This chapter is filler. Fun filler, comedy filler, maybe even some parody filler, but eventually this is just setting things up for the next.
Now, in DarkerShade I went on a rant for V6, in the AN of Ch 16. If you're interested in a serious-Khor rant, go read it. No need to read the chapter itself if you're not at Ch16 yet. Point is, I'm not repeating all that, plus this story is not serious enough for that.
Instead, let's focus on the fun parts of V6! For example, we have an Atlas-made Goldrake for us writers to use! Though I like Daisuke way more than Cordovin, duh. Oh, right, Goldrake is the name the super robot Grendizer has in Italy, sorry for not explaining. So now we have this super robot to play with. Not just that, I was always in doubt whether to have Atlas create super-robots like that, but canon has removed my doubts. Now I'm sure that, even if I introduce Mazinger in a fanfiction, it'll be seen as following canon, right?
Oh also, now having the SDC logo fire-branded on your face is very fashionable. Wait, you say it's a scar from a horrible past? What? Why? Blake and Yang didn't even blink at seeing it, so it must be some weird Faunus fashion. So from now on, Faunus characters have access to this wonderful tattoo they can get at the cheap price of an eye. Also, the eye gets quite cool too, so that's a plus. Canon just proved that SDC brands are fashionable.
Also, Farm Boy just came up with a plan to destroy one of the most technologically advanced things to have ever been created. Wow, did he really work in a farm, or did he skip out on his chores to study and become an Atlas scientist?
Poor Jaune, he's back to being useless. Meh, I guess we are all used to that, right? It's six volumes the show portrays him as useless and stupid no matter how much he grows and improves, even after six volumes he must still be the laughingstock. Here, Jaune, take a candy to cheer yourself up. Whoops, he choked on it, well nothing new, canon did show that he can get nothing right. My bad, I should've expected it. After all, we know that secretly, Jaune's Semblance is "The Writers Hate Me, So Everything I Do Is Wrong, I Always Look Like An Idiot, And Most Bad/Embarrassing Things Happen Only To Me". An incredible Semblance, isn't it?
Oh, right, the Leviathan, or should I say Grimmzilla? Leviathan and Sphinxes. News for all fanfiction writers: now naming a Grimm after a mythological creature does not force you to actually follow that myth. I'm quite sure Sphinxes are not like that. Plus Leviathan is a serpent-like creature, huge and all, and cannot breathe fire. If you need a name, call it Kaiju or something.
But good news, the Apathies! Grimm can apparently influence the mind too, so having illusion-power Grimm, or mind-power Grimm is now allowed! Grimm are no more just beasts that fight and kill or die, they have Semblances like humans! Apathies can remove energies and basically have a stronger version of Ren's Semblance! Folks, let's all go and become Grimm, it gives us extra strength and endurance, plus we get better powers than we would get if we were to be humans or Faunus! Just be sure to keep away from grey-eyed people, and not to face teams of teenagers on your own or at all, and you can rule the world! Or, well, the parts where there aren't grey-eyed people or teams of teenagers, of course.
All in all, I think V6 sucked, but it offered a great amount of lore that is very useful to us writers.
Not just that, Ozpin and Salem's backstory. Now we know that, if you live in Remnant, being atheist is the best choice, because those two gods were just dicks. Now we see that Salem is actually in the right? What next? Flying monkeys?
Wait... in the post-credit scene, Salem DOES create winged Beringels, so we DO have flying monkeys...
No Sun, you cannot fly yet. Go and become a Grimm first. Sorry.
This AN is getting too long, plus I have to cook dinner now. Here is the chapter.
EDIT: I'm back from dinner, and I really want to address a review from a guest. Normally, I wouldn't do this, but they did bring up a valid point I'm sure others have thought but have never asked.
Why am I so obsessed with Jaune?
