Author's note:
So after a bit of waiting and a hiatus here's the next chapter. Now from the title it could mean many things, I'll let you decide what it means.
This chapter also has several hints that something big is happening to Allen, what that is I'll let you decide.
Now without further delays here's the next chapter.
- Lor
Chapter 6: Forging a New
I woke up well rested, thankfully I rested early last night so I wasn't at mercy to Ruby's whistle. I got up and yawned putting my chest forward, stretching my back. I flipped the blankets over on the couch and got my uniform for today's classes from my drawer in the right hand corner. Today we had Weapons Class, Combat Training, and History. Unfortunately we had Combat Training for two whole periods.
Blake had heard me scuffling around and got up, she yawned but what came out was a weird un-human like yawn, it was more like a meow sound. This caused me to raise an eyebrow as I heard the sound. I turned from where I was standing and saw Blake stretching her arms, her eyes caught onto mine as I looked at her curiously, I placed my uniform on the drawer and continued to look. She could tell that I saw her yawn, she got off the top of her bed quietly, ushering me out of the room. "Please come outside Allen," Blake said looking worried.
We stepped outside into the quiet hallway, it was still early in the morning to nobody was up and about thankfully. "You won't tell anyone right?" She asked.
"Oh, about that? No, I already knew, I could taste another Faunus in the room," I said.
"How?" She questioned curiously.
"I'm one too," I replied. "I'll just keep this between Faunus." I said smiling. She paused studying me for a second.
"Okay," She stated.
"Cool," I replied thankfully. Well, I at least got one person to know. It'll be easier when I break the truth. I slid down against the wall and sat down. "Want to talk? You know it's still really early."
Blake looked at me before replying, "Sure." She replied joining me on the ground. "So what do you want to talk about?" She asked.
"Nothing too important, so, between Faunus, what kind are you?" I asked.
"Well," She began pausing for a bit. "I'm a Cat Faunus, how about you?"
"Well, see for yourself," I said pulling up my sleeve. Underneath were green scales along my arms going up to my chest. "I'm a snake Faunus."
"So that's what you meant when you said could taste," Blake realized.
"Yup, apparently we have very sensitive tongues. Though I'm only half Faunus so I couldn't figure out what you actually were. My Dad was a Human while my Mom was a Faunus," I said.
"Right, then you guys must have seen the discrimination that Faunus are subjected to," Blake stated.
" Oh I've had that, but, my Mom once said that what other people think about you won't affect you, it's what you think about their thoughts that does the damage," I replied.
"Sounds like your mom was smart," Blake said understanding my statement.
"Yeah she was, too bad that they aren't around much, they're usually busy with work," I reminisced. "So, how about you, what's your story?"
"I'd rather not," Blake said.
"Fine, that's your call. But know this, the truth will come out eventually, what the damage is depends on the time," I said pointing upwards.
Blake laughed and after a brief moment I too joined in the laughter. "Well, I'm off to get changed, see you later Blake." I said getting up and grabbing my uniform from inside.
I went to get changed and I saw Blake sigh thankfully. I left the hallway and turned into the washrooms, I got changed into my maroon and black school uniform. Arriving back at our room I knocked on the door before entering. Ruby was awake and had already changed, "Morning Al!" She exclaimed.
"Morning Ruby, did you have a good night's rest?" I asked.
"Absolutely," She said smiling.
This made me smile a bit at her adorableness. Yang had already woken up and looked at me pulling a smirk. She didn't say anything but I could tell what was going on in her mind, Lov-ers! She seemed to be thinking. Weiss was finally awoken as Ruby had just awoken up, there was a small brisk of wind from outside and it smelled like morning dew.
"Morning Allie!" Yang said finally.
"Allie?" Ruby questioned.
"What? You have your nicknames I have mine," Yang replied.
"But Allie?" I asked disappointed at the name. Al, I can get but Allie? It sounds like a girl.
Ruby made a small laugh which caused me to smirk. Yang then noticed me smirk and pulled smirked as well. "Well, I'll leave you girls to change, see you guys at breakfast," I said exiting the room for a bit.
Jeez, 6 in the morning, Ruby's running a tight ship. I decided to get breakfast so I went downstairs; Velvet was again sitting alone so I decided to join her. "Have a good first day?" I greeted setting down a bowl of cereal.
