The Other Path [RWBY SI] [AHOIAC AU]
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AzraelvonGruber
probably should put something here...
- Location
- somewhere in France
Ouch, seems big Brother is watching you ... (insert the names of every peoples who are going to be rekt by Wren)
BOO! I totally thought you were going to ask Glenda for a dance! She deserves at least one dance tonight!
- Pronouns
- He/Him
If the White Fang has even a bit of sense, then they would do Urban Guerrilla Warfare combined with stealth and surprise when the Grimm hits the City. Targeting lone Huntsmen and bogging down the Atlas military, then letting the Grimm finish it all. If they can coordinate well with Cinder and her forces...Then I don't see why they can't win the battle of Vale.
But! IF Wren Shade decides to come clean with all his knowledge about the attack, then Beacon and the Atlas Military might have a small chance of winning. The three most important things they must do is stop Cinder from planting the virus, protect the Maiden at all cost, and inform all reliable allies about the incoming disaster.
But! IF Wren Shade decides to come clean with all his knowledge about the attack, then Beacon and the Atlas Military might have a small chance of winning. The three most important things they must do is stop Cinder from planting the virus, protect the Maiden at all cost, and inform all reliable allies about the incoming disaster.
Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
Oddly fitting, considering one of Ozma's reincarnations might have been the last King of Vale...
Warlord01
Who said anything about plan?!
- Location
- Terra - Europa - Land of milk and honey.
And how is he supposed to prove he is speaking the truth? Prove to Ironwood (a high ranking military officer) his knowledge of beyond top secret maidens or ozluminati intel?
The kind of knowledge only one other party in Remnant could possibly have? Most likely outcome I see from this course of action would be incarceration and subsequent interrogation.
What is he going to tell them when they ask how he knows it? That he is reality hopping entity and that their entire world is fictional show? He will end up in asylum at best, executed for working with Salem at worst.
Ending up at the right place at the right time is the best he can do now. Since the Necrontyr path is long since closed.
It fits his memo quite well. I am willing to bet my money on it.
Chapter Forty-Five
- Location
- https://discord.gg/z9tBvbh
Chapter Forty-Five
People were generally dancing, and being happy. I had a vague inkling of what door Cinder would be coming in through, and as I watched Weiss talk amiably with a half-terrorized Neptune, I knew that either things would go well or they'd just crash and burn within a few days. As long as Weiss was happy with the outcome, everything was all right for me.
"We could do a group dance," Zhelty said, dimly realizing that team JNPR was actually starting to do that. Though Jaune hadn't gone back to get a dress on, but I reckoned it was because Pyrrha wasn't letting go of his hand.
The magic of communication.
That beautiful magic, by which everything is solved.
"I'll ask the DJ to put on Walk like a Vacuan," Gorm said. "You hold him where he is so he doesn't run away."
I bristled at the perceived implication that I would cowardly run away from doing something incredibly embarrassing in front of many people, among which my little sister. I definitely charge in an opposite direction, but running away? Why, preposterous!
Chez and Zhelty both did lock down on one of my arms. They had both come with dresses, rented for the night. They were simple, but charming. Zhelty went with a bold black and red combination, while Chez kept to her normal pattern of purplish-violet with horizontal lines.
The DJ took Gorm's suggestion with a nod, and as the last music came to an end, a familiar tune reached our ears. It was our turn to shine now.
Gorm led the way, and I followed behind him. There were a few snickers, a couple of teenagers started laughing, but I didn't actually care past a certain point. We were having fun, after all, and this night would never happen again. New nights, most certainly, but this one? You only lived once, so it was best you enjoyed it.
Once the group dance finished, I found myself back by the punch bowl. I took a sip, and realized someone had actually spiked it. My eyes glanced around, my happiness rising exponentially. General Ironwood was dancing with Professor Goodwitch, so some brave soul had proceeded to do the impossible, and whoever they were, they'd get the highest of honors.
I silently cheered to him, sipping some more.
"A punch without wine isn't a punch, am I right?" a voice whispered by my side, and I turned to stare at the source of it. Nigel was trying his best, the poor boy. He had a nervous smile and was wearing clothes that clearly had been rented, and looked awfully out of place on his frame. Well, not like he normally had clothes that could fit him. He looked as if someone had taken Kingpin of the latest spider-man movie and stuck him in clothes that weren't tailor-made for him.
"You did it?" I asked, surprised.
"Overheard you," he said, "Stuck to the shadows, and went to the kitchen to get some in it," he grinned, sounding pleased with himself. "I don't really like wine, but you never know, maybe this notoriety will give me a chance with a girl."
I smiled amiably, "I'm sure if you ask, some girls won't mind dancing with you tonight."
"Oh, I could never," he stammered out, shaking his head. "I know I'm a gorilla and all, but it's all right, really," he stressed out in a whisper. "Wanted to ask a favor."
