[IC] RWBY: Beacon's "Finest"

[Weiss Schnee]

Anita looked at Junaro. She was surprised that someone would actually want to talk to her given her reputation. She was certain he did not know who she was by title and reputation but she gave him a small smile to be polite. "Nice to meet you. My name is Anita Dusk.I did not notice you on the ship." She said having not glimpsed the boy as she shook his hand.

[The Irish Tree]

Kat was a bit nervous talking to the guy, he seemed like something was bugging him, and looked like he was just about ready to jump outta his skin when she talked to him. Her heart sank a bit when she saw how nervous he just was, his pupils very noticeably shrank when he actually looked at her, she guess he couldn't help it though...to society she was a second class citizen. Her ears drooped a little bit beneath her hat as she diverted her gaze from him, he muttered something before stopping, she wasn't sure why, but she got the feeling he must be insanely nervous. It hit her for a moment that maybe he was just like her little brother, and that maybe neither were social butterflies. He was shaking like a leaf when she looked back too...yeah, he was either deathly afraid of Faunus, or just people in general. She hoped for the latter as her ears perked up a bit under her hat once again, almost pushing it off her scalp entirely.

She brushed her ears back under her hat as they walked, just before the boy said that nothing was wrong. She was a bit puzzled, but understood a bit better when he mentioned that he was always like this. "Yup, he was just anxious...just like dad said, making assumptions makes you an ass..." She thought as she thought of someway to still give him that figurative pick-me-up, because even if he was always like this, it didn't mean that he always had to be depressed. She figured that she couldn't just make him feel better right away, and so decided instead to break the ice a bit more casually.

"Don't worry about it, I get funny looks all the time. You just kinda get used to it after a while. My name's Kat, and if I might, you have an interesting looking weapon there Mr..." She said as she put on the warmest smile she could, trying to get the boy to open up a bit more.

[Redrose640]

Lance kept his stance at the entrance of Beacon, seeing everyone was starting to gather. He would have to go as well, soon. For a minute, though, he wanted to get a feeling of what kinds of people he would be dealing with at the school. Most didn't even give him a glance, either because they were with friends or because he was a Faunas. Humans were the most racist, even compared to other Faunas. There were some extremists but most were more or less accepting because they didn't want to give off a bad image for themselves. It made sense but the normal people were much more bold and didn't care about giving off a bad vibe.

"Excitement just seems to fade just as fast as it forms. Oh well." Lance kept his distance from the others but eventually had to merge with them, slipping in without much problem and riding the wave to their destination. Must have been almost time to start with introductions and all the academic things. Lance wasn't sure how this would go, since he got here by fooling his...foster home owners. He couldn't call them 'parents' no matter how much he tried at times. Not going to Signal and only coming here by their reputation, which meant they were good for something, didn't prepare him for this kind of environment.

The others that Lance remembered.were all socializing with someone or another, which put Lance on his own unless someone else was going to start a conversation. He didn't want to butt into someone else's. Lance silently pushed himself from the crowd and to a much more temporarily spacious section of the room they were in, wondering exactly how filled it was going to get. There weren't that many students but maybe ones that were already here would come as well. There was no telling.

[jman221]

Anita? What a beautiful name Jurano thought to himself. He let go of her hand and wondered why people were looking over with looks of wonder. Some were looking in his direction while whispering to their friends. Jurano was slightly confused at why they were this way but ignored them for now.

"So, nice axe you have their. Did you design it yourself?" he asked intrigued at the weapons finesse and beauty.

[Weiss Schnee]

Anita looked at him. "I did not make this but rather inherited from the previous generation of Dusk family hunters." She said. "It is called MoonLight Harvester. I named it in actuality." She said proudly. "This also is a sign of my inheritance."

Seeing Jurano pull his hand back she let her own drop to the side. "So first year for you as well?" She asked.

[jman221]

When Jurano heard that it was inherited he gave a slight sound of suprise, when she asked about him being first year he replied.
"Yeah, it's my first year here, i came from a school in the country side. it was secluded so not many students attended there. So this is a massive change for me." he said holding the strap of his sniper.
"So i don't know about anything really." he said with a laugh

[pyroman]

With the ongoing conversation by the two nearby people, Booker listened in from a closer, but safe enough distance so that he wouldn't be caught. The two seemed to be interesting people, but in the end he didn't think that he would be able to work with them just like that. As he continued to watch the conversation, the lights suddenly dimmed, and a single spotlight was on the stage, and Professor Ozpin stood, looking out at everyone below him. It was an interesting crowd this year, but he'd go through with the same speech as usual.

