[Holly Hock]

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Three weeks.[break] [break] Holly had been in the sewers, underground, without going top side, for three weeks.[break] [break] She didn't dare to even have a peek. Then again, she had been thoroughly occupied with getting her little project going. Hobo Hub... Bum-Burgh... Whatever she decided her little Haven for the Homeless to be named! Hmm...Homeless Haven? Nah. You wouldn't want to give those topsider the satisfaction to be associated in even the smallest way with this new community. Even if they will never know we are there.[break] [break] The first week was the worst. Holly didn't knew anyone, had to fight her way into finding a niche into this new ecosystem. She slept hugged around a cactus shaped more like a baseball bat, and went around the tunnels to get supplies of those who already lived there. She first tried asking for stuff. While, after the initial confrontation when she arrived. Holly had hoped that was going to be a one-off thing. Didn't work. So, she had to act a thief and thug, just getting by. Holly discovered pretty quickly that there are more people living down in the sewers under the Wind District. People with stuff.[break] [break] Those she found were scattered, decentralized. Living in dwellings more often than not just some cardboard boxes or tarps. More concerned with not being noticed than anything else. Hard to call them even gangs. Maybe...bands? They didn't really called themselves anything, when Holly clobbered them or got their stuff for her own. No cool names. No tats. Kinda lame if you were going to live in this place and not make the most out of it. She managed to accrue quite a bit of a hoard of stuff. Sure, it were the belongings of bums, but when you have nothing, those cans of beans and disgusting discount soda tasted like a four-course meal. [break] [break] Somewhere during the second week, something happened. When she woke up one morning...midday...time...time is weird under the surface. Anyway, when she woke up she heard a commotion out of Fort Forlorn. It was how Holly called her little dwelling. It was kinda sweet. She had used her first cactus and had made a few very big one that she had laid diagonally and horizontally across in the sewer pipe to provide somewhat of a barricade. Anyway, someone had actually crawled under it to meet with 'The Intruder'. She needed another name eventually...[break] [break] He wanted to join her, and had brought a lot of goodies as he signed up.[break] [break] From that point on, things started to take off slowly.[break] [break] They had found a spot. They had started to steadily get other people to join. It wasn't anything concrete yet, but there were plans in Holly's head. But one of the things she required for those plans, was a scroll. One of the things none of her...subjects...had gotten her. [break] [break] So...Holly needed to get one from the surface world. [break] [break] ...[break] [break] A manhole cover slightly stirred in Memorial Park at around 11 pm. Before anyone could have thought that it was just their imagination, the cover slid off and a shape caught out. The Hobo-Intel was spot on. Best exit in the sewers if you wanted a quiet place in the park to get out. It was a surface access that was out of the way of any major pathways, and not near any major meeting point or notable location of the park. There weren't any streetlights, even. Most likely the reason why they put the access there. [break] [break] What was near, however, was one of the natural rivers they made in the park.[break] [break] We will not describe how awful Holly looked. It was bad. Like, kittens will cry from the stench and ducks will throw up just by looking at it. Holly knew she had a mission, but it was the dead of night. After first drinking from the river till she think she would burst, she swam and washed her dress as best she could. It was cold, even with her aura making sure she didn't die or suffered frostbite. She had a second set of clothing that she decided to wear. They were the best set she could make from the offering of the homeless. They were perfect for what was needed, but it was honestly a step Holly never expected to make. Yes, she had less trouble with taking over the sewers than for putting on this garment.[break] [break] Pants.[break] [break] [break] [break] Holly looked now like just your normal poor hoodlum. Kinda like Nasrin, to be honest. Though with more limbs. After putting on her disguise, Holly stayed near the river as she tried to familiarize the spot so she could find it again. Looking more or less like a punk with little else to do. Well, save for her bracers that seemed to be made almost from cacti that she grew hollow and put over her arms. Weird fashion choice, right?

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[attr="class","RDnotes"] Semblance: B, Slicer: F, Survival: F, Gardening: D, Scroll-usage: F, Martial Arts: F, Healing: E, Acrobatics: F, Stamina: F

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[Altalune Gloriole]

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HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS?

It was a brisk night in the Wind District, and the air was most certainly fresh. Yet, despite having spent her life within the coldness of the harsh tundra north, she was used to it and had her purple "dancer" outfit on. The moon was out and if this "experiment", or whoever she was called now could be honest, when the moon was out, she was at her most confident. At the peak of the moon, she would feel unstoppable. Call her a night owl if you wish, but she was raised believing she was "The Chosen of the Moon". Having been given the go-ahead to go out for a walk instead of being kept hidden from prying eyes, she made sure she could defend herself and whilst at night, she truly was at her strongest. With her silvered blade in hand, she wondered through the park as the street lamps dimmed one by one, signalling the time of the "late night" was upon them. In retaliation, she focused for a moment and brought forth four bright moonlight orbs, working like bright lamps of her own.

