Silver blinked as he realized what music was playing. Taking a deep breath, he rubbed his face with his hands. Looking back up, he called out to Jade, "Jade, do you know what song's playing?"
She looked back at him, confused. "It's a love song, I know that."
"It's 'Not Fall In Love With You' by The Achieve Men," Yang piped up from where she was leading them.
"I still don't get it."
Moving up towards her, he gripped her shoulders, "You remember Red White Black Yellow? The soundtrack?" he asked.
She blinked, realizing the extended name of RWBY, "Er, I didn't really listen to the soundtrack."
Silver's mouth hung open, looking at her betrayed. Turning towards his Girlfriend, who was watching him amusedly next to Blake, he shouted, "Kira!"
Her smile widened into a smirk, "Yes, I know what you're talking about."
Silver looked back at Jade, motioning with his arms to Kira, "She's a much better friend than you, Jade. You have me disappointed."
"Well, yeah, she's your Girlfriend," Jade argued.
"That's beside the point, here." he waved his hand. "I will give you the entire soundtrack for you to listen to it. I downloaded it from my phone onto my Scroll. I will literally put it on your Scroll and make you listen to the soundtrack if I have to."
Jade sighed, "Fine, here." She handed over her scroll. "If you insist."
"Alright, sweet." He pulled out a connector cord, only to realize that the Scroll didn't have a port like his did. Sighing, he muttered, "One moment. I'll get yours set up." and walked off a ways, the scrolls and cord floating in the air around him as he released them from his grip.
"So-"
"It's his semblance; Jack of All Trades, Master of All. It means he has multiple areas of expertise that he uses and is good at all of them. Also, don't worry about your scroll; he's done it before. He took apart the one he got a put in back together in about a day. Yours'll take less time since he already know how to do it."
Jade's mouth clicked closed at Kira's explanation. "Okay."
"You done?" Yang's voice called at them.
"Yup!" Kira called back. "C'mon guys, let's go congratulate Team SSSN." They moved off, following Yang down. After a bit, Weiss broke off, heading towards the docks. Ruby, curious, followed after her. Jade saw them and was about to say something, but Kira looked at her and shook her head. Realization flooded into her head as she remembered Weiss and Silver commenting on Winter arriving.
"Alright, so this goes to this, while this twinggy goes with this twiggy. And-"
"That's blatant use if I've ever seen it," Ozpin's voice intruded into Silver's muttering.
"It's called a Semblance, Ozpin, I'm sure you've heard of it?" Silver said, not looking up from his work.
"Of course, my mistake. Are you ready for the meeting, Sliver?"
Silver held up the reconfigured Scroll, now holding the entirety of the RWBY soundtrack onto it- barring season six, of course. "No. But I don't have a choice." Slipping the white Scroll into his pocket, he placed his own black one into a pouch on his pants leg. "Let's head out, then."
"Of course, if you would grab my arm?" Ozpin held out his arm towards Silver.
Silver looked at him, "This isn't anything like apparition, is it?"
"No, not at all. It's not that bad at all. I actually got the idea from the book series." Ozpin chuckled to himself.
"Wait, you have Harry Potter here?"
"Er, yes?"
His shoulders slumping, Silver muttered out, "Man, I really missed out on the culture the past two years. Darned depression and rebellion stage." Sighing and shrugging, he gripped Ozpin's arm, and suddenly they were in the courtyard in front of Beacon.
"I'll leave you here to greet our guests, then."
"No comment on the depression or rebellion?"
"I lead a school full of teenagers, Silver. Trust me, I've seen my fair share of it."
"No argument there," Silver shrugged. "Well, I'll be off. I ain't missing the Qrowin fight."
Ozpin blinked, intent on asking about that comment, but Silver was already across the yard, heading towards the ship that just landed. Sighing, he turned around and headed towards his tower.
Silver, seeing Ruby's eye-catching cloak and Weiss' eye-watering outfit, headed straight for them. He reached them right as Ruby opened her mouth. He landed his hand on Ruby's head as she was about to say something, cutting her off. She froze, her mind running through people who did that, then, "Silver!"
"Hey, Ruby. Fancy seeing you here."
