Luna grinned, humming a tune familiar to the rest of her team from Weiss's countless singing sessions in the shower as she walked toward their table, her girlfriend walking closely beside her while Weiss, Ruby and Yang trailed a little slower.
Yang, due to her unnatural focus and paranoia on her phone, Ruby holding her head down unhappy with her test results and Weiss was trying to cheer up her partner.
Blake casted a concerned look toward the three of them, though only Ruby managed to catch sight of it and merely waved her off, mouthing "later" toward her. It seemed enough for Blake as she turned her attention back to her happy girlfriend.
"I take that your test went well." Blake commented.
"It went great!" Luna exclaimed happily, plopping herself down in her seat. "I was able to do just about every problem!" She proclaimed, poking the straw through her carton of milk.
Weiss looked pleased as the rest of the team settled alongside the table, "Well, I'm glad to hear that. If you feel like you need any more help in regards to math, then your more than happy to join me and Ruby."
"Another studying session sounds pleasant." Pyrrha voiced as her own team came up with food trays in hand. "Would you mind if we join you?"
Weiss gestured in front of her to the free seats, giving the other team permission to take the space. "And how do you four believe you did on the test?" she politely asked
Pyrrha smiled to show her positivity on her test, but didn't get a chance to properly express it as she was interrupted by Nora.
"It was horrible!" Nora wailed, "All the numbers didn't add up! On one of the problems I was certain that the answer was supposed to be positive, but I somehow got into the negatives. There were so many formulas that I just don't remember and the graphs were all looking a little wonky and I just wanted all the numbers to disappear!" Nora cried as her head fell to the table.
"I know math is just the worst, it's just so complicated" Ruby agreed just as frustrated with the test as Nora
Ren halted her head with his hand before lowering it down as he continued. "Nora will be taking extra time to study with me."
Jaune snickered at them before he began, "I mean, it was alright."
Luna stared at Pyrrha, who was still silent as she allowed her teammates to talk over her. It wasn't until the rest of Luna's team noticed her gaze and stared at Pyrrha as well, awaiting for her to finish speaking.
"Oh, I… I believe I did very well on the test." Pyrrha exclaimed, casting a meaningful glance over to Luna.
Luna merely flashed a quick, nervous grin before ducking her head to eat - silently reprimanding herself for allowing her habit of listening to everyone take a hold of her.
"Blake!"
Ruby turned her head up in question at the unfamiliar voice, seeing two boys she didn't recognize with an arched brow.
"Sun." Blake said with a hint of surprise
"Great the money grabbers here" said Luna under her breath so no one could hear.
"Hey!" Sun, the monkey faunes drawled out with a grin as he gave a nod over to Weiss and Yang. The latter of whom only gave a small wave toward him without taking her eyes off her scroll. "Hey, I just wanted to come by and introduce my best friend, Neptune to you guys. He didn't believe me when I said I met some cool people here."
Neptune, the tan boy with neatly combed blue hair straightened his back as he swept his gaze across the table at everyone sitting there, and flashed his teeth while giving a small nod. "I'm Neptune"
Weiss smiled, leaning forward on the table with folded hands. "So Neptune, where are you from?"
"Haven" Neptune answered with a small smirk, he opened his mouth to continue to speak, but was interrupted from Luna's snort.
"And obviously from Daddy's list of approved suitors." Luna commented.
Weiss immediately recoiled away, her arms folded across her chest as she flushed in anger. "That's not true!"
Luna gave Neptune a quick once over before casting a knowing look at Weiss, "Right." She drawled out before returning to her food.
"I-" Weiss tried, before glancing over at Neptune, visibly deflating as she realized that Luna was right. Neptune does look like he came straight off of her father's approval list.
"Don't worry… Weiss was it?" Neptune asked, causing Weiss to nod. "Don't get so down, I'm everyone's type." He claimed, throwing a wink over toward the other side of the table.
