[Dusty]

"Hey, we're friends right? Gotta look after each other. I can't imagine what taking in so much would feel like", Gwylan grinned at Tina, before looking down the path where she'd said the Ursas were. Now that he thought of it, that came out really badly. Hopefully, she'd take it as a joke, and not a flirty comment. Gwylan couldn't help but curse his mouth just a little.

Nero's plan to go through the wall sure sounded interesting, and raised a lot of fun possibilities for when they got back to Beacon. But right now, in the maze, it seemed a bit risky. "Nero, what are you gonna do if that wolf's too much for you? Cause we can't go through the bushes after you". Throwing Nero into the arms of an angry Alpha seemed like a pretty crazy idea, and even if it wasn't so powerful, she might get caught out. Everyone had heard a story of some master Huntsman that died to a creep because he tripped on a stone or something.

[The Mythic Scribe]

Aurora tilted her head in part curiosity, part surprise at Nero and Gwylan. "Like, throw you in human form and then you change mid-push? Or you do your thing first and then I push you?" She shrugged offhandedly. ""Specifics and all. Don't want to make any potentially fatal mistakes, hmm?"

""And I mean, it's just a Beowolf. Nero's capable enough to take care of it herself, I mean, there's just one. And y'know, it might or might not be an Alpha. Either way, it's no big deal, not really." She fixed her gaze on Nero. "Right?" Not waiting for an answer to her rhetorical question, Aurora immediately looked back at Gwylan. ""She just has to be careful, it's just a Beowolf, you can afford to be careful with a Beowolf."

[MonsterManic]

By this time, Tina had recovered enough from the headache to stand up and listen in to the conversation. She was all for experimenting, but Gwylan had a point. Jumping headfirst into a Grimm encounter wasn't wise any way you looked at it.
"If you want to give it a try, that's ok. But if it goes wrong, I'm putting a bullet in that Beowolf's head, first thing." She interjected.

[Pyro_Ferno]

"Me going smoke after a push is actually safer. I can handle a Beowolf in a one on one if I don't have other priorities such as not compromising a team. It shouldn't be that hard if a pistol, trident, or machete doesn't come through the walls at the wrong time." Nero then begins to stretch, as a flexible Aura passes through things better. After about six seconds, Nero says "Whenever you're ready, Throwing Knives. But be warned, a slight whiff of sulfur is not uncommon."

[Dusty]

"Never said you couldn't, Nero. Someone had to play devil's advocate is all". Combining this with a shrug, Gwylan leaned his head back on Irvine's base and looked up at the sky before saying, "Only way that trident's going through the bush is if something's putting me through it too, so don't worry about that. Just try not to get out-wolfed, yeah?". Gwylan really hoped that wisecrack wouldn't be taken wrong, but you just never know sometimes.

[The Mythic Scribe]

Aurora rolled her shoulders a few time in a show of limbering up for the push. Even though no muscles would be used in the process. Nero weighed a lot more than she usually had to work with though, so it actually might make her a little tired, but Aurora had training to keep her semblance endurance up. She'd be fine, as long as she didn't over-exert herself afterwards.

Nero wasn't the bulkiest of people, but she no doubt weighed more than a hundred pounds, but would it be over the threshold for forty miles per hour? Aurora decided to play it safe before moving into position, where she estimated that Nero would be as close to in the middle of her and the Beowolf as possible. "Ready? Drop your aura, I can't push you if you have your aura up." As soon as Nero's aura dropping made it possible for Aurora to grasp hold of her with her semblance, first holding her in place, then pushing her back at the speed of thirty miles per hour. She hoped it didn't hurt. Well, not really, the petty part of her would't mind actually.

[MonsterManic]

Tina simply snuck closer to the edge of the bush, ready to cover Nero's retreat if anything went wrong. She also kept one eye on the sky while simultaneously doing small pulses of her semblance. The two Ursa had moved slightly closer, but nothing alarming. Suddenly coming up with an idea, Tina snapped open Nightfall's revolving cartridge, removed the loaded round, and replaced it with an Ice Dust round, before reloading and preparing for combat.

[Pyro_Ferno]

Soaring through the air at the hedge was nice and fine, bet smashing into a wall was not on Nero's to-do list. In a quick flip of focus, Nero seemed to begin to dissolve into the air around her. As she began to be harder to distinguish from a humanoid cloud of smoke, the smell of sulfur began to waft through the air. On Nero's part, the familiar feeling of immateriality took over, as the world turned greyscale. Passing through the hedge was nothing, literally. Not feeling a thing was a usual thing for gas permeable walls. After catching sight of the definitely not an alpha Beowolf, Nero reformed with both Death Bell and Nightshade drawn and ready. This would be short work on her part. A smirk adorning her face at the unscarred opponent, she charged her opponent. (skip my turn 4 times, my input being grunts, laughs, and the occasional smell of brimstone)

[Dusty]

"Well, that's probably the most impressive thing I've seen all day. Reeallly didn't think she'd actually, you know, turn into smoke, if I'm being honest", Gwylan couldn't help but mutter as he wandered behind Aurora. She could really put a air freshener in their though, sulphur was quite possibly the worst smell that she could've ended up with. No one liked the smell of rotten eggs.

