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《 R W B Y :: Grimm Adventures 》

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B E A C O N A C A D E M Y
T H E G R E A T H A L L
K I N G D O M O F V A L E

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The Fox Faunus silently observed the going-ons in the room from her comfortable sleeping bag. For the most part, things didn't really seem to change much, though there were a few characters that stood out to the girl. A couple of other Faunus had appeared and were hanging around the vicinity, a few of them striking up a conversation with each other. A couple of other quiet characters stuck out to her, characters that would likely fall under the radar to the rest. The boisterous attitudes and hefty helpings of bravado were only compensation, in Mei's eyes, for a lack of confidence. The ones that were really capable were already ready, no doubt, and didn't have to laugh off what was likely fear and trepidation. Mei shrugged and snuggled up in her sleeping bag. She was tempted to scare that one Wolf faunus again, just for fun (in Mei's mind, scaring somebody out of their mind was a fairly normal introduction), but she resisted and laid down in the bag. She would've probably gone to sleep then and there if it weren't for the obnoxiously loud squealing noise that soon filled the room.

Mei opened her eyes blearily at the source of the commotion to see four other Huntsmen-to-be surrounding a female Faunus. The four were wearing silk pajamas that oozed wealth, and one of them- a fairly tall, distinguished-looking young man with pale skin cropped black hair- was dangling the smaller Faunus by her tail a couple of inches from the ground. He laughed coldly as the girl squealed in pain, bobbing her centimeters from the floor like a human yo-yo. "What the hell sort of animal are you supposed to be?" he laughed as he swung the girl back and forth like a pendulum. It was clear the poor thing was on the verge of tears. This wasn't exactly a fantastic first-day welcome, to be fair.

One of the other lackeys, a blonde-haired boy of similar stature and fancy sleepwear spoke up. "Think she said she's some sort of kangaroo."

Briar laughed coolly, dropping the Kangaroo Faunus face-first onto the ground. "Freaks. Mother told me this was a prestigious institution, not a carnival show." He laughed snootily as his eyes scanned across the room, as if on a search for said freaks. His eyes locked onto Violet like he was a fighter drone that was homing in on his target. "Wow. Incredible. One could tell Professor Ozpin was gone just by taking a look at the student body. This is a school for Huntsmen, not a school for the disabled!" Briar, along with his other 3 goons, laughed alongside him as if he had just told the funniest joke in the world. "Are those arms made of tin or metal? Actually, we can find out!" Briar turned towards the darker-skinned youth. "Urq! Show her."

Urq nodded, raising his palm, and suddenly, Violet's metal arm detached and jerked towards him as it was pulled towards the magnet pole concentrated at the junior Huntsman's palm, flying into his outstretched palm. Briar continued to chuckle at the poor girl's great misfortune. "Let me get this straight- you expect to beat Grimm but you can't even beat a horseshoe magnet? Give me a break."

Mei was watching these goons with growing annoyance. She wasn't exactly what one would consider an upstanding citizen, but what was happening in front of her eyes was causing a great deal of discomfort for the girl. Stealing another person's arm crossed quite a few lines for her. And so, she reluctantly removed herself from her sleeping bag, wearily standing to face the group of elitist snobs that were now bullying the poor girl. She didn't have her weapon on her, as it was, along with the rest of her stuff, stored in a locker, but with Mei, anything was a weapon. She had grabbed a toothbrush from her toiletries and began to channel her Semblance into it, the thistles of the brush beginning to glow red hot as she crept silently around the room and prepared to face down with the bullies. It seemed most eyes were either closed asleep or right on the group of miscreants, so Mei quietly crept around behind them, preparing for an ambush (with a toothbrush). What a first day this was going to end up being.

Meanwhile, as the other bullies continued to laugh at Violet, Briar made sure to gave a smarmy wink over at Albedo, who was still cowering in the corner, and a flashy grin. First impressions were everything in this life, after all.

《 R W B Y :: Grimm Adventures 》

B E A C O N S T A F F

Headmaster Carlisle

Sterling Ashfield Carlisle was born and raised in Vale to a wealthy merchant family. Gifted with natural size and prodigy in fighting, Carlisle would go on to attend Beacon Academy and become a Huntsman. Known for his fearless battle prowess and gift with a sword, the knight was well-known for charging into hordes of Grimm alone and emerging unscathed. Despite that, he wasn't exactly known for his people skills: he abandoned his team after graduating Beacon, believing they would hold him back. He eventually reconciled with them after nearly being killed by a giant Nevermore, though Sterling is still known as a somewhat awkward, clumsy, occasionally bumbling fellow, as courageous and valiant as he may be.

