Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-5290299-20130919213800/@comment-10380701-20140119023710

Aki leaned on one of the lockers. "Heh. You wanna know Goldstein's past alongside mine huh? It won't be fair on Zaffre's part if I didn't share mine. Balls, I'll make this quick since I don't like talking about mine either." he closed his eyes before speaking again.

"You could say I was a top student, but that's bullcrap. I've had some poor showings in terms of combat in Beacon since I'm more oriented into using my brain than my blade. That's where Goldstein popped up. Hiring me and my brother's team on multiple occasions. The training was Hell on Remnant and almost exactly like what you're doing now. First, she trolls you by making you reach her airship by friggin' jumping... then after refueling, she'll attract attention by offhandedly mentioning whatever luggage you have." opening his eyes, he had a dark expression on his face.

"You should know how that ended up. After a few landings to rest, she'll then lose the luggage and make you find it, often solo while the others are given mundane jobs. This is where we never suceeded. Unlike you guys, we never passed the time limit. No one did... until now. What comes afterwards... is unknown to me. But you didn't came here for that, you came here to ask me about Goldstein."

"After my first year job with her, she demonstrated incredible skills with her sword and I requested training. Never, ever do that. Though I'm a skilled bastard now, what I went through... no one in this world deserves to go through that. I had four years to train with her, and that felt like 4000 years. That was enough time for her mindset to bore into my mind. But these past four years, I've been rejecting that belief. I had to. Because I can't pass on that belief." he took a deep breath afterwards. "At the moment, I excavate the ruins of Minerva. Once you guys get older, I may hire you to help me out. Make no mistake, however, that place is a hellhole of Grimm. Vytal's Grimm are pussies compared to them. Even the normally territorial Narasimha is aggressive."

"Hoh? You don't wish to see them face-to-face?" Melira asked him. "Though you may be a reason for her death, that is no reason to be afraid. As you had said, death happens. I'm sure they will bear no hatred towards you."