1st years towerThe teams were spread around the duelling area, Talon had made his way towards Jasper. Damask and Arsenic had both gone to them to make sure Talon was okay. On the other end of the duelling area, team IVRY was already somewhat dispersed; Yale had already begun walking off without so much as a word, Raven was sitting down, waiting for Indu to get back to them, whilst Vi was already raging.
âHow the hell can you just walk away like that?!â She shouted at Indu, whom was still a few meters away. âAre you stupid or something? Heâs not on the ground so the fight ainât over!â
âItâs rather detrimental to oneâs image to not even complete a duel.â Raven commented
âImage? Youre a fucking disgrace if you canât even finish a battle! Letting a wimp like that stop you?!â Viâs outrage was now loud enough for the other teams to hear, garnering their attention.
As Vi continued to berate Indu, Regalia had finally had enough and began to make her way towards them, intent on putting Vi in her place. However she stopped when a hand softly grabbed her shoulder. She turned to see Phenix looking directly into her eyes. âLeave her be.â Phenix began, âSheâs a team leader, sheâs going to need to take control of her teammates herself.â Regalia sighed, looking empathetically towards Indu, who was standing calmly as Vi continued to shout.
âAre you fucking listening to me?!â Vi raged as she reached to grab Indu by the collar. At that very second Indu motioned to knock Viâs arm aside, but she pulled back, then reaching out with her other arm, which Indu casually side-stepped. As Vi pulled back, Indu grabbed her wrist with snake-like speed. The two stared burningly into each otherâs eyes for a moment, until Vi finally stopped trying to strike at her.
âIt does not bother me, if you think lowly of me. However striking out at a teammate is something I will not tolerate.â Induâs voice was calm yet demanding, enough so to even surprise both Vi and Raven. Without even sharing another word, Vi turned around and began making her way towards the dorms.
âThat was a surprise.â Raven commented, somewhat mockingly, as he rose from his seat, âI never expected to see you be so forceful. Honestly you could have started doing this earl-â Indu turned her head to stare at Raven, her eyes seemingly piercing straight though the rest of his sentence causing him to end his comments.
Induâs sharp face turned to a soft smile âIt is rather detrimental to oneâs image to be silenced simply by a stare.â She said replied sassily. Causing Raven to click his tongue. The two then began making their way to the dorms, still a bit of distance between the two of them.
Later in team PWTRâs dormâUgh! Didnât anyone ever teach that brat about how duels work?!â Regalia ranted, still visibly annoyed by Jasperâs actions during the duel. âHonestly, I donât think I could ever trust someone that acts like that.â
The rest of PWTR sat around her as she angrily paced back and forth, thinking about their own opinions of the fight. None of them really approved of Jasperâs actions, though Regalia was by far the angriest about it.
âYa know.â Wynn began as he raised himself from his seat and stretched his legs, âDonât hold it against him too much.â His statement causing the others to look at him rather confused. âWhen you have to fight for your survival, you donât really think the same way other people would. You donât play by the same rules, after all, too him, every fight mustâve been one for survival, and when its live or die, dirty tricks may just be what keeps you alive.â Regalia opened her mouth to protest but Wynn continued before she could begin, âNow, Iâm not defending him or anything, cause this wasnât a life or death battle, but I thought a lilâ context might make his actions a bit more understandable.â He stood before the door of their dorm and turned his head to look behind him, at Phen and Wulfie who sat on their bed, and Regalia who stood in the centre of the room. âIf yâall need me, Iâll be in the rec room.â He concluded with a smile and friendly wave.
âYou know, RegaliaâŠâ Phen began, drawing the attention of the other two to her, âThereâs no need to waste so much of your time being angry about something like thisâŠâ
âI know.â Regalia sighed, her demeanour calming noticeably âItâs justâŠâ
Phen stood up and placed a hand on her teammateâs shoulder, despite the height difference between them, âI know, Induâs your friend.â Regalia lifted her eyes and focused on Phenâs own. âItâs not just the fact that he cheated that makes you so angry, but the fact that he cheated against, and hurt a close friend of yours. I would feel the same way if he had done that to Tâwulf.â They both looked to Tâwulf who was just calmly sitting there, listening to the conversation. âNow,â Phen continued, âIâm not saying you should forgive and forget, but just donât let something like this ruin whatâs left of your day.â Phen smiled as she turned back to look at Regalia
Once again, Regalia sighed, âI guess youâre right.â She conceded. âI think Iâm gonna wash up, and then we should probably head to dinner, donât you think?â
Phen and Tâwulf nodded, âThatâs probably a good ideaâ Phen replied
âShouldnât one of us go call Wynn?â Tâwulf questioned, to which the other two simply nodded
âWould you mind, Pup?â Phen asked, âI think need to wash my face as well.â
âOh, uhm, okay.â Tâwulf replied, making her way to the door, already having expected the duty to fall onto her. Thankfully the rec room wasnât too far from their dorm. However when Tâwulf first looked inside, it seemed to be empty, seeing as the room was almost completely dark. She slowly opened the door which allowed
a soft melody to fall upon her ears, curious of the origin, she slowly creeped into the rec room, not wanting to disturb the source of the soothing music. Approaching the area from which the music originated, she peeked her head around the corner. Before her stood a single piano, silhouetted by the light of the setting sun, visible through the large Victorian window. From time to time a head would bob into view moving slowly in time with the music. The calming tune continued a little longer before fading back into a moment of silence. Tâwulf ducked back behind the corner for a moment before stepping out as though she just got there. âWynn?â She looked towards the piano and already saw him standing, âIts dinner time.â She stated with a soft smile
âOh, right.â he replied, lacking his usual joyful tone for a moment, âThanks! Iâll be there in a moment.â He added, his joyful tone returned along with his usual gleaming smile.