Pyrrha was the only one to notice, causing her to flash a very tense smile to showcase her discomfort and causing Weiss to frown in disapproval at Neptune's apparent flirtatious nature.
"Don't pay attention to him," Sun said with an affectionate eye roll, throwing his hand up to semi cover Neptune from the view of everyone. "He's stupid."
"For once I agree with you Sun" said Luna nodding in agreement
Jaune didn't notice as he leaned across the table, "D-Don't worry Weiss. I'm sure I'm not your father's type!"
"You're not my type either." Weiss stated off handedly with an arched brow, causing Ruby and Nora to snicker while Jaune deflated.
"Don't worry Jaune, your time for romance will come soon enough." Ren comforted him with a pat on his back.
"Indeed," Pyrrha joined in with a small sympathetic smile "It just so happens that it's not… today." she lamely finished.
Ruby decided to help comfort Jaune, not wanting him to be depressed as a result of the rejection. "Yeah! Besides, Weiss is already taken. By me. Because she's my partner. So you can't have her. Mine." She affirmed, stepping up onto the table as she jabbed a thumb to her chest, raising her nose up into the air to emphasize her statement.
Weiss blanched at the remark, pulling Ruby down to take a seat with an eyeroll. "Please refrain from putting your foot on the table and stop being ridiculous." She stated with a small, amused smile.
Blake chuckled at the display. Though noticed that Yang was still sitting silently beside her. Blake nudged her at the arm to draw her attention, though only managed to cause her to snap her head up and look at Blake in bewilderment. "Hey… are you okay?" Blake asked quietly. "You've been stuck on your scroll this entire time."
Weiss glanced over, casting a concerned expression toward Yang briefly before her attention was brought back to some sort of shenanigan Ruby was trying to pull.
"Yeah you've been seeming real out of it since this morning" said Luna joining her girlfriends concern
"I-" Yang threw a quick glance over to the rest of the table as she shook her head, pocketing her scroll as she brought her hand up to cover the portion below her left shoulder, where Blake knew she kept that tattered old picture. "I'll tell you guys later." Yang whispered, ducking her head as she began to eat her lunch.
Though she was still concerned, Blake understood that now was not the best time or place for Yang to share whatever seemed to be plaguing her mind, and decided to simply wait until she was ready.
"Alright, well Neptune and I are going to go get some food. We'll catch up with you all later" Sun stated as he and his friend left.
Ren shook his head as he lightly shook Nora's shoulder, "Nora needs to study." He stated, getting up and pulling Nora along as she wailed
Pyrrha declined as well, "Luna and I have a sparring session to attend to. That is, if she is still up for it?" she asked, casting a quizzical glance over to Luna.
Luna choked on her food upon being reminded of her plans to spar with Pyrrha, and began coughing wildly as Blake began rhythmically pounding on her back and handing over her girlfriend carton of milk.
She quickly snatched it, slurping the rest of the liquid down her throat as her body finally decided to calm down.
"Are you okay?" Pyrrha asked in concern as Blake continued lightly patting Luna's back
Luna waved her off, "Yeah. I'm fine. Food went down the wrong way." She hoarsely exclaimed, turning her head over to Blake to show that she was fine and to indicate that Blake could stop her patting.
"If you're sure…" Pyrrha said.
"I'm sure." Luna nodded, taking Blake's juice carton to down as well to the other's protest
"So about that sparring session…" Pyrrha continue with a silent question.
Luna gave a smile, still uncertain about helping the other in something that would improve her fighting capabilities.
Unfortunately, Luna knew that rejecting something she had already accepted would look a bit suspicious, and it would not taken lightly in front of both teams.
She'll simply have to make the most of the sparring session. "Sure!" She said with forced enthusiasm, "It'll be fun!"
Pyrrha smiled in delight, nodding in appraisal.
"I-I can help!" Jaune chimed in.