"Sure," I said.
"Could you dance with Lily? She decided to come around, but she hasn't had a dance yet. Well, not a dance that's really a dance. Diva doesn't count because you're not dancing with her...she's dancing with you, and your corpse. I asked Kurtz too, but he said he'd rather slit the throats of the dark beings...or something like that, I think he meant Grimm when he said that, but he's got a bit of a poetic soul," Nigel whispered in a small voice, which was utterly out of place for his frame. He could have been a massive war-tank of death and destruction...and he chose to wield a yellow banana-shaped sickle and be as quiet-spoken as possible.
"Just point the way," I said.
"Thank you," Nigel said, and after he pointed, I headed straight for my objective.
She saw me arrive even before I got within range. Either she was incredibly skilled at ignoring the noise that was coming around us, or her Semblance was omni-directional. Was she perhaps a Daredevil of our times?
"Would the fair lady dance with me?" I asked, amiably extending a hand in front of her.
"Did Nigel put you up to this?" Lily asked.
"He's a good teammate," I said. "And I am reasonably sure that we can do this as friends, with no one getting hurt from it."
"Your teammates do not like me very much," she added. "I wouldn't want to ruin your friendship with them."
"If a friendship is so weak that it breaks from so little, then it's not friendship, Miss Mirth," I said with a chuckle. "Are you afraid I'd step on your toes? It's a possibility. As a Huntress, I can understand not wanting to take unneeded risks."
Lily grimaced. "I don't want any pity."
"I'm not giving you any. Had anyone else asked me, I'd have said yes. Had anyone else asked me to dance with anyone else, I would have probably said yes once more. It's a dance, nothing of importance will be lost if I don't dance, but I want to, and you look like you're just finding excuses to avoid getting your toes stepped on by me," I turned thoughtful. "That actually would be the normal reaction from people, wouldn't it?"
She made a small smile, "What's not important for someone can still be incredibly important for someone else, Wren," she said, slowly getting to her feet and extending a hand to grasp mine. "One man's small act of kindness can be incredible to whoever receives it."
I smiled, and then we quietly moved towards the dance floor. It was just a dance, and there was nothing of value there. "Normally, I wouldn't have come here," she whispered as we danced.
"Uh? Here as in Beacon, or here as in the dance party?" I asked.
"The dance party," she said. "I...I don't like ball dances."
"You dance way better than me," I pointed out, "Are you using Aura to keep your feet from being crushed? Wise. I should have learned that before starting to dance," especially before attempting to dance closer to Penny and getting an incredible first-hand lesson on just why people shouldn't dance close to heavy machinery.
"It's nothing," Lily said. We kept dancing, and after a few minutes, Lily spoke once more. "You aren't going to ask?"
"If you don't want to tell me, why should I pry?" I hummed. "If you want to tell me, I'm listening. If you're not, then it's fine."
"Thank you for being a gentleman," Lily said as the dance came to a slow end. "I think there's time for one more dance, and I shouldn't hold you from dancing with someone you really want to dance with."
I chuckled, "Well, yes and no," I said. "Keep it a secret," I whispered, "but the last dance, I'll pick the safe choice and dance with family."
I then accompanied her back to where Nigel was standing, looking incredibly sweaty at the prospect of being discovered since professor Goodwitch was back by the punch, and her nose was sniffing the air near it, a glare that could kill a grown man on her face.
I didn't stay for an interrogation. I might have missed the last dance.
Weiss smiled at my offered hand, and as I pulled her to the dance floor for the last dance, she grinned. "You terrified Neptune out of his wits, big brother," she whispered.
"That the kind of man you like, there's a conversation long overdue on not judging people by their covers," I grumbled back, "But I hope the night's been pleasant enough."
"How did you know I had invited him? I didn't tell you," she said.
"I'm a big brother, Weiss," I said with a chuckle. "It's what we do."
She huffed. "And what's a little sister supposed to do then?"
"Become better than her elder siblings, of course," I said. "We made mistakes growing up, and by teaching you how to overcome such mistakes, you can go further than all of us combined."
Weiss smiled at that, "People are so going to talk tomorrow," she whispered.
"Think of it as preparing them for the big reveal. If they blow a fuse at this, then they'll have nothing left to do but explode when they find out the truth," I chuckled. The beautiful dancing music that was the last ball reached its end, and I bowed as a parting salute, heading for the rest of my team, and for our rooms to rest.
Tomorrow would be a tiring day. It would be an incredibly tiring day.
The alarm that woke me up was a happy thrill. Or at least, it was supposed to be a happy thrilling sound.
