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

[herplaceinthesun]

She nods, putting the glove on. Aisha wasn't sure if she needed fancy words or anything, so she just shook her hand off before reaching upward for Gino's chest. Really, he was so freaking tall!

"Well, here we go. Weapon, you can come out now." She wasn't sure if that's what she was supposed to say, but here went nothing. Hopefully it would work?

[trollofthree]

It seems to work, whatever she's done. Gino blinks down at her bemusedly for almost a second before the lightshow starts, his chest flaring with white light as it disgorges the first foot or three of polearm. He'd look like he's being impaled, if there was a matching section coming out of his back. As it is, he just looks bizarre.

"Looks like it heard you. Mind pulling it out, though? Feels kinda weird just standing here like this."

[herplaceinthesun]

For a second she just stares. Now that was new, even for her.

"Well, either your weapon is a giant stick, or there's something on the end of it." Brilliant observation. Really. "You know, this looks really creepy, let's do something about that."

And she smiles and yanks at the pole, hoping she doesn't end up killing him or something.

[trollofthree]

Nope, no killing. The weapon comes out easily at her touch, and Gino steps back to free the large axe blade completely. The moment it's drawn, the light fades and they're separate things again.

He still taps his chest experimentally, though.

"That sure is something..."

just passing through!

[swordofzero]

Suzaku had seen the commotion, it was impossible not to, and he looked at Gino when he walked past. "You always liked to show off," he didn't stop though, just kept walking.

[herplaceinthesun]

"That's the coolest damn thing I've ever seen! Man, I feel just like my ancestor must have when they conquered space! Well, half of space. The galaxy. Whatever." She grips it, glad she has a glove. Aisha wasn't trying to kill another, and it was a good thing she couldn't even if she tried, because this thing was really something.

"It'll be fun to work with this. You feel okay? Any emptiness in your chest or anything?"

[trollofthree]

"Nope, nothing like that." He still seems a little baffled by that, but hey. He recovers quickly, and leans over to prod at the halberd. "Well, so long as you can fight with it, that's enough for me!"

[herplaceinthesun]

She smiles broadly. "I have a bit more weapons experience than you'd think I would~ Aisha's not normally one for blades, but I'll make it work. Now, let's put this thing back in ya before something weird happens."

She points it back at him the same way it came out. Pointy-side first. Slowly, she presses it into his chest, with confidence that he wouldn't get hurt. "Weapon, go back where you're from."

[trollofthree]

"Whoa--" but even as he lifts his hands to ward the blade away, the light flares up again and the weapon starts to fall back into his chest. "Man, this'll take some getting used to."

[herplaceinthesun]

"Awww, Gino, you've gotta start believing in me and your huge whatever it's called!" She's glad she's not having objects pulled from her chest all the same.

"You see anyone that might give us a good time? We should probably wait a bit before trying to fight someone though, if that made you dizzy."