Well, because his character ruins the whole show. By comparing his character's details (and here I'm talking about the notes RT has about Jaune, not about the character himself, mind me) to events or lore of the show, we clearly see that there are contradictions. I won't list them, but that's why I'm so obsessed with Jaune. How RT handled this character has ruined the show because it clearly shows how they have no idea what the different between a Main Character, Secondary Character, Side Character and Background Character is. And let me tell you, there IS a difference. I may not be a certified nor professional writer, but I do know how to write. My family is basically made up of writers, after all.
So, I'm obsessed with Jaune because, ironically by being the worst character, this character is ruining the show.
Don't get me wrong, I still like both the character and the show, but my favourite main character is not Jaune. And I liked RWBY's first volumes despite them having Jaune as laughingstock and target of ridicule. So, I'm not writing this because I love Jaune to death and I want to protect him from everything. It's because he is among the biggest causes of RWBY's illogicalness and uncoherency. In a way, heh, I'm like this because I hate canon Jaune. There is no way to write a Jaune, following canon, without adding tons of more lore to RWBY.
One of the main things: his family cared for him and all, yet they allowed him to go to a school only for the best of the best. His big sister Saphron is a Huntress, so she should know how dangerous that is. Yet they allowed him to go, without Aura nor training. That is not the behaviour of a caring family. Contradiction, it shows RT did not plan the background of this character.
Now, that's fine. I'm sure they haven't planned the background of the shopkeeper in Ep1 V1. However, if you start showing background of a secondary character (Jaune is a secondary character like all of Team JNPR), you should note it down and keep it coherent. Now, unless they add a ton of more lore, there is no way to make sense of Jaune's past. If they do add a ton of lore, there was no way I, WE, could've known that.
The show is not named JAUNE, I know. It is not named TEAM RWBY, either, it is named RWBY. 'Team RWBY' is not the main character. There is no ONE main character, but FOUR main characters, and each of them has a cast of Secondary and Side Characters. If someone of you wants to know the difference, they are welcome to ask me. Otherwise, take my word for it. So no, Jaune is not main character. People believe that Team RWBY is, but that's not it. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Yang are FOUR different main characters, and as such each of them should be treated as one, not ALL of them together. It's not Team RWBY does this and that, it's Ruby does this and that, Weiss does this and that, Blake does t [blah blah blah]. Most of the time, 'this and that' are the same for all four.
Anyway, so yeah, the show is not named JAUNE. If it was, I'd probably stop watching it because it'd make no sense. If he were to, and I'm quoting word by word, 'get some pussy and beats some bad guys', again I'd probably quit. I want coherency, not grandious characters. I want to watch something I don't have to kill my neurons on to understand what the hell is going on, because I watch RWBY as entertainment, not as work. Then why don't I quit? Because I love writing, and RWBY offers me so many chances to write different stories.
So, to answer your guest review in just a paragraph instead of nine, this is it: I know. And the reason why most of my stories have Jaune as protagonist, is because he is the one who needs the most corrections, so I'm offering the fandom stories with coherent Jaunes. In many stories where Jaune is a secondary or side character, the authors just keep canon Jaune and never improve its coherency. Honestly, I'd love to write a story with Ruby, Blake or Weiss as PoV. So yeah, that's it.
Ozpin sighed to himself as he sipped his coffee in his office, silently counting down from ten. He had worked there long enough to predict almost anything. For example the consequences of his actions.
'Ten, nine, eight,'
The sun had barely gone up, but the Headmaster was already relying on coffee to keep himself awake. Ms Belladonna had been more than adamant about her opinion and how she thought the world worked, and he really admired her faith to her cause… too bad she was completely wrong. Blake Belladonna thought she was the centre of the entire universe, and thus everything was her responsibility.
'Seven, six, five,'
Ms Belladonna also seemed to firmly believe everyone to be willing to turn against her just because of two small cat ears on top of her head. How amusing, in Ozpin's humble opinion. She trusted her friends so much that she thought a couple of ears could erase weeks of friendship. And added to that she had doubted poor Barty's loyalty.
