A Gamers New Game Plus Chapter 27: Aftermath, an Anime X-overs + RWBY Crossover fanfic

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Chapter 26: Aftermath

Starting a war may seem like a bit of an overreaction... but I do have my reasons beyond pure spite.

Firstly, Pietro proved himself a legitimate threat.

I didn't realise he could detect my code, I thought it was better hidden than that... but if he could, it wouldn't have taken him long to work out who wrote it.

You see, my coding language is different than pretty much everyone else's in Remnant. I made it, and I'm the only person who can use it. There are two coding languages in Remnant, the one everyone else uses and the one I made. It means that if Pietro compared any of my programming to the virus in Penny... he would easily be able to spot the similarities and then I'd be in trouble.

Thankfully, I've made sure to keep my programming away from his eyes, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't get his hand on some eventually... he wasn't supposed to ever see the virus, I'd hidden it very well...

So he had to die. He knew too much and posed too much of a threat.

Two, Vacuo and Atlas are too strong. For my plans of world conquest to work, I need to weaken them enough for them to want my rule, to give up their freedoms for more comfort like Vale is slowly doing.

Vacuo is a hardass military dictatorship now that Swain is in charge, it'd be impossible for a foreign company to move in, and any gangs would be crushed ruthlessly. Atlas is rich, powerful, and while they wanted me... they didn't really 'need' me.

Well... Atlas needs me now. I'm one of the few survivors and one of only two of Atlas's best programmers that survived the attack, Doctor Liao being the other one. The need for me has skyrocketed.

"Almost everyone... the survivors are barely in the double digits." Winter reports as Ironwood clenches his fists in the post-battle meeting.

Moira, Symmetra and Mina Liao are the only survivors I recognise. Winter, Camille the Ace Ops and the team that came to help are here as well.

"This... is a catastrophe. The advancement of Atlas has been delayed by... years, and we have far too many enemies willing to take advantage of this perceived weakness." Ironwood says seriously. "Braum, take team BAST and meet up with Specialist Caitlyn and her trainee, Vi who are returning from Vale. I want Talon tracked down and exterminated for this, but only after we find out who funded this attack." Ironwood orders, getting a solemn nod from the larger man.

"It will be done. They will not escape justice." Braum agrees.

"As for the scientists... each of you will be given a guard while a new facility is constructed. Miss Vaswani, I will be contacting the Vishkar Corporation shortly to help build it, and I will call for you all when it is ready. This will not happen again." Ironwood swears, Satya giving him a cool nod. "Now, I need to speak with Mr Eis in private, everyone else may leave, get some R&R. Yes, that means you as well Winter."

Waiting a moment, I lean back in my chair and watch everyone leave.

The only truly skilled scientists that are left after the attack are me, Moira (a Talon spy), Satya (my future wife) and Mina Liao... who I have plans for. The rest are nobodies.

"You are remarkably calm about all this." James points out after a moment.

"Crying or moaning is for cowards and weaklings. I survived, a lot of people on both sides didn't. No need to get over emotional about it." I say with a shrug after a moment.

"I see. The weapon that disabled our defences, what can you tell me about it?" Ironwood asks, even as I smile internally.

"It sent a pulse through all the tech in the facility, originating from deep in the lab, so it was already planted there before the attack. The pulse... turned everything off, for lack of a better word. It didn't really do any damage, it simply disabled everything." I explain.

"How much do I need to worry about it, and can you prevent it from happening again?" Ironwood asks, professional and calm even as his Kingdom approaches the brink of war.

"Here, I could just turn it back on by rebooting the security mainframe, it was a bit of trouble, but all the defences came back on immediately... do you know where most of your mainframes are located?" I ask, watching him pause in thought before his eyes shoot open.

"On our Airships." Ironwood says gravely as I nod.

"They do this little trick on your Airships? It'll fall from the sky and once it crashes and burns, all the androids you have linked to it? They'll need to be linked to another one, individually. So yes, you need to be very worried since this is a weapon that was designed to deal with Atlas and it's androids. As for fixing it? All my tech survived because I build dozens of layers of back-up, defences, and countermeasures into it at their creation. I'd have to individually take apart each android and rebuild them with more defences which could take months, years even given the size of the Atlesian Military. Right now? I'd keep all your androids on the defensive, and not send out any of your airships. Any ship you send out is going to be blown out of the sky, because off the top of my head I can think off at least five ways to weaponise that same energy pulse to work at range as an anti-air weapon." I point out, watching him flinch ever so slightly.

"Atlas cannot be seen as weak, and we cannot just ignore these attacks." James says, more to himself than anyone else.

"But you have time, while the big guy tracks down the mastermind." I point out as he sighs, glancing at his scroll.

"Hm, wait a moment please. We are about to have company." Ironwood says with an irritated sigh.

Accessing the cameras with my implant, I quickly skim through them and find our guests.

I'm going to take a wild guess that it is the well-dressed woman storming through the base as if she owns it, a scowl on her face and a pair of black-uniformed soldiers by her side. There's also a... large woman with bright pink hair and more muscles than most of the men I've seen.

And I though Elm was big.

It takes me less than a second to find out who she is, thankfully I already had... quite a few files on her courtesy of Sombra.

Councillor Katya Volskaya, one of the five (four since Ironwood has two seats) councillors in Atlas and the CEO of Volskaya Industries. The file on her is... extensive.

