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Chapter 6: Status Plate (fixed)

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At that moment, the door opened and Mrs. Kertenkela stepped inside the classroom. All the students turned her way.

“Take a seat children.” We shuffled to our seats. “From this day onward I will be your teacher for Aura, D&G, and mechanics. Physical training will be done by Instructor Braun; math and history shall be taught by other instructors depending on how well you scored on the test. With the exception of PT, all other classes with be in this building.”

As she was explaining this she passed out a schedule specific to each student. Receiving his paper, Robin looked it over.

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10 -11 Dust and Grimm *

11-12 Aura *

12-1 Lunch

1-2 History ***

2-3 English ****

3-4 Mechanic *

4-5 Math ****

5-7 Physical Training *

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“Now for those of you who don't understand, each '*' mark represents a level of difficulty for the class. There are 6 levels of difficulty and you shall all move up a level each year. If you were deemed smart enough- “ she gave Robin a look, “you had been moved up in difficulty level. However, none of you will be able to skip levels in Aura, D&G, Mechanics, and PT. Knowledge and training are a necessity to survive. Are there any questions?”

= So I basically skipped two grades in history and three in English and math. Definitely weird for a four year old. Although I am curious what this Mechanics class is. =

“Yes I have a question.”

“What is it Robin?”

“What's mechanics?”

“Mechanics is a course which we shall teach you knowledge about technology. Once you get a decent understanding we will start teaching you about the basics of weapon development.”

Robin's eyes lit up. = They're gonna teach me how to build a gun?! Hell yes! =

“Any other questions?”

Blake held her hand up. “Yes Blake?”

“What is today's schedule? It's already 11:30 but there's no class set for 11:30.”

“Good question. Today we had to give you guys a test, so there will be no D&G lesson. However, we will still teach you some basics about aura and your status plates before lunch begins and we'll let you talk to your friends and compare stats.”

“Any other questions?...No? Alright then lets begin. Take out the notebooks in your desks. You may keep them to take notes and write in it however you like. Now as some of you may have noticed, there are two bars in the upper left corner of your vision. This is a permanent display that occurs after activating your aura. As you live and fight, transparent windows with information will pop up as well. You can also call upon your status by saying “Status”. This will make it pop up in a similar window. Go ahead and try it.”

“Status”

-Robin S. Wolfheart-Race:Faunus (Wolf)*Class:MercenaryLevel:1Experience:0/10Semblance:Bloodlust

Health:50/50Aura:150/150

Strength:5(+3)Dexterity:1Agility:3Endurance:1Vitality:21

Robin was thrilled. The status was just like those he played in video games. Upon examining closely, he found a term he was unfamiliar with, and became a bit crestfallen when he found out his class.

= … my class is Mercenary? I thought it would be something like Mage given how much aura I had.=

MercenaryYour aura has given insight to your true nature as a person. Thanks to your past experiences, you tend to doubt others and closely examine their purpose for getting close to you. Thanks to this, the only things you can trust is money and a few people whom you know very well. As a mercenary, you enjoy using all forms of weapons and can grasp how to use them very quickly and efficiently. This results in extra bonuses depending on the weapon. Furthermore, you are able to learn general skills of any kind.

Current Bonuses: (+2) Hand-to-Hand Combat.

Current Skills: Identify.

= Wow that is deep. So aura give insight to people's nature and history? I guess that makes sense since it is unique to the person. =

“To begin lets look at your health and aura. The numbers next to them indicate how much you have of each. As you get hurt in fights and use your aura, the numbers will get lower and lower. When your aura hits zero, you no longer have protection of your aura and cannot use your semblance until your aura regenerates. However, when health reaches zero, you die. It goes without saying you should never let it hit zero. After fighting, both health and aura can be regenerated naturally through rest and potions. Having health however does not mean injuries or status effects are gone. You need to treat your body or else you will get sick.

Next are stats. Their titles are self-explanatory. Strength makes you stronger. Dexterity determines your reaction time and ability to dodge. Agility makes you faster. Endurance gives you more health, and Vitality gives more aura. These stats can be increased through training, but will naturally increase by themselves as you level up.

Leveling up is done through exercise and fights with Grimm. Depending on the difficulty of the Grimm you are fighting, you get different amounts of experience.

Semblance is an ability that all of you are born with. It can be hereditary or unique depending on the individual. It all depends on your nature as a person and your race. This is the same for your class. You are born with your class already chosen. How you utilize it is up to you. Some embrace it, others reject it. Regardless of whether you like it or not, you need to use everything you can to survive. The classes help boost your abilities in some aspects but is not the final thing that determines your strength. It is your training that makes you stronger. Many of us faunus also have unique bonuses depending on our race. That is the '*' mark that appears beside your race. You can press it to learn the details.”

