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

[pencilpremonition]

She flinched at his harsh reply, cringing backwards away from him. She looks like she struggles lifting her schoolbooks let alone having anything that would really take strength. "I... I..."

She hung her head and turned to go, deciding it wasn't really worth it. "Well...if no one else asks you... I'll at least give you all your rights," she murmured without even turning back to look at him.

[honkhonkwoof]

"Yeah. I'll find you when MOTHERFUCKING no one else's vowed with me." He doesn't care about her. If she wasn't even a good fighter, what was much of the point? Unless she had five weapons already, and he'd be the sixth. "And I'm guessing you ain't got five other weapons?"

[pencilpremonition]

She turned back. If he wanted to keep talking to her then it was rude to just wander off, she just thought he hadn't wanted to. "No, not yet. But I might be getting three soon. They just need to talk to each other and see if they want to vow with me."

[honkhonkwoof]

His lips curl in an unimpressed sneer. "Any fucking chance of you getting past five? No, fuck that, I ain't so desperate yet." And he glares at her, as if she was the one who decided to make him a weapon. Again. Why was someone so disgustingly weak made into a player? Right. Picked randomly. Had to be.

[pencilpremonition]

She huffed at that, folding her arms and scowling at him. "It's not like I asked to be a player. I didn't even ask to come here. I was just as happy back home," she insisted.

[honkhonkwoof]

"Of course." He sighs in irritation, rubbing his temples and trying to stay patient. "Look, chica, if you ain't gonna be gettin' more than five weapons I ain't looking to be anywhere near you."

[pencilpremonition]

"Right, I'll remember that," she said, turning away again. "Sorry for being human," she muttered under her breath, sarcastic and annoyed with the rough turn-down. She didn't know much about trolls yet (in fact all she knew was that grey skin and those candy corn horns meant 'troll'), and didn't know how prized strength was amongst them.

[honkhonkwoof]

Gamzee watches her turn away and presumably leave, catching her muttered words. "You should be." It's a quiet snarl of his own. Just the sight of her addded with the knowledge she held more power than him at the moment made his blood boil. It was a wretched, filthy feeling.