Cyrul was a little taken aback by the speech, but he knew Ozpin was right. He'd have to be a lot more dedicated to this path even than he had been before if he wanted to succeed. It looked like his new acquaintance had ditched him for the cute fox faunus girl he'd noticed earlier, not that he could really blame Nero for doing so. Either way he ended up walking to the locker room, walking down the halls and counting how many lockers he passed before finding a free one and claiming one after it, putting one free locker on either side of him. It took him a few minutes to put all his stuff away, and he was a bit loathe to relinquish his Cheshire Grievance, but ultimately he packed everything up neatly, knowing most of his remaining stuff would be arriving the next day when they actually got dorms. Closing his locker he stepped back, looking around to see if anyone had claimed one of the lockers next to his while he was lost in thought.

Her answer left something to be desired. It was true that Ozpin was retired, and Zee didn't know anything about his career. But there is something of a saying, there are a lot of hunters, there are a lot of old people, but there are not a lot of old hunters. Just like death is proof of conviction or weakness, life is either proof of dedication or cowardice. Getting old has its downfalls, but none could doubt his wisdom, Zedong would keep his words close. The only verbal reply he gave on the matter was a grunt. "Zedong Swarna," he returned the courtesy, "Aspiring Huntsman and professional hunter. Let’s just say that normal game doesn't give me any fulfillment anymore." Grabbing his spear he watched as the others made their way to the locker room, he followed as a formality. "Not sure I need a locker, I don't keep much with me."

Crowds were a relatively new thing for Asa, and so, no matter how close to Pim he had stuck, he still managed to get swept to the other end of the room. Asa missed most of the speech, he was to busy trying not to panic. The walls felt like they were closing in, the people around him seemed to be pressing closer; he could feel that trapped feeling again. Asa’s ears started to twitch, and his tail was flicking side-to-side, faster and faster. He had to get out of there; he was starting to claw at his neck again, trying to remove something that was no longer there. Properly panicking now, Asa’s tail was whipping back and forth, smashing against anything it hit, and his ears were going spastic. Ducking and weaving towards the back of the hall, Asa started running on animal instinct. Most Faunus can keep the humanoid side of them in control, but for Asa his animal side was often stronger, forcing all conscious thought away, and using a more basic frame of mind. _Trapped, trapped, out, get out, get out, run, flee!_ He squashed this instinct and looked around. The crowd had gotten thinner, it was moving, heading out of the hall. Gasping with relief, and slowing his thrashing tail and ears, Asa edged out the door. Realizing he had no idea what the teachers had said, he followed a human boy to a room full of lockers, where he, (the human boy), picked an empty one and started putting his stuff away. Asa, snagged one of the empty lockers next to the boy, but found he had nothing to put away. He had nothing except his clothes, and Tears of Blood sitting in its dormant form on his hands, and there was no way he was ditching either of those. Not even when the boy next to him put his weapon in the locker. There was no way, no way, Asa was letting go of Tears of Blood. Ever.

Nico watched the spearman for a few more seconds before looking up at the stage for speech. Although it was not what he had expected, at leafs the made an effort to listen or even stay awake for half of time. After the speech they were told to make there way to the lockers and put there stuff away, they would have a big day tomorrow. Nico groaned inwardly, that just sounded like an invitation to work, and he was not really interned in it at all, but his was for his parents, and he would have to work if he wanted to stop something from happening like that again. Nico looked back at Nahbi once he heard his name mentioned. He decided it was best to Nahbi do all the talking at the moment, he was not comfortable talking with most humans, yet. After Nahbi suggested that they walk get there lockers, Nico agreed with her but did not show it, he had not said a word in a while. He walked into the locker room and quickly found one near the left wall. He opened the lock and took Ragnorok, the weapon was about 4 feet tall, but it fit the locker just fine. Nico stretched and yawned in front of his open locker, and casually looking around at the rest of the students inside.

Yasuri pondered the speech briefly. He liked it, short and consice yet still got the message across. He watched as the students flooded out across the school most of them exploring some of them going to the lockers. Well Yasuri has no intention of using a locker as any thing he wanted to store he could put in his dorm, which apparently were going to be assigned tomorrow. What else had Glynda said? Get acquainted with the school and make new friends, well making friends seemed a waste of time and he already had a good idea of the general layout of the school so... He quickly set down his pad and a blanket barely long enough to cover him next to one of the windows in the room and took out Quicksilver and started practicing his forms ignoring the few people left filing out of the room. No point in wasting good training time.

