Ballroom
Bianca smiled slightly and let the pillow fall on her face. She turned to look at Pius and punched his shoulder lightly, grinning up at him.
"I know. Well, just think about it, okay? Umu, goodness knows you two need to cheer up."
She giggled and then chucked the pillow in an arc, said pillow sailing over heads and bonking...someone in the face.
Anyone who wants to interact with Bi can get hit.
Auditorium, Before.
Ozpin's words weren't anything new, if anything, they were simply just a reminder why Jayce was here. Well, somewhat. Everyone here had their reasons for being present, some more idealistic, if naive, others for self-centered goals. He wasn't going to judg-
"H-Hey~! We already have a purpose, you gee-" L.I.L.I sharply remarked in response to that 'wasted energy' remark, causing Jayce to give a sharp glare at the drone, hoping that outburst wasn't too loud to actually be heard, even if he did agree with the comment being...harsher than it needed to be.
Of course, with everyone leaving to do their own things, Jayce made a quick detour to pick up...one or two things before meeting up with the rest in the ballroom later.
Ballroom.
...It wasn't exactly much, but Jayce was content to have a small table set up with a sleek silver laptop and a cup of tea. One eye subtly keeping an eye on the...antics going on AND to keep track of L.I.L.I in case she got in trouble while the other focused on the screen, fingers tapping against the keys.
"Hi...~? Hello~? Plenty of tea to go around, yup~! I mean or maybe coffee but that won't help you sleep at all~!" L.I.L.I cheerfully remarked, a tea-tray balanced on her head with a kettle, cups and sugar cubes lightly rattling as she hovered in front of everyone.
edited 18th Sep '17 6:52:36 AM by TheRealWren
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.Ballroom
"Hopper? Like a grasshopper? Kinda obvious last name for a grasshopper Faunus.", Jeanne replied, obviously noting that both Basil and Velos were Faunus. "If ya worried about racism from me, don't. I ain't a hater! Oh, and the name's Jeanne Aurion, y'all!"
She finally stepped off of Velos' sleeping bag...only to get hit in the face with the pillow Bianca threw not a second later, clumsily falling to the floor.
"Oy! What's the big idea!?", she yelled at Bianca as she got back on her feet, shaking her fist in anger.
"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015Ballroom
As others were getting to know each other, Axel was busy preparing for the next 12 or so hours to come.
First attending to Gustavus, Axel took a moment to pat his dog on the head before rattling off a list of instructions "Gustavus, commands are as follows. Rest mode for the next two hours. Once the two hours are up, keep an eye out for any potential threats, rouse me only if hostiles are detected. Do not engage until I command it." Once his commands were given, Axel patted his dog on the head before muttering "Good boy" as Gustavus curled up and entered rest mode. Pulling his rifle, breaching tool and a cleaning kit off of the back of Gustavus and began disassembling Lawbringer and making sure each part of the rifle was clean and in pristine shape for the trials that awaited him tomorrow.
After inspecting Lawbringer to the point of insanity, Axel quietly reassembled the rifle and returned it to its holster on Gustavus' back along with his breaching tool. Rising to his feet, Axel joined his soon-to-be classmates and parked himself on the floor next to the largest conglomeration before asking "Apologies for the interruption, but does anyone have any idea of what this 'initiation' entails?"
Blaze
"Grimm. Lots of 'em." Now doing crunches, Blaze addressed Axel's question. "Also, we'll be launched with a giant catapult into the Emerald Forest where they'll probably tell us to go find some Relics. Landing strategy is, of course, on us."
Violet
Something did not sit right with the butler. Quickly, she made her way through the sea of fledgling Huntsmen, gathering glances as someone who did not belong here. Ignoring the commotions, she was by Bianca and Pius in a matter of seconds.
