"Would you like some candy Noah?" "Remember that gives me a sore stomach Nova... " "BOOOOOOORING!!"
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- - Nova Primrose &Noah - -
Nova almost threw herself out of the way of the poor rabbits vomit, she gagged a little at the smell it left behind and looked at him again. "I mean, I suppose its better out than in huh?" she said, as she watched the red haired faunus girl walk away and try to put on the big show. "At least she knew her place with me.." she said as she looked to Noah who was still standing at the rabbit boy to make sure he was ok.
Nova watched as the faunus decided to ruin a bench for no real reason, she rolled her eyes and then watched as Jessica had what seemed like a major breakdown. Shooting her gun into the air only made her look more like a mad person, she wasn't really giving her team a good image right now with all the loud, shrilling yelling. She looked to Noah for some advice, the old pup always knew what to do in difficult situations, the right thing to do. "Jessica, that Faunus.. she's bleeding.." he said, moving his head as he looked at her back. Nova frowned, she was unsure if she even wanted to go anywhere near the faunus. "There's something about horses, they smell like absolute s**t.." she said, sighing as she looked at Ren. "The pup is Noah, he's here if you need him.." she said, pointing to Noah as he barked and panted, moving to Ren to aid him if he could.
Nova walked over to the Faunus from before, taking a deep breathe in - she always liked a bit of dramatics. She knew the Faunus was in the middle of trying to ruin everything, "Uh, hey.. horsie? Yeah, your back is bleeding.. I've got some stuff in my bag to help if you just wanna come sit over here!" she said, attempting to be nice to the rather bratty Faunus. She didn't like her in terms of first impressions, however Nova didn't like seeing anyone in potential pain so wanted to help if she could.
"There really isn't any point in getting in between them. Plus, the headmaster might make you pay for that bench you ruined you know!" she said, laughing as she tried to make light of the situation. Nova looked at Jessica, giving her a slightly uncomfortable smile, she just wanted her to stop screaming like a banshee at everyone, nobody respected someone like that.
This fight was interesting at first , it truly was a sight to behold. However when someone involves something that belongs to him, enrages him. He starts hitting the concrete stone of the fountain that he was sitting on three light hits made cracks on the fountain. Increasing his combo; small hammer fists making cracks beside him(fourth hit). He heard Sakura wanting to get at the two until someone with a rifle intervened and halted anyone from stopping the fight. He agrees that they should finish but(Fifth hit), someone will need to compensate on what happened and those two will (Sixth hit) "Sakura, Yui, take our buddy to the nurses office" (seventh Hit) having more hits you could probably here the sound at this point of fists hitting the concrete. Oswald had sunglasses it was pretty obvious he was upset and getting ready for a fight.
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XXX... Disgusting. Ren had tried to laugh, before projectile vomiting towards the feline faunus that came over with her pup. The sight was enough to make Yui shy away, leaning her body back as far away as she could to make sure none of it got on her. ... Of course, it reeked of alcohol. What else would it have been? The grumbles of pain and absent expression of the rabbit boy was still more than enough to cause worry in the girl, and it seemed the same could be said for Sakura. A stomach ache and intense head pain. Surely, that wasn't a good sign for a normal person. But Yui had to wonder, what exactly did that mean for this raging alcoholic? Sakura had begun to storm off, rolling her sleeves up and creating a chilling presence. "Of course..." Yui would say in a hushed tone, watching as her teammate went to approach the party. Perhaps Yui would feel inclined to act more accordingly if she was rested, but instead.. Her patience was thin, and she just didn't have it in her to deal with unnecessary stress. Even the series of shots fired into the air wasn't enough to cause her apathetic gaze to waver. Instead, her focus remained on Ren as he spouted his next slur of nonsense with that grin of his. It confirmed two things, he was still himself, but he should still get checked out.