Velvet then notices me, "Oh hi Allen." She's dressed in the beacon uniform with a maroon jacket, white blouse and a dark skirt. "It's been okay."
"Okay? What's not to like?" I asked before immediately hearing loud stomping sounds.
Velvet trembled as she looked at the guys coming in; it was team CRDL lead by the jerk bag Cardin Winchester. "T-That." She stuttered.
Cardin eyed us and made his way over and pulled Velvet off of the bench as the guys began to pull at her ears. They all laughed evilly as they did it, exclaiming insulting words like freak and monster. I then turned my head slightly to the left. "The lady was just eating her meal." I stated.
"Heh, lady?" Cardin said. "More like freak." He continued.
"Good grief, how many times do I have to beat your butts, before you take a hint," I said wiping my mouth of the milk.
Cardin then noticed me and began to get ticked off. "You, I've got a bone to pick with you."
"As do I, now leave the lady alone before I have to beat your arse again," I said.
Cardin pushed Velvet into me and I got her in my arms. "You okay?"
"Y-yes," She stammered shaken.
I set her behind me readying my hands for a fight. Cardin and his flunkies surrounded me. "Want to do this again?" I asked sarcastically.
"Of course," Cardin said cracking his knuckles.
The two guys charged to me from the left and the right. The right one attempted to pull a punch but I ducked and knocked punched the other guy in the gut hurting him. He fell on the table as I hit him; I then grabbed the other guys arm and flung him on top of his buddy. Cardin then attempted a right hook but I pushed his arm outwards deflecting the blow. I then did a right straight into his chest. He fell over onto the ground on his arse. The blow going straight to his stomach causing for him to gag. I then looked at the last guy and he was scared, yet again. "Run, run, run!"
The first guy I hit got up after him and he ran, "Everyman for themselves!"
Cardin got back up and looked behind for support, the second guy had disappeared, "Not so tough without backup, huh?" I taunted.
"You'll pay for this one day!" He scowled running.
"You know, about Cardin, my mom once said this Velvet, what other people think about you won't affect you, it's what you think about their thoughts that does the damage," I said facing her.
"What does that mean?" She asked, curious.
"It means that you shouldn't be afraid of what other people think, and that they're just meaningless words. The fear is created by what you think of others," I said. "Just, don't care about what they say is what I'm trying to say, cause the minute you care, fear is born."
"Oh, thanks then," She said smiling a bit.
"C'mon, let's go finish our breakfast," I said.
"S-sure," Velvet responded nervous.
We finished our breakfast in peace and I said goodbye to Velvet, she waved me goodbye as her other teammates woke up. They joined her in conversation as I left, returning to our dorm. On the way I felt a weird feeling in my hands, they seemed to sweat more than usual, after a while though it returned to normal so I dismissed it.
I returned and saw that everyone was in uniform and the beds were neatly made. Hmm, it's very clean. "Hey there Allie!" Yang said.
"Hi Yang," I replied.
"Hey Allen," Blake said putting a book away on her shelf up top.
"Hi Blake," I replied.
I bowed slightly towards the heiress, "Heiress," I said jokingly. Ruby laughed a bit as she was fixing her cape on her bed.
"Oh that's cute," Yang said.
"Shut it," Weiss said slightly blushing.
"Does the heiress have a pining?" Yang teased.
"No!" She exclaimed.
Everyone but Weiss laughed, Ruby however was laughing quite weirdly. I didn't think about it much and proceeded with talking about today. "So, we have combat class for two whole periods, man today's going to be tough," I said.
"Nah, today's going to be great!" Yang said. "I can finally fight the guy who beat my sis!"
"He didn't beat me, I was just unprepared," Ruby said in protest.
"C'mon then, class is in ten and we still need to get changed," I said grabbing my backpack.
Everyone got their things and began to leave the room, I left first and Ruby went beside me. "So about Yang …" She began to say.
"Oh about her? Seems like your typical sister to me," I said brushing it off.
"Really? You don't find her weird?" she asked.
"Nope, well, besides the teasing about me and you, not that I really mind," I said muttering the last words.
"Oh okay, that's good," She replied not noticing the last few words
"So what's on your mind?" I asked.
"Oh nothing," Ruby said attempting to brush it off.
"I can tell when somebody is lying," I said.
"Okay, you caught me," Ruby was slightly blushing. "Well, I'm thinking about this one person."
