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Victoria Occidere waited patiently on her platform, surveying the dark green landscape cradled under the mountain range ahead of her. She glanced to her right, at all her fellow Initiates that were also facing the trial. "This is it." she thought to herself. "This is all you've been working towards since you joined Signal." She was going to make her parents proud, she was going to make everyone proud. As she eyed the other Initiates one by one, she pondered their reasons for joining Beacon, or what was going through their heads as they waited anxiously for the Initiation to finally begin. As her eyes hovered over the last Initiate, Victoria let out a quiet gasp as she seemed to spot someone familiar to her, before she quickly stared down at the green ground around the platform at her feet. Green, green, always green. She tried desperately to think of something else to occupy herself while she waited for their task to take place.

Moments earlier, their assignment was explained to them rather cryptically by the Headmaster of Beacon; they would need to find and capture an undescribed 'relic' that would be found somewhere in the northern part of the Grimm-infested sea of green flora waiting patiently in front of them.

Suddenly, without warning, the first Initiate was launched through the air, snapping her out of her trance. She quickly realised what was happening and prepared herself for the same procedure, as she watched the first Initiate arc through the sky. One by one the students to her right followed him, before it was her turn. She braced herself and unsheathed Azured Victory, gripping it tightly in her hands. She then felt a rush of air streak past her ears, her hair flowing away from her head like the pale blonde tail of a comet. She looked up at the boundless blue sky above her before she felt herself falling. Victoria started laughing as she began to descend, positioning herself downwards head first before she pointed Azured Victory in front of her with two hands. She pressed her two thumbs over the yellow trigger hidden under her weapon's guard, activating the engine within the pommel. The blade of her weapon began turning as the metal expanded, turning her elegant rapier into a high-powered drill. Victoria began to accelerate as she came closer to the ground. Moments later her drill impacted into the soft dirt, boring a thirty meter deep diagonal hole in the ground, sending dirt and dust into the air. 

As she waited a few moments to let the dust settle, she let go of Azured Victory's trigger, causing the blade of the drill to contract back into its regular rapier size. She turned to face the entrance of the hole and began the thirty meter ascension towards it, the platform boots she usually wore made it slightly more difficult than she expected, but she kept at it until she could reach out to touch the harsh light. Climbing out of the hole, she looked up to see green...
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Of course it wasn't an enemy. Even better, of course it wasn't a stranger. It just [i]had[/i] to be the one female that he was hoping to avoid for the remainder of this Initiation. Easing his fingers off of the triggers of Exodus Zinnia, and flipping them around so that he could safely sheathe them on his back, beneath his backpack, Eden walked forward. [b]"You shouldn't attempt to attract attention."[/b] He stated, his voice as cool and as stoic as ever. Only the slight smirk pulling at his lips betrayed his apathetic nonchalance, the young man reaching down and, without asking, grabbing the girl by the wrist and pulling her up with ease. Victoria was one of the few students that graduated Signal Academy at the top of their class, with Eden being one of the others. There were five in all, the 'Top Rookies', and while he had fully been expecting to see her here, he hadn't expected for her to be in his Initiation. That was pure coincidence.

"That means that we're partners." It was a statement, more so than a question. The first person you laid eyes on was your partner...for the next four years. There was no getting out of it, considering the fact that the teachers were most-likely monitoring them at this very moment. Victoria wasn't a bad partner, per se. Actually, she was a very competent, if not bitchy female that would mold well with his offensive style of fighting. The problem was, Eden didn't like feeling awkward. He was a boy that was very sure of himself and his abilities, which is why he saw no reason to show off or express his talent. However, after what happened back in Signal, and the awkwardness that followed...well, he did, in fact, feel slightly uncomfortable. Were they even friends at this point? He didn't know.

With a sigh, he turned his emerald gaze back down to Victoria. Grimm would be coming soon. They needed to get a move on.