Wednesday, Hunters' Camp, 7:15 AM
Liselle's sudden lapse in emotion caught Emi off guard. The team leader almost raised her hand behind her head in confusion before realizing that would look...common.
"It's...uhh, really quite alright. I have trouble understanding what is a joke and what isn't sometimes too. P-Please, compose yourself."
And then the old Liselle was back, getting all snippy again and going on about fate. Her mental self cringed slightly at the thought of fate and destiny being nothing but nonsense.
"It's good that you can think that. I, however, do have a destiny. I'm destined to succeed my father and his father some day. It's not up to me."
Emi nodded at the agreement to a compromise, raising an eyebrow at the last little muted comment from her team partner. Before she could question what the comment was, a kerfuffle had started on account of their professor's pets. When she turned she saw the Professor face first in her plate.
"Professor Peach!"
The pheasant cried out as it was disturbed, and the monkey had just finished digging around and was making a beeline for Liselle.
"Look out Liselle!"
In her mental palace, her mental self stood up, running towards the clear, unbroken waterfall and her own reflection.
It's not going to break. It's not going to break. I'm going to pass though.
As she broke through the threshold, it felt like...nothing. The water didn't warp or change. She just passed through it, and now there were two of her in her palace, back to back. Outside in the real world, a mirror sheen appeared, forming into a perfectly identical copy of Emi right between the monkey and Liselle, symmetrical from where the real Emi currently was. They both lunged, Emi at empty air, her mirror self at the monkey in perfect imitation of the real Emi's movements, in an attempt to catch it.
Edited by UndyingPhoenix on Aug 23rd 2018 at 4:09:38 PM
Dia was quite busy eating her morning meal of pancakes and waffles via her crystal utensils, periodically putting them down to sip her hot coffee. The green-haired young lady watched and overheard the little argument with Emi and Liselle, sighing a bit as a small frown crossed her face.
(It's going to take a very good while for them to be friends...)
There's a small pause in her thoughts as she brushes her hair, continuing to eat a piece of pancake with grace. She watched Rog and his friendly maneuver towards the dog as she sipped some more coffee with elegance.
(Oh, that's very kind of him, I gues-)
It was also about then when the monkey decided to do some monkey business. Next thing Dia knew, the pheasant was flustered, Peach was sitting face-first in her food and the monkey's next victim appeared to be Liselle next. Miss Rayfer was very close to a Spit Take, but her discipline was strong.
That almost changed when she saw Emi use her Semblance, but her discipline again kept her from relieving the drink in her mouth.
(Wow! So it's some sort of... copy thing?)
Dia hastily put down her utensils and took out her Scroll that was lying beside her, before writing down on it. That was the first time she'd see Emi use her Semblance and she'd definitely wanted to record down how it worked.
She wanted to know the others and how they could keep her safe.
As soon as Dia's mouth was empty, she took her scroll in one hand then carefully and gracefully skipped over to the professor, counting on Emi and Liselle to take care of the monkey situation. Her expression and voice was one of concern and worry as she took great care not to startle the other pets even more.
"Professor Peach, are you alright?"
Edited by ironcommando on Aug 23rd 2018 at 10:41:05 PM
...eheh
An Ordinary Oddball
Auolish Chesterfield
Auolish was still rubbing sleep out of her eyes when she went to eat breakfast in the morning, bringing along Talonclaw and idly trying to tame the mess that was her feathery hair. Pulling down her goggles and yawning, she got some eggs, some bacon, and a bit of spinach before taking a seat.
"Yo, everybody. Good mornin', teach," she said cheerfully. "Whadda thing to wake up to, eh?"
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
Combat mode, engage
Hunter's camp
Scarlet leveraged herself off the ground as the alarm continued going off. Her very first action was to reach inside her bag and pull out a large energy drink which she opened and downed in the space of around thirty seconds. Then she grabbed her weapon and jacket, slinging the former around her waist and the latter over her shoulder.
"Alright, rise and shine, people. If I have to be up at this stupid hour so do the rest of you." She said to her team, not bothering to enforce said command as she walked off towards the kitchen.
