In Memorial of the Fallen: a RWBY RP [IC Thread]

[Kuhlfros]

Getting a door slammed on his face didn't faze Lucas' smile, however it did make his eyebrows furrow in anger as he punched the metal door with a resounding "CLANG" and turned away and walked off spouting bits of rage in his head

"AUTOGRAPHS WHAT DOES HE THINK THIS IS, I HAD A QUESTION AND HE IS A TEACHER AND HE JUST SHRUGS ME OFF LIKE-OWWW"
The pain from his hand had finally become noticed and he dropped to the floor and grabbed the wrist of his hurt hand, making growls of anger and pain along the way.

Making his way to the restrooms he wrapped his hand with paper towels and continued on his way scolding himself quietly,
"Why did you punch a metal door first of all, why did you allow yourself to feel pain from it, why ARE you feeling pain from punching something like a door?"

He forgot about the fight while mumbling to himself and made his way to his dorm, not expecting anyone to be in there. Once he entered he glanced around, oblivious to anyone in there and walked over to his desk and opened a drawer, drawing out a dusty bottle of painkillers and popping one in his mouth. Then he said to no one in particular, "I must be more tired than I thought." And collapsed to sitting on his bed.

[Charlia]

Getting a door slammed on his face didn't faze Lucas' smile, however it did make his eyebrows furrow in anger as he punched the metal door with a resounding "CLANG" and turned away and walked off spouting bits of rage in his head

"AUTOGRAPHS WHAT DOES HE THINK THIS IS, I HAD A QUESTION AND HE IS A TEACHER AND HE JUST SHRUGS ME OFF LIKE-OWWW"
The pain from his hand had finally become noticed and he dropped to the floor and grabbed the wrist of his hurt hand, making growls of anger and pain along the way.

Making his way to the restrooms he wrapped his hand with paper towels and continued on his way scolding himself quietly,
"Why did you punch a metal door first of all, why did you allow yourself to feel pain from it, why ARE you feeling pain from punching something like a door?"

He forgot about the fight while mumbling to himself and made his way to his dorm, not expecting anyone to be in there. Once he entered he glanced around, oblivious to anyone in there and walked over to his desk and opened a drawer, drawing out a dusty bottle of painkillers and popping one in his mouth. Then he said to no one in particular, "I must be more tired than I thought." And collapsed to sitting on his bed.

"...Those might kill you, you know," Charlotte said casually, locking the book after crossing out one final line. "Not that I'm being judgmental or anything, I don't exactly have the right standing to be judgmental of things like that..."

She frowned. "But you probably shouldn't repeat that to anyone, it's not exactly something I want known. Oh, and by the way, if you see any suspicious pictures of me circulating, would you mind terribly destroying them?"

[Sonitusia]

Togami paused when his teammates opened the door. Ugh. The worst timing. Just a few moments later and Purnama would have been on her merry way. Now we have witnesses that we've met. "Oh. Well, thank you, Mentari. I found this discussion... enlightening. I'll have to call you sometime." The heir half-pushed her out of the dorm room.

"So, how was the fight?" He asked, trying to evade any questions regarding his meeting.

"Pleasure~," Purnama replied, walking out and closing the door behind her. She gripped onto the suitcase with a dark grace, humming to herself as Mentari continued to stay silent. What, not going to say anything about how I got what we needed so easily?~ Mentari replied with a mouthed 'f**k you' and a middle finger. Feisty now, aren't we?~

She walked straight to the CMCL dormitory, which was filled with Lucas and Charlotte, but she didn't mind. Not like they'd ask questions, the fools they were. Setting the suitcase on the table, she began diagnostic tests while sending Togami an encrypted message, which only a select few from all the kingdoms of the Remnant could hope to open.

Account Number: 3729111999

Once sent, she began work on the SCROLL once more. The device, specially built by her father, worked swiftly, tackling any of the crude defenses that appeared. Of course, these were most likely some of the toughest to crack, but it didn't matter when the one invading was Nachtmann tech. Then again, the machine was made to reconstruct system operations, not hack through. But it did its job, and soon Purnama was given the list of available devices upon the system.

Hey Mentari, mind giving me the code on deleting a Type 29 CCT-Based Locating System?

"Go f**k yourself."

I will~

Laughing to herself, she entered the code, and it was done. Tracking device disabled for good.

[Stormwrath]

Adelaide Silver

"Didn't think you were so generous," she quipped. She listened as Victoria stared at the arena and contemplated about Aiden's potential that seemed to be locked into a soul like his. Something about Victoria seemed a bit off today. Usually she would be critical about her students and occasionally her peers, but this time it seemed she was happy about how Aiden has grown.

As the fight ended, Adelaide turned and said to Victoria, "I'm guessing you're satisfied with how he has grown. I know that because you don't complain about him anymore like you used to."

The second round began, and the two teachers watched Ulfric and Aiden square off once again. The way that Aiden was handling himself in battle was impressive, able to successfully prevent Ulfric from dealing a huge blow to his Aura. Guess he has resorted to defensive tactics now, Adelaide observed the fight intently. But in spite of all this, Ulfric was able to land a strike on Aiden's arm, taking out 5 Aura points with it.