[Weiss Schnee]

"I would not know about living in a small place. I was living in my family's manor and before I came here I trained at home. My sisters Lily and Kiara have a team of thier own tho they did not train at any school. Our manor doubled as a way to become Hunter's and Huntresses. This will be the first time I actually attended a school to learn." Anita said having listened to Jurano.

Noticing the lights dim and someone on the stage she looked to the source.

[jman221]

Jurano was about to ask her about the mansion when the lights in the hall dimmed, he looked towards the stage where a certain spot was lit and Professor Ospin was standing. As he made his speech he looked towards the stage and the excitement built up inside him, there were talks of having to improve abilities and Jurano was listening as though his life depended on it. When the speech was finished he looked back at Anita and asked.

"So about what you said before... You have a manor?"

[Weiss Schnee]

Anita nodded. "Yes. My family is rich but I do not care for it. While I enjoy the lifestyle sometimes I feel its better to live a normal life. I left my home to come here and I would like to start up a normal life if I can." She also had listened to the speech or had just payed attention out of boredom.

[KillamriX88]

"F-F-Felix! Launce... Ancel... Felix Ancel Launce! N-n-n-nice to meet you..." He babbled until he got his name out in the right order. He almost cried, happily, when she asked about his weapon. Now he had an excuse. Perhaps a little too hurriedly, he pulled out his weapon. "A-and yeah, I made it myself. Well, I guess everyone at signal has to, so that's not that impressive." He chuckled. Suddenly he was totally different; not shaking, not stuttering, much, and he wasn't staring at her like he expected her to eat him. "It's an 8-guage, over-under, magazine-fed, dual-mode shotgun that..." he flipped a switch, and the bottom barrel of the weapon slid out on a set of rails, and then swung out before sliding back and locking into the top barrel. The top sight, which clearly doubled as a nasty hook, then slid down its own rail to the end of the bottom barrel.. "... turns into a voulge that also functions as a medium range slug rifle, err, if I load it with slugs anyway." He then blushed a little and flipped the switch again, turning it back into just a shotgun. "Sorry... got carried away. Wh-what do you have?" His show-and-tell was over, but he didn't put the gun away. He knew he'd just turn back into a mess if he did.

- - -

Enyo had eventually found herself amongst a tide of chattering people. Everyone had caught up to their friends and rejoined their little cliques. Except for her of course, she didn't have those, which was fine. Cliques were annoying. Friends were... She just sighed and did her best to avoid thinking about that. She had been slowly edged out and pushed to the side, and found herself on the outskirts of the crowd. After a little more time, her attention was grabbed by the feedback of a microphone. It seemed it was he head of the school finally addressing them.

"I'll keep this brief..." he said, and it turned out he meant it. The speech couldn't have been much longer than 30 seconds, and it was over. It wasn't very inspiring either, and in fact was almost ominous. It also made her a little mad.

Who the hell is wasted energy, you old prick! she growled mentally. A woman with him then gave them directions, and then they the two left almost as soon as they'd arrived. The crowd then went back to chattering, not quite dispersing just yet. They were probably all befuddled by the awkward welcome they'd just received.

Still edged out and alone, she looked around, a bit befuddled herself, and noticed someone else who wasn't "cliqueing." Furthermore, she recognized him as the guy who had attempted to throw coins for her and rifle boy. She decided she might as well figure out who he was while she waited.

"So, you're more of a loner when you're not encouraging bad behavior, hm?" she questioned him as she walked over to him, finding a pillar to lean against and crossed her arms. "So, loner," for that was his name until she learned otherwise, "what did you think of that?" She was of course referring to the speech.

[The Irish Tree]

Kat smiled a bit wider as the boy introduced himself properly, she was starting to see some of the same behaviors her brother had, avoiding direct eye contact, the shaking, the nervous stutter, the inability to form coherent sentences when asked personal questions...no doubt about it, this guy was definitely nervous at least 87% of the time, give or take. a few...nervous points. She stopped trying to do figurative math in her head as the newly introduced Felix began showing her his weapon's functions, the thing seemed interesting, a shotgun that shifted into a voulge-rifle with a really nasty looking barbed hook, she was glad that he at least seemed to know how to handle the thing, if he didn't, she wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that voulge. Her ears perked up quickly when Felix asked about her weapons, in fact her ears propped up so quickly that her hat fell off her head completely. A bit embarrassed at herself for dropping her hat, she quickly snatched it back up off the ground and stuffed it into her pocket before un-holstering one of her revolvers.