'Four, three, two, one,'
She also seemed to believe that a single teenager of the age of seventeen could do more than dozens of Hunters before her. Oobleck himself would gladly fight the White Fang, if he were given the chance to do so without creating problems. However, Ms Belladonna seemed to think that if she shouted loud enough at the White Fang, they'd all turn into innocent puppies who would follow her and prove the big bad humans wrong. Ozpin was particularly amused by that. She herself had left the organization, she should've known how it was. The White Fang might've begun as a peaceful organization, but the Faunus who now fought under its banner would never give up their violent ways, especially not just because a girl was telling them to.
Ozpin sometimes wondered who was more naive, if Ms Rose, or Ms Belladonna.
'Zero.'
"Ozpin!" The elevator's doors dinged as they opened to reveal a quite angry Glynda Goodwitch. Ozpin sipped his coffee. Right on time, as usual when something happened. Every time he did something she disagreed with, it was the same story. She woke up at seven o'clock, had breakfast and got ready for the day, and at a quarter part seven she read his reports. She'd take six minutes and seventeen seconds to reach the elevator which, having been left by him up, would take two minutes eight seconds to arrive. She'd then take another two minutes sixteen seconds to reach the top, and thus him.
Ozpin had figured her out. "Yes, Glynda?"
"Would you mind explaining why a Bullhead has been authorized by yourself to fly one Blake Belladonna to Vale, without prior warning, tonight at one in the morning?" asked the stern professor, reaching his desk in five long steps. "And why said Blake Belladonna has already been marked as 'Missing' in her BDSM's profile, without even waiting for the standard forty-eight hours to have passed?"
"I just thought to do it myself instead of forcing you to update it. Aren't you glad I took some work off your shoulders?" Her glare told him quite clearly that he wasn't going to be allowed to skirt around the topic any longer. Two sentences, that's how much she had allowed him to pretend. The students considered her stern, but she was even sterner with the faculty. "Ms Goodwitch, forcing her to remain here would've only done harm. She would've believed us in the wrong and she wouldn't have learned. She has to learn the hard way."
Goodwitch pinched the bridge of her nose. "And thus you allowed a student with an unhealthy obsession with a terrorist organization, who thinks she can talk them out of murder, to actually look for trouble?"
Ozpin shrugged slightly. "Glynda, we train them to be warriors. I'm all for the softer methods when they work, but sometimes they just don't learn unless the lesson is shot at them at point-blank."
"This isn't letting her learn a lesson, Ozpin, this is allowing her to get herself killed!" exclaimed the woman.
"It was the only way to solve that! She was already trying to hijack one of our Bullheads when I got there, and she actually believed she could fight me off and escape if I were to try and stop her." The new info stopped her rage and made her sigh in disappointment. "We must look at this with perspective. She was born and grown in Menagerie, and despite her parents being exceptional people, other Faunus there hate humans and they would warn young Faunus to never trust humans. Then, when she left the island, she did so to join a terrorist organization whose view of mankind was only slightly better than their view of the Grimm. She stayed with them until recently, when she then decided against living among civilians and instead applying for Beacon. To do so, she chose to hide her heritage for the obvious reasons to have been grown among people who did not hold any kind of fondness toward humans, and later among people who straight-out hated mankind. I can see why she would behave like that."
"You do? Explain it to me, then, because I don't." Goodwitch shut her eyes to reign in her anger. "And this is your explanation as of why you are allowing a student to walk to her own death?"
"Ms Goodwitch, all her life Ms Belladonna did not trust humans. It is obvious she wouldn't trust them with her secret now. But such radical lessons cannot be learned in a normal classroom, only out there." Ozpin rubbed his forehead. "She will have to live in Vale, and as such, live among non-racist humans. She has no way of finding out where the White Fang will be, so the odds of her actually running into them are pretty thin. Plus… I'm sure her team will search for her."
