[IC] Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

[Forsythe]

Diamond Frost - Gym

The headmaster recommended heading to the city, but after yesterday, Diamond felt little need to. Unless she got herself drunk, she didn't see anything in the city helping her in sorting her feelings out. At the very least though, she could distract herself from it and let it settle in for a while. Thus she found herself drawn to the gym, wanting to beat the guts out of some unlucky piece of equipment or an unfortunate bloke who'd volunteer for a spar.

It wasn't surprising that the place wasn't empty. Some faces were even familiar - she spotted the fox she fought in the first combat class and instantly felt like picking a fight, but after a few deep breaths she thought better of it. If anything the pup looked a little lost. Oh well. If rematch was bound to happen it would have to come to her.

After her warmups, Diamond found an unused sandbag and started beating it into the next Tuesday.

[Ookawa]

After a while, Skyra wasn't the only person in the gym anymore. Well, she noticed that fox-Faunus who looked like she was on cloud nine or something who apparently joined her in the gym almost immediately after she did. She made a mental note to talk to her after her workout.

She did more stretches to keep her flexibility up and then she bent down touching her feet with her whole hand unknowingly sticking her rear end towards the fox Faunus. After that stretch, she decided to call it a day and threw her towel over her shoulder and walked towards the fox Faunus.

"Hey!", Skyra called out and waved a hand in front of the fox's face. "What'cha doing here if you're not training?" She laid a slightly sweaty hand onto the Faunus' shoulder. "Heh, sorry. Sweaty and stuff. Hope that doesn't disturb you."

[KabenSaal]

Mokuren was spotted! How could this happen! Such a terrible happening made her oblivious to the arrival of Dimond - even though she had no rivalry with the girl, and didn't even really regocnize her - but it seemed the woman didn't mind to much about being seen. She even bent over and displaced her rump, as if teasing.

And then, just as Mokuren was trying to put two and two together and not come out with eighteen, the woman - a cat, it looked like from Mokuren's perspective - she started to speak, and then even put a hand on her shoulder. Mokuren turned bright red, like a beetroot, and started babbling incoherently. Fleeing started to sound like a great idea right now.

[Ookawa]

Skyra noticed the girl started to blabber and stutter and sputter and turn beet red. This caused Skyra to take a step back. What was wrong with her?
"Uhm... everything alright? Ya don't have to be scared of lil' old me. I'm just a regular girl, like you. See?" She waggled her ears.
Of course she wouldn't arrive at the thought that she had been staring at her and was flustered by that or something like that. Never in her life she had somebody actually stare at her, since her build wasn't necessarily something to gawk at, at least not until recently. It didn't really help that she was at least a head smaller than the fox-girl. Maybe even more.
Also... it confused Skyra that the fox-girl seemed to be ready to bolt at any moment.
"I'm...uh... Skyra Dawn. Who are you?"

[KabenSaal]

Mokuren stood stock still as the woman - Skyra, she introduced herself as - asked if she was alright. And stepped back, which was a welcome relief. As much as she loved the sccent of her, it was to much to be touching so soon.
"I....Mokuren" she managed, still locking down her legs so they couldn't hope to move, and thus not hope to flee. She was small, smaller than Mokuren had expected this scent to be attached to. But, She didn't care. The only problem would be how awkward it would be to explain why she was like this. Espeically since Mokuren herself didn't know.

[Ookawa]

Mokuren, eh? Skyra noticed her locked legs and her posture that seemed to be prone to flee. She also noticed that Mokuren seemed to sniff a lot.
"Oh, uhm... I'm sorry... do I smell bad?" Only now Skyra noticed actually how pretty the fox-girl was. At least for her taste, she guessed. In a way, she shrugged mentally. She obviously feels uncomfortable around me. I mean, who wouldn't. A small snicker, in no way unfriendly though, escaped her lips at that thought.

[Lucius Cypher]

Gren orchid

It was another routine morning. Get up, get washed, get breakfast for the team. And as much as he liked his meat, they need to eat greens too. So he prepared them a salad and procured a few bottles of dressing for the team to mix and match for their own pleasure. And if they were truly picky and must have some sort of protein for breakfast, Gren also made omelets. He didn't stay to eat however; there was a lot he had to do today. A package came in for Gren the day before which he had hidden from his team, and as soon as breakfast was finished Gren took that package and left. He headed strait towards the Armory to get his equipment, then towards the gym for some warm ups. He had a fight he needed to get to today, and he wanted to limber up before the big brawl.

At the gym Gren saw a few other students mingling around. He knew Mokuren, a faunas who had caught Shiro's eye, but the rest he was rather unfamiliar with. He's seen them before, but he just never caught their name. Regardless Gren started off with some stretches, followed by a few punches and kicks in the air. Gren didn't really kick high, but a lot of them seemed to be aimed towards crushing everything below the waist. After warm ups he started to maintenance The God Eater when he heard some familiar footsteps behind him. "You're here early. Eat your breakfast yet?"

