[center][i][b][color=00a651]Gren Orchid[/color][/b][/i][/center]

As Shiro began his story Gren worked to put his body parts back together. Before his story finished, the orc looked as normal as ever. While he was huge and heavy, only Shiro and Abel would know the machine in this man. Once he did finish putting himself together Gren sat down to listen to Shiro's tale. It was tragic, and while Gren has heard similar tales, he still brought a tear to his eye. The idea that Shiro was also a victim of circumstances like this made Gren angry. Why couldn't the world learn and help people like Shiro adjust, instead of making them feel isolated and unwanted? Sort of... Like how things are now. Well. That's why Gren was here, wasn't he? To be the hero? Help people like Shiro?

Shiro also mentioned the blood on his own hands. This made Gren visibly freeze up. [i][color=00a651]"No. Not you too..."[/color][/i] Gren whispered to himself. So many faunas have gotten into violence, death even, for one reason or another. Gren hoped to have put that past behind him. But it's not as though Beacon was a pacifist academy. He just hoped that maybe he could learn how to solve problems without killing people. He wasn't entirely sure what the context of Shiro's incident was, but evidently it was bad. Just how bad Gren would have to delve into later.

Then there was the matter of Shiro's semblance. What Gren came here for in the first place, though the rest of this information were just as important. However even Gren couldn't understand how or why Shiro's own semblance would be so self-destructive. Sure Gren had a few accidents when he used his semblance for the first time, but that was simply because he was getting used to it. Shiro's semblance seemed more like a flawed function then some accidental misuse. And then there were Shiro's medication. Gren had a vague notion that Shiro does more then brush his teeth in the bathroom, but taking anti-psychotics weren't really on the list. It was on the list actually, just somewhere in the middle of things that Gren thought Shiro does in the bathroom. Sapphire had recently discovered this and wondered how she was going to handle it. Learning about Shiro's medication was about as personal as she got with this team, and it made Gren uncomfortable.

When Shiro suggested bringing Sapphire into this Abel let his thoughts be known. Gren couldn't say he didn't agree with it. One of the reasons he didn't bother to invite Sapphire along was because of how it may inconvenience her as well as what she may do with this sensitive information. To be frank, Gren doesn't trust Sapphire to look after their well being. To the orc, Sapphire sees them as tools, weapons. And if there's any flaws in those weapons, she would sooner replace them then fix them. Maybe he the three and Sapphire learned to become more caring for one another, Gren might be willing to introduce her to his dark secret. But if she doesn't want to know, then she never will.

Waiting for his two partners to finish speaking, Gren let his own thoughts be known. [color=00a651]"Thank you for telling us Shiro. And it really helps me knowing that despite all that crap life gave you, you're still here and the most cheerful out of all of us. It's something to say when your life goes to hell, but you still retain honor and morals. Though Abel's right; we shouldn't skip class. Though after class or during break maybe we could all go for some noodles? I'll pay of course. I know this place at the Horn of Plenty that I've been meaning to go to. I was worried that it might have gotten shut down cause of some sort of gang violence, but I think we actually sent a team to deal with that."[/color] Though Gren also thought about what Abel said about Sapphire. He wasn't sure how obvious it was to the others that Gren didn't think of her highly. He was certain that they all remember the scene at the island were she questioned him about his motivations with Pops. Everyone would have a good reason to question his loyalty to Sapphire, but if this little gather was any indication, he was still in their good graces. Though it did hurt Gren knowing that he's analyzing his friend's faith in him like some sort of daiting sim-relationship

[color=00a651]"Sapphire... Needs to be eased into this sort of thing. I agree with Abel that she's very callous and frankly, quite a bitch. That being said... My issue with her is that to me, all she is is our leader and only because Ozpin said she is. She wants to keep things professional, which is fine, but that isn't going to work out if she wants our loyalty. Anyone could give us orders. If she wants us to follow her, she'd need to put more work into it. So what we need to do is befriend her. Show her our quirks and try to spend some time with her. Obviously as Abel mentioned she's going to run away at any chance she could get. But let's not be bitter men and shut her out completely. We'd have the moral high ground if we at least show we care more about her then she cares about us. And if she really doesn't want anything to do with us, fine. Us three, we'll figure something out."[/color]

Gren's face grew a bit dark as he remembered the names and faces of some other students. Students who were no longer here with us. [color=00a651]"I'm not sure if you guys noticed, but Team SASG are one of the only few teams left who haven't had to replace team members. I don't know why, but I do want to keep us all together. To that end, we need to strength our bonds!"[/color] Jumping to his feet Gren stuck his hand out towards Abel and Shiro. [color=00a651]"Cliche as it is, let's make a pact. A brotherhood, cause that sounds awesome. We manly men who aren't afraid to speak out thoughts and express out feelings about our lives. A promise that whenever life is acting hard, we'd go to each other and to keep our spirits up. Then we go find life's problems, beat the piss out of it, and go get something to eat. But more importantly, a pact to show that no matter where life takes us we got each others back. Whatever demons or monsters we're fighting we aren't going to fight it alone."[/color]

It was at that time that little Scoot wiggled out of Gren's bag and onto his arm, surprising the orc. He regained his composure before he accidentally flung the little creature off the roof, figuring that he may as well be here too. [b][i]"Food? Food!"[/i][/b]