A Spark Ignites (OPEN)

"So...this is the illustrious Syne Academy, huh? Not gonna lie, I was expecting something a little smaller."

A man with a shock of fiery red hair stood before the impressive architecture that was his new home, and his supposed fate. At his feet were several large bags and at his back was a slightly overfull rucksack, bulging with who knows what. Obviously he was a new student, something he wished wouldn't bring too much attention his way.

The man sighed and hoisted his bags up and took his first steps forward toward the academy. On the outside he seemed calm if not a tad bored, but inside he was excited and nervous for what was to come. The buildup of tension the airship ride here gave him certainly didn't help with that. "Alright, let's see if I can't find somebody to help me out here... Or at least somebody to get lost with."

Ahn glanced around, leaning on her fan blade axe nervously as if it was a common walking stick and not some deadly weapon. She glared at human and faunus alike that glanced her way. She could feel their burning eyes on her, judging her, looking through her, making fun of how she dressed, and if she talked they would no doubt poke fun at that as well...

She was over reacting, perhaps these people were different from those down in the central part of the kingdom. Or maybe not. She sighed, carding a hand through her hair and shuffling her wrap clad feet nervously.

Her ear twitched when a fiery haired boy began muttering to himself and almost outright talking to himself as if he was engaged in a conversation. She arched a brow, purple eyes watching the man fret about and speak to nothing. Humans were strange beings...

She didn't really want to approach him as she was new here as well... But she also didn't quite want to look the lost fool all by herself. Gripping her leather rucksack, which held her meager belongings, including a hand knit blanket and her papyrus and pottery supplies, she walked over to him. She lost her nerve, stopping just shy of him and going back to leaning her weight on her axe turned glorified walking stick.

Her mother had told her to socialize, but what if they treated her like everyone else had. With derision, ignorance, and little understanding for her way of life. So what if she disliked technology and lived off the land and minimal things... It didn't mean that others could treat her way of life as lesser.

Rojo had been shifting his weight back and forth from one foot to the other when he noticed a tall, slightly out of place looking girl move his way. His eyebrow cocked in a quizzical manner, intrigued by the girl's appearance. The ax she wielded was impressive to say the least, but her manner of clothing and small amount of possessions made her seem quite foreign. Not that that really bothered Rojo. He was used to eccentric types thanks to all the hours he spent around his "fathers" shop.

Slowly, he worked up a smile at the prospect of a friend in this new alien environment. Turning to her, Rojo tossed his head back slightly in a gesture of greeting. "Hey, you must be new here too. You got any idea where to head for? I'm...kinda at a loss, heh." He chuckled before extending his free hand to the girl. "Where are my manners? I'm Rojo. You?"

Orion was just walking around since he had noting really important he needed to be doing. He was spinning one of his guns on his finger while the other one was at his side. He then saw a bird pass by and he stopped spinning his gun aimed it at the bird and pretended to fire it. Orion then noticed two people he has never seen before and he began to think Who are these two? Are they new or have I just not seen them before?... Should I talk to them? Orion then said "I am assuming you are both new?.. Well either way my name is Orion Xingguang. Orion then began to study the faunus a bit more and then said to her "My what beautiful ears you have. Now I know you are definitely new I would of remembered seeing those beautiful ears around campus. Orion then smiled towards the faunus hoping that she didn't mind talking to a human and Orion was also establishing the fact that he wasn't racist towards the faunus.

Anput watched the red head approach with a cautious eye. He was casual and laid back in his greeting, she stared at his extended hand for a moment before taking it in her own with a firm grip. She simply squeezed his hand once and dropped her arm back to her side, it was a custom that she had grown up with and the concept of 'shaking hands' was strange to her, so she rarely did it.
"I am Anput." She said curtly, purple eyes examining the human closely.

Before she could say anything more another human approached, this one blue haired and wielding guns. Detestable weapons and a vile, dishonorable means of killing they may be, Anput would have to get used to them seeing as how most students wielded them here. Resisting the urge to curl her lip at the sight of the guns in their holsters she turned to the new male.

She balked. He complimented her ears. She suppressed the urge to reach up and touch them in response, instead a faint blush dusted her dark skin and she weakly smiled.

"Thank you. And yes, I am new." Perhaps she was a bit curt and short spoken with them, but that was how she spoke. She was not one for frivolous talk and wordiness.

