Team MLIT

* Current
 **Colors** |  Maya Blue
 Light Slate Gray
 Indigo Blue
 **Members** | * Miyuki Winfield
* Leonardo Tsukiakari
* Inari Tsukiakari
 **Previous Affiliation** | Beacon Academy

Team MLIT (pronounced "Moonlight") is a team from the defunct Beacon Academy (As of Volume 4) that includes Miyuki Winfield, Leonardo Tsukiakari, Inari Tsukiakari, and Taison Lefebrve.

Originally, the group had a difficult time working with each other though eventually, the team became a very close group of friends that would do anything to help each other, even to risk themselves in the process. Regardless of what happens on missions or in any other time, they will do whatever they believe is right, even if it requires bending the rules. During the Beacon initiation, they retrieved the White Queen pieces before they fought together as a team. Their first battle was with a large Grimm before the team was officially formed thereafter.

From their time at Beacon Academy, Team MLIT was able to thwart evil plans that happened outside of Vale from people like Forest Drake, Biscotti Creme and finding out about the nefarious Eye of Aconitum. They also had completed a difficult mission together for the Dharmakshetra Guild between Mistral and Vale before returning to view the battles in the Vytal Festival.

Following their fight during the Fall of Beacon, the team separates as Miyuki returns home to Atlas, Leo and Inari returning to Mistral to rest, and Taison heading to Haven with Team WYNG. They reunite later on in their adventure after a certain event.

## Members

 **Taison** | **Taison**  The ranged fighter of Team MLIT. His weapon is a Dust Card Distance Rifle (DCDR) named Checkmate which are separately called King's Victory and Queen's Demise. He is alluded to the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.

## Team Positions

After the initiation and according to Ozpin, Miyuki became the leader of Team MLIT. As a skater, she is very agile with and without her weapons and she relies on her legs in combat to deal damage, especially with Dust while she casts Dust (preferably ice Dust) with her hands but can also fight hand to hand if necessary.  She can also be considered a speed fighter since she always looks for the quickest way to tire out her opponents with her speed and evasion and can fight in many different ways thanks to her Semblance. The skater did stress about the leader position at first, but she proved with her cool head and her determination to be the best she can be, she is slowly becoming a reliable leader to her team and slowly gaining the trust of her teammates.

Leonardo is the close combat expert of Team MLIT and the strongest member of the team. He is very focused in the heat of battle and can sometimes manipulate his opponents with his strategies to gain the upper hand. But, he will go out of his way to protect his teammates and his Semblance helps with this immensely. He can deal a lot of damage in close combat situations with his weapon, especially in group fights. If he gets disarmed, he will use hand to hand to get out of any situation. He is also known to create useful combo moves with his teammates while they train together. He is also the stealth expert since he can usually sneak his way into different areas thanks to his background.

Since Miyuki became the leader, she gave Inari the second in command position of Team MLIT. She is the Dust specialist of the team since both her Dust casting skills and knowledge surpass that of her teammates when she is able to utilize Dust in a variety of ways. Outside of combat, she does create new mixtures of Dust that her and her teammates can use in combat. She can fight well in both close and mid-range combat and proves it with her weapons since she can use them to their full potential with and without their Dust capabilities. With her graceful fighting style and above average speed, Inari can hold her own in combat and occasionally supports her teammates with her improvised strategies, making her a great tactician.

Lastly, there’s Taison, the ranged fighter and sniper of Team MLIT. While he can fight in close combat with his rifle, he excels at ranged attacks. He has high accuracy, speed and reaction time which allows him to protect his allies and dwindle down the number of enemies on the battlefield. He can also be unpredictable, especially with which card he shoots from his weapons. He is able to take the enemy out by getting a bird's eye view of the battlefield from a safe distance on top of buildings, out of sight and reach. Though don’t get him angry when facing him in close combat. Outside the field, he is also their mechanic who regularly fixes the team's weapons after each mission.

## Trivia

* This team name fits Monty's Rule because moonlight is a color (1 (For the blue),  2 (For yellow-white)) and can been seen as a shining yellow-white or blue.
* Team MLIT has a few themes.
	+ Their first theme is called "Hero and Heroine Insanity":
		- Miyuki is based on Frozen's Elsa with her preferred use of ice Dust and using it frequently with her ice skates along with her fear of hurting the people she cares about. (When Elsa ran from Arendelle).
		- Leonardo is based on Tron with his skill of dual wielding (like Tron with dual disks) and was forced to work under one of the villains in Vale (like how Tron was working for CLU after he was defeated by him and reprogrammed).
		- Inari is based on Fa Mulan for her using swords in combat, how she hides her true self until people get to know her and to also bring honor back to the Tsukiakari name. (Like how Mulan brought honor to her family after saving China and running away to become a soldier). Her symbol is also inspired by this allusion.
		- Taison is based on Mad Hatter for his unstable, split personality, his craftsmanship, and his very good accuracy with his weapons (like the Mad Hatter with his hat).
	+ Each of these characters also share another theme: "Disney Protagonists":
		- Elsa is the main character alongside Anna in *Frozen/Frozen Spring Fever*.
		- Tron is the main character of *Tron*.
		- Mulan is the main character in *Mulan/Mulan 2*.
		- Mad Hatter is the main character alongside Alice in *Alice Through the Looking Glass*.
	+ Another of Team MLIT's themes is that each member alludes to a certain moon.
		- Miyuki stands for the Quarter Moon (First)
		- Leonardo stands for the Crescent Moon (Waning)
		- Inari stands for the Full Moon.
			* Inari can also stand for the Blue Moon since they are such a rare phenomenon (Normally not Blue Color but there have been times where it is seen as blue in the past)\*. This is similar to how it is a rare phenomenon to be a child prodigy.
		- Taison stands for the Gibbous Moon (Waning)
			* Taison can also stand for the Blood Moon since in Native American times, it was said that when the blood moon came, it was a sign that the moon needed help\* similar to how Taison receives care in many ways for his condition.
* Their Aura colors all relate to the four main colors of stars:
	+ Miyuki: White
	+ Leonardo: Yellow-Orange
	+ Inari: Light Blue
	+ Taison: Red
* Each team member's eye color is close to the color they represent.
* Of all the emblems on this team, only Miyuki's does not have any correlation to her moon allusion. Inari's alternate emblem does depict a full moon present in the background while Leo's depicts the crescent moon and Taison's depicts the gibbous moon.
* They were a first year team from Beacon Academy before the Battle of Beacon occurred.
* To see more pics of this team, go to Team MLIT Pics.

## Gallery

MLIT Poster Sillhouette (Thanks to RogueSpider)Team MLIT Poster! (Thanks to RogueSpider)Team MLIT Poster 2 (By 21as :) )Team MLIT Group Pic (By 21as :) )Team MLIT Prom Wear (By Flora)MLIT Pjs (By Kumorie)Team MLIT Yearbook (By Flora)Team MLIT Poster Volumes 2-3 (Thanks to VSasha!)Team MLIT Timeskip (Thanks to Samjay! Animation can be found here!)Team MLIT Flower (Thanks to nonashubeltaine!)