Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-7489529-20140210024449/@comment-24487330-20140210051041

"Eat this, ugly!"

The words rang out from somewhere at Camo's left flank, and he turned fast to find the source. Although nothing seemed to be visible for the moment, he didn't hear anything else coming from that direction, which meant that it could've come from another lone initiate; that meant there was a potential partner over there, which also meant safety for the paranoid archer. Making his way down out of the trees, he approached the place where the voice had come from...

...and nearly jumped out of his skin as he soon came face-to-face with the frightening visage of an Ursa. His instincts took full control for a second as he leaped back a couple feet and cocked his arrow back in his bowstring, ready to fire. It struck him, though, that the creature wasn't moving, and that gave him pause to further study it before wasting precious ammunition. On closer inspection, it seemed that the monstrous beast had been crystallized - frozen violently from within - after being stabbed a couple times by small, sharp weaponry. This, coupled with the sight of another dead Ursa close by and the sight of a faint trail of blood leading off in one direction, confirmed his suspicions that another prospective student had just overcome these Grimm. Anxious to join this individual and hopefully gain the advantage of partnership, he immediately set off after the blood trail.

((NOTE: The following paragraph is made in supposition, as indicated by the blatant use of future tense. That means that any and all statements in this paragraph are tentative pending the others' responses; if they want to go along with it, that's fine, but if not, we can pretend that it didn't happen and move on in a different direction. If this proves uncomfortable, I'll refrain from using this technique in the future.))

Soon enough (assuming he doesn't get jumped by Grimm at any point), Camo should come across the object of his search: the student who had shouted out earlier, who will turn out to be a brown-haired Faunus boy. He'll immediately notice that the boy had taken a wound or two recently, but it won't seem like he's bleeding at all. Supposing that he is in fact alone, and further supposing that they make eye contact, Camo will simply nod his acknowledgement to him and start moving back into the trees. "I'd tear away those blood-stained patches," he'll tell his new partner once he gets up to a decent level to provide overwatch. "Creatures of Grimm have keen noses; they'll smell your humours a mile off." Sure, his tone won't be very friendly, but his intentions will be sincere enough; after all, they'll both need to work strategically if they want to complete their exercise alive.