Minato was sitting on a chair just outside a poorly lit room, where that huntress Glynda Goodwitch took Ruby.
From the first impression, he gotten from the older blonde woman, she seem to be a strict stickler to the rules like those student council presidents from manga and anime. He hoped she wouldn't lecture Ruby too much, but it seems… unlikely based on what little he knew about his personality.
She and himself stopped a robbery of dust, which not only saved the old man's potential monthly income and stopped such a dangerous substance to be sold to less reputable groups.
The fool is currently listening to burn my dread and slightly caressing the etched silvery steel barrel of the Evoker causing the plume of dusk to glow a light cyan blue.
His personas were becoming more and more restless with each passing day and waiting to be released on to the corporeal plane.
It was rather understandable since being locked into the sea of his soul could cause a lot of frustrations.
He was particularly sympathetic towards the newer personas he fused and acquired, normally they could experience the freedom of movement for a brief moment after being fused by Igor in the velvet room.
Personas like Nyarlalethotep the Crawling Chaos also known as the heart and soul of the Outer gods and Loki the trickster god of Norse mythology that simply wish to cause harm to mortals have been causing most of the commotion and to be honest, Minato was actually somewhat afraid of using the former. Strong personas can affect the personality of the user, Elizabeth lost control of her very body when using Zeus.
Normal persona users, (Non-wildcards and Velvet room denizens) if such a thing can exist with only a singular persona have no chance of that happening since they can only be as strong as the host in question and the fact that the compatibility of personality would be akin of being influenced by yourself.
The messiah was broken out of his thoughts when the tiny red flower named Grimm reaper practically skipped out of the room with an ear to ear smile. It was actually kind of cute to witness as you only typically see that type of smiles in small children or anime characters.
"Sorry for the wait up mister Arisato, the head master shall now speak with you." Glynda said after finally looking up from her tablet that always seems to be in her arms.
Minato took off his headphones and rested them on the base of his neck and chest. Getting up from his bench, the fool walked into the room that was lit with some lightbulbs giving the impression of an interrogation room.
Slowly he casually strolled to the poorly lit room where the headmaster was seated and trying to avoid making any echoing clacking sounds with his boots.
Ozpin took a sip from his seemingly never ending coffee cup and said. "Please take a seat." And gestured to the singular seat. Minato glanced at the chair and the table with a metal tray and cookie crumbs.
Whoever ate here was a messy eater but the fool decided to sit down anyway. The blue haired teen shifted somewhat uncomfortably upon contact with the still warm seat but managed to quickly get over it.
The headmaster placed the white coffee mug on the table with a barely audible clunk sound, and laced his fingers together resting them below above his chin. "Greetings, Minato Arisato as you probably already know I am Professor Ozpin the headmaster of Beacon Academy."
"…Hi." Minato replied. The fool felt rather wary of the older man, perhaps he was being rather paranoid but he felt like he was talking to the spiritual successor of Ikutsuki Shuji, the former chairman of SEES.
When he looked in to his eyes directly it felt like Ozpin stared into his soul completely bypassing any mental defenses he had built up before some of his stronger personas shielded the more important and personal thoughts. "I'm quite sure we kept you long enough so I'll keep this brief."
Minato simply nodded to answer him.
"You see Mister Arisato, until two years ago, there's no sign of you existing in the four kingdoms or any information on how you entered into Vale." Ozpin stated while leaning forward slightly
It wasn't exactly uncommon for people to not exist within the four-kingdom's database as there are literally hundreds of villages outside the four protected cities but usually one rides on a bullhead airplane or a ship to enter a city.
Without these forms of transportation, the traveler would be in the mercy to the millions of Grimm during the long months of travel. It was practically a death sentence and would be tantamount to suicide with a very rare chance of making through even with a full team of huntsman.
"You could say I was born beyond the outer gates Professor Ozpin." Minato eventually replied tightening his grip on the Evoker inside his jacket pocket.
It wasn't like he could simply say he's from another planet, world, and universe without getting put in a strait jacket. As of right now Hakaishi Fukkatsu, the existence that absurdly similar to death is the only entity that knows that little tidbit of information and for now he intends to keep it that way.
Ozpin simply chuckled and changed the subject, realizing he won't get an answer from the blue haired fool.
"Then, perhaps you could answer another question of ours."
Minato simply nodded once more for confirmation.
"Your …power is rather unique and has quite a bit of variability in its usage." Ozpin stated while staring into his eyes again.
If the headmaster was trying to create an ominous atmosphere than he was certainly succeeding along with the side effect of being rather creepy.
"Normally semblance follows a singular pattern that reflects the wielder, and even the Schnee family while their semblance inherited through bloodlines also follows that rule despite containing many abilities based on the glyphs and dust used."
"Aura is a manifestation of the soul and semblance is an extension of that." Minato calmly replied.
Glynda Goodwitch and Ozpin simply raised one of their eyebrows at the rehash of what should be common distributed information but that statement also got their interest piqued.
"It is as you say, Semblance usually contains a singular ability, in an analogy, aura can be considered the gas fuel and while the semblance itself is a generator or engine." The fool lazily replied while lightly stretching to give the appearance of an aloof individual.
Whether it worked or not is a different question, Ozpin and Glynda Goodwitch deal with an individual known as Qrow Branwen on an almost regular basis.
"However, in my case, it would be more along the lines of a computer with a whole bunch of programs and applications with the aura being processing power."
"That is certainly a rather unique ability you hold Minato Arisato." The blonde woman finally replied.
"It is not as good as I make it appear to sound, take Ruby Rose's speed semblance for example, she could technically continue to use it indefinitely as long as she doesn't run out of aura and concentration."