A soft and mildly irritated sigh would escape her lips, shaking off his joke. She didn't dare acknowledge such idiocracy, it would only show him it was okay to keep acting that way. Her pale blue gaze would shift to look at the pooch, finding a calming presence with the pupper. Something felt different about it ... It's presence didn't seem hyper and radiating with energy like a normal young pup. It seemed calmed and aged, something that Yui could respect. ".. You should probably stick here with her, I'm.. Going to take him to the infirmary." Hesitantly, Yui would stretch out her arm and offer a hand towards the pooch. For some reason, she was more hesitant to interact with a dog than Kail's snakes. ... Yui just never got too much interaction with animals before, as they were banned in the Lioncourt house. Willing to let the pooch sniff, she would then offer him a soft head pat if he happened to accept. ... It was calming, she liked it.
Now it was time to get going. Yui would pull her hand away from the dog that accompanied them, before scooping her gloved and sleeved arms under Ren's upper back, and behind his knees. With a hefty heave, she'd manage to muster the strength to lift him up before flapping her wings. Fortunately for her, most of her strength went into her mighty wings. "You're ... Heavier than I expected. ..." Sighing, she'd look towards Oswald who had been defacing the fountain with his fury after he told her to take her to the nurses. Yui would nod slightly, before glancing in Sakura's direction. "... Please don't get into too much trouble, both of you. ..." Since Oswald had instructed both her and Sakura, she assumed that the girl would follow behind them shortly after. So, she'd begin walking at first. Working to maneuver her way from the disturbance, she'd move into an open clearing in the courtyard before flapping her wings violently. ... Their combined weight was straining, far more than she used to, but... She'd manage. At least for a moment. Strength wasn't her weakest aspect, but it surely wasn't her greatest. Though, she may end up having to walk part way.
"If you need to hold my neck, be sure you're wearing your gloves. ... If you make me drunk, I'm dropping you." [[Exit with Ren to Infirmary.]]
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Sakura flinched when the red haired girl picked up the bench and threw it at the other girl. Watching the girl take the hit with ease, Sakura was reminded by just how amazing and diverse semblances were. But now wasn't exactly the time to be a total nerd about things, she was still relatively pissed that her teammate was hurt due to the two other's roughhousing. But she didn't expect for the girl to shoot into the air as warning shots. "Are you out of your mind?!" She yelled. Was she the only one around that actually cared about the safety of others? Actually, considering the type of person she was, that was probably a yes. "What does letting them fight even accomplish?! My teammate could be seriously injured because of them and you're going to let them continue so more people can be hurt!?" There was no win to the situation in this, was there? And she had a feeling that the other girl wasn't going to let her through so she could give the two of the other faunus a quick bop to the head to knock some sense into them.
But she could fight her way through. That was an option on the table. But she could also spend her time looking after her teammate as well. Her conflict was shown clearly through her expression and the light frost that seemed to slowly spread onto the ground. Her decision was made when she saw that the red haired faunus was bleeding. Sakura took a deep breath, forcing a calmness over herself as her semblance finally deactivated. It seemed that another faunus were offering to help her. After one cold glare directed towards the fighting faunus, Sakura decided on what she would do. She was about to head over to them when she heard Oswald. She looked towards her team leader, a worried look on her face. She decided to go to him first. He was angry, the way he was intent on punching that fountain being a definite sign of it. She approached him and gently placed a hand on the his shoulder, a comforting and friendly gesture. "Please. Don't do what you don't have to do." It was her attempt at dissuading him from fighting. It was best to do what Yui said and to not get into too much trouble. Actually, it was better to avoid trouble completely. But, at the end of the day, she couldn't control his actions.
She gave his shoulder a quick pat before she then made her way over to the other faunus(es?). Sakura gave them a polite bow in greeting, hoping that she wasn't intruding. "I'm actually heading to the infirmary right now. We could go together, if you all wanted." She offered.
