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RPG World of Remnant => The Vale Region => Beacon Academy => Topic started by: jjb2158 on April 03, 2018, 11:51:05 PM
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What started off as a cold morning slowly warmed up as the sun rose over the mountains above Beacon Academy. A gentle breeze blew through the trees, releasing a soft melodious song as the leaves rustled among each other. Intermingled within the soft sound, the buzzing from students could be heard in the distant as many began their day by making their way over to the Cafeteria for breakfast as well as to meet with friends and fellow teammates.
Despite her usual love to be in the Cafeteria meeting new people, Suntalia had other plans for the morning. "Today's the day!" she whispered happily to herself as she skipped through the school, pulling a small metal wagon behind her. Passing many of her friends, she was happily greeted by many of them, the girls waving and smiling at her while most of the guys merely smiled and nodded towards her, almost embarrassed to show too much enthusiasm towards her. Amidst that, she simply smiled and wave back in greetings towards them as she made her way through the Academy and down the cliff to the entrance of the Emerald Forest.
Upon reaching the entrance, Suntalia moved over to the side where a lone tree stood a few paces away from where the forest actually started. Stopping there, she pulled out her Scroll and read the instructions that were sent to her. "Looks like this is the place" she said to no one in particular. Seeing that she had arrived roughly 30 minutes early, she began rummaging through her wagon and pulled out a large picnic blanket. When she found out that she was being placed on a new team and had gotten into contact with the other members, the idea was offered that they should all do a breakfast picnic so that they could officially meet each other as well as do their introductions. That idea sounded like a splendid idea so Suntalia heartily agreed and proceeded by saying that she would provide everything needed for the picnic and that her teammates merely needed to bring an appetite.
Setting the blanket down, she proceeded by pulling the woven basket off the wagon and began setting an assortment of food ranging from a varied array of fruits to a plateful of baked breakfast goods. "And bacon!" she exclaimed happily, setting the plate of bacon down. She wasn't sure the other girls on her team would like to eat a lot of bread and meat for breakfast, but she was sure that the only guy on the team would be happy with that. Setting the scrambled eggs down, she continued to set things up as she happily hummed a simple melody to herself while waiting for the others to show up.
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"Ooooh, bacon! Good choice! Breakfast is always the most important meal of the day you know!"
The voice comes out of nowhere, seemingly originating from halfway up the tree the picnic is shaded under. There's a rustle in the underbrush after it speaks, before moments later large and slightly-frazzled woman bursts through - a large mace hanging from her belt, a notebook clutched in one hand as she makes a beeline for the blanket. Jima's thoughts to take a morning walk and check those Beowolf claw marks she saw the other week had been interrupted by a reminder on her scroll for the team breakfast, and with her vision cast up into the air for an eagle's eye view, she'd managed to catch sight of her new teammate sitting on the blanket. She crosses the space between the forest and the solitary tree quickly, before sitting down on her knees across the blanket from Suntalia.
"You must be Suntalia, right? I'm Jima, one of your new team members. It's a pleasure to meet you, and I hope I didn't startle you - just thought you'd want to know I was coming before somebody random came out of the forest." Curiously, the voice now seems to be originating from Jima's left shoulder.
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Lilly raced through the halls, I'm so excited. I finally get to meet my new team here at Beacon. She danced out the doors listening to her music and hurried to the meeting point. Under her arm she carried a a bag of food for her team. She had been practicing dance and lost track of the time a little bit. I had hoped I would be there early to meet my new team. I mean I am their leader. She thought as she sprinted to the tree. Relieved that there were only 2 of her team mates there, Lilly sat down, took off her headphones and exclaimed loudly, "Hi! My name is Lilly, I am you guys team leader. I am so excited. I brought you guys some food, because, you know, a leader shouldn't make everyone else do all the work. Reaching into her bag, Lilly grabbed a large chocolate cake. Smiling, she looked around at her new team.
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To an ordinary observer, Mogan would have given the impression of a normal student reading his books in the library. His face was relaxed and focused on the pages, but every minute or so his eyes darted to the scroll he was keeping beside the book. There the digital clock kept telling him that he was already late to the first meeting with his new team. It's not like he was reading something of the utmost importance, but Mogan just kept wasting time in an effort to calm himself. Sure arriving late wasn't going to give a good impression, but in his opinion, a bad first impression was almost always better than a good one. If you give a bad first impression then no one will expect much of you and then you can prove them wrong or just keep a low profile, while a good first impression leads to expectations and standards.
"Why am I so nervous anyway?"
He thought finally closing the book with a sigh and standing up.
"They are just other students, and it's not like I have to like them or they have to like me to work together. So even if nothing "clicks" it's no big deal."
Mogan collected his scroll and his black suitcase and put the book on the correct shelf before leaving the library at a fast pace.
"What if they ask me why I arrived late? The truth is out of the question... How about "I overslept"? No that's stupid. And so Is the bathroom excuse. A call from home? Yeah, that could work. But then again why should a call be a good reason to arrive late, unless it's about something important? Mhm... that could lead to uncomfortable questions, however. I can't say I forgot the meeting... But I can say I was halfway there then remembered I forgot something and I had to go back to Beacon to get it. The suitcase could work, but I could have used the lockers. I'm not bringing any food or drinks and I can't say I forgot my scroll. Oh! I know! I slipped while I was going down the cliff to the Emerald Forest, landed on my butt and my clothes got ripped in a couple of embarrassing places. So I had to go back to change! Yes, this is it! It's believable and starts the conversation with a funny story that makes me look like a wimp. Perfect."
Mogan reached this conclusion just in time because he could already see the picnic set just outside of the emerald forest, with three ladies sat on the blanket under the shade of a tree.
There was a variety of food, from fruits to eggs and bacon, but Mogan's eyes zeroed on the chocolate cake that seemed to shine in his vision.
"I would probably have chosen an apple, just to make me look like even more of an assh...cough! Cough! Ahem, I mean in order to have a healthy breakfast... but the sugar calls to me! So thumbs up to whoever brought the cake."
Mogan said while approached his new teammates.
"Sorry for the delay, I tripped on my way here and some of my clothes got ripped in a couple of embarrassing places, so I had to go back and change."