While Luna would have welcomed company to help alleviate whatever awkward atmosphere might be developed from her end with Pyrrha, she was not willing to welcome Jaune due to how unbelievably weak he is. Especially when Luna was gonna be fighting a renowned fighter so she knew Jaune would be completely outclassed .
Before she could attempt to portray a polite refusal, Pyrrha turned to him with an apologetic smile, "My apologies Jaune, but the point of this spar that I wish to partake in with Luna, is to help me overcome my weaknesses in regards to strategies that Luna seems to excel at."
Confused, Jaune tilted his head quizzically, "Like what? I think you're already a great fighter."
"Well," Pyrrha paused, hesitantly glancing around at everyone else as she gave a sheepish smile, as though embarrassed at what she has to say. "Hand-to-hand combat for one. I never realized it, but I rely much too heavily on being armed with my weapons."
Jaune frowned, "But, I saw the fights you had in combat class. I think you're great at hand to hand."
Weiss rolled her eyes while Pyrrha simply gave a nervous smile.
"I suppose, but in the event I come across another fighter like Luna, who seems to have boundless energy in regards to hand to hand combat, I would like to be more... confident in my abilities." Pyrrha stated.
"If you say so." Jaune offered.
Pyrrha nodded as she got up, looking over to Luna with bright expectancy. "Shall we?"
Luna looked up with wide eyes, and quickly back down to the rest of the food on her tray, including her dessert. "Can I-?"
"Oh! I'm sorry! Please, take your time." Pyrrha smiled as she sat back down and watched Luna expectedly.
Luna glanced at Pyrrha with wariness, feeling the anticipation and excitement to spar together rolling off of Pyrrha in waves, and sighed in resignation. It was unlikely that she would be able to enjoy her food while under that gaze and briefly wondered if this was how Emerald felt with her on occasion.
… If it were, then Luna was obviously going to continue her actions.
She quickly shoveled the rest of her food down, swiping the juice carton that Ren had left and Blake took and slurping it all up to wash down her food. Slamming it down on the table she heaved a sigh of relief,
"Alright, I'm ready."
"Splendid!" Pyrrha enthused, standing up with Luna.
"Is it… wise to eat before a starring session?" Weiss asked
"Nonsense," Pyrrha said as Luna waved Weiss off
"It'll give us energy." The two commented at the same time, causing Pyrrha to beam and Luna to give a grin upon realization of what just happened.
Weiss sighed, "I wish I could join." She wistfully said, though knew after Pyrrha's proclamation that their sparring session would be a private affair.
Luna grinned, "Aw, Weiss. Don't be jealous, you're still my favourite ice queen." She teased, pinching Weiss's cheek and lightly shaking it.
Amused, Weiss slapped the hand away with a small smile. "I'm actually jealous of you. Pyrrha Nikos is a four time consecutive tournament champion, she would certainly provide more class than you in regards to technique. But alas, it seems as though she sees something worthwhile in you that I do not."
Luna exaggeratedly clenched her heart at those words, "Oh how you wound me." She deadpanned, causing Pyrrha to chuckle.
Weiss harrumphed, "Whatever. I highly doubt I'd be much help anyway, all I would do is correct Luna on her posture." She stated with a pointed glare. "How she manages to fight with such loose form is beyond me."
Luna merely stuck her tongue out and walking off, waving to Blake and Yang.
"I'll see you later Jaune!" Pyrrha waved before briefly quickening her pace to catch up to Luna. "So? How do you wish to proceed in our spar? Is there a specific area in which you wish to focus on?" she asked as the two walked out of the cafeteria.
Luna knitted her brows together before shaking her head, "Why don't we just… spar for now?" She asked with a bit of hesitance, "After, we could just… tell each other what we saw went wrong. Or even during.
Then next time, it's what we work on. That's how my family did it for me at least." She said with uncertainty, scratching the back of her head.
She'd never really had to help someone improve their fighting skills before, so she wasn't sure how to do so.
