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On the platform: Meet the new characters!

As you all crowd onto the platform and peer through the thick fog that chills the air, you are met by four girls and five boys. One of the girls is a somewhat humanoid grey-skinned, finned alien, but the rest all seem human. All nine are in uniforms that would match if not for the colour differences - skirts and trousers, waistcoats, and light summer shirts that seem totally inappropriate for the dense fog. They're all sodden and cold, and most are irritable. Each has a beret with a crest pinned to the front - three depicting a shield on green, the other six a sword on red.

At the first lull in the chatter, one sickly-pale, shield-crested girl speaks up, cutting through your conversations with her cold, soft voice.

"Attention, please."

She explains that the nine of them are the current prefects of Rakuen, representing the two schools on the island. Nanami, she points to herself, Yuri and Lelouch of Fortitude; and Santana, Flynn, Feferi, Gino, Nephenee and Kevin of Conquest. She doesn't care to explain why the prefects in red and white outnumber those in green and black two to one.

Santana interrupts, "Yeah, yeah. Look, come over when your name is called so we can all get inside." They all move to stand in two groups some distance away from each other, and the two that spoke read off names from their clipboards.

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[Though there's nothing about his body language to indicate he's awake, at Nanami's words there a very, very inaudible murmur. If it weren't for his slightly moving lips, you might have thought you imagined the whole thing.]

[and then Yuki walks by, she had been enjoying the day but this certainly changes things]

Yuri! [she runs over to him and kneels down to cradle his head as she looks up at Nanami]

Why did you do this?

Oh, thank you. [ Nanami carefully eases him properly onto Yuki's lap, and arranges his hair properly so she doesn't step on it as she stands up. ] He tried to murder the Conquest headmistress a week ago. You are Conquest... are you not? So I suppose you will have heard about that. In any case, he has been disciplined for it now, so I will go.

[Yuki is a bit shocked by the news. Okay, very shocked by the news. Yuri never seemed like he was capable of anything like that. To attempt to commit murder? How could he? She knew that Day was a horrible person and maybe life and death don't mean a lot here but to die... it must be horrible...]

[But still, she doesn't appreciate what Nanami did to him!]

It doesn't mean you have to put him in this much pain, couldn't you have given him detention or fined him instead? Something that would hurt less...

Don't be childish. Those kinds of punishments wouldn't influence him at all. [ she brushes a little dirt from her skirt and tights, and smiles wanly. ] Ah, and good luck in the next round...

[ lolbye ]

[It takes a few minutes after Nanami leaves for it to finally stop hurting to think, much less move. Which is why she's probably long gone when he does open his eyes again.

The sight of Yuki above him isn't as surprising as one would suspect, he was conscious during their entire conversation, after all, and towards the end he was able to listen to all of it without any trouble.

Which means he also knows that she knows what he did. So, without a word, he slowly puts his hands against the ground and starts to push himself up, wincing the whole way. His head does not appreciate the change of position.]

[she wants to say something back but Nanami just walks away from her.]

[So now she has Yuri in her lap and no one is around and she definitely can't carry him back to his dorm. She knows that he is good friends with Flynn but to find him would mean leaving Yuri defenseless...]

[But she has to make a decision! Yuki gently takes Yuri's head out of her lap and makes sure he looks as comfortable as he can be on the grass before going out in search of Flynn.]

[ CONVENIENTLY Flynn is busy sorting out the Conquest register on the far side of the station. ]

[Yuki runs up to him, a bit out of breath she says]

Flynn, Yuri has been hurt.

Yuki-- I see. [ he knows now that she's the girl Yuri made the food for, back on the first day he arrived, so he doesn't even bother to ask how she knows. ] Where is he?

[In the time it takes Yuki to go and fetch Flynn, Yuri is already trying his feet to see if he can make good on what he said earlier of making it back to his room on his own.

Already upright, he takes a slow breath before shoving himself onto his feet and-

Well this was a bad idea. His head suddenly spins painfully with the sudden rush of blood and he goes face forward towards the ground.]

This way! [and then Yuki heads back where she came with Flynn right besides her, on the way she decides to fill him in] It was Nanami, she was punishing him for [she pauses] for what he did.

[when they arrive they see Yuri struggling to stay on his feet, Yuki picks up the pace when she sees that he is about to fall]

[and then he goes down! but Yuki is there to catch him before he hits the ground, aren't you lucky Yuri.]

He told you about that? [ he sounds honestly surprised. WOW HE GUESSES THEY'RE GETTING PRETTY SERIOUS? but it's not the time.

-- speaking of timing, nice catch. He'll just kneel next to them. ] Yuri. Can you hear me?

[If he was lucky, he would've been able to walk back to his room without Flynn ever knowing. As he feels himself being caught by someone decidedly soft and smaller, he blinks his blurry eyes once, willing them to be cleared as he tries to find out who caught him.

Of course, then he hears Flynn's voice and gives a little groan.]

Yeah. [Pause. Deep breath.] I'm fine.

More like Nanami told me about what happened. [Oh yeah, they're super serious, you have no idea what they've been up to Flynn, no idea.]

[But no time to worry about that, better concentrate on Yuri]

Are you sure you're okay? If the warning penalty is the same as back home I know how much it can hurt. You should rest, don't push yourself to get up so quickly.

[ ICON.

he doesn't have that much more henning to add to Yuki's, so he just ducks under one of Yuri's arms to help him stand. And then shoots Yuki a look. ]

Back home?

[I don't have a matching response to that so I'm just going to ignore it.]

I'm fine. [Yuri protests as he tries to pull his arm back, succeeding only partially because if he yanks away from Flynn, he'll go barreling into Yuki.] I just stood up too fast.

[But Flynn has a point in that question and so he echoes the look at Yuki.]

[Yuki catches him again, but not without being knocked back a few steps and almost losing her balance completely in the process. She keeps a hold on him for as long as he'll let her, and hopes that Flynn will once again try to help him stand. Yuki isn't as strong as she's pretending to be.]

I told you not to push yourself.

[Oh. Yeah. About that. FUNNY STORY]

Oh, um, where I'm from we had a game just like the one here. Pulling weapons out of chests and fighting, that is. But only females were Weapons, and males were Players besides Sora who was trying to save us all.

Of course you did. [ sorry biffle, you're getting half-carried. This time he firmly pulls you up so you're leaning against him, because the alternative is you landing on Yuki again and that won't go well. ]

[ He nods encouragement for Yuki to continue even as his eyebrows lift at the idea of the game dividing men and women. ]

[Oh come on guys, it was just a headache. (A headache that nearly made him pass out and is still giving him vertigo, but hey. Details.)

Yuri gives maybe one tug against Flynn's hold before giving up, knowing full well how stubborn the knight can be. (Pot calling the kettle black.) So, instead, he leans on the blonde and tries to justify the support by saying it's punishment for the other guy being so pushy. Truth be told, though, he kind of appreciates it because his knees are still feeling a little weak as his head pounds like a mother.

And he'll just listen to Yuki.]

[She goes quiet and just concentrates on keeping Yuri up, it's easier to not talk about everything that happened to her back home]

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