Aiden appeared to lose his cool, and began to make attacks like that of a madman. This wasn't good at all, Adelaide thought to herself. His critical thinking is being clouded by his emotions, which were beginning to control how he reacts to his opponent. When Aiden activated his semblance and coated himself with electricity, his power seemed to go a bit out of control. Good thing the bolts of lightning that were coming off of him didn't go beyond the arena, or there would be serious trouble. Just how long would he keep this up?


Jackson, Carmina and Leif

Carmina smiled greatly as Avena acted out what happened in the fight. "He was like BAM! And he was like POW! And then BAM! It was awesome!"

"I know right!?" Carmina exclaimed with the same level of excitement. "He was able to survive what was literally a hell of a pounding from good ol' teach down there. Oh boy, I can't wait for Round 2!"

"I doubt Young would survive that second round long enough to keep his Aura up," Jackson mused. "I mean, that hit of Orcson's took out half of his Aura points."

The bell rang again, starting off Round 2. Avena and Carmina were cheering for Aiden as loud as they can, while Jackson and Leif had more reserved cheers. The team watched as the young student was losing his temper and reacting in a more violent manner to Ulfric's attacks. "Yikes," Carmina remarked. "The guy's gone berserk!"

Aiden disarmed Ulfric of his shield. It looked as though the teacher was already vulnerable to Aiden's sword, which was about to strike him if he didn't do something. All of a sudden, a shield made from ice manifested as Ulfric displayed his power. Leif was greatly amazed—the giant was able to anticipate what Aiden would do! Aiden in response launched himself at Ulfric like lightning—literally—but Ulfric pushed the young student back and summoned a creature. Aiden destroyed the frost hydra in a single slice, but he didn't see Ulfric swing his sword at him and cause him to be struck like a baseball. "OHHHHH!" The crowd reacted in unison again, and some of them averted their eyes.

"Oh no," Carmina watched as Aiden's Aura bar went freefalling from 40 Aura points, and it seemed that the match was over. The crowd watched as Aiden remained on the ground face down, battered with bruises and wounds, and it appeared that he has been soundly defeated by Ulfric. But, the freefalling Aura levels stopped just by one point, and the somber mood of the crowd turned into a thunderous cheer. Jackson, Carmina and Leif were greatly astonished as they looked at the screen. Aiden was still in the fight!

"Wow…" Jackson still hasn't recovered from his expression. "I can't believe it."

Carmina joined the others in cheering for Aiden. "You can still do it, man!!!" she yelled. "Get up!"


Blake Belladonna

The fight was now getting interesting. Ruby was amazed at how Aiden was able to handle Ulfric's attacks. Even as Aiden succumbed to emotion and rage, the fight was still along the lines of incredibly awesome. "Whooooooa," Ruby stared at the fight with wide eyes that were filled with excitement and amazement. In fact, her eyes can be described as shimmering with awesome. Ulfric's ice powers were certainly impressive, probably more so that what Weiss could do with her glyphs. After all, she hadn't seen Weiss utilize ice as a shield before—at least not yet anyway.

"Go get 'em, Aiden!" the red one called out.

Yet, her expression turned to that of shock as the student was struck hard, and his Aura falling like it was dropping from the sky. One point is all that is left. Blake's usually calm and collected face was altered with stupefaction and astonishment. There was wonder now for the black-haired beauty. Would Aiden get back up or not to face Ulfric? Personally, she thought that he had sustained enough bruises and wounds for one day.

Against all odds though, he stood up to the cheers of the crowd, ready to fight Ulfric once more. Ruby and Yang weren't sure whether to be happy about this or not, but still cheered for him. Blake… Oh, she didn't do anything out of the ordinary, really. She just smiled at Aiden like an innocent girl. That face there was screaming "You can do it" at Aiden much louder than yells could ever do. And that may be perhaps what Aiden may need right now.

[The Grey Wolf]

"If I were needing something from you," Shiroi replied in her usual unconcerned attitude. "I believe I would have been more careful about not bumping into you." she walked past her, deciding she had had enough of today and was going to go to bed. Getting into fights and bumping into people were not for her.

As she watched the student walking away, Reina tried to remember if she knew anything about her. After all, spending your free time reading student files meant she should at least know something about her.

Ah, that's right... there is something I believe I know about this one...

"Your semblance... you're an illusionist of sorts, yes?"

Shiroi paused, not turning around as she addressed Reina. "I guess you could say that," she replied, although uncomfortable about referring to her Semblance as an illusion. They were semi-real, at least. She was sure that she could do better and create a real Grimm one of these days, one that would match anything in the real world. She just needed to train, that was it. That Charlotte girl saw right through them, her teeth gritted in a mixture of anger and frustration. She saw right through them, and with that, Shiroi's trump card was useless. "Why are you asking?"

