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Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« on: June 07, 2019, 03:07:51 PM »
Gram stood at the airship docks of Beacon, already waiting for his temporary partner for this mission. He didn't know who it was yet, just that it was someone from another team.
The sun was setting over the cliffs of Beacon and several students, some in groups, some on their own, were walking around the campus. The pink haired man kept looking around and back on his scroll, not too comfortable with the prospect of cooperating with a stranger on a day like this. Someone had commented on his smell during a test... again... a situation that made Gram's anxiety flare up like crazy.
With a sigh, he checked the status of his Dust cartridges for the fifth time in the ten minutes he'd been standing here. They were still completely full, as expected. 
"I wonder if they're gonna show up soon...", he mumbled to himdelf, staring back on his scroll, following the seconds as they passed as if his life depended on them.
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2019, 04:53:16 PM »
"Aye, I'm right here." A chestnut-brown haired student strode up to Gram, a shiny red set of headphones around his neck and a long sheathed sword on his right hip. With his right hand shoved in his right shorts pocket, the student extended his left hand in greeting. "Name's Graham. I assume you're the partner for this mission?" he asked. Unlike Gram, who seemed to constantly fidget, Graham was completely at ease and his demeanour clearly showed it, with a cheeky grin on his face and a confident posture. "So, ya know what we're doing this time round? I'm being thrown in the deep end this time round."
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2019, 05:26:12 PM »
Gram stared at the man like a deer imto the headlights for a second before shaking off the initial shock of the realisation that Graham had probably seen him do weird things he wasn't even aware of. "Oh uh... Hi! I'm Gram... and it uh... looks like I am, yeah!", he replied, forcing a broken social smile onto his face. And extending his right hand only to realize which hand he was offered. With quite a bit of surprise, he extended his own left hand instead, something that felt natural but was so rare that it almost felt wrong. "You're left-handed too? That's uh... interesting! Haven't met many others around, honestly..." He dtruggled to make eye contact, both due to his own anxiety and his apparent partner's confidence, something Gram always found quite offputting.
Fumbling awkwardly, he searched something on his Scroll, then showed it to Graham. It showed a little map of the Valesian Docks with one of the warehouses highlighted and two mugshots next to it, one of a middle aged man with black and white bear ears and one of a girl roughly their age though with seemingly human features. "We're supposed to collect some intel on these two. Smugglers from what I know. They're supposedly not uh... too dangerous but I think the authorities would prefer to keep them free and unsuspecting. They uh... assume some connections to, uh, other smugglers from ,uhm, Vacuo... We'll see how well that goes... Usually they don't give important missions to teams made up of a year one and a year two student..." He shrugged with a strange level of carelessness that signaled being ready to do this mission his way rather than the way it was probably meant to go...
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2019, 03:23:31 AM »
Grinning at the left hand proffered and the knowledge that he was working with a fellow leftie, Graham couldn't help but notice that his partner seemed slightly...uncomfortable around him. Perhaps a simple case of the nerves? Bit uncommon for a second year, they should have had plenty of experience working with others. In any case, he took care not to show his concern lest he make Gram even more nervous, and instead stared at the picture displayed on Gram's scroll.

"Faunus smugglers, huh. Think they're the White Fang?" Graham asked nonchalantly. "Well, they're not wearing the trademark masks, and if it was, they probably would have left this mission to the higher-ups, yeah." Pulling his right hand out of his pocket to reveal a butterfly knife, he performed a zen rollover before snapping the handles together and allowing the full length of the tanto to extend, before folding it back into its original state. "...Sorry if that startled you, it's just a hobby of mine." Graham explained, tucking it back into his pocket. "Anyways, ready to go?"
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2019, 06:31:26 AM »
Gram shook his head ss he put his Scroll back in his pocket. "No, I don't think they'll have any association to the White Fang. From what I know, they're smuggling in low quiality Dust. Caused uh... at least two accidents so far. Oh also, here, uh, take this!", he replied before pulling a small, round device from his pocket and handing it to Graham awkwardly. "It's uh... a pocket gas mask. Make sure to put it on if we end up engaged in combat, my semblance smells pretty bad and I don't want you to throw up mid combat... and, SHOULD your aura end up breaking... get out of my semblance as quickly as you can, I don't want you to take damage..."
It was his usual briefing whenever he was working with slmeone new. They were measures thar sadly had to be taken...
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2019, 10:49:13 AM »
"Huh, neat." Taking the small gas mask from Gram and turning it over in his palm, Graham put it on and took a couple breaths. Seemed to work fine, but having a round object just in front of his mouth and nose probably didn't look too good on him, so he activated his face mask and tried again. Thanks to the small size, it fit snugly between his face and the metal covers. Finding everything satisfactory, his mask retracted and he took off the gas filter, shoving it in his left pocket. "Thanks for the heads-up. Say, on that topic, anything else I should know? Weapon, fighting style, et cetera?" he asked. Drawing his sword from his sheath and tilting it so the blade caught the light, Graham continued; "This here's Reformation, your classic katana-like sword with a mechanical enhancement of mine own design. You've already seen my butterfly knife, and my Semblance don't affect none but myself and one opponent, so no worries there."
