"I can only use mine three times, that seems to be my limit right now. Three times, for about a total of five minutes. It's random too meaning it's not always the most reliable, but it works more often than not." She nodded at Owyn's comment of weapons, knowing Soren fell into that category. Tools of war so comically large you'd never think someone might wield one, yet here at Beacon it appeared to be the norm. For someone like her who carried about a simple sword it must pale in comparison to other weapons out there, many of which they had not seen yet. Sometimes she considered getting something more so she'd not be so reliant on her semblance, yet that would mean learning an entire new weapon; as they were only now entering Beacon Academy Ulyssa couldn't think of a worse time to reconsider her equipment. Their intensive resource gathering was put on hold as a roar shook the trees around them, causing the few animals in the immediate region to scatter in response. Judging by the sounds of the roar it could be one of two types of Grimm, and Ulyssa doubted the second would be anywhere near the Emerald Forest. "Ursa... Large Grimm, powerful, very dangerous for us," she commented plainly, deliberating on whether they should go and assist their friends or not. It hadn't sounded like things were particularly bad though, and no gunfire meant that they weren't resorting to long range attacks. Either that or they couldn't, perhaps they were stuck in a close encounter with the hulking beast. What should they do? If they didn't go and investigate then they could lose their teammates, not only a massive setback but it would riddle her with guilt for life. "This can wait, they may need our help," Ulyssa decided as she dropped what little timber she had. "Come on, we can't waste any time!" Reaching into her headband she pulled free a card and checked the face of it, a cloud forming over her head seeing what she had picked. A dust-based shield would be very nice during a fight, but unfortunately for everyone involved she was nowhere near the action. Cursing her fortune she tucked the card back before taking off in the direction of the roars, still quite fast in spite of having no assistance from her semblance. ----- It was impressive really that he hadn't cut clean through the Ursa's limb. Then again he hadn't put his full strength into that either, shows what he got for pulling punches. Freeing his blade from the beast's body he moved away to get some space, preparing to rush in and finish severing the arm for good. Just as he'd pivoted his weapon and lowered himself to dash forward he was called out to by Lyra, looking back at her in surprise before nodding and turning himself around. He'd told her to let him handle this, but as long as she remained up in the trees he wouldn't need to worry about her well-being. Not wholly certain what to expect he waited for an explosion, instead puzzled when the area around them was suddenly basked in a bright glow, casting heavy shadows all around them from the epicenter. "A flash arrow? Nice," Soren shouted before turning back, seeing the Ursa stumbling and swatting blindly at the air before it. This should do it, the beast was now blind and unable to fight him off, good. Lowering himself again he slammed his right leg behind him into the ground, burying it slightly before using the limb to kick off, racing across the ground in a blur. As one of the Ursa's claws swung out at him he ducked beneath it and pulled his sword forward, letting out a shout as he exerted himself and pulled the weapon along. There was some resistance when it met flesh, but giving it a hard pull and using his momentum his body visibly tensed up, his muscles bulging slightly as he forced the weapon through. In one clean motion his sword made a complete cut and tore the Ursa in two halves, its lower body standing as the top fell to the ground in a thud. Despite being cut in two halves the Grimm wasn't dead though and let out a muted roar, using its arms to pull itself up and towards Soren. "Oh give it up already, you're through," the student mumbled, watching as the Ursa tried to pull itself closer and closer. Looking at it with a hint of disgust he reached a hand out suddenly and grabbed its face, and with a push forced it down onto its chest. After that his hair seemed to raise slightly and his eyes glow, followed shortly thereafter by the crackling of electricity. With one massive burst he released several hundred volts of power into the monster, causing it to gurgle and its skin sear almost immediately on contact. Electricity danced along the ground before dissipating into the air, and once the flow stopped entirely only a charred Ursa corpse remained. Soren's breathing was somewhat labored from the attack, but he remained unharmed from the fight. "We'd better have something to show for all of this... I hate having to use that," Soren grumbled, wiping his face clean of sweat before collapsing his sword, placing it on the holster on his back. All this fighting was leaving him awfully hungry, he did hope they got a decent haul from those boars. Rubbing at his shoulder as he rejoined Lyra, the sound of branches bending and leaves crunching drew his attention off towards the trees. Another Grimm? Seeing Ulyssa burst out of the brush he let out a sigh, wondering why she was here now as well. "It's taken care of, we're fine. I'm assuming that's why you came running?"