[ otome clicks her tongue.] Behold, another barbaric man...
[ she's clearly not interested in dimitri's yelling, so! she continues to speak, in a dry voice. ]
Now then. The two of them will remain unharmed beyond what has been done that was necessary, so long as the plan goes accordingly. Both Dedue and Amir will be healed of any injuries they have obtained, as well.
As you have agreed to the battle, your opponents will be revealed to you in time. You must adhere to a few rules.
[ the screen flashes up a list of rules, which remain as otome reads them out loud in a dry voice: ]
1. You must attempt to defeat your opponent behind the opposite door via a hypnosis microphone. Any other weapons will not be authorized. 2. The victor will press the switch located behind their opponent. Pressing the switch guarantees that Dedue and Amir will be returned to safety. Only one switch may be pressed on the battlefield. Do whatever it takes to ensure that you press the switch behind your opponents. 3. You may not speak freely of what has happened here to anyone, including your opponents. Doing so will result in automatic execution of Dedue and Amir. 4. If you do not win, your hostages will be executed. 5. If you refuse to participate your hostages will be executed.
[ she shuffles some papers on the screen, as if she's talking about the weather. ]
[ He won't allow Dedue to be executed. And Rupert—he doesn't seem like a fighter, but he does seem to care deeply for this man they've captured. And just like before, he can sense this isn't real. Just another trap of the mind. One that once he's accepted its terms, will only cage them in tighter.
But he still feels his heart batter in fear, instinctively, instantly. ]
This is madness!
[ It's not like he's got anywhere else to go, though. He's taken the terms in. ]
[he doesn't want to fight, he's always hated it, even this extremely strange form of combat. and he knows, somewhere deep inside him, that this is an illusion, that it's not real, that amir hasn't been and won't be with him until he finds a way home, but he still... no, he refuses to risk him, to bet on even the slightest chance that what he's seeing is, impossible as it might seem, real. if it's an illusion, it's a convincing one.
[ Fiance. This is going to be a disaster—there's absolutely no way they won't get wrapped up into this once it all starts, illusion or not. But as much as he hates this woman and her terms, he understands that the small, unreasonable chance of it being real is enough to try.
Plus, he doesn't hate Rupert enough to yell at him right now. He lets out an aggrieved huff, anger seething out between his teeth in a stream of air. ]
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[ she's clearly not interested in dimitri's yelling, so! she continues to speak, in a dry voice. ]
Now then. The two of them will remain unharmed beyond what has been done that was necessary, so long as the plan goes accordingly. Both Dedue and Amir will be healed of any injuries they have obtained, as well.
As you have agreed to the battle, your opponents will be revealed to you in time. You must adhere to a few rules.
[ the screen flashes up a list of rules, which remain as otome reads them out loud in a dry voice: ]
1. You must attempt to defeat your opponent behind the opposite door via a hypnosis microphone. Any other weapons will not be authorized.
2. The victor will press the switch located behind their opponent. Pressing the switch guarantees that Dedue and Amir will be returned to safety. Only one switch may be pressed on the battlefield. Do whatever it takes to ensure that you press the switch behind your opponents.
3. You may not speak freely of what has happened here to anyone, including your opponents. Doing so will result in automatic execution of Dedue and Amir.
4. If you do not win, your hostages will be executed.
5. If you refuse to participate your hostages will be executed.
[ she shuffles some papers on the screen, as if she's talking about the weather. ]
Any questions?
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But he still feels his heart batter in fear, instinctively, instantly. ]
This is madness!
[ It's not like he's got anywhere else to go, though. He's taken the terms in. ]
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[he doesn't want to fight, he's always hated it, even this extremely strange form of combat. and he knows, somewhere deep inside him, that this is an illusion, that it's not real, that amir hasn't been and won't be with him until he finds a way home, but he still... no, he refuses to risk him, to bet on even the slightest chance that what he's seeing is, impossible as it might seem, real. if it's an illusion, it's a convincing one.
as dimitri says that, though:]
But we - please, we have to win. He's my fiance.
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[ Fiance. This is going to be a disaster—there's absolutely no way they won't get wrapped up into this once it all starts, illusion or not. But as much as he hates this woman and her terms, he understands that the small, unreasonable chance of it being real is enough to try.
Plus, he doesn't hate Rupert enough to yell at him right now. He lets out an aggrieved huff, anger seething out between his teeth in a stream of air. ]
—Fine.
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otome nods, standing up from her desk. ]
Then, the doors will open shortly. Please be prepared.
[ and with that the doors will open... ]