[OOC] Heroes of Beacon - the Next Chapter

[Abillioncats]

@Guess Who

Holy flypaper batman!

[Crimmy]

Hello.

@Onarax and I have completed our profiles for Haven exchange students. Came up with Team VGNB (Vignoble), though us two are playing Letter G and Letter N. The other two are open to interpretation, though we've imagined them to follow the wine and cheese theme that our characters names are derived from. Anyway, hopefully these two fellas are acceptable to your tastes.

Gratia Mindaro

Name: Gratia Mindaro
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Race: Human

Weapon: Unlike the majority of Hunters that dwell the broken world of Remnant, Gratia wields two, separate and completely distinct weapons due to her poverty, which has prevented her from obtaining more advanced weaponry. She wields a dull, grey mameluke sabre named Valens, furnished simply with the imprint of her emblem on its hilt. It is utilised alongside her other weapon, an automatic carbine named Valentinian, black and silver and also light enough to be used with one hand.

Specialty: Capable of dealing with enemies both in close combat and mid-range, Gratia’s role on Team VGNB (Vignoble) is to draw the attention of Grimm as she cuts swathes through their ranks in her berserk rage. As such, she is quite the durable warrior, and if time passes, she will only grow stronger as her semblance drains away at the energies of her enemies, making her perfect for her position as the ‘tank’ of the team.

Semblance: Bibere Vinum - Gratia’s lust for battle and power is translated into a semblance that allows her to drain the aura of others in order to strengthen her own physical abilities. In particular, her speed, strength, and endurance. The effects compound over time, and thus while they aren’t too noticeable in the first few minutes of combat, the longer one fights her and the closer they are in proximity, the stronger Gratia gets.

Personality: At first glance, Gratia appears to be quite a solemn figure, impassive and quiet in the majority of situations. Restraint seems to come easily to her, and there is an aura of professionalism that permeates her every action. It would be obvious, then, to assume that she is a rather serious person, one who devotes her very being to work and believes that everything else is a waste of time. In actuality, this is mostly inaccurate. When she speaks it is generally to insult others, particularly her aggravating teammate Napoli, and her speech is peppered with gratuitous swearing.

She is extremely sarcastic and is quick to point out when a situation does not strike her as favourable. She is also rather arrogant and has a haughty sense of pride that dictates her actions. If someone starts annoying her, her impassive aura is quick to drop and Gratia will instead begin with a spewing out insults. However, she is not entirely horrible, being actually fairly kind to those who she deems as respect worthy and more importantly, not annoying. While she is quiet still, she is more than willing to offer them a helping hand on assignments and other problems.

In addition, Gratia possesses a strong sense of loyalty to her loved ones. If you piss her off or take advantage of her friends she will make your life a living hell. Of course, do what you want to her annoying teammates, especially Napoli, she’ll only save them at the last minute when they're about to die. And you're not allowed to kill them. She gets to when they screw up.

When in combat, her normally solemn personality completely disappears, replaced by a crazed bloodlust that seems to consume her entire being (and probably those poor Grimm that she'll murder). In this state, it can be quite surprising to listen to her cackle loudly like a hyena as she terrorises her enemies.

Color: Chartreuse Green

Emblem: Gratia’s emblem has a certain religious flair to it, with a solid sabre sitting upon a champagne bottle, which is a chartreuse green to contrast the black and grey of the sabre and background.

Appearance:

Standing at a height of one point seven five metres, Gratia is relatively tall for most girls her age, a trait that is magnified by her rock solid posture. With long, flowing brown-black hair, onyx eyes and a well-defined face (though usually seen bland or scowling), and an athletic build, she can be described as rather attractive (though her compatriot-in-arms would argue the opposite), but few dare comment on her appearance in case she takes offence.

Due to her status as a student from Haven, she dons the snazzy uniform of her “beloved” school when attending class, completely unmodified and always super tidy (it comes at a surprise that to many that she is willing to wear the skirt). When outside of class however, she can always be seen with her signature black turtleneck, brown jeans and her green winter coat, which she is highly possessive of (and possibly willing to murder for, though that’s a rumour). As a music aficionado, she frequently wears headphones in order to enjoy her smooth jazz and drown out the incessant chatter of her fellows and her teammates in particular.

[Onarax]

Finished the profile.

Napoli Fiordilatte

Name: Napoli Fiordilatte

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Weapon: Napoli’s primary weapon is an elegant rapier named Mercutio. It is a rapier with a swept hilt design, and made out of a gleaming silver metal. Mercutio is most often used in tandem with Napoli’s other weapon Arsene. In contrast to Mercutio, Arsene is a traditional short sword breaker capable of transforming into a pistol. Like most sword breakers, one side of Arsene possesses numerous notches capable of catching blades. The other side is bladed and thus capable of acting as a typical dagger. The pistol mode fires standard dust rounds loaded via a magazine into the cross guard.

The final trick of Mercutio and Arsene is their ability to combine into Scapino, a sniper. Scapino is a long bolt-action sniper that allows for Napoli to perform in his primary role as long ranged support. Scapino is comprised of Arsene utilizing the longer Mercutio as a barrel, and fires high caliber armor piercing dust rounds.

Specialty: Napoli primarily acts as the long ranged sniper for Team VGNB (Vignoble), lending them support from a distance. It is not unusual to see Napoli lying in the grass as he takes out enemies currently engaged with his fellow teammates. His position as a sniper though, does rob Napoli of defensive capabilities.

