<div class="floatleft">(http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/6049/6049,1323953989,14/stock-photo-beautiful-young-brunette-woman-wearing-red-leather-jacket-on-black-studio-background-90848306.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Ruby Geniva</strong><br/><strong>Team:</strong>Ghast<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Cafeteria<br/><strong>Tags:</strong>Members of Team Ghast[/left]<br/><br/>Warm fish stew and hot tea: Absolutely perfect for the cold of this place. She knew it was cold but not THIS cold...<br/><br/>Ruby ate comfortably knowing she had done well over these past couple of days. The exams were nothing difficult really and she always kept up a chipper spirit so akin to her very soul. The written portion did not seem so hard at first, she might have even gotten nervous but she did not, keeping up her smile as she worked through all the answers methodically in her mind. The Cold Gear and Survival skills did need work, it was perhaps her weakest field of knowledge. Being from the Vale, she was not used to having such harsh and cold climate conditions being used to the warmth of being near a port city and the sunshine. It would definitely be something she would need help learning. As she went through that, she did feel a slight pang of nervousness. She knew how to make a basic shelter from the winds by digging a medium sized fox hole and then covered one side with snow to block out the biting winds and how to make a small fire from twigs and pine gathered. As for the Ice Wells and the Firestones, she was absolutely clueless. From her readings on the subject, Firestones helped to provide water to the people as most fresh water tended to freeze quite rapidly in the sub zero climates. She looked down at it and then the receptacle and put it in, only to have it fall out and hit the ground. Ruby's face couldn't get any redder from the embarrassment of not knowing anything about the Stones. The rest, she knew from her studies of local Fauna, Flora and the geography of the area.<br/><br/>The Combat was probably the easiest thing she could had to do for her exam. She allowed herself two clips of red dust ammunition for it from her limited stocks and went in, feeling the shifting and clicking of Desert Rose in her hands. She made a mock punch to each hand to cock the shotguns and went in. The Beowolves didn't stand a chance against the onslaught of rapid punches and flurry of kicks. Of her training in Signal, hand to hand combat was an absolute necessity as shotguns are close range weapons. She opened with a four round burst of fire from her guns, sending four balls of pure red Dust at the Beowolves and then charged in for the rest.<br/><br/>The Duel with the Teacher, she unloaded her Dust ammunition and replaced the rounds with Training rubber bullets as to not give the teacher fatal injury and went in. obviously she got her ass handed to her on a silver platter but that didn't stop her from going in and giving it her all. As she dueled the combat instructor, she glowed a soft pink as she seemed to float a few inches off the ground. Her Semblance, Gravity Warp, let her float off the ground. She moved her arms back and fired, propelling her like the shells she fired toward her target and actually managed to land a good solid punch to the sternum of her target before being told to stop. Ruby felt a surge of pride from that as she opened the chambers and ejected the training rounds and gave her teacher a bow of respect.<br/><br/>The Physical examination did seem strange to her, but not because of the stretching and the balance: It was mostly by the teacher herself. Not in a bad way but the garb was different to her. She knew about her people from various sources and found her entire culture absolutely fascinating and Ruby did want to put on as much as she possibly could. More points, the better she would fare in this new and strange place. In Vale, Ruby took a few courses in basic yoga and learned combat relaxation techniques and definitely putting them to good use. While doing them with ease, she also let her Aura glow to help her muscles relax further, letting her dip into a state of hyper awareness and limberness. She felt this would prove herself to the new culture. Best foot forward and all that jazz.<br/><br/>As we cut now to the feast, Ruby sat off to the side quietly, eating from the stew and with her left Rose on the table, open and gutted as she was cleaning out the barrel and the firing pins. She had to make sure everything wouldn't jam up from the cold. She looked out occasionally at all the faces of the students. A few would stand out but no one really captured her attention. She was still so new to all of this and felt extremely shy. She decided to meet new people after the teams were made, not wanting to make premature friends until she learned their names. She pulled her leather jacket closer to her body, trying to shake off the cold with the help of the tea and the stew and bread, which was made very well. She had taken the liberty of trying some of the cuisine back home but it did not hold up. The Vale, while it was a rich port, sometimes could not produce accurate dishes of the regions.<br/><br/>So it begins, with Ruby cleaning her beloved weapons with a motherly touch, watching and waiting while experiencing the new world around her.