Went Noel walked out of the bullhead he couldn't be more relieved.
That said he was still a bit dizzy from the trip he had. Ren patted his back while recovering, and Nora pranced around excitedly.
Noel hoped this wasn't a precedent of how the day would eventually get
"
Ugg I hate trips like this" Noel said "Oh how I wish to have medicine against nausea."
while he was dealing with this.
Nora was turning looking at everyone and everything, as she talked about one thing to another, one of them was wondering if Beacon would mind her hobby of creating even more explosive grenades.
Not that Noel and Ren would let her do that in their presence they were thinking of not letting her alone unsupervised.
Ren swore to the gods that she had too much energy. not that Noel was better about it because he could be just as energetic as Nora and reckless, with a lack of attentiveness. but with the addition of a dose of anxiety.
Like right now though he had the excuse of using all his willpower to not succumb to the nausea he was feeling when he got up and started walking.
Noel also was likely distracted by the next idea he had in mind. rather than focusing on today.
People were paying attention to them and most likely Noel's right green arm that ended in a blue hand that looked like a raise, with metal nails, some people were curious about the prosthetic. but some just threw him a disgusted face and nasty glare, some even gossiped about it.
Noel didn't seem to notice that he was completely absent-minded from the world around him. probably not Talking with Teresa the spirit on his right arm, most likely his head was in the clouds.
In Rens's opinion, this was the reason why Noel had problems back in the combat school on mistral went they managed to survive the wilderness, after the destruction of their home village kuroyuri
"So Noel what do you think of this place?" Nora asked "Is awesome right!? I cannot wait for the practical exam."
"Uh eh, what?" Noel asked went his mind returned to the real world "Sorry I wasn't paying too much attention"
Nora just pouted at the reaction and let out a sign "....I was asking what you think of this place?"
"Eh good? yeah good, it doesn't seem too bad, to be honest?" Noel said with a very distracted tone in his voice " I meant this is one of the premier schools of hunters in Vale so.."
Nora and Ren just rolled their eyes a bit Nora with a noticeable smile on her face while Ren just had a monotone feel to it.
Noel wasn't that he was humble, it was just that he acted as if the place didn't care or he lacked the motivation to give a damn about how prestigious the place was.
To him this was just another combat school of the many in his head, not thinking about the implications of merely being here.
"Sometimes I ask if you are all there you know?" the rough voice asked in his mind "
Oh maybe this is why you are so mopey at times?"
"Hey! It can be fun too. Do you remember how people liked to laugh when I was around in class in the mistral combat school?"Noel said with confidence.
"Were they laughing with you or at you?" she told him sarcastically.
"Do you need to put it that way?" he replied mentally to her to which he just heard a chuckle making him annoyed.
During their talk, Noel almost tripped to the ground.
A person who was nearby grabbed Noel before he could fall flat on his face.
When Noel turned his head towards him he was met with an early 2000 character design.
A stranger with a white t-shirt that was covered by a black jacket with fur on top, his teams were black with gray boots.
his hair was a black mane going all the way to his back and his skin was pale cinnamon, his eyes were a mix of yellow and burn orange, they looked like a pair of twin menacing suns.
Even if he looked cool Noel needed to admit it was edgy, especially with the red tattoos on the grey shirt.
"You should be more aware of your surroundings you don't know if it's going to save your life," he said with gravel in his voice, he helped Noel to stand up and patted his back in a friendly gesture.
"Ok I get it, but don't you think is a bit too intense, Like we aren't in a life-and-death situation," Noel said looking at the guy his glare reminding him of the days in the wild with Nora and Ren but significantly more savage in quality.
The guy let out a sigh although it sounded a bit like a frustrated growl.
"...Yet" the stranger declared with severity.
"Jejeje you are one of those serious but goofy guys don't you?" Nora said getting too close to the stranger for comfort making him stumble back although his expressions looked monotone his body language told a different story, he was startled by Nora invading his personal space.
"Mmrh…you seem very
enthusiastic," He said with his expression unchanged however one could feel he was hiding something behind that face "hope that kind of energy helps you get into Beacon"
Silence followed the conversation until it settled into something more awkward, the stranger's face kept being like a stone with a resting bitch face however he seemed to thinking about something else.
He eventually walked away from the group Noel, Ren, and Nora waved him goodbye while he returned the gesture.