[Kuhlfros]

Getting a door slammed on his face didn't faze Lucas' smile, however it did make his eyebrows furrow in anger as he punched the metal door with a resounding "CLANG" and turned away and walked off spouting bits of rage in his head

"AUTOGRAPHS WHAT DOES HE THINK THIS IS, I HAD A QUESTION AND HE IS A TEACHER AND HE JUST SHRUGS ME OFF LIKE-OWWW"
The pain from his hand had finally become noticed and he dropped to the floor and grabbed the wrist of his hurt hand, making growls of anger and pain along the way.

Making his way to the restrooms he wrapped his hand with paper towels and continued on his way scolding himself quietly,
"Why did you punch a metal door first of all, why did you allow yourself to feel pain from it, why ARE you feeling pain from punching something like a door?"

He forgot about the fight while mumbling to himself and made his way to his dorm, not expecting anyone to be in there. Once he entered he glanced around, oblivious to anyone in there and walked over to his desk and opened a drawer, drawing out a dusty bottle of painkillers and popping one in his mouth. Then he said to no one in particular, "I must be more tired than I thought." And collapsed to sitting on his bed.

"...Those might kill you, you know," Charlotte said casually, locking the book after crossing out one final line. "Not that I'm being judgmental or anything, I don't exactly have the right standing to be judgmental of things like that..."

She frowned. "But you probably shouldn't repeat that to anyone, it's not exactly something I want known. Oh, and by the way, if you see any suspicious pictures of me circulating, would you mind terribly destroying them?"

Lucas looked up and realized Charlotte was present, "Oh hey Charlotte, didn't see you there, these look way older than they are I promise, I just used to leave it sitting out for long times without using it. And besides," Rattling what sounded like a few pills left in the bottle with a half smile, "It'd take a whole lot more to kill me than some painkillers."

Listening to what else she said he replied thoughtfully, "You should speak whatever you think if the setting is right, and sure I can hunt yours down along with whatever ones of mine are left up. But right now...I could use some tea."

It was then Lucas got up and opened his mini-fridge he managed to "acquire" a few weeks ago and pulled out iced tea in a bottle, "I've been reading health and fitness magazines lately." He explained as he poured part of an energy drink into the tea and mixed it up.

"A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body', I think that's what the magazine said...or was that from something else? " He thought while sipping his concocted drink

[Charlia]

"...Those might kill you, you know," Charlotte said casually, locking the book after crossing out one final line. "Not that I'm being judgmental or anything, I don't exactly have the right standing to be judgmental of things like that..."

She frowned. "But you probably shouldn't repeat that to anyone, it's not exactly something I want known. Oh, and by the way, if you see any suspicious pictures of me circulating, would you mind terribly destroying them?"

Lucas looked up and realized Charlotte was present, "Oh hey Charlotte, didn't see you there, these look way older than they are I promise, I just used to leave it sitting out for long times without using it. And besides," Rattling what sounded like a few pills left in the bottle with a half smile, "It'd take a whole lot more to kill me than some painkillers."

Listening to what else she said he replied thoughtfully, "You should speak whatever you think if the setting is right, and sure I can hunt yours down along with whatever ones of mine are left up. But right now...I could use some tea."

It was then Lucas got up and opened his mini-fridge he managed to "acquire" a few weeks ago and pulled out iced tea in a bottle, "I've been reading health and fitness magazines lately." He explained as he poured part of an energy drink into the tea and mixed it up.

"A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body', I think that's what the magazine said...or was that from something else? " He thought while sipping his concocted drink

"Hah. I can say the same about myself..." She looked at the wall. Or maybe not. It was hard to tell with her... "From experience. Careful with the dosage on those, too much is not a fun feeling." Then she paused. "Why am I even saying all of this? Disregard that, I never said it. We cool with that? And... thank you." She bestowed upon him a rare smile, one that 'lit up the room', as they say. "...I hope they don't spread those..." she muttered to herself. "Holy Monty, just seeing one might make me have a total breakdown."

[Icrum]

The Duel, Part Three

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Aiden made the mistake of letting his rage control him. After getting hit with Ulfric's shield, Aiden started to spiral into his rage and that's when he lost the duel. Victoria spotted it when he ignited his semblance and started to go ham on Ulfric. She stood up and ran to the safter barrier.

"Aiden! Control yourself! Use your rage to strengthen you, don't let your rage take over!" Victoria yelled to try and get Aiden to return to level-headedness, but it was too late. He passed the point of no return. No matter what you tried to teach Aiden, there was a point in which he had to let his rage flow. Victoria was trying to help Aiden push that point to where it'd be impossible to reach, but he also had the problem of snowballing. Victoria cursed to herself, she had completly forgotten about the snowballing, and if she had remembered then she would've arrived earlier and tried to help calm down. Meanwhile Aiden and Ulfric proceeded to exchange blows with eachother. Aiden refused to let himself get hit, as he had only one point. Ulfric just didn't want to get hit. They proceeded to exchange blows whilst Victoria kept yelling at Aiden to calm down. However, Aiden didn't calm down. He proceeded to attack as if he had a boundless source of energy. In his head, he feared that if he fell in the second round, he wouldn't have the chance to ask Blake out, as he felt he would be branded a failure. As such, he proceeded to go at Ulfric with everything he had. However, when him and Ulfric clashed swords, it spiraled down for Aiden. He was pushed back a good distance, and so he was preparing to rush Ulfric once more when his vision grew foggy and his head pounded in pain. He slumped to one knee, his weapon let loose and hitting the ground with a clang.

