<hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/gH5eFer.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><strong>Name:</strong> Auro Rencroft (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=286197.msg14086670#msg14086670)<br/><strong>Aura:</strong> Gold 3/3.<br/><strong>Charge:</strong> 0/10<br/><strong>Time/Date:</strong> Day 1 - Morning. <br/><strong>Location:</strong> Searching the Forest<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Kakariki, OPEN <strong>Mention:</strong> Azuri</span><br/><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> He would have to get used to Kakariki's armor clacking loudly with every single step she took. He understood the value of defensive equipment to keep people safe and things like that, but that was a <em>lot</em> of armor. As a Faunus, he'd been trained to fight like one all his life, using his environment and enemy against themselves. This girl was a straightforward tank, and he liked it. However he'd have to get used to hearing her every few seconds so he could tune it out and listen for Grimm. It wasn't long before he got his brain to differentiate, and then her loud footsteps were no different to him than anything else. When she flirted back, she called him a tall, dark, and dusky...Man? Was his masculinity in question? Did he do something not manly enough to be called as such? <br/><br/>When he caught her silver eyes glancing around his form, like his scales and his tail, he understood though. "Uhhh, yeah. Faunus are still called men and women like everyone else." Watching Kakariki fiddle with her hair got Auro to mess with his too, quickly tying his dreads back into two braids along the side of his head going backward so they looked like horns. When he was finished explaining the socio-political and personal reasons he chose Beacon over Atlas, he looked over and grinned due to her concern for saying the wrong thing. "You haven't done anything wrong, yet.<br/><br/> And as long as you're not blatantly racist and treat me like everyone else, you'll never hit that taboo. Trust me. And any mistakes I can correct you on since it seems you don't know that much about us, yeah? I'm probably one of the first Faunus you've actually had a chance to talk to. Sound about right?" One last sniff of the air made his smile disappear though, and his tail suddenly placed itself in front of Kakariki to stop her from moving. "Beowulf pack coming up fast. At least ten of them. Let's handle this real quick and then we can get back to our conversation."<br/><br/> Baring his fangs, he turned and crouched, falling onto all fours for a moment before speeding forward in a blur, and lashing his tail around just as a Beowulf came out from behind a thick group of bushes. The heavy appendage smacked the creature like a club, snapping it's neck even as it was sent careening through the air before finally dissolving upon impact with a tree. Still on all fours, Auro kept the spin going so he was back facing the other direction. Then he pounced, leaping into the air and grappling a Beowulf. With a grunt, he popped his claws and slashed it's throat out, then pushed off to land upside down on a tree. <br/><br/>"That's two down. Eight left. Let's see how well we work together, partner." Just then, two more burst into their safety zone, side-by-side and tried to rush down Auro. He took a few steps back and fell over, throwing his leg up to catch one of the Beowulf's and send it flying into the air for Kakariki to handle, then continuing the roll to his feet and bringing up his gauntlet to block the others claw swipe. "You things sure are lively today, huh?" Smiling at the ferocity of his prey, Auro opened his own mouth, baring his fangs and snarling back before simply overpowering the monster and pinning it to the ground. Then he held his hand like a blade and stabbed straight down. <br/></span><br/>