"Ok that guy doesn't seem very talkative," Noel said a bit weirded out by his reaction "That was odd"
"Hmmm" Teresa murmured
"he looks like a survivor more than anything else "
"How can you tell?" the ashen-haired tanned-skinned teenager asked his partner his cyan orbs looking back at the monochrome individual.
"The way he moves" Teresa pointed out
"it's very similar to all of us went we were in the wilds don't you think? although my observations could be wrong, my eyes are that of a warrior's general survival. not as good"
Noel just nodded remembering the experiences in the past with Nora and Ren.
He reincarnated as a child of an average family Kuroyuri, his mother was a farmer, and his father a humble trader from an antique shop they had two son, his brother and him.
he knew he reincarnated with all the memories of his twenty-seventh-year-old self and knew the world he lived in was almost a hell hole.
His life wasn't that bad he even over time cared a lot about his new family, and although he still wanted to help, he could have told Ozpin way earlier in his life about What he knew even if the world was completely different from the remnant he knew before they were enough similarities that he could avert tragedies.
or at least he hoped they were, the most unfortunate thing is that he didn't have the connections, didn't have Ozpin's phone number, and a lot of other myriads of things along with the feelings of isolation he had at the time.
He wasn't exactly an average kid due to what was cramped into his head, not to mention dealing with a new body, including the very fact that being a kid a the time didnt make adults believe anything you said.
so over time he didnt realize that he remained silent, not sharing what he knew, he enjoyed life in Kuroyuri with his family, including his brother.
Until then the Knuckelave came, it was the last time he saw his family alive that day, that day in which still guild consumed him, the smell of death, fire screams of fear, pain accompanied with the screech of psychotic pleasure and horror the grim let out.
The beginning of the three of them surviving in the wild by the skin of their teeth, and then a fortuitous day in which he met Teresa happened.
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The trio stopped near a river with a cave in which a strange war scythe was stabbed into the ground surrounded by vegetation, some of which enveloped the weapon and had cracks in some places.
They set up camp here aside from the cave and the scythe. They felt that the place was safe to rest for a while, although away from the scythe they figured it was the grave of some sort.
They didn't want to disturb it, although they were sure the owner wouldn't complain if they took the weapon with them, they needed protection for their journey as soon as they re-started their pilgrimage.
They were children all of them although they didn't have the size they had the strength to carry the weapon thanks to Aura.
Though Noel could swear he saw every once in and while that the flower engraving in the ancient weapon shifted, and he swore he saw a face pop out of it, for a brief second, he didn't know what to make of it. maybe a side effect of how Nora unlocked his aura?
After all, she didn't know the spoken component for the spell, so she needed to do it forcibly. It was an uncomfortable process, and only got a partial unlocking out of the deal.
Great.
They made rudimentary traps that most of the time didn't work.What did work was the fishing.
Nora discovered her semblance that time they got attacked by a Beowulf on a stormy day, when Nora got hit by a lighting instead of a charred corpse, she was charged and punted the creature through several threes. they didn't stick to confirm the kill they were too frightened to do so.
At least it wasn't that giant crocodile-armadillo hybrid animal they found at first.
Normally they would have been excited, but Nora of all people warned them not to get near it, Noel didn't need the warning but figured Ren ironically because he was a child at the time, although he used his semblance to calm himself.
They were lucky both times.
Noel didn't know how but they were, between the giant super animals and the Grimm, on top of common worries like environmental threats, starvation, infection, and illness.
They managed to carve an existence by being essentially vagabonds, that couldn't stick in one place for too long.
It was a good thing they had each other otherwise they would have gone feral already.
However they did it they always managed to find this place that seemed safe consistently enough to not die apart for the days in which they didnt eat at all or couldn't sleep, be it nightmares or simply couldn't.
But they did it enough not to die, yet they still needed to find a settlement or village, they couldn't remain like this forever.
"Hey Ren rest for using your semblance please," said Noel the kid nodded, and suddenly he could feel the restrained wave of dread over him, his hands shaking after gutting the fish they electrocuted near the calm river thanks to Nora.
She seemed to share in the feeling of being distraught. None of them couldn't get accustomed to the fact that they needed to kill wild animals to survive.
The trio was aware they were abusing the emotional-dampening powers of Ren to not get killed by Grimm in the wild in any way they could, but Noel felt this wasn't in any way healthier, although it wasn't addictive.
He could feel they were using it far too often for their own good.