Wolf:As a member of the wolf faunus, you fight stronger in a pack. The more members in your pack the stronger you are. Your strength increases +1 per member. As you reach certain levels, the bonus per member increases.Current strength: 5(+1)

= Whoa that's pretty cool. So the bigger my party, the stronger I am. What about my semblance? =

Bloodlust (Passive):Thanks to your experiences and innate ability, you've gained the sixth sense able to sense animosity towards you.Bloodlust (Active):When activated, you are able to sense the presence of anyone within a set distance. However, in return they are also made aware of you. Upon activation, there is a chance of foes being Intimidated. Weaker foes are more prone to the status effect than stronger ones.

Cost (10 Aura/sec).

= !! Jackpot! With my unique traits as a wolf I'm stronger with every ally I have, and with this I can always keep an eye out for enemies. Although I can only keep it active for 15 seconds at the moment, there's no reason I can't use it for longer periods of time later. =

Smiling at his situation, Robin was very pleased with his status allowing him to potentially become very strong.

“Alright kids, that's enough ogling your statuses for now. Remember stats aren't everything and experience can save or kill you. All pop up windows can only be seen by you since they are fueled by your unique aura. If you want to display your status to others, you need to use your status plate, but enough of that for now. Lets begin the lesson on auras.”

“All living things have auras. For those with activated auras, it passively acts as protection and increases the body's ability to heal. For instance, say you got a paper cut from flipping the page. Aura will make the wound heal faster than you normally would regularly. Normally though, you wouldn't even get scratches if you still had aura. Please remember that even if it protects you from minor harm, the sensation of pain is still there.

We can also take this a step further. By purposefully sending more aura to body parts, we can enhance the protection to withstand more stress, while at the same time allowing that body part to perform even better than normal. This is common in combat when we protect ourselves when we get hit with something sharp. Although it is impossible to completely prevent our bodies from getting hurt, we can minimize the damage.

Today I will be teaching you the most basic of aura enhancements. Mind- enhancements. By doing mind enhancements, you will be able to see things in slow motion, read faster, and react quicker. First I want you to watch the board.”

Mrs. Kertenkela took a marker and then a blue aura enveloped her arms and eyes. Then, in an instant she completely filled the board with words and quickly erased it.

= So fast! =

“Did any of you see what I just wrote?”

All the students shook their heads.

“Of course not. With unenhanced minds, the most you could do was recognize I did something, and that was because you were specifically told to watch the board. In any other case, a normal person with inactivated auras would just see me standing still.”

= Of course! That's how she graded those tests so quickly. She used aura to enhance her ability to see and read. Aura is surprisingly practical. =

Now to do this is easy. Simply remember the sensation of aura and focus it inside your head. Once there, send it into your eyes. Plain and simple. Everyone close your eyes and concentrate.”

Robin closed his eyes, remembering the warm sensation filling his chest. Slowly he sent it to his head and then his eyes.

“Now open your eyes and see if you can read it this time.”

Robin opened his eyes to see Mrs. Kertenkela once again writing extremely fast. However, this time was different. He was able to catch a glimpse of the board before she erased it. It was the same sentence over and over, making him wonder how he missed it the first time.

“Raise your hand if you can read this. Raise your hand if you can read this. Raise your hand if you can read this. Raise your hand if you can read this. Raise your hand if you can read this.”

= Wow that WAS pretty simple. = Raising his hand, he was greeted with shocked faces from both the teacher and students.

“Hoho. Looks like we have a genius among us. Normally you would only be able to glimpse it after practicing for the entire period the first time. Since you seem to be able to do that already, just keep practicing with everyone else and try to get better at it. Same goes for anyone else that finishes early.”

= God damn it I did it again! And I literally just promised myself I would keep a low profile. =

With a sigh, Robin once again concentrated. Mrs. Kertenkela displayed a video of her doing the exercise from a projector to avoid the tedious repetition for the remainder of the time. Instead she began watching the students' eyes. Trying to guess who was the next to surprise her today.

After Robin, Blake and Adam rose their hands five minutes after the exercise started. After that, Conner and Ophelia. After them however, nobody had raised their hands until the very end of the period where one or two more were able to comprehend the writing. By that point, Robin had slowed down the instant to just very fast writing that lasted no more than a second, and his body was abnormally tired.

Very pleased with the result, Mrs. Kertenkela spoke up. “Very good, there are certainly more than I had expected to do it. I actually lied to you guys telling you people get this stuff within 15 minutes. If it was that simple, everyone would be able to fight Ursas.”

This comment put Robin into a further conflicted mood, unable to decide whether he was happy things came so naturally or nervous that he stood out. At that moment a bell rung out signaling the end of the class period.

-Ding-Dong__-Ding-Dong

“By using your aura you've already begun training your vitality. Every morning you will practice an hour of using your aura with me and by the time your Physical Training class starts, you'll have fully rested.Your assignment for Aura class will be to be able to read the board by the end of the week. Dismissed.”

Ingro, Emperor-zero, your comments were deleted cause I re-posted so I'll give you my thanks on my new one. Thanks for reading! Sorry about the inconvenience everyone!