[KabenSaal]

Mokuren tried her best not to melt, but it was hard. The gaze, was not unfriendly, and she wasn't brushed off without a care. But then, when Skyra made a comment about smelling bad, Moku lept into action.
"No! nonono! You...you, smell, good, actually. Nice" She blurted out, and then simply stood, waiting for the fallout to burn her to a cinder and leave nothing left but boots. Why boots, she didn't know, but they always seemed to survive, even when the feet inside them had been vaporized.

[Ryonara]

Ebon arrived to the gym with a note in his hand. He was sent a challenge and he was going to answer it. He knew who sent it to him and he didn't care why. He was still a bit sore from his last mission, but all in all nothing that would really weaken him. He saw his opponent as he called out to Ebon. he just continued to scowl. "I eat punks like you for breakfast." Be said to Gren Orchid. Taking The Kingdom off his back Ebon took a few steps back and got into a fighting stance with his shield ready to launch an armada of R-Types.

He didn't really notice Skyra talking to Mokuren in the distance. Ebon had a one-track mind to defeat his opponent, and then maybe go find other people to fight. Perhaps even go work on The Kingdom. He had a couple new ideas for R-Types he wanted to try to make, or at least upgrade the current fleet. He'll see what he needs to work on first after he finishes this fight.

[Lucius Cypher]

Gren Orchid

Chuckling Gren began to put The God Eater back together. "My my my my. So aggressive. You could at least buy me dinner first." Standing up while brandishing The God Eater in it's Terror form, Gren faced Ebon. He still showed his face and had not quiet yet gotten into battle mode. "Before we begin, are there any conditions or handicaps you'd like? A change in scenery perhaps? I doubt the school would let us fight anywhere willy-nilly, but since I challenged you I'll let you decide how and where we'd fight Within reason of course." Gren gave Ebon a big grin, eager to go against this little charred human. He hoped to give everyone else a good show too, since this was just practice before the big brawl.

[Ookawa]

Now it was Skyra's time to be flustered and embarrassed.
"I...uhm... eh... I... do...? That's... uh... the...uhm... first time... ever... that... somebody actually... complimented me... I don't care if it is just the smell..." A lone tear found its way out of her eye.
"Sorry... it's just..." She sighed and with that another tear escaped the other eye and travelled down her cheek before her hand wiped it away.
"Ever since I've been a kid, I've not been complimented for myself..."
Her knees were a little bit weak now as was the smile she cracked at Mokuren, but just a bit later, she shook her head violently and her stoically professional look returned to her face.

[Eklispe]

Krysthane yawned. She should probably get up and be active or something. Meh, maybe a walk about would be good. She lazily got dressed and began walking around slowly waking up when she heard the distinctive sound of boring Ebon saying something. About breakfast? Maybe he was serving people breakfast. She wanted breakfast, so she started moving slightly faster towards the source of the noise and found it to have originated from the gym. She entered and found it rather crowded, which made sense really but it looked like Ebon was getting into a fight for some reason. She eagerly found a wall to lean on and watched the scene unfold.

[KabenSaal]

Looking on at the way Skyra reacted, Mokuren saw that, in front of her, was a broken little Kitty. One that needed mending, much like the mending Mokuren never got. The tears where to much for Mokuren to handle, and so, throwing caution to the wind, she moved forward to envelop Skyra in a comforting hug.
"It'sok. I will compliment you a million times a day if I must. I can't abide seeing such a beautiful girl like you cry, or feel any sort of sadness. It will no do, and I shall not stand for it" Mokuren's tone was stern, as if telling off everyone who ever passede over complimenting Skyra, and even more strangely, telling off everyone who would, in the future, not compliment her.

[Ryonara]

"Here is fine. No outside help. Fight ends when one of our aura is in the red. No mercy, no surrender... Winner gets $500 Lien from the loser, and watch where you're aiming. Let's go!"

Ebon opened his attack by calling forth ten R-Types, all Arrowheads. He could tell from Gren's weapon that he had a lot of fire power, but Ebon doubt that Gren could shoot down individual R-Types if they were buzzing around him. But Ebon had to be careful too; Gren only needed to take him out to take out the R-Types. Which was why as soon as the R-types flew out to gun down Gren, Ebon hid behind his shield and got ready for the faunas to try to charge at him.

The ten R-Types split into three separate squadrons: One group of five, one group of three, and one pair. Even though they all had the same armament each squadron had a different purpose. Squad one, largest, would strafe around Gren and constantly harass him with gunfire. Squad two were the heavy hitters and would charge their shots for maximum damage. They would be used tactically, targeting things like Gren's weapon if he started to get an advantage on Ebon. The last two were auxiliary; just there in case Ebon needed them for something specific. They were all constantly moving and shooting, with Ebon controlling them to dodge if Gren does decide to try to thin them out.