"Is that person special to you?" I asked.
"Yeah he is," Ruby answered.
"Okay that's cool," I replied not trying to delve in deeper.
We had made it to the courtyard and were walking across the school.
"Well we're here, let's get changed." I said.
"Oh right," Ruby said.
Thankfully the training room was right next to the change room so we didn't have to travel far. I went to my locker and put my personal code in, 0398. My watch was already on my hand when I left the dorm; I never take it off my hand except for when I take a shower. I checked my revolver to make sure it was loaded; I didn't like to keep it on me so I tended to have it teleported to my waist. I also made sure that my suit was in good condition; looking at one of the pieces of metal I noticed that there was a slight crack in it. I examined it; I breathed a sigh of relief as it was only a minor scratch. It was close to piercing the armour and touching the inner workings, if it did I would have to spend hours repairing the system.
I changed into a black dress shirt, white blazer and white dress pants combination. I put a white and black fedora on and found the others. They were on the other side of the room as they had to change as well. I met them on the other side; they all changed into their uniform. Ruby was in her black and red blouse dress hybrid. Yang was in her brown jacket and brown high boots, she showed a lot more skin than anyone else and I took notice of it. Blake was in her usual black outfit, she wore a black and white top with black stockings. Weiss was in her white dress and white jacket covering a black shirt underneath.
"Hey guys," I said.
"Okay, now that everyone's here let's go!" Ruby exclaimed leading the way.
I smiled and Yang again took notice, no doubt thinking of ways to tease me again. We came into Combat training class and Professor Goodwitch was standing in the center of a large circular arena. The room was semi-circular; along the front of the arena were rows of benches meant for the students. We all came in and I saw as well that team JNPR was in our class along with team CRDL.
Cardin was already seated and took notice of me; he smirked, probably thinking about how he was going to wreck me in a fight. I saw that Jaune and his team were walking in and he seemed nervous. The rest of team RRWBY and me walked in, Professor Goodwitch addressed us, "Please take a seat on the benches." She said pointing at the benches with her wand.
We took our seats promptly and the Professor addressed us. "Good morning class and welcome to Combat 101, my name is Professor Goodwitch and I will be your teacher for the rest of this year," She stated. "Now many of you have passed the initiation and I have seen your combat skills, let me assure you that this course will not only be about your physical capability but also your mental capability. A Hunter is only as strong as his will and mind." She continued. "Now I would like to begin this class with a demonstration, would Allen Rho please step up onto the stage."
I got off of the bench and I walked up onto the stage, there was a small set of stairs on the left of the circular platform. "Allen will be my demonstration as to how a person's will is the strongest weapon," She stated. "Allen Rho, your opponent for today is going to be me."
"Really miss? Are you sure?" I asked.
"Positive," She said readying her wand.
"Fine, but I won't go easy," I said readying myself.
"Very well, the fight begins now," She said creating a bolt of lightning and firing it off to me.
I dodged to the left and slammed my hand on my watch, Glynda launched a fireball straight my way but the white cylinder I was encased in protected me from the blast. My armour quickly formed around me and I raised my hands readying myself to fight. "Very good, you're a quick learner," She said.
"I learn from the best," I replied activating my jets.
I floated above the ground waiting for my opportunity to strike. Glynda waved her wand creating a storm above us, she directed a blast of lightning in my direction and I dodged it. I then activated the jets and flung myself towards her, anticipating this she sends a cold blue bolt in my direction. The bolt is had a cone like shape and would have pierced me if I hadn't changed into my fire form to melt the bolt, I proceeded the charge, slamming into her.
Glynda retaliated by slamming her wand onto my back, the pain was exerted on my shields powered by my aura. She immediately followed up by creating an energy spike hovering above me; she sent the spike down onto my back as we were flying. Since my aura was already weakened the spike immediately went through, breaking it and piercing my armour. The pain seared through my back as it broke through the electrical circuits in the armour. I let go of Professor Goodwitch and dropped her on the ground. Professor Goodwitch landed on her feet while I crashed into the ground. In the spot where the bolt pierced my armour liquid dust poured out oozing from the puncture as the bolt disappeared. Electricity was on the frizz in the back as the circuits were incomplete causing for high charges of electricity to seep through.
