Rachel:
Rachel couldn't believe her eyes, she couldn't even recognize this Grimm, It was some kind of humanoid crocodile, but that wasn't even the scariest part, she couldn't tell what was scarier, the groaning humanoid face sticking out of the upper left part of its neck, the black mist trailing the Grimm, or the fact that it was ten whole feet tall. As the four of them stared upon the Grimm with fear, it's human head began to shriek and the mist began to whip around sporadically. Rachel decided to take the initiative
"Keep firing"
The entire team began attacking the Grimm, Pirin firing his carbine, Nova shooting fire, and Rachel separated her rifle and began firing the pistol. The projectiles did not do anything to the large Grimm. Tira slashed at the Grimm, only for its bracer like shells to block the swing, Tira backpedalled as it's mist whipped at her. The team continued attacking, Pirin's lightning had no effect on its shells, Nova's fire was snuffed out by the mist, and Rachel's bullets ricocheted off of its armor. Rachel herself could tell that nothing was happening, so Rachel decided to make a plan
"Okay, this thing is big, It may not be too good on its feet. Tira, slow it down"
"On it!"
Tira stabbed her sword into the ground, and the ground began to liquify. As the Grimm stepped forwards its foot fell onto the earth, as it tried to rip itself from the ground its other leg became stuck in the the earth as well. Tira pulled her sword out of the ground and the earth solidified around the Grimm's feet. The Grimm screeched in rage as it tried to pull itself free, the rock however refused to move. Rachel grinned and called to her fellow huntsmen
"Well done! Now let's fini..."
"Look out!"
Pirin shoved her to the ground just as a tree slammed the ground right where Rachel had stood.
"Thanks, but what was that?"
Rachel looked up at the Tree, it was black, with red eyes in it's knotholes, and spindly hands in place of its branches, it was standing using its roots as legs. Rachel was sure that this weird tree like Grimm had not been there moments ago, as she looked around she saw trees blackening and moving, red eyes forming along them as they came to life, and one thing that they all had in common? The mist had touched them. Rachel stared at the mist in terror as countless plants and animals mutated into aberrations, trees into strange monsters, grass into black tentacles, and an unlucky squirrel grew a white shell and it's eyes turned black. Rachel saw one option
"Fall back, there's no way we can beat all of these"
Luckily the rest of the group agreed that an honourable fight wasn't in their best interests.
Pirin:
As they ran through the forest Pirin analyzed what he had seen, his HUD hadn't been able to recognize the Grimm that had attacked them, and this thing could turn aura-less creatures into more Grimm. Pirin decided to help make a plan
"Okay, so that thing can turn plants and animals into creatures of Grimm, If we fight it we'll want to burn an open area. Also, does anyone have an idea how to hurt it?"
Tira answered his question with a shrug. This wasn't good, they could limit the enemy numbers, but if they couldn't kill the Grimm then they had no chance. He remembered it's second head, it had been utterly terrifying, but most frightening was that it could speak, did it have vocal chords? How human was it? Then he thought about what the human face had looked like, white skin, not armor, but skin
"Guys, I've got an idea for a possible weak-point"
"Where"
"That second face, the white material it had as skin doesn't seem particularly strong, I know it isn't much, but we may be able to hurt it that way"
"Don't beat yourself up Pirin, it's the first lead we've got. Alright, everybody, stop running, we can use this place as an ambush"
They all looked around at a large open clearing full of rocks, Pirin nodded and heard Rachel say
"Hey Nova, can you burn us some extra leg room?"
"On it"
As Nova scorched the trees and grass away, Pirin and Tira moved the rocks to use as barricades, Pirin was slightly unnerved by the girl's silence and fixation on her necklace, he was a quiet person, but this silence was ridiculous
"You Wanna' talk about something?"
The girl shook her head in a no. Pirin resumed the lifting and shouted to Rachel
"So how much longer do we have until that thing catches up to us?"
"No idea"
"What!? Why are we even setting up this ambush, we should be cutting for the cliff!"
"And run into that thing again!? Hell no! We're taking the advantage"
Pirin's blood boiled, this girl was choosing a theatrical ambush over survival
"..."