"They aren't awake yet. When they will wake up -probably ten or so minutes before classes start-, they will probably start to panic. Are you seriously saying we should just ignore that and pretend we don't know where she is?" Ozpin shrugged, and Goodwitch brought out her ace. "Sir, our only two Silver Eyed Warriors are on that team. If they search for her without knowing where she is, they might get in trouble…"
Ozpin paused mid-sip. Slowly, he lowered the mug. "You… make a good point. As much as Ms Belladonna needs to learn this lesson, we cannot allow Ms Rose and Mr Arc Rose Xiao Long to be killed while searching for her in more dangerous places… that'd be not only a tragedy for the loss of two young lives, but it might very well be a tragedy also because we literally have no knowledge of other Silver Eyed Warriors in the entire world."
"So, what do you suggest?" Glynda smirked smugly as her trick did its job.
Sipping his calming drug once more, Ozpin turned to look at the window. In almost two hours the two Silver Eyed would awaken, and scream about how they were late for class. They would forego showers and breakfast and they would rush to class. Halfway to it, they would finally register the absence of their black-haired teammate, and they would go back to search for her. And once they did not find her, they would rush to class to see whether she'd be there. All day long they'd search for her, until Ms Schnee or Ms Nikos reminded them to look on the Database's GPS location. Then they would see her status as 'Missing', and they would absolutely panic.
He sighed. No, that wouldn't do. He'd have to do something. "We can try and salvage this as best as we can," he said, turning to face his deputy. "If we, for example, leave some documents casually containing Ms Belladonna's departure tonight and allow them to find it, they will probably go to search for her in Vale. At the same time, we should allow Ms Belladonna to be found. If she is not obsessing over the White Fang, she'll be impossible to find… especially given the rest of her team's lack of stealth skills. So we must find a way to give them a situation and make them meet up while Ms Belladonna is too busy to run."
Ozpin lit up. "Of course. The White Fang is very probably going to at least try and steal the SDC shipment arriving in town, if they really are behind all these robberies. The Council discussed about it last meeting, and I am in the Council. If we manage to let Ms Belladonna know about this, she will be there to try and 'stop' them, aka scold them. At the same time, if we manage to have Team JRBYL -I know you called it Arboreal, I call it Gerbil- go to that same location, they will catch Ms Belladonna. Best case scenario, the White Fang shows up, Ms Belladonna is too busy 'fighting' them to run, and their team is back together. Even better if they help her. I'm worried she might drag her team along with her obsession, but that issue will be tackled later on."
Goodwitch smiled, "It's good to have you back, Professor. Your mind's as sharp as always."
"You flatter me, Glynda." Inwardly, the man smirked. 'Of course I am, all thanks to a little of calming drug added every day to my coffee. You should try it too, Glynda, helps dealing with Salem but most of all, a school full of irresponsible children with superpowers.'
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Professor Goodwitch,
as I'm sure you already know, Blake Belladonna has left Beacon tonight at 1:20:34 AM, heading to Vale. I am sure she won't come back unless she learns her lesson, and I think her team should really go and find her. Turns out she's a Faunus who was hiding her cat ears with a little bow. Main problem, she's obsessed with the White Fang, and she does not trust humans – thus, her team.
She will most certainly be at the docks in two days. A large SDC Dust shipment is arriving and with all the ongoing Dust robberies being blamed on the WF, I am sure she'll be there. That would be the ideal moment and location for her team to meet with her. If the White Fang is really behind those robberies, then fighting alongside her team might mend the bridges she cut so brashly.
Please, this is top secret information, do not allow Team JRBYL to read this note, and do not mention Ms Belladonna's absence to them during class. Also, please come to my office immediately. Sure, if Team JRBYL finds this note and reads it, this will be the perfect moment for them to slip away unnoticed, but I am sure this won't be the case.
On a side note, I decided to let the students have a day off in two days. I know this seems purposeful but I am not doing this just to allow Team JRBYL to get away from class in time to reach Ms Belladonna at the docks.
Please do not leave this note lying around as it is of extreme importance, and do not speak of this with the rest of the faculty.