One seat is currently empty, due to an assassination (it wasn't even me this time), though it was reported as a natural death due to age to stop panic from rising. Widowmaker did it, but it was never linked to Talon.

Hmm... a free seat? Sending a quick message to mother, I go back to reading her file.

Single mother after her husband died several years ago to a white fang attack, due to her companies harsh work conditions and poor pay for Faunus workers, something that isn't illegal in Atlas. Her factories have probably killed more Faunus than the Schnee Mines. After her husband's death, she took over as CEO of his company and within two years had taken the seat of Councillor as well.

Naturally, she's abused her position for her companies profit, trying to make sure all the military contracts go to her. It hasn't made her popular, but it has made her rich and powerful.

The only contract she couldn't get her hands on was to produce the Atlesian androids, the same ones that she has spent years decreeing as weak and unreliable...

The same ones that have just utterly failed to actually protect us. Whoops.

My bad.

Which certainly explains why Ironwood looks so... irritated, even I can see where this meeting is going. I think I've made his life a bit more complicated.

Well, even more complicated than starting a war.

Eh, sacrifices have to be made for my profit and enjoyment. Sorry, not Sorry, Jimmy.

Given the way she walks through the base as if she owns the place, I'm not exactly surprised when she just lets herself into Ironwood's office, her guards staying outside except for the big pink lady.

"Councillor Volskaya, an... unexpected pleasure." Ironwood says calmly, the slight narrowing of his eyes and the way his hand grips the arm of his chair giving away his annoyance.

"Save the niceties, General. For years I have warned you that mechanical forces are no match for a real army, and for years you have ignored me. Now the price of your lack of foresight has finally been revealed." Katya says coldly, staring him down.

Not friends then?

"I'm sure Volskaya Industries falling stock has nothing to do with your insistence that we move from a mechanical force." Ironwood says back with a scowl, not even bothering to play nice now that he has been called out.

As interesting as the fact that two of the councillors clearly dislike each other is... their squabbling quickly grows tiresome as I am forced to sit down and listen to two of the leaders of the strongest Kingdom squabble like children.

And I'm not even sabotaging their relationship.

It's nice to know my unknowing opponents are idiots.

"Councillor Hill has come around to my point of view, and while the fifth seat is unfilled, you have had your way with Atlas for too long, your arrogance and pride in your machine army has cost us too much." Katya continues, Ironwood rising slightly before he takes a breath and sits back down.

"And what exactly do you suggest we do, with war approaching?" Ironwood asked, making her smirk.

"I have a large enough military force, a proper one made up of loyal and trained soldiers, not Huntsmen and Huntresses doing whatever they please, or your scrap soldiers." Katya said, making Ironwood slam his hand down on the desk.

"You built a private military force?! I am the General of Atlas, Military matters fall under my jurisdiction, not yours. You overstep your boundaries, Volskaya." Ironwood growled. "Where did you even get the manpower?"

"Irrelevant, and I would not have had to take such measures if you ever listen to the other councillors." Katya waved off as I get to work digging through her files.

Her 'mercenaries' are prisoners with life sentences who she has had taken from their cells, faked their deaths, and then Moira helped ensure their loyalty with an altered version of what she did to Widowmaker.

...She has no idea she let a Talon agent work on her soldiers.

"What I need, is to equip them." Katya said, her eyes flickering over to me.

"No. I need him working on preparing our android forces." Ironwood says immediately.

"Have Liao do that, she and Pietro designed them after all. Or get Watts to crawl out of whatever hole he is hiding in." Katya says calmly.

Ah, right, Arthur Watts. He wasn't at the lab when we were attacked. I'd say that is suspicious since I was planning on having him killed, but he's been holed up in his smaller private lab since I first arrived.

He hasn't connected to the net once, nor made any calls or sent any messages.

"Perhaps there's a way for everyone to get what they want." I say calmly, making them both jump slightly, breaking their staring contest as they remember that I actually exist.

Or that I'm not one of their obedient scientists willing to sit around and wait for them to argue forever.

"I can run up the blueprints for Doctor Liao to upgrade the mainframes to resist the disabling pulse, which is the most important thing we need to work on first, then the airships. While she manages the upgrading of the mainframes and adapts my tech for the airships, I can work on gear for Councillor Volskaya." I offer with an easy smile, making Katya's scowl lessen slightly, growing smug as she turns to Ironwood challengingly.

"...remain available for Doctor Liao if she requires your assistance." Ironwood orders after a moment, ignoring Katya completely.

Part of my wants to tell him to stick his order up his ass, but that wouldn't do for the act I am going for.

Plus... I'm still trying to decide if Ironwood is surviving this war. I need him alive for now otherwise Vacuo would roll over Atlas, but once the war is coming to a close (a devastating and costly draw, naturally), I might not need him or Swain any more.

So when I make my decision, I'll remember that he thought he could order me around.

"Excellent, it's nice to see you can see reason." Katya says with a smug smile, rubbing it in as she turns to me. "Shiro Eis? Councillor Hill has mentioned you, as has Lady Schnee... in great detail. Why don't we leave the General to his work." she says, making me glance at Ironwood.

I can see the hesitation before he gives me a micro-nod, barely noticeable. Let him think he is still in charge, that he is in control.