She weaved them through the air as she strolled along the river. Making them flow along with her arm, the orbs floating and dancing in a sense. It was a sight to behold, four small ethereal moons weaving and cutting through the air effortlessly. She let the orbs dip into the water to illuminate the wildlife within the waters, making them bob in and out of the running river. That's when she heard something else that wasn't her. Immediately with swift movements, she shut off the orbs before drawing her curved sword, listening to what sounded like... splashing water? Was someone in the river. Taking slow and careful steps forward, her eyes could make out a figure in the water with her faunus night vision. She focused on the figure as she came to the shore of the river and seemingly changed into some jeans of some sort? She wasn't sure so when she didn't see any other movements outside of the changing, she snapped her finger as the four motes of moonlight energy appeared. One remained above her head as the other three darted to the girl and floated near her head, illuminating the figure. HEr voice called out as she poised to defend herself just in case. "If you're here to take me back, you've got another thing coming! Who are you! What do you want!" Even as she barked her "orders", she had a sense of wavering doubt. This just looked like a teenage girl, and she didn't remember any teenage girls from the facility. Almost immediately after shouting her instinctual words, she laxed slightly and let her blade fall slightly. "You look lost.. what are you doing here?"

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Holly Hock
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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Holly was too concerned with getting dressed again and practicing her plan in her head to notice S-L (yes, that is how daddy-narrator will call you) coming closer. The lights were practically around her head before Holly was even aware of them, honestly needing a second to process what had happened before she understood that someone else had cast the lights. [break] [break] That caused her to panic. She took on a combat stance and turned her head quickly towards the source of the sound. Holly wasn't going to be using her real name or semblance. She knew she would be screwed if she used them and someone remembered everything that happened. She heard a female speaking out. Taking her back? What? Holly cocked her head to the side slightly, as she still put up her dukes. [break] [break] Just as S-L lowered her weapon and seemed to be confused about this whole encounter, so did Holly lower her spiky armbands. The single light floating around this stranger cast her into enough light to notice that she was a Faunus. This was good. [break] [break] Holly needed a scroll. Having no money, she needed to steal one. A Faunus who strolled parks at night, dressed like that, and said something about taking her back to some place, was obviously a criminal. Honestly, hitting only a few of those boxes was enough. Getting them all was like prejudice bingo. Holly coughed her throat slightly, before she took on her 'gangsta pose'. Meaning she stood slightly to the side, slouched her back, and crossed her arms being all fresh looking. She was placing a role, and Holly was good enough in that. She put on a worst accent than your averagely-bad theater kid, and went full ham. [break] [break] "Yo, yo! I was just being fleek over here, and than this girl be hopping in! Put out them lights girl, you be blinding this real G over here." Holly walked slightly over towards S-L, imagining a hip-hop soundtrack underneath. "I am ya girl, Nasrin Goldbar. I see you being all fly and shiz, so you got to help a sister out. A few nights ago, someone stole my scroll. You know, them swanky devices them rich boys use. Being a super cool girl of the streets, I say I get myself one. You know. Steal and let steal. Wanna do a girl a solid and help me tag some sucka and get me one of those? You get some sweet cash if they got a wallet. Some little spending money, sis! You dig?"[break] [break] Holly put on her hood while she was speaking, covering most of her hair just in cash. The worst part of this entire disguise, in her mind, was that she was a 100% sure that Nasrin's surname wasn't Goldbar. Holly had used it as a clever trick to remind herself what it was, but she honestly couldn't come up with it even after trying for days. Goldebah? Golslav? Goldbaho? Ugh, it didn't matter. If anyone checked, the fact that Holly had two arms instead of one would cause Nasrin to be in the clear.[break] [break] What was more important now was if this stranger was going to be ok with helping Holly rob someone. If she was not, they could hopefully just part ways. If this was going to be a problem, this person seemed to have a semblance. It would make it slightly difficult to drown her in this river, if that was the case. She could honestly use this grass, get her head down, and keep her there till the air bubbles stopped. It wasn't too difficult, but Holly honestly wasn't looking to drown any more people. Sure, maybe it would be easier if not done in sewer water, but she didn't wanted to try it out. Ugh, also the body... Nah, that would be easy enough. She could drag it down the sewer entrance nearby.

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[attr="class","RDnotes"] Semblance: B, Slicer: F, Survival: F, Gardening: D, Scroll-usage: F, Martial Arts: F, Healing: E, Acrobatics: F, Stamina: F

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[Altalune Gloriole]

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HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS?

Watching the girl approach in a very hoodlum vibe definitely confused the poor faunus. Especially when she started talking, there was so many words that didn't make sense. What was a scroll? What was a G? Who was Nasrin, this girl? Nasrin sounded like a boy name. She did want to steal something which made Lunar a bit apprehensive... but she wasn't sure why. Was stealing good? She believed Alina did that too, but for the betterment of others so it was okay. She recalled two of the orbs and lit the path between them, keeping one suspended about this Nasrin and above herself, and she took a step back to maintain this distance. More questions crept into her mind as she thought on what to say before gripping her blade and lowering it again ever so slightly.

Uncertainty wavering in her words, and she definitely looked and sounded confused. "Uhmm, what's a scroll? I don't really understand what you just said, it didn't sound like how everyone else talks. I know what a radio is if that helps? Sorry if I can't help any further, I haven't been here for long and it's still all really new.. Did you say your name was Nasrin? I don't really have a name just yet, only found out that 'Subject: Lunar' isn't a name, so I'm sorry I can't give you one." She openheartedly admitted her dilemma, but also wanted to be of some help anyway. Even if she didn't realise just how much potential trouble she was in.

