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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #15 on: May 08, 2017, 01:07:12 PM »
Her lack of self confidence is way out of hand. I think even this I could help with. Nero got up, placed her headphones back in her jacket pocket. And quickly went over to the cowering Tina. Lifting her head to make eye contact, she spoke in a calmer and more melodic tone, but still loud enough to be heard by the rest of her team. "Listen, I don't think anyone in this ship, anyone in training or going through initiation, or even a full hunter slash huntress has gotten to be where they are without one thing. Skill. I don't think that any school in all of Remnant would have accepted you if they didn't think you have what it takes to thrive as a huntress. Now, does your semblance have a range? If I met an enemy I didn't know was there, there would be a high chance I may not be coming back, so knowing my scouting range is essential. Can you tell what kinds of enemies are there? There is a big difference between a Beowulf and a King Taijitu. Third off, why do you hate me Aurora?" Nero said, turning her caring smile to an emotionless stare as she faced the target of her new inquiry.
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #16 on: May 08, 2017, 02:06:11 PM »
Gwylan smirked back at Aurora as she pulled at his shirt with her semblance. "I bet we could think of soooo many fun things to do with that, ehh?" Gwylan playfully shot back at her. She'd been matching him tit for tat on the flirting front up till now, and he was really hoping to get a blush out of her at some point in the near future. He had a sneaking suspicion it'd be a good look on her.

Leaning back into his seat after, Gwylan let his eyes jump between the girls as they spoke, focusing mainly on Tina. Her request for him to call out retreats was more than reasonable, though anything that caused him to willingly fall back would probably be dangerous enough that they'd already be running. Or he'd just pick her up as he went. She was a dainty little thing, really. Carrying her wouldn't be the most troubling thing in the world.

Speaking of carrying people, if the target was injured in anyway, then it'd probably fall to him to carry her. Aurora and Tina wouldn't be as accurate with a woman on their backs, and it'd slow Nero down to much. He'd have to mention that when there was an opening.

Waiting until after Nero was finished, Gwylan leaned forward so he could get a better chance at looking Tina in the eyes. "Tina, I promise you, if anything looks at you wrong, on or off the battlefield, they'll have one hell of a fight with me to get through first. We're a team now, right? I've got your back and you've got mine". A bit over dramatic perhaps, but it was easier than dealing with Nero's inquiry into Aurora. He'd intervene if things got out of hand, sure, but he really hoped it wouldn't come down to that.

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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2017, 10:05:29 AM »
Aurora full on laughed at Gwylan's rebuttal. Just-the sheer boldness of it... Trying to regain some semblance of composure, she fought back her giggles and responded, "Play your cards right and you won't have to wait long." She tried to raise an eyebrow alluringly, but Aurora couldn't help the wide smile that broke out. Ah, this was fun.

She was taking notes of Tina's adjustments when Nero suddenly stood up to out of the blue wing it for a rousing speech. In the meanwhile, Aurora herself just sat dumbfounded at the girl. Well that was weird. Maybe it could help Tina though? If it didn't make her even more nervous of course. She knew social, and shy people didn't like their shyness to be called out very often. Then again, it still could help. She was internally debating this when Nero suddenly called her out. She was almost too caught off guard to notice Gwylan's unusually heroic response. Though... she did wonder how Grimm would look at her wrong. And a small part of her really wondered what could make him say something so protective about her after just meeting, team or no team.

But. It was time to do what she did best. She looked down for a moment, took a deep breath, and lifted her head to meet Nero's gaze. "I don't hate you," she said. Oh, before it goes unmentioned, said 'what she did best'? Lie. "I admit that I might act uncomfortable around you, but that's because I didn't grow up around Faunus." Except for her mother, her siblings, and countless others. "And the White Fang hasn't been good to me." True. Bonus points for tragic backstory and pity. "So I'm not really sure how the lot of you are." True. "But I don't hate you." True, she just didn't trust her. People said that the best lies stemmed from truth. The very best lies though, were ones that were truths, simply misleading in tone and incorrectly portraying want was really at hand. Thankfully, Aurora was a practiced individual in these arts. "Unless," here she raised her eyebrow, "you are White Fang." She cracked a smile. "Kidding."

