A disturbance spread through the room as the pair of doors that acted as the entrance to the Orientation room opened to reveal two aging figures. The first was a greying man in rather formal attire, with a red overcoat hanging loosely before his white undercoat. If one were to look closely, they would see a lion's tail protruding from the back of the man's dark trousers. The second figure appeared to be a brown haired man in his late thirties. Unlike the first figure, the second wore a rather plain looking black vest and brown cargo shorts. Poking up from the man's crown were two brown dog ears. "Excuse me." The first figure said meekly as the two pushed their way to the front of the room. When they arrived the greying figure accepted a microphone from an attendant before addressing the crowd. "Will everyone come to order and quiet down now, please?" He asked as he began to gaze through the crowd.
A Haven in more ways than one (RWBY RP Thread)
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Asa's ears feel slightly "... this is exactly what I mean" he said backing up slightly "Well, whatever! You chose your fate Greyhound." Asa said as he puffed out his lips and folded his arms, looking down at the ground "Bully..." Asa said under his breath before smiling in secret. Looking back up his irritated face reappeared "Names Asa... nice-" well, it really wan't nice to meet him "Well, it's been interesting to meet you" he said looking away, his looked frustrated but hurt at the same time, not that he figured the wolf would care, that's the thing about being the big bad wolf isn't it? Hearing a voice call out from the stage for everyone's attention Asa's eyes snapped over, dew breaking off from them in the quickness of the snap, they drew in his attention quickly before he raised a brow at them "Uhhh... these two?" his ears flicked "Are who?"
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Trax sighed with annoyance before turning his attention to the front, Stryker smiled with delight, “Ah yes, the older Gentleman is none other than Leonardo Lionheart, Headmaster of Haven Academy. I’m not quite sure who the other Man is however.” He finished curiously, holding his chin in thought.
Ceasar and Ally stood up simultaneously, and began walking closer to get a better view, interested in what was going to be said by the Headmaster.
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His words seed wary in his attempt to keep his composure, but Dentelle would not push on any help if the male did not want any. The words of the captain had calmed any of the nerves left inside her as the plane would be landing shortly. Turning her attention back to the male he had asked what she was doing in quite an indifferent tone. While this lack of formality or even a thank you had struck Den as odd she had to remember that not everyone had grown up in a strict household like she had. "Nobody else had come over to ask, did they?" It was a snarky remark to his indifferent tone. Normally the female would have kept her thoughts to herself, but other's manners were something she did not take lightly. Thinking about her situation the female calmed herself down again. "I figure we should get names out of the way, I'm Dentelle Antiek, it's a pleasure to meet you." Okay, maybe not so much in that last part she had meant all the way, but again it was like an automated response almost.
Gwyn was bursting with joy on this sunny day, a bright smile across the pale boy's face. He was finally here after so long. His creators had wished him an early farewell this morning and here he had arrived. He had never been around so many people at once, but it was all a thrill for him. Making his way towards the open hall Gwyn had spotted numerous amounts of different colors, of all the sort that had drawn his attention. The one in particular who had grasped his thoughts was a bright orange. The figure appeared to be laughing and bickering among a small group with two others. They all looked interesting, but maybe he could talk to them later. Right now what had drawn his attention was the figure who had started to speak up towards the crowd.