"How'd you get down here so fast? I didn't see you on the airship!"
"Took a ride with a wizard." He shrugged, then looked up at Winter. "Winter Schnee, I presume?" holding out his hand, he introduced himself, "Silver, resident Dust Shop worker who sticks his nose into too many things at once, causing massive mayhem."
"Winter Schnee, as you said, Atlas Specialist. No last name?" She asked, shaking his hand.
"Didn't bother with one. A first name's all one needs."
"You make it sound like you chose it."
"So what if I did? Does it really matter if I contribute to society?"
"I. . . suppose not." she mentally filed him into the 'be wary of' folder in her mind.
Turning around, he waved his arm in a following manner, "Come on then, I'm sure Ozpin would like to talk to you."
Winter stared after him, then looked at Weiss, who was also looking at him, then at Ruby, Weiss' partner, who stated, shrugging, "He always does this. Better to go along with the flow with him. It's what I do, at least."
Sighing softly, she started after him, the AKs forming into position around her. They talked as they followed after Silver, until they heard a clanking sound, drawing their attention. Turning around, their guide commented, "Oh sweet, he's here."
Confused, Winter asked, "Who's her-" as she turned around, only to be met with the sight of Qrow Branwen holding a decapitated AK-200 in his hand.
Her eyes narrowed as he called out, "Hey! Yeah, I'm talking to you, Ice Queen!" he tossed the Knight aside.
Winter raised a hand as one of her AK-200s raised its rifle and called out, "Halt!"
Weiss strode forward, despite Silver calling out for her to stop. "Excuse me, do you have any-" she was cut off as Qrow's hand landed on her forehead.
"Sssshh. Not you." He pushed her aside, moving forward. "You. Saw that gaudy ship of yours in town. I guess you're here, too."
"I'm right in front of you," Winter said impatiently, looking for a reason to attack him.
Silver, seeing a Raven, beckons it down to him, whistling to it. It looked annoyed, but did so on his arm, not arguing about a free perch. Grinning, he moved off to the side of the crowd, muttering to it, "Let's see two lovebirds fight."
It gave him a confused and disbelieving look.
"Oh, come on, don't tell me you can't feel the romantic tension in the air?"
It gave the bird equivalent to a shrug and nod. Focusing back on the match, he watched Winter and Qrow's banter- same as the show's- before they fought. Well, more like Winter charged Qrow. After dodging more than a few stray attacks- and shielding a few students from them- Silver could say he definitely loved the way they fought. Plus, it was even more exciting in person.
"SCHNEE!" Ironwood's voice roared as she tried to hit Qrow one last time. The tip of her rapier stopped only a few inches away from Qrow's neck, Qrow himself was grinning.
Noticing that the raven on his arm was shifting anxiously, Silver muttered to it, "The little dragon is on Amity Arena. Go, see your daughter. Meet me back at Ozpin's tower in thirty minutes." Ignoring its startled look, he beckoned it off his arm, making it fly off towards the arena.
Noticing that Ozpin just finished his comment about the coliseum, Silver added on, "I can definitely attest to that. The popcorn there is actually pretty good. Well worth the money."
Glynda called out to the students, "Break it up everyone! We will take care of this mess." She looked pointedly at Qrow at the end.
Glancing at Silver momentarily, Ironwood said to Winter, "Let's go." Then moved off towards Ozpin's tower.
Sidling up to Ozpin, and ignoring Qrow and Ruby's reunion, Silver asked, "So, how'd you do it?"
"Hm? Do what?" Ozpin asked, taking a sip of his cocoa.
"Give the Branwen twins their bird forms."
"I, uh, may have used part of my powers to give them the ability," He admitted bashfully, remembering Silver's lecture earlier.
Silver sighed, "Dude, you gotta stop doing that. It's not good for you, especially if you just give it out like candy." Shaking his head, he looked at Ozpin again, "Do you at least have pictures from when they first started?"
"Sum-" Ozpin stopped, his throat closing up as he remembered that Summer was, in fact, not available. And hasn't been for the past thirteen years. He sighed and tried again, "Taiyang should have some."
