Shiro tilted his head, Diamond shared some odd fear of water like Sapphire? He frowned, confused.
"Why would anyone be afraid of water?" He couldn't understand why anyone would have some 'phobia' related to water. After all, it was fun to swim and play it. Clean drinking water is a necessity to life and shoot, you
bathe and wash in it. He shook his head from side to side to also disagree with the idea of ever becoming an alcohol drinker. Seeing Diamond get up to leave, Shiro turned back to his meal and was just about to take another chomp when his ear twitched and he turned to see Diamond leaning towards him. He blinked as he listened intently to her words, but one could see the exact moment of when the content of what she had told him got to him. Immediately freezing up, his ears and tail perking straight up, he made a strange choking sound as his face instantly burned a deep, intense red.
"Wh-what the hell?!"Watching as Diamond walked away from him, his mouth hung agape in pure shock.
Shaking his head rapidly, he smacked the cheeks of his face a few times.
"No! Nonononononono! NO!Muttering to himself, he went back to assaulting his meal.
Mentally repeating his rejection of Diamond's words.
How morally corrupt.
How
wrong.Thankfully, his Scroll buzzed and vibrated in his pocket which distracted him from his meal along with his funny embarrassed feelings. Slipping it out, he smirked at Gren's response but frowned at Abel's. Tapping out a response;
From: Kuhaku Shiro
To: Abel Fulgerate @Lugubrious, Gren Orchid @Lucius Cypher
Subject: Good pizzerias?
"Ah, thanks Gren. You're the best. I was looking for a good place to order delivery from. Sorry Abel for the confusion. Didn't mean for it to sound like a suggestion for the team to go out. Maybe some other day though, for sure!"
After searching the named pizzeria by Gren online, Shiro put in his order through his mobile device. Once done, he locked his Scroll and pocketed it to return to finishing his meal in relative peace.
Kuhaku Shiro - Cafeteria>Armory>Practice Area
Thanks to his wonderful metabolism, his body was already hard at work burning away and digesting the piles of food he had consumed not so long ago. After his 'anger eating' session, Shiro as planned paid a trip to the Armory to once again check out his weapons Kladenets and Perun for some much needed steam-venting and practice. However, as he stood on the mushy rubbery pit of the 'ground fighting' section of the Practice Area, he wasn't expecting there to be such a strange sight. Namely, there was a peculiar bot that heavily resembled an Atlesian Knight present. Only key difference was that it looked beaten up as hell and much older, as if it were a prototype. Why it was there, Shiro had no idea. It just stood there, silent as it stared back at the faunus boy.
Blinking rapidly like he usually did whenever he was at a loss, he looked around him.
There was no one else present.
The bot was just...
there.Left unattended, Shiro wondered if it belonged to Beacon.
Leaning from side to side, he examined the bot from where he stood for any distinguishing marks and found one but not one that he recognized. The symbol was that of a wolf's head in a knight's helmet, with three different swords crossed behind it and some foreign script underneath it.
"Hmm. Well, that looks cool. But...whose is it?"Tapping at his chin,
hmmed as he puzzled over the origins of such a random bot.
At that moment, the bot sprung to life and powered up.
"Greetings, Mr. Kuhaku Shiro."The bot said, its voice a collection of both male and female voices. Both young and old.
It startled and disturbed Shiro so badly, the tiger boy actually jumped back a few feet into the air.
Flailing his arms as he landed on his bottom.
"Bwah! OOF-! Aww...Ow..."As Shiro sucked air through his teeth in pain, rubbing his bum, the bot approached the faunus boy.
"Are you quite alright, Mr. Kuhaku?"Frowning as he looked up at the bot, Shiro was a bit wary of the machine.
"Uh...Yeah, I'm okay. Who...No, what are you?"The bot snapped to the position of attention before giving its response to Shiro.
"I am a combat training android, Mr. Kuhaku! Designated code name: Bobbie! It's a pleasure to meet you."Frowning still, Shiro tilted his head at it as he scratched at his ears.
"H-how do you know my name?""I am currently linked with Beacon Academy's student roster! To provide more personalized interactions with individual students and to tailor customized training programs!"Shiro cocked an eyebrow at 'Bobbie'.
"Uhh...okay? How did you get here? Who do you belong to?""My serial number is currently leased out under Ms. Esther Vanhomrigh's authority for use as one of Beacon's training androids!"Shiro's face darkened as his heart sunk. He belonged to
her?"Uhh...c-...can anyone practice with you?""Absolutely, Mr. Kuhaku!"Standing up and dusting himself, he put his hands on his hips.
"So...I need to practice transitioning between my two different weapon modes. Do you have a training program for that?""Absolutely, Mr. Kuhaku!"Shiro sighed, chuckling nervously.
"Uhh, you don't need to do anything. But, could you just...stand there and evade or block my attacks?"Shiro wondered, that would provide more 'realistic' training if he had something to pound on.
"Absolutely, Mr. Kuhaku!"The bot stood still for a moment as it emitted a few whirs and beeps. After it was finished...doing whatever it was doing, the bot brought up its fists as it settled into a stance.
Shiro smirked as he affixed his shield to his left and drew his sword in his right hand.
"I have to warn you, I hit pretty hard."In an almost menacing tone, 'Bobbie' replied rather bluntly.
"So do I, Mr. Kuhaku."Shiro grinned, settling into his own battle stance.
"Sweet."