[Holly Hock]

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Holly wiped the sweat from her brow as she looked around all that she had wrought from on top of a tree in her domain. What once was but a single shrub had involved in a small camp within the forest. After waiting some time for her ankle to finally feel good enough to stand on again, Holly got to work. It had taken an hour,but Holly had made her defensive perimeter the way she wanted it. Well, the way she wanted it with the limited time and resources she had available. When Holly first thought about making up a more professional camp, she thought about something like a moat. She had a river next to her bush, so maybe she could dig and get surrounded by water. The girl quickly realized that this would offer little tactical advantage, and that the digging would take way too long to do by hand. Maybe Nasrin did have a point about getting a shovel? It was no matter, because Holly had an even better idea! A wall of grass. Spiky grass! It took some time, but Holly managed to surround her little outpost called 'The Shrubdom' with a perimeter of tall grass that was around 2 meters high. But no, this hedge was not simple grass! Well, it could be more than that if she wanted it! Holly had made sure to grow it with the ends of the leaves pointed outward. If she got to the wall, she could reinforce it with her aura. Of course, it still looked like stiff grass, and the was the beauty of it. If Grimm attacked and wanted to break through the line, they would run into the spikes without being none the wiser! If they had already gone into the thick grass wall, she could strangle them with it! They would need to run to the only little opening Holly had left in the wall, where they would be slaughtered by defense number two! Vines! Holly had collected all the vines she could around the Shrubdom and placed them as inconspicuous as she could around the trees near the entrance. She could do all kinds of fun things with those! Whipping, entrapment, forming some sort of a barrier! The only limit she had was her imagination! Which was already heavily focused on plants! For the rest Holly had cut down a few trees near her camp, but she didn't have a good idea as what to do with them. As for now they would most likely be used for a fire or something like that. Maybe a chair? Holly could afford the luxury of chairs now, as she didn't need to be in her bush from this point on. While Fort Shrubery remained the last line of defense, Holly now had an outer perimeter. She had the Shrubdom to look over now, and this was better done from on top of the trees. From her little vantage point, she could look over the grass wall she had created. Like a majestic magenta bird, she was perched on a heavy tree branch around 10 meters from the ground, shielded somewhat from view by the foliage of the tree. She had a decent view from here, and it was the best point from which to start the second part of her plan. While the fox mark Niraya placed stood proudly at the entrance, which Holly used to mark the boundary of her domain, she needed to attract things from further away. No matter if it were Grimm or people, things needed to see the Shrubdom. If she had just stayed here alone for the rest of this entire test, all of this work would have been for nothing. So, Holly got out her metal whistle that she brought with her in her backpack. It was the loudest thing she got besides simply screaming. People would recognize it as the sound another human would make. Holly was uncertain if Grimm could recognize the sound of a whistle, but if they wanted to experience the deathtrap that was The Shrubdom, all the more power to them. Holly places her lips on the whistle and with some interval let out a breath to make sound. *Phwwwwwhht* *Phwwwwwhht* *Phwwwwwhht* Something will notice me! amp;

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

Well, talking to Colton had been an overall entertaining experience. The hours passing after their conversation, not so much. She had helped one student so far, and ended up bantering with Deraine for longer than intended, though it wasn't all wasted time- she had no doubts about her ability to complete the task expected of her, frankly. It was child's play. Anyone genuinely struggling with their objective was a fucking idiot, and not worth the help she provided, unfortunately for them. There were an awful lot of newer transfers, and most of them struck Kishka as somewhere between weird as hell to downright worthless. Only one seemed evenly remotely competent, and that was the very severe girl who'd nearly made Top 5. She made a mental note to investigate her further. Other than them, the rest seemed pitiful, most ranking in the third quarter of the class. Not that she could say for certain why- maybe, like her, some of them had been ranked in a system that didn't showcase their true talents. While combat effectiveness was a goal of Kishka's, and something she was working towards, teamwork was not, and in her opinion, didn't need to be. She wasn't a team player, she was a leader. A strategist, and somebody better at utilizing other students' skillsets than the students themselves. So what that she wasn't nice about it, or that she didn't really take others' ideas into consideration? Or that she "didn't work well with others in a cooperative field." Leadership didn't mean any of that bullshit, it was about knowing the best way to do things, and then making the dumber students do them! Good leaders aren't cooperative, they dictate and delegate, everyone knows that. Now, if things had been ranked by leadership potential instead of teamwork... She would definitely be ranked first, by far. The closest she could see to another decent leader was Colton, and he was way more of a solo act. Argent, of course, would also make for a great leader, but aside from them, it was just her. And she was great at it. Tweeeeeeeet. She paused, interrupted by a loud sound from very close by. Didn't sound like a Grimm, but she readied her umbrella anyways, loading its cannon with a handful of lead balls. Huh. A trainee in trouble? Sounded like a hassle, honestly. But her fellow Sanctum grad's words rolled through her mind: ”You do realize that on paper everyone would have died there without you, yeah?” She'd been chewing on that for a bit. It wasn't as if she particularly cared about her classmates, but she also didn't want any of them getting ripped in half by Grimm. So while she could have turned tail and walked the other way, she headed in closer, towards the sound of the whistle. What she found was... Interesting. It seemed out of place, even for the sprawling forest. Stupidly tall grass, as stiff as fence posts, lined up in an oddly neat and tidy hedge. Most unusual. Briefly, she considered pushing through it, as the whistle had sounded from seemingly deep within the grassy walls, but maybe going around would be the better option- surely, whoever or whatever made this wall of grass had to have left a path in and out, unless they were just planning on never leaving. So, she wandered, cautiously, around the line of grass, moving slowly around it, until she came to a little opening. Seemed sketchy. She was contemplating leaving, then and there, when she caught sight of a flicker of pink in the trees up ahead. A student? Hey, you! What the hell are you doing up there?" These new kids were so weird. She decided against better judgment to humor the strange person, stepping into the mighty kingdom of shrubbery. Not that she would ever call it that, because that was a stupid description of a very dumb thing. But maybe this kid might be able to help her finish her objectives. "What team are you on, Pinky? I'm supposed to carry two other students through their tasks, and it might just be your lucky day, if you aren't a Rose." At the very least, it might be Kishka's lucky day- this would mean minimal effort for the rest of the day. Which was good- she had a date in mind for the evening.

