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Title: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 01, 2017, 11:24:03 PM
Team VLPS, as they were to be called from now on were seated in an all terrain jeep, driving just outside the limits of the city surrounding Shade Academy. The midday sun is high in the sky and the desert is hot as it always is. The four girls had only just finished with the freshman ceremony at the Academy when they learned all the newly formed freshman teams would be sent out on missions around the city. The team was given access to this very jeep and instructions to head outside city limits and wait for contact about their mission details.

Their newly appointed leader Lynae had taken the wheel, possibly because of her appointment, but probably because she was the only one comfortable driving the vehicle. Sona sat in the passenger seat, while Patchouli and Vidalia had the backseat to themselves. If they were at all worried over where exactly they should stop to be outside limits, they needent have. Their scrolls ding in unison.




Sona snatches up her scroll as it dings, so quickly it's obvious how anxious she was to receive the details of their job. Glancing to Lynae driving, she sighs and begins to read aloud as opposed to herself.



Team VLPS,
This mission will serve as your initiation at Shade Academy. It does not grade on the standard Huntsman mission grades, and is well within your capabilities according to your transcripts. You will prove your skills in your execution of the objective below, and return successful to the Academy. There shall be no alternative.

A group of merchants has been harassed by poachers near the south exit of the city you are now approaching. Harassed individually, they eventually gathered together and counter attacked against the poachers after their product. The group drove the poachers from the area, but they want them captured so they do not resume operations. They deferred to the academy on this as they are hesitant to follow the ruffians to their hideout, a small ruin whose coordinates are enclosed. Recovery of any stolen goods will be considered for extra credit. The apprehension or elimination of the bandits will complete the request, and is your objective. All other mission information can be found attached to this mail.

We will observe your work via your scroll readouts and after action interview. The professor who will be following your progress is Professor Sohrab. You will be representing the academy, so please keep this in mind as you take action. We at Shade look forward to the results of your Trial under Fire.




Signed Shade Academy. Sona finishes.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 02, 2017, 12:09:39 AM
Patchouli shifted uncomfortably in her seat. If she leaned forward, the jostling made her queasy... if she sat back, her quills scratched the upholstery. There really was no way to make a jeep ride through the desert pleasant, but Patchouli knew it was especially bad for her. Under the threat of motion sickness, she was beyond grateful that Sona saved her the trouble of reading out the long-winded mission briefing.

"Professor Sohrab, huh...? I heard he's- oof- pretty brutal..." Patchouli recalled a conversation she had overheard the previous night. Two students were telling horror stories they'd heard from upperclassmen of ludicrous missions Professor Sohrab had given them... but that was multiple levels of hearsay, right? Surely her introductory mission as part of VLPS would be... easy, right? If there were anything truly dangerous in those ruins, Shade wouldn't let them go... right??

"What do you girls think? 'Trial under Fire' sounds pretty intimidating..."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 02, 2017, 09:17:57 AM
Lynae cleared her throat, "'...And is well within your capabilities,' That's a direct quote. I don't think the name being scary has anything to do with the difficulty of the mission. Though if that professor is especially brutal then we just have to be..good. There, simple!" She giggled, trying to reassure her teammate.The girl kept her eyes on the wheel, making sure that she didn't mess up before the mission started.

Lynae was wondering shy she out of the rest of the girls was picked to be leader, but she shrugged it off was 'Shade knows best'.

Recalling the mission briefing, Lynae looked confused. "Wait a minute,'apprehension OR elimination'? That's..weird."

Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 02, 2017, 04:34:38 PM
Vidalia stared off into space as Sona read their mission details. What she did hear was that this mission was serving as their initiation. she didn't mind since she was use to these things happening here since she did live here.Navigating would be simple for here but what about her team? Would they trust her to guide them in the right direction? Vidalia decided to just dismiss the thought and opted to just keep her mouth shut for now.

"It shouldn't be a problem anyway. Most crimes here are handled by the Shade academy students well the minor ones anyway, such as this. It will be easy anyway," Vidalia tells them.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 02, 2017, 11:27:30 PM
"That's standing operating procedure when dealing with criminal element. Huntresses are with in rights to eliminate criminals whose actions are heinous, are too dangerous to be apprehended, or whose actions threaten an innocent. Any combination of those." Sona says. Even though she was repeating something of a textbook definition, the girl's face has clouded over and her expression darkened. After a contemplative moment, she lightly shakes her head.

"...I'm familiar with the methods of policing banditry." She says, and she returns to her scroll. She skims the information attached to to the message, but rather than open any of the files she keys the coordinates into the GPS. "Well, it's not too far. Apparently it's..." Sona says, pointing in the direction of an expansive rock formation with her eyes still locked on her scroll. "...over there somewhere. Roughly 10 minutes out."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 03, 2017, 08:41:16 AM
"Ten minutes isn't too far."Keeping one hand on the wheel, Lynae uses her other hand to turn up the radio. With a grin forming on the girl's face, she let the car speed ahead, making sure not to wipe out. She looked at her surroundings as she sped past them: huge rocks, some large birds in the sky and even a cow skull that lay in the sand.  "Banditry, eh?" Lynae glances at Sona, turning down the radio as a particularly bad song began to play.

"Anyway, poachers doesn't sound too bad; especially if they were driven out by a group of merchants. How skilled are poachers, anyway?" The girl thought out loud.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 03, 2017, 10:43:32 AM
Patchouli continued to fidget in silence with nothing to add to the conversation at hand.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 03, 2017, 06:57:23 PM
"Here? Psh, not many are skilled. Like I said, it will be easy," Vidalia says as she fiddles with the edges of her skirt. "Are we there yet?"

Vidalia reaches forward with the seatbelt tugging at her neck to change the station. She really hated that song, so she tried to switch to another station, but only found that all the songs currently playing she hated. Her fingers twisted the volume knob to the left. She'd rather sit in silents then listen to that atrocity that Vacuo calls music.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 03, 2017, 08:36:11 PM
"Poachers are the type of bandits that only hold up caravans or travelers for their possession. Cowardly types, who'd rather avoid a fight by stealing from some archeologist or food caravan." Sona adds. "Definitely not skilled." Sona frowns, as if to say something more, but must decide against it.

After a moment, Sona sets her scroll down in one of the cup holders and turns to look at Lynae. Her brows are raised slightly and whatever had been darkening her expression before has disappeared, leaving her with a curious look. She lolls her head back, her long hair slipping over the side of the seat to hang behind it. Her expression doesn't change as she looks at the other two girls. With a small exhale she corrects herself in her seat, pulling her hair back to the front side of the seat.

"We'll be fine. I know I'm certainly not going to lose to bandits now. We wouldn't be here if we couldn't handle this much."



Mere minutes later, some of that drive taken up by idle chatter and the rest by silent anticipation, the girls approach the coordinates they were sent. They see ruins, of a failed camp that collapsed from lack of funding, Grimm attacks or may even both. A few scattered buildings still stand, though none with a ceiling and each missing most of at least one wall. On the face of the rock formation, behind the ruins is a large cave mouth, dark and impossible to see into.

No one seems to stir in the ruins as the jeep pulls up to them. All that was missing seems to be a tumbleweed being pushed along by the wind.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 04, 2017, 11:11:48 PM
Eager for solid ground, Patchouli's feet were the first to hit the sand as the gang climbed out of the vehicle. She took several deep breaths of the arid, stagnant atmosphere before even starting to take in her surroundings. When finally she came to her senses, an eerie feeling washed over Patchouli; it wasn't often she was the loudest thing around.

"Um... girls?" Patchouli whispered softly to the team. "Does anyone see any signs of the poachers? Because if they are here- in these ruins, you know- well... they probably heard us coming."

Indeed, any corner could be a potential ambush here. Patchouli's eyes darted about from building to building without catching a glimpse of a living organism, and kept resting upon the ominous cave in the rocks. At this moment even the shimmering of mirages she had become so accustomed to nearly made her jump. Without thinking, Patchouli slowly and silently drew out a fistful of needles and held them close to her chest.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 05, 2017, 12:15:36 PM
As Lynae took a step out of the jeep the girl took a moment to take a good look at the situation. It was true that the team could be ambushed at this moment, especially. Lynae cracked her knuckles and transformed her weapons so now they were covering her hands in gauntlet form."We have dust, if they were here and really wanted to play that game we can just smoke theme out. The mission was to capture or eliminate, remember?" She put emphasis on the 'eliminate part of her sentence, just in case anyone heard her.

In reality, Lynae wasn't going to set off explosions in a ruin that could have treasure buried somewhere. It was a small possibility, but not one worth risking lien for.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 06, 2017, 06:41:50 PM
When Vidalia got out of the vehicle she held her blade at her hip with the other hand resting on the hilt. She needed to stay on the objective. Don't get distracted, she told herself. Patchy seemed alert and Lyane seemed...excited?

"Whats the plan?" Vidalia asked.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 07, 2017, 10:55:23 AM
"You heard what Lynae said. Eliminate or capture." Sona replies as she steps out of the jeep. She looks over the ruins as well, as she lightly takes one of her Chakrams in each hand. Seemingly without nerves, she puts a hand on her hip and looks to Lynae.

"Well, I suppose how we do that is up to you Lynae." Sona motions with her other hand in a 'go ahead' fashion.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 07, 2017, 12:57:45 PM
 Lynae made her way to the cave and peered inside, not seeing past the darkness.