I ended getting up and dragging my body into the shower without a second thought. If I stopped to think, I wouldn't do it. I would do it. I was already dressed, had gone through breakfast at such an incredibly early rate that nobody else had been present, and then I took the better part of valor and walked towards Beacon's Academy, and the elevator meant for the headmaster's office.
That's where I met Ruby Rose, looking a bit nervous.
"Ruby," I said, trying my best to look surprised.
"Ah, Weiss' brother," she said, with a startled look. "You were called by the headmaster too?"
"No?" I said, "But...I saw something last night," I added with a furrowed set of brows, "And I think it's best I bring it to someone's attention sooner rather than later." I pushed the elevator's button, watching the numbers go down as it reached our floor, "Why don't you call me Wren anyway?"
Ruby seemed to think about that, and then looked chagrined. "It's on me," she said with a nervous giggle. "I've been Yang's sister for so long back in the days of Signal, that whenever I see a sibling, I never call them by their names. Takes a while," she smiled, "But what did you see?"
"You might not believe me, but I think I saw a woman dressed in black run across the rooftops," I answered. "I was dancing with this nice girl by the name of Penny and-"
Ruby half-choked. "Penny?" she said. "You...You danced with Penny?" My previous words were utterly ignored, weren't they?
"You know her? She looked a bit lonely, dancing by herself with two Atlas guards protecting her. Is she General Ironwood's daughter?" I asked next. "She said she'd be competing in the Vytal tournament, so I do wonder why she'd need protecting-"
"Ah, well, Penny's a really sweet and special girl, yes," Ruby nodded with a bright smile. The elevator rose up.
The numbers kept increasing.
Finally, we reached the headmaster's office.
General James Ironwood and Professor Glynda Goodwitch were there, and standing behind the headmaster's desk was none other than Ozpin himself.
It was time...
...mine weren't lies, but merely heavily edited truths!
People were generally dancing, and being happy. I had a vague inkling of what door Cinder would be coming in through, and as I watched Weiss talk amiably with a half-terrorized Neptune, I knew that either things would go well or they'd just crash and burn within a few days. As long as Weiss was happy with the outcome, everything was all right for me.
"We could do a group dance," Zhelty said, dimly realizing that team JNPR was actually starting to do that. Though Jaune hadn't gone back to get a dress on, but I reckoned it was because Pyrrha wasn't letting go of his hand.
The magic of communication.
That beautiful magic, by which everything is solved.
"I'll ask the DJ to put on Walk like a Vacuan," Gorm said. "You hold him where he is so he doesn't run away."
I bristled at the perceived implication that I would cowardly run away from doing something incredibly embarrassing in front of many people, among which my little sister. I definitely charge in an opposite direction, but running away? Why, preposterous!
Chez and Zhelty both did lock down on one of my arms. They had both come with dresses, rented for the night. They were simple, but charming. Zhelty went with a bold black and red combination, while Chez kept to her normal pattern of purplish-violet with horizontal lines.
The DJ took Gorm's suggestion with a nod, and as the last music came to an end, a familiar tune reached our ears. It was our turn to shine now.
Gorm led the way, and I followed behind him. There were a few snickers, a couple of teenagers started laughing, but I didn't actually care past a certain point. We were having fun, after all, and this night would never happen again. New nights, most certainly, but this one? You only lived once, so it was best you enjoyed it.
Once the group dance finished, I found myself back by the punch bowl. I took a sip, and realized someone had actually spiked it. My eyes glanced around, my happiness rising exponentially. General Ironwood was dancing with Professor Goodwitch, so some brave soul had proceeded to do the impossible, and whoever they were, they'd get the highest of honors.
I silently cheered to him, sipping some more.
"A punch without wine isn't a punch, am I right?" a voice whispered by my side, and I turned to stare at the source of it. Nigel was trying his best, the poor boy. He had a nervous smile and was wearing clothes that clearly had been rented, and looked awfully out of place on his frame. Well, not like he normally had clothes that could fit him. He looked as if someone had taken Kingpin of the latest spider-man movie and stuck him in clothes that weren't tailor-made for him.
"You did it?" I asked, surprised.
"Overheard you," he said, "Stuck to the shadows, and went to the kitchen to get some in it," he grinned, sounding pleased with himself. "I don't really like wine, but you never know, maybe this notoriety will give me a chance with a girl."
I smiled amiably, "I'm sure if you ask, some girls won't mind dancing with you tonight."
"Oh, I could never," he stammered out, shaking his head. "I know I'm a gorilla and all, but it's all right, really," he stressed out in a whisper. "Wanted to ask a favor."
"Sure," I said.
"Could you dance with Lily? She decided to come around, but she hasn't had a dance yet. Well, not a dance that's really a dance. Diva doesn't count because you're not dancing with her...she's dancing with you, and your corpse. I asked Kurtz too, but he said he'd rather slit the throats of the dark beings...or something like that, I think he meant Grimm when he said that, but he's got a bit of a poetic soul," Nigel whispered in a small voice, which was utterly out of place for his frame. He could have been a massive war-tank of death and destruction...and he chose to wield a yellow banana-shaped sickle and be as quiet-spoken as possible.
