Checking in

[greennotgold]

Fletcher had gotten his rooming information; apparently he didn't have a roommate yet, which was a little disappointing. He'd hoped he could at least share a room with his brother.

When he arrived in Pale dormitory, room 1-A, he looked around the large room and sighed. There were five beds, and only one tiny boy living in this room. Between waking up on a mysterious train, watching that strange movie, and now this, he found that he really wasn't liking this.

He set down the two items he'd been given -- the Exaclan rule book and the white glove -- on a bedside table, and sat down. Well. What now?

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[greennotgold]

Fletcher was sitting down at his desk now, after hanging out with Molly, and going through his Exaclan rule book. If there were any other rules he didn't know about in this game, he wanted to at least know what they were. So far, though, he hadn't gotten to the part that would explain what the symbol on his hand meant, that it showed he was somebody's "object".

He looked up at the girl who'd just walked in. Wait, he was supposed to share a room with a girl? He turned bright red. "I-I'm sorry! I thought-- I mean, I, I think they made a mistake... M-my name's Fletcher, they told me I'm supposed to stay here..."

[siscon]

"Oh, really? I wonder when they made that change," though for the life of her, Hiyo couldn't remember her roommates' names anyway, so it wasn't like this arrangement was bad or anything. It didn't have any effect on what she had planned to do that evening. Not that she cared anyway, either.

She sat down on one of the other beds across from his, and made for small talk. Might as well, right? "Are you new to the Academy? If you ever need anything, just let me know!"

[greennotgold]

"It wasn't like that before?" Huh, why would they change that? The old way seems to have made a lot more sense.

He nodded. "I-I just woke up on the train this morning and then they brought me inside and I watched this movie about, um, Exaclan with everyone else..."

[siscon]

She shrugged in response, "No, it's just that I don't really remember being told I was going to have a new roommate~"

The topic of Exaclan came up and she shifted uncomfortably on her bed for a moment. "What do you think of it? The idea of Exaclan," she asked, looking straight at Fletcher.

[greennotgold]

"O-oh. I'm sorry," he mumbled, and looked down at his lap.

"Um... I don't... I don't know. It seems really awful to make people fight like that. And--and they kidnapped us, too!" He looked up, looking a little desperate. "I really didn't enroll here and I don't remember getting on that train!"

[siscon]

"It's bad, isn't it? We're just Iwahijiri's toys," she muttered darkly and her hands tensed in her lap. "Making us fight each other for their own amusement is wrong."

She looked up to him, however, when he mentioned being kidnapped. Did Iwahijiri really go that far as to take people away from their homes and bring them to the Academy? "You mean, you didn't enroll here?"

[greennotgold]

Iwahijiri... he thought he'd read that name in the guide book somewhere. He'd have to double-check.

He shook his head. "N-no, I just--I woke up on that train and then when I came in the lady at the desk said I enrolled, but I know I didn't!" He was actually shaking a little. "I never would have! They took away our memories and they're trying to--to make us fight...!"

[siscon]

"H-Hey... It's alright, calm down there," she stood up and moved to sit next to him, patting his head. "Things'll be alright, you know? You just need to stay positive!" Well, there was her optimism in play. Hiyo didn't really want to do this, but if it was enough to keep her mask up, then...

Her lips tugged into a frown and she looked at him straight in the eyes once more. "What do you mean took away your memories?" she questioned.

[greennotgold]

He looked up at her. She was so nice... He was at least lucky that he'd gotten someone like Hiyo as a roommate.

"The... the lady in the video said they did it to make us fight. I..." His lip wobbled, but he willed himself to keep from bursting into tears. "I can't remember my big brother's name."

[siscon]

Her eyes narrowed at the thought of an older brother, and she tried to remember something on her own. The name of an older sibling... Hiyo had a sister, but... What was her name? She tried to remember the name of her older sister, but it wouldn't come to mind.

How in the world did she forget her own sister's name?

"Dammit..." she whispered to herself and her knuckles turned white from tensing up so much. Her eyes were wide as she stared into her lap. "Dammit, why can't I remember..."

[greennotgold]

"...Hiyo?" Fletcher asked. "Um-- what's wrong? Did--"

She'd forgotten something too? Of course... Everyone had. There was no one at this school with their memories intact.