When we put up the news tomorrow the only good thing was that CCTS was actually barely damaged. They thought the transmitter tower in Vale was the only tower they have,we are dealing with terrorists with no sanity.
The death toll from the Grimm was 100,000 civilians,the economy of Vale has been projected to recover in 300 years.
The Vytal Festival is set to continue but half the might of the Atlesian fleets will take guard over the city.
Something tells me it's not done yet
The solo matches have been pushed back 3 days to allow mourning,I feel guilty and decide to train my Ice casting further.
I upgrade my Icestorm into House of Cards.
I make as many Aces I can which after becoming extremely efficient in making them is 1500. It drains half my Ice dust though and it is very tedious to refill the Dust.
Autumn didn't use the time to train and Perseus is still in hospital so he has no choice either way.
I managed to discover something about the Dustcasting,when I use it I have a tendril of my Aura attached to it so that is how I can control it.
I remembered I used my secret weapon on the flesh Grimm,luckily only Autumn was around and Cinder was too far up in the air to see what it was.
After two days,Perseus gets released from the hospital and we meet at the dorm.
"Autumn managed to solo CRDL so she doesn't need a solo match and she beat Nora with plain ingenuity,the crowd has seen enough before they think we are trash. We put you in the first solo match and I'll take the last" I planned for the crowd,I took the risk.
"Nice publicity plan,I'm up against this Sun guy." Perseus agreed
I don't feel confident without a weapon yet and take and idea from all members of the team
I have a blueprint that should be a dual pistols turning into a grenade launcher with a bayonet. I called it Decimation.
The pistols were massive,around the size of an SMG so only people with good strength like Nora can even bother to start flipping and shooting. The grenade launcher had the element select from Perseus and the bayonet was as long as a short sword.
I came back to the dorm to see it's night time and went to sleep
Perseus POV
I think I forgot to tell my team it was today.
I didn't have enough time to go back down since it's supposed to start in 10 minutes so I decided to deal with the consequences.
I saw the guy I was supposed to be fighting and he came up to me.
"Hope we have a fun fight!"
"Me too,my names Perseus."
"My names Sun."
I analysed the transmitter tower and realised that the fights were rigged,I didn't tell my team but it was too late to matter now since the tower is destroyed.
I analysed him but it was useless and only told me the stuff I can see with my own eyes,my semblance needs to see him do something in order to analyse it.
"PERSEUS AND SUN! COME DOWN TO THE ARENA!" We heard the announcement and headed down to the arena.
"IN SOLO MATCHES,THERE IS NO ENVIRONMENT! YOU ONLY FIGHT WITHIN THE METAL AREA SHOWCASED HERE!"
A spotlight shone on the metal arena, perfect for my grenades.
I upgraded my launcher to have controlled explosions. I control them by pressing a button on the side of the gun.
We stand on the arena and hear "ARE YOU READY!"
We shout our affirmations and stare down our opponent,pulling out our weapons.
"3,2,1 GOOOOOOOOOOO!
I see a bo-nunchuck and decide to rush him down with my greatsword.
I slam my sword onto the bo and Sun managed to keep his ground.
He jumped away before I could press further and switched to nunchuck mode,he made three clones then charged me.
I switched to grenade launcher and shot at their feet,shooting an electric grenade.
They try and spin the nunchucks but that just added more surface area to conduct and Sun's clones popped.
He's now at 70% so I charged him when I get slammed in the back by a clone's nunchucks
I cannot allow myself to get surrounded so I shot another electric grenade at real Sun then jumped away from the clone.
He tried to smack it away but I pressed the detonate button and it explodes before he hits it sending him flying back.
I switched to greatsword and smashed down the other clone.
He's at 50% while I'm at 80% from the surprise hit. It does more damage to Aura if you do a sneak attack.
He runs at me and I became suspicious of a bait when I analysed him and saw none of the body language for lying or planning.
I smack him away with my greatsword then shoot him mid air with my sticky grenade,sending him flying 70m in the air then exploding a further 30m. I look at the board and see his Aura broken so I run over and catch him.
"Good match,Sun."
I went back to the dorm and told Autumn that I was in a match and she slapped me.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US IT WAS TODAY!" Autumn shouted,waking up Horus.
"I just visiting the Arena coz I thought it was tomorrow then I heard the announcement that we was fighting in 20 mins." I tried to reason with her:
Horus POV
Is this guy legit? "Man,your supposed to b the smart one on the squad. No harm meant by that but come on." I laughed. "Why aren't you angry?" Autumn asked. "I watched it on television then came up here,you really blew up the Sun huh? Hahahahahahaha!" I laughed even more at my own joke while my team stared at me.