Notes// time to bulli some bay leaves | Tagged// Holly Hock | WC// 724 | TWC// 724

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[Holly Hock]

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Holly was getting a sore throat from blowing that much into the whistle. Was just shouting more effective at this point? Coming near the point of giving up her plan, Holly was surprised when she heard a sound below. Instinctively she grasped for the weapon near her and she changed her pose to more easily pounce down below if needed. Soon enough she noticed that it was a person, and that thought was confirmed even more when she started talking. Ow damn, was that purple and brown? Holly touched the branch she was sitting on, and making use of her semblance she lowered the branch a few feet down for both to have a better look. Ow damn, it was Kissa! She just looked adorable! Holly smiled as she saw the girl she never spoke to before, and still perched on her branch she waved over towards her after her first question. "I was trying to get people's attention, and I just got a prize! You are Kissa, right?" [break] [break] Still on her branch, with her legs dangling from the side, Holly listened to Kishka ask her next questions. Holly nodded in acknowledgement before she answered. Her voice sounded way more excited than her facial expression conveyed. "In order of importance: My name is Holly Hock. You are standing in the Shrubdom, which I made. I can control plants, you see. I am a Dandelion with 4 more kills left. And lastly, do Faunus eat people?" Going through the list, Holly was counting down on five fingers when she went through the things important in her mind. While the last thing seemed to be random, it was still a pressing question in Holly's mind to save her friendship with Niraya. [break] [break] Having answered the questions she had been given, Holly thought that it would be fair to ask one additional question. She answered like, three or four? Kissa could answer another one in addition to the Faunus one! Still, it was a useful question. "What is your semblance, and can you use it to bring glory to my little queendom? I will reward you!" Holly didn't started out that question with the offer of a reward...but maybe it would help? If it got Holly another friend, maybe she could part with something after the friendship had been formed. [break] [break]

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

Off to a rocky start already, it seemed. Kishka winced at the mispronunciation of her name, and immediately correct the girl. "Kishka. Kishka Burzanova." Only upon correcting her did the rest of the strange girl's words reach her brain. Prize? And there was something about the way she smiled, so breezily, with calm and unchanging eyes. It felt... Off. This girl was kinda giving her the creeps, honestly. And more importantly, she had set out to see if the girl was in grave danger, but it appeared she wasn't. Which, unfortunately, meant this was a wasted and pointless effort- at least she could salvage it by helping the girl with her task. She seemed at least not-incompetent; the way she slid the branch down the tree was honestly a little impressive, actually. Answers came easily enough from her. Her name was Holly Hock, something about a Shrubdom, which sounded positively stupid and dumb, her semblance controlled plants, as Kishka had already ascertained by observing her, and she was a Dandelion with four kills left. Good to know. Mentally, she thanked Colton for explaining the yellow team's objectives, because otherwise, she would have been at a loss for what Holly meant by "4 kills left." As for the last question, she almost didn't dignify it with a response. In fact, it kind of pissed her off. "Fucking no. Of course not. Where did you hear something like that? Because whoever told you that Faunus eat people was an idiot." Seriously. Did they just not teach kids anything these days? That's the kind of anti-Faunus bullshit that leads to things like Argent getting beaten up earlier in the year. She had half a mind to kick Poison Ivy's ass for that comment alone. But then, before she could say anything else, she was barraged by more questions from the strange plant person. At this point, she was more than a little annoyed, but she bore through the kid's questions anyways, answering each in turn. "Well, if you must know..." She never really enjoyed demonstrating her semblance. It wasn't her strongest selling point, and all it ever did was remind her that she wasn't as gifted as Bel. Reaching down, she picked up a rock, and held it up for Holly to see, before pulling her hand away, leaving it twirling in midair. With an almost lazy gesture, she pointed directly at Holly, sending the stone hurtling at her at breakneck speeds, before abruptly slowing to a halt, inches away from the girl- and dropping lightly into her hand, or her lap, if she didn't have a hand outstretched. Only then did Kishka smile, a mischievous little smirk. Of course, she'd no intention of harming the girl, but it was always fun to mess with people. "Displacement. Single-object telekinesis. I don't know exactly what sort of reward you have in mind, but if I help you hunt some more Grimm, will you promise not to call the emergency number? If you bail after I help you, then I don't get anything out of helping, and have to start my objective all over." This was going to be awful. She could feel it in her bones. Simply awful.

