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-Amalger

"I suppose that's a good point. Flare had a good reputation, but Beacon's is better. Anyone who can pass the entrance exam to get here is at least capable of meeting Flare's highest standards, and probably more," Amalger said to Nevin. "Hm, and it seems we're about ready to land. I guess we'll find out soon."

-Felix-

Felix was suddenly beset by a sinking feeling. He was nervous, more so anyway, for a moment and then realized what it was. The ship was losing altitude. He stood up so he could see out the windows better, and realized they were reaching the docking point.

Thank god.

He started inching his way toward the exit, but then a large, very large, teen and a sheep faunus walked by. Felix's pupils became pinpoints at the sight of this large person, and he decided he was better off waiting until the exit was a less terrifying place. He knew that was dumb, it wasn't like he was going to be eaten just because he got near someone who was bigger than him... but why take chances, right?

About thirty seconds later, the airship slowed to a halt. After another thirty seconds later the ships doors opened and the students were urged to step off the airship.



-Enyo-

Enyo couldn't have gotten off the ship faster. She was one of the first ones out. Fresh air -- beautiful. And at least for a few moments, Felix-free air. She took a moment to take a look at Beacon up close. It was certainly an imposing sight. The architecture, the landscaping, and the sheer size of it. It was breathtaking... so of course someone had to ruin it.

A boy of the average student age walked ahead of everyone else with a cocky swagger, and then turned to face everyone who had stepped off the airship.

"Welcome to Beacon!" he greeted everyone, as if he somehow represented the school. "Now, as many of you may have heard, we're going to be working in teams while we're here. Now, I propose a little test. I'm Maxwell Booster, and I was top of my class at my combat school, and I'm pretty confident in my skills. I want to be on a strong team and dominate this school."

He pulled out a strange gadget, and several blue orbs shot into the sky. He then pulled out a medium sized, rectangular object that expanded and became a rifle. Holding it with only one hand, he shot all of the orbs, which had been dancing in random patters high in the air. Upon being hit, the orbs turned red, and then returned to the gadget they had come from.

"Now, my test isn't to match my accuracy, but that was just proof of my skill..."

Enyo felt sick listening to this guy go on... and on... and on... Any idiot with a gun could do that. If they couldn't, then they were worse than an idiot.

"The actual test is much simpler. I'm also a good brawler. Land a hit on me, and I'll keep you in mind later on..."

The worst part is that people actually seemed to be listening. Enyo shook her head and began walking down the path to the school, which Maxwell happened to be standing in the middle of.

"Oh, a challenger already?" Maxwell looked at her, a cocky smirk on his face.

"Huh? Oh, sure..." Enyo muttered, and just kept walking toward him.

"OK! Ready, g-" Walking ever casually toward him, when she got close Enyo jumped up and above his head using her semblance. Her foot then shot down, slamming into Maxwell's surprised face. He fell backward and Enyo followed him down, landing on his face, before stepping off of him and continuing on her way.

"Moron." Enyo sighed and kept walking toward the school.

Welcome to Beacon indeed.

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I plan to do it soon. But I am so tired, the prospect of thinking followed by typing is... daunting. I might not get to it tonight, sorry. TT_TT

Sleep is a thing, but it is not something I get enough of it seems. *insert more crying here*

I am fried.

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. . . lol! I thought so XD

OK, I'll look forward to it... tomorrow. I'm afraid I must sleep now, so I'll have to read it in the morning! I'll try to update the RP on my lunch break if I remember to.

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Umm... kinda like this one I just copied and pasted?

drewccapp post

Maggie was a bit surprised by the reaction from the girl. She felt like the girl wasn't used to talking to anyone, but that was fine she could wait. She wasn't going to force her to speak if she wasn't up for it. She then made eye contact and mumbled something about a cartoon getting struck by lightning and after a nervous laugh she mentioned how it was funny. Maggie smiled brightly and trailed her left pointer finger around the design of the tattoo on her right hand. "Cartoons are great. Those lightning scenes can be pretty funny. Y'know cat on a wire stuff."

Maggie tilted her head with a silly grin as if to release any tension that the girl might feeling. "I didn't mean to startle you! So whatcha name? I'mMaggie, Maggie Faust. I think I remember seein' you during the tests. Pretty wild some of 'em were, right?" Again she brushed her fingers through her hair. Standing still for her was difficult. Sitting still was nigh impossible.

