Previously on Last Chapter:
"So," Ruby whispers to you and the others. "What should we do?"
()_()_()
"Swarm them," you answer immediately.
"Or break their legs," Elizabeth bellows, her too-sharp teeth glinting under the sun.
"And with a sufficiently overwhelming force," Penny helpfully chimes in. "Of course."
Ruby scrunches her face into a frown. "That doesn't sound like a plan. Like, at all."
"No plan survives contact, Ruby," you say, shifting your grip around Carnwennan. You can feel your blood pumping in your veins, and drums of war pounding behind your ears. Belatedly, you realize that you're grinning. It almost feels like four months since you've felt this.
"Well, if you say so..." Ruby grins. Belying her stature, she twirls her scythe with extreme ease, and by way it sends small tremor when it hits the ground, it is as heavy as it looks. "All out attack!"
You don't need any more prompting. Roaring—literally, in Elizabeth's case—a warcry alongside your teammates, you dash forward into the frontline. Team Burgundy takes a long moment before they could react with a warcry of Nora's own, her warhammer raised up high as she darts with underlying speed. Ren follows behind her, darting left and right. Yang charges, and Blake... vanishes.
You narrow your eyes. Ruby's scythe throws Nora's overhead offside with a precise shot, and Ren is already there in front of you. From the corner of your vision, you meet the red of Elizabeth's eyes—she looks as though she's having the greatest time of her life with Yang. It seems like yesterday's 'Best Fight Ever' won't be holding the title for so long anymore.
Ren's fast. Maybe even faster than you are—but you're also fast yourself. Carnwennan flings and clashes against the blades of Ren's pistols. Each shower of sparks from your blade against his fills you with such excitement that you couldn't help but laugh. He gets in more than a few cuts over your body, but while painful, it's nothing debilitating. Ignorable. His pistols flash. Bullets. You try to dodge them, but with your current range, it is rather hard to do so. Carnwennan manages to stave most of it, but some almost manages to plink off your Aura. They hurt.
You feel alive.
The blades of his pistol glint like thunderstrikes in your tunnel vision, and the flat of Carnwennan meets them happily. A momentary impasse. His face is a couple inches away from yours. Everything looks crisp, and despite his stoicness, you can see the beads of sweat trailing down to his chin.
"You are being rather creepy," Ren comments, a little breathless. Tiring. "You realize that, yes?"
You chuckle. You could activate your Perception, use the 'impasse' to destroy his pistols, and end the boy swiftly. But where's the fun in that? You remind yourself that this is still a spar, not a life-or-death deathmatch. Besides, it doesn't look like Ren is using his own Semblance either. "Can't help it," you respond. "Your partner's also doing the same,"
He huffs. You think it's meant to be a laugh. "Yes, I can hear that." Indeed, you can quite hear Nora's laughter from where you're standing, though it's rather subdued compared to Elizabeth's. "Let's hope we won't be getting any noise complaint when we're done,"
You shrug. "We can only hope. Now—" you lash your leg out, kicking him aside from the hip. He grunts in pain, quickly assuming a stance—but you're already descending upon him. Your blades clash. Sing. Your body dances along in the chaotic mix of waltz and cha-cha that is battle. Ren makes a valiant effort, but you're gaining ground. You're overwhelming him.
You're the drum-stick, and he's the drum, and the drum is about. To. Break—
"Cyan, behind!"
You whirl over your back. Blake is right there, dashing at you, her posture low. Almost hidden under her arms is a sheathed katana. Even with that knowledge, you have no doubt that the damage would be quite debilitating in this fight. You shift Carnwennan to defend yourself, the flat-part against her sword—
"Don't turn around."
Your eyes widen. Shit. You tilt your head over your shoulders—Ren's pistols are aimed right at your back, the blade a hairbreadths away from your body. You try to retract your movement, but it's too late. You're stuck. You can defend yourself from Blake, but that would be leaving Ren to stab your back. If you try to strike Ren, then either you would be too late, or Blake could still stab you in the back.