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Stupid, got it. [break] [break] From her dumb expression to her actual reply, Holly knew she had caught a bright eyed girl who didn't knew how the real world worked. Either some recluse who wasn't allowed outdoors so she ran away, or some sort of highly skilled individual who was kept in some form of secret government training facility. She had read about this all on the internet from some guy called 'Tyrant-Slayer1'. Mistral had secret, underground labs were they trained super soldiers. It was basically common knowledge at this point. [break] [break] Holly approached the girl with swagger, before replaying from a safe enough distance...with swagger. She tried to tone her act down a few notches for the slower ones among us. "No problem, Horny. That is how I will call you. Because of your sweet horns, I love them. Stick with it for now. I will explain the bees knees for you. When I say that you will distract someone I point out, can you do it? Nothing serious. Just get their attention. I will do everything else. Do this for me, and I will answer some questions you have about the world. Free of charge, other than helping a fellow girl out."[break] [break] Holly would have approached further towards S:L, giving her a smile before holding out her hand to shake on it. It would have become obvious to S:L that Holly was wearing cacti on her arms, but as this most likely wouldn't have too much meaning for her, forget about it.[break] [break] Holly was all together happy with meeting this person. She doubted if she would be a good addition to the Sewers, but you never know. Seems like easily moldable. If she wasn't worth it, Holly could pin all of this on her if she played things right. World would most likely be better off if this girl was back in her secret lab training facility ...or in prison with the other Faunus. There she could make some friends, get at least two meals a day, and develop useful skills like self-defense.

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[attr="class","RDwortag"] Words: 342, Thread Total: 1803	[attr="class","RDwortag"] Aura: 82%
[attr="class","RDnotes"] Semblance: B, Strangler: E, Gardening: D, Scroll-usage: F, Martial Arts: E, Healing: E, Acrobatics: F, Stamina: E, Greensense F

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[Altalune Gloriole]

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HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS?

God this girl was so confusing. Bees knees? That sounded painful, having bees in your knees. Horny was a weird name, was it because she had horns? She would subconciously move her offhand to touch them selfconsciously, but she smiled a bit when the girl said she loved them. Lunar grew them herself after all. But her mission now was to distract someone she pointed out? That was a strange request, but she didn't object. Why would she need someone distracted? It was confusing but she slowly nodded in agreement. "I think I can do that, yeah. I'd like some answers about the world, that's be nice thank you."

Her eyes then paid attention to the hand that was outstretched and the cacti that were on the girls forearms. She had seen this before, something with armshakes or hand shakes. She would take the hand awkwardly, not sure what to do before squeezing the hand and shaking it up and down. "Don't those plant thingys hurt? They look spiky and painful, what are they called?" Her opinions on this girl were strange, she seemed to have good intentions but she couldn't shake the feeling of uneasiness. It was almost midnight and this girl was just swimming in the river in the middle of an abandoned park. Why was she here? "Umm, why are you out here again? It seems a bit weird to be out in the dark without lights and on your own."

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] It seems that she could follow basic commands! Go you strange Faunus experiment! [break][break] Nasrin Goldbar would give a firm and strong handshake to seal their little pact. "Your lights should be enough, but if you want to chat with someone, go for it." She said, before knowing that she needed to lay on at least a little bit of flair to ensure she stayed in her role. "Yo." Perfect.[break][break] When her new accomplice asked about Holly's snazzy arm guards, she just gave a smile. She brought them close to her face while keeping her eyes open. The cacti began to glow a soft magenta before she began to rub the arms on her cheek and over her face. "They are soft and harmless, Horny. I call them my softy hugging arms. They can even glow. Real technical marvel. Bioengineering. Electrolytes...Mitochondria. Please, touch them..." Holly held out one of her arms for Horny to touch and if she felt them the needles indeed would be soft like thick hairs. [break][break] Holly did this for two reasons.[break][break] One: She knew that the science was bullshit, but she wanted to know if Horny was only 'people' dumb, or 'real' dumb. Kind of like how Jackie knew science stuff but not things about people. There was a chance she was dealing with a human calculator at the moment, or like... Intern Steve who cannot even make coffee...[break][break] Two: If she needed to kill Horny, it was best for her to believe that Holly wasn't armed with a weapon. Element of surprise.[break][break] She did ask a stupid question though. Holly pouted slightly after being asked why she was out here. "Yo, Horny. Aren't you out here on your own? I don't ask what you doing here, acting like a real shady G. Just follow me and shake me like a wisdom tree, hitting you with truth apples on your noggin!" Holly began walking along the river, fully expecting the Faunus to follow her along. If S:L had any questions that weren't stupid, Holly would answer them of course. Part of the deal. You might be a murdering sewer deity, but you don't have to lie. [break][break] As the two of them were walking along, it became quite certain that there was one flaw in Holly's plan. [break][break] Normal people don't hang around parks in the winter at 11:30 pm. [break][break] Ugh, stupid normies.[break][break] She also knew the most likely place she could find people in this park even at this hour. It was the only place, most likely. Holly knew that she had to go there. It was like...destiny. So, after walking for a bit along the river, Holly saw a path and a small sign that pointed towards the different destination in the park. "We are going away from the river, yo. I know where the normies are at this hour." The place she needed to be was of course the main attraction.[break][break] 'The National Huntsman Memorial'[break][break] That damn wall.

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[attr="class","RDnotes"] Semblance: B, Strangler: E, Gardening: D, Scroll-usage: F, Martial Arts: E, Healing: E, Acrobatics: F, Stamina: E, Greensense F

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[Altalune Gloriole]

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HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS?