[Forsythe]

@Eklispe

Of the two things happening in the gym that Diamond noticed in the corner of her vision, one was certainly interesting. The other just sent her mind back to dealing with problems with her own cat person, something she didn't want to deal with right this instance. Giving the bag a break, she disappeared for a moment in the hall in search of a vending machine.

Returning with a bag of chips just in time, she spotted another person that intended to watch the fight in the making. Standing next to the blonde woman, she nodded towards the two: "Care to place a bet?"

[Ryonara]

*Wrong forum, please ignore.*

[Ookawa]

At first Skyra was highly uncomfortable with the hug, but rather soon she enjoyed it, but when Mokuren spoke, she had to chuckle.
"That sounds so cheesy! Don't worry, I'll live." Still in the hug, Skyra started to smile, which was a change of sorts.
"You seem nice enough... how about we get out of this sticky gym to somewhere else? Lemme just change clothes, alright?"

Without really waiting for Mokuren's answer, Skyra moved to the locker room, had her quick little shower to get the sweat off her body and she changed into her casual clothes, a rather simple tee and a skater-girl-looking plaid skirt. She hoped, the fox-girl was still around when she came out of the changing room. She seemed interesting and different enough, not like the bitch-girls she really hated.

[KabenSaal]

Mokuren had not really thought beyond the moment - like everything she did that wasn't killing something - and so the hug was starting to get a bit awkward for some people, and Skyra was sweaty as well which menat it wasn't the most comfortable. But then, just before going off to the locker room, Skyra mentioned her comment being 'cheesy'. Of course, that send her mind reeling into totally different tangents, and wondering if the cantina had any cheese. And if it did, she then wondered what kinds of cheese it had. And then if Grimm could produce cheese. It sounded illogical, since the melted, but it could also happen.

So, Mokuren left the gym and headed to the cantina, not exactly forgetting about Skyra, but having her mind fixed on something that was percieved as more immidiately important, espeically considering Skyra was no longer physically present to hold the scattered neurons that made up Mokuren's paltry excuse for a brain. Cheese was important, and she would find out exactly what cheeses where stocked. There would be cheese for everyone, except the people that didn't like cheese, then there would be not-cheese for them. Not-cheese was like cheese, but it was not.
"How would a rope made of cheese work? Would it, or would it knot?" she muttered, scurring along the hallways, lost in thought of cheese and knots.

[Lucius Cypher]

Gren Orchid

Laughing heartily as his helmet formed over his head, Gren readied himself as he saw the little space ships fly towards him. "Ere we go!" Ebon sent out his ships at Gren and he knew his Friction Semblance was useless against flying things. He had hoped they were just going to crash into him but instead they started to fly around and pelt him with bullets. Initially he shrugged those off, but three of them started to charge their shots. Gren didn't want to know if he could take those, so he had to act quickly. Obviously going after Ebon would end this fight fast but Gren would still be outgunned and who knows how Ebon fights in melee. But Gren wasn't too afraid; he was certain that his armor and aura could withstand a steady barrage for a little while, and as long as he keeps moving those little ships won't be able to get a full slavvo on him.

Gren decided to try to close the distance and clear the area a bit with a rocket jump. Temporarily switching to the Destruction form Gren fired a rocket at the ground beneath him as he jumped, letting the explosion propel him through the air and hopefully take out a few of those ships. Gren aimed himself towards Ebon, bringing down The God Eater in it's Terror form. However he hasn't yet activated it and left it in it's prowling mode, that is to say Gren didn't activate The God Eater's chainsaw yet.

And while Gren managed to close the distance and clear the area out, he did hurt himself a bit. That explosion would have maimed or killed anyone else who wasn't as sturdy as Gren, and he was still a bit dizzy from the shockwave. He was operating out of instinct, which he at least took the time to hone over the course of his training.

[Ryonara]

Two of Ebon's R-Types got blown away by the explosion, one from Squad 1 and one from Squad 2. He wasn't too perturbed and considered it a success that the rest managed to get out unscathed. Gren closed the distance startlingly fast for someone his size but Ebon was ready for it. When Gren's weapon hit Ebon's shield he swung it to the side to parry Gren. Then, gripping one of the extra handles behind The Kingdom, Ebon slammed the corner of the shield right at Gren.

Mean while the R-types rallied together to maximize their firing power. Squad 3 split to replace the R-types lost from Squad 1 and 2 and continued to do their original purpose. Squad 1 flew in perpendicular of Ebon to bombard Gren with bullets. Squad 2 was starting to climb high into the air. When they would start to decent, they'd charge their shot so they could dive bomb Gren.