Weapon:
Ginto has extendable batons as her weapons, having one with her person at all times and three when on missions. She also recently acquired Dust grenades of fire and ice due to one of her teammates offering a discount if she tests them in the field.


Semblance:
Ginto’s semblance is Solid Projection. In battle, her baton is reinforced with a sharp edge or a blunt end depending in the situation. Instead of having her baton reinforced from the start of a fight, she’d summon it up in the middle of an attack, not only surprising her opponent with a bright light, but also with the reach of the blade. She removes her projection afterward so she could follow-up with the unexpected.

She has a trick she calls “Flash”, wherein she picks a small projectile, coats it with her semblance, throw the projectile, then explode it. There’s really no damage done except for the eyes exposed to the light. She uses it as a makeshift flashbang grenade, only without the ringing in the ears, but most definitely with the temporary blindness. It’s why she has sunglasses on, after all.

Another one of her nifty little tricks is “Shield”. With Ginto’s offensive type of combat, she usually has some close calls. During her time in Beacon, she found that she could call on a small shield that absorbs the force and explodes in a shower of light. She doesn’t like using it since her shield drains the equivalent amount of force absorbed. Then again, that usually only happens when in the heat of battle, and she has no other way of keeping herself alive or, at the very least, relatively unharmed.

Ginto could also form large walls and spiky grounds that covers a huge amount of space. Unfortunately for her, a fourth of her full aura pool is needed to form it. Maintaining it would drain her fully and make her vulnerable.

Outside of combat, she uses her semblance as a faux-telekinetic skill, forming a floating golden hand to pick stuff up. This makes it easier for her to literally multi-task, but if there are more than two hands doing different things, it gets confusing and needs her concentration. She finds it difficult to form shapes without anything solid to anchor her projection, so she counts this as her practice.

Appearance:
Ginto usually wears a two-piece suit, black gloves, black steel-toe boots, and heavily-modified and filtered sunglasses that avoids her turning blind whenever using her semblance. All have gold accents. At first, when her teammates replaced all her casual clothing with the kind she usually wore now, she hated it. It grew on her and now, no matter what her teammates tried, she never went back. She liked how professional it made her look and her teammates did, grudgingly, say that she looked amazing in it.

Aura Color:
Gold

Team: Ginto is a part of the semi-active team MNGT (Midnight). They're a surprisingly tight group despite the fact that the team leader and another member are both tricksters, and the other one bought his way into Beacon. Most of them went their different ways, but they get together when they can, doing missions as a way to catch up on each other’s lives.

Emblem:


Personality:
The cold hatred and hot loathing she feels for the Grimm are still ever-present, only tempered by her times in Signal and Beacon. Instead of hurling all she has against the Grimm in one huge blow, her time in the Academies made her better, laying out careful traps and efficient, yet brutal, strikes. Her times in Signal was focused on a single goal: the death of Grimm. Her interaction with others was stilted, and she's only started to work on it when she was in Beacon. Ginto craves for meaningful and loyal relationships, be it platonic or romantic. She may seem cold and apathetic to others at first, but once you gain her trust, she'll be your staunchest ally and friend. One of the main reasons she remains quiet is because she’s a bit awkward when it comes to making conversation. The accompanying mean look is simply there to dissuade people from laughing at her faux-pas, though it doesn’t always work.

When her friendship and loyalty is acquired, however, take care to never betray her. No amount of affection or sympathy will be given to those who turn their back against her.

Background:
Ginto was raised on Vale but outside its kingdom. She lived happily in a village consisting of Hunter families who preferred to be outside of the walls of Vale, being one with nature (and, in her later years, realizing how expensive living within the Kingdoms were). She had friends and, generally, had fun being a child with simple dreams. Unfortunately, tragedy struck.

It all happened in a perfectly mundane day. Ginto went to her classes, talked with her friends at school, played with the other children, ate lunch in the cafeteria, went back to classes again, then went home to get dinner and some homework done. Yet, when night fell, a hoard of Grimm attacked without warning, taking the whole village in surprise.

Ginto woke up at the sight of her mother in full Huntress gear, dagger-spear strapped on her belt. Her mother made her wear a small backpack before ushering her downstairs and past the door to see the chaos outside: fire raged everywhere. Her father was keeping off Grimm in their property. People ran. There was still organization behind it all, the cluster of people defended at all sides by professional Hunters.

