[IC] Beacon: Before the Fall

[Azure Flame]

Lucas's eyes widened and he took a step back at her mention at being stabbed by a member of the White Fang.

[LemonZest1337]

Sarah pulled Zan into a hug and pet her on the back softly. "Don't worry about anything like that, we're here, we're a team now and we all got your back." she held Zan for some time rubbing her back comforting her the breast way she could. Sarah sighed deciding that Zan might actually want to be alone, it might help her more then she knows. Sarah sighed and let Zan go, "Ok I'll not follow you, just promise me you'll talk to me about it later. I want to be able to help you better." Sarah had taken that motherly tone again but this time her movements were more energetic as she was starting to wake up more.

[Casterlyrock]

Zan nodded agreeing to Sarah's term of talking later "deal, thanks guy I didn't mean to make this morning such a....thing, I meet you guys back here or first class this morning. Zan made her way to getting changed and found herself outside, looking up she smiled as the sun was just breaking over the horizon "good morning mother, thank you for what seems to be a great day" she started walking on the grass flowers sprouting where she stepped, she found herself at the trunk of a tree and sits down her mind processing what her dream might mean.

"the white fangs leader promised to leave our tribe alone..they wouldn't break that promise...would they" she pondered and drifted in thought as the cool breeze kissed her face and the first rays of the sun danced on her cheeks.

[AlternateMan]

Bizz sighed as she watched Zandrea walk away. ‘I hope she’s alright.’ She thought. It’s been less than a week, and she would hate to watch her team fall apart. Trying to refresh the atmosphere, Bizz spoke up.
“Sooo... what do we do while Zandrea’s gone?”

[Godlikeblade]

Charon Fotiá

Real smooth Charon, real smooth.

Charon tightly wraps his blanket around him as he tries to hide his embarrassment, he starts to contemplate whether he should say anything back to that girl. He meant every word of what he said, but he didn't mean to say it out loud! Charon shoves his face into his pillow and closes his eyes. That beautiful song, it was so amazing that Charon just had to speak up about it but he shouldn't have said that she was beautiful... not yet at least. "Why that hell did I say that? I'm such a dumbass."

Charon then heard one of the notes in the song change, he really didn't think much of it at first. That was before he realized that he was no longer on his bed. He opens his eyes just to see his bed slowly drifting away below him, his covers hanging off his now floating body. As he discovered this he was suddenly dropped back onto his bed. I'm pretty sure that wasn't a dream. Could it have been the music changing? That's when I thought I was floating after all. Charon was at first both confused and shocked before he was reminded of just how tired he was and decides to try and to go back to sleep.

"WHERE ARE YOUR LEGS?!"

Charon hears the girl yell, he pulls off his blanket somewhat confused about what's happening. As soon as he pulls off the sheets and sits up he is greeted by the sight of a certain bunny with fewer legs than before. "Wait, aren't rabbit's feet supposed to be lucky?" Charon says quickly not knowing if anyone heard him. The Faunus's prosthetics caught Charon's eye, their shape and design reminded him of "home". Those legs, they look like Atlesian tech to me. He said he was from Mistral, right? So how exactly, did he manage to get his hands on THAT?!

Atlesian tech had always been a favourite interest of Charon's, anytime that he wasn't training he'd spent looking at and tinkering with this kind of stuff. In fact, one of the few things he'd grabbed during his hasty escape from Atlas was his set of tools and a few small Atlesian machines, just something he used to keep himself from getting bored. He casts a glance down at the robotic limbs and briefly looks them over, These really are a piece of work, really complex looking stuff. But maybe I could tinker with it juuuust a little bit, find out how she works.

“You know, bed doesn't sound too bad. I mean we do have classes tomorrow! We can't be late!”

"I'll second that idea. We should try to make a good impression on the teachers tomorrow, and that would be quite difficult if we were tired out."

It seemed that his team was beginning to feel tired, maybe his fatigue was contagious. Either way, Charon was not against the idea of sleep, today had been exhausting enough for him.

