HereComesTheSnow

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

@Crimmy

Luke Schwarz, Monday, Early O'Clock

"I have a feeling I will soon, yeah. Plus..."

Plus, there was the fact that for whatever reason, I felt like the ones I had now weren't working. Not out of any lack of viability on their part, they're in stunningly immaculate condition for hand-me-downs...

No, the problem here was with me. Despite them being very suited to my skills, something was missing. Something didn't feel right.

I frowned as I picked at the fluffy yellow masses of eggs on my plate.

"Hm."

If it were all about "feeling right", honestly? I wasn't the best candidate for them. If these gauntlets went to somebody who they would truly fit like a glove, it would be the girl who no doubt matched out mother in skill at her age.

Yeah...

If the limiting factor was how hard you could punch, wouldn't it make sense to hand them off to a harder puncher?

Did April even have a weapon right now? If she was getting by on only her fists and such, while i didn't doubt her abilities, it seemed kind of backwards...

Besides.

This isn't Signal. It's Beacon. We were going up against deadlier Grimm with way more frequency than they were. Maybe these could carry April through her whole career, which wouldn't even surprise me, but as for me...

Well, even if I have a safety net thanks to my semblance, if my instincts told me that these weren't what I needed for the job, I had better listen to them.

Force projection was what I needed. Something that would allow me to exceed my own limitations of reach and power, to keep me and by extension everyone else safer.

Fistfighting distance wasn't good enough for somebody as slow as me against monsters.

"I think it's also got something to do with my approach in general."

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Cynical, not depressed.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

That's what the contest is for.

I still don't have all the specifics hashed out.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

@HereComesTheSnow

Gratia Mindaro - Beacon Cafeteria (Monday, Early Morning ~6-7am)

"If they want to, I will definitely accompany them."

There was an undercurrent of another emotion, slight and almost unnoticeable, in her cold, impassioned tone. The stoic Mistralese girl's expression remained unchanged, and her declaration seemed little different to her standard icy fare, but the more perceptive would notice that certain 'more' to her voice. In fact, her boreal demeanour even felt a little brighter, her haughty sense of pride bubbling somewhat to the surface.

She bit into the banana, chewing away at its flesh and swallowing. Each and every one of her actions were committed with the same efficient, cool motions, but there was the tiniest of extra vigour in the way she engaged her breakfast. Family Day, it seemed, was something that she was willing to engage in at more than merely a surface level.

"And what of yours?" Gratia asked after a few seconds, her banana complete and peel placed down onto her nearly-empty plate.

@Crimmy

Luke Schwarz, Monday, Early O'Clock

...

Hold on.

Was I still half-dreaming?

I blinked a few times, even stopping to rub an eye with the bone of my wrist, but my vision was the same. No murkier or sharper. This was definitely reality that I had all the way immersed myself in, and no amount of self-delusion would take me out of that.

But that wasn't right.

That couldn't be right.

There wasn't any combat listed on the itinerary, but I could have sworn I was hearing a certain energy in Gratia Mindaro's voice. Just as a hint, but when you smell the same steak for years, if the chef switches from Thyme to Rosemary, you'll pick up on it.

Salty, meaty crunchiness coated my tongue as I mulled it over. Thankfully, my body has a decent bearing on what it needs and recognized how hungry I'd let myself get by making all that food.

By all means, I was slightly flabbergasted. I'd respected a reasonable chance of a response in the affirmative, but not the barest hint of an actual change in demeanor. This was... this was a historic moment.

So historic that I had nearly forgotten her question. Hints of dere under a mile of kuu aren't a reason to be an idiot, man!

"Ah, erm... Not really. As far as I can tell, anyway. The only one that might interest them is the wrestling tournament, but I think they sent me something about a report on weapons last night..."

Oh, hey. Call back.

"And to speak of weapons; would you mind if I picked your brain on that some time?"

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

dude so fucked up lmao is only good if you actually use it to inform your present character traits

if it's just there and bad to be there and bad it's just like "yeah whatever"

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

go ahead

underestimate her bratwrangling skills

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

boi we faculty now

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Aura is basically turning in your natty card anyway

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

I weep for his arteries

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Oswald is 5'7 and 212?