I know right? Professor Nox sure is an odd one. Kei voiced in her head. Much as she'd like to gossip about their teacher she knew that she had another objective in mind.

     Engaging the students with small talk, Kei wondered what was taking the professor so long. It had been roughly an hour since he left and there was no sign of him coming back. So much for questioning him, though something told Kei that Professor Nox wouldn't be much of a conversationalist anyways. A few more minutes passed and Kei decided to do some more investigating. Resisting the urge to pick up a shiny, probably expensive, piece of machinery, she left the door open and motioned for the other students to follow her outside. "How bout a little free roaming. Not like the boss is anywhere in sight. Besides, the car smells like grease and...burnt hair..."

     The train continued speeding on through Forever Fall's lush red brush. Petals scattered here and about as the train approached and the sun began its descent from its place in the sky, indicating that it was just a few minutes since noon.

     Kei missed lunch, apparently, having been investigating the trains here and there, and after the grimm attack earlier she completely forgot that there was a supposed to be a food trolley coming by soon. She was used to hunger, though, and she'd steel her resolve through this missed lunch. She wondered, however if the students would follow. Surely they'd be a nuisance, but they also provided more than one person to start shooting at if things went awry. Tilting her head at her schoolmates, Kei blew her whistle in a sharp rising tone and motioned for them to follow.

     Dust crates littered the flatcar she was standing on. Thrown about and some of them leaked vials and raw dust. Luckily a few clean up drones were already at work, picking up vials and sweeping up dust. One even had a vacuum and froze when it accidentally sucked up too much ice dust much too quickly.

     There was roughly several thousands worth of Lien on this car alone, and Kei wondered why they wouldn't care about losing this much cargo. As she walked, she stubbed her foot on one of the medium sized crates, and to her surprise, it just lightly slid away.

     "Empty." She murmured, kicking it again for good measure, then tapping it to confirm it was hollow. "Why would they be carrying empty crates along with some full ones?"

     The door to the next car was just a few feet away now, and Kei had a headstart ahead of the students. It would be locked for sure, so she had to be quick with her picks.
     
     Despite her getup, she didn't get to swipe any important looking keys from the engineers back at the front. The ones at her waist opened the passenger cars easily, some of the engine cars, but something told her she'd need a bit more than a key to open the high tech looking one in front of her. Palm scanners and heavy bolted locks in place of a simple keyhole. Atlesians, always the geeks. It was simple enough, she thought. All she needed was some talcum powder and something smooth and flat. She had some laminated papers, part of her getup, all she needed was some powder.

     "Hey, you kids don't happen to have some powder on you right now, do you?" She asked, skipping back to nearest one, "I'm building up a bit of a sweat and a lil powder always helps lower the stickiness a ton."

     Paperwork was always a hassle, though a welcome one at that. It gave time to think, to ponder, to think of things other than what one's scroll was playing. Even if Shiroe was technically not filling out paper forms per se, he was still just browsing over the new documents he had to fill online regarding the team transfers.
     It was odd, how often people's teams were changed. New transfers happened almost monthly, people leaving almost twice as frequent, and Remnant-forbid a casualty or crippling injury seldomly. It was obviously hard, training to be a huntsman, but it was not without its dangers. Sheltered as they were, students at Beacon faced challenges normal people usually wouldn't ever dream of. Atlas took top spot with regards to strictness, and even with Vacuo's more free spirited arrangements it was no joke that Huntsmen Academies ran people dry.
     Shiroe sighed, wondering how long this team would last. Would a boarbatusk-headed teammate of his finally get over his own pride, or would he end up quitting like the rest of them? It was surprising, no doubt, that Reggie lasted as long as he did, especially compared to the others in the former team MARS. But perhaps that was just the thing. He was too stubborn to quit. Shiroe chuckled, finally finishing off the forms at the records area and checked the time.
     
     The dull hum of electronics and the occasional holo-call in his surroundings didn't bother Shiroe at all, but after checking the time he realized that the new team leader of team RBLS wasn't where he was supposed to be.
     Dust it. He quickly picked up his scroll from the access terminal and heard a faint beep as he was automatically logged out from the device. He had no time, two girls had just joined his team and they were left with no one but Reggie in their room.
     
