A/N: Hello, everyone! I'm glad you're enjoying the story so far! Just a reminder, if anyone's willing to help me out, then please start writing down the scripts of the lore videos of the monster's you're most excited to see! You don't have to do the whole thing, but literally any amount of help would be greatly appreciated, especially on the particularly long videos.
Also, HUGE thanks to qazse for some reactions and helping alter the dialogue so we Rage isn't talking as if this is from a video game.
But now, let's continue!
"Alright, students. We've been at this for at least two hours now. The next monster will be the final one for today, then it's back to training. We'll come back to these tomorrow, perhaps, or the next day after more movies from the MCU." Glynda instructed.
"Aww, but these were so fun!" Nora declared.
"And barely half of us have seen our monsters yet." Yang said.
"Well, perhaps waiting to see them another day will be even more gratifying." Ozpin suggested.
"So, Tigrex, huh? I'm guessing it's pretty strong by the way Rage described it." Jaune said.
"Indeed. He almost made it sound as powerful as Rajang." Pyrrha agreed.
"Eh, not quite, but it might be able to give a Rajang a run for its money." Katana stated, playing the video.
A group of Popo's was seen marching through the snowy mountains as something looked down at them while Rage spoke. "A brutal killer. A savage beast. Power made flesh. Woe betide thee who his hungry gaze sets upon." Rage declared as the Tigrex moved closer to the cliff edge, knocking loose some snow and alerting the Popo's to his presence, causing them to flee as he leapt down, but one ran the wrong way, now separate from the group and an easy target. It then chased after the Popo, the view switching back and forth between them, a weird screaming being played over the doomed prey, while an inspiring rock song played for the soon-to-be sated predator.
"Hey, what's that song?" Yang asked.
"Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. A very popular song and made iconic in the third Rocky film. And before anyone asks they're films about a determined boxer." Katana explained.
"Well I can see why, I feel pumped just listening to the few lyrics." Yang said, bopping her head a bit.
"How is this happening!?" The Popo eventually questioned, still in a panic.
"I have no idea!" The Tigrex declared, before the chase finally ended as the predator grabbed its prey, getting both hands and feet on it to put its full weight down on the herbivore and biting its large back hump, bringing it to the ground, biting its neck and finishing it.
Everyone flinched at the prey being finished off, but were quite impressed by the opening. "Well, that was pretty funny until the Popo got caught." Nora admitted.
"Gotta say, I'm liking the stripe pattern, though. He definitely passes the visual test." Coco agreed.
"Yeah. And based on the description, it's probably gonna pass the awesome test, too." Jaune added.
"I think it's safe to say that Tigrex is both one of the most loved and simultaneously hated monsters known to man. He has been a legend ever since he was discovered by the Second Fleet from Pokke village, a Wintery village in the mountains I fell truly, madly in love with... HOWEVER! It's a bit of a dick! There's a supply hunt, which need to be taken regularly, One Star, known as A Sinking Feeling. Simple, right? You just go out and gather some Popo tongues." Rage began to explain as a hunter running through a cave was shown, carrying a large crystal, before a Tigrex burst through the wall, making him drop it to run faster, only escaping the beast by throwing a flash pod back at it and breaking out of the cave before it regained its sight.
"I'm getting there's a twist here. Something that would be VERY bad for a rookie hunter." Ren said suspiciously.
"I mean, look at that thing, it looks ready to mess up anyone's day, especially a rookie's. And we've already seen they like to eat Popo's." Neo reminded him.
"Why would anyone ever want a Popo's tongue, though?" Pyrrha asked, shuddering in disgust at the thought.
"It's likely similar to a beef tongue. My father says they are delicious." Penny stated.
"So, you put on your basic bitch fluffy newbie armor, head up to the mountain and, surprise! How'd you like a Tigrex? It is cruel and deplorable, yet for an adrenaline junkie, it is fantastic! The hunter becoming the hunted in one terrifying moment! To put into perspective, just how-" Rage began, before making a sobbing noise as the hunter desperately tried to avoid the Tigrex. "Tigrex is. Here is what a new hunter looks like after facing their first one." He added, showing a short video of a dog simply standing in place, looking horrified as clips of a Tigrex charging where shown over it.