Why Sterling was chosen to become the temporary Headmaster of Beacon is unknown- prior to his appointment to the new position, Carlisle had never taught a class at Beacon before outside of occasionally stopping by for a lecture when he was in the area. It is believed that his personal relationship with Ozpin was likely how he obtained the position, though that information is unknown.

Carlisle's semblance is Valor. This semblance dramatically amplifies the presence of positive energy, thus causing Grimm to be warded away from Carlisle and fear his might. His weapon, Divine Excaliber, is a massive broadsword with immense crushing power.

Azure Fleming

Professor Fleming is a professor at Beacon Academy and Headmaster Carlisle's right-hand woman. An incredibly gifted Huntress, Azure Fleming was a former teammate of Sterling's as a member of the prodigal Team SAND. After graduation, Azure would later return to work at Beacon as a professor. Expecting to be elevated to the position of Deputy Headmistress herself, Azure was disappointed when Sterling, an inexperienced professor, obtained the position himself, but still does her best to assist him in her capacity as a professor, though she is easily annoyed at his occasional bumbling nature. Professor Fleming is known as a disciplinarian and a tough instructor, having a reputation of over a decade of strictness and an expectation of high student achievement.

Azure's Semblance is called Constraint. Azure can fire a turqoise-colored energy from herself, powered by her aura, that wraps around and controls other people or objects. Azure can use this Semblance to "grab" other objects and move them around, and hold individuals still. Her weapon is a small floating sphere called Holy Grail that Azure can use to channel her power at a range with.

T E A M B L U D

Briar Lance

Briar Lance is a wealthy heir. A very, very wealthy heir. The Lance family is a line of Atlesian weapon designers that has accrued a massive amount of wealth in recent years for designing a number of useful military gadgets. Briar Lance was born into the lap of luxury, and was spoiled senseless. Cold, callous, elitist, and blatantly racist, Briar's goal of attending Beacon was simple- to get away from his parents and become the undisputed king of somewhere else.

Briar also brought along a number of friends/admirers that have pined to be a part of his team, because of his immense wealth, status, as well as competent status in fighting. To the wealthy men and women that make up his base of fans, Briar is a lovely, charming, handsome figure. To any working-class person, Faunus, or anybody that doesn't bow to him, he is a cruel, uncaring, ruthless bully.

Briar's Semblance is called Thorns. He can create, using his aura, ethereal thorns that he can use to grab his opponents or block attacks. These thorns can be amplified using Dust. Briar's weapon is an epee called Bending Barb. Briar is well-aware that Albedo Animus is attending Beacon Academy and is intending on forming a relationship with her. Forming a power couple would do well for his family reputation. He must have her!

Lemony Rickett

Briar's own personal henchgoon, Lemony is another Atlesian elite from a wealthy Atlesian family. It is difficult to ascertain whether or not Lemony has his own personality or not. It is believed that he has been friends with Briar since their earliest days, and followed Briar to Beacon just to be a part of his team.

Lemony's Semblance is called Slide. He can slide freely along any surface, limiting the frictional force that he comes into contact with. His weapon is a saber called Smooth Serenade.

Urqhardt Silver

Urq is another personal friend of Briar's from Atlas, from a wealthy family of engineers. Urqhardt is the quietest of the 4 Atlesian rapscallions, and although he tends to be the strong, silent, type, he has no problem going along with the mischief of the other 3.

Urq's Semblance is called Magnet Point, which allows him to create focal points of magnetism on his body or on nearby objects. His weapon is a battle hammer called Iron Grace.

Drongo Atwood

Dro Atwood is the final of the gang of four goons. He's just as wealthy, snobby, and asshole-ish as the other 3, so be wary. His family being of political origin, Dro is very anti-Faunus, and while all four of Team BLUD are not pro-Faunus, Dro is likely to be the first one to the scene of an anti-Faunus attack. And not on the defending side.

Dro's Semblance is called Killer Glare and allows him to briefly paralyze his opponents with his trademark ruthless stare. He wields two Dust-powered revolvers called Savior and Protector.

