rakuen | 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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Alex has his hoodie up and zipped, looking around nervous and confused while hugging himself against the cold. What the heck did he get himself into, and why were there strange-looking people all over? Was this a convention of some sort?

Lelouch made his way through the Fortitude group. "And your name?" Everyone had clumped up together, and he wanted to double-check who was whom, and that everyone was accounted for.

Alex jumped a bit, chewing his lip, "A-Alex, A-Alex Furest."

He nodded, and marked him off on the list. "You're a student of Fortitude school, and I am one of the prefects. My name is Lelouch, and I'm here to help you adjust and get settled. You probably have a lot of questions, and I'd like to help you as best I could."

"Oh... I-its n-nice ta meet you?" Alex looked extremely awkward and unsure. "I-I really don' u-understand what's g-going on... Prefects, schools... H-how'd I g-get here?"

His expression softened a bit. He didn't need to deal with this kid bolting scared. "I'm sorry, but your first question is one I don't have an answer to. All of us have been brought from our homes just like you have, by this train. This town is called Rakuen, and you are a participant in the Exaclan system. There is a handbook in your bag," he gestured to the bag Alex had woken up with. "It has all of the information you need to succeed here."

Alex looked through the bag for a moment, frowning. "M-my laptop an' cell..." He sighs deeply looking troubled. "I-is all w-we have th-the clothes on our b-back and this bag?"

He nodded. "Yes, that's all you have. You can purchase a PDA unit like this," and he pulled his own out to show him. "It allows you access to the Rakuen networks, assuming you are a player or have vowed to one.":

He swallowed, biting his lip a bit. He was clearly doing his best to try to keep calm, and only just managing. "I-I'm dreaming, r-right? I s-stayed up t-to late on that g-game, and i-it's just influencing m-my dream."

He shook his head sadly. "I'm afraid it's all quite real. You won't be seeing your home for a while."

Alex frowned and furrowed his eyebrows, troubled. "Th-there's n-no way? M-my friends n-need me r-right now. Badly." They did need him, right?

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