Plenty of anxious murmuring surrounded Soren right now, yet he himself felt relatively calm. This would, in theory, be a lot like the base jumping he used to do back at home. Granted, base jumping included water with which to break your fall, as opposed to say... Solid ground. Yet he'd already begun to think of a few ways which to land safely, it would all just depend on how he was thrown. Taking his place on his pad he glanced out over the canopy of the Emerald Forest, enraptured for a moment by how dense it was. A few forests were here and there back at home, yet nothing compared to this. It was just another reason why Vale was so vastly different to Vacuo, and why adapting to the drastic changes would take a bit of time. He couldn't worry about that right now though, as he was about to find himself launched into the air any second now.

"Okay... You've got this... It'll be easy." Ulyssa repeated this mantra to herself several times, yet her heart would not cease racing. Something didn't seem terribly fun about being launched hundreds of feet in the air, yet it would be absolutely necessary should she wish to enter Beacon. What did she have in her repertoire that might help? One card could do the trick, yet her chances of pulling the exact card she wanted, at this very moment, were slim to none. So what was her other option? Aim for the softest spot and hope she didn't end up a pancake, that seemed reasonable. Swallowing back her nerves she forced a smile to her face, crouching down and bracing for the sudden push. What felt like an insufferably long time, the sound of metal clicking alerted her that her flight was just about to begin; not a second later the platform sprung up beneath her, launching Ulyssa's petite form through the air at high speeds. With the whistling of the wind filling her ears and her lungs struggling to catch breath, she did her best to find some semblance of direction while in flight.

It wasn't easy, but she eventually managed to spot something that seemed reasonable just as her descent began. A large tree, perhaps a few dozen feet taller than the rest, loomed nearby. If she could manage to slow herself by falling through there, then maybe she could lose enough speed and land safely on the forest floor. This was of course a big if, she had no idea what the limbs of the tree were like, or if they could support her. Angling her body she managed to direct her flight in the direction she wanted, soaring down like a bullet across the sky. The treetops came up rather quickly, and Ulyssa had to pull herself over and flip to go through the canopy feet first, sliding along the trunk of the tree after passing through. Pulling her sword free from its sheath she dug it into the trunk, giving it a pull and managing to direct herself around a branch, before sliding into another and managing to lose some speed. With her sword acting like a rudder through the water, she managed to avoid any collisions and bring her velocity down to a manageable level, eventually hitting the ground and coming out none the worse for wear.

Breathing a deep sigh of relief upon landing, Ulyssa dusted off some wood chips from her outfit and checked her sword, glad to find it wasn't damaged at all from that trick. "Oh thank goodness I survived that..." she mumbled, leaning over for a moment as she tried to calm her racing heart, breathing in deeply through her nose. And that was just to start, goodness knows what more she was going to face in here. Well, she had a relatively good guess, and it didn't quite instill her with optimism. "And I still have to find three partners, lovely," she added to herself, standing upright and surveying her surroundings. No one here, she mused, which meant time to explore. 

Soren had gone into this assuming it would be familiar, only to find it was completely different than expected. Simply jumping off a platform was easy compared to being thrown, and for a moment he completely blanked on what to do. Simply being tossed through the air, it wasn't until he began to plummet that his brain kicked into high gear, trying to come up with a solution to his problem. He had to slow down somehow, and he'd rather not do so by falling through trees. There was one thing he could do, though it was a bit risky to anyone potentially on the ground. He'd not seen anyone else land really however, and he'd gotten thrown away from the others, so it should be safe enough. Reaching onto his back he pulled his rifle free, aiming it downward and firing off a shot. The concussive force of his blast slowed him marginally, yet nowhere near enough to keep him from ending up six feet under. Quickly priming his weapon he fired off a second blast, then a third, and continued to do so on his entire way down. 

By using his rifle's concussive recoil, and bouncing off of some trees, Soren made a less than graceful landing upon the forest floor. Somehow ending up on his feet, he first and foremost made certain he'd not accidentally shot anyone in the area, relieved to find bullets buried in trees, but not people. Turning the safety back on his weapon he slid it into the holster strapped to his back, hopping on each leg then to make certain nothing was broken; everything felt like it was in order, and aside from the small fright of being thrown off a cliff he was relatively okay right now. "But I can't take a break... I have to find someone," he said to himself, letting out a reluctant sigh as he started walking, "Or some Grimm... Maybe if I shoot something then people will come to me." Sounded like less work, he kind of liked that idea.