When she arrived and saw the chaos with the monkey Scarlet sighed and shook her head. "Yet another day of...whatever the fuck goes on at this school, I'm too tired for this shit." She muttered to herself.
"Alright, who was in charge of the coffee? I need a pick me up before I can handle all of you." She asked in an irate tone.
-dramatic music ensues-
AKA Nixer
After performing a thorough checkup of her items and equipment, Nadia got up to finally get something to wake her out of her grogginess before Wu's greeting broke through her haze of half-awakedness. She blinked, mentally panicking for a second, before slipping into her act of brash outspokenness, flashing her fellow Faunus a grin and a thumbs up.
She hadn't told her yet that she was her fellow, but still. There may be enough evidence for her to pick up on her own foxlike traits, whether it be through scent or pure common sense. She was aware that not all of her antics and animalistic tics had been hidden to Wu, despite her efforts. Perhaps a part of her even wanted her to figure it out.
Still, the fact that the cheerful girl was the one Nadia had spent the most time around was one not to be exactly missed by anyone anyway. So the sense of kinship was unmistakable, even if her status as a Faunus would be a little more difficult to confirm.
“Heh. Same here. Kick the guys awake, would ya? I'm dying for a coffee, and I don't think there'll be much left if we piss around any further.”
A slight lie. She'd rather have anything but coffee. But still, she recognized its use in keeping the brain awake and the bladder freshly pumping.
...Sometimes the shift in her inner thoughts scared her. Surely if she could fool herself with her acting that was a good sign, right?
...Right?
“The hell're they doing over there? Can't they even have a normal breakfast without inadvertently turning it into a sitcom scene?” she muttered, half to herself and her teammate. She had diverted her attention to the goings-on of the others in order to break herself out of her absent daydreaming. Something she found herself having to do many times a day to stay focused.
Something about the Professor's monkey and someone using their Semblance...
Yup. Sounded about right.
Edited by Enirboreh on Aug 23rd 2018 at 9:19:08 AM
bork
An Ordinary Oddball
Auolish got up to fetch both Scarlet and Nadia a cup of coffee. She placed the sacred drink in front of each of them and went back to her seat nearby.
"I don't think we're mornin' peeps," she chuckled, and then started straightening her "hair" with a strange, beak-like implement. On closer inspection, the "hair" turned out to be small feathers.
Occasionally stabbing a piece of bacon or egg with her fork, the owl Faunus continued watching the ruckus with the monkey.
"We're a colorful bunch, eh?" she said conversationally.
Edited by JumpingFruit on Aug 23rd 2018 at 1:51:47 AM
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
The Blinder
THE KITCHEN
There was a low growling noise as a woman clad in furs slowly staggered into the kitchen. She held in her hand two leather-bound swords, which she slowly strapped to her back. Her head was completely encased by a helmet that resembled a deer skull with pitch black eyes, covering her whole head.
She sighed, effortlessly making her way around her several companions though blinded and deafened by their helmet. She quietly grabbed a chair, sitting down with the soles of her feet pressed against the dirt, feeling the vibration before she grabbed a piece of bread, a slot revealing her mouth as she off-handed chewed it.
She had not yet recognized the foot falls of some, she was left searching for the soft patter of Auolish's...Unaware that Auolish was actually sitting about five feet from her. Having no luck on the soft earth, she sent herself outward, focusing on searching the heavy tramp of a grimm.
Edited by TroyandHawk on Aug 23rd 2018 at 8:42:06 AM
Good to be back
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
Hunter's Camp, Breakfast.
Pausing for a moment as he put the last few plates of food down at the table along with a second pot of coffee, James turned to Scarlett to point it out before Auolish beat him to it. "...W-Well, that works too."
Either way, with the job done and not having to worry about cleaning dishes later, he sat down at one of the less crowded spots of the table, grabbed a flask from his backpack and took a small sip as his eyes glanced over at Nadia.
"...g-guess not, just a t-typical l-loud and rowdy morning, really. B-Best to focus on getting s-something to eat before i-it gets cold."
Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
Wednesday, Tempestas 19, Gareth's Bay, Far Eastern Region, Vale - 7:15 AM
Oxley rose with the rest of the camp, walking into the kitchen to grab some food. He was clearly doing his best to seem unaffected by the cold and early morning, but the bags under his eyes and occasional shiver gave him away. With a sigh, he brought his food over to the rest of his team, grunting something that could charitably be called a greeting. To anyone else it might have seemed rude, but a month together had taught his team that this was just how Oxley was before he got his morning coffee.
An Ordinary Oddball
Quietly chewing spinach, Auolish noticed Azure sitting down.
"Yo, Azure. Good mornin'." she said to her softly, for her sake, before noticing Oxley ambling over. He looked terrible.
"Imma go get some soup real quick. Anyone want any?" she asked.
Edited by JumpingFruit on Aug 23rd 2018 at 9:04:11 AM
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
Is this your power, Yagami?
Hunter's Camp
Marvin had woken up early to go out for a morning run, slinking out while the rest of his team dozed away. As a result he was in the middle of his routine when he heard the morning alarm blaring from the camp, figuring this was a good sign breakfast was going to begin soon, the pale scaled faunus decided it was as good a time as any to start heading back, his school jacket slung around his waist.
"Yo!" he called out as he entered the designated kitchen, a broad grin spread across his lips as he slithered in, his hand flying out and pinching Professor Peach's backside before he quickly made it past her, making sure to give each of his three teammates a quick slap on the rear as well, shooting a grin at the three girls. "Morning sleeping beauty~" He grinned at Scarlet mischievously.
"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
Sumanai Man
Breakfast
Liselle sighed again, glancing thoughtfully at her chocolate as Emi talked about destiny some more. She honestly didn't know whether to be annoyed or just to feel sorry for her.
"You know, I used to think that too. That I was supposed to take over my dad's shop, live a peaceful life. Evidently, life had other ideas. Believing that something is destined to happen? You'll get hurt when things don't go according to plan."
Lis didn't elaborate, satisfying herself with greeting each newcomer with a nod or a grunt.
....And then the monkey happened and she almost instinctively swatted at it with her taser gloves.
Only for Emi to duplicate herself and get in the way, making Liselle lose her balance and slide off the chair she was sitting on.
"Emi-! Monkey? The hell?!" Was all she could squawk out as her hip collided with the ground.
Painfully.
Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.
Combat mode, engage
Breakfast
Scarlet took the cup of coffee. "Thank you, Auolish." She said, taking large pulls from the cup. "Yeah, James has a point, nothing but the standard chaos of Beacon, even when we're away from Beacon."
She got up and grabbed herself a plate of food when Marvin strolled by and spanked her. "Hey, Lily, if you're gonna be a perv first thing in the morning you could at least swing like you mean it." The red head replied in a nonchalant tone as she drained the last of her coffee.
-dramatic music ensues-
An Ordinary Oddball
Breakfast
Auolish swatted behind her with the ladle when Marvin tried to put his moves on her. Then she got her chicken soup and went back to her seat.
"Good mornin' t' you too, Marvin," she sighed.
"Naw, I wanna make some things clear t' you before this school year starts, m'kay?" she continued.
"First of all, I appreciate your appreciation o' me. I really, really do. But this is not a time to be bringing children into this world, yeah? I mean, look at all the shit goin' down in the streets everyday. You really want to bring children into a world like this?"
"Second of all, even if we do have children, there's always a chance of one or both of us dyin' and bein' unable to take care of them. D'you really wanna make 'em go through that?"
"Third of all, I got studies to focus on. You do too. I won't jeopardize my future by getting knocked up. You don't wanna either, 'cos of the extra responsibility of taking care of a kid."
"In short, keep your hands offa me," Auolish finished. Hopefully that would stop him. She began sipping her soup.
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
Is this your power, Yagami?
Kitchen Crew
"Not in public I won't, Red." he shot her a grin before turning to Auolish with a confused but bemused look on his face. "I have literally no intentions of getting you pregnant. I'm slapping your ass cuz I think you're attractive and have no intention of putting a baby in you, though I wouldn't be against a roll in the sheets. Assuming Red here doesn't put me on a chain." He turned again to Scarlet, flashing another grin.