Huh, seemed easy enough. Confuse and distract with her moon orbs and this girl does her thing. That wasn't hard at all. Hell, maybe she could actually do something right for once! Not that she didn't do things wrong before, but it was interesting to see that this little role she had now was something so simple. However the next display of what seemed to be just plain insanity, was the glow of the cacti on her arms. Then, the face rubbing with what seemed to be harmless needles. She did NOT want to touch that, even if what she said was right or wrong. "Plants do not glow purple, that's not natural."

That gave off a giant red flag, strike one was the assumption. Having been around the Kozak's for a little while, she had began to learn a bit more about the more... verbal group. She hadn't left the Kozak's as of yet due to the protection they gave, and like Alina said, their goals line up with each other. She wanted people to be happy and Alina wanted to make the Ground District better, inturn making people happy. Right?

As for herself being outside at night, that was easy. "Well... my semblance draws power from the Moon. It thrives in darkness and under it's radiance. I can do so much more with it at night, and I feel stronger and better for it. Plus, being inside... I don't like it. I like the outdoors more, I feel free when I'm outside." She gave a small smile from her response, as if to make sure it sounded right and she herself agreed, before she added a bit more as she followed this Nasrin. "Plus I wasn't the one swimming in the water, weirdo."

As they walked, she thought of questions to ask this absolute insane weirdo she had managed to bump into. She should ask Alina what she thought about this weirdo. "What other places are there? I heard there were big kingdoms called Vale and Vacuo, what are they like? One was a desert and the other was more temperant... I might have gotten that word wrong..." She asked as they now turned towards where Nasrin believed people to be.

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Holly looked with a blank expression at Horny when she didn't wanted to be a pall and touch the fluffy cactus. "Horny... I saw you control floating lights just moments ago. Don't you go semblance shaming me, girl!" Holly was kinda peeved that he plan didn't work, and even more so that she was being judged by someone's weird science experiment or recluse heiress. It was one of the two. [break] [break] When her new tool started to explain her semblance, Holly found it kind of corny. Moon powers? Really? How can it both thrive in darkness and under radiance? Aren't those mutually exclusive concepts? Her semblance most likely wasn't effected by the moon at all and she wanted to sound cool and elusive. 'Oh yea, my semblance is totally powered by the full moon and it makes me super special and amazingly strong because my mother was a moon goddess and my father a goat.' [break] [break] Were those goat horns? Besides the point.[break] [break] Nasrin Goldbar wasn't about to reveal her own semblance. If she couldn't understand that it was what she just did with her cacti arms, she would be too stupid to realize the full potential anyway. Better to keep that card in her own pocket for now. She did talk about the inside/outside dichotomy, and freedom. "Being free is a state of mind more than anything. You can be trapped on an island and be more free inside of the sewers than you ever were outside." Holly said, completely ignorant of any hints she might have dropped. "I swam in that river because I wanted it. You can call me weird for it, but are you truly free if you let others bother you by such words? I will swim in that river no matter if the whole kingdom calls me weird, if that is what I truly want. That is freedom." Holly pondered, before she forgot that she was suposed to speak as Nasrin. "Yo." Perfect.[break] [break] Horny asked stupid questions. [break] [break] Yes, there are stupid questions. Your teacher lied to you.[break] [break] It were the kinds of things you can look up in books, or get somewhere else. It wasn't the kind of special insight you could learn from talking with a person about important stuff. Life, purpose, deep stuff on which people could have an interesting perspective.[break] [break] But Holly did say that she was a wisdom tree.[break] [break] "Knowledge about climate is nerd stuff. If you want to know the real important stuff, you have to look at the people who live there." Holly said, before she gave her based opinion.[break] [break] "Vale is filled with normies who drive their cars on roads and stop for traffic lights. They eat white bread for breakfast, don't want to spend too much for their lunch, and come home for dinner at like six. They have modest office romances and keep their mistresses secret, you dig. They care for freedom, but not enough to change the status quo. Plain, but that is how the normies like it."[break] [break] The most unbiased perspective.[break] [break] "Then there is Vacuo. Being a bandit is a respectable profession there. Nomads ride around in their giant sandbox and eat raw food because fire is invented by the government, and they don't like that around there. Their mistresses have mistresses and are a part of the clan. Heard it was well enough for Faunus, but it most likely became what it is because of that. No judgment." [break] [break] Join Holly's Hock world history lesson next time, when she calls even the snow in Atlas fascist and Mistral corruption worse than dysentery.[break] [break] The pair was coming closer to the area of the park in which the National Huntsman Memorial was situated. It was still deserted where they walked, but Holly was certain there were people near that stupid monument. Hopefully not actual huntress and huntsmen, because she didn't wanted to deal with them. She just wanted a weak and squishy normy.[break] [break] Still having some time before it was 'go time', Holly wanted just a little bit of her own curiosity sated. "Considering you don't know this place, and you asked about Vale and Vacuo, you are from Atlas. Maybe Mantle or Menagerie, but I don't see you as the type. If you wanted that a secret, be aware of that. I don't care why you left, but I am curious about one thing."[break] [break] Holly stopped in her tracks as she considered this vital information for her continued existence. "When you go to the toilet in Atlas, high up in the sky, does your waste simply fall down towards the ground below?" Holly examplified her question by portraying the action of a doodoo falling to the ground with her fist and making a 'splat' sound. "Or do they like, store it, use what they can with their smartness? That would mean that Atlas has a profesional dung science team, right? The Poopoo-peepee brigade." [break] [break] Don't judge. During recent developments in her life, Holly had gotten to be curious about how sewers worked. When you live in the shit, you start to think about that kind of stuff.

