Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5865155-20141202042059/@comment-25464065-20141212020513

Elise had a choice here.

She could let Rosa find her own path - perhaps a bit more polite and respectful of boundaries, all things given. On the other hand, she could do the right thing. Ozpin had said it himself - the first person you meet will be your teammate. Looking between Rosa and Chartreuse, still fuming over the fight, and morally speaking they could only split if one of them.......er, died, she supposed.

She took another glance at her chakram, wedged still underneath the decaying creature. As it cooled from all of the heat, it had begun to recalibrate itself, and when she tilted her head she could see the light reveal a sloped curve, tranforming the saucer-shape into more of a closed bear trap. It was probably still extremely hot from the explosion, too. Was ruining her weapon really worth it?

Was losing someone who didn't mock her on sight worth it?

She gripped the top layer of her dress, lifting it slightly to obscure some of the dirt and instead distract with the second layer of skirting, before making a beeline toward her absconding teammate.

"Rosa!" She managed to call out as she covered the distance, a mass of red velvet and dirt against the backdrop of a great slain beat. It was almost poetic, perhaps, if one were to look upon it from a distance.

"You can't just leave." She breathed, still somewhat out of breath from having been knocked over. "Ozpin will know - if he finds out you abandoned the team, he might be inclined to expel you for breaking the rules." Factual, but probable? She hadn't known Ozpin very long, perhaps a day or two at most from the one visit to Signal until now, but he didn't seem to be very.....lenient. This was just safer.

"This whole program is about teaching us to learn to work as a team. It is only natural that we may mess up -" She nodded her head toward the death stalker "- at first. The important thing is that the target was killed without any allied casualities." The four of them were still standing, the temple was just yards away and not a single remaining relic had been disturbed.

Elise was suddenly quite aware that other students may have been lurking nearby, waiting for the drama to pass so they could claim their artifacts, or having been lead to the ruins by the sound of the explosion. She was probably going to have to take the initiative. How frightening.

"We should head back to the cliffs." Elise stated, idly yet loud enough for the entire team to hear. She looped her arm in with Rosa's, attempting to alleviate the weight she placed while limping with her weapon. "We have the queens, and I would like to shower before the team ceremonies."

She turned back to face her partner and Chartreuse.

"If that is alright with you?"