Book 1 Chapter 4.1
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- NOVA
Miracles of Ancient Wonder
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Chapter 4.1
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Chapter 4.1
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Team RWBY spent the night in the medical center. They each had a bed to themselves and even the relatively hard mattresses were heavenly compared to camping in the woods. That wasn't to say that the forest was necessarily bad, just lacking several important conveniences such as comfortable beds and running water.
They were woken up early in the morning by Professor Goodwitch, almost two hours before classes would begin, for a short debriefing about the events of the investigation.
"Being the subject of a formal investigation is one of the most difficult things that can happen to you in your careers as Huntresses. It is exhausting by design, both mentally and physically. Sometimes it even results in a great deal of bodily harm, such as what happened to Miss Schnee, or psychological stress. But that doesn't mean that these injures can't be healed. If, at any point, there's something that you want to talk about, either one of the Professors or Beacon's psychologists will make time for you." She looked at each of them in order.
Weiss also glanced at her teammates. They needed this far more than she did.
Ruby and Yang were both completely closed off. The former sat on a bed with her arms wrapped around her knees. She was watching Professor Goodwitch very intently, occasionally glancing at Weiss or Blake. Yang leaned against a wall with her arms crossed. She was barely paying attention, looking either at the floor or out the window. Blake, who was doing well by comparison, simply held herself very still with a neutral expression.
"Someone being hurt like that is regrettable. Howev-"
"Then why do it?" Ruby interrupted.
"Please explain, Miss Rose."
"If you'd regret doing it, then why would you do it?"
Professor Goodwitch's expression tightened. "There are times when you need to do something that you personally dislike in order to protect people."
"If something feels wrong, then it's wrong and you shouldn't do it."
"While your dedication to doing the right thing is admirable, the world is not so simple that everyone can do that."
"We're supposed to be heroes! Heroes don't do that."
Weiss grit her teeth, but didn't open her mouth. If Ruby's naivety was this infuriating to her, she could barely imagine how it felt to someone who was complicit in the investigation. Yes, they were supposed to be heroes, that's why they kept what happened a secret and only allowed certain Hunters to perform them in the first place.
Professor Goodwitch took a short breath. "Ruby, your earnestness means that you will be an amazing front-line Huntress some day. However, there are other methods of defending people. There are times when you may need to be deceptive in order to have someone reveal information they may not have otherwise."
Ruby grumbled under her breath.
"We can discuss this more during your personal debriefing." Professor Goodwitch looked at each of them in turn. "Each of you will have a personal session where we can talk about any concerns that you have. Please, take the next day and think about what happened, along with how you felt about it."
She waited for a moment.
"You've each been relieved from your classes and assignments until next week. You can go wherever you wish, but do not speak with anyone else about what happened during the investigation. We've sent out a message to all team leaders notifying them that Miss Schnee is safe and some other students will have questions for you. For their safety, it's very important that you keep what happened to yourself. Do you understand?"
Weiss and Blake nodded immediately.
After a moment, Professor Goodwitch repeated herself. This time her voice had a slight edge. "Do you understand?"
Ruby and Yang looked at her, nodded once, and then looked away again.
"Thank you. Now then, you'll need to leave the overnight room while the doctors are checking on Weiss' wounds. I've arranged for an early breakfast to be made for all of you."
She led the rest of the team out as the doctors came in. The remainder of the early morning was a blur of pain tests and rebandaging for Weiss. Though it wasn't really needed because she could stop the bleeding whenever she wanted to. While she may be physically weak, her Aura felt stronger than ever before. Something had clicked during her delirium. She didn't know what it was, but it felt like she could bend more Aura to her will and draw on enough to experiment freely, without any worries of revealing herself. The possibilities were endless. Though she did have her priorities, many of which could be worked on from a hospital bed.
She hoped that her teammates were doing something as constructive as she was while they de-stressed, but doubted that was actually the case.
Ruby was almost guaranteed to be fretting in the machine shop, Blake escaping into a novel somewhere private, and Yang fooling around with one of her fans in the woods. For all that Weiss dreamt of her teammates taking their elite status seriously, especially in the wake of an investigation, the reality of the situation always presented itself.
Thankfully, Ruby brought her backup scroll to her after breakfast. There was a lot of news for her to catch up on; not the least of which was the productivity reports that she'd been waiting for.
