[i]"Attention, students,"[/i] buzzed a voice over the intercoms across Gunryo Academy. The voice was deep, booming even. [i]"All students and staff are to report to the front courtyard immediately for a special announcement. Failure to appear will not be tolerated!"[/i] With that, the announcement ended with the audible click of an intercom...well, ending. It was time for a special school presentation.

Seemingly in perfect synchronization, homeroom teachers across Gunryo Academy turned to their class and all said something to the effect of "We'll pick up on this after this special announcement. Let's please make our way to the front courtyard."

Kokoro had no will to go along. But she'd heard rumors about what happened when a student did something that "will not be tolerated," and it would have been pretty stupid to make it all these years pretty much on her own just to meet a fate like what the rumors said. Purely in the interest of not finding out if they were just rumors, Kokoro - like any sane student - got up to her feet, pushed her chair in, and followed other students to where the front courtyard would be. Whatever this special announcement was, it must have been important if they weren't tolerating people not showing up.