Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25268570-20150216024744/@comment-24901923-20150221052206

When the door was kicked down, all of the Clansmen besides Arcturus dropped what they were doing, got out their weapons, and took a combat stance. Arcturus waved them down as Aizen explained what was going on. Once they understood the problem, there was a chorus of groans as they collectively facepalmed and shook their heads, putting their weapons up and slowly going back to their previous activities. Kieran was already dialing his father to let him know what happened. Arcturus chuckled a bit as he shook his head too and shrugged.

"Obviously. I can tell that isn't the first time. My family spent over three hundred years living in the wilds beyond the Kingdom's borders, and believe me, that was a major breach of the outlander rules of survival. Where my folks come from, he would be having his ass kicked right about now. For a first offense. Don't hesitate to go to Ozpin about this if he keeps it up. As for you, Aizen, a little more restraint would do wonders for your life expectancy. You just broke into a room with no less than twelve apprentice Grimmslayers trained to fight from childhood. In case you haven't noticed, we almost killed you. Please call him next time, and don't do that again. I'd quite like to avoid accidents.", Arcturus said before sighing.

"Anyway, since you're here, why don't you let the rest of your team know where your leader is and join us? I was about to teach him how to use the hanging stones. Come along.", the Faunus continued before leading them to the scaffolds set up for the hanging stones exercise. Small rocks were suspended from the scaffolds at varying heights, with monkey poles on the floor beneath. The poles had all been welded onto metal grid, so he took hold of one such grid, and pulled it out from under the scaffold. He then took off the combat gear on his upper body, and his shirt, revealing a well-sculpted torso littered with surgical scars around the chest and shoulders. He pointed to a strawberry blonde girl in plate armor training with her sister.

"Adena over there had her left shoulder ripped out by a Deathstalker's tail. Her arm had to be amputated and replaced with a prosthetic. -he indicated his own body- I got these scars saving a kid from being smashed in the road. The kid got out with some scrapes and bruises. I had a fractured skull, spine, pelvis, and right shoulder. My left shoulder had to be replaced, my ribcage was shattered, there were pierced lungs and internal bleeding, a concussion, and someone had to shoot me up with adrenaline from an epi-pen to get my heart started again. Both of us were fast enough to get out of the way. But shit happens, and we didn't see the threat in time. Agility and speed may be the core components of evasion, but you can't evade if you can't percieve. That's what this is designed to train. Stand in the middle, and keep the stones swinging once they're moving. Weave through them if you can. Don't let them get tangled, or touch each other or you. Get used to it, then grab a blindfold from the pegs on the supports. Listen to the creak of the strings. Feel the currents in the air. Learn to have an instinctive grasp of their movement, and apply that to the enemy. Aizen, take the section with the bare floor. Have at it.", Arcturus told the two freshmen, putting his garments back on now that his story was over.