"I think I have something. I'll give us a source of light. Though if anyone is listening to us they really should be giving up already. If they end up giving us too much trouble we will have to 'eliminate'." Lynae smirks, producing a few bubbles and imbuing them with fire dust. She let the bubbles float through the cave entrance.

"If there is anything nasty near the entrance I hope they try to scuttle from that bubble. If there's nothing there, then we can go in, faunus first; you know, for the night vision. But yeah, try to capture them, if you can. Destroy their weapons. If we manage to capture any of them we can get someone to guard them. Patchy, can you stay at the very front as a lookout. Sona, you go beside her and you can guard the poachers if we find any here. Vidalia, can you with me as the muscle. I need you if they decide to fight back a bit too hard. And I..will direct the group and provide cover fire, should anything happen. Hell, this could be a dead end."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 07, 2017, 01:23:50 PM
"Stay in the back?" Sona says, her voice rising as she speaks. Giving Lynae a testy glare, she cuts her volume down to almost normal, but her tone is still quite heated. "I'm perfectly capable of fighting and I will do so! I'm not letting anyone else do my fighting for me!"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 07, 2017, 02:05:47 PM
"Yes, I'm sure you are great at fighting, Sona. That's why you are what will keep the captured poachers captured. I trust your ability so I'd have you be trusted to make sure the poachers don't do anything, and to capture them. Vidalia is only if the poachers need eliminating." Lynae replied.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 07, 2017, 02:08:49 PM
"If? They're criminals and thieves. They deserve what they get." Sona says. "Unconscious people don't need watching."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 07, 2017, 03:09:31 PM
"And if they wake up? Then the job isn't done. I'm sure that they're more than just killers. They hardly deserve it."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 07, 2017, 03:39:04 PM
"They deserve what they brought onto themselves. Doesn't change the fact I'm not going to sit here and twiddle my thumbs letting you fight for me." Sona says. "No one will ever do my fighting for me."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 07, 2017, 03:41:42 PM
"Then stay at the front and protect Patchy. I'll keep an eye on the poachers." Lynae lets her team go in first.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 07, 2017, 04:26:53 PM
"Sorry to interrupt, but... we weren't told how many poachers we're looking for. Even if we capture some of them, there's still an unknown threat out there... With that said, I'm not comfortable splitting up the team. If either group is attacked we could be in serious danger." She fidgeted with her hands and looked between the faces of her comrades. "Think about it... Vidi's strong, but as a human she'll be almost blind. Lyn can't fight too well while maintaining our light source. Even with our enhanced vision, Sona and I can't see in absolute darkness... we'll be relying heavily on you, Lyn. Forgive me for doubting our leader, but... can we please rethink this? I don't want anyone getting hurt."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 09, 2017, 01:08:15 PM
"I have to agree with Patchy. We have to approach this another way." Vidalia says. "I think staying together would be best."

Vidalia still keeps her hand gripped around Lunarbreaker's hilt, she was sure someone was watching them or it was just her paranoia kicking in since she didn't like being out in the open like this.

"Can we please figure this out quickly and get moving?"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 10, 2017, 11:48:54 AM
"Yes..Alright, well you're right. I'll go up to the front, keep a fire going with my semblance. Everyone get readied to fight, though it may be a bit tight in there if a full on fight breaks out. If we see anyone we can try to knock them out. If we see anything that looks valuable; finder's keepers."

Before walking in to the cave Lynae took a moment to gather herself, using her aura to sense danger and not succeeding. She proceeded to create a bubble and fill it with fire dust, though keeping it in her hand, making sure it doesn't fall to the floor, which would set it off.

Lynae begins to walk into the cave.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 10, 2017, 01:34:02 PM
"Fine by me, let's just get going already." Sona says, tossing her hair over her shoulder with a flicker of her neck. She steps up behind Lynae, brows furrowed and eyes focused.



The fire dust illuminates a good 30 feet into the cave, which highlights both the caves width being spacious enough that the four girls could walk side by side and that the cave is much deeper than 30 feet. The shadows that hang beyond the illuminated area are almost ominous in nature. The faunus girls can see further than that 30, over twice that distance with the eyes that are a trademark of their race. Aside from the decorations one would expect in a cave of this size, stalagmites and such, nothing else of note is visible. At the end of their vision a wall is visible, though they cannot be sure if it's a corner or an actual dead end.



"I can see past the light Lynae, cave either comes to a dead end or a corner. Fyi." Sona says from Lynae's left. Sona doesn't look to her partner, rather keeping her eyes trained on the cave's depths.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 10, 2017, 01:50:56 PM
Patchouli stayed close to the front of the group but was careful to stay aware of everyone's position. Okay, she wasn't tactically aware... more just nervously looking behind her every few seconds. Her wary eyes searched for possible outlets for ambush and possible traps... but saw nothing. Unable to spot anything worth commenting on, Patchouli kept her mouth shut and continued to walk in pace with the team.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 13, 2017, 03:28:51 PM
Slowing down, Lynae takes her time staring at the dark, toward the wall; thinking about what to do. She raised her weapons again and narrowed her blue eyes. The girl sped up again, making her way toward the wall. When she got there, with the help of her dust, checked to see if it was a dead end or not.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 13, 2017, 05:23:56 PM
Vidalia followed her team into the cave- which she ended up realizing that this whole initation find pochers bullshit was kind of borring, try her best to keep focus on Lyane. So far that didn't seem to work because Vidalia started to stare off into space and basicaly walked as if she was on auto pilot. Her firm grip on her sword began to loosen as she wandered farther into space. Her foot tapped agaisnt something but she rather not make a fuss. Vidalia snapped backing into reality to find that she was all the way in the back, away from her team.

"Damn it," She hissed, walking faster to catch up with them.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 13, 2017, 08:14:17 PM
Sona walks along side Lynae, lightly rotating the chakram in her left hand. She keeps pace with her partner, though still behind the other girl. Glancing around, she keeps an eye on the end of path.



Reaching the end of the entrance hallway, the group can see a corner turning to the right in the light of Lynae's dust bubble. Around that corner is a second corridor, about half the length of the entrance hallway, that ends in a corner continuing the passage to the left. Of note is the light coming around that far corner.



Sona's ears prick as the girls round the corner. "Hear that? Someone's up that way!" she half shouts and kicks off into a run.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 14, 2017, 01:14:18 PM
Patchouli tried to object, but as her eyes widened and her mouth hung open, the words would not come. Instead, she hastily ran after Sona.

Patchouli figured she would never understand emotionally-driven folks like Sona. Something happens and they forget to think, just immediately react. Seeing the light, the group could have simply waited to see if their enemies were staying in one place. It would've been easier if they could ambush the poachers... instead of yelling instructions to each other in an echoey cave and dashing headfirst into danger.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 14, 2017, 02:53:21 PM
With all the noise they were making, Lynae decided to join in running; not bothering to try and be quiet. She ran at a pace slower than her partner, letting her go first into whatever was ahead. The girl thought of throwing a bubble filled with dust toward the light, though she decided against it in fire it would break something cool.

Lynae kept her guard up as she followed Sona, ready to fire a barrage of bubbles out. "Uh, don't get hit." Lynae winks.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 14, 2017, 05:07:00 PM
Was it eliminate or capture? Vidalia had seemed to forgotten the instructions given to the team so she blantly guessed and kept her sword in it's scabboard.

"Don't do your battle cry Lyane," Vidalia says to her leade
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 14, 2017, 11:14:21 PM
Lynae and Sona whip around the corner, Patchouli and Vidalia just around the corner. The cavern opens up into a fairly large room shape. Crates and barrels are littered around the room, a table and chair setup is in the near right corner, and bedrolls line the back wall. The light comes from a high power emergency lantern, lit and spiked into the ceiling in the center of the room like a chandelier.

Half way into the room one row of crates extends from the right hand wall. The row is tightly placed, so the row serves as a sort of knee high divider from the near and far right hand sides of the room. Behind this barrier are two men, one rather scrawny and the other of average build. The average man seems to be climbing down behind the crate, as if he was a magician disappearing from the stage. The smaller man looks frantic, and his motions indicate he's trying to hurry on his compatriot.

The two men turn to look at the two girls they can see, both wielding weapons and ready for a scrap. They look to each other, and the gulp of the scrawny man is somehow audible throughout the cave. Immediately the larger man throws his hands up and he disappears downward. A voice, probably his can be heard as he goes down, saying "They're here, run boys!". The scrawny man makes to jump after the first, as if to repeat his disappearing trick.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 15, 2017, 05:01:18 PM
As she rounded the corner, even Patchouli found it hard to believe that these guys were worth sending huntresses after. "Um... If we're going after them, why don't we block the way behind us? It doesn't seem like there's any other way out of the cave, so we'd be able to slow their escape down pretty easily if they got around us..."
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 16, 2017, 04:25:17 PM
Lynae blinked blankly toward the men. "Wait, gals. I wanna try something." She puts a stern face on and shouts, "If you guys run, we certainly won't hesitate to chase you done like hunting dogs! Your choice.." Lynae finishes with a smile and a wink.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 18, 2017, 02:08:49 PM
Vidalia looked up at her leader with a devilish grin. Chasing them huh? It's not like Vidalia would have much trouble rounding them up like sheep anyway but if this was Lynae's game then she was sure to play along. ton

"Please do pick running way! I would love to catch you all! The Best part is that I don't have to be gentle! Right Lynae?" Vidalia says tilting her head to the side slightly.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 18, 2017, 03:21:39 PM
Sona doesn't break stride at her teammate's words. She clicks her tongue as she passes them. "These are criminals, why would they play fair?!" she says through gritted teeth. Sona runs past her team, dodging a few loose crates and boxes on the approach to the crate half wall. She leans into the final steps and jumps up enough to get her left boot onto the wall.