Leaning into Aurora's ear, Gwylan gently murmured, "Soooo, what do we do while we wait for Nero boss".

[The Mythic Scribe]

Aurora wrinkled her nose at the less-than-pleasant smell emitted. Jeez. Well, that was that, hopefully she didn't get mauled. Or killed. That'd be bad, Aurora supposed. Especially the latter.

In response to Gwylan, Aurora said, "Well, I would suggest that we do something even more impressive, but... " She smirked at him, very much awaiting his response. "But I guess we could do something a bit less fun and go over a game plan for the mission, which bunkers to hit first and all." This last sentence she spoke louder for Tina to hear as well, unlike the low and hopefully alluring tone of her first.

[MonsterManic]

Still crouching behind the bushes on alert, Tina didn't have much to contribute as usual, still focused on semblance-pulsing and staying on guard. She spared enough of her concentration to reply "Well, I...think we should stay on finding the closest bunker, while avoiding that Death Stalker on our way out." If I knew we were fighting that sort of thing, I would have brought a weapon of heavier caliber. She thought to herself.

Also, since she was facing away from the pair, she could show her true emotions, while guaranteeing that both Aurora and Gwylan couldn't see them. It was pretty clear at this point that something was going on, but she thought that the best thing for her to do was just...stay oblivious. Besides, Gwylan was out of her league. Totally. She was fine with leaving the two to themselves.

[Dusty]

Winking at Aurora, Gwylan threw his arms over his head and stretched himself out as he listened to the Tina's idea. It certainly wasn't a bad plan, especially considering Gwylan didn't really have a solid idea on how he could tussle with a giant scorpion. He was really regretting not having Irvine installed with some manner of cannon or dust doohickey. A high powered gatling gun wouldn't go astray right about now.

"What about those Ursas? If we find any survivors, I don't want to run into them on the way back, especially if they have injured", Gwylan responded to the girls, before cocking his head at Aurora. "Want me to go handle them? I can give ya'll a good show of my spear work". Not the subtlest flirt in history, but it'd do the trick. And it might give him a good fight too. Wins all round when you think about it. Unless you were an Ursa, then maybe not.

[The Mythic Scribe]

Aurora furrowed her brow at Gwylan's suggestion, her opinion about it overshadowing the wink he’d sent her moments earlier. It was a cute wink though, he had a cute wink. "I don't know, they're two Ursa, and I'm assuming full-grown, not just one lone Beowolf like Nero's fighting. If you want to take care of that, you're going to need at least one person to back you, though I'd prefer for us both to go, someone might need to wait up for Nero," she gestured over in the general direction of the remaining member of ATLA, "and uh, personal preference."
 
"But," she continued, holding up a hand, "though I agree that the they'd be a threat to survivors, we only have until sundown, and this place is... big. We don't have time to eradicate all of the Grimm, as much as I'd like to, we can't spread ourselves too thin. I think that at least getting rid of most Grimm here, in the maze, would be wise. It’s the exit. But for later on, we need to remember to not spend too much time on Grimm, kill the most dangerous, and focus on rescuing people.” She met the eyes of Gwylan and Tina, crossing her arms and tilting her head, a stance that may have seemed young to some, but one that radiated confidence for Aurora.
 
Smiling, she then addressed the last topic. “Right, Deathstalker, that’d be a pain to deal with, hmm? Where was it again?” Aurora made an embarrassed sound, afterwards disguising it as clearing her throat. “I kinda forgot…” She shrugged. “To be honest, you guys are glad that I haven’t forgotten your names yet, my memory likes to pick and choose things to remember, and stuff like that I tend to forget a lot. Pardon the airhead.”
 

[MonsterManic]

Tina giggled a bit at the last part, before correcting herself. "Sorry about that," she smiled, notably the first time she'd properly done so. "It's just...you remind me of my mother at times." Having said that, she started feeling nervous again. "So...split up, right? One person for each Ursa seems controllable, and I can monitor your progress as well. I...don't mind waiting for Nero. One of us has to do it, right?" She said so, but her thoughts differed. She was kind of sad she wouldn't be able to help.

"Anyway, after me and Nero kill the Beowolf, do we meet back here, or do we go find you?" She asked. "Assuming the two of you haven't defeated the Ursas by then, which I would also know. No matter what you choose, just...be careful, okay?" Her part over, she returned to guarding the corner, while checking her surroundings again. The Beowolf hadn't moved, but the pair of Ursa had creeped ever closer.

[Dusty]

Shrugging at Aurora, Gwylan hummed, "Between the two of us, I'd say we could off those a pair of overgrown teddy bears before Nero's done with her puppy. Unless you're not up to it, Aurora". Gwylan couldn't wait to see her response to the teasing. Flirting was one thing, but if she couldn't be ribbed a little, then this might not go all that far.

As for the deathstalker, that seemed like a later problem than one that had to be dealt with right now. Worst comes to worst, they could just light the maze up with some fire dust, if they had any, and char grill that sucker. "Do you think there's a way we could, I dunno, lure the deathstalker away somehow? Get it as away from us as possible?"