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As the five, six, seven, no eight student get to the airship Alec decides that since they picked up three new members of the shopping expedition, he should probably ask how it all happened since he had to leave for just a second then came back to a much larger group. "So uh, I get kind of what happened here but someone tell me how it went from me and Tyler being dragged along with Jasix, Saras and Elliece shopping to three more people joining us in this ordeal."
Elliece chimes in first, "well after you all said I could come I figured that…"
"She figured that she would have me join you. I am Barthem by the way, her partner," the young man has a long rifle on his back that seems to be able to become a short spear.
Sarrissa smiles, "I got invited along and figured I need to get my battle attire repaired and I need ammo."
Garend looks unhappy, "I was hoping they were joking about shopping."
Tyler speaks up, "so we have four guys being drug around by four armed girls, of course."
Alec sighs, "well no matter what I need to stop at a tailor and a dust shop for ammunition."
The airship docks at the Valian dock and off loads its passengers. The eight students step out of the grey silver ship, immediately Alec and Sarrissa head for a place labeled TAILOR, they enter and a man steps up to the counter, "hey, I am Taylor, yup Taylor the tailor, what can I do for you?"
Alec smiles, "Anyway I can get you to fix this?" he says placing his white trench coat on the counter.
"Yes anything I should know?" the tailor says eyeing the dried blood.
"I got it from a Grimm."
"Alright no problem, anything else?"
Sarrissa sighs, "I need this completely repaired by the time school starts."
The man nods and waits to see if anyone else has need of his skills.
Garend fills the need by placing down his armor on the counter, "can you fix this up too?"
"Alright kids give me the room numbers that I can send the finished product to when I am done." Each of the three put down their name and room number, "Now," the tailor says, "I will invoice you when I am done, if you do not pay I will contact the Headmistress."
"Makes sense, don't worry we will pay you upon request."
All of the eight students leave the tailors and begin to walk outside, "Anyone know any dust shops out here?" Alec asks with a slightly bored tone.
"Yeah I do," Barthem says, "It is kinda outta the way but my brother used to work there before he went to school. The owner goes by Lee something, he is a great guy, he married a girl named… Shoot I forget…it starts with No cause he always says no is in her name." Barthem says leading the group down some streets until they reach a store front, it is a fairly unnoticeable with a small Dust sign with a smaller sign stating it is a an affiliate of Schnee dust company. Barthem opens the door and leads everyone inside. The stores inside is well lit with long tubes of dust layering the walls and dust crystals sit in a large show case. On another side there is a weapons on display with a few weapons for sale. A man maybe forty or fifty years old smiles at them hair has a dull pink slash of dye sits in one of his bangs. "Hello everyone, Hi Barthem are these people friends of yours?"
"Yeah Lee these are some people I met during the initiation we worked together to pass. Sadly due to school rules we have to provide our own ammo. Needless to say we need more ammo."
"Alright let me see, can you fill out this paperwork? And let me see your scroll IDs." He hands all eight students papers and scans each of their scrolls. When he returns from the scanner with their scrolls and plastic cards, "alright here are your school IDs a lot of businesses, like me, prefer the physical IDs over the scrolls IDs scanners. Not to worry though the school has a deal with me I can print them for you. Other than me you have to get copies of them at the administration office." Lee says to the students, "so what do you all need, and give me those papers, I will put them on file." The students hand Lee his papers and then place all of their weapons on his counter, "Oh my I see that you all have your own type of shot."
Just t then a woman opens the and begins to talk before seeing their new clients, "R- Romantic bastard I told you not to get me flowers," she kisses him before stopping talking, "and Red will be in in a few minutes to check on her display." The greying redhead hops away to the back.
Lee smiles and begin taking notes on each weapon, "Sorry about that, she is very energetic."
"I get that," Alec says with a smile.
"Lee reaches Sarrissa's scythe rifle, he stares at it for a while, "Is this yours young rabbit?" Sarrissa nods, "Wow a dangerous weapon for such a young huntress. Fully automatic, sharp, high propulsion when needed. It reminds me of someone I used to know, then again, you remind me of someone else. They are both heroes in their own way." He shakes his head, "I am sorry I sometimes babble, just ignore that. But Miss Sarrissa if you would like to you could stick around for Red, she has a thing for scythes and would love to see yours. Your friends could come by later to pick up their ammo and pay."
Sarrissa replies, "That would be nice I would like to meet someone with experience during the war."
"I wouldn't ask her about the war, she… she is still dealing with it, we all are." Lee finishes taking measurements of the weapons again and their ammunition, "Alright, I will have your orders mad as soon as possible, I doubt your ammo will be in but I will give you news on them and collect payment when you return for your friend."
Everyone says good bye to Sarrissa as she sits down in the back of the shop. With their essential shopping out of the way it was time to move onto the, 'important stuff.' The next three hours included the group of seven going from shop to shop looking at mostly women's clothes as Jasix, Saras and Elliece try on different outfits.
To the boys surprise the three hour shopping trip tired the girls out of their little shopping spree and they begin to get bored. "Okay so that was no fun, you boys didn't flinch once, "Jasix says with a sigh.
"Sorry Jasix your little tortures just don't work on me, not when I have seen you sleep in the same armor three nights in a row," Alec replies, with a grin.
"Three hours of shopping and we got nothing outa you four?" Saras asks.
"You should not wear white dresses Saras, they do not look good on you," Tyler smirks.