Professor Ozpin
"Let's put it back and run, we'll discuss it when we're safely back in our dorm."
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Blake Belladonna blinked as the blond monkey Faunus, who had been following her ever since she had saved him from the cops, continued to speak.
"Yeah, I know everything about the SDC shipment! A man with silver hair and a cane personally sought me out to tell me! He said he saw me hanging out with you, and since you were a student of Beacon you wouldn't be friends with criminals, so he could trust me. And then he gave me the exact time and place where it'll happen, heck I even have the pass to enter the docks themselves without sneaking in!"
"Well, at least I got some good luck, eventually," Blake smiled slightly. "Though I do wonder who that man was… but I shouldn't really think about that. Silver hair is a sign of old age, and old age often forces people to use canes. He was probably just a rambling old man who was spouting stuff he had somehow learned. Let's get ready, though, it's better to come prepared."
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"Okay, we all know we're not going to let Blake take on the White Fang all of her own, now we have to decide how we do this," stated Yang, sitting cross-legged on the floor of her dorm. "It is clear the professor do not want to let us go after her, so we'll have to sneak out of Beacon."
Jaune raised a hand. "I'm a master at distracting my aunt, she won't be a problem. The only other who knows is apparently Ozpin, and he is locked in his tower all day long. We will only have to go unnoticed by the others, though I'm sure if they don't know they won't be suspicious of us heading to Vale."
"Should we ask Team PWVR?" asked Ruby.
"Better not to. Apparently Blake is a Faunus, and we all know just how horribly the SDC treats Faunus," Sky replied seriously. He had rarely interacted with the Ice Queen of their group, but still he knew enough about her last name to spot a stupid idea when he saw one. "Pyrrha would also kind of be recognized. Maybe having some White Fang members dropping their weapons to get her autograph would be nice, but eventually not worth it."
"Also, Ren comes with Nora, and Nora is… Nora." Sky winced as he added that last part. "I lived a few days with Nora, and she isn't really… stealthy."
Thoughts of massive pink explosions filled their minds. "Definitely not someone to be allowed near huge amounts of Dust," agreed Yang, sweating a little at the idea of the hyperactive bomber blowing up an entire SDC shipment. Vale would probably be levelled by the explosion. "Any other idea?"
"I don't think so, we don't really know anyone else in the school," mumbled Ruby before lighting up. "We can ask Dad to back us up! He'd drop everything to help us out of a dangerous fight!"
"Good thinking Rubes!" cheered Yang, adding 'Dad' on the list of people to get the help of. "Now, anyone else has a good idea?"
Silence met her words.
"My parents aren't Hunters," stated Sky.
"Mine neither," added Jaune.
"And we just added our dad," Ruby finished.
"And we can't tell anyone else because they would probably call this vigilantism, that is against the law last I checked," Sky was the one to deal the final blow to their mood.
"But then, what can we do?" groaned Ruby, slumping on the floor. "It's like teenagers like us aren't supposed to save the day!"
"That's the truth, actually," noted Sky, taking out his Scroll and finding the law he was looking for. "More or less, this law says that students of a combat academy, be it major like Beacon and Shade or minor like Signal and Sanctum, are not allowed to commit vigilantism just because they feel like they can help. It is very specific."
"What does it say about civilian vigilantism?" Jaune asked. "Maybe if we leave our weapons behind we can pass off as civilians with Aura. We can take the weapons of the White Fang we beat if they do show up."
"Nope, civilians can't be vigilantes either. Forbidden." Sky closed his Scroll. "I think our only way is to act subtle and not be identified. Come on guys, let's do this."
"But we're not exactly good at subtle," Yang pointed out, gestured to the whole group. "I mean, seriously? I've never been stealthy a day of my life, and Ruby can be stealthy only when cookies or strawberries are involved. I believe Jaune can be manipulative when trying to have his aunt do something for him, but definitely not stealthy. Again, unless it involves something like food or comics. And you Sky… you wear armour, for Dust's sake."