     This is a disaster, he thought, scratching his head as he picked up the pace and reached the wooden door leading to the hallways. The dorms were still a ways away but running down the halls wasn't exactly frowned upon. Who knows, maybe Reggie didn't completely turn everyone off and they didn't quit.
     No, he shouldn't take the risk, as much as he liked the monotonous hum of the records area he didn't want to have to fill up forms for yet another team because of 'irreconcilable differences' within the first hour.
     Breaking into a sprint he ran for the dorms area, apologizing to some professors he passed, though most didn't give a second glance. Must be pretty common in Beacon to have kids running about, but hopefully he didn't get into any accidents on the way there.
     
     He wanted to send a message in advance to the two girls, but he forgot to get their contact info through the terminals. Mistake number one, he should have been more patient, and as a leader he shouldn't make sudden rash decisions.
     Please just don't do anything stupid, Shiroe begged in his mind, knowing that a message to Reggie would be pointless. Don't scare off the new teammates just yet. 

     Ayaka was perturbed at the fact that Akel somehow recovered in a split second after being hit, and even more so at the fact that she flawlessly blocked her sword twice after despite its speed. The slight loss of focus ended up catching her in the ribs, literally, when Akel's sword transformed even more absurdly quickly than she could react. It was odd, but the throw didn't leave her helpless.

     While in midair Ayaka saw the large chunk of dust and easily put two and two together, watching as Akel aimed for a shot and reacted quickly enough to activate her semblance as a mid air boost away. Using both feet, Ayaka flipped and kicked backwards, the motion being mirrored by her semblance. As the streak of white formed as a blunt force punching outwards, she planted her feet on it and sprung in the opposite direction away from the explosion.

     Shards of rock and dust flew in multiple directions as Ayaka landed but she easily regained her footing and started with a sprint. The earlier explosion chained into several smaller ones, triggering the scattered crystals peppered throughout the arena in a cacophony of dust and fire. Small bits of debris hit Ayaka as she ran but coming from the direction of the blast she used the shockwave to her advantage and lunged forwards. No matter how big Akel's stupid sword was it surely wasn't enough to block all debris coming for them. Ayaka shot forwards with a rapid stab but feinted into a leap. With a semblance boosted jump she slashed for Akel's head from above as she jumped above her and replicated the attack from behind as she landed.
   
      As she touched the ground she shot out wires in multiple directions around her. The ends of her wires landed near more dust crystals as more explosions shook the arena and Ayaka had to deflect a couple of bits of debris, shrugging off most while taking care of larger chunks with her sword. She now had her own back back to the safer side and decided to rock everything a bit more by pulsing her semblance through the wires to activate dust scattered about, particularly the ones nearest Akel. Be it just as a distraction of kicking up more debris Ayaka wasn't going to lax in her assault.

Attacks:
[Literal Overhead Slash - 7% - replicate 7%]
[Debris - ???1-4%(maybe depending on size)]

Aura - 35%

     "I'm not done with you yet!" Vermilion cried, shooting a rifle shot above him to speed his descent.

     Vermilion crashed down into the sand and although it wasn't how he expected to get into the fight the spear wielder spun his spear in a flourish and charged for the disoriented Avery. The fall took a nick off his aura, but given his current advantage that was nothing. Vivian was free, arrow-girl was...annoying as always, and the boy, whose name Vermilion forgot, was standing there dazed like a drunk.

     With a sadistic smile stretching from ear to ear, Vermilion grunted as he charged towards Avery with another thrown aura spear from his hand, and a finally a pile-powered thrust with his spear. Dust kicked up behind the white haired young man as he ran and found that his footing wasn't exactly the best in the looser ground. His charge wasn't as fast as he hoped but with a disoriented enemy he might as well have walked towards him. Victory was within his sights and he wasn't going to let a tiny bit of dirt get in the way.

Attacks
[Spear Toss - 4%. Pile thrust - 8%]

Aura
[82%]

     It wasn't much to get a hit in but for some reason Akel kept resorting to her punches. The first two punches alerted Ayaka and she hopped back a step and stayed out of reach of the rest. She needed no more but to keep retreating as she advanced, and decided to wait until a big strike to continue her assault. The ice on her torso made it hard to twist, but luckily her feet were more than free enough to dodge back. The low strikes weren't much of a problem, and even without hand to hand proficiency it was definitely not as bad as dodging firearms, even with the ice. The only problem she saw was the continuing frost on the gloves, and a slight block with her sword revealed they were indeed caking with ice.