《 R W B Y :: Grimm Adventures 》

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B L E A K M O U N T A I N
L O C A T I O N: U N K N O W N

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"Another Ursa down."

The armored Huntress withdrew the tip of her halberd from the stomach of the Grimm bear, allowing the creature to collapse to the ground. The woman was tall and fit, wearing sparkling black-and-green armor and with a ponytail of emerald green hair. With professional grace, she spun around again, swinging her weapon in an arc and slamming the axehead into another charging Ursa. The creature howled as the huntress readied her weapon and plunged at the Grimm, slaying it with ease. As the smoldering black corpse of the creature fell to the ground, the woman slung her weapon over her back as she looked around her surroundings. She was at some sort of mountaintop facility, with small research huts scattered about the rock-covered craggs. The woman walked across the empty area, looking around, before she heard what sounded like footsteps. She turned around with a start, hand on her weapon, only to sigh and shake her head. "Yuke, you've got to stop just sneaking up on me like that."

Standing behind her was a short chipmanzee faunus with a long brown tail and dirty blonde hair, two pistols strapped at his waist. He smiled demurely. "You gotta stop being so paranoid, Jade," he fired back as looked around the area. "All clear here?"

"All clear," she repeated with a nod. "Dan and Ebony are out on the other side of the cliff. I haven't heard from them in a hot second, though."

"I bet I know what they're doin'," Yukon said with a teasing smile, before puckering his lips and making kissing noises. "Dan and Ebony, sittin' in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-..."

"We are Huntsmen and Huntresses now, Yukon. Not just students anymore," Jade said grumpily as she walked past a few large, jutting rocks. "We are on a very important mission. Headmaster Carlisle-"

"DEPUTY Headmaster Carlisle," Yukon interjected.

"Deputy Headmaster Carlisle has asked us to investigate this research station and rescue the scientists. We may very well be too late already, and your juvenile rhyming is not helping our cause."

"Jeez, alright," the Chimp Faunus said, continuing to step forwards. He narrowed his eyes. "You see that?"

Jade shook her head. Unlike the Faunus, she did not have night vision to see clearly through the dusk. "No. What are you referring to?"

"Some people." And with that, the Chimp Faunus began to rush forwards, Jade following in close pursuit. They approached what Yukon had pointed out before in utter shock. There, laying in some sort of strange array, were what appeared to be the clothes, gadgets, and items of the scientists. Lab equipment, lab coats, some weapons, food, all sorts of items a person in the mountain would want to carry with them. The two Huntsmen looked over the variety of discarded weapons and clothes, like some sort of lost and found, before Jade noticed something that sent shivers down her spine. There, sticking out of the ground, was a curved, ornate, cutlass. Jade gently grabbed the hilt of the weapon, pulling it from the ground. "Yuke, this is Dan's weapon. What's going-"

It was then that the two Beacon graduates were cut off by a ferocious, ear-splitting, blood-carling howl, as a massive dark shadow loomed over the Huntsman and then came bearing down upon them.

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B E A C O N A C A D E M Y
T H E L A N D I N G S
K I N G D O M O F V A L E

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"Finally."

The Faunus girl stepped down the ramp of the Bullhead transport ship, looking out over the docking bay positioned right at the edge of the massive cliff that overlooked the city of Vale. Mei had to admit, it was an impressive area. The sleek, silver-and-gray landing pads, the polished pathways, the dainty lights, and the massive, looming castle in the distance all added up to feel like a sort of fairy tale. Mei wasn't exactly the mushy type, but she did feel a sense of childlike wonder as she stepped foot onto the landing pads of the massive academy. It was at least somewhat exhilarating to be finally stepping foot into this new world. Not like that was something she would tell anybody, though. That would be a secret she kept clutched close to her chest.

Mei was dressed the part of a Huntress to be. The fox Faunus was wearing a scarlet red cloak with gold thread trim that hugged her figure. The back piece fluttered in the breeze and trailed down to her mid-thigh, which was itself covered in dark leather pants. Clipped at her waist was her weapon, sheathed in a compact form. She pulled behind her a large crimson suitcase that was filled to the brim with luggage and was very nearly bursting at the seams. Mei's eyes scoured the area. There was quite a diverse number of people present at the landing- humans, Faunus, all sorts, all as vibrant as ever. Still, they would likely be wittled down by the time the initiation came around. Mei had only heard stories about the difficulties of the initiation trial. They did not seem like an easy feat to accomplish.