They joined that group, managing to avoid any more casualties beyond those lost in the first wave of attack. They all thought that everything was fine, that they escaped that disaster, but they thought wrong. While retreating to safety, a large pack of Beowolves led by an Alpha blindsided them with their ambush. Her mother engaged the pack without hesitation, while her father followed to assist.

Ginto was left behind, torn between staying with her parents and running away with the group. The decision was made for her when one of her neighbors dragged her away, hauling her on his shoulder as they ran. The last memory she has of her parents were their backs, where they were slowly swallowed up by the unrelenting Grimm.

She didn’t remember much of what happened after. In fact, when she came to, she was safe within the walls of Vale and enrolled a year early in Signal Academy. While hatred and loathing fuelled her to be the best that she could in the Academy, Ginto made a promise to herself. She would never let herself feel so useless ever again. She would not leave behind those that she cares for. And she would not let herself get left behind.

Likes:
Childhood memories, hot chocolate, midnight sky, and falling stars; Team MNGT and friends from the Academy; killing Grimm and saving people

Dislikes:
The fact that her projection is shiny as heck, camping out, the Grimm (specifically Beowolves) and the despair they force upon the world, human and faunus assholes, and those that leave people behind

Strengths:
Ginto is a close combat specialist using a baton. Ginto has a considerable amount of Aura, allowing her to tank some damage as well as dish them out in conjunction with her semblance. Her loyalty is one of her strong points as well. She cherishes the connections she has and keeps it close to her heart. She takes relationships very seriously and cares a great deal on her friend's well-being. If an action doesn’t conflict with her moral alignment, then she quite literally subscribes to the quote: “Ride or die.”

Weaknesses:
Ginto is absolutely and hilariously bad when it comes to the art of stealth. She doesn’t exactly stomp or drag her feet around, but her footsteps are just heavy. It doesn’t help that her semblance quite literally shines a bright gold color whenever used. Her team leader jokingly remarked that Ginto’s version of stealth is where no one lives to tell the tale. Speaking of her semblance, while Ginto has a lot of Aura, her semblance drains too much when maintained for too long. Complicated tricks like walls or spiky grounds that consume a large area and are expected to maintain solidity take a fourth of her full aura pool.

Ginto is surprisingly gullible. She expects people to do her the same courtesy she gives others: truth. Her bedside manner leaves a lot to be desired given that her blunt honesty sticks where it hurts. There's also the fact that she doesn't realize that what she said is hurtful. Sarcasm doesn't always work against her, but when she hears one and is not sure on how to respond, she defaults to a "thank you". Ginto is also easily goaded. She'll jump in your defense if needed, literally subscribing to the quote "Ride or Die". Unfortunately for some of the temporary teammates she works with on missions, she expects them to do the same. If given the choice between the assignment and the people, she'll pick people's safety most of the time.

Relationships: TBA

Other:

• Her name translates to “Golden Star”.
• She’s a Grimm magnet.
• She's homosexual.

Hex Code: d78e21
Theme: We All Become One

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Name: Lima Vertilano
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Phenotype: Human

Appearance: A person who looks younger than she really is, Lima looks rather childish. No one is sure why she has sustained this kind of look despite being old enough to graduate, but no one really says anything anymore. Standing at a very unintimidating height of 5'2", she isn't a woman you would fear at first glance. She has ruby red eyes and short, dark brown hair. Her clothing is quite a unique one, with hints of green surrounding her black coat and inner clothing. She mainly wears clothing of black and green. She also has what seems to be a gas mask. She seems to favor wearing it whenever there is a fight. It slightly distorts her voice but it just only proves to put off some people new to her since she still keeps her childish tone of voice.

Nationality: Atlesian

Weapon:
Mystic Equinox: It is a rather simple weapon. Taking the form of black, fingerless leather gloves that reach up to her elbows when deactivated, it looks very unassuming. When activated however, what seems to be colored orbs emerge at the back of the glove. One can now easily figure out what exactly Mystic Equinox does, it utilizes dust and releases it through the pores of the gloves. The user would then be free to coat the weapon in the dust of choosing or release it for an attack. If her coat is removed, one could see the vials of Dust which is connected to her gloves, acting as ammunition. It heavily relies on the user's techniques to utilize Dust to their advantage which leads to more training in store for Lima. It should be noted that she cannot make weaponry out of this, only compliments her close quarter combat.