Notes// we bout to rock some grimm | Tagged// @hardly honker | WC// 537 | TWC// 1261

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[Holly Hock]

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Holly nodded as she heard the girl's name pronounced. She repeated it after the other girl, getting it nearly perfect. "Kishka. Got it." She wasn't stupid. Holly could repeat words she heard two seconds ago. Well, mostly without fault! Let a few hours go pass and maybe she might make a slip up if she only heard your name shouted once. In a situation she also needed to write down essential information, like said person being cute. Still, it was not an easy surname to say full out. Maybe just keep it to Kishka.[break] [break] Still, the response she got about the Faunus question was more hostile than Holly expected. It was a genuine lack in knowledge that needed to be filled, and this person responded like Holly insulted her mother. Wait, was this person a Faunus? Sometimes you just couldn't tell. They could have like, claws or teeth that weren't obvious like scales. Maybe Kishka was one of those Faunus who resented the question. Better drop it for now, or else she might eat me. Further research will be required at a later point in time. Maybe she could ask a professor? Who would- [break] [break] Holly was zoning out when Kishka was beginning the demonstration. Her eyes were looking straight at Kishka, but her mind wasn't. So, when the rock was hurled at her through the power of Kishka's semblance, Holly stirred. Her eyes grew large for a moment as her cold facade was replaced by the primal instinct of fear. Oh, boy, you need to dodge this Holly. Not knowing that the rock would stop right before her, Holly let herself fall backwards off the branch while making sure that her hands were firmly placed on the bough. This caused the girl to dangle of the branch, her feet swinging about 5 feet off the ground. The pebble would most likely fallen to the ground, as there was no lap to speak off. [break] [break] Still, Holly was dangling and clearly focused on what Kishka had to say. While Holly had been given a fright, and she would have a moment to have words about this, she wasn't going to let one little incident ruin a potential ally to do the heavy lifting. Because well, she seemed to be that kind of girl, and Holly understood what Kishka was asking of her with the comment to not call the emergency line. Kishka wanted to succeed no matter what. A sentiment Holly didn't shared, but it would benefit no one if Holly ruined this for the other girl. The fact that she was a Rose was clear. She was most likely vain, and thought that others just held them back, no? Well, why don't we exploit that go-getter attitude? [break] [break] Holly looked deadpan again, but she gave a firm nod after the purple haired girl was done speaking. [break] [break] "If I wouldn't want anything, than it is to ruin someone's assignment! You clearly got way more of a plan than I do, so why don't you take the lead, boss? Anything plant in this forest is yours to command."

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

Well um. That was unexpected. Maybe it shouldn't have been, perhaps. She sighed. "I wasn't actually going to hit you... Good reflexes, though." She put her hand up to her forehead, with a big sigh. This was stupid. It was dumb, and she felt dumb by association. But at least Holly had the good sense to not piss her off further, by doing anything weird or more stupid than falling off the branch. Maybe even better, she seemed to have the good sense to acknowledge Kishka's superior intellect and tactical prowess. Or at least, that's how Kishka took it as Holly suggested she take the reins. It would be ideal, frankly. Actually, you know what- first impressions aside, Holly was alright. Or at least not terrible. She had a high-potential Manipulator-type semblance, and she knew when to accept good leadership. A pleased smile crept across the Burzanova girl's face. "Well, it is certainly nice to meet somebody with good sense around here. I'm sorry for scaring you off of your branch. Now come along," She gestured for Holly to follow her, for it was time to hunt some Grimm. Of course, this was a fantastic little fortress. It would be a shame to leave it. Plus, as much as she initially thought it sounded dumb, she kind of liked the image of a Shrub Kingdom. Queen Holly, humbly bending the knee to the great Evil Empress Kishka... It had a good ring to it. Satisfying. Yes, yes, this was a good idea! Taking the lead, she strode confidently to the edge of the little grassy kingdom, waiting for her minion to follow along, before stepping through the hole. "Now, first order of business- we should patrol the perimeter of these here fortress of yours. Hmm... Actually, would you be able to grow out say... A wall, with a walkway? Good for proper kingdom defense." Wait, what was she saying? That was a silly, dumb idea. "Actually, you know what- scratch that, all this grass should do enough. I guess if we need some higher ground, we can just make some somehow. That's an important tactical advantage, Poison Ivy, take notes." Yes, a proper nickname for Holly. Fittingly villainish. She would definitely make a good henchman, and maybe if she proved herself, she could even become her lieutenant or something. Or maybe even, dare she say it, a friend! See! Look, Argent, friends! Mentally, she laughed giddily to herself, but maintained her very prim and proper outside appearance. Elegant, charming, dangerous, that was the kind of villain Kishka was! And now she had a villainous friend. Well. Maybe too early for the F word. An evil associate.