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Feralis growled, a growl as Feral as everyone else probably thought he was. As he was attacking the mangy feline, trying his hardest to teach it where its place in the food chain was, his attacks didn't seem to be going where he wanted them to. All his kicks were being redirected by some wind around the cat, going to his arms and mostly just hitting his aura rather than himself. It was damned infuriating the wolf. The cat was still using its semblance, stopping him from landing any major blows towards him. 'Can't beat me fair and square so you have to cheat!?' Feralis yelled in his head, too furious to actually form the words he wanted to say. The cat would be buried six feet under had it not been using this annoying wind to protect itself. Meanwhile, while his own attacks weren't really effective, the cats own were far more impactful. He felt the clawed hand the cat was using lightly cut into his side, and soon after a much weaker punch aimed towards him that he mostly shrugged off. His black aura sparked briefly from the attack, flickering before no longer being in view. His aura may have been weakening...but his will to fight certainly was not.
Before Feralis, or the omega, could continue the fight a series of strange events began to happen. He had vaguely heard yelling but had ignored it, knowing not to take his attention off his foe. He even heard someone speaking, understanding the words which only made him more ticked off as it was from the person who thought they could take him on. His eyes remained on the omega, despite the voice getting closer, testing to see if he would strike or not as he was looking for an opening. It was then that he felt splinters of wood bounce off him, his attention momentarily diverted from surprise as he saw a bench break upon hitting the female beta from earlier. Eyes blinking in slight shock, his attention not even on the cat as he would notice her yelling about them fighting and shooting her gun...He gave her a wary look before focusing his attention back on the omega. Should she protect them while they fought, she would have his respect but he did not know her intentions. Even while refocusing his attention on the omega, he kept his ears pricked in case anyone else tried attacking. 'Scavengers.' he thought angrily to himself. He had been tossed out a window yet they were about to attack him, as the bench seemed clearly meant for him. The only honorable thing he had seen was that the omega was equally as ready as him to strike any attackers that would interrupt their match.
Mind sinking into combat mode, Feralis kept striking at the omega. He would alternate various kicks, trying to aim for vital or weak points of the cat, or what was usually one for a human. Each and every time though, he found his kicks being deflected away from his original target, glancing off the cats aura and doing next to nothing as the cat kept stacking up cuts along Feralis. His other attacks were far less effective, seemingly weakened by the wind protecting him. If Feralis was dealing with this like a life or death situation, he would wait to see if it ever faded to strike. But this was a matter of establishing order. If he backed away, it would show weakness. He needed the cat to know that even with its semblance, he could still defeat it. He needed to prove it to himself. Another deflected kick and another claw strike...Feralis' black aura flashing again. Though the cuts were minor they were adding up on him, his aura very clearly weakening. He needed to think of how to break through the defense.
The fight continued for longer, each combatant trying to find the upper hand. It was very clearly in the favor of the cat, the wolfs cuts and breathing showing that the small attacks were slowly adding up on him and his aura was gone now. He had several larger cuts from the cats claws and was bleeding freely there, but any interruptions were met with a snap on his end. He was not done fighting, using his will to keep himself from collapsing. However, the cats aura was now significantly weakened as well yet he still had no scratch on him. "I...will win..." Feralis said in a whisper, almost to himself but audible to the omega if they were paying attention. Feralis would not let himself fail, he was pushing his body to the limit. He would give it his all, and he would succeed. He was a wolf, an alpha, and he would not let the omega win. Not to his final breath. He had reasoned out a bit of how the wind worked. Wherever he had aimed his blow would be deflected away to hit another part of the cats body. Realization hit him. He could not last much longer, but he had found the weakness. 'Don't aim directly for the target. Aim for the deflection to hit him.' Feralis thought to himself. He would launch himself into another attack, starting with kicks that continued to pepper the cats aura. He did not even try to block the cats attacks, focusing on the offense even as he felt more cuts as the cats claws met their mark. Then, his opening. Feinting to kick, Feralis purposefully did a sweeping kick just to close the distance between the two, not trying to actually make contact. He would then bring his fist forward to punch the feline square in the upper chest, and feeling the wind begin to alter his blow, ensured the deflection would hit with full force. As this time, the wind carried his fist straight up as an uppercut into the underside of the cats chin which sent him soaring, the cats aura having been broken in that one solid hit.