"Well it helps, although I am glad I am cautious with it, this area is serene," Noel thought this place seemed safe, aside from the oddness of little sound from this place and they could-
His thought was interrupted by a feeling of being observed, taking over Noel's mind.
He turned his head at the weird feeling towards the war scythe, the flower engravings on the blade that was on the ground and the rest of the weapon started to shift, changing rapidly from one shape to the next like a response to his gaze.
Eventually, a shimmering transparent mist came out of the weapon, amorphous without shape that coalesced into a hand and slowly materialized a body.
She hovered ever so slightly on the ground, her body all cracked like a rock splintered, with the worst being chunks of her missing, to top it all off her metallic silver eyes were observing him analytically.
Noel could only be tense all through the spectacle sweating a bit, and wondering what the fuck was happening, was he hallucinating thanks to the lack of sleep?
"Eh, guys are you see-? " the black-haired boy was about to say when his words died in his throat once he turned to Ren, on his side there was a shadowy mass, as Noel raised his head.
He was met with several pairs of furious yellow embers looking back.
They were just near a shocked Ren sitting on a rock, Nora yelled as she ran along with Neol toward Ren.
Nora couldn't reach him in time, however, Noel had a headstart as he was closer to him, and he shoved Ren away with his right arm.
What followed was a blur, a bone-white limb with red markings was swimming briefly, as his aura sparked to life but his protection shattered like glass taking the worse of the attack with the aura.
Noel was sent flying just until he hit the ground near the likely grave, briefly seeing the glimpse of the silver shine of the war scythe, he felt a brief sting in his right he turned his head and he then red just red, a mangled thing that was previously his right arm.
Nora was screaming in terror and then… then a garden with the biggest three he saw in life at its center a three that resembled a hand both in its roots and in its branches.
A talk with an imprisoned ghost, an agreement, then he woke up and they ran away from their lives while plants grew to hold back the Grimm, and a group of humanoid silhouettes made out of the dirt served as a distraction.
It was a mess.
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He remembered things like they happened yesterday instead of seven years yet he was surprised that he and his two friends were as stable mentally, perhaps between Ren's semblance and distracting themselves with efforts to survive it made it easy for them not to implode.
Except for a few calm moments in which they had the opportunity to relax.
Although he asked how much that was a coping mechanism bootling everything even if his therapist told him it wasn't the case, that he didnt bootle anything.
"At least the therapist seems to be a supportive one," Noel said wishing internally he could talk with them more often, the therapist was helpful he wasn't going to lie, but often they all didnt have the money to afford one for consistent schedules and one thing was certain the man wasn't a bigot which was a plus.
After all people Like Noel with his condition with Teresa weren't treated the best.
Lord knows he already has plenty of bad experiences with that given his condition with his right arm.
"Hey, are you ok?" Nora asked him "You seen deep in thought"
"A is nothing just thinking about the fun times we have gone wandering and got my arm mangled when we met Teresa," Noel said as if it was a normal topic of conversation to say "Sorry it's just I cannot help but remember that we were in that hell and know we are here now getting thrown back a Grimm, normal people would do this, to be honest, we are hardly typical"
"Yep but hey we could still have some fun being hunters don't you think?" she said with excitement in her voice "Plus aren't hunters viewed as heroes, you did want to be a hero in your past life right?"
"Went I was a
child, Nora I am doing this out of necessity and not wanting people to suffer because I kept my mouth shut," Noels said remembering his original world life fondly "That, and mostly my mother saying it was too dangerous"
Went Nora was about to say something they were startled by an explosion nearby, followed by an indignant scoff and then a gaggle of people just watching what was happening.
Nora passed to the thought of the mass of people opening the way for Ren and Noel to get a better look, however,
Noel at the beginning didnt know what it was until he heard the voices and he could not help but make an irritated face knowing the participant in this disaster.
he didnt know at first not that you could blame him, he lived in Remnant as a permanent resident, with the differences like the Tsukumogami and survival (mostly survival), which made some memories extremely muddy his memories a lot.
But now that he looked and heard the two it was undeniable, the one in the red dress was Ruby and the other in withe was Weis Schnee.
"I can't believe you did that," a furious Weis said "You could have thrown us off a cliff for that are you that extremely airheaded ignorant fool"
"Maybe if you didn't shake those vials in from of my nose it would have happened," Ruby said in a defensive "If anything you are dumber for doing that"
Shook angrily at the retort but before he could say " You-
"Hey, at least you could be a bit nicer?" Noels said interrupting her " I meant she doesn't seem to be the type to do it on purpose"
Weis bristled at him irritated by his presence Noel on the other hand just got a bit nervous realizing he probably fucked up by being on the receiving end of her annoyance.