"My word! If new and inexperienced hunters suffer PTSD from surviving a first encounter, Tigrex must really be aggressive!" Glynda said, stunned at this news and feeling concern for the newbie hunters.
"I'm a little more unsettled by that dog's expression. It looks demented." Velvet said, creeped out by the canine.
"It's a dog Velvet, they're ALL demented." Blake told her fellow Faunus.
Both Ruby and Weiss held Zwei like a mother whose child just got insulted. Weiss gasped. "How could you say such a thing?!" She asked, shocked.
"One more dog bashing out of you, and you will be banned from fish for a week." Ruby declared, to which Blake looked horrified and silenced herself.
"You'd think the village chief would mention that Popo are a Tigrex's main prey before you head out." He said as a tiny elderly woman was shown laughing evilly.
Literally everyone in the room turned and looked at Ozpin at that moment. "What?" He asked.
"Oh, come on, Oz. You know if these things were on Remnant, you'd totally drop a few in the Emerald Forest without telling the students and sending them off on a training mission." Qrow told him.
"And what's wrong with that? Facing off against deadly monsters builds character. Besides, it will literally be their job in the future. Think of it as helping them to prepare." Ozpin defended himself.
"You didn't deny it." Cinder said suspiciously.
"Now Tigrex's legacy cannot be understated. He was unlike anything hunters had faced before. A Flying Wyvern by classification, but an entirely new body shape and frame no one could have possibly seen coming. No longer wings spread for flight, no longer aerial elemental assaults, no! We now had a creature whose wings had developed in powerful forelimbs, allowing for a strength, speed and agility on the ground that was unprecedented. Coupled with relentless aggression, it was overwhelming. Tigrex was a wall and then some for many hunters, that some never managed to climb, many dying in the attempt." Rage explained as a hunter in a forest struggled to evade Tigrex's furious charge, struggling even more to land a hit on it.
"It's so fast! How can you get out of the way in time and still hit it?!" Jaune asked in disbelief.
"If it's gonna rush in head first, so will I. Let's see how his charge stands up to my fist!" Yang declared with a smirk.
"Assuming he doesn't bite it off?" Weiss questioned, Yang's smirk disappearing very quickly.
"Feeling unfair, feeling like there's no chance to fight back, feeling BULLSHIT! But, once mastered, he is at least to me, arguably the most satisfying monster to absolutely dominate. Once you see into his eyes and you are no longer afraid of what looks you back, you can play him like a fiddle, weaving with his timings, hitting his charges at just the right moment, you enter this ballet of death and you take the lead. And it is magical, especially with the greatsword. He is one of the most 'Got ya, bitch'-able monsters of all time..." Rage explained as it was no more clear the hunter in question was expertly evading Tigrex's attacks with little to no difficulty.
Another her was then shown where Aylia was wielding a greatsword and charged up a powerful attack, bringing her sword down on a Tigrex and slaying it. "OHHHH! Got ya, bitch!" She declared. [1]
Everyone looked to Katana. "It's a meme for greatsword wielders, whenever you land a powerful hit with your greatsword you charged a lot of energy into, you shout 'got ya, bitch!' I don't approve of it because you're taunting an animal you likely sliced a body part off of, but I digress." She explained.
"Agreed. There's no need to taunt an animal. It gains you nothing and it's simply immature." Glynda scoffed.
"But now that he mentions it, it does seem like a pretty straight forward style you could predict easily enough. As long as you're not too scared to think, it shouldn't be a problem at all." Blake said.
"At all might be a stretch, but you're on the right track." Katana told the Faunus.
"And of course, he is the ancestor of many flying Wyverns, especially other pseudo-Wyverns, which means he lead to Nargacuga, who of course, is bae. Now, I wanna take a moment to vent, because if I don't I'm gonna implode. Tigrex then is adapted for harsh environments, whether that be extreme heat, or biting cold. His body is uniquely gifted at managing internal temperatures. This allows his to thrive in the desert were his pattern is a camouflage advantage, or indeed in the snow were his prey is well less then speedy." Rage explained as the other hunter continued to fight Tigrex.