"Yeah, We should probably get some sleep. We don't want to be late for our first classes, that'd make us look like a lazy team. We're team HGCK, not team CRAP!"

Discarding his gauntlets, Charon breathed a sigh of relief as his hands were finally allowed to breathe again. He set the warm metal gloves down beside his bed, before Charon lies down, his back had been killing him since the forest earlier today. His pillow met his head, and he began to doze off. Maybe this time he won't start flying...

@Misumichan@lantgreen@CriticalHit

[LemonZest1337]

Sarah looked down at Bizz and yawned, "I guess we could start getting ready for class? I mean what's the time actually, I might try and catch more sleep.". Sarah looked back at her bed covering her mouth as she yawned again. god I'm still tired. Sarah took a seat on her bed and looked at the others, "I'm up for anything though, so you guys choose." Sarah sounded sleepy but determined as she smiled at her friends she just met yesterday.

[Misumichan]

“Well if I lost mine I guess that means no luck for us!” Hansa laughed at Charon’s comment. “Sorry if I startled anyone. I guess I'm so used to it now even if it's only been a bit over a month. I kinda forgot it might be a bit weird to see.” He looked around among his team and could see, to some degree, what they were like when they were unsettled. He made note of each one, Glas was stunned, Kaldyr takes a second to process, and Charon didn't seem phased by much.
“Ah! Yeah!” Kaldyr brought his attention to the fact he didn't properly introduce himself. “Hansa Agouti, at your service!” Hansa did a half wave with a smile. “But feel free to call me Han if you'd like!”
Hansa smirked as he laid down. He was so excited to have some friends his age that weren't all about killing to get their way. It didn't last long as he fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

---

Hansa awoke to the sound of his scroll going off but it wasn't an alarm. It was a call. He groggily answered and quietly said, “Hello?”
“Han! You little punk! You made leader?!” Eve's voice came yelling out of the scroll. “How was initiation? What is your team like? Hope you are making friends! Certainly hope your team gets along better than either of mine. Ohhhh! I'm so proud of you!”
“Eve can you not yell?” Hansa yawned as he sat up. “I just woke up…”
“Oh yeah it's a bit earlier over in Vale, sorry!” Eve giggled. “At least I don't catch you in class.”
“Yeah I need to get ready how about I call you back later and we can chat, if your mission doesn't keep you,” Hansa droned on trying to wake up a bit more.
“Nah, we'll be here the rest of the day!” Eve chimed happily. He could tell by her tone that wasn't the plan though.
“Are the others on your team going to be cool with that?” Hansa looked completely deadpan.
“They don't have a choice,” Hansa could hear the smug tone in her voice. “Later!” She hung up and Hansa shook his head.
“Well leadership went straight to her head,” Hansa sighed. Hopefully I don't end up with attitude like that... He looked to his sleeping team and checked the time and realized she called long before his alarm went off. He tried to be quiet little is said for Eve though. She wasn't on speaker but almost sounded like it. He yawned again as he reached for his legs on the side of the bed.

[AlternateMan]

Bizz stretched herself as she heard Sarah reply. She glanced at the clock on the dorm room wall. They weren't late for class. Actually they had a bit of time left.
"Well, I guess I'll be preparing for class."
Bizz said as she pulled out her school uniform from her bag. She turned around and walked out of the room.
"Just be prepared before class!"
She told the others.
@LemonZest1337 @Casterlyrock @Azure Flame

[LemonZest1337]

Sarah looked at Bizz and figured it was pro a good idea to get ready for class. She went into her bag and got out her uniform,
she then looked over at Lucas, "You have no idea how hard it was to get one of these in my size." she smirked and headed for the bathroom to get changed. She fought with the uniform for a little bit, she always had a problem with uniforms. Short skirts didn't work well with her body shape (or do they work too well?). She eventually gave up knowing it wasn't going to go down much further, she let out a sigh as she changed her shirt, then she heard something. Her face lit up as she heard and eagle's high pitch screech. She quickly finished getting changed and ran out of the bathroom. "Flaxen!" Sarah called out as ran up to the window and held her arm out.