He explained while sitting cross-legged on a corner of the blanket, his suitcase put beside him.
"I took the freedom of searching some information about you when I received the communication for the composition of this new team. So... you must be Lilly Meier, the appointed leader. Congratulations, by the way!"
Mogan explained with a practical tone, taking in some details about his new leader. A cat faunus with red hairs and green eyes. His eyes fell on the headphones, and he couldn't help but wonder what pair of ears she put them on. Probably not the cat ones, but that was something to investigate!
"Then we have Suntalia, who is well known and well-liked in Beacon, from what I've gathered. And Jima, about whom I don't know anything besides that some people say that you are obsessed with the creatures of Grimm."
Mogan nodded politely to each girl and then, finally introduced himself.
"I am Mogan, nice to meet you! I transferred from Shade, so I'm still pretty new at Beacon."
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Suntalia was visibly startled when a voice out of nowhere spoke to her about the bacon from the tree. Searching the tree and then around, it took a moment before she spotted someone walking up to the picnic site. Waving happily at her so as to hide her surprise earlier, she found that the person who walked up was also the person who had apparently spoke to her from the tree. Maybe it's her semblance? she thought as she gave a beaming smile to her as she spoke to her again.
However, before she could even speak, another person came rushing over to where Suntalia and Jima were seated. Waving at her, she heard her introduce herself as their team captain. However, much of Suntalia's attention was turned to what their leader had brought. Cake.... she thought, half drooling before she caught herself. "Hey!" she exclaimed happily. "My name is Cake and I love Suntalia!" she said before catching herself. "Errr, that didn't come out right. I meant to say is that my name is Suntalia and I love cake!" Laughing slightly to herself, she continued to bring out the dishes and silverware as well as some cups. "I'm looking forward to being on the same team as you two." Looking first at Lilly and then at Jima, Suntalia gave Jima a big smile. "I'm looking forward to working with you Jima. When I heard that you were going to be put on a new team, I was hoping above all hopes that we would be on the same team!" Pulling the orange juice out, she put it near the side before she turned back to Jima. "Speaking of, why did yo..."
However, before she could finish her sentence, Suntalia was interrupted by their fourth member, the only guy on the team. Listening to Mogan give his introduction as well as how he had done his homework on the other members of the team, Suntalia simply smiled and listened to him. "You're from Vacuo?" she inquired, giving Mogan an arched eyebrow before cutting all restraints. "OH MY GOSH!!! SO AM I!!!!" she exclaimed happily, before moving quickly over to sit next to Mogan. "What part in Vacuo did you grow up in? Did you have fun at Shade? Did you have a lot of friends there? Why did you come to Beacon? Can we be friends?" Looking over at the other two girls, she flashed them a huge grin and pointed at Mogan. "Can you believe it? He's from Vacuo! It's like we can be Vacuo buddies!" It was then that another thought crossed her mind. "Wait, wait wait!" she proclaimed, looking at Lilly for a moment. "You're a transfer student also, right? What school did you transfer from?" Grabbing a piece of bacon, she began to chew on it before realizing that no one else had started eating. "Oh! I guess we can start eating, right?" Laughing lightly, she continued to chew on it while listening to the others.
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"It's a pleasure to meet you Lily! Congrats on being assigned leader, and thanks for the cake..."Jima's sentance trails off though, watching from above as Morgan descends the hill. Suntalia's slight ramble regarding their state as a team is only nodded to somewhat dumbly, before Morgon's mention of Jima's favorite subject and the sudden eruption of Suntalia upon learning he's a transfer student as well gets a hearty laugh out of the woman.
"Being Vacuo buddies sounds like an excellent idea, though don't forget about the rest of us! Being friends is something that I hope will come to us all as well, we're going to be working together for next year if nothing goes awry." Jima states before casting a grin to Lily. Reaching towards the bacon and the eggs, the taller woman begins to construct a breakfast sandwich before continuing before taking a bite and her voice continues on, unobstructed."And I can confirm that's true Morgon, the study of the creatures of Grimm is something of a... very intense lifetime hobby-mission of mine. They're the greatest threat to humanity on earth yet we know so little about them, so how could you not be fascinated frankly? Regardless, what was your question Lily?"
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"Oh, I am from Shade as well. I transferred over to Beacon because I got an offer to dance at one of the best schools part time here." Lilly replied smiling. Cutting a slice of cake she said, "And yes, lets eat." Looking around at her new team, Lilly grinned. "So... What are you guys semblances and combat styles? And favorite musics? And one favorite past time? I am a fast paced fighter who uses her semblance to summon a dance partner who fights in tandem with me. I love most any music but anything I can dance to is best especially pop. I love dancing and partying! Your turn Suntalia."
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Mogan's first impression of Suntalia was that she was part of that vast category of cheerful and talkative people that were easy to have around, but in its experience often such quality went hand in hand with a certain sincere and sometimes too naive fickleness.
But that would require more observation to verify, so for the time being Mogan just decided to take his role as new candidate for Talia's friend list with a grain of salt. She was apparently from Vacuo too, and that was fine, but also brought the question of why she had felt the need to attend Beacon instead of Shade, but Mogan was in no rush: after all, they would have years to get to know each other.
"Oh I grew up in the residential district, we had a big mansion thanks to the family business."
Mogan started to answer, a small smile on his face, speaking calmly in sharp contrast with the fast-paced Suntalia.
"The first year in Shade was actually a lot of fun, the second not so much, hence my decision of moving to Vale to attend Beacon. As for us becoming friends..."
Here his expression turned very serious.
"...that depends entirely on if you are willing to give up the "Vacuo buddies" thing."
A brief pause for added effect before dropping the act.
"Or not. I don't really care so long as we get along."
Up to this point, the first impressions weren't bad, but that changed when both Suntalia and Jima started eating bacon for breakfast... No, even worse Jima was eating a sandwich of eggs and beacon and kept talking with her... mouth... full...
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Something wasn't right.
While Jima kept talking and eating, forgetting his name in the meantime. Mogan couldn't help but stare at that strange phenomenon.
"Actually, Jima, my name is Mogan, not Morgon. And I can see why you are fascinated by Grimm and in fact, I share your interest, but that's not important right now: I have to know how are you doing that trick that lets you speak so clearly while you're eating. Are you some kind of ventriloquist?"
