Ana took the last gulp from her cup of coffee. A nice cup of coffee in the morning was always nice, although the weather outside was hot. But when she looked up she saw that a boy was staring at her. He was messy blonde hair and wore glasses. She was kinda interested in messing with him, as it was clear that he most likely was undressing her with his eyes. However she also saw he was wearing the WEAPON pin on his chest. So that meant they couldn't team up together, and what was the point into talking with someone here if they weren't possible future partners. "I guess it is time to take a look around." she said. She jumped off the edge and stretched.

She scanned the area. There wasn't much to see, not really anyone standing out. Her eyes caught a guy sitting on a bench, she looked carefully and saw that he indeed was wearing a MEISTER pin on his chest. She had to start somewhere, and he looked like a nice and handsome young man, although looking older than herself. She walked towards the bench and dropped herself on it right next to him. She turned her head to him. "Hey." Ana said. "So you're a Meister?" it was really a stupid question to begin with as she could clearly read it from his pin, but it was a start of a conversation.

Simone smiled a little at Edelweiss's boast, "Oh, is that so?" He asked with a playful smile. Simone had to admit, despite the girl being fairly diminutive looking, she definitely looked like she came ready to play. "I'm sure plenty of weapons will want to be your partner!" Simone said, without a hint of sarcasm in his voice. ~ Hell, I'd be her partner if Gertrud and I weren't already. ~ Simone thought. The girl seemed to have the will and the want to be a great Meister, which is a lot more than want some Meister's have. Simone moved himself to stand next to Edelweiss, and leaned up against the wall. "Tell you what, I'll help you find a weapon to partner up with!" Simone said, with a beaming smile. He loved helping out the new students, unlike Gertrud whom saw them as more of a burden. "Everyone will want to be your partner, then!" He added, holding his smile. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he never got to go on the hunt that is looking for a partner, but helping someone else find a partner seemed like a very good idea. Then, again, Simone was always up to make new friends, and meet new people.

Clayton panted as his hands clutched his knees tightly, he'd literally been running around almost the entire time, badgering people about being his partner, but they were either turned off of the idea by 1: Guy running at them at top speed, or 2: He was almost completely drenched in sweat after the first 5 minutes. He looked up at the sun, still laughing with that damn cheeky ass grin as it slowly sauntered through the sky, like it had nothing better to do than make the day as hot and uncomfortable as possible. He contemplated trying yo punch the sun in the face, but that was a bit impossible...for the moment. He added "punching the sun in the face" to his list of various things that was almost entirely illegible , and wiped the sweat from his brow with his grey shirt's sleeve as he sat down on the same bench as before.

He thought for a bit about home, though it was mostly unpleasant thoughts...which were almost completely swept under the mental rug when he heard someone talking to him beside him on the bench, sounded like a girl. When he turned his head to look at her, he paused for a moment to mentally reeavulate every life choice he'd ever made, sure he'd seen plenty of chicks around his age wearing revealing clothing...but he'd never think to just see a nurse walking around. Quickly stopping his jaw from dropping to the point where he looked like he had lockjaw, he broke into a cold sweat, he looked down to see her tag attached to her outfit...right below her rather excellent personality. Quickly looking back up to at least look her in the eyes he answered her with: "Y-Yeah, I'm a Meister...Name's Clayton. You uh, looking for a partner?" He scratched the back of his head as he very desperately tried not to look down.

Pyrus was puzzled by the question for a moment, " Of course I want to become a Death Scythe, that's kind of the point of being here," he gave her a crooked grin. He looked himself up and down before stating, " Music would be fine by me." He smiled and took her hand in his own as he firmly shook it. "The name's Pyrus by the way," he said as he pulled away turning to look around at the other Meisters and Weapons who had begun to group in duos. He contemplated this duo of which he had just socially signed a contract to before turning back to the girl.

"So seeing as you're going to be my meister, I'd assume you'd like to see what kind of weapon I am," before she could reply he took a step back and shifted into a chainsaw sword of which protruded from the ground at an angle. He waited to see what her reaction would be to this form.

"You'd help me find a partner!? Really!?" Edel clasped her hands together and squealed with delight, though her happiness soon turned into seriousness, "Promise?" She extended her pinky towards him and expected a pinky promise. She hated being lied to.