She scanned those with one hand, while the other rewrote all of her notes from the forest. While she could do all of the required math in her head, there was no reason to when she had a computer to do so for her. It would just take a fair bit of time to recreate everything, but she had time now. Time to wait and consider what the best course of action was, now that she was safe.
While she read and typed, Weiss also reviewed everything that had been revealed during the investigation. Her teammates had more hidden talents than she expected, which needed to be incorporated into her model of the situation. The source of Yang's medical skills, which according to Ruby had saved Weiss' life, and Ruby's continued existence were highest on the list of unknowns.
If Weiss had been as blatant with her abilities as Ruby was, she'd have been killed immediately. While her leader was missing all of the primary signs, the Professors could not have missed the multitude of secondary signs she'd displayed. They knew something that the Schnee family didn't, something very important. While that wasn't surprising, it did make predicting Ruby's actions, and Beacon's response to said actions, incredibly difficult.
What was it that made Ruby different? Strictly missing the primary signs would not have held off an investigation this long, especially the first one. Was it how her abilities displayed themselves? They were more blatantly different than anything else she'd seen. Perhaps Ruby was just fortunate that everyone forgot about her. That ability, by itself, merited more concern than had been shown.
When the door opened, Weiss glanced up and changed the tab on her browser to a very bright and colorful page. At the same time, she forced her Aura to flow over her scroll. This was the perfect moment to work on one of her theories.
Watching Blake fight had given her an idea which needed testing. Her teammate continuously replaced herself with phantom images. From the Schnee records, many Anathema had been seen performing similar feats. Weiss pressed her Aura outward and sculpted it as if it were the highest grade of Dust. The energy spiraled around the scroll as it faded from sight.
"Schnee." The brunette nodded and sauntered into the room with a confidence that few at Beacon possessed. She was tall, lithe and knew how to emphasize exactly what she wanted to with each movement. In this case, it was power and authority. She'd also accessorized her uniform to the point where it would be gaudy for anyone who didn't know exactly how to balance their outfit. Fortunately, she did. The sunglasses indoors was a bit ridiculous, but of course a member of the Adel family would do something like that.
"Adel," Weiss responded evenly, waiting to see how she would have to play this. Coco was Weiss' senior at Beacon by a year and a team leader, but her family was junior in most external matters. Which made interactions complicated. The Adel family was wealthy enough to have to be invited to most events, but lacked the influence for a seat in the back room. If Coco was here as a member of her family, then her attitude would be a slight Weiss couldn't ignore.
"As the leader of team CFVY," she spoke slowly, as if the words themselves were distasteful. Weiss inwardly sighed with relief, even though her expression relaxed into a soft smile. "I've come to express my sincere gratitude for your assisting my teammate last Friday. Velvet's too shy to say it herself, but she appreciates knowing that you would stand up for the Faunus."
"Think nothing of it. It's what any Huntress should have done." Weiss shook her head with a smile, deflecting any debt that might be related to their families. If Coco wished to speak as students and Huntresses, then Weiss was happy to oblige.
"Whew." Coco recognized the change and her posture relaxed a moment later. Her confidence was still there, but the pressing need for authority had vanished. "You have no idea how worried I was that I'd be diving into a shark tank. I came to Beacon to get away from all of that snooty nonsense."
Weiss couldn't help agreeing, though she also ran her tongue along the points of her teeth. Coco had no idea just how close to the edge she had been. In many ways, being surrounded by Beowolves felt safer than being on the ballroom floor. At least the Grimm were openly hostile.
Coco ran her fingers through her hair and flicked it over her ear. "Seriously though, thanks. Someone like you standing up for her like that means a lot to me."
"I'm glad I could help. Have things been better for her?"
"Sort of." Coco wiggled her hand back and forth. "On one hand, people are standing up for the Faunus whenever someone tries something. On the other, Velvet's become the go-to target for all of the human trash at Beacon."
Weiss smirked at someone else using her own phrase. "Has someone been looking out for her?"
"Duh. Yatsuhashi is surprisingly sneaky." Coco's gigantic teammate successfully hiding from someone was an odd thought. "I'm not sure if she's noticed him tailing her."
"That's probably better overall then, but still disappointing," Weiss sighed. She knew that one speech wouldn't change everything, but she'd hoped for it to have more of an effect.