Kicking off from there, she does a front flip in mid air, her skirt fluttering wildly, right at the scrawny man. She rotates the grip on her Chakram, so that she holds the top of the ring, rather than the bottom as one would. The ring now extends along her inner arm, rather than outward per normal. In what can only be described as a pounce, she hits the bandit square in the chest. Her hands slam down to the man's shoulder blades, and with her grip changed she forces over an inch of steel blade into them.

Collapsing down on the man, he falls back onto his back, Sona perched on him as if she were a jaguar faunus, rather than a mere cat. Sona glares at him, disdain painted on her features.



A loud thump is heard as Sona runs towards the bandit. It sounds akin to heavy boots on stone.

The scrawny man shouts in pain as Sona's blades pierce his arms, and again as he lands hard on his back. His body trying to flail in pain under Sona's weight, he also claws at his side for a combat knife. Flipping the strap off the hilt, he wrenches it out and swings in the direction of Sona's neck. The swipe cuts into her aura, and she is forced to step back lest she take more damage. However her Chakrams were still in her grip and repelling her also forces her to pull them out of the bandit. He yowls again, blood staining his clothes.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 19, 2017, 02:04:07 PM
It took some real effort at this stage for Patchouli not to put her face in her hand and sigh deeply, but she managed it. She stepped clear of the doorway and looked at the others with a look that said "after you." In one hand she clutched one of her paralyzing needles, though whether she would have to use them on friend or foe she was not yet certain.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 19, 2017, 02:44:37 PM
Lynae's eyes widened as she saw the wounds that Sona had inflicted on the man, but reverted back to normal when she walked over.  The girl looked down to the poacher, bent over and punched him in the face. Lynae glanced down at the man, then up to Sona. She peered at Patchy with a light smile on her face, though her eyes drifted to the needle in her hand.

Lynae stood up straight and walked past her teammates calmly, making her way toward the area of the larger man, ready to blast him with aura bubbles.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 19, 2017, 03:01:34 PM
Lynae's punch knocks the bandits head back into the ground, and it lolls to the side. He stops moving, and is clearly unconscious. Now around the side of the crate, with the distraction dealt with, both Sona and Lynae can see there's a trapdoor with a ladder leading down to their right. They can hear pounding footsteps from the corridor below, and more than just one person make them.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 19, 2017, 04:48:35 PM
"Hey, that one wants to play hunter!" Vidalia shouts unsheathing her sword and then chasing after the man. "Come back!"

Vidalia didn't even bother to check if Lynae was even okay with her running off, she just left. She followed the man into the trapdoor that was to the teams right. That had to be the dumbest thing she has ever done, but its okay to make mistakes, her therapist was going to have a heart attack after hearing what she did. Her hand threw open the trap door and she jumped down. Vidalia failed to realize that she was outnumbered.

"Crap," She says to herself."Well, this isn't the bathroom!" Vidalia smiles and bats her eyes then giggled cutely.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 19, 2017, 05:12:42 PM
"This one's all yours Patchouli!" Sona shouts. She rolls to her right, over and into the trapdoor. She lands next to Vidalia, bumping into her slightly as Sona barely manages to not land on the other girl. She takes a few steps forward, getting her footing back and clearing the chute for another combatant.



Seven men already occupy the tunnel. The tunnel underneath the trapdoor is only ten feet or so wide; two people can stand next to each other comfortably but no more than that. Five of the men are already running down the tunnel, which continues straight as far as either Sona or Vidalia can see. They turn their heads back at Vidalia's call, but don't stop. If anything, they run faster.

The remaining two, one of which is the average looking man before, stand two wide, blocking the path. His compatriot, a surly looking fellow with a long face and spikey hair wields a pair of daggers while the average joe holds a scimitar. At first glance, none of their weapons seems to have any unique characters.

The average man charges forward, letting out a guttural shout. Vidalia is the member of VLPS across from him, and he swings overhand, slashing across Vidalia's torso, her aura taking the damage. He follows that with a horizontal swing.

At the same time, the surly bandit goes after Sona. Approaching like he'll make a high swing, he instead ducks and swings horizontally across her hips, once with each blade. Now crouched and facing right, he swings upward with his left dagger, a piercing strike against Sona's chest. She's forced to step back in line with Vidalia to avoid more strikes.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 19, 2017, 09:49:11 PM
Didn't they talk about this earlier? Or did Sona forget that they were a team? Nobody was going to guard the unconscious while there were still enemies about.

You know as well as I do that we can't split up now... Patchouli thought while she reached out and grabbed Lynae's wrist. A flash of blue pulsed over her body and an instant later, Patchouli was jumping gaily down the ladder to support her teammates in trouble, a fistful of needles ready to claw away at her enemies. "ARI ARI ARI!" She landed. "You were warned, now get ready for punishment!" Patchouli even went so far as to do a little pose at the bottom, taunting the bandits with her smirk and outstretched arm.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 20, 2017, 01:33:06 PM
Lynae smirked as she recognised her own battlecry, though was surprised when she heard it come from the person who'd be least likely to imitat- "Oh, so that is how it works."

Lynae stayed out of the fight going on, much to her distaste. She'd rather stay out of the fight than combat bandits in a dark tunnel that, from what she saw already, is already cramped.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 20, 2017, 08:16:24 PM
Vidalia stumbled feeling her Aura take damage so suddenly. She lifted up her sword in a vertical position to block the next slash with a smile on her face. Vidalia pushed forward to get out of the tight spot. She wasn't very strong but she was determined to harm the man attacking her. After she was able to better assess the situation Vidalia took it upon herself to swing at the man with the scabbard first then with Lunarbreaker following at his midsection. She is allowed to kill this man, but she wants to entertain herself just a bit.

"It's not nice to hit a lady,"Vidalia giggled.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 20, 2017, 08:42:25 PM
"Lay... Off!" Sona shouts. She steps forward, regaining ground she lost in the surly man's assault. She thrusts her right arm forward, her Chakram parallel to her body. When the ring circles the man's dagger, still held over his head from the crouching thrust, she spins the Chakram around her hand. It catches his dagger and pulls it from his grasp, clattering to the floor at his feet.

Sona takes advantage of his surprise and lower position to jump up and slam her booted heel into the side of the man's head. Against her weight he's head is slammed into the ground. Unable to keep her balance on a man's head, Sona rolls forward. She spins on a heel, ready for a counter attack.



The five men who chose not to combat the girls continue to run down the corridor, now mostly out of sight.

Vidalia nails her opponent across the chin with her scabbard. He yelps and move with the hit, spinning to his right and stepping back. The cowardly motion is to his advantage however, as he narrowly dodges the deadly blade swinging at his stomach. He takes another few steps back, and raises his sword in a defensive position.

The surly man yells out a choice expletive as his head hits the rock tunnel. Head spinning, he snarls and grabs Sona's leg, yanking her down to the floor as well. He lunges forward, coming to his hands and knees over Sona. Daggers forgotten in his crawl forward with a still disorientated mind, he leans back onto his knees to free his arms so he can punch the huntress in training across the face. One right and one left, and Sona's aura shatters. The bandit sneers, and throws a second right with the intention of finishing the girl off.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 21, 2017, 12:55:54 PM
A little dismayed that everyone ignored her, Patchouli shrugged and consoled herself that the five who ran off were probably afraid of her.

As Sona was taken to the ground, Patchouli moved to help her. "Hey! Cool off, psycho!" She swiftly crossed to the man and jammed a paralyzing needle into his right shoulder. With that firmly in place, she took a fistful of needles in her left hand and clawed at the bandit's other side as she elegantly twirled backwards, gaining some distance in the process.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 21, 2017, 01:02:50 PM
Staying out of the fight, Lynae decided to pass the time talking to the unconscious goon that lay on the floor. After asking about his day, she laughed; realising that his friends are being heavily injured as she queried. It's not like it was particularly funny, just sort of ironic.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 21, 2017, 01:36:08 PM
Seeing her opponent go defensive she pouted. "Don't be boring! Fight back!"

Vidalia swings her blade again then follows to actually cut the man's hands and legs. Looks like she'd have to make him fight back.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 21, 2017, 01:51:39 PM
Sona glares at the man pinning her down. Figuring once he throws a few more punches she'll have a chance to slip out of his grip, she steels herself for attacks that never come. The man's arm goes limp and as he goes to reach for it with his other arm, he yowls in pain. He rises from his knees to a kneel, arcing his back from the damage. Sona takes the chance to thrust her knee up into the man's crotch. His cries of pain redouble in intensity, and Sona pulls herself out from under him. The surly man falls to his knees, his one good arm clutching his nether regions. Sona pats dirt off the hem of her skirt and kicks him across the face.

Seeing it was Patchouli's needlework that gave Sona her freedom, Sona smiles softly at the normally shy girl, but only for a moment. "Thank you Patchouli." She says with a small nod.



The remaining bandits have disappeared from sight down the hallway.