"We can go soul searching right after you cross your heart and hope to die." The girl certainly was... What was the word? Loud. She had the tendency to be that way when somone fired her up on a particular topic or conversation. "You better find me a totally cool partner!" She had a large smile on her face, her other hand resting on her hip.

Edel's behavior may be a future boon.

"Of course I'll help you!" Simone responded to Edelweiss. Then the girl's face turned into a visage of seriousness, and extended a pinky towards Simone, looking for a pinky promise. Simone puffed out his chest and took on a expression of complete seriousness, although it was easy to tell he was just playing around by just acting serious. "I, Simone, promise to help you find a partner! Cross my heart, and hope to die!" Simone responded, fairly loudly, gripping Edel's pinky in his, and shaking it, all while maintaining his serious composure. After the pinky shake, Simone returned to his normal composure, "Dont worry. I'll make sure you get the coolest weapon here at the school!" Simone said, returning Edel's large smile with one of his own. Simone could tell he'd become good friends with Edel. She seemed to have some hidden fire that propelled her, which Simone respected. "What kind of Weapon are you looking for? Anything, or anyone, specific?" Simone asked, as he turned his head, and looked out across the courtyard, already starting the search for a partner for Edel.

Lex let out a silent sigh of relief. It seemed that she'd picked right. He seemed cool as well, not like the type to show off needlessly. That was to say, she was in awe when he transformed into a chainsaw blade. With a smile, Lex reached for his hilt, "sweet. My name's Lex, by the way." she tested the weight of Pyrus. It was strange to think that she was swinging around a person. "Can you spin the blades at different speeds?"

She wanted to know more about how to use Pyrus better. If she was going to do this, she was going to have to know about everything and be the best. Chainsaw blade would probably take some getting used to, but if she could pull this off she would be famous and strong. She wouldn't have to worry about hurting anyone by being near them anymore. She could protect everyone. She was going to win the race to become a Death Scythe. "What do you think, Pyrus, could this partnership work?"

Gertrud glanced over at Simone as he wandered off after she introduced him, unsure whether or not to disapprove. He was talkative, at least around other people, and it was definitely best for him to get some breathing room. That is to say, distance from her. She immediately turned back to Lena, shrugging. There wasn't much she could say about her and Simone as partners. They'd been near each other since childhood and it only made sense that when they ended up at the DWMA they partnered, even if they only agreed a precious few things.
"Simone and I are old friends. We met before we even went to the DWMA." She glanced away, unsure of what to say about the Weapon, and moving forward in her answer.
"We've been here a while, though. If that makes us seniors then I suppose so, but I feel as though we've made little progress." It was infuriating to think of alone but admitting it to a once-stranger was like recounting an ancient rivalry, and Gertrud found herself smiling as she recalled all of the hiccups they had struggled past.
"If we can work together, I'm sure you'll find a meister good enough to handle you somewhere in this." Trude tried to sound reassuring but humanitarian work was far out of her skill set. In her peripheral vision, she noticed a man wearing a meister tag slowly approaching them, and she wondered briefly how long that had been going on outside of her notice. She did a quick check over her shoulder in the other direction to make sure there was no one behind them that he could have been looking for. There weren't many other reasons to be walking away from the group of potential partners.
"As a matter of fact, Lena," she said, eyes locking over to the newcomer, "We seem to have a meister in our midst." She gave a tiny nod towards the jacket clad meister, trying to show Lena who she was talking about.

"Weeeelll..." Edel rubbed her chin and began thinking, "I can work with any kind of weapon! I'm not picky but my future partner has to be as pretty as me~" She let out a laugh as her hand traveled from her chin to her messy braids, flipping them. It was clear to see the girl has somewhat high expectations, though at this point she could settle for anyone. What she really needs is someone who can put up with her haughty behavior.

"Maybe we should walk around a little bit? Get up close an personal!" Edel suggested. She reopened her eyes and pushed herself off of the wall. "Quickly! Before all of the weapons are taken!"