"Hey, change takes time." Coco shrugged. "People hating racists as much as the racists hate the Faunus is still good."
"True enough."
For some time, they waited in silence, watching each other. Weiss was happy to continue as long as she needed to. Coco had obviously come here for more than one reason and this was a much more uncomfortable situation for her than it was for Weiss. Besides, other plans and thoughts could be formulated during the lull.
It also allowed her to test her Aura manipulation from earlier. Coco hadn't reacted to what should be on the screen yet and Weiss herself couldn't tell where her scroll was. She still tilted her legs so that it would be pointing directly at the other girl. Who didn't seem to notice.
Weiss resisted the urge to smirk. This had a lot of potential. If only she could find a means of concealing her Aura like that, then she would truly be safe.
"You can really play hardball." Coco broke after less than a minute. "There was something else I came here for."
She twirled her wrist, closing her hand and then reopening it. Between her fingers was a small flower pin. Its petals were alternating rainbow colors that burst from a gold and silver stem. Weiss had seen them on a handful of upperclassmen and Professor Chartreuse, who was in his early thirties at best. Coco herself had one on her left lapel.
"It's for you. For surviving your investigation."
Weiss raised an eyebrow. She had assumed that the pins had some meaning, but didn't expect it to be that.
"I thought I'd stop by before the hordes of well wishers arrive."
That didn't explain what she wanted to know. "There are more students who've been investigated than I've seen pins. Also, why would you come here in particular if you wanted to give it to me? Classes have barely begun."
"Velvet said you weren't in class, so I excused myself from mine and noticed your team going to your room without you. There's only one reason why you wouldn't be with the rest of them." Coco pointed over her shoulder, at one of the corner beds. "That bed was mine."
She walked over to Weiss and held the pin out for her. "It's for those of us who were badly injured as part of the investigation. If there's anything you want to talk about, then you can come to anyone who wears it. That's the promise it symbolizes: support and understanding."
Weiss searched Coco's face for any trace of deceit. To wear something like that would be taken as a sign of weakness in every other society she'd interacted with. To the masses, only someone of questionable character would be accused in the first place. To the elite, an accusation was a tool which could be aimed at you a single time. It was also something that was seen as inevitable; and as such, to be publicly affected by what happened was a sign of mental or physical weakness. Such accusations very rarely became actual investigations, so very few had any idea what it entailed.
Of course, the severity of the investigation for a normal person paled in comparison to what happened to a Hunter. A trivial accusation would have been leveled against her eventually, if only for political reasons, and she may have to whether several once she started performing more actions of consequence. Passing an investigation as a Hunter was as close to an ironclad defense as you could get. They protected their ranks with more dedication than anyone else, except for the Atlesian military.
"I didn't believe it at first either, but things really are different here. The secrets, the masks, the posturing… None of that matters." Coco smiled softly and Weiss matched it, but her smile wasn't real.
As much as she loved that idea of an open community like that, and knew that Coco wholeheartedly believed in it, she had a secret that mattered more than anything else. One she could not afford to let anyone she didn't completely trust know about. Blake would be informed only when she had more control over her unconscious reactions. But until then, Weiss' true status was something that must be kept secret, no matter how lonely it was.
Even so, the offer did warm her heart more than she could afford to allow it to. If she showed those feelings, then she might accidentally give herself away by caring too much. It was better to be deceptive in a manner that still got the meaning across. There was only one question she had to answer. What sort of relationship did she want to leave this encounter with? There were a number of options with short-term or long-term benefits, depending on their roles.
"Thank you." Weiss pouted slightly and made her lips tremble slightly. She laced her statement with another, unspoken, one. 'I truly appreciate this, but cannot openly wear it right now.'
Given everything Coco had said, she expected that it would be similar enough to what Velvet had done in the past to provoke the right reaction. When Coco cooed softly, Weiss knew she'd been right.
"When you're ready." Coco handed the pin to Weiss. "It took me a while to get used to it too."
Weiss nodded. Someday.
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Ruby stared at the workbench and briefly closed her eyes as tightly as she could. She took a long breath, clenched her fists, and then opened her eyes to see the damage. Crescent Rose's components were laid out in four piles: undamaged, cosmetic damage, fixable, and unsalvageable. The final two piles were by far the largest. It hurt to see her like this. But, Ruby would rather rebuild Crescent Rose from scratch than have Weiss be injured worse.
