Post by Ume Toyouke on Sept 3, 2019 22:38:42 GMT -5
A couple hours in the forest and Ume had a spring in her step. She was in her element and she had hunting to do. Not grimm but hunting all the same. She had to probe the minds of five fellow students in order to glean information from them that none had yet. A tedious chore that didn't at all test her suitability to fight grimm. She was more than capable and would only grow stronger with further training. She trained in the mountains since she was a child after all. This expectation to also be social grated her nerves. She huffed out a sigh and gave a tree a quick punch marring the surface of its bark with the scrape of her fist. It wouldn't due to get angry with so many grimm about but she couldn't help it sometimes and she hadn't lost too much control this time.
Ume paused a moment and listened closing her eyes so vision did not distract from what she did. She scanned the sounds of the forest listening for the sounds of grimm. She had lost control after all and if they sensed even that tiny blip they would come for her in a place where not much else could be felt emotion wise. Nothing, not a sound out of the ordinary. It seemed the faunus dodged any notice this time. She moved on her eyes scanning the trees for the perfect spot. She would set a perfect trap and wait a time. She was one of the first sent so she had time ahead of the others and they would all be heading inward.
After a few more minutes she found the perfect tree. A tall sturdy one with the red leaves of some found in the mountains she came from and more importantly a thick long branch jutting out at a right angle from the trunk hanging over the path and moss had grown so long it dangled over the path able to hide any rope that may be hidden. It would hold plenty of weight. Ume went to work now. She dropped her pack and started pulling out a series of pulleys. She climbed into the tree and carefully fixed one to the branch she eyed with a hand cranked drill she brought. Once she was sure it would hold she set two others along the same branch further down and set up a rope system through them. She scanned her surroundings and found a log nearby that had to weigh at least three times what she did. She ran to it and went about carefully rolling it to the base of the tree she picked. She tied to the pulley system and grabbed the other end of the rope.
She exhaled sharply and activated her semblance. Her aura became a dark miasma that consumed her and molded her form to that of a tall humanoid fox with two tails dressed in those same monk's clothes. She grabbed the rope and pulled hoisting the log into the air above the path. Once the log was hanging above she ran the rope along near to the trunk of the tree to where a carefully crafted weight trigger was set and a net. She connected the net and trigger alike. It would hold the weight of the log and nothing else. As soon as anything stepped there they'd be hoisted into the air at least 5 meters. It was perfect.
With the trap set Ume carefully covered the net in moss and leaves and tangled moss from the tree among the ropes so it was difficult to see from a distance. She cackled to herself the influence of her semblance bringing out every part of her that overjoyed at the prospect of a good prank. Ume paused a moment listening. She heard footsteps and not far off. She quickly darted into the brush beyond her trap and giggled. She called out loud enough for anyone nearby to hear. "Hello is anyone there?"Words: 671