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HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS?

Whenever this girl spoke and answered questions, it seemed to contradict a lot of things Alina had said. Was she biased towards some places? Maybe. Did she listen? Of course. Was she going to draw her own opinions? Nope. At least, it was information about the world that was one sided, and she knew it now. Some people don't like those places. Her words on freedom were oddly worded in her mind, very cryptic and she spoke about sewers and an island? Did she used to live on said island and in said sewers? Maybe. Did she care? Clearly not.

Although the comment about climate and nerd stuff did hurt her a little. She liked knowledge, compared to last year, she knew so much more now than she did before. Knowledge seemed like power, as well as currency for those who didn't know knowledge. "Well... I'd like to know nerd stuff. Like how the moon dictates the tides of the sea, how the aquatic life changes based on the phases of the moon in how they act and where they go. How the moon is actually the sun reflecting off the surface. I would like to know why it's not whole.. it makes me sad that it isn't. You probably don't know, the moon broke many years ago according to history books." She was a lunatic for the moon, hence the uhh, lunatic statement. Contrary to popular belief, lunatic didn't mean mental insane, it meant obsessed with the moon, at least thats what she read.

She listened about Nasrin's opinion of the other cities before it turned to Atlas and her question about it. However the question confused her for a moment, as she furrowed her eyebrows, trying to think. Atlas was in the sky? She had never seen it before, so she wasn't sure. "Well... I don't know. I've never visited Atlas. Nor Mantle. I heard Mantle was beneath Atlas and if Atlas is in the sky, then I guess it falls down? I don't know." She pondered on that thought though, how was the waste disposed of? Maybe she'd ask if she ever went back.

More questions crept into her mind as they walked. "What's your opinion of the Faunus and how they're treated? I started to notice that not many people like Faunus and I don't see why. We're all the same, just with different features. Nothing different between my skin colour and someone who has a darker tone. We're all people at the end of the day."