As Mei looked over the area, a man pushing a luggage trolley wheeled his way over, offering with a dopey smile to take the girl's luggage. Mei gave her own warm smile back. "Oh, thank you," she gushed, wheeling the suitcase over to the man to load onto the small trolley before heading off to collect the bags of the other initiates. As he rolled away, Mei smiled, casually stuffing a handful of Lien into her breast pocket. It wasn't really her fault, anyway. Who left their wallet in their back pocket?

Now liberated of her heavy luggage, Mei walked along the brick pathway, her hands stuffed into her jacket pockets as she made her way towards the auditorium. The room was packed, the area beneath the stage surrounded by a herd of Huntsmen-to-be. Standing on stage was a man with windswept silver hair and a trimmed beard. He was wearing a suit, but not a business suit- a suit of armor. Heavy-looking, medieval armor, like something one would wear during the Great War. Massive, burly, steel pauldrons sat upon a massive glittering chestpiece, and he wore steel greaves as well. Strapped onto his back was a humongous sword that seemed so large, Mei doubted she could drag it, nevermind wield it. The man coughed into the microphone a few times, a shrieking noise resonating through the facility. Mei winced and plugged her ears as the man coughed once again, embarrassed, before speaking.

"Apologies for the noise...well, welcome to Beacon!" The man gave a weak chuckle. "I am Professor Carlisle. I am privileged to serve as the interim Headmaster of Beacon Academy. Professor Ozpin is currently...away. A man does need a vacation every so often, after all!" The new Headmaster gave a heartier chuckle this time. "But let's not fret over the past and look towards the future- your future here at Beacon. Beacon has trained many Huntsmen- those that fight against monsters, the creatures of Grimm, and combat any and all forms of evil across Remnant. Standing before me-" He raised a clenched fist. "-are the next generation of Huntsmen. At Beacon, we will be sure that you will grow in mind, body, and spirit, and become the best possible Huntsmen you can be." He looked over the crowd. "Yawns already, I see? Well fret not, I don't have very much more to say. Tomorrow is your initiation- your final test before you enter Beacon Academy. There, your partners, teams, and futures at Beacon will be forged in steel. So, I recommend getting a good night's sleep and a hearty supper, and I will see you all tomorrow!"

With that, Professor Carlisle stepped away and walked off, his steel greaves making a loud clattering noise with every step.

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B E A C O N A C A D E M Y
T H E G R E A T H A L L
K I N G D O M O F V A L E

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"Now that was a god damn meal."

Mei smirked in satisfaction as she sat down on her sleeping bag. She was wearing a crimson tank top and a pair of silver boxer shorts, her tresses of scarlet hair damp from her recent shower, her two fox ears proudly perked up atop her head, making no effort to hide her Faunus features. She could've put a bow atop her head or something to try and cover it up, but Mei found that to be a very stupid idea. Everybody would've known, anyway.

The Fox Faunus had taken Professor Carlisle's advice- perhaps the first time in a while that she had actually taken the advice of her senior. She had taken it, however, to the next level. Carlisle had recommended a "hearty supper-" and Mei had taken that to the next level. She ate like a rich king- and now, she felt stuffed. Ah, well. Mei would work off those calories during the initiation. It wasn't like she could possibly have jeopardized her performances. The Fox girl was confident she wouldn't be weeded out in the elimination. Just looking at her competition in the room rose her credence significantly. A bunch of guys that were standing around, flexing and wrestling, and hordes of gaggling girls. Mei hadn't seen too many Huntsmen before, outside of Carnelian, but this first impression wasn't exactly raising the bar very much.

Mei sighed as she snuggled up on top of her sleeping bag, an unamused expression plain on her face. Tomorrow was going to be a cakewalk, unless, by her horrible luck, Mei ended up getting matched with one of these baffoons.

