Personal Files, Subject: Spectre
Audio Log 157
'The break begins'
Spectre here. It's been five days since I recorded my last entry and left the Crossed Swords. Before I left though, the boss called everyone to a meeting in the main room to pay our respects to Shadow – he even closed the bar early too.
I placed her things on a desk in the centre of the room – her helmet, her bow, her gauntlet…
"Would anyone like to say a few words before we continue?" the boss asked.
Sickle replied by heading into the bar. A minute later he returned with a tray of drinks:
"I propose a toast," he said lifting one of the glasses, "To the heart and soul of the team."
The boss was next.
"To a damn fine employee."
That brought a few smiles to the other's faces, but sadly not mine. Neo simply raised a glass without a word, she never did talk and I wouldn't expect her to now. Then came Lyone who said:
"To the troubled soul, now at peace."
The others seemed confused by that comment. I thought it made a lot of sense personally; she always did talk to me about her 'gift' - she had her semblance of course, the ability to blend with the shadows around her, but there was something else. Sometimes she'd go quiet or even flinch back. When I asked her about it, she would tell me that she could see random flashbacks, and sometimes they weren't even hers either - or at least they were ones that she didn't recognise…
I know it sounds strange, but we thought that she could have had not one, but two semblances. I'm not sure if that's even possible, but I intend to find out. That was a part of our plan. Two years back we decided that we should become ordinary kids and go to combat school. With any luck we could find out about Shadows powers too. We graduated within two months of attending the place; the headmaster claimed that we were the best fighters of our age he had ever seen. He passed us on to Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy, where the best hunters and huntresses studied to defeat the Grimm Creatures. After a one to one interview he accepted us both into Beacon, and we would attend once we were the right age. But I digress…
It was my now my turn to speak and I simply replied:
"To the best sister I could ever hope for."
To that we drank. From that moment on I swore I would play my part to end the darkness. That I would graduate from Beacon and bring the fight to those monsters. I might even return to Grimm's Respite one day. Finish what we started.
We stood for a minute, in silence, remembering her, as I always will do - as I will never forget. Before I noticed, I'd been there for a long time. Everyone else had returned to their business, all but Neo. She stood looking at me with that same face from earlier at the bar. When she approached I didn't stop her this time. She wrapped her arms around me and eventually I did the same in return.
"Thanks…" I said.
She gave a sad smile in response. Whenever I needed to let something out, for someone to listen, Neo would probably end up being that someone. That was something I could depend on her for, and the cover of her umbrella.
After that I was more or less packed and ready to leave. Shadow had left all of her belongings and wages to me, so I've got enough money to sustain myself for a few years. So after saying my goodbyes, I set out into Vale City not knowing what to do next. Of course I had the White Castle Concert to go to, but there was more than enough of time to fill between then.
Now, five days later, the night of the concert is drawing closer by the hour and I'd better get ready. On that note, this is Spectre signing off.
End recording.