"I'll have the designs drawn up and sent to Doctor Liao before I go to bed tonight." I say easily as I rise from my chair, stretching slightly.

I've been lounging in it for ages.

"Shall we?" I ask Katya with a smile.

"Of course, I've been wanting to meet you for a while." Katya says, completely ignoring Ironwood. "Why don't you lead us to your lab? I assume it has been cleaned up?"

"Hm, I do think they got rid of the grunt corpses outside it." I say, scratching my chin.

Some grunts tried getting into my lab, but it didn't exactly... end well.

"You are calm about your brush with death." the big woman says, staring me down with narrowed eyes.

"What brush with death?" I say with a smirk, tapping my waist as a small white shield forms around me. "After my kidnapping, I decided to make sure I wouldn't be caught off guard again." I explain easily.

"You have a personal shield?" she asked, reaching forwards and flicking the solid shield. "You were never in any danger, were you?"

"It's just a prototype, but the weapons that the terrorists had weren't powerful enough to pierce it. I want to improve the power source later, but it will do for now. I pretty sure I could deflect at least a single of the sniper rounds with it at the moment, enough for me to get into cover and I'd still have my aura available." I admit. "It activates in reaction to anything approaching me above a certain speed, or on my command."

"Can you mass produce them?" Katya asks, staring down at the tiny device clipped to my belt.

"I have a dozen versions scattered around my lab, most of them took me ten minutes to build." I say easily. "Once it's ready, I can program an assembly line to automate the whole thing, could probably make hundreds every day if I needed to."

All of which would have a kill-switch built-in... but let's not mention that, huh?

Reaching my lab, I pause as I look at the blood stains on the wall opposite my door.

"Ugh, is it so hard to clean up a bit of a mess?" I say to myself as I open the door, everything as I left it. "If you'll give me a second." I say moving over to a pod.

Hitting the keyboard, I activate the android inside it with a sigh.

I hate working with people watching because I have to do this shit manually. I could have done it with a thought if I didn't have an audience.

It still only takes me a matter of seconds, but it's seconds wasted.

"Kara, clean up the mess outside." I order as the brown-haired android steps out of the pod, dressed in a neat white and black uniform with the letter AX400 on it. The only part of her that gives away her inhuman nature is the little blue circle on the left side of her head, occasionally flashing as my orders register. "I have white shoes, and they cost more than most cars."

"Of course, Master." Kara says with a bow. "I'll start right away."

Of course, she doesn't have trouble cleaning up blood, I programmed her.

Kara... is the soon to be publicly available model of my sex bots, only she's not a 'sex bot' because that is something only a degenerate would buy... she's a domestic assistant.

She cooks, she cleans, she drives, she'll babysit your kids, and yes... she fucks like a pornstar (if you buy the additional features). Her appearance is customisable... if you order a custom bot.

Also comes in a male version, or both if that is what you are into.

Basically, everything costs extra... because I have the monopoly on domestic androids and no one can break it (on account of the fact that I'd have them killed if they even tried).

"Sorry about that, I could have sworn Ironwood had someone clean up around here." I say easily, resting against the desk, watching them stare at the happily cleaning android. "Don't mind Kara, she's another prototype, an android made for domestic duties. She's only dangerous to stubborn stains."

"I was under the impression you worked mostly on military assignments, and Ironwood's... secret project." Katya says calmly, slightly disdain in her gaze as she glances over at Kara.

"Kara is a personal project, and I work better with multiple projects to keep me amused." I say calmly.

"And you named it?" the big la-

Dragging up her file, I save it quickly.

"And you named it?" Aleksandra Zaryanova said, staring me down.

"Kara is easier to say that Model AX400 Number-0001." I counter, getting a nod from her after a moment. "Anyway, you wanted to equip your men, right? What did you have in mind?"

"Very well... onto the matter at hand. Are you aware of Volskaya Industries-" Katya starts.

"Primarily produces military hardware, weapons, armour, vehicles, however when Atlas moved over to a more mechanised military, Ironwood made sure that the Atlesian Knights, Paladins and Airships would be produced by Atlas itself, cancelling the old contract with Volskaya Industries... which almost bankrupted it. Your most recent project was attempting to make powered armour to replace the Android soldiers because you don't trust AI to defend Atlas... and because Volskaya is bleeding Lien. You want me to make you powered battle suits so you can use this war to prove that a human military is superior... and to save your company from its impending bankruptcy, and by extension your position." I interrupt casually. "I do my research." I say after an awkward moment of silence as Katya and Aleksandra both stare me down with a shocked stare.

"That you do, Mr Eis... that you do. Any other private information you care to reveal?" Katya asks, a mixture of irritation tinged with grudging respect.

"You bribed Robyn Hill to side with you against Ironwood by taking a contract to produce new generators, public transports and some other necessities for Mantle even though it will cost you a small fortune to do so... a small fortune that you don't have, it's a gamble that could cost you your company if your plan to change the Atlesian military fails... wait, no... you've made preparations in case it goes wrong." I say, staring her down with a slight frown. "Who has enough Lien to... Ahh, I see. You've made a deal with Mother, a safety net to save your company and position in the worst case scenario. Not sure what you are paying with, but I can just ask her if I need to." I say, leaning back with a small smile.

"How did you-" Aleksandra starts, staring at me with furrowed brows, Katya gaping at me.

