Alfred/Alexia/Erin/Pius
Feb blinked twice, then sighed. "Hrincess Alexia. Ahologies. Total honesty. Even if enbarrassing." Her clipped words came out fast like a barrage of bullets, even as more and more people spoke up.
"Alfred. Keeh at it. I suhhort! Nake Hrincess Alexia snile nore!"
She gave a shy thumbs-up to him. Wow, she actually liked seeing Alexia and Alfred together, didn't she?
Vale-Vacuo Border, Beacon Camp, Port's Hunt
Geki offered Sylvia her own canteen and requisite loaf. "Camp stew," he explained. "Not much on the vegetables. We didn't bring enough and the local crop of wild shoots is still too young, according to Professor Oobleck's briefing."
He took another gulp of stew as he turned his attention back to the map. "We're currently on the camping area, right? But if we get off the trail here-" His finger traced where a path was nominally located. "We might be able to go around the main advance and try to catch our sighting."
Hunt Preparations
Umber snapped to attention at the clap on the back. She flushed red from her toes to the top of her head, like the mercury in a thermometer rising to the top, ending in a cartoonish puff of steam.
"You're right," she said. She reached up to her face and slapped both of her cheeks simultaneously. "OK."
Looking determined, she turned back to Glen and clenched her fists.
"I'm ready."
The Fight
As Lucas backed off, Gaston took the opportunity to stand. He glared at his opponent and snarled, charging in and flaring his Semblance into a monstrous right hook.
Under the tree
Alexia sighed, rubbing her forehead with her hands.
"You're probably right. I am an easy target, although why anyone would take pleasure in watching me squirm is beyond me."
Here she glared at Pius and her serenely smiling sister.
"....Although you could have phrased that better and said I was "cute" rather than "amusing". Sure, it's meaningless flattery, but it's the thought that counts." Alexia mumbled under her breath, and Erin gave her an amused half-smirk.
On/Under the Tree Lexi/Pius/Erin/Feb
"See, it's because you break a sweat over small stuff like this that people find flustering you and "making you squirm" entertaining. You need to learn to take it slightly easier y'know? Remind me to teach you how to do that." Al said as he continued to read his book for a few seconds before turning his head to Lexi again.
"Uh... Please. Sorry." The knight scratched his head, his face showing a frown.
Pre-Hunt
Grigori looked around for anyone who is willing to partner up with him and texted another message on his scroll.
He made his way over to the ring where Lucas and Gaston were duking it out and waited for anyone willing to join him. Surely, two somewhat grown men fighting would attract a lot of attention, quasi-grown in Gaston's case Grigori thought to himself. He couldn't help but look at the fight with morbid curiosity.
"I treasure every day with you, darling." "No need to be so sappy, love." "You know that's how she is, Nia." - AU!Pyra, Nia, MythraThe Fight
Gaston grinned savagely as Lucas ducked downward. Right where he wanted him, the little idiot.
As Luke's head went down, a Semblance powered knee went right up to his face-!
Under the tree
"Oh...Um, I didn't mean to bother you, Beloved. Um, sorry for keeping you from your reading. I...I'll just go back to drawing." Alexia said sheepishly, ducking her face behind her sketchbook.
Erin nodded. "It was a pleasure to meet you, Sir Alfred. Thank you for taking care of my sister."
HUNT
The students split up, pairs going in random directions to find something interesting to fight.
Maybe they could go to the lake, since it was basically proved there were big things under there.
Perhaps they would like to go closer to the Vacuo border, to the wasteland, a large field of half-dead plants and open terrain.
Perhaps the woods west of the camp. What monsters do those trees hold?
Or perhaps right at the foot of Mount Amaterasu itself?
There was a lot of options for our intrepid hunters....
edited 1st Nov '16 7:40:33 PM by GrimHelm
Hunting Time with The Happy Couple
Ieria nodded as she popped open the map on her scroll. "Agreed. Where would you like to hunt, Medus? The Dry Air of the wasteland might suit me more, as it would make it easier for me to track."
"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"Right." Sylvia said. She messily slurped her stew and took a sip from her canteen.
The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing."Aaah!"
Lucas hadn't been able to dodge the attack in time. While he was able to stumble back now, Luke had still taken the full damage of it.
How the hell did he slip that past me?!? he thought, attempting to return to his stance. I should have seen that coming! Still, he tried to calm down — freaking out over the blow wasn't going to help now, especially now he needed to concentrate on the fight to keep from dropping into the red — and concentrate on his opponent.
HUNT
Jack turned to Falken. "We are staying the fuck away from the lake because that's a waste of time."
He had put his arm back on and was looking around. Lucas had done well, but he was probably resting after that last hit.
FIGHT
"Lucas! Don't get unseeing-sided!" He shouted. Jack avoided saying the word 'blind'
Good to be backMedia hunting
Medus shrugged. "Hey if it'll make it easier on you, makes it easier on me. Gets us more time to find bigger stuff. Gives us a better chance overall. So basically I'm okay with this plan. Though we better stock up on water before we go if that's what we're doing."
-dramatic music ensues-The green-haired guy tilted his head, slightly confused.
"Huh? I thought we were told we kinda had to work in tag-teams. Y'know, like, duos? I mean, unless they shouted about the rules of the game changin', in which case, woo-hoo, more folks to help stomp a Grimm into the dirt. And, well, get it all on those scroll things since I still kinda sorta dunno how to use 'em properly."
Glancing over at Jack, the air-head chuckled.
"What, 'cuz the one Grimm that was there was blown up already? Or cuz ya can't swim? I mean, probably a good thing we're stayin' away from water anyway, I kinda prefer havin' solid ground to land on, even though I can fight in the air too...~"
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.Under the tree
With that over, Feb was left slightly fidgety. There was a Hunt coming up soon, and she felt that she had to go pair with somebody she wasn't too familiar with. And... Well, the Princess was right there. Their relationship was one of cordial friendliness, but they weren't out and out friends just yet. It was a nagging little thing in the back of her head, a voice that told her that they could get along better.
"Hrincess. Alone in Hunt? If so... Hartners?" She asked hesitantly, looking around briefly before extending her hand to Alexia. She was being rather reserved as usual, but she was taking the initiative, at least.
Hunting Preparations
Ieria nodded as she held up two flasks. "I brought two flasks, I took the opportunity to fill them up before just in case we would need water whilst hunting. Is there anything else we require, Medus?"
"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

At The Hunt
Mora blinks, startled out of their reverie.
"Aiyah? Oh! Hey, yeah no, let's roll together."
They smile, happy to have someone to hang with.