Mind Numbing
Chapter 1: Of Idiots and Heiresses
A/N: Hey everyone! Trying my hand at a fluffy fic. White Rose OTP! Sorry if this concept has been done before. I think I remember seeing something like this before, but I'm honestly not sure. So if I am stealing someone's idea, please let me know and I'll take this down if the author or authors ask me to. Enjoy!
Thump!
Weiss gagged as Ruby let out a howling laugh, clapping her hands in glee as her plan went from idiotic to perfection.
"That was awesome!" Ruby chuckled with glee as her expertise paid off in full.
Assigned to recreate a natural disaster from Remnant's past on a smaller scale for professor Oobleck's history class, Weiss and Ruby quickly paired up. Well, more or less Weiss was forced to work with Ruby as Pyrrha had already convinced Jaune to team up. Blake was already with Yang off constructing some sort of contraption right as the assignment was assigned. And Nora was out of the question. All of this left Weiss with only one option remaining: the dunce.
She didn't hate her team leader, far from it. She just hated the fact that she was a complete idiot from time to time. Still, perhaps she would be of some sort of assistance this time around. Gods forbid Weiss would have to do the entire project over again the night before like last time after Ruby traded theirs to Nora for a new cookie recipe. While the cookies were good, the lack of sleep it caused wasn't. And Weiss cherished sleep immensely.
Weiss quickly flipped through the options on her syllabus handed out by Oobleck just a minute ago, shaking her head at several.
"What about an earthquake?" Ruby chirped up, pointing at one of the options on the list. Weiss rolled her eyes as she moved the list closer to herself and away from the bumbling idiot.
"Or maybe a snowstorm!" Ruby appeared on her right now, looking down at the hidden list of potential disasters, not realizing she was a disaster.
Weiss growled as she moved the list yet again, looking at the options herself with finesse. She needed something that would get her the best grade possible.
"What about an-"
"Ruby!" Weiss slammed her hand down on the desk, causing the red head to jump in shock. "I am trying to read the options!"
"I was just suggesting..." Ruby muttered as Weiss sighed, taking a deep breath. Perhaps she was being too difficult.
"I'm sorry." Weiss collected herself. "Fine, I'll let you pick our project."
"Ooh!" Ruby chirped up from her sudden mope, dashing away with the paper in hand, leaving Weiss flabbergasted back in her seat. The heiress waited a minute before standing up, ready to go get another copy from Oobleck. Just as she pushed in her chair, Ruby appeared out of nowhere with dozens of vials of Dust samples and a wad of paper mache. Weiss carefully sat back down as Ruby held a new paper in the air with a few words scribbled on in rapid handwriting.
"Weiss and Ruby's friendship volcano?" Weiss read aloud as Ruby giggled happily, content with herself on a job well done. "Are you serious? A volcano?"
"Come on! It will be fun! I did these all the time back in Signal! It will be perfect!" Ruby argued with a smile plastered on her face. Weiss took a deep breath and nodded her head. If Ruby had something to offer, who was she to turn down the girl from doing something productive for once.
"Alright, Ruby." Weiss gave a hopeful smile in return. "Volcano it is."
"Great!" Ruby chirped happily, grabbing Weiss's hand before jetting them off to their dorm room at lightning speed, Weiss nearly loosing her books as they went screaming down the halls.
The volcano took only an hour at most to construct. Weiss held it together at the foundation with a well placed Glyph, stabilizing the almost crumbling structure of Mount Zardo, the most active super-volcano in all of Remnant. Half the islands and continents were created by its initial eruption, Weiss was surprised Ruby knew so much about the subject.
"I love volcanos!" Ruby chirped as she placed another layer of newspaper down, spraying some paste over it. "My dad and I would make these all the time in our village. They were so much fun!"
"Well, I am glad you're enjoying yourself." Weiss admitted she was happy for the girl. Ruby really did know how shine when she felt like it, Weiss only wished she did it more often than not. Dunce Ruby was almost as annoying as a hyperactive Beowolf.
"How are we supposed to mix the Dust together?" Weiss asked as she looked at the pamphlet Oobleck gave them on Dust they were allowed to use on their project to ensure a fair grade for everyone participating. "Half of these aren't even Schnee brand!"
"Oh don't worry! I'm a generous!" Ruby shrieked in glee.
Weiss felt her eye twitch. "You mean genius?"
"That too!" Ruby gave a sly smile only a mother could love, Weiss taking another deep breath out of many. "I'll just need a few specs of this..."
