Welcome to Beacon! (RWBY-verse RP)

Office

Medus rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "First there weirdos trying to get the hands on the princess and then Urujani goes missing." He turned to his partner. "Ire, whether these events are connected or not we have some investigating to do. Don't you think?"

Debriefing

Raqib snarled as Ozpin rebuked him. "Turn a blind eye to the rich. I'm familiar with this. I simply thought Vale was supposed to be a land of equality. It's simply Vacuo with a shinier layer of paint." He stormed out of the office. He needed something to do to soothe his anger before he made a big mistake. He turned the volume on his Scroll to the maximum and hit play.

Palace

The male stood on his knees before bowing in such a way that his nose touched the floor and he slapped his hands against the tile. After, he stood up and walked out without a word more.

The female on the other hand lingered for a moment longer. "Your Majesty, if I may be so bold as to make a request, my husband and I will not be enough to solve this, perhaps we shall have need of our old squad...if it would be in your Majesty's graces, that is."

Beacon

Ieria twiddled her thumbs and chewed her lip beneath her hood. "Yes...yes we do..." Urujauni...why? was all she could think. And then Raqib stormed out of the room. She watched him leave with a neutral expression on her face, she wanted to go after him and confront him, but that would do nothing, in fact it might drive him to leave as well.

edited 31st Mar '14 11:17:55 PM by RomanianInquisitor

Dex looked to be deep in thought. "No... That's ridiculous, she would never be affiliated with them." he reassured himself.

"So who will replace her?" he asked Ozpin, there having not been very long since the mission-gone-wrong that destroyed Dex's teammates, and not knowing what was to be in store for him.

Ozpin watched Raqib leave. "What a fool, that boy. He does not understand how this world works."

"Replacement? No. That is too strong a word. This...this will be a temporary fix. Until we find her, Serqet, ypu will be reassigned to Dorm Rose, as part of the newly formed team MIND. Blanc. You are the new second."

Lucretia nodded. "...Very well. You have our permission."

Jack blinked, "What did they say about Urujuani?" Yes, she was an attention whore...but leaving? Proud warrior race people like her tended to focus on provng themselves...Usually by doing suicidal things. "Doc, you have eyes on Kurria, right?" He asked.

The look on Dex's face was one of surprised joy and relief. "M-me? I'm getting put on a new full team? ...Thanks. I won't let you down, or my name isn't Dex the Stinger!" he said confidently, with a smirk on his face.

...before adding under his breath "I just hope we won't go the same way as my last team..."

Night

edited 31st Mar '14 11:34:07 PM by Dreigonix

Medus let out a sigh. Under normal circumstances he might have been happy with this announcement but given Urujani's disappearance.... "Promotion, great," He commented in a monotone. Before quietly leaving the office.

edited 31st Mar '14 11:42:53 PM by guyshane

Beacon

Ieria looked over at the Scorpion faunus and sighed. "Welcome aboard, then..." She said neutrally, neither happy or sad, "It is a pleasure to meet you. I am Ieria Jade." She made her way to the doorway after Medus. "Please come with me, we will have much to discuss back in our room."

"We...have no idea where Kurira is." Ozpin admitted. He sighed.

"You may leave."

Time skiiiiiip! Again.

Monday, Tempestas 16, Dorm Rose, 9:00 PM, after shit duty

"So, there's a new guy?" asked Seth, lounged on the couch.

"Yeah. That Ukungu girl up and left. Didn't even last a week. That wuss." replied Gaston.

"Wish you would leave." sneered Seth.

"What did you say?!"

Chelsea sighed. "Calm down..."

"Where is this new person now?" asked Olivia.

"Up in their room, meeting Pius." said Chelsea.

"Damn. Don't envy them." said Seth.

Seth turned his attention back to the holoscreen.

"Is Vormund responsible?" Lisa Lavender asked an annoyed looking Schnee spokesman.

"Vormund does not exist! There is no masked madman attacking us!"

Ozpin's Office

Rufus remained impassive and silent through out the whole meeting. He glanced at Raqib, but said nothing when he left. Nothing yet. He waited until the others filed out.

"The one in gold," He spoke up, "I fought her, briefly. She called to the other one, in silver. Beth, I heard. The one in silver called out... Ashley? Aerith?

"She exhibited telekinesis. Several combatants fired on her at once, including myself using my own body as a projectile, and she stopped every attack dead. She choked a combatant at a distance.

"One combatant clled out to attack her visor. I don't know why, but I presume they identified a possible weak point, so I slugged her in the face. Before she retreated, she performed an area of effect telekinetic blast centered on herself, pushing everyone away. I was at the epicenter, but my Semblance had planted me into the concrete, and the blast was strong enough to uproot me, sprawling me on my back.

"Of the silver one, I know little. I didn't fight her."

Dorm Rose

Ayers sauntered downstairs, ready for the evening. His new pistol, still unnamed, was slung on his hip. As he sat down to breakfast, he placed it on the table. "Whatchall think about Viglaf fer a name?"

edited 1st Apr '14 4:01:05 PM by Taco

Monday

"Raqib," Rufus rumbled.

"Surprise lecture."

Calypso-Let's finish this fucking flashback

And so Calypso returned to Beacon late that night, having accomplished what she set out to do on Lover's Day but none too pleased about it. She hadn't come to any conclusion on the matter with Barry, and it was beginning to feel like she'd opened a can of worms she had no chance of ever closing. So she decided to skip the formalities and head straight up to bed. Nothing like the peaceful solitude of sleep to clear the head.