"It's just... a bit of deductive reasoning. What you want to make was easy to guess, one only has to look at the people you've hired to work our what you are attempting... even if there wasn't that leaked video of your failed model, the one that killed the pilot. You hired a lot of the people who worked on the Atlesian Paladins away from Ironwood, but without the real brains behind their creation, Pietro and Mina, you still failed. As for Robyn? Robyn Hill wouldn't act against Ironwood unless it benefited Mantle, and Mantle is practically falling apart. You have the resources to produce what her people need, even if you don't have the Lien, but you aren't a gambler, Mrs Volskaya, and you wouldn't risk everything on one saving throw... so you'd have to find a safety net. Volskaya Industries is a massive company, even with it's fading star, so there are less than ten people in Remnant that could afford to save you, from there it was just a bit of detective work to narrow it down." I say with a shrug, watching her start to smirk.

I'm not even lying, most of it I worked out myself and then double checked through my implant.

"Willow had a lot to say about you, but I doubted her boasts about your genius." Katya says, giving me a respectful nod.

"I'm proud of two things, my genius and my sexual prowess, and I don't lie about either, and I'm always happy to prove my words." I say casually, Katya giving me a deadpan stare even as Aleksandra laughs slightly. "You want power armour? Well, you certainly came to the right person... the only real question is, why should I spend my time working on saving your company when I have a dozen other projects I could be working on?" I ask casually, even as Aleksandra narrows her eyes at my disrespect. "I don't work for Atlas, I'm, at best, an independent contractor... so, why are you and your problems worth my time?"

- Ashe -

Prison life was... uncomfortable. More so than usual, and she knew a little bit about what prison life was usually like.

It was deliberate of course, an act of spite and punishment from the Schnee Family, for daring to attack them, and it had been made clear that she was a single phone call from having her unpleasant prison life become literal hell.

The only thing that had stopped her from being gang-raped so far was the guards, the guards who had admitted that the Schnee's had them on payroll and they might just... disappear for a time sooner or later.

She'd turned down Shiro Eis's... kind offer to free her from her prison, too proud to become a slave in all but name, she convinced herself that she could find a way out of this... or negotiate and get a better deal from the smirking teenager.

Instead, he ended the call without giving her a chance to try and negotiate, simply telling her that they could talk about this more after she'd come to realise her position better. That there would be unforeseen consequences for declining his generosity.

It's taken less than an hour before the consequences for refusing Shiro's offer became clear.

Mere minutes after the call ended, her cell door opened and she was grabbed and bagged by a trio of armed guards, ripped from her bed, handcuffed with a bag pulled over her head as they dragged her away.

She'd struggled, but after a quick pinprick to her neck, her struggle died down, her body growing lethargic as it stopped obeying her commands.

No matter how she raged in her mind, it couldn't get through to her limp body as she was tossed over someone's shoulder, she could tell they were speaking, but the voices were muffled, distant, and she could make our nothing.

She was vaguely aware of what was happening to her, focusing her mind she made out the sounds of an engine after she was thrown down on hard metal, a transport?

She didn't know how long they travelled for, her consciousness fading in and out as they moved, it felt like hours, but really it could have been minutes at the most before she was picked up again, tossed down onto... wet grass?

More illegible words, before she was picked up again, this time by a far colder, harder pair of hands... metal?

She might not be able to see, but she could certainly feel, and as her arms were yanked above her head she tried once more to struggle, kicking her legs out at the unseen figure binding her arms to something above her.

Her foot connected, striking at the leg of the figure, but she didn't need to hear his chuckle to know how weak it had been.

As she went to try again, she froze feeling cold, sharp metal pressed against her skin, digging into her soft flesh just enough to draw a slither of blood.

More words, mocking and threatening as his blade went to her prison jumpsuit, cutting it up the middle, yanking it down past her shoulders as she felt the icy cold air strike her bare skin.

With her arms bound, he had to work a bit to strip her naked, but with a blade touching her skin, her struggle faded entirely, not willing to risk cutting herself as he shredded her jumpsuit leaving her in nothing but the bag over her head.

Why... why was it so fucking cold? It felt like she was in an Atlesian winter night, with nothing to cover her from the biting cold.

Undoing the strings on the bag, he reached under it, his hands caressing her face as he placed a much smaller silk blindfold over her eyes, pulling the bag off.

As another needle was stabbed into her bare skin, just over her exposed left breast, she shuddered at the unnatural feeling of something rushing through her veins, thrashing the in her bindings.

"Calm down, it was just a purging agent to get rid of the drugs I had them use to make transporting you easier." A far too familiar voice said, mocking amusement in his tone.

"Schnee." Ashe growled, her senses returning as she glared in the general direction of the voice.

"Eis, actually. Speaking of Ice... how are you enjoying the temperature, Miss Caledonia?" Shiro said with a chuckle in his tone, a soft hand reaching up and gripping her breast, his fingers almost painfully hot. "Quite the role reversal is it not? I have to say the tied-up look suits you much better... but then, there's a slight difference between this little situation and the time I spent in your hands. Can you guess what it is?"

"I'm naked, obviously." Ashe growled, shaking her chest to get away from his groping fingers.