Notes// Welcome to my Candy Store, Plant Friend | Tagged// @haleyhack | WC// 448 | TWC// 1709

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[Holly Hock]

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Like a loyal puppy, Holly swung down from her branch and landed on the ground. While not exactly cat-like in her reflexes, she was at least a very competent frog. Alright, she was already acting nicer. Holly didn't mind handing over the reigns to Kishka. She would most likely be better in this right, with her being a lower number and all that. Is she could lead Holly to victory and friendship, then it was alright to obey this potential Faunus. Unless her plan fell apart or she tried to eat Holly. Those were both red flags. [break] [break] Holly followed The Boss through the gate of her little Shrubdom, and she listened to what her ally had to say about the defenses. More praise, which was nice. Also suggestions. Holly looked around her when she was told to give note, but her backpack with stuff was still in the camp. At least she brought her weapon with her this time. Instead of making notes, Holly just nodded intently at Kishka. Poison Ivy, huh...I mean...Holly didn't knew if she gave horrible rashes to people....but it sounded cool. Did she needed to give Kishka a nickname as well? Was this what friends were supposed to do out of the blue? Like...what would it be? Something that plays to her ego? Her hair colour? The fact that she was the boss? [break] [break] When Poison Ivy wanted to interject, she rose her hand to speak like she was in a classroom, before she actually spoke. "Miss Mastermind, I can shape trees around the hedge a bit, but it will cost aura! Also, question, how are we going to get the Grimm here? The previous time Niraya had to encase my..." Holly paused for a moment...reconsidered her words...and continued. "She had to make me angry."[break] [break] Mastermind wanted simple answers...so she will get them as long as this alliance holds. [break] [break]

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

Holly was an odd one, that was for sure. It took Kishka a moment to notice that Holly had raised her hand, and was seemingly waiting for the opportunity to speak, at which point, Kishka tentatively pointed at her, with an encouraging nod. Only when she made the approving gesture did the strange plant girl begin to speak. And when she did speak... Wow. This girl was officially now one of her favorites. If Holly hadn't won Kishka over by offering to allow her to lead, she had definitely done so by calling her Miss Mastermind. It was an ideal villain name. Alliterative, elegant, classy, and it suited her perfectly. She loved it. Her smile was an incredibly pleased one as she responded to Holly's question, handwaving away the concerns about making the hedge wall. "That's fine, we can make do without it for now, but in the future, these improvements will serve to bolster your queendom's defenses considerably. High ground is very important, and will never fail you. But for now, we should conserve your aura for fighting Grimm." She thought for a moment about how exactly they would go about attracting Grimm. Apparently, last time, Niraya had been forced to make Holly- wait. Hold up. "Wait, you said Niraya? Niraya Platinum? Is she still around here?" That would have been a very welcome addition to their duo- Niraya was, after all, her best friend, and arguably her most loyal subordinate aside from Argent, who she could hardly call a subordinate, considering he was her boyfriend, and therefore equal to her. Well... Yeah, yeah, equal. Yep. But her mind had already moved to the next part of Holly's question. "As for making you angry... That is definitely a thought, though I would hardly like to make a new friend angry so soon. Not that I won't, if it will serve as a good magnet for Grimm. In that case, instead of patrolling the perimeter of your fortress, why don't we just go back inside and wait for the Grimm to come to us? In the meantime, you can give me some ideas for the quickest and most effective ways to make you angry." And so, plan in mind, she turned around and began making her way back into the Shrubdom, assuming Holly would trail behind her as obediently as she had been thus far. Why couldn't Ume have been this agreeable? You attract more flies with honey, or so they say. Maybe if the fox girl had been nicer to her, and not trapped her in a snare, she would have freely given her information... Speaking of fox girls, she had to wonder- was Niraya the reason behind Holly's weird obsession with man-eating faunus? She could hardly picture Niraya eating anyone, or saying anything that would give her new follower such a crazy idea. It made very little sense to her, but then again, so did many of the things she'd noticed about Poison Ivy so far. Kid was strange, but useful. And strange, but useful, was something she could definitely work with...