"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
An Ordinary Oddball
Auolish continued sipping her soup, putting the bowl down after she finished. This was one difficult customer.
She scoffed and said, "She better put you on a chain, 'coz I didn't work so goddamn hard to get into this school just to be hit on by a wannabe gangster, and trust me, I seen plenty like you in my 'hood."
"Scarlet, please keep him offa me," she requested politely.
Edited by JumpingFruit on Aug 23rd 2018 at 9:58:22 AM
I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
The Blinder
Kitchen
Azure wanted to scream as her hyper-sensitive Nerves screamed in Agony. She sat there, stock still before, with a shaky hand turning a knob as her eyes focused.
She immediately stood up, drawing Surtr, the flaming longsword and holding it at Marvin. "You may find that funny," she growled, "but for me? It's agony. Do that again and I cut off your arm. Understood?" Azure's eyes were hidden from Marvin, but it would be obvious that she was glaring at him.
She had explained this the last time. She looked down, noticing Auolish and sighed, how long had she been there?
Good to be back
Combat mode, engage
Breakfast
Scarlet sighed into her breakfast. "Marvin, stop being a prat. Auolish, next time skip the small talk and just punch him. I don't care who appointed me what I ain't your nanny." She ordered.
Scarlet had another bite of breakfast before turning to Professor Peach. "Professor, I'm sorry my partner is a prat. If it's alright with you I'll knock him off the waterfall later as punishment to save us all some time."
-dramatic music ensues-
Rise Above Fate
Sometime in the morning in the bay area
Duncan had been up for a few hours before the alarms had rung, though he had been spending it getting his morning workouts in and taking advantage of the fantastic natural environments the bay and redoubt provided, with a good chunk of time spent swimming, diving and doing striking drills on the various pillars found within the area. Upon hearing the alarms ring out, Duncan finished up his workout and jogged back to the main camp to get some food in his stomach and catch up with his friends and his team.
Arriving in the mess area, Duncan grabbed a plate and piled it as high as humanly possible with eggs, fruit and breakfast meats before snagging an entire carton of orange juice for himself. Barely taking note of the primate wandering through the mess, Duncan swung over to his teammates and smiled at them before addressing Emi and Liselle "I'm hopin' you two slept alright, looks like we've got a big day ahead o' us." As the monkey continued its shenanigans, Duncan grabbed a handful of fruit off of his plate before waving it in the primate's face and throwing it as far away as he could, with a bit of help from his semblance to maximize the distance.
After an attempt to get Professor Peach to answer, Dia surveyed the area and the others who had arrived.
She did her standard courtesy greeting towards everyone in a polite and formal manner.
"Good morning, everyone. I see that you're all up and doing fine?"
What appeared to be somebody that was calm and collected was actually annoyed and flustered inside, not helped by the stuff going on such as Marvin pinching the professor and slapping his teammates, the fruit throw to distract the monkey. She hid that well, however.
(Oh my, I wonder what else is going to happen at this rate?)
Miss Rayfer quickly made her way back to her own seat, placed her Scroll on her lap, and gently picked up her crystal utensil in one hand while her other hand unfastened her segmented "belt" and hung that in a loop around her upper arm. Her face appeared to be quiet and serene, masking her annoyance and frustration with what was going on.
If anything dangerous or too extreme were to happen right now, Dia was ready. That segmented "belt" was no ordinary belt, after all — it was her own weapon in fact. She wouldn't put any blade on it of course, unless some Grimm decided to come along to make things even more annoying.
Edited by ironcommando on Aug 24th 2018 at 2:19:43 AM
...eheh
Wednesday, Tempestas 19, Gareth's Bay, Far Eastern Region, Vale - 7:24 AM
In her ranging and searching, all Azure could feel was the natural calmness of the surroundings. A former redoubt, the Hunters' camp at Gareth's Bay was a safe place. According to ancient lore, this was the site of a great battle between the denizens of Remnant and their timeless enemies, the Grimm. So complete was their defeat that the living darkness could not abide by the ancient stones. All she could hear was the calm sounds of nature's routines.
