Conquest round three

[kingofpoisons]

Once again, there are announcements on all the screens around the campus. "Please report to the lobby at 12 noon for assembly." Those who attended the sleepover will be taken back to Conquest by Santana in the morning, where they can get ready before hand. Any who fail to attend or get lost are rounded up by Santana and taken to the lobby.

Unlike last week Day isn't smiling, she is stood on the podium arms crossed glaring at the audience. She looks angry, in the manner of a small child who has been told they can't have dessert. In short she is sulking.

When everyone is gathered she waits for them to get the hint that they should shut up and listen. "Sometimes," she began, "When you get off to a good start you begin to get complacent," those who had been Players the round before would begin to get a headache, one that got worse while Day spoke.

"Sometimes, people believe that hard work doesn't apply to them, they think they can get away with slacking. Let someone else do the hard work." Everyone else in the hall would get a headache, not a bad one but enough to be an annoyance.

"Perhaps you want to tell me that you tried, that Fortitude were just better than you. Are you really that pathetic? I thought I'd made it clear that this school is a school of winners! Winners, not losers, which is why all I asked you, the one thing I asked of you was to keep on winning."

Her glare darkened as she looked around the audience, "Pathetic, pathetic and disobedient." For one member of the audience, namely Aisha Clanclan the pain would grow, until it was difficult to stand. "This is the last time I will repeat myself, rules are on page nine, read them. Can't read? Ask someone who can or buy a bloody PDA." Aisha's pain faded.

She sighed and took a bite of the cake she had in her hand, behind her the battle records appeared.

She read the Conquest Records first. "Gino Weinberg vs Suzaku Kururugi, Gino won," Gino's headache would lessen a bit as Suzaku's got worse, "Suzaku Kururugi vs Estonia, Estonia won," again Suzaku's headache got worse as Estonia's lessened. Suzaku Kururugi vs Nephenee, Suzaku won." Suzaku's headache finally lessened as Nephenee's got worse.

She moved on to the interschool battles, again as she read each battle if conquest had won the fighter's headache would lessen, if they had lost it would get worse."Suzaku Kururugi beat Dahlia Hawthorne and Yuri Lowell. Gino Weinberg won against Oichi, Nephenee won against Yuri Lowell.

However Suzaku Kururugi let England, Dave Strider and Oichi beat him. Marik Ishtar lost to Dave Strider as did Estoia and Gino Weinberg. Gino Weinberg also lost to Yuri Lowell. Nephenee lost against Marisa Kirisame."

She shook her head and the records dissappeared, "Pathetic. Suzaku Kururugi and Gino Weinberg did win the round, but really. I just hope this rounds players do better."

Santana finally speaks up, "You better hope you do better this round," the obvious warning hangs in the air for a few seconds before the headaches vanished and the new names came up on the screen behind them. Day read them out.

"Feferi Peixes
Aisha Clanclan
Nephenee
America
Sis Strider
Karkat Vantas
Dirk Strider"

Comments

[kingofpoisons]

Dare to approach the headmistress? She's still stood on the stage glaring at anyone who bothers to get close.

[herplaceinthesun]

Aisha will approach her, and gladly. With a smile on her face, though what's fueling that smile is anyone's guess.

"You know, I can almost respect you. You're honest about what this is, more than anyone. You're also really good at throwing temper tantrums, nyah.

Just not better at it than I am."

[kingofpoisons]

Day raised an eyebrow, Aisha Clanclan the one who had snuck off to see Lee despite last weeks warning. The kid had guts, and would go far. "That so? Well as long as your temper tantrum is focused on Fortitude and beating them, I couldn't really care less."

[smupette]

You do not simply get what you want by stomping your foot, Headmistress.

[8| This is coming from one of your players.]

[kingofpoisons]

Oh? [A raised eyebrow, Day didn't know this one, but she screamed trouble. Not that Day disliked trouble makers, they made things interesting.] Let me guess, you are going to be the one to stop me?

[trollofthree]

[ okay, ow. Gino is at least used to being yelled at by people who rank him or run his schedule, so even with the headache he just grimaces as it intensifies towards the end.

Aisha and Suzaku don't get off so easily, and he at least manages to snag Suzaku's shoulders before the guy topples over from the penalty. Aisha seems a little more together, so he doesn't grab her, but they're still standing together. ]

Man, it may sound stupid coming from me, but you need to stop picking fights you can't win.

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku is grateful for being caught, pain doesn't usually bother him but as she listed every person he had lost to it got worse until he was not sure he could stand any more. He got his feet stead again grimacing under his pain, the price of failure. He looked at Gino and nodded once]

Probably. [He looks down, feeling awkward since he is still not sure what he thinks about Gino, and him apparently being from the future, and Suzaku betrayed him... yet Gino seemed friendly enough.]