The surly man no longer whimpers from his injuries, and can be assumed to be unconscious.

Vidalia's opponent deflects her first swing from his guard stance with little difficulty. He blocks the second slash aimed low for his legs as well, but the man is forced to take a step back as he adjusts the blade to deflect Vidalia's katana. Taking advantage of Vidalia's sword being low from the swing, he swings his sword over his head and slashes Vidalia's shoulder with a two handed downward slash.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 21, 2017, 06:47:22 PM
"No problem, Sona. Now let's help Vidi out, shall we?

"Think you can take all three of us, buddy?"
Patchouli laughed as she turned to face Vidalia's attacker. She flung the fan of needles that she had been holding in her left hand in a vertical arc and drew a new handful with her right. These she held in front of her face with a playful smile, convinced the bandit would now look at her.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 26, 2017, 12:39:10 PM
Right after her shoulder had been cut Vidalia hissed and stumbled back. Damn bastard hurt her dominate arm and he was not going to get away with it. When Patchy stepped in to help she was a little disappointed but dropped it medially remembering that they were a team and had it been the other way around Vidalia would have stepped in to help too.

"Thanks Patchy," Vidalia tells her happily.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 26, 2017, 04:10:36 PM
Sona turns to the average looking man. While he is preoccupied attacking her teammate, Sona comes up behind him and cuts at the back of his legs with a full twirl, giving her three swipes against him.

"Hurry up Lynae, they'll get away!" She yells up the trapdoor.




Pachouli's needles pierce the average man's head, neck and torso. With a cry he pulls his left hand from the hilt of his sword to clutch the needle in his neck.

"You bitch..." he growls. He takes a single step towards Patchouli with a frosty glare, closing half the distance of the small tunnel with that step. He collapses onto his knees as Sona cuts at his legs, leaving gashes across the back of the man's legs. They'd heal, but they would hurt for a long time.

Clutching at the hilt of his sword with his right hand, the man glares up at the girls surrounding him, the hate in his eyes clear from across the room.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 26, 2017, 04:49:25 PM
Before he could swing that sword, Patchouli pushed the poacher onto his back with her foot. She grinned widely and a hint of sadism could be heard in her voice as she said, "Thank you! I've always wanted one of these!" as she sharply thrust a paralyzing needle into the man's sword arm at the elbow and relieved him of his weapon.

She turned to Sona. "I don't really care what we do with him now, so I'll leave it up to you. Highly doubt this guy knows much, though." Knowing she had directly insulted the injured man, Patchouli punctuated her statement with a carefree smirk in his direction.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 27, 2017, 12:21:15 PM
Lynae shrugged, but quickly made her way down the trapdoor with a smile on her face. "What'd I miss?" She giggled, though she was feeling rather claustrophobic. Even after figuring out Patchy's weird impersonation thing, she still looked blankly toward the girl, especially after hearing the tone of her voice as she needlised that guy's arm.

Looking toward the man, Lynae couldn't help but smirk, despite having mentally scorned her teammate for her tone. With a sigh, Lynae quickly grabbed the man's neck, clutching it tightly. She realised she shouldn't be messing around. "Got any friends?" She said, in a calm tone. She wasn't being particularly rough, but she wasn't letting go any time soon.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 27, 2017, 05:11:22 PM
Vidalia pointed her sword at the man. "Patchy is probably right and he is of no value. So whether he lives or dies is our call. I personally think we should just leave him here tied up."

Even though this man was guilty Vidalia didn't feel it was right to kill him- even if he did hurt her, still she felt that he shouldn't get away that easily.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 28, 2017, 07:52:28 AM
"The other five went down the hall! Why do we need to waste our time with this fool?" Sona says with a glare at the fool in question. "knock him out and let's go!"




The defeated man scowls defiantly in Lynae's face. "You kiddies don't intimidate me. Barely out of diapers aren't you? Who would be afraid of babies out of Shade?" He looks over Lynae, his eyes flicking down towards her feet and then back to her face.

"Then again, a baby wouldn't have such a fine body. With that chest, maybe I should be calling you a Babe." he says with a smirk.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on January 28, 2017, 10:48:21 AM
"Alright, that's enough out of you, mister!" Patchouli scowled and punched the bandit as hard as she could in the face, with intent to knock him out. After that, her body flashed purple and she took a step back, silent for a brief moment.

"Ah! Um... my bad. We weren't using him for anything, were we?"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on January 29, 2017, 11:24:40 AM
Silently, Lynae's finger's dug into the man's neck, before she slammed him into the wall beside her, letting him drop to the floor, though she needn't have slammed him after Patchy's punch. "Let's go, then." Lynae spoke with a pissed off tone. She walked past up to Sona. Lynae picked up the pace past the girl onward down the hall.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on January 31, 2017, 06:16:06 PM
"This is taken longer than I expected," Vidalia mumbles to herself as she followed her leader farther down into the hall where the rest of the men ran into.

Her shoulder still stung and her aura was taking far too much time to recover thanks to that asshole back there, either way, she could put up with it until they got back to Shade.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on January 31, 2017, 06:34:28 PM
"The lull in combat isn't a bad thing." Sona says with a shrug. She turns on her heel and jogs after her partner and leader. "Gives a chance to recover a bit."




The four girls jog down the hallway, and seconds become tens of seconds. It is obvious this tunnel continues beyond the entrance to the above cave. Just when the athletic huntresses to be start to feel their hearts pound in exertion, the cave slopes upward sharply. They can tell this is actually a ramp upwards, leading to another floor above it. There is a large wooden pallet over the opening for the ramp, which prevents anyone from going up the slope to the area above.

Natural light shines through the boards of the pallet trapdoor. Whatever is above them leads to the outside.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 06, 2017, 11:45:46 AM
"Light..! Alright, let's do this.." With a mighty push off the ground, Lynae jumped up and used her momentum to push through the door.

As she got past the trapdoor, Lynae readied herself for any trap or ambush; prepared to fall back if need be, though she kept up a solid enough guard so that she wasn't completely relying on retreating.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 08, 2017, 04:39:01 PM
Lynae bursts through the trapdoor to find herself in a large room. The sandstone walls immediately reminds her of the ruins outside the cave. The room is large and square, roughly 45 meters by 45 meters. The floor is stone, though sand has been blow in over time to provide a decent coating across the floor. The trapdoor Lynae now stands in front of is a few meters from the north wall directly behind her. The only exit to this room is in the western wall, on the corner with the south wall. Not only is there are large, 3 meter wide opening, but the corner's ceiling is partially caved in. Natural light seeps in from above. Windows dot the other walls, small things only for lighting.

The southeastern corner of the room is piled with crates and barrels. To their left is a large yellow jeep. The remaining five bandits are loading crates into the back of the running jeep. They turn to Lynae and half drop their jaws in surprise. The other two furrow their brows in undisguised anger.

"Screw the loot, get in!" one barks, clearly in charge. He's a older man, with a large bushy beard. His eyebrows are huge. He swings into the driver's seat as the others scramble for weapons.



(OOC: We're going to try an experiment with turn orders. I'm going to state a new turn order at each post, using the letters of each player's name in VLPS. For example, LPVS means Lynae is next, then Patchouli, Vidalia, and finally Sona. Each GM post will have that order list.

Order: LPVS
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 10, 2017, 11:18:24 AM
After landing smoothly, Lynae stood up straight and with a sigh, looking toward the scrambling men; she said under her breath, "I've had a long day. You ain't making it much lon--" She stopped herself as she sensed the older man's aura. Creating only a few bubbles, Lynae endowed them with explosive dust and threw them to the jeep as quickly as she could, trying to end any fights before they started.

Getting into stance, she looked down to the trapdoor. "The boss has an unlocked aura!" This wasn't exactly the knight-ess in shining armour gig she thought her first mission would be.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 10, 2017, 07:01:41 PM
Patchouli sighed and followed Lynae as she leapt up through the trapdoor. She couldn't help but wonder if perhaps, at any point, they could taken a break- not to rest, but to actually think for once. But hey, if everyone had common sense, what good would Patchouli be?

"Easy, Lyn..." Patchouli muttered. She threw two needles, one from each hand, with pinpoint accuracy towards the two jeep tires they could see. That should hold 'em... assuming their ride didn't burst into flames and explode. The odds of bringing these guys home alive seemed to be dwindling rapidly.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on February 11, 2017, 01:26:47 PM
Vidalia followed standing behind Patchy, as soon as Lynae said something about one of them having an unlocked aura, oh did she jump to her team leaders side eagerly. Vidalia was careful not to get hit by Lynae's bubbles. Using her sword she pinned one of the man's feet to the ground then aimed two green swords at his neck.

"Are you going to surrender or let me play with you?" She asked him playfully.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 11, 2017, 02:46:30 PM
Sona jumps up with the rest of her team, swinging to the left immediately. She goes around in an arc, coming at the jeep from the front side with her chakrams drawn and ready.




The first attack to reach the bandits is Patchouli's needles, piercing into the front left tire.  Vidalia's ghostly swords appear next, slicing into the jeep cabin as the aura enabled bandit moves his foot out of the way just in time. Finally Lynae's bubbles arrive, the three explosives crashing into the side of the jeep.