In the meantime, Lilly had cut a slice of cake but was too busy speaking to take it and eat it, so Mogan took the opportunity and seized the slice of cake for himself.
His expression while biting on the soft chocolate was nothing short of beatific and not at all sorry for the theft. The early nevermore takes the prey, after all.
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Laughing at Mogan's seriousness with being Vacuo buddies, Suntalia poked Mogan in his cheek while he enjoyed a bite from the cake before slapping his shoulder playfully. "You're funny Mogan! I think we're going to get along just fine" she remarked, giving him a mischievous smile before turning her attention to Lilly. "If Moggie doesn't want to be Vacuo buddies, then I guess it'll just be the two of us. Or..." glancing over at Jima and then back at Lilly. "...maybe we can be all become girl friends and have Moggie sleep in the corner." Looking at Mogan again with a slight twinkle in her eyes, she beam a smile at him. "We will have to figure out how we're going to set up our room since there's three girls and one guy. Maybe he can sleep in the closet?" laughing lightly, she slapped Mogan's arm again a couple times before turning back to Lilly. "Going back to your question, Lilly. I'm also a fast-paced fighter who specializes in making a variety of dust concoctions to be used with my weapons." Pointing to Dynami and Areti that were holstered on her belt first before pointing at Firestorm that was resting against the tree.
Taking another bite from the bacon, Suntalia reveled in the flavor of the food before swallowing it so that she could continue. "As for my semblance..." she remarked, activating her semblance briefly before deactivating it. "I'll let your imagination run for just a moment." That said, she moved as if to poke Mogan again, but instead sent a small shock of electricity that traveled from her finger to hit him in his arm. Laughing lightly at Mogan, Suntalia gave him an innocent smile before turning her attention away. "Hope that helps with your imagination" she replied, smiling at Lilly and then at Jima. "What about you Jima?" she inquired. She was rather curious as to whether her assumption about Jima's semblance was true or not.
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"Jeeze, everyone here is from Shade! I guess I'm the only one who grew up in Vale then?" . Jima finished her bite of the sandwich, swallowing before she sat up a little straighter in response to everyone's questions.
"Okay, that's a lot to talk about, so we'll start from the beginning. Lily, I'm a fan of metal and metallic covers - they work especially well when training. My combat style is mostly close-range, Goliath here," Affectionately patting at the mace hanging from her belt "Has an inbuilt shotgun as well, alongside a few other tricks. There's also the Grab n' Go, but that's an entire other story. And hobbies... my biggest is probably sketching and designing, if you can include that." There's a brief pause as Jima puts down the sandwich to unclip a worn notebook from a loop on their belt, flipping open to a section in the middle - revealing a detailed and realistic sketch of a nevermore, to the point individual feathers are visible.
At Mogon's question however, Jima pauses briefly, before smiling. "I was wondering when someone was going to pick up on that! And sorry about mixing up your name - I can be a bit airheaded at times. Anyways, my semblance is essentially roving senses - they aren't confined to my head. I can essentially send my eyesight, hearing, taste of sense and touch - and well, as you've seen, my voice, anywhere within a fifty meter radius. Anything beyond that fuzzes out. Explains why I'm able to keep speaking clearly with my mouth full. Creepier part admittedly is I can't seem to get any of my senses back into my head - touch is the only one I can willingly actually return to my body. Funny thing is it activated when I hit my head as a kid, so guess it shook everything loose a little?" She finishes off the story with another vacant smile and a thousand-yard stare, apparently looking at nothing in particular. Throughout the explanation, her voice is seemingly circling the group at the picnic - demonstrating her ability to send it anywhere she'd like.
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"So Morgan your turn," Lilly says cutting herself another piece of cake which she quickly starts eating. Looking around at everyone she smiled thinking this team looks good.
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When Suntalia poked him on the cheek while he was eating and slapped him on the shoulder, Mogan just mumbled with a bit of annoyance. When Suntalia referred to him with the nickname "Moggie" and suggested he could sleep in a corner like a dog he glared at her and started to plot his revenge. When she slapped his arm again before answering Lily's question, he activated his semblance, in order to prepare and give to Suntalia what she deserved. Unfortunately for him, he needed ten seconds before the semblance could actually be used, so he couldn't help but have a spasm when Suntalia suddenly electrocuted him. Said spasm resulted in Mogan dropping what remained of his cake on the grass. His eyebrow twitched, but still, he said nothing.
Whit deliberate placidness, he took one of the cardboard plates that were on the picnic blanket and slapped it on the underside in annoyance and started counting in his mind, before using it to pick up the cake that had fallen on the grass.
In the meantime, Jima explained her absurd semblance, around which he couldn't quite wrap his head around.
"So... how does that work exactly? I mean... Is it like some kind of portal between two points? You create a portal between, say, your throat and your shoulder and the sound comes out from the shoulder? But if that were the case then you wouldn't be able to articulate, because you still need tongue, teeth, and lips to form words...and you can't do that while eating... So the portal, it that is how it works, must be just outside the mouth, but the problem still remains, am I wrong? I can comprehend the other senses with the portal analogy, but the voice isn't really a sense and the theory crumbles... And does that mean you can potentially sense "through" walls? Because if that is the case I'm going to have to ask you to stay at least fifty meters away from our room when I take a shower or at least take me out to dinner first if you intend to peek!"
And then, just a moment after Lilly finished her last phrase, the cardboard plate with the cake on it, still on the palm of his hand and slightly angled towards Suntalia, without any warning or movement on Mogan's part, jumped from his hand with sudden surprising speed and landed with an oh so satisfying wet noise on the harassing girl's face.
"What goes around comes around, Suntalia. How does karma tastes like? And for the last time, my name is Mogan. M-O-G-A-N! Not Morgon, like some evil character from a fantasy novel, not Morgan like some cheesy character from a romance novel and certainly not Moggie like some unfortunate dog named by a child with a very poor taste for names. Mogan! Look at it like an abbreviation from Mahogany."
Finished with his outburst, he helped himself to another slice of cake, since he had only taken one bite from the first, and kept talking between morsels (obviously swallowing before talking).