"Nope." Shiro replied, popping the P as obnoxiously as possible. "Well, yes... but that's not the important part. When you had me, you needed me alive and unharmed if you wanted to get your payout... or survive the consequences. Me? I don't need you at all." Shiro growled slightly, an unseen hand backhanding her across the face as she yelped in pain. "I could gut you here and now, watch you bleed out all over my basement floor with a smile, or I could spend the rest of the night fucking every hole you have... before sending you back to prison so every murderer, rapist and terrorist in the super-max I had you sent to can have their turn, and nothing would come of it. No one would care, how long do you think you could take it before you ended your own life? Just a dumb rich girl who thought playing the crime lord was funny until it wasn't any more. You wouldn't be mourned, your family have already publicly disowned you after your identity was exposed, your gang are all in a different prison at the other side of Atlas, and it would be trivial to start a prison riot that sends them all to join you. You and your gang would be a footnote, briefly mentioned on the news before everyone forgets you even existed. Ashe... you should have accepted my offer. I was willing to forgive and forget if you could just play along, you and your men would have been free by now, but no... you just had to be prideful." Shiro scoffed. "So, I have decided to change my offer... you, and only you will be implanted, you will serve me and keep the rest of your gang in line, I have plans for you, and you will fulfil your role in them." Shiro said, certainty in his tone.

"...why would I do that?" Ashe asked, falling still as she glared in his direction.

"Because every time you disobey me, a member of your gang is going to die. You call them your 'family', so I want to see how true that is. Every act of disobedience will cost you one of your family." Shiro explained calmly, the smug smile clear in his tone.

Stilling, she tried to make out his form from the thick blindfold, scowling at the unyielding blackness.

"...What do you want?" Ashe asked, biting her lip to stop herself from reacting as he reached forwards, gripping her chin.

"Right now? Hmm... let's go with nothing. I want you to do nothing. Don't worry, I'm sure I'll find something for you soon, but for now... why don't you just hang around. Don't worry, the temperature is carefully chosen to make sure don't freeze to death... and I'll probably remember to have you fed in a few hours or so. Maybe." Shiro said, as the sound of his footsteps moved away.

Before she could respond, a door shut in the distance, and seconds later... the cold grew harsher.

She should have taken the deal...

- Ozpin -

"If only someone, maybe a fucking spymaster, had warned you all that Swain was up to something months before this happened." Qrow said mockingly, James scowling face on the screen. "Oh wait, I fucking did! I told you all, and you said, and I fucking quote, 'We can't take actions against a Kingdom on a drunks hunches'." Qrow scoffed.

"And I was right to do so. 'There's something weird in Vacuo' tells us nothing, and that was your entire report." James countered with a scowl, his eyes narrowing. "You didn't give a single piece of evidence, you refuse to share your sources, and the less said about your reports, the better."

"Gentlemen, if you could all calm down?" Ana said with a sigh. "Shouting and insulting doesn't help anyone."

"Oh? Perhaps we should follow your example and run away for a couple decades then?" Qrow countered easily. "What do you know? You spent the last decade hiding in Vacuo, and you didn't even think to warn anyone that a madman had taken over?"

"As crude as he is, Qrow has a point for once." James agreed with a frown. "You have been living as a vigilante in Vacuo for years, and you didn't think it was necessary to come out of hiding to warn us?"

"Because I didn't know, I spent most of my time around the smaller villages, holding off Grimm... and your sister." Ana said calmly to Qrow, sipping her tea as he frowned.

"Please, everyone... this is helping no one but our enemies." Ozpin said soothingly, watching as James and Qrow glared at each other briefly, Ana sighing in annoyance. "James, while this is a tragedy... are you convinced that Swain is connected to Salem?" Ozpin asked, getting back on track as James scowled slightly at being questioned.

Something he never did do well with.

"Fairly certain. It's nothing I can confirm, but we have been watching his troop movements, and the Grimm have moved away from the areas he is deploying to, they aren't attacking the under-defended capital either." James said, making him pause, leaning back in his chair.

For once, his... inner council remained silent, letting him think.

This wouldn't be the first time Salem turned a Kingdom against their fellow man, nor would Vacuo be the first Kingdom he had to destroy to prevent her influence spreading. He had seen entire countries indoctrinated into her death cult before, and if allowing Atlas to conquer Vacuo was what was needed to prevent her influence from spreading death and destruction through Remnant, he would do so.

To make things worse, there were things in the deserts that now fell in the borders of Vacuo that he couldn't risk being freed by Salem. Deep beneath the deserts of Vacuo had been something of a dumping ground for him in the past.

Syndra... as much as it pained him, she couldn't be let free, as Salem would undoubtedly do without a moment of hesitation if she realised she was down there.

Still...

"Until we are certain, I cannot move the Huntsmen of Vale to assist you." Ozpin said with a sigh.

"Even if we are sure, we move the Huntsmen away from Vale and we'll be balls deep in Grimm by the next day. If She's involved, she'll be watching for any openings." Qrow pointed out.

"Understood, Atlas cannot afford to show weakness by relying on another Kingdom regardless, not after so many hits to our image." James agreed.

"I shall prepare Vale's Huntsmen and Huntresses for the increase in Grimm activity, and I will speak to the Councillors of Vale and Mistral in preparation for decreeing Vacuo's actions if and when you can prove their connection to Talon." Ozpin agreed, getting a nod from Ironwood. "Do you have a plan to deal with Vacuo's aggressions if your machines have been countered?"