They simultaneously explode, the concussive force nearly tipping the jeep over. The men who had yet to enter the jeep dive away from the explosion, leaving only the bearded bandit in the radius. Vidalia's phantom swords are blown apart by the bubble exploding near it. As the jeep falls back onto it's wheels, the bandit remaining in the jeep leaps out of the seat, looking no worse for the wear. It's clear his aura protected him and is still active. Three of the bandits run forward, clearing the room with charging attacks against the girls.

A tall man with a rat tail hardo and a belt full of daggers targets Patchouli, throwing two daggers at her while running. He draws two more from his belt as he gets into melee range with the faunus.

A burly man, seemingly 300 pounds of muscle at close to seven feet tall, runs (rather pounds) towards Lynae. He has a combination gauntlet and knuckle duster on each fist, and he twists his whole body into a right hook aimed at Lynae's chest.

The final attacker is of an average build, and a foreigner. He's got mistralian features, and wields a double sided spear, with blades like a naginata. He is faster than the other aggressors, reaching Vidalia and swinging upward in a diagonal slash across the girl's body. He then spins backwards and holds the weapon in front of him defensively.

The last of the normal bandits, an angry faced short man, shoots a rifle from the hip in Sona's direction while clambering into the back of the jeep. The bearded man draws two cutlasses from his sides and takes a iron stance against the approaching Sona. He stomps the ground, braced and and telegraphing he will not be moved.



Sona charges at the bearded man, keeping herself low on the approach. Thankfully none of the bullets hit her person and she closes the distance, coming at his from his left. With a yell she swings her left chakram in an upward cross too soon to hit him as feint. She plants her left foot and continues to twist into a high roundhouse kick aimed at her opponent's left arm. She smiles slightly, positive this will either knock him over or cause him to lose a sword.

Order: SPLV. Sona's turn is above
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 11, 2017, 03:06:58 PM
As a flying dagger grazed the aura around her face, Patchouli's eyes widened and her quills flared up. This was short lived, however, as she took a good look at her attacker. She relaxed, even sighed a bit, seeing this maniac rushing towards her without a care in the world.

"What you hooligans don't seem to grasp..." She opened the flap of her pouch and drew out another paralysis needle. "...is that without aura, you can't lay a finger on me!" She ducked around to her left (her assailant's right), thrusting the needle into his shoulder as she circled around. In his inevitable bewilderment, she attempted to pull him by the hair and pin his left arm behind him with her hand.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 12, 2017, 01:53:44 PM
Seeing the man running toward her, Lynae backstepped as far back as she could in that short space of time that was him attacking her. His punch just managed to hit the girl's shoulder as she was beginning to change direction, but she continued on turning and as hastily as she could, Lynae leaped away from the man; gaining enough distance for he next attack.

"Tsk, Tsk." Lynae wagged her finger at him mockingly after she made sure she was far enough away that he couldn't punish her for it. Not willing to waste more dust, Lynae let out a barrage of bubbles, virtually creating a barrier between the bandit and her. "ARI ARI ARI!"

 They inched slowly toward the bandit, and if they hit; they would surely put his muscly body to the test.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on February 13, 2017, 12:57:26 PM
Vidalia decided to step back and just play defense since there was multiple fighting currently taking place making her feel lost. She simply sent a few phantom swords to aid each of her teammates. One for Sona, two for Patchy and one for Lynae.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 13, 2017, 03:06:09 PM
The bearded dual wielder sees through Sona's feint with a dark chuckle. He drops his sword then steps back with her kick; grabbing her ankle at it flies at his person. Using her own momentum against the girl, he swings her around behind him. Sona is slammed into the side of the vacated jeep with a terrible crash. The momentum she had would have her yowling in pain even with her aura full, and not to mention he swung her harder to add more speed to her collision. He drops her foot and grabs his blade again.

"What's wrong kitty kat? All out of Aura?" He chuckles darkly over the pained girl. Sona is saved from a follow up attack by Vidalia's ghostly semblance, which her attacker dodges by stepping away from the injured faunus.

(OOC: Nine lives will trigger for Sona due to damage.)




The rattail bandit clicks his tongue as his right arms falls limp. Quickly connecting the needle with the effect, he smirks as the girl complains about how easy this fight is. As she steps behind him and grabs for his mobile arm, he steps back into her and slams his booted foot onto hers. Using the momentum he gains, he swings himself around to his left. He leads with his arm and he backhands the girl with his closed fist. It is less painful than were to use the dagger in his hand but doing it this way pushes Patchouli back and gives him space.

With a sneer, he uses his mobile arm to pull the needle from it's opposite. He feels the paralysis weakening already. "We don't all need aura to protect us. Some of us are actually skilled." He's almost taken by surprise when Vidalia's blade dives towards him. He barely dodges being skewered for his bravado. He's unable to completely avoid the second blade, a gash appearing down his back from the blade's edge. He snarls in pain.




The bear of a man turns toward Lynae's new position. The first of her trademark bubbles pelt him and it almost seems like he was ignoring the baseball sized aura flung at him. After a heart pounding moment of thinking he's immune, he puts his arms up with a grunt and shields his face from the attacks. Unable to see through his arms, he still advances towards where he saw Lynae attacking from.

His blindness leaves him unable to dodge Vidalia's blade, piercing through his side. He only grunts, lending more suspicion that this man felt nothing.




Connecting the blades to Vidalia, the mistralian attacker swings aggressively for the defending girl. He attacks with a thrust with the head blade of the dual halberd followed by a slash from the tail blade. When these are blocked by Vidalia's katana, he makes a sweep with the length of the weapon, attempting to trip the girl.

Order: PVSL
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 13, 2017, 08:34:12 PM
Taking the backhand with little reaction, Patchouli regained her senses somewhat and stepped away from her opponent. "Oh my, maybe you're better than I thought. Still clueless though," she chuckled softly as Vidalia's blades made contact. Thanks Vidi. Lemme make it up to you... Patchouli tossed a fan of basic needles at Vidalia's attacker, then drew a claw of needles for her right hand. She then adopted a defensive stance, allowing her opponent to make the next move.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on February 18, 2017, 12:31:17 PM
Vidalia isn't ready for the man to rush her. She forgets that she even challenged the man in the first place, but no worries; she actually saw this as a fun game (when doesn't she?).  Her phantom swords are at her side waiting for her command to attack the Mistralian. Vidalia neglected to keep her balance, the man successfully pushes her down along with the phantom swords exploding as they hit the ground. If it hadn't been for Patchy's needles Vidalia's aura would have dropped. As retaliation Vidalia kicks the man in him most intimate parts with her foot and gains a bit of ground. In her defense, he played dirty first.

"Thanks, Patchy!" Vidalia yells happily.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 18, 2017, 01:27:04 PM
Sona slams against the bandit's jeep and can not prevent the cry of pain from escaping her lips. Her back slams against the huge wheel of the jeep. As she hits the jeep her aura suddenly spreads over her body again. Not only that, it seems to pulse and a flash of golden force shines from her prone form. The force spreads from her in every direction, travelling at it's farthest a few meters from the source. It knocks the jeep again, pushing it on two wheels again for a half second before it falls to it's resting position once again.

Her opponent is taken by surprise and hit by the final meter's worth of range the golden blast has. He is buffeted by the wave and forced to take a step back, but seems to have to taken no damage.

At the same time, Sona gets her breath back with a cough. She rolls up from her prone position and dives into combat again. She leads with a low slash across the thigh of his front leg and then slashes with her left Chakram diagonally across his chest. Stepping back from her slash, she readies to block a slash with her left Chakram and counter attack with the right.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 18, 2017, 02:17:05 PM
Lynae blinked blankly at the built bandit, and with a sigh retreated back even further. Angry that she had to waste even more dust today, Lynae begrudgingly imbued a bubble with fire dust and threw it towards the bandit's clothes, hoping that they'd get caught on fire. "You're a real pain in the ass." Lynae prepared to jump back even further, standing waiting for her opponent's move.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 18, 2017, 03:01:34 PM

The built bandit continues to keep his face protected, and doesn't see the change in bubbles. Lynae's fire bubble hits him and pops in a flare of bright flames. The flames cover the bulk of his body for brief few seconds before the flare created by the bubble disappears. The flames left behind certainly do not disappear however, catching on the the bandit's shirt and hair. He lets out a low, gravely growl, still somewhat intimidating despite it being a cry of pain.

He gives up defense, again charging for Lynae. He launches into a desperate dive at Lynae. Both his arms are out stretched trying to wrap his arms around the girl and bring her into his now flaming, bear like embrace.




The rattailed bandit glares death in Patchouli's direction. Grabbing another dagger from his belt, he rushes the huntress in training with a flurry of slashes. Each slash is simultaneously slower than it should be from the back injury and over extended due to his rage. Patchouli is able to deflect these blows easily, though blocking both his weapons with only one claw of needles quickly strains the poor girl's guard.




Sona's slashes land well against the dual wielding bandit. With a flash his aura absorbs the damage, confirming what Lynae sensed. He does not stand by idling any longer, swinging an overhead slash with his right hand scimitar. Sona deflects this swing and goes in for her counter attack, which is met by the bearded bandit's own off hand weapon. Momentum lost he steps back to let the huntress in training make her move, ready to respond.

"Devito! Where the hell is that support fire?!" He shouts in the direction of the jeep.




The Mistrali bandit groans and collapses onto his knees.