Notes// time to hulk the holly | Tagged// @at | WC// 519 | TWC// 2228

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] The high ground is important. It seems obvious, to be honest, but there certainly must have been cases in which holding it has failed? What if a bunch of old ladies held the high ground against the oncoming band of dangerous marauders? They would be crushed, with the high ground as well! An important question to ask, maybe? Hmm, maybe not. Neither Kishka nor Holly were old yet, so maybe the high ground would never fail them...or at least not fail them yet! Holly merely nodded carefully when she listened to the advice. The questions could come at another time, as well as what was the best way for old ladies to defend themselves. Perhaps weaponized canes? [break] [break] When Kishka brought up Niraya like she knew that person well, Holly made sure to look at the ground for a moment. She had ran off...off to abandon Holly! She was nice, and she could fight...but still she left when it was convenient for her to do so. Place Holly in a bush to her own devices. Ugh! She may thank the bush for being the start of this new Shrubdom, because else Holly would have been left with nothing! Holly expressed her opinion rather poignantly at the start, but she seemed to be more nuanced the further the sentence went on. "She abandoned me...but she gave me her number...so I think we are still friends. She has nice ears!" We all know it Holly, but you don't have to spell it out.[break] [break] When the topic of getting Holly mad was spoken about by Kishka, the girl's face seemed to light up. Not that it had any more emotion than her normal deadpan self, but her eyes had this sort of twinkle to them. Holly had an idea. Making Holly angry last time only brought one Grimm. Grimm were attracted to negative emotion. Anger was a negative emotion, but there were others. As Holly walked behind Kishka, she expressed her theory. "I got an idea that will get us all the Grimm we need! I will not only get angry, but also sad, and lonely, and jealous! By doing that, we will be certain that Grimm come running to us and we can spring some sort of trap!" Holly just needed to feel terrible, and then everything will be alright! Because that is how a sane person thinks! [break] [break] Holly was now walking more next to Kishka, seeming to be considering how best to make her an emotional magnet. She placed her hands behind her head as she talked, seeming to say her thought up loud. Not that she did anything differently than normal by doing that. "So...should I just say the thing that I hate the most, or what makes me the most sad? Does that work? Let me see..." Holly was now standing still again, seeming to have a little moment for herself before she started. She didn't started with small annoyances either. The girl just seemed to sum up the most horrible experience in her life, and you could see by the expression on her face and the tremble in her voice that she honestly didn't anticipated the heavy reaction her story brought to her. Her voice carried more sadness than anything else, though it wasn't hard to imagine a whole range of bad emotions going through her head. Her gaze was fixed upon a nearby tree, seeming to have taken that point in her vision at random to focus upon as she talking. [break] [break] Her most horrible experience was going to Haven.[break] [break] "When I came to this academy, I knew no one. People already had been friends for months, and I was just the strange new girl with no shoes. It wasn't even my choice in the first place, but that doesn't matter now. People didn't wanted to make friends with me at first, most people don't even want to do that now. I have been insulted by people in Mistral about the way I speak, dress, act, carry myself, and almost every other thing that could be wrong about me. The first person I tried to talk to after landing just turned around and left me standing. So did the second one. And the third. There are just so many people and I don't know what to do with all of them. They all think so differently. I used to know only a small amount of people on the island I grew up on. They all know me, and I know all of them. When the soldiers came, that changed...but I still had people who I could rely on, and who know me. I had my sisters who knew all about me, and I knew everything about them. Here...most people always just think the worst of you before they even consider something else. While there are some nice people I have met, I could count them on one hand, maybe two. Everyone else? I have learned to just avoid people who will only treat me bad, or cause me misery...but who am I left with if almost everyone is just horrible? Why do they train us to protect such horrible people? Will I become a horrible person now that I am here?" [break] [break] It was simpler if she just said that she hated pants.[break] [break]

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

She raised her eyebrow a bit at Holly's uh... Choice of words. Niraya 'abandoned' her? Oh no. She was the clingy type. Probably wouldn't let Kishka leave either, once she accomplished her task. Well fuck. That was great. She would have to start plotting a strategy to escape this conversation now, if she had any hopes of leaving after they fought off all the Grimm they were about to draw to them. Hopefully, she wouldn't go overboard with the "negative emotion magnet" strategy. Oh, how wrong poor Kishka was... Still, she didn't seem entirely too beat up about Niraya ditching her. At least, she did note that she left her number and had uh. "Nice ears." Humans were weird. She knew- she was one of them. As they continued walking, Holly responded also to her plan. With uh... A very um. Different plan. She wasn't sure how she felt about this one, but Poison Ivy was fucking going, and she could either roll with her, or get left behind. Two words in improv theatre- "and then." Meant you adapt, and roll with the punches. You're trying to be a space cowgirl even though the prompt is 'buying shoes at the mall?' Easy. "We went shopping at the mall." "And then! A meteor crashes through the roof, shattering windows and crushing hundreds of innocent earthlings, as cracks form in the space rock, and millions of radioactive mosquitoes pour out of it, armed with needle-blasters and laser flails! I alone, the great and brave Kishnyy the Bugzapper can stop their horrible plague-ridden onslaught with my trusty parasol-mortar and my faithful shitty lackey, Belka the Stupid, who is bitten by a mosquito immediately and dies horribly." She was truly incredible in her first few Sanctum acting classes. She was so distracted by thoughts of her awesome improv class ideas, that had been truly revolutionary, and misunderstood by all of her peers, especially Bel, who hit her on accusations of "slander" and "defamation of character" and "being a huge bitch," that she completed missed most of what Holly was babbling about to herself. But she came back into focus right as the girl went into a long-winded speech that frankly, Kishka had no way to respond to short of widening her eyes, raising her eyebrows, and blinking a few times. Good. gods. That was intense. And frankly, kind of... Sad? Kishka felt a little sad, fuck. So she was a friendless loser with no fashion sense, no social skills, and no love for Mistral, or Haven in general? Damn. It also definitely said something that she seemed to have given up on people, especially mean, hostile, ones, and yet, she just clung to Kishka immediately. Maybe she wasn't awful, after all- if Holly seemed to think she was different from everyone else, fuck, maybe she was? "Damn..." She didn't know what else to say, so she just stood there for another few moments, quiet for once in her life. ... Oh shit!! Right, Grimm! "Hey, come on, let's hurry and get back in your grass fort- we don't want to be exposed out here in the open when the Grimm get here. And with all that shit off your chest? They're coming, and they're coming quick. Shit... Good work, Poison Ivy." She just hoped the Grimm weren't coming too fast... But she did go ahead and reach into her sidepouch for three small lead balls, which she tossed into Lucky 13's reloader compartment. Three didn't seem like a full magazine to many, but most people were also less skilled than she was. And most people didn't walk around using heavy artillery as a primary weapon.

