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JumpingFruit An Ordinary Oddball from R'lyeh Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
An Ordinary Oddball
#151: Aug 30th 2018 at 12:06:38 PM

Auolish snorted and turned towards Azure.

"What I want is none of yo' business!" she shouted, gripping Talonclaw tightly behind her. "People see me at first and they're like 'Oh, she's so quiet and hangs around the background all the time, she must be very shy and fragile' and it's not like that! So I talk more, turn the volume up—but guess what? No one ever listens."

"So, is wanting to be seen and noticed illegal in your book or something? I don' think like that," Auolish shook her head. "Plus helping people and being liked is better than doing bad things to get people's attention."

"Stop makin' fun of my reasons. They're tangly enough as it is," Auolish mumbled.

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
TroyandHawk The Blinder from Back Home. Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Blinder
#152: Aug 30th 2018 at 3:06:21 PM

Camping Tent

"Because anyone can be louder and more irritating!" Azure roared back at Auolish. "If you really want the approval of others so fucking much, act like it!"

"You at least have had the opportunity to prove them wrong your whole life! Me? When my semblance was first activated I spent a week, locked away in a quiet, pitch black room! Do you know what they said about me? How fragile, how sad. They pitied me. Even with this helmet, when even a slap feels like I've been set on fire, deafened by someone snapping their fingers, blinded by a candle! I'm the next in line for leadership of the Wylde Hunt and I'm pitied, and coddled!"

"I tried to do my best, I hunted more dangerous and more deadly Grimmm than anyone else, I beat up as many of my sparring partners as I had to. But guess what? They never fucking listened! Only when I failed were they there to say that I shouldn't try to surpass my father, that I wasn't cut out for it! Take it from me; Fuck. Other. People." She stopped, panting as the anger drained out of her as the black holes of the helmet glared at Auolish.

Good to be back
JumpingFruit An Ordinary Oddball from R'lyeh Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
An Ordinary Oddball
#153: Aug 30th 2018 at 3:26:03 PM

"Well, that's some tough shit you went through, but it don't justify nothing," Auolish said, taking several steps toward Azure—not close enough to attack, however.

"At least they cared about you! People forget my name, they forget that I exist! I got abandoned at parks multiple times because my parents didn't notice I wasn't with them. They mistook me for dead when they couldn't hear me breathing or feel my heart beating. So they thought I was unhealthy and unfit to be a Huntress. All I fuckin' want is to live up to the stories told about my great-gramma, who had the same damn issues!"

"Being loud is the only way I can get it to fade, d'you get it?"

Sighing, Auolish buried her head in her hands.

"Look, let's just stop the pity party, alright? We can prove ourselves in Capture-The-Flag, or something..."

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#154: Aug 30th 2018 at 3:39:56 PM

Hunter's Camp

Nadia winced at Auolish and Azure's argument, instinctively pressing her hands over her head to protect her sensitive hidden ears. All too eager to halt the grating noise, she forced herself to let go of her head and put on her best lecturing mother voice, shooting them both an unimpressed glare.

“Alright, that's enough! And that better be the end of it – Azure especially, I can tell you were already irritated but that's no more an excuse than it is a justification. Auolish, please, you shouldn't have just jumped on like that either. Screaming out everything that wronged you won't solve the problem, got it?

She sighed, pressing her fingers to the bridge of her nose, before abruptly getting up and moving to stalk off.

“I'm sorry, I need to walk a bit. I won't be far, just... call me or fetch me or whatever when we're doing the game, alright? I won't be long anyway...”

Taking a deep breath, she did as she said she was to do, walking away in a notably tense, almost robotic manner. It was clear she was desperately trying to reign something in, attempting to get away from the others in order to let it out.

Edited by Enirboreh on Aug 30th 2018 at 11:40:45 AM

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TroyandHawk The Blinder from Back Home. Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Blinder
#155: Aug 30th 2018 at 3:41:13 PM

Kitchen

Azure gripped her sword, ready to draw as Auolish approached threateningly, ready to strike if she attacked.