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Nerd said a bunch of nerd stuff. How the moon made waves, and moons do this, and moons do that. Did this girl love the moon that much? Was she like a major moon freak? She most likely had a moon tattoo on her rump. Holly was going to let this lunar fetishist go on with her tirade before she said something that irked Holly. She let out a sigh before she stopped walking for a moment. She turned around to face Horny. Nasrin Goldbar had an annoyed expression on her face before she spit more facts. [break] [break] “Listen, two things you have wrong. First, I know everything that I need to know. If you let your self-worth be dependent on the pursuit of knowledge, you will always feel incomplete. There is infinite knowledge, and basing your life around acquiring it will leave you empty in the pursuit of that what you cannot by definition all know. You are focusing on an itch you will never get rid of, thinking it will bring you fulfilment. Knowledge rings hollow against feeling a lover kiss your face, or having your firstborn in your arms. The moon will never hug you no matter how hard you try!” Holly said, seeming to care less and less for the pretence of her role.[break] [break] “Second, I can tell you why it is not whole. Because it never was. Your concept that the moon was once a singular entity without being cracked is only based on your preconceived notion that it once needed to be fully spherical, because the moon is spherical, and the earth is spherical. It isn’t shattered because it was never whole! You are applying your own standards on a natural cluster of satellites because you cannot accept the moon like she is! I think you are celestial body shaming, and that is not cool!”[break] [break] Holly told the truth, whether this Faunus was ready to hear it all or not. Turning around again, the pinkette continued her pace as. Horny said she never saw Atlas, so she was a liar. Holly was already convinced that she came from there, so nothing else matter but that subjective truth. Her evening needing to ponder about poop falling down proved how dub this girl actually was. They make songs about poop falling into the toilet! Everybody knows that! It is one of the ways we all know about gravity! [break] [break] Then Horny opened another can of worms as she wanted to talk about the F-word. Holly summed up her own views as quickly as she could. “Everyone is a person, yes, but Faunus and Humans are not the same. You make a logical fallacy. You say we have different physical features that are unique to the species biology. You are different than someone with a different skin. To deny that by saying we are all the same would be to deny an observable and provable fact.” Said racistly by a racist. [break] [break] “How society treats these inherent differences is another matter. We all know that the reality of two different species living on the same world has proven time and time again to bring about conflict. Then again, one could always say that the subjugation of Faunus is not inherent to essence of having animal traits. I once read a book that stated that there wouldn’t have been Faunus, and only humans, a similar selection would have occurred by skin or hair colour. One group in power who would have subjugated the other, fuelled by their own self-imposed sense of superiority and cruel disposition to exploit others and using any excuse to do so. No matter if you are human or Faunus, the main thesis of life is that it is cruel existence filled with generally cruel people. Faunus just got the wrong end of the stick, and if they would have had superior numbers, they would have been the one subjugating humans.”[break] [break] Holly mused about the subject, not really having had anyone but Jackie who would have enjoyed this amount of musing on such subjects. Most people weren’t interested in all of this stuff, so Holly wouldn’t bring it up. Horny was dumb for putting ‘getting real smart’ on the checkbox of her life goal… but it did allowed Holly to use her to get some brain juices flowing herself. So, she was a useful tool.[break] [break] The pair would soon come to the place that Holly intended. [break] [break] A square with a wall of names.[break] [break] In essence, without any of the grandeur, that was what the centre heart of memorial park was. If one didn’t know the name of the park, or that the names on that wall of fallen Huntsmen was supposed to mean something… there was nothing really special about this place. Holly wished she could look at it like that, but she couldn’t. Even from the distance the two stood, she could see the spot in front of the wall where it all happened….[break] [break] Where Ryan tried to shoot himself in the head.[break] [break] And a relationship died because he was too much of a coward to pull the trigger.[break] [break] He should have killed himself.[break] [break] Holly’s mood both physically and mentally changed. Even someone not that in tune with social interactions, could most likely notice it all. The girl turned… glum. From the gaze of her eyes to her body posture, to the whole kind of energy the girl radiated. There wasn’t a person in sight yet other than them, but the whole ‘steal a phone plan’ had become a secondary concern right now. She thought she would have been able to handle herself. Thought she was through all of this. Apparently, she was not. The way someone was squeezing her hear right about now meant that she needed to do something. So, fine. She was going to listen to that feeling.[break] [break] Holly walked over towards the wall, standing in front of it at a bit spot that clearly was in some way important to her. She knelt down to touch the ground. That was where it all happened. Or… where nothing happened. [break] [break] Ryan was unhappy with his life. He was upset before because his brother died. He had shut himself off from the world. From other people. From himself. Didn’t even spoke a word. He had joined Haven after his brother passed away. He felt like he needed to. Holly also came to Haven because she felt like she needed to do that. Because of her family. They met each other during breakfast. He had been drawing her in his book. Wrote that she was beautiful. Holly started to speak with Ryan. He communicated through his notes. Because he had an oath that he wouldn’t speak out loud. She was willing to put up with that, because he wrote down, she was beautiful… and he made Holly feel appreciated for the first time in a long while. The two of them started to sit next to each other in classes, and trying to get along as best as they could. There were moments when it all became too hard for him. Holly had calmed him in the forge, and he swore that he would protect her and make her happy. Broke his oath of silence to say just that. He wasn’t the cure for everything the girl felt bad about, but being near him made every day better than the last. Very much so. [break] [break] Till the day he tried to kill himself without telling anyone. His father had just died, and Ryan wanted to end his life because of that. He hadn’t told anyone. Not Holly. He was going to shoot his brain out in a public park. [break] [break] If Ryan had killed himself, he would have always had a special place of love in Holly’s heart… He was her first love. She loved him. She wanted him to be happy. To smile. To be the father of her children. To bring the both of them happiness. She was willing to do anything and everything for him. Even mourning him afterwards. She would have done all of that… because that was what her heart said she should do. [break] [break] But then Holly convinced him that he shouldn’t kill himself.[break] [break] It took her a minute to convince him that he shouldn’t kill himself. If she weren’t there, he would most likely have done just that. He begged her for forgiveness. Seeming to care so little about what they had that he would have killed himself like that, leaving her to mourn for him and be heartbroken. Breaking his own oath to make her happy and to protect her. She talked for one damned minute and he would be a sobbing mess…Crying and saying that he would be better… that he would make up for all his mistakes, that he would make her the happiest girl in all of remnant. [break] [break] Telling her that he loved her, for the first time, with his own voice.[break] [break] Kissing her… for the first time.[break] [break] After he just tried to kill himself. Alone.[break] [break] While Holly had given Ryan all the support her body could bring up… he had given her nothing before. No real warmth, or support, or comforting her with her problems. She had always been there for him. [break] [break] And the first time he was there for her, it was after she had talked him out of suicide and a damned speech about his family’s honour. Holly… blacked out. Or… got a panic attack. It was… too many emotions for the girl.[break] [break] When she recovered… Ryan had just left her.[break] [break] He had walked away. Leaving bystanders to take care of her.[break] [break] Bystanders took more notice and had shown Holly more care than the person who had just told her he loved him, kissed her, and told her he wanted to make her the happiest girl in the world. It was that what made Holly realize one thing. [break] [break] Ryan only cared about Ryan. [break] [break] …and she still loved him.[break] [break] He ignored her. Ghosted her. For months. She still held out hope. That only if she… waited long enough… or had given him enough space… he would have… noticed her? Seen the error of his way? …told her that he was sorry?[break] [break] Holly never stopped caring about Ryan. It was the one feeling she always kept in her heart. It was what got her through Rochdale. It was what got her through every night crying. It was what made her not give up.[break] [break] Holly… followed Ryan. To a café…where he had a date with a fellow student…and his new girlfriend. Mary[break] [break] Telling her how he was ‘sick’. The he would haver never treated her the way she would have deserved…. that he never, ever, loved her. That he learned to be happy…with someone who he did love… with Mary…[break] [break] He said that Holly should just… move on. Forget about him.[break] [break] That he was now a ‘fixed’ man, who didn’t even need to look back at all the damage he caused. That he could just…disregard what they had for months without even deeming their love to have happened! That he tears for him meant nothing! That his words to her meant nothing! That every hope and dream he placed inside of her heart was a lie! [break] [break] Holly later learned that Ryan had left the kingdom for Vale. Leaving with Mary. Just leaving everything behind… Leaving her behind. Never even telling her…or giving her closure…[break] [break] Leaving her…with less than nothing… leaving her more broken than if he never had talked to her in the first place. Ryan had brought but false hope, false love, and pain.[break] [break] He had impacted Holly as much as the thousand deaths of Rochdale. He had forged her more than any blow of Rose could have done. He had changed her into someone new. Knowing who she was now, would have made the Holly of before Ryan puke. The things she had done, the things she was doing, the things she was going to do.[break] [break] The pinkette grunted for a moment, giving a glance towards Lunar after disregarding the presence of the Faunus for a solid two minutes at least. She sounded… tired. Older. “I know a riddle… two people died here about a year ago … There was one gun, no shots fired… How could it have happened? Think about it, as I need to do something.”[break] [break] Holly walked over towards the wall, her hoodie up. She influenced her cactus bracer to have a thick needle extent forward. She knew where some of their damn names were, and the rest she would find.[break] [break] Whenever Holly found a ‘Vas’ on the wall, she crossed it out by carving into the stone. A thick line crossing them out. Removing them from the monument. As if she was erasing that they ever existed. That they ever sired a bloodline that had created him. Created her… [break] [break] She had special words for two of them, which she whispered though loud enough that a nearby Faunus wanting to hear them could have overheard most of it easily enough.[break] [break] ‘Aarden Vas’[break] [break] “Your brother should have died instead of you. By all accounts, you seemed to be a nice kid. You were better than him, kinder than him. Your brother is loser, leaving nothing but the silence of his own failures in his wake. I reject him. I reject the world a memory of you. Be forgotten with the rest of your kin. Their honour was your death, but their failing is least of all yours. Be free of them. Know not the shame of your brother, and the downfall of your father.”[break] [break] ‘Alabaster Vas’[break] [break] “You instilled in your sons a death wish, and a promise built on a lie. One of your sons died before you, making you the worst kind of a father. Next, you drove your other son into harm and danger, instead of into your arms. You abandoned him. Then you went into the wilderness to die. You have only caused your own sons nothing but grief and pain. I erase your name from the one place you cared about. I erase your honour, for you have none, and instilled none in Ryan. Your family’s legacy is one of failure. Fade into the worst fate, and be forgotten.”[break] [break] And with that Holly was done. She straightened her back, and turned towards Lunar if she was still there. Holly smiled. Genuinely. “Do you have an answer yet?”

