This place made her feel on-edge, and there was nothing to really change that for now. Looking to Sass, Ylva would frown slightly to her shy companion. Then looking to the fox-boy, the wolf girl frowned as she noted the subtle head shake before they headed in but wouldn't address it yet as they headed in. Looking back, she was glad to see that blue-haired maiden would be with them rather than outside, if a little behind...
Inside, it was a relief to Ylva that her teammates were of a like mind as they headed in, her thoughts were on other things as she looked into the fire; only looking up when sensing Xanthe beside her. Denying the offer of drink was more of a precaution and after doing so, she would take her water out and sip it. Her ears twitched as she'd listen to her surroundings. Danae's tone was subtle in asking for tea but it was odd for some reason. Eye-patch was as bubbly as ever, making her internally cringe, but Rin...was he even breathing? The sound or lack-there-of had her turning dark, calm eyes briefly in his direction before looking to the flames once more."Certain...but, thank you,"She replied, only adding the thanks as a reluctant afterthought before the weird insistent one left.
While the human was away, she would take the chance to glance around the room, wondering absently if there was someone or something observing them. When the older male returned with cocoa for them all, she frowned slightly but, took it only to set it off politely to the side. At Xanthe's inquiry, the wolf pondered this."True...such a thing I would think would be a rare treat for them in isolation,"she thought as the weird one introduced himself as an Officer Pillbody before asking what they were all doing here. She would remain silent while others answered. Danae's introduction of herself was that of a Gentle's response, though that made sense now; if she remembered correctly, a Minister and Mayor (from Xanthe's response) were almost if not like an Elder in status to her tribe...she would tuck that away for later though.
Ylva did note that other than the mention of food, Sass was rather quiet like herself for now. Her ears twitching from time to time, her tail was kept still and around herself while she sat by the fire, when she turned her head to observe Eye-patch (as she will call him from now on), after Xanthe spoke. He first addressed the officer, apologizing on the rest of the party's behalf and excusing it as being on-edge essentially."I'm not sorry for it,"she thought dryly but, remained silently bemused for now while she listened to what he had to say."Pretty much,"Was all Ylva would say, confirming but that was it before looking to the "officer"."What will he say..."she pondered, calmly unreadable as she waited his response with the rest. Ylva was not, however, expecting to agree with him when Eye-patch said that he did not wish to meet the person in charge...yet. Seeing him eye the cocoa, she was a bit appreciative in that moment, even is she was stoic."Please, take it,"She thought/expressed with a shrug as she would pick up her mug as well and calmly take it over to the older student with Xanthe (should she choose to do so as well) before walking over to be parallel to Rin in the room, if possible.
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Once Sasselia and Danea made it through the opening in the wall they would hear (and see if they turned to look) the large circular door rolling back into place and locking once more. ((Vale typically keeps the gates open with guards watching for Grimm and closes them when Grimm are spotted near the wall.))
"POI?" Officer Pillbody repeated, clearly dumbfounded at the acronym. He scratched his head for a moment before carrying on just as gleeful as ever. "A pleasure to make your acquaintance just the same Xanthe Shaw! But you won't find any Grimm in Morose! No place safer!" He sipped his hot chocolate while Xanthe asked about a mayor. "Mayor...mayor...oh! You must mean the Guardian! I'll have to ask the higher-ups! Don't rightly know what her schedule is, but I'll eat my hat if she doesn't want to meet you!"
"Great to meet you Danaë Hallþóra Svéd, daughter of the Minister of Faunus affairs in Vale!" He gave an awkward sort of seated bow. "How did you get here all the way from Vale! Xanthe said south, but I didn't expect that far south!" His eyes almost seemed to pop out of his at the very notion that they had travelled so far.
"Oh yes, it is mighty dangerous outside of these walls. But you are safe here, you can be sure of that! We are doing better than well! No Grimm in Morose! " He said seeming to repeat what he said to Xanthe a moment ago. "You'll find everyone is very welcoming and if you need help you can walk up to anyone and just ask! You might just decide you want to say more than a day or two! Unfortunately, we are unprepared for guests, but we'll find you a place to stay, not to worry, not to worry. Shouldn't take long at all!"
Sass brought up food, and the officer blinked at her as if just noticing she had entered the room. "Oh my dear girl, sitting there without a drink! I'll be back with some food, and a drink for you!" And with that he left once more, leaving them alone in the room. He seemed completely oblivious to the fact that only Narx had actually drank anything. He didn't even react to Ylva bring Narx two more cups. He also seemed perfectly comfortable leaving them completely unattended.
Rin had remained quiet throughout the exchange, merely watching and listening. Though once the guard at left, he quickly dumped his drink out in a potted plant, apparently as apprehensive as the rest (except Narx) about accepting a drink from a stranger. ╚═════════════════════════════════════════════════▨✥▨═════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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Xanthe watched as he failed to know what POI meant, then gave him a brief smile without offering any further explanation. It was something for him to work out, just like it had been for her when someone had used in front of her the first time. "No Grimm, you must be very diligent. Colour me impressed. Are there many residents of the settlement?" There was an air of disbelief about her words, but none of the spoken ones were strictly bad. Her village had been annihilated due to a mix of hubris and lack of defence. This place for it's huge door was manned by Pillbody, someone who radiated old man vibes, she was impressed but not for the right reasons. "Please do, or if we could speak to one of the higher ups." There was something off about a leader who went by Guardian especially for a former medical facility, it just didn't fit. She hadn't known that Danae was the daughter of a minister, and had quickly decided that it didn't matter now she did. It was a fancy name though, the kind that should be announced at a ball. Pillbody seemed to appreciate the name as well as he half bowed in response. She decided to let Danae field the airship question, not wanting to tread on her toes. That and she had no idea if Pillbody needed to know Airships were a thing but suspected the answer to be no. Xathe turned to look when Sass asked for food and was caught up in the curiosity of what the man would bring out.