Within mere moments of her putting her arm out the window a massive Flax coloured raptor bird landed on her arm, Sarah grunted upon impact but that didn't stop her smile. it was a humongous bird with a wingspan easily exceeding 8 feet, it hard sharp black eyes and a curved brown beak. It also had seeds strapped to its massive talons, Sarah gently removed the seed packets and pulled her arm with a massive 2'6 foot tall bird on it into the room. She smiled "Meet Flaxen! She's my eagle!" Flaxen then tilted her head and looked around the room. Sarah then ruffled her chest feathers and Flaxen made a soft chirping sound.

[Azure Flame]

"You have aa pet eagle?" Lucas asked, shocked.

[AlternateMan]

"Hey, what's that no-WOOOAAAH!"
Bizz walked out of the bathroom, her school uniform on. What she wasn't expecting, though, was a giant eagle sitting on Sarah's arm. Before half her body walked into the room, she bolted right back and went behind cover. Her head peeked into the room and stared at the bird nervously.
"Ummm... Sarah? Is that your... pet eagle?"
She said.

[LemonZest1337]

Sarah smiled at her teammates as her bird got the reaction she was expecting, "Yeah Flaxen is my girl, you don't have to worry she's nice!" Sarah then bent down and placed Flaxen on the floor. Flaxen then looked up at her and tilted her head, Sarah in turn tilted her head back then nodded towards her bed. Flaxen then hopped across the floor and with a small flap of her wings got onto Sarah's bed, "See she's a good girl, though I don't know how she'll react to your tail Lucas. I'd say as long as you don't wave it in her face it'll be fine, another cool thing is we don't even need to buy her food. She'll go catch her own when she's hungry." Sarah said with a smile as she took a seat on her bed and scratched the underside of Flaxen's beak, Flaxen again made happy chirps and moved closer to Sarah rubbing her head against her arm.

[Azure Flame]

"Interesting." he said, before going into the bathroom to change himself.

[AlternateMan]

Bizz walked towards Sarah drawing a circle, slowly approaching her as she stared at the eagle. She flinched every time it made a big movement, but she managed to walk up to Sarah and her eagle. She looked at the bird, which was now sitting on Sarah’s bed.
“She’s.... big.”
Bizz said.

[LemonZest1337]

Sarah nodded to Bizz. "She is isn't she." Sarah chuckled a little seeing that Bizz was a little afraid of Flaxen. "Don't worry Bizz, she won't bite. She's actually a little wuss. Aren't you Flaxen!" Sarah rubbed under Flaxen's beak again receiving more happy chirps. Flaxen then shook a little ruffling her feathers and sitting down on the bed like a giant scary pigeon. Sarah smiled at Bizz and nodded towards Flaxen, "Trust me she's fine, just come and gently pet her. I've know her since she was a chick. She won't peck you I promise.

[lantgreen]

Glas was a motionless sleeper, as soon as the team agreed to going to bed she quickly started to focus on sleep. It didn't take long however she kept Neverland against her chest and the pipes near her mouth. She laid there without a slight adjustment, fast asleep and dreaming of her new team and their future adventures. However the night didn't last long for her, as much of a motionless sleeper she was, she wasn't exactly sleeping like a log. It was pretty easy to wake her up and the phone call which Hansa held was not exactly quiet. Though through most of the conversation Hansa kept a shy tone, the woman on the other end didn't hold the same courtesy. It wasn't until their farewells, where she exclaimed 'later' loud enough to cause Glas to wake a bit.