She picked up the side grip and rolled it in her hand. It fit almost as snugly as it had before, her fingers traced the shallow dips she'd worn into it with long hours of practice. The only problem was a deep gash where her palm rested. Technically it was fixable. She could sand the edges down and fill the gash in, but the metal would be so much weaker after that was finished. It would be a much better idea to replace it, even if her grip would be a little weird for the next few months.
With a lot of practice, and some shaping as it was made, she could get it to the right point much faster. Pyrrha was probably still practicing most nights. Hopefully she wouldn't mind someone else joining her. Ruby could also pick her brain for other astrology stuff too. Her prediction had be so wrong it was almost funny.
Ruby sighed and shook her head. Weiss shouldn't have been hurt like that. It was absolutely terrible that it could even be allowed to happen! If the rest of them hadn't come along, then Weiss would've died. At least, Yang still thought that she would've.
That was something else that bugged her. Her teammates used their Auras way more than anyone else, besides Jaune, did. When she listened to the Professors, only Doctor Oobleck was comparable and what he was doing was obvious. Weiss knew how to use Sorcery, but Ruby didn't know how that would help her when she was arguing. Maybe it was a breathing thing? She could be changing her voice somehow in order to argue better. That didn't fit with either Blake or Yang though.
Once her sister had a chance to calm down, she'd ask about it. She could when they were down in Vale, but then everyone else would also be there. That'd be a little awkward, especially because she was still keeping secrets from Yang too. Secrets that she'd promised not to reveal.
"The system is rotten to its core." A particular quote came to her mind again. It had been coming to her ever since the ride back. She'd never believed it before, but now that-
"Umm, Ruby?" Nora poked her head through the workshop door. She smiled nervously and waved as Ruby looked up.
"Hi, Nora." Ruby waved back.
"So… We were wondering-" Nora jumped forward, shot a dirty look at the door, and then shuffled into the room. When she got to the bench, she glanced at the piled and hissed, "Ohhh, that sucks.."
"It's alright. I'll get her back together real soon." Ruby tried to smile in a reassuring manner, but just matched Nora's nervousness. At the same time, she couldn't help wondering why her friend was acting like this. She'd shared a lot of really important things without being this bad.
"Well I- Wait she?" Nora blinked a couple of times and scratched the side of her head.
"Yeah, Crescent Rose just feels like a she. You know?"
"I guess it's kinda curvy."
"That's not really why I-"
"Ohh, what about Magnhild? He or she?"
"He, definitely he."
"Really? Cuz if I was going to pick a gender I would've said she's a girl. You know: elegant, sexy, powerful." Nora slammed a fist into her other palm. "Just like me."
"Uhh.." Ruby drew out the word and thought back to all of the times that she'd seen Nora fight. Only two of the words she'd just used made sense and they weren't the two that Ruby would use to describe Nora's weapon.
Someone in the hallway coughed.
Nora glanced back to the door without moving her head. A shadow, that Ruby hadn't picked up on before, shifted. It was someone very tall. Who was standing next to two other people, who were also tall. Then she heard Jaune's Aura pulse and everything suddenly made sense.
"Nora, is there something you wanted to talk about?"
"So, Jaune got an email this morning and he wanted to find you guys. But none of you were in your room so we went searching for you. Eventually we found Blake, she was hiding in the corner of a study room reading a little black book. It was one of those books that- you know -Pyrrha and Jaune take one look at and turn bright red, but I'm totally cool with. Not that I've ever read anything like that! I mean could you imagine me reading a book about sexy ninjas, psssh." She babbled very quickly.
Ruby quirked her head to the side and opened her mouth, but Nora just kept going, "Anyway we asked her a bunch of questions and she didn't really answer any of them. But she said that you or Yang could tell us more about what happened! Also that she didn't know where Yang was. She thought you'd be down here and now I know why and I'm so sorry that your scythe got damaged like that."
"It's fine. It was worth it to-"
"Okay, so it's fine, but it still sucks and-"
"Nora, get to the point," Jaune shouted from the hallway.
"Right, right. I'm sorry." Nora ran her hand along the side of her neck and looked everywhere except at Ruby. "So, yeah. We were wondering… where's Weiss?"
"What?"
