Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-17970636-20151031204604/@comment-17970636-20151104023628

Leaf sighed and cracked his neck. He frowned momentarily as one of his pockets felt slightly heavier than the rest. Digging into it, behind a few shards of dust, was a note rolled up. Frowning slightly, he went ahead and opened it up, only to have a pendant fall into his hands. He gently placed that pendant beside him and opened up the note.

"Dear Leaf,

''If you're reading this then you're already too far away for me to see or hear you. I'm sorry for my behaviou and how it will have seemed, but I'm worried. Worried for your safety, worried that you're gonna try to overstep your boundaries like you do every day and hurt yourself beyond repair. Come back to me. Come back in one piece. Come back likie you always do regardless of how bad the situation looks. I know you say that God hates you and will send you right back if you die, but maybe he hates me too and wants me to live without you too. You can't cheat death forever, so this is the time you maybe shouldn't try.''

''The pendant holds a photo of me on one side and you on the other. It's durable so don't worry about breaking it in combat. Just remember, one photo represents what you're protecting this time, and the other what you're coming back for. I love you Leaf Evergreen, and I always will.''

Love,

Pomona"

Leaf grabbed the pendant and slid it over his neck, replacing his garnet necklace that he generally wore but had decided to leave behind. The pendant was circular, white with a golden apple on the front. He found the catch on the side easily and it popped open, on one side, there was Pomona, laughing, and on the other side was him, actually smiling. He didn't know when the photo had been taken, but it must've been recently.

What could make me smile like that...

Looking over the note one more time, the boy leaned forward and started rocking slowly, silent tears streaming down his face, hidden from the world.

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Stephan dug into his pocket and pulled out the mask.

Still like I made it... he thought.

The crosshairs distinguised him as a sniper, the bird, his own kind. Specially made to hide his face during acts of bloodshed and assassination which he had done.

The Bird of Prey, well, at least you still have your talons he thought thinking of his sniper on his back.

Putting on the mask felt like attaching an old part of him back, a forgotten self, his mentality immediately shifted from Stable to Focused.

''Why not get a vantage point? Grimm do wander to the edges of this forest no?''

Hopping into a tree he groaned, too much foliage, better find a different tree.

Hopping into the next one he realized he had nearly stepped on the lone female from the group, the one who Ozpin had decided got the power boost.

''Whatever, I'm not CQC, my aura rarely takes the hits. What was her name again? Inane? No.... Intense? What am I saying. Think Stephan! Inate? THOSE AREN'T EVEN NAMES IDIOT!''

The masked boy weakly raised a hand and attempted a wave.