Hey, Guess what? Where at the cafeteria again!By the time they reached the cafeteria, most of the students were already busy with eating, noticing the dwindling selection of food, Wynn hurried ahead of the rest of his team, to make sure he could secure himself a good portion of meat. Midway he turned around to âsignalâ his teammates to hurry up, however this proved to be quite the mistake, when but a moment later he was crashing down to the ground along with a large muscular female, whom he soon recognised as Vi, team IVRYâs Vi.
âOh god.â Wynn thought to himself as he stood up, âSorry!â He blurted out, despite knowing this would have little effect on the visibly seething Viridian
âYou stupid Mutt!â Viridian shouted as she swung at him, the nimble lion barely dropping below the strike. She swung thrice more, the first two, he barely side-stepped, the last he avoided with a dexterous backflip. This caused the scene to look almost comical to most of the onlookers, some of whom were even laughing, including IVRYâs Raven. However Indu, the rest of PWTR, KOHL and even some of JADE looked on quite worriedly at the unfolding events, though none of them wanted to get involved for fear of adding to the problem.
âIt was an accident!â Wynn shouted as he jumped back from another swing, âReally!â He ducked under another, âI swear!â however none of his pleas really did much to stop the raging beast that is Vi. âLook I understand youâre mad,â he said, dodging another two swings of Viâs fists, âbut we have a lot in common!â He dropped to the ground, dodging another strike, âYouâre mad at me, Iâm mad at meâŠâ He rolled away as she tried stamping down on him. âI donât like making life-threatening mistakes, you threaten lives over mistakesâŠâ He rolled forward and away from another strike, however slipped on a lunch tray someone left on the ground, causing him to fall flat on his back in front of her. âWell this is a problem.â He sighed as Vi stood above him preparing to smash his face through the floor.
However, just as Viâs fist began making momentum it was stopped abruptly by the hand of another person. Vi raised her eyes to look upon this unknown interrupter. He was a large milky brown coloured male, with an intimidating physique; roughly two meters tall, with a visibly muscular build. His short, spiked hair was ginger-red in colour and accentuated with black stripes. His fiery golden brown eyes were narrowed and focused solely on Vi.
âNUTS!â Wynn exclaimed joyfully as he jumped up onto his saviourâs back, hugging his neck. Though the large male did not break eye contact with Vi, whoâs fiery gaze had still not been calmed.
âI think it would be best to end this little show.â A friendly yet stern male voice spoke, causing the surrounding students to turn their attention towards the three faunus standing beside one another just a bit behind the intimidating male, presumably his teammates. âKeep this up and the teachers are probably gonna get involved.â The central standing male stated. While nowhere near as intimidating as his larger teammate, he still gave off an air of strength, with his well-built frame, piercingly sharp golden eyes and his large, white lionâs mane.
The larger male loosened his grip on Viâs fist before she aggressively tugged it free, turned around and walked away without saying a word, clicking her tongue in annoyance.
âThanks-â Phen began, trying to express her gratitude to the unknown students, before a white flash zipped past her, and almost tackled the three students that had stepped in.
âAl! Toffee! Milk!â Wynn exclaimed joyfully, hugging the three of them tightly for a moment. Eventually loosening his grip and turning to his teammates
âYou know them?â Phen questioned inquisitively
âHaha, yeah, Al and Toffee are my older bro and sis!â He said pointing to the central standing male with the white mane, and the female standing to his left whoâs white lion ears perked up at the mention of her name. Both wore neat and tidy uniforms, though the maleâs shirt was untucked and his blazer unbuttoned. âMilk and Walnut, are their teammates, and old family friends.â He said beamingly
The large male turned to look at Phen, âIâm Walnut.â He stated with a deep yet friendly voice, extending his hand, which Phen shook politely
âPhenix,â She replied with a smile, ânice to meet you.â
âOh right!â Wynn suddenly exclaimed, âI almost forgot, haha.â He motioned towards the rest of his team, âThese are my teammates; Phen, Wulfie and Regalia. Phenâs our team leader!â He said with child-like enthusiasm.
âSo, youâre gonna be in charge of Kitten, huh? Good luck.â An unknown female voice chuckled a little ways behind Phenix. They turned to see a pair of white-haired girls standing there. One looking overall a bit tomboyish; short, messy hair peeking out from under a beanie, untucked shirt and an open blazer, whilst the other seemed like the polar opposite; long, flowing hair, tied back in a low pony tail, a well-kept and neat uniform, completed with a large colonial hat accentuated with a purple feather.
âKitten?â Phen questioned the girl standing behind her
âMauuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuveâ Wynn whined as he walked past Phen to stand infront of the tomboyish one, âYouâre still gonna call me that?!â
âOf course!â Mauve replied as she threw her arm over his shoulders before pulling him down into a headlock. âStill look like a kitten, still act like a kitten, so Imma still call you a kitten.â Wynn wriggled around for a moment before blinking out of Mauveâs grip, almost falling over before regaining his balance. âMauve Leon,â She said with a wink to Phen, âKittenâs older sister.â She motioned to the other girl who was beside her, âThis is my teammateâŠâ
âRaspberry Schnee.â The other girl introduced herself with a courteous nod, âA pleasure to make your acquaintance.â
âWhereâs Silver and Mikasuki?â Almond asked them
âThey should be here any minuteâŠâ Mauve replied as she turned around to look at another two people walking towards them.