"My speed enhancing portion of my semblance has a cooldown time of one and a half times the amount I used it for along with all the other drawbacks of the speed abilities has to offer." Minato stated leaning back and removing his hands from his jacket pocket.
It was getting rather warm and the fool would rather not sweat if he could prevent it from happening. He was also being rather verbose about his abilities but it also gave the illusion of being rather forefront, he'd rather spend an hour talking about the powers he acquired that is native to this world than explain a similar but ultimately alien power.
It wasn't like he was exactly lying either, his semblance was a cheap emulation and has ties to the ultimate arcana he acquired in his previous world and life the universe arcana.
"I see but it is interesting and useful nonetheless, that power is useful and is ultimately wasted on casual day to day life, I would like to offer you a place in Beacon academy." Ozpin said.
His assistant Glynda simply shot him an exasperated look that screamed "Not again."
"…I appreciate the offer but aren't I a bit old to be a new student?" Minato questioned for the first time surprised in the conversation.
"A year is hardly noticeable and as a fact I already offered Miss Rose a place at Beacon just few minutes ago." Ozpin replied with an enigmatic smile that betrayed nothing about the older man's intentions.
Huh that certainly explains Ruby's cheerful disposition when she left the building, she was so cheerful in fact that she didn't even notice passing him.
That also explains Glynda's expression when Ozpin made the offer.
While Ozpin didn't seem like the spontaneous type, it still seems like he didn't completely think his actions through."
"I also happened to give the Police Department a call and they were more than …ecstatic for the offer, I would hate for you to let them down."
Minato narrowed his eyes a bit and stared at him, it seems like he did his research about the fool before he came and was more than willing to play dirty tactics to get the win. He truly did resemble Ikutsuki Shuji for a brief moment.
He also made a compelling point not directly but when the fool looked back at the 2 years spent on Remnant, he truly did not do much to make the world a better place to live even with his occasional Grimm hunting.
Minato Arisato was falling into a habit and was wasting away under the enjoyment and pleasures of casual day to day life He despite several weeks was still not over the fact that he spent a night on a fishing boat, it was fortunate that Minato had Skadi or it would have been unbearable sleeping near the freezer.
Mitsuru taught him a very valuable lesson to fear the cold and it was a habit to equip an ice resistant persona when around the redhead, he even created a Surtr the lord of Muspelheim aka ultimate persona of the magician arcana with resist ice.
SEES as a whole was trying to make Earth a better place so Erebus the manifestation of mankind's desire for the end would no longer exist, thus allowing him to no longer require being the great seal.
Ozpin knew Minato was a noble and kind soul and he intends to capitalize on it, but why though?
Why is he trying so hard to get the fool to be part of his academy where he could get a better monitoring, there is no way that he would know the nature or limit of Minato's power especially how locked and restrained the fool kept it.
Perhaps it was a fluke and he is trying to acquire something else …something entirely different from persona and the universe.
The allure of a person that can interchange different semblances has a rather rich spice of its own despite each abilities limitations.
A small petty part of the fool wanted to say no out of spite due to Ozpin's mannerisms bearing slight resemblance to Shuji Ikutsuki but he was somewhat interested in the huntsman academy and he would be trampling over his wish of contributing more and Vermillion's dream that she herself couldn't achieve.
The more the fool thought about it, the more it seemed favorable and perhaps even tipped in his favor.
Ozpin simply extended his hand already knowing Minato's answer.
Minato shook it sealing the deal.
Thou art I, and I am thou
Thou has established a new bond
Thou shall be blessed when creating personas of the Emperor arcana
While the glass shattering sound that signifies a new social link did surprise him he didn't allow it to show in his face.
"Thank you for accepting my offer Mister Arisato, we'll be looking forward to seeing you during the start of the school year."
Minato nodded once more and got out of his seat.
He turned around placing his headphones back into their rightful place and walked out of the building.
Ozpin got up from his seat and took a sip of his coffee.
"A new and unknown piece has entered the board."
"Silver eyes and the capability to perform magic is truly a unique and never seen before combination."
"You do realize even if he could awaken that form of power, his silver eye ability will probably never rival Summer's or her daughter, right?" Glynda replied while massaging her temple.
There were reasons why the Seasonal maidens and Silver eyed warriors were female after all.
"There's simply no telling how he would affect your honest soul you tucked seized as your trump-card, not to mention with the inclusion of Mister Arisato makes the total amount of freshmen applicants uneven."
"That could be worked around Glynda and there are always exceptions to the rules." Ozpin calmly replied after taking another sip of his Luke-warm coffee.
"While I do agree that Ruby Rose's power are exceptionally strong but we now have a wildcard along with our trump, and we simply don't know the limitations Of Minato's Arisato's abilities or it's nature for that matter."
Glynda sighed once again and crossed her arms. "…Should we inform Qrow of his existence, I'm sure he would be interested."
Ozpin didn't reply immediately, taking another sip of his drink and placing the ceramic mug down on the table. "Perhaps after the initiation but right not now."
"Speaking of Qrow his hunt for the Spring Seasonal maiden has gone cold."
The headmaster sighed heavily. "People's ignorance is both a blessing and a curse but we need the power of spring on our side before Salem snatches her away like the Fall... well part of it at least."
A woman with black hair and bluish green eyes was staring at a blue haired teen walking out of the tower.
She was currently on top of a tall building and was completely suppressed and out of sight playing with her earring.
"That's right false messiah, grow your pitiful accursed power more and more."
"And that power will make me whole as we truly become one."
She smirked slightly and giggled manically to herself, it was such a disturbing sound that even the bravest of souls would piss themselves out of fear.
"The first of your many trials are soon approaching."
With one last look at the blue haired teen's back she too disappeared in a cloud of black miasma.
