Fortitude: Round 4 Start

[mamarosa]

You may notice that once again the number of Prefects by Dolorosa's side has risen. On the stage with her is Lelouch, Yuri, and Gamzee. Nanami has been sick the past few days and will be missing the assembly, something that is rather routine by now. Dolorosa talks amiably with the three present Prefects before the assembly starts.

It should be a familiar scene by now, Dolorosa smiling out over her students.

"Hello, my students, another round has come to an end and another is starting anew. We were not the victors of round 3 but, just as you have in past rounds, everyone fought well," she laughs a bit, "And perhaps maybe it is a bit safer for all of us that Conquest has won the round, so I congratulate you on avoiding the wrath of Day and Santana." She can't help but poke fun at her fellow staff members, it is easier to make light of the situation than punish her students unnecessarily.

"The downside of losing is that you are not rewarded the extra Raks, but let us not dwell on defeat and instead focus on the victories of the round," behind her, as per usual, the Battle Records show up on the screen.

"I am once again proud of my students, you very rarely battle among yourselves, not that I am discouraging you. I extend a congratulations to Shion for defeating Becca."

As the inter-school battle records show up on the screen she looks surprised but not disappointed, "For Inter-school battles we should congratulate Lelouch," she turns to her Prefect, "for defeating Feferi." That's right, Fortitude won a grand total of two battles, one of them fought against itself. Students should take a moment to be relieved over the fact they are not in Conquest.

"Lastly, we should congratulate Dahlia for winning the round," Dolorosa begins to applaud for all the victors.

"And without further ado, the Players for round 4 are:

Oichi
Dave
Gamzee
Marisa
Jade
Inui
Spain
Nanash

Have a wonderful round."
 

Comments

[bloodandfire]

Daenerys had managed to sneak off the train whatever it was that brought her here without speaking to anyone. She had searched many of the compartments for anyone she knew or any sign of who had kidnapped her but found nothing.

So here she stands, a beautiful girl in her late teens, not wearing the same uniform as everyone else, wondering what exactly is going on and what she had gotten herself into. She hasn't read the rule book yet or asked any questions, but as she stands here completely lost, she knows that it is time to.

Dany turns to the nearest person, "Excuse me," she asks politely. Her status means nothing here.

[greenspaces]

Jade's a little awed; she's never seen someone as pretty as this. But she answers anyway, since she's a Player this time, and she needs to. She smiles at the other girl.

"Hi. Did your name get called?"

[knightime]

Dave just stands there quietly. He doesn't know what to say or do. With the memory charm from Shion, Dave remembers the names of his friends now. He remembers Jade's name and he so obviously realizes Jade's name was called along with his.

He was a Player again. He was okay with that.

Jade was a Player. He was okay with her being a Player. But both of them were Players.

He should probably start vowing at the very least.

[countryofassholes]

Standing close to where Dave was, Britannia rubbed the back of her neck and felt distinctly uncomfortable. Like the child that had brought home a C- on an important test to a disappointed parent.

No matter what the circumstances, whenever she on a losing team she felt distinctly... unhappy. Like it didn't matter if it was supposed to be a team effort, her actions alone should have made all the difference. (Which was laughable, she of all people knew that best, but the sting was still there.) Doubtless, they would have to do better this round.

So, with a sigh, like a child would make in the face of an exasperating list of chores, she started looking around. "Guess I'd better find a player."

[cmonstepitup]

"Hey Dave!" Sonic was quick on his feet when he heard that Dave was a Player this round. That made finding someone easy. "Ready to kick some more butt this round? I didn't get anyone vowing me last round."

[conquistador]

( So this was the first step of the Rakuen system. Spain recognizes one of the names-- Dahlia. How interesting. He hadn't imagined her to be much of a fighter but appearances could be deceiving. When he hears his name he can't help but smile.

Fine, he'll play the game. The next step was finding weapons now, right? Well, he doesn't know who is who but there's no reason why they can't find out who he is, right? )

¡Ay! I'm Spain and I'm looking for a weapon? A weapon!

[waddles]

[From the back of the room, unseen in his attempt to stay out of the way, Rafiel gives a little start and places his hand on his chest to calm his surprised heart.

Spain's boisterous yelling caught him by surprise, giving him a little bit of a scare, but nothing too serious. Just the sort of shock you can't help but ruefully smile at afterward. Which is exactly what he does.]

You will find one, I am sure.

[savedbyasong]

[Shion was just relieved he wasn't a player again. He looked at the names on the screen, he knew most of them though he wasn't sure who would vow with him, since he did not wish to have anything to do with this system. He didn't mind being a discard though, not really... though he disliked the unfairness.

He saw his world history class teacher and smiled at him.] Hello mister Antonio!

[keepscalm]

[Guess who hears Spain yell from less than six feet to his side and starts off in the completely opposite direction?

This nation!

England snorts and briskly begins to walk away from Spain, because ew he'll go find a Player he doesn't hate.]

[nonsuspiciousperson]

Nanashi has found a convenient wall to lean on. He had spent the rest of the day yesterday looking round his new home. He hadn't read the manual, he had tried but... he couldn't make head or tails out of the letters and it just gave him a headache.

His name was called, he had worked out from what the troll woman had been saying that they were expected to fight. He had expected a price for the food and bed and fighting... well it seemed it often came to this.

No matter how much he tried to put away his gun, he was forced to pick it up once again.

He looked around for someone willing to explain who he was supposed to fight.