> Silus modified his usual posture, taking a more open stance to show less aggression. He smiled at her appearance, the cocked head and ears eliciting a response in the back of his mind. He listened and watched as her own posture changed. She seemed more and more scared of him, her profile shrinking and the want to see everyone before they see her. The posture change was subtle, her body reacting like cornered prey. Sikus sighed, knowing this to be either an effect of his appearance or his family. He honestly didn't know which one annoyed him more. Silus once again let a smile crawl across his lips and offered a hand to her "just watching for fellow Faunus. ..and you seemed the most interesting" he grinned a slightly lopsided grin and continued "nevertheless, A pleasure to meet you...my name is Silus" he said gently "we should head in to the hall" his head gestured to the large building "would you feel more at ease with a person you know or by yourself...miss..." he waited for her to finish his question. > > Yasuri blinked.. and then blinked again severely thrown of kilter by the lizard's strange comment. He shook his head and looked around and saw the lizard now talking to a fox fanus. The fox seemed to be intimidated by the lizard but the lizard seemed to have no ill intetion and assumed a harmless stance. A strange interaction he thought most Faunus liked each other for some reason. Regardless if he sat around here like an idiot for much longer he would no doubt be late so he hurriedly began walking past the pair into the hall. "Seilber, or you can call me Silver if it's easier," she said. Seilber's voice was silky smooth, a pleasant ring to it. There was no fear in her tone, nor in her stance, just caution. In her mind it was well warranted, but most wouldn't know that. "Pleasure to meet you, Silus. I really do think we should head in though. I wouldn't mind an escort," she hedged, flicking one ear lightly and swishing her tail a little. Silas seemed nice enough, and while the crowd around was putting her on edge some, as well as...other things, at least one friendly face, even if a new one, was welcome. Maybe he could be an asset she could use. --- The speech didn't take long. She had to peer between heads, taking a little too long to get into the room, slowed by Silus. She didn't mind. It gave her time to observe, put her close to the exits. Studying the building and the people gathered, she filed as much of it as she could for future reference. At Glenda Goodwitch's instructions, she stuck close to Silas for a few moments. > Blatantly not caring about the speech, Nero looked to see the reactions of his peers. He put his mask around his back and peered at people. The family was strong, and these children were nothing. Even if he was younger then all of them, not that the schools knew, he could really do a number on most. Really he couldn't wait for the test, which he had gotten a bit of a peek at from the family's connections. They had said that the test would be on of strength and wits, involving room raiding and battle. He was sure he could handle it. > When Ospin had talked about failure being in thair hands he smiled. He couldn't fail, not if the family had anything to say on it. He really didn't have any positions beyond his clothes and weapons, and of course his mask. In the back he saw another Fox faunus, cute. She was a SILVER fox, more common then his black bit still nice to see. Leaveing his 'friend' he decided to go and talk to the girl, she might be interesting. Once the crowd thinned a bit, following Goodwitch's speach, he walked over to her. > > "**Hello,**" he said to the girl once he was within speaking distance. "**I'm Vincent Nero, but you can call me Nero. Your a Fox faunus like me, that's not to common. And it's fairly rare to see so many Faunus traits, like our shared ears and tails. Do you mind if I cut in and speak with you?**" He asked, bowing slightly. "**I'd like to meet more of our kind, I'm not friends with many of the Faunuses I HAVE met.**" Turning toward Vincent she tilted her head a little, a quizzical look. "I saw you earlier, but didn't get a chance to say hello. I'm Seilber, or Silver if it's easier for you." She shrugged. "I'm kind of without much in the way of people here. I just met Silas before the speech." With her words she gestured toward the reptile-based Faunus next to her. She spotted the Grim style mask that also somewhat resembled the White Fang. Part of her was glad she didn't bring one with her. Pretty much she had the clothes on her back and her weapons, her S.C.R.O.L.L. and that was about it. It was a side effect of having little to nothing in her life, as well as always having to travel very light. --- Salvia paid attention during the speech, stuck in the middle of the crowd. In a way she identified with what Ospin had to say. A lot of the young people around here were wasting their energies, didn't have enough focus or dedication... yet. She hoped she'd learn a lot here. Maybe during this time she'd find a real direction for herself, but for now, there were the immediate tasks at hand. Tomorrow would be a trial by fire, one of many. The next four years were going to be a crucible, a forging of young minds and bodies into weapons for the people. Extracting herself, she dropped off a backpack and a case that she'd brought with her in a rocket locker. Synching it's code to her SCROLL, she kept Godspear on her, and made off to one corner, spotting another person practicing. Silently she nodded in approval, somebody else had their priorities on straight. Triggering the spear it snapped into it's full length form. With a faint huff, she thumped the pointed butt end against the floor, then began spinning, arcing, and thrusting the weapon through her opening forms with liquid grace and lightning speed, cutting the air with each stroke.

