able to use a musket?

The boy's eyes flitted around, trying to see from the reactions of the people in the room who had been choosen a player. He hated to have to contract like that, it was similar to what he had back home and he hated that too, but that Santana girl looked scary. So he at least wanted to see the alternatives.

[bloodbrother]

He didn't hear his name. Oh well. He supposed that made it easier to ease his way into this strange system. He hid under his parasol, leaning against a wall to the side. Why wasn't the sun affecting anyone else this way? He didn't understand it. Maybe he'd been spending too much time inside working and he'd messed himself up somehow. It would just figure.

He sighed and walked over toward the crowd. It was time to play along. "Ah, I guess I'm a Weapon if anyone needs one?" He had raised his voice a bit, but he wouldn't be surprised if it went unheard in the excited chatter that followed the announcement. Nor would he particularly mind.

[calmandstorm]

[Aqua had read the manual, so she knew what being named a Player entailed...and it was wrong. Owning a Weapon, being given privileges while they weren't, fighting as though it were a honor--! She lets out a low breath, her fist balled up tight. It was wrong, and Aqua was almost tempted to let them fine her...

But she can protect them as a Player, and if that's the case, then the choice is obvious.]

closed to Sollux

[cullscuttlefish]

[Once she was done speaking with Suzaku?, there was one more troll Feferi needed to find. She wasn't about to let Sollux be a Discard. She walked up to him, putting a hand on his shoulder. ]

Sollux, you are not going to argue with me on this. Stick out your hand. I am going to vow with you.