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"Hello and welcome to Haven academy." The greying figure said after waiting for the room to become quiet. The greying figure had a slight quiver to his voice, hinting at some degree of stage fright. "We are still waiting for another group of students to arrive, but while we wait let me introduce myself as well as my friend here." He said with a glance towards the dog Faunus who seemed rather bored with the entire situation. "My name is Leonardo Lionheart, Headmaster of Haven, and this is my Deputy; Hideo Toto." Toto bowed upon hearing his name and grinned, revealing rather long canine teeth. "All of us here at Haven are very excited that you haven chosen us to teach you the ways of a hunter, and we look forwards to this upcoming year that we will spend together." Lionheart offered a halfhearted smile before turning to Toto. "Deputy Toto will take over now, if you have any questions or needs of me, I will be in my office." With that, Lionheart fled through the exit door as if he expected a bomb to go off, several of the more light hearted attendents followed in haste after one screamed "Wait up, I know a short cut!" before leaping through a window. "Hello ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls!" Toto exclaimed as he seized the microphone from a rather scared attendant, as he hadn't adjusted the settings of the microphone, the speakers rang fiercely. The students near the speakers covered their ears from the pain of the speakers ringing and groaned collectively. "If you would please leave your baggage here in this room, it will be collected later and distributed to your team dorms, but for now if you would follow me we can begin initi- I mean the tour!" Toto grinned rather savagely, his brown eyes seemed eerily similar to those of an excited puppy who had just received a new toy, one which the puppy would enjoy tearing apart.
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Arany's eyes narrowed at the girl's response and he frowned, She must not be from around here. Arany thought, the announcement of their imminent arrival helping to calm him greatly. "Arany Vasilias." He responded after a moment of pause as he considered exactly how this meeting had been pleasant in any way. Before he could question this, the airship touched down on a landing pad with a soft thump and passengers began to mill about as they gathered their gear to disembark. Arany pulled himself to his feet and recovered his baggage, a backpack as well as a small duffle bag from which he produced a golden hued sword and sheath, which he attached to his left hip. "So, where ya from?" He asked, trying to make small talk as he shouldered his backpack, glancing wearily out the window as passengers began to file out of the craft. Amongst this group he caught sight of a grey haired girl struggling to lift a large duffle bag as she headed for the orientation room.
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Trax and Stryker exchanged a glance of minor concern, not particularly liking Deputy Toto's expression and odd choice of words. Ceasar and Ally expressed faces of mild unease, they'd seen this type of behavior in each other, right before committing horrible pranks.
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Also, I don't know why I keep forgetting to say this but Asa looks great CHA, Each time I was about to say it I either missed it or forgot to because I was working on other things.
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"Leonardo... lionheart?" Asa said as hopped up trying to get a good view of the announcers whole body between the humans other Faunus ahead of him "Noble name, least sounds like it." his interested was flattened, obviously not seeming to be much of a fan of speeches as it slowed him down too much, however it did seem short and sweet as they were directed to begin a tour "Thank you!" he said in sulking relief, he sighed and caught his breath, maybe he should have put his supplies down at first.
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Wither continued to take small peeks at the boy in his struggle before she felt the cabin shake in a landing, causing her to bring her hands up to her chest in a brace. Finally feeling steady again she began to back away from the woman to avoid from seeming to have intruded on the two of them and grabbed her backpack from the corner of the room, giving it a small tug as it was stuck down in the corner by her own means. She looked back at the two, still watching them though of and on looking away.
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Nichole sighed contently as she gazed around at the Haven campus. The young apple trees that lined the main walkway were coated in flowers, giving the entire campus the illusion of being trapped in an eternal spring. The view provided from the mountain top was also phenomenal, allowing a view of the entirety of the city of Mistral as well as the surrounding hills and country side. It was beautiful. Nichole reached for the door handle to enter the main building that housed the Orientation room before feeling a sudden and sharp pain down the entire front of her body.
Toto grinned as he kicked open the door of the main building, hearing a startled yelp after he did so and a groan of pain. "Up you go!" He said gleefully as he pulled the startled girl up from the ground, her aura seemed to absorb the damage done but it would still hurt like hell for a few minutes. "This way my pretties!" He said before marching around the campus, pointing out the various buildings. "That one over there is the Dorm, over there the one with the low roof is the dining hall, and that ridiculously large one at the very peak is the former royal palace of Mistral." The Faunus gestured up towards a rather ornate looking building. Toto eventually led the group back to the landing pad area where he gestured towards the landed craft for the remaining students to join them. "While we wait, who can tell me what the kingdom of Mistral is famous for?" He asked the group of students gathered around him.