《 R W B Y :: Grimm Adventures 》

Mei Hong-Hu

✴ 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝐵𝒶𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓈 ✴

✴ Full Name ✴
Mei Hong-Hu
_{Chinese pinyin for “Beautiful Red Fox”}

✴ Nickname/Alias ✴
n/a

✴ Age ✴
17

✴ Gender ✴
Female

✴ Race ✴
Faunus (Fox)

✴ Appearance ✴
Mei stands at a rather modest 5'7" with medium-long, scarlet hair. Outside of her flaming red hair, her most notable trait is her two fox ears that peek out from behind her red locks. Mei is exceptionally fit, with a very impressive musculature for her size, sex, and age. She has the rugged but lithe build of a gymnast. Mei weighs in the ballpark of 145 pounds. Her eyes are a cloudy light blue in color with a constant mischievous look to them. In terms of fashion, Mei doesn’t have any abnormal preferences in terms of her clothing. Her photograph above fairly accurately portrays her usual garb.

✴ Allusion ✴
Da Ji / Nine-Tailed Foxes
✴ 𝒫𝑒𝓇𝓈𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 ✴
✴ Personality ✴
Mei is a naturally mischievous person. In fact, mischievous is hardly the right word to describe her. She is downright felonious. Often described as a poster girl for the stereotypes of the Faunus race to the prejudiced or uniformed, Mei is incredibly impish, enjoying to tease, humiliate, prank, trick, jape, and vex others. She is inherently rebellious, rejecting the strict rules of authority in favor of her own rules of play, and is a magnet for any and all sorts of trouble.

Mei is very capable of deceit and is incredibly slippery herself, impossible to pin down physically and emotionally. She is very confident in her own abilities and is quite arrogant, flaunting her talents, abilities, and natural characteristics with impunity. Her attitude and nature often makes her somewhat difficult to get along with, though those that can to know her well will find she is loyal to those she considers friends, and though she is far too chaffing and prankish to ever be truly comfortable around, she will still be there to stand up for those she’s close with. In many ways, she’s a big-sister type personality: annoying, vexing, but there when you need her to be there. Though she often pushes her teasing nature a bit too far, at heart she isn't a malicious person, at least, not to those that haven't wronged her. Mei is immensely spiteful though, and she holds grudges for quite some time. She is a fun friend, but an atrocious enemy to have.

Mei has strong opinions, and is very upfront and bold about what she thinks. She holds no qualms with the White Fang, and while she isn't a member, she certainly believes them to be a superior moral authority to corporations like the Astor Dust Company or the Anima Group. She dislikes things that are associated with "elitism," and prides herself on being an everyday, normal person, not some sort of fancy-pants elite. Mei is very blunt and can often come across as condescending or straight-up mean- she is very frank with her opinions and doesn't often pull any punches. Mei is also not at all opposed to criminal activity or rule-breaking; in fact, she revels in going against authority, putting her toe as far over the line as she can. She is a wild person that loves to live on the edge.

✴ Likes ✴

• Thieving
• Pranks
• Vandalism
• The look of terror on somebody's face
• Candy
• The White Fang
• Drinking
• A fun party (usually involving drinking)

✴ Dislikes ✴

• The Aster Dust Corporation
• The Anima Group
• "Elites"/High Society
• Smarty-pants professors
• Really, any form of authority
• Dogs (She doesn't hate the dogs, but they seem to hate her. Especially guard dogs.)
• Being out in the open/being exposed/being caught
• Things she doesn't understand

✴ Motivation ✴
To maybe make something out of her time at Beacon.

✴ Bisexual ✴
Pansexual

✴ 𝐵𝒶𝒸𝓀𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 ✴

✴ Country of Origin ✴
Vale

✴ Brief Bio ✴
Perhaps Mei is not the kindest person, always relying on trickery, pranks, and deceit, yet the world has never been kind to her. Mei was the child of two other Fox faunus- her father was Fei Hong-Hu, a career criminal that had been in and out of jail for the better part of his life for a number of larcenies, robberies, and grand theft autos, all in the name of the White Fang. Mei's mother was Lin Hong-Hu, a young Faunus activist that fell in love with the dashing, handsome, charismatic, and gifted revolutionary. A night of passion lead to Mei's conception and birth, but Lin would never live to become a mother, dying of complications from childbirth soon after Mei was born. The child was handed off to Fei, who did agree to raise Mei. Fei wasn't exactly the most doting father figure on the planet- Mei in her early years was baggage, and as she grew up Fei was much more like a comrade to the young girl than a father. That being said, the girl looked up to her dad.

The two lived a life on the run, living in poverty as they traveled about the continent. When Mei was 7 she was taught by her father how to steal and, a year later, how to crack safes. Mei clearly had light fingers; a characteristic shared by her father, who was at the time engaging in a number of heists and raids against what he and the White Fang viewed as institutions that had systematically oppressed him and his kind.