"So your telling us if these things were running around on Remnant, they can hunt and survive even in a place as cold as Atlas?" Qrow questioned, both amazed and disturbed.
"That is both amazing and deeply unnerving." Ozpin said.
"And considering that Grimm disintegrate when killed and probably don't taste good, I'd say Tigrex would spend most of it's time hunting and eating humans and Faunus." Katana added.
"Eep." Ruby and Velvet squeaked in fear.
The screen was then blurred, hiding the fight as a picture of Tigrex slowly slid in from the upper left. "He is the aspect of strength, all about raw, uncontained savagery. Nargacuga then, lives in more agreeable environments: lush, warm jungles, hiding as the assassin's shadow, the perfect ambush predator, emphasizing speed, the aspect of agility, using it with precise grace to dismantle opponents." He went on as an image of Nargacuga slid in on the upper right. "Together then, they surely covered anything evolution needed... So what in the ever-loving FUCK is the point of Barioth!?" He demanded furiously as an image of Barioth popped up from the bottom. "It lives in the snow! It's not as powerful as Tigrex, he's not as fast as Nargacuga! He's trying to be the middle ground, the little shit! And there's even a subspecies called Sand Barioth that lives in the desert! Is it just trying to be Tigrex-Senpai?! FUCK! I REALLY HATE HIM!" He shouted furiously. "The sabretooth look is alright, though." He admitted.
"Well, I bet they hate you for being a jerk to them!" Weiss snapped.
"Exactly. I get people have their own opinion, but he doesn't have to shove it down our throats how much he hates Barioth. And for such a stupid reason!" Blake agreed.
"No need to beat a dead horse, as the saying goes." Glynda added.
"It's just out of the three with this frame, Barioth can go suck my di-" Rage snapped, before a TV color bar censored him. "So this might not have come across, but I'm not the biggest fan of Barioth-" Rage explained.
"Oh really? I never would of guessed." Cinder said sarcastically.
"I mean if your gonna share your distaste for something fine, but there's no need for such vulgar language." Winter said distastefully.
"Oh please, his opinion on that cat is still tame compared to what I and many other's think of you smug Atlesians." Qrow told her.
Rage then explained his issues with Barioth and how he really shouldn't be that concerned over it, before continuing. "So, on with the show! And, well the thing is... Tigrex is really simple, there's not a lot to talk about, hence the meandering thus far. He is just a simple physical attacker, but he is one of the best developed creatures ever. It's like evolution said, 'Hey what kind of monster can I make that's badass and recognizable as a apex predator in both savagery and raw power?'. To which it went with 'You put the the tiger and t-rex and ya get Tigrex' and thus he was born." Rage explained as a hunter desperately tried to escape Tigrex in a forest, but it seemed impossible to escape the beast.
"Yeah, evolution had a good idea that day." Coco admitted.
"I'd so ride one of those into battle!" Neo declared excitedly.
"That dinosaur-esque head, glowering as the predator he is, the tiger coloring and movements of both, he is essentially the perfect fusion of the two. And he is all about the charge. He charges at you and then he charges at you-" Rage declared, repeating the same sentence, his voice somehow playing over each other as it was revealed the hunter lured out the Tigrex to where a hunter with a gun-like weapon could openly fire at him, allowing the hunter who lured the beast to hurry over to safety. Rage was then heard taking a deep breath, before the multiple voices continued repeating how the beast charges.
"Jeez, he's more relentless at charging then a rhino or raging bull." Yang realized.
"Even Elm might struggle to stop a charge from a beast such as that." Penny said.
"It's weight likely wouldn't be an issue, but its massive jaws. She might have an issue stopping it without getting bitten in half or impaling her hands on its claws." Ironwood thought about the tank of the ace-ops facing a charge from this brutish beast.