Am I missing something? o__o

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drewccapp... did post? *confusion*

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. . . dammit Ryu! XD

Ugh, the closest thing I can tell from pictures on google, is that the "bridge" of the ship is a more prominent high point to the rear of the ship (think Star Destroyers from Star Wars) . Above the bridge is a large "fin" that looks like the main rudder, like what you'd expect on an airliner. PIcture in question

All our characters are gathered in a passenger/observation deck (hence the huge windows).

That was kind of an overkill explanation considering we'll probably NEVER be back on an airship, and will be departing it shortly... but I hope that helps. XD

Anyway, after Hero's next post, my following post will put us on the ground. Perhaps there will be... shenanigans... if I can think of a good reason for any. If not, once everyone knows everyone else, there will be plenty of them in the future. :3

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-Amalger-

"Ah, Nevin, so you were here after all," Amalger said, immediately ignoring the other boy who he was quite done with now. Get along or not, Nevin was far more interesting. "Well, not that it's surprising. You were the number one at Flare after all." Before Amalger actually started putting in effort toward the end that was. "But I guess number two from such a prestigious academy as Flare is still more than enough for beacon." The hint of derision one might have detected in Amalger's voice was because he really didn't care for Flare, even now. "Well... ah, excuse me one moment," Amalger cleared his throat and turned away from Nevin, suddenly shouting across the room at a girl who looked ready to fall over any moment now. "Put your head between your knees!" Rule number one of fainting, it was almost always caused by not enough blood getting to the brain. With that handled, assuming she listened, he turned his attention back to Nevin.

"Anyway... what are you thinking, Nevin? Think Beacon will actually be a challenge? I mean, you can only make a standardized test so hard, and we both know that unlike back at Flare, we're gong to have to deal with a lot more than that. Well, I do anyway. You did do your homework on Beacon, right?" Amalger asked.

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Umm, drewccapp... airships don't have masts... XD

They're basically like flying cruise-liners. Airship

I don't mean to nitpick, but I just wanna make sure you don't accidentally do anything else silly before they get onto the ground. :P

We'll just all assume she tried to do something equivalently bad... like attempting to climb outside of the airship to sit on the rear fin or whatever. XD

Edit: Speaking of the ground. We'll probably get to that soon since the interaction between characters so far has been... limited. Once Maggie and Aurelia are done with each other, I'll probably put the ships down.

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RP is a go! I repeat, RP is a go! :D

You may now make posts.

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RWBY - HAZE

Upon a stage stood a bespectacled man, looking serious despite the uproarious applause around him. He had a job to do though, and he would do it with all the dignity he could muster. He spoke,

"And finally Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you will work together as... Team RWBY. Led by... Ruby Rose." He knew his words held impact and surprise, as a young girl, younger than anyone else in attendance, looked around, as if expecting to find someone else standing next to her, but all eyes were on her.

"I'm so proud of you!" A taller girl flung herself at and embraced the girl, who finally seemed to accept that indeed, she had been chosen as leader of a team.

"It looks like things are shaping up to be... an interesting year," the bespectacled man said. Indeed it did, it was almost enough to make him start forgetting again. Almost enough to let himself slip back into the more comfortable haze of blissful ignorance. Almost.

At least for the moment the smiles and excitement of the younger generation put him a little more at ease.

But our story takes place one year before that.

~One Year and One Day Ago~

It was that time of year again. The airships were in flight, laden with the hopes and dreams of those who sought to protect the hopes and dreams of all others in the world. Or perhaps they just sought fame, or excitement. Whatever it was that motivated them, it had been enough to gain them passage to a most prestigious academy -- the academy known as Beacon.

And if one were to look to his or her right, one would see that Beacon.



- Felix -

Why had he done this? He regretted everything. It was too much. Just too much. There were just so... so... many... PEOPLE! There were at least two dozen others on the airship with him. How was he supposed to deal with that? Two dozen people who meant him no harm at all. Were they insane? Did they really expect him to be OK with that? Yes, probably, because any sane person would be. If only he was sane his life would be so much easier. If only he didn't recognize the fact that he was insane maybe he'd be a little better off. But then... wouldn't that have made him more insane? Then he wouldn't have been here, but then again that was what he was wishing for right now. But then...

There were just so many buts and what ifs for him to deal with, it was numbing... but not numbing enough to make him forget his predicament. He was doing his best to deal with it. Hopefully once he was off the airship, which wasn't really cramped by most people's standards, he'd feel better. But as it was he had found a little corner to hide in and was hoping to be ignored so he could focus on not throwing up as waves of anxiety rippled through him.

It wasn't excessively crowded and no one had been mean to him... but there was no escape. He was a mile or more up in the air, and he had no where to go.

