Stranger and stranger still. (Private with Ela)

[Eiji]

The evening light shined over the school today, classes were let out hours ago. Eiji had heard whispers that there was a place at the school, a place that people trained,which was nothing new to him, people hefted heavy things back and forth before, but this place was different. Something about summoning enemies from nothing and having them fight you, with very little risk of an early death or maiming.

He passed a group of students who seemed like they had just got done with a healthy amount of physical exertion. As he passed them he entered the training area. In the middle there was an odd sight. There seemed to be a humanoid, but it didn't seem human. It lacked a face, and it's skin was translucent. Feeling confused Eiji approached the... Thing and spoke.
"Hello? Is this your aura?"
Unbeknownst to Eiji the students who had just left had left their hologram active. However he had never seen anything like it, and was left speaking to it.
"I'm seeking a unique place here in beacon for supplying combat experience, am I in the right place?" He asked again to the hologram but to no avail.

[Ela Motley]

Learning was fun and Ela was good at it, but even she needed a break after working through as many assignments as she just did. Granted she completed them at a record pace, which perhaps only made them more taxing, her head felt just a bit full after finishing the last one.

So, now it was time to clear her head, and what better way to do so was there than some good old physical exercise ?

So after arriving at the training room and taking in her surroundings, not a lot of students being here at this time of day, Ela had most of the room to herself.
Including the weights, pure strength training was usually a bit dull, but she had an idea on how to make it more interesting.
Ela focused her aura and activated her semblance, quickly covering her skin in her stone armor, now to grab a weight or two.

Yet Ela paused, there was another student after all, no two of them, it sounded like one of them was asking for help but not getting an answer, maybe his conversation partner was mute like Lin ?

Ela sighed and went towards them, rounding the corner to the combat room, she saw the strangest sight, a faunus was talking to one of the hardlight holograms.
Ela had to suppress a giggle as she walked up to him.
"Excuse me, but you won't get a response from this, you are in the right place though. Would you like a demonstration on how to use the facilities ?"
Ela asked in a calm and polite manner, her armor making her sound a little muffled, she awaited his response, arms crossed over her chest.

[Eiji]

As soon as he heard something speak Eiji's shoulders jumped and his head twisted around to see what could have possibly snuck up on him. His ears were sensitive, he prided himself on them in fact, though when you're distracted by humans that glow, one tends to be a bit, oblivious. Getting a good look at what startled him Eiji was at a loss for words. The stone armor and the sheer stature made him speechless. Ela towered over him, and that armor was something to behold. Without saying anything Eiji walked a few circles around her trying to make out what Ela was. Thats when it hit him.

This must be a golem. Eiji had heard stories before of people using magic to bring rocks to life to take commands, or use as sentries or guardians, but never did he think he would think he would get to see one! Truely coming to beacon has been an eventful experience thus far, and to think he has only been here a handful of days. To think of what other sights he may see, he shook his head to focus on the matter at hand.
"Are they deaf? Or are they just ignoring me? " Eiji asked the golem as he waved a hand Infront of the hologram's face. He then turned to face Ela. "No matter, i think you would be better at supplying experience."
Eiji said as he pulled his shield, Malice from his back, along with his spear, Mercy. Getting behind his shield and raising his spear he thought to command the golem from myth.
"Golem you are to make an attempt at my life. You may begin your assault."

[Ela Motley]

This student was strange, not because he was a faunus, Ela didn't care about that, but the way he was circling around her as if he was evaluating her, he probably was, with her armor she was a strange sight to see.

Yet his first question still regarded the hologram, asking if they were deaf, Ela had a hard time suppressing her giggle, she was not one to laugh at people, but this had genuinely caught her off guard.
Who was this strange man, was he even a student ?
Did he not listen to any of the lectures first year students were given ?

Her questions were confirmed with his next assertion, calling her a golem and asking her for a fight to gather experience, 
Ela was stunned silent, recovering as annoyance took root, her a golem ?
She wasn't as fair or petite as other women, but a golem ?!
Ela was about to give him a piece of her mind until something clicked within her.
Ela smirked, she would give this faunus what he wanted, by playing along as the golem and providing him with training.
Perhaps she had let Lin rub off on her, whoops~

Ela took a rigid stance, arms at her side, sighing and at the same time releasing a bit of frost, giving this action an almost mechanical feel.
"As you wish, restrictions disengaged..." Ela spoke in a monotone voice, not bothering to rise above the mumbling effect of her stone mask.

She stepped forward, making sure to put as much weight into her steps as she could.
With a quick, yet predictable movement, Ela lifted her left arm above her and slashed through the air in a heavy overhead swing.
"Beginning assault."
Yet, she would not go easy on him, keeping her other hand ready for his spear counterattack, to try and grab it.