Professor Goodwitch was beginning to address the class again but I stood up crouched over with my hands near the ground. She took notice and readied up several purple bolts to fire at me. I grew determined to finish the fight and win so I began to boot up the finisher for my ice form. "Freeze …" My watch said. Changing took its toll on me as the circuits barely made a connection after being severed. I held both my hands at my sides with the palm faced upwards. I lifted my hands creating freezing ice pillars surrounding Professor Goodwitch, the pain flared, but I continued, determined to win. I eventually trapped her between the pillars, I was about to finish the battle when she spoke to me.
"That is enough Mr. Rho," She said, motioning for me to stop the ice from crushing her. I stopped it, causing for it to disappear back into vapour. I disengaged the suit leaving it in place. I found that I was in pain; the usage of a damaged suit drained most of my aura. The electrical circuits were so damaged that I would have to replace all of the circuits in the back along with the tubing for the dust. But, the Professor still continued, "That was a very good example of how a person's will overcame physical pain and came out on top," She said praising me.
"Thanks," I manage to say.
"She doesn't look that tough," I heard Yang whisper to the team.
"Thanks for going easy on me," I continued.
The Professor was surprised that I took notice of it, she could have easily crushed me but held back to show her point. "Hmm, excellent observation Mr. Rho, yes that was true, I was going easy on him."
I heard Yang snicker and Professor Goodwitch took notice. "Miss Xiao Long, do you have anything to say about this?" She asked.
"Yeah, I could beat him with my hands tied around my back," She boasted.
"Hmm, care to back up your words?" I asked politely.
"Gladly," Yang replied.
"Professor?" I said.
Professor Goodwitch thought for a moment, she obviously knew that I was tired and drained from the fight, but she let the duel go on, "Very well, the next match will be Miss Yang Xiao Long versus Mr. Allen Rho by request," She stated.
Glynda stepped off the stage on my side and attempted to warn me, "You're aura was down in the last fight and your armour is dysfunctional, be careful."
I nodded and began to get ready for the fight; Yang was a physical close range fighter so if I could stay out of her range then I should be able to avoid most of the damage. Glynda issued for the fight to begin and I ran backwards, flipping myself to face the front of the helmet I engaged for it to transform. She suit enveloped on me but as soon as the recitals formed Yang was already in my face going to punch my gut. Thankfully the suit had ballistic protection so I was rather well protected from the blow. However, it did knock me back to the edge of the arena and onto my back. I flipped up but Yang was already in range again, she's fast! I decided to change into wind state as I needed to get away.
"Tempest …" My watch said, as my armour glowed green. Hopping back I circled my hands, creating a whirlwind and sending it towards Yang, trapping her and spinning her out of control. I needed this time to get away so I ran away from Yang but kept an eye on her through my peripheral vision. She broke out of the whirl wind and smiled, "This is so much fun!" She said jumping up towards me. I anticipated a ground slam so I activated the broken jets and used my wind powers to keep me a float off of the ground and away from Yang. She stopped in midair and punched forward sending her towards me connecting her fist into my chest. She then followed up with a knock down and I went crashing into the ground.
The electrical circuits were now so broken that there was electricity enveloping the entire armour and disrupting the HUD the electric circuits are haywire! I need to finish this but god, she's too strong and fast, I thought. On the ground I tapped my watch, which was surprisingly still intact, activating the Earth element I glowed a brown colour. "EARTH, QUAKE!" My watch said as I changed. This was the strongest form that I had as I used the Earth's sheer force to amplify my physical capability. Yang was about to slam her fist into my back when I rolled to the left and kicked my feet up to get myself back up. She noticed that I had changed and smirked, "Finally! A real challenge." She said jumping for me with her right fist.
I pushed her right fist off and took a step back, I then dashed forward with my fist aimed for her gut. She grabbed it with her left hand as her right was coming back. I heard a click and a shotgun blast hit me in the helmet, thankfully, I activated my aura again before she did that. The shield took the hit and I dropped down for a sweep kick. Yang was caught off guard and fell to the ground. I then quickly came onto her and created a giant ball of rock in my right hand, I was about to punch her in the gut and end the fight but Glynda blew a whistle. I looked up and she held up her hand to stop the fight. I sighed and went back to a standing position. Yang looked at me in awe, "Wow, you're awesome."
"Thanks, but you were too," I complimented. "You were way too fast and strong for any of the other elements to affect you."
"But you won," She replied.
