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

[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.

[fabricates]

Vriska was surprised- Jade was the last person she expected to approach her. This meant she trusted her, right? Maybe the whole situation she'd caused could be put behind them entirely. She quirked a brow at her, trying to decide if this was legit or a joke. But Harley looked pretty serious, and she was all for vowing to someone who was actually looking to win the round through fighting.

"Do you even know how to use bladekind?"

[greenspaces]

"No, I don't. But you could teach me, right? I'm kind of tiny, but I think I can do it."

She smiles, hands still on her hips. "We could win!"

[fabricates]

Vriska regarded her for a few minutes before shrugging. This could work out to her advantage in plenty of ways, so it'd be stupid not to take the offer.

"Sure, but you have to do everything I tell you. I won't be vowed to someone who loses. Got it?"

[greenspaces]

"Okay. I don't want to lose, either. Oh--" Right, the vowing thing. Jade thinks for a minute, to try and remember the words.

"Vriska Serket, I promise to..." no, protect isn't exactly the right word. She revises her statement. "I promise to learn from you as much as I can, and to do my absolute best with you as my Weapon! Will you vow with me?"

[fabricates]

"Yeah, yeah. Get over the formalities already." She glanced to her hand to find the symbol appearing. Another week, another vow. It was all getting sort of predictable and boring to her.

"You better be ready to start training today! You should be ready to fight tomorrow."

[greenspaces]

"I am ready! What do we need to do?" Jade was eager to start learning; if they were going to win, she needed to be ready to fight, and fight soon. She understood that as much as Vriska did -- and they would win, hopefully.

[fabricates]

"Let's get out of here, first. We'll train outside, with sticks or something. At least until I can be sure you won't maim yourself when you pull my weapon out."