Another chapter has arrived. Prepare the world for the events to come.
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Volume 1, Chapter 2: …the more things will fuck up.
The sun shone through the clear windows of a tall tower. Inside the top of it was a large room. Both walls and floor were lined with gears of all sizes, seemingly rotating without purpose. The ones on the floor were separated from the rest of the room by a thick pane of glass. Hanging on the ceiling was one large brown cog, slowly spinning to the rhythm of interlocking machinery. Two people were inside the room. One was standing, the other was sitting in a nice chair on the other side of a desk.
A stern blonde woman with glasses wore a look of annoyance on her face as she stared at her coworker and superior. In front of her was a desk with a steaming cup of coffee on it, a stack of folders, a lamp and a clock with the shape of cog. Sitting behind the desk was a man with white hair wearing spectacles on his face and wore dark green clothes.
"Ozpin, you may be the leader of of the Beacon Hunter branch but was it necessary to hide this from me?" Glynda stated as she smacked a set of papers onto the table. It was a set of after action reports about yesterday. The battle against Lung caused a good amount of collateral damage against a number of scorched buildings, several cars, the street and the ABB controlled casino. It stated that the dragon of Kyushu was sent flying towards the docks and destroyed the roof of a thankfully abandoned warehouse. When PRT forces arrived, the man was already gone with a crater in the center of the building for evidence.
"I figured you wouldn't be interested so I did the paperwork myself." Ozpin said with a calm smile. "You were quite busy with the students after all."
The teacher muttered a few things under her breath that went unheard. Ozpin took this time to grab a few files from a file cabinet in his desk. The headmaster laid them all down to face his coworker.
"Tell me Glynda, what do you see when you look at these children?"
She looked at the 4 profiles that Ozpin managed to put up. There wasn't too much information on all of them but there was enough that you could infer some details. Pictures and information about Grue, Tattletale, Regent and Bitch
"These 4 are all members of the Undersiders, a villain team working in Brockton Bay." She said. "A villain aligned team." She said with a frown. "They have a good synergy that can be easily refined. The group has focused on small time crimes and of little threat to most people." She stopped for a second and sighed. "Ozpin, is there ever a time where you will stop picking up people to train them as hunters?"
The headmaster lifted his cup and drank from it. He placed it back down and looked at Glynda. "I am well aware of what I am doing. This group has potential and I want to see if it can be used for a better future. Face it Glynda, we need more people if we have to survive the onslaught of the Grimm."
"Still, we're going to run out of room and supplies at this rate." She said nursing her temples. She brought her scroll up from her pockets and viewed it's contents. "We need another batch of ammunition within the week because a team accidentally blew up half the storehouse. It was one of the irresponsible rich kids too, thinking all the money in the world can help them."
Ozpin's face hadn't shown any sign of change other than tasting his drink. "Send the students to Jack and tell him to give a level one. It might help them learn something."
Glynda muttered something about Jack as she checked a few papers. With her telekinesis, she went through her paperwork quickly. The woman gestured with her riding crop and the papers formed into a neat floating stack. With that done, she turned and walked to the elevator, the pile of papers floating behind and with her as the elevator closed.
Ozpin went back to work. Taking a sip of his drink, he looked through the master list of new students every hunter school would get within the year. The 4th-Years already graduated a few weeks ago and more people would fill in the ranks. The number of applicants going to Beacon was lesser than usual and he was getting an important call. He sighed, just another day as the Headmaster of a School.
"You saw ¼ of Teams JNPR and RWBY!" Taylor gushed like a schoolgirl. Well, she is still in school but she acted like someone half her age. The cards she held lay scattered on the floor near her.
"Stop fangirling and calm down." Sophia said as she looked at her hand. She grunted and placed a card face down. "It was Arcknight and Solar Dragon. The paladin and one of the few brutes that can fistfight Lung himself. Hell, I'm sure Arcknight could do it himself. He tanked a hit against Leviathan and didn't move."
"He used his shield on that Sophia. A shield that may as well been made of the hardest materials known to mankind. Without tinkertech!" Taylor all but yelled at her friend.
"Well, at least I'm going to join their ranks soon enough. A few more years and the sheep will make me the best hunter in the world."