"That sounds excellent." Pyrrha nodded in approval
Luna sighed in relief at having her "lesson plan" accepted, but she still felt as though she had to keep her guard up around Pyrrha. She mentally sighed, turning toward the hallway windows as she knew that it would be a long day for her if she was going to keep like this. Upon looking out, she noticed a small fleet standing by near the landing way and halted, narrowing her eyes in question at the sight.
"What's wrong?" Pyrrha asked, stopping a little too close to Luna for her liking.
"Um… Just wondering what the commotion is all about." Luna stated, taking a subtle step away from Pyrrha.
Pyrrha looked out the window and seemed to have recognized the ships, "Those are from Atlas. They must be here for the Vytal festival." She claimed, allowing her eyes to wander to each ship, though she stopped on one. "Although, I do believe that ship belongs to General Ironwood. I… must say, I'm not certain as to why he would come here himself. Headmasters typically don't travel with their students on their trip to the festival." Pyrrha noted with slight question.
Luna hummed in thought before she continued on. She would have to tell her mom later once she managed to find her scroll.
"So? What has you so worried?" Weiss asked Yang after closing the door to their dorm room after the two along with Ruby and Blake were inside.
Yang sat on her bed uneasily, shifting in discomfort as she twiddled around with her scroll. "It's… my investigator."
"Your what?" Blake asked in confusion.
"Why in the world do you need an investigator for?" Weiss asked
Yang squirmed in her seat, not looking at her teammate in the eyes as she tried to swallow the sudden lump in her throat.
She had never spoken about this out loud to another outside her family before, but knew she had to get it all out lest she wanted a repeat of the incident from a few years back.
Slowly, with shaky hands, she took out the tattered old picture that Blake, Ruby and Weiss saw slip out of her pocket near the beginning of the school year and held it out for them to look at.
The two gave each other questioning glances as they sat on Weiss's bed close to Yang who sat on Blake's bed, and leaned forward to get a better look at the picture.
It was old, wrinkly, they was little girl with long blonde hair, they presumed to be Yang, standing right behind her was a tall women wearing really old looking armor that were nearly faded out, and worn thin. As though those spots had been rubbed or held at continuously and demanded that the viewer pay attention to the women.
The women was beaming happily at the camera, showing off her bright red eyes while hugging Yang's shoulders.
"C-Cute right?" Yang asked with a shaky, choked voice, as a wide, adoring smile expressed itself while her lilac eyes locked onto the picture. "That's my birth mom." She whispered as she allowed her trembling hands to pull the picture back for her to get a better look at it, her thumbs placing themselves over the, worn out spots that they belonged on.
Weiss and Blake's shoulders fell will Ruby went to her sister to try and comfort her, their hearts breaking at seeing their friend/sister silently weep as they kept quiet.
What else could they do but wait?
Yang sat in mournful silence, staring at the picture as a clear wall of tears built in her eyes that were filled with nothing but love.
Everything in the room seemed to stay frozen in place, inanimate objects seemingly coming to life to give their silence for Yang.
Weiss and Blake sat still on Weiss's bed, casting their eyes down to the floor to contribute to the sorrowful gesture as they only heard the sound of the fours breathing all will Ruby gave her sister a side hug resting her head on Yangs shoulder trying her best to comfort her.
Even the wind, usually so playful in its' action to provide a nice breeze through their dorm's open window, refused to enter.
It took several minutes until Yang exhaled out a heavy breath filled with burdened receiving a few back pats from her little sister, and Weiss suddenly thought that her friend looked as though she had aged a few years from how tired she suddenly looked, how hard her eyes suddenly shifted as she glared at empty space.
"She left use." Yang gritted out, her eyes flashing red. "My birth mother left my dad and me shortly after I was born!"
Weiss and Blake both snapped their eyes up, widening them in shock as they subtly leaned away from Yang who continued, her hair slowly rising and her body giving off heat from her semblance as Ruby jumped away to avoid being burned.
