Summary/Disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Princess and the Ghost. Enjoy the 900-words. I don't own RWBY, Monty Oum and Rooster Teeth do.
(Argus)
Weiss intended to take her father's empire from him swiftly and before he used the resources of an entire company to besmirch the Schnee Family name for another minute.
It was this reason why she decided to open Schnee Solutions, Jacques had taken the Schnee right to the company at the moment, not her right to her birthname.
"Weiss? you've been staring into space for the past 10 minutes, are you ok?" Ray asked while he tapped on his scroll and hummed.
Ray sighed and scrolled through the newest information from Atlas, while a lot was classified…. Ray questioned why the military would release information from Atlas and not the news networks.
What he was hearing disturbed him, but he'd save his thoughts for another time. he didn't hate the military; they didn't abuse or lord their power over others for some twisted reason.
"I'm thinking about starting a company in Argus… I'm busy trying to gather a staff." Weiss stated as she looked over a few notes on her scroll before humming and folding her scroll.
She put it into her bag as Ray hummed and checked Praetor before folding the glaive down and putting it on his hip.
"How exactly are you going to run a company in Argus? You need time, effort and such…" Weiss turned to Ray and crossed her arms over her chest.
Ray pulled back the hood of his jacket while the Schnee started to speak up, trying to get the point across as clearly as possible.
"I have a small amount of resources, while I spent years being either treated as a bargaining chip by my father, or trying to be married off to a wealthy family? I was busy talking to people who wanted to help Remnant and would have access to resources that could do that… I am aware of how long it would take to build an entire company from scratch…" Weiss looked at her nails for a second before looking back at Ray.
"I've been getting resources and construction crews from my friends up till now. I still have to wait a bit, but I will have the money to buy a building in Argus and start construction from there… as for staff, well?" Weiss waited for a moment to allow Ray to process her words.
"You managed to get a staff within several weeks? Should I ask how?" Ray asked only for the girl to look at her friends.
She would stop Salem, but that wasn't within her power, saving Atlas from her father? That was, still? She'd contribute what she could to her friend.
"My father had a factory from years ago shut down recently because the machinery broke… rather than invest the resources to update the machinery and not get it closed down for lack of safety? I used a fake account to purchase the factory, then signed it over to myself." Weiss paused for a second only to smirk.
"Ray, your forgetting my family has been business centered for years, I know how to take a broken resource and fix it up… the construction crews standing by are to fix a building, not to create new ones… as for staff? A lot of those workers have been laid off; I have enough money to hire at least 10 workers for a day… after that? I wait and see the profits, then invest more money." Weiss pointed out to Ray as her flats crushed snow under them.
The business talk was making Ray's head hurt, but he understood it enough to know what was happening.
Weiss wasn't building a new company from scratch, she was renovating an old building and hiring the staff. It would turn a profit as Argus was a very large port city, the demands for Dust products was a market that could easily be cornered.
"Ok, now your scaring me when you think big like this… So, what's the next idea? We still need to get to Atlas, and considering all the soldiers here? I don't think we're going to get there anytime soon." Ray stated while Weiss hummed and nodded.
"Yes, but considering that my family helped build and pay for the CCTS, I know how to get to Atlas. The only problem is sneaking past Cordo, she is going to be an issue." Weiss watched Ray's eyes narrow at the mention of the deplorable woman in question who blocked the group besides Weiss from going to Atlas.
What was funny was it wasn't even allowed for people to come to Atlas at the moment due to the lock…. Ray was beginning to have an idea to break through to Atlas.
It would just take a day or two, and they needed to be ready to move at the drop of a hat to try it.
Still? It was an idea, and a good enough idea to maybe just work.
Author Notes
Phew, another chapter done! I want to point out Weiss's story is going to end in season 7 as well, next chapter is going to end up being in 2 weeks or so and will show the beginning of Schnee Solutions and Ray's plan to break through to Atlas. Until then, Lighting Wolf out, peace!