"Just point the way," I said.
"Thank you," Nigel said, and after he pointed, I headed straight for my objective.
She saw me arrive even before I got within range. Either she was incredibly skilled at ignoring the noise that was coming around us, or her Semblance was omni-directional. Was she perhaps a Daredevil of our times?
"Would the fair lady dance with me?" I asked, amiably extending a hand in front of her.
"Did Nigel put you up to this?" Lily asked.
"He's a good teammate," I said. "And I am reasonably sure that we can do this as friends, with no one getting hurt from it."
"Your teammates do not like me very much," she added. "I wouldn't want to ruin your friendship with them."
"If a friendship is so weak that it breaks from so little, then it's not friendship, Miss Mirth," I said with a chuckle. "Are you afraid I'd step on your toes? It's a possibility. As a Huntress, I can understand not wanting to take unneeded risks."
Lily grimaced. "I don't want any pity."
"I'm not giving you any. Had anyone else asked me, I'd have said yes. Had anyone else asked me to dance with anyone else, I would have probably said yes once more. It's a dance, nothing of importance will be lost if I don't dance, but I want to, and you look like you're just finding excuses to avoid getting your toes stepped on by me," I turned thoughtful. "That actually would be the normal reaction from people, wouldn't it?"
She made a small smile, "What's not important for someone can still be incredibly important for someone else, Wren," she said, slowly getting to her feet and extending a hand to grasp mine. "One man's small act of kindness can be incredible to whoever receives it."
I smiled, and then we quietly moved towards the dance floor. It was just a dance, and there was nothing of value there. "Normally, I wouldn't have come here," she whispered as we danced.
"Uh? Here as in Beacon, or here as in the dance party?" I asked.
"The dance party," she said. "I...I don't like ball dances."
"You dance way better than me," I pointed out, "Are you using Aura to keep your feet from being crushed? Wise. I should have learned that before starting to dance," especially before attempting to dance closer to Penny and getting an incredible first-hand lesson on just why people shouldn't dance close to heavy machinery.
"It's nothing," Lily said. We kept dancing, and after a few minutes, Lily spoke once more. "You aren't going to ask?"
"If you don't want to tell me, why should I pry?" I hummed. "If you want to tell me, I'm listening. If you're not, then it's fine."
"Thank you for being a gentleman," Lily said as the dance came to a slow end. "I think there's time for one more dance, and I shouldn't hold you from dancing with someone you really want to dance with."
I chuckled, "Well, yes and no," I said. "Keep it a secret," I whispered, "but the last dance, I'll pick the safe choice and dance with family."
I then accompanied her back to where Nigel was standing, looking incredibly sweaty at the prospect of being discovered since professor Goodwitch was back by the punch, and her nose was sniffing the air near it, a glare that could kill a grown man on her face.
I didn't stay for an interrogation. I might have missed the last dance.
Weiss smiled at my offered hand, and as I pulled her to the dance floor for the last dance, she grinned. "You terrified Neptune out of his wits, big brother," she whispered.
"That the kind of man you like, there's a conversation long overdue on not judging people by their covers," I grumbled back, "But I hope the night's been pleasant enough."
"How did you know I had invited him? I didn't tell you," she said.
"I'm a big brother, Weiss," I said with a chuckle. "It's what we do."
She huffed. "And what's a little sister supposed to do then?"
"Become better than her elder siblings, of course," I said. "We made mistakes growing up, and by teaching you how to overcome such mistakes, you can go further than all of us combined."
Weiss smiled at that, "People are so going to talk tomorrow," she whispered.
"Think of it as preparing them for the big reveal. If they blow a fuse at this, then they'll have nothing left to do but explode when they find out the truth," I chuckled. The beautiful dancing music that was the last ball reached its end, and I bowed as a parting salute, heading for the rest of my team, and for our rooms to rest.
Tomorrow would be a tiring day. It would be an incredibly tiring day.
The alarm that woke me up was a happy thrill. Or at least, it was supposed to be a happy thrilling sound.
I ended getting up and dragging my body into the shower without a second thought. If I stopped to think, I wouldn't do it. I would do it. I was already dressed, had gone through breakfast at such an incredibly early rate that nobody else had been present, and then I took the better part of valor and walked towards Beacon's Academy, and the elevator meant for the headmaster's office.
That's where I met Ruby Rose, looking a bit nervous.
"Ruby," I said, trying my best to look surprised.
"Ah, Weiss' brother," she said, with a startled look. "You were called by the headmaster too?"