But that never happened, Azure slowly stood there are Auolish buried her face in her hands and an odd muffled sound came from the helmet...laughter. Azure was laughing hysterically, doubling over before gently putting a palm on Auolish's chest, feeling her hearbeat.

"Heh. I...uh...huh.I guess we're more alike than I thought." She said, watching Nadia walk out.

Edited by TroyandHawk on Aug 30th 2018 at 3:44:25 AM

Good to be back
svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#156: Aug 30th 2018 at 4:31:46 PM

Camp

Adrian merely scowled as he covered his ears when the screaming started, viciously stamping down the urge to take Vega and knock Azure and Auolish unconscious. That would just make things worse all around. Thankfully, Nadia took charge and bossed them into silence before stalking off, though clearly troubled. Glad ta see the Leader title’s not just for show. he thought.

“Fer the record...Ah don’t think Ah could forget either of ya, even if Ah wanted to.” Adrian spoke hesitantly-words of reassurance really wasn’t his thing. “Mah poor eardrums...”

Rubbing his human ears, Adrian trailed after Nadia, adding “Since yer not tryin ta make me deaf anymore, Ah’ll check up on mah Leader...girl looks like she could use a fuckin’ drink.” The last part was added under his breath.

Edited by svenorzokarkoff on Aug 30th 2018 at 11:34:08 AM

JumpingFruit An Ordinary Oddball from R'lyeh Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
An Ordinary Oddball
#157: Aug 30th 2018 at 4:45:33 PM

Auolish patted Azure's arm awkwardly.

"I, uh, done goofed. Sorry for yelling at you like that," she muttered sheepishly. "I'll try to be quieter from now on, m'kay?"

She turned slightly to look at Nadia storming away.

"And I had t' go and set Nadia off too..." she whispered contritely.

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
guyshane Combat mode, engage Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Combat mode, engage
#158: Aug 30th 2018 at 5:04:50 PM

Camp

Scarlet sat quietly, stewing in silence and glaring at Auolish and Azure. The air around the redhead had spiked by several degrees and her hand was close to her weapon again. "I'm glad you two have worked out whatever that is. As team leader, may I put in a request that you please settle your shit away from everyone else in the future?" She growled, the metal cup slowly deforming under her grip.

Edited by guyshane on Aug 30th 2018 at 5:04:44 AM

-dramatic music ensues-
JumpingFruit An Ordinary Oddball from R'lyeh Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
An Ordinary Oddball
#159: Aug 30th 2018 at 6:56:42 PM

"Ahahahahaha...yeah, sorry 'bout that," Auolish chuckled nervously and fell quiet.

Edging further away from Scarlet, Auolish ducked under a particularly shady tree to hide until Scarlet's rage subsided.

It was as if she vanished.

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
TheRealWren Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or. from I...honestly have no idea. Since: Jan, 2011
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
#160: Aug 30th 2018 at 7:48:58 PM

...I g-guess it's good to get their issues off their chest so at least t-they know each other a tiny bit better, but... James quietly mused, folding his arms.

James silently sighed and put the boxes of sweets back into his backpack. While he wanted to speak up and offer encouragement, the matter had hopefully been settled for now and saying anything else at this point would just be picking at wounds without letting them heal, even if it was something like 'Actions speak louder than words' or that the past was the past and moving forward would be a better option than dwelling on it.

"W-W-Well...I-I'll, um, g-get all of these plates t-tidied up..."

Edited by TheRealWren on Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:24:34 PM

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
GrimHelm (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#161: Aug 31st 2018 at 3:56:27 AM

Team ELDR - Cargo Battle

Liselle let out a breath of air as she noticed the situation. Long buried feelings rose up in her heart.

Lis, hide!

No...no one else-!

The gray haired girl gripped her weapon tight, letting out a snarl of determination. This was what she trained for-! There will be no deaths today!

...And then the two idiots on her team charged on ahead like animals.

Lis almost facepalmed.

She looked behind her at Duncan, tapping her visor to get the scanners to assess the environment.

"I'll go back those two up, see if you can contact with the civies. I'll keep in touch."

She morphed Dies Dolorem into its ranged form, increased power on her boosters and went after Emi and Rog, making sure to keep some distance so that she can cover their backs.