Narx started off well, until he apologised on their behalf for their lack of manners. It was her manners that had stopped her from headbutting the officer at the offset for spouting that nonsense about leaving criminals to die in the snow. Nobody deserved that. It would seem as Xanthe glanced at Ylva, that her teammate felt a similar way towards the situation. Pillbody stressed the safety of Morose again, it was like he was reading off a script from the way he said it. Though she doubted that she was the only person to pick up on that. He finished by with a comment that they might want to stay longer. Not likely. She caught Narx looking towards the cup in her hands and she tilted it towards her, it might be poison but she wasn't going to give it to him, not now he wanted it. "We want to meet their Guardian, let them call the shots about getting beds." Xanthe thought about adding: 'I don't want to sleep in this creepy place, who knows what ghosts live in a medical research base.' But thought better of it, the walls probably had ears.
Rin was, to those who really knew him, unnaturally silent at this time. Even before they had entered this room, when Xanthe had asked him if he noticed anything weird, he had only shook his head. His suspicions and nagging doubts about this place were eating at him, but he felt words were unsafe where they were. Why, he was not entirely unsure. The room itself, the friendliness of their hosts, the warm drinks offered to them, and general wear of the room should have been relaxing enough for him to feel safe to breathe. But the bodies and answers from before just haunted his mind. 'Will that be us?' the thought came unbidden and left just as swiftly as he felt eyes on him. Perhaps this was a test room where others were observing, and at any moment they could be held at gun point. He mentally shook his head. 'Chill. You are a Rupa, the reluctant next head of the family. You are the master prankster and escape artist. And you are on a mission. This is unbecoming of you and those who raised you,' he reasoned to himself to calm his mind. He needed to keep it together and not break under such measly pressure, or make his family a laughing stock if this is what the heir was capable of. He could not disrespect his families memory like that; not of his parents or his sister. Focusing on memories of playing in the snow with his sister and parents as a kid, he would enter a trance-like state. His breathing slowing greatly and his eyes gaining a bit of a distant look to them as he relived the memories of happiness to wash away his doubts and worries. To some who were looking, it may indeed seem like he had stopped breathing; but he also seemed much more relaxed now. He would grow a serene look to him as he passively listened to everything around him, but seemed to not be too responsive. Rin would only snap out of his trance when the guard had left to get food and drinks for them as he was pulled from his memory. Shaking his head slightly, disoriented, his mind would quickly wash out the peace of the past and rush back in with everything he knew and passively perceived; which was a lot harder when your mind was trying its best to ignore things to enjoy the memories. He remembered the guard name, that he seemed to be speaking well-rehearsed lines by the way he answered their questions or comments, Danae was apparently the daughter of the minister of faunus affairs, Narx and Xanthe had differing ideas on how to go about things, and that the settlement's leader was called the Guardian. 'Better guardian than taskmaster or supreme overlord of Morose at least,' he thought to himself in jest as he was now trying to keep relaxed a bit. Letting nerves, paranoia, and fear wash over him was not helpful; though despite being relaxed he would keep his suspicions up as for all they knew they were in enemy territory. With Pillbody gone, Rin would also take the chance to dump his drink in a potted plant to be safe. If there was someone on camera watching well...he would hope his deceiving skills would be up to par as to why. If not, then it made lend him points with Pillbody if he thought he had drank it all. While everyone else had asked the important questions, or at least any question Rin could think of, there was one thing he could try to pitch in with. Clearing his throat, Rin would speak up in a calm voice. "I agree, it would be best to meet the Guardian first and foremost if it is possible. Our mission is to make contact and go from there; no better place to do so than from the top," Rin would add while looking to Narx and Xanthe, though not voice that he was not comfortable staying here any longer than was necessary. He almost wanted to camp outside the settlement than in if they did need to stay for a day or longer. He really wished he had the powers of telepathy right now to communicate in a more secretive way with the team; it would make things much easier. He had only felt confident enough to speak of the mission goal because Narx had already revealed it, and being divided would only be a weakness that could be exploited. As it stood, he honestly trusted anyone but Narx to be the diplomat while they were here because he did not speak for most of the group since he was outwardly the least on guard from the start. He really really hoped Narx was just a master of deception and body language, so that he was just as skeptical as the rest of them but not showing it.
Wakana Scroll Bag filled with some rope, climbing tools, snow/ice traveling shoe accessories, rations, water, fire starter kit, and a GPS thingy they were given. Snow goggles and face veil. Snowmobile packs: packs strapped to each one with insulated tents for the cold, rations kits (9), kerosene lamps and thermopacks(10) that would keep them warm once activated
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Large (6): 3 Pale blue, 2 Purple, 1 Red Small (16): 4 Red, 4 White, 4 Cyan (one on each side of snowmobile except the left side), 4 Blue
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Danaë would relax the moment that the officer left. "Right." She would say, in a more typical voice. "So assessment so far. They have not taken our weapons as of yet, meaning they don't think we will be harmful to them. Secondly, it's odd that he's so friendly." She would then cuddle into Narx."How are you feeling? You so far are the only one to drink anything." She would then pull the tea bag from her sleeve and quickly rip it open, searching for anything inside of it.
"Sorry to name drop my Mom. I figured that if I did, it would mean that we have someone looking forward to us going back." Once she was finished looking for anything other than tea in the bag, she would quickly sweep it into the trash. She would then take off her jacket. She got warm easily, and was very warm right now. "We should also see if we can get a tour."
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Narx was more than delighted when Ylva and Xanthe gave him their hot cocoa. He would effectively chug the first one. The heat seemingly not bothersome to him whatsoever, but then'd he'd hold the second one in his hands for warm and drink it more slowly. For anyone not looking at him they would have no clue he had just downed an entire cup of hot cocoa. He was feeling quite well now that he had something in his stomach. But more than anything he was just so happy to be out of the cold.