Sky looked down at his combat outfit and offered a sheepish smile. "Well, in my defence, it does come in handy when you're not trying to sneak around. But still, you all have combat boots, those make noise too."
"Okay, so we are a very noisy group, but what do we do?" Ruby panicked, gesturing wildly with her arms. "We can't just go in there and wait for them to make the first move!"
"Well, why not?"
Everyone jumped as professor Ozpin himself spoke from their doorway. He smiled at them from behind his coffee mug. "Students, please remember to lock your door before you start talking about important topics."
Yang was the first to recover, if by recover one meant blushing in embarrassment and stammering denials. "H-Heya professor! I-I don't k-know what you're t-talking about, we were d-discussing the… the… t-the weather!" Everyone nodded in agreement, sticking to the made-up lie.
Ozpin chuckled. "Students, I thought you had noticed how the note was clearly meant to be picked up by you. I even highlighted the important words." He seemed to take great amusement from their shocked looks. "Contrary to what you students may think, I am not an idiot. Not that much of an idiot, at least. If that note had really been so important, I would've spoken about in privately with Professor Goodwitch, in my office, far from curious ears. It was not a coincidence."
"Wait, what?" Jaune asked the question everyone was thinking.
"I personally escorted Ms Belladonna to Vale tonight, and I personally decided how to handle this situation." Raising a hand to stop any protest, he continued, "I will allow you to search for her, on my terms. I'm afraid I cannot allow my students to get themselves killed needlessly. Any question before I start?"
"Yes, what the hell just happened?" asked Yang.
"Simple, Ms Xiao Long. Ms Belladonna found it fitting to flee from you because she believed, wrongly if I may add, that you would discriminate her for her Faunus heritage. Please, I know you wouldn't, I am just describing her train of thoughts." Ozpin chuckled as Jaune and Ruby shut up but forgot to close their mouths. Yang closed them for the duo. "Stopping her would've just worsened the problem. However, letting her go like this would've probably led to her death. I just decided to teach her a lesson of the sort not found in class. A lesson of trust. And that's where you come in."
"Didn't you say she doesn't trust us?" asked Ruby, worried.
'If Mr Lark now asks something, they'll have made a full loop of questions. Bet ten Lien he will,' mused the man. Often, Ozpin's thoughts were not as wise and advanced as most people believed, all thanks to his skill in meditation. Worrying about Salem all the time would've just brought him to snap or break in a few days. He took a sip of coffee. That helped too. "Ms Rose, of course she doesn't. That's why you must teach this lesson. You will show her that you care even after you see her Faunus traits, and you will help her fight the White Fang. Professor Goodwitch, one of my most loyal Hunters, and myself will be nearby in case things go awry. We will not help you stop the White Fang, however, unless you students are at risk of being killed. Am I clear?"
"No," Sky blurted out. "Why are you doing this?"
'Totally called it,' thought Ozpin, silently slipping ten Lien from the school fund to his own wallet. "Mr Lark, I am merely looking our for my students. One of them went missing, and I have to find a way to cure her mistrust toward humans. You would be the best start."
"Because we are her team?" Ruby asked naively.
"Because you are all minor criminals yourselves," countered the man, making them all freeze. He chuckled. "Yang Xiao Long, damage property for thousands of Lien, provoked and unprovoked assault to trained civilians. Jaune Arc Rose Xiao Long, forgery and I do believe a fair bit of corruption of my deputy. Ruby Rose, vigilantism when you fought Roman Torchwick and… well, died… and your uncle Qrow, who works for me, has told me you steal Lien from your father's wallet to go buy yourself cookies, strawberries, comics, weapon parts, and weapon magazines. Sky Lark, vandalism during your early teens, when you drew graffiti on your school's walls… I must praise your artistic talent, though… as well as a short period of bullying while you were training to be a Hunter, three years ago." As the Headmaster listed off their crimes, they paled and paled. When he was done, all of them could've dyed their hair white, and be mistaken for Schnees. "I want to allow Ms Belladonna to tell you everything, but she too doesn't have the cleanest of records. So, I thought that by sharing your secrets, you five could bond on your past crimes and strive to become better than what you were."
