The Blinder
Jack blinked. Only to stare, he was now snuggling with Sophie...Well, one of her anyway...Probably not Baxter. He sat up, taking out his scroll. "Really? They're grading us?" He sighed. "It was dead! We passed!" He said, a bit annoyed that they were graded on how dead it was.
edited 27th Sep '14 8:40:11 PM by TroyandHawk
Good to be back
"Well, shit."
Noa spat on the ground, a small flame flickering on the stone as she scowled. Yeah, teaming with a crazy girl was sure as fuck not exactly the easiest thing to do. No point in bitching about it now. They weren't likely to work together again, so letting it drop would be the least stressful way to handle it.
"Figures. Just gotta get the psycho with our luck."
Well, maybe a little complaining was in order.
The Blinder
Jack blinked. "Hell are you talking about?" He blinked the sleep out of his eyes. "And you're putting that out before the building burns down, right?"
Good to be back
Dorm White Rose
Al's smirk was wiped out as he the punch connected with his face, and immediately an expression of incredible annoyance appeared on it.
Oh son of a bitch.
Told you it was going to happen.
Yeah, you know what? Fuck you.
You realize you're gonna have to apologize right?
Unless I want that fucking telekinesis girl on my ass again? Yes
Telekinesis girl?
Alfred walked towards the room, sighing along the way, pinching the temple of his nose and thinking. When he eventually reached the kitchen. He waved at her, trying to hide the frown by scratching his hair and putting on his face small smile
"Er.... You... Eh. Okay? Lexi?"
The man seemed pretty obviously unused to this kind of thing, seeing as he acted about as awkwardly as the princess did daily.
edited 27th Sep '14 9:33:40 PM by LiorVal
Dorm White Rose
"Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck." Remus moaned as he saw their grade. The teamwork is what really killed us here... Dust damnit Khayla... Though I'm not sure she even cares wether she passed or not... I really am going to need to have a serious talk with... those... four...
edited 27th Sep '14 11:38:54 PM by SolusLupus
The Blinder
Jack stood up, his leg seemingly having finished healing to only a slight limp. He looked at Remus. "Hey, it's dead. Not sure why we're graded on all this other shit...Though does anyone know where the fuck Ozpin is?"
edited 27th Sep '14 11:40:47 PM by TroyandHawk
Good to be back
Sumanai Man
Really not helping...
Lexi stared at the grades. They...had passed. Barely, but it was such a relief all the same.
And then Alfred came in. She jumped in surprise, masing her knee with the end of a table.
Wincing, she looked at Alfred, a fierce glare on her face. She didn't want to deal with him yet. She was still liable to punch him again. Also, her face now seemed permanently red.
"Go. Away!" the princess hissed, daring him to not obey.
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
Master Saboteur
While her partner Noa was quite cross with how badly their scores turned out, Noiri didn't seem bothered in the least. In fact, there was a faint smile on her lips as she turned to her partner.
"Rule number..." She paused for a moment as she attempted to count off the rules in her head. "...15 or somewhere around there of being a thief: If you don't like what you get, go get something else. I have the perfect plan for a little... extra credit."
She stepped up on her tippy-toes to reach Noa's ear, and began to spin to her partner the threads of a sinister idea.
"Why does everything have to loop back to YGO?" -Guy who ruined YGO
Alfred is not a people person
Al stayed still, thinking. She'll see through a proffesional facade or if I kiss her ass in general. What the hell do I do?
How about saying what you actually think instead of hiding everything under a mask?
Don't be a dumbass. No way that'll work
How would you know, have you even ever tried that once?
No but I have a full functional brain to know that is a terrible idea. Whatever. I can't plan this. Gotta go with the flow...
Al stared at her, defying her order .He walked slightly close before he spoke with an angry voice.
"Drop it princess. I came to freakin' apologize because I don't want to be killed by your sister. So get off your high and mighty horse, talk with the fucking slummer eye to eye without acting like the "oh so poor" victim here. It was a harmless damn joke. Yet you act like I dashed on everything important to you."
After finishing his sentence. He scratched his his hair. Looking downwards in thought. Realizing he should say something less aggressive. Before turning his head to Alexia.