Eachiunn Rise Above Fate from Yes Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Rise Above Fate
#162: Sep 1st 2018 at 12:33:33 AM

ELDR is being headstrong

Before Duncan could really attempt to stop his team from running off into the woods to pick a fight with goodness knows what, they were already gone with Lis in tow. Kicking a rock away, Duncan muttered "Guess checkin' the vehicle for folks what need help isn't excitin' or honourable enough." To the professor, Duncan would say, "With respect professor, I'm guessin' you're goin' t' follow the rest of the team after the gunshots, so I'm goin' t' investigate the crawler, check t' see if there's anyone inside who's been hurt or needs help. I'll try t' patch up anyone who's hurt, but I'll call you if it's really ugly, an' call me if there's anythin' really bad out there please. I don't want anyone dyin' today."

With that said, Duncan would jog over to the crawler, and began looking it over, checking for any signs of serious damage before knocking on a door and calling out "Anyone in there? I'm here t' help."

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#163: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:43:50 AM

Clearing

If Adrian continued to follow his leader, he would find her heading into a hidden grove just a few hundred yards away from the main camp; albeit far enough away for the sounds of said camp to be considerably muffled. The hooded girl paused, briefly looking around (and just missing Adrian's position in the process), before slowly reaching for the zipper of her jacket and fully taking it off for the first time in the entire month of her attendance of Beacon Academy.

As soon as the fabric was clear– revealing her unexpectedly lithe and agile form in the process – two large, fluffy pointed ears sprang up with an aura of joviality otherwise not present in the rest of the girl's body language, and a similarly fuzzy golden tail gracefully unfurled in a manner akin to a feather from its position tightly coiled around her waist, twitching slightly with its newfound freedom.

Her stance seemed to relax, and she straightened up, looking at the surrounding forestry with all the genuine fascination and wonder of a child. Seemingly relishing the sense of freedom she must have felt, she went and sat down on an overturned log that appeared to have been slashed at the bottom of its trunk, and snapped off a small branch to curiously study – tail waving absently behind her.

Nadia was unusually quiet for such an apparently outspoken girl, with the only vocalisations being muted, thoughtful grunts as she turned over the branch and began picking leaves from it, once more looking up into the treetops in deep thought. Still, for someone so curious in the environment she seemed overly focused – or at least enough to still be unaware of Adrian's presence.

Edited by Enirboreh on Sep 2nd 2018 at 7:44:19 PM

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svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#164: Sep 2nd 2018 at 2:56:46 PM

Clearing

Adrian paused near the edge of the clearing upon spotting his Leader, looking surprised at the sight of Nadia not only being a faunus (though he had suspicions earlier in the semester), and her now quiet attiude being completely different from her normally loud personality...Adrian wondered if the latter waa just a face she put on, similar to the one he used to hide his meaner impulses

Replacing the look of surprise with a neutral look, Adrian decided to screw hiding and approached Nadia, taking a seat next to her. “Ah take it ya cleared yer head a little, Nadia” he asked, mouth quirked into an amused grin.

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#165: Sep 2nd 2018 at 3:53:05 PM

Clearing

As soon as Adrian finished his sentence, Nadia let out a startled yipe, the shock causing her to overbalance and fall backwards over the log. Embarrassed and ashamed, with her face practically aflame with an almost painfully potent scarlet hue, she slowly crawled back into her seating position, seeming to nearly cave in on herself to the point of her stance more aptly being described as a fetal position. As soon as she was settled, she ducked her head behind her knees in shame, unable to meet her teammate's gaze.

Eventually, however, her eyes wandered over to him, her tail swishing around herself protectively as she finally spoke up in a hesitant tone.

“...Are... you're not mad at me?”

Despite indeed being quiet as a whisper, her meek sounding voice seemed much more natural and comfortable for her rather than the bold one she put on in public, although the tone was jarringly different nonetheless. It was almost like it was coming from a different person, although that may have been the incredibly low volume disguising most of her actual voice.