[fabricates]

Vriska knew it. This place was out to spite her now. Three rounds as a weapon? She was annoyed beyond reason. Sure, her weapon was great and all, but it wasn't nearly as fun watching from the sidelines as it was to actually fight. And as if to rub it in her face even more, Makara, Harley, and Strider were Players. Dave she could sort of understand, in that she had a sliver of respect for him after being vowed to him and watching him fight. But Jade? As far as she knew, the girl only to how to use riflekind in the way of specibi. And Gamzee, well. She wasn't really going to even touch that. But it annoyed her that another troll had been chosen when she hadn't.

She snorted to herself, glaring around the room to size the Players up. She should probably approach people, but she didn't. Because Vriska Serket didn't ask, she wasn't going to beg to be wielded by anyone. If someone wanted her, they'd come to her. She didn't even care about the Discard bullshit. She'd already broken rules and she didn't have a problem continuing to do so.

[greenspaces]

So Jade came to her, of course.

It was only reasonable; if she wanted to win the right way, she needed to look for a really strong Weapon to fight with. And Vriska was a good Weapon for that, right? She had upgrades thanks to Dave, she was good at fighting in her own right. So the other girl walks right up to Vriska and puts her hands on her hips.

"I need you to help me win! But not the cheating way, the real way."

Goddammit, if she's got to fight, she may as well do it correctly. Grandpa Harley didn't raise her to back down from a fight, and she will be dammed if she doesn't at least try.

[has_soothing_bells]

Ooooooh, it was that time again. She had been lucky not to be in any fights last time, but Reimi knew she might not be so lucky this round.

Well, maybe it wouldn't be so bad...? She stood in place, looking around for anyone she knew.

[greenspaces]

"Are you okay?"

Jade spots the other girl and walks over to talk to her. "Did your name get called?"

[dataneverlies]

...Oh.

Inui stood, staring at the screen silently for several seconds, his expression unreadable. While it had all been quite a lot--almost impossibly much--to take in at once, he'd been managing competently enough; perhaps even more so. Habitual assimilation of large amounts of data was, after all, what he did.

This, however...

Without any preceding context, he would have calculated roughly an 80% probability of shock, a 33.5% chance of fear. But he had neither reaction. Instead, he just felt numb, almost strangely calm: in retrospect, however, he should have projected as much. It was only logical. After all this, what else was there to do but accept it? For now, at any rate... it seemed he didn't have much choice. Whether he liked it or not.

Perhaps there was some misunderstanding? But he calculated a near-zero chance of that.

The question now was how to proceed.

[traces]

When Dahlia's name wasn't called again, she sighed in a bit of relief. That was too much responsibility for her, even if it did come with the benefit of some extra money. She would need a Player, though. No way was she going to go a week confined to the school grounds with crappy food. Antonio's name had been called, but she didn't know what was going on with him, so she'd rather have someone else right now.

She looked about for someone else, and her eyes lit on a boy who was staring at the screen. He was new; was he one of those names she hadn't recognized?

"E-excuse me... Are you looking for a Player, too?" she asked him, to begin with.

[mamarosa]

[come talk to your headmistress?]

[knightime]

[Oh ew, it's that blond kid staring up at you. He looks like he has a question to ask though.]

[greenspaces]

Hi.

[ Shyly walking up. Gosh pretty ladytroll headmistress. ]

Um. I had a question.

[honkhonkwoof]

He can't help but think; motherfucking finally. It's a relief, although it comes with a need to get weapons. Six. He'll need to find six people, if he wants to win -- he immediately considers Tavros. Who else?

He simply looks around for a moment, feeling reluctant to start asking around. But he had to get at least one weapon, and had to quick. At least he felt a need to get it done quickly. Being a prefect, it should be easy enough, right?

[roboprosthetic]

Tavros wheels Gamzee's way, a small smile on his face. "Hi," he says. "You're, uh, you're a player...?"

[wakingsavior]

[ John caught both of his friend's names in the list of players, and he lets out a deep breath. Now he has to figure out which one of them he should go up to, or if he should vow with someone else, or nobody...

So he's just going to find a spot along the wall at the back of the room so he can sit and think.

Which is what he's doing right now, with pursed lips and a slight crease between his eyebrows. ]

[healinghero]

[Yellow just stands there quietly. She still was not sure about everything. One thing she does know now is she needs to find a player this round. SHe looks about but pulls her hat down around her ears a bit, unsure who to even go speak to.]

[greenspaces]

[ Jade notices the hat-pulling girl, and decides to make the first move. ]

Hi. Are you a Player this round?

[grand_guignol]

Alice had lucked out last week and she knew it, having a Player that didn't need to use her as a Weapon. This week wouldn't be so lucky, she didn't think, and she sighed. Well, the important thing to do now was finding someone she could vow with. If that Marisa was the one she knew from home...well, she thought she could deal with that. If not? She'd have to figure something else out.

[lovesignmasterspark]

Marisa walked over to the other girl, since she didn't seem to have been approached yet. This round she had to be quick and vow with as many Weapons as she could. Then win some more. She still wasn't going to force people to fight for her, especially if she was able to vow two or more weapons, but she could always earn the trust of those people whose wishes she respected.

"Lookin' for someone to vow with? You a Weapon this round?"

[lovesignmasterspark]

Marisa was a bit surprised her name was called, but she took this as a sign. She had to get as many raks as she could, and vowing with weapons was the fastest way. Unless someone had a magical weapon, she didn't have much of an advantage, but she'd make do with what she could. When all's said and done, she still gets raks for battling.

She began looking around for any Weapons that needed Players...

[floweringknight]

As soon as he heard that name, Sakuya couldn't help looking around. He tried not to get his hopes up, especially after what happened with Alice and Remilia, but he couldn't help brightening when he saw a familiar head of blond hair.

"Ah, Lady Kirisame!" he said, waving a hand as he walked on over to her.