Calypso-Present

Calypso tried not to snicker under her breath. Oh shiiiiit, Rufus was in a mood. This ought to be good. She never once moved from her spot, but kept an ear open as she polished the various pieces of her gun, waiting for the inevitable scathing lecture.

Monday

Raqib did not bother making eye contact with his partner, as he kicked back in his seat. He had far more interesting things to be watching. Namely, cleaning out an invisible speck of dirt from under one of his nails. "Go for it, my liege."

Monday

Barry had commandeered the dining room table, and currently had Dragon Lily fully disassembled performing maintenance on each piece separately. He called into the living room, "Hey! Anyone want to help?"

"So...Alice and Beth." began Chelsea, shutting off the holoscreen.

"Those are their names?" asked Seth, eyebrow raised.

"Yes. There was something....strange about those girls." Chelsea turned to look at Lucas.

"Sir Krigsvart? Did you feel their Aura?"

Olivia walked over to Barry. "I'll help, brother..."

She sat next to him, examining his weapon. "What....happened that day?"

edited 1st Apr '14 6:52:11 AM by GrimHelm

"After I got Weiss to leave you and Seth alone, we stumbled onto Nobel and Ukungu,had a short conversation with them, Weiss' old butler found us, we went to go keep Alexia company, those two attacked. I managed to nail one with a Flame crystal and the other with a Sonic and a Metal." Barry replied leaning over a piece of the firing mechanism and carefully cleaning it while checking for deformations and flaws in he design, "Speaking of which, how did your and Seth's date go?"

She fiddled with her hair as she spoke. "Areyoumadaboutthat?"

She sighed. "It was going great until the explosion, then we went out and helped evacuate people."

"Bro? Those girls were after the princess...Do you think they'll go after the nobility too?"

I'm going to kill Gaston for that. Pius said as he kept his eyes on the screen, watching the television program from where he sat on the couch. Dies Irae Mark 4.2 sat between his feet while he twirled his pencil between his fingers, content to exist in this sedentary position.

Flashback, Monday Morning

Pius had just arrived back at Beacon from his weekend at the Nobel estate, in the company of family and quiet, where he had Dies Irae delivered to him from Beacon once the place was cleaned. He made his way upstairs to his dorm. He was tired, and needing the company of Ieria and Medus to help him cope with...her disappearance.

From the room he had lived in since he was seven, Pius had implemented an improved version of the new Dust storage system into Mark IV to deter further incidents like the one that occurred last Saturday morning. On one hand, he could only keep three Dust mixtures within Dies Irae at a time, but on the other hand, with the increased overall storage capacity, Pius could now contain more of a single mixture than he could before. Less variety in his moves, but more supply for what he did have. A reasonable tradeoff, in his mind.

So when he saw Dex laying in Pius' empty bed, the gray-eyed Nobel narrowed his eyes and activated his Semblance. After analyzing the scorpion Faunus' capabilities, Pius' eyes returned to normal and he spoke.

"Who is this?" He asked, with perhaps a little more anger and bitterness to his tone than he had intended.

edited 1st Apr '14 6:22:10 PM by Insano

"Yes," Lucas said, still rubbing his neck. "But there was something off about it. Whatever those girls were, they weren't normal..."

"Those who rule are those who fight. Those who fight are those who rule.

"This is the unwritten law of ancient Vale, and one that persists today. In Vacuo, there are castes, each with a delineated and very specific tasks. The purpose of this, I imagine, is specialization, so everyone knows their place and is given the specific skills to excell at this job. You have the command caste, who's sole purpose is to command, and the fighting caste, who's sole purpose is to fight, and never are the twain to meet.

"I have come to realize you have been applying the same logic to Vale, and this is incorrect. There are not castes, there are classes. The upper class, the lower class and the growing middle class. In ancient times, those families who could fight established their rule over all others through blood and violence. They protected them from monsters and put down anyone who questioned their right to rule.

"If you ascended through riches, then you adopted fighter into your family. If you had the power to fight and were not born of nobility, you either dragged your family into the upper class or were absorbed into a noble family to add to their blood line and power base. The Knight-Queen Lucretia founded Vale atop a pile of her enemies' corpses. The Snikersnax rule swathes of the wild frontiers by our constant war with the Grim. The Scarlett, the Schnee, the Saph-Blut, the de'Arcs, all of them are families of warriors who command because they can fight.

"This is called the warrior nobility. The meaner of us ruled by brutality and extortion. The kinder of us ruled by brutality and extortion, but at least we were polite about it. But in Vale, that there are those in my family who fight, and those who rule and those who do both is expected. I am not a command caste who has overstepped his boundaries, I am nobility, and it's expected of my society that also mean warrior."

He regarded Calypso, "Times, have, of course, changed, for most of Vale. The middle class arose and those non-noble warriors are allowed to keep on being non-noble. And non-warrior nobles can expect society has generally agreed to allow them to keep their riches. But old traditions remain."

He sat down on the bed, and looked Calypso and Raqib over, "That brings me to my second point."

Calypso

"... Since when was I involved in this?" Calypso asked increduously. Had she done something to piss off Rufus this morning?

Flashback

Dex rolled over and sat up, noticing Pius. "Hm? Oh, my name's Dex. Who are you?"

edited 1st Apr '14 6:16:51 PM by Dreigonix

Chelsea sighed. "No kidding. That Alice girl...she was terrifying."

Seth gaped at her. "Wait. You were scared?" He glanced at Lucas.

"What did she do?" he asked him.