"I just, just- I just wanna-" Yang tried to grit out with clenched fists, but as if working like clockwork, she suddenly deflated. Her semblance deactivating with her exhale that sounded as though she was trying to give up.
Weiss got up, hesitantly moving over to sit next to Yang to provide her subtle support.
It seemed that Yang was thankful for the action, as she casted a quick, small smile toward Weiss and Ruby.
Once again, Yang stared down at the floor before she continued on, thinking that if she didn't look at either of her teammates, then maybe it would be easier to speak. "I just wanna know why she left" Yang hesitantly said with a forced, humorous chuckle.
"I was informed she was here. Around Here!" Yang said, picking up her excitement once more. "That's what my investigator said in his last report. He was certain that she was last seen around in the city. But now he's gone, and I don't have any more information on her."
Leaning forward, Weiss gave Yang a slight hug with a small smile. "I'll help you."
"Yeah." Blake agreed as she did the same gesture, "We'll help you find out what happened."
"What are friends and family for" said Ruby fully embracing her sister
Tearing up, Yang couldn't help but allow a few tears to fall as she unfolded her hands hugging her sister.
"Thank you." She whispered with a grateful smile.
Blake, Weiss and Ruby could only smile in silence two of the three ending the hug Ruby still sat there hugging away just like the little sister she was.
Luna took heavy, exaggerated deep breaths as she landed on the cool floor of the sparring room.
"I think… we need to call it a day." She confessed as she felt her aura level at an all time low.
She mentally groaned in embarrassment as she realized just how bad she was at "playing it safe" and how bad she was in fighting someone when she had to hold back. If she were aloud to use more of her powers, if she was certain that she wouldn't blow her cover in the future revealing her more advanced attacks, she was pretty sure that she would be able to beat Pyrrha no problem.
Maybe if they were fighting in a different area where Luna would have more room to launch larger breath attacks, as well as more mobility, such as in the city or forest where she could easily climb around and strike from above, she was absolutely positive that she would be able to win.
Unfortunately, like her mom instructed her to, Luna had no choice but to "play it safe" which, by default,
meant "no big booms".
… Luna hated "playing it safe".
"I'm sorry!" Pyrrha yelled, running up to her and bending over to help her up with sweat rolling down her forehead as well. "Are you alright?"
Luna forced a grin, "Y-Yeah. I'm alright." she confirmed, taking the offered hand that was overly warm like her own from the excursion to help her get back on her feet. "I just didn't expect that."
That being Pyrrha suddenly flung Luna's weapons away aswell as moving her fists by magnetizing her wristbands with her semblance, and then pulling her own disarmed shield back toward herself, and behind Luna's legs to trip her while kicking at her upper body. It caused Luna to suddenly spin backward and thus land how she did.
Pyrrha gave an apologetic smile, "I'm sorry."
"Why are you apologizing?" Luna asked questioningly with a laugh.
"You're… not angry that I used an underhanded tactic?" Pyrrha asked
"No?" Luna asked questioningly. "You won?"
"But I… I used my semblance unfairly." Pyrrha stated.
Luna looked even more puzzled.
"I… never told you what my semblance was, so I caught you completely off guard by activating my polarity to pull my shield from behind you and procuring my victory." Pyrrha clarified
Luna rubbed her neck, picking up her bag so the two could leave for their dormitories. She already knew about Pyrrha's semblance of course, but hadn't thought that Pyrrha would blatantly use it in a mere sparring match so was caught by surprise.
"Anything goes in a fight." Luna said with a small shrug, picking up Pyrrha's bag with her foot and flinging it over. "There aren't any rules that say you can't use your semblance."
Pyrrha caught her bag with a small frown, "But I-"
"There aren't any rules that say you have to tell someone about your semblance either." Luna said, walking toward the exit, causing Pyrrha to quicken her pace to catch up. "It's... a good tactic."
