Intermission
Inside one of the rooms provided by T sleeps Team RWBY. In their new sleeping quarters, it is just as identical to their dorm room in Beacon Academy. The slight difference is that the place is much larger than their old one, plus there are two bathrooms, and the room came with the clothing that they thought was left behind in their dorm room, much to their joy and relief.
The girls slept in their respective bunk beds (which is more reinforced than their custom made one), similar to their old ones—the team was peacefully sleeping in their sleeping garment, all tuckered out from the excitement of merely watching a war from another universe.
That peace unfortunately ended.
"COCKADOODLEDOO!"
"AAAA!" All the girls sleeping screamed as they shot out from their beds, both shocked and startled by the unexpected noise.
Both Ruby and Yang fell from the top of their bunk beds and hit the floor. Weiss quickly got to her feet but was crushed by the falling Rose, and Blake just covered her cat ears, trying to block out the pain.
"What was that?!" Yang groaned as she rubbed her sore butt.
"Get off of me, you dolt!" Weiss groaned in pain as she tried to push Ruby away.
"I'm sorry!" Ruby quickly apologized to her partner as she promptly got up and helped her up.
"I think that was chicken," Blake said as she rubbed her cat ears.
"A chicken?" RW_Y all said confusion. They quickly agreed that it was the sound of a chicken that made that noise. But the question was, where did a chicken come from?
They heard a knock on their door.
"Ruby? Girls? Are you all up?" The sound of Jaune's voice came from the door.
"Where all up, Jaune!" Ruby answered as she opened the door revealing their sister team, Team JNPR, along with the two team members of Team CFVY.
"You all heard that, right?" Nora's said as her head popped out from behind her team leader's back.
"Yeah, we heard it…" Blake muttered, still rubbing her cat ears while noticing Velvet doing the same thing with her bunny ears while she sheepishly smiles towards her fellow Faunus.
"I'm surprised that there is even a chicken in this pocket dimension," Ren comments while everyone agreed how odd that would be.
"I hope that didn't disturb the others." Weiss pointed out.
"I don't think that would be a problem," Coco answered. "I went ahead and checked up with our professors, and I noticed that there not all in their rooms. Heck, I checked on everyone else as well. It looks like we are the only ones who slept in."
"Then, where is everyone?" Yang asks.
"I guess that there all in the cafeteria having breakfast," Pyrrha answered.
"Right! I guess we should all get ready and go get something to eat for ourselves." Ruby suggested earning a nod from everyone as they all got ready to start the day.
Half an hour later…
After finishing freshening up and wearing their combat gear, they all made their way to the cafeteria. As they entered the room, they all see everyone inside.
They see Torchwick and Neo eating their meals on a separate table slightly farther from everyone, the same with Sienna, who is eating by herself while slightly glaring at the two thieves, but the said two just ignored her.
The teens remembered the reason for this. After they finished watching the viewing yesterday, the White Fang leader confronted the two and demanded answers. Roman was too stubborn and simply said, 'it's only business,' much to her growing irritation but held herself back due to the 'no fighting' rule's restrictions. But that didn't stop herself from threatening the thief as she declared that she would find a loophole and force the answer out of him. That made him slightly flinch, not helping that Sienna used her Faunus traits to scare him but scoffed as he walked away to his quarters along with Neo. This got Ozpin and his group thinking if they can find a loophole to interrogate the thief.
Ghira, Kali, Tai, Winter, and even Penny were in the same seats with their meals as they discussed with one another. Seeing that it was a table filled with family and friends, they most likely talked with one another just to each other since each of them is connected with the girls of Team RWBY.
The Belladonnas were glad that Winter was nothing like her father and pleased to know that Weiss is the same but sadden to learned how much the White Fang has given them such a hard time for what Jacque has done. However, Sienna wasn't convinced about the Schnees but kept quiet about what the White Fang had done. The respective parent figures chat with each other, sharing their stories and the children's while Penny smiled, happy to learn more from her first friends. This earned a few chuckles and laughs from the adults, making RWBY feel somewhat shiver as they think that the adults are sharing some uncomfortable stories about them but are happy to know that they are connecting.
