[color=DC143C][b]Dawn Agresta - Beacon Cliff - Tuesday morning[/b][/color]

at last the time had arrived for Initiation and she had set off with everyone else, gear collected, mind and body warmed up, and breakfast had in the meanwhile. She hadn't talked with many people, but that was understandable given how nervous everyone was, or otherwise eager to see what would happen with all of this. She knew that she had started to really wonder, and as it drew near her own anticipation increased in turn. 

Arriving at the cliff, she took up her position on one of the pads that seemed to wait for them. At that point she devoted her attention to listening, especially as they gave out instructions for what was to happen, and how the Initiation itself would take place. The task itself seemed simple enough, albeit difficult in its own way. They just has to find some Dust crystals and get to the end of the forest. That was easy enough, especially for the people they were asking it of. 

She was, on the other hand, far more skeptical of the team selection process. Really, they were going to go with something as arbitrary as 'the first person you see'? How would that even work from an administrative perspective? They'd need to have the entire forest bugged, or simply rely on the honors system to make it worked. And while admittedly the latter might be true, it did defeat the point of the instructions in the first place, so far as she could tell anyway. 

Sadly, it seemed she had no say in the matter, but for the moment it was irrelevant as things started happening. Specifically, it turned out that those pads they were standing on were actually giant catapults of some kind, which sent each student launching in turn. Fortunately she wasn't first in line so she had the chance to brace herself, Stern Iron and her notebook on her person and ready to go. 

In a moment she was flung into the air, sent flying over the forest in a way that she was fairly certain defied all natural laws in the process. At least she hadn't lost her notebook, and with that she turned to her landing strategy. Reaching out, she held Stern Iron in a firm grip, letting the tips catch the stronger branches that whipped by, which served as impromptu hooks. She spun and flipped, diverting her momentum in upwards directions as she descended, until at last she landed on the ground. 

The Emerald Forest most definitely lived up to its name, she decided as she glanced around. Thus far there was no one in sight, though she had to imagine there was at least one person nearby. With the amount that had been sent off it would be hard for that to not be the case. 

Well, there was no point in sticking around here. So after brushing off her shoulders she holstered Stern Iron and began to walk through the forest. Time to get this over with.