"ORDER: LPVS"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 18, 2017, 03:52:58 PM
Seeing the bandit began his flaming charge, Lynae jumped up as high as she could, over the large man; as she was preparing for this moment. "You were stupid enough to dive right into my bubbles..Yeesh, that's gotta sting." Lynae remarked as the remaining bubbles began to pop. She smirked and began to walk away, the bandit now lying on the ground. Smells like bacon..

As she walked away, Lynae took the time to pose dramatically; with her left arm bent up across her chest, point toward the roof and her right arm at her waist, as if she were going to draw an imaginary gun from its holster.

"Arrivederci."

Lynae now turned her attention to Patchouli. Lynae summons a single bubble and throws it at her attacker in a hope to distract him from the girl.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 19, 2017, 10:16:47 AM
Patchouli took advantage of her attacker's complete lack of defense in this aggressive charge, suddenly breaking from her defense to knee him in the stomach. She then took a short step forward and put her whole body into driving the claw of needles into the man's chest, before leaving them there to step back and draw some more. This was the plan, at least, but the unseen bubble from Lynae almost blindsided her, and she ended up falling rather than stepping backwards in her panic.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on February 20, 2017, 02:49:06 PM
Vidalia gives the man a second. She can kill him right, but she wanted to kill him fairly yet she could settle for knocking him out with the end of her sword. She walks up to him with a bit of bounce in each step. Her green eyes meet his and with the smallest smile comes to the end of her sword smacking the Mistralian in the face.

"And I am NOT sorry for that!"Vidalia turns to walk away.

She directs her attention to her team. Looks like Sona could use a hand. Vidalia sends three phantom swords her way. One she makes sure to disarm the man and the othe two at his mid section.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 20, 2017, 04:03:48 PM
Sona decides to mix up her constant advancing. She throws her right chakram from her usual grip at the bandit across from her. The chakram's first round goes off, a fire dust round that has the edge of the spinning disk glowing with heat. The ring flies low, towards the man's right leg before it will boomerang back to the huntress in training, even as she takes rotates around the man so that her back is to her teammates across the room. She steps around with her left chakram raised to deflect any attacks her opponent may try to sneak in as she moves.



The Mistrali man collapses like a sack of potatoes after being hit while downed by Vidalia. To his credit he had tried to dodge, but in pain as he was he couldn't move fast enough.



The giant bandit growls in pain, rolling back and forth on the floor to put out his flaming clothing. He coincidentally dodges a good amount of the bubbles the caster had blanketed at him because of it.



The bandit with the rattail gets a lucky lead in swipe at the faunus in front of him, slashing at her shoulder. His confidence soars, even if the attack was wholly blocked by the girls aura.

It crashes back down as on the next step forward, running straight into the girl's raised knee with his stomach. With a cough he stops short and her fist, augmented with the claw of needles, slams into his chest. While no sword wound his vision swam and through the adrenaline he could feel the pain.

His luck continues to fail him as a bubble from the blue haired girl comes at his side. It hits him dead on, the soap bubble slamming into him like it was made of stone. He wobbles slightly and loses his footing, noticing the girl has fallen on her rump. He drops on top of the girl, sitting over her on his knees. Adrenaline fueling him, he goes to punch the girl with a left hook.




The scimitar wielder sees glowing blades fly for him out of the corner of his eye. He lazily deflects the two aimed for his chest with his left scimitar. The final does it's job however, his movement to deflect the first two swords placed his hand in just the right position for her final blade to knock his from his hand. It clatters to the floor by the jeep, some 10 feet away.

"You will regret that one, girl." he says with a snarl. Vidalia's attack has yet to finish it's purpose however. The blades distract him from Sona's chakram and her weapon cuts at his leg, causing him to hiss in pain from the blade and the heat. His head whips around to the faunus girl, who had stepped around to be almost between him and the phantom blade girl.

"Devito!" He shouts. He runs straight for Sona, slashing twice across her upper body. The first slash leads her blocking chakram, forcing it away as his second reverses and cuts across the girl's chest. Aura protects her and he snarls again. He tries a more powerful overhead swing with the opening he's created.




The long forgotten fifth bandit's head rises from the jeep's sunroof. His stocky frame wiggles it's way up, so his arms were above the jeep as well. He lifts up a large machine gun in the space that's left, mounting it on the roof the jeep and locking a feed of ammunition into the gun's chamber.

"Sorry for the wait!" He yells, priming the weapon with a click that can be heard throughout the room.




Sona yelps as the boss's scimitars cuts at her. She missed her chance to grab her chakram during the attack, it clattering to the floor off to her right. The faunus grabs her remaining chakram with both hands and holds it up to block the overhand swing coming for her head.

She falls with blow, her chakram not meant to directly block attacks from a larger weapon. She drops the weapon and falls to the left, hitting the sandstone floor with her shoulder. She quickly rolls further to the left, coming to her feet in a crouch. She grabs her second and final pair of chakram from her back while glaring daggers at her attacker.

"ORDER: SPLV"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 20, 2017, 04:54:50 PM
Patchouli noted that the more insane and adrenaline-fueled her opponent became, the less intimidating he was as a result. At this point she saw him as nothing more than a sad wreck and wanted desperately to put him out of his misery. As the man went in for a punch, she placed her right arm on his advancing elbow and her left on his chest, nearing his right shoulder. While the hand on his elbow was positioned to control his momentum, her other arm was simply used to push. The result of this would hopefully be a hilarious and disorienting flop.

As the bumbling idiot staggered his way into attacking, Patchouli couldn't help but notice that he was dripping blood on her. That was most impolite.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 23, 2017, 01:08:39 PM
"Oh no." Lynae sighs as she sees the man's machine gun on the jeep, and immediately begins to think of a plan. Knowing that she has to waste even more dust, Lynae gets a bit angry, but stays determined, nonetheless. Spinning one full rotation to gain momentum for her Semblance, Lynae lets out three bubbles sped up with the use of kinetic dust straight for the bandit. "ARIARIARI!" She shouts as the bubbles fly toward the man. If they were to hit him, they would surely knock him around and do some good damage.


Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on February 23, 2017, 03:34:07 PM
Vidalia feels stupid forgetting about the fifth man with the gun. She needed to stop him or else her team would be slaughtered. Vidalia slipped by Sona's opponent, then tried her best to stay out of sight to sneak up on the man- typically that never worked since she was so damn loud even when she tries not to be. Just her luck, her sword smacks up against the side of the jeep making a loud clearly audible scraping sound. That's why she never tries to be inconspicuous, in the end, she always fails.

A half-assed plan B is what she falls back on. Using her sheathed sword she begins to poke and prod at the man atop the jeep. Now it really bites to be short.

"Hey! Hey! Mister! HEY!" She says as annoying as possible. "Hey, you dumb monkey! Look at me!"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 23, 2017, 08:06:38 PM
Patchouli flips her opponent over, his back hitting the sandstone floor with a sound that can only be described as anticlimactic. There is a small squick to the drop as well and fleck of blood comes from beneath the man to hit Patchouli's cheek.

He hisses through clenched teeth, unable to completely stop himself from shouting in pain. His body quivers and his fists are clenched tightly. He doesn't make to move from his position.



The leader's heavy boots crunch on the sandy floor as he stomps up to Sona. He swings his left leg into a roundhouse kick she'll be unable to duck while crouched. Once she's knocked prone, he plants a boot on her chest, winding the huntress and keeping her still.

"You've really pissed me off. The lot of you. Hope Shade wasn't expecting you to come back tonight." He says icily. He glares at the girl, reading his blade.



Devito fires right into Lynae's attacks, popping the bubbles with automatic fire. The angle is well out of the way of the caster herself but her bubbles are popped with extreme prejudice. As he sights the blue haired girl up he is poked from behind. Swiveling the weapon he can see Vidalia's sword sticking up over the side of the jeep and her pestering comments are are just that. He's forced to stand higher in the opening, revealing as deep as his waist as he leans over the site to point the weapon at the girl.

"Say good night little girl." he says and pulls the trigger on a short range burst. Half a dozen rounds fire in the girls direction.



Lynae could see her bubbles popped by bullets before the man with the gun turned around for some reason. He turns his back to the girl, an obvious opportunity.

Before the leader of VLPS can take advantage of his foolishness, a force pulls her back leg sharply, causing her to fall prone. A glance behind her reveals a terrible sight; the muscular man she had defeated was bruised everywhere from bubbles and his shirt had burned clean off. His chest is burned as well, making the man look like an incoming burn victim at a Vacuan hospital.

Still grasping the girl's ankle, he comes to his knees. He twists his torso and throws the girl by her ankle. Lynae thankfully hits the floor first, so instead of flying she only rolls into the wall behind the bandit with a sizable crash.

A quick glance shows the bandit didn't rise to follow her. He doesn't move at all as she crashes, simply sitting there on his knees.



"ORDER: VLPS"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on February 24, 2017, 10:46:45 PM
When the man didn't pay attention to her she got angry. She did not like being neglected, to make up for that she aimed one of her summon swords at the man atop the jeep. She could care less that a gun was put in front of her face, she could care less that she could quite possible die, but right now this man was going to regret ignoring her. Her green sword stayed still until she ordered the blade to embed itself in the man's back. Three more followed then another three more. Her thumb pushed the tsuba up to expose some of her blade, then lets it slide back down hitting the sheath. After the sheath and guard met Vidalia's swords exploded. Vidalia suffered some damage from the explosion. She fell back feeling a bit of a burning sensation mingle across her skin.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on February 25, 2017, 05:43:22 PM
As Lynae got up from the ground, dusting herself off and not suffering much damage, she looked toward the man with a sense of anger beginning to form. Taking a deep breath, Lynae began to calm herself down; now walking toward the bandit.

