Back Beacon
So there was an upside to this whole hero business after all, thought Raqib, glad that he could once more stretch his legs without having to worry about getting flak for it. His old signature smile returned, albeit it was more fatigued than usual. He might as well take Ozpin up on the offer.
edited 25th Apr '14 5:18:13 PM by EviIPaladin
"Evii is right though" -Saturn "I didn't know you were a bitch Evii." -Lior ValPius took a moment to give a small smile to his headmaster, satisfied at the thought that their labor had yielded some good this time around. Then he walked up to Ozpin to ask him a question.
"If I may ask, Headmaster, may we still take on the task of completing repairs on Dorm Rose?"
edited 25th Apr '14 5:38:58 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Back at Beacon
"I'm afraid that this is where we will part ways." Oscar said as he gestured to his team as well as Beth and Carol. "Francesca and I need to take these two girls to their new home soon." He smiled as he placed a hand on their shoulders. "Let's get going, Girls." He gestured to the second, smaller airship behind them.
Ieria waved goodbye to her family as they made their way onto the ship, she hugged herself to Medus as they did so and smiled.
"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM Sniper"Yes, Headmaster. Thank you, sir." Pius replied. He jerked his head in Dorm Rose's general direction, as a signal for his team to follow. Then his mind returned to Ozpin's words as he walked back to the building.
Parent's Day is tomorrow. He noted. You know what that means, Pius...
Your siblings are coming to visit. Pius didn't know whether to smile or frown at the thought.
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Back to the Beacon
Parent's Day, huh? Lumen thought to himself as he swung his yo-yo. I guess I have some calls to make.
With that thought in mind, Lumen headed back to Dorm Rose without a word.
"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGOCalypso
Calypso collapsed in what remained of Dorm Rose. The events of the last few days were a messy blur , and she was all too eager to put it behind her. She couldn't even remember what happened the night of the conference, fer cryin' out loud.
She looked around at her team's empty dorm room. "Where the hell is everyone? Meh..."
I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serialWhen he returned to Dorm Rose, Pius placed his Silver Lion in his suitcase, then put down the luggage he had brought with him before sitting down on her bed.
The Nobel stopped for a moment, then took off his longcoat and retrieved his Scroll. He had a call to make with his family before they arrived tomorrow. Until someone informed him of dinner or came by to talk to him, Pius would remain upstairs after his call. He would be taking stock and making preparations to begin rebuilding Dies Irae Mark 4.2.
edited 25th Apr '14 8:26:51 PM by Insano
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Tempestas 22, Sunday, Parent's Day, 8:00 AM
Parent's day was here. The students waited at their respective dorms for their parents to arrive. With them was their teacher in charge. In Dorm Rose's case, Glynda Goodwitch.
Today was also the day a new student would arrive at the Dorm, replacing Belle, who had been gravely injured in Operation Moonfall.
The living room was tense as they waited for their guests. The news were on, reporting a story on exceptional Beacon Students who had rescued the long lost princess of Vale.
Also, for some inexplicable reason, someone (Dustdamnit, Raqib!) had changed the banners above Dorm Rose to red Dead Parent's Day instead.
Le sigh.
Calypso
Calypso stared up at the vandalized Dorm Rose welcome sign, pinching her nose and groaning. "You jackass..."
I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serialUpon noticing the banner, Dex simply shot the "Dead" part with a single blue crystal, freezing it over in a thick layer of ice while not damaging anything else. "You're welcome," he remarked to Calypso.
edited 25th Apr '14 10:23:11 PM by Dreigonix
Let's let events play out as they will. What happens in WAOA stays in WAOA.Uncharacteristically for one so serious, Pius himself was not adding to the tension down in the living room. In fact, he was still in his sleeping bag in his team's room, refusing to wake up if or when his teammates tried to coax him back to the land of the living. Then his Scroll began ringing. Someone was calling him, and the Nobel could never ignore a call.
Taking a minute to blink away the tiredness in his eyes, Pius opened up his Scroll, where a message was waiting for him.
Sarah. Pius noted the sender of the message. The message itself was: Get to the second floor, now. Don't know how much longer we can hide from your classmates and Goodwitch. Keep your sleeping clothes on, and put on your athletic shoes. Since he knew his siblings had something planned for him on the floor between him and the others, the Nobel heir exhaled in reply before he got up to comply with his sister's request.
Arriving quietly at the second floor, Pius saw nothing at first. Then he looked over the area again, and he found that the door to the training room was open. He walked over there, for he knew that his siblings were aware of how paranoid he was about open doors.
When he entered the room, Pius was greeted by the only person he could see: his brother Gregory. A large and tall young man, the second Nobel adoptee towered over his five-foot-eleven older with his six-foot-seven height. He had set up a sound system inside training room, and held a laptop in one of his massive hands.
"PI!" He yelled out in greeting, a big smile on his face. "You made it; we're so thrilled!"