Parsey felt so. . . Out of place. Her long dress brushed the floor as she walked, and she was the only one covering so much skin. It had been 5 years since she had made the promise, and now she only saw the tattoos when she got dressed in the morning. She had been worrying for a while that she might have a roommate, and they might see the tattoos. _This entire school is just one big ball of stress!_ she thought to herself as she nervously played with the cuffs of her dress. She had the slight childish urge to bite her right cuff, but she resisted the habit. As if it wasn't bad enough that no one was covering as much skin as she was with her dress, it also made her feel like a child. As she looked around, she noticed the blue sky darkening in the fading evening light. The sun's rays pierced the clouds that could be seen through a window above her locker, and she smiled slightly at its beauty. She finished putting her belongings in her locker, and sighed heavily; She started wandering, looking around nervously for the room where Ozpin's speech had been given, and where they had been told to sleep. Unfortunately all she found was two people brandishing weapons in intimidating stances. Parsey giggled as she studied them, one a man with a katana, one a woman with a spear.

Salvia was aware of the eyes on her. Finishing a flurry of circular cuts with the end of the spear, the teenager swept the weapon behind her back, tucking it in between her elbow and ribs, the razor sharp tip down toward the ground. Inclining her chin some, she smiled. "What's up?"

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Silus smiled gently as he escorted Sielber to the hall. His fingers tapped slowly against his thigh in a rhythm only he seemed to know. He stood straight as Ozpin began his speech. Silus was an astute anti authoritarian at most stages of life; but he knew when manners, decorum and some modicum of respect were needed. Ozpin was a man that exuded an aura of power and intelligence...one worthy of respect. As did the woman that followed up on Ozpin. Goodwitch had more of a reputation to the Kuroi family than Ozpin did, if only due to hunts that occurred on the Kuroi's land. His tail coiled and uncoiled as he looked at the students around him. He looked back to Seilber and gave a small smile before moving to talk to her. His movement was stopped as another Fox faunus stepped in front of him, cutting the Lizard off from placing his foot back on the ground. Caught in an almost martial arts looking pose, Silus let out a soft angry hiss. His tongue and mouth made the hiss sound much more sinister than necessary. His foot pressed down on to the newcomers tail before he even thought upon his actions. Say what you will about The Kuroi...there were three facts that were really quite apparent. An overactive sex drive, the whole lizardy thing and a very short fuse. Silus turned his foot hard, digging the tail into the ground before his smile worked its way across his lips "oh shoot sorry, better watch where you're going there buddy" he laughed as he moved to Seilber's side. He noticed the Grim mask by the boys hip and his eyes narrowed, his fists clenching "what are you guys talking about" he said, attempting to keep his voice level.

Nahbi's eyes lit up at Zedong's words, betraying her interest when she heard the word, 'hunter'. The corner of her mouth quirked up and she replied, "What, got tired of your game lookin' like oversized shish-kebabs when you skewered 'em?" Moving on, she held up her small bag. "I'm not _that_ much of a hobo yet, so I should throw my stuff in the locker." With that, she turned towards the locker rooms to see if all the good ones were taken yet.

Jumping Nero tugs his tail out from under the the lizards foot, cradleing it. **"Well, before you rudely interrupted me, I was just in the middle of introducing myself. I'm Nero, nice to meet you as well. Odd to see a lizerd faunus, I suppose your Kuroi? I suppose you must be good, we're the best of the best here at this school. I was hoping to speak with her because I noticed her, your interesting to though. I've heard of your people, though I don't know if I should believe all the stories that sound like something out of an adult fantasy novel. Not that our kind had the reputation for being prim and proper in that way, we're said to use our whils for personal gain. I know I have, in a con artist sort of way."** He grinned at them, wmthis was going well.

Cyrul had finished up putting his equipment in the locker, setting it to a code matching his Scroll. A silvery furred faunus had taken the locker next to him, who seemed to be in some amount of distress, but Cyrul decided it was probably best to leave him alone in this case. He didn't want to make whatever had set the Faunus off worse, after all. He didn't really have much need to explore the schoolgrounds and it was starting to get late, so he stripped off his jacket and other accessory clothings, leaving him in a black undershirt and his surprisingly comfortable pants before he grabbed a pillow and blanket, returning to the main hall and claiming a sleeping spot near one of the walls. Once he'd dealt with that he looked around, deciding to go see what his Faunus acquaintance was talking about with the other two Faunus. "Yo. I'm Cyrul. Nice to meet you both. Nero I already know."

Seilber turned to Cyrul, stopping in her tracks for the second it took to look him over then flashed him a small smile. "Nice to meet you," she replied. "I'm Seilber, or Silver if it's easier for you." Her voice had that tone again, but she seemed more relaxed than before, especially since they were away from the largest chunks of the crowd. There were still quite a lot of people, between the lockers area and the main hall. Still, it was nice to meet a few people she supposed. Glancing at Silus, she waited to see if she should introduce him, or if he wanted to do that himself.