Their biggest raid yet was on a massive Dust depository belonging to the Anima Group. Fei, his daughter, and 5 other gifted Faunus criminals burrowed their way inside and either destroyed or stole millions of credits worth of dust. They almost failed if it were not for the young Mei's semblance revealing itself in their time of peril. She melted through a steel door and was able to help the crew escape. The gang of White Fang members (plus one, mostly innocent girl) was elated. The company was not. Less than a week later, Fei was shot dead leaving his house. The case remains cold to this day, with authorities unwilling to investigate, perhaps because Fei was somebody that was suspected of being on the other side of the barrel, or perhaps because of a few well-placed bribes.

Either way, Mei was now truly alone. The one person she could rely on, look up to- he was gone. She began to steal to get by, living on the streets or in motel rooms when she could. Now that she was no longer a little girl standing next to a hulking mammoth of a feared criminal, but was just some Faunus girl, she began to feel the true indifference of most of the people around her. It was unpleasant, to say the least. Mei resorted to pickpocketing and small-scale larcenies, occasionally taking small mementos from her targets as souvenirs from her past exploits. As she got better, so did her targets, but she would always manage to outfox them. She was good, and she began to think very highly of herself. Nobody would ever catch her.

They eventually did. Karma would come back to bite her after Mei invaded the home of a Huntsman named Carnelian Duff, a Beacon graduate and Honey Badger faunus. It was not so much the heist that was the problem, but Mei's greed- she snatched the man's weapon as he slept and made away with it along with a hefty heaping of cash. Mei was about to learn not to mess with a Huntsman and his weapon. Carnelian tracked Mei down and moved to apprehend her. He succeeded- but it was not without a fight. Mei was naturally gifted as a fighter, and she had developed her Semblance significantly after the trauma of losing her father. She gave Carnelian a few good licks before the foxy teen was finally pinned down. It could have been off to the slammer from there, and the story of Mei Hong-Hu would've been just about over, but Carnelian instead brought Mei back to his house, sat her down, and listened to her- something that nobody had ever done in her life. He then (after getting his money back) offered to give her a couple lessons on combat, and encouraged her to apply to Beacon. Mei would have refused on any other day, but whether that was because of the imminent threat of jail or because of a strange commitment she felt to the man that had given her a second chance, Mei submitted an application and passed her exams with no difficulty with some difficulty. A new life for her from Beacon awaits.

✴ 𝒞𝑜𝓂𝒷𝒶𝓉 ✴

✴ Weapon ✴

Wicked Spirit

A three-section staff connected to a scythe head.

✴ Semblance ✴
Mei's Semblance is called Agony. Mei can channel her aura into intense heat, that she can channel through her body and through objects that she is in contact with. Items that are heated with Agony have their cutting ability increased dramatically, and leave a scorching, red-hot unhealing wound on objects or beings that are cut. Wounds that are inflicted with Agony on other humans take longer to heal, and also, as the name suggests, causes a constant, disorienting, searing pain to the victim. Mei can use more of her aura to intensify Agony, able to amplify the effects, with a faint glowing fox tail of aura growing for each level. At the base level, Mei's inflicted wounds cause a minor burning sensation, while at the maximum level of 9 tails, Mei can rip cleanly through almost any substance, but rapidly loses power as a result.

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Apply now or forever hold your peace.

《 R W B Y :: Grimm Adventures 》

That one spot still remains open!

《 R W B Y :: Grimm Adventures 》

Currently have one available spot.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

I want to join this. @Hitman,can you PM me when a spot opens?

@DraconiWarlord

You can join right away if you want!

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I'll join, if there's any slots left.

@Jing

Congratulations! A spot has opened up. Feel free to think up a character, and also pop into the Discord if you have time! :)

EDIT: Any other people reading this, feel free to DM me if you're interested so in the case that another spot is to open up, I can reach you quickly and help make a transition smoother.

《 H. E. R. O. 》

"Oof!" Kat yelped as she was thrown to the ground, hitting the carpets with a thunk. Her head shot around to glare at the offending person. Her eyes landed upon Patricia, and a flicker of realization visibly shot through her eyes, her jaw slacking and eyebrows narrowing as she recognized the other girl. Evidently, the villainess was not as dumb as Patricia thought she was, or at least, not as dumb as Patricia had hoped she would be.