"So... there isn't much to say about me. I love reading, playing games and cooking, but most of all I like sleeping, eating and lazing in general. I fight by hitting stuff with that suitcase over there and with the things inside it, so close range here too. I'm more than proficient in hand to hand combat and have both a very solid defense and offense. I prefer not to use my semblance if I can help it because it is stupidly complicated, with a lot hard to handle set of rules and it can backfire very badly. Still, I'll have to explain it in some details to you all before we get sent on a mission, preferably during a spar or an encounter with a very unfortunate lonely ursa, in order not to get myself or any of you killed by it."
He took another bite of cake, licking his lips.
"I used said semblance for that trick with the cake, but it's not telekinesis or something awesome like that. It requires a bit more... planning."
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Listening to Jima explain her semblance, Suntalia couldn't help but be intrigued by it immensely. "Wow! I've nev...." Before she could finish her sentence, Suntalia found herself splattered with cake in her face and listening to Mogan lose his composure and rant on about karma as well as the pronunciation of his name.
Opening up one of her eyes, Suntalia reached over and grabbed a napkin and proceeded to wipe the cake off her face while Mogan continued to speak. Having wiped off majority of the cake, she turned and smiled at Mogan when he finished speaking. "I think karma tastes a lot like chocolate cake." Laughing lightly, she turned to take another piece of bacon as well as a lightly sugared pastry and took a bite. "Sorry if I took it too far with you, Mogan. I tend to get excited with meeting new friends." Raking her fingers through her hair, she found that there was still some cake in her hair so she grabbed another napkin and begun wiping the cake out of her hair when the thought hit her. "Speaking of missions or sparring, how about we take a little trip into the Emerald Forest after we finish eating?" she asked excitedly. "That would give us all a chance to see each other's fighting style, right? Right? Right?" Looking over at Mogan, she gave him a thumbs up and a big dimpled smile before turning her attention to Lilly in hopes that her team leader would approve of this idea.
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As Mogan rants about on about her semblance, Jima can't first help cracking a smile, and then breaking into a strong belly laugh, the actions of her body at least matching what her voice is projecting now. "I'm not that indecent Mahogany, no worries. Secondly, think of my senses, and by extension my voice, as limbs that can be flexed in whatever direction I choose. They're separate entities, instead of a passive way of taking in information. To be fair there are limits - my senses need to stay within 'eyesight' to be used, so they can't just go through walls or whatever. Furthermore, if my ability to see is elsewhere, I can't see out of my eyes, so I'm effectively left blind to the area around my body if I'm not looking at it. If you can't wrap your head around it, well - you know how in video games you can see in the third person? Imagine that, but for all senses."
Jima's laughter dies down, but comes back as a quick violent snort as Mogan's revenge hits home. She's known her team for a total of barely fifteen moments, but Suntalia's already been hit in the face with cake, Lilly's perfectly chill, and Mogan is genuinely one of the most funny people she's ever met, intentional or not - they're going to get along perfectly. She puts down the paper plate, before going to clip her sketchbook back onto her belt, and finally swinging herself to her feet at Suntalia's suggestion. "I gotta agree with Suntalia, a mission into the Emerald Forest sounds like a great idea. There's been signs of Grimm in the area anyways - it's a perfect chance to check them out. Mahogany, want to explain your semblance on the way?"
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Devouring the last of her cake, Lilly jumped up. "That sounds like an awesome idea. We should totally do that. Grab some food for on the way team Plasma. To the forest!" Dancing towards the forest, she slides her headphones over one ear and pulls out her two spears, Sunrise and Sunset. Twirling them around the others can see a light shadowy figure dancing near her.
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"No worries, Suntalia. You didn't take it too far. I'm just of the opinion that if you want to joke with someone, then you have to be able to take a joke in return. Also, I can be a little vengeful... perhaps the cake was a bit too much, and for that, I apologize. But apparently, you are taking it very well. So it's all good. Now we have a measure of each other."
Mogan made a small smile and turned again his attention to Jima, whose semblance just seemed to grow even more complicated and that apparently wasn't interested in guys. Which was unfortunate for him, as he quite liked her looks. Then again developing "interests" inside a team could become disastrous, as his previous experience in Shade had demonstrated, so it was better this way.
"Oh-ho! Well, that's a relief! I can scrap my plan of striking sexy poses under the shower while singing just for your viewing pleasure. On the other hand, if you need some help to peek on Suntalia and Lilly just let me know! Just for the spirit of camaraderie, of course, since I won't be the one to do the peeking. Just the keyhole should be enough if I understood your semblance correctly..."
His tone was practical and serious like he was offering to help with homework.
"Changing the subject, I feel the need to commend you for choosing this career with a semblance like that. It can't be easy to manage each detached sense during combat... You're probably used to it, but I can't imagine how confusing it must be... especially if you have to manage multiple opponents... You must be quite good at multitasking!"
Mogan was sure that this semblance could do wonders in a team effort and could be used to coordinate with incredible precision, but the fact that Jima was a close ranged fighter contrasted with that plan. It would have been much more practical to have her in the backline, providing long-range support and coordinating the others. Oh well, to each his own.
The plan to take a stroll through the forest seemed fun, there were virtually zero chances of encountering anything even remotely dangerous for a group of third-year students, and he liked the idea of observing the rest of the team in action. Too many close-ranged fighters for his tastes, no one able to tank hits (except him, in some instances), not many long-range options. Dealing with flying enemies could become a nightmare for this team.
He nodded his approval and slowly rose to his feet. Lilly was already hopping towards the forest, twirling her spears without a care in the world.
Mogan, on the other hand, started to collect the food and the other things resting on the blanket. It wasn't like they could just leave things there.
"Littering is never a good thing, even in a Grimm infested forest. Besides, I don't want to find the cake covered in ants when we get back. We may as well put all back in the basket."
Once they finished with the picnic stuff, he picked up his suitcase and followed his dancing leader. Dancing, huh? It was surely a beautiful fighting style, but against a horde of ferocious Grimm was it going to be effective? Would it still maintain it's charm once Lilly was covered in sweat and grime? Just one way to find out.