"No?" I said, "But...I saw something last night," I added with a furrowed set of brows, "And I think it's best I bring it to someone's attention sooner rather than later." I pushed the elevator's button, watching the numbers go down as it reached our floor, "Why don't you call me Wren anyway?"
Ruby seemed to think about that, and then looked chagrined. "It's on me," she said with a nervous giggle. "I've been Yang's sister for so long back in the days of Signal, that whenever I see a sibling, I never call them by their names. Takes a while," she smiled, "But what did you see?"
"You might not believe me, but I think I saw a woman dressed in black run across the rooftops," I answered. "I was dancing with this nice girl by the name of Penny and-"
Ruby half-choked. "Penny?" she said. "You...You danced with Penny?" My previous words were utterly ignored, weren't they?
"You know her? She looked a bit lonely, dancing by herself with two Atlas guards protecting her. Is she General Ironwood's daughter?" I asked next. "She said she'd be competing in the Vytal tournament, so I do wonder why she'd need protecting-"
"Ah, well, Penny's a really sweet and special girl, yes," Ruby nodded with a bright smile. The elevator rose up.
The numbers kept increasing.
Finally, we reached the headmaster's office.
General James Ironwood and Professor Glynda Goodwitch were there, and standing behind the headmaster's desk was none other than Ozpin himself.
It was time...
...mine weren't lies, but merely heavily edited truths!
That means Winter's fight with Qrow is soon. Finally we get to see Winter subjected to a shameless little brother begging with a little sisters help.
Winter doesn't stand a chance.
Winter doesn't stand a chance.
- Location
- Russia
You know what's funny? Wren actually didn't see Cinder in Beacon, only Emerald. Given that he send the letter fairly early it perfectly possible that ozluminaty were able to find her before she fell in with Cinder and become as we know her in the show. And now she attends Beacon as legitimate student because ozluminaty wanted to get her off streets. Wren didn't see Cinder at dance and he didn't hear anything about breack in at CCT. So maybe canon really did change, it's just Wren didn't get on with the programm and is about to make a huge fool of himself and land in ton of trouble.
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- Location
- Portugal
He saw cinder and emerald at launch together.
- Location
- Russia
Aw... There goes my flawless theory. Pity.
Anyway, I still think that Wren should've tried to confirm that everything is the same after his letter beyond just seeing these two and assuming.
Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
Need a dusty old Qrow and it would be a full set of Ozluminati
Xyshuryn
Not A Morning Person
- Location
- On the Shade Train
Oh, Wren, you lost an opportunity to mess with people. Dance with Glenda! Get Nora and Diva together on the floor. Try to convince Cardin to challenge Zhelty to a limbo competition.
Or something less likely to end in bloodshed. Team SZSR vs Team JNPR dance off?
So much wasted potential. *sigh* At least we still have a shot at convincing Cardin to challenge Zhelty...
Or something less likely to end in bloodshed. Team SZSR vs Team JNPR dance off?
So much wasted potential. *sigh* At least we still have a shot at convincing Cardin to challenge Zhelty...
Older-than-Time
[Eating My Muse]
- Location
- Somewhere in the Sol System
- Pronouns
- He/Him/ThatIdiot
That, and Cinder found Emerald when the latter was a child
- Location
- Italy
Nigel is a good teammate and friend it seems. And I thought it was Qrow who spiked the punch!
Also,
Also,
This again. Seriously Ruby, he has a name. And now I'm wondering if she's doing this because she can't remember his name.
- Location
- Somewhere with a Thousand Watchful Eyes
- Pronouns
- They/Them
You know, in the Harry Potter SI, there was a thing where people couldn't understand what he said when he tried to talk about the future.
Going by how Ruby ignored him, and how the letters didn't even warrant a response...
Going by how Ruby ignored him, and how the letters didn't even warrant a response...
Oh, that would make sense. I had forgotten about that.
Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
But it only worked if the knowledge couldn't be explained in-universe...
Chapter Forty-Six
- Location
- https://discord.gg/z9tBvbh
Chapter Forty-Six
They had expected Ruby Rose. They hadn't clearly expected me. Nobody expected the Wren Inquisition.
"Mister Wren?" Professor Goodwitch said, "We were not expecting you."
"I'm sorry, but it's kind of urgent," I said. "Was...was there perhaps something going on last night with a masked woman dressed in black?"
"There was," James said immediately. His eyes settled on me. "Mister Wren..." he let the words trail off, clearly expecting me to finish the sentence for him.
"Wren Shade, from Vacuo," I said. "I was dancing on the upper floor by the balcony when I saw a woman dressed in black standing by the rooftops nearby. I thought it was strange, but then again, all huntsmen are a bit strange." I grimaced, "But then later, when I was on the lower floor, I was happily enjoying a glass of finely corrected punch-"
"The culprit has not yet been found, Mister Wren, tread carefully," Glynda acquiesced sternly.
