Balefire Academy | Forest Edge
Asura actually chuckled when one of the girls mentioned that he shouldn't show his weapons yet. While it was true anyone in the immediate area could see his gauntlets, no one would see his prosthetic legs or the powerful weapons inside of them. If anything what he did would lure someone into a false sense of security if they thought all he could do was punch them. "Well I keep my real weapon right up here." he said as he tapped his own head a few times. He didn't tell them about his hidden weapons, when the time came he would show them just what he was capable of. In the mean time, he followed the others to a more quite location.
Lucy ended up in a relatively quite area with her brother and a few other people. She was all set and ready to go when her train of thought was interrupted by the headmaster's voice that was once again addressing all the new students. "Welcome students. congratulations on making it this far. But this is where the pleasantries end and the real battle begins. Once you hear the alarm you may begin your exam. There are no walls our boundaries preventing you from leaving the forest. If you decide it's too much to handle, you can leave at any time. However anyone who exists the forest without first obtaining one of each colored tags will get a failing grade on their exam. If you have anything you need to take care of before entering, i suggest you do it now. We start in fifteen minutes." Hartman's face then left the screen to be replaced with a clock that was slowly counting down the time for when the exam would start.
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04/21/2016, 07:06 AM #202
Balefire Academy | Forest Edge
While everyone was heading to the forest, Yuuki stood back from everyone until no one was behind her. She placed her suitcase down and opened it, revealing a large triangular shaped object completely wrapped up. Yuuki takes what looks like an eyewear thats next to the object and attaches it onto her left ear as it wraps around to hold in place. She then looks up to the top part of the suitcase and there was an elbow long glove that Yuuki grabbed and slid onto her left arm. Yuuki then grabbed the triangle object and places it on her back. The object was about as wide as her back and about just as long too. She closed up the suitcase and placed it where the other students left theirs and headed towards the exam.
Lu was looking around, figuring out who could be the trouble ones. Due to her short size though, she couldn't get a good view of everyone. Lu was as short as a 13 year old so she was on average 2 feet shorter than the other students which gave her a disadvantage on physical power but gave her an advantage on speed and agility. Lu was thinking about checking her gear but given her aura, it wasn't needed.
"The wind is blowing nicely." Lu says softly as a small breeze blows by.
While everyone was heading to the forest, Yuuki stood back from everyone until no one was behind her. She placed her suitcase down and opened it, revealing a large triangular shaped object completely wrapped up. Yuuki takes what looks like an eyewear thats next to the object and attaches it onto her left ear as it wraps around to hold in place. She then looks up to the top part of the suitcase and there was an elbow long glove that Yuuki grabbed and slid onto her left arm. Yuuki then grabbed the triangle object and places it on her back. The object was about as wide as her back and about just as long too. She closed up the suitcase and placed it where the other students left theirs and headed towards the exam.
Lu was looking around, figuring out who could be the trouble ones. Due to her short size though, she couldn't get a good view of everyone. Lu was as short as a 13 year old so she was on average 2 feet shorter than the other students which gave her a disadvantage on physical power but gave her an advantage on speed and agility. Lu was thinking about checking her gear but given her aura, it wasn't needed.
"The wind is blowing nicely." Lu says softly as a small breeze blows by.
"No matter how strong or what power the enemy has, I will fight and protect my friends, even if it cost me my life to protect them. I will fight until I die to ensure their future."
04/22/2016, 04:26 PM #203
Balefire Academy | Airship Docks
"Right.... must have slept through that part... Well no point in worrying about the Kishin... The humans on the other hand..."
It was at he said, sure the Kishin were a violent entity of death that wanted to kill us all. However humanity itself was more unpredictable and dangerous, willing to kill its own kind to get what it want. Was it better to bring allies to watch his back or to go alone? Either way this exam was going to be as much strategic and tactical than it implied. This made Alexander pause as he walked for just briefest of seconds and gave the smallest of smirks again. However humans are easier to hunt than Kishin... No he couldn't do that.... However it did show one thing...
"The exam is more than fighting Kishin... It's social, tactical and psychological exam as well... Smart, it weeds out the insane, the weak and the anti-social... However the exam has one major flaw... It is luck based as well... You are probably lucky and found somebody to watch your back."
He was referring to himself, but asked the question to try and get more information about this quiet girl.
"Right.... must have slept through that part... Well no point in worrying about the Kishin... The humans on the other hand..."
It was at he said, sure the Kishin were a violent entity of death that wanted to kill us all. However humanity itself was more unpredictable and dangerous, willing to kill its own kind to get what it want. Was it better to bring allies to watch his back or to go alone? Either way this exam was going to be as much strategic and tactical than it implied. This made Alexander pause as he walked for just briefest of seconds and gave the smallest of smirks again. However humans are easier to hunt than Kishin... No he couldn't do that.... However it did show one thing...