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"Pardon me Miss, are you alright?" The voice was directed at the girl who had been knocked down by Deputy Toto, the cool yet smooth tone came from a tall boy with piercing blue eyes and dark grey hair, behind him stood an even taller boy who looked every bit as strong as he appeared.
Ally frowned at being asked a question, and not knowing anything about the subject, instead she scoffed and looked away. Ceasar scratched his chin in thought, then came to a conclusion, "The Scenery." He said cockily as he put on a sly grin and eyed a group of girls next to him, who returned awkward smiles.
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Nichole glanced at the boy who had spoken to her, a Faunus by the looks of him, and not necessarily an unattractive one. "Yea, he just caught me by suprise." She explained with a soft smile, brushing a strand of her hair behind her ear. "I'm Nichole Grey."
Toto sighed and rubbed his temples as Caesar's cries were echoed by several other guesses such as and not limited to: ' Sheeptar the Sheep King.' Since Caesar's guess was the only one evenly remotely reasonable, he'd answer. "No, not quite, but it is certainly a good guess." He sighed and glanced around the crowd. "Any one else? Here's a hint; movement of money." He said before glancing at a group of boys. "And I swear to god if I hear one more mention of this 'Sheeptar' you'll spend the next twenty four hours looking for him!"
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"A pleasure, my name is Nameless Trax, but you can just call me Trax." Trax told her with a slight friendly smile, next to him, the taller boy eyed Trax with a devious grin before stepping away.
"I believe it would be her Trade and Commerce." Stryker spoke up as he stepped up to Deputy Toto, his height and build alone overshadowed the fuanus in his entirety. Ally and Ceasar peaked out from behind him in amazement at how massive the boy was.
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Toto sighed in relief upon hearing the correct answers before the student who had said this approached him. The boy was huge, and this was coming from Toto who stood at a solid 6'2". "Exactly!" He exclaimed as he thumped his fist against his chest and bared his teeth. "And what is your name good sir?" He asked Stryker with a raised eyebrow. "Also, why is Mistral's specialty important to what we do as hunters?"
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Nichole smiled and nodded. "A pleasure for sure, Trax." She noted before watching the large student that had been next to Trax only moments before approach who she assumed was the instructor. "Who the hell is dog ears anyways?" She asked as she rubbed her forehead, still feeling a stinging sensation from when she met the door.
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Other than someone bumping into hin on the airship, and him punching some guy in the face, the ride was a pleasant one. However he got lost after getting off the airship. But he was able to find a professor that was able to tell him where to go. When he got to the orientation, it was over and they were starting, what he assumed was a tour. And the tour guide seemed to be having a bit more fun than a normal tour guide. On most tours that Yuuta had been on, the guides seemed worn out and bored. That was not the case with this guy. Yuuta tapped a random student on the shoulder, asking what he had missed.
Twilight had stayed quiet throughtout the orientation, watching the headmaster and noting that he seemed frightened that something terrible would happen. In Twilight's unique and unusual way of seeing things saw the Headmaster as a weak man, Lion fanus or no. He glared for a few seconds at the spot where the headmaster had fled too. Snorting slightly, he followed after the deputy headmaster. He spaced out after they were told where the dorms were. It was quite clear that he had spaced out too, and that he didn't really care. Something that would probably make his future teammates not like him very much.
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As they continued to walk and catch up with the tour going on, Dentelle had to think about a correct response to his question. Was it Vale? Mistral? Atlas? A mixture of all of them? She couldn't exactly find the correct words. "I travel a lot, so I'm not really from anywhere...you?" She had answered Arany's question hesitantly, unsure if that was the correct answer or not. The female had carried a bag with her as well, a bit of a smaller one though hung over her shoulder. Pulling out from her skirt pocket an antique looking pocket watch she flipped the cover open, checking the time. Dentelle was a huge time freak, so this watch helped her in ways other than as a weapon.