Narx would frown at Rin when he saw that he dumped his cup in a plant pot. He had done it when Pillbody was away so he would not have noticed. He mouthed to Rin. "Just pass it to me next time." But didn't actually say the words aloud. People don't poison guests before they know who they are and what information they have. So he was more than happy to drink and eat all the sustenance provided. Maybe if this Guardian was a douchebag he'd start to hold back.
Narx smiled when Danaë cuddled up to him. He would wrap and arm around her and pull her close, but he kept a nonchalant and relaxed posture. While Pillbody was gone he felt safe to whisper. "I feel just dandy. I highly doubt they'd poison their guests before they really felt they knew why we are here. If they distrust us they won't trust what we claimed we are here for in the first place and thus would want to study us more before poisoning us." It just seemed common sense. Let's see if they even let us meet their so called gaurdian. If they do, it shows a great deal of trust. You don't let strangers you think could be assassins meet your leader. He would look to Danaë to see if she agreed. She was definitely distrustful as well, but up to this point they had no reason to trust not distrust.
"Keep your guard up. I won't complain, but just don't let it interfere with healthy relations just in case all is good here. I won't make up my mind till I see how the common people are treated." That was always the most telling thing about any culture. How did they treat elderly or children? If well, then how bad could it be. He would lean back in his chair and rest his eyes as the sugar crash hit. Afterwards, he'd likely be super energetic which was good. He certainly had drank too much sugar just now.
Profile: Profile Weapon: Gravityflux (Glaive/shotgun/double axes) gaia_angelleft Action: pursuing gaia_angelright ~~~------~~~-----~~~------~~~~~~------~~~-----~~~------~~~ For the moment, Sasselia had kept to herself on it all, simply taking in the bits of conversation in the room. So far, she had calculated Narx on more than one beverage of hot chocolate downed, though so far was showing no signs of the beverage doing anything wrong to him, had there been something in it. Danae, after announcing her mother's council title back home, created a reaction, with Xanthe's mannerisms in conversing opening up more information. Having a little bit of the same sentiments as Rin and Ylva, she was calmed a little more, as far as surroundings went. Some of the information brought forward about the mayor being a guardian was duly noted, giving her some thought toward the possible set up to how their chain of command went. If the guardian was the leader, the higher ups had to possibly be what was perchance tied to Generals or Colonels. "They most likely follow basic military structure.." That's what it was looking to be so far. The Guardian was female, and the area was deemed safe by grimm. Small notions, that weren't all too important. All of that was nothing, compared to him telling Xanthe that everyone around the place could be spoken to, and asked on questions for things. Such information regarding the local people seemed to be a bit of an off feeling to hit her. From all the stories she's ever read, all places that had over-welcoming people usually ended up with predicaments and complications for the heroes. "Certainly that will be u-unlikely so... No one in any place is automatically welcoming to people without a reason behind it... As for places being all too safe.... Nowhere is ever fully safe.... Th-this isn't a story..."
Almost contemplating more to herself, her thoughts had been disturbed from Pillbody himself, having no belief that he would have heard her speaking on food. "Th-that is perfectly fine sir, I-I wouldn't wish to impose..." Whether she had been imposing or not, the man was already gone, leaving her to sweat drop a little in apprehension of her own. She hadn't meant for the officer to do such a thing!! Once he was gone from the room as it was, for some reason that was having people beginning to speak more on intentions, without a single thought in mind as to whether the place could be secretly bugged, or them being secretly being watched. Towards Xanthe, who spoke on letting them call the shots towards their location of bedding, should a place be set up for them. "I-it is their place after all.. If we were to be attempting any pulls, we would be over stepping." Rin added in true points regarding it all, agreeing silently with him that speaking to the top would be the best solution. From there, they could gather more intel potentially on the place, as well as se their own topics to discuss for later in the evening. It was then Danae had been bringing up her own two sense on it all, Sasselia shaking her head about the name dropping. Ignoring the canoodling of the couple, and Danae choosing that moment of time to open the tea bag and make a mess where she was, Sasselia spoke finally on her for things, gently crossing her arms a little. "It would be strange for them to take our items upon arrival, especially with the current stage of events before us. G-given what we know, even if we were considered to be dangerous, they can easily let us have our things, given we are unknown to the true layout of everything here. All we know of how the main gate functions, and that they follow a function, m-most likely basic military chain of command. depending on the surroundings of the wall itself, and how the people of this location truly are, this will be a l-learning opportunity to g-get out of our comfort zones, and keep our own images to how they would want it to look. I am on the same page as Danae for a tour. I-I would like to see what all flourishes with this place."
█ Ammo Type ▬ 20 Regular shotgun bullets & 8 dust bullets. █ Drawback▬ Sasselia has to manually change the shotgun bullets. It takes half of one post to reload.
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█ *NAME ▬ Gravity Entrapment █ *AURA COLOR ▬ Royal Blue █ *DESCRIPTION Sasselia's semblance is a gravity and anti-gravity element by way of glyphs. She is able to flip the gravitational pull within the area of her glyphs to either lift things and allow them to float, or make things heavier, by way of making the gravitational pull increase in weight. It is a perfect semblance for trapping Grimm and enemies, though in order to make the glyphs, she must make physical contact with either her hand or her weapon, which allows her to channel her semblance through her bullets or glaive. When her glyphs are laid onto the battlefield, it takes one post for the glyph to be set: the glyphs white on first appearance. The glyph is activated the moment it turns dark blue in colour. Starting at level 0, she can make up to four glyphs, that are 5 meters (15ft) in diameter. Each level, the number of glyphs she can make, and set are increased but the sizes remain the same. Her glyphs are not invincible, as they can be taken down by humans a level or more stronger than her, or by those who exceed the 600-pound limit. The pressure of weight for each level is shown: - Level 0 - 150lb - Level 1 - 300lb - Level 2 - 450lb - Level 3 - 600lb
█ *LEVEL 1▬ (100-199 posts) The glyphs are a diameter 15ft wide.(5 meters) Sasselia is able to lay out six traps that last for four posts, unless broken early on. There is a three post cooldown once all her glyphs have been fired out. She cannot shoot out all glyphs in one go, but able to fire up to half the number of glyphs at a time. The glyphs can either: Gravity: Bring down 300 lbs worth of pressure onto objects or enemies.(Cannot hold anyone or objects over 300 lbs) Anti-gravity: Lift objects, grimm, or people up to 20 meters up in the air within the circumference. When the semblance count ends, the person in the trap slowly descends near the end of the count. She is able to keep the glyphs apart from each other by up to 20 meters.