"The exam is more than fighting Kishin... It's social, tactical and psychological exam as well... Smart, it weeds out the insane, the weak and the anti-social... However the exam has one major flaw... It is luck based as well... You are probably lucky and found somebody to watch your back."
He was referring to himself, but asked the question to try and get more information about this quiet girl.
04/24/2016, 05:22 AM #204
Balefire Academy
Upon hearing the announcement, Koishi grinned, getting herself off the ground and doing a little hip-shake to get off any dirt.
"Alright, gotta be ready n' stuff!" Koishi said, before going into a set of exercises and remembering what she was supposed to do. "Six tags, red only's got forty. Why red?" she stopped her exercising, making a thinking face. "Weird. Coulda' just put forty tags and make it a free for all... wait, it already is..." Koishi then proceeded to go into a long string of incoherent thoughts, ending with a strange desire for a velvet rug decorated with symbols made of string cheese.
Such were the strange machinations of her mind.
Upon hearing the announcement, Koishi grinned, getting herself off the ground and doing a little hip-shake to get off any dirt.
"Alright, gotta be ready n' stuff!" Koishi said, before going into a set of exercises and remembering what she was supposed to do. "Six tags, red only's got forty. Why red?" she stopped her exercising, making a thinking face. "Weird. Coulda' just put forty tags and make it a free for all... wait, it already is..." Koishi then proceeded to go into a long string of incoherent thoughts, ending with a strange desire for a velvet rug decorated with symbols made of string cheese.
Such were the strange machinations of her mind.
Sometimes when you're driving down a road, a bug hits your windshield. It's ugly and unpleasant, but you just activate the wipers / cleaning fluid and it's gone in a few seconds. It's just part of driving down the road. You don't dwell on it, because that'd be silly. Bugs aren't worth the time.
You just discard their guts and keep on driving.
05/10/2016, 04:08 AM #205
Balefire Academy | Forest Edge
As the students spoke to one another and got ready, the clock was slowly ticking down. When it finally hot the zero mark, a loud buzzer went off. While alerting the students that it was time to start, the sound would also alert the kishin and thus make them more hostel to any unknown presence within their forest. This of cores was done intentionally to make sure no one had an easy time steeling the colored tags
The sound left Lucy's ears ringing, but not enough to have a dramatic effect on her performance. Both her and Asura would jump right in without giving it another thought. It was time to pass their test. Students who looked around the first layer of the forest would find a few weaker kishin, most of which would have white tags. If they wanted to find more they would have to move deeper. But now the important question was, where were the red tags located?
As the students spoke to one another and got ready, the clock was slowly ticking down. When it finally hot the zero mark, a loud buzzer went off. While alerting the students that it was time to start, the sound would also alert the kishin and thus make them more hostel to any unknown presence within their forest. This of cores was done intentionally to make sure no one had an easy time steeling the colored tags
The sound left Lucy's ears ringing, but not enough to have a dramatic effect on her performance. Both her and Asura would jump right in without giving it another thought. It was time to pass their test. Students who looked around the first layer of the forest would find a few weaker kishin, most of which would have white tags. If they wanted to find more they would have to move deeper. But now the important question was, where were the red tags located?
05/10/2016, 04:18 AM #206
Balefire Academy - Forest Edge
A load buzzer went off, signaling the start of the test. Yuuki and Lu jumped into the forest. Yuuki was using her aura to make her clothes as light as possible to run faster and it wasnt long until she ran into a white tag kishin.
"One flag for me." She says as she reaches behind and grabs her rifle. She aims while in the air and fires a single short laser into the kishin's head. Yuuki lands on top and takes the tag.
Lu was using the trees to her advantage. Being small also made her light so it waa easier for her to use branches to travel. "Now where are you at you red tag?" She asks as she looks around on a branch with her left hand on the trunk. It took her a minute to find a kishin with a white tag. "Not red but ok." She says and pulls out her 2 pistols and takes aim at the kishin.
A load buzzer went off, signaling the start of the test. Yuuki and Lu jumped into the forest. Yuuki was using her aura to make her clothes as light as possible to run faster and it wasnt long until she ran into a white tag kishin.
"One flag for me." She says as she reaches behind and grabs her rifle. She aims while in the air and fires a single short laser into the kishin's head. Yuuki lands on top and takes the tag.
Lu was using the trees to her advantage. Being small also made her light so it waa easier for her to use branches to travel. "Now where are you at you red tag?" She asks as she looks around on a branch with her left hand on the trunk. It took her a minute to find a kishin with a white tag. "Not red but ok." She says and pulls out her 2 pistols and takes aim at the kishin.
"No matter how strong or what power the enemy has, I will fight and protect my friends, even if it cost me my life to protect them. I will fight until I die to ensure their future."