"Look, I'm not good with people. You were raised sheltered in a castle and I was raised by the streets. But that doesn't mean I'm any better than you with socializing if I don't put on a mask to repress all of my emotions. Would you prefer I put on a persona for you and be all prim and proper out of fear of your family? Or would you rather I treat you as my damn equal, and say what I actually think and want to say,even if that means I won't always say what you want to hear?"
Sumanai Man
Double Als
Alexia breathed deeply. Calm...calm...calm yourself. She shook her head a bit.
"I...am sorry. You know I tend to get carried away with those sorts of things."
She sighed again, then looked Alfred right in the face. "Can I be blunt? Alfred, you're an idiot. I wasn't upset because you were blunt. Heaven knows I prefer honesty. I was upset because you were deliberately pushing my buttons."
"You fail to see the point in this. This isn't about our statuses. No one cares about that. It's about behavior and basic human decency."
"Al, you don't hold your tongue because you're scared of retribution, you do it because you don't want to offend."
She shook her head again. "I admit, I overeacted. I'm sorry I hit you, I...well, um...I'm sensitive."
"But please stop blaming everything you do on your upbringing. It's not them at fault, my Knight. You choose who you want to be."
She walked out the kitchen, leaving Alfred only an encouraging smile.
As she walked away, there was only one thought in her head.
How did I say that speech without messing it up?!
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
And you don't seem to understand...
Oh. He was asking her to hang out? No one ever really asked her that on a regular basis. She looked a bit taken aback. But soon enough she broke out into a grin. "Sure! It's late but... I'm not sleep right now anyway. What did you wanna do?"
She spied Yun off in the distance, and gave him a casual wave. Indeed this was a new thing for her — someone outside of her teammates actually wanting to do something with her...
"Who am I, Elisha Otis?"
Wait? You KNOW me?
Ghatz himself looked rather surprised as well. He'd never met somebody who'd actually wanted to hang out with him. "Well... um..." he said, looking up at the ceiling. "I dunno..."
Dumbass! Maybe you should have thought about that before making a half-baked attempt at asking her out on some sort of date! Wait. No.
This isn't a date, right?
He shook these thoughts from his head and looked at Naima, smiling. "Watch a movie? Train? Somethin' fun." He tugged at his scarf some more, flustered more than he thought he'd ever been before. And he was positive she could see the embarassment and nervousness on his face. He must be blushing quite a bit.
Song of the Week: Find You by ZEDD
And you don't seem to understand...
"Training could be fun. I've been meaning to do more of that. And now with Professor Port's practical on the horizon..." She trailed off, wondering how everyone did. They were supposed to get their grades tonight, right? Maybe she could bother them to take a peek at the results later. Getting an idea of the scoring system would be useful.
"Who am I, Elisha Otis?"
Giving his partner a smile and a thumbs up, Yun continued on his way, eventually arriving at the dorm room of Team SYNC.
Wait? You KNOW me?
"Cool! Well I... I usually train in the Emerald Forest myself. But I doubt you want to do that..." He then pulled out a Scroll and looked at final grades. They had barely passed. "And it looks like Port graded off of Teamwork, Efficiency, and Style. I bet you'll do great, Naima!" He cheerfully patted her shoulder. "And this training will be good for you! So... where're we gonna go?"
Song of the Week: Find You by ZEDD
Dorm
Having finished the call with Mrs. Argent, Lucas proceeded to check his group's grade
Best teamwork, but worst efficiency and style. Damn it, even Port could tell that we should have dealt with it sooner.
While that was still in his head, he closed his scroll and headed off to find Remus, Imuka, and/or Rufus to let them know about what was going to happen on Sunday.
And you don't seem to understand...
"Congrats on passing! And thanks for the heads up... I think my team will do well too, hopefully." She made a mental note to relay the grading criteria back to Rufus, Yun, and Cara later. "Uh... maybe we could try the Arena? It has a lot of space."
"Who am I, Elisha Otis?"
Wait? You KNOW me?
"Yeah! Sure!" He grinned. "Can't wait...." His voice trailed of for a moment as he looked at her again, into her eyes. "You have beautiful eyes... Er... um... I mean..." He looked down and chuckled nervously, blushing. "So. Just. Grab whatcha need and we can go, eheheh..."
Song of the Week: Find You by ZEDD
Sumanai Man
Ghostly Intervention
Mia had been watching Naima and Ghatz silently, a small smile on her face. The ghost girl had taken a liking to Naima, and she wanted to talk to her.
