RWBY - New Horizon

Chapter 9 - New Allies and old mentors

The morning suns golden rays begin to cut through the gap in the room's blinds before resting on closed eyes causing them to twitch and a frustrated groan to escape a certain young man's lips before he rolls to the opposite side and throws the blanket over his head.

"Ah much better." Talon sighs out complacently before a few moments later the loud blaring of his alarm clock causes his eyes to snap open before a frustrated growl escapes him as he slams his hand down on his alarm clock to shut it up before raising himself onto his elbows and cranes his neck up to the ceiling.

"Five more minutes, just five more minutes. Why can I never just have five more minutes rest? What did I do to piss you off, huh?"

As Talon finished his rhetorical argument with the ceiling above, he quickly throws himself to the side allowing his feet to make contact with the cold wooden floor of his room before stretching until he hears a satisfying set of pops from his back. Deciding upon his plan for the day he settles on watching the new starters initiation,

"Well might as well go watch the new blood take a stroll through the forest, not like I got anything better to do. Wonder what dad dug out for 'relics' this year?" while finishing his monologue Talon began with his standard morning routine of shower, scrub and shave to ensure no scruffy stubble on his chin. After completing his morning ritual, the young man dressed in his military-inspired clothing formed from a grey long sleeve shirt and a slightly darker grey jacket with golden epaulettes. Underneath this, he wears black trousers and freshly buffed black combat boots and a black and grey belt with various pouches attached wrapping around his waist.

Taking a moment to stare at the last piece of the attire being black sliders with his rank of first Lieutenant engraved in gold in front of the mirror, talon instead opts to place them back on the top of the cupboard instead of the epaulettes on his shoulders and undoes the fastenings of his grey jacket. Staring at himself the male shakes his head and runs his hands through his hair giving it more of the signature casual and spiked look he once had before taking one last look at himself and nodding before leaving his room.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the academy, the ballroom lay silent with all but one student still in the last vestiges of sleep. However, the silence and serenity quickly being broken by the hyperactive ginger-haired girl known as Nora repeatedly proclaiming that it's morning startling most of the students around her awake. Nora's black-haired compatriot Ren simply opened his eyes to see his overexcited friend already in her combat uniform comprising of a black sleeveless vest, with a blue central front section and red accents. Under the vest, she wears a white sleeveless t-shirt with a heart-shaped cut-out in the centre accompanied by a pair of white detached sleeves on each arm. Nora finishes the attire with a short pink skirt and silver Armor piece that wraps around the waist, under her breasts and around the back on her neck with metal connecting each piece at the front.

Seeing her eagerness Ren just goes about his day first changing into his own chosen clothing being dark green, diagonally-buttoned, long-sleeved tailcoat that is red on the inside, with black and gold trimming and pink cuffs. The trimming goes down the right side of his torso and forms a black collar. Along with this, he wears a black, long-sleeved shirt beneath the suit and light-tan pants.

After dressing Ren and Nora prepare for the day ahead first brushing their teeth, cleaning up their bedrolls, eating breakfast and finally putting everything in their lockers and retrieving their weapons for the test. All the while, Nora has not seemed to draw breath remarking on how far they have both come together well not 'together together' as she describes, but they are still together. Not that Ren is unattractive in Nora's eyes she admits he is handsome but being together would be weird... right? To this Ren continues getting ready as Nora decides they need to be together on a team proposing they bribe the headmaster... no that would be stupid but what if they made a signal like a distress signal or a secret signal to alert each other to one's presence.