Pyrrha was still frowning as she pulled her bag over her shoulder, contemplating over the matter.
Luna stayed silent, knowing fully well that she wouldn't be able to say anything else that would convince Pyrrha that what she did was okay. Regardless, Luna was certainly not going to deal with this awkward unease that Pyrrha was emitting for the rest of their walk back to their dorm, and forced a naturally sounding chuckle out. "Besides, I had it coming. I kept zapping you over and over." She shrugged.
That seemed to get Pyrrha to laugh as she nodded, "I suppose you had what was due." she drawled out in amusement.
Luna forced another smile, until she heard something vibrate in Pyrrha's bag, causing her to arch a brow in question. "Um. I think your scroll is going off."
"What?" Pyrrha asked in confusion, peering down at her bag. "But I don't- Oh!" She dug through her pockets and pulled a scroll out before offering it to Luna.
"I'm sorry! I forgot I had your scroll. You left it back in our dorm room yesterday during our study session."
"Oh! So that's where it was." Luna said, taking her scroll with a smile. She wasn't worried about anyone going through it since it was made to only register her and her family and besides no one would guess the password was passward she truly was a genius.
"Don't worry, I didn't go through it." Pyrrha reassured, before pausing briefly. "Although, I couldn't help but notice that you had a couple of messages from a Sparkle Butt…?"
Luna laughed, "Yeah that's my… uh… well I guess my brother" She finished. Mercury was pretty much like an older brother to her. He joked around with her and wished to do nothing short of spoil and protect her. That was what brothers did right?
… How do brothers act anyway?
"You never told me you had a brother" Pyrrha asked tilting her head.
"Well he's not my brother by blood but we lived together for a long time and he always acted like an older brother to me, so you know I just call'em my bro"
Pyrrha seemed to nod in understanding, giggling to herself at the title of sparkle butt while Luna opened her scroll. She saw that she had a few messages, two from Mercury as Pyrrha mentioned, and one from her mom.
Opening the scroll (while ensuring that Pyrrha wasn't looking), she quickly read the messages and smiled widely.
She couldn't help but let out a giddy skip as she started reading, only to find out that Mercury, Emerald, her mom, and Neo will be seeing her soon.
Opening the message from her mom only confirmed it, stating that they'll see her within the next coming days.
At that, Luna allowed a small little jig to take over her body her tail waving quickly behind her as she quickly typed out a message back.
"I take that you received some good news?" Pyrrha asked with an amused smile.
"The best!" Luna grinned as she pocketed her scroll, happily walking closer to their dorm rooms with a bounce in her step.
Pyrrha merely smiled, seemingly content to know that Luna was cheerful and continued to make their way to the dorm room in comforting silence.
Upon arrival, Pyrrha turned to Luna with a sheepish look, "So… would you terribly mind if we spar again?"
"Again?" Luna asked half quizzically and half shocked, "But... you won. Both times. " Luna hesitantly said.
"While that may be true, you… managed to drive me into a corner, both times." Pyrrha exclaimed with amazement, "I… you push me to stay on my toes. This is the third time that I've come close to losing."
Luna arched a brow, slowly leaning away from Pyrrha as she gave the other a weird look, "You like the feeling of losing?" Luna asked causing a laugh to erupt from Pyrrha.
"I-" Pyrrha hesitated with a small smile, "-suppose you could say that." she confessed.
"Uhh... " Luna had no idea what to say. She didn't know what to make of a person who enjoyed the possibility of losing, was Pyrrha secretly a masacist.
She herself, didn't like the feeling. Though, Luna felt it was due to how she always had something to lose if she did.
Pyrrha didn't have anything to lose, if she made a mistake oops try again they were complete different in that regard.
"Is… That a no?" Pyrrha asked with slight dejection.
Luna quickly thought back to how Pyrrha had beaten her, already marking the score to two wins while Luna had none. She thought about the idea of coming across Pyrrha, or someone like her, who was stronger than Luna in certain circumstance wills she had to hold back.