Edited by Enirboreh on Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:54:06 AM

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svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#166: Sep 2nd 2018 at 4:18:30 PM

Clearing

Adrian tilted his head in a questioning manner, still wearing his amused grin. “No? Why in the...why would Ah be mad at ya?” He asked. “The mask ya put on never hurt anyone...sides...” Here, Adrian briefly grimaced before adding, “...Ah would be a hypocrite if Ah called ya out for puttin’ on a front.”

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#167: Sep 2nd 2018 at 4:44:46 PM

Clearing

“...oh...” was all the fox Faunus could say in reply to that, stiffly turning back ahead with a glassy-eyed gaze. One that seemed to ripple, before she squeezed her eyes shut and hid her face in her hands.

A choked sob was the only warning given, before she burst into a mixture of tears and hysterical laughter as everything she had been holding back for God-knows-how-long finally erupted out in a combination of fear, sorrow, black humour, shamefulness, and relief at the whole situation.

Nadia's despondent outburst lasted perhaps a minute or two, before it died down, the girl standing up and walking over to where her jacket had been left. Picking it up, she stared at it for a while, before breaking out into a halfhearted, mirthless grin as she held it out at arm's reach and coiled her tail up to it.

It caught fire.

That is, the tail. Though the jacket was soon to follow. It was no ordinary fire, either – a bluish colour, like a gas flame, and apparently laced with the occasional arc of electricity. It engulfed the jacket, licking at her hand in the process, but she seemed unharmed, quietly clutching it until it had been fully destroyed by the intense flame.

Once it was little more than ash drifting to the floor, she let her tail go out, and the flames did so abruptly and with a sharp 'poof' of air. Brushing herself free of the remains of her jacket, she walked back to Adrian a little more relieved and serene, initially seeming to be moving to go right past his position before pausing and slightly looking back towards him.

“I... needed that. Thank you,” she said gratefully and with a soft smile. “It was probably getting musty anyway... ew...”

Gesturing for him to follow her back, she paused yet again after a few moments, turning back to him with a sympathetic look and most impressively only a slight hesitancy to her next words.

“And uh... hey, if you wanna just... I dunno, go someplace to talk... like anything you need to get off your chest... I'm always here, alright? Just so you know. It's the least I could do... after that...”

Edited by Enirboreh on Sep 2nd 2018 at 12:53:52 PM

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JumpingFruit An Ordinary Oddball from R'lyeh Since: Feb, 2018 Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
An Ordinary Oddball
#168: Sep 2nd 2018 at 4:54:29 PM

Auolish watched quietly from a distance, wondering if she join the conversation.

No.

They were having a moment.

Nevertheless, she smiled from where she was, unseen.

I wear the skin of the Elder Things, having come unto my own.
svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#169: Sep 2nd 2018 at 6:39:22 PM

Clearing

“Ah appreciate the offer...ans Ah might take ya up on it sometime.” Adrian admitted with a laugh. “Gotta be honest, Ah’m just glad Ah managed ta help ya with yer issues. Ain’t used ta being a team player and all that shit.” It gave him hope that he might be able to play nice in Beacon after all.

“By the way...” Adrian added in a more subdued tone. “D’ya want me to keep...yer real self a secret from the rest o’ the class?”

Enirboreh AKA Nixer from the domain of infinite floof. Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
AKA Nixer
#170: Sep 2nd 2018 at 7:05:41 PM

Clearing

Nadia sighed, hugging herself for a brief moment at Adrian's question before shaking her head in refusal.

“If I did, I wouldn't have burned up my jacket like that... no, I'm just gonna get it out of the way. It's easier that way. I... I'd just be living a lie otherwise.”

She was silent for a moment more, brow furrowed minutely as she briefly searched the environment, before evidently shaking whatever it was off as nothing and continuing.

“It's... it's weird, y'know? It's like I have this urge to just sorta curl up into a ball and exist without doing anything. And... I gave into it once, and... I-I don't think I could go through that again. I guess all I needed was just one person that I knew accepted me for who I am, not just a– oh...!”

She abruptly forced herself to stop, trailing off of her rant as she shot her teammate a small, abashed grin. “...Sorry, I'm rambling a little. Just... thank you. Again. It... it really means a lot to me.”