However while he may act primarily as a sniper, Napoli is no slacker when it comes to close ranged combat. Mercutio and Arsene allow Napoli to function extremely well as a duelist that prefers to stay light on his feet, almost dancing around the opponent. As a duelist, Napoli is best suited for one on one combat, as his weapons don’t lend themselves to well to dealing with multiple enemies. Like most duelists, Napoli’s attacks make sure to take advantage of weaknesses in his opponent’s guard, and he’ll use Arsene to create openings by intercepting attacks.

Semblance: Azioni Volanti - Napoli’s semblance is all about redirection, just as his jokes can be infuriating and take advantage of his opponent, so too does his power. Essentially, it allows Napoli to use his aura to guide objects. For instance he can curve the path his own bullets thereby enabling him to make otherwise impossible shots, but he is also capable of curving flight paths of opponent’s bullets. In doing so, Napoli allows for many more near misses on his own person.

However Napoli is not limited to just bullets, and is capable of causing swords and other weapons to just barely miss him by the use of his semblance. However the larger the object, the more it eats up his aura to use his power, thus forcing Napoli to rely primarily on his own dodging abilities. Manipulating a sword strike for instance, could take up a good quarter of Napoli’s aura, and the semblance itself is most effective when it comes to minor redirections. Thus while near misses may not take up too much of his aura, causing a dead on attack from a sword to completely miss would generally fall outside the range of Napoli’s abilities.

Azioni Volanti therefore acts as an extension of Napoli’s own dodging abilities, and is best utilized for dodging attacks that would have barely scraped him in the first place. In addition, due to the power eating up his aura, Napoli’s natural defense is often quite lower than that of his peers. Ultimately while powerful, it is a skill best used sparingly for its tendency to severely weaken Napoli.

Personality: Napoli is a jokester, often amusing himself at the expense of others. In particular he loves mocking opponents in combat, and thus often infuriates his opponents and even his teammates with the dumb comments he is constantly making. Napoli views life as a game, preferring to enjoy himself with his jokes and taunts rather than worry about some of the deeper intricacies and busy work of life. As such he often comes across as rather laid back and casual in day to day conversations.

Napoli is also rather outgoing, quick to drag others into conversation and offer a helping hand to those in need. So that he can then follow up with some dumb joke. It is not uncommon to see Napoli snarking about the situations he ends up in, because while may be a little outgoing, he is still a relatively normal guy. For the most part, Napoli is just an amiable bloke who bickers constantly with his irksome teammate Gratia. However, when Napoli is extremely angered he falls deathly quiet in a rather unnerving fashion. Suffice to say, such a state has only been achieved a few times in Napoli’s life.

Color: Naples Yellow

Emblem: A black swept-hilt rapier facing downwards contained within a naples yellow spade.

Appearance:

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Standing just over 6 feet, Napoli is fairly tall and walks with a rather lax posture. He appears to possess a perpetual grin plastered across his face, and is commonly seen wearing a brown leather vest over a yellow shirt. His rugged black pants have obviously seen much use, and are accompanied by equally worn down brown boots. In addition, Napoli likes to wear brown leather gloves to keep his hands clean. Obviously while in class, Napoli wears the Haven Uniform, although he leaves the jacket unbuttoned.

[KabenSaal]

Posted the next part of the underground casino mission. Even left something for Mokuren to do since she's gone and left her teammates behind, @KabenSaal.

@Guess Who

Instead of....fighting Mr. OP some more?

[Ookawa]

*Shudders* A Faunus who eats humans... if Skyra finds that out... oh boy. She's gonna be pissed.

[harinezumikouken]

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Well they're certainly more friend-like than Sapphire's been with anyone else at Beacon, including her own team.

@Prince of Seraphs

>_>

[KabenSaal]

*Shudders* A Faunus who eats humans... if Skyra finds that out... oh boy. She's gonna be pissed.

@PyroDash888

She eats everyone who drops out of this Rp.

[Lugubrious]

Both of those characters are good. Transmute them to the appropriate tab at your leisure.

[Crimmy]

Thank you. Now that I've placed Gratia in the characters tab, and Onarax likely will do the same rather soon, where and when exactly can we pop in?

[Sho Minazuki]

Luke has permit to unleash hell.

[Ookawa]

I do wish things would move faster for my mission ;-;
I have an insatiable desire for RP-goodness. And not reading RP stuff... but actually writing this thing.

[Lugubrious]

Thank you. Now that I've placed Gratia in the characters tab, and Onarax likely will do the same rather soon, where and when exactly can we pop in?

@Crimmy

I'll have one of the teachers introduce you in my next post.

[Abillioncats]

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I'll have one of the teachers introduce you in my next post.

@Lugubrious

Think Emerald could get introduced as arriving at the school too?

[MULTI_MEDIA_MAN]

I do wish things would move faster for my mission ;-;
I have an insatiable desire for RP-goodness. And not reading RP stuff... but actually writing this thing.

@PyroDash888

*Glares*

[Ookawa]

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*Glares*

@MULTI_MEDIA_MAN

What? *cowers a bit*

[MULTI_MEDIA_MAN]

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What? *cowers a bit*

@PyroDash888

We are kindred spirits. Give it patience, friendo.

[Lugubrious]

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Think Emerald could get introduced as arriving at the school too?

@Abillioncats

Sure, no problem.

[Abillioncats]

@Lugubrious

Thankies. <3

[Ookawa]

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We are kindred spirits. Give it patience, friendo.

@MULTI_MEDIA_MAN

Ah, yeah, true. ^.^
I am of the waitings.

[HereComesTheSnow]

All kinds of hell has been given.