"Mistress Rosso, there is a room prepared for you to sleep in, more befitting someone of your status." She bowed slightly as she addressed the blonde. "You do not need to sleep in a sleeping bag among others."
edited 18th Sep '17 4:13:27 PM by FergardStratoavis
Ozpin's Speech
While she was glad that Ozpin wasn't the type to waste time with overlong speeches, Scarlett did not appreciate that there was still another night of waiting between her and proper initiation into Beacon. I've already taken the first step. I'm ready to take the second, right now.
Beacon Academy Sleepover
After setting down her sleeping bag and getting changed into a tank top and shorts, Scarlett goes back to her caged animal routine from the airship; pacing back and forth, bouncing on the balls of her feet, clenching and unclenching her fists. Filled with pent-up energy, Scarlett needed to do something.
Maybe I should start writing that letter to Grandma, rub this in her face a little? Nah, I'll wait til after initiation to gloat, then she'll have no way to just dismiss what I've accomplished. But then, what to do...
Scarlett spots Blaze doing his exercises and decides he's got the right idea. She strides over, plonks herself down beside him, just in time to hear about initiation and starts doing crunches of her own at a slightly faster rate than him, as if in challenge.
"What, seriously? The way everyone's been hyping it up, I thought initiation was supposed to be hard."
Ballroom
Axel raised an eyebrow after learning he'd be ending up in an unfamiliar forest for the initiation. While he wasn't keen on it, it'd certainly be a fun challenge.
Chucking, Axel mused "I wonder if I could get away with sending Gustavus in early to do some scouting, get to know the lay of the land and all that."
Well, at least I won't have to worry about "mutt" jokes from her, I suppose, Velos thought to himself as the girl who was sitting on his sleeping bag finally got off. Still don't want to end up on a team with her, though.
It seemed Velos would not get to sleep soon anyways, though, as he heard Jeanne hit the ground hard, only to get up again and yell at whoever threw... whatever it was (he didn't know what, and didn't think he'd need to know to understand the current situation). Adding to his further souring mood was one of the other students (he didn't remember her name) going on about how she thought Initiation was easy.
"You're missing the point of Initiation," Velos responded, bitterness in his voice. "Even a measly pack of Beowulves can take you out if you're not prepared to face them. The second you think any sort of Grimm isn't a threat, the second you drop your guard, you've already lost."
And I don't plan to lose this time...
edited 19th Sep '17 12:48:39 AM by Aquatica1000
Ballroom
Bianca regarded Violet with an expression that looked incredibly pained. She was tempted. Oh, she was so very tempted. Sleeping in her own very comfy room...
But.
It wasn't fair. And people would resent her. And then she'd be alone. Again.
Bianca shook her head.
"No, Vi. I am a student at Beacon, and this is where students sleep tonight. I won't accept anything that my classmates aren't given. Go sleep in that room, if you want. I'm staying right here."
She nodded, proud that she said that without hesitating.
And then someone yelled and she realized she had whacked someone with a pillow.
"Eeek! I'm sorry!" She squealed, running over to Jeanne, who she promptly enveloped in a apologetic snuggle hug.
Ballroom
Again, Basil shrugged. "I suppose so. Though my clan used to be in the alcohol brewing business before the war, so the name could have originated there." Jeanne's acceptance of faunus did raise his mood a little, and he gave her a small smile. "Glad to hear that."
Velos then went on a tirade about vigilance against the Grimm, and Basil noticed an undertone of sadness alongside bitterness. Sounds like he's speaking from experience... the grasshopper mused, recalling the same tone used by some older clan members.
A muffled noise drew his attention back to Jeanne, who had been beaned by a stray pillow, and then hugged by the culprit not long after. "Hello again Bianca." Basil greeted her with a polite nod.
Ballroom
Jeanne was baffled by the sudden hug, and couldn't seem to escape Bianca's glomping.
"So first ya toss a pillow at me, then ya start hugging me like I'm related to ya? The fuck's up with ya, lady?", she said, still trying to squirm out, "You tryin to start a pillow fight? Because I'll have ya know I'm the champion pillow fighter in my house...even if my sister and I never really had pillow fights!"
