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The day had well and truly come. The students found themselves on a small helicopter, each and every one of them ready for their initation. Below awaited the Emerald Forest - the land where the future hunters would prove themselves, though, at the moment Kobalt simply wondered when they'd get down there. His assumption was that they would be dropped off into the forest - and eventually, he'd find out just how right - and how wrong - he was.
Ozpin began to explain the whole teams system, and how it worked within the initiation process. "Whoever you first make eye contact with will be your partner." Well, it was certainly a unique system to Kobalt, though he briefly wondered if that meant that people could just shield their eyes and not get partnered with someone. He thought someone would definitely try that, though he didn't care for this idea.
Along with that, it was explained that acquiring a relic would tie into the creation of one's team, an interesting - and vital part of information indeed. It seemed very strange to Kobalt, but he thought he understood it. Aside from that, Ozpin spoke a few more words of wisdom, before uttering something else of note. "Oh, and when I said a few minutes, I meant ten seconds ago."
Before this could even properly register in Kobalt's mind... almost instantly, the floor disappeared into the helicopter in a brief moment, and the same went for the chairs. Then, Kobalt found himself falling. '... Seriously?! They're just gonna drop us into this place like that...? Dammit, I didn't expect this at all...! But I ain't gonna complain. That's not what a true Zaffre does.' Fortunately, like the rest of the students, Kobalt was equipped with his weapon of choice before being dropped into the forest, significantly increasing the chances of his survival. 'Alright, gotta calm down and look for a way to get myself down. Well, without splattering myself onto the grass. That'd be a start.'
Unsurprisingly, the Emerald Forest lived up to its name, being full of large trees with leaves that were almost emerald in colour. A plan began to form in Kobalt's head, which made use of the capabilities of his Whip Gauntlets - the Twin Thunderbolts. With a quick motion of his left thumb, Kobalt activated the wrist launcher on his gauntlets, which quickly activated, firing forth a dark black cord towards a nearby tree. In short time, the cord latched itself into the tree - and with another hand motion, this time using his index finger, he pulled himself towards the cord, leaving him suspended against the tree. This quick motion led to his hat falling off his head, to which he sighed.
'Alright... from here, I can easily lower myself down.' Kobalt thought - and with a motion utilizing his ring finger, the cord began to retract, lowering Kobalt closer and closer to the ground. Eventually, he set foot onto the ground onto the green grass of the Emerald Forest, where he quickly headed over to his hat, placed it onto his head, and looked up at the helicopter above. 'Sure, I ain't winning any style points, but I'm alive.'
Kobalt dusted himself off, and looked around, yet all he could see was the deep forest that surrounded him. 'I'm supposed to be heading to the ruins, yeah? May as well start walking already.' Though, it was at this moment that he thought he'd heard something - like the sound of something crashing into well, something, far off in the distance. Kobalt didn't think about it too much, though, as he began the trek through the forests, the Twin Thunderbolts at the ready.
'... This is the right way, isn't it?'
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