All posts by Alex Wingace

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What are you on about? Stjerne was marked as an AU character because they interact heavily with Canon Characters. They themself are not a character from another series, so the page will not be deleted.

((Skipping Eme))

Neibi rests a hand on the upright armor and runs a hand down the metal frame. "Well, unpowered, it acts more or less like regular armor, it just takes a bit more effort to move. But, it is powered by these old Pre-War Fusion Core batteries to increase strength, agility and durability. Moving around in it is pretty simple, it is just like walking around in heavy armor. Take big steps, be mindful of your size, etc. The hands were a little tricky to get the hang of, but there's five levers that control the movement of the fingers, then the rig they're hooked up to rotates to control wrist movement for it."

She reaches up and twists the handle on the back of it, which makes it hiss as the pressure is released and it depressurizes, then the whole back of it opens up. "It has gyroscopic assistance, so it's pretty easy to maintain your balance in it, and it keeps it upright when not in use, though some outside forces can still knock it down, though it'd be like trying to knock down a fully armored mutie."

Sabah cuts her off as she scratches her newly-named dog on the head. "Anyways, nerds, Ruby is right, we should get some rest and head out in the morning. C'mon, some of us are tired and we have a bit of a walk ahead of us."

Aureole follows the trail for a while until the traces of blood get bigger, her Aura flaring up as her instincts start going off left and right. Her grip on the weapon resting on her shoulder tightening as she glances up at their front, looking for anything else on their way.

Sabah maintains her composure, scanning all angles on her side, keeping her finger on the trigger.

Sabah crouches in front of the mutt, scratching it behind the ears as it happily pants at her. "Sebille...Hmm, i like the sound of that. Maybe we can make a tag for 'em later." She stands up and looks among the others in their party, readjusting her backpack and minigun on her back. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get this show on the road!"

Neibi stands up straight and taps the release on her power armor, causing it to unseal and open in the back. She steps out of the armor and stretches, then cracks her neck. "I'd like to rest for a sec. Been cooped up in there for a while and they aren't exactly designed with comfort in mind."

Aureole switches on the FLIR, as requested, and looks along the ground. As was suggested, she discovers the trail leading away from them. "This way." She motions for them to follow her as she tracks the trail, keeping her own weapon mounted atop her shoulder. 

Sabah, noticing the sound had disappeared, keeps her guard up, moving slowly as she brings up one side of their formation, still fixated on the forest around them.

Sabah and Aureole look at each other, but Sabah shrugs and steps back. "This one's all yours."

Aureole nods and taps her helmet. "I have IRNV and FLIR-- Sorry, that is InfaRed Night Vision and Forward Looking InfaRed. Take your pick."

Sabah turns to let them do their thing and watches their surroundings, hearing something moving in the trees. Could be wind, could be Grimm watching and waiting. Not wanting to take the chance, she readies her weapon, spinning up the barrels as she takes aim in the area around them, ready to fire if anything black and white jumps out at them.

Sabah grins lightly behind her visor and respirator, hoisting up her cannon. "Just point us in the direction where we should start."

Aureole, her face still hidden behind the solid plate that makes up her helmet, looks to the now burning corpse with a frown, shifting her gaze down the desolate streets and to the forest beyond those. "That's the issue here. Where do we start? It looks like any tracks are long gone- Or covered. How do we track them?"

Aureole makes note of the command, but doesn't bother taking off, instead just moving there on foot, arriving to the center within a couple minutes. Sabah does a final sweep of the surrounding area, but upon finding nothing, meets up with the others in the Town's Center, coming to a landing and setting the engine to a low power setting, so it's still running but not very loud.

Sabah wipes some soot off her visor and looks to the others. "Area's secure, nothing around. Looks like any Grimm that were here have dispersed."

Sabah passes overhead, keeping a watchful eye on them from the sky.

Aureole walks over and crouches next to one of the mangled corpses, swallowing her urge to gag at the sight so that she can take a good look at the damage. She finds something on this one, and it looks like they fought back against whatever attacked them. Inches from what she can only assume is their hand is a dagger, which is still stained with blood.

She pauses for a moment to pick up the blade and it occurs to her; Blood from Grimm wouldn't remain. The girl looks back over to the corpse itself and notices something strange about the wounds. 

Then, she gets the Comms transmission. She drops the dagger and stands, answering the call as she looks around again. "Yeah, corpses. But, i've found some inconsistencies here. I've seen wounds caused by Grimm, and these don't match up. Plus, i've found a knife, one that still has blood on it. This wasn't a Grimm attack, or at least, wasn't only Grimm."