"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015Ballroom
Jack was walking by the walls, pacing back and fourth from one end of the room to the other, in a plain t shirt and soft fabric shorts.
"You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step." Hmm...
Jack was mulling over Ozpin's words, trying to find a meaning behind his words. Does he means that the academy is more so for expier- no... Hmm. Or perhaps it's just more soul searching?
After noticing himself having walked away from his things farther than he intended, he stopped dwelling on Ozpin's words, and headed towards his bag to set up for the night and tomorrow. As he was laying out his sleeping bag, he took a mental note of his inventory for tomorrow.
Fountain pen, mechanical pencils, note pad, balloons, squirt gun, band-aids... What else? As Jack finished setting his sleeping bag, he remembered what else.
Ah! My deck of cards! Jack quickly went through his bag, and decided to take the deck box out, and the cards out of the box. An innocent smile, one many would not associate with him, creeped across his mouth. He began to walk around again, but this time doing cardistry and shuffling tricks to entertain himself before bed.
Noticing Cinnabar reading a book, Jack's curiosity got the better of him and decided to see what literary adventure Cinnabar was engrossed in. On his way toward the reader, Jack had put the cards in his pocket (not before loudly springing them from one hand to the other) and then made a slight detour after hearing an offer he couldn't pass up. Jack had helped himself to L.I.L.I's tea, taking a cup with 3 cubes. "Don't mind if I do!"
edited 19th Sep '17 9:03:30 AM by Goes_By_Sol
Huh?Ballroom
At his interjection, Scarlett glances over towards Velos. And who's this guy? Where does he get off telling me I'm not prepared? He doesn't even know anything about me.
With a snort of derision, Scarlett replies to Velos' words. "Yeah, sure, I could probably be taken out by a pack of Beowolves if I'm not expecting them. I could also get taken out by a car if I don't look both ways before crossing the street. But guess what? Neither of those things are gonna take me out, because I expect cars on the street and I expect to fight Grimm at the Grimm fighting school."
Blaze
He didn't take the bait, it seemed, keeping his exercises at the steady pace. "It can't be too hard, since it's the rite of passage after all." He hummed from the floor before rising his torso up in another crunch. "But Beowulves aren't the only thing in that forest, lemme tell you that. Expect the unexpected."
Axel was already planning a pre-emptive scouting. Shame that wouldn't fly with the staff of the school. "Well, last I've heard we're supposed to find these Relics and bring them back, so any scouting would probably be off-limits for us."
Violet
It seemed someone was already trying to pick a fight with young Mistress. The girl seemed completely unstable. It was already bad that Bianca refused to make use of something so hard-fought over for her, citing her classmanship as a reason. She wasn't a student yet.
"Is this woman being a bother to you, Mistress?" The purple butler asked with a frown. The fact that technically it was Bianca doing the assault seemed to elude her, or perhaps she willfully ignored it.
Ballroom.
"Huh~? Well, alrighty~ Sugar's good and everything, just don't overdo it~ I mean, energy is good, too much energy...erm, not so much~!" L.I.L.I cheerfully remarked before hovering off to offer tea to the others and looking somewhat confused at the other robot keeping her distance. "...?"
...Everything's checking out so far. Energy output's stable, targeting system's calibrated...it's all set for tomorrow. But blast it all, I'm working at a handicap here, but I'll simply have to adjust until... Jayce mused, tapping his fingers on the desk before the 'conversation' going on snapped him out of his thoughts.
Closing his laptop for a moment and locking that suitcase of his shut, Jayce got to his feet, slightly irked...and bemused by Blaze's comment at Beacon's intentions to almost literally launch...throw them into the deep end.