Gwyn hadn't known the answer to the question proposed, but he wish he knew this one. Thinking hard, it wasn't in his database. Why hadn't they implemented that yet for him? Shaking his head the pale-haired male wormed his way through the crowd as the moved along. While Gwyn was bursting with excitement he was honestly quite nervous among so many other people. When his creators from Atlas had come to discuss his registration, the male had already taken the tour, but with a lot less people to jumble the space. Now what would he do? No one had spoken to him yet, and likewise the other way. With a sigh the male just decided to listen to the deputy speak.
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Stryker held his chin for moment before replying, "Besides living in Mistral itself, the trade supplies us with various materials and jobs, many caravans and ships often ask for assistance in protecting the cargo from the Creatures of Grim." He was entirely sure on that answer, He grew up in the heart of Mistral, on a farm far from the bustle of the larger Cities.
Trax chuckled, "That would be Deputy Toto, our tour guide for Haven academy, and most likely our Proctor for the entrance qualifier." He answered with a hint of underlying excitement.
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Sneaking around the female Asa walked up next to the girl who had recently fallen over, he only saw her because of Trax and Stryker and how quickly he lost track of them in the wave of students. He smiled at her "Heeeeey~" he said before giggling "Just wanted to tell you not to listen to that Greyhound there, he's a big flirt apparently. Just loves staring at people and... 'Complimenting' them" he sighed "It's a real shame, just messing with hearts like that... anyways, seeya around" he rushed the words out quickly to avoid Trax, smiled before running back towards Stryker and jumping up in the air and cheering for him "You tell 'em Stryke!" though he obviously was just informing the man, that very man having quite a high position in comparison to control he had over Asa.
Wither, with her backpack on her back stood back as she slowly followed after the maiden and sick boy curious of the two now, her eyes wandered over the surroundings as well as her ears slowly faded in and out of the world she was in and listening to the two. Then it hit her, she was stalking them. This was definitely stalking. Flushing she put her hands on her cheeks and rubbed them as she felt a sense of embarrassment and frustration run over her. Innocent intent to possible prison, so this is what the world was like, she let out a breath of air, it was interesting.
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"Well, yes and no." Toto said as he scratched his chin before reaching for his pockets. "First of all, Mistral's trade techniques can teach us all a valuable lesson." Toto said with a snide grin before rapidly removing his hands from his pockets and throwing sand at Stryker's eyes. "That there are more ways to win a conflict than violence." He stated as the last group trickled in from the landing craft, he was leading the students towards a balcony over looking a field with forested hills in the distance. "Second, you are correct about Mistral's trade, over a million tons of dust and other valuable supplies travel through the kingdom on a yearly basis, whether they're intended for Mistral or to be transported to the Kingdoms of Vale and Vacuo." Toto leaned over the balcony, staring at the forest in the distance as an attendant strode over to the Faunus, handing him a remote. "Ever since the Menagerie accords, which stated that Mistral cannot have a standing army of over 10,000 persons, us hunters have been crucial to maintaining and protecting the trade routes that unite and pay for this Kingdom." Toto moved from his spot on the balcony to stand next to what appeared to be a hatch in the floor. "As such, Mistral requires an absurdly high quantity of quality hunters and huntresses, and to make sure that you lot are the best of the best and have some experience with the requirements of a Mistralan hunter..." Toto trailed off as he pressed the 'ON' button of the controller. After a moment of pause, a canon rose from the hatch next to Toto and was promptly aimed at the plains below. "I'm going to shoot you out of a literal canon off of a mountain side, any questions?" Toto grinned, a sinister look coming over his face.
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Arany snorted as he heard Dentelle's response and shook his head "That would explain a lot actually." He sighed before offering a tired, weary smile. "I'm from here, well, down there exactly." He answered, gesturing towards the city below them with a gulp. "This is actually my first time above the fifth level." He continued, trying to distract himself from the fact that they were on top of a mountain. Arany chuckled at the spectacle that was Toto and his 'pocket sand' before he felt a sinking feeling in his stomach upon hearing Toto bring up the Menagerie accords, which had essentially doomed his family and many like it to filth and squalor. When this was immediately followed up by the canon, Arany died a little inside. "E-excuse me?" He stammered in disbelief at what Toto had just said.