And finally, they see Ozpin, Glynda, James, and Qrow at the same table together, but what caught them by surprise is a familiar deity sitting among them.
"Oh! Good morning students." The deity T, the very one responsible for bringing them here, smiled as he waves his hands to them, getting everyone's attention.
"T!" Ruby smiles as she used her Semblance to come up to him quickly. "Your back!"
"I'm back." T smiled said as he rubbed the young girl's head.
"Good morning, students." Ozpin greeted the children as they all caught up with Ruby. "I trust you all slept well?"
"We have a professor." Weiss nodded along with the others.
"Well… expect for the rude awakening." Yang bluntly said.
"So, you all heard that too, huh?" Qrow laughed. "Gotta admit, it was deafening."
T chuckled. "I apologize for D's pet chicken." Those who were eating nearly choked on their meal while those had their eyes widen in what they just heard.
"Pet… chicken?" Jaune slowly said, trying to process that a god has a pet… and it's a chicken.
T still held his trademark smile and nodded. There was a moment of silence, then almost everyone laughed at the idea, while the mature ones simply smiled and chuckled, not expecting a god to have that kind of pet.
After finishing with the laughs, the students began their breakfast and spent cleaning their dishes. T had requested everyone to stay in the cafeteria for a moment so he could speak to them all.
"So, I trust you enjoyed yourselves here?" T asks the residents of Remnant.
"Yup!" Nora answered. "Everything we've seen so far was awesome!"
"Yea! There were so many weapons, magic, action, and weapons!" Ruby cheerfully says as he bounced on her seats.
"Indeed. It was very educational at the same time." Glynda nodded but slightly frowned. "Although there were some parts that I found… discouraging."
This caught everyone's attention as they slightly shuddered at the unpleasant scenes before and during the Holy Grail War.
T's smile slightly turned sad as she knew what the professor was talking about. "Ah, yes… I apologize for failing to mention such scenes."
"No need to apologize. One would expect such tragedies in a war." Ozpin says as he recalled his past lives for a similar scenery.
"Even so, such is the way of the Moonlit World." T sadly comments.
"The Moonlit World?" Winter repeats.
"It's another saying for Magus when they interact with supernatural topics that are outside the boundaries of normal societies." This earned interest by a few at learning this topic.
"But enough with that." The deity continues getting everyone's full attention. "For the students, I have already discussed with your professors how will you continue with your day before you start with the next screening. You will continue with your studies as you normally do at Beacon Academy. Taiyang and Qrow have both willingly volunteered to help with your studies and training."
"Dad and uncle Qrow are going to teach us?!" Ruby gasped, feeling happy to learn again from both her father and uncle, while Yang felt conflicted by that fact but was delighted none the less.
"The adults are free to do as they please. Either you can learn things from the library, have some fun in the game room, or simply do some training it's your choice. And don't be shy to let me know if there something you like to request. I'll see what I can do to help." This earned a nod from the adults.
"I believe that is all. Are there any questions?" T asked before finishing up.
"I do," Blakes says, getting a nod from her. "Where's D?"
"D is currently doing his things, but you will see him again in the cinema room." T answers. "You'll all hear and an announcement when it's time to go there." Blake nodded, satisfied with the response.
"How do we call you? I mean, you can't expect us to shout your name when you go disappearing on us." Roman was the next to ask, while the others did see the point of his question.
"You can message me by using your Scrolls. My contact number is already added to your device." Everyone was shocked in learning that they quickly checked their Scrolls to see that T's name and contact were added to their contact list.
"What about you?" Ruby asked. "Are you going away again?"
"I am." T simply smiled at the young girl. "As I said before, I too have my duties to do, but I will visit when I have the time."
"And Zelretch?"
T simply sighed but held his smile. "As much as I wish to answer that, even I can't tell what that old man does from time to time."
"Well, that's enlightening," Sienna mumbles, still feeling sore about the vampire's first meeting with them.
"That's just how the old man is." T chuckled while seeing that there were no more questions left. "Well, I guess that's it for now, bets that you all don't waste the day now."
Everyone began to leave the cafeteria to start the day, but Ozpin remained.