Sabah's satisfied grin turns to one of a somber hunter. She glances back up to Garron for a moment and nods, putting her helmet on and extending her wings before dropping from the side of the Bullhead, then matches its speed alongside it, weapon at the ready. 

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Aureole comes in and lands towards the center of the town, happy that she can't smell anything from behind her helmet. She walks calmly amongst the wreckage, glancing around at the bodies and surroundings, examining the area for clues as to what caused all this.

Aureole frowns as she throttles down and circles overhead, grabbing her weapon from her back and shouldering it. She scans the treeline for any sign of survivors, Grimm or otherwise, hoping that something was down there alive. 

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Sabah, not being able to hear their conversation over the engines of the ship or the rushing of the wind, she scans over the surroundings more, but spots a lone Beowolf. With the two behind her preoccupied, she grins and takes (rough) aim at the Grimm, then pulls down on the trigger, letting out a burst of bullets with a deafening roar, shaking the craft and actually /moving/ it for a split second, leaving the spot where the Beowolf stood...Well, with one less Beowolf. At all. It's just gone.

As the barrels spin back down, she grins down at her handiwork and chuckles to herself. "Never gets old~"

Sabah smirks at Garron, shrugging as he responds. "Fair enough, chief." The green haired girl sits up and unslings her weapon, propping it with the guns facing outwards, using the spikes as a balancing point, watching over the treeline for Grimm. "I'm sure she's going out to make sure the Landing Zone isn't, you know, overrun by Grimm or something."

Aureole cracks a grin at the pessimistic response from the guy, walking over to the door next to Sabah. "Think of it this way, your team isn't always going to be there when you need them, and there's always going to be situations where you will be in over your head alone. So, trust in others, and they will trust in you."

Sabah chuckles as she looks up at her team leader. "Wow, that was so cheesy, and i don't even have any crackers."

Aureole rolls her eyes and hangs her head out from the side of the airship, looking down at the ground, then to the direction they're headed. "It shouldn't take too long for us to reachour destination." She lifts her helmet from her side and puts it on, obscuring her face entirely. "Well, you." Then, without so much as a moment of hesitation, she steps off the side, disappearing from view.

After a second of silence, the sound of the engine roaring to life can be heard as she flies up and passed the ship. The comms panel in the cockpit beeps, indicating an incoming transmission, before Aureole's voice can be heard from it. "I'm going to scout the zone, see what we're dealing with. Sabah, you stay with them. We should meet up within ten minutes."

With that, she takes off away from the ship at a rapid pace. Sabah rolls her eyes and lets out a heavy sigh. "Great, babysitting duty. Ah well, much less effort to ride in here than it is to fly myself."

Sabah leans her head back to look at Nox, swinging her feet over the side still. "Two questions. One, you got this thing on Auto Pilot? Two, what is your deal? PLEASE tell me you aren't going to be like this when the shooting starts."

Aureole, per usual, gives Sabah a disapproving look, though this time, she doesn't say anything about it, since she's actually wondering the same thing.

The two step up onto the ship as the engines ignite. Aureole grabs a handhold above their heads and Sabah takes a seat on the side of the ship, dangling her legs out of the open door.

Aureole speaks up. "Well, as i said, i am the leader of Team ACES. We're the only Aerial Based team here at Beacon, though i hail from Atlas."

Sabah unslings her massive weapon and holds it to her side as she continues to sit off the side of teh ship nanchalantly. "I come from Vacuo, though i do enjoy the weather in Vale a lot better. Damned Sun isn't always beating down on us."

"We were just in town real quick before meeting you for the mission. Though SOMEBODY couldn't ignore someone's commennt and decided to punch him in the face, so we had to leave."

"He had it coming!"

Aureole scoffs and glances down at her teammate. "We will be going back to apologize after this." She glances out the door at the passing scenery and then back to Garron. "So what of you?"

Aureole glances to Nox for a moment, watching him for a second before returning her gaze to Garron with a smile, extending her hand to meet his with a firm handshake. "Aureole Falken, leader of Team ACES. Pleasure."

The girl next to her spits out some gum into the grass to the side, looking over to the two. "Sabah Fairchild, designated Close Air Support for ACES. So, what's the plan here? I hope it's not just standing around brooding."

Aureole shoots a glare back at Sabah for a moment, but she simly shrugs it off before Aureole returns to her normal expression and looks back to Garron and Nox.