"Oh thanks," Saras replies sarcastically.
"I learned I hate clothes shopping," Barthem says.
"I should have said with Sarrissa," Garend says.
The girls ended up buying a few small items before heading back to the dust shop. Unfortunately for Alec and Tyler they were forced to carry the few bags of small items with the simple explanation that they are being gentlemen. The pair just accept the fact.
As they enter Lee's dust shop a flash of dark color leaves the shop and Sarrissa walks out of the back holding a small box, she smiles, "hi guys I'll grab Lee." She goes back into the back and a minute later Lee exits wearing his emerald coat.
"Ah wonderful to see you all again," he says with his face showing very little emotion. "I have ordered your ammunition; it will be shipped to your school the moment I get it ready. Now," He claps his hands together, "on to the payment issue, I am afraid I do not give new customers store credit," he hands each of the students an invoice. Each of the students produces a wallet from their person and pulls out crisp Lien bills to pay Lee. He takes the money without counting trusting that each of the eight paid the correct amount the money.
They all exit the shop after paying this time each of them carrying their own items. "We going to head back?"
"Nah, I think we should go grab some food then split off and go our own way."
"Sounds good to me, know anywhere good to eat?"
Sarrissa speaks up, "That weapons builder, Red, she mentioned a café on the other side of the city near the airship port to Beacon."
"What is it called?" Jasix says curiously.
"I don't remember, I actually don't think she told me," Sarrissa replies rubbing her head near where her missing ear was before the initiation test.
"Let's go then, it is food and I would rather not go back to the school for cafeteria food," Tyler says.
"Mind if I ask you a question Tyler," Elliece asks.
"Ask away," Tyler replies unworriedly.
"You are a synthetic right?" Tyler nods in a reply. "But you eat, sleep, and seem to be able to actually grow, seeing as I saw a picture of all four of you and you Tyler, you looked younger."
"All true, what are you getting at?"
"How can you be a machine?"
"I am synthetic, do not worry about that, I checked. They now create us and we create us using a certain amount of biological components. I do have an engine instead of a heart but my body does run off of carbohydrates, fats and sugars, I can be affected by alcohol and caffeine. Really although I have a computer for a brain and visual processors for eyes, I am as human as you. I feel emotions, love, hate, loyalty, and fear. I know one day I will grow old and one day I will die. But even better than all of that what makes me truly human just like you, I was not made to be Hunter, unlike Ironwood's Penny I was made free to choose, I could have been a carpenter or a miner or a business man, anything I wanted."
"Uhhhhhh," Elliece says with her mouth left open.
"You can close your mouth now," Saras says.
"Sorry that will a little getting used to. You guys don't seem as, uh, surprised," Elliece replies.
"Nah," Alec says, "we grew up together he is just one of us. It is pretty easy to think that way when you train and fight next to someone for a few years. We always knew he was a synthetic but he was always our friend first."
Sarrissa speaks now, "you start feeling like that the moment you and someone fight side by side against overwhelming odds."
"I get it," Elliece says, "I just never knew that we got to the technological level he described."
"Whelp they are there," Saras says.
They reach the café which they recognize from their arrival to the city from Beacon. The big golden sign in front says, 'THE LONG CAFÉ AND BARBEQUE.' They all enter and find the Long Café seems to be aptly named because it stretches from the entrance a good one hundred feet in. A peppy woman with golden hair who is maybe twenty or so shows them in, "Alright dears I will leave you with some menus and a bit of time. Your server is going to be Luna."
A few minutes go by with the eight looking at their menus and as they deciding on their orders a light blond furred cat Faunus who looks about thirteen approaches the table with an excited smile, "Hello my name is Luna and I am your waitress have you decided what to order?" She reaches for her notebook, pushes aside her apron revealing a sword that seems to have a gun within a pommel." She notices their weapons, "Do you go to Beacon?"
"We are first years," Garend says.
"OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH," the blond Faunus squeals, quickly realizing her mistake she recomposes herself, "I am sooooooooo sorry, I get that from my aunty. Anyway we give students a discount, let me see your ID's." She quickly receives the plastic cards all eight of her customers now have. "Purrfect, alright so what will it be?" Each of the orders and the girl quickly so what will it be?" Each of them orders and the girl quickly writes down the requests, her oddly rounded cat ears twitching as she listens. When she is done taking each order she smiles, "we will get these out to you ASAP." She hops and turns on her heels then she gracefully walks away, only to return a few minutes later with drinks and a few minutes after that she yet again returned balancing eight plates. She stops at their table and smiles, "alright then," she says as she closes her eyes. Immediately two slightly glowing shadow copies of herself step out of her and take a plate each, the pair begin placing the dishes in front of those who ordered them. When the glowing shadow copies are done placing the food they turn on their heels and walk away, disappearing within two or three steps. Luna smiles, "did I get that right?"
"Yes that was very impressive."
"Thanks," Luna blushes, "I practice a lot at school."
"Keep it up I see bright things in your future."
"Mom and Dad want me to be anything but a huntress. They say they want me to be safe."
"They have a point," Alec says, "it isn't safe and any parent wants their kids to be safe."
"Hmmm," Luna looks at him helplessly, "I just feel like you can help."
"Don't worry you have time Luna."
"Enjoy your meals guys."
"Thank you Luna," the eight say in chorus.
"I hope to see you again," Luna says beaming at the eight students.
"No worry there Luna, you will."
The meal was delicious.