     Getting back into her rhythm, Ayaka merely tugged every now and then on the wired hand to change its course then waited for the large swing before deflecting with her smaller blade. Masamune began freezing as expected, but Ayaka wasn't going to wait for it to reach her hand. The katana felt colder than usual and the steel began getting heavier as ice built up in that instant, Ayaka let out a gasp to feign surprise then quickly let go of the handle, blade and all. Letting go of her sword mid-block, she tucked under and spun, unsheathing Swallow's Bane and bursting forward with a semblance aided draw cut, using her massive reach to stay clear out of the way of the punch and a burst of aura at her feet to carry her forward. Her hand still held the wire and would tug at Akel's own as advanced with enough to drag her along and spin her if she wasn't careful. Finishing off with a touch of her semblance Ayaka activated Judgement cut and a slash manifested behind her towards the bound Akel, replicating her feat while glowing white hot in the air right as she spun back to reface her opponent.

[Attacks - burst slash - 9% x2(semblance aided + replica slash]
[Aura - 44%]

   Hearing Vivian beg for help was a sweet tone to Vermilion’s ears. Unfortunately he couldn’t just let her beg on and she frankly wasn’t the type of person who’d do so anyways. Not a moment later a dull thud resounded nearby indicating Topaz’s decent.
     
     “Nice of you to join us, reckless arrow girl. “  Vermilion greeted, spear on his shoulder but before he even received a reply an arrow already started flying towards his teammate. “Well that’s just rude.”
   
     Taking his spear, he in turn shot a rifle round at Avery and used the momentum to swing his spear backwards before planting it into the ground. Arrow girl wasn’t a problem, if she did give chase all he’d have to do is make more spear walls. The poor thing would probably just run into them again.
   
     With a snap of his fingers several spears manifested in front of Topaz in a threatening display of sharpened aural points but they didn’t lunge. Hoping it’d be enough of a distraction, Vermilion launched the pile function on his spear and shot into the air, forming three spears as he closed in on Avery and launching them downwards in close proximity to both Vivian and her enemy, just ever so slightly to the latter. Picking between melee fighters was a hassle, might as well have them both scatter.

Attacks
[Spear barrage. 3 spears 4% each]

Aura
[85%]

   

     With her hands on her wires, and her blade sheathed, Ayaka reeled her wires as Akel jumped and stepped back as the latter shot and then descended with a strike. Luckily, after stepping back, she was at a far enough distance to see the feint and react.

    Ayaka held her wires in both hands, fingers moving deftly to make a catch net as Akel swung upwards. She dodged the swing by a hair while still wary of the sword left behind. A follow up strike followed through and instead of dodging Ayaka moved in and stopped the attack with her net, slowing the fist to a crawl but still getting a good hit in the stomach. She twisted the wires in an attempt to bind Akel's wrist. Not waiting for a counter attack, Ayaka then closed in for a classic over the shoulder throw and flipped her opponent down to the ground in one fluid motion. She kept the bind on her wrist, to have more leverage, and grinned as she completed her throw.

Attacks:
[Auto Hit Granted: Bind and Throw - 7%]

Status
[Aura - 54%]
[Fired up. Slight fatigue]





     

 Wind blew up behind the pesky gnat and Vermilion's eyes widened. It wasn't the first time someone thought they were hot stuff but he enjoyed the challenge he presented, it was flattering in a weird way. His opponent, just another pebble to be kicked aside, seemed to think otherwise. Unfortunately he wasn't in the mood to bring her hopes up any more than that and dispelled the spears beneath him, leaving the few others hanging behind him as he dropped backwards.

     Topaz' attack fully depended on Verm not moving from his perch, high above the ground and looking down on his enemies. Vermilion was stubborn, the type of person who wouldn't budge if he wished but even if it was true, he was far from stupid.

     Cackling as he dispelled his spears, Vermilion dropped as Topaz zoomed over him, not even bothering to follow up the attack with the spears in his place, but got a glancing hit as he dropped, dropping him into the sand. Red hung in the air, sparsely spaced so they probably wouldn't all hit, but also a threat in themselves to charging idiots.

     Particles of dirt filled the air for but a moment and Vermilion spun his rifle to clear the debris, transforming it to its spear form while taking a moment to brush off some dirt on his shoulder. Instead of summoning more spears he hung back and rested his spear on his shoulder, taking a rest from using his semblance and the fight while wondering if he should help Vivian instead of bothering with Topaz.

     "Viv! Need a little help over there? Just say so and I'll stop playing around" He jeered, wondering if the rabbit would hear him with her current clash.

Attacks:

Trap
[Hanging spears x6- 3% each(Because Topaz is running right into them trying to attack Verm). Spread out so they wouldn't all hit anyways.]

Status

[Aura-85%]
[Confident. Slight Semblance fatigue]