█ *DRAWBACKS ▬ Nerve paralysis kickback on a art of her body. It is a rigid type of paralysis that makes her immovable for 2 posts when it kicks in. This takes effect after every semblance usage for two posts. ▬ When using glyphs, she must use her weapon as a beacon, or fire a bullet with her semblance channeled onto it to help her point and aim her glyphs for summoning. ▬ The glyphs cannot be moved when created until level 3. ▬ She cannot move objects exceedingly over 600 pounds. ▬ Her glyphs can be neutralized or destroyed by any enemy exceeding 600 pounds, or by enemies one level above herself. --- Sasselia has to choose the effect on whether there is going to be gravity or antigravity set in the glyph before firing. ------- To break her glyphs, those above her current level can easily use their aura to break the glyph. Those on Sasselia's level or lower, it takes 2 posts of focusing aura to break the effects effects. Those with enhanced, or above average strength in skill have a more high resistance.
The tea bag seemed brittle and broke apart easily in Danae's hands. Either it was poorly made, or perhaps it was simply old. Inside she would find leaves, bits of sticks, and small bits of something that could be spices or pieces of fruit. Having no skills in identifying plants, Danae wouldn't be able to identify any of them, other than they appeared to be plant material of some kind and at least looked somewhat similar to the material inside tea bags from Vale.
While the others discussed what they thought they should do next, or whether or not the food was poisoned, Ylva remained quiet, appearing to be contemplating the fire before her.
It took about ten minutes for Officer Pillbody to return, this time pushing a cart in front of him. On top was a large salad with spinach, tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms, watercress, edamame and strawberries. Perhaps Morose was facing a similar issue to Vale when it came to raising meat, or maybe the officer just felt they might like a salad. It was all in one large bowl with a pair of tongs to dish it out. "Alright, who's hungry?" He asked, though it seemed to be a rhetorical question, as he reached for the lower tier of the cart, produced a stack of bowls and a fist full of forks and started handing them out before anyone could answer. Officer Pillbody was channelling major grandma energy by forcing food and drinks on everyone. "Help yourselves!" He said cheerfully as he produced yet another hot chocolate, this time walking over to Sasselia and holding it out to her. "Sorry I missed you earlier!"
Then he returned to where he had been seated before and took a sip from the mug he had left behind. They may have been worried about him poisoning them, but evidently, he wasn't concerned about them poisoning him. "Morose has three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven residents." He said cheerfully, answering Xanthe's question. (By comparison, Vale city has 20mil people) "Started out as a research facility, but soon the researcher's families followed, and other businesses came! You got the miners too. Of course, when word spread of how safe it was here, we got a fair few more than we had houses for!" He chuckled and started dishing himself some of the salad he brought.
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Xanthe was concerned about Rin's trance, it didn't seem healthy to just slip into a comatose state while standing in a room with an open fire. Though who was she to tell him what to do, and instead opted to just keeping an eye out in case he fell. Fortunately she seemed to catch the tail end of it and he snapped awake as the officer left. "See!" She gestured towards Rin as a vote of confidence towards her point in her argument with Narx. She hadn't been sure if the others would be on board with meeting the top dog right off the bat, but in her eyes it would save time. "Don't sweat it." She had been expecting a bigger response to a faunus minister after all the stories she'd heard about Atlas, perhaps overly racist and gate guarding would have put her more at ease than the situation they found themselves in. The idea of a tour was appealing, the short term objective was to get out of this room and do some casual snooping, if that mean following Pillbody around in the fog then so be it. "No they'll wait until they can brand us criminals and leave us to die outside the walls. Much more humane. Drink your chocolate." She wasn't into hospitality from scum. "Don't worry, I intend to, and I'll be first to apologise if I'm wrong." Perhaps the people outside didn't deserve a quick death, though it was going to take a lot of convincing that that was the case. "I'm with Sass on this one, they still have the upper hand in this. But I will concede that the drinks probably aren't poisoned."
They were left on their own for a surprisingly long period of time, in her opinion. If Pillbody and Morose were worried about them escaping they didn't seem to show it. Unless there was a second guard and probably third guard just outside it wouldn't have taken much to just run out. Pillbody appeared with a salad cart and stack of bowls. "Perhaps later." She said as she accepted the bowl and placed it back on the tray. She was, as it turned out, not that hungry. "That's quite the number." It was also weirdly specific. As if it was also going to be the pin for the only exit. "And you have a mine! How fascinating. Would it be possible to see your lovely town?" She knew she was laying it on thick. Perhaps it was the fire and thick coat, or perhaps the need to distance herself from the endless supply of beverages Pillbody seemed to be able to produce was becoming too much for her. Either way she wanted out of this room. "I'm sure the salad will keep if we put a cover over it. We were discussing it before and were all just so eager to see the settlement. You've sold it so well." Yes she thought, that was way too thick. Nobody was that enthused about a fog covered town. But perhaps that's just what Pillbody would need to hear.
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Danaë would just lean into Narx as they waited. As the officer came back, he had salad on the cart. Danaë hid her disappointment. It wasn't that she didn't eat Vegetables, it was more that she would would like meat to wash it down. Maybe she was just too pampered as her family was affluent. She would push the veggies around on her plate, before sucking it up and eating a bite. It wasn't bad, it just...also wasn't what she wanted. Some chicken, or even a steak would make this so much better. She didn't know how long she was going to last staying here.