Simone stifled laughter at Edel's actions. Not because he thought she was being dumb, but because he genuinely thought she was funny, "I'm not sure if you're gonna find a weapon, with those kind of expectations." Simone said, with a sly smirk, wondering if she catch on to what he was implying. "Anyway, you're right! We got to get you the best weapon we can find!" Simone added, as he pushed off the wall, also. He began to walk with Edel. "So, why we're looking for a partner for you, why don't you tell me a little about yourself?' Simone said, while stuffing his hands into his pockets, still scanning around the courtyard for a weapon that look like they'd be compatible with Edel. Simone was enjoying himself a lot, and was happy to be out of the serious environment that Gertrud seemed to exude. He'd probably have to apologize to her later for ditching her, but he'd no doubt hear all about it from her later. He smiled as he imagined how red in the face Gertrud got sometimes when she was angry with him. It was almost laughable, but Simone learned a long time ago not to laugh during one of her lectures, That only increased her ire.

The feeling was oddly pleasant as he was lifted and tested. It was different, to not only be in weapon form but to be wielded by a meister. "The blade I can control the speed of," he said as he was moved about. He smiled inside as she asked whether or not it would work. "I think it will," he said in a rather loud and joyed voice. She was pleasant, she apparently enjoyed music, hopefully not classical, and she was finally someone he thought he could get to know. He had found someone to whom he would belong to as a friend and weapon, that was enough for him at the moment even with the looming task of becoming a Death Scythe.

"I can also do this," he said as he attempted to straighten out, the blade seemed to curve inward and become a saw blade. The blade falling to the ground from its cord. "Pretty nice right," he said as he grinned inwardly. Hopefully she found his forms interesting, hopefully she liked the weapon, and hopefully she would stay his meister. He didn't want to be rejected even if this was the first meister he had tried to go with since his arrival.

"I'm only the most prettiest, most enchanting girl ever. You see, it's far too hard to look for a partner myself, everyone here has low standards." Edelweiss twirled her hair on the tips of her fingers, staring at the students that she walked past, she was rather petite to say the least, her stature far smaller than those around her. "Well, I like tea, and lace, and pastel colors, and I like sweet things." The girl babbled on and on about herself, it was clear to see that she didn't come from a poor family, and she was spoiled immensely.

"By now, I guess I can settle for anyone really~" Edel shrugged her shoulders. "What about you? Tell me about yourself."

Simone listened as Edel went on and on. He could see where some people would be more inclined to avoid Edel, but Simone loved her personality. "Me? Bleh, there's nothing interesting about me." Simone said with a smile. "I'm just your typical party obsessed teenager, that spends most his time slacking off." Simone added, with a chuckle. In truth, there wasn't a lot to know about Simone. He partied when he could, he skipped work when he could, and spent most his free time sleeping. He was still scanning around the courtyard, getting nervous as more weapons and meisters started to pair up. "You have some pretty expensive tastes." Simone commented, smirking as the two walked along. "If we can't find you a weapon right now, we'll eventually find you one." Simone added, as he kept scanning around, trying to find any weapon nearby. Then, in mock seriousness, Simone puffed his chest out again, bring a fist to his chest, "I will not give up our quest until I see it completed!" Simone said, using a deep and gruff voice. It was a bad attempt at trying to be funny, but Simone didn't honestly care. It was in his nature to be this way. Simone relaxed his posture, and returned his hands to his pockets.

"Expensive tastes!?" Edelweiss crossed her arms and puffed her chest out, "they aren't expensive, I'm just a little picky!" She huffed. When Simone immediately went serious, she circled around him, scoffing as she did so, "I refuse to give up hope! You better keep my promise or else we'll get into a good ol' tussle!"

Boy was she persistent, she stared at those who had the tag with 'Weapon' on it, eyeing them, staring them down and quite frankly made them uncomfortable. "Clearly I'm way too good for them!" Edel flipped her hair once more, still feeling confident about her looks and skill.

"Quickly average partying teenager Simone, there is no time to waste! Every second there is a team that paired up! I definitely do not want to be the only person without a weapon!" With that said, she began to pick up the pace. She was far too confident for her own good and a large ego to compliment that.

Two figures stood at the bottom of the staircase, looking up at the academy. One was quite tall, actually. A good 6'5", but slight in frame and face. The other was a more average height, and slighter still in frame. The shorter one, who's name was Wilson, was slightly behind George. George looks down at him, and chuckles. "What's wrong?" Wilson shuffles a little closer to him, keeping his head down. "J-Just a little scared is all." George chuckles, and ruffles his hair. "It'll be fine. You'll do great." Wilson smiles shyly "T-thanks." George smiles back, and holds his hand out to him "Shall we?" "Together?" "Of course." Wilson takes his hand, and they start to climb up the steps. Halfway there George picks Wilson up, holding him in his arms until they get to the top, gently placing him back on his feet. Wilson was stuttering complaints about how unnecessary it was to do this all the while, embarrassment showing plainly on his face. George just grins and looks at the doors. "Well, here we go. No luck to wish i'm afraid." They both let out chuckles this time, and walk through the doors.

