RWBY: The Years Before: Shadow of Grim

Junior's Establishment


Junior, who was cleaning a glass, raised his eyebrows and laughed goodnaturedly. "Well dude, if you don't want to party, you haven't come to the right place!" Nevertheless, he complied, getting the customer some water in one of the taller glasswares. "I'm glad word's getting around. Not as many people here as I'm used to, but hey, we only just opened the place. Hell, no sign, wet paint, this place will be jivin' in notime." Junior answered another mans order and slung a shot across the bar to him, not paying too much attention to the newcomer.


Jackal and Roman were in area #2, the more discreet, hidden away area entered through a door behind the bar. Roman was happily swinging his cane around, twirling a cigar. It wasn't lit of course, Jackal didn't especially approve of the cartel's 'little brother' smoking. The kid was only 13, afterall. "So Jackal, i'm thinking... For this area... Strippers. Strippers everywhere." Jackal raised his eyebrows, slightly appalled that the barley pubescent teen had such a plan. But to be honest, for a place like this, he was thinking the same thing. And he didn't think Curve would expect anything less. "Yea, I gotchya. But we'll get to it when we get to it, maybe when Junior's got some free time. Escalation, Romie, escalation." "Oh, like when someone points a gun at you, you run them over with a garbage truck?" Roman asked innocently, still swinging his cane. He pulled Fudge's lighter out, the one with the jack-o-lantern on it, and lit his cigar. Jackal figured Roman had stolen it from fudge, but would put it back without him knowing it was even gone. "Did Curve tell you that's what you do when someone points a gun at you?" Jackal asked, watching Roman flick the lighter closed and let out a puff of smoke. "Yea. But what if I don't have a garbage truck?" Jackal laughed. "Well just shoot them then, allright kiddo?" Jackal smiled. He rubbed his chin looking around the room. He'd heard the news of some gang related violence in the next district over, and figured from the brutality of the murder, it had been Curve. Jackal didn't know what Curve wanted next for sure, but he was certain the body was a message. 'You don't fuck with me. You join, or you die.'


Fudge was being his normal self, sitting and smoking by a table at the door. He was supposed to be acting as a bouncer, but with the club just starting out, keeping people out was not such a smart idea. So Fudge was the security guard instead. When the guy in green walked past, he payed no attention to him, other than the fact that he didn't quite like the color green, in contrast to his favorite color red. They were new here, so none of them had heard of the green vigilantes actions beforehand. But if they had, all four of them would have kept close tabs on the man, each for many varying reasons.





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Joy Citron

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Another beautiful day at the renowned hunter/tress academy known as Beacon. The sky was clear, the sun was its usual happy, shiny self, birds and other creatures fled with terror from Emerald forest. Our lovely huntress, Joy was standing ontop of one of the many class rooms, her hands on her fully developed birthing hips, just below her tiny waist and toned, bare tummy. Leaning on one slender leg while her white braided hair dangled down past the cute dimples on her lower back. Joy always wore a smile, a sort of...haunting...creepy smile. Her magenta/red eyes blinked their pretty long lashes at the chaos falling before her. She raised her right hand up to the goggles sitting on the top her head and adjusted them, her smirk growing into a grin, barring sharp, snake-like fangs.


The clear sky or bright sun isnt what made this day beautiful to Joy. Oh no no no. What made this day beautiful, was the sight of chaos, the aroma of panic, the atmosphere of terror! Joy took a deep breath, savoring the moment, then released it all at once,"Simply beautiful~" her bubbly voice chimed. The girl stepped off the edge of the roof, landing with effortless grace. Sonora crossed her path, a little distance ahead. Joy pouted, but immediately returned to her cheery, plastic smile. She jogged over in a cute girly fashion, waving her hand,"Sonora~" she called. "How dare you start with out me!" she playfully complained. The sneaky snake faunus stood in the midst of the scene, unbothered by the grimm and battling hunters and huntresses alike. She liked this craziness, she was attracted to it, and more so attracted to power. She was a strange duck, really. But she loved dealing damage more than watching it. She hummed nonchalantly, looking down at her gauntlet and tinkering with it a little. She flipped a switch and a high pitched ring came from her iron fists, announcing that they were being charged up. She wiggled her fingers, making sure they wouldnt lock up on her (it happened to her once). All seemed to be running smoothly.


The echoing bellow of an Ursa caught her ears,"Hm?" She looked up and saw a rather large Ursa facing off with a tattoed boy (Curve). She smiled, watching the guy cautiously figure out his next move. She grinned once again, casually walking up to Curve and stopping behind him so she wouldnt get in his way,"Hes a big guy, aint he?" she eyed the Ursa with interest,"Hmm..." The gears in that pretty little head of hers turned. She raised her hand, palm facing the beast and released a bolt of energy. There was a slight recoil that only make her shoulder jerk, but other wise she stood in place. However she had no idea these were "smarter than the average bear" Ursas, and when she witnessed the grimm dodge the attack (cause im sure it did) she crinkled her nose,"Hm, well that didnt work," she shruged a little sounding a but surprised, but she took it rather lightly as if it were no big deal. In all honesty, her mental state wasnt all there, and because of that, she never saw or took anything seriously. It was always play time for her. In certain situations that kind of attitude was pleasant, but in other events, it really wasnt. She blinked as a cloud of dirt, kicked up from her blast, dissipated.