"I do, putting Mr Eis's genius to proper use. I still think your plan to move him to Beacon is a waste of his talents." James pointed out. "Pietro admitted that Shiro's mind was far more advanced than his, and unlike most scientists Shiro doesn't seem to have a single area of expertise. His skills would be wasted playing Huntsman."

"We have already discussed this, and the lab is being built beneath Beacon as we speak, but it is essential that he does not fall into Salem's hands. He has had an attempt on his life and a kidnapping in the last week alone. If Talon are truly being funded by Vacuo, and Swain is truly a servant of Salem then it is clear she is targetting Shiro. This entire attack could have simply been another attempt to grab him." Ozpin explained. "He will be safer here than in Atlas."

"And you have an idea why the Grimm Queen wants him, don't you?" James asked.

"I do, but I wish to keep my theory to myself for now." Ozpin agreed.

"That's my son you're talking about... if you have a 'theory' on why people are trying to kidnap him, I wanna know it." Qrow growled. "You've already 'forbidden' me from going to Atlas and watching over him, and I've told you Raven is watching him as well.. at least before she decided to slaughter half of Mistral."

Hmm. This could be complicated... with his suspicions on Qrow's failing loyalties, he couldn't tell him anything truly sensitive, or at least anything he wouldn't find out through his information network.

That being said, denying him could push him away further and that was less than ideal, beyond Qrow's own considerable strength he also ran the largest spy network in Remnant... and was the only person who knew how it worked.

He couldn't lose Qrow's services.

"Later, Qrow. Remain behind afterwards." Ozpin said, watching the glare subside slightly, Qrow's stance becoming less aggressive.

He was all the more convinced that Shiro was, if not the God of Light himself, connected to the God. His aura was unmistakable, and as weak as it was there was an undeniable touch of divine on Shiro.

- ? -

Ozma was an idiot.

Did he still not understand the differences between Good and Light?

Sitting on her throne, she stared down at the world of... whatever the mortals were calling it now with a smirk. At least it was entertaining.

The God of Light may have been willing to disappear into the stars and await for Ozma or Salem to call them, but she wasn't as patient, and the mortals made for good amusement.

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In: Boards ►Attack on Atlas, War incoming?
HackerGirlS(Original Poster)(Alleged Criminal)(SheWhoKnows)(Verified Sexy)(Human)

So, unless you are blind, deaf and stupid, which makes up about 80% of you, you've probably noticed that Atlas just got hit.

Hard.

Not Grimm this time, and the 'Strongest' Kingdom got their asses kicked... by a group of terrorists called Talon (we've talked about them before). A lot happened, but to make it nice and quick?

Talon attacked the main research lab in Atlas, the top secret and well defended research lab, and Atlas utterly failed to protect their scientists, despite all that. Known casualties are in the dozens, all scientists and researchers, including Pietro Polendina, amognst others.

The Remnant-Famous Machine Army was disabled before the attack, and did nothing to stop Talon Grunts from just walking in and gunning down basically everyone they came across.

The Security was reactivated by a new member of the Atlesian Think-Tank, Shiro Eis, son of Willow Schnee, owner of the Lux nightclub (and half of Vale at this point) and teen prodigy, but by then the casualties were ridiculous. [Link to Shiro Eis discussion page]

Also worth noting, Shiro Eis was recently kidnapped by a gang called the Deadlock Rebels, and Talon tried to grab him from them almost immediately before he was rescued by Atlesian Specialists and the Ace Operatives (at the cost of two members of the elite huntsmen group.)

I managed to get a copy of some of the security vids that hadn't been purged, but watch at your own discretion.[Link] [Link] [Link]

The fun part? Talon have been seen fleeing to Vacuo, with Atlas in pursuit, Vacuo's General Swain had his forces fortify the borders within the hour, and Talon's leader Akande Ogundimu (Doomfist) was seen passing through them unchallenged... despite being wanted Remnant wide.

Well, everyone... hope you're all ready because it's time for the Great War 2: Electric Boogaloo. Vacuo vs Atlas, whoever wins, everyone else loses.

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►The Cavalry is Here(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(Human)

That's horrible!

Remnant can't afford a war with the Grimm on the offensive, we haven't even recovered from the Great War yet.

►TheWannabeHero(Verified Huntsman in Training)(Human)(Shiro's Bitch)

Holy fucking shit... they were just executing them.

Gunning them down without a moment of hesitation...

edit: Err... what's that last tag?

►TheTigerQueen(Alleged White Fang)(Faunus)(Verified Sexy)

I have no love for Atlas, and even less love for Vacuo given Swain's... opinion on Faunus, but this? This is horrific.

Even at their worst, the White Fang never targetted civilians and researchers.

►TheFairestOfThemAll(SDC)(Verified Celebrity)(Verified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Huntress in Training)

Can we have a single thread without you going on about how misunderstood the White Fang are?

I've seen family and innocent workers vanish at the hands of the White Fang and it's disgusting that you use every single tragedy to push your agenda.

►TheGreatTorchwick(Alleged Criminal)(Verified DumbDumb)(TheGreatDumbDumb)(Human)

Every single fucking time. Do you two have to turn every thread into a 50 page argument over the White Fang?

So Vacuo and Atlas are going to slug it out, huh? Sucks to be them.

