Weiss finds herself in a terrible situation with Ruby

Today had been a very eventful day, and Weiss wasn't very sure how she'd gotten to this point.

Okay, that was a lie. She could recall with painful detail the exact sequence of events that led her to where she was. Which was currently handcuffed to Ruby Rose, around a very, very strong heater. It wasn't the most dignified of positions to be found in.

"So... this is a thing."

Really, Weiss had had better days.

Ruby pulled against the heater again, grunting with effort. Weiss sighed, for the millionth time.

Truly it was Weiss' lapse in judgement. The police officer was clearly new- she didn't want to do anything to scare him, or cause him to call backup or anything! They'd just been chasing a lead on a developing White Fang situation, and maybe they could have explained the situation better. But their lead was getting away, and they certainly could have outrun the police officer, but he would have reported it and they would be in enough trouble if anybody found out they were sneaking out of Beacon at night, let alone with an APB on them.

One thing led to another, so here they were, handcuffed to each other around a heater, alone, without any of their stuff. Who knew cooperating with an officer could lead to this?

"This is ridiculous!" Ruby wiggled her cuffed hand, making Weiss' hand jerk about uncomfortable. Weiss scowled, deeper than she already was.

"Oh no, seems like a perfectly reasonable situation to be in to me," Weiss didn't bother to disguise her seething sarcasm. Ruby pulled against the bars again.

"It's not!"

Weiss sighed again, and Ruby stopped pulling to give a little 'oh'. "That was you being facetious wasn't it?"

Weiss just glared at her, even as Ruby mentally high-fived herself for getting a big word right on her first try.

"Right. Just- help me with this," Ruby pulled at the heater again. Weiss rolled her eyes but conceded. Might as well give it a shot.

To nobody's surprise but Ruby's, the combined efforts of two of the smallest girls in Beacon academy pulling at a tightly bolted down space heater wasn't enough to do anything to it. Weiss gave up, sitting down to lean against the heater instead.

"This is useless We should just wait. Somebody's bound to come by eventually."

Ruby gave another hearty tug. "Come on! Can't you like use your semblance to freeze this thing, and we can shatter it or something?"

Weiss furrowed her brows, confusion etched into her features. "How exactly would I freeze this with my semblance?"

Ruby paused, opening and closing her mouth several times. "Because you're all ice- and you- you stab the ground with your sword and it goes all woosh and... ice comes out?"

Weiss stared at her teammate in disbelief. Almost a full year had gone by, did Ruby really not know what her semblance was? "Glyphs, you dolt!"

Ruby blinked.

"I summon glyphs," Weiss held her hand out, summoning a small one in the palm of her hand. "That's my semblance! How on Earth do you not know this?!"

Ruby laughed nervously, darting her eyes to look at anywhere but Weiss Schnee. "Of course I knew that," another exaggerated chuckle. "I mean, duh! Yeah. Glyphs. Of course."

Weiss pinched the bridge of her nose, sighing. "The ice comes from dust crystals. Which are in my rapier," she further clarified, knowing just how lost Ruby was. Ruby 'oh'd and nodded in understanding now. She sat back up and began tugging again at the grate after a long silence.

"Well, can you use your glyphs to help us get out of here?"

Weiss rested her chin in her free palm. "That's not how my glyphs work. Why don't you use your speed to help get us free?"

Ruby balked. "How would I do that?"

"Vibrate your hand so fast that the molecules pass through the molecules of the handcuff," Weiss shrugged. Ruby furrowed her brows. That sounded really familiar...

She snapped her fingers, pointing an accusatory finger at the Schnee. "You did read my X-Ray and Vav comics!"

Weiss cheeks tinged a slight shade of pink, and she remained silent. Ruby let out a little 'hah!'.

In Weiss' defense, they were not bad reading material for sleepless nights.

Ruby finally gave up, sitting down in the same position as Weiss.

"Looks like we're in here for the long haul, Weiss."

"Yep."

"... Do you ever wonder why we're here?"

"No, Ruby. I never wonder why we're here."

"Weiss."

"Yes, Ruby?"

"I have to pee."

Weiss sighed.