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Sward shook his head in confirmation and tried to find the nearest griffon when one tried to dive bomb him. "Alright Curve! I'm going to catch a flight!". Sward tried to jump on it but the damn beast kept getting away. Locke saw Sward struggle and the two worked together to land the grimm and Sward's eyes glowed bright green again and ran towards it and fired his gun so he can get some major air time and wall jump onto the griffon's back without any difficulty. The Griffon soon was back in the air and tried to throw him off but Sward held on. It rammed him against walls trying to shake him off and continuously looked back to see Sward with only a few scratches. Sward was astounded to see how durable he was. Was this because of that girl. If so he owes her one of his juice boxes and a proper thank you.


One Beowulf in the emerald forest was continuing its search until it sniffed out one of the vials from the container. The contents were emptied but the scent remained. It was close but was still so far away. At least it knew it was on the right track. It howled to let the others know about it's finding and continued forward.


After helping Sward he went back to the girl who was not alone this time and seemed to be arguing about rehearsals. The Ursa was about to attack again and seemed totally focused on the duo and not on him. This was his chance to repay the favor. As the Ursa charged Locke shot two bolts at the beasts front legs greatly damaging them and making it trip and whole lot easier to attack.


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Sward shook his head in confirmation and tried to find the nearest griffon when one tried to dive bomb him. "Alright Curve! I'm going to catch a flight!". Sward tried to jump on it but the damn beast kept getting away. Locke saw Sward struggle and the two worked together to land the grimm and Sward's eyes glowed bright green again and ran towards it and fired his gun so he can get some major air time and wall jump onto the griffon's back without any difficulty. The Griffon soon was back in the air and tried to throw him off but Sward held on. It rammed him against walls trying to shake him off and continuously looked back to see Sward with only a few scratches. Sward was astounded to see how durable he was. Was this because of that girl. If so he owes her one of his juice boxes and a proper thank you.
One Beowulf in the emerald forest was continuing its search until it sniffed out one of the vials from the container. The contents were emptied but the scent remained. It was close but was still so far away. At least it knew it was on the right track. It howled to let the others know about it's finding and continued forward.


After helping Sward he went back to the girl who was not alone this time and seemed to be arguing about rehearsals. The Ursa was about to attack again and seemed totally focused on the duo and not on him. This was his chance to repay the favor. As the Ursa charged Locke shot two bolts at the beasts front legs greatly damaging them and making it trip and whole lot easier to attack.


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Curve was glad Sward could do as he asked. Riding a griffon was no easy task, letalone staying on one. As Curve had predicted, the ursa was vunerable to airborne and ranged attacks. Perfect. As soon as the grim tripped, Curve sidestepped INTO its path. He grabbed it by the inside of its snout, none too happy about the mucus that would no doubt stick to his hand. He'd have to wipe it on something to avoid displeasure. After grabbing the beast by the nose, Curve lept up and around it. "OJ! Give me some sparks!" He called, and his teamate complied.


OJ mounted his staff on his shoulder, converting it into his RPG. He took a knee, took aim, and fired. Curve, who still had ahold of the beasts snout in midair, had forced the beasts jaw open, and the RPG found its mark, the sensitive node on the top ramming into the roof on the grims mouth. The explosion blew half the grims skull off the top of its head, spattering the area around it (and Curves suit, which was once again, a clean one). Curve landed on a foot, a hand, and a knee, and was immediately grabbed by the beowulf. It had ahold of his arm, but thankfully its teeth had clamped down on the brestplate that his necklace had expanded into at the start of every fight under the suit. The beowulf shook him like a rag doll, and it was all he could do to keep his other arm wrapped around its neck, keeping his arm from being torn off.


Glynda, in the meantime, was handling the nevermore. Deflecting its attacks more like it. Her magic created a barrier in front of her that stopped the hail of feathers from spreading any further than her, keeping its attention away from her students.
 
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Joy Citron

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The happy-go-lucky girl shruged,"I wouldnt have failed if it didnt dodge it," she said matter-of-factly to Sonora to get her off her back. Then Curve spoke and Joy looked at him curiously,"So theyre smart huh?" she smiled looking back at the Ursa, "Thats interesting~" she licked her lips subconsciously, predator hungry for prey. Curve proceeded with instructions to shoot at its legs, if it wont kill it then perhaps itll cause a slip up, making the creature slow down. The snake faunus brought two fingers to her forehead and winked at Curve,"Aye, aye!"


She took off to the right, giving a comfortable amount of distance between herself and the Ursa. As she went along, she spontaneously did a cartwheel, showing off her agility, and landed on both feet, aiming for the beast. Joy's snake-like smile extended and she eyed the Ursa,"Boom" she whispered, right before blasting a barrage of energy bolts at the legs of the Grimm. Amidst the blast another had joined in, a knight of green, and together they made the beast tumble. Curve stepped in, and with another team mate brought the grimm to its death. But it wasnt over. They finished one of the "smart" grimm but a Beowulf had its jaws locked on Curve. Joy straighted her stance watchig him being thrashed about in the grimm's jaws,"He's a biter," she giggled. Joy took to a running stance, and activated her semblance and in a split second, pushed off the ground, leaving a a dent and cracks on the cement beneath her feet. She charged the beowulf with full speed, pulling back her right arm and when she approached the two, layed a good one on the beowulf's lower jaw. It wasnt enough to kill him, considering these were elite grimm, but it was definitely forceful enough to send the grimm back some ways. With her left hand, she grabbed hold of Curve by one of his arms, unsuring that the beowulf would drag him along, so he had to let go.