Noel groaned at the realization of this he didn't want to start the day on the bad side of someone, even if this person was fictional to him in one life.
"You know who I am?" Weis asked
Noel just let out a sign not being amused by the situation " Judging by the logo? Schnee right?"
Weis just made a smug smile making an audible hum, like a Nobel getting the oh-so-deserved recognition for a peasant "So you know I am expért on this right?"
"Yeah one that almost blew herself up, " Noel said with a wave of his right arm irritating Weis further than before "You need to do something about that temper of yours"
He said the last sentence like he didn't have any temper problems.
Weis changed her tune went he saw his arm her face changed from one of shock to one of hatred.
"tch, of course, a person that s influenced by nothing but an object would say that" she while pointing at his arm, which made Ruby frown and Noel pissed off "Like your kind could say anything about temper to me went you savagely tear things apart, but I guess that what weapon likes to do"
Noel forgot that ugly side of herself. Although he knew she wasn't completely to blame for her racism against non-humans, her father, the white fang, and The hands of Naraka shared part of the load that didn't make this interaction less unpleasant.
In fact, in their frustrated minds, the Tsukumogami and the human wanted to wring her neck went she said that crap, along with the desire to tear that smug face apart.
However, they were quite aware that they weren't psychopaths so things like that stayed only in the mind. instead, it was replaced with the desire of getting the fuck out of there
now.
"What not saying anything hu? hmmm!" Weis said with still her smug smile on her face "This feels like a Beacon degraded if they left one of your kind here"
In the crow forming around the three Nora wanted to bulldoze the heiress although Ren was doing everything in his power to stop Nora from making the situation worse Than it was already, even if internally he wanted to give the haired a piece of his mind.
Noel could only roll his eyes at this in his humble opinion stupid reasoning then again bigots were not reasonable people
"Cierra tu jodida boca, ve molestar a otro pendeja y vete a la mierda "
Noel said that like no one would understand what he said. Unfortunately, some people who came from Vacuo that were among the public snickered, and the reaction Schnee threw at him indicated that she understood the full sentence.
The only thing Noel could do was stay still with his reactionless expression that told everyone a single word: Welp.
"Hmph!"Weis changed from irritation to contentment, not saying more than that, she was about to stomp out before she almost tripped with someone in front of her "Can you not look when you walk!?"
"So you do not want your bottle of dust back?" said the person dressed in a monochromatic attire and with a bow on top of her head Blake Belladonna if Noel wasn't wrong, "I thought dust was important for you, enough to respect it, well it looks like you throw it away just like the indebted Faunus and Tsukumogami workers in your mines…if the rumors a true that is"
Weis just clicked her tongue at the sarcastic remark and the gall of the girl in front of her looked like she couldn't believe her grandfather's company degraded that much.
But she still has a bubble of doubt emerging from her conviction, one she decided to ruthlessly crush.
What was with this academy wanting to sour her mood? She garbed the vial with all the patience she could muster at the moment, walking away quickly hopefully she wouldn't see any of them ever again
"...I swear I am surrounded by
ignoramuses!" Weis said angry.
"Bitch!" Noel said that when she was far away enough he didn't pártiocularly want her to hear this nor did he want to hear her complaining because of it.
"What a way for the day to start don't you think?" Said the Tsukimogamki acting as his arm in his mind.
"This wasn't what I had in mind for the start of the day" Noel replied grouchily due to the sour taste the situation left him with.
Noel would have preferred not to deal with shit like that again. That being said he still wanted to get her out of that prejudice, but Noel didnt know how to approach it, and it wasn't the right moment, not now that was still imparted into her because of her messed up life.
Plus telling her all that he knew would make her dismiss him and call him crazy, even if he hated the fact that he needed to be delicate with this information because at current, with his proclivities to not wanting to be near people, Weiss made the task difficult to do.
Sometimes he wished he didn't have this knowledge in his brain to begin with, it felt wrong. to be honest with himself knowing everything about all of them as people.
Noel briefly looked at the sky for a few seconds, on occasions he wished he could help, even if he did not know how to.
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A/N:
I should have posted this a year ago what the fuck