"Please Jima, just Mogan is fine. So... about my semblance... The short version is that while my semblance is active, every hit I suffer or inflict does not seem to have any immediate effect. All effects and consequences of the blow are delayed up to a maximum of ten seconds and then manifest suddenly, amplified directly in proportion to the time elapsed.
The semblance works with any kind of non-prolonged impact. I myself am subject to his semblance, so my opponents can take advantage of the semblance in almost the same way I can, the only difference being that I know how the semblance works. There are other details and rules, but these are the main ones. The rest I can demonstrate once we find something to hunt."
They were a happy bunch, but it probably would not take long for some Grimm to intercept them.
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Laughing lightly at Mogan, Suntalia helped him clean up everything on the blanket and proceeded to placing them on her wagon. "I love a good joke or ten. I personally think we should try and prank the other two when we get the chance." she whispered to Mogan winking at him in the process.
Having put everything away, Suntalia grabbed Firestorm and skipped along to catch up with the rest of the team. Resting Firestorm back in its harness, she continued to listen to Mogan while humming a light tune to herself. Skipping on ahead, she caught up to Lilly who was busy dancing along the beaten path. "You must really love to dance!" she remarked, skipping slightly in beat to Lilly's pace. Smiling as she was fascinated to the shadowy figure who was dancing alongside Lilly, Suntalia admired the colors that played across her sight. "Did you always love to dance?" she inquired of Lilly. Turning to face the others, she motioned for them to catch up before turning her attention back to her team leader.
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Jima only furthers her grin in response to Mogan's comments on her semblance. "Truth be told, I honestly can't imagine it any other way - it's not like I can turn it off, so learning to manage it came pretty easily. It becomes a lot easier to keep track of things when you're in the third person, so battle is easier - surprise attacks don't really happen to me unless all my senses are elsewhere. Besides, what other career would let me study Grimm in such close detail?" She starts her own way down the path, letting her senses float freely - the bird's eye view afforded from her sight several feet in the air watching Lily's dancing and Suntalia's skip down the path, occasionally doing sweeps of the surrounding area to keep an eye out for anything interesting.
"And c'mon Suntalia, if you can prank me that'll be pretty impressive - you can imagine I'm pretty hard to sneak up on." Her voice pipes up directly to the side of the skipping girl, the grin evident in her voice. Apparently she'd managed to catch her whisper to Mogan.
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"Yeah, dancing is why I moved here. I got an offer to go to a dance school here that is really good when I'm not at Beacon. If you ever want to go dancing I think it could be a fun team activity," Lilly says as she slows her dancing down as they get into the forest. Looking around she thought she heard something coming from the left. Quickly moving through the brush in that direction she saw an ursa standing alone in a grove. It wasn't anything unusual but it was a decent size. Perfect for her team to practice on. Turning around she smiles and asks in the most innocent voice she can, "So who wants to kill that first?"
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Lilly's better hearing afforded by her faunus heritage might've picked up the Ursa first, but the Jima's roaming senses spot it second - her body coming to a standstill as her sight and hearing zoom ahead to observe, a small click from the weapon over her shoulder signaling she's deployed Goliath's spikes. Medium-sized Ursa, bone growth significant but not extreme, currently alone from what she could tell - but likely to spot them fast.
"In case you didn't notice, Lily's referring to the Erza at 3 o'clock sharp. It's an adult, not too big that we shouldn't be able to handle it as a team, and highly likely to spot or hear us within the next 30 seconds or so. Also, way too close to the school for comfort - maybe something we should alert staff about." Her voice is at a low whisper, originating from halfway between Suntalia and Mogan, trying to keep them undetected for the time being.
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Mogan was about to reply to Suntalia's suggestion about forming a pranking alliance, but Jima, having clearly overheard possibly thanks to her detached supersenses, interjected first.
"Well Suntalia, it seems like our skills as pranksters have been challenged. I say this requires a decisive and swift response, or else our reputation will be tainted! That being said, why don't we make things a bit more interesting? Let's bet on who will be able to pull the best prank on Jima. Lilly will be our judge. The loser will have to clean and tidy up our room for a month. We will have one week to do the pranks, and of course, if Jima discovers the prank then the one that gets discovered is disqualified. If we both get discovered then we both lose and we will have to cover for Jima's turns of cleaning for a month each. How about it?"
Mogan was pretty confident he could pull a couple of interesting pranks on Jima. She had made a mistake by revealing so much about her semblance, thus giving him the opportunity to work around it in order to deliver his prank! That said he didn't have any ground for assuming his prank would be better than anything Suntalia could come up with. This would require some time and meditation...
Mogan was absently listening to Lilly revealing that she would attend a dance school in her free time, which could be fun. It would probably just mean that they would be part of the public for her performances, but they would probably hang out together after.
His thoughts were cut short when Lilly found a lone Ursa.
Mogan stepped forward, activating his semblance and inserting both his arms inside the holes on the sides of his suitcase. Said suitcase mecha-shifted in two different pieces of heavy armor that covered up to his shoulders and a belt with several pockets.
The whole process didn't take more than a couple seconds, plus one more to actually put the belt on.
"I did say that would demonstrate once we found a prey, so if you don't mind I'll take this one. I actually give my best when I face big targets, while on the other hand lots of small and fast enemies like a murder of little nevermores can be considered my worst matchup."
Mogan started to explain while casually walking towards the Grimm, which, having taken notice of the approaching hunters, got up on his hind legs and roared threateningly, revealing his pearly white fangs.
"First of all, I have a time limit on my semblance. I can activate it for five minutes tops, and after that, it can't be used again for at least twelve hours. I also have to wait ten seconds before it actually activates once I wish to use it."
Having said that Mogan easily slipped under the first paw swipe that the Ursa had aimed at his head, and moved around it, in order to force him to turn around to follow him. He was quick and light on his feet. His movements weren't elegant like Lilly's but hinted at a fighting style aimed at being practical. Since the grimm had used his left arm for attacking, he ended beside his left flank and he turned to deliver a powerful right-handed punch to the elbow of the beast.
"Once I activate it I can't deactivate it unless a set time has passed. But while it is active any non-prolonged impact I deliver or receive gets canceled."
True to his words, the punch didn't seem to have any effect whatsoever on the target.