"And there was a backdoor into the hall that opened up abruptly, and this woman, dressed in black, came right through. A few seconds later, two Atlas soldiers stepped in looking mighty lost. I mean, I didn't connect the dots back then, but-" James was incredibly close. He was close, and he had a hand on my shoulder.
"You saw her face?" he asked.
I gave a quiet nod.
"You could identify her?" he asked next.
I gave another, quicker nod.
"Excellent!" he exclaimed. "What a stroke of good luck! We can have her arrested and see where that leads us-"
"James, please, calm yourself," Ozpin said. "As much as I understand the value of a good eyewitness, there is no proof at hand. While this matter should be investigated, doing so too abruptly may lead to unfortunate consequences. Especially if it's Atlas personnel that arrests her."
"There's one last thing," I said. "Since I was sipping my punch doing my best to stay hidden-"
"I would wonder why, an innocent person wouldn't hide like that, would he?" Professor Goodwitch mused, her eyes sterner all of a sudden.
"I heard her speak. There was the music going on, but it was the time for the slow waltz, so I did hear her say something," I furrowed my brows. "Something like, 'The program has been installed'. It was either that, or 'The pompom is stalled', but I'd bet more on the former than the latter."
"She was talking to someone else, perhaps with the aid of a microphone device," James said. "She's not alone here, then. Ozpin, Beacon has been infiltrated by more than one person, do you understand how dangerous this is? Miss Rose, did you see the woman near any of the tower's terminals?"
Ruby was suddenly called back into the main argument, and she hesitated only briefly. "I don't know. She didn't speak to me," she said. "Well, she didn't speak much. She said something about a White Fang South-East base, however," Ruby said. "Maybe that could be investigated too?"
James' other hand went on Ruby's shoulder. "You both did a great service to Vale, and to Atlas, today," he said. "And I am sure your family will be incredibly proud to know it, why, Winter is-"
I made a cut-it-off gesture with my eyes as I nudged my head towards the Headmaster, and the Deputy-Headmistress. James actually caught himself. "Probably going to be delighted that such young, upstanding huntsmen are not into Atlas' Academy, or she might have some serious competition." He patted both of our shoulders, even as I ended up receiving an appointment later during the day from Professor Goodwitch to go through the list of female huntresses currently at the Academy.
As we stood in the elevator, heading downwards, I looked at Ruby. "Ruby, don't tell anyone."
"Don't tell them...what?" Ruby asked, puzzled.
"That I saw the criminal's face. Until I've identified her for the Headmaster-if you tell someone and it spreads, they may end up running away or escaping. So, don't say anything. Don't allude to it. Don't mention it. Act as if today, I wasn't here, and if I had said absolutely nothing," I said. "This is serious responsibility, Ruby."
"I can do serious," Ruby said with a huff, "But I promise I won't tell anyone. But I do have to ask...why did the General say that strange stuff about Winter? Who is Winter?"
"Weiss and mine older sister," I chuckled, "She's really nice," I added. "A bit of a worrywart, but she's a big softy inside once you get to know her."
Ruby tried to imagine it. She failed. I could see it on her face. "Well," Ruby said with a nervous chuckle, "I'm sure she'll be a surprise to meet!" She then turned thoughtful, "Say," she added. "You've already done a lot of missions, right?"
The elevator was reaching the ground floor, "That I did," I said.
"How did you handle it?" she asked. "Your first mission on the field?"
"How did I handle it? With copious dosages of stress," I mused. "The first mission wasn't that bad, since we shadowed an experienced huntsman. The second mission, that one was nerve-wracking." I looked at the numbers rapidly descending, "There's nothing like being on a mission and knowing that, by your decisions, your teammates, your friends...may live or die." I looked at her with a small smile. "There is a great responsibility in being a Team leader, and it goes beyond just issuing orders. It's about knowing a deep, fundamental truth. Know yourself. Know your teammates. Know their strengths, their weaknesses, and then know how to compensate them. Be there. Be in the moment. And whatever happens, always be ready to take on the ultimate responsibility you can ever take for them, because without a doubt, they'd do the same for you in a heartbeat."
I smiled. "My team's worth every white hair of stress and every night of studying tactics."
"Now I'm feeling more worried than before," Ruby muttered, and I simply laughed, before plopping my right hand down on her head and rubbing it a bit. "Hey!" she said, as I removed my hand. "What was that for?"
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll have your first mission in the bag, whatever it is," I mused with a smile. "Just make sure to stick with your team."
"I promise you I will," Ruby said.
"And anyway, it's not like your mission will involve elder Grimm and a bunch of rampaging Goliaths," I said with a faint shrug. "Running is always the better part of valor if it comes to it. Running even faster is even better."