[Eiji]

The golem actually acknowledged his commands, now he could get what he wanted, though there was an unaccounted factor here. When he brought his Malice and Mercy he was under the crude assumption he would be fighting against a Grimm or a humanoid. Here he was with a spear fighting stone. This was brought to his attention when he side stepped to her right, avoiding the swing and going for a prod with Mercy. The blade of the spear just scraped right off of the stone. Being this close had no advantage. After his failed attack Eiji back stepped away from her.

The little distance he did buy wasn't enough. Eiji focused his aura and leapt backwards into a somersault, discarding both Malice and Mercy in the apex of his jump. The dull ringing of metal cleaning against the floor rang through the room as Eiji landed. His aura began to rise above his skin, now bathed in his purple aura he crossed his arms. He focused on his semblance and uncrossed his arms and with a pulse of energy he summoned his claws. His forearms were now covered in white fur and his hands unclenched to reveal that his hands were now black and leathery, with claws adorning his wrists and completely replaced his fingers. Eiji then charged forward and leapt at the golem, this time aiming at the torso to see if his claws would do the trick.

[Ela Motley]

Ela was just a tad too slow for her counterattack, of course she was still playing her role, that of a big slow and one track minded construct, at least that's what she remembered from the fables of Golem's.

Her attack missing was expected, but what Ela saw next, as she slowly turned to him.
It was to see his weapon and shield cluttering to the floor, the spear she could understand, Ela had barely felt it. But his shield could still be used to defend.
This man was becoming even stranger.

And stranger still, as Ela was slowly walking up to him, her steps heavy and loud, she watched him channel his aura over his arms, was he really intending to have a fist fight with her ?
Not quite, she saw the claws form, it all made sense now, discarding his old weapons to free up his new ones.
Well, they did look rather imposing and the effect of his semblance was fascinating, after this she would have to study it, perhaps even get Mr Copperfield in on this.

That could wait till later, with her opponent now engaging for another assault, this one being much more predictable and tossing his speed to the side as being airborne meant he could not dodge.
Ela stood there, waiting for when he would swipe, she sided stepped it making his attack miss, as she then reached up, her right arm grabbing his ankle.
With terrifying strength, Eiji's momentum was suddenly used against him as Ela threw him onto the floor face first, that must have hurt, which is why Ela gave him a break, instead of continuing her assault by beating down on her floored opponent, still wanting to gauge his reaction and keep up her guise, she simply stood over him.
"Ascertaining combat viability..."
She said, in her fake robotic voice, giving him the chance to call it quits or keep going of his own volition.

[Eiji]

Eiji wasn't expecting the golem to be as agile as it was, even though it was just a sidestep that mass of stones moved fast.
And as fast as he could react his face had been planted into the ground. There wasn't any time to cry over his face, as soon as the recoil from the body slam ended Eiji threw out one of his hands to flip him back around to re-orient himself. Using his legs to push up he was able to jump back onto his feet. He quickly found out his nose was messed up as he could not breathe out of his nostrils.
A clawed hand reached up and grabbed a hold of his nose, and with a grit of his teeth he cracked it back into place. Now he could breathe again properly after a quick blow of the nose. Predators in the wild did not yelp and whine when they got hurt, so neither would Eiji. Letting out a grunt Eiji shook his head. He needed to focus on the target. Getting ready Eiji ran towards the golem, this time he would run at her, and take a slice out of her right side, and if successful he would keep running past her, like a hit and run. If the spear wouldn't cut it then the claws would.

[Ela Motley]

Well, he was certainly tenacious, something very respectable, though she was a little concerned that she had broken his nose, once he figured out, or she showed him the surprise under her helmet she'd have to owe up to him and get him something to cool that nose.
Oops, she let her thoughts drift, back to the fight!

He had seemingly learned from his mistake and instead of jumping at her, he was rushing her on his feet instead, which was still somewhat reckless, she'd really have to take this guy from some extra classes, his approach to fighting was strange as if he wasn't expecting his opponent to predict him or just think logically in general ?
Wait, had he never practiced against another human ?

Ela was still left in thought as she had somewhat lifted her arm to try and counter-attack, but it came down much later after Eiji had passed her, the dent left in her armor did not register.
Only as he came back around did Ela react too, she reared around and with the momentum of her spin would slash her hand through the air in a wide arcing hit.

[Eiji]

Eiji felt a twitch of pain coming from his claw as he struck the stone. Coming back around to slice again he caught a glimpse at the problem. His claws were broken. It was only natural really. That the idiot who claws rocks gets broken claws. Well he couldn't slice the golem like that again. So he opted to slide under it's arm as it sliced through the air. After sliding he was back on his feet, opting to jump away from the golem so he could get some breathing room. Bringing his right hand up to his face he could see now that his claws were shattered and cracked.