Rojo felt a twinge of annoyance at the woman's curt attitude as she gave him a, what appeared to be, half-hearted handshake. Ah whatever, it's probably new school nerves, he wrote off. "Nice to meet you An-"

Before Rojo could finish his sentence, another student had come up to greet the both of them. Or rather Anput, as he disregarded Rojo in favor of schmoozing with the faunus girl. The way this new boy dressed struck Rojo as someone who did this on a regular basis, reinforced by the way he spoke. Although he had to admit, he did have a point. Anput did have very pretty ears, only one part of an overall beautiful appearance. He made a mental note to talk to her more.

Shaking his head and chuckling a tad at how Anput blushed, he turned to face Orion. "Yeah, we're new here. I was just introducing myself to Ms. Anput. I'm Rojo." He said with a small grin. "Mind helping us out here, Slick? Where do we go from here? Isn't there some kind of...I dunno, induction ceremony?"

"I was not afraid of your weapon, I merely found it distasteful." Anput said, nose wrinkling in distaste at the blue haired man's mannerisms. She disliked guns, she found them to be a weak man's weapon, a coward's crutch because you did not face your enemy hand to hand with honor...

"And flattery will only get you so far." Her purple eyes narrowed at the man. It was true she had not expected and even appreciated the first compliment, but she saw his schmoosing as trying to 'get to know her'. The blush had been more from surprise than her liking or finding that the compliment sent her heart aflutter. Rather she usually distasted such frivolous flattery from males and found it condemnable of ones true nature. Though she supposed she should give the blue haired one a second chance at least.

The blue haired guy continued to speak, talking about introduction ceremonies, bombs ,and other such things. He seemed to enjoy the sound of his own voice very much and Anput tightened her hand around her fan blade axe in slight annoyance.

Out of politeness and manners she simply nodded in agreeance with the gun wielders offer of getting to know each other better. She wasn't sure if she'd take him up on it or not...

Though on the other hand Rojo, the red haired one, seemed like a decent human and someone she could talk to amicably.

Rojo had been letting Orion talk for about a minute before he started to drift into his thoughts. He found himself becoming a tad bored at how wordy he was, barely catching the information of Grimm attacks and Dust bombs. He was about to inquire about these events before the blue haired marksman began speaking again. Rojo sighed internally and let him continue.

For a moment, his eyes wandered over to Anput to see her hands tighten around her weapon, eliciting a stifled chuckle from him. While he didn't like to see that a new student and a veteran of Syne weren't getting along, he did find it incredibly amusing how much Orion's chattiness were annoying Anput.

Rojo's ears perked up when he heard Blue-Hair Slick mention a bit of a guided tour "Show us around, eh?" He turned to look at Anput. "Well, if you're ok with it Anput, we'll follow you around I guess."

A small rather lost Creep has been able to find its way into the the surrounding of the academy. It was close to the front gate, near the docking area where an airship as just left off toward the city, leaving the academy behind it. The Grimm continued to walk slowly before giving a small glance into the courtyard where some students could be seen talking to one another. The creep saw that two of them weren't looking toward it. A boy with red hair and a tall faunus girl. The other boy seemed too distracted by the girl to even notice the Creep that was simply standing in front of him. Even if the Grimm was a couple of meters away, anyone would have spotted it right away. The Creep then clawed briefly the ground to get a good footing before rushing toward the small band of students, not aiming at anyone in particular, just barging in in a creepy manner. It would continue on its assault with a roar and another dash toward the girl this time with its maw wide open in an attempt to bite her. Where? Anywhere that it would get close enough to, her leg maybe...

The red headed lad had turned to his doggy eared companion in search of a response when he saw something he dreaded most: a Grimm. "Here? On campus?!" he thought.

He had seconds to observe before the creature had bowled through the group of students. Rojo had been knocked off his balance for a moment, but scrambled as fast as he could to regain his footing. He gritted his teeth and glowered at the Creep, a twinge of hatred going through his body at the sight of this detestable monster. To think one of these things had managed to get the drop on them, in broad daylight no less!

He watched it for a moment before he saw that it was headed straight for Anput! His instincts kicked in as he attempted to shove her out of the way, shouting "Look out!" as he did, bracing himself for the impact.