Panting, bleeding, the wolf forced himself to stand up straight and let out a long howl of victory. One that took all the energy from his battered body. His legs gave way underneath him, and his vision started fading to black. He could see the floor slowly approaching him as he fell. His eyes half shut as his body began to lean forward in his fall. 'I...did it...' He thought to himself. Too weak to form words, or to even really move his mouth in a manner to speak. Instead a tired grin was on his face as he fell forward. He had won. He had shown the cat its place. He should be celebrating, going over to ensure the job was done. He hit the ground hard as his eyes fully shut. 'Why can't I move...I won...I should be...celebrating...' His form did not move once it hit the ground, his consciousness slowly fading. He had ignored his wounds by force of will and adrenaline alone. By all rights he should've succumbed sooner. He should have lost. But he didn't. He may not have won...the cat did him in in the end...But he didn't lose. Content, and feeling an overwhelming desire to sleep...Feralis knocked out from his wounds. His battered and bleeding body going limp on the ground.
OOC: If you want to know what the transformation is like, ask me and I will PM you. Sorry I wrote to the fights completion, but due to school exams and such my posting schedule is up in the air and I want to ensure things are finished rather than left half done.
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Ivory would continue to duke it out with Feralis. He wasn't really dodging the fists, letting them hit in weaker areas. He heard a commotion behind him, however, he knew Jessica had it covered. He would continue trying to fight back this physically stronger male. However, Ivory was doing visible damage to him with his claws. He was glad that he had installed them, even if they were a bit wonky.
It was then the final blow to him would hit. The wind around him dispersing. He would try to move, but he felt himself falling to the ground. He had taken an uppercut to the jaw. It was hard, and it felt like it would leave a bruise. He would fall to the ground, his consciousness fading out for a second. He'd land on his knees, before collapsing. He'd bite his lip, trying to get up. The mutt had taken him down, but Ivory had also taken the mutt down. He was slipping in and out at this point, growling softly when he was awake towards the mutt.
With the crowd disbanding, Jessica pissed at the two, and it seemed they were tiring out. Squatting she poked the two over. "You two finished? Good. Outside the fact you two seem like idiots I look like a bigger a*****e. I’m pissed at you two. Back in Atlas our instructors would let us fight it out then deal out a punishment. And by the way you idiots, we're now a team." Giving the two another hard poke. "Since I’m captain and this isn’t Atlas you two get to move the mattress back into the room. No stairs, through the window." She didn’t expect it to be done, it wasn’t meant to be done. It was a punishment meant to make them not to fight each other again. "Mean while Nova and I will either see the other injured or get some ice cream."
Auburn was focused, but, she wasn't blind. She didn't stay alive by not being aware of those around her. When the white-haired woman took the blow of the bench, Auburn's hand was already adjusting and she grabbed and pushed at the arm rather than let her fist hit her full on. She stood, holding the shattered remains of the bench and glared at the woman. Though, she wasn't angry, though, everyone always thought she was, This woman had control and discipline, though, she still acted somewhat rashly to her mind. She then heard the girl from earlier address her as 'horsey', her tail flicking the only sign she was somewhat agitated by the nickname. Her own semblance activated the moment the woman intervened and she began bending the iron bading around her left fist, as though it were made of clay.
Then, before she could do anything else, the fight was over, the two egomaniacs laying on the ground in a draw. She stared blankly at them."Pathetic."She simply pulled off the band and let the hunk of metal drop as she deactivated her semblance. Before looking at the girl behind her over her shoulder."Yeah, it happens a lot. The name is Auburn by the way. And I'm more likely to be working that thing off. Never had any money. Well, except enough to get here. Anyway, don't worry about it. I'm used to dealing with it myself..