"You mean the most ruthless." Taylor quipped. "Not many trainees get to choke an alpha beowolf on their first day on the field.
"Then everyone is a wimp." Sophia said as she smirked and moved a face up card showing an aerial fleet. "Also, Atlesian Battleship fleet to attack the NYC. Who's weak now?"
Taylor had a small gasp as she checked her cards on hand and facedown. "Dammit, why does Atlas have superior firepower every time?"
"Because they have that hunter tinker that makes airships for the military. Reproducible, slow but powerful. You can give them credit, they drove off the Simurgh with some of these."
Taylor grumbled as she drew another card from the pile. She had a momentary grin on her face as she slammed it down on the board. "Triumvirate Retaliation! Capture a chosen city and lockdown adjacent structures for 3 turns. I chose to capture Mantle."
"Son of a bitch!" Sophia screamed as she slammed her hands down. "You disabled Atlas in a dozen moves. Goddamnit Taylor, how do you keep doing this?"
"Pure luck Sophia, pure luck." The girl said as she packed up the board and cards into a box. It had the name of 'Hunters vs. Capes', the hot game of world domination with several playable sides.
"Girls!" Danny Hebert called from downstairs. "Lunch's downstairs, we got meat medium rare."
Sophia and Taylor took a glance at each other before the former transformed into shadows and dove into the floor. Taylor had a momentary shocked expression on her face before she schooled it. "Not fair!" She shouted as she ran down the stairs.
Downstairs, Danny got a call from his scroll. Taking it from his pocket and opening it, he answered the call. The person on the other side spoke to him and Danny hitched a breath and clenched his fist as he listened. When the call was over, the man dialed an old friend of his.
"Kurt this is urgent. We need to evacuate the people, there is a horde outside the city!"
Director Emily Piggot sighed in frustration as she read the latest report constructed by Armsmaster. Details about the battle in ABB territory between them and Hunter forces were a bit sketchy. One said that Arcknight took down Lung and the other said Solar Dragon did it. It got confusing until they gave it to the think tank and get the correct information out of it.
Contrary to popular belief and rumours, she didn't really mind the hunters unless they caught her flat footed which they did recently. Now she has to clean up their mess until they finish setting up. Thankfully Lung didn't do to much damage when he disappeared from the docks.
She dismissed the PRT employee from her office and relaxed slightly. It was nice of Ozpin to send her those air fresheners. They helped stabilized the overgrowing headache that is Brockton Bay. Outnumbered 3 to 1 on the parahumans side of things. At least they can get allies from the Hunter's Association when there are no Grimm prowling about.
The director checked if there are anymore meetings scheduled for the day. Seeing none, a bit of weight fell off her shoulders. Even people who are good at their job need a break once in a while. She went ahead for her usual routine which included cursing Nilbog, cursing Witch and chuckling at the memory that made Ellisburg a dead zone, not controlled by anyone.
As she got ready to call it a day she got a high priority alert and a report. Frowning, she went and read it. Her skin tone slightly paled as she continued reading. When she finished, she called for the Protectorate team, every combat capable PRT officer and the Wards.
"Of course things could be too good to last. How this didn't happen years ago is amazing."
She was referring to the newly detected Grimm horde headed straight to the city from the northern side. From the view of a satellite, it looked like a moving blot of black covering the land. Headed to Brockton Bay, a city teeming with negativity from the gangs and poverty it faced.
Piggot hurriedly called two numbers, Costa-Rica Brown and Ozpin Pine. However, the head director didn't seem to respond. She left a message to her superior and went ahead to dial Ozpin to let him know of the situation. A minute or so of waiting and she heard his voice.
"Emily, are you calling me about the fresheners I gave you?" Ozpin's voice sounded through the device with a cheerful tone.
"I wish it was only . We have a large gathering of Grimm headed for the bay, big enough that you could see it from space. At the speed they're going, the horde will reach us within 12 hours."
There was a bit of clatter on the other side of the phone and some silence. A while later Ozpin came back, voice a little shaky and not as happy. "It's not just a horde Emily." He said. "I managed to see Witch leading it. Sound the alarms, we have a fight ahead of us."