Then Pillbody would talk about how big everything was. She would put on a smile. For Narx, he could see it was strained. "Yes, would it be possible to have a tour. We would love to see how things run around here." She would bob a little up and down, feigning actual excitement. "Oh, and a place to put our items would be nice! Oh, but only if you can. I assume there aren't many extra places for crashers like us." She made her voice go down at the last part. It sounded excited, but like she didn't want to be imposing.
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Narx would just happily relax and ignore everyone bickering until Mr. Pillbody came back. He knew just thought it was insane that people would think that strangers would be welcomed and poisoned instantly. Obviously they'd want to learn who we were and what we had to offer before they'd do something like that. But he wouldn't deny that this settlement could have other nefarious undertakings. That was why they were there. Maybe they were in league with some evil network, or civilization had degraded to the point of slavery, or something else. Their job was to find out and report back.
If what Pillbody had said about the place being crowded, it made sense they were feeding them here. They didn't have extra rooms so they had to use what little space they had for many purposes. Maybe they would even be made to sleep in this initial entry room? He wondered. He could tell Danaë was still worried, though she did try a bite of the salad. He saw her disappointment. Him, being as hungry and happy as ever though, grabbed a whole plate and just started shoving it down. "Not bad, I assume there is a second course?" Might come off a bit rude, but he was always hungry for more.
Narx would chuckle at Xanthe's attempt to rush a meeting. She clearly wanted to know if she was correct. "I'm sure we'll meet whoever is in charge soon enough, try and enjoy yourself a little." This was leagues better than being out in the cold eaten by Sabyrs. Though he knew that better than most.
"Pillbody, what an intriguing story, what did this place mine? And what sort of businesses thrive here?" Maybe they could do some shopping while here. He doubted Fort Reed had anything to offer in this aspect. Could be traded for some nice stuff back there. He mind started to wonder on the trades he could do. Might be a rich merchant if he could find some good stuff!
While Rin saw Narx mouth to give him some next time instead of dumping the drink, Rin merely shook his head at the notion. If he was suspicious of the drink, he wasn't going to let Narx get overdosed from it. At least not anymore than he was currently at risk of for the time being. To his support, Xanthe would seem to appreciate it and gesture to him for meeting whoever this guardian was first and working from there. Sasselia would agree about letting the guardian call the shots on things, as they didn't want to overstep their bounds. Which made sense to Rin; may as well try but not impose their way to what they wanted. Danae would take the chance to speak up then, saying they probably didn't think they were harmful if they didn't take their weapons and that it was odd the person was so friendly. Both those assessments made sense in Rin's mind; they easily could've demanded they surrender their weapons on entry. Though they still held control of the giant door and their only way out, which was currently closed. It wouldn't make sense to be openly hostile now though, as it would only be a risk. Which was why Rin thought the tea could be drugged for the time being, and left him keeping an eye on Narx to see if he passed out into a drug-induced coma. As Danae cuddled into Narx though, he moved his eyes away from the lovers; he didn't feel like focusing on that with their current concerns. He did hear Danae apologize for the name drop, though found her reasoning for it a bit weird. 'So far i've seen no faunus, and we're in the middle of ruined Solitas. If they have hostile intent she just made herself a prime hostage from our group,' he thought, seeing it more as a net negative than anything. She would say they should get a tour of the place. Rin was fifty-fifty on it; preferring going to the top but if they couldn't a tour would be useful regardless. Narx would explain his reasoning for being so carefree and reckless, which Rin could see, but Rin hadn't been thinking they poisoned the tea to kill them. He was more thinking it would be to knock them out cold so they would be easily dealt with and restrained; as prisoners it'd only be a matter of time for them to reveal why they were here, even if they had already done so anyway.
Sasselia would add in that they could easily let us have our stuff, given circumstances and that they were locked in unfamiliar territory so we are at a disadvantage. She would add that we should go along with things and get a tour so they could get a better idea on things. Still not ideally what Rin wanted but...if most of them wanted a tour, he could begrudgingly see the benefit to it over going straight to the source. Plus he was outnumbered, so he rather not cause too much dissent there. And he didn't know if they were being listened to, so just more incentive to observe and keep some thoughts private. Narx would say that they could keep their guard up as long as it didn't affect relations in case nothing was wrong. Though Rin felt he had already made up his mind with his words and body language thus far, he kept quiet on it. Xanthe would speak up saying they would wait to find an excuse to brand them as criminals and kill them that way, and that she intended to keep her guard up but would be the first to apologize in the case she was wrong. 'I probably won't if it turns out Narx was right. Suspicion in this case feels more natural than this friendliness Pillbody has,' Rin thought to himself. Xanthe would then say she agreed with Sasselia, but that the drinks probably weren't poisoned; the unbidden thought being because Narx seemed to be fine still. After a surprising amount of time, Pillbody would return with a cart that had a rather large salad bowl at the top they would need to serve food from. Salad was not exactly the most appetizing thing to Rin...but also not the worst, so long as he avoided the peppers. Food he felt was less of a route to drug people...based off books and movies...though if that was true or not for reality he was not sure. His stomach was awakening at this point from the endless tension earlier having worn away in regards to making his stomach churn. Before he could say anything, he was already being handed a bowl and silverware from the person along with everyone else. Blinking in surprise...he would tentatively go to the bowl and get just a little of the salad to eat. Enough to tide him over for a little while if anything. The officer would take a sip from his mug before answering Xanthe's question rather...exactly. 'I suppose they need to know how many people there are to ration stuff but how can he be so sure on the number?' Rin wondered to himself silently. He would soon repeat, in only a little variation, his earlier explanation for the population here; researcher families, word spread of a safe place, too many people, and miners. It was starting to sound a bit like a rehearsed line he had to say now. Seeing him go for some salad himself, Rin would take a few slow bites from his bowl. Xanthe would seem to go along with Sass' plan of pretending to be what was expected, aka going along with things, and tasked about seeing the settlement. A little too thick given her earlier attitude, in Rin's mind, but somebody like Pillbody may just buy it. Danae would chime in as well that she would like a tour, but also ask for a spot to put their items... 'I am not giving up Wakana if we do get one,' he thought to himself. The beauty of his weapon is that it did not appear as one all the time; he could sneak it in as 'entertainment' if anything. Narx would ask about a second course as he scarfed down the salad without a second thought, and chide Xanthe about rushing for a meeting when they could relax and enjoy things. He seemed to be excluding his lover there who was also voicing she wanted a tour; at least, Rin assumed so since he was looking to Xanthe at that point. Narx would ask about what they mined and what business' were here; the mining part could be useful, as was businesses, but Rin wondered why Narx was curious on the last part. He wasn't sure they would get anything too valuable as outsiders. Plus with resources tight, who knew what passed for currency here; it may only be the barter system. "A tour would be nice. It is always good to have a leisurely walk after a small meal. Helps to tide it over," Rin would chime in, supporting the idea of a sooner than later tour.