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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #18 on: May 09, 2017, 01:05:06 PM »
Tina buried her face in her hands for a short while, reflecting upon the words of advice given to her by her teammates, although completely shutting out Nero and Aurora's conversation. Even if she was in any condition to listen, she wouldn't have been much help anyway. Gathering her resolve, she stayed this way for a good few moments, before letting her hands fall from her face.

"Okay." she said in a small voice. Looking up at Gwylan and Nero, the tiniest of smiles formed on her face as she said: "Thank you both for the encouragement..." she looked out of the window to hide her blush before looking back at Nero. "Nero, if it's just for scouting, I can see up to 30 meters in any direction. And yes, I can generally guess what it is, since each Grimm has different sized footprints or contact points on the ground. Hopefully that helps."

To attempt to further ease her tension, she took her scroll out and loaded up her last save file on the game she was playing. Only then could she could truly relax. It was a bit rude to completely ignore the rest of her team, but that was as much as she could take for now. Hopefully, they would get the hint and reduce conversation with her to a minimum.
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #19 on: May 09, 2017, 02:14:26 PM »
Fuck that! Nero thought. Before even Nero could think of what to say to Aurora's joke, Nero quickly sprinted over, grabbed Death Bell from her sheath, and placed her blade against Aurora's throat. With a caustic and hurt voice, eyes furious but nearly crying, she said, "Don't you ever even joke about comparing me to the supremacist bastards or murderous beasts that make up two thirds of the White Fang's ideals. I hate racists, and you are getting dangerously close to exemplifying what most Faunus believe all humans are like." After replacing Death Bell in the sheath she had taken her from at her seat, Nero turned back to Aurora, the rage in her voice and eyes lessened, but the pain still evident. "I don't want to hate you, I really don't, but racists like the White Fang and most Atlesian I've met really know how to keep the rift between Human/Faunus equality from being closed." Sitting back down on her seat, she efficiently whipped out her headphones and began listening to her tunes. "Sorry for the breakdown, but I have been dealing with racism for fifteen years, all because I have an extra set of ears on the top of my head..." Nero then turned up the music to volumes that block out the hearable world, and slapping away any attempts to touch her.

*the music she is listening to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcKBMYYSJs *
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #20 on: May 09, 2017, 03:44:26 PM »
Gwylan was half out of his seat with his trident in hand when Nero thankfully backed down. And what good luck that was. First day together and there was almost a fight. One that Gwylan wasn't entirely certain where he stood. Or if he could win. Sure he could probably hit harder than either Aurora or Nero, but the bullhead's tighter conditions meant he'd be unable to really use Irvine. But that wasn't going to be a problem now anyway.

What was a problem was the tense atmosphere that had descended the team. Tina was hiding behind a game and Nero was blaring music loud enough that Gwylan was shocked Titan wasn't telling her to keep it down. Aurora was probably reeling inside from Nero's sudden switch in temperament. And Gwylan had no way of knowing how to respond without potentially offending anyone.

Leaning back into his seat, with Irvine rested across his lap, pointed rested away from Aurora of course, no need for an accidental impalement thanks to turbulence, Gwylan gave what he hoped was a reassuring smile to his leader before pulling a small packet of wipes from his pocket. Normally something used to clean hands, Gwylan liked to keep them close to remove any smudges from his gear, which he began to do.

After a short while, he began humming quietly to remove a bit of the awkwardness.

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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #21 on: May 12, 2017, 09:50:26 AM »
Okay this girl was a fucking psycho. A fucking joke, that's all it was, and yet the bitch had the gall to try threatening her. "It was a fucking joke," she muttered under her breath. Goddamn, just a joke and Nero was up and holding a blade to her neck, accusing her of being some dirty, low-down. And truthfully she wasn't doing much for the opinion Aurora already had on her kind. She herself had admitted that the White Fang had hurt her, and the bitch just-just...