"The more times it passes after the hit, the more the effect will be amplified, that is unless I hit the same target again or it hits me. The effect reaches its peak at ten seconds, tripling the consequences of the punch."
While he talked, Mogan kept dodging the swipes and bites of the ursa. He moved with ease, his footwork was practiced and he always seemed to start moving a moment before his enemy even started attacking.
"The downside of this semblance is that these rules apply to me too, so if I get hit I risk of having to suffer increased consequences too. That is the reason I can't function as a tank unless specific conditions are met. For instance..."
His exposition was interrupted when the elbow of the Grimm exploded with a sickening crunch, precisely ten seconds after he had hit it. The Ursa roared in pain and shook the offended limb, whose forearm was connected to the rest of the body only by some dark filaments that were rapidly snapping after the weight. Mogan took the window to collect a couple of small stones from the ground with one hand and then punched them with violence with the other. Once again nothing happened to the stones. The enraged Ursa, with a loud thud, got back on all four... three. And tried to grab his left arm with his powerful jaws. Mogan, of course, didn't let it happen by jumping back, then extended the same left arm in a stabbing motion. From his wrist came out a short blade that should have stabbed the Ursa's eye, but once again it did nothing. The confused grim seemed to brace for the impact, but instead of being blinded it seemed like the blade had just bounced on his glowing red eye.
"... As I was saying, I really can't afford to take hits while my semblance is active, unless someone or something kills or incapacitates my target before the ten seconds are up. In that specific case, the effect of the blow simply disappear, so I can virtually tank anything that hits me as long as my enemy dies within ten seconds and I don't get hit more than once."
Having said that he opened he passed the stones he had held in his left hand into his right hand, and in so doing he flipped them. Then, dodged laterally another bite and, instead of throwing the stones, he loaded his arm back and made a move as to violently push them horizontally towards the Grimm's head. There was certainly some force in this movement, but nothing that could justify the speed with which the two stones seemed to propel themselves forward. Considering the mass of the stones and their speed, they should have at least have seriously cracked the mask of the Ursa. But once they hit, what instead happened was that the eye Mogan had previously poked with his hidden blade collapsed inward with another loud and unpleasant sound, while the stones fell to the ground. While the poor beast roared and trashed around, now half blind, Mogan continued his exposition with a casual tone, like he was talking about the weather.
"What happened now is that I hit the same target again before the countdown was completed, so the previous effect activated early, albeit with less power. As you have perhaps noted, I let the stones charge for a bit before using them against the grimm, so if I did my math right, now what should hit the Ursa's head once ten seconds elapse, is the force of my punch multiplied approximately by three plus the force of the trow and again multiplied by three. So something like the consequences of being hit by a punch slightly more powerful than my original one multiplied by nine should manifest on our unfortunate experiment just... about... now."
BOOM!
The poor Ursa instantly collapsed on the ground and started to dissipate in black wisps of smoke. Mogan inspected the points of impact with a slight frown as if he was trying to understand something that didn't quite sit right with him.
"On second thought I did use two stones... so to be more precise I hit it with two distinct blows each with four point five more power than the original punch. So that's why it didn't quite blow his head off. Maybe I should have aimed for a leg, but then again it would have made me appear cruel. Usually, I try to dispatch of my enemies as quickly and efficiently as possible, and that is especially true if I'm using this damn semblance. As you can imagine I'll never use this semblance in a friendly spar against a student that doesn't already know at least it's basic rules because a slight mistake could cause serious damage to both. When fighting a human opponent the element of surprise is my biggest advantage, so I'd thank you if you could keep what you learned about my semblance a secret. There are more rules and exceptions, but this should give you an idea. Honestly speaking I hate it, and I prefer not to use it unless I'm forced to, but you still had to at least know about it."
He paused for a moment, apparently thinking about something.
"One last thing... If, during a fight, I have my semblance activated and you see me aiming at our target with my right arm, then stay away."
With several clicks, the armor that covered his right arm shifted to reveal an actual small cannon.
"You can imagine what would happen if you got hit by a charged cannon shot... And that concludes my presentation! Who wants to take on the next one we find?"
Mogan finally asked, changing his cannon back into its standard form.
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Laughing at Mogan's remark about a friendly competition, Suntalia merely gave him a thumbs up as he volunteered to take on the Grimm before them. Leaping up onto a low tree limb, Suntalia watched with fascination as Mogan fought the Ursa as well as explained his semblance to the team. The amount of details entailed in how his semblance was used as well as the complication of what could happen to him if it backfired on him was nothing less than impressive. As he slowly took down the Ursa, the final blow was enough to cause Suntalia to whistle impressively at his attack. His remark about his right arm was also enough to pique her curiosity and so she made a mental note to ask him about it later.
Wanting to ask a plethora of questions about Mogan's fighting style as well as his semblance, Suntalia was cut off as another Ursa came out from the behind the trees. "Looks like all the noise is drawing more friends to us" she remarked, jumping off the tree limb. Skipping over to where the Grimm was, Suntalia turned to the others. "I'll take the next one if you don't mind!" Turning her attention back to the beast before her, the monstrous creature stood up on its hind legs, towering over the petite girl. "Unlike Mogan's semblance, mine is rather simple" she started, as she nimbly dodged under a huge horizontal slash from the Ursa. Letting out a roar, the Grimm continued a barrage of claw slashes while Suntalia easily dodged around the attacks. "Simply put, I control lightning. Depending on the situation, it'll take me anywhere between two to four seconds to charge up my semblance." Laughing lightly, Suntalia jumped over another slash, landing on the creatures arm. Using this opportunity, Suntalia activated her semblance and kicked the beast in the head, causing it to rear back slightly. Jumping off, she landed a few feet away and then lunged forward, closing the distance so that she was right in front of the creature. Placing a finger on the Ursa's chest, she smiled at it. "Bang" she replied as a massive bolt of lightning struck out of her finger, blowing a hole right through the Ursa and the tree behind it. As the Ursa began to disintegrate, the tree that took the blow also began to fall over from the attack. Turning to face the others, she smiled at them, oblivious to the static charge that caused a few strands of her hair to stand up. "As you can see, I'm also no tank and more of an agile fighter. However, unlike Mogan, I specialize in dealing with numerous enemies and dwindling the herd."