No, not like this. I will fight. I.... must.... fight.... Aiden thought before he fell onto his back and passed out. His team ran to his side as the scoreboard show'd that Aiden's last aura point was depleted. Gone when his rage subsided. As he team rushed to him, they saw his eyes were closed. Victoria also ran into the arena, having left earlier to enter the locker room to try and help Aiden when he was finally beat. Even Ulfric ran to his side, making sure he was fine.

"He's alright, just passed out from over-exertion. He should be fine within a couple of hours. Eardwulf, help me take him to the medical wing. Ulfric, you win," Taro said reaching his hand out to shake Ulfric's, "Congrats. Victoria, please excuse Aiden tomorrow, he may not be up at it." Within moments, Taro and Eardwulf carried Aiden to the medical wing to get him patched up.

"Alright students and teachers, if there are any here, the duel is over. Ulfric Orcson has bested Aiden. Now please head to your dorms so you all don't get in trouble." Victoria announced before walking into the locker room. Once there she let out a long string of cursing and general self-loathing.

"I'm a failure as a teacher. If I can't help even help one student, then what good am I? Damn it Alice, why can't you help me? No, I won't fall into depression. I'm going to my classroom, and I'll start tomorrow's lesson. I'm a teacher, and I must act as such." Victoria said, getting into her standard teaching stance and walked to her classroom. She was soon joined by Ulfric, who simply walked with her until he reached his classroom. When they split, Victoria just simply took a deep breath and kept on walking.

[Kuhlfros]

Lucas looked up and realized Charlotte was present, "Oh hey Charlotte, didn't see you there, these look way older than they are I promise, I just used to leave it sitting out for long times without using it. And besides," Rattling what sounded like a few pills left in the bottle with a half smile, "It'd take a whole lot more to kill me than some painkillers."

Listening to what else she said he replied thoughtfully, "You should speak whatever you think if the setting is right, and sure I can hunt yours down along with whatever ones of mine are left up. But right now...I could use some tea."

It was then Lucas got up and opened his mini-fridge he managed to "acquire" a few weeks ago and pulled out iced tea in a bottle, "I've been reading health and fitness magazines lately." He explained as he poured part of an energy drink into the tea and mixed it up.

"A sound soul dwells within a sound mind and a sound body', I think that's what the magazine said...or was that from something else? " He thought while sipping his concocted drink

"Hah. I can say the same about myself..." She looked at the wall. Or maybe not. It was hard to tell with her... "From experience. Careful with the dosage on those, too much is not a fun feeling." Then she paused. "Why am I even saying all of this? Disregard that, I never said it. We cool with that? And... thank you." She bestowed upon him a rare smile, one that 'lit up the room', as they say. "...I hope they don't spread those..." she muttered to herself. "Holy Monty, just seeing one might make me have a total breakdown."

Lucas returned her smile, "Yeah, no problem." And then glanced over at Mentari, focused on some sort of work, and returned to Charlotte, a more devious grin on his face.

"Say...A certain member of our team is not yet present, and we have some vengeance with his name on it, I'll find a dog if you find a bucket of water."

[North Arkana]

Shiroi paused, not turning around as she addressed Reina. "I guess you could say that," she replied, although uncomfortable about referring to her Semblance as an illusion. They were semi-real, at least. She was sure that she could do better and create a real Grimm one of these days, one that would match anything in the real world. She just needed to train, that was it. That Charlotte girl saw right through them, her teeth gritted in a mixture of anger and frustration. She saw right through them, and with that, Shiroi's trump card was useless. "Why are you asking?"

"There's a fate which befalls some users of semblances which can warp the perception of reality. That end to existence, is insanity. Because at some point, a user of illusions and other such powers will start to question whether they may be using their semblance on themselves without even realizing it. It can either be an epiphany, a true awakening of your ability, or an end, one which will see you dying trapped within a never ending illusion of your own creation."

Reina speaks slowly and clearly as she gazes out one of the hallway windows, and then she abruptly changes the topic.

"Tell me, what is the difference between a real blade which pierces the flesh, and an illusory blade which someone truly believes has stabbed them?"

[Charlia]

"Hah. I can say the same about myself..." She looked at the wall. Or maybe not. It was hard to tell with her... "From experience. Careful with the dosage on those, too much is not a fun feeling." Then she paused. "Why am I even saying all of this? Disregard that, I never said it. We cool with that? And... thank you." She bestowed upon him a rare smile, one that 'lit up the room', as they say. "...I hope they don't spread those..." she muttered to herself. "Holy Monty, just seeing one might make me have a total breakdown."

Lucas returned her smile, "Yeah, no problem." And then glanced over at Mentari, focused on some sort of work, and returned to Charlotte, a more devious grin on his face.