@Alstromeria @Carnation @Emperor Of Embers
 
GOOD MORNING GLORIOUS TEAM!!" Dello shouted, playing loud, obnoxious music from his phone. "Today is the day that our team changes for the better!" Dello shouted, jumping over to Grau and poked him, "Hey sleepy head, time to wake up!" Dashing, he ran over to the other side of the room and poked Aqua "Because today is the day!" Now, sliding, he slid over to Obsidian's bed, his eyes seemed to sparkle like an annoying dog wanting a treat "That we change for the better!!!" Shouting again, he jumped up and pointed his finger up in the air. "Besides, we need to get up anyways, we're late..." Dello finished, realizing the time, before he could head out the door, he finally noticed the commotion going on outside. Walking to the window, he looked outside... horror struck his face as he saw Grimm, there were students fighting them off but he was still in shock"How they get here!?" Dello, let these thoughts enter his mind, without hesitation, "Alright folks it's time to get up! Because we have grimm!!! Dello said running out the door in a sprint pace, wondering what was going on.


@SirDerpingtonIV @Senshin


Getting outside of Beacon, he watched in awe and fear as the students fought, he normally didn't get scared by this type of thing but this was different, they had actually come to beacon. His looked behind him to see if his team was following him but they weren't there... "Are they still asleep!?" taking a deep breath, he looked for the nearest teacher, seeing Glynda fighting the nevermore. He closed his eyes, taking one more breath before switching out dust. "This is stupid...BUT I GOTTA DO MY PART!" Dello shouted as he shot three shots in the air, creating a fiery trail as two of the three shots managed to hit the Nevermore. "Gotcha!" Dello cheered, before realizing that it wasn't dead. "Oh no..." Dello said, realizing his mistake... @everyone


(This is probably the third time I posted this post... first one was deleted like the others, second I deleted, now lets see if this gets deleted.)
 
Azure & Carter

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Kuro had a good plan, bring down the arial enemies, they were a huge problem. As it is, some students had enough trouble with the grimm on the ground, but they kept them occupied for now. Carter moved to Glynda's side, thinking of a way to help her out with the Nevermore. 'Think, think, think,' he searched through his pockets, landing on a few magazine's of dust-infused bulelts,'If enough ice spreads on its wings its no longer aerodynamic,' he nodded, it was worth a shot. He switched mags and inserted the special rounds. 'It might send it crashing but we have to try something,' his gun made a click, securing the ammo into the weapon. His hand dug into his pocket again,"Azure!" he called.


The fox faunus turned to look at him. "Use these!" he tossed an extra mag to her. The petite girl raised her hand and caught it with ease,"What if they are not the right caliber?"


"They are! I took a look at one of your pistols in your sleep." he retorted back.


Azure jerked her head back then frowned. How dare he. But now wasnt the time to bicker over that. Unfortunately, because their mag sizes and shape were different, she had to load the bullets one by one. She hated the extra work but did as she was told anyway. After a few seconds she was loaded and ready to go, she took aim, along with Carter, and both pulled the trigger at the same time. The nevermore rained its feathers, and the two moved behind Glynda, it was a tight fit, but she had her glyph up that worked as a shield. When it was safe they came out again, shootimg at the wings of the large Nevermore. Azure felt a little pressure, knowing that she wasnt the best shooter around, she was much more skilled in hand-to-hand or with her trident, but it would have no effect on a flying nevermore. Carter could see that some shots were successful, as white spots began to appear on his wings.


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Grau Kohlrabenschwarz



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Grau awoke with a groan, hearing his "new" team captain squeal and shout at them with utterly obnoxious vigor. Grau dragged himself out of bed, grumbling about his lack of sleep. He stood up, pulling his clothes on, allowing his scroll to slip into a pocket. "Morning," he dully greeted the others, lacking all the excitement of the team leader. He began to move joy of the room, shaking himself awake to prepare him for his first class, with Oobleck, he believed. He rembered something about them learning about the Faunus wars next, and he wasn't too excited about the proposition, knowing that his family would be mentioned rather unfavorably, which would draw unneeded attention to himself. Plus, he couldn't bare to imagine the look on Azure's innocent face when she heard of what his ancestor's had done to her kind. As he had just left the room, he heard Dello say something else, about... Grimm. He turned to inquire what Dello had met, when he saw the Nevermore soaring outside. He moved to the window without hesitation, yanking it open.


A black, swirling mass formed in his hands, before a Raven took flight, growing larger as it left the window as Grau leapt out after it, catching the creature's legs as it carried him down towards the Grimm. He dropped, the Raven sqwaking as it rose into the air, providing Grau vision. He felt exhausted from the summoning, but he knew his adrenaline could carry him through the fight.


@HoneyBear-Kat @Alstromeria
 
KURO MAYONAKA


Seeing the new arrival skipping up to the fight, which remained close quarters between Curve and the other new girl, Kuro decided his plan wasn't going to work. He remembered his team's strengths: himself at a medium or close range, Azure with pressure points or her trident, Carter with his knives and ice, and Mel with that hammer. It was time to switch it up.


"Guys, plan ain't working. I got a Plan B: I'm switching to my staff and I'm going close quarters to help out Curve and the others. Carter, anything gets too close to me that I can't get a visual on, freeze it in place. Azure, gonna need you to get in close. Mel, it's time to start putting that hammer to good use," he said in a mix between a commanding tone and a sarcastic tone.


