It had been about a week since Oni had been given the role of team leader. She could hardly contain her excitement, but also the pressure. Oni and her team were sitting together in the mess hall during breakfast. Unlike everyone else there, her team was quiet, awkwardly eating their food. Rion was staring at Weiss from Team RWBY from across the room, Ki was quietly reading a textbook for their next class as she ate her cereal, and Daku, poking at her bacon and eggs, seemed to try and find something to say. The silence bothered Oni to her breaking point.

"Alright Team ORKD!" Oni shouted, startling them, especially Daku, who threw her fork into the air, "It's been about a week now and we've done nothing but give each other awkward glances! It's time we got to know each other!"

"And how exactly do you propose we do that?" grumbled Rion.

"Simple," smirked Oni, "Each of us are going to go around and say a little about ourselves, like their name, age, where they're from, and what kind of hobby they like. That way we know something about each other!"

"Of course you'd come up with something so dumb," huffed Rion, as Oni glared daggers at him.

"Why does he have to suck the life out of all my ideas?!" Oni thought.

"Actually it's not a bad idea," said Ki, closing her book, "We are going to be working together after all."

"Sounds like fun!" smiled Daku.

"Whatever," huffed Rion, rolling his eyes.

"Great! I'll start!" smiled Oni as she stood up, "My name is Oni Epiphany! I'm 17 and I'm from a small mining town just outside of Mantle. I enjoy painting, particularly with watercolors, and whenever I'm having a hard time with it, I tend to blow bubbles to relax. Daku you're up!"

"Oh! Uh..." Daku muttered nervously to share, "W-well my name is D-Daku Misam and I'm 16 years old, my memory is a little hazy but I think I'm from somewhere between Vale and Vacuo. As for a hobby, I...well...I.."

"It's okay Daku," smiled Oni, "This is a safe space, you won't be judged by your team."

Ki nodded in agreement, before smiling at Daku, "Go on."

Daku took a deep breath before beginning again, "I-I like to bake, I'm not any good at it yet, but I enjoy making sweets for people, to make them smile."

"Aww, that's so sweet Daku! You've got to let me try some on your next batch!" smiled Oni, making Daku blush shyly, "Alrighty Ki your next!"

"Very well," nodded Ki, "My name is Ki Lin, I'm 17, and I'm from the faunus island of Menagerie. My hobby mainly consists of painting, I find it calming."

"No way! You like painting too?!" shouted Oni excited about a shared hobby.

Ki nodded, "Yeah, I use just about everything, not too familiar with watercolors I'm afraid."

"Don't apologize! We should paint together sometime!" smiled Oni, "Wow, Ki seems so much more mature than me, I would have never guessed we had similar interests!"

"What about you, Rion?" asked Daku.

"Pass," growled Rion.

"You can't pass!" snapped Oni, "This is a team-building exercise and you have to participate!"

Rion glanced at everyone before sighing, "Fine. I'm Rion Dark, I'm 17 and I'm from Atlas City, and I prefer to train."

"How dull could you possibly be," thought Oni before saying, "Training doesn't count, we're Huntsman and Huntresses in training of course we like to train! What do you like to do outside of that?"

"Train," growled Rion as he stood up to leave, "This is a waste of time, class is about to start soon."

Oni and the girls felt disappointed in Rion's unwillingness to share, making Oni growl, "Why does he make everything so difficult?!"

"Not everyone likes to talk about themselves," said Ki, "You can't force someone to participate into socializing if they don't want to."

"Maybe he's nervous," wondered Daku, "Do you think he's embarrassed about something?"

Just then an idea hit Oni like a bolt of lightning, "I've got it! As part of our team exercise, we uncover Rion's hidden hobby!"

"What?!" asked Daku shocked, with Ki giving a puzzled look.

"It'll be a fun bonding experience!" smiled Oni, "What do you guys say?"

"Did you miss what I said about people not wanting to share?" asked Ki.

"I-I don't know Oni..." muttered Daku.

"Come on! I know you two are just as curious as I am!" smirked Oni, "How about this, we have till the end of the day to figure it out. If we don't then I'll let it go, deal?"

Ki sighs, "Fine until the end of the day."

"Well...if you guys are in, I'll try," Daku smiled weakly.

"ALRIGHT!" cheered Oni, "OPERATION RION'S HOBBY BEGINS!!"

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Classes had begun, so did the team's effort into figuring out Rion's hobby. Oni was sitting in a row behind Rion in her Grimm Studies class with Professor Port.