Skipping back to the others, she stood next to Mogan and smiled. "Aside from that, I'm also a dust specialist and all my weapons use a combination of dusts. I can show you guys later if we get the chance." Looking at Lilly and Jima, Suntalia gave them a thumbs up. "So, that's me. Who's next?" As if asking for trouble, the howl of a Beowolf sounded nearby their position. "Guess we have our next contestant!" she exclaimed, skipping ahead a few paces before turning around. "Shall we?" she inquired before skipping on ahead.
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The damage Mogon did was extremely impressive, and further was Suntalia's lightning strikes. Both were incredibly powerful, and more importantly combat-based - they'd be excellent firepower when backed into a corner. Mogan's absolute decimation of the bear was amusing to watch, her vision following him closely as dodged, and Suntalia's aerobatics even more so. They were going to be a powerful team.
"I suppose it's my turn, then? You three already know how my semblance works, but you've yet to see it in battle at least." Jima comments, before taking long strides to pass Suntalia's skipping and cut ahead. The tall woman leads them to a small clearing, in the direction of the Beowolf's howls, and moves to stand in the center. There's a click, and the head of her mace falls off to become a morningstar, connected to the body of the weapon by a chain - which Jima then spins overhead, the chain rattling loudly to attract attention before it's retracted back into the body. "You see, with the ability to move my senses anywhere, I'm only really hindered by solid walls and a 50-meter radius. As long as there's space, I'm able to see, hear, and feel all around me. This means..."Jima's eyes close, and she purposefully waits a moment - before spinning 180 degrees, the Beowolf leaping from the bushes directly on top of her stopped only by a direct blow to the head "...I can't be snuck up on."
The grounded Beowolf shakes itself momentarily, before pulling itself to it's feet. The blow was only enough to stun it apparently. It tilts back its head and let's out a howl, before three more of it's kind leap from the bushes, starting to dramatically circle Jima. She only smiles, and there's a clicking sound as the head of Goliath opens up, the shotgun mechanism becoming apparent. With her eyes still closed, she ducks the first two swipes of the largest beowolf as it lunges at her, shooting the Grimm twice in the throat before the head of Goliath closes again, and she finishes with a wound-back knock to the side of the head with the mace. The first one goes down momentarily, and as the second one leaps she dodges nimbly to the side, crouching down to only leap overhead. Two more quick clicks from Goliath's shotgun and a massive blow increased by gravity, the second one's head is forced to hit the ground. The first staggers to it's feet, charging again at Jima, and she responds with a quick kick to the chin to force it's head up again, letting her place the shotgun directly underneath the creature's chin before pulling the trigger again, blowing it's head off before using the recoil of the shot to drive the mace back into the head of the one on the ground behind her before it manages to rise to it's feet. It's head collapses in, and both bodies begin to disintegrate.
"Two down, two to go!"She cheerfully announces. The two remaining Beowolves circle slowly, and Jima takes the opportunity to remove her jacket and toss it to the side, revealing the wings of the Nevermore tattooed down her arms in white and the peculiar pyramid strapped to the harness on her back. "The smaller one of these wolves is definitely a vanilla, and we don't see young Grimm often - you three wouldn't mind if I capture it to study a bit? It'll be good to demonstrate the Grab n' Go, anyways.".
The third and final adult Beowolf charges like it's compatriots, taking swipes at the scholar on two feet. Jima jumps back at each one, pumping a shotgun blast into the creatures body with each leap. As the Beowolf surges forwards with an especially large swipe, Jima takes the opportunity to launch herself into the air with her weapon's recoil, spinning overhead before landing aptly on the Beowolf's shoulders with another massive strike to the creature's head. It staggers dramatically, lurching downwards; Jima smiles before the head of her weapon opens again so she can shoot the shotgun directly into one of the creature's ears. It doesn't manage to keep to it's feet before falling to the forest floor, and it's already halfway disintegrated by the time Jima moves with the creature's fall to roll to her feet. Reaching one hand over her back, her eyes open for the first time in the fight and fix on the fourth and final Beowolf, still warily circling the fight at the center of the clearing - obviously a little more intelligent than it's brethren. The pyramid is detached from it's harness with a click, and the tip of the pyramid is fixed into the shotgun mechanism of the mace with a small twist. Jima braces herself with one foot back, and as the final beowolf leaps towards her the pyramid is fired; rocketing off at a velocity that's still enough to make Jima stagger. The spot-on shot makes contact with the juvenile wolf's chest, and the large projectile slams the small creature backwards into a nearby tree with enough force the bark splinters. Wire coiled inside the body of the pyramid erupts on contact tangles itself around the Grimm and the tree on first contact, restraining the creature's arms and preventing it from pulling away from the tree. Despite the wolf's struggling against the wires they hold firm, not letting the creature budge. It's been effectively and nearly completely immobilized.
Jima manages to pull herself back to her feet, grinning at the sight of the trapped beowolf. She approaches with no hesitation, unclipping what appears to be a tape measure from her belt, and starts various measurements of the snarling creature while her voice near the group explained the situation "The Grab n' Go was something I built last year to capture Grimm in the field for further study. When in battle, I may occasionally request we capture something instead of killing it. The Grab n' Go itself is capable of completely capturing anything up to a midsized Ursa, so potentially we could use it to at least immobilize limbs of larger Grimm, and through experience it's something of a last resort to use on other humans - it's not built to be gentle."
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Something has come up IRL and I will be absent for a little while, I will try to post when I can and will be back soon I hope
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Impressed by her team, Lilly looks around and says, "Well I guess the next ones should be mine." Walking towards a noise in the woods, Lilly leads her team to a pair of Ursa.
Putting her headphones on, she quickly dashes towards the pair of Ursa and in beat to the music she is listening to she dodges the first swipe and moves gracefully past both of them landing a few light kicks on them in passing. Landing behind them, she draws her guns and transforms them into her two short spears. Quickly moving in on the Ursa again, she lands a blow under the guard of the first one, dodging the responses from the Ursa, she quickly moves back away and pauses for a second and a shadowy figure appears behind the Ursa. "My semblance summons my dance partner, they fight as a mirror to me." Leaping in her spears moving in beat and raining blows on the front of the first Ursa, her shadowy partner darts in from behind and with a pair of shadowy swords, slices the back of the Ursa to pieces over the course of the next few seconds. All the while, Lilly is dodging the second Ursa's attacks with graceful twirls and dance moves.