Aurora exhaled slowly to try calming down. She was just so mad at the girl, at her unwarranted and honestly crazy actions. Her hands gripped the seat so tightly that her knuckles turned white, just as brimming with tension as the atmosphere around them at the moment. Nero was escaping whatever immediate consequences could be in store by way of headphones and ignoring everyone. Again. Bitch. Tina was trying to keep to herself, poor girl. And Gwylan... She had no idea how she seemed to him now with Nero's little victim playing. He was probably the only reason why she hadn't gotten up and slapped the girl already, or at least what he represented: her reputation. Smart bitch played the victim, though in any sane person's eyes she was the opposite. Of both.

To pass the time and get rid of the tightness in her chest, Aurora just leaned back and slept. Or at least tried to, the most she could do really was just rest and close her eyes. And to do some damage control, as well as have a more comfortable pillow and do the best she could with continuing the flirting, she leaned back on Gwylan for her beauty not-quite-sleep, careful to maneuver under the blunt end of his trident. It wasn't the pronged end, but it could still be uncomfortable. In the back of her mind, Aurora noted that Gwylan's muscles were very, very nice. And as he started humming, she, recognizing the tune, joined in.


(Timeskip to arrival)

With a bump and a jostle, the bullhead landed at their destination, what was left of The Garden. And that bump and jostle made it so Aurora had fallen half on top of Gwylan, and her assets were maybe, maybe not pressed against his-admittedly nice-chest, in view of him as well. "Oops." She straightened herself slowly, stretching a bit before strapping on the knives that she'd removed for the flight and her machete.

Soon after, the bullhead's hatch lowered to a ramp leading down to the ground. Titan entered the ain area the team'd been staying from the cockpit, crossing his arms and leaning against the wall. "We're here. I had to land a little bit further so the Totocoatls wouldn't immediately attack, but if you just follow the road around a little, you'll be at the entrance of the hedge maze.” His eyes hardened, mouth set in a hard line. “Here,” he handed a red flare to Aurora, who took it readily. “The school says I have to give you this, for tradition and all. Light it if you need immediate extraction. Or just call. My contact information’s in the message I sent with the map. There’ll be other aircrafts here to take care of anyone you rescue.” He turned to leave before hesitating and saying over his shoulder, “Just remember, your mission is not to rescue everyone. Or to rid the area of Grimm. It’s to rescue Apple O’Haracle. And… be careful. Grimm aren’t the only threat you have.” With that, he exited the area.

After such a blunt rundown of the situation, Aurora just shrugged and half-ran down the ramp to be met with a deceptively pretty scene. They were on a plateau-like area that joined with the mountains that made up Vale’s natural barrier against what resided on the other side, presumably on the same side as the kingdom was. Below was an ever-reaching jungle, one that continued to the horizon and beyond, where the sun was shining brightly, but the sky was just cloudy enough to keep it from being too bright. A sharp turn kept The Garden hidden from them, and vice versa, but behind and around you could see a couple of aircrafts seemingly belonging to a company called ‘Oracle.’ White-collar workers could be seen around with some heavily armed dudes, probably the people who’d be whisking the survivors back to wherever.

“Alright. Guess this is where it begins.”
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #22 on: May 12, 2017, 10:05:44 AM »
Yep. Tina agreed silently with their leader. She'd distracted herself with her game, enough time to pull herself together and get over the shock that was Nero's outburst. She'd seemed very kind too, until that happened. It was sad for Tina to experience, what the simple mention of White Fang could provoke. But now, enough thinking of what was past. Now she had to visualise herself in a game. A really realistic one. One where she could let her guns do the talking.

Time to flip the switch. It was, by all means, "Mission Start".