"Say...A certain member of our team is not yet present, and we have some vengeance with his name on it, I'll find a dog if you find a bucket of water."

Her eyes widened, and a vicious smile spread across her face--very, very, very vicious. Almost too vicious...

"Agreed," she said calmly. "It's about time we made her pay..." She winced slightly, but ignored the feeling. Not important. All that's important is... being safe. Making enemies won't keep me safe. I didn't choose to be the enemy...

[The Grey Wolf]

Shiroi paused, not turning around as she addressed Reina. "I guess you could say that," she replied, although uncomfortable about referring to her Semblance as an illusion. They were semi-real, at least. She was sure that she could do better and create a real Grimm one of these days, one that would match anything in the real world. She just needed to train, that was it. That Charlotte girl saw right through them, her teeth gritted in a mixture of anger and frustration. She saw right through them, and with that, Shiroi's trump card was useless. "Why are you asking?"

"There's a fate which befalls some users of semblances which can warp the perception of reality. That end to existence, is insanity. Because at some point, a user of illusions and other such powers will start to question whether they may be using their semblance on themselves without even realizing it. It can either be an epiphany, a true awakening of your ability, or an end, one which will see you dying trapped within a never ending illusion of your own creation."

Reina speaks slowly and clearly as she gazes out one of the hallway windows, and then she abruptly changes the topic.

"Tell me, what is the difference between a real blade which pierces the flesh, and an illusory blade which someone truly believes has stabbed them?"

Shiroi sighed as the teacher went into a mini-rant about illusions and perception of reality. Yes, yes, she told herself in her head. This is what I already know. The topic changed, but Shiroi maintained her bored and snobbish demeanor. "The difference is that the blade will actually stab you, while the illusion will merely startle you." she replied.

[North Arkana]

Shiroi sighed as the teacher went into a mini-rant about illusions and perception of reality. Yes, yes, she told herself in her head. This is what I already know. The topic changed, but Shiroi maintained her bored and snobbish demeanor. "The difference is that the blade will actually stab you, while the illusion will merely startle you." she replied.

Reina grinned slightly at the response. It was the one she had expected.

"The mind is an amazing thing, you know. Convince it that something has happened to the body, and effects can be almost as severe if the damage had actually been done." She activates her semblance. "This may or may not hurt a lot."

In the illusory world, Reina draws one of her weapons and places the muzzle of the gun barrel directly against Shiroi's chest before pulling the trigger. Full sensory illusions. The sight, the sound, the smell, the taste, and the touch were all effected when concentrated on a single target. Touch, in this case was dulled from what it could be. No need to actually inflict the full pain of being shot.

[The Grey Wolf]

Shiroi sighed as the teacher went into a mini-rant about illusions and perception of reality. Yes, yes, she told herself in her head. This is what I already know. The topic changed, but Shiroi maintained her bored and snobbish demeanor. "The difference is that the blade will actually stab you, while the illusion will merely startle you." she replied.

Reina grinned slightly at the response. It was the one she had expected.

"The mind is an amazing thing, you know. Convince it that something has happened to the body, and effects can be almost as severe if the damage had actually been done." She activates her semblance. "This may or may not hurt a lot."

In the illusory world, Reina draws one of her weapons and places the muzzle of the gun barrel directly against Shiroi's chest before pulling the trigger. Full sensory illusions. The sight, the sound, the smell, the taste, and the touch were all effected when concentrated on a single target. Touch, in this case was dulled from what it could be. No need to actually inflict the full pain of being shot.

"I already know the answer," Shiroi replied, although she had become slightly unnerved at the smell and touch of the weapon. Even though she knew it had to be an illusion, no teacher would pull a gun and murder their student, unless they had a very good reason, one that trumped the logical fear of life imprisonment or even execution; the very thought of death bothered her, especially with the touch of the gun, something that she would have to work hard to replicate. "Unless you were planning to kill me in cold blood for no logical reason other than to prove a point."

[North Arkana]

Reina grinned slightly at the response. It was the one she had expected.

"The mind is an amazing thing, you know. Convince it that something has happened to the body, and effects can be almost as severe if the damage had actually been done." She activates her semblance. "This may or may not hurt a lot."

In the illusory world, Reina draws one of her weapons and places the muzzle of the gun barrel directly against Shiroi's chest before pulling the trigger. Full sensory illusions. The sight, the sound, the smell, the taste, and the touch were all effected when concentrated on a single target. Touch, in this case was dulled from what it could be. No need to actually inflict the full pain of being shot.

"I already know the answer," Shiroi replied, although she had become slightly unnerved at the smell and touch of the weapon. Even though she knew it had to be an illusion, no teacher would pull a gun and murder their student, unless they had a very good reason, one that trumped the logical fear of life imprisonment or even execution; the very thought of death bothered her, especially with the touch of the gun, something that she would have to work hard to replicate. "Unless you were planning to kill me in cold blood for no logical reason other than to prove a point."

