They've decided to make the bunk beds.
Well, not exactly. Yang had put it to a vote and Weiss was outvoted 3-1, but it was still decided.
The only saving grace for Weiss was that they weren't going to make it now, as Yang explained that making them now would take too much time and they'll be late for classes. How she knew was beyond Weiss, but the rest of the team followed Yang's lead, with Yang reassuring Ruby they'll make them later.
Watching Arc and his teammates (and it still irked her they let that buffoon be the leader) stumble in class and get reprimanded for being late however made Weiss almost grateful for Yang's call. Almost.
"Monsters! Demons! Creatures of the night! Yes, the creatures of Grimm have many names, but I simply refer to them as prey! Ha-ha!"
This is our Grimm studies teacher? Ridiculous. For someone as stoic as Ozpin, you'd expect a more professional individual. Mettle gave its own opinion, which was always expected of it. Yang was trapped between tuning out Professor Port and tuning out Mettle, both of which drone on and on. It's a lose-lose situation.
She focused long enough on the lesson to notice their professor wink at her. Yang groaned as Port continued to drone on, her semblance apparently having decided to not tell her to focus on the lesson, which was nice.
To be fair to their professor, it just looked like Port was just bad at teaching. The cage that rattled and let out a few roars probably had a grimm inside. The fact that their teacher had captured one alive was impressive. The fact that Port was able to bore her out of her mind in seconds less so.
She looked over at her other teammates. Blake looked like she was reading her textbook, but Yang could just make out another, smaller book behind it. She had no idea what it was about though. Eh, probably just a novel of some kind.
Weiss seemed determined to focus on the lecture, despite there being nothing to actually learn from the Professor's story. Even Mettle agreed that there wasn't anything that Yang should actively listen to.
And Ruby was doodling on a piece of paper. Before Yang could get a better look her little sister held it up to her teammates. It was a drawing of Port, with the words 'Professor Poop' on the bottom, with Ruby blowing a raspberry. Yang and Blake chuckled while Weiss glared.
"Ahem!" The girl's looked back at Port. "The moral of this story?" There was a point? "A true huntsman must be honorable! A true huntsman must be dependable!" Of course people will depend on you when you're a huntress, it's your job after all. Meaningless drabble from our so called 'teacher'. Mettle sure is talkative today... "A true huntsman must be strategic, well educated and wise!" Yang rolled her eyes, bored out of her mind.
"Now who here believes to be the embodiment of these traits?!"
Yang does, but she doesn't really feel the need to raise her hand up. Mostly confidence, but a good bit of her just didn't want to call attention to herself. The whole thing sounds like an opening for a surprise test. The cage in the room probably being the 'surprise'.
"I do sir!" And there was Weiss. Probably wants to show off.
Yang had the feeling Mettle was right.
What was that display? Weiss didn't even use her semblance until the very end, and struggled because of it. She's made a fool of herself.
Yang sighs as Mettle draws its own conclusions. Correct conclusions yes, but annoying all the same. Weiss kept on trying to fence with the Grimm, and then scolded Ruby when she was trying to give advice. (Good advice as well. No armor on the Boarbatusk's underbelly.) Which Yang definitely found unfair.
After Weiss stormed off after class, Ruby had come after her. Yang decided to follow them both and mediate. That what leader's do, right? Keep the team from tearing each other apart?
Ugh, maybe her semblance was right about Ozpin making her leader because of it. She had no experience being an actual leader. None without using her semblance anyway.
"-what's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong!" A voice that definitely sounded like Weiss whined. Looking around the corner, she saw Weiss and Ruby, in the middle of another argument. "You! You and your sister!"
"What do you mean? Where's this coming from? What happened to working together back at Initiation?" Ruby says back. Yang decided to stay back a bit. Weiss probably needed to vent at someone and who knows? Maybe she'll feel better after letting everything out. If things start getting physical, then Yang will step in.
That's a terrible plan. You just want to hear about what Weiss thinks about you. Shush Mettle, not now.
"You're such a nuisance! Always acting like a childish brat and your sister only enables you! Yang shouldn't have been the leader! You shouldn't even have been here for another two years!"
"And who should have been leader then, you?" Ruby retorts, and Yang can hear the anger in her little sister's voice.
"Maybe! Quite frankly, I deserve better than a team led by your sister, and I deserve a far better partner than you. Ozpin made a mistake." Oh really? Weiss is in for it now-
A hand on her shoulder stopped her from stomping around the corner and pummeling her absolute bitch of a teammate. Yang turned around to see-
"Professor-" Before Yang could finish, Ozpin put a finger to his mouth, then leaned in.
"I understand that you're upset, but violence would only exacerbate the situation." Ozpin says, whispering to keep the two of them hidden. "I'll talk to Weiss, and you could comfort your sister."
"But-"
"I've had many students like Miss Schnee, and believe me when I say that she's not the first student to believe they 'deserve' something. I know how to deal with children like her."
"You gonna expel her or something?" Yang asks nervously. Now that she's thinking clearly, she doesn't want Weiss to get expelled on her first day in Beacon.
Ozpin only chuckled. "Nothing so drastic. Only a talk, I assure you."
Yang lets out a breath she had no idea she was holding. "Sorry that you had to step in sir."
Ozpin smiled. "Well, I couldn't expect all the teams to settle in smoothly this early in the year. It's nothing you should be sorry about." He starts walking away. "You can't control people after all, only lead them.
Yang watches Ozpin walk away. That was cryptic.
Once again, Mettle was right.