The first Ursa falls quickly under the rain of blows. Turning to the second, Lilly transforms her weapons into their gun forms and pumps bullets into the Ursa as it tires to advance towards her. As the SMG and revolver run out of loaded ammunition she transforms them back into spear. While she is doing this her shadow is pelting the Ursa with shadow bullets that do little but annoy the Ursa. Thinking the shadow might be an easier target the Ursa lumbers after it and manages to land a swipe. As he begins to disperse into shadows, Lilly pauses and resummons him near her. "And he is really hard to get rid of!" She says and they both charge towards the remaining Ursa. Dancing around it she stabs quickly and twirls in and out of reach and the second Ursa also quickly falls to her spears.
Turning towards her new team, Lilly says, "And there you have my fighting. Taking off her headphones she looks around and smiles.
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Mogan whistled, both impressed and slightly annoyed when Suntalia demonstrated the power of her semblance. And in his opinion, this whistle was much more deserved than the one he had just received
Ah, it must be nice to have such a simple and handy semblance! No worries, no danger, no planning required, no downsides. And it wasn't a semblance that revealed too much about one's character. What does the ability to shoot lighting say about Suntalia? That she is so full of energy that she has an excess that can be weaponized? Still... of how much energy are we talking about here?
"That is some serious firepower you have there, Suntalia... May I ask how many times in a row can you shoot lightning like that one? And is that your maximum output or you can concentrate even more energy into a single attack? Because it seems to me that if we can plan several team strategies around your semblance, we could maybe be able to one-shot every single big Grimm we come across without any effort."
Upon seeing Jima's morningstar and capture device, Mogan was pretty much convinced that between his whip and Jima's tools they would have sufficient means to restrain even some very big Grimms. A deathstalker, a giant nevermore, a queen lancer, just to name a few, would become pretty much helpless when faced with something able to impair their movements.
Lilly's "dance partner" was a perfect decoy, and her fighting style was incredibly elegant... Maybe against a human opponent, she could encounter some problems given the fact that both her dance and her partner became quite easy to read once you caught her rhythm. Then again she could always change music.
"Oh, I can already imagine this team facing some huge beast... Jima and I would restrain it, then I would shoot a cannon shot to break the white armor of the Grimm, while Lilly jumps above it. And while she is still twisting in midair with her dance partner and with her spears ready to stab the target, Suntalia shoots her lightning at Lilly's weapons, charging them right before the impact. And such if the force of the electric discharge inside it that the ancient Grimm explodes in so many chunks of darkness that they sublimate before touching the ground! Glorious! Or, you know, we can just point Suntalia's finger in the general direction of the enemy and let her semblance do the work. No need to sweat or make plans when you have thundercloud at hand."
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Suntalia couldn't help but nod in approval as she watched Lilly's fighting abilities and Jima's weapons. Upon hearing Mogan's remarks about her semblance ability, Suntalia couldn't help but give him a dimpled smile. "To answer your questions, Mo, I haven't really tried to hit my maximum output, but the weather and circumstances do take a factor in how powerful it can become. As for how many times it can be used, I can fire it around five consecutive times in a row before I have to wait a couple minutes before using it again. The problem with channeling lightning is that it increases my heartbeat. Too much lightning and I can be at risk of heart palpitations and severe chest pains. I've only gotten to that point once in my life and I wouldn't want to relive it again if possible." Walking over to Mogan, she nudged him with her elbow, causing the built up static electricity to accidentally shock him slightly. "Unless your goal is to try and break my heart, then by all means go ahead and try." Winking at him, she laughed again and skipped over to where the other two girls were.
Looking over Jima's weapon intently, Suntalia was all but impressed by the build of the contraption. "Does it use dust by chance? I feel like it's capabilities could increase exponentially if it had dust capabilities." Seeing no areas on Grab n' Go that looked like it was for dust, she pulled out a couple rounds from Dynami and Areti. "I may not look it, but I am an expert dust specialist so I would be happy to try and make some combination of dust to work with this."
Glancing at Lilly, Suntalia gave her a big dimpled smile. "So what now, leader?" she inquired. However, before she could get a response, a loud shriek was heard from the distance. Looking towards the Northeast where the shriek seemed to have originated from, Suntalia put her bullets back in her pouch. "Sounds like more friends are coming to see us!" she exclaimed happily. Turning to Mogan, she gave him a sly smile. "Maybe we can test your method and see if I really could one-hit a big Grimm" she said before laughing lightly.
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Jima finishes measuring the Beowolf, making some final notes into her notebook with a nod. Stepping away, Goliath is brought up; and with one final whack directly to it's skull, the Beowolf's head caves in as it disintegrates to dust. The Grab n' Go goes slack, at Jima fiddles with a couple of buttons on the side, before winches begin to retract the cabling from around the tree - and it reverts to standby mode, where Jima clicks it into place in the harness on her back.
Watching Lilly's elegant style, Jima nods in approval as the Ursa are quickly brought down before turning to address Suntalia's questions. "Admittedly, Grab n' Go unfortunately isn't equipped with dust capabilities. Honestly, this is version 1.1, and I was primarily concerned with getting it to work as intended. It does - at least, the majority of the time, and I need to fine-tune her and show the school significant results before I get the funding to create 2.0. However, I do have some plans," She flips open her notebook to a bookmarked page, where an elaborate diagram of a slightly different-looking Grab n' Go with a series of chambers in the center. "For one that does use dust. I've hypothesized ice-creating dust, or possibly kinetic, would work the best - this is a device meant to primarily trap, and not kill."
Her attention turns to Morgon as he goes on and talks about his hypothetical scenario. "I will admit, we do have potential, so a team fight does sound like an excellent idea. Let's see how this goes, hmm?" An almost-dangerous smile graces her face, and she lets the head of Goliath drop off - spinning the spiked head as her eagerness increases.