And with that, he left the room, leave the four lawbreakers to stew in their shame. Or so he thought.
"You are criminals too?" Yang asked excited as soon as he was out of earshot. "That's so cool! We are all bad girls and boys! That's so badass!"
"Now I get why you just accepted my forgery," laughed Jaune, "you all had broken the law too!"
"Oh come on, I can't be called a criminal just because I tried to stop a poor shopkeeper from being robbed, and because like all children I use my parents' money to buy stuff!" huffed Ruby, pouting at the injustice.
"Vigilantism is forbidden because it creates chaos, and chaos is harder to handle than crime for the Council," sighed Sky. "Also, I never stole my parents' money for stuff! I knew I had their permission, I just always forgot to ask!"
"How is that any different?" Sky shrugged at Yang's question.
They were interrupted by a knock at their door. After sharing a glance, Sky stood up and opened the dorm's door, allowing Lie Ren of Team PWVR into view. He looked at them all and sighed, much like he usually did when dealing with Nora.
"Please," he said, "if you want to talk about your criminal exploits, that's fine, but do so quietly. It would be hard to stop Nora, Weiss and probably even Pyrrha from arresting you if they hear. You're just lucky I have a better hearing than any of them."
And without a further word, he left the room, much like Ozpin had done.
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"Hurry up, you stupid animals, can't you at least do something right and quickly?"
Roman Torchwick sighed as the two White Fang grunts continued to move the crates painfully slowly. The thief's day had not been the greatest thus far. After the confrontation with Cinder the week prior, about that stupid game, he had been forced in bed by Neo for four full days, healing fourth-degree burns or something. The damn bitch was as dumb as hell sometimes, but she did hit like a freight train. At least she did have the power she so arrogantly claimed to have, and he had found out first-hand.
Rubbing his forehead, the thief looked around at the room full of Dust containers. From vials to tubes to crates and boxes. All fruit of his effort, and what an effort it had been. And not even the heists themselves, those had been easy, but the management.
Most people thought that to be a thief, one just had to go somewhere, steal something, and get out without being caught. Roman Torchwick knew better. Stealing was the easy part. Organization was the hard part. Even back when he was on his own, he still had to have a place where to keep the stolen merchandise while he waited to sell it on the black market, and he had to watch out for other thieves as well. As he got bigger, his management got more complicated too. Stealing a car was easy, but finding a place where to keep it in top shape while waiting for someone to buy it was hell, especially if he had to steal many cars at the same time.
Managing an entire criminal empire was so stressful Torchwick had two days off a week, and two months of paid vacation every year. But that before before High Lady Bitch came in and destroyed everything he had worked towards for more than a decade. In a matter of hours, or rather minutes, Roman Torchwick had gone from criminal mastermind at the head of an impressive criminal empire, to petty thug and pawn in her grand schemes.
And of course, he had been dumped the responsibility to lead those stupid animals that called themselves the White Fang. Those idiots dropped highly volatile Dust, confused very important crates with semi-worthless ones, and all around couldn't do a job right to save their lives. Roman had seen six-year-old children doing a better job than those imbeciles.
They weren't too bad at fighting, but that was their only redeeming quality, and they sucked when compared to Hunters or Hunters in training.
As the two White Fang members carrying the crate moved it in the wrong place again, Torchwick shook his head and just let them. He didn't have nearly enough time nor patience to deal with those idiots. "Let's just hope the next heist is gonna go smoothly. If it doesn't, either Cinder or my stress are gonna get my head. My money is on the former."
Khor has to cook dinner for the family. He is sorry for not commenting this parody chapter. I hope you enjoyed.
Also, finally Ozpin uses his brain and makes fun of the teenagers.
Until next time,
Khor Evik Vlakhavlakh