Semblance:
Slime Creation: Lima has the odd semblance to match her silly personality. The creation of what looks to be slimes, with their lime green color scheme to compliment well on her own aura, these slimes do not really look intimidating. Mostly, they appear as blobs walking around with small arms, but she can sometimes, with some effort, make them look something akin to a human. However, their seemingly harmless is just a front. While they aren't as powerful as their creator, they still prove to be quite a distraction and their attacks do hurt if an opponent continues to ignore their hits. The more hits they land on the enemy, the bigger the punishment to the attack is, so it's best to be careful around them or to get rid of them quickly.

They could also be used as 'workers' of sorts as they can carry objects to and fro. You just need to be creative with their usage. Lima seems to prefer to see them as mostly workers instead of warriors but she does use both in desperate times, or when she feels like it.

Aura Color: Lime Green

Team: Team YLOW - Disbanded -
Emblem:

Personality: Lima had been known for her uncontrollable energy. She rarely sits still and if she was, she would often be tapping something or talking endlessly, the former more likely to happen. She seems to have a love for interacting with anyone and everyone. She's a very social person and her cheerfulness and acceptance of almost everyone makes people ease around her. If anything, she only hates the White Fang, no prejudice against other Faunus and those who regret being part of the terrorist group. Of course, if there are other terrorist groups, she wouldn't want to talk with them either. However, if she isn't privy to this information, then she'll probably treat you like any other person out there.

She's a very empathic person which only amplified when she lost a friend. She seems to share the emotions of those around her and she tries her very best to cheer them up whenever she can. However, she understands when someone wants to be alone as she also has those episodes. Rare they may be, they were still there. Lima hates losing people or even things that are important to her. It's part of the reason why she always keeps her weapons and her mask on her person at all times except when she's bathing.

Undoubtedly, she acts like a child ninety percent of the time, even in the battlefield. It's like she never grew up from her time at Haven, hell, even from the time when she was younger and doing mischievous things like painting graffiti on the walls of the lower class towns. No one denies this, not even her. She seems to like to keep her mischievous side. However, she does have her bouts of maturity and has shown to have wisdom beyond her years thanks to having to deal with so many things at such a young age - betrayal from her family and the death of a very close friend. This would cause anyone to suddenly mature after aforementioned events.

Lima never liked to talk about what had happened to her group. In fact, if she could help it, she would steer the conversation another way. When she does talk about it, she describes it very sparingly as she would like to end the topic quickly. It sometimes even leads to her walking away from the conversation. With memories still fresh in her mind, she doesn't seem ready to move on. It may be a liability for others but her other friends have learned that she will move on in her own time. They just have to support her.

Background: Lima had always been an uncontrollable character. With her young and creative mind combined with her lithe body ever since she was a child, she had been quite a troublemaker. Known throughout her childhood as the Graffiti Queen, she had quite a reputation with the lower class citizens and even some upper class citizens. She always wore a mask and no one knew who the Graffiti Queen really was, so she never got into trouble when she decided to enter Haven Academy as a Huntress-in-training. However, if one was smart enough, they can chalk up the appearances of slimes during Graffiti Queen's runs and Lima's own semblance. There were only a few of them who managed to pinpoint this and that, but there was no sufficient evidence to prove that it was really her.

She hailed from a high class family who had dark ties within Mistral's Black Market. The Vertilano family immigrated from Atlas at a time before her birth after deal was struck between their family and another's to establish a connection within Mistral. They soon climbed the ladder to the upper society and were seated among the many who were hailed as rich and famous. However, the Vertilano family almost never associated themselves with the other upper class citizens; instead, they find themselves more in the company of lower class citizens. When Lima was born, they kept it a secret from her even after she had graduated.

Lima had been well known in Haven Academy as that one woman who just doesn't seem to stay still. She had probably made friends with everyone in the Academy by the time she graduated. With a kind smile and a cheerful personality, people are often drawn to her. She likes helping other people, especially those going through hard times so that they know someone does care. She was often referred to as the beacon of energy in her year. She was included in Team YLOW, the only group who could keep up with her energetic ways. The only boy, Orion, was close friends with her and often confided in her on how to approach Yemma, their leader. It had been a whirlwind of events leading to their graduation.

