Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20151229011006

"Hey Zhu-li, wanna do 'the thing' ?"

"Hey, hey! Where'd you get that hoodie from? The babywear section?"

"Faunus scum, go back to your cage you belong!"

These were some of the insults she faced on the airship to Beacon. The girl ignored most of the hurtful remarks and adjusted her sunglasses to hide her giveaway faunus eyes, then continued staring out the window, willing herself not to retaliate. ''Don't make enemies on your first day of school. Besides, you'll get back at them later. ''This thought consoled her, just a little.

The view was beautiful. Beacon Academy was built on the edge of a cliff, with a sparkling waterfall and lake at it's base. In the spring season, the trees in the Emerald Forest were a lush green, stretching endlessly across the plains. Zhu-li found herself breathless at the sight.

A dozen poetic lines to describe the scene flipped through her mind, and she struggled to remember them all. It would have been perfect, if only the bullies behind her would SHUT UP for ONE SECOND!

She exhaled in releif when the Bullhead landed, glad the ordeal was over. The moment the doors opened, she darted out and ran onto the campus, earning a number of mocking laughs from the bullies who thought she was running away to cry somewhere.

"Oi fuckers, that any way to treat a lady?!" a booming voice halted all laughter, and they turned angrily to face the owner of the voice.

Five minutes later, they were all either badly injured or unconscious on the pavement. Dawn spat disgustedly on one of them, giving him an extra kick to the gut for good measure before stepping off the airship and walking into Beacon. Masculinic pigs!

It was a hell of a way to make an entrance. For the rest of the day, the berserker was surrounded by awed faunus and bully victims alike who thought she was some kind of protector, then quickly scared away by her attitude. The bullies spoke with hushed and angry tones behind her back, but fell silent when she approached. Not that she cared for any of it.

The day passed quickly with registrations, paperwork, assignment of lockers and equipment. Typical first day stuff. Night fell and Dawn found a moment to sneak away from the crowd, who mostly gathered in the main hall for a nap. She grabbed her pack and snuck her way to the cafeteria "stealthily", at least, as stealthily as a bulky alcoholic with anger issues could be.

Kicking the door open, she was greeted by a small group of fellow initiates huddled around a single table, illuminated by the glow of small flashlights. Dawn eagerly joined the drinking party and pulled a can of beer from her pack, gulping it down to the cheers and hoots of her peers.

Their drunken raving and laughs echoed through the halls of Beacon all night long.  