"You see. Jaune's email said that there was a chance that Weiss might've possibly been investigated and we didn't see any of you in class today, or your room, and Blake clammed up when we mentioned her. So… Jaune kinda assumed that something potentially bad may have happened to her, but I thought that she was just being Weiss and giving everyone the cold shoulder because she was annoyed at us for not trusting her. I mean it's not like something really bad would happen during one of these investigation things. If a bunch of everyday, run-of-the-mill people could figure out that someone's an Anathema, then our teachers have to have better ways. Right? I mean, we told you about how our old priest figured it out and he wasn't even a Huntsman-"
Ruby continued watching Nora spout word after word. Did she even need to breath?
"-So, that's why we wanted to know where she is and if she's okay." Nora finally stopped and took a huge breath.
"Umm…" Ruby didn't know what the rules for visiting the medical wing were like, or if Weiss even wanted people to know, but telling JNPR seemed like it should be okay. "Well… She did get hurt really badly on our mission. So she's in the medical center... She actually almost died."
Nora's awkward smile immediately fell off of her face.
"WHAT?" Jaune roared and started moving for the door, but he was held back by Pyrrha grabbing his arms.
"What happened?" Nora whispered so softly Ruby could barely hear it.
"She-" Ruby cut herself off and thought about her friends. Could any of them also be on the investigation list? If what Weiss and Yang... and all of the Professors... said was true, then letting them know would just cause them more pain when it happened. And now Ruby knew exactly what pain that could be.
Would letting them know make it that much worse? Or would it allow them to be ready for it and not get hurt as badly? None of them were bad, so knowing about it shouldn't be an issue.
Her breath caught in her throat. Ruby thought about it felt when Weiss was bleeding in her arms again. How her body was so cold because all of the heat was leaking into Ruby's clothes. Ren and Nora had almost lost everything once already. All they had left was each other.
"She was stranded in a horde of Beowolves," Ruby said just loud enough for all of JNPR to hear.
Pyrrha gasped, yanked Jaune to the ground, and ran in the room while he recovered. "Ruby! You're not supposed to tell anyone about-"
"We tried to get to her as fast as we could," Ruby said with each word getting louder, until she could be clearly heard over Pyrrha, "But we were too late. Her Aura broke and an Alpha Beowolf got to her first. I… I don't know if it was a planned part of the investigation."
"Ruby!" Pyrrha stared at her. "Why would you-"
"Because they should know about it. Because… Because something's wrong." Ruby felt the handle warp as she squeezed it. "That's not what Hunters are supposed to do. It's just like Weiss said on Friday. You don't leave people to the Grimm, no matter what."
Pyrrha opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything. She clenched her fists and turned away.
Nora was frozen, staring at the ground.
Jaune slowly poked his head in, wincing when he saw them. "Do… Do you think we could see her?"
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Nora peeked into the overnight stay room. Weiss turned to her and nodded. "Nora."
Weiss' face was completely still, like it was whenever she was working on something. Which was a little weird because she didn't have her scroll. Well, she was in the hospital and was still being fed blood so a little weirdness was okay in Nora's book.
Nora watched the blood bag drip twice while the others were still catching up to her. This wasn't at all what she expected to have happen. Either Weiss was a demon, and then she would get found out and be killed. Or, she wasn't one, which meant that Jaune was just really weird.
Standing around and staring at the injured person was also weird, but Nora hadn't exactly done something like this before. She needed to say something, something to break the ice.
Nora dashed over to Weiss' bed and latched onto her with one of the biggest hugs she could. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Weiss winced and tried to get her arms in the way, but she was no match for Nora's hugging might! Now that she'd seen just how bad it was, she completely agreed with Ruby. Weiss needed all of the hugs!
Though, Weiss didn't seem to agree with that idea. She tried to push Nora away, but she wasn't strong enough to do so normally and she was still really hurt so right now she had no chance. Seriously, she still had a bunch tubes going into her. After a brief moment of thought, Nora let go, slipped her arms under Weiss', then wrapped her arms around just Weiss' torso so she didn't press against any of the tubes.
Weiss groaned. "Why?"
"I was the one who went to Professor Port."
"What does that have to do with this?"