I just need to keep myself going... damn it, I feel like I'm going round in circles... no, no. Stop it. Calm down, Nadia. You'll be fine. Just stop overthinking... wait, does this count as overthinking– oh god damn it!

Edited by Enirboreh on Sep 2nd 2018 at 3:06:57 PM

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AtlasStratus Knight Cheesebeam from Frouphut, 1337 Impossible Avenue Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: In bed with a green-skinned space babe
Knight Cheesebeam
#171: Sep 2nd 2018 at 7:53:44 PM

Witnessing the outburst between Auolish and Azure was pretty hard on Wu, and their anger eventually made its way into her in some way. Just as tensions between the two were winding down, Wu could feel a disturbing rumbling somewhere in her feet, triggered by the secondhand anger she took in. Her Semblance was at work. Again. Her voice dropped to a whisper as she tried to calm it down.

"shitshitshitnotnownotlikethis"

Fortunately, the rumbling slowed and stopped soon enough, though there may be a few cracks on the ground left over. She heaved a sigh of relief.

"Well, I'm glad that's over...you mind if I clean up the plates too, James?"

Timers to measure time, thermometers to measure thermomets, mometers to measure mom, and measuring containers to measure measurements.
TheRealWren Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or. from I...honestly have no idea. Since: Jan, 2011
Omega Overlord. Or superjwren329. Either or.
#172: Sep 2nd 2018 at 9:48:02 PM

For a moment, James looked concerned at Wu going quiet and meekly asking if she was alright as he picked up a stack of plates from the table and giving a small nod, glad that the argument between Azure and Auolish had ended for now.

"Um, I don't m-mind. I mean...y-you don't have to if y-you'd rather g-go get ready f-for day i-instead, but i-if you want to help out, um...t-thanks. I-I appreciate it." James smiled, as he kept the plates and cups he was holding balanced.

Edited by TheRealWren on Sep 3rd 2018 at 2:24:34 AM

Hope you weren't expecting anything witty here. Maybe some day.
svenorzokarkoff Since: Apr, 2013
#173: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:27:20 PM

Clearing

Adrian just waved Nadia’s apology off with a smirk. “S’all right. Ya made yer decision and stuck with it. Goes to show yer mask weren’t all for show..” He reassured his leader, competely missing his slip. “Ah got yer back on this, Nadia. An’ if anyone gives ya shit, Ah’ll introduce em’ ta the business end of Vega.”

“Speakin’ of crackin’ skulls, we oughta join up with Ox an’ Wu ta get ready fer Capture The Flag.” Adrian remarked with a wink. “Lookin’ forward ta seeing what ya can do out there.”

Edited by svenorzokarkoff on Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:29:42 AM

TroyandHawk The Blinder from Back Home. Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
The Blinder
#174: Sep 2nd 2018 at 11:42:30 PM

CLEARING

Azure flinched, grabbing her blade as the vibrations passed under her feet. She took a breath, sheathing her sword.

"Can you not?" She asked the girl before turning to look off at the distance, several people were talking. She increased her ability to listen, hearing only Adrian talk about a game of capture the flag. She liked Adrian, stupid though that car may be. She saw him angry and she appreciated his fire and his rage...A bit like that Rogaedyn figure. She had never talked to Roggy, but she knew that she wanted to fight him.

She turned to James with a frown and a shake of her head as she walked past him, show some spine for Tyr's sakes. Instead of commenting, she sat across from Scarlett, eying her quietly before she finally spoke.

"Have we ever sparred before, you and I?" She asked her captain.

Good to be back
guyshane Combat mode, engage Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Combat mode, engage
#175: Sep 3rd 2018 at 1:00:05 AM

Camp

Scarlet's fingers reflexively tightened on the cup again. I swear is this chick just trying to dance on my nerves today? The redhead let out a deep breath and a cloud of steam to go with it.

"No, we haven't." She replied, looking up with a challenging smirk. "I'm too hot to handle. Wouldn't be safe for you if we fought." Scarlet explained, smugly.

-dramatic music ensues-

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