Pirin's oncoming torrent of wrath was cut short by a familiar groan from the forest, he and Rachel stood for a moment, shocked, before realising what they had just done, if that Grimm hadn't been chasing them before, it was now
"I'll keep guard, set up some traps"
Rachel muttered, Nova began to place dust crystals on the ground in positions where they would create a large explosion and a pit if shot. Pirin had been uncertain of this Nova girl earlier, but she was definitely knowledgeable and resourceful, he found that impressive
Nova:
After finishing with the kill zone, Nova went and took a seat, she looked at the defences Pirin and that scorpion girl had set up, the rocks were set up to be stable, with carefully placed openings for weapon barrels, rocks set in place to kneel on, Pirin clearly had an idea of how this was supposed to go. Just then Rachel ran from the forest
"It's coming"
Pirin jumped to his feet and drew his gun thingie, Nova didn't know the specifics of firearms
"How long?"
"Maybe a minute, it was lumbering through the trees pretty slowly. Everyone get behind the barricades"
"On it!"
The other three called out in synchronization, Nova found that amusing. A moment later the four were kneeling and watching the smoke roll out from the trees, as the tension seemed to slow time down, then they saw the Grimm's red eves through the smoke
"Shoot it! don't shoot the dust yet!"
The group followed Rachel's order without hesitation, lightning, ice, and bullets filled the air. The Grimm walked out from the mist and it's human head groaned. Rachel barked an order
"Pirin, Nova, shoot the body, look for weaknesses, I'll go for the human head"
The lightning and ice peppered the body with minimal effect, Rachel's bullet, however tore the face open, causing the first head to scream. The Grimm began charging towards them in anger. Nova sprayed fire onto the ground, lighting the dust ablaze, the explosion threw dirt everywhere, and caused the Grimm to scream in pain. As the dirt and smoke cleared the group saw a large amount of red eyes through the smoke, and then the eyes began to move. They saw the Trees moving forwards, Rachel barked them an order
"Nova, Pirin, shoot the Trees, Tira, immobilize the Grimm"
She followed her order, spraying a burst of flame at the trees, causing them to burn up.
Tira:
Tira dug her sword into the ground, she closed her eyes and felt through the earth, felt the footsteps, she began to 'stir' the ground beneath the two feet, Tira had never been able to effectively explain her semblance, all she knew was that when she ran her aura into the ground through a conduit, she would be able to feel through the earth, and then she could pick some area and move it, she called it 'stirring' as that was what people said it looked like. Tira held her sword in the ground for about a minute and pulled her sword out from the ground and leaped and the Grimm, landing in front of it and delivering two slashes in an 'X' across its chest, the slashes had no significant effect. Tira parried the Grimm's retaliation attack and jumped back as it pulled itself from the ground. Tira heard an order from Rachel
"Nova, switch places with Tira, that Grimm is probably better attacked from a distance"
Tira ran at one of the Tree Grimm and slashed it in two. Then Tira saw Nova running circles around the main Grimm and shooting fire at it, it was keeping its front towards her and on its back Tira saw some sort of red pulsing object covered in a black film on its back, a bubble formed in the film and as it popped it released more of the black mist. Tira had one immediate idea
"Weakpoint"
She whispered to herself before dashing past Nova, past the Grimm, just as she was beside it she spun digging her tail into its back. The screeching noise that the Grimm made was ear piercing, it stumbled to the ground as Tira retracted her tail, a red liquid dripping from the tip. As the Grimm struggled to move Tira planted one foot on the snout of its main head, before dropping her sword right onto it's neck. She looked up from her beaten opponent to see the other three staring at her in awe, their thoughts were clearly plastered across their faces, 'holy crap'.
Rachel:
"Rachel Cross, Pirin D'or, Nova Algos, and Tira Tanaka, together you will form Team RPNT (Repent)"
She listened to the Headmaster of beacon list their names, she was the team leader, she couldn't believe it, she would have stood in awe before Ozpin cleared his throat, reminding her to get off of the stage. As she walked off of the stage she looked at her new teammates, Pirin was honest and articulated, Nova was friendly, and able to defend her teammates, Tira was a combat savant, and she was also a faunus, which made her automatically seem like the most trustworthy person. In the background she heard Ozpin say
"Looks like things are shaping up to be an interesting year"
Author:
So yeah, that's that, tell me what you think so far, how did you guys like my Grimm Plaguebearer? Also I'm still in need of two teammates for Larua Castellon and Yumi Skyguard. PM me ideas, theories, and questions!