Orion looked over to see the grimm charging at them and he just simply steps in front of the charging beast and placed his foot on top of it to stop it from charging. He pulled his weapons out deactivated the safety and aimed them at the grimm's head as he said "Sorry but we are not on the menu today." Orion then fired both guns simultaneously. Then he put his foot down and began speaking to the other two "Well I did say that grimm have been sighted on campus although I thought security would be increased due to the grimm sightings... Oh well lets just take this guy out it is only one so it shouldn't be a problem since there are three of us.. Actually from the way I see it there can be about five of us against one grimm. After we take this little guy out I can show you around the school." Orion  then fired another shot at the grimm this time only using one of his guns.

Anput's ear twitched and her head snapped up at the sound of heavy footfalls and a labored slobbering breathing. She balanced her weight, crouching down slightly and widening her stance, dropping her bags and gripping her axe tightly. Her eyes blazed bright purple as the Grimm charged until she was knocked into the ground by something. She growled angrily looking over her shoulder to see it had been Rojo. Her lips peeled back in a feral snarl, until she heard the sharp rapport if a gunshot followed by another. Orion, the stupid arrogant fool, had braced his foot on the Grimm's head and fired at its head. Its armored head!

"Idiot! It's head is plated, bullets will do nothing to it!" She shouted, pushing herself up from the ground and stalked over to Orion, holding her axe out, purple shining in her eyes. She waited for the Grimm to get up, to attack. The bullets couldn't pierce the bony armor, merely dent it. She inspected the Grim looking for openings in the scattering of bony plated among the beast's black hide.

"Hit the hind quarters and underside. The throat and jugular are the best targets, along with the underbelly. The head is heavily plated."
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HP: 160/160 Aura: 140/140
Attack: None yet...

Alright, please wait for everyone to post (Grimms as well) before posting, this was a first warning...

Creep's HP: High

As the Creep's slow charge was stopped by a mere foot on its head, it tried to bite the said foot off, but was shot in the face and kicked before it had a chance to. Now on the ground, it snarled as it desperately tried to get up while the tall girl was shouting something that the Grimm wasn't understanding. As it got up, it looked at the trio before roaring at them. Another shot came from the dual wielding pistol guy that yet again hit its plated face. It haven't done much and the Creep was happy about it, its only strong point was useful.

It looked at the boy that shot it multiple times before charging at it and with speed. It seemed faster than your usual Creep, which made for that fact that it was alone. The beast jumped toward the boy in hope to get the best of it as it looked like a big ball that launched itself directly at him, claws from its feet ready with its head down.

Orion heard the girl yelling at him and he replied rather calmly with "I know about their armor, I never said I was going to kill it that is where you two come in. From what I see this situation is more suited for people who use blades rather than guns. I am just a diversion it is up to both of you to kill it. Besides it seemed to be going for you Anput I was just doing what I thought any guy would do which is protect the girls... Not saying I don't think that you can't protect yourself its jus-" Orion sentence was cut off when he saw the grimm charging at him but it seemed faster than it was earlier and it hit Orion. As the Grimm made its abrupt contact with Orion's groin, the speed at which it went just paralyzed him a second by the sudden pain caused by the blunt strike. Orion tried to remained strong, but his strength quickly faded as he kneeled before feeling the claws of the Grimm in his legs, sending him backward on the ground with the Creep atop of him. Orion then said while still trying to hide the fact that he was in pain "See.... I'm just a distraction." Orion then aimed one of his weapons into the grimm's eye and fired.

Health and Aura:

Anput snarled, low in her throat and guttural,more animal than humans as she leapt forward, pulling her axe down in a sweeping arc in front of her and than once it was below her she began to sweep it up in a glittering arc of steel. The intent was to catch the edge of the fan blade on the Grim's midsection of in the crook its leg and flip it off or at least leverage it off of Orion. She put all her strength behind it and focused her mind as she continued to swing and thus descend at the same moment, closing in on her intended target...

Attack: Uppercut with her axe, targeted for the Grims underbelly or armpit...

Health and Aura:

Creep's HP: High

As the Creep was atop a rather pained boy, the Grimm tried to step on him with his weight, making the beast to move a bit off of the aim of the boy, having to bullet miss its eye and fly upward after a ricochet on its plating. The sound of the shot resonated in the beast's head making it lose its focus on its surrounding.

It felt suddenly a cold metal touched it from underneath that seemed to want to raise it upward and probably throw it away. But unfortunately, since the Grimm was moving while being lifted, it rolled on the side while mid-air to simply fall toward the boy that might have been still on the ground and in pain. If not, at least it would have avoid a rather powerful throw. It then stood up and faced the girl before it roared and charged at her at high speed.