rakuen | Round One start: Conquest School

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.

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Me? Yeah, no problem at all. That chick over there. [ he gestures to Aisha, who's standing a little way off talking to someone. ]

She's lookin' pretty good, so, hey. You wanna join up with the winning team?

[Well. That's surprising; Red isn't sure how Gino got a Player so fast, but apparently he could learn something from that for next time. He weighs the options; to be honest, Gino doesn't seem the most focused person, and Red doesn't know the girl, but an offer is an offer...]

[He's been standing there thinking for a few moments before looking back at Gino and nodding. He doesn't know that he'll find someone else, so this will do for learning the ropes.]

That's the right choice. [ he grins, an entirely friendly expression, then turns to call their Player over. ] Aisha! Come and make the vow!

[She trots over, looking a tad bit confused.]

"What? But we just made . . . oh, he wants to play too? Aisha feels rather popular today! Alright then, let's shake on it. [And she grabs his hand without warning. Hope you don't mind it, Red.]

Let's shake on it then. I'll protect you and own you, and you can do anything I can do, here. And we'll fight and win and all that stuff, alright?

[Red examines her critically. Friendly enough, maybe a bit goofy -- but she looked somewhat determined, so that could be okay. He'd already said yes, anyway. He nods firmly to her, hoping that's enough for the vow. Oh, there's the sword symbol. Perfect. He looks back up, ready to get his paper and pen if she does want to hang around. They might need to plan strategies, after all.]

[She's a lot less goofy during a fight, but it's a fair assessment.]

I have two questions, nyah. Did you want any of those upgrade things? I haven't touch any of my raks yet, want to see how everything works first. And two, do you mind me seeing your weapon?

[He shrugs to the first question as soon as she says it; he doesn't know so far what his upgrades are worth. To the second, he hesitates just for a moment (he hasn't done this yet), then shakes his head. Physical contact was how the weapons were drawn, if he remembered. He holds out a hand cautiously.]

[Wow he was really quiet. It was kind of creepy but whatever, she could roll with it for now.]

Don't worry, Aisha's done this before. Just once, but that's better than nothing, right? [She places her hand on his chest, that's where Gino's came from.] Weapon, you can come on out.

[There's that split second of "okay, how does this even wor-" and then there's something made of leather coming out of his chest into Aisha's hand. It's a glove -- black, fingerless, and oddly heavy. A second one follows the first; hopefully she doesn't drop it.]

[Red stumbles, suddenly a little dizzy, and looks down. That's a weapon? They look almost like something he wears every day.]

[This is just a bit different from when she did it with Gino. This one was heavier, and oh they were gloves. She catches both of them easy, and slides them on. Perfect fit, and she steps back and throws a few jabs. Her eyes light up, this is her kind of weapon.]

Man, this is awesome. Are you alright . . . hey, what's your name? We can't be a team without knowing each others names. [And as much as she hates to rely on people, especially Terrans, they really were a team now.]

[He's a bit surprised to see how happy she is with them... they must be boxing gloves or something, he assumes, since she seems to know what they do. He nods quickly, regaining his balance, then reaches into his bag for his pencil and paper. 'Red', he scribbles down, holding it up.]

[All she really knows about them is that she'll be able to hit harder. That was more than good enough for her. She's not sure what kind of name Red is, it had to be one of those Terran things.]

My name's Aisha, it's good to meet you! Now, you ready to put these things back? Man, I'm surprised you don't feel heavy o something.

[Red nods, thinking for a moment that maybe he should smile back, deciding better, and ending up with a brief, awkward half-smile. He nods, glancing down at his chest like he's still not sure what its deal is. (He's not.)]

[This is still the silliest thing ever, but yeah, it's time for these to go away away. She basically shoves them at his chest.]

Go back in now! [She is obviously the master of replacing weapons. Yes. ~~Maybe.~~]

Round One start: Conquest School

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