"Hmmm, who?"
Lena asked as she turned around and saw the newcomer approaching them, he looked as though he was trying not to make his precense obvious but you could tell he wanted to be near them and was possibly working up the courage to say hello. Lena paused as she looked over the green haired Meister and felt that flutter in her soul, it was possible he would be one able to use her weapon form.
"Oh hello!"
She said cheerfully, wanting to break the ice and get him introduced before he had a chance to feel awkward, especially if he was still looking for a weapon to partner up with.

Simon slowly took a step back when one of the women had talked about him and slightly nodded in his direction. He was good on picking up subtle things like that, and he was now alert and hoping that they didn't assume that he was a stalker of some sort. He stopped when the other woman had actually turned to face him and gave her a small smile. It was a shy and nervous smile, but it was one nonetheless, and he was happy to get this far without incidents.

"Hello!" He spoke back to her as he took a small step forward and examined that 'Weapon' tag that she had. He didn't say anything for a small moment as he analyzed her from up close, but quickly snapped out of it and looked at her with another smile. "Would you mind if I tried out your weapon form? I'd hate to ask you if you already had another meister in mind, and if that's that case, then I guess I'll see you later...." With each word, he began to speak faster and quieter than the previous word, and it was somethat had to understand him since he was also looking down at the ground as he finished.

Gertrud stood back from the two, retreating back to her thoughts for a moment while they had a chance to sort out who would be whose meister and weapon. Green and blue was an interesting color combination, at least to her. She hardly knew a thing about Lena and absolutely nothing about the boy joining the fray, other than that he seemed a little nervous approaching a prospective weapon. Who wouldn't be? It was a difficult proposition to walk up to a stranger and ask them to partner with you. Being a weapon and meister team was more than just an arrangement, it meant welcoming someone else into your life. It reminded her, in a pleasant way, of how simple and quick her own partnering process has been: two kids who knew each other popped out of the woodwork, brought together for the first time in a few years and far too confident from it, to form a team. Trude sighed, looking away from Lena and the newcomer to search the crowd. She couldn't see him among the crowd, and wondered what Simone had gotten himself pulled into in the span of only a few moments. Every now and then she caught fragments of yelling from within the mass of students that sounded just close enough to the Weapon's voice that it might have been him. If there were any kind of involved activities this morning and she showed up separated from her weapon it would be a blunder she would never live down, but after everything else in the first morning back to school even that thought couldn't shred her nerve. Unconsciously, she began to tap her foot as she looked around, waiting again.

Simone busted out laughing, at Edel's threat of getting in a 'good ol' tussle' with him. It almost brought a tear to his eye, because he was laughing so hard. "Don't worry, I'm a man of my word. Someone like you deserves a weapon, anyway." Simone said, with a smile, recovering from his laughing fit. Simone returned to scanning around. It had honestly seemed like most people had teamed up. "Listen, if we can't find you one, I'll be your temporary weapon!" Simone said, with a smirk. "Just don't tell my meister!" Simone added, with a chuckle. Honestly, he had no idea if this was even allowed at DWMA, but if a meister can have two weapons, which some students did, why couldn't a weapon have two meisters. It was only for the time being, anyway. It would also really piss Gertrud off, which Simone couldn't resist.

"What!?" Edel spun around to face him, it was clear to see she was rather upset at his suggestion for being her temporary weapon. "Don't you think your Meister would get upset? You'll like dissappear once in awhile and it's not like she won't find out! She'll get pissed at me and swear revenge," She scowled at him as she stopped walking, letting out an exhausted sigh. She switched moods rather fast. "I guess I'll wait for my weapon..."

"I'm just too good!" She laughed and ran her fingers through her bangs, it appeared as though she had switched moods once again. Edel straightened up her posture and puffed her chest out, she placed her hand on her chest and turned her head to the side, her eyes closed. "I, Edelweiss Smithens, like your idea to be my temporary weapon."