05/10/2016, 09:09 AM #207
Balefire Academy ~ Forest Edge
Right as the buzzer rang and the clock hit zero, Azur immediately reacted, running fast into the forest with his weapon in hand. He analyzed what he was going up against. "Hmm, couple of quadrupeds, a few large bipeds," Azur muttered as he held his rifle above his arm, "This wasn't as hard as I thought!" With a switch, Azur transformed his weapon into a blade, and then threw it up on a tree, hooking onto it, right before grappling onto it, switching back to his ranged rifle.
"Bah, bunch of white tags. Who am I to judge?" Azur muttered to himself. He promptly emptied his magazine on them, making as much noise as he could to attract Kishin around him. "Might as well, bait them out... Easy money."
Right as the buzzer rang and the clock hit zero, Azur immediately reacted, running fast into the forest with his weapon in hand. He analyzed what he was going up against. "Hmm, couple of quadrupeds, a few large bipeds," Azur muttered as he held his rifle above his arm, "This wasn't as hard as I thought!" With a switch, Azur transformed his weapon into a blade, and then threw it up on a tree, hooking onto it, right before grappling onto it, switching back to his ranged rifle.
"Bah, bunch of white tags. Who am I to judge?" Azur muttered to himself. He promptly emptied his magazine on them, making as much noise as he could to attract Kishin around him. "Might as well, bait them out... Easy money."
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tfw someone tries to shitpost
"Do not fear duress of any kind, even if determined or even pure;
rather, fear the clout of the glaring mantle at your side, ready to conserve."
rather, fear the clout of the glaring mantle at your side, ready to conserve."
05/10/2016, 12:53 PM #208
Balefire Academy ~ Forest Edge
The sound of the beginning of the test was a faint noise for Diana as her body was now moving deeper into the forest. She was using the foliage to hide from groups of students that easily killed white tagged Kishin, yet the blonde kept moving.
It wasn't until she heard the screech of a quadruped beast coming towards her that the viking turned, fist already prepared, connecting with the Kishin's snout. The force of the punch made a cracking sound as probanñbly a tooth or canine was broken, but at least her action was done with the creature ending up unconscious.
("One down, more to find.") was Diana's thought while taking the Kishin's body and placing it under some flora, taking the white tag.
She could feel it, stronger beings, some going for quick kills others actually fighting, yet she was aiming for a bigger target. Diana's arm brace shone for a moment, but she willed her mind to calm down ("Not yet, focus and stay calm.")
Then a scent passed through her nostrils, making the battle ax user smirk ("Found dome new contenders.) and she started moving, still on the ground, open for battle, which she was doing unconsciously.
The sound of the beginning of the test was a faint noise for Diana as her body was now moving deeper into the forest. She was using the foliage to hide from groups of students that easily killed white tagged Kishin, yet the blonde kept moving.
It wasn't until she heard the screech of a quadruped beast coming towards her that the viking turned, fist already prepared, connecting with the Kishin's snout. The force of the punch made a cracking sound as probanñbly a tooth or canine was broken, but at least her action was done with the creature ending up unconscious.
("One down, more to find.") was Diana's thought while taking the Kishin's body and placing it under some flora, taking the white tag.
She could feel it, stronger beings, some going for quick kills others actually fighting, yet she was aiming for a bigger target. Diana's arm brace shone for a moment, but she willed her mind to calm down ("Not yet, focus and stay calm.")
Then a scent passed through her nostrils, making the battle ax user smirk ("Found dome new contenders.) and she started moving, still on the ground, open for battle, which she was doing unconsciously.
Have you ever crossed the line between sanity and madness? You would be amazed by what lies beyond the fog..
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05/11/2016, 03:22 AM #209
Balefire Academy | Forest Edge
Upon hearing the buzzer go off, both Raiko and Miu underwent an immediate and sudden personality change. Raiko's casual grin had been replaced with a flat emotionless one, the lightning in her eyes danced more strongly than before, and the air around her became charged with a weak electricity emanating from her body. Miu's expression stayed as empty as usual, but her eyes were completely focused as she scanned quickly.
The two girls ran after Asura and Azur, making sure to keep a fair distance to avoid all being caught in a trap but not so far as to not get to them if they were to be ambushed. Raiko zipped her flight jacket up to her chin and kept her fists in front of her, ready for a fight at any time. Miu activated her aura, cutting off her scent and taste senses as well as controlling her breathing and pulse to be as efficient as possible, she routed all the newly freed energy to her sight and hearing, giving her a large radius bubble in which she could hear anything coming at her and a very keen and distant sight, able to see the kishins far ahead with the next set of tag color.
"Miu, battlespace report." Raiko knew of Miu's aura yet still kept her own watch on her surroundings, they had fought together many times in the past, as such, their ability to work together was nearly perfect.