"Gregory," Pius replied with a small smile. "It's good to see you again. What are you doing here with all this?"
"Well," a feminine voice rang out, its owner appearing out of nowhere along with her companion. "It's Parent's Day, Pius." Sarah gave her own good-natured smile to her older brother, her fox ears standing tall and proud of their Faunus origins.
"And since your parents are dead," Innocent called out, being one of the few who could make light of such a personal issue to Pius' face. "we decided that you needed to loosen up."
"Loosen up?" The Ashen replied, raising an eyebrow at his redheaded sibling. "I'm awake and still in my sleeping clothes, Innocent." Here he gestured at the running shorts and the casual shirt he was wearing. "I'm plenty relaxed right now."
"Yeah, yeah, you keep telling yourself that." Innocent scoffed, smirking at the frown that came automatically to his brother's face. "Hit it, Gregory!" With that signal, the largest of the Nobel siblings pressed a button, and the first notes of a song
began to play, the sound of which might even be heard downstairs and outside of Dorm Rose.
Oh, no. Pius realized the song; he would not be able to resist what would happen in the next two minutes. Not this one.
"Oh yeah, Pi!" Gregory called out, as if he had read his brother's mind. "We know you're always in the mood for this song!" Gregory pointed to the mirror in the training room, letting Pius know that he was not going to escape this one.
Sarah and Innocent were already moving to the beat, and the Ashen could not help but join them. Then Innocent gave a look to the mirror that reflected so that it appeared that he was looking at Pius. It told him a familiar message of how thing were going to commence, and the Nobel could do little other than comply.
Innocent led them through the first verse
, flirting with a crowd that only he could imagine. Pius groaned silently when Innocent's choreography led to some undesired, but rather freeing, movement of the hips, but he found himself slowly surrendering to the dance that the three of them loved to do when they had the time while Gregory cheered them on. The Ashen's expression wasn't quite a smile, but anyone could tell that he was completely absorbed in and satisfied by what he was doing.
Pius took the lead during the chorus
, slowing down the pacing of their moves while still maintaining the flow of the dance, smoothly transitioning to allow Sarah to take over the second verse.
The fox Faunus kept their movements closer towards their bodies, her pacing of the movements a sort-of middle ground between Pius and Innocent's rhythms. Still, she got the trio through the verse just fine, and they concluded their dance as they repeated the chorus, letting the song play on as they stopped and smiled at each other, breathing a bit heavier as little beads of sweat made their way down their foreheads.
When the song ended, Gregory yelled out again. "PI! Are you loosened up now?"
Pius gave a small smile in return, taking a moment to breathe in and breathe out.
"Yeah, guys; I'm a bit more relaxed now. I'm...happy to have you all here today."
Innocent, Gregory, and Sarah captured Pius into a group embrace, the four of them ready for a day together at Beacon Academy.
"So, you gotta tell me, Pi." Innocent said as they continued hugging. "Are any of your female classmates single and ready to mingle?"
Pius opened his eyes and backed away from the hug. Yep, moment ruined.
"Eh, hehe..." The redhead stuttered out as he started scratching the back of his head, his siblings looking at him with exasperation as they usually did to every other thing he said. "Moment killer?"
"Moment annihilator, Innocent."
Allurand and surrounding world loading, 28%...Killian limped slightly, his leg brace creaking as he looked around Beacon. "Is it just me, or has this place not changed at all?" He asked, running his hand through his beard, he checked his pocket to ensure he still had the gift.
Jack walked out, yawning as he tied his hair into a ponytail. "Ya know, I think I like this hairdo." He yawned, before glancing up at the banner, "Why is it frozen?" He murmured to himself.
Good to be backDead Parents Day
In the main room, a woman with a golden-yellow dress and a brown sweater was talking to a ten-year old boy in a suit.
"Now, remember Thaddeus," the woman said. "We're here to say hello to your brother, and have a look around the school. No running off, no pranks..." She spotted the vandalized banner and gulped.
"But Mom, this thing is boring," Thaddeus complained. "There's no one here my age, just a bunch of grown-ups. And why am I in a suit?"
"Because we need to make a good impression," Mrs. Krigsvart said. "And I'm sorry honey. This is meant to be a parents only thing. I would have left you at home, but I couldn't find you a good babysitter—"
"How about Catherine?" Thaddeus said.
"After she was too busy on the phone to notice that you skinned your knee? I don't think so..." Mrs. Krigvart's voice trailed off as she finally noticed the stairs. The still-wrecked stairs.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO THE STAIRWAY?!?"
Mrs. Krigvart's yelling could be heard by everyone in the main room...
Team DRKR's room
...And even by Lucas, who, having accidentally slept in, was trying to get ready when he heard his mother's freak-out.
"...Fuck."

"Davros was remembering you and brought you a gift from trip," Davros said to Ozpin, walking up to him and handing him a mackerel. "Was cooked by rich fancy people in big house."