 "ARIARIARI" Lynae shouts, firing a small wave of bubbles at close range, just out of the bandit's reach. This was probably gonna sting.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 26, 2017, 07:13:53 PM
Patchouli rolled away from her opponent, worried he might make another ill-advised attack on her, before rising back to her feet. She winced a bit upon seeing Lynae get thrown, but following the single assault Lynae didn't seem to be in any immediate danger. Patchouli turned her attention to Sona, who was pinned down a few meters away. She reached into her pouch of needles, but to her dismay only pulled out two; the rest, she found, were scattered about on the floor where she had fallen down previously. Cursing her clumsiness, Patchouli threw these two needles at Sona's opponent before stooping to gather up what lost needles she could.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on February 27, 2017, 02:47:07 PM
Sona glares daggers back at the man with his boot on her chest. Her chest can barely take in air under the pressure he exerts. He puts more of his weight into it and she can see her aura shatter again, it's protective force dissipating. The pain that was being masked by the golden light assails her. She coughs violently and her grip slips on her weapons.

To her credit, not a single moment of her reaction to the pain showed in her eyes. The fire behind them burns brightly, her resolve unwavering.



Devito grimaces as his rounds hit the girl in the shoulder. Aura, Huntress in Training, no matter what she may be, he takes no pleasure from attacking a young girl.

His frown deepens when she tanks the hits with a terrifyingly cold expression. The next thing he knows is a flare of pain in his back. Looking down almost robotically, a green blade had thrust itself through him. Three more thrust through his back and into his field of view. He doesn't scream. Not even when another trio puncture his body. He looks at the girl again, a very small voice in the back of head lamenting ever trying to fight a Huntress.

The swords explode at Vidalia's command and the jeep gets a gruesome paint job. The shards of hardened aura fly far enough to pelt Vidalia as well. Her aura flickers and dies in the blast, lasting her just long enough to keep her from taking any real damage from that attack. The machine gun being used by Devito falls with a clatter at her feet.



Lynae's bubbles pelt the massive bandit. He makes no attempts to move, or even block. It's almost as if he fell unconscious with that last exertion of strength.

If he wasn't before, he certainly is now. He slumps backward, his knees still tucked in a kneel. It's not a comfortable position to be in. His massive back hits the floor with a much more climactic sound. Loose sand floats into the air, leaving the bandit in a literal dust cloud.



The leader swings his blade at the pinned girl's neck; a wide, sweeping slash to end the girl. Lady luck shows her favor to the cat faunus as her teammate's needles hit the bandit's shoulder at the height of his swing. While they're reflected by his aura, his swing is thrown off. It only cuts Sona's shoulder lightly instead of it's original target. He growls and turns to look for the source of the distraction, his eyes falling on the girl picking up needles across the room.

The pressure on Sona's chest and the wound on her shoulder are enough to trigger her second Nine Lives.



Sona's aura flares up again as the scimitar cuts her shoulder. The accompanying wave of force lifts her opponent off her, launching him back and giving her a chance to return to her feet. She stand and grabs her weapons. She's breathing heavily, her lungs working overtime to help over the winding she received while pinned. Hoping she'll have enough time to catch her breath before he reengages, her eyes stay locked on her disorientated opponent but she makes no move against him.

"ORDER: SVPL "
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on February 28, 2017, 09:40:54 PM
Patchouli grasped a handful of needles, ready for action... and almost fumbled them again upon hearing the explosion. Her quills flared up as she instinctively ducked close to the ground. A moment later, when she relaxed enough to look up at what had happened, fear for herself turned to fear for Vidalia. Gaining a quick grasp of the situation, Patchouli determined that the others could fend for themselves at this point. Her eyes fixed on the jeep, she shoved the needles into her pouch and made a mad dash over to where Vidalia had been fighting.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on March 03, 2017, 10:53:19 AM
As Lynae turned away from her opponent, she looked over to the jeep to find what Vidi had done to the man, only for Lynae to look away as the swords explode. As Lynae prepared to run over to Vidalia she saw that Patchouli already had the same idea and decided not to run over, herself. Instead, she kept a close eye on Sona and her fight with the leader. Lynae made sure she didn't rush in to try to help Sona: she seemed offended when the formation was changed, so Lyn didn't want to see how she would react if Lynae joined in.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 03, 2017, 12:10:04 PM
While pushed back by Sona's strange aura resurgence, the leader isn't stumbled. He steps back with the effect, keeping on his feet and his weapon in hand. His brow furrows at the second instance of a depleted aura returning to the girl.

He bolts towards the cat faunus, whose still catching her breath and unable to get out of the way. Rather than the sword swing she anticipates, he instead lowers his shoulder and knocks into the girl. She is pushed to the ground and he continues past her. Grabbing his second blade, he cuts to his left and disappears out the exit of the ruin. The girls can see that he turned to the left when he gets outside, but cannot see where he went beyond that.


"ORDER: VLPS"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on March 03, 2017, 02:35:00 PM
Vidalia comes out of her daze after a few seconds of just seeing green and red in front of her eyes. She gets up looking like a toddler taking their first steps. Vidalia leans up against the jeep- which is now covered in blood, to stop herself from falling again. Hasn't she learned anything from using her semblance? Don't use it up close but apparently, after all the harm that has come she does it anyway. She faintly sees a figure that looks like Patchy. Using her skirt she rubs her eyes in hopes that the can go back into focus.
They adjust a bit but not well enough to navigate just yet and was that ringing always there? A few seconds pass gradually does the ringing go away then follows the blurry vision.

"That hurt a lot." She mumbles to herself.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on March 04, 2017, 09:57:38 AM
Now that the leader had run away, Lynae ran toward Sona. As she made it to the faunus she holds her hand out.

"Alrighty, let's get you up. We could go after that guy but," Lynae looks toward Vidalia,"I'm not sure if it would be sensible to split up.." Lynae looks to Sona with concern in her eyes. She sighs. She hated making decisions like this. Well, she never had to make decisions in this particular circumstance before.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on March 04, 2017, 12:39:11 PM
Patchouli eyed Vidalia's battered body nervously, though she eased a bit upon hearing the girl speak. She didn't seem horribly wounded beyond the aura... it seemed indeed that she would pull through just fine. Regardless, any more fighting today was out of the question.

Sona, on the other hand, was much the opposite. Though her aura had returned to her, she had taken quite the beating underneath. Letting her aura drop again could mean some serious damage to her body. Though Patchouli doubted Sona would say so, she was in no condition to keep going either.

After confirming that Vidalia would be okay, Patchouli walked over to Lynae. She put her hand on their leader's shoulder and spoke gently. "Hey, Lyn... Listen, I think we've done all we can here. Vidi and Sona can't take much more of this. And anyway..." She gestured to the unconscious bodies lying on the floor, the rattailed fool muttering vague invectives in her general direction. "I'd say we've performed admirably for our first mission." She paused briefly and circled around to look Lynae in the face. "There's no need to worry if we can't do everything. Let's just bag up who we got and report what happened, yeah?"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 04, 2017, 01:01:40 PM
Sona takes Lynae's hand, coming to her feet with her partner's support. She brushes sand off her skirt. She looks at Lynae, momentary hesitance flickering through her eyes before clasping her hands behind her back and stretching her back. She winces, forgetting the slash she took to her shoulder. She gives her partner a sheepish smile.

"I'm a little tired of being knocked around I admit. I hate to let him go," hesitance resurfaces in her eyes before she sighs lightly, "but he's a good fighter. If we did find him again, the battlefield would be on his terms and that wouldn't end well for us."

She looks to Patchouli with a soft smile. "Thanks for the save. This," she says pointing to her shoulder, "could have been alot worse if not for you."

"ORDER: LPSV"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on March 04, 2017, 01:29:26 PM
"Yes, we won't pursue him..We did great, team." Lynae smiles to her team, before looking around at the bodies scattered throughout the room. "Also, are we sure that all these fellas can fit in the jeep..?" Lynae asks before laughing at the thought of all of them in the boot of the jeep together.

"But anyway, we should probably start..It may take a while. Especially that guy." Lynae points to the hulking brute she beat earlier.

Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on March 04, 2017, 02:20:32 PM
"Hm? Um, don't mention it, Sona. It was just the obvious thing to do." Patchouli blushed a bit, receiving thanks from a person she had apparently misjudged. She decided not to mention that the two thrown needles were meant to be five, followed by another five and so on after that... it didn't really seem necessary to admit her blunders now, did it?

With everyone calmed down and ready to leave, Patchouli hoped the team had learned a lesson from their brashness today. No doubt Shade would view the mission as a relative success; they had managed to keep themselves safe from serious injury while capturing nearly all the bandits alive. Although, Patchouli noted, looking at the destroyed vehicle, there was probably one casualty to report. Better him than Vidi... Patchouli thought to herself.

Now, it was time to get down to business. "Between these fellas and the guys we left downstairs... it's going to be cramped in the back of the jeep, that's for sure. Still, I think we could squeeze them in. Better take their weapons away, though." She eyeballed the bandits and chuckled sheepishly. Nobody- not even these guys- deserved the long jeep trip with that much manly B.O.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 04, 2017, 02:46:01 PM
Sona smiles and brushes the back of her hair lightly at the girl's humble response.