"If we had met a few days earlier than this, perhaps I would have gone as far as I could have, but not anymore. That girl, Charlotte Noble, I'm sure she'd be willing to tell you all about how awful a person I was."

Reina stretches her arms out above her head.

"Perhaps if you're willing, I can do what I can to help you train your semblance."

[The Grey Wolf]

"I already know the answer," Shiroi replied, although she had become slightly unnerved at the smell and touch of the weapon. Even though she knew it had to be an illusion, no teacher would pull a gun and murder their student, unless they had a very good reason, one that trumped the logical fear of life imprisonment or even execution; the very thought of death bothered her, especially with the touch of the gun, something that she would have to work hard to replicate. "Unless you were planning to kill me in cold blood for no logical reason other than to prove a point."

"If we had met a few days earlier than this, perhaps I would have gone as far as I could have, but not anymore. That girl, Charlotte Noble, I'm sure she'd be willing to tell you all about how awful a person I was."

Reina stretches her arms out above her head.

"Perhaps if you're willing, I can do what I can to help you train your semblance."

Shiroi raised an eyebrow and replied. "That doesn't speak very well about the school headmaster's choice in teachers," she said, concealing her annoyance when the name of the girl she had fought was mentioned. But she had something else that was bugging her. "Why are you so interested in teaching me about my semblance? We've only met just now, by complete accident."

[Stormwrath]

Adelaide Silver

The bell rang as the second round had ended. Aiden was beaten to a pulp, only down to just one point. Looks like he wasn't cut out at all to defeat Ulfric—instead having been soundly beaten. Adelaide muttered under her breath, "Guess that is it then."

"NO ULFRIC!" the student exerted all of what remained of his strength to get back on his feet. "NO BREAK, WE FINISH THIS NOW! I WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN IN FLAMING RAGE!"

Yep, he's finally lost it. Adelaide ran towards the barrier with Victoria and held on to the rails. Victoria frantically yelled at the student to try to get him back to his normal composure, but it was all for naught. Adelaide also joined in the yelling. "Aiden!" she cried out. "Don't push it!!!" But just like Victoria, her yells fell on deaf ears. Ulfric and Aiden exchanged a series of blows, but as Aiden was prepared to deal a strike on Ulfric's body, his energy dissipated and his body was drained. He collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious.

Looks like that was it then. The fight was over. There wasn't any reason to sit around at the bleachers and observe anymore. Aiden took his body too far, and his body in turn had to save him from any more injuries. Adelaide got up from her seat and exited the amphitheater as Victoria told everyone else to leave. As she ascended up the stairs to the exit, she turned around and saw two of Aiden's friends carry him off to the infirmary.


Jackson, Carmina and Leif

"Well," Carmina plopped back down on her seat in resignation as she saw everyone else straighten up and leave. "That was a bummer."

"It's bound to happen," Jackson slipped his hands into his pockets, "with the overexertion and all." After taking a sigh he tilted his head in the direction of the door and said to the rest of his team, "Come on, let's go."

The team stood up and began to make their way back to their dormitory room. Leif led the group, followed by Carmina, Avena and Jackson. That was certainly an interesting fight between teacher and student—of course the student did get beaten (and beaten up) in the end, but that didn't make the fight less interesting. In fact, it may be in the minds of students for a while, for someone had engaged Ulfric in combat.

As they exited the amphitheater, Carmina's stomach suddenly rumbled like a lion, and she placed her hands on her stomach. "Please tell me you're going to cook dinner for the rest of us," Carmina sighed.

"Wait, aren't we going to the cafeteria?" Leif asked.

"Oh yeah, that's right," her posture slumped. "Fuck." She placed her hands behind her head and turned to Leif. "Seriously, you should cook dinner again. It's better than the stuff the cafeteria's serving. Not saying that cafeteria food ain't delicious, but you know what I mean."


Blake Belladonna

The next day was pretty much uneventful for the totally not a faunus girl. Ruby, Weiss and Yang had already left for the cafeteria for lunch with their friends from Team JNPR, while Blake went elsewhere. Her destination was the school's infirmary, where a certain someone was resting from the events of yesterday. It is "visiting hours" after all, if Beacon even had such a term for that.

Blake knocked on the door before coming in, and then asked the nurse, "Excuse me, is Aiden here?"

"Oh yes," the nurse looked up from her scroll. She pointed towards a certain area covered with a cyan sheet and said, "He's resting on the third bed."

"Thanks."

She arrived at the designated bed, and finally saw the guy recovering in his bed. Aiden had a partly bloodstained bandage wrapped around his head, and his arms were full of bruises and wounds. There was some kind of medical display right next to him, showing information about his condition—including the injuries he sustained, the condition of his bones, and other things. She slowly moved to Aiden's bedside and stood there for a few seconds before he finally opened his eyes.

"Hi," Blake waved at him.

[North Arkana]

Shiroi raised an eyebrow and replied. "That doesn't speak very well about the school headmaster's choice in teachers," she said, concealing her annoyance when the name of the girl she had fought was mentioned. But she had something else that was bugging her. "Why are you so interested in teaching me about my semblance? We've only met just now, by complete accident."