"Ugh... why couldn't I have just walked...?" he muttered weakly. "Because then I wouldn't have ever gotten here even remotely in time to be accepted." The more rational part of his mind answered for him.

-Randy-

She stood at the window, staring wide eyed at Beacon. She had been fidgeting madly the whole trip there, just staring, waiting for it to come into view, and finally it had. It was true, she'd actually done it. Beacon.

"Oh my god this is actually happening," she whispered to herself in awe. Well, maybe now that she'd confirmed that she should take a look and see who else she might be working with. Had anyone she knew from Signal made it? She looked around, no it seemed n- oh wait, there was that girl everyone had always whispered about... Enyo was it? Yes, Enyo. She looked... unhappy. The rumors had always hinted that she had an abnormally aloof attitude toward everyone else. Perhaps those rumors were true.

Randy gasped in shock when Enyo glanced up at her, caught her staring, and frowned. She quickly averted her gaze and kept looking for familiar faces. She almost gave up but then saw someone huddling in a corner. Felix, someone who she had thought was Enyo's friend, but they currently weren't anywhere near each other. Oh, wait, hadn't there been rumors about that too? Some sort of falling out? She wondered why Enyo was the center of so many rumors, but she supposed it was probably because she hadn't fit in. That was usually how it worked with teenagers, right?

Another boy with a rather... rebellious appearance caught her eye but she was startled out of her thoughts when...

"HEY RANDY!" a female voice spoke to her loudly.

"WAH! Who, why, wha- Melody? You're here too!?" That would make at least four people from Signal. Melody was one of the classmates who had tutored her. She was a petite girl with short, dyed blue hair and bright green eyes. Not quite as petite as Enyo though. She was pretty sure no one was that small.

"Um, yeah. I said hi when we were boarding." Melody smirked in amusement.

"D-did you?"

"You said hi back..."

"Ah..." Well... this was awkward.

-Amalger-

"N-no way... really?" a boy stared in awe at "Jack Cannon." This was the second person. Apparently it was an impressive weapon or something. Well, he guessed not everyone was as hoity-toity as the instructors at Flare. Amalger was mostly impressed that they were even allowed the carry their weapons on the ship, but he was well past questioning it. The ride was almost over after all.

"Yep. This thing produces over 7,500 psi of pressure to drive the blade," Amalger explained. "That's more than some industrial hydraulic systems, and it only has to move one 'tiny' blade." The blade actually weighed around 30 pounds. The average sword weighed maybe... 10 at the most. Needless to say, he had needed to work on his upper body strength just to move his arms after designing the weapon. His aura helped a lot, but still.

"That must hurt..." the boy mused.

"It kills," he said bluntly. Amalger resisted the urge to shake his head. He wasn't really annoyed, but had this guy really been accepted to beacon just like him? He seemed... slow. Oh well, at least he hadn't been too bored for the ride over. If only there was someone more interesting to fill in the rest of the ride. He knew that kid Nevin had been accepted just like him, but he'd never gotten along particularly well with him. Everyone had always assumed there had been a rivalry between the two of them, and it had created a sort of tension. In reality, he was pretty sure neither he nor Nevin had ever intended to compete. He was pretty sure the gap between the two of them and everyone else would have been much larger if they had been.

-Enyo-

She couldn't believe it. She was stuck on the same airship as Felix. Hadn't there been two of the damn things? Why was she on this one?! At least he was being quiet, as usual, and staying away from her. Somehow though just his presence made her feel... prickly. Maybe that was why no one was sitting next to her. Judging by the expression of the dunce known as Randy, they were getting close to Beacon though, so at least this temporary purgatory was almost over. She'd never understand how that girl had passed, let alone made it to Beacon.

How were all these sub par people somehow keeping up with her?! First Felix, now Randy. It was enough to give her an aneurysm out of sheer frustration? What was all her effort for if people could keep up with her so easily? She caught Randy staring at her, and her anger must have been showing, because Randy looked to nearly have a heart attack and quickly looked away.

"Ugh! I hate this! Forget it, just forget it! Focus on what you were doing!" She looked down at a small, handheld computer she had been using to occupy herself. Mostly she was working on drafting more ideas and upgrades for "Ratchet Hydra."
. . .
. . .

"I CAN'T FOCUS!" She screamed mentally. "DAMMIT FELIX! She shot the boy, who had literally done nothing, a truly scathing glare. She was actually kind of happy that he caught it, because she was rewarded with the sight of him flinching and pulling his knees to his chest. "Idiot..."