"And you get the picture. Occasionally, he'll try and bite you. Occasionally, he will use his incredibly powerful tail, which is serrated to an edge along with spikes as one gnarly club with a spin attack and he will also attempt to thrust his powerful forelimb forward, sending icy boulders at you from a distance, but mainly he is all about learning and dealing with the charges. When he enrages and gets even faster and more powerful, the blood runs red hot, glowing through his skin, the veins ablaze." Rage declared as the hunters were shown laying out bombs for Tigrex and causing massive damage to it when the bombs exploded, but it was still alive and capable of fighting.
"Oh, that looks so cool!" Ruby said in awe.
"Oh, yeah. That thing is PISSED." Qrow said, chuckling a bit.
"And if you didn't want to be near a normal one, you shouldn't even get remotely near an enraged Tigrex." Pyrrha added.
"And this serves to make sure that he has enough blood flow to keep up with the exertion he's now putting out, along with an over-active adrenal gland to give him a mindless fury as he loses himself in the lust for battle. A Tigrex that spends too long enraged will tear its own body apart. That is how much of a strain it puts on him. And his body tries to cope the best it can, but it can't cope fully." Rage told the more shocking and grievous part of a Tigrex's anger as a hunter was seen walking up a snowy mountain rise, before a group of Popo desperately running away as a Tigrex gave chase.
"To push itself so far beyond its natural limits. I didn't think something like that could be done. At least not to such an insane extent." Ren stated, amazed.
"Nature is both amazing and terrifying, Lie Ren." Ozpin told him.
"Everyone, earplugs in now." Katana instructed, several members breaking into their ear plugs and quickly plugging their ears.
"But, by far the most interesting feature of a Tigrex is actually his roar. He is known as the Roaring Wyvern." Rage explained as a Tigrex's ear-shattering roar was finally heard in all its glory as the beast bellowed in the desert, the theme song playing shortly after as a group of Aptonoth ran for their lives, but the Tigrex still took out and ate two of them.
"AH! My ears!" Velvet cried out in pain, pinning her rabbit ears down. She had put the earplugs in, but the sound was incredibly loud and still seemed to get through.
"Holy smokes that's loud!" Nora cried out, also holding her ears. She, along with several others, figured they were brave enough that they didn't need the earplugs. A mistake the were now regretting and correcting, putting the foam buds in their ears.
"And that's because he has one of, if not the most powerful voice of all monsters. His lungs are HUGE, taking up nearly his entire chest cavity. On top of that, his ribcage itself is able to expand and contract to such extent, the bones nearly snap in the effort. Doing this, he can bring in volumous amounts of air and then, like a pressurized air cannon..." Rage elaborated, before an air cannon was then shown bringing down the wall of a small brick shed down, much to the delight of the people firing it. "It all contracts in a near instant, wracking the Tigrex's body with pain as he shreds his own insides to let loose the most potent roar known to the wilds. Able to tear the ground apart, send hunters flying through the air with the sheer speed of his exhalation and causing internal bleeding in all who are too close. The speed and force at which he can blast the air back out is uncanny." Rage explained as the hunter continued to dodge Tigrex's attacks, but was blasted back by the mighty roar.
"Are you kidding me? It's roar is capable of causing internal bleeding!" Weiss shrieked in shock and disbelief, as well as some fear.
"Damn, those are some powerful lungs." Neo said, a bit disturbed by this knowledge.
"Just one roar would be enough to make every nearby Faunus' eardrums explode!" Blake cried out worriedly. Velvet then held her rabbit ears down in fright.
"Naturally, this makes it very, very loud. If a Tigrex roared next to a jet engine, it would drown it out. This is why being caught near a Tigrex couple having a domestic is one of the most dangerous experiences you can have against any monster. Tigrex then, needless to say, is an apex predator. He could catch a Diablos' charge head-on, stop him and snap the neck. He is almost unchallenged, save for the Elder Dragons. But, with all that muscle, he is no slouch when it does come to speed, at least in a straight line. His drifting could use some work, though fortunately, his turning is aided by anchoring over a six inch claw into the very rock beneath him as a pivot point as he scrambles for perches, tearing great gouges out of the ground beneath him." Rage explained Tigrex's standing as the hunter got on the beast's back, stabbing into it repeatedly as the Wyvern struggled wildly to get him off.