Before he could even give his team a chance to acknowledge him, he combined his two shotguns into his staff and extended the spearheads on the ends of the weapon, each glowing white. He charged straight into the mix ahead with his weapon spinning in his hand. A griffon saw this and ran to meet him. He attempted to leap over the thing, but it grabbed onto his leg and brought him right back down on the ground. It loomed over him and bared its fangs, but he kicked the thing in the chin to stagger it and rolled to his side, coming back up with one of the barrels of his shotguns aimed at it. He squeezed the trigger once and the beast staggered back and charged at him. The momentum that shot gave him allowed him to spin the staff and bring the other shotgun barrel up to bear, but the thing was close enough to be smacked in the chin again by the spearhead on that end of his weapon. It staggered back again, and he flipped back into a ready stance, charging again. Every swipe the beast made, Kuro countered with a block, being pushed back on the defensive. Plan B wasn't going as he thought it would.


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OLIVER SAGE


After grabbing the drink from the counter and downing the clear liquid, Oliver wiped the remainder from his lips with his sleeve. He had taken down at least two pairs of gang members casing up Dust stores in Vale, and he was parched. He had taken note of the guard at the door, and his particular distate for the color of his outfit. Across the way, he saw two more individuals, one of them being a thirteen year old kid with orange hair and a freshly-lit cigar in his mouth. Oliver already didn't like the vibe he was getting from that kid. He looked back to the bartender and decided to keep up the conversation and not look suspicous.


"More people, regardless of the state of the club, is always good for business. More people means more money, and more money means it gets done faster," Oliver stated. He knew a little bit about business, being from a wealthy business family after all. "Give it time. The place is brand new, it might take a while for word to get around, but how fast it gets around depends on what kind of people you cater to." He was going to slowly and subtlely steer the conversation to a direction that would give him some answers pertaining to the gang he's been tracking down.


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Curve felt the pressure lessen on his arm, and associated this with a flash of green in his puerperal vision. The girl had gotten the beowulf to drop him, and that was good. Relatively. His arm was sore from being jerked back and forth. Curve was dragged a short distance from the beowulf by the girl, he got to his feet and brushed himself off with dignity. "I'm going to have to learn your name after this." He said stoically, eyes still focused on the adversary.


He sized up the situation. One beowulf left. One griffon that was a problem, anyways, sward was handling the other one. The nevermore was not a problem at the moment, Glynda was able to keep it at bay. He turned to the girl that saved him. "I'm going to need some cover fire. I'll get around the mutt, you shoot it. Any of..." What exactly did you call what the girl shot out of her glove? "...That... That misses the beowulf, I'll deflect it back. It can't dodge two shots at once." Curve took his stance, and began to slowly ease his way around the left side of the beowulf. Its eyes shifted between the two, but focused on curve more. Its jaw worked in a strange way, the hit the girl had landed seemed to have done a number on it. Apparently, only their intelligence was increased, their endurance wasnt. That was something Curve filed away mentally, their capacity to think was what made them the most dangerous.


What the beowulf didn't understand was that Curve was out with a vengeance. His tattoos glowed. He'd have to buff his armor later to get the teethmarks out. He was pissed. And when he was pissed, he got things done. His boots slowly *claBMp*-ed their way around the beowilf. The only reason it had bit him in the first place was because he was caught off guard. "You're going down, beastie." Curve growled, animal like. By the noise the beowulf was making from the pain in its jaw, it was hard to tell if the speech had come from Curve or the beowulf.


His desire for blood was not quenched however, someone else had buried their weapon in the back of the beasts neck while it was focused on him. Distraction and hits from multiple directions was the key when dealing with the grim now, he supposed. He shrugged with a grunt. "Nice job," he said to the newcomer, "Now let's kill ourselves a nevermore."
 
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KURO MAYONAKA
Seeing the new arrival skipping up to the fight, which remained close quarters between Curve and the other new girl, Kuro decided his plan wasn't going to work. He remembered his team's strengths: himself at a medium or close range, Azure with pressure points or her trident, Carter with his knives and ice, and Mel with that hammer. It was time to switch it up.


"Guys, plan ain't working. I got a Plan B: I'm switching to my staff and I'm going close quarters to help out Curve and the others. Carter, anything gets too close to me that I can't get a visual on, freeze it in place. Azure, gonna need you to get in close. Mel, it's time to start putting that hammer to good use," he said in a mix between a commanding tone and a sarcastic tone.


Before he could even give his team a chance to acknowledge him, he combined his two shotguns into his staff and extended the spearheads on the ends of the weapon, each glowing white. He charged straight into the mix ahead with his weapon spinning in his hand. A griffon saw this and ran to meet him. He attempted to leap over the thing, but it grabbed onto his leg and brought him right back down on the ground. It loomed over him and bared its fangs, but he kicked the thing in the chin to stagger it and rolled to his side, coming back up with one of the barrels of his shotguns aimed at it. He squeezed the trigger once and the beast staggered back and charged at him. The momentum that shot gave him allowed him to spin the staff and bring the other shotgun barrel up to bear, but the thing was close enough to be smacked in the chin again by the spearhead on that end of his weapon. It staggered back again, and he flipped back into a ready stance, charging again. Every swipe the beast made, Kuro countered with a block, being pushed back on the defensive. Plan B wasn't going as he thought it would.