"Horus. That was a bad joke." Autumn broke my heart with those words.
"How could you betray me like this...my heart has been erased." I fake my death in the most obvious way. I think his name was Jonathan Sullivaster or something stupid like that.
I bring out my new weapon and flex. "Where is your melee?" Both Autumn and Perseus asked.
"Right here." I made a blade,protruding from my hand flat with the fingers together,as sharp as a Japanese mastercraft and sliced the air so well I made a vacuum.
I was training to push how far I can control my Ice aswell. I made a supercondensed ball of air. The weight of the entire ocean in a 5cm circumference ball and wrapped it in the most packed ice I could make.
"Go outside,this is going to be spectacular!" I kept immense focus over the ball and once we reached the combat class arena I threw it as far as possible and released my control.
It exploded the ice into extremely thin strips and sent it flying at unforgiving speeds,the air started expanding and crushing the ground beneath us into fine sediment. I made it disperse before we destroy combat class and start seeing people patties on the floor.
"Yeah,this technique is as bad as my pressure cannon." I said wide-eyed
"I'll only use this on non-living things,Grimm or people as bad as Arthur Watts I know." I looked at Autumn and immediately knew what she was going to say.
Hmm I can make smaller version of them. I make five small Destruction Zones with only as much pressure to bend iron and wrap them in ice,I send them one after the other in a short interval. The destruction is a 1000th of the size from before but it's survivable.
"Ok I fixed the problem,I used way less pressure now I have a semi-auto cannon"
I named it Semi-Auto Cannon and learnt it to muscle memory,I soaked my suit in a tub of ice dust to refill its Dustweave and I waited 15 mins until it's done.
In combat,I just throw a Ice Grenade on myself to get the same results but I like having a dorm to sleep in.
Everytime I go to sleep I put my clothes in a washing machine I bought with my own money,I get 5000 lien a week due to being a hunter in training,it's specially made for Dustweave clothing and it cost 15,000 because I'm a hunter. Normally it would be 50,000 but I'm a hunter plus I'm a big name in Vytal right now.
I woke up and ate my healthy breakfast of 3 bowls of Weetabix again.
I got my Decimation out and walked towards the arena to test its shots.
It's much stronger than my Ice Cannon but not the massive sphere. I called that move,Ocean Breaker.
I switched to grenade launcher and saw that I could shoot it over the combat class stadium.
"WHO SHOT THAT GRENADE!" I heard Miss Goodwitch and dipped.
She said she would be patrolling the dorms so now I was impressed at the range.
Well,I did ask Perseus for the specs on his launcher. I obviously improved it.
I made it so I have a scope that shows me the trajectories of the grenade launcher.
I focused in pure power for the pistols and have 5 rounds and slow firing rate.
"BREAKING NEWS:PENNY POLENDINA AND WEISS SCHNEE HAS RETIRED FROM THE VYTAL FESTIVAL AND RETURNED TO ATLAS!"
Damn,I wanted a challenge!
"We skipped to the grand finals and now the match is between Horus Orion and Ruby Rose!"
FAM WHY RUBY! I'm going to look bad for bullying a little kid now.
She changed her weapon so the Scythe is now a Curved Greatsword (Dark Souls 3 Exile Greatsword but in the colour scheme of Crescent Rose.) and the sniper has gotten a lot more magazine space and it's firing rate has increased to full auto.
I won't use Ice on her,not fair also risk of severe injury if it cuts past her Aura.
"This is it,Fame or Shame." I was incredibly nervous.
"Don't worry Horus I'm sure you'll do fine." Autumn said with pure faith in me.
I shook of my nerves "Thanks,that helped."
I walked over to the arena when I saw Ruby.
"Good luck Ruby,I hope you won't need it."
"I'm sure you don't hahahahaha!" She said.
We walked down to the Arena and heard "RUBY ROSE AND HORUS ORION! COME DOWN TO THE ARENA FOR THE GRAND FINALS!"
Both of our opponents left for Atlas,Ruby's was Weiss and mine was Penny.
"IT SEEMS THEY ARE ALREADY HERE!"
We smirked at the camera.
"NOW FOR THE GRAND FINALS OF THE VYTAL FESTIVAL,THE MATCH BETWEEN RUBY ROSE AND HORUS ORION STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTS NOOOOOOOOOOW!"