Though her mind was still asleep, her body reacted, breathing heavier in reaction, just enough air escaping her lips to pass through the pipes of Neverland and quietly and gently raise her body off the bed. She floated for a mere moment as her body returned to its normal rem sleep. Her breathing became light once again, stopping the magic of Neverland and she came hurling back into her bed, falling from the sudden floating she caused accidentally. The bounce of the mattress shook her awake and she exclaimed a forced shout of surprise and sat up quickly. Doing so caused the giant panflute to leave her chest and crash towards the floor with a loud bang. Upon impact with the floor Neverland extended into its normal spear form and launched off the floor like a spring, sailing through the air just over the other two team mates across the room and penetrate the wall, hanging just above their heads. Glas' eyes went wide and she tried to hide herself from shame, "Sorry," quietly and as assuring as possible.

[CriticalHit]

“Ah! Yeah! Hansa Agouti, at your service!”

"So I guessed right then... Pleasure to meet you Hansa." Kaldyr replied as he returned Hansa's pleasantness with a slight smile of his own. Before he could turn away, Kaldyr caught a glimpse of the boy's prosthetic legs resting at his bedside. He recalled that Hansa said it had been "a bit over a month" when everyone noticed his lack of natural legs. Kaldyr couldn't help but wonder, What happened? Was it a foolish mistake that cost their team leader his limbs? Or perhaps the circumstances were more... malicious in nature... Nevertheless, curiosity took its hold and if Kaldyr possessed as much tact as a certain other member of Team HGCK, he might have bluntly asked their leader then and there. I highly doubt that he'd be comfortable talking about it with people he just met... somewhere down the line I'll ask him privately. Though until then I cannot help but wonder...

As he went off to bed and pulled the covers up to him, Kaldyr thought to himself. So Team HGCK... I wonder where our path will lead us. None of them seem downright intolerable, just somewhat... eccentric, that's all. Hopefully these next four years will be enjoyable... He stole one more glance at the others before turning away and closing his eyes, mere moments after the boy drifted off into unconsciousness.

---

Kaldyr woke from his sleep earlier than most would want to on their first day. The Wolf Faunus had not been in Vale long, and as such he was still stuck on Mistral time. He drowsily rubbed his eyes as he silently yawned. Reluctantly, he forced himself to sit up and gaze at his unconscious teammates. He expected that he would likely be the first one awake, and so it seemed until he looked over at Hansa's bed. It looked like he just woke himself and had immediately decided to answer a scroll call. Then out of seemingly nowhere the voice of a yelling woman ripped through the room, causing the semi-conscious Kaldyr to jump. The unknown woman's voice was painfully loud, out of instinct the boy covered his ears. Hansa's call with the woman continued until she decided to scream loud enough to wake the dead. Needless to say, Kaldyr was less than impressed by this choice. At least Hansa himself seemed considerate of the other's rest, trying to get the woman to quiet down as they spoke. "Talk about a rude awakening..." The Faunus mumbled to himself as he tried to wake himself further.

A loud bang echoed through the shared room as a familiar looking panflute clattered to the ground, Kaldyr watched as it changed forms in front of him. The beautiful musical instrument elongated and became an instrument of destruction that was currently launching itself in Kaldyr's direction. Swiftly, he practically threw himself back on to his bed in order to dodge the speeding spear coming his way, he watched as the weapon embedded itself in the wall, wavering for a brief moment before regaining its stability. He cast a gaze over to Glas and caught her both wide-eyed and whispering an apology. "It's fine... no harm done... Didn't expect to be dodging spears at this hour though." Kaldyr said as he forced himself to his feet and stretched. What a way to wake up on his first day, although he no longer felt tired or groggy. "Who was that on the scroll Hansa? Clearly they have no respect for the sanctity of sleep." he quietly asked as he grabbed clothes for the day, seeming slightly annoyed.

@Misumichan@lantgreen@Godlikeblade

[Godlikeblade]

In the black darkness of Charon's mind appeared a small house and the snowy landscape around it. At first glance, he really didn't recognize the home. As the snow started to pick up in speed and intensity he decided that it would be a good idea to seek shelter, Charon looked around him but doesn't see any other houses aside from the one that's right in front of him. With no other options, he starts walking towards the small odd looking house.