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HAVEN'T YOU HEARD WHAT BECOMES OF CURIOUS MINDS?

As they walked, Nasrin answered the first of her questions, beginning with the fact she was wrong. It made her tilt her head, and as she listened, she began to gain an understanding from her side. It seemed this Nasrin was more of the emotional sort by the sounds of it, and from her research into... people... which whilst sounded weird, it wasnt; it did give her more insight which was good. She was learning and gaining experience, this was so much more than she had hoped for. "But what if I want to enjoy the pursuit of knowledge? Everything I've learnt so far has been interesting and excitement! More than that dusty ol faciility in the snowy place, I think people called it Atlas."

The second question was answered, but made her frown slightly. Why would the moon never have been whole, and why do texts in history books state that it used to be whole? The majority of texts have stated at one point or another, it WAS whole. The conflicting statements rose when they talked about how it was broken. This Nasrin was wrong on this one, at least to the extent of what facts and history books had to say. "Well, I like to think it was whole at some point, and maybe it'll be made whole again too. Maybe not in our lifetime, maybe in another."

Although, the subject about the racism to Faunus and the subjectation of hate was cut short as they had arrived at their destination. She wanted to continue it but it seemed they were moving onto something else. So this Memorial Wall was some square wall with names on it. Huntsman names. Alina said something about huntsmen being unreliable and that they were fighting to bring power back to the people. Or, at least that's what she took from her words and musings. If she was wrong, it's not like she had joined the Kozaks. But as she turned to Nasrin, she noticed a change. She seemed tired, lethargic maybe. Was it something to do with this wall? Was it bringing back bad memories?

She asked a riddle before moving to the wall to seemingly stratch names off, so Lunar back peddled to a bench and thought about the riddle. A year ago, two people died here, a gun was present, but no shots were fired. How did it happen? She rested the crescent blade on the floor, tip on the stone and her chin on the pommel as she thought. Well, if that was the case, something changed with the two people surely? People talk about their old selves dying and being replaced with new selves. Like how Lunar escaped the facility and became a new person when she was free. She could relate that to this situation. That was surely the right answer, right?

Once the pinkie came back, Lunar sat up, keeping her grip firm on the handle as she then standed and nodded. "Even though no shots were fired, and by assumption no bodies were present, the reason the two people died was because of some event that happened, changing the course of fate for the two people. Whatever happened was the last thing that killed an old ideal, an old truth inside the people, being replaced with something new, maybe better, maybe more sinister. But when those two people left this place, they left new people. The old ones had died here. I... I apologise if I'm reading too much into the riddle, as I really like riddles apparently, but with the presence of a firearm yet no shot was fired, it could be safe to assume either a hostage situation was turned around, or an attempted suicide was turned around. Those two seem like the likely outcomes that could create such a dramatic and wild change in the ideals and truths of those two people."

She paused for a moment before giggling lightly and scratching her head lightly. "I'm sorry, I rambled a bit too much... I haven't had someone to talk like this to before. I should really do it with some of the others back home. But, how did I do? Did I get it right?"

