[Walter]

"I don't believe anyone put you in char- Oh, fuck." The pompous dickwaffle was cut short of any rant as he saw the approaching grimm. He quickly fired a shot off, striking one of the beasts, then dug through his pockets for a moment before pulling a slightly purple-tinted bullet.

Reggie loaded it into his weapon and took aim at the creature at the front of the pack. He fired, having to hop back as the knockback hit him pretty hard. The bullet struck the creature in the chest, the gravity dust taking effect upon impact and quite successful messing up the grimm advance, if only for a moment. "I may be bloody good with this thing, but I think even I might have a problem here." Reginald uttered, loading another bullet and glancing at his partner.

[Xarias Fury]

Managing to arrive just in time to see a gravity bullet clump a group of grimm together Shiroe took the opportunity and launched the dust vial with a speed rune effectively creating a small explosion upon impact. Taking advantage of the clutter he burst through the ranks with quick flurry of blows, slashing away at a couple of beowolves as he left rune after rune in his wake, occasionally emptying a vial in between strikes on the ground as he ran towards the other two.

 

[Ever Professional]

Having followed Shiroe through his scope, Ash fired off a few bolts of energy on the surviving members of the explosion.   Ash took advantage of the distance between himself and the pack of Beowolves, Ash then began targeting the outliers of the pack.

[Martian]

Marshal was amazed by the display going on in front of him. Not only did his snobby partner have some neat tricks up his sleeve, but another interesting combatant entered the fray, and judging by the shots that rained down on the remaining Grimm, yet another was watching over them.

All but one of the Beowolves disappeared in a puff of black smoke, and Marshal didn't want to be outdone, so he charged at it while charging a Blast and swiped vertically from a distance, effectively slicing the Grimm in two. With that, all the Grimm had seemingly been taken care of, for the moment.

Marshal exhaled sharply. "That was pretty cool," he grinned. He recognized the newcomer from the incident in the courtyard earlier. He seemed to remember him introducing himself as Shiroe. "Hi there!" he called out.

[Xarias Fury]

"Oh, the guys from earlier. Reggie and...I'm sorry I don't believe we've formally been introduced. Shiroe replied, sheathing his sabre while taking a look at where the shots came from. Unable to properly see who it was he just assumed it to be another student, luckily safe from grimm attacks at the moment."and I do believe we have another fighter all the way up there.

Extending his hand Shiroe reached out to shake with Marshal and gave a nod to Reggie who seemed to be doing quite well despite his...demeanor.

[Walter]

"Ah, Shiroe. It's good to see you here. That was quite the impressive display back there." Reggie commented. How much of it was genuine compliment and how much was him sucking up to another rich kid was left to one's imagination.

Reggie glanced up to where the hots had come from, trying to spot whoever had been aiding them while he reloaded his rifle. "If I get this whole 'partner' nonsense correctly, whoever is up there is going to be your partner."

[Ever Professional]

Ash, seeing that the last of the Grimm had been taken care of, patted himself off as he stood up; trying to make sure that he could be seen, Ash began waving to his fellow students.

Hoping that the group had seen him, Ash returned to his previous position so that he might keep an eye on the group.

[Martian]

Marshal was delighted to see that someone that actually wanted to shake hands with him, after Reginald continued to be pretty rude. Marshal returned Shiroe's handshake with a firm grip. "Nice to meet you," he smiled. "I'm Marshal. Marshal Oranzova!" He turned to look at the figure waving on the rooftop. "Hey!" he shouted, hoping that the person could hear. "You should come on down!" With these two newcomers, it looked like the team would be full.

"I guess we can continue on with the mission, now that we have four of us," Marhsal noted. "Anyone have any ideas as to where those artifacts could be?"

[Ever Professional]

Ash, hearinig that Marshall was calling for him to come down from his perch, grumbled a little as he made to climb down the fire escape to ground level.

Once reaching ground level, Ash made his way over to the group.  "Well gentleman, it's a pleasure to see you doing well."

[Xarias Fury]

Shiroe smiled and nodded at Ash and Marshal, now completing their temporary team and therefore dramatically increasing their chances of survival. Having no idea where they were, and judging by Marshall's question neither did he and Reggie, Shiroe looked over to Ash who seemed to have the best view of the city.

"Hello Ash, did you happen to see any notable areas from way up there? Shiroe asked, having no clue at the moment.

[Walter]

"My guess would be that they're either in some obvious landmark, or at least near. They couldn't be expecting for us to check the houses. Surely not." The strutting cock of a man commented as he placed Solace on his back once more, his cape flapping about as he did.

Shiroe and Ash would certainly be useful members of the team. They were clearly talented, respectable, quite wealthy. Reginald's view of his partner, however... Was different.

[Ever Professional]

Ash tilted his head to the left as he looked at Reginald.  "Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if part of this exercise is to find the artifacts inside of houses.  We would be taking care of any Grimm in the houses, and we'd be learning infiltration skills.  On the other hand, I doubt that the academy wants us breaking locks or windows in search of these relics."

Ash then turned his head to Shiroe to answer his question.  "I saw a few statues in the area, but I dearly hope those aren't the artifacts we have to collect; though there is a chance that the artifacts are small, and I missed them when I was checking the area."

[Martian]

Marshal was beginning to feel ignored. These three clearly knew each other, and all seemed to be cut from a similar cloth. If Marshal wanted to stay relevant in his own team, he'd have to step up to the plate and prove that he was worthy of the others. "Why don't we start by checking out those statues that he suggested." He turned to Ash. "Your name was Ash, right? Can you take us to those statues?"

[Walter]

"I wasn't aware someone put you in charge." The extravagant prickhead remarked, crossing his arms. He wasn't just going to let some mere peasant give orders like that, especially not to someone of higher standing, with people who held actual power around him no less. No, that simply wouldn't stand!

Reginald was oh so certain that his wealthy compatriots would agree. Because he's a tool.

[Xarias Fury]

"Now now, Reggie, I believe Marshal is right. We should check on those statues, they're our biggest clue so far. Shiroe said, trying to defuse any tension. Shiroe didn't want any fighting at the moment but he knew that Reggie would probably think of another reason to bite back at Marshal later. For now getting through initiation was all that was on his mind right now, and hopefully they get through it in one piece.