As Charon gets closer he starts to notice how the snow looks like it's been piling up for quite a long time. Now that he could get a closer look he noticed how the house looked very broken down and dark, did anyone even live here? During his hasty approach, certain details of the weathered red brickwork stood out to Charon. The lifeless brush before the abode, the generally colour-stripped foundation, all of it seemed... familiar. These small details eventually added up to Charon, and a grim realization took him "Could that possibly be my uncle's house"

Charon felt a cold shiver rush down his spine, Charon begins to sweat profusely and because of this Charon is even colder than he was before. He approaches the old wood door rotten and broken from age. The hinges rusted to the point where they could barely support their own weight. Charon attempts to open it with the handle but instead of opening like a door should, the hinges gave in to the weight of the door and fell off, causing this old disgusting door to fall over on its front side. "Well shit, I wasn't expecting that at all"

Looking beyond the door he is greeted by the horrific sight of his dead uncle still lying in the same place that he was left, a host of injuries covered his body. Long claw marks trailed down his spine, both hamstrings were severed and finally a fatal slice to the neck. In one of the corners, a familiar voice can be heard. "You left him like this, you left him to die. You truly are pathetic." The voice growled at him from the shadows, it's tone carrying an ice-cold anger. He knew the voice and he knew who it was, but why would he say these things, better yet how would he know? Before Charon could think about what he just heard another voice echoed from behind him. "Hmm, you couldn't save him looks like your both out of luck." The other voice mocked Charon, followed by laughter making fun of the greatest tragedy in Charon's life. In a fit of emotions, he screams "Why are you doing this? just leave me alone!" The first voice scoffed. "Fool..." As the other keeps laughing like it was the funniest joke he's ever heard. The sound of small footsteps quickly approaches from behind him as a booming voice screamed. "TRAITOR!!!"

---

Charon bolts upright in his clutching a fistful of his sheets in each hand. He realized that the once white sheets were chared black where he was holding. He was heavily breathing and looked panicked, Charon took a moment to calm down his breathing. After he was able to calm down his breathing he laid back on his bed, closed his eyes and thought about the dream. A few moments later he heard two of his teammates talking Those voices are the last thing I wanted to hear right now.

"Sorry,"

"It's fine... no harm done... Didn't expect to be dodging spears at this hour though."

As he hears the mention of dodging spears Charon's eyes shoot open just to see a spear above him"Glas... Why is there a spear in the wall?" Charon rubs his eyes as he sits up and asks "What time does class start at?" he says half awake.

@CriticalHit@lantgreen@Misumichan

[AlternateMan]

Bizz approached Flaxen step by step, flinching at every little move it made and stopping with every flinch. Eventually she was close to the avian creature, and stared into its eye for some time. Mustering up courage from deep inside herself, Bizz’s hand rose, shaking greatly, as it slowly floated towards Flaxen’s head. With a gulp, Bizz pet the bird’s head gently, her eyes closed. After the short petting session was over, she retrieved her hand and opened one eye slightly.
“Is my hand still there? Am I still alive?”
She said.

[LemonZest1337]

Sarah smiled as Bizz pet Flaxen, Bizz was fairly hesitant be she eventually got there. And this made Sarah very happy, she must really trust people, it's not that common for people to be able to pet Flaxen that easily. Sarah knows that she's an intimidating bird. Flaxen herself enjoyed the new contact, she was used to big rough Sarah hands. Bizz's comparatively smaller hands were a nice change of pace for her, so she chirped happily then began plucking her plumage.
"She likes you Bizz!"
Sarah said as she picked up her school bag
"I'll show you how to pick her up after class! And don't worry, I'm fairly sure she can't fly away with you."
Sarah didn't sound very confident about that last part. She had seen her bird lift a goat before. Sarah walked up to the door and opened it before looking back at Bizz and Lucas.
"You two ready to roll?"