"The other edge of the forest seems to only hold white tags, we would need to proceed farther inward to find different colors. There are many others nearby, most are stopping to collect white tags, I suggest we get to the red tags and only collect other colors on the way." Miu normally didn't talk much, but she would definitely communicate to her squad members.
"Acknowledged. Tell me if there are any white tags nearby." Raiko tightened her fists in preparation to beat down any kishin that was along their path. She also made a note to herself to see if Miu's fighting style changed at all.
"There's one nearby, 46 meters Northwest 21.6 degrees. Miu'll get that one." Rosa functioned as Miu's second brain, focusing more on precise direction and navigation while Miu focused more on observing everything her senses took in.
Raiko continued on her straight path, using her feren sight and hearing to form her own bubble. Miu branched off, heading toward the kishin but more toward a tree close to it. Her brain began processing thoughts so fast that everything looked almost as if they were moving slow, herself included. She used the tree as a ramp, flipping herself into the air and using Rosa's scythe, cleanly cleaved the kishin's head from its body and at the same time letting Rosa absorb some blood and snagging the white tag. She landed without loss of momentum and met back up with Raiko, the scythe already reabsorbed.
Slightly tired, Miu let her aura drop just a bit, weakening her sense of hearing and sight as she caught her breath, though those senses were still stronger than an average human's.
Last edited by Lunasa Prismriver; 05/11/2016, 06:55 PM. Upon hearing the buzzer go off, both Raiko and Miu underwent an immediate and sudden personality change. Raiko's casual grin had been replaced with a flat emotionless one, the lightning in her eyes danced more strongly than before, and the air around her became charged with a weak electricity emanating from her body. Miu's expression stayed as empty as usual, but her eyes were completely focused as she scanned quickly.
The two girls ran after Asura and Azur, making sure to keep a fair distance to avoid all being caught in a trap but not so far as to not get to them if they were to be ambushed. Raiko zipped her flight jacket up to her chin and kept her fists in front of her, ready for a fight at any time. Miu activated her aura, cutting off her scent and taste senses as well as controlling her breathing and pulse to be as efficient as possible, she routed all the newly freed energy to her sight and hearing, giving her a large radius bubble in which she could hear anything coming at her and a very keen and distant sight, able to see the kishins far ahead with the next set of tag color.
"Miu, battlespace report." Raiko knew of Miu's aura yet still kept her own watch on her surroundings, they had fought together many times in the past, as such, their ability to work together was nearly perfect.
"The other edge of the forest seems to only hold white tags, we would need to proceed farther inward to find different colors. There are many others nearby, most are stopping to collect white tags, I suggest we get to the red tags and only collect other colors on the way." Miu normally didn't talk much, but she would definitely communicate to her squad members.
"Acknowledged. Tell me if there are any white tags nearby." Raiko tightened her fists in preparation to beat down any kishin that was along their path. She also made a note to herself to see if Miu's fighting style changed at all.
"There's one nearby, 46 meters Northwest 21.6 degrees. Miu'll get that one." Rosa functioned as Miu's second brain, focusing more on precise direction and navigation while Miu focused more on observing everything her senses took in.
Raiko continued on her straight path, using her feren sight and hearing to form her own bubble. Miu branched off, heading toward the kishin but more toward a tree close to it. Her brain began processing thoughts so fast that everything looked almost as if they were moving slow, herself included. She used the tree as a ramp, flipping herself into the air and using Rosa's scythe, cleanly cleaved the kishin's head from its body and at the same time letting Rosa absorb some blood and snagging the white tag. She landed without loss of momentum and met back up with Raiko, the scythe already reabsorbed.
Slightly tired, Miu let her aura drop just a bit, weakening her sense of hearing and sight as she caught her breath, though those senses were still stronger than an average human's.
05/11/2016, 04:27 PM #210
Balefire Academy | Forest Edge
Within the fifteen minutes they had, Aeron had downloaded a topographical map of the area and had already come up with a plan. His weapons were at the ready and he was ready for combat. Right before the buzzer went off, Aeron looked over to Lucy and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Follow my lead until you see a flag. Once you see it, sprint for it and I'll give you coverfire. We're going to make a sprint for the treeline.", Aeron said to his adoptive sister.
Once the bell went off, Aeron dashed forth.
Last edited by S121; 05/12/2016, 04:16 PM. Within the fifteen minutes they had, Aeron had downloaded a topographical map of the area and had already come up with a plan. His weapons were at the ready and he was ready for combat. Right before the buzzer went off, Aeron looked over to Lucy and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Follow my lead until you see a flag. Once you see it, sprint for it and I'll give you coverfire. We're going to make a sprint for the treeline.", Aeron said to his adoptive sister.
Once the bell went off, Aeron dashed forth.
Originally posted by S121
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