Silus raised a finely cared for eyebrow at everything this...Nero said. It was like a kid that was excited for something but said in a deadpan voice. Then he began to talk about The Kuroi, the reputation once again bringing him into the weird state of someone before he had even introduced himself. He closed his eyes, breathing slowly. He needed to not get angry at the moment. He pulled out a crystal of inert Dust, it already having being used for its purpose and popped it in his mouth. The light crunch of the dust between his teeth set the aggression at bay. He continued to chew as another person joined the little group, he gave a short nod to Cyrul and smiled. He felt something grind between his teeth, a heat very familiar to him. "That crystal wasn't inert" he muttered softly as the reaction in his mouth sped up. He breathed in through his nose and pointed his head upward. Flames licked from the corner of his lips as he opened them. A gout of orange flame shot into the air above him, Silus silently thanking the inventor of unnecessarily high ceilings. The flames were one way to get attention...that's for sure. He turned his face back to Cyrul, wiping his hand across his lips to pat out the small cinders on his mouth "uhh...sorry...was chewing on what I thought was some Inert Dust" he grinned, an easy lopsided grin before continuing "Silus Kuroi...sorry for the strange introduction."

**"Well, I suppose we've gone around the pow wow circle. It's nice to meet you all, I kinda can't wait till tomorrow. They're going to test our wits and skills, we had better be ready."** Nero said, happy for the distraction of the dragon reference. He, of course, knew a lot more then he was letting on and looking at these three he was already contemplating choosing each of them as partner. **"So, Cyrul, we were just talking about how our kind can be known for something other then brute force. Us foxes are known to use seduction in our crafts."** He said, lightly touching the human's nose with the tip of his tail. "And our lizard brother here, let's just say his kind are known for being a bit adventurous... In any case, I'm sorry I kinda stormed out on you after the manifesto... I don't have my head on strait when it comes to matters like that. Don't get me wrong, that's stuff I fervently believe, but I shouldn't have thrown it in your face in such a way..."** He then turned to his fellow faunuses. **"I have to ask you, do you really think we're even close to equal? Do you believe that you can get things done within our lifetime? Do _you_ believe that these terrorists are going anywhere but backwards in humman faunus relations?"** He gestured at the Grimm mask at his hip, knowing that only his faunus brother and sister would recognize it, and only if they had at least attended a meeting of the white fang. Ha, _if_, as if thair were any faunus people who hadn't at least done that.

Yasuri nodded apprecitavly at the other warriors form as he went though his own praticeing. Soon enough a large group of poeple began assembling, mostly Fanus. He was preparing to go into the second stage of his pratice when suddenly flames rose out of the group, he quickly turned to see the source and was able to see the last of the flames vanishing from the lizards mouth. He noted that for future reference, apparntly lizards and dragons weren't too different at all. Then refocusing he began the second part of his pre-sleep regimen and slowly began increasing gravity on himself as he went through his exercises, his training weights almost painfully heavy now.

Leaning away from Silas, Seilber waited for the flames to wink out while glancing up at the shimmer of heat in the air overhead as it too faded. "Impressive. That'll be useful out there, if it doesn't start grass and forest fires," she said. While Vincent talked to Cyrus she shook her head and covered her face with her hand, wiping down it before letting it drop to her side. At the same time she couldn't help it as her face warmed some, a slight blush across her cheeks, embarrassed. Yeah, what he said was true, but really? As he started on another tirade, she shook his head. "No, we probably won't get a terrible lot changed. The White Fang might have its merits, it might not. Is this really the place to stand up on a soap box and make a big scene? this isn't some political activist pro-faunus speech rally. Save it for later." Tilting her head a little she looked at Cyril apologetically, then shrugged helplessly. Letting her shoulders drop, she gave him a weak smile. "I'm sorry he's being preachy."

Nahbi jumped at the tower of fire erupting from somewhere in the mass of students. She'd finished throwing what few things she had into a locker and was heading back to her buddies when she saw the blazing column. Excitement shooting through her, she darted the the crowd to see where it'd come from. She eventually got to a congregation of faunus. One of them, a… snake? had tendrils of smoke drifting from his mouth, and a sheepish grin. Eyes lighting up, she ran up to him, not minding any looks she my have gotten. "That was so _sick_!" She was practically jumping up and down. "Oh my gosh can you teach me how to do that?"

Nico contemplated weather he should look for the dorms and find a place to sleep, or stay here and wait for them to be told what to do. He did not want to get yelled at for sleeping when he was not supposed to, if they did that here. Nico closed his locker and glanced at the students as more of the filed in and began to put there things away. Nico still had his duffle bag full of clothes this he still had no idea what to do with, he assumed that they would be assigned there own rooms, but that had not been done yet. Nico then noticed that the a group of students had came together to talk, all a a sudden Nico saw a column of flames erupt from the mouth of a ..... Lizard faunas. that was new, Nico walked over to the group and slid up next to Nahbi. "What's going on?" He whispered to her as she jumped up and down.