Wakana Scroll Bag filled with some rope, climbing tools, snow/ice traveling shoe accessories, rations, water, fire starter kit, and a GPS thingy they were given. Snow goggles and face veil. Snowmobile packs: packs strapped to each one with insulated tents for the cold, rations kits (9), kerosene lamps and thermopacks(10) that would keep them warm once activated
Dust:
Large (6): 3 Pale blue, 2 Purple, 1 Red Small (16): 4 Red, 4 White, 4 Cyan (one on each side of snowmobile except the left side), 4 Blue
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Ylva had been silently observant in listening to tones and breathing as well as the words that were exchanged. Though, she would refrain from giving her name for now while Xanthe, Narx, and Danae had given theirs. And personally, she didn't desire to give it until it was necessary. Listening to the guard, she would look to Pillbody temporarily when he spoke of the Guardian (as they called their leader; interesting and a little arrogant for now, in her opinion, but remembering outside, she couldn't be surprised. As for safe...she still was making her decision on that.
Wolf ears twitching as she did listen, obsidian eyes turned to where she thought Rin was at the time, curious but understanding his silence until a couple would ask for a tour of the place before returning her gaze to Pillbody quietly."A tour would give us a lay of the 'facility'...And would be good to stretch our legs after sitting too long,"she thought, getting a little antsy but, being still for now. Narx's comment rubbed Ylva the wrong way, and her gaze turned to him with bemusement."Your comments are irrelevant,"Ylva stated dully before she looked to the guard upon his return.
Salad was not her favorite thing; primarily a carnivore, she would eat veggies and fruit very little as they were not common. The guard's caring energy was also odd, but she would accept a small bit of salad for now, returning to the fire before nibbling on a leaf while Pillbody spoke; making note with interest peaked a little. She would then turn her attention to Sass as she would make the statement of over-stepping if they tried pulling their names...That made sense and so she nodded thoughtfully to that as well as the human girl's assessment of why they still had their equipment; as for Ulv Lofte, she would never let another living creature touch it unless it was going to die by it. Xanthe's comment almost made her smile, but she would refrain for now. Though, she would not be one to apologize if she was wrong. Looking around the room, she would take a sip from her water-skin absently before corking it again and standing to stretch and walk around after finishing the little bit of salad she had eaten. While she did, it seemed Narx would inquire of the place's mining and businesses.
Out Of Caves!: Please let me know if I missed anything. Posts Count: 171 Profile Location: Morose // Xanthe and Sass and others Outfit/Equipped:Hairstyle / Winter wear / Ulv Lofte (PW) / Travel bag with things in it / Other Weapons Dust: 6/6 Lg Fire; 8/8 Sm Plant; 4/4 Sm Ice; 4/4 Sm Earth Semblance Activation/Rest: Resting Post 4/4
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Profile: Profile Weapon: Gravityflux (Glaive/shotgun/double axes) gaia_angelleft Action: pursuing gaia_angelright ~~~------~~~-----~~~------~~~~~~------~~~-----~~~------~~~ Why start up a conversation, only to go on focusing on canoodling, as if everyone was on a vacation, rather than a mission? Sasselia didn't understand it, but she wasn't about to stop and question it. Each person in the room was already voicing or thinking their thoughts on everything, from the poison potentials, all the way towards the layout of the place. Her largest worry was the clumsy slip of information from Danae most towards the stranger. Given all their age, especially with Rin or Ylva being the youngest, it was common logic there would be someone waiting for them, as they were obvious that 3/4s did not belong normally to this weather. Sasselia, Danae, and Ylva especially should have been obvious three for being nowhere from here in particular. What's done was done though. So long as her status didn't leave the room, surely they would be alright? Who knew the speed of conversation in these parts. Sasselia could only hope that Narx would keep eyes on his other half out of all this. She had her own team to be along with as it was, and she couldn't help but be more focused on ensuring the lone fox had someone to have his back. Having none of his team with him had to be difficult as all heck.
All social worries aside from it all, to see no changes Narx towards all the drinks, she was actually looking forward to some warm beverage herself. Hopefully, if they were to have their mission, she'd be able to carry the drink around. As far as she was able to tell, Xanthe had a goal of wanting to meet the top dog. Sasselia was silently in agreement to know, but to her regard, she more wanted to see the whole layout of the place itself. She was already remembering the large door that had closed behind them, and the steps taken from there to their current location. What she wanted to know was all the extra potential exits, the best, and most busiest routes around. She wanted to know any potential short cut ways, the housing for citizens, even the places to where their armory and infirmary could be. So long as the blue haired woman could see the routes around, and the locations to all the most important places, they were all in safe hands directional wise. Her eidetic memory would be her own guide as per usual. So far three were counted out of their population... How many were actually there? Her answer was about to soon be answered, just as Pillbody had arrived through the door, returning in with a cart that contained salad, and bringing towards her a hot chocolate of her own. "Y-you have nothing to apologize for, I-I assure you. Th-thank you kindly sir." Smiling politely, letting the warm beverage ease her nerves a little by a tiny sip. Only after she had a taste herself, had she helped herself to some salad for herself, a polite thank you said once more, as she had dug in, keeping complaints about no steak herself. Her own sentiments matched Danae and Ylva's, as she was a huge steak person herself, but given the climate, her own thoughts could only theorize that perhaps livestock was hard to raise in these lands of ice and snow. Only when Pillbody had made himself comfortable once more to speak, had Sasselia placed her fork down, listening alongside the others to anything new regarding information.