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OLIVER SAGE


After grabbing the drink from the counter and downing the clear liquid, Oliver wiped the remainder from his lips with his sleeve. He had taken down at least two pairs of gang members casing up Dust stores in Vale, and he was parched. He had taken note of the guard at the door, and his particular distate for the color of his outfit. Across the way, he saw two more individuals, one of them being a thirteen year old kid with orange hair and a freshly-lit cigar in his mouth. Oliver already didn't like the vibe he was getting from that kid. He looked back to the bartender and decided to keep up the conversation and not look suspicous.


"More people, regardless of the state of the club, is always good for business. More people means more money, and more money means it gets done faster," Oliver stated. He knew a little bit about business, being from a wealthy business family after all. "Give it time. The place is brand new, it might take a while for word to get around, but how fast it gets around depends on what kind of people you cater to." He was going to slowly and subtlely steer the conversation to a direction that would give him some answers pertaining to the gang he's been tracking down.


@Alstromeria
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Junior nodded. "Yea, back in Vacuo we had this awesome setup man, I wasn't a somebody back home, I just ran the bar. Now I'm the only guy with the charisma here to do it! Junior pointed to the DJ, things on the dance floor had slowed down a bit, and the few people who were there really shouldn't want to leave. The DJ worked his magic and Junior went back to cleaning the glasses. Junior took a look around at the place, they didn't have a wall up behind the bar yet, just some wooden frame, and Jackal and Roman were the only people behind him. Afterall, it was just blank space back there, no reason for anyone else to be back there yet. From the wet/dry/drying paint and blanked off space because of the work they were still doing, the place still didn't look too special. At least the DJ had his booth and the lights and sound system were up.


"Speaking of attracting people," Junior leaned across the bar, his arms folded in front of him on the countertop, "How'd you hear about us? Friend told you, something like that? Any ideas for advertising? I'm in charge of that, and I mean, I'm drawing blanks, man.
 
Joy Citron

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Joy, all bubbly and giddy, released Curve from the sudden pull of the beowolf as he was sent away from them. The make stood up, dusting himself off,"I'm going to have to learn your name after this," he said. Little does he know our very own, questionably aligned heroine, was very flirtatious, especially toward those that showed power. Remember, shes a little twisted and sadistic, but nothing excites her more than causing harm. She flicked her bangs out of her face and brought her shoulder to her cheek, batting her eyes innocently spoke with pursed lips,"All you need to know is that Im more than you can handle," she dropped the cute act and grinned at him, fangs bared, amused by her own silly attitude.


Curve moved on with a pretty good plan,"Alrighty~!" she gave her creepy perfect smile. "Lets see some body parts!" She cheered. Joy raised her hand, the cannon making it high pitched charging noise, but a split-second before she released, someone else had come in,"Crap!" she redirected her aim just in time. "Mmm.." she groaned, pouting that over the fact that she didnt have a chance to kill anything.


@Alstromeria @SirDerpingtonIV
 
Curve snorted at the girls flirtatious manner. He saw Kuro fighting with one of the griffons, Sward was still riding his, banging it around and making a mess of the place. If these things didn't act like animals, and they certainly didn't lke being treated and killed like them. Kuro was doing good, blocking almost all of the griffons attacks, but he was taking most of the force head on. Curve shook his head, the boy still had a bit to learn, but it was good that he showed progress.


Curve made his way to the griffon from Kuros side, and defleted a blow that was meant for the team leader. He pushed into the block with his blade, smacking the swipe to the side instead of attempting to absorb the energy. "Like that." Curve grunted, parrying another blow, "Come on now, you get to do it with me." Sparks flew as the grims claws grated off Curve's blade as they clashed, again and again. Together they could fight this thing and beat it, which was not something Curve liked, the together part, but it was necessary.
 
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Obsidian Nightfall





Obsidian reluctantly opened his eyes, shifting out of bed to dress as he listened to his leaders instruction. He went through all of his morning motions, nodding, and returning Grau's greatting with one that was hardly coherent in the wake of sleep induced sluggishness.


His attentiveness would quickly spike, when the word 'Grimm' had been uttered by his leader. With haste, Grimm retrieved his Penumbra set from his bedside table, barreling out of the window in pursuit of the airborne Grau. Shimmering coils made their presence upon the illumination of his eyes, these tiny threads embracing his hands, and the hilts of his combat knives. He gritted his teeth when he spotted the Nevermore, an immense hatred quick to bubble to the surface. Obsidian hurried over to his leader, upon noticing the beast had taken damage from Dello's assault. Here he awaited his instruction, carefully studying the beasts movements. "How would you like to proceed, captain?"


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Aqua Marine





Aqua had awoken immediately, in Dello's antics. Reluctantly, she slid out of bed, carrying out her morning rituals. "Good morning!" She called out to Grau as she dressed, one final nod of approval in the mirror before turning to leave.





When Dello suggested danger, she hurried out after grabbing Maelstrom. Harp in hand, lithe extremities were quick to take positioning on the strings. When Dello's shots landed, she cheered, yet remained attentive of the beast when it refused to fall. "Nice shot!" She cheered. Aqua raised her palm, in alignment of the Nevermore. As if to respond to Obsidian, she began firing jet after jet of water at it. Anything to draw its attention, and if they were fortunate, beckon it closer. If even one blast of water were to glance it, the effect would mirror that of the blade.