When they were in their third year, they became exchange students in Atlas Academy where they spent a good portion of their third year in. It was a test run to see how well the teams could adapt to their new environment and to learn more about the styles of each Academy. Despite rivalries, they had managed to garner up this plan in hopes to also strengthen relations - one that was kept from even before Atlas was born. It had been a relatively different experience as the style of Atlas Academy varied greatly with Haven. Though Lima thought the air in Atlas was oppressive and one step out of line would cause her a great deal of pain, she had fond memories with making some friends back then.

However, the harsh reality after graduation caught up with her team. Team YLOW decided to stick together even after graduation, and they were one of the most energetic bunch. They eagerly tackles jobs to help out around Mistral and even on other kingdoms. However, at one incident, they had to track down a certain family of Black Market thieves. That was when everything went down for Lima. Turns out, she was hunting down her own family - the Vertilano business was now out and she felt broken. What was worse than finding out that your family was a criminal group when you were trying to fight for the good of all? She began to hate her entire family but never shed the Vertilano name for she believes that she represents the good in the family. Her family was thrown in jail thanks to their crimes and with Lima's watchful eye, they weren't able to escape using the fortune they had made. However, there were still some of her family members who managed to crawl up and show the goodness in their hearts.

The Vertilano family had been reformed, but is still recovering up to now. They invested their remaining money onto select businesses so that cash would still flow. Lima left it to her older cousin to take care of things. The reputation of the family has been slowly recovering, and the issue was swept under the rug. They had to deal with other issues in Mistral after that, but it was relatively easier than taking down her own family whose secrets were well-hidden. After you solve one key piece of the puzzle, everything just unravels. While it wouldn't even be close to enough to actually bring down other big shots, it left a mark and the activity has lowered for now.

Team YLOW's next accident was the one that brought them all apart. After getting the Vertilano family reputation back, they went back on taking big-time missions. They were to work with another team they knew well and it was all going swimmingly until they were lured into a trap by the White Fang. Their leader had died in the battle and they all managed to escape, barely alive. Other more experienced Huntsmen and Huntresses were sent to take care of that certain job after they got the severity of the situation. The remaining team members mourned for the loss. While Lima continued to become a Huntress, the other two fell under the radar. Lima has kept in contact with one of her teammates, Wisteria, who had settled down at a young age. Whenever Lima is on a vacation, she goes to live with her. They often paint together which they auction off to support Wisteria since she doesn't have a stable job. Orion was nowhere to be found though, as he had taken Yemma's death more devastating than the other two since he and the leader were in a relationship. Lima hasn't given up on finding him and still hopes to talk to him one of these days; most likely to help him get closure.

Ever since then, she's been making a living as a lone Huntress. This all happened in the past two years and people felt quite sorry for the group since they fell out so early into the game. However, Lima showed that it didn't bother her that she was alone, but she only hid her insecurities under her cheerful facade. However, people do understand whenever she wants to be alone since it had been understandably recent - seven months prior to the events of now. She seemed to have taken a liking to the particular forgery where she had maintained her equipment. And thank goodness that there was a Dust shop nearby so that she can refill her stocks rather quickly before taking on other missions.

Likes:

• Art
• Fighting
• Her Slimes
• Being a Huntress
• Tea
• Hot Chocolate

Dislikes:

• Her family
• Coffee
• Rude people
• People who judge quickly
• White Fang

Strengths:

• With her experience with the usage of her weapon and continuous training, she has quite the technique to twist the uses of dust for her needs.
• She takes pride in her speed and agility which is also her strongest suits when it comes to battle. Her small figure makes her a little harder to hit, but nothing good aim wouldn't solve. Hit and Run tactic is usually used by her.
• Her slimes are able to lift quite a lot of weight when combined, but does not have the same force for when they attack. They are capable of shooting mid-range projectiles.

Weaknesses:

• Her attacks are often up close and personal, which leads to the problem that she doesn't have that much aura. She needs to dodge a lot of attacks or at least block them so that she wouldn't get taken down too quickly.
• She can't go on missions that would take too long since she has to stop and resupply her dust ammunition. While she does have one extra canister for each one, it would run out after constant battle.
• Her slimes are very ineffective in battle when unarmed since they need to be attacking for quite some time before they actually do damage. They are also one shot kills.
• She has close to no long-range weapons aside from her slimes so she has to quickly close to gap or stay out of their reach if she wants to rest, but can't do any damage from there.

Relationships: TBA
Other:
Hex Code: [color=lime][/color]
Theme: