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Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the sci-fi fans.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Well once we start being able to have family visit is when Sapphire's backstory will start coming out. She is a very different person when her father or her sisters are around.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Sapphire Rode - Hallway

Once Professor Chatsworth was sure Sapphire was out of earshot he invited Geni to walk with him as he talked. Sapphire followed, at a safe enough distance to avoid a collision but close enough to hear what they were saying. After listening for a time Sapphire decided she liked Professor Chatsworth. He was understanding but firm and his lecture was mixed with enough sympathy to stop Geni from doing anything foolish while it was still harsh enough to make it clear that Geni had made a huge mistake and it was not to happen again.

Geni for his part was giving the Professor, yes sirs, no sirs, sorry sirs, he was probably listening but not really paying much attention it wasn't an unfamiliar position for Sapphire herself.

When it became clear that the conversation was wrapping up Sapphire decided it was time for her to leave. It wouldn't be good if when Chatsworth got back to Armoury she wasn't there. She briefly considered stopping Geni to talk but then thought better of it. She would have to reveal the trick behind her semblance to explain how she'd listened in and nobody liked being told off by a teacher let alone having another student listening in. Besides Sapphire didn't know Geni well enough to know if he would turn her in to gain favor in the eyes of the Prof.

She made a dash for the Armoury class which her ribs didn't thank her for. By the time she got there each breath sent a twinge of pain up her chest and she was breathing a little harder than she would have liked. But she'd made it before either Geni or Chatsworth so that was a blessing. Sapphire took a seat at the back of the class next to Amy and spent the next several minutes calming her breathing. It wouldn't do to be heaving like a stallion after a race when Chatsworth came back.

Geni returned a few minutes later and Chatsworth a couple after that. He gave the class a speech about dismissing anyone who caused this kind of trouble in his class again before the bell rang. As the student started to back up the Professor looked at a couple of his robot drones before asking Sapphire why she had not returned to class when he specified. Sapphire's blood froze, busted. Of course her semblance could protect her from detection but it couldn't place her where she was supposed to be while she was sneaking around. The drones of course, why had she not considered that they had video capabilities. She needed a lie to cover herself. She couldn't exactly tell the teacher the truth. Where might she have gone instead of back to class, think think. Something popped into her head.

Sapphire projected a guilty smile to the Professor, had to really sell it. "Well I sort of figured there wouldn't be a whole lot going on in class without you there and I didn't get to finish lunch... so... I stopped by my dorm room to pick up some snacks." As proof of this Sapphire opened her violin case and removed a plastic bag about half full of apple slices. It had been there since lunch yesterday but the teacher didn't need to know that. She shrugged "Sorry."

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So it's not that there shouldn't have been a fight, it's that it happened far too soon?

McFazzer

It's not just the fact that Geni dropped a nuke a little too soon, we've also got someone who was revealed to be the daughter of an Atlas General which she wanted hidden, someone who mentioned they failed there entrance exam and someone who let slip they forged there papers to Beacon. Too much way too soon.

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Yeah no kidding, that's why I'm saving Sapphire's backstory for a raining day.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Not all that much has actually happened, but there are 28 different accounts of a fairly short story posted to the IC. Basically Geni let slip he was once with the White Fang. Ivan being the ass he is got angry, Geni started a fight. A bunch of people picked sides but Amy and Sapphire managed to stop it before any lasting damage could be done. Geni ashamed of almost attacking another student ran from the room. Sapphire followed but before she could sort out what was going on with him the teacher showed up to have words with Geni, he ordered Sapphire back to class. She pretended to follow orders but snuck back with her unnoticeable semblance active in order to eavesdrop. Now we're just waiting on the teacher to start reprimanding Geni. I haven't been reading what's going down in Grimm Studies cause well, I got enough to go through in the Armoury class and Sapphire wouldn't know about anything in GS anyways.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

Oh yes, of course. Castlevania's Bloody Tears. Quite fitting for a young man on a crusade against all that he deems evil in the world.

TentacleLord

The ironic thing is that all the songs Sapphire loves on the violin are in complete opposition to her personality. A good portion of them are light, funny stories about true love and happily ever afters and sweet sounding Gaelic songs. Most people looking at her would expect punk rock.

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That's ah, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I don't think either of those names pop up in Adventure Time.

Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

If I told you what it meant, it wouldn't be much fun, so I'll tell you what it might mean: the character wears literal paper armor, the character has a semblance that manipulates confetti, the character really likes making lists, the character's skin is 'paper-thin' physically, leaving him/her with a crushing weakness, the character's skin is 'paper-thin' metaphorically and he/she flies off the handle at the slightest provocation, the character is totally enamored by origami, the character's semblance can bring origami to life, the character's name is 'paper' in another language...I could go on. In terms of combat? Nothing at all. Check this out.

Lugubrious

So a Lancer would be sort of like a Buffy Vs Faith situation? And the motif is that character just has to relate to paper in some way or another?

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Rest in Peace Spock. We shall all live long and prosper on your behalf. Hey were is NarcissisticPotato? Loki and I are waiting on his post.