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Dello kept firing at the Nevermore, some of his shots missed, which fell near where Grau was located, "Sorry pal!" Reloading the gun, Dello got an idea to take down this flying beast. Grabbing some blue dust, he poured it into a section of his gun before taking aim. Dello fired three more shots at the Nevermore, only one shot managed to hit, but that shot was enough to freeze apart of the right wing. The other ice trails arced, and started to fall to the ground, Dello looked at the individual shots before and shouted "EVERYONE, COVER!" with a snap from his fingers, the two ice shots exploded, causing ice shards to fall from the sky. Some of the shards managed to hit the Nevermore.


@SirDerpingtonIV
 
Ivory watched the battleground from her perch as she reloaded her anti-tank rifle. She lined up her aim onto the ice damaged Nevermore before she fired a shot into it's wing. Being heavily damaged the Nevermore wasn't able to dodge quick enough before it was now sporting a hole in it's wing. She then turned her attention to the ground and shot the wing of a griffon that was attacking them.
 
KURO MAYONAKA


Appreciating the help from Curve, Kuro devised a strategy to take out the Griffon. He'd let Curve intercept the blows, and then counter-attack himself. He appreciated the gesture, especially since he knew Curve didn't really like hanging around with anyone other than Sward. He also appreciated the comment about him being a good leader. As his bulky partner intercepted another attack, Kuro leapt at the thing and rained down hit after hit with the spear heads on the end of his combined staff. He then planted on in the ground and used it as a vault to come above the creature, and then drive one of the sharp spearheads into its back. He pulled the trigger for that shotgun repeatedly, blasting it multiple times point blank.


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Pondering for a moment, Oliver needed to word his next response very carefully. If he let on too much that he was looking for a gang, he might alert anyone eavesdropping on the conversation. If he let on too little, then he wouldn't get any useful information pertaining to his goal.


"Hmm, I'd say it really depends on what kind of people you cater to. The more wild people probably would get word through verbal advertisement spread around the bad parts of town, but I don't know anyone that could do that. Posters would help as well, but then you'll get those annoying cops showing up, unless that's cool with you guys," he explained very smoothly. He'd hoped he didn't say too much or too little.


@Alstromeria
 
The griffon screeched once, falling on its side. It made a gugling/cawing noise once, and lay still. Curve kicked at it to make sure it was dead, and sure enogh it was. It began to dissapate, and would be gone in a matter of minutes. Out of the corner of his eye, Curve saw the nevermore fall out of the sky and was immediately torn apart by the rain of ice one of the other students had caused. With a small grunt and a crack of his neck, Curve closed his eyes and exhaled slowly, his tattoos glowing just a tint. The combat was over. Good.


Curve nodded at Kuro, he was quite the acrobat. "Angles, man, angles. And leverage. Don't try to block head on, you'll wear yourself out." Curve straightened his tie, and wrung his sleeves out around his wrists. Dammit, he'd have to get this suit cleaned too. Even though the bits of the ursa dissipated a bit ago, small wisps of smoke still clung to him. This wouldn't normally bother Curve, but this was different. These grim had no place on earth. That included his suit.


Curve *claBMp*-ed around in a circle, mentally ticking off the people that had helped him. The girl with the horn thing. The flirty brawler girl. The guy with the axes. Ivory. OJ. Kuro. Sward... Where was Sward? Curve stopped in his tracks, whirling around. His eyes had a bit of a glint that they didn't usually contain. Worry. "SWARD!" He called. Dammit, where was he? "SWARD!" When had Curve last seen him? Fighting the ursa... Riding on the Griffon. Snapping his gaze to the skies, Curve picked out the blot of darkness heading away from the school. Well shit, they could run away now. But what was worse, was that Sward was still on it.
 
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Junior frowned a bit, raising his eyebrows to make the "not bad" face. "Well no party house likes the fuzz. Wish we knew more people here, I mean, we just came in from Vacuo by ship three days ago. It was amazing the boss could get this place so quick you know? Connections man, connections." Junior rubbed another glass with his rag, realized the rag was dirty, and tossed it in a basket, producing a new one from his breast pocket. "I mean, connections are everything, advertisement, clients, workers, and to be honest, we need some more employees. We close every night at four and don't open again until eight the next night, and I'm the only one who runs the bar." Setting the glass down and tossing the rag on his shoulder, he leaned over the bar again. "We've had some intrest though, shouldn't be too soon. Then poor fudge can get some rest, ha-ah. Gotta find somebody else to hold that wall up." Junior jerked his chin over at Fudge with his scarlet red hair. He was leaning against the wall, his ever present cigarette in his mouth. Fudge sneered and jerked his chin back, he couldn't hear the two talking, but he noticed Junior's head nod.
 
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The griffon was going out of control. it kept wanting to head into the emerald forest but Sward struggled to go another way. It was no good only one way out of this Sward thought to himself. Sward used right hand and stabbed the griffon in the eye which made the beast scream out in pain and Sward repeated this until the two fell out of the sky. Sward was prepared to jump off at an time. It would be a lot easier to land now that there where plenty of trees to land on. As he was nearing the ground he fired a few shots to low him down enough so he can get onto a tree branch and jumped his way down to the ground. As he began to wipe off the dirt off him the griffons dead body fell and plummeted right behind him knocking a few trees down. Sward then heard something coming for them and hid as best as he could. A king Taijitu was there and looked at the area. It was a few moments before it moved on. When the coast was clear he made his way into the tree tops dodging grimm just by meer seconds. It was strange. It seemed they were looking for something. He jumped onto a smaller branch which snapped making Sward fall down and landing with a thud. "owowowow.... (Looks up) what is this?" Sward got up and walked towards a strange container. It looked like it took quite the abuse and some black liquid was leaking out of it. Sward examined the strange liquid and stood up when all of a sudden.... *Smack!!!!* Swards body crashed into the container. Slate had his fist out which was overheating at the moment. "Thanks friend. Couldn't have done it without your help. (turns on comms) Sterling I got it.