Ruby chuckled, but clearly wasn't listening to my future pearls of wisdom. Well, it was on her.
What wasn't on her was whether we should, or should not, take the mission involving the White Fang's base ourselves. Team Ruby would, without a doubt, do it. They would however unleash the train. We might have a chance of avoiding the Breach all together. Since we were second years, we wouldn't have an experienced huntsmen to shadow us, or so I hoped.
Even though...no, probably the mission did involve the huntsman, and we'd be the tag-along. If the mission already planned on Doctor Oobleck going there in that area, then whether we joined him or not...even so, we might be way more capable of avoiding starting an alarm than Ruby and her team. It was the truth.
What was the right thing to do? Let the Breach happen? With Cinder Fall safely behind bars, it wouldn't be a problem. Yet she'd have to be behind bars to begin with, and I doubted they'd be able to hold her there. Even if they captured her, I couldn't point at her teammates. If Lionheart vouched for them, Ozpin would believe him.
People would get hurt if the Breach happened, and people would die.
By that value alone, did I have a higher chance of stopping it from happening?
Yes.
Then there was no choice.
I am sorry, Team RWBY.
But I know how it ends if you're the ones doing this, and it's a seven out of ten.
It's time for team SZSR to take it up.
We're aiming for the full score, after all.
Now, how to convince two thirds of my teammates to approve...
...by asking politely, of course, they all immediately agreed.
They had expected Ruby Rose. They hadn't clearly expected me. Nobody expected the Wren Inquisition.
"Mister Wren?" Professor Goodwitch said, "We were not expecting you."
"I'm sorry, but it's kind of urgent," I said. "Was...was there perhaps something going on last night with a masked woman dressed in black?"
"There was," James said immediately. His eyes settled on me. "Mister Wren..." he let the words trail off, clearly expecting me to finish the sentence for him.
"Wren Shade, from Vacuo," I said. "I was dancing on the upper floor by the balcony when I saw a woman dressed in black standing by the rooftops nearby. I thought it was strange, but then again, all huntsmen are a bit strange." I grimaced, "But then later, when I was on the lower floor, I was happily enjoying a glass of finely corrected punch-"
"The culprit has not yet been found, Mister Wren, tread carefully," Glynda acquiesced sternly.
"And there was a backdoor into the hall that opened up abruptly, and this woman, dressed in black, came right through. A few seconds later, two Atlas soldiers stepped in looking mighty lost. I mean, I didn't connect the dots back then, but-" James was incredibly close. He was close, and he had a hand on my shoulder.
"You saw her face?" he asked.
I gave a quiet nod.
"You could identify her?" he asked next.
I gave another, quicker nod.
"Excellent!" he exclaimed. "What a stroke of good luck! We can have her arrested and see where that leads us-"
"James, please, calm yourself," Ozpin said. "As much as I understand the value of a good eyewitness, there is no proof at hand. While this matter should be investigated, doing so too abruptly may lead to unfortunate consequences. Especially if it's Atlas personnel that arrests her."
"There's one last thing," I said. "Since I was sipping my punch doing my best to stay hidden-"
"I would wonder why, an innocent person wouldn't hide like that, would he?" Professor Goodwitch mused, her eyes sterner all of a sudden.
"I heard her speak. There was the music going on, but it was the time for the slow waltz, so I did hear her say something," I furrowed my brows. "Something like, 'The program has been installed'. It was either that, or 'The pompom is stalled', but I'd bet more on the former than the latter."
"She was talking to someone else, perhaps with the aid of a microphone device," James said. "She's not alone here, then. Ozpin, Beacon has been infiltrated by more than one person, do you understand how dangerous this is? Miss Rose, did you see the woman near any of the tower's terminals?"
Ruby was suddenly called back into the main argument, and she hesitated only briefly. "I don't know. She didn't speak to me," she said. "Well, she didn't speak much. She said something about a White Fang South-East base, however," Ruby said. "Maybe that could be investigated too?"
James' other hand went on Ruby's shoulder. "You both did a great service to Vale, and to Atlas, today," he said. "And I am sure your family will be incredibly proud to know it, why, Winter is-"
I made a cut-it-off gesture with my eyes as I nudged my head towards the Headmaster, and the Deputy-Headmistress. James actually caught himself. "Probably going to be delighted that such young, upstanding huntsmen are not into Atlas' Academy, or she might have some serious competition." He patted both of our shoulders, even as I ended up receiving an appointment later during the day from Professor Goodwitch to go through the list of female huntresses currently at the Academy.
As we stood in the elevator, heading downwards, I looked at Ruby. "Ruby, don't tell anyone."
"Don't tell them...what?" Ruby asked, puzzled.