She exited the bullhead on high alert, revolvers pointed at the sky. She had heard Titan's explanation, but she wasn't taking any chances. Unfortunately, that meant she missed most of the beautiful scenery. It didn't matter, her eyes were narrowed and her whole body was tense. Anything could leap at them while they were in relative "safety", so she took a position where she could cover the exit of the bullhead, waiting for someone to give orders.
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #23 on: May 12, 2017, 10:46:43 AM »
"Alrighty then." Nero said, drawing both swords in preparation for any fight. Her demeanor has changed, to a slightly lax posture, obviously waiting to move out. "Tell me when to move out, and I will. Oh, forgot to mention during flight, if you see any Beowolves with no left eye, don't kill it and let me know. Those are my fights."

Nero then saw the crowd of people and was noticeably shaken. "Non folle, nient'altro che folle" (Italian-to-English: Not crowds, anything but crowds)
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« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2017, 11:30:21 AM »
Again, Titan managed to give an incredibly motivational speech. Really, it was truly inspirational. Well, the parts he'd heard anyway. Aurora had practically shoved all other faults out of his head with her little tumble when they'd landed, not that he'd been having all that many anyway. She was one hell of a good distraction. Gwylan had to get some self control around that girl, else his interest resulted in him being turned into a shish kebab.

Strolling down the ramp after his team, and taking a less than discreet look at Aurora's butt as she went, Gwylan couldn't help but be stunned by the scenery. It was all rather picturesque for a Grimm attack. He'd expected there to be more........ Grimm really. Still, couldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. Nothing jumping down their throat immediately was anything but bad. If it gave the team time to diffuse a bit from the flight, then all the better. This'd be hard enough without Aurora and Nero being at each other's necks the whole time.

"So, we going in immediately? Or do ya wanna talk to that lot other there, see if anything's come up since the briefing?".

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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2017, 01:34:05 PM »
Aurora furrowed her eyebrows in confusion at Nero and Tina. What... what were they doing? Tina was... guarding something that did not need to be guarded. Nero was... having a panic attack. Also her psycho levels were steadily rising considering her comment about one-eyed beasties. Lovely. Off to a great start. At least Gwylan was still acting fairly normal. He actually brought up a pretty good point, too.

"Uh, yeah, good idea." Aurora walked a few paces in the direction of the crew, waving hi with her left hand and keeping the right behind her back. "Hey, we're the team Beacon sent to take care of your thing with Apple O'Haracle. We were just wondering if you had any new news or updates, or..." she let her voice trail off, waiting for one of them to answer.

A woman in a pencil skirt with one of those earpieces did deign to do so, shaking her head and then proceeding to quickly evaluate the team. "Guess Beacon's sending their best, huh? Said you guys were first years. Initiation mission. They really, really seem to care about the boss's health." The woman crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes at Aurora, seemingly not too pleased. "If Mrs. O'Haracle's team couldn't do anything, how could you? I mean-"

The woman probably went on after that, it was just that Aurora took the time to back away and return to the other three. "Well that was a waste of time," she commented. "Can't let them get us down though, we can do it. I'm certainly not failing my initiation." Trying to imbue some team spirit in the others, Aurora herself started walking in the direction of the fallen resort, looking down at her scroll, which very luckily showed them the layout of the maze. "People to save, we have until sundown, and I don't care what that Titan dude says, we're not just finding this Apple lady and leaving everyone else behind."

"The maze has bunkers one and two," said Aurora, "and two's closer, so I suppose we should pay a visit to that one first. Then we can go back to one." She took a moment to think, looking around at her teammates. "Gwylan darling, if you don't mind, you can lead the charge. I'll be behind you, then Nero, then Tina watching our backs. Though to be honest," here she inserted one of her charming smiles directed at everyone but Nero, "I'd suppose it'd be kind of hard for the bigger baddies to fit in there. Unless it's one of those really, really tall ones. Then, worse. But anyway, there's little chance of a large number of them converging on us, or of one sneaking up on us."
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2017, 02:48:26 PM »
Tina took note of Aurora's words, but made no reply just yet. She remained on guard despite her words, glancing at Nero and dismissing her words as gibberish-which, to her, it was.