"Nothing to worry about, everybody's proud of their weapons, I can tell you take really good care of it from how eager you are with it. I made these revolvers back at Signal, they're nothing too special, refitted standard chamber-capacity to 8, and folded the barrels into blades. My real weapon...is this" She holstered her revolver and released a small clamp on her back to a sheath, and in one swift motion she withdrew Setenta, making sure to draw it as far away from Felix, and anybody passing by, as possible. She held the blunt side of the sword along with the handle, running her finger down the barrel of the back. "My dad let me refurbish his old weapon...I even fitted the barrel onto it myself."

She quieted down when they finally reached the auditorium, the speech from the Headmaster was...interesting to say the least.Talking about their wasted potential and all that...Kat placed her hat back over her ears when the speech concluded before turning to face Felix once again.

"So...what'd you think of Mr. Ozpin's speech?"

[Redrose640]

Lance was a silent observer of both the students and the headmaster while things that were supposed to be exciting happened. Granted, Lance expected more since not all students here were very confident and the headmaster's speech was not very reassuring. Lance, on the other hand, was more than happy to be confused on the outside as long as it didn't endanger his own well-being. Unfortunately, some of these students seemed to happy to pull out weapons like they were nothing more than toys. That was definitely dangerous to everyone's well-being. Not too much in school but if trouble were to show itself outside of the school's watchful eyes, there may be more chaos than what was expected.

"Well, look at how diverse these kids are!" Lance could kind of see a few students he met outside, one being the boy with the sniper rifle but it was only because his weapon itself was quite large and it towered over most students, including the wielder himself. Lance didn't get names, or would really have any reason to remember them at the moment. After all, it's not like it was vital to his own personal needs. He noted at a girl being basically pushed out of the crowd, not surprising since she didn't really fight to stay inside, to his own silent slice of paradise. She came over and started up a conversation and gave Lance a label as well.

"Loner? I am not that in the slightest. I am merely watching, observing, until I need to interact with others. I do not merit bad behavior, either. I simply wanted to gather information if I needed it for...future reference. Unfortunately, you and that other kid were taken over by someone with a high amount of skill themselves." Lance was making sure to choose his words carefully, as not to give too much away from himself but keeping his happy demeanor.

"What did I think about that? I assume you mean what was just said. Well, it was rather disappointing. Can't blame the guy, though. He must have said it quite his fair share of times, so he probably is a little bored with repeating it." Lance didn't listen too intently on the speech, catching things that sounded important but discarding anything that wasn't worth remembering.

"Why aren't you with a group? I would expect a girl like you to be with others, rather than by your lonesome."

[pyroman]

I'll...keep this brief. You have traveled here today in search of knowledge--to hone your craft and acquire new skills--and when you have finished, you plan to dedicate your life to the protection of the people. But I look amongst you, and all I see is wasted energy, in need of purpose--direction. You assume knowledge will free you of this, but your time at this school will prove that knowledge can only carry you so far. It is up to you to take the first step

Booker stood still and waited patiently for the speech to end before looking around once more. Many people didn't seem to happy about the 'words of encouragement' given by the academy's head, but Ozpin didn't seam to care. He still stood there in front of one of two microphones, and Booker moved his eyes back to the head, wondering what would happen next. The second microphone was vacant, and no one other than Ozpin stood at the stage. It didn't stay that way for long, however, when a blond haired woman walked to the other microphone, doing her best to calm down the crowd. She announced that everyone would be sleeping at the ballroom for the time being until the initiation starts and the teams would be formed.

[jman221]

When the announcement for sleeping quarters was made Jurano looked towards the stage and he said something to himself.
"Well that was interesting."
He gave off a yawn, placing his left hand to his mouth while scratching his head with his right.
"I'm tired, when's lights out i wonder." He started getting dizzy, this happened when to much excitement was going and when he uses his semblance for more than an hour as he had forgot to turn it off. He stumbled a little then just gave out and fainted, falling towards Anita.

[Weiss Schnee]

Anita heard the speech clearly. "Wasted talent? Does this Ozpin even know who I am and my family bloodlines?" She was slightly annoyed by the whole thing. Her sisters were probably out fighting Grimm right now...

Hearing Jurano she shrugged. "I don't know about you but ..." When he suddenly fainted she blinked and reaching out caught him just in time not sure what to do next.