Salvation comes in the form of a storm of swords.
You could hear Blake making a vague sound of surprise, before she crumbles into... shadows. Her Semblance. You spread your legs apart, and duck low. You can feel the pops from the sudden stretch, but you know you've narrowly missed Ren's backstab. You roll away from him to make a distance, and immediately jump up to your feet.
Ren's face is as stoic as ever. "Curses," he mutters, staring despondently at his pistols. He looks up at you. "I will lose, undoubtedly, but perhaps we should give our best shot?"
Someone steps behind you. "I will be having your back, Cyan!" Penny's voice merrily informs you. "Now, Blake, I hope we can have a nice and fair fight!"
"You have dozens of swords. I don't think this can be described as 'nice and fair', Penny!"
By the sound of whooshing winds, and Blake's yowl, you don't think Penny cares. "All is fair in war and love, Miss Belladona!"
You keep your eyes back onto Ren, grinning. "Let's." You reverse your grip on Carnwennan, and dashes into Ren's melee range.
()_()_()
"Best. Fight. Ever!" Elizabeth exclaims happily as she throws her hands up back in the air.
Ruby touches a sore spot over her shoulder, before wincing. She nods excitedly. "Yeah, I think that was a great Inter-Team Bonding Session. Right, Sis?"
Yang lies on the ground, yawning. It is getting rather late. "Uh, yeah. Uhm," she glances at Eli. "Ya hit real hard, y'know?"
Eli chuckles. "You too, Yang. We should do this more! Sorry, Cyan, but it looks like Yang's taking the place for a better sparring partner."
You shrug your shoulders. "I'm fine with it. As long as you won't forget me," you add.
"Ah, Cyan," she slungs an arm over your shoulders. "Don't worry about it! You'll always be remembered,"
You hum with a nod, before turning your head to Ren. "Ren?"
"Oh yes," he tilts his head over Nora's lap. Her hands are happily playing with his hair. They are forming into strange beings, now. "I think I will be fine. Nothing that a good sleep could not fix, albeit I will be very sore. It was a good fight, Cyan—even if it was rather unnerving. How about you, Blake?"
Blake blinks from where she sits. "Oh," she looks to her side. Penny is sitting there with a big smile. She returns back to Ren. For a girl who has been recently showered with a dozens of swords, she seems oddly fine. "Just a bit stiff. Nothing I can't walk off. Ruby,"
Ruby snaps to attention. "Oh?"
"It was a rather interesting... Inter-Team Bonding Exercise. Thank you,"
Ruby beams.
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Weekly Actions (Choose 4):
[] Ruby
- [] Spar?
- [] Study?
- [] Write-in
[] Penny
- [] Spar?
- [] Study?
- [] "Ah, Cyan, I fear that I have wronged Blake in some way. She's avoiding me! Perhaps you can accompany me to see her?"
[] Elizabeth
- [] Spar?
- [] Study?
- [] Write-in
[] Personal Training
- [] Which Skill?
[] Roman's not available, it appears. Busy about something. Unfortunately, the same could not be said about Neo. Very Unfortunately, she has expressed, through a series of letters and digital emotions, to want to meet you. And Penny. Apparently. "I've heard you've got yourself a girlfriend!? You've just got there a little over a week! Oh, who's the adorable lil' stud? You are!"
[] Ren has invited you for a pleasant tea-time. "It occurs to me that as the only male in our respecting Team, we should get to know each other. Jaune has also been invited. He is not the sole male in his Team, but—you don't know who Jaune is?"
[] Ozpin has requested for your appearance in his office. Perhaps it's time to start the Heels Training? "Get them on. Get them off. Repeat. Now we will jog. Avoid the agitated Deputy. Consider this as another part of the exercise."
[] Write-in (Team Burgundy is Available. Write-in is a-okay.)
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Team Burgundy's Relationship Increased!
Can Someone Roll Me a 2d50 and a 1d50? Much appreciated.
Oh, and this Quest is now alive. So there's that.