"Illusions of the kind we can make are rather rare for semblances," Reina says. "It's always good to practice with someone who has a similar ability as yours."

She breaks into a grin.

"And with a resume filled with things like thievery, murder, terrorism, and fraud, I'd like to finally do something good for once."

[Sindrya]

Adelaide Silver

The bell rang as the second round had ended. Aiden was beaten to a pulp, only down to just one point. Looks like he wasn't cut out at all to defeat Ulfric—instead having been soundly beaten. Adelaide muttered under her breath, "Guess that is it then."

"NO ULFRIC!" the student exerted all of what remained of his strength to get back on his feet. "NO BREAK, WE FINISH THIS NOW! I WILL STRIKE YOU DOWN IN FLAMING RAGE!"

Yep, he's finally lost it. Adelaide ran towards the barrier with Victoria and held on to the rails. Victoria frantically yelled at the student to try to get him back to his normal composure, but it was all for naught. Adelaide also joined in the yelling. "Aiden!" she cried out. "Don't push it!!!" But just like Victoria, her yells fell on deaf ears. Ulfric and Aiden exchanged a series of blows, but as Aiden was prepared to deal a strike on Ulfric's body, his energy dissipated and his body was drained. He collapsed to the ground and fell unconscious.

Looks like that was it then. The fight was over. There wasn't any reason to sit around at the bleachers and observe anymore. Aiden took his body too far, and his body in turn had to save him from any more injuries. Adelaide got up from her seat and exited the amphitheater as Victoria told everyone else to leave. As she ascended up the stairs to the exit, she turned around and saw two of Aiden's friends carry him off to the infirmary.

Well that was kind of anticlimactic, Aka mentally commented. It began as a curb-stomp battle, then ends with one side passed out.

He stood up from his seat, and left the rows of bleachers, and made his way out of the auditorium. He got a glimpse of one of the combatants - Aiden, was it? - being carried by two other students. Presumably to the infirmary. He kept his hands in his pockets while he was walking, his face seemed like judging the unconscious student.

I thought it was just some dispute between a student and a teacher, but seeing how Professor Ulfric was..

This guy either got some balls, or he was confident in his own capabilities.

He kept his eyes trained on Aiden, until his image left his field of vision.

I'd like to find out which is the correct one, he thought, walking off to his dorm.

[Faal Lot Himdah]

Sirina and Ning

"I don't know... It was looking good until Ning decided to drag me away from it..." Sirina said as she sat down, "But enough about that... Who was that girl? Does Togami have a girlfriend? And what where you two doing? Hopefully nothing on my bed." She ended with a devious smirk.

"Sirina. What a person does with others is not a third party's business..." Ning said without opening his eyes as he sat there meditating, "That in mind.... It better not have happened on my bed."

[Serah]

The crew was now having a generally good time in the room, some were playing games, others were still training, and one was sleeping.

"SEVER ITS TAIL.
SEVER IT. DO IT. DO IT FAGGOT!
DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT- Thank you." Heamet shouted, holding a console in his hands.

"Heamet, a little quieter, I know you want to sever its tail, but I don't need to hear all about the fact that it's so big and ugly.
The window's open." Theriam said, playing the same game.

"BUT IT'S SO UGLY. LOOK AT IT. LOOK AT IT.
LOOK AT ITS FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE JUST TOOK A SHIT UPON IT AND IT WENT SOLID." Heamet responded, just as salty as he was before.

"You know, from my perspective, I could really think of this whole conversation as a huge sex joke.
If I wasn't playing the game as well.
Aaaah but no... Stop ramming me so much you... Thing.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHRETE PUTAIN.
MAIS MANGE TES MORTS LE VIRUS DE TAMER." Aria explained as she got salty as well.

"All these flavors." Leonard took a drink out of his coffee.
"And you choose to be salty."

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" Heamet stood up and punched the punching sack with one of his barriers around his fist.
"MAIS PUTAIN TU VEUX QUOI MONSTROS DE TES MORTS?!
TU VEUX MA CB?
AZY J'VAIS LA CHERCHER DEUX SECONDES.
J'VAIS CHERCHER MA CB.
CE MONSTRE C'EST LE CANCER. PIRE QU'UN GRIMM.
PIRE QU'UN CREEP. PUTAIN." He then looked in his bag and took out his bank card.

"THERE. TAKE IT.
TAKE MY MONEY.
FUCK YOU."

"You died." Theriam sighed.

"No shit Sherlock.
Anyway...
DOST THOU WANT TO ENGAGE IN GENTLEMANLY COMBAT?!
OW. NO. ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I GET IT YOU CHEEKY DICK WAFFLE." The saltiest person in the room shouted yet again.

"Dick waffle?" Theriam and Leonard inquired.

Dis nigga be full of Sodium Chlorinate.
At this rate he's going to die of a heart disease faster than you.

'Damn man that got dark real fast.' Theriam responded to the memester in his mind.

[Charlia]

Charlotte frowned thoughtfully, and went back to her writing, having found a good supply of water for the sake of her vengeance on Chess.