He took a deep breath, and his aura began to manifest itself again. Holding out his arms he held out his hands and focused on his damaged claws. He threw his hands to his sides and with an explosive flourish his claws were back, however they were larger than before, like obsidian blades. The light in the arena shined off of them. He kept his claws at the ready and moved slowly towards the golem. He walked forward and waited for the slightest movement. When he saw that movement is when he would strike at it's head. Without a head it couldn't move, and he was confident that these claws would get the job done. He slinked into the golem's arm range then dodged forward to get as close as he could for an uppercutting strike with the tips of his claws.

[Ela Motley]

Her feeling of pity for Eiji by now had shaped into full on remorse.
He was a valiant fighter, fast, agile and highly determined, yet those things did not help when he ran in without a good plan.

Having slashed at her armor, left his claws in bad shape, she knew they were only aura constructs, if they weren't Ela would be getting Eiji medical support this instance.
But no, he still easily dodged her attacks, putting to show that he was still doing okay.

As he backed off, Ela would advance slowly, making sure to really slam her feet onto the floor to create a loud thumping sound as she walked.
As she did, Ela could see a new ability of Eiji's semblance, his claws had grown, changing their white coloration for that of an obsidian luster, it looked a little surreal, yet at the same time quite beautiful.

But what really caught her off guard was Eiji actually taking a defensive stance, Ela simply stood there for a moment, analyzing him, he wanted to catch her when her guard was down, seeing as he was watching her body up and down for any attempts at an attack.
Ela was still in her role and she also wanted to see what these claws could do, her curiosity got the better of her.
Ela moved in with a simple yet powerful right hook.

There it was, pain.
Ela staggered backward as she could hear her armor being torn asunder, Eiji had missed her face yet still the impact against her head hurt and damaged her aura.
Almost instinctually, Ela swerved around, lunging at Eiji with a swift punch to his gut, yet she stopped, he looked at her confused.
That's when Ela finally felt the breeze against her scalp, her long black hair was pouring out of the top of her helmet, which Eiji had torn open.
She relaxed and sighed, rubbing the back of her neck as her helmet fully crumpled away.
"Ah shame, the jigs up, hope you aren't mad that I was leading you on about the whole golem thing."
She giggled a little, hiding her mouth behind her hand.

[Eiji]

Eiji felt satisfied when he felt his claws make good contact with the head. He was getting ready to thrust his other hand forward but he saw something. Black hair unfurled from the head. Eiji had never heard of golem's having hair, or anything of the sort. The moment of introspection came at a price as he saw the walking mountain reel back for a punch. Having no time to dodge he crossed his arms Infront to protect his torso from the attack, but the attack never came. Curiously he looked up at, her. The golem was a her this entire time! Eiji got on his tippy toes just to get a better look of her face. He thought he should probably confirm what he had been thinking. So you are not a golem? And golems are not real, are they?

Well he was in a school after all, learn something new everyday and he learned that either golems had people inside them, or they were stuck in the land of myth and fantasy. Still there was a pressing matter at hand. The hair on his tail stood down as he relaxed.
Not at all. I apologize for attacking you. Had i known a person was under there i wouldn't have attacked you so brazenly. He took a breath in to calm down. His semblance had also deactivated. He could feel the claws and skin no longer. Like taking off a glove Eiji slid the fur and claws he had grown off like he was shedding hair, just like that there where his normal hands. Taking care to pick up the scraps of fur and most importantly the claws. He could use them to make arrow heads after all. Looking up at the girl He offered the girl a bow.
My name is Eiji. Is your head alright?

[Ela Motley]

The surprise on Eiji's face and the fact that he stood on his toes to get a better look at her had Ela just barely hold back her reaction, the fact that Eiji is a faunus and had those cute scruffy ears made it so much more adorable.
Yet, Ela shook it off, instead focusing on answering Eiji's questions and concerns.
"Ah, well, I cannot confirm whether golems exist or not, but I can confidently say that I am not one."
Ela said as with a few cracking sounds, Ela's armor broke off her body, the girl was now simply in her usual poncho and shorts and while she was a few inches smaller without her armor, she still towered over Eiji though.
Ela stretched her shoulders a little before she continued on, yet also taking notice that Eiji's claws were sticking around after he discarded them, something that could not be said about the rocks of her armor which were slowly dissipating after being detached from her aura shield.
"And no worries, I'm quite fine, my armor isn't just for show, which is why it's even more impressive that your claws could cut through it so easily. Could you give me a detailed demonstration on how your semblance works?"
Ela leaned in, poking a bit at the discarded claws, the material really did not feel normal, she'd really have to get Copperfield in on this.

