Azereiah

The Crown & The Flame

Yup, I'll get on that. Been really busy this past week or so.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

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Reisen!? Studies

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

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 definitely 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 Make this fucking happen.

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. "It's harder than it sounds. A lot harder. I don't think I could do it myself... Not yet at least."

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 excitement.

"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."

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. Note to self: Don't piss off Port. 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 easy. Note to self: Do not piss off Port. 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: I have comrades here. We can take this thing down, no problem. I think. I hope. 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 was 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. 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.

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

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 pink.

"So, Skye, you ready for this thing?"

@Ryonara@FlitterFaux@NarayanK

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Sorry, got sidetracked pretty heavily. It'll be up by tomorrow at the latest unless you've got something in mind yourself.

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I can get something cranked out as the first post then, aye.

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I was able to post the explanation post from my phone but until recently had not been able to post from a PC as both my home and work internet had gone down from storms in my area. 1st IC post should be up tonight when I get off work.

@codex

Oh, cool. That explains it. Thanks!

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GM hasn't posted in several days. The forums have an autosave function, so if they could post an explanation, it's unlikely that they wouldn't be able to make an IC post.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

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Grimm Studies

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Ashe nodded as Yue spoke. So this girl was also new - though clearly slightly less-so than herself and Skye. Wonder what her entrance exams were like... The entrance exam had been an impromptu thing, running off of the remainder of a past group exam. She'd been effectively thrown head-first into a forest in the ass end of nowhere with the task of finding a ball-point pen that'd been dropped in front of a Death Stalker den. She shuddered at the memory - grabbing a pen without getting herself horribly killed by a pair of gigantic scorpions wasn't exactly her idea of 'fun', but had she refused, she'd have probably been stuck in the woods with a bunch of Grimm much longer. Yue had already been assigned a team, surprisingly enough. It would be a little while before Ashe found out whether she were on a team or not, or so she assumed.

"Still teamless here. Arrived yesterday, passed an exam, started classes this morning. I'm still feeling like a fish out of water. Kinda glad you two-" - she patted Skye and Yue's shoulders once - "decided to talk," said Ashe as she produced a blank notepad. Might as well get out stuff for class, even if it might end up being a free period...

Yue commented on Grimm capture: one of the few things Ashe herself actually knew about Grimm in general. She'd seen it done many times before, though as with fighting them, she never directly took part.

"How hard it is to catch them depends on the species and age. The ones in the cages here were probably pretty easy to nab - for the most part you just stand in front of an open cage door and jump out of the way when they charge. They're not exactly smart. But..." She looked towards some of the larger, bonier specimens in the back before continuing, "...I get the feeling that Port personally wrestled some of these into their cages the hard way. Wonder what he looks like."

A few moments passed before she excitedly piped up again. "Oh, what classes are you two taking? It'd be nice if I knew people in Survival and Dust Apps."

Having comrades again seemed like it could only be a good thing, and making friends had, in the past few minutes, become a top priority. She hadn't been planning on trying it until she'd at least been in class for a couple days, but it was unavoidable and possibly a good thing that her schedule had been moved up.

@Ryonara@FlitterFaux

Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

Sorry that took a while - been preoccupied with personal matters. It's all clear for the time being now, though.

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@Bishop

You'll want to pester the GM to get co-GM status in that case. I'm pretty interested in this as a concept, so whatever we can do to get it off the ground would be great.

Alternately, we could repost it under a different name.

Revenant: A Sci-Fi Adventure (Always Accepting!)

Ren

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Where are my guns?

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"Yep, courtesy of a spider jump-starting the backup bioreactor. Next time we have a power surge and I go offline, do me a favor and throw a chicken leg down the bioreactor chute or something, alright? It's a miracle half the ship didn't shut down with me," Rento said. She stepped into the medical bay and gave the place a quick look-over, to discover the 'poor' status of some of the crew members. They were pretty much totally gone, but still breathing. Comas, perhaps. The Doctor, complete with an utterly bizarre sense of fashion, seemed to be straight out of a comic book. He was apparently slightly preoccupied, though.

"So, Cap'n, I've got a few questions since I was down for a while. What's the status of the ship, and is another mission coming up?"

She patiently awaited his answer, unconsciously shifting her weight from foot to foot. Despite being an obvious android, she seemed to have almost purely human mannerisms.

"...Two more things. First-off, what's with these guys?," she asked, waving a hand towards the med bay's patients. "And... May I rearm myself? I'm assuming my gear is stashed in the armory. Hope nobody messed up any of my equipment - some of that stuff's almost as old as I am and I'd rather not see antiques in poor shape."

@Crossfire@Tickout