"...Not that it's my place to interject, but I believe you'd be best saving your 'lectures' until after Initiation to make your point clear. ...I doubt you'd want to be called a hypocrite for getting overwhelmed by the very Grimm you're mentioning." Jayce curtly and sharply replied to Vel, arms folded as he glanced over at Axel.
"While I agree having intel and knowledge of what exactly what we're getting into in terms of terrain and area would be ideal...I believe they're intending on testing our navigational abilities as well. We have to work with the conditions they've laid out. ...So, hopefully, some of us won't be going around in circles." The man with pale-green hair commented, looking slightly concerned of some of the other students.
edited 19th Sep '17 9:33:40 PM by TheRealWren
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.Vel found himself growing tenser as Jayce made his comments. Calm down, idiot, he probably didn't mean to word it like that. He probably doesn't know about...
Still, the harsh tone of his voice didn't leave during his response to Jayce. "Trust me, I will not let that happen again." I better not, or all that training I've done to get accepted here was for naught...
Jack couldn't help but over hear everything, and certainly couldn't help quickly catching onto the finer details of speech.
"Again, he says, hnnn? Sounds like someone has a bed time story for us." Jack then took a sip from the tea cup. "Now that I think about it, your name does sound familiar..." Jack repeatedly tapped the tea cup against the top of the tea saucer he held in his other hand, trying to remember where he had heard that name before.
edited 20th Sep '17 3:53:29 AM by Goes_By_Sol
Huh?Ballroom
"Hi, Basil, umu! Just here to apologize!" Bianca greeted back enthusiastically, still snuggling Jeanne.
...Who then proceeded to say something about a pillow fight, and Bianca didn't even hear Violet talking when she ran over.
Oh, no, Bianca Rosso was far too overjoyed. Stars sparkled in her eyes, and she let out a happy (and very loud) squee.
"Pillow fiiiiiight! Yeeeeesssss, umu!"
With a giant grin, Bianca grabbed her pillow and whacked at Jeanne (with the bare minimum of her strength, because she might be stupid, but she wasn't gonna hurt people), and then proceeded to try whacking Basil as well because why the heck not?
Ballroom.
Jayce simply raised an eyebrow, yet aside from that, he kept up the stoic poker face. Vel's expression pretty much said it all before he went and flat-out confirmed his suspicions.
"...I see. So you are speaking from experience. ...While it's considerate of you to remind your allies of such mistakes you've made, sometimes words isn't enough. Some simply have to learn the hard way, but that's why many of us are here. To learn. And besides, this isn't something we're doing alone. If one of us falters, the rest of us there to make sure they'll live and hopefully learn from it." The young man replied, keeping the civil, if serious and quiet tone quite well.
Of course, L.I.L.I had to go and speak up.
Like they say, to, uh, error is human? Faunus? Squishy humanoid people? That one~!
edited 20th Sep '17 7:29:55 AM by TheRealWren
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.Ballroom
Jeanne stumbled back as she got hit with the pillow, reaching for her own once she recovered.
"I hope ya realize this means war! There's only one blonde who can be queen of the pillow fights, and that's me!", she yelled as she rushed at Bianca swinging her pillow around...and whacked poor Velos in the head with it as she dashed.
"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015"Yeah, no," Vel responded to Jack, glaring at his general direction. "I'm not spilling my past to some jackass who glued me to another person just because he could." Besides, deep down Vel knew his name was probably still in news archives somewhere, and Jack could easily find out who he was by doing a scroll search.
Damn it, I was trying to get away from that, and now my big mouth has clued them in...
He let out a sigh as Jayce brought in his two cents on the matter. "I suppose you have a point. Apolo—"
He didn't get the chance to finish what he was saying, though, before he was hit upside the head with a pillow. Normally, he wouldn't have snapped, but after the long day he had this just ended up as the last straw. "Hey! What the hell was that for?"

Ballroom
"Hm." Pius sat on his sleeping bag for a moment before lying down beside Bianca. "...I suppose I know a little about that feeling..."
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