"I talked to him early last week about how I was worried that you might be an Anathema because of how weird Jaune was around you! Like, more than normal boy weird, I'm not sure if you're heard it, but he does this thing where his voice almost cracks, only instead of cracking it just goes really, really high. He really didn't like me saying bad things about you, Jaune that is, so we were fighting and arguing about it all week, but always just in our room so you didn't overhear. And then you gave the big speech on Friday. It was a really good speech, but it also felt a lot like the last time an Anathema told me to do something. The weird feeling where you're still you, but you're also not you and you can watch your body moving and it's ignoring you when you try telling it not to do something. It's actually terrifying and I really don't recommend ever doing it. Especially because I can still feel a lot of what she said in the back of my head, demanding that I train even harder to be a perfect soldier."
Nora paused to take a big breath while Weiss froze. For a brief moment the color drained from the other girl's face and her pupils dilated to the point where they almost took over her irises. But, within the blink of an eye, everything but her heart rate was back to normal.
"So, while you were gone we kept arguing and I said that if you were really a demon they'd find out and kill you, but I didn't really think about how they'd find that out. Last time it just sort of happened and then I hammered her. Sure, it happened after a fight, but I was sure that the teachers would have something else they could do. Something like really intense good-cop, bad-cop or locking you in a room until you confessed or something. Not like, you almost being eaten by Beowolves-"
Weiss snapped her head up and narrowed her eyes at someone behind Nora. It was probably Ruby, but all Nora could see was Weiss' hospital gown.
"-especially because you're not a monster. And that means that someone must've left you to be eaten on purpose and… and I'm so sorry, it's all my fault!"
Weiss closed her eyes, took a breath, and opened them again. "Nora, none of what happened to me was your fault."
"But she-" Jaune started to speak.
"None of it was her fault." Weiss spoke over him. "It was inevitable that I would be investigated. I'd have been disappointed in the Beacon's staff if they hadn't."
"Weiss, do you really think that they'd-" Ruby said softly.
"And Ruby," Weiss cut her off too, "through explaining exactly what happened, has made the future that much more dangerous for the rest of you."
"What?" Ruby stepped towards them. "Weiss, they should know because something wrong happened. Hunters aren't supposed to trap people with the Grimm."
"First off, something like that happening is a very rare exception to how things are done."
"It shouldn't even be an exception. It should never happen anywhere!"
"Secondly, why do you think that Pyrrha, Yang, and I would not tell you what happened during our first investigations? Everyone who knows doesn't talk about it for a very good reason."
"Ruby, I agree with Weiss," Pyrrha said, before Ruby could respond, "This is something that happens and there are good reasons why these events should be kept a secret. The more you know, the more danger you will be in."
"They deserve to know what our Professors are doing." Ruby stepped closer again.
"Do you really think that-" Weiss sat up straight.
"Yes I do!"
"Don't interrupt me!"
"Girls, I-"
"Jaune, be quiet," Weiss snapped at him.
"Stop being mean!" Ruby shouted.
"I'm not being mean. He doesn't have anything useful to contribute."
"Weiss, that is fairly mean."
"You don't need to defend me, Pyrrha."
"You see, Pyrrha's on my side. What else can you call that?" Ruby was practically on top of them.
"Being honest." Weiss leaned closer to Ruby.
"I'm being honest! You want to keep everything a secret."
"Your honesty is going to hurt people!"
"They're all good, they couldn't be-"
"Don't worry Jaune, she didn't really mean to-"
"Pyrrha, it's alright she's just-"
"Good? What world do you think-"
"AHEM!" Ren coughed very loudly. The rest of the room quieted down.
Nora turned around and locked eyes with him. He must've read her mind. They needed something to defuse the situation before it got completely out of hand.
"Cookies?" He pulled a bag full cookies from one of his sleeves. "I picked them up this morning to celebrate team RWBY's return."
He was a lying liar! That was Nora's cookie stash that she'd hidden under his bed. All of her weights were under hers, so there wasn't any space for cookies.
She took a moment to look at Weiss and Ruby. Weiss was watching Ruby, but Ruby kept glancing at the cookies. They needed another push.
"Mine!" Nora sprang into action and lept for the bag. Ruby moved at the same time, lunging for it.
Ren lifted the bag up and let them smash their heads into each other.
"Ow!"
Nora giggled and rubbed her forehead. Weiss was still staring at Ruby, but Ruby was giggling and smiling. They'd probably be arguing about this again soon, but there weren't right now.
And that was enough for Nora.
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