I just realized, I have two faces. I know it's just the human condition, but still... One side of me says 'Stop, this isn't right', and the other side says 'What would I stop for?' They are opposites, like the day and night, the sun and moon, dual natures, one from birth and one from death. I wish I could just be one person. I feel like a fraud, like I'm an impostor. There's two of me. Like Jekyll and Hyde. I'm conflicted, I keep making stupid decisions. I've wasted so much time... So many voices inside my head. I thought I was innocent, but there's blood on my hands. And nobody else seems to see it... I keep it hidden. I'm like a magician, altering reality, making them see only what I want them to see. The truth is a stranger. I'm not who I want to be... And I just keep whispering lies, mystifying, I'm like a phantom. I don't want them to see who I really am. I'd be a perfect specimen for them to dissect, so I just say the things they want to hear and make sure the real me is invisible. Would anyone love me if they really knew? Anyone other than Theriam, that is... Heh. I just don't understand what I'm supposed to do. Pick a card, any card, I'm fooling them once, twice, it just keeps on going. Mistress of misdirection, my entire life is a lie. I'm an actress, a saleswoman praying they're all impressed enough to believe me... It's no wonder I'm slowly going mad. Being myself, now that's hard enough to do every day, but being somebody else...

That's enough to drive someone to insanity.

[Aidannadia]

Sirina and Ning

"I don't know... It was looking good until Ning decided to drag me away from it..." Sirina said as she sat down, "But enough about that... Who was that girl? Does Togami have a girlfriend? And what where you two doing? Hopefully nothing on my bed." She ended with a devious smirk.

"Sirina. What a person does with others is not a third party's business..." Ning said without opening his eyes as he sat there meditating, "That in mind.... It better not have happened on my bed."

Togami managed to contain his vomit. It would be a useful excuse... ugh... Fine, but I'm not going to enjoy.

"Well, let's just call it a courtship for the moment. Nothing really... eh... happened." The teen wrung his hands as if there were drenched with mud that he couldn't just wipe away with a towelette. Stay strong, stay strong, stay strong. I can just say we had a falling out later and be done with it. Mutually amicable end to a relationship; That's realistic right? Togami's twitch set in for a moment, but it was kept under control.

I doubt these two will have any inkling as to where an aura stabilizer may be. I'll have to wait for someone else to acquire my end of the deal.

[Shyluz]

Fuck! Chess screamed internally, leaping off of the heads of the nearby students, his pursuer close behind. Maybe I've gone too far? He thought, leaping off the head of another student, this one being Lucas the Viking. In his hands was a precious object -- panties. I mean... I only stole her panties while she wasn't looking and put them on my head. Right? She can't be that mad. He continued, giving Lucas' head a solid kick in an attempt to halt his pursuer.

Olive was, in fact, that mad. Mad enough to pursue the panty thief as he sprinted off the head of Charlotte Noble, a manic laugh escaping his lips as he stopped for a brief moment to mock the deer from the head of Noble. He blew a kiss to the Faunus in pursuit, before leaping off Charlotte and sprinting down the hallway, his signature laugh echoing down the halls.

Of course, Olive was not as lucky as the Pervert with Nine Lives, and on the toppled stepping stone head of Lucas, she plummeted in what seemed like slow motion, her face one of shock, fright, and general embarrassment as she slammed into the boy named Lucas. One whom she didn't expect to find so... comfy. Of course, with her emotionless face that only seemed to display amusement or shyness, telling this from her expression would be rather... difficult.

[Charlia]

Fuck! Chess screamed internally, leaping off of the heads of the nearby students, his pursuer close behind. Maybe I've gone too far? He thought, leaping off the head of another student, this one being Lucas the Viking. In his hands was a precious object -- panties. I mean... I only stole her panties while she wasn't looking and put them on my head. Right? She can't be that mad. He continued, giving Lucas' head a solid kick in an attempt to halt his pursuer.

Olive was, in fact, that mad. Mad enough to pursue the panty thief as he sprinted off the head of Charlotte Noble, a manic laugh escaping his lips as he stopped for a brief moment to mock the deer from the head of Noble. He blew a kiss to the Faunus in pursuit, before leaping off Charlotte and sprinting down the hallway, his signature laugh echoing down the halls.

Of course, Olive was not as lucky as the Pervert with Nine Lives, and on the toppled stepping stone head of Lucas, she plummeted in what seemed like slow motion, her face one of shock, fright, and general embarrassment as she slammed into the boy named Lucas. One whom she didn't expect to find so... comfy. Of course, with her emotionless face that only seemed to display amusement or shyness, telling this from her expression would be rather... difficult.

Charlotte was fast, though, and she snatched up the bucket of water that had been ever-so-conveniently placed nearby, chasing after him and somehow managing to keep most of the water in the bucket, her anger practically visible in a strangely throbbing vein on her forehead that was almost reminiscent of an animated show.

She grinned viciously as she came within reach of the pervert, and then threw the bucket at him, drenching him from head to toe.