"For those claws to do that to the ground, even our aura might struggle against it." Ironwood said.
"For that sake of hunters in your world and ours if you choose to bring these creatures to Remnant, I pray they don't mate for life so there can be no Tigrex couple having a domestic." Winter stated. She knew it was a joke of course, but animals still did technically have "arguments" and often loudly vocalized against each other.
"It's not graceful, but it's effective. His top speed then is around thirty miles an hour, which as it happens, is around the same running full-tilt pace of a real tiger. So, he really is quite quick. You're not outrunning that. Not by a long shot." Rage told of Tigrex's impressive speed, before showing a beautiful white tiger rushing through some kind of marsh land towards the screen, along with a see-through clip of a Tigrex charging towards the screen in an icy tundra.
"Whoa. That's a nice-looking cat." Coco said.
"A white Mistral Tiger." Glynda said in awe.
"Well, we call our version a Bengal Tiger, but close enough." Katana stated.
"Incredible. I knew they existed, but I'd only ever seen them in pictures." The assistant Headmistress said.
Ozpin was surprised at this and felt like he should help his long-time friend see the bounty of life on their planet. "Hm... Perhaps I should organize a field trip to a zoo at some point." He pondered.
"Imagine it running at you, IMAGINE seeing a Tigrex lock onto you with his precise senses and surprising intelligence, at least when not blood-lusted and you see his legendary charge come cascading towards you, a veritable living avalanche of power hurtling at you and there is nothing you can do." Rage painted an ominous pictures as a hunter stepped on a twig, alerting a Tigrex to his presence, causing it to charge. "Honestly..." A heartbeat was then heard as the hunter charged up a powerful downward strike at the charging Tigrex, bringing the blade up and over his head, then down to the ground in front of him. But this swing was too early and he hit only ground in front of him and the Tigrex was mere feet away. A powerful voice suddenly shouted "NOW!" and hit only the ground, but the swung sideways with the flat of his massive sword, smacking the Tigrex in the face, causing it to stop and leap back, its veins glowing red.
In an instant, the pairs were once again embracing each other in fear, with Penny joining Ruby and Cinder in their fear-cuddling. Even the adults had moved slightly closer together and Winter was leaning against Qrow a bit. Not enough for anyone to notice, but it was happening. "I'd rather not imagine that." The specialist declared.
"We could take one of those... Right, Coco?" Velvet asked.
"I don't know, but I wouldn't let one hurt you. I know that much." Coco said.
"I'd could stay in the air, or fire my lasers from a distance..." Penny stated, trying to think of all the ways she could maybe hold off the beast without taking irreversible damage.
"If there was ever a monster in the entirety of monsters known to mankind that I would ever describe with one word. It would be Tigrex and it would simply be 'badass'. Because quite frankly, I don't think he needs anything else to do him justice." Rage finished the story for the normal version of Tigrex as the hunter managed to cause the beast to fall into a crevice in the loose ground, causing it to struggle to free itself as he charged up a powerful attack. The beast freed itself and launched into the air, but right at that moment, the hunter brought his massive sword down and knocked the mighty beast back to the floor, killing it as the giant red and black letters K.O appeared.
"Yeah. That's definitely the right word for that thing." Yang agreed.
"I would've went with possessed or terrifying, but that works too." Blake said.
A clip of a dark-skinned man in an orange shirt was then shown. "Buuut wait! There's more!" The man declared with a bit of a lisp, causing him to spit a bit.
"Say it, don't spray it, buddy!" Nora snapped.
"Of course, there had to be more. How could this thing get any crazier?!" Neo demanded.
"Miss Politan, I rather wish you hadn't said that." Ozpin told her.
"We have, then, the Brute Tigrex. Even, if you can believe it, more fearsome than his normal cousin. This subspecies is, you could argue, EVIL in their aggression. They have taken to volcanic regions, the ash mixing in with their shell, giving them a darker, more... dark look... Of... less light... Okay, look this one got away from me." Rage explained, laughing as another hunter was seen hunting a much darker Tigrex on a volcano-like mountain, a massive storm in the background, making it even darker on top of that.
