Welcome to Beacon: Next (RP Thread)

"I guess, yes, have hard time because of language thing, though..." Quartz trailed off, briefly glancing down before looking back up at Diana.

"And, hm, yeah, is nice of meetings you, too!"

Kitchen

The gynoid blinks in confusion, the answer having left her with more questions then it answered.

"Maybe a magnet could get us drunk, Suzune." Halle offered. "Scramble our brains and hope for the best, I suppose. It'd probably be prudent to also back ourselves up onto a computer first, of course."

Yan shuffled in his chair a little uncomfortably, stood up to fetch the tea pot and pour himself some tea.

"I also have a plushy," he chimed in. Ah, shit, maybe I shouldn't have said that while wearing a skirt. "A memento — from mom. It just ... sits on the bedpost, though. Does that count as sleeping with it?"

edited 4th Mar '15 11:42:50 AM by opnerf

Kitchen

"Huh... that is actually a pretty good idea Halle, we should try that"

Going slightly red and nodding, James glanced to the side.

"J-Just t-thought I'd, um, m-make sure, is all. I-I mean, I was just...maybe a little worried.."

...I guess everyone else is not exactly in a talkative mood.

And who's fault is that?

Wincing and grabbing the last flask, Croire sighed and headed off to grab the rest of his things from the workshop/mini-library.

edited 4th Mar '15 1:24:47 PM by TheRealWren

"...I feel like I'm missing some context here." Raggy shook his head, somewhat confused at the entire situation. "Oh well, no matter."

Upon spotting Diana, Remington gave a small wave and a grin. "Why, fancy seeing you here." He said in his usual cheerful tone.

Then Morgan seemed to react pretty strongly to being sent plushies. "I see nothing wrong or odd with that." He grinned at the Faunus girl. "Some like sleeping with these, some do well without them. It's all a matter of preferences.

Workshop-Library

Walking back over to the desk and actually surprised that he had left a few things behind, he picked up Sunset as the blade whirled and clicked back into Blade Mode with the metallic edge shimmering brightly.

"...let's see. I'll need to give the new feature a test when I get the chance in case there's any flaws. Should have a range of about...20 meters I suppose."

Blinking at the blue bottle without a label, he grumbled and put it back into his backpack, along with his wallet, several notepads scattered on the table before heading back to the kitchen, quietly waving to everyone as he returned.

...still seems pretty quiet.

"I thought a magnet wiped out computers." Dian asked,

Flipping through his notebook, he tilted his head at Dian.

"W-Well, g-gynoids and robots are p-probably a bit more, um, t-than just s-simple computers...m-maybe if it was l-like a giant...magnet..."

The young man sat down at the table again, still looking through his notes.

edited 4th Mar '15 6:27:42 PM by TheRealWren

Epic Timeskip Montage: Monday, Tempestas 9, to Friday, Tempestas 13

And so it came to pass that the student's first week at Beacon came to pass. They attended classes, slept at the dorm, did homework, normal stuff.

....In fact it was easier than what Lena was expecting actually. Certainly far easier than the horror stories her parents told her. Then again, both her parents didn't know how to socialize normally.

Seriously, it was easy. Light and fluffy, even. Classes were managable (poor Selene, though. Aunt Chelsea embarassed the heck out of her every forging class), and Quartz's first language lesson went off without a hitch.

Diana seemed to always hang around the dorm. That was weird.

Anyway, the first week was almost over...but...

Friday, Tempestas 13, Dorm Sakura, after class

Oh, joy. Friday the 13th. What a perfect day for that tradition. Lena, of course, had heard about it, and she was determined to win. At all costs.

Truth be told, she was rather curious about her boyfriend's...nevermind.

Blushing in embarassment at that stray thought, Lena marched into the dorm's living room where she had made everyone gather.

"Starting from sundown today until sunrise tomorrow...all males are the enemy of females!" she declared seriously.

Maren seems really confused by Lena's declaration, "Who among us are the guys and who are the girls? And who are my enemies, now?"

Scarlet raised her hand from where she was lounging in a comfortable armchair. "Would you mind explaining why we're suddenly enemies, Mi'lady Crazy-pants?" The biker asked without waiting to be acknowledged. I swear if this is another bit of their particular hunter insanity, I'm gonna go break a training dummy...again.

Quartz looked up from his drawing as he heard Lena, raising an eyebrow.

"I, um... What?"

Tempestas 9 - 12

That morning, Yan went to class wearing the female school uniform. The damage was done immediately — people who didn't know him mistook him for a girl when they passed by in the hallway, much to his frustration. That didn't stop him from wearing it, though.

