[@AbandonedIntel] it might be hard to fit Carmen into the tournament. Primarily because this is a highly selected tournament. You came back a tad bit too late. I had opened the rp to others and we made the story work with replacing npcs (character drops outs) for the tourney with new people/writers/characters. 

I like to keep the story realistic so what we did was have a student fuck up the school system which literally took some people out, and swapped others in. 

I already had two meetings. One with the original selected tournament participants and one with the newly replacements. 

I think it might be best if Carmen sat on the sidelines with the Queens and watch the surroundings just in case... some other forces want to intervene with the battles. 

A lot of the students that are participating are people I thought who could take something out from a battle with certain people. Basically I'm thinking about this more story-wise, if that makes sense. 

Carmen kinda gives me that older, wiser feel. 

While I did not want the Queens to be part of the battles due to how high targeted they are. 

I do want some people on the benches watching. Because no one knows what I have planned. 

But what Carmen could do, if you want, is offer her services to Mrs. Lovelace's. By services, I mean perhaps Carmen can prove to Lovelace that she can handle being a referee of some sort. There's options for non-participants to be involved. But I won't say if that's plausible or not, because you as a writer would have to convince me and my teacher NPC via negotiations. Mrs. Lovelace is open minded once you gain her trust. 

But yeah, I'd prefer if Carmen stood on the sidelines. Plus, she can observe her fellow students in action while eavesdrop on people sitting near her (the Queens)