"3127 residents.... That must confirm there is plenty places of housing, but nothing so large as grand-scale places.... Maybe smaller buildings containing rooming in groups as a ruling?" Making sure to listen and focus on the speaker, her face somewhat had brought forth some light of interest, as mines were mentioned, though her team leader had beat her to responses on the matter, asking to see it all. By other businesses, she had to assume there were canteens potentially, or much like her homeland and Ylva's, caravans of sorts, selling goods. Her attention had turned from them towards Narx then, who spoke on Xanthe needing to try and enjoy herself. That was when Ylva had spoken, to which Sasselia had bit her bottom lip to suppress her surprise, mouthing apologies to the man with a small nod of her head in-between. Xanthe's question, and being told to basically relax, was nothing compared to how Danae changed the pace up, shoving in the idea of a place to put their items on top of the tour. Her ending pat was an excellent thing to behold, as she herself could use the chance to speak up on that regard, once Rin had spoken on agreeing to the tour too. "I-I am in agreement with Danae on knowing about the rooming for later, as is. Your l-land v-very much has me wishing t-to learn more, as I am o-originally from Vacuo, and this is ,-my first time visiting Atlesian grounds. I-if I may ask on my end however, s-sir... I would hop it f-fare alright to k-keep my possessions on-hand. I am so forgetful on where I place my belongings, wh-which my team can admit to. They have helped me on o-occasion having to f-find my hair brush! I w-wouldn't wish to impose on you, or any of your people f-for directions to our belongings, should I accidently lose my way later in the evening. I would f-feel safer, and more likely to avoid becoming an em-embarassment for my group!" Blushing a lot through her words to show embarrassment, Sasselia was naturally fidgety, and her eyes raced to both Ylva and Xanthe, hoping both could play along with the ditz card she was handing out.
█ Ammo Type ▬ 20 Regular shotgun bullets & 8 dust bullets. █ Drawback▬ Sasselia has to manually change the shotgun bullets. It takes half of one post to reload.
Semblance:
█ *NAME ▬ Gravity Entrapment █ *AURA COLOR ▬ Royal Blue █ *DESCRIPTION Sasselia's semblance is a gravity and anti-gravity element by way of glyphs. She is able to flip the gravitational pull within the area of her glyphs to either lift things and allow them to float, or make things heavier, by way of making the gravitational pull increase in weight. It is a perfect semblance for trapping Grimm and enemies, though in order to make the glyphs, she must make physical contact with either her hand or her weapon, which allows her to channel her semblance through her bullets or glaive. When her glyphs are laid onto the battlefield, it takes one post for the glyph to be set: the glyphs white on first appearance. The glyph is activated the moment it turns dark blue in colour. Starting at level 0, she can make up to four glyphs, that are 5 meters (15ft) in diameter. Each level, the number of glyphs she can make, and set are increased but the sizes remain the same. Her glyphs are not invincible, as they can be taken down by humans a level or more stronger than her, or by those who exceed the 600-pound limit. The pressure of weight for each level is shown: - Level 0 - 150lb - Level 1 - 300lb - Level 2 - 450lb - Level 3 - 600lb
█ *LEVEL 1▬ (100-199 posts) The glyphs are a diameter 15ft wide.(5 meters) Sasselia is able to lay out six traps that last for four posts, unless broken early on. There is a three post cooldown once all her glyphs have been fired out. She cannot shoot out all glyphs in one go, but able to fire up to half the number of glyphs at a time. The glyphs can either: Gravity: Bring down 300 lbs worth of pressure onto objects or enemies.(Cannot hold anyone or objects over 300 lbs) Anti-gravity: Lift objects, grimm, or people up to 20 meters up in the air within the circumference. When the semblance count ends, the person in the trap slowly descends near the end of the count. She is able to keep the glyphs apart from each other by up to 20 meters.
█ *DRAWBACKS ▬ Nerve paralysis kickback on a art of her body. It is a rigid type of paralysis that makes her immovable for 2 posts when it kicks in. This takes effect after every semblance usage for two posts. ▬ When using glyphs, she must use her weapon as a beacon, or fire a bullet with her semblance channeled onto it to help her point and aim her glyphs for summoning. ▬ The glyphs cannot be moved when created until level 3. ▬ She cannot move objects exceedingly over 600 pounds. ▬ Her glyphs can be neutralized or destroyed by any enemy exceeding 600 pounds, or by enemies one level above herself. --- Sasselia has to choose the effect on whether there is going to be gravity or antigravity set in the glyph before firing. ------- To break her glyphs, those above her current level can easily use their aura to break the glyph. Those on Sasselia's level or lower, it takes 2 posts of focusing aura to break the effects effects. Those with enhanced, or above average strength in skill have a more high resistance.
“What a splendid idea! Morose is a sight to behold after all. No town like it!” Pillbody answered enthusiastically. It certainly didn’t seem like he had any indication that Xanthe, Danae and Rin werefaking their interest in the town. “We mine dust mainly!” Pillbody proudlypuffed out his chest. “Got every kind, even hard light! Rarest of the rare that! They also found some iron and copper down there. As for business, we have all kinds! Dust merchants, one gentleman makes the most fantastic jewelry, you should visit his shop for sure! Scarlet can repair any holes in your clothes! What else….” He scratched his chin in thought. “Well you’ll see when we get there!”