"It was a good f-," I said almost falling to the ground.
"Hey Allie, are you alright?" She asked.
"Yeah, just really tired," I said getting up. "See? I'm fine. I just need to sit down," I continued as I began to walk off the stage, upon getting off the stage I began to collapse again. This time a cut like pain came from my back and I almost fell to the floor. However, I found that a hand had caught me and I looked up and saw the face of our leader, Ruby smiling. "You okay?"
"Yeah, thanks." I said smiling.
Yang looked at us affectionately as Ruby helped me back onto the bench. She helped me sit next to her and I attempt to not think about the searing cut on my back. I felt what seemed like blood gushing out so I attempted to clutch onto my back. I took my hand off when the bleeding seemed to slow down and looked at it, my entire hand was covered in blood and my face became horrified. Ruby noticed this and shook my shoulder.
"Al? Al?" She asked in a blurred tone.
My vision began to blur as I stared at my hand. Ruby then turned my head so that I looked at her. Almost instantaneously my vision cleared up as I returned to reality, the feeling of blood was replaced with a numb ache, and my hands were actually dry.
"Is something wrong?" She asked puzzled.
"Nothing," I said shrugging it off.
"Okay," She replied.
"Very well class, my aim by the end of today is to gauge your strengths through combat today with your fellow peers. Now may Miss Rose and Miss Belladonna please come up to the arena," Professor Glynda said addressing the class.
The rest of the class was all one on one fighting with various matchups so that everyone's strengths were measured. The class was finished and Professor Goodwitch dismissed us to change. We changed and I met the girls outside. "Onwards! To Smithing!" Ruby exclaimed marching forward.
I laughed in my head but kept it to myself. We arrived at the Weapons class and were greeted by our Professor, working at a table on a project. He was rather grizzly and had a clean shaven beard. He also had a pair of goggles on, a worn out shirt and an apron. He was covered in soot and was holding a torch which was fusing two pieces of metal together.
The room was expansive with massive work tables assigned for each team. There was a large metal cabinet near the door and several boxes of metal and materials lining the shelves on the right wall. There were also several hooks on the far wall with aprons and a set of goggles on them. There were also rows of tools next to that. On the left wall was a large chalk board with many scribbled instructions written out.
"Oh, hello class, I am Professor Befur and I will be your weapons class teacher for today," He said turning around. He lifted his goggles from his soot covered face and wiped it with his apron. "Now, would everybody please take an apron, a pair of gloves and a pair of goggles and take a seat with your team."
We took a seat and everyone took out their weapons on the massive table. Yang undid Ember Cecilia, Ruby took out Crescent Rose, Blake took out Gambol Shroud and Weiss unsheathed Myrtenaster. I took out the several parts of my broken armour, I teleported my revolver in and Ruby, who was next to me looked at me in awe.
"That's, so, cool! Could you teach me how to do that?" She asked looking at me expectantly.
"Sorry, but this system is one of a kind, sorry," I said.
"Oh, okay," Ruby replied slightly bummed out.
I sighed, "I can show you my armour though."
"Really? That, would be awesome!" She said smiling.
I heard Weiss shush Ruby as the Professor began to speak. "Now I'm really in the middle of a project so I trust that all of you students will behave for today. I also trust that you won't kill each other with the tools in this room. Cause if I see any misuse," He said pausing. "Your head will be next," He continued, his voice sounding evil.
Everybody gulped for and for a moment the entire room was quiet. "Now, please take this period to repair your weapons and armour if you need to. There are various sheets of metal and materials at the back. For electrical materials you will have to speak to me."
I took a look at my armour, sure, there were scratches in it but I didn't want to waste my time with that. Ruby was looking at me expectantly as I engaged the armour into its individual parts. I took a look at the chest plate and found a hole straight through the back almost touching the ballistic protection foam.
"Hmm, looks like you need new circuits, wires, tubes and metal," She observed. "So, how does it work?"
"You see the tubes here?" I asked pulling at the broken tube. "They flow throughout the entire suit like a house has piping. I can tap into them with my fingers here." I said disassembling the gauntlets to show that the tubes end with the liquid reaching its most narrowest tubing at my fingers. "Now that allows me to amplify my power according to the type of dust I use."
"Okay, so it's like how Weiss uses dust in her Myrtenaster ," Ruby said beginning to understand.