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Pah! Who said going out at night would attract delinquents? What if you were a delinquent yourself? Does that mean the statement rings true? Pfft, whatever. Erikk would be cruising in the Memorial Grounds on his feet just relaxing, chilling out and doing whatever took his fancy. He was scheduled tomorrow to be fully introduced to Haven life and he could sense just how good his life was going to become once he got in. All the girls he could want, all the attention and adoration from the other students and all the risk that came with being a huntsman. He loved the thrill, and he loved the chill. A bit of a weirdo but he loved that. Weirdo's got attention and drew eyes. Tonight was definitely cold but that didn't stop him. Erikk was a naturally warmblooded guy, more so than most ever. In the coldest conditions of Argus, you would always see him in shirts and shorts. Shorts on the occasion, he had a fashion sense after all.

Tonight was no different. Whilst it some windchill tonight, he had his red flannel shirt unbuttoned with a black undershirt to keep himself covered and somewhat warmer than without. Blue denim jeans with holes in the knees from many scraps, and his weapons around his forearms. They had the guise of huge, weighty shackles but in reality it was durable alloys and the chains allowed him some extra reach. He forgoed actual weapons when he was younger because he was just too good with them. So he imposed a strange restriction with the shackles but that didn't stop him from being the best in his previous school for physical prowess. Sometimes he would also forgo shoes which was a strange one to see. He felt more deft, light and quick without cumbersome footwear. Considering boots were the usual pairing for such attire, it was "obvious".

He was passing the Memorial Wall with his headphones in when he noticed the two girls initially. One had some pretty cool but weird looking orb of light and the other was a cute pink headed girl. Cactus on her arms but then again, he had actual shackles on his so he couldn't be a hypocrite. Taking one earphone out, he would wave, the rattling most certainly attraction attention before he called out. "Hey girls!" He gave a light cocky smile as he put his headphones back in and continued onwards, taking slow and deliberate strides as he passed the two. Calm, collected and cool.

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[attr="class","RDcontainer"] [attr="class","RDcontent"] Being so involved in her own belated closure, Holly had honestly not expected Horny to give her an actual coherent answer to her earlier riddle that would provide any clear insight. From what she had learned so far of her far-fetched Faunus friend, there wasn't all too much in her mind that aligned with Holly.[break] [break] And then she gave that answer.[break] [break] It was...somewhat confusing for the young Huntress. Like...did Horny just had that much of a lucky guess, or was she just way more emotional intelligent than Holly had given her credit for? It kind of pissed Holly of slight in a way that even she found petty the moment it entered her mind.[break] [break] Like...was what happened to her on that day that much of an open book that this complete rando could guess figure it all out? Sure, Holly planted maybe enough seeds in the Faunus mind to come to that conclusion...and it was admirable that she got it as close to right as Faunusly possible...but it was also...I don't know...[break] [break] Annoying.[break] [break] Mostly how she giggled after giving the answer. Like, if you think this is an almost suicide, and you giggle about it? Like, she should have suspected that Holly was somewhat involved, right? And she is giggling about that. Is she giggling at me? About me? About my pain and suffering? Like it is some kind of joke or thing to make fun of? 'Oh, look at me figuring out the dumb sad pink haired girl and her stupid problems!' Who does this Faunus think she is giggling at me? Thinking we are friends. Thinking she is people. Friendless, worthless, ugh! Holly's face turned in a frown for a just a moment, before she let those emotions go for now.[break] [break] She still needed Horny.[break] [break] And besides, Holly could hardly be mad to a dog for going after the tennis ball right in the mouth after she threw it into the park. So, she gave another smile after the frown and congratulated Horny on her answer. "About as right as you are going to be. Even though you might not know too much about some things, you got a good enough set of brains inside of that skull of yours. I once kn-"[break] [break] Holly was interrupted mid sentence by a sound. She looked behind Horny and saw some guy walking into view and calling out to them...[break] [break] At first this caused a slight amount of panic. Was she found out? Did she knew this guy? The cosmic forces of the universe always ensured that the chance she was running into the same 30-so people that knew her were larger than it should be....but she didn't recognized this guy. Even from a distance Holly could see...Headphones.... [break] [break] Headphones meant a scroll.[break] [break] A scroll meant progress.[break] [break] The fact that he called us out even from that much of a distance meant that he was most likely interested in male to female relations. Why else would you just call out to two women randomly in the middle of the night in some park if you didn't had the slightest hope they would respond? Leaning close towards Horny, Holly whispered in the Faunus' ear.[break] [break] "That guy. He is the guy. We are nabbing his scroll. Just follow my lead and distract him when he takes out his scroll. Just....follow my lead and get to the other side of this guy so we are next to him... don't screw this up."[break] [break] Holly hoped that she had given enough vague information for Horny to roll with. Holly followed this strange new man and enacted her plan. Practically walking a meter to the right of him, still with her hoodie up of course, Holly went on a charm offensive. "Hey! Where are you going so soon with such haste? Got a girlfriend that you need to hurry to?" [break] [break] Trying to close the distance between the two of them, Holly would come as close to Erik as he could without his body language showing signs of being invaded. If that didn't even happen if Holly was close enough to touch him, Holly would try to place one of her hands on his shoulder, looking the red head straight in his eyes, and giving him a cute enough smile. Hoping that Horny had done as she was asked and went to the other side, Holly went to phase two.[break] [break] "We like fun! My name is Nasrin. What music are you listening to, stud? Does the track have a name, maybe I know it?" [break] [break] Hopefully this rando with snazzy looking chains on his arms would actually pull out his scroll to check the artist or the name of the track. If not...Holly had other tricks up her cacti to get him to whip it out.[break] [break]

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