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[color=00aeef]”Slack off? Sure you never met my old teachers?”[/color] Ben quipped, grin widening a little. He slipped Caletfwlch into the holder on Joyous Guard to free up his hands a moment. [color=00aeef]”I think you’re on, Nuit. Round two’s mine.”[/color]

The need for a free hand become clear a second later. When they fought the Megaladeus they’d gone to the pool and Port had given them time to change. Well there was a little less water this time around, but take a wild guess. Nowhere to change. Since he didn’t feel like completely ruining a uniform, he slipped an arm out of his jacket sleeve, propped up Joyous Guard with his other hand and slipped out of the second. The jacket went flying over his shoulder to lay (hopefully) outside the combat zone, followed a second later by the blue vest underneath. His hand found the tie around his neck and tugged at the knot until he could pull it out from under his collar and undo the shirt’s top button. He needed his neck free, and a tie was only going to be a hindrance. Best [i]not[/i] to leave something he could get hung with. 

It joined the heap behind him, but he [i]really[/i] wished he could do something about his shoes. They weren’t great for a fight on dry land, one in the water was really going to suck. But, he supposed that was why he kept a spare set around. Something to wear when these ones were waterlogged. Being barefoot would [i]definitely[/i] be worse.

The prep gave him a chance to look over the impromptu team, too. Jumpercable and Bastille together again. He hadn’t worked with these two, though. It’d be a bit of an experiment. He had a rough idea about Bianca, at least, and her Semblance explanation helped fill in a few blanks. Skye was a different variable. The girl was… Well, an unknown in a lot of ways. He didn’t see any visible weapons. She looked thin to say the least. It’d be hard to plan for her, but that was kinda the point of Grimm Studies. Learn about Grimm, learn about the other students. Learn to fight together. 

If he had to guess, he’d say that all three dealt a little more in maneuvering than tanking. Just a guess. He knew it to be true for Sangue, seemed true for Bianca’s build, style, [i]and[/i] weapon, and it didn’t seem likely Skye’d be one to tank a hit. Left him to do tanking duty, as expected. Sangue and Bianca could definitely do some damage and do it quick, though, which gave him a pretty good idea of what to do… He fished a pair of sunglasses out of his shirt pocket, met Sangue’s eyes, and flicked them open with his wrist. Hopefully she’d brought hers. Wouldn’t have any information on the Jumpercables, but it’d be good to have an idea of how his own teammate was doing.

[color=00aeef]”Bianca’s right. We push for the trunk. I’ll take point.”[/color] The displays came to life as soon as he tapped the nodule. Obviously he wasn’t going to have any information on his teammates, not yet at least, but his own readouts were pretty important. About eighty percent Aura to start with, could be worse. Both batteries hovered around a full charge. Good to have the supply if he needed it. Caletfwlch slid smoothly out of its holder with the soft rasp of metal on metal, held loosely, comfortably, in his right hand. The tip rested lightly on the ground, relaxed stance belying his readiness. Joyous Guard’s grip felt just as comfortable in his palm, secured to his forearm just to be safe. He didn’t want some tendril getting clever and taking it away. He lifted its bottom edge off of the ground effortlessly, rolling his shoulders a little, and pivoting a few degrees so he could address his friends more clearly.

[color=00aeef]”Those tentacles are probably long enough to attack us from pretty much any direction, once we get close enough. Closer we get, more it’ll focus. That’d be my guess. By the time we’re [i]really[/i] close they’ll probably be able to come at us from behind too.”[/color] A pause, and one more glance at the others in turn. [color=00aeef]”Bianca should watch our left. Sangue our right. I bet you guys are quick enough for any that come from the sides. Skye, you’re gonna want to watch the rear. Back up Bianca or Sangue if they’re having any issues. We stay in formation and we can ward ‘em off.”[/color]


He gave a little smirk.

[color=00aeef]“Anyone gets grabbed, well, yell real loud.”[/color]