"A fanged forest hiding underneath a beautiful facade of flora and fauna... This is more like it..." Simon contemplated as he brofisted his own set of fists. He looked around the people around him, seeing Priscilla who seemed to have not noticed him and the others who were preparing upon Ozpin's brief speech. He questioned them if they had any inquiries and sure enough, there was one. The only thing was, Ozpin didn't seem to budge at them. Fump! And off the first guy goes. Simon looked up, seeing how high he was launched and began calculations with only his eye. Air drag, wind-resistance and direction. It seems that safe landing velocity was reachable if he was able to get enough blowback.

As he calculated the amount of velocity and wind strength, his launch was coming up soon and he felt chills of adrenaline all of a sudden rushing all over his body. He felt every single particle around him seemingly move and alternate. He can feel and count each heartbeat as well as the amount of breaths he was taking in. A muscle's pinch of movement sounded like loud gongs. This was it. Initiation Ritual was directly in front of his eyes and he was going to be thrown-in commando-style into the unknown where beauty is only a facade. He saw Priscilla launched into the air, hopefully she wasn't scared or anything... But he couldn't help but worry. Will she be okay? He'll be taking his eyes off her for a while. Soon, Isaac launched into the air and the words that blurted into the air was faintly heard. He was sure he was cursing-- not that it was hilarious anyway.

The next girl shot up, and something unexpected happened there as she sped through the air like a soaring rocket. Then came Simon's turn. His heartbeat was going fast and his muscles, anticipating the loosened springs underneath the metal platform he was standing on. Ozpin and Glynda observed each students who were about to be launched and he made sure he was ready for such launch velocity. He was ready. Flump! He closed his eyes, feeling gravitational pressure pulling against the ascending velocity that arched like a perfect rainbow. The wind struck his face relentless and Simon had to open those eyes. The vastness of the forest tookover the previous location he could see before. This was it.

He opened his body weight wide, allowing him to glide with lower air drag. He inspected the distance he was travelling. Despite of his large weight, it appears that he was going to land quite the distance away. Some people have landed, evident from the amount of trees that fell onto the ground. Dust clouds blew into the air seemingly irritating Simon's adrenaline filled system. He was now falling in a steady descent. "Ngearh!" With the calculated formula in his mind, he threw his shield in front of him with as much force possible. Aided by his descending velocity, it flew faster and quicker below. It's gravity defying properties kicked in as the shield boomerangs back to Simon as ground was approaching fast. The shield retaliated, moving at a faster speed than before directly towards Simon.

He held out his left arm, and the shield immediately latches on to the bracers, causing a change in the momentum that Simon was in. His calculations had payed off. When his shield attached itself to his bracers, he was only falling 10 metres above ground. The nearby canopy cushioned the rest of his fall. Simon grabbed onto whatever branches he could find to slow his descent before smoothly landing onto the solid ground with only a sore left arm. "Awright." He stood up and looked around him-- Only to find a girl dressed in a black uniform (Blaire) prowling among the trees. Simon tried to ease up his sore left arm by moving it around a little. [i]"First eye-contact with a person means that they're my partner. Looks like she's it."[/i]

The compact sword attached to his right bracelet was still there, and his backpack was still intact. He was ready for this trial. He turned around to make eye contact with the girl. "Hello there! Girl in black uniform!" He said waving. He feels his adrenaline slowly receding in the middle of the forest.