Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7489529-20140210024449/@comment-24487330-20140224135646

It wasn't long before Tanner matched pace with Camo at the rear and tried to cheer him up, but the gesture was more of an annoyance to him than anything. His instincts told him to react and throw his grappler off, but he didn't want to raise a scene in the middle of the ceremony, so he endured it until they returned to the crowd of spectators. And there was that word again: "friends". As if it had already been established despite his wishes. He made a mental note to set that particular record straight if/when the issue was raised later.

...Once the ceremony was finished, Team Terracota's new captain proposed a retreat to their new accommodations and a celebration of their success. Though he'd abided this relaxed attitude up to this point, Camo wasn't about to let himself get carried away with frivolous behavior. "I'll pass, thanks," he replied. "You all enjoy your false victory while you can. I'm going to see if I can go get any of my arrows back from the proving grounds." With that, he'll make for the Emerald Forest again.

...Not that he expects to get away from the group that easily, of course. If they do try to stop him, though, he'll spin around and angrily snap, "How can you be so naïve? That trial was a sham! Forget the injuries, forget the complete lack of stealth tactics; we were one of the last teams to make it back, and not even for lack of trying! And after all that, I'm nearly spent of ammo...I don't have any money! How am I supposed to afford two-dozen arrows, eight ounces of Dust, and repairs for my vest?!

"If you ask me, this trial was a complete failure! We did what was asked of us, yeah, but only in the most disorganized, most careless, and most downright wasteful way I could possibly imagine! But go ahead and celebrate, if you think you deserve it; raise your glasses to Team Terracotta, the most pathetic quartet of tactless slobs to get into Beacon. I'm going to get some air and figure out how I'm going to survive the first week of classes...let alone the next four years in general." Regardless of the others' reactions, Camo will skulk off in the direction of the proving grounds. With any luck, the Grimm horde they had roused earlier will have departed, giving him a chance to collect some of his expended arrows.