[pyroman]

With the the speech over with, the area began to become more and more vacant by the second. It was a little odd to Booker to see people leave that fast. With the remaining people, he looked around and stood by his lonesome, practically staring at a majority of them as he stood there, studying them all to see who could be the best candidates for a team. Another odd sight was seeing a boy faint into a girl's arms. Usually it was the other way around, but he wouldn't really see it as a bad thing. They boy simply could have been tired for all he knew. Booker still stood there, staring at the others and gathering information.

[KillamriX88]

"Pot calling the kettle black hm? Well why are you alone?" Enyo smirked. He'd said what he was doing alone, but not why. She didn't really care to hear his answer though. "But, you asked first I suppose." She sighed thoughtfully. "But first, your question raises other questions. Whatever do you mean, a 'girl like me?' Why do you assume I must have people I should be with right now? Now look at what you've done, so many questions that need answering suddenly." She chuckled. "Well, fine, you want to know? I'm a spoiled rich brat who thinks she's better than everyone else, and nine times out of ten I'm right, so I have no reason to change my way of thinking. Most of the time, 'friends' are just a distraction or a pain to deal with. So, long story short? I'm alone without a group because I don't have one to be with. I have no friends." She explained this without the slightest hesitation or hint of sadness or regret.

When she was done, she simply shrugged and tucked a loose lock of hair behind her ear.

"Well then, loner." That was still his name and he still hadn't given her anything else to call him. "What's your story?"

- - -

Her... dad... He knew his dad had been a hunter. He had no such happy things to say about him though. As they reached the main building, he was forced to put his weapon away, and so returned to being quite silent. And nervous... and twitchy... and tremble... y.

He was quite surprised when he heard the speech they were given. Mostly because it was utterly uninspiring. It wasn't that the man didn't make any good points, but it was hardly motivating.

"Ah... u-uh... um. W-w-well... I... d-don't know what I, err, e-expected, I guess." Felix gulped, trying to respond to Kat. The absolutely huge, terrifying crowd before him was making it difficult to speak. So many people, so little room to breathe... so many weapons. If they all turned around, they could kill him instantly. It was all he could think about. But still, he did his best to speak to Kat. "M-m-maybe... w-well what I mean is... errr... i-it could've been... different. Err, i-it already was k-kinda different. I-I mean, it was unusual... yeah."

I really suck at this... he groaned internally. What was worse, they'd been told they'd all be sleeping in the same room. Rather, everyone else would be sleeping... Felix would just be lying there in pure terror all night. This was a bad idea.

[jman221]

Jurano stirred a little waking from his brief unconsciousness. He noticed that he was being held by Anita.
"Uh, thanks for catching me.... Sorry about that though." He said standing, one hand on her shoulder, stabilising himself.
"That happens when i forget to mind my semblance, i just get used to it so easily and yet it strains my brain like crazy." He said taking a pill bottle out of his small pack on his hip. He opened it up and placed one in his mouth, instantly he felt better.
"That's a little secret remedy my step father showed me to help with the dizzyness but i should go lie down." He tried walking on his own but tripped and grabbed Anita for support.
"Uh, I don't suppose you could help get me to the ballroom?" He said with a smile.

[Redrose640]

"My story? Good question if not a stereotypical retort but judging by your egotistical attitude. Well, I am not very good at telling others, not that I am very fond of it in the first place, about my life or any information about myself. I will leave you with one thing, though, that may interest you. Other than being oh so very jealous of your perfect life." Lance made sure to put a little bit of emphasis on the last part, as to make it sound like he was subtly mocking her. If she would notice or not, or how she would react, would probably be a show in itself.

"Simply put, I am someone who grew up in an average place and eventually things went wrong and then I ended up here. I don't think you need to know much else, especially since I don't think I will ever need to tell you much more. Come on, though, let's see about others that need to be put in a group." It wasn't what Lance personally wanted on his first day of school but it would be good to have at least someone around so he didn't go insane from being alone anymore. Putting on his smile so long seemed like it was plastered on by now, too. Good thing since only rare events could make him seem anything other than joyful.

"Look at that boy, there. All by his lonesome like the loner and the rich brat. Let's go." Lance was referring to the only one that already wasn't with someone else, the boy closest to the stage who seemed to be more like a lost puppy than someone who actually belonged in a school for fighting Grimm. Lance put his arm around the girl's neck and pulled her toward the boy, waving at him while walking closer and making sure his 'hostage' didn't escape.