A cannon shot out from the distance to signal our fight.
Ruby used her semblance and rushed in for a slice,tagging my thigh.
I held my left pistol up and shot her in the chest sending her skidding to the side.
She switches to full auto sniper and blast me in the chest with 5 bullets then switches back to a curved greatsword.
I switch to grenade launcher and shoot blaze grenades in a circle around her to try and contain her when she runs around in a circle with her semblance making a vacuum and disperses the flames.
I switch to pistols and shoot while she's running,missing my shots.
I feel a rush of wind behind my back and swing a right hook,catching Ruby on the side of her stomach.
I grab her head in a headlock and start shooting at her immobile body when she stabs Crescent Rose into my chest making me let go.
She spins and roundhouse slices me,sending me skidding.
I sneak a glance at the Aura monitor and see Ruby's at 50% while I'm at 70%.
That glance was all she needed to zoom in with her semblance and bat me with her sword,sending me near the Arena's edge.
I immediately leap into the air and use my semblance to float slowly,I look and see Ruby taking aim.
She bangs me in the head then I fall while shooting wildly. I get up and see her "disappeared".
I knee the air with all my force and catch Ruby lacking.
Same trick won work twice.
I switch to grenade launcher and shoot her with two ice grenades. I detonate them smashing her Aura.
I hear mine crack aswell.
I wake up to see myself in chains while a sleek rectangular sniper barrel is levelled at my head. Shit. I knew something would happen.
If I move,the barrel starts glowing for 5 minutes then it cools down.
Damn,I hate automated snipers.
I hear someone walk in and disengage the sniper.
Freedom or Interrogation?
I see him and he asks "What do you know about Beacon?".
Interrogation it is then.
"I learn there and it's really big."I actually don't know shit about Beacon other than that.
"Damn,you really don't know nothing. Fire." I feel the barrel heat up.
I use my pressure cannon on my prosthetic arm and cut my way free,if I cut off the guys limbs accidentally...Oh well.
I jump with all the force I have just in time to see the barrel go dead.
It's linked to its movement in the chair or it was a dud.
"MY LEG ARRRRRRHGGHHH-"
I punch him with my metal arm and knock him out,the heat from the steam cauterised the wound so he's not going to bleed out.
I see the White Fang symbol on the door and kicked it open to see my stuff on the wall.
"For fucks sake,my suit!"
It's ripped to tatters and the dust has been stolen
"I'm never going to buy anything expensive again!"
I see a set of clothing that actually looks sick.
A hoodie that's mostly black with orange inside and thin orange strips going up the arm and converging on the heart,two strips go down where your legs would be if you wore it. Black joggers with the inside of the pockets orange,a black heavy duty belt and Decimation.
I changed in to it then sat down for five minutes,thinking of a plan.
Someone walks in the room.
I turn around immediately and stare them down.
"I have an offer for you,join the White Fang and I will let your teammates go free. I must say they fought extremely well but we managed to neutralise them in the end." The old man walked up to me and held his hand out to show a scroll with footage of Autumn and Perseus in the exact same trap I was in.
"Fuck Vale then." I shook his hand.
"I'm surprised you lot didn't kill me. I am a human you know?"
The old man smirked,he fixed his tie in position and said "I am a human myself and I am a considerable financial backer of the White Fang."
"But why? Why support a group as viscous and uncontrolled as the White Fang." I sat down on a bench.
"I did it for power,I'm going to assassinate their leader and take full power of the White Fang." The old man in a suit with a dream of power,where have I seen this before?
I shake off my thoughts and ask him if this is Dustweave aswell.
"Yes this is Dustweave,I seen your skill with dustcasting and decided to give you an outfit to the taste of the modern generation. I hope it being Fire dust this time doesn't annoy you?" He asked questions to put words in my mouth,I'll play along.
"Yeah,I'm not bothered about it. Look better than my suit for sure." I thank him then ask for my first mission.
"You are to go to Mistral and intercept Cinder. Give her this letter then go back to the airship that dropped you off."
"Ok,sir. Mind giving me a map and location to the airship?" He gave me a map and I set it on the bench to take a picture of it with my scroll. I took the map and put it in my jogger pockets,luckily they have zips that are iron age aswell.
Damn. This guy knows style.
"Go to Docking Bay A16 and take this card aswell."
It's a picture of my face taken during the Vytal Festival...Shit,my parents probably thinking I'm dead.Same for Autumn and Perseus.
I head to the Docking Bay and see Neo there
"Oh shit."