Can't say I'm surprised Shiro is the middle of this, I knew getting away from him was a good idea. If Shiro is in your Kingdom, get out of your Kingdom.

►Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Hedonist(Moderator)(New Owner)(Verified Sexiest Man in Remnant)(God Amongst Men)(Verified Badass)(Lux Owner)(Verified Sex God)(Richest Man in Remnant)(Smartest Man Alive)

That's the thanks I get for getting you pardoned?

►TheGreatTorchwick(Alleged Criminal)(Verified DumbDumb)(TheGreatDumbDumb)(Human)(Retired Old Man)(Verified Civilian lol)

Tell that fucking midget I want my hat and cane back, I know it was her!

Also, stop letting her give me tags. Why did you give her of all people mod privileges?!

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

lol

►NyanNyan(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(DDR Champion)(Faunus)

So, that first tag is a joke, right?

...right?

Guys?

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

►QueenOfGames(Gamer Girl)(Unverified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Verified Celebrity)

That isn't creepy at all...

Is this going to affect the tournament in Mistral? I'm supposed to be competing in it but maybe I should head for Beacon early.

...also, how do I get a Verified Sexy tag?

►TheInvincibleGirl(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(Verified Celebrity)(Human)(Verified Badass)

QueenOfGames I've spoken to my manager and the tournament is still on, they don't want to panic the people of Mistral by cancelling such a well-known event. The panic could cause more Grimm to become active so things will be continuing as normal.

My heart goes out to those who have lost family and friends to this horrific attack, and I just hope we can avoid a senseless war, haven't the people of Remnant suffered enough?

Also, Verified Badass? Who is giving these Tags out? Not that I'm complaining...

►DaddyIssues(Verified Traitor)(Verified Walking Corpse)(Verified Bitch)

Firstly, sucks to be Atlas.

Secondly, who changed my name?

►BurningEmbers(Verified Sexy)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)(Human)

You're living on borrowed time, Mercury

►DaddyIssues(Verified Traitor)(Verified Walking Corpse)(Verified Bitch)
It was nothing personal, just business...

►QueenOfGames(Gamer Girl)(Unverified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Verified Celebrity)

Wait... TheInvincibleGirl how come you get a Verified Badass tag?!

Mods How do I get the Verified Badass and Verified Sexy Tags?

PM me QueenofGames

I'm sure we can get you some more appropriate tags

►QueenOfGames(Gamer Girl)(Unverified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Verified Celebrity)

PM'd you Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Hedonist

►QueenQiyana(Verified Celebrity)(True Damage)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Brat)(Human)

Huh.

That explains why it's so hard to get a meeting with Shiro at the minute.

I thought he was ghosting me for fun.

►DJSona(Verified Celebrity)(Unverified Sexy)(Human(?))

I've been hoping to get in contact with him myself...

Nah, QueenQiyana

Just been busy

When I return to Vale, I'll deal with you and True Damage

DJSona PM me.

►Gen. James Ironwood(Verified Councillor)(Verified Atlesian Military)(Human (Cyborg?))(Verified Hardass)

The murder of our innocent scientists will not go unanswered, and our people will be avenged. Atlas is preparing our response as I type.

If Vacuo are truly innocent of this, why defend the crminals? Why does General Swain refuse to discuss this, even as the Vacuo military moves to their borders?

►ThePaleWoman(Verified Sexy)

As bullheaded as ever, Ironwood.

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

[Link]

►GoldilockswiththeSexyHair(Verified Badass)(Verified Sexy)(Lux Employee)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Human)

Nice.

BellybootyV2 you might wanna see this...

►The Cavalry is Here(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Thirsty Lesbian)

Erm... does anyone know the names of the girls in the video?

Asking for a friend...

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Babe, when did you even record that?

►NyanNyan(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(DDR Champion)(Faunus)(Party Animal)

Nya~
Was that Kali Belladonna wearing the collar and nothing else?

►TheOriginalBellabooty(Faunus)(Verified Sexy)(Lux Employee)(Verified Pet)

Maybe~

Come to the Lux and you'll get to compare the video with me in person... make your own decision if that sexy cougar is me.

►NyanNyan(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(DDR Champion)(Faunus)(Party Animal)

Damn~

But who is the other girl? The younger one?

►Bellabooty V2(Verified Sexy)(Verified Pet)(Faunus)(Lux Employee)

Can I just take this moment to say I hate you both? IceCream, You'll Scream, You'll Scream Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Hedonist

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

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;)

►Bellabooty V2(Verified Sexy)(Verified Pet)(Faunus)(Lux Employee) (Verified Pornstar)

Oh, fuck you!

How do you even have so many pics of me?!

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)

lololololol

bad kitty need some more training?

►Bellabooty V2(Verified Sexy)(Verified Pet)(Faunus)(Lux Employee) (Verified Pornstar)

...I'm sorry.

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

2 late

you know where to go, little kitty

hope your tongue isn't sore anymore...

►FaunusDroolHumansRule(Verified Racist)(Verified Huntsman In Training)(Human and Proud)

Normally I'd not want to see Faunus, but the sexy midget and her boyfriend clearly know how to put the beasts in their place. Faunus are much more tolerable when they are on their knees before their masters.

Kali is the wife of the guy who founded the White Fang right?