With a dismissive wave, she picked up her back, shouldering it and making her way towards the dorms, as though the wound in her back didn't hurt. Though, to be fair, she was mostly desensitized to pain in her back. She did pass by the woman with white hair who was shouting still. "Try waking them before dawn for exercises for a while, Something tells me they'll miss nap time more than they'll want to avoid pain. If it's worth anything, I was hoping to just down one and pin him. But, keep on their asses, and I'll keep my distance. I doubt a fight between you and I would be good for anyone."
With the same dismissive boredom as before, she continued on past the group and towards the building. If anything was said, she'd simply ignore it like she had ignored so many other attempts to draw her focus. She wasn't here to make friends after all. She was here to fight and make a living off the sole skill she had.
Weapon(s): Judgement is a massive sword that is 77" long, 14" wide and weighs 54 lbs, but, has no unique properties other than that. Auburn is able to wield this beast of a blade, even one-handed, because of her Semblance.
However, her boots and gauntlets are equipped with mini cannon-like guns that fire off dust rounds. (See Mission for image of gauntlets and boots)
Oswald didn't know how long he was going to hold in his anger but enough was enough. He got up from his seat after some of the damage he done to the fountain. Sakura gave some advice to 'Don't do what you don't have to do' is what she said, but when it is personal, he has to do this. There is just somethings you don't do to a man; especially someone like Oswald. While this fight was going on further someone actually interfered. A woman that came between the two and forcefully stopped them. He payed closely attention to what was going on. He listed to the woman speaking and heard that she is the captain of those two who were fighting. He carefully memoriesed this woman's face, body and everything about her. "I will have words with this woman."
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Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 3:44 am
"Would you like some candy Noah?" "Remember that gives me a sore stomach Nova... " "BOOOOOOORING!!"
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- - Nova Primrose &Noah - -
Nova stood upright a little, a bit disappointed that her act of kindness was totally rejected by the horse girl. She flashed a look of rage at Noah for even trying to make her be nice in the first place, the young wolf pup looked a little scared, even though he knew she just wasn't used to acting kind and having it rejected like that. "Nova, most people aren't that rude.. she obviously is just a special case.. I didn't know she wouldn't accept your act of kindness!" he said, barking at her from a distance. "Instead of showing her who's the boss around here, I thought I'd be nice and that's what happened.. thanks Noah, thanks!" she said to him within her mind, still a look of frustration now on her face. She listened to what Auburn had to say and shrugged, "I mean, we've all had our fair share of difficulties. It's about standing tall and showing those who hurt us the most that we are stronger than acting the victim all the time..." she said, gasping to herself as she couldn't believe how knowledgeable she had just sounded in that brief moment, it wasn't like Nova to be giving such advice, but it was true. Auburn seemed to have a chip in her shoulder, and had already tried to make enemies and not shown an ounce of a nice bone in her body. As she walked away from Nova, she attempted to hold in a laugh but just couldn't. "Wow, talk about serious pants!" she yelled, laughing as Noah ran over in an attempt to make her quiet down as she still wasn't yet gone.
Noah then ran past Nova towards Ivory and the newcomer, they were both out of it on the ground. Nova didn't even notice, and when she did she ran over to them both, unsure of who to help first. On one hand, was her friend and companion Ivory, on the other, the best looking faunus she had ever set eyes on. "I better still be the first thing he sees when he wakes up Noah!" she said, sending the wolf pup over to the newcomer to check on him as she went to Ivory. Nova looked at Jessica and frowned, "Jess, ice cream will have to wait, can't you see that they are both out of it?" she said, confused as to how the human missed it.
"Ivory, Ivoryyyyyy its me, your bestest friend in the whole wide worrrllddd" she said, almost putting on a stupid spooky voice as she knew he wouldn't hear her. Nova checked quickly for a pulse and sighed, "You'll need to choose one to help to the infirmary and we will take the other Jess, I can't carry either of them on my own and you can't take both!" she yelled, waiting for her to choose one.