Also, their subtle flirting was hilarious.
She passed through them both, alerting them to her presence.
She then formed words on the wall, using the pen she had been floating the entire day. Hey, she needed to communicate.
Hey, Naima. Found a boyfriend?
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
Al stared and listened to Alexia, sighing as she tried to repeat that it's not about where he was born and lived, as he knew it clearly was. "Basic Human Decency" meant entirely different things to each of them. But otherwise he remained silent, there was little use to making her understand it, and the man believed it wasn't worth the effort.
After she dissapeared from sight, as he was incapable of holding himself back any longer Alfred quickly walked towards the nearest sink and proceeded to vomit on it.
"I feel like I need to let out all of my insides after that. She actually called me "My Knight" entirely seriously too. Like some goddamn damsel in distress I hope she's not planning to ever do that again. I don't think I'll be capable of holding that next time. Ergh, feels like I just read a shitty line from a romance novel." He cleaned up the mess before walking back to the living room sitting on one of the couches to rest from what just happened. He scratched his hair from time to time, looking downwards. He was obviously in thought.
edited 28th Sep '14 7:08:34 AM by LiorVal
And you don't seem to understand...
Now it was Naima's turn to blush. "O-oh? Thank you..." No one had ever complimented her eyes before! Or her looks in general! Ghatz was nice. Really nice. She had zero experience when it came to boys in that way so... "We can head to the locker room and grab our weapons... Yeah..."
Then, a chill ran through her. A familiar chill. "Mia?" She said aloud, having her suspicions confirmed when the ghostly girl scrawled out a message on the wall. The words made her gasp. "W-what?! No! We're just training! Heh heh heh!"
"Who am I, Elisha Otis?"
Dorm White Rose
Ai stretched her arms over her head, working out the kinks in her back from sitting in front of a desk for a few hours. From her pocket, Ai removed a spoon and plastic cup of melon pudding taken from the dorm kitchen fridge.
"Haven't really thought about the name too much yet. Maybe I'll just call them Tiger Claws," she said. "I suppose I'll have to classify them too, so I can sound official when I talk about them. How does Boost-Activated Combat Boots sound?"
She started eating.
"Oh, we should also ask someone what the grading criteria for the exam was. Then we'll have an advantage," she said, slyly.
Wait? You KNOW me?
This may have been the singular time in his life that Ghatz was absolutely speechless. He simply stood there, open mouthed, as the dorms resident phantom scribbled her message on the wall. That moment lasted about ten seconds before he finally blinked and shook his head. "Yeah! Um. Just training is all, giving eachother some friendly compliments! Eheheh... yup." He was a mess on the inside right now. He'd never felt... y'know, romantically for anyone before. But did he feel like that towards Naima? At this point, he wasn't sure. But he did know she was beautiful and intelligent and kind and wow he should really just stop thinking. "I dunno what could give you that idea, Mia..." His voice shaky and his face a radiant shade of red.
Song of the Week: Find You by ZEDD
Bark Bark Man
Dorm White Rose
"Force-Activated Kinetic Response Boots? Variable Effect Crossup... I'm just making things up now." Charisse mused, looking over the schematics again.
She was a pretty quick learner when it came to technology, but she was always pitifully confused when she saw something for the first time.
"Gimme your pants.. and now your other pants"
Dorm White Rose
Alexia did, in fact, get that double entendre. And she was not amused.
Face burning in absolute humiliation, she walked up to Al, punched him full on the nose and ran out the room.
She went into the kitchen, breathing heavily and heart beating wildly. Her mind was mush, her emotions had run wild.
"Solus! Dust! I...I...!" Alexia gasped. She knew she had to get things under control, but...but...
At that moment, a welcome distraction came in the form of her Scroll beeping.
The exam results!
Grimm Studies Practicals: 100 Points
Earth Team
Teamwork: 34/40, Efficiency: 25/40, Style: 14/20
Total: 73/100
Heaven Team
Teamwork: 15/40, Efficiency: 32/40, Style: 15/20
Total: 62/100
Ocean Team
Teamwork: 25/40, Efficiency: 35/40, Style: 15/20
Total: 75/100
Passing Score: 70
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.