"Oz?" James notices this.
"I simply wish to speak with T in private, that is all." The Headmaster of Beacon said with a smile towards his fellow Headmaster. James wasn't sure at first but nodded as he left the cafeteria, leaving the two alone.
"So… what do you wish to speak about? Ozma." T asked, still holding his smile.
Ozpin took a deep breath and sighed. "Ozma. That's a name I haven't heard in a long time."
"Would you prefer that I called you by your current one? After all, that name belonged to Ozma, the Wondering Remnant." T said, earning a sad chuckle from the immortal.
"Whichever you decide, but I appreciate it if you don't call me that in front of the others." Ozpin requested.
"Of course, that is a secret that is not mine to tell." T nodded in understanding. "What do you wish to talk about?"
"I wish to discuss about Caster." T slightly frowns at the question but understood at what the man meant.
"I see… what do you wish to know?"
"Who is he?" T was silent for a moment as he was thinking but quickly gave his answer.
"It's best that you figure that yourself." Ozpin slightly frowned at the answer. "But…" He then perked up hearing deity continue. "All I can say that his case is somewhat similar to you and Salem's. The only difference is that it all began with betrayal. But not in a way that your thinking, mind you."
"I… I see…" Ozpin mutters as looked down on the table. He was not sure how to respond.
"Listen…" Ozpin looked up to see a sad smile from the deity. "I understand why you are asking this question while learning more about Caster's clear obvious pain regarding a holy virgin he mentioned. You should know that you are not the only one hurting. Just keep watching the rest of the viewing, and I'm certain that you might find an answer that you have been longing for all your years in Remnant."
The old man remained silent after hearing T's speech. After taking everything, he said he simply smiled at the deity. "Thank you, T. I appreciate this conversation with you, truly I do, and I hope that I do find an answer in the next following viewings." T smiles slightly grew as he nodded to him. Ozpin stood up and walked out of the cafeteria while thinking T again, leaving the deity all by himself.
The deity then had a sad smile on his face as he sighed. "I truly hope that this viewing will make you tell your secret to your circle and possibly to your students. After what happened in Atlas, trust is the most important factor in order to best your former beloved."
On that note, T disappeared with a flash of light, leaving an empty cafeteria.
Inside the Grey Void Alter…
T reappears himself in the living room in a flash of light, similar to the Grey Void. Still, the difference was that everything about the place was in the opposite position. The furniture and the paths that lead to the said rooms are in opposite locations from Grey Void. This is the Grey Void Alter, another pocket dimension that reflects the Grey Void.
T begins to walk towards this pocket dimension's cafeteria. The moment he reached the doors, he opened it and smiled towards the different sets of people eating their breakfast but shifted their heads towards the smiling T.
"Good morning, everyone. Did you all sleep well?"
"As a matter of fact, I have." Answered a mature female voice. This woman wore a red battle dress, as long black hair, and held a smile that seemed that she was trying to seduce T. This is Cinder Fall, the False Maiden. And sitting next to her are Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai.
"Good to know." T smiled back, pleased with the answer, then he turns to another group. "And what about yourselves?'
"We have, thanks for asking Mr. T," Said a young boy farmer boy. This is Oscar Pine, the next incarnation of Ozpin. Sitting with him are Maria Calavera, the Ace-Ops, and Robyn Hill.
And in a separate table sat Raven Branwen, all by herself staying quiet as she observes the god.
T simply smiled and nodded to the young boy. He turned his attention to a particular woman who was sitting with Cinder's group. "And what about you, my dear? I trust you have no problems?"
"None so far." An older woman who appears in her thirties said with a small smile that was enough to make everyone shudder for some reason. Still, Cinder's group and the Ace-Op knew the real reason they felt it, for this is Salem, the Queen of the Grimm, only that her appearance was precisely how she originally was before she fell in the Grimm Pool. T smiled to himself that his illusion worked perfectly to avoid unwanted disorder due to her real appearance.
"Very good." T happily says as he then sat with Cinder's group. "Let's discuss what you're all going to do today before the next viewing."
To be continued…
A/N: Short chapter, I know. But I promise to start the next episode in the next Chapter!
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