Notes// hollywolly pollymolly zollydolly lollybolly nollyjolly rollytolly follygolly | Tagged// @hollster | WC// 614 | TWC// 2842

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[Holly Hock]

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Holly didn't want to go back into the fort. She wanted to curl up in a blanket and like....cry or something like that. A small tear rolled from Holly's left eye, but she didn't take much notice of it as she was still in a downer mood. She didn't want to be here. Having talked herself into this emotional mess, it took a while before Holly responded at all to Kishka's command. If she wanted to feel better, or anything positive at all...it wasn't going to be here. Not in this forest. While Holly didn't say it to Kishka, she had met at least one person before today who she liked. It was a sweet silent artist named Ryan Vas. Well, maybe not sweet to some people as he was a mute, but still. He had been kind to Holly, and she believed them to be something like boyfriend and girlfriend. You wouldn't draw someone over and over again without having feelings for the other, right? He was in this forest too, but Holly had no idea where. She will see him when she gets out of here, was she not? If Holly was going to see him again, she needed to get out of the forest when the Midterms were over. Get him the best-looking red outfit out there, proclaim that you like him, get a mortage. [break] [break] Holly eventually rushed after Kishka, and with her weapon already in her hand, she took on a fighting pose. For Holly this was a wide and low stance that allows her to jump towards danger, as well as towards the nearby grass wall. No time to talk about emotions, we can do that later. Holly was standing about 10 feet to the West of Kishka in the fort, somewhat near the entrance to be close to the vines and to keep an eye out for Grimm. With her feet on the ground she could manipulate the grass or vines easily enough in her general surroundings, and with her weapon she could strike at everything that was coming at her. Keep the enemy contained, and then slice them up. That was the plan. Better tell Kishka about it. "When they come, I will jump at them and wrap them up with the wall or the vines. Then we can take them out!"[break] [break] When they come...[break] [break] Holly was tense and tried to be alert to all possible danger. They could come from the sides, from the trees, or even from the sky. But...well, Holly didn't saw anything for the next few minutes. Was she not sad enough? Did she needed to be even more sad for her plan to work? Did she needed to like...kick a puppy before the damn Grimm would notice her this time? Was she not even good enough at being sad?! She was feeling pretty down right now, and it was not enough? Holly looked frustrated when it seemed like her plan didn't have any immediate effects. She turned annoyed at Kishka as she spoke her frustration out loud. Her deadpan voice was heavily loaded with deep annoyance. [break] [break] "They aren't coming? We ain't got shi-"[break] [break] The girl couldn't even get her sentence out before disaster struck. Without a real hint of danger, a large maw bit around Holly's left ankle. Being the emotional magnet that she was right now, a Creep decided to tunnel right under Holly, bursting out of the ground right under her feet. It was most likely smelling that teen angst radiating from her, and decided to take out a potential target in one fell bite. Unbeknownst to the Grimm, this delicious meal had aura to protect her foot from simply getting chopped off. The fact that he was attacking straight from the ground also seemed to make the attack less than dangerous than it would have the Grimm had surfaced fully Still, it hurt like hell and Holly wasn't expecting anything like an underground assault. She was screaming, more so from the shock than actual pain, even though this definitely hurt.[break] [break] "SHIT SHIT SHIT, SOMETHING HAS MY LEG! KILL IT!"[break] [break] Holly soon realized that, yes, she has a weapon in her hand and the ability to attack the damn bastard. She did just that. The buzzsaw sprung to life with a click on the button, and Holly jammed the thing straight into one of the Creep's four eyes. Because of the awkward angle and improvised position, the beast wasn't turned into smoke just yet, but it let go of Holly's leg as it recoiled from the blow. Holly jumped up when her leg was freed, using the Grimm's snout as a step to get out of the way. She was loose, but there was still a pissed of biter that was now crawling out of the hole he burrowed with its hind legs.[break] [break] After Holly was attacked, more creeps poked out their ugly heads from the ground, seeming to have enough of a brain to attack behind the grassy walls instead of directly at them. One, two, three. Three initially emerged from the ground, counting the one who had gripped Holly's leg just now, and they were all ready to start chomping. Holly needed to get her head and plants in the game. She didn't have a whole lot of Aura left. Holly took on a fighting pose again, ready to give a proper fight this time. She couldn't look bad in front of her new overlord.