Silver patted Ozpin's arm, knowing about his slip-up. "Don't worry, even in the other world, her death still stings. Even though we haven't seen it. Only her face."
"Really?" Ozpin asked, surprised.
"Really. Honestly, she looks like a mom. Anyways, you might want to get Qrow's attention before they get too out of hand."
Clearing his throat, Ozpin said, "Of course." raising it, he called out to them, "Qrow. A word, please."
Qrow leaned down at Ruby, saying something that made her smile- not that she wasn't already smiling- and she replied. He gave her a fist bump, then walked off to the rest of them. The sun sunk lower into the sky as they made their way to Ozpin's office in silence.
When the elevator doors opened, Winter stopped her pacing to face it and say, "What were you thinking?!"
While Ironwood said, "If you were one of my men, I'd have you shot."
"If I were one of your men, I'd shoot myself," Qrow retorted, pulling out his flask.
"While I don't condone his behavior, retaliating like you did certainly didn't improve the situation," Glynda said, crossing her arms, looking at Winter.
"He was drunk!" Winter argued.
"He's always drunk!" Glynda countered. All four of them looked at Qrow as he started chugging from his flask.
Freezing as he realized that everyone- barring Silver- was looking at him, he stopped, looked at his flask, then shrugged. Ozpin sighed and sat down, "Qrow, why are you here?"
"You've been out of contact for weeks! You can't just go dark like that in the field," Ironwood added.
"I'm not one of your special operatives, Jimmy," Qrow countered, putting away his flask.
"General," Winter butted in.
"Whatever. You sent me to get intel on the enemy, and I'm telling you, our enemy is here."
Ironwood crossed the desk and sat down on the side of it, on the other side of Ozpin. "We know."
"Just not who," Silver spoke up for the first time.
They all looked at him, as if realizing that he was just now there. "Who is he?" Ironwood asked.
Silver ignored him in favor of moving up to the desk. "Qrow knows their faces, but that can be easily changed. Illusions, surgery, masks. I not only know who, but I also know where they are and who they work with." He looked at Winter. "She needs to leave."
"But-" Winter started.
"Now." An unseen wind flew through the room, despite the windows not being open.
"Winter, Leave." Ironwood commanded.
She saluted, "Sir." and left.
Silver watched as the elevator's doors closed and the telltale sign of it moving before he spoke again, "Qrow, make your report, but do not try to antagonize them."
Qrow glanced at him, at his glowing, silver eyes, before he spoke, "The infiltrator here isn't another pawn. They're the one responsible for Autumn's condition."
"What?" Glynda said in shock.
Qrow took a swig of his flask, turning around to speak, but Silver beat him to it, "They used a Grimm. A special one that drained the magic out of Amber. The assailant only managed to obtain half of Fall's powers before Qrow stepped in. Glynda, you fought her when you met Ruby Rose on the rooftop near From Dust Till Dawn. She obliterated the debris that you used with an explosion of fire around the Bullhead that Torchwick piloted."
"How do you know-" Glynda started, but was overtaken by Ironwood's "Who are you?"
Silver smirked and looked at Glynda, who unconsciously flinched at his burning eyes, "I was there, working at my job when Roman decided to crash the place. And for your question, General, I am Change. I am the change that is needed for this world. Things are shifting, the board is being scattered by a stray cat and I am that cat. Beacon will fall and I will try to stop it. Panic will spread and so will distrust. The Black Queen knows who I am, so who am I to hide what I will do? The fate of the Vytal Festival hinges on whether or not you will set your Scroll onto Ozpin's table." Silver smirked as he got confused looks from everyone except Ozpin. "There is a virus that has taken over Vale's system and has given the False Maiden access to the files across it. If you place your Scroll onto that table, the False Maiden will be able to use the random matchup program to her advantage, pitting her mooks against opponents and easily finding ways to counter them. She will use it in the finals to her advantage, sowing chaos and fear whenever she can. Beacon will fall if you place your Scroll onto that table. It all hinges on you, General James Ironwood. Will you take the bet that I am wrong and doom us all, or will you trust me and save us all?"
UWU a cliffhanger. . . Bah, you'll know in the next.
Probably.
it'll be cool.
bai now.