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2019, 02:11:51 PM »
Gram chuckled slighty as he watched the first year try on the mask. "it can be extended sideways to be a bit less... clunky. But you wear it the way you want to, I guess. Also not really anything else you need to know. My semblance attacks pretty much all, uh, organic matter that's not protected by aura. My weapons aren't really spectacular..."
The young man unsheathed the dagger from his belt, swinging it around a bit before pressing a button, unhinging the blade and reavealing its whip-like mechanism. After sheathing it again, he pushed a button on the inside of his right glove, causing the dust effect in his buckler to activate, extending a hardlight barrier. With a shrug he deactivated it again and looked toward the nearest shuttle. "Shall we then?"
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2019, 05:11:06 PM »
"Be my guest." Graham was more interested in Gram's weapons, particularly the hardlight barrier. Sword and board wasn't his style - he needed both hands for some of his stronger techniques - but with hardlight, that problem was solved simply by it not weighing much. Simple generator just off his right arm, deploys a similar barrier. Food for thought while on the shuttle. His dad would probably faint at the heresy of using a shield, but times were changing. If only the old fool would open his eyes to the truth.
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2019, 01:51:32 PM »
Once the two of them had borded the airship, they were flown across the water and over the city to one of the docks that were somewhat close to the docks but not close enough to make potential watch-posts suspicious.
It was by now dark and the first drunkards already roamed the street next to masses of young people swarming the clubs. It was an overall anxiety inducing experience for Gram. He was still not nearly as comfortable with this sort of thing as he would like.
Neon lights illuminated the streets as a very slight warm summer rain began to fall. Gram took a deep breath, enjoying the scent of fresh rain on warm streets.
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2019, 06:07:34 PM »
Graham tsked in frustration at the rain that oh so conveniently decided to start as soon as things started to kick off. "This coat isn't easy to dry, you know," he grumbled, breaking off from Gram's side and crossing over to where a street hawker was peddling an assortment of goods - including cheap umbrellas. Tossing a few Lien over from a large fancy wallet, Graham randomly snatched a floral-patterned yellow umbrella, and, pulling it open, returned to where Gram was enjoying his surroundings - somehow. Respectfully, he held the umbrella over Gram's head as well, shielding them both from the light dusting of rain. "You're the senior, so I'll defer to you on orders."
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2019, 05:01:20 AM »
Slightly surprised, Gram shuffles closer to Graham awkwardly, standing under the floral yellow umbrella. His brain was working at full capacity in this strange situation, much to his unliking. With a sigh, he released a tiny puff of his semblance, triggered by the weirdly stressful situation, causing the air around him to smell slightly fecal for a few seconds. He flushed in embarassment and pulled off his grey beanie and squeezed it as if he was trying to wring water out of it, even though the slight rain barely got onto it.
"Sorry... fuck... I'm really sorry! This uh... this is uh... I don't do well with stress andd I've been a bit on edge all day and everything's kind of... yeah..." He was a bit of a mess right now and stopped to take a few deep breaths. He didn't know what exactly was wrong with him today and it annoyed Gram.
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #11 on: June 10, 2019, 07:42:02 AM »
Wrinkling his nose at the smell but making no attempt to move away from the 2nd year, Graham waves off his partner's stress nonchalantly. "Long as you don't break down when it matters most, it ain't my call to judge people. Take your time, we're not going anywhere till you feel more comfortable about this." Thumbing his scroll, Graham slipped his headphones on and started listening to some of his preferred music, though not so loud so as to drown out any input from Gram. He didn't want to seem cold, but at the same time it wasn't like he could really help with Gram's problems right now.
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2019, 03:21:55 AM »
Gram just sighed and nodded. "I'm okay... The city just always gets me a bit on edge. I don't do that well around people.", he apologized himself and carried on, paying only little mind to Graham deciding to put on some music over his headphones. He thought about doing the same but he wanted to be as perceptive as he could right now and music in his ears, especially his preferred kind, wasn't beneficial for that. He did get out his scroll quickly though and seemed to be typing a short message to someone before pocketing the device again.
It wasn't a very long walk but the somewhat monotonous way through Vale's club district was turning it into a bit of a drag. The music, mostly bass-heavy beats, could be heard and felt even outside on the street, causing the district to be veiled in a cacophony of techno and electronic beats mixed with the slight drizzle of a summer rain.
"So uh... Where are you from then?", Gram innitiated a bit of smalltalk, mostly to distract himself but also to learn a few more things about the guy he was doing this mission with.
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Re: Dangerous Dealing 'twixt Dusk and Dawn [closed]
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2019, 05:25:48 PM »
Ah, the universal icebreaker. Graham rolled his eyes at the question but inwardly was glad of the conversation, if only because it meant that Gram was feeling comfortable enough to ask questions of him. Slipping his headphones off one ear as not to be rude, he responded "Vale, and our family have been here for quite a while." Twisting his body under the umbrella, he pointed at a fairly tall building off in the distance. "When I'm not boarding in Beacon, I stay there most of the time." He didn't mention that his family owned the entire building, nor had he been back ever since he'd modified his sword, but what Gram didn't know wouldn't kill him.

Anyway, after his thoughts on what was a completely overused way to start a conversation, the next automatic response would be "How about you?" The words came out before Graham could stop them, and were it not for the fact that it would probably have made the situation awkward again, he would have facepalmed. Way to sound like a walking cliche machine...
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