The students chuckled at Rage's slip up, but found themselves quite intimidated by the darker Tigrex. "If a regular Tigrex is that dangerous, how much worse does this one have to be to be called evil?" Jaune asked nervously.
"And it's a fan of volcanic regions. So that means fire's not gonna do much." Cinder said, looking down at her hands, nervously wondering if a Brute Tigrex could power through her flames enough to get her.
"But, aside from coloring, he is a lot stronger. His forelimbs have grown thick with muscle to power through the volcanic rock and, well... the creatures that live within equally. But the most notable feature of a Brute Tigrex is the roar. Amped beyond what any reasonable person would consider acceptable, he is able to belt out even more shredding gouts of air. Colossal booms of sound that ricochet and echo through the land he inhabits. ALL will know when a Brute Tigrex has claimed the land for miles around. Sounding like a thunder crack, or a volcano ready to burst. He can quite literally shred you to ribbons with slicing wind from the sheer pressure from his lung-collapsing boom." Rage quickly and efficiently told the story of the Tigrex subspecies, its roar being heard one last time before moving on.
"No Faunus should ever be sent after a Tigrex. Especially a Brute Tigrex." Blake declared.
"My poor ears. I don't wanna fight one of those." Velvet said fearfully, holding her precious bunny ears closely.
"Moving on, then, to my favorite: Molten Tigrex. He is a rare species and, as such, is not common. And, as you might imagine, well... he really heats things up. Larger than all other Tigrex, due to a quirk of their environment, allowing them to grow ever stronger than should be possible." Rage explained as a hunter and his two Palico faced off against a Tigrex that was absolutely massive, at least twice the size of a normal Tigrex and its body was a deep blood red.
"Holy crap! That thing's the size of a manta!" Qrow said in shock.
"How could anyone fight against that beast?" Ironwood asked, stunned by the beast's massive size.
"It's massive, but that must mean the extra bulk makes it slower." Glynda theorized.
"But it's gonna hit more like a truck." Coco added.
"And their scales, through an as of yet unknown means, have taken on a Teostra-like blast powder quality. Their very make-up is explosive. So as the Molten Tigrex, now crimson and black, just looking sexy, takes damage as you hit away at him, you are damaging, breaking his scales, causing them to powder into the atmosphere and then-" Rage began as the sound of an explosion was heard. "Kaboom. A perfect defense mechanism." He finished as the hunter seemed to be avoiding the Tigrex more than fighting it while the hulking beast charged around the arena, sending red dust everywhere that exploded on occasion.
"Oh come on, now this one releases exploding powder when injured!?" Weiss shouted exasperatedly.
"I know, isn't it AWESOME!" Nora cheered in excitement.
"Heck yeah, it is!" Yang cheered.
"You girls have a very different definition of the word awesome!" Jaune told them.
"Now, because he is so much larger, he is appreciably slower, but he is also appreciably more powerful with colossally cleaving attacks that absolutely decimate hunters left and right. When he is angry, when he is pushed to a breaking point, in a fury, his very muscles will swell out of his scales, pushing between the gaps and becoming visible on his very body. This, then, dislodges many of his own protective plates, showering the vicinity in his explosive glamor, then well, the fun really begins. Now, he is a lot more killable with you know, his RAW MUSCLES on display, but you don't wanna get close at this point!" Rage explained nervously as the Tigrex slammed its arm into the floor, shooting a molten rock at the hunter and continuing to send red dust clouds that exploded around everywhere as the hunter tried to dodge.
"I don't even think I'd take that risk." Cinder said, a bit cautiously.
"That's what guns and dust are for." Weiss reminded her.
"That's our Weiss! Always coming up with an idea to keep us safe!" Ruby said, hugging her partner.