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"So you do this with all of the girls?" Nichole didn't sound very happy after hearing the fox faunus' comment on Trax's behavior. Sure she was greatful for the male bringing her up to speed on Toto, who she genuinely believed had a few screws loose, but the fox's comment disturbed her. "And that is why I'm going to shoot you off of a mountain, in a literal canon!" Nichole beamed in excitement upon hearing Toto's words. Finally a challenge! "How do I win?!" She called to the dog Faunus, her rather peaceful behavior prior to Toto'a announcement replaced by a burning desire to win.
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Trax felt his blood boil with pure annoyance, He took a deep breath and collected himself, but before he could answer she had turned away from him upon hearing Deputy Toto speak of the cannon. Then it hit him, that sense of butterflies in his stomach just before a fight, he could smell the whiff of battle in the wind.
Stryker reeled back and started to rub his eyes, "Yes I see, very... ow... smart... ugh ow." He said painfully.
Ceasar slid right over, placing an arm around the golden boy and the pocket watch girl, "Hey hey, its alright, nows where the real fun begans. Hey I like you two, you seem pretty chill, wanna be on my Team?" He said cockily, with a sly grin, Ally face-palmed herself
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"Oohh! Ooohh~!" Asa jumped up and down before heading to the front of the pack "I have a question!" he stopped jumping up and down and put a hand on his chin while resting his elbow in the palm of his other hand "Is it safe?" he stood their for a couple of seconds to let the tension build then broke his figure, laughing into his own hands in hopes to get a laugh out of the older gentleman as well "Just kidding, but my real question is if two people could be shot out at the same time?" running back into the crowd Asa ran up in front of Trax and sat up on his shoulders, it was nimble and quick with balance as he stood for all to see. "Could me and my... um, brother Traxy here be launched out together? I want to keep an eye on him as long as possible, he's the real devious type. Mom told me to." he smiled warmly at the deputy, a few warm chuckles and even surprising 'awwws' came from the crowd, yet Asa stayed completely oblivious to anything the figure that laid under him would have to say, or rather the figure that stood under him.
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Toto blinked and leaned to the right, raising his left hand to hide his mouth while he spoke to the attendant. "Is it safe?" When he got bored shrug as well as 50/50 hand gesture, he grinned. "Good enough for me." He shared a chuckle with the fox Faunus. "I like you kid, if you survive this, hit me up and we'll go skydiving, and I'm absolutely sure that Traxy Waxy can ride in the canon with you if mum cares that much." He snickered before producing his scroll and holding it up for the crowd to see. "If you open your scrolls, you'll see that you've been sent a piece of a map." He began, swiping over to a screen showing a map of the surrounding country side. "This piece when combined with those of your teammates will act as a map to your objective, which you will return here before two days have passed." Toto continued, glancing at a group of concerned students. "As for those who gave the academy the number to 'Pizza Palace', I can tell you with confidence that I very much enjoyed the pizza that you bought me." Another round of groans answered the Deputy who answered in turn with a hearty chuckle. "To answer the young lady in the back, the first team to return to this very spot will receive a special prize, curtesy of your's truly." Toto finished with a bow before gesturing to the canon next to him. "Now who's first?"
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While Toto had been speaking, Arany scooped up a pebble roughly the size of his palm and began idly fidgeting with it, trying to ward off another freak out over being shot from a canon. Also there was the small fact of him being forced to spend two days of his life trekking through the woods with god knows who looking for god knows what. When Caesar placed his arm around both Dentelle and himself Arany froze, catching the pebble in his hand and squeezing it. While Arany might tolerate small talk, the prospect of living on a mountain top for the next few years, and even the absolutely bat shit insane Deputy Headmaster who intended to shoot him out of a canon, he would not tolerate he violation of his personal space. Unbeknownst to Arany, he had turned the pebble in his hand to gold in his shock and anger. "Fun...yes fun..." Arany said through gritted teeth as his right hand moved to rest on the pummel of his sword.