Well, it seemed that her help wasn't needed at all then. They seemed to have things covered here. Her attention then went back to Oswald. He still seemed tense. He was really set on fighting someone, wasn't he? She could somewhat appreciate it. A team leader willing to fight for a teammate's fallen honor. Very admirable. Sakura went back over to him. "I'm going to the infirmary to check on them. I'm sure Ren would appreciate seeing you." It was her last ditch effort to get him not to fight but, in the end, Oswald did what Oswald wanted. And with that, she took her leave.
[Exit]
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Remaining squatted over the two Jessica looked towards Nova. "I know they're out. I just want to express what's gonna happen. They'll wake up with me every morning for a while." She looked to Ivory and picked him up out of instinct. The sisterly instinct was to take care of him. Granted Nova would look a little silly holding up the other, "Want to switch?"
§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ SasseliaArgenia ------------ Having been lost on a few twists and turns through hallways, the courtyard was in sight. Hmm? It appeared something interesting had occured and she missed it. Ah well. The female who appeared outside was not in least bit interested what could possibly have happened, only making her way towards the center of the courtyard after holdong one of the doors open for a few people. Ah yes this was where the billboard she heard so much about was? Convenient.. Although... Not to far off from her seemed to be a few people in conversation, one rather... Out of it perhaps? She made no resolution to approach, keeping her gaze ahead of her by then,only looking for a spot to sit. Perhaps on the ground against one of the columns? Hmph. Maybe beside of the the same upon the sides of the grand scenery? Surely they would not be comfortable, but that would be the price to pay for wanting air she supposed. Of course there were benches and possible debris she had to make sure not to bump into. My goodness.
The final choice ended up being the second, as upon a safe looking spot, the lady in blue hopped upon her target gently, resting in comfort against the podium. Of the books she had been carrying from the library, the book Luses Naturae was finally ready for a good read on. Wonderful knowledge~
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"Would you like some candy Noah?" "Remember that gives me a sore stomach Nova... " "BOOOOOOORING!!"
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- - Nova Primrose &Noah - -
Nova watched Jessica collect Ivory and nodded, "Nah, we will take him!" she said, as she skipped over to the newcomer, extremely excited to get to be his saviour. Nova crouched over his body and moved his hair from his face, sighing. "Noah, isn't he just so beautiful.." she said, the look of a mad fan girl on her face as she glared at him. Noah looked a little uncomfortable, he shook his head and moved his body under the mans legs to help carry his bottom half. "Nova, I'm not even entertaining that. You've just met the man, try not to destroy him with too much fan-girling" he said, as Nova had been collecting the guys top half. She dropped him as she felt the pierce from Noah's comment, the mans head smacking off the ground. "HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT?! COULDN'T YOU TELL HE'S IN LOVE WITH ME TOO?!" she yelled, a rather over dramatic tone in her voice, as always with Nova.
Noah looked extremely concerned as the man hit his head off the ground, Nova lifted his top half, her hands under his arms as they both lifted him together. She laughed sheepishly, "He's fine! Just a little bump!" she said, as she saw a small lump begin to appear, she ignored it. "Noah! Look at all the lines in his stomach!!" she said, her eyes not looking where they were actually walking. Noah barked, "He is a very young and fit faunus… yes" he replied, not even taking a look at her face, probably a good thing.
They worked together to carry him to the infirmary with Ivory and Jessica, Nova would sit above this mans face until he woke up, so it was the first thing he witnessed when he awoke.
With Ivory in her arms, Feralis in Nova's, she began to walk back to the infirmary. Noting that she would have to keep an eye on Nova as the Faunus had gone nuts for a cute boy. Ivory hoisted onto her shoulders she went on. Using one free hand to doors as the other held onto her teammate. It was a short walk to the medical tents.