"They deserve it, for the crimes they've committed." Sona says with a light shrug. She retrieves her wayward Chakrams and restores them to their place on her belt. "Once we've got them restrained, we can bring the jeep in through there. Won't have to carry them as far." she adds, pointing to the exit her opponent escaped out of and subconsciously rolling her bad shoulder.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on March 05, 2017, 12:06:43 AM
Vidi stayed slumped up against the damaged jeep. She waited for her team to finished discussing what they would to with the criminals still remaining. Take them in huh? Couldn't they just call someone to pick them up? She was exhausted and needed some rest. Pushing herself off the jeep she picked up her blade using it to help her stand.

"I can go back to the jeep, but I don't think that I can carry any of these shit heads," Vidalia tells her team.

Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 08, 2017, 01:59:22 PM
(OOC: VLPS has no issues gathering up their defeated foes with rope borrowed from the supplies scattered around. With their Jeep retrieved the team can unceremoniously dump the 6 bandits in the back.)

"And that's that." Sona says with bit of a giggle, slamming the back of the jeep closed. Her faunus ears pick up a muffled whimpering from beyond the door. She smiles a little wider.

Hopping into the passenger side seat she resided in on their return, she arcs her back and raises her arms in a full body stretch. Despite her shoulder stinging she make a quiet, relaxed sigh as Lynae pulls them out of the ruins towards Vacuo city and Shade.

"ORDER: VLPS"
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on March 11, 2017, 05:35:20 PM
"Can we please go get something sweet? Like a cupcake?" Vidalia asks.

Her body went slump up against the seat. She was going to take a really long nap once they reach the academy.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on March 11, 2017, 07:05:46 PM
"You want a cupcake? Like, a single one? I mean, I'm down to go out for something nice. We should go out shopping as a team or something." Lynae suggests with a smile.

Lynae, too, was tired from all the stuff the girls had done today. Even though Lynae had probably done the least amount of work in the team.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on March 11, 2017, 07:59:57 PM
Patchouli fiddled about with the remaining needles in her pouch, which kept her mind off of being back in the jeep. "I've, um, got some restocking to do..." She spoke quietly, as if none of their mission had just transpired. "I-If you girls are okay with that, of course!" she frantically added. A day on the town with the team certainly sounded nice, as long as they didn't stay out too long. Never having gone to Oasis, she still had a fair bit of early year studying to do before she could be considered an up-to-date huntress-in-training.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 11, 2017, 08:44:20 PM
Sona nods quietly in agreement. She absently fiddles with a lock of her blonde hair for a moment. Her calico ears twitch downward slightly.

"Are you... going to be alright Vidalia?" she says, a tension in her voice.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on March 13, 2017, 08:43:59 PM
Vidi nodes at Sona's question. "I'll be fine Sona." She smiles and fiddles with her hair.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 16, 2017, 03:37:26 PM
Sona nods quietly, a pensive look on her face as she turns out to face the endless deserts to her right. Her eyes are trained on the side view mirror, reflecting the back seat and Vidalia setting in it.

"You really nailed that guy good Vidalia. Those swords of yours do good work." Sona says without ceasing her subtle observations.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on March 18, 2017, 06:36:49 PM
Vidalia smiled and leaned forward."Really?! They are dangerous and I was trying really hard not to accidentally graze any of you ladies!"

Praise wasn't something she gained often from other people for obvious reasons. She dropped back on the seat with the smile still plastered on her face. It dropped afterward remembering that she'd have to go talk to her therapist about the events of her initiation mission. Vidi didn't look back at Sona in fear that she would further question her. Vidi looked out the window to focus on the type of cupcake she'd be getting.


Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 18, 2017, 07:23:15 PM
Sona can feel her chest tighten when she see the black adorned girl smile at the description of her attack. The girl's smile abruptly dropping does little to easy the faunus's tension.

"Very dangerous. Do they often kill your opponents?" Sona tries to say casually, but a hint of her apprehension sneaks into her voice. Sona winces subtly when she notices it, as if chiding herself for not being able to hide it.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on March 18, 2017, 08:00:36 PM
Patchouli couldn't help but notice Vidi's smile fade as she looked away from Sona. "Sona... isn't there anything else we can talk about?" She spoke up gently. "We were ultimately successful, more than Shade could possibly have expected us to be. We should be celebrating, not interrogating." Though she knew this would weigh on the group later, now was not the time to deal with it. Sona and Vidi would have plenty of time to discuss back at Shade, after they had both taken the time to really absorb what had happened.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 18, 2017, 08:46:46 PM
Sona's head whips around to look at Patchouli, a mix of surprise and alertness etched on her face. It last less a second, replaced with a light, hollow smile.

"Interrogate? I didn't mean for that, I'm sorry Vidalia!" she says in an amiable tone of voice. She continues on, changing the topic as Patchouli requested.

"Do you really think they didn't expect us to wrap this up completely? This is Shade, they surely have the highest of expectations." She says. Sona's head is tilted around, facing Patchouli across the jeep. Her smile is as light as her tone, but her eyes don't hold the same expression. They belay swirling thoughts, cloudy yet focused.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: MissyMidna on March 19, 2017, 11:31:26 AM
"I- no. I didn't expect to use so many." Vidalia answered Sona's question while avoiding eye contact.
 
She knew It wasn't Sona's intention on making her feel uncomfortable, but the question she asked made it seem like Vidi was crazy. The girl didn't bother to look at anyone else in the car. Hearing Patchy defend her made Vidi happy. At least someone didn't think that she was bonkers.

Vidalia opened her scroll to quickly send a message to her therapist to let her know that she'd be coming by as soon as she arrived at Shade.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on March 21, 2017, 04:24:41 PM
Patchouli sighed wearily. "Of course they didn't expect us to fully complete the mission... We were outnumbered from the start, and fighting on the enemies' territory. Not to mention the handicap of trying to take everyone alive." She winced, realizing she shouldn't have said that. After a quick glance at Vidalia, Patchouli turned her attention to the clouds in the sky, trying in vain to put up a wall between her and the others.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 21, 2017, 04:49:37 PM
Sona's pleasant expression fades as Patchouli speaks about the handicap on the mission. As the other faunus girl looks to the sky, Sona looks intently at her, her lips pursed slightly in contemplation.

With a roll of her shoulders she smiles again. "I don't know about that. I don't think Huntresses have the luxury of fair fights. Maybe this mission was to show us just that." Sona smiles in wistful sort of way, sighing as she does. She twists in her seat, no longer looking to the back seat and facing forward, bouncing her back lightly against the seat. She only looks forward for a moment, seemingly lost in a thought, her ears twitching when the jeep drives over a rock and her right index finger lightly tapping the arm rest on the door.

"Like that... I don't think we succeeded. Maybe we performed admirably, but... it's not a success." She says honestly. She raises an eyebrow and her right ear twitches, barely to be called a surprised expression. It disappears just as quickly as it appears.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: CptSteel on March 26, 2017, 01:42:04 PM
"We performed as admirably and as successfully as Shade could have asked of us. Plus, we are also still first years and this is our first mission. We are far from being Huntresses but I think we are beyond first years in our coolness factor. And kickass-ery. We did great." Lynae chimed in with a smile.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 26, 2017, 08:15:05 PM
Sona looks over to her partner with an unreadable expression, jaded and her lips pursed. Her eyes are discerning and her back straightens slightly.

"..." She sighs, the emotion gone. Her ears fall slightly and the corner of her mouth twists slightly, in frustration. She ends up settling against the door, crossing her legs as she does.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: Flooberoid on March 26, 2017, 08:39:53 PM
Patchouli silently continued to lean forward, occasionally peering at her partner but mostly staring at the floor of the jeep. Vidalia's mishap, the arguing amongst teammates, the failure or success of their mission, their future at Shade, and her own place in the grand scheme of things... all of these thoughts swirled around her mind and came together with a crash to become nothing. Her mind empty, Patchouli simply sat in solemn silence until the jeep hit a bump. Her eyes then widened and her breathing became heavier and less controlled; this was gonna be one heck of a ride home.
Title: Re: Trial Under Fire[VLPS][Closed]
Post by: willow_lark on March 28, 2017, 06:03:23 PM

The jeep hits a bump in the trail and bounces, the back of the jeep groaning as the bandits are knocked into the trunk and each other. The lull is all that seems to be needed to let any remaining hope of conversation die out. The rest of their trip is quiet, with each of the girls lost in their own thoughts.

Team VLPS returns to Vacuo city as the sun begins to sink in the sky. By the time they got a hold of the supervising professor to pass off the bandits to and got rid of the men that sun had passed beneath the horizon. VLPS is shuffled back to Shade with a pat on the back and the promise of further review for their mission after the semester begins properly. One final night in the massive common room awaits them before the proper welcoming ceremony in the morning.

Only the teams returning successfully from their missions are present in the morning. That said, the members of VLPS have trouble locating any missing group, a testament to the combined strength of their graduating class. The ceremony is short and sweet, in typical Vacuo fashion. The entire room is finally welcomed to Shade as students and this is met with whoops and cheers. It's an infectious mood that can help but spread to each member of VLPS. Through all the hardships they've faced and hard work they've put in, they've made it to Shade. They passed their final test, their Trial under Fire. And there's no way that can't make one smile.