With subtlety, Luna's grip tightened as she remembered the time where she was nearly caught by the police during a mission with other members of the White Fang. She clenched her teeth as she remembered how close her former aunt kept chasing her, how close she was to be taken away. And she remembered the plan.
She couldn't afford to lose.
"Sure!" Luna said with a false smile, "I'd love to spar again!"
Pyrrha visibly brightened at the confirmation. "Okay then. I guess I'll see you tomorrow then." She asked more than said as she turned her body toward the door, holding onto the knob.
"Right." Luna nodded, wiggling her fingers.
Pyrrha gave a small smile while opening the door. "Goodnight then." She said before entering her dorm, the door closing quietly behind her.
Luna finally exhaled a sigh of relief, suddenly feeling incredibly tired from more than just physical exhaustion as she turned around. She warily eyed her dorm room door, remembering that she had to play somewhat nice with her teammates as well and allowed another wary sigh to be released.
She couldn't wait until her mom, Mercury, Emerald, and Neo came.
At least then her and Blake would finally get a break from the pretending to be good guys they could do their mission and… relax.
With a deep breath, she straightened her back and thought of another prank to pull over Goodwitch that would allow her to see the teachers frustration, and smiled as she opened the door.
"Hey guys!" She sang, entering the dorm with a wave.
"Hey Looney! How was your sparring session with Pyrrha?" Yang asked from her spot on the floor while holding cards in her hands and a board with pieces in front of her.
Weiss, Blake and Ruby were in similar positions on different sides of the board, with Ruby leaning over toward Weiss and pointing out different cards before they both looked up and waved or nodded in recognition to Luna.
"She whooped butt." Luna said, throwing her bag onto her bed and plopping down on the floor beside Blake to join her teammates. "What's this?"
"We're playing Remnant, want to join?" Yang asked. "Ruby and I are trying to teach Weiss to play."
Luna looked down at the board with a small smile. It was one of the games she loved to bring over to the base when she was younger. "Alright then! Don't think I'll show your people mercy!" Luna exclaimed, scooting forward to get in position plopping Blake on her lap not getting any complaints.
"I'm teaming with Blake"
Yang crossed her arms raising her head to look down on everyone "Ha! It is your kingdom which will fall!" she proclaimed.
"Bring it on!" Luna yelled.
(With Cinder)
Cinder smiled down at her scroll at the brief message Luna had sent her explaining why she wasn't able to message her all day or the night before and apologizing. Cinder didn't mind though, as all that mattered was how excited Luna obviously was upon receiving both news.
It allowed her to breath a small sigh of relief at the validation that Ozpin hadn't done anything to her.
Though she did arch a curious brow upon reading the message pertaining to the arrival of an Atlesian fleet, and Ironwood himself.
"Now remember Torchwick, there are four fire extinguishers in the house." Emerald warned, "So don't be so stupid to get the house burned down, Luna ain't here to eat the flames."
Roman waved her off with a lazy hand, slouching against the couch as he placed his feet on the coffee table. "Yeah yeah.
"And just because we're leaving, don't think it means you have it easy. You still have a job to do." Mercury said with a pointed fingers.
"Don't worry about it," Roman drawled out. "I'll have plenty of fun between the new recruits and toys we're getting. So go on. Shoo. And be sure to say Hi to the kiddo for me."
Neo looked at him in concern.
"Go on Neo, I'll be fine. Have fun with Luna." Roman said, repeating as he waved her away in a shooing motion.
Not giving up, Neo brought her hands in front of her and began signing 'actually I'm gonna visit her with you'
"Alright do what you want" though couldn't help but allow a small smile, "Thanks Neo."
"Let's go." Cinder said, "We need to go get… settled." She finished with a small smirk, turning toward the door with her new uniform on, along with a nice dose of youth cream Salem gave her.