"That I saw the criminal's face. Until I've identified her for the Headmaster-if you tell someone and it spreads, they may end up running away or escaping. So, don't say anything. Don't allude to it. Don't mention it. Act as if today, I wasn't here, and if I had said absolutely nothing," I said. "This is serious responsibility, Ruby."
"I can do serious," Ruby said with a huff, "But I promise I won't tell anyone. But I do have to ask...why did the General say that strange stuff about Winter? Who is Winter?"
"Weiss and mine older sister," I chuckled, "She's really nice," I added. "A bit of a worrywart, but she's a big softy inside once you get to know her."
Ruby tried to imagine it. She failed. I could see it on her face. "Well," Ruby said with a nervous chuckle, "I'm sure she'll be a surprise to meet!" She then turned thoughtful, "Say," she added. "You've already done a lot of missions, right?"
The elevator was reaching the ground floor, "That I did," I said.
"How did you handle it?" she asked. "Your first mission on the field?"
"How did I handle it? With copious dosages of stress," I mused. "The first mission wasn't that bad, since we shadowed an experienced huntsman. The second mission, that one was nerve-wracking." I looked at the numbers rapidly descending, "There's nothing like being on a mission and knowing that, by your decisions, your teammates, your friends...may live or die." I looked at her with a small smile. "There is a great responsibility in being a Team leader, and it goes beyond just issuing orders. It's about knowing a deep, fundamental truth. Know yourself. Know your teammates. Know their strengths, their weaknesses, and then know how to compensate them. Be there. Be in the moment. And whatever happens, always be ready to take on the ultimate responsibility you can ever take for them, because without a doubt, they'd do the same for you in a heartbeat."
I smiled. "My team's worth every white hair of stress and every night of studying tactics."
"Now I'm feeling more worried than before," Ruby muttered, and I simply laughed, before plopping my right hand down on her head and rubbing it a bit. "Hey!" she said, as I removed my hand. "What was that for?"
"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll have your first mission in the bag, whatever it is," I mused with a smile. "Just make sure to stick with your team."
"I promise you I will," Ruby said.
"And anyway, it's not like your mission will involve elder Grimm and a bunch of rampaging Goliaths," I said with a faint shrug. "Running is always the better part of valor if it comes to it. Running even faster is even better."
Ruby chuckled, but clearly wasn't listening to my future pearls of wisdom. Well, it was on her.
What wasn't on her was whether we should, or should not, take the mission involving the White Fang's base ourselves. Team Ruby would, without a doubt, do it. They would however unleash the train. We might have a chance of avoiding the Breach all together. Since we were second years, we wouldn't have an experienced huntsmen to shadow us, or so I hoped.
Even though...no, probably the mission did involve the huntsman, and we'd be the tag-along. If the mission already planned on Doctor Oobleck going there in that area, then whether we joined him or not...even so, we might be way more capable of avoiding starting an alarm than Ruby and her team. It was the truth.
What was the right thing to do? Let the Breach happen? With Cinder Fall safely behind bars, it wouldn't be a problem. Yet she'd have to be behind bars to begin with, and I doubted they'd be able to hold her there. Even if they captured her, I couldn't point at her teammates. If Lionheart vouched for them, Ozpin would believe him.
People would get hurt if the Breach happened, and people would die.
By that value alone, did I have a higher chance of stopping it from happening?
Yes.
Then there was no choice.
I am sorry, Team RWBY.
But I know how it ends if you're the ones doing this, and it's a seven out of ten.
It's time for team SZSR to take it up.
We're aiming for the full score, after all.
Now, how to convince two thirds of my teammates to approve...
...by asking politely, of course, they all immediately agreed.
Warlord01
Who said anything about plan?!
- Location
- Terra - Europa - Land of milk and honey.
And now,... let us see how fast can Shade make the whole situation go completely FUBAR.
I am already imagining the impending battle for beacon on the Vigilus/Armaggedon/Kronus level of Charlie Foxtrot.
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Who's the last. Chez was one of the ones who greed but did Gorm disagree or Zhelty. Feels like Gorm would be more cautious
- Location
- Portugal
Probably Chez and Gorm, since they are both faunos and the mission is against the white fang.
Xyshuryn
Not A Morning Person
- Location
- On the Shade Train
This is perfect! There's no way this doesn't end well. With Wren in charge, nothing can go wrong. It's not like they'll face major opposition. What can a few grimm and idiot grunts do? Team SZSR has this in the bag. Wren knows what must be done and what must not happen. With that knowledge what could possibly go wrong? Seriously, nothing bad could possibly happen. And if something does happen? They've got a Zhelty.
Okay, Im through taunting Murphy.
Okay, Im through taunting Murphy.
Fragnostic
Cheshire
- Location
- Neko City
faunus
Also, wow, they actually listened...
Or at least Ironwood did. Ozpin was ready to dismiss everything.