Sterling saw as his grimm were being defeated. "This isn't good. Dammit Slate why can't you follow simple order!. (comms turn on.) "Sterling I got it." Alright then. Fall back and regroup. I'll release the soldiers now to reclaim what's left.


Slate was walking away when he looked back at the container. "My dear grimm if any more nasties appear please take care of them. Thanks!"


As the troops were dropped they went to the location and walked upon a scary sight. The grimm have been cut and clawed and shredded to pieces. They did not wish to stay long so they rushed into the crate and got what they came for and started back to Sterling's nevermore for pickup, Leaving behind an unconscious and bloodied Sward on the ground, unnoticed on account of the carnage before them.
 
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Curve saw the griffon fall out of the sky. He didn't hear a gunshot, nothing had killed it. Apparently Sward did. The wolf faunice was always thinking with his guns, not his head. With a crack of his neck and a slight glow of his tattoos, Curve set off at a faster pace than usual to where he predicted Sward would have landed.


A hand on his shoulder stopped him. Wrenching his shoulder back, he saw that the hand belonged to Glynda. "Wait Curve, there's- "I don't fucking care." Glynda was taken aback at the students strong language and menacing glare. "Curve! Excuse me, but- "I said, I don't fucking care. Whatever you're going to say, stuff it." Glynda scoffed. "Curve, be rational. You're walking into an unknown situation if you go after sward." Curve closed his eyes, tilting his head down. "You need to make proper preparations if you plan to just stumble blindly into the forest. You're going to need dust, backup, and you're exhausted from the last fight. It's amazing your arm's still in one piece." Curve glanced at his shoulder, the beowulf had basically ripped that part of the suit to shreds. Its teeth marks shone on the exposed chestplate underneath. Curve turned around, stalking off in the other direction. "Young man, take one more step in that direction and you'll be writing lines in my class for the rest of the year." Curve stopped. But he wasn't stopping in his goals, oh no. He'd find Sward. His buddy got himself into this situation, he'd have to get him out of it. "Did you not hear me?" Curve growled, his dark gaze meeting the teachers, "I don't care. I am Curve, and I have a repuation to uphold." He folded his arms, head bobbing in the rythmic tone of his voice as he said the next line, almost a parable of vacuo; "The Curve of the streets you don't want to meet. You've read my file. You know my history. Others here might. Others here suspect. But if tey don't, they soon will." Curve ran a hand through his hair, his dark locks cascading across his face. "That's who I am. And Sward isn't a friend. He's not a teammate. He's blood. We've been through more shit together than two rats at a pool party in the sewer. And if you think that the first thing I'm going to do is prepare for a life or death situation, you're objectively wrong. He hasn't saved my ass too much, and I his neither. But anything that stands in the straightest line from me to him i'm putting in the ground. Understand?" Glynda could tell from the look in his eyes that Curve was not going to let up. There was a look in his eyes, and she recognized it. It was the one when he spoke of the intelligent grim the first time at ozpins office, the one he had when he spoke of protecting the people and getting to the bottom of 'whatever it was'. It was the look she'd come to know from some professional huntsmen when they were dead set on something, But Curve's was different than those as well. It was not a look of honor, or pride, or determination. In those eyes, Glynda saw murder. "Now I'm off to find my blood," Curve said, spreading his arms wide, "But if you want to come with me, you can. Just don't get in my way."
 

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Seeing that the fight was pretty much over, Kuro let out a long breath and dettached his shotguns from each other and put them back into their holsters when the spearheads slid back. Azure and Carter were fine, but Mel was nowhere to be found. Curve was arguing with Goodwitch over going after the Griffon that had flown off with Sward in tow, but he had seen it crash into the forest. Even though he was tired, it might be worth it to at least go check on Curve. Kuro immediately started after the large student, completely ignoring whatever lecture Goodwitch was about to give him. He had an inkling that the fight here was a distraction from something, but he couldn't tell what the true goal was or where else it was.​



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After taking a look over at the orange-haired lad smoking a cigarette, Oliver looked back to the bartender and leaned back from the counter. The bartender was asking about how to gain more employees, and explaining that his boss had called in some favors to get this place when they arrived from Vacuo. So these were the guys who got here from Vacuo recently. They hadn't done anything yet, to his knowledge, but he didn't know anything about what they did before they left. He'd have to keep an eye out on this place, though. He wouldn't tip them off about the bow-using hooded guy until he needed to pay them a visit, at least for the time being. They seemed smart, and they might be able to put two and two together if he let it slip.​



"Well, my friend, I'd say looking into the locals who need a job would be good. I know of one group who probably could spare some people, but I don't know how to get in contact with em. I had one guy I knew that was gonna tell me how to get in with them, but he never showed up to the meeting I was gonna have with him. Heard that he died, so that's a bummer," Oliver explained. He was lying straight through his teeth, but he spoke with such certainty it was hard to tell that he was.

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(Gonna fast forward a little here cause im having a hard time writing this morning ._.)

