One x One: Vampicorn & Nightshade2012

[Vampicorn]

"Only some, what the hell is that all about"
Nathan groaned as he entered their small, dank room. Rows of thin, metal, and rickety beds lined the walls. Plopping on one of them, Nathan worried silently to himself
What if I don't make it!? I can't live factionless!

[Nightshade2012]

Beth sat down on the bunk she claimed as her own, running a hand through her hair. Factionless... She couldn't live like that. Maybe a man could; at least he could try and hunt his own food or something. But a girl?
"I'll make it,"
she whispered.
"I'll show them that I'm no Amity."

[Vampicorn]

Wiping his palms on his knees, Nathan stood up and walked towards the door
What better way to start off my dauntless life than to get tattooed and clothed in black
he thought as he headed through the maze of corridors. A half an hour later Nathan sat in a tattoo parlor getting a snake entertwined in a golden compass; and old symbol he'd seen in a book

[Nightshade2012]

Beth stayed on her bed as the other transfer-initiates trickled out to do their own thing. Most of them had another from their faction to at least relate to.
She had nobody. She couldn't even look forward to her parents coming on visiting day. Amity would never set foot in a place like Dauntless.
She finally left to wander around, hoping dinner would be soon. She passed the tattoo parlor and saw Nathan sitting inside. A tattoo... Maybe she'd get one later.

[Vampicorn]

Nathan's arm stang from the tattoo being drawn onto his upper left arm. It hadn't been his best plan to get it today, since he had no way of knowing what was in store. A sore arm could prove to be a weakness, one bad enough to get him kciked out of Dauntless. Beth, the Amity transfer ready to already rip out his throat, walked by the parlor and glanced at him. Deciding to push her buttons, Nathan gave her a wink and provoking look

[Nightshade2012]

Beth glared darkly at Nathan, half tempted to go and hit him while he was stuck in that tattooing chair. But she walked on, going to find some dinner. She was betting she'd have her chance to get a few hits on the kid before long...

[Vampicorn]

Oddly enough, Beth didn't take the bait and let loose all her bottled up anger on him
"Ok, we're done, want to take a look?"
the burly tattoo artist asked. Nathan got up and checked his new ink in the mirror. The metal lokoed almost real, and the texture on the snake only highlighted the design
"It's perfect, thanks"
he said, grinning. Atleast Nathan looked and felt Dauntless, that must count for something

[Nightshade2012]

Beth plopped down in a mess hall sort of area with some food, alone at a table. Other initates whispered and pointed at her; she just hung her head to hide. Just because she was Amity, she was the outcast out of all of them.
Great. What a good way to start your new life, Annabeth,
she thought angrily.

[Vampicorn]

Stepping out of the tattoo parlor, arm throbbing, Nathan thanked the artist yet again before setting off to find the dining hall. After his attempt at getting through the labrynth of passages and throngs of Dauntless, he finally found what he was looking for. Looking for a place to sit, Nathan saw Beth sitting and looking quite depressed. Against his better judgement, he walked over to her and sat down
"Miss the tree huggers already, Hippy?"

[Nightshade2012]

Beth tightened her grip on the fork in her hand when Nathan came and sat beside her, tempted to stab it right where his new tattoo was. She was definitely not born to be Amity, not with that train of thought.
"Why are you sitting here?"
she growled, ignoring his question.
"The other Erudite transfers are over there. Why don't you go be buddy-buddy with them?"