Kat was certainly unpredictable, the type of person that could either envelope Patricia in a friendly hug or turn her lungs into goop in a split second. However, she would never get the chance to do either, as before she could even make a move, the entire ship shook with a jolt, like it had been bludgeoned by something. Kat was immediately thrown into the wall by the force of the impact as the boat rocked, and just as she managed to stagger back to her feet the boat rocked once more, sending the teen back to the floor again. Sirens vaguely sounded in the distance as the sounds of footsteps and rushing water echoed through the hallways. The last things that Kat remembered was the loud sound of metal hitting rock, and a man in a long black cloak standing above her, before she felt something hit her in the back of the head, and everything went black.

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"Mmmrgh..."

The petite villainess did not feel good when she woke up. Surprisingly, this was normal. Ironically, the powers that gifted her with the ability to bring illness wherever she went also had the adverse affect of making her own immune system weaker than usual, and as such Kat was somewhat used to the grips of illness. This felt different, though, like something was leeching off her power. As she sat up, she saw the exact source of this draining sensation- a silver bracelet locked around her left wrist with a faint blue liquid glowing inside. Isolene. This bracelet was connected to a chain that led to another bracelet, that was connected around the wrist of another girl. Kat blinked as she saw who it was. "Oh, shit."

Kat’s brain kicked back into action as she slowly absorbed her surroundings, and the more she observed, the less she appreciated where she was. She was chained to Patricia inside what appeared to be a cage, with hardly enough room for the two of them inside. They were on an island, a ways away from Castleburg, most likely, and they appeared to be in the center of a small settlement. Small wooden huts surrounded the cage in a circle, with a few men walking from hut to hut, carrying large sacks of God-knows-what with them. A few of them would take passing glances at the two captives as they walked around to do whatever (likely criminal) activity they were doing.

Kat hated this. She had not been permitted to engage in an operation solo since the disaster at the Gugliano mansion, and now, here she was, abducted by some pathetic villainous group and bound to a hero. This was the definition of “failure,” quite nearly. Still, this operation would have to be redeemed somehow, and to do so, Kat would have to collaborate with the person she was stuck in this godforsaken jail cell with. And so, Kat tugged on the chain connected to her wrist. "Patricia. Wake up. Now.."

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Meanwhile, the rest of the unfortunate ship was quite literally on the rocks. The criminal ship had somehow been knocked ashore by some mysterious force, and was currently crashed aboard some rocks. Most of its occupants were unconscious or barely conscious from the impact, the attack having clearly been entirely unanticipated. A group of men, wearing tattered robes and cloaks and wielding weapons, were approaching the ship, speaking to each other about plundering and finding gold. Four of these scavengers walked aboard the ship, making their way through the battered hallways of the ship, looking for anything- or anyone- they could find.

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"Fighting? How primitive." Andromeda rolled her eyes as Tom grabbed a chair, before making a sweeping gesture with her hand. One of her guards was thrown in front of the chair like a ragdoll, being smacked into the wall like Tom was hitting a baseball before sliding to the floor. Andromeda then stepped forwards. "Well, at your insistence, I suppose you've forced me to demonstrate just a smidgen of my actual power. So be it, then."

The young woman raised both hands into the air, as if conducting an orchestra, and then something happened. Tom would feel his powers almost got stripped away, as if they had become useless in a split second, and then a moment later, everything became heavy. The gravity in the room surged to levels that Tom could only dream of, the downward force becoming tremendous as the other guards, who were prepared to just shoot Tom, had fallen to the ground as if Andromeda had just shoved them to the floor. Andromeda smirked as the intense gravity surged, the walls of the room even buckling in from this show of strength. "Abandoned by your so-called 'date' and 'friends,' it seems. This is an important lesson that you have to learn in life. You can't trust friends or lovers. Those around you are either tools or opponents. You use the tools, and you crush your opponents. Unfortunately for you, you clearly haven't picked up on that one yet, Spacewalker."

Andromeda tilted her head, the immense gravitational force still pinning the other individuals in the room to the floor. "Although, now, I suppose you're less 'Spacewalker' and more 'Spacekneeler.' Hah. Do you yield yet, Spacewalker? Or do you need a few more moments of utter humiliation before you decide? I can send you right to the center of the Earth, if you'd like. I've heard it's nice and toasty down there."

@KaijuBaragon

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