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

For a moment, it definitely looked like Holly was... Crying? Honestly, it wouldn't have surprised her- poor thing had just dumped all that shit out in the open, and it was all just sitting there, a big mess of emotions and shit. Kish just kept walking back into the fort. She didn't really have time to get munched on by Grimm while she waited for Holly to catch back up. Then again, if they ate Holly, what would happen to the fort...? Fortunately, before any munching happened, Holly caught back up to her, much to her relief. She was just starting to like the kid, it would have been a shame if she'd gotten eaten. The purple-haired woman nodded at Holly's proposed plan of assault, and made her way further into the safety and comfort of the grass fort, leaving Holly to protect the entrance. Together, they would be more than capable of defending from any attacks, whether they came from the front, the back, the sides, or even the sky. Wait. Oh shit. Something was missing there. She took pause for a moment, and her eyebrows scrunched as she tried to remember what she'd learned in classes about creatures of Grimm. Huh... Were there any in this area that lived underground...? Hmm. Beowolves... No, they run around above ground. Boarbatusks? Nope, same deal. Beringels, Deathstalkers, uh... Well hopefully they wouldn't run into one of those. Nevermores and Lancers? No, those flew... Oh shit, what if it was a sea monster!? She lightly smacked herself in the forehead. Kishka, we are in-land. On a mountain. Fuck out of here with that dumb shit. Hmm... What about- Holly started to say something, which was a little annoying, because she nearly lost her train of thought until a fast-moving figure that was all mouth and legs jumped out of the ground, snatching Holly's leg in its teeth. "Creepers!" It was halfway between a eureka moment, and a cause for alarm and panic. She swiveled around, as Holly screamed, looking for more of them- Creepers were pack beasts, so no doubt there would be more than one, and she was absolutely not having any of that. And sure enough, two more appeared from the ground, boring up on their side of the grassy fence. Well, there goes strategy. Always something that goes wrong. She rolled her eyes and readied her weapon. She would be facing them with Lucky 13's melee mode, given the speed those little fuckers were packing. A grin flashed across her face. This was going to be fun. The first of the two Creeps not being maimed by Holly flew at her with incredible speed, and in spite of her quicker-than-average reflexes, it managed to still slam its tail into her as it flew by, catching her ribs with a firm lash. Fortunately, she had managed to sidestep the blow a little, and her Aura was easily able to tank the hit, barely knocking off more than a tenth or so. And, as it grazed past her, she swung out harshly with her umbrella, reveling in the satisfying crack as the steel-meshed weapon scored a direct hit on the Grimm's head, plunging it towards the ground, as its momentum worked against it. The Creep slammed right into the dirt, rolling a bit as it careened into the grassy wall. Another hit should easily bring it down, but as she turned to open fire on the suddenly-still and defenseless creature, she heard the second one launch itself not towards her, but towards Holly. Fortunately, it was far enough from the girl that even with her being slower than the Grimm, she managed to intercept the attack, and managed to only catch a glancing blow, which bounced off her Aura easily. And that was all it took to clear an opening. Deftly, she opened her umbrella and shot at the Grimm's thick leg, aiming for the narrower knee with her ranged mode. A hefty boom rang out as the lead ball soared true, scoring a direct hit- it ripped through the monster's appendage with ease, severing the leg and sending the beast unceremoniously to the ground, where just another hit like that one could take it down, no problem. Maybe even easier- a one-legged Creep wasn't exactly an easy target to miss. "Let's see you pull that stunt again, fucker." She swung her attention back to the other Creep that was finally yanking itself back to its feet after being smacked down. Hopefully Holly could handle the one Creep she'd buzzsawed. In the meantime, hopefully a few more would show up... It had been far too long since the last time Kishka had gotten to kick some ass. And Creeps are at least 50% ass.

Notes// eat shit creepibois | Tagged// @hobblyhorker | WC// 800 | TWC// 3642

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[Holly Hock]

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[Kishka Burzanova]

KISHKA BURZANOVA

Kishka tossed Holly an approving glance as she made quick work of the Grimm she had mutilated with her admittedly badass buzzsaw. Kid was doing good shit. As Holly dashed off to go contend with a Creep on the other side of the walls, Kishka strode forward to the one she'd thrown earlier, grinning down at it with the superiority that came from being the creature's clear better. Maybe she wouldn't have done the same against something a little stronger, but Creeps? There were hardly any weaker Grimm to face off against. Not that they weren't deadly- they attacked in large numbers, and moved faster than most people could. But Kishka could handle them. The speedy fucker charged at her once more, and this time, she was able to move just a little faster- she swiped its legs with her umbrella, whirling around it like a matador, before whacking it sharply across the back of the head, scoring an easy direct hit. The damn thing, battered and bruised, went down like a grandfather clock being thrown from the tenth floor. Having taken enough abuse, it faded to black mist, earning a glowing grin from the purple-haired woman, who then turned her attention to the one-legged Creep. Which was... Not there? Oh shit! She turned around quickly, only to feel a slight tremor beneath her feet. How the fuck?! She jumped, but not fast enough, and the crippled Creep launched out of the ground at her, notably slower than before, but apparently no less dangerous. Fuck. Shouldn't have underestimated it. Fortunately, though, it wasn't tough to dispatch- she planted her umbrella against its head as it tried gnawing at her leg, and opened Lucky 13 once again. However, instead of firing another round into the beast, she simply shoved her umbrella down, scraping it off of her, before she closed the weapon and delivered her best coup de grace- off went the Creep's four-eyed head, which dispersed only moments before the rest of the Grimm. Now, with nothing left to fight for the moment, her attention centered again on Holly, her newest little protege. Seems she had a Creep ensnared with her Semblance. Well this should be good... She leaned back against the wall to watch how the girl handled herself. Of course, she also kept an eye and an ear out for more attacking Creeps, but it seemed quiet enough. For the moment...