Yan's studies were slow at first, but with Johann as his tutor he eased into classes easier than he would have otherwise.

A few days later, the clerical error that got Yan stuck with the female school uniform was corrected (someone got lazy entering forms into the system and guessed off his mugshot) and Yan received a male school uniform correctly fitted to his size.

Tempestas 13

"Likewise," said Yan. Today, he wore a shirt and shorts. "You can be on the boys' side if you want, Maren. So you don't have to fight your own team."

He cracked his knuckles.

"It's the panty raid."

edited 5th Mar '15 3:32:20 AM by opnerf

"...I think I'm with Scarlet and Quartz on this one." Raggy raised his hand, textbook display of confusion on his face.

Then Yanmin spoke and the confusion became a frown. Apparently there was something like this in the generation of their parents, but Hope spoke she never participated in it. She never quite disclosed the details to him either, so...

"...a panty raid?" He asked, his tone hesitant. Something within his head told him that he's so going to regret hearing the answer.

"That's right, Maren. You can pick a side." Lena told her friend, a small frown on her face. Maren...well, she didn't know how to deal with that issue, so she opted to just roll with whatever.

She then grinned at the others, a determined glint in her eyes.

"Yeep. Beacon tradition. Every first Friday of the school year, everyone goes on a panty raid. Boys versus girls! The team with the most underwear at the end of the night wins. Ozpin made it an official event!"

Before/During Ze Timeskip.

...Oddly enough, the classes were like a second nature to Croire. Focusing with his studies and doing his best to stay out of everyone's way, he found it difficult to try and talk with others, let alone finding those who had free time. ...And the probably mistaken feeling that his team was avoiding him meant every night he'd be in the workshop-library, working on tinkering with Sunset or studying.

...I can't sleep in a proper bed. The last time I did that...with other people around...

He kept doing his best, excelling at the theory and studying...and was quite thankful no-one had decided to challenge him to a fight so far. He'd seen Diana sneaking around the dorm a few times, but asking what she was doing caused the timid girl to vanish the moment he looked away. ...Maybe.

...Okay, as soon as the w-weekend shows up, maybe I could go...get an actual Scroll thing, or get a chance to talk to my friends or...

...That date on the calender and idle chatter made him wonder what was going to happen tomorrow, although being dragged from his tinkering with Sunset to the main room...and Lena making her bold declaration, he looked confused and worried.

"...is this some s-sort of contes- " He remarked, Yan and Raggy's comment causing his face to go bright red. "W-W-W-What...?"

...oh, it IS some sort of contest. ...guess I'm glad I'm carrying all my clothes and belongings with me. He thought, adjusting his backpack.

edited 5th Mar '15 3:24:41 AM by TheRealWren

Maren blinks a couple of times, "Ummmmm... Do I have to pick a side?"

Scarlet tapped her chin thoughtfully. "I wonder how much tax money goes towards replacing training dummies? There has to be like...a substantial amount right? But will it run out if I break two a week out of frustration?" The red head was freely asking, this aloud to the whole room, her focus seeming to have drifted after the phrase "panty raid".

Raggy's face turned red when Lena described the event in detail. "...why?" It was all he asked, a mixture of disbelief and disappointment hiding in his voice.

For someone who used to flirt a lot, Remington wasn't quite the type to engage in more physical aspects of love. Truth be told, he was plenty shy on that matter. Stealing underwear, female underwear? That... that just seemed indecent to him.

"It's a contest, Maren. Ozpin actually said that winning teams get extra credit."

Lena then frowned at Raggy's question. "Ozpin says that the raid promotes stealth, teamwork, planning and all that stuff. This is supposed to be part of the training."

She shrugged. "Personally, I think he's just an old perv."

Lena didn't have much of a problem with the raid. She'd probably die of humiliation if someone stole her underwear, but there was no way she was letting that happen. She didn't even need to steal anything. She could just make sure the guys didn't get anything. And extra credit is extra credit.

....Now if only she could stop thinking about Raggy's...ummm...er...

She blushed furiously.

"But, like, couldn't I be on my own team?"

"...well, I have little need for stealth and, considering that both me and Scarlet will just find a way to occupy ourselves with I'd say we have the teamwork part of it worked out as well." Raggy attempted to grin, but that came out more as a broken, uncomfortable grimace more than anything.

...oh who am I kidding, both Marv and Selene will jump right into it. So much for "teamwork".

Lena nodded at Maren. "....Only if you have a teammate. So...basically, you and Yan, huh?"

She then saw the look on Raggy's face and could not help but smirk. "You're bloody terrified of me right now, aren't you?"