[Eiji]

Well drat, the search for the mystical golem would have to go on for another day Eiji thought as he returned to his standing position. It still could not be stated enough even without her armor this woman was enormous. It made Eiji a tad jealous of her really. Her style reminded him of his clothing. Simple and effective. Though he had to tilt his head when she asked for a detailed demonstration of his Semblance. He looked a bit well, unprepared.
Im not sure i can explain it. Im afraid im not educated enough to put it into words that make sense.
Eiji said as he put the claws in his hands on the ground. next to him. I don't know when but one day i could just ...grow em. I spent alot of time on the plains of menagerie. I watched the animals for fun. Not alot else to do out there. I watched and wished i could have claws like them. And after while, i could just grow them. Next i watched the hawks. Swooping down and catching their prey. I was already gifted claws, but i wished i could fly like them.

Eiji took in a deep inhale and focused on flying. His Aura flashed out and in an instant wings sprouted from his back.
Gloriously they unfurled into their full wingspan. They where grey like his hair, relaxing his wings folded inward and rested on his back. And now i have a pair to my self. Im not sure how or why, I just focus on them and they appear.

[Ela Motley]

Ela was watching and listening intently, while Eiji may not have the vocabulary necessary to hold a proper lecture, showing was always much better for data than telling, as Eiji was talking Ela had pulled out her scroll and was already writing down notes on his claws, having grabbed one of them for a simple picture.
She looked up as he mentioned his time in the planes, ah, his style of clothing did remind her of that, yes.
What she did not expect was the next reveal though.
Wings, glorious wings and beautiful wings with a massive span, sprouted from Eijis back!
Ela was dumbfounded for a while, not saying anything as she simply stared, before a happy squeal was heard and a smile spread across her face, Ela really had to hold herself back not to just lunge at the faunus before her and perform all sorts of tests, could he fly ? If so, how fast and agile was he ? How durable were his wings ? How long could he maintain them ? Did his aura limbs allow him to feel ?
So many questions, but one at a time!
Ela cleared her throat, putting on a happy yet more professional look again.
"Wow, your semblance is really quite impressive, it's manifestation being based on simple desire like this is quite normal though, a lot of semblances are linked to a certain emotion or desire that activates them. Perhaps your desire is that of more strength or freedom ? I suppose you'll have to simply experiment with what other limbs you could train your semblance to replicate."
She said as she walked around, Eiji writing down a few notes on his wings as she poked them, soon coming back around to face him.
"If you can fly, could you show me how agile and fast you are while flying ?"

[Eiji]

Eiji held still while Ela examined the claw. He held her scroll in her hand and was tinkering with it.
Honestly he couldn't parse what she was doing with it but he didn't let that distract him.
And with the big reveal came, silence. She was staring at him, which in hindsight he probably could have guessed she would do. Most people did stare when they saw a flying Faunus.
He jumped a but when she squealed. He was still a bit jumpy after fighting a rockmonster turned woman.

He listened to Ela attentively. He himself never stopped and questioned the how's and whys of his additional limbs. However her explanation did shed some light on some things. He looked quite pleased with himself when she asked about his flight. Of course i can fly, ill give you a demonstration. Eiji said as he jumped into the air. and with the jump came a flap of those wings. His wings tore through the air like a hot knife through butter. Sending gusts of wind towards Ela. However he began to flap too hard and sent himself directly into the ceiling. He began to list side to side as he lost his focus, and eventually came crashing down back down to the earth. Getting up and shaking his head eiji quickly thought of an excuse
Im better at flying in, more open areas....
He Stood up and dusted himself off, trying to still look noble even though his body betrayed his lack of flying skill.

[Ela Motley]

Ela watched attentively as Eiji got ready to lift off, the gust of wind got little of a reaction of Ela as she was used to Lin, her sister, doing something very similar, yet it was impressive nonetheless, getting a whistle out of her, the speed he gained height was very fast, wait, oh...
"Eiji watch ou-"
Ela reached out with her hand to warn him, but there was a thud and Eiji fell.
She was quick to react, trying to run over to him and save him from meeting the floor, she was just a tad too slow.
"Right...are you okay ?"
Ela asked, as she leaned toward him, inspecting him a bit but seeing that he had no lasting injuries she moved back, leaving him his space, this was still all written down.
"All still very interesting, maybe you and my sister should meet, she could help you a bit with indoor flying, though I'm not sure, how good are you at sign language ?"
Ela asked as she, with a flick, finished her notes.
"Also, is there anything else your semblance can do, any other limbs you have copied ?"
Ela asked, the excited scientific gleam was back in her eyes.