“You can leave your items in here! No one will steal anything, you can be sure!” Officer Pillbody informed them. “When your room is set up anything left here will be taken there. I daresay the tour won’t be so long that you’ll need your sleeping bags!” He laughed at his own joke. “Not too worry miss, I understand perfectly! Lose me own head if it wasn’t screwed on! Just be sureyou don’t get tired walking around town with all your things!” He told Sass ashe gestured for them to follow him to another door. Presumably the way into thetown. "All the way from Vacuo! Well you are in for a treat! What's Vacuo like?" As the group ventured into the town proper, one word would come to mind for anyone who had never been to Atlas before. Rigid. The militaristic style of Atlas was in full display, even more so than Atlas city or Mantle below. Everything was at right angles and the buildings all had the same sort of aesthetic. While Mantle had grown somewhat organically, even with the militarized government, it appeared Morose had been designed and built by the military. It was oddly warm outside, the streets clear of snow. It was still cool out, the air feeling something like 5 degrees, but blessedly warm compared to the -30 outside of the steam cloud.
The second thing they might notice is the Atlesian Knight-200 standing near the door. Its white and black design would make it particularly hard to see at any distance in the steam which coated the town. The question was how far it could see. "Hi, Bob, beautiful day out!" Officer Pillbody greeted the robot, apparently having named the thing.
"Greetings Officer Pillbody." It answered in its synthetic voice
"Just taking this lot for a tour around town while their lodging gets setup."
"Request accepted."
"Thanks, Bob!" The officer said cheerfully then began heading downthe street. "Lovely chap Bob! Now stick close and mind you don't get lost! Easy to get turned around in all this fog! These buildings here used to be maintenance hangers for airships, but no one is flying anymore, so most of the airships were stripped for parts and the hangers have been converted into living spaces." He said gesturing to the large warehouse-stylebuildings.
As the tour progressed, Pillbody nattered on cheerfully about the town, though much like with the air hangers, he stepped around mentioning the Grimminvasion, and instead used odd phrases like 'merchants stopped coming' or the town was so wonderful it became a popular destination and no one wanted toleave, rather than acknowledge the reality of the situation. The residential area appeared to be deserted, Pillbody explaining that everyone wasat work. The commercial area was bustling. Though there were many humans about,delivering materials and making things, no one seemed to be in a very big hurry. They waved as they passed each other and gave friendly greeting, often in thevein of what a great day it was. The group could feel eyes on them, though perhaps that wasn’t unexpected. The first Officer they met and Pillbody had both explained it had been a long time since anyone new had come to Morose.They all kept at their tasks though, even as they waved and gave friendlygreetings to the Vale group just as they did to each other. Preparing items for when everyone got off work, Pillbody explained. All of the buildings looked identical except for the signs out front advertising what the shop worker waspreparing out front. A seamstress sewing what looked like an Atleasian styledress, a carpenter refinishing a table, even a woman putting raw dust into a complicated looking machine that produced powdered dust on the other end. Someone was evenmilking a yak! It was all very odd the citizens of Morose were doing all ofthis outside instead in their shops, though it seemed to be for social reasonsas the business owners happily chatted away while they worked. Pillbody pointed out the jeweler he mentioned earlier, whose items seemed to be entirely made from copper. There were a fewpieces with gemstones, gold and silver on display– likely from before the Grimm invasion. There seemed to be no fear of thievery.
Finally, they arrived at the research facility, that giant building loomingover the town. While the other areas of the town had Atleasian Knight-200’sdotted here and there, security was much higher here. There was a man and awoman sitting at a large desk dressed in the same uniform as Officer Pillbody, but it was becoming evident that the robotic kind of guards out numbered thehuman kind. The entrance way had a very ‘state of the art’ feel to it with a lotof steel and glass and a high ceiling. The light was all artificial though,given the perpetual steam cloud.
“Officer Fisk and Finchy! Lovely day out!” Pillbody greeted the pair. Living ina perpetual steam cloud likely seemed gloomy at best for the group from Vale,who were used to long sunny days.
“Lovely day indeed! So these are the new commers eh? Great looking bunch!You’ll have to tell me how you got your hair so bright and blue!” The femaleofficer answered, while admiring Sass’s blue hair.
“Quiet right about the hair, but I bet this lot is excited to where the magichappens!”
“Too right you are! Better head down.” Officer Pillbody said, before waving hisarm for the students to follow him. He lead them to a peculiar sort ofelevator. Peculiar in that it only had buttons to go up about 10 floors, butthe building was clearly much taller than that, unless each floor had very high ceilings. Pillbody pushed a button to go down and they were whisked downward. Along way downwards.
“Welcome to the dust mines!” Pillbody gestured grandly as if he wereintroducing them to some important historic site. It didn’t look like a mineeither. In fact they had arrived at an administration office. “Maybe that was alittle premature.” He mumbled to himself. It was noticeably warmer down here.Along one wall was a series of signs with strange looking symbols just belowthem. The symbols were labeled ‘time clock’ ‘schedule’ and ‘map’. “Don’t know if you have those in Vale. Just scan it with your scroll and bam! You know where you are assigned to work for the day! Have one in the police station too,though I daresay I’ve wandered a far bit from today’s posting!” He laughed asif he just told a great joke. After leading them through the office and a dirtylooking lunch room, he pushed open another door. “Welcome to the dust mines!” He repeated making the same gesture. A blast of hot air hit them when he pushedopen the door. This time they could actually see the mines. A conveyor beltdisappeared down a long tunnel. From the depths it carried raw dust crystals ofall colours. It was here the Beacon students would see the first Faunus sinceentering Morose, sorting the crystals by type into crates. Once the crate wasfull a human operating a hover dolly would pick it up and take it to a lift.Above each lift was a sign indicating which type of dust it belonged to it.From there the dust was lifted upwards to some unknown part of the lab. “Best not let all the hot air in!” He said gesturing to exit the lunch room so he couldclose the door.
Note: Robots like Atleasian Knights have been decommissionedin Vale due to the dust shortage, but even before the dust shortage wererelatively uncommon.
