rakuen | Conquest round three

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"

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Oh! Haha! Then if you're not a player then how come you're worried about fighting?

And I never said they weren't though, I just said that they shouldn't be forced to.

Because I'm a Weapon I should support my Player.

Males shouldn't be made to fight if they don't want to either.

Yeah, but I don't think you're actually fighting. [Or at least that's what he's glimed so far.]

Yeah, and nobody should be forced to do anything, kiddo.

Even though my body is not physically fighting, I still feel the pain of the battle.

Really? I didn't think it was that bad though.

I assume you haven't had your weapon broken before. [she holds herself very tightly and looks a bit scared]

They can break? [Blinks and gives her a clueless look.]

[quietly] Of course they can break. My weapon used to be a small dagger and a Player from my old school was frustrated with me and the weapon so he snapped it. I was in the hospital for a very long time.

Dude, that's not cool! How can that even hurt you!

You're connected to your weapon, it's a part of you.

So somehow that makes you feel pain? [Now he just has a confused look.]

It's like an extension of your body, if your body is broken you feel pain.

I see... [Though it's clear that he doesn't understand how that works.]

Still, that doesn't make it okay!

Of course it doesn't make it okay! It makes it even worse! This game is dangerous.

Yeah, I guess it could be. Of course so is a lot of other things. Like football!

[American or European? Actually, doesn't matter, they both are]

This isn't a sport though, and we didn't choose to participate.

[American of course! He isn't like any of those stuffy, old Europeans after all.]

Really? To me it seems kinda like MMA mixed with paintball.

[well she's Japanese but that's besides the point]

It doesn't matter what it's like, we didn't choose to participate. With the choice I bet no one would.

[Same thing.]

Yeah, that's true. [Yes yes, no one wants to be here. Blah blah blah, it's time for him lighten up the situation!]

But no one has to worry!

[SHE'S SO NOT CONVINCED]

Why do you think that?

[Well she will be here soon.]

That's easy! [Gives her a large, warm and All-American smile! Plus a thumbs up.]

Because I'm the hero~!

[more to herself]

You're a hero. Of course you are.

Hahaha! That's right! So I'll find a way to save everyone and defeat the bad guy who brought us here!

How do you plan on doing that.

I'll make something so totally great that it'll help us out in our escape! [Duh, it's so obvious.]

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