Does he know his slutty wife has gone crawling to a human for a proper fucking? Lol

IceCream, You'll Scream, You'll Scream Got any more pics or videos?

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

FaunusDroolHumansRule

[Link]

livestream lol

say hi blake! oh... her mouth is busy lol

Admin Note: Behave, or I won't spank you when I get back

►NyanNyan(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(DDR Champion)(Faunus)(Party Animal)

DON'T CLICK THAT LINK! It is not a livestream.

Holy shit IceCream, You'll Scream, You'll Scream, warn a girl before you post shit like that.

►IceCream, You'll Scream(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Sexy)(Verified Best Girl)(Hide your Ice Cream)(Human)(Verified Badass)(Moderator)

lololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol

►TheBloodyBeastofRemnant(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified EdgeLord)(Faunus)(Banned)(Verified Bitch)(Alleged White Fang)(Alleged Criminal)

[Message deleted by Moderator]

Mod Notes: Try me, Adam. How's your arm? That's what I thought.

Also, I'm fucking your girlfriend, you cuck. Want the videos? Never mind, already PM'd them.

Edit: I can see when you open them, you cuckold.

Edit 2: Warned the local authorities to your location, run boy run.
Edit 3: Bitch.

►TheLittleRedReaper(Verified Weapons Expert)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(Verified Adorkable)

Umm, guys?

There's a war about to start...

Maybe focus on that?

...and what is that link?

Edit: OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG DON'T CLICK THE LINK! EWW, EWW, EWW, EWW, EWW, EWW.

►QueenOfGames(Gamer Girl)(Unverified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Verified Celebrity)

TheLittleRedReaper

Thx for the help with my mekas guns again!

But yeah, she has a point? Is this really the time for this?

►TheLittleRedReaper(Verified Weapons Expert)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Unverified Sexy)(Verified Adorkable)(Scared for Life)

QueenofGames

No problem! If you need any more help, just PM me!

Umm... Unverified Sexy? That's... where did that come from? Guys?

Who makes these tags?

►TheBanditQueen(Verified Sexy)(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Badass)(Human)(Mother of the Year)

So both Atlas and Vacuo will have weaker defences soon?

Only a fool would ignore such an opportunity.

►TiredOldCrow(Verified Badass)(Verified Huntsman)(Beta Tester)(Human)(Dad)

Don't try it, Raven.

This really isn't the time for you to pull your usual shit.

►TheTrueQueen(Unverified Sexy)(Verified Scary Bitch)(Human(?))

Once more, the people of Remnant prove that they need no prodding to tear each other apart.

These are the fools you gave so much to protect, Ozma. That you sacrificed everything for.

Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Hedonist The world is changing, my child, and your actions are the spark that lit the flame, choose your side carefully.

►Snife(Verified Simp)(Verified Gambling Addict)(I lost it all at the Lux and all I got was this stupid tag)(Mother's Favoured)(Hug Whore)

TheBanditQueen

Mommy, I'm in debt again...

►TheBanditQueen(Verified Sexy)(Verified Serial Killer)(Verified Badass)(Human)(Mother of the Year)

...who are you and why do you keep calling me that?

I am not your mother, go away you strange man.

Even if I was, I wouldn't even get my own child out of debt if she was pathetic enough to get in debt.

►GoldilockswiththeSexyHair(Verified Badass)(Verified Sexy)(Lux Employee)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Human)(Verified Mummy Issues)

Wait...

TheBanditQueen TiredOldCrow

I have some questions.

Edit: She fucking blocked me.

Edit 2: Qrow, you can't ghost me! I know where you live. I'm coming over, so pull your dick out of your toys or I'll blast it off.

►HackerGirlS(Original Poster)(Alleged Criminal)(SheWhoKnows)(Verified Sexy)(Human)

A war is about to start, and this is the response?

Fucking Remnant lol.

Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Hedonist you win the bet, I'll send the files soon.

This place is already a Death World, who cares about a war or two?

TheTrueQueen Your PM was... weird, what were those pictures supposed to be?

►Raven, The Mother of All(Unverified Sexy)(Mother of All)(Verified Cult Leader)(Verified Gambling Addict)(Moderator)(Sugar Mama)

TheBanditQueen

Sorry, Snife got confused again.

Cleared your debt, but stay out of the Lux this time.

I'm pretty sure Shiro is going to sell your kidneys if you get in so much debt again.

Raven, The Mother of All

He is more than welcome in the Lux, as are you. If you find yourself in debt, I'm sure we can come to an understanding and clear it all away.

►QueenOfGames(Gamer Girl)(Verified Sexy)(Human)(Verified Huntress in Training)(Verified Celebrity)(Verified Badass)

I'm definitely paying a visit to the Lux when I get to Vale, I'll post when I'm going so all my fans can come meet me!

Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Hedonist We should definitely hang out!

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Authors Note: Yes, I stole the idea for the bonus scene from Worm. Sue me. Wait, no... please don't. I might use that format more since it's pretty fun to write.

Also, I've started playing D&D. Will this effect uploads? If so, please direct all complaints to Raven and Thunder on the discord.

It's shorter than usual because I'm tired and busy, deal with it.

Fic Rec: Two this time, aren't you spoiled?

A Gamble Against Time, a Chronomancer Gamer and What is Real?, an Illusionist Gamer, both by Etherdir on FF. Go read them, they're good.

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