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[color=708090]"Chug protein drinks and meal replacers, hit the gym. There's a gym here, right?"[/color], Ashe replied to Skye. [color=708090]"Two weeks sounds like a really short time, but you can get a lot done if we go daily."[/color]

The taller faunus certainly seemed unhealthily thin, but then, Ashe did as well to some extent. Some people just had different tones of muscle and bone structures. She hadn't really thought about it until now, but Skye [i]definitely[/i] needed some... Assistance. She seemed almost as though she were just starting to recover from an eating disorder. Or horrible starvation. Either was a bad thing, so Ashe made a mental note to [color=708090][i]Make this fucking happen.[/i][/color]

Judging by the looks on both of her companions' faces, Ashe had apparently said something remarkably profound in her description of Grimm capture, but really it was just... Kinda common sense? At least, with the smaller, less intelligent ones. A Beowulf or Ursa might be tough to crate, and there was always the risk of timing it wrong and getting hit, which she'd seen happen to Violet a few times. King Löwe, on the other hand... That guy was big enough to pick them up and throw them into the cage by hand. [color=708090]"It's harder than it sounds. A [i]lot[/i] harder. I don't think I could do it myself... Not yet at least."[/color]

Ashe's face lit up like a Christmas tree when she learned she'd be spending all three classes with one friend and two out of three with the other. Yue and Skye both seemed really nice, so she found herself looking forward to a less lonely and more fun semester in her first ever attempt at going to a real academic institute. And Yue didn't seem to mind hanging around Faunus, so... Perhaps it would be time to drop the facade soon. At least, for the most part - there were still some cosmetic changes Ashe had in mind to make. The ability to shift appearances had formed something like an addiction, so she only rarely stayed in exactly the same form for more than a couple hours unless she needed to. But that line of thinking quickly morphed back into only slightly diluted [i]excitement[/i].

[color=708090]"Ooh! Guess we'll be running into eachother a lot, then! I know you've got a team already, Yue, but I hope you don't mind me joining you in the other classes. I hope you'll join us in Dust Apps too, Skye."[/color]

Ashe's family, when they'd filled out the applications, were likely thinking of what would make her happy and fit her skill set. They weren't aware of her limited experience with Grimm, but they did know about the weapons that Thomas had helped her make. They were more his craftsmanship than her own, but with a little practice, she'd be able to weave dust circuitry into clothing for herself, which was where Dust Apps came in. Survival just seemed like something she'd enjoy -- and she and her father's habits of walking up brick or even slightly sloped walls made Physical Education feel redundant.

Eventually, Professor Port walked in. He was much less impressive than Ashe had imagined (she hadn't seen his work as a Vytal Festival commentator). He didn't even have a full beard! And honestly, he didn't look like the kind of person who could take on Grimm. But his handiwork proved his skill and strength beyond the shadow of a doubt, and despite his cheerful speech and jolly looks, Ashe felt a glow of insurmountable power around him. [color=708090][i]Note to self: Don't piss off Port.[/i][/color] Like Skye, Ashe had no idea what a Megaladeus was, what a Reisen was, or even what some of the caged Grimm were called. She just knew that she was there to learn how to kill them.

And so, when the class got up to walk into the attached room, she silently followed, her eyes flitting about all over. Building a room of this size was an unimaginably difficult task, and Port made it sound [i]easy[/i]. [color=708090][i]Note to self: [b]Do not piss off Port.[/b][/i][/color] Even more impressive than the room was the gigantic Grimm locked within a glass prison. It wasn't doing a whole lot, but the wriggling motions of its tentacles and 'roots' almost made Ashe sick. It almost looked like some sort of abomination of a sea creature mixed with a plant, made of jet black 'wood'. Port's explanation that he'd taken a hacksaw to its teeth didn't ease her discomfort, and its lack of visible eyes or other sensory organs only amplified the feeling. Ashe couldn't help but feel that it was somehow staring at her. At all of them.

Upon seeing Yue pulling her weapon out, Ashe was suddenly reminded: [color=708090][i]I have comrades here. We can take this thing down, no problem. I think. I hope.[/i][/color] With that tiny bit of hope, her mind raced through possible tactics on killing the beast. It was far too large for her Magicians' Hands to kill on their own, and she hadn't brought spare crystals to reload them this time. A frontal assault wasn't an option. Hell, she didn't even know which side [i]was[/i] the front. At the most, she could only sever maybe six to twelve tentacles, but she got the distinct feeling that even removing all of them wouldn't actually kill the abomination. [color=708090][i]It's been defanged, so jumping into its mouth and striking from within would be an option... Wait. I know some plants that look like that. I'd probably get swallowed whole or melted down.[/i][/color]

In the end, she settled on something more reasonable, and somewhat quietly voiced it toward the rest of the class. [color=708090]"I don't know how this thing sees its prey. If we can find that out, we can kill it easily."[/color]

For the first time that day, she let her disguise lapse. The horns appeared, the school uniform disappeared in favor of a blood red blouse under a jet black tuxedo vest. Jet black pants replaced the skirt and her weaponized gloves materialized, all in a single instant. The only thing she changed about her appearance was her eye color, which was now a delightful shade of [color=f49ac2]pink[/color].

[color=708090]"So, Skye, you ready for this thing?"[/color]

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