The dog took a look at Rogaedyn's offering and snapped it up, before shifting to a new place under the table, his tail and back firmly to the hat-wearing student. But as the pheasant took wing and Emi's Semblance manifested, Pollo seemed ready. The monkey tightened its form around the pad and tucked its body into a roll between the reflections, using Liselle as a landing pad and coming to a halt somewhere behind the mechanic's daughter. Chittering in annoyance, Pollo hopped up and down, brandishing the gadget.
"Geez, Pollo, chill!" came the voice of his master, Professor Peach. She waved off Dia's concern, face now serene in spite of being covered in egg. "Pollo, I know you're excited, but calm the heck down!" And thus began an argument between simian and human, with furious chittering on one end and the occasional "right", "mmm-hmmm", and "But do you know my Scroll key?"
Marvin also caught the briefest look in his direction from Professor Peach's violet eyes before she addressed the crowd. "We're all so very lively today~ And I think that's great! As for today's agenda, we've got beginners' survival, tracking games, and the patrol protocols!"
Just then, there was a minor commotion from the preparation area and Gage hurried over to the crowd, smelling of his favorite near-poisonous tea. "Professor, we got a hitch. Marko took a count. After breakfast, we're gonna be short on the food supplies."
Peach wiped some scrambled egg off her face. "Don't worry, Mr. Gage. We're expecting a shipment from Heiyerdahl in a bit now... But they're usually early." Her face fell in thought.
Edited by KR_Vandal on Aug 24th 2018 at 2:43:52 AM
Combat mode, engage
Breakfast
Scarlet's gave fixed on her teammate. "Azure." She said quietly with an edge to her tone. "I realize he crossed a line for you. But put the sword down."
Her hand fell to her belt, the chain beginning to rustle at her first touch. "Or I lay you out. I don't know why they chose me to lead you lot but hell if I'm gonna have you murdering each other on my watch. We clear?"
-dramatic music ensues-
Breakfast
"What?!"
Not expecting the monkey to completely avoid her lunging grab, and with Liselle's surprise yell and fall, Emi overextended herself.
"Wh-Wha-Whoa!"
She stood there, balancing precariously on one foot while her arms flailed around to keep her balance. Her concentration broken, her reflection self shattered like glass, the pieces fading away into purple Aura. Her muscle memory kicked in, and her whole body swung back into balance on both feet, arms held out straight to the side until she was steady again.
"My Zero Form is getting rusty..."
Not really the time to dwell on that matter, the noble crouched near Liselle, offering a hand to help her get up.
"Are you alright, Miss Ashen? Apologies if I surprised you with my Semblance."
She turned to look at Duncan getting food for himself.
"Ah, Mister Whorple, nice of you to arrive."
Edited by UndyingPhoenix on Aug 24th 2018 at 9:08:14 PM
Breakfast
(At least that's over.)
As the commotion began to die down, Dia gave a sigh of relief as she continued her breakfast, noting her surroundings, Emi's Semblance, and the monkey. Dia was relieved that she didn't get implicated by the professor as she was nearby when Marvin pinched the prof. She gave a small smile as the professor mentioned the details for the day.
(That's quite normal, really.)
Things were going pretty fine until her partner worried about the supplies, followed by Peach's worried response that they didn't arrive early. True, the camp was a safe place and the Grimm didn't touch it... but that shipment happened to be outside the camp, arriving from Heiyerdahl.
Dia put two and two together as she stood up firmly. Her tone was serious, as was her facial expression, as she took a short glance at Corona around her upper arm before looking back up.
"There could have been a Grimm attack if there's a delay like this. I suggest that we investigate the supply vehicle."
Edited by ironcommando on Aug 25th 2018 at 3:21:00 AM
...eheh
Gareth's Bay, Kitchen
It seemed the dog expected more from him. "Sorry, that's all I've got." He replied to the shiba inu's reaction, seemingly genuinely apologetic to the cute animal. "For starters, if you will."
The ruckus above had him straighten out some to see Professor Peach with face in her food and her pet monkey jumping over to Liselle with a pad. Deciding that she is far better qualified for the handling of the situation, he went back down to a crouch. "I promise to have more the next time."
Edited by FergardStratoavis on Aug 23rd 2018 at 3:47:46 PM
How do lizards fly?