Fortitude: Round 3 Start

[mamarosa]

The morning after the sleepover, Dolorosa is quick to get all of the Conquest students out the door to save them the wrath of Day and Santana. She gives her students a little more time but still hurries them so she can start the assembly on time. She didn't want her school to be in any disadvantage.

Some may notice that her ever present smile is a bit wider today, as she stands behind the podium, two prefects in tow. That's right, two prefects. Lelouch has reached prefect status and stands besides the ever cool Nanami. Dolorosa is eager to begin her speech.

"Welcome, my students. Last time we were here we suffered a gracious defeat, but I am happy to announce that this is not the case this round. We have obtained victory over Round 2, and I would like to say that I am proud of you all. You all fought wonderfully and no matter if you won or lost your match, Fortitude came out on top."

"If this were Conquest, or I a different troll, I would urge you to keep winning, to keep defeating Conquest, but we are not them and I am not different. Instead I would like to extend a congratulations for this round, and hope you try your hardest next round. Win or lose we can show that we are a cohesive school, here for more than just battle. I am proud of all of you, and just as we were gracious losers, I expect you all to be gracious winners as well."

"I'm sure you have all noticed the extra Raks you have obtained for winning the round, I hope you treat yourseld to something nice. Without further ado I will announce the battles that occurred this round."

Behind her, the battle records appear.

She starts with the Fortitude battles, "I am always proud when there is little fighting within our school, but I do encourage competition, so I would like to congratulate Dahlia for defeating Yuri, and Yuri for defeating Oichi." she applauds a bit.

Next up, the interschool battle, "For those who fought Conquest and won, I would like to congratulate Dave for defeating Marik, England for defeating Suzaku, Dave for defeating Suzaku, Oichi for defeating Suzaku, Dave for defeating Estonia, Marisa for defeating Nephenee, Dave for defeating Gino, and Yuri for defeating Gino." She applauds again.

"My last congratulations go to Dave, Marisa, and Oichi for winning the roung and helping Fortitude achieve victory!" And some more applauding.

The screen behind her changes again, "This round's Players are...

"Rebecca Harcourt
Dahlia Hawthorne
Shion
Lelouch vi Britannia
Madoka Kaname
Karkat Vantas
Kamui"

"Fight well everyone, I'm proud of you!"

Comments

[knightime]

Dave promised Jade he'd be recognizable this time. Of course he was looking for Jade, but he made sure she could tell it was him.

He borrowed (read: without permission) a ribbon from Sora and was now sporting a rather silly side pigtail on his head. Not only that, he found a sparkly, pink cardstock to use as a nametag and taped it to his uniform. His name was written in capital bold letters. No one could miss the DAVE.

Dave was actually relieved he wasn't called again. Yeah, he actually did relatively well last week, but he didn't want to fight in his condition. Call him a pussy, but he rather be a Discard. He just really wasn't in the mood to get his ass handed to him when he was still recovering.

[traces]

Dahlia was still going around looking for Weapons. If she was lucky, she'd get six before the day was over.

When she noticed Dave standing there with that ridiculous nametag, she smiled and approached him. "Hello. Dave, wasn't it?"

[knightime]

Dave glances at his name tag and back at her. He really hopes she's just doing that out of courtesy and not because she legitimately needs to make sure his name was Dave or something.

He gives Dahlia a nod.

[traces]

She has to keep up appearances and be all nice and sweet! She laughed slightly. "I'm looking for Weapons. I'd really, truly love to vow with six people quickly enough that I won't have to do battle with anyone. Would you like me to, er... I mean to say, I'm very sorry for imposing so suddenly, but if you're looking for a Player..."

[knightime]

i have to find my friends first
im not vowing to anyone without them
you might have seen them
one is kind of derpy with messy hair
wears glasses
wait they both wear glasses
they also kind of act and look the same
or something
id give you names
but i forgot them
again

Hmm. It wouldn't be bad to help her out. At worst, he'd bother her about transferring them to someone who fought. But he also wouldn't want to get separated from them. Not that it matters. They're all Weapons this round.

[traces]

He wouldn't vow to anyone without his friends? Which just meant more Weapons for her. "All right, then! How about we look for them together?"

[knightime]

Huh. She isn't so bad. But then again, who would say no to three Weapons.

alright
sure

[greenspaces]

Thanks to the charm he got her, she doesn't even need a nametag to recognize him. Still, the thought is appreciated; she bounds up to him immediately and wraps her arms around him. Her own nametag is a bit less ostentatious, but spells out Jade! :) in curly letters with green pen.

"We are Weapons together!"

[knightime]

Oh, wonderful. He doens't have to stare at her and rack his brain into figuring out what her name is.

They should wear nametags more often. This is something that would actually help. He gives her a surprisingly affectionate hug back.

He's damn pleased to be a Weapon this round.

[greenspaces]

"We can both vow to the same person, right? So that we won't have to be split apart again?"

[knightime]

He gives her a curt nod.

not gonna vow with anyone
unless you guys vow with someone
i can dig being a shitty discard otherwise

If it meant all of them sticking together. He could deal with the Discard menu and the lack of rights. He had a PDA anyways. He didn't need to use the forums or anything.

And it's not like he really did anything that might require permission. He was sure he could bother someone to help him out otherwise.

[greenspaces]

"The porridge is pretty good! I had it last week. I wasn't really sure if I could have the other food, even though Marisa said I could."

She grins, as if she's saying something extremely silly.

[knightime]

He's pretty sure that the porridge isn't as good as she says it is, but he doesn't mind. She sounds happy.

well find someone wholl let us get whatever we want
we dont need some douchecanoe bullying us and telling us what to do anyways

[greenspaces]

"Definitely! But the porridge is good, Dave. I will make you try it!"

She laughs, poking him in the nose again. "Can we hang out today?"

[knightime]

yeah we can hang out
we got all of today to do whatever shit we want to do
only the sky is the limit
but fuck the sky we do what we want

He pinches her cheek and makes a face.

[pencilpremonition]

"Looking for someone?" she asked amusedly, walking over to Dave. She was trying to cover her utter terror and horror at being called as a player, and she was doing passably well at it. But only passably.

"I could be your player this round. I found a friend of yours I think, his name's John?"

[knightime]

He looks around before glancing at her. He nodded. He didn't really talk to Becca last round. Not that he was exactly friendly or social in the latter part of the round.

He is giving her the blankest of stares though. Unfortunately. John as a name still doesn't ring a bell. But she said friend. So he must be someone Dave knows. Is that his best friend's name...?

[pencilpremonition]

Dave had a way of making Becca uncomfortable without meaning to. Or at least she hoped he wasn't meaning to. She smiled awkwardly and fidgeted, hoping he wasn't silently judging her. "Uhm...I think he's looking for you, actually?"