Azure & Carter

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Finally the surprise battle came to a close, leaving Beacon littered with combat debris. Ice shards, bullet shells, even a small crater in the ground....that was going to be there for while. Azure sighed with relief when the silence of victory settled in. She dropped her pistols on the ground, and followed soon after. She plopped herself, her legs bent on either side of her. Adreniline had began to dissolve, and exhaustion was setting in. She wasnt physically tired, but she wasnt mentally prepared for a surprise attack so early in the day. Part of her was still waking up.


Carter clipped his gun back onto his back and looked at Azure as soon as her heard her guns fall. Curve, who was around Carter began yelling for Sward, circling as he did so. At some point he came around Carter and Carter scowled,"Do you have to yell in my ear?" he asked with his very monotonous voice, but Curve didnt seem to care.


When no one reponded or came back running to Curve's call (lol hes like a mama bear calling for her baby xD ) Azure lifted her head. She looked around, wondering why Sward hasnt come back, from what shes seen the two were inseparable. The fox got to her feet and she walked where she last saw Sward. His scent was still strong there, and as she followed her nose, noticed that at some point it just...stopped. Carter approached her, knowing exactly what she was doing,"What do you think?"


"Its hard to say," Azure started, her back still toward her team mate. She shook her head,"This does not make any of the sense, it just stops here,"how strange. Azure looked up, thinking maybe he got off the ground some how (she didnt see him get taken by the griffon). As soon as she turned her gaze to the sky, she heard arguing behind her. Both Carter and Azure looked back to see Curve arguing with Glynda, who seemed to want him to stay. "Is he really considering going out there?" Carter said loud enough for Azure to hear. She shruged.


Unfortunately, Glynda was not enough to stop him and he stormed off, as usual. Azure moved back to Kuro's side amidst the yelling and Carter did too. When Curve had begun walking off, Carter spoke up, watching the tattoed student walk off,"You're just gonna let him go on his own?" Carter said to his team mates. Azure jerked her head and looked up at Carter, not really sure she understood what he was really trying to say. Carter looked down at her and raised an eyebrow,"What, are you really that dense?" He gestured toward Curve,"Hes going to get lost in that forest, are you really going to let him?" he shook his head when Azure's face still said she wasnt making the connections to Carter's words. "You're a faunus for crying out loud! Help him! Your nose is your tool. And from what i read on your profile, you can locate people by their auras! Youre the perfect tracker, you idiot!" Despite his harsh way of putting it, Carter made his case rather well. However, Curve intimidated the tiny faunus a little, but it was true, she could help him find Sward quicker than Curve can on his own, and if Sward is injured or in trouble, time is everything. Azure sighed, her ears drooping slightly,"Okay..." she mumbled quietly. Sticking her pistols back in their correct holsters Azure jogged to catch up, she slowed to a walk when she was close enough but not too close to Curve,"Wait, I-I can help you!" she stuttered, shes never pushed herself onto someone like this before, but someone's life could be at stake here, and the faunus would feel an immense amount of guilt if she found out that something happened to Sward and she didnt help when she knew she could. Azure followed like a lost puppy waiting for a response.


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To her dismay, the battle was over, but Joy wasnt. Once she got the high of causing destruction, it was hard for her to come back down. She frowned when she looked around and realized that all her potential victims were already killed and done with, she groaned and pouted,"Not fair," but then sprung back with her plastered smile.


She was walking back to Sonora, when a familiar voice caught her ears. She turned to see Curve going against Glynda. The scene made her smile even more than she already was. Joy didnt take a liking to the advanced huntress, she was too much of a goody-good for her. She eavesdropped on the conversation, and suddenly her route to Sonora had redirected toward Curve. As she got close, she could hear a small faunus asking to join him. Joy saw this as a chance to step in. The girl stepped in front of Curve, with her hands behind her back innocently,"Aint no way, no how, you're going in there with out me," she pointed to herself with her thumb. Suddenly her attitude changed from the bubbly girl she is, to something a little more flirtatious and persuasive. She sauntered closer to Curve with a smirk across her face,"And you have no say on the matter," her voice was a little lower, more velvety, creamy and smooth. She tilted her head slightly, still with sneaky beadroom eyes, watching for a reaction,"Whether you like it or not". Suddenly she snapped out of character and grined,"Okay~?"


Joy spun on her heels, not waiting for a response she continued on Curve's course. She walked with a hip swaying motion that most girls had, her back was facing Curve,"Goodwitch can cry about this later," she waved her hand around. There was no doubt Joy would get into trouble, but being in trouble was normal to her, she was that one kid that always got sent to the headmaster's office as a kid, and now it just had no effect. "Hurry up!" Joy called to the two behind her. Truth of the matter was, that Joy didnt really care to look for Sward as much as she cared to beat the living shit out of something. Her lust for chaos was still raging, and she was quite upset she didnt have the chance to feel a neck or two snap or crack in her hands. The predator wasnt done with hunting down prey, and she was going to get what she wanted.


@Alstromeria @Emperor Of Embers
 
Sonora had followed joy and curve to find sward. She had her horn with a sing ready to go, in case they were to come across something. She doubted it, since the Grimm were utterly mauled to bits. She also made sure that she did not get in joy's or Curve's way, since she did not want to cross either one of them. Since one was a snake faunus, and the other she was unsure of. She had heard talk back home in Vacuo, but she thought they were just people's rumors. Now she can see the real deal. @HoneyBear\-Kat
 
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