Chris was tinkering away in his lab as usual every afternoon. He was busy testing a power generator he made by connecting a number of power cells into one big system. The teen had to thank the Red Petal also known as Ruby Rose when she came into the base to talk. Who knew that his specialty was modular items, a hot commodity among hunters for their weapons. With his specialty known, he was able to make top quality gear as easy as making puzzles.
He finished his workload today and decided to take a break. Chris grabbed a bottle of water from his tinker made mini fridge and strolled out of his workshop. He was making his way to the Wards lounge when he heard the Grimm Horde alarms. As soon as the sound was emitted, personnel began scrambling to and from different rooms. Kid Win himself called his new hoverboard to him and rode it to the lounge.
When he arrived, he already saw his teammates there except for Vista. Miss Militia called him inside and waited until the group was ready to listen.
The scarf wearing hero cleared her throat. "Approximately an hour ago, satellites have detected a massive gathering of Grimm headed for the bay." She said while looking at every one of the wards, gauging their reactions. "A number of cities will get hit including us and it's our job to hold them off until reinforcements arrive."
Clockblocker looked nervous. Understandable considering they are going up against a country's worth of monsters. "Is it possible for us to back out? I can deal with Endbringers but not the Grimm. There are too many masks."
"It is alright to back out because you're scared." Miss Militia said. "This is one of the biggest hordes since the Fallen and Black Claw fought each other in 1998."
Aegis and Gallant volunteered to join the fight. Kid Win also signed up, if only to test the new Anti-Grimm weapons he developed with Arms master's help. He went ahead to his workshop and equipped himself appropriately. Taking his laser rifles, second hoverboard and several other things for the fight. Cranking up the speed, he flew towards the designated choke point.
The Grimm watched it's brethren march at a steady pace towards the human city. It huffed a breath and snarled as it glared at the spires of steel in the distance. Glancing around it, the humanoid form of darkness felt an unknown emotion as it surrounded itself with its species. The creature knew it was unique and was ordered to assist the group in any way possible.
Bursting through the formation into the front, the mockery of man unleashed a war cry that stirred up the Grimm. Numerous sounds were emitted as every type of Grimm in the horde began to move faster. The humanoid Grimm made feral smile as bloodlust filled the air. It began to continue forward and ahead of the group. Sprinting towards the city, the Grimm's body began to change as its flesh warped and bones reformed. Cracks of calcium were heard as the human transformed into a Beowolf.
The now lupine creature dashed to its destination as it grew bone armor on its body. Dense but light plates of armor covered the chest, torso and limbs. A special ring of hollow bone surrounded the neck protecting the Beowolf from decapitation. With the armor done, the Grimm fully concentrated on movement and sped forward in a burst of speed. All of this took roughly a minute to happen.
The monster continued it's run to the city to cause chaos, destruction and death. Back in the Grimmlands, a Queen cruelly smiled at the successful project and prepared the spawning pits. It was time to escalate.
[Question]
[Speak]
[Rival]
[Contempt]
[Jealous]
[Exasperation]
[Interference]
[Interest]
[Disruption]
[Possibility]
[Father]
[Enlightenment]
[Intruder]
[Attack]
[Unity?]
[Confirmation]
[Second] [Third]
[Fourth]
[Acknowledgement]
Granting Access. Accessing Cauldron Databanks.
Beacon
Located in the USA, west of New York. Beacon Academy is one of the 5 mainstream hunter schools in the world. Getting into the school is easy as long as you prove yourself and willing to go further. The modernized fairytale castle itself is a siege fortress that even the Triumvirate would have a hard time breaking in. Headmaster Ozpin runs the school. Like the country that it is in, the school emphasizes itself as the 'land of the free'. However, it doesn't tolerate negative influences such as the Fallen and the Grimm cults.
I already gave Lung an asskicking so I decided to shake things up with this instead. Leads to a chain of events that will really get the ball rolling. Besides it will be a good way to introduce our Queens of Escalation into the local scene. Also hope you like the talk at the end. Still need a name for our resident Grimm. He is different after all. Also important. Anyone who at least knows Worm will know what this means.
Before anyone says anything about the Youth Guard, Grimm Hordes of a large scale use Endbringer Truce rules. Also the Grimm don't care about laws and are attracted to negativity. It's like painting a target on their backs for soulless monsters.
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