Professor Port appears to be a man in early old age. He wears a double-breasted burgundy suit with gold piping and buttons. The pants he wears are tucked into olive boots, similar in appearance and construction to cavalry boots. He also has gray hair and a gray mustache and is a fat man. His build is similar to an apple shape, where he is chubbier on his top half, with a bit of a belly.

The Professor was telling everyone another war story about some Grimm he fought. Most of the students had stopped listening about halfway through, as the Professor tends to ramble. Only a small handful of students would actually listen and take notes throughout the story. Oni glanced down at Rion, thinking he was one of those few, but when she looked over at his paper, something caught her attention. What Oni thought to be notes, seemed to be schematics to some kind of device.

"What are you making over there?" wondered Oni, causing her to lean a little too far over the desk. Losing her balance, Oni fell over right behind Rion, causing the class to laugh.

"Miss Epiphany!" shouted Professor Port.

"Yes, Professor!" Oni shot back up out of startled.

"While I know my tales of battle are enticing, please remain in your seat, while you soak it in," lectured Professor Port.

"Yes, Professor," agreed Oni, embarrassed, walking back up to her seat.

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Later during Sparring Class with Ms.Goodwitch. Ki was fighting a fellow student, who wielded an axe. However, the axe looked rusted and weak. Ki had an opening, thrusting her spear at the student. Sending them flying into a wall, dropping the axe, causing it to break apart.

"Very well done Miss Lin," praised Ms.Goodwitch, "You found your opponent's weak points and capitalized. Remember students, in battle, you must watch for openings in your opponent's defenses in order to achieve victory. Class dismissed."

Ki walked over to the student to help them up. She then went to grab their weapon, but noticed Rion nearby, grabbing a loose piece of metal from it.

"Just what are you doing?" wondered Ki, as Rion quietly left the room with the rest of the students.

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Before the team had realized, classes were over, and everyone had returned to their dorm after dinner. Oni slammed herself into her bed, groaning, "How did we manage to not find out a single thing?!"

Daku had walked over to Oni, rubbing her back in an attempt to make her feel better. Ki sat in front of her vanity brushing her hair before bed.

Their dorm was just like the other standard dorms in Beacon. They had a large window and two beds on each side of it. They also had a desk for each of them in the corners of the room.

"I told you, not everyone likes to share things about themselves," said Ki, "Rion seems to be a secretive person, you shouldn't have got your hopes up."

"Yeah I know," grumbled Oni, muffled from her pillow.

"Speaking of Rion, I haven't seen him since dinner," realized Daku, "And curfew is in an hour... You don't think he got lost do you?"

"He's been here a week already," Ki pointed out, "I highly doubt he got lost."

"Either way we should probably go get the jerk before he gets us all in trouble," said Oni, reluctantly, "Remember when I was caught past curfew a couple of days ago, Ms.Goodwitch gave me a long lecture and then made us all write an essay to boot."

Just then Daku noticed something out the window, "Hey I think I see him! In the courtyard!"

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The team rushed down to get him, but as they grew closer to Rion they could hear a metallic melody being played as if it was from a music box. The melody would start and stop, as Rion would keep tinkering with the device. Finally, Rion smiled as the box played a sweet melody.

"So pretty," Daku said, almost lost in the tune.

Realizing that they were there, Rion stopped the music, hiding the box away, "The hell are you guys doing here?"

"You weren't in the dorm, so we went looking for you," explained Ki.

"I recognize that tune, it's the Music Box Dancer right?" asked Oni.

"So what of it?" huffed Rion.

"I thought music boxes were old relics, from an old world," said Ki, "How did you get your hands on one?"

"I didn't," growled Rion.

"It sounded so pretty,'' said Daku, admiring the box, then noticing a schematic and tools nearby, "Did you make it?"

After a moment of looking at Daku's curious eyes, Rion sighed, "Yeah, I've always had a curiosity for machines. So I like to make small trinkets that remind me of home."

"You built this from scratch?!" said Oni, amazed with the detail of the music box, "I don't understand why would you hide something so amazing?"

"My family is known as the best bodyguard of Atlas," explained Rion, "It's not fitting for a warrior of my family's caliber to be seen fiddling with stupid things like this."

"Well for what it's worth, I don't think it's stupid," said Oni, "It's things like this that make us unique. Besides, tinkering is way cooler than training."

Rion gave Oni a puzzled look for a moment, before giving a slight smile, "Thanks."

"Can you play it again? Pleeaasee!" begged Daku.

"Sure," said Rion.

"How about we save it for the dorm before Ms.Goodwitch catches us," smiled Ki, as she rounded up everyone.