Notes// kill, my young apprentice, KILL | Tagged// @horblyhocker | WC// 406 | TWC// 4048

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] The already injured Grimm tried with all of its might to free itself from the grass that entangled it, but it simply didn't had the strength to get out of the embrace. Creeper were fast, and they could tunnel like no other, but they didn't seemed to have all that much strength when they could use their jaw or speed to their advantage. While still keeping a hand on the wall, Holly looked over at how Kishka was faring at this point. And well, she seemed to have taken out the other two while she was still playing with this one. Even worse, she seemed to be...looking at Holly? She could have taken out the Grimm already at this point, but she just watched? Did she wanted Holly to do it? Ow, Like a test...Should she make this stylish? [break] [break] Very well then.[break] [break] Holly tightened her grip on the Grimm held in her clutches, with more and more leaves of grass coiling around the legs and maw of the Grimm. At this point, he was basically hogtied in the wall with his legs almost absorbed into the foliage. Only his upper body and large maw were still visible, though covered in grass to keep it shut. It was basically at Holly's mercy as long as the plants stayed solidified like they were now. Holly removed her hand from the wall, and walked over towards the stuck Grimm with Slicer in her hand. She needed to prove to her master that she could make this kill entertaining to watch, yes? Holly could do that with that one move she wanted to try out.[break] [break] The girl pressed the button of the weapon, making the motions as if she was just going for the easy kill. Nope. Instead of hitting the Grimm directly, she aimed above the beasts head and brought the blade and string of her weapon downwards. The weapon wrapped around the Grimm's head once, and then twice, before the circular blade ran out of cable and clutched itself into the Creeper's neck with its remaining momentum. The Grimm seemed to struggle at getting the most bad-ass necklace it ever had in its life. Holly touched the wall again, stopping the solidification of the grass around the Creeper's neck, but not his feet. The creeper didn't had enough time to make use of this as an opportunity to escape.[break] [break] Poison Ivy pressed two buttons on her weapon. First, she activated the motor to let the weapon spin. Next, she retracted the saw again. This set of steps caused  Slicer's saw to make its way around the Creeper's head, cutting it asunder as it did so. It gave a happy buzzing sound as it did so, finding only slight resistance at the bony parts of his neck. The Grimm started to let out a scream, but it didn't ended up being much more than a whimper. The first rotation would most likely have been enough to finish it off, but the second one caused the head to be chopped off before going up in smoke. Slicer's blade was back into the main part of the weapon. It was lucky Grimm couldn't bleed.[break] [break] Holly turned her face slowly towards Kishka, seeming to still have the stern fighting gaze in her eyes. She seemed to pause for a short moment, before she very blatantly asked. The adrenaline caused her voice to sound a bit funny. "Did it please you, Miss Mastermind? Do I need to destroy another to prove my worth?" It seemed very sucking up to the superior fighter, but that was how Holly seemed to look at it. It was quite clear to Holly that Kishka being higher on the list was not some mistake. She was stronger than Holly. Holly didn't needed to be stronger than Kishka, but she could learn from her. Grow as a fighter. Get better. Get strong enough. That was all she wanted. She needed to get stronger. Strong enough to one day leave this miserable place and go back to where things made sense. Where things made-[break] [break] The emotion that she had suppressed in the heat of battle seemed to have returned again. It is hard to throw your heart out just a minute ago and then just forget it ever happened. The emotional strain, as well as the physical strain of having build the Shrubdom and the recent fight were a bit too heavy a toll on Holly as she lost her footing. The Girl stumbled for a moment, before she fall backwards into her grassy creation. The leaves were thick and plentiful, and they broke the fall of the girl rather nicely, almost carrying her downwards the to the ground. Not out cold, but also feeling kinda messed up right now, Holly was really wanting to lie down right now for a minute.[break] [break] As Holly fell, the wall that hid the view to the outside world gave way. It gave Kishka a good view on the Boarbatusk that seemed to have waited for any sort of opening to strike. While it was but a single boar monster, it was a large one, and it seemed to prepare its Roll-out attack. The Creepers seemed to have a friend that wanted to roll into the Shrubdom, and its queen was kinda too busy dealing with inner turmoil to have noticed it before it was too late.[break] [break]

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[attr="class","RDnotes"] Semblance: E, Slicer: F, Survival: F, Gardening: F, Martial Arts: F, Healing: F, Acrobatics: F.

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