In her head, she ran though several situations. If they did run into a Grimm inside the maze, on one hand, it had nowhere to duck and dodge to, making it easy fodder for her revolvers. On the other hand, they would suffer the same restrictions, being unable to manoeuvre beyond a certain degree. Hopefully Gwylan could hold whatever they would face off long enough for her to shoot it down.

Nodding in agreement as to which bunker they were hitting first, Tina then waited for them to move out, she being assigned the rear guard.
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #27 on: May 15, 2017, 11:21:48 AM »
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 Pyro requested that we skip her this round, so I'm gonna go now. Get this show on the road and whatnot.


Gwyaln hummed an agreement to Aurora and jogged slightly so he could take the lead. He was glad she'd decided to help as many people as possible who'd gotten caught up in this situation. A leader that was willing to leave innocents behind for the mission might end up leaving a teammate behind too, if things went south. Kinda person who did that, well, she'd probably have a mutiny on her hands.

But enough of the ominous what ifs, Gwylan had a job to do. Point man was exactly where he should be,  and as long as the girls didn't shoot him in the back, this would be a walk in the park. Thankfully, they seemed to be the competent sort, so that was very unlikely. Apart from that, the biggest threat to Gwylan would either be a corner ambush, or some horror movie kinda thing where they came over the walls and plucked him up. That'd be...... terrifying really. Better not to think of it.

Twirling Irvine around himself with an arrogant sort of ease, the one only the brave or the stupid had, in an effort to hide his sudden nervous thoughts, Gwylan leaned his head back to the girls. "Hey, what's the plan if we've got injured? I can probably carry someone if we have to. It'd only cost me my more exaggerated and extreme swings, but I could still fight well enough. Can't imagine the same for you three though".

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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #28 on: May 16, 2017, 05:48:26 AM »
Aurora was about to respond to Gwylan when she caught sight of the hedge maze. This was no festival corn maze, that was for sure. The walls were twenty feet high, though only about two feet thick. That was good, then they'd be able to cut through with more ease if the need should arise. Still, it was much larger than she thought, but then again, rich people. Who knew what happened in their heads. Luckily, the maze currently obscured them from the view of the three Totocoatls reported to inhabit the place.

Remembering that she had a question to answer, Aurora looked from the maze down to Gwylan ahead of her already half-inside. "Well, our Aura should take care of some, and prevent ones that are too serious." She looked him up and down and continued, "Strong as you are, carrying someone would not be a good idea, weights heavier than a hundred pounds while you fight rarely are. Otherwise though, suit yourself." She shrugged. "Don't carry them too long though, stamina. In combat situations, they'll have to stay back in a fairly safe location while the rest of us fight and cover them."

That done with, Aurora gestured at the entrance. "Lead the way. Oh, and let's try not to create pathway by raze for now, attention is not something we need, as lovely as it normally is."
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Re: The Labor of Atlas [CLOSED] [ATLA-Initiation]
« Reply #29 on: May 16, 2017, 08:20:03 AM »
Tina chose to speak up at this point with "If we do have to evacuate any injured and we run into Grimm, I can protect them while simultaneously covering any fight. I can't carry them, though..."

Still waiting for her teammates to enter the maze in front of her, she finally dropped both revolvers to her sides, hoping that if they stayed quiet enough, the Totocoatls wouldn't hear them. Though, their emotions might betray them, but she'd shoot them out of the sky before they could harm her team. Hopefully. She didn't want any injuries on her conscience.

"Er...Perhaps I'll keep an eye on the sky as well. If you hear me fire, assume a Grimm's spotted us? She suggested. "Though, if I'm using my semblance to either guide us or detect anything around us, someone else might need to take over. Is that ok?" She asked her team. Bit late, but better late than never, right?...Right?

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