Chapter One: Application Video
"Ah, I knew I should've gotten a tripod…" The girl had mumbled as she fiddled with her scroll, attempting to get it in an upright position. After a few seconds of out of focus footage, the footage auto-focuses to a full body shot of a fairly short, albeit a slightly thicker looking girl in what appears to be a forest. The area was filled with a variety of props for her to use, including a balancing ball, a few training dummies and a tightrope, a couple of meters off of the ground.
She clears her throat and begins to speak. She stood up straight, doing her best to show herself in a positive, confident way. "Uh, welcome- wait, uh, what's a smart word… Bonjour! I thought to send an application video to the school because, well, I'm not the best at really listing things I'm good at. I'm not even really that good at writing but since you may need a written transcript, I'll send that too, along with this application video-" The scroll fell from it's position, and a loud groan was heard before it quickly cut back to her.
"Good news, I have discovered video editing…! Still can't get rid of that beginning though without getting rid of everything else though. Good thing undoing is a thing, ha... Anyway… I was… Ah! I was talking about my written transcript and this application video. It's just that I think that the application video would be 10x better because, well, I suck at- Wait, I'm not supposed to be listing my faults...!" She slapped herself in the face. Her quick talking, along with her nervous fidget gave insight to what she was feeling to the camera. It was obvious that she was acting, and acting pretty badly.
She shook her head with a nervous laugh, quickly getting back on topic. "It would be better for me to demonstra… Is that the right word…? Yeah! To demonstrate to you what I can do as not only a performer, but as a combat-ready Huntress. My name is Apricot Lum, daughter of Bright Lum and Robin Night and a... Performer in the BBRC Circus, trademark… I know." She sighed, knowing that she'd have to explain a little bit about who she is.
"The BBRC Circus, as you might know, is infamous for having retired or damaged Huntsmen working outside of the job of Huntsmen. The message they spread all across Remnant is one that I don't really like, or agree with. I want to spread a different message… A message of support for those who want to become Huntsmen. I'm not going to sit around, nodding my head if I disagree… I love my parents. I really do, but I have to disconnect...- Yeah, that's the word- disconnect myself from them in order to spread my own message."
She went quiet, taking a moment to calm herself down. Talking about her parents made her face visibly soften. She shook herself back into action and rushed back a little to grab a lavender balancing ball.
"I want to go over my combat now! Although I didn't go to a traditional training school, or a traditional any school, I got all the training and schooling I needed from Uncle Blackjack. This is my weapon, Lavandula. She might not look like much, but she's got a lot of heart, trust me! What I use as well as my weapon is my pump slash leafblower, Breeze. As in, pump this wind into Lavandula, fighting becomes a Breeze. I use him to expand her, but don't worry about Lav. It doesn't hurt her, and she doesn't mind being blown by Breeze! In fact, deflating her tickles a little. That's why she laughs when I deflate her, makes a noise like Plffffffth. She's protected by my aura, I protect her using my aura and she protects me by using her strength." Apricot explained with a smile, hugging the ball in her arms.
She delicately placed it on the ground. She gave a soft pat to the top of the ball, and the ball lit up with a Lavender color. She sat herself on top of Lavandula.
"Let's begin- wait, did I stretch- Wait, oops, sorry… I did it off camera! Now, let's begin- Wait, one more second, please." She went to put her hair into two quick buns. With the length of her purple hair falling at her knees, it meant that nothing could possibly get in her way. "Right. Sorry, let's start."
She adapted herself into a frog stance. "Ribbit~."
She then began to handstand on Lavandula. She bounced on the ball to face away from the training dummy, and flipped herself around to land on her feet. She threw the ball at the training dummy at high velocity. The colour of her aura darkened with the heaviness of the ball, however the speed the ball was going at stayed the same. As a result, the moment Lavandula came in contact with the ball, it was completely destroyed as if a large boulder was thrown. "Boooooom, crash." She mimicked the sound of the destruction with a twinkle in her eye.
Apricot took out Breeze and took out the suck function, bringing the ball back to her quickly, using that momentum to her advantage by kicking the ball into the other dummy's direction, destroying the second dummy. She brushed a strand of hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear, and walked over to get Lavandula. She went back to the camera and sat on Lavandula.
"That's kind of a simple demonstration of how I use my weapon, and stuff. It relies a lot on my semblance. I don't really have a name for it yet. I've been going between Oscar, Forte and Maude but I don't know it's gender because it hasn't really spoken to me, unlike Lavandula and Breeze." She was in thought for a moment, but came back to reality to continue speaking.
"Oh, right! My semblance allows me to change the weight of anything that I'm focusing my my aura on. I HAVE to get permission before I control things, though. It's rude to just pick things up and throw them around, it makes me sad when I don't get permission. I can control anything, except Grimm, including myself- but it's not good to LIE about your weight… Only after you've eaten a nice slice of chocolate cake. Or a whole cake. I know that I should show more abilities, but I've talked too much, and I think that there's a limit of two minutes to each video. I hope you consider me for your Combat School! Thanks for this… Uh, opportunity- wait, what's a different word for opportunity? I can't end a conversation with five syllables... Chance- Thank you for this chance!" She struggled to turn off the camera but finally managed to turn the video off.
AUTHOR'S NOTES::
Hi, thank you so much for reading my fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed reading it. I'm kind of writing this for myself, however, it's nice to have readers. I initially didn't have Author's Notes here during the first publishing, but I thought that it would be good for me to add some sort of comment here to talk about what this story is going to be and what it isn't going to be.
This fanfic is going to be a lot more about school life at Beacon Academy and is more about the mundane side of life. It does and will involve combat, however, this fic is unapologetically school-based first and foremost.
This story ISN'T going to be featuring any of the RWBY cast for a while. The Fall of Beacon occurs in APPL's third year, to put that into comparison. There will be drama though, so if you stick around and if I don't get lazy with my updates, I'm sure there will be enjoyment in reading my story (I hope.)
Again, thank you so much for reading and I hope you continue on.