"Yes, it's quite similar to that. The only difference is that I don't use Glyphs, I still do however feel the dust coursing through the system."
"Wait, how do you change the dust?"
"Here," I said pointing directly to a broken up and crushed part. "That acts as the transporter changing the dust and allowing it to circulate."
"I see, so how do you power this thing?" She questioned.
"By aura," I replied.
"But wouldn't that not work since the armour would interfere with the suit," Ruby continued.
I disassembled the chest plate and pulled the reactor from the chest slightly leaving the wires attached. "Here, activate your aura as you hold this."
She took the part and held it in her hands, activating her aura. It glowed and a small whirring sound was heard. "Wow, cool." Ruby said amazed.
"Now, I need to replace the transporter, sorry," I apologized. "But, if you want to help I could use the extra help."
"That sounds great!"
We got to work and I began work on the receiver for the waves that the Dust would be travelling on, Ruby one the other hand was working on the repairs for the tubing and infrastructure. Her metal work was amazing and as the finished it she began to reconnect the tubes together.
"Wow, you're amazing at this," I said amazed.
"Thanks, I'm, kind of a nerd for this stuff," Ruby replied embarrassed.
"Well, it's great to get to know someone that shows interest in this as me." I replied dipping the newly welded piece into a cold basin of water. I went for my bag and took out a new bottle of water along with two paper cups. I noticed Ruby was sweating as she was doing delicate work for the suit. I poured a cup of water for her and me from the bottle and gave it to her. "Water?" I asked.
"Thanks," Ruby said taking a large gulping of water.
I finished the receiver and the circuit board, Ruby on the other hand had finished repairing the metal and infrastructure. I put the two pieces together and I was ready to put the piece back in place. After screwing it in, joining the wires, and attaching the last exterior piece the armour was complete. "Wanna test if it works?" I asked Ruby.
"Oh my god, yes!" Ruby said giddy.
"Alright," I replied touching my watch to disassemble the chest plate and helmet. "Alright turn around, I'm going to put on the chest plate and tell me if it feels tight."
"Okay," Ruby said ready.
I placed the folded up chest plate on her back allowing for it to grip onto her shoulders. I touched my watch for recalibration so that it would fit around Ruby. The suit released some kind of compressed gas as it recalibrated onto Ruby's small body. I commanded the chest plate to engage and Ruby's chest was now covered in the armour.
"Wow," Ruby said amazed at how the chest plate was on her, also, at how it recalibrated itself.
"Now, want to see something cool?" I asked.
"Sure," Ruby replied.
I put the compressed helmet at the back of her head. "Okay, same deal."
"Right," Ruby answered.
I again calibrated the helmet and engaged it, causing for it to wrap around Ruby's head and neck with the armour. She felt her face with her hands and exclaimed in awe, "This is so cool!"
"That's not even the best part, activate your aura," I said.
She did so and the suit came to life, with the reticles and everything. From the inside what should be happening was that the HUD would shine into Ruby's face displaying information, but most importantly showing the environment around her.
"THISISSOCOOL OHMYGERD!" Ruby exclaimed.
This caused for Yang to look up from examining her gauntlets, "Ruby, what are you doing?"
"Hey Yang! Check me out! This is so cool!" Ruby said swatting her hands around.
"I let her try the armour on," I merely stated to Yang.
To this Yang face palmed, "She's the biggest little addict to weaponry ever and you let her try that, on?"
"Yeah, it seemed like a good idea. I wanted to test if it would work on others and surprisingly it does," I stated. "Interesting, the suit seems to be glowing a crimson blackish colour where the white parts should be. Intriguing," I stated.
"THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER!" I heard Ruby exclaim as she began to run and show Weiss and Blake. This caused them to be startled at how my armour fit onto her causing for them to give me glares.
"Ruby, could you please sit down," I tried to say.
"Okay!" She said tilting her head to the left, I think she was smiling under the suit in glee but I couldn't tell for sure.
She came back and I undid the armour, disengaging it and collapsing it. Ruby was still shaking in giddy from having the piece of tech on her. I folded them back into easily storable pieces and stuffed them into my backpack. At this time Professor Befur dismissed us and we were cleaning up.
As I was putting away the tools I turned to look at Ruby, "Next time we try the whole armour."
"Oh my god yes!" Ruby said excitedly before we left for the rest of our classes.