[trollofthree]

[ it'd be kind of stupid to hold a grudge when they're in another world and the concept of justice doesn't really seem to exist. He's considered fighting him, but. Hey. What would be the point, they've already fought. And it's not like he didn't come out on top anyway. ]

Looks like the kid gloves are off, huh.

[herplaceinthesun]

[Aisha is glowering, filled with rage. It's not something she's felt since's she's gotten here, not like this. If she were home, a tail might grow, but as it is?

She just looks like she wants to beat someone, and not in the Exaclan way.]

You haven't seen me pick a fight, nyah. Not until right now. Let me protect you, Gino, I need your help . . .

[trollofthree]

Like I'm going to refuse now? [ and the symbol appears just like that. ]

[duchy]

[Not having been a player in the previous round, Lithuania is only aware of the punishments being handed out by watching said previous players. Still, he's aware of a threat when he hears it, and he's not entirely convinced weapons will remain unharmed if they keep losing.

Without Estonia as a player, he's not really sure who he should partner with, except that it should probably be someone willing to use him in a fight. He's looking uncertainly around the room at the moment.]

[smupette]

[Sis had far before taken note of her name being called, and she knew exactly who to go to first.]

Are you who Lithuania? [It was stern, yet with a sisterly undertone. Something she couldn't help.]

[duchy]

[Lithuania looks up when he's called, recognizing her as a weapon Estonia had lost, but not knowing her very well. Still, she hadn't seemed that bad.]

Yes?

[babysage]

Kotaro was stood next to Nephenee and drew nearer to her once the headmistress started to speak. She sounded angry and Kotaro wasn't surprised at all once the punishments started. After all if they had disappointed her she had to punish them so they would remember to do better next time.

Still when Nephenee's loss was called he turned to hug her tightly. When her name was called for the second time he looked up at her and smiled. "I'll be your weapon again if you want me! I'm sure you can win all the battles this time!"

[relentless_sentinel]

Nephenee was groaning by the time her name was called for the next round. This was worse then when she's talked to Kotaro about the war. The pain finally vanished, and she sighed. She'd have been miserable if that had continued. But the last of the pain subsuded as he hugged her, and she smiled. What a sweetheart.

"I'd like that...thanks, Kotaro. That's a big help. Ah'll do my best to be a good Player for ya too. Is thar anyone ya'd like ta join us?"

[babysage]

Kotaro smiled, "Can we ask Sam? I promised I'd look after him!"

[isur2ndprincess]

[Yuki shifts uncomfortably when the assembly ends, she's not sure who she should approach to partner up with...]

[heroiccia]

Hey kiddo, you okay?

[isur2ndprincess]

I guess so... I don't really enjoy fighting, but I think it's something I should get used to doing. Not that I wasn't used to it before... it's just different here.

[heroiccia]

Alfred blinked a few times at the sound of his name being read off. He was supposed to be a player this round? It took a few moments as the thought sank into his head, and then he started grinning and becoming visibly giddy at the idea.

"Oh awesome! So I get to, like, pull weapons and shit out of people's chests this time! Right?" He was extremely pumped and full of energy right now. What could be more badass than that, right? Besides being the one who had the weapon pulled out of their chest, that is. "Dude this is so rad~!"

[babysage]

Kotaro saw his roommate and waved before skipping over. "You're a player this round!"

[smupette]

[Sis 'hmphed' at her own name being called. It meant she couldn't be quite as elusive this week. She would need to appear for her fights, and to meet her potential weapons.

A word was not spoken by her though. Her brother was in Fortitude, and if it came down to it- she was going to win him. There was something there, just and inkling of resistance at the thought she would have to harm her younger brother in any way.

Yet...the thought quickly fades to nag at the back of her mind once again.]

[frozenmemories]

[Cirno happened to be wandering by, grumbling over the fact she wasn't picked this round. She stopped and spotted Sis and walked on over]

I guess you get to be a player huh? Lucky!

[A small pout and a frustrated look crosses her face as she crosses her arms. She was still not exactly happy over the lecture. She was one of the weapons won to the other school last round. So that made her pout even harder.]

[whitestknight]

[ And in the midst of the assembly, Flynn is just standing in vague horror as the people around him flinch from some kind of penalty invoked by the headmistress's chiding. ]

This is monstrous.

[swordofzero]

[After Suzaku had spoken to Gino he began to walk round the room looking for Feferi. He saw his roommate and heard his words] It is.