Dining Hall

[isur2ndprincess]

[Yuki is in the dining hall with the rule book in front of her and a plate of food on her left. On her right is a note book where she is diligently taking notes.]

[Your name is in the book. She has a list of the players, weapons, playerless weapons, battles, outcomes, stats, everything she could possibly need in the future. Don't be creeped out, it's necessary]

[mumbling] I don't understand...

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[bitofafiction]

Hm.

[He approves of her methodology, but he doesn't bother saying so.]

Thank you. [hands the notebook back to her, open to the page she was on when she gave it to him] Your information is more complete than mine.

[isur2ndprincess]

Would you like to compare notes? I might have missed something. [She's not so against sharing her information if it means she learns more, who knows, what he has and she missed may be very important in the future]

[bitofafiction]

You didn't.

[isur2ndprincess]

Are you sure? I want to check again that the information is connected to the correct names.

[bitofafiction]

I've seen nothing that contradicts my own researches, and I like to think I have a tolerably good grasp of the system by now.

[isur2ndprincess]

That's a relief.

[bitofafiction]

[slight smile] Indeed.

[isur2ndprincess]

Would you like to copy some of my notes?

[bitofafiction]

Yes, in fact.

[Not that he was going to ask, but it will be convenient to have a reference. He extracts a much smaller notebook from his jacket pocket.]

[isur2ndprincess]

[she pushes the notebook towards him and goes back to reading the rulebook]

[bitofafiction]

[He writes fast, too!

He could maybe write even faster than that if he wasn't also glancing up every so often to see what page she's on.]

[isur2ndprincess]

[she notices his speed]

You're a fast writer!

[bitofafiction]

Yes. It's a useful skill to have.

[isur2ndprincess]

It must be!

[bitofafiction]

And would I be right in concluding you already have some familiarity with the rules?

[isur2ndprincess]

Yes, I was in a school similar to this one.

[bitofafiction]

What were the differences?

[isur2ndprincess]

Only males were Players, only the females were Weapons.

[bitofafiction]

Curious. But in other particulars it was the same? The name of the institution, the name of the game itself?

[isur2ndprincess]

Yes, the school name and the name Exaclan is the same, and so are the rules of the games, except for the part about tokens.

[bitofafiction]

And the things we can purchase with tokens? What of them?

[isur2ndprincess]

You mean memories and upgrades? There was nothing like that.

[bitofafiction]

Curiouser and curiouser.

[isur2ndprincess]

Isn't it? I'm trying to find out why the differences.

[bitofafiction]

In the school you attended, were the participants there by choice?