"So, how about that? A blast powder fueled Tigrex. But we're not done there! The final one is a deviant. Highly developed physical strength lets it trample anything in its way. And its raw power overwhelms the so-called technological strength humans have spent centuries cultivating. Even veteran hunters shudder at its name. Grimclaw. And as a Deviant, they are unique and in this case, this Tigrex sadly was born with his veins... well, not quite functioning as they should. The delivery of blood, insufficient to his extremities: his tail, his claws, even... his head. Due to this, well... his body is hardened and almost started to die, turned a blue color as the flesh hungers for oxygen." Rage explained as a mostly normal-looking Tigrex was shown, except the ends of its wings, tail and head were blue, rather than the normal yellow.
"That's horrible, the poor thing must be in constant agony." Pyrrha said sympathetically.
"Is there a way to help it? Like, making its veins work better or something?" Velvet questioned.
"I don't see any way for that to happen, Velvet. I'm afraid the only way to help it... may be to put it down." Ren told her sadly.
"But Tigrex, not to be deterred, has turned this to an advantage. Equipped with all you would expect from a normal Tigrex, but with the Deviant boost of better, faster, stronger, all of that good stuff... Wherever the blood cannot reach quite so well... Well, because it's hardened, it hits like a truck. Absolutely wallops. The flesh, no longer any give, it's like he's swinging around clawed stone for arms and they DESTROY." Rage went over its fighting prowess as the Tigrex fought like any other member of its species. "Now, he is on the older pain side of things, so he's very much, the most aggressive of the Tigrexes. Always looking for a way out, always fighting hoping he will meet that end and end his suffering. So really the hunter's are just doing him a favor right now." Rage declared to make it seem like a good thing when a Grimclaw was put down.
"I agree. As dangerous as this monster is, it's still no different from an animal and no animal deserves to live in constant pain." Ironwood said, feeling pangs of sympathy for the creature as well.
"Agreed. It's just a shame sometimes nature must be so cruel for defects like that to happen in the first place." Ozpin said.
"Still, I'm impressed it's managed to make it work for it so efficiently. Then again, I'm amazed its even been able to survive with such a defect. Surely with the flesh turning a blue color, the limbs are not getting proper circulation, so you'd expect it would soon get infected or gangrene early on simply perish." Winter said.
"Life, uh, finds a way." Jaune said, the reference getting a few chuckles from his fellow students, the adults even smiling as he brightened the atmosphere a bit.
"And, he can even create great geysers of steam after slamming down into the ground. I like to think this is due to just pure anger made real, but either way, he is making it work for him. You know, good for him, honestly. But that is the Tigrex family. Iconic and, like I said, badass." Rage finally finished.
"So, what did you guys think?" Katana asked.
"You know despite how vicious an even scary it is, I still just wanna pet his big scaly head." Ruby admitted.
"...Really?" The rest of her team and Cinder asked her, looking at her like she was crazy.
"What? Don't look at me like that. I happen to like petting lizards." Ruby defended herself proudly.
Winter blushed at this. "M-me to." She muttered.
"It was definitely one of the most impressive creatures we'd seen so far. Even on Remnant, I feel they'd be quite formidable." Ozpin stated.
"But hopefully, your earlier assessment is wrong, Katana and they would be able to feast on the Grimm." Glynda said.
"But they're still nomads that could pop up anywhere." Neo added.
"Then hopefully, they'd occasionally cause trouble for Salem and bandit tribes like the Branwen's." Cinder stated.
"Well, I need a moment to calm my nerves after that one." Ironwood said, standing up.
"Indeed. We trained earlier today, so it's time you students train yourselves. If Katana does indeed bring creatures like those to Remnant, you'll need all the training you can get." Winter said.
"Yes, Winter." Weiss said, a bit disappointed, but standing up and heading to the training room along with the other students.
A/N: Thank you for reading! I hope you all enjoyed it! Again, big thanks to qazse!
[1] I'm probably alone in this, but since we never hear any of Aylia's sound clips and have to guess what she sounds like, my guess is something like Caulifla from Dragon Ball Super. I mean, come on! We heard some of Cotton's GU sound clips, why couldn't we hear hers?!