Ruby spoke to herself as she worked, sprinkling some earth-based Dust into a plastic container while Weiss filled the volcano with water and foam. She prayed this would work and not burn down the dorm like the last project Ruby headed. Apparently she didn't realize at the time that carpet wasn't flame-retardant, much to the shock of Weiss and the humor of Yang and Blake.
Weiss hardly paid attention to what Ruby was doing, hearing her break something glass made her cringe slightly at what she had planned before the younger girl popped out of nowhere, pouring the concoction into the volcano's core.
Bubbling began as a low gurgling sound echoed from inside the miniature volcano, Weiss gulping as she looked to her leader.
"What did you put in here again?" Weiss asked slowly as the volcano began to shake violently. The heiress took a step back as Ruby put her face right up to it, looking down at the churning water below.
"Oh just some assorted Dust! The typical things." Ruby said happily. Weiss could have sworn she heard some hesitation in her tone but shrugged it off. If she was the professional she claimed to be, who was she to doubt.
The room exploded into a cloud of dark ash and bright colors as the volcano erupted, spewing a hole through the ceiling above them the size of Zwei. The "magma" was jettisoned hundreds of feet into the air before falling straight down, landing within the model volcano with a boiling splash.
Weiss gagged as Ruby let out a howling laugh, clapping her hands in glee as her plan went from idiotic to perfection.
"That was awesome!" Ruby chuckled with glee as her expertise paid off in full. Weiss rubbing her eyes furiously as she tried to see clearly, Ruby somehow having no such issue.
"I can't tell if that worked or if it failed." Weiss rubbed her eyes, looking up at the hole in the ceiling as her vision cleared. She smelt something burning around her, not sure if it was from the volcano.
"Erm, Weiss?" Ruby coughed as she pulled off her cloak. "Don't panic."
"What do you mean don't pan-" Weiss was cut off as Ruby tackled her to the floor.
"Stop, drop, and roll!" Ruby screamed as Weiss's ponytail was on fire, rolling around with the heiress as she flailed within the confines of the red cape, getting free after a minute of struggling once Ruby deemed it safe.
A patch of Weiss's ponytail, down at the base, was missing completely, dark fibers indicating burn loss as Weiss felt the length of her hair.
Weiss screamed.
"Oh come on, Weiss!" Ruby reasoned as Weiss refused to speak to Ruby after what had happened, arms crossed on her bunk. "I'm really sorry!"
"Humph." Weiss sounded as Blake and Yang stood nearby, Yang snickering as Blake set their whirlpool experiment down carefully. "Someone tell Ruby I am refusing to speak to her until further notice."
"Don't be so dramatic!" Yang chuckled as she flashed a cocky grin towards the white haired girl. "At least now you don't need to get a haircut anytime soon!"
Weiss took a deep breath through her nose.
"Weiss? You all right?" Blake asked with a tilt of her head.
"Screaming internally, hang on a second." Weiss explained as Yang laughed.
"Oh it could be worse!" Ruby reasoned, pouting as Weiss refused to reply, climbing up to her top bunk with attitude. "I'm sorry!"
"Humph." Weiss sounded once more as she too climbed into her bed, covering up with blankets as Blake and Yang walked off to go visit team JNPR in their dorm.
Weiss shut her eyes and sighed, reminding herself to remember to keep quiet with Ruby for at least one more day.
Weiss awoke the next morning feeling completely refreshed, stretching as she got a fantastic nights rest. The weekend was finally here, much to her joy as she had so much shopping planned for her finals coming up soon. The heiress stood up slowly as she yawned loudly, almost drowning out all sound in the room.
Wait, what?
Weiss blinked as she realized her mouth didn't move, raising a brow as she looked around for the source. Yang and Blake were both missing, and Ruby looked to still be sleeping in her bed. Weiss scratched her head as she shook her mind free from the thoughts, walking towards the bathroom.
Yawn!
There it was again, followed by the clapping of gums as Weiss scanned the room around her for the source, even going so far as to look above her. It sounded so close, as if it was right at her ear.
"Hello?" Weiss asked around the room as she plucked up a pair of scissors from the project the night before, looking around carefully. Where was this coming from?
"Weiss! Go back to bed!" Ruby's voice echoed around her as she looked up to the girl's top bunk, seeing she was still fast asleep in her bed. "It's the weekend! Wake me up later..."
Weiss blinked as she realized Ruby's mouth wasn't moving, feeling her eye twitch as she covered her ears with her hands.
"Ruby?" Weiss asked again, her own voice sounding distant thanks to her hands acting as ear muffs.
"What?" Ruby asked in clear quality, Weiss's eyes going wide as she confirmed her fears, still not willing to believe what was happening.
Ruby's voice was inside her head.
