Posted July 19, 2015
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This is a heads up for all my readers I'm moving to my new house this week and I don't think I'll be able to get much writing done or have access to the internet for a few weeks. I'm going to be driving up to my home and I'll be leading the convoy for about two days before I make to the house. After we're through unpacking and setting everything up I plan on getting back to work on this, but expect a lack of updates for about 2-4 weeks. I'm sorry for the delay, but sometimes life happens and you have to roll with the punches.
In the mean time as long as I have my laptop and it has a charge I will be going over past chapters on my computer and fixing them more specifically the infamous ch.5. If you have any problems with a chapter PM me it by Friday so I can log them and work on them while I'm gone. I will also be responding to questions until Friday if anyone as anything to ask.
With that out of the way I hope you enjoy the chapter.
A small group of four people clad in white armor with different colored visors stepped out of the bushes to find an overturned truck. "This is squad 7 we have found a transport vehicle between the two towns permission to approach?"
"Permission granted they want him alive so only nonlethal force is authorized." The voice said over the earpiece.
The small team spread out around the vehicle with batons at their side ready for anything. Peeking around the side they saw shattered glass lying in front of it along with the back still sealed up hopefully containing the assets they were sent to find. The man with the red visor held up his hand the leader gave a countdown to approach.
'3, 2, 1' with the last finger falling down they rushed the driver side as one person opened up the back.
"Command we have a problem." Red said a hint of annoyance in his voice.
"What is it?"
"We can't interrogate a dead body." He lowered his weapon which was pointed at the skeletal remains of the well-dressed driver.
The entire vehicle seemed mostly pristine, but the claw marks around the door were clearly from a Grimm attack. The life of a trader was all things considered even if they are trained in combat. Crossing the path of a migratory pack of Grimm would certainly spell their end and it seemed like this man's luck had run out.
"What do we have in the back?" Red yelled back as the woman with a blue visor stepped out of the trucks container.
"The place is wrecked and it looks like all the remaining vials shattered on the floor when he crashed. It also looks like some chemicals spilled back here I doubt we can recover anything of use." Blue said while placing a blood soaked cotton swath into a sealed glass vial for storage.
"The Black division is not going to be pleased that they won't have a sample to work with." Red said toying with his riffle.
"And the White division will be overjoyed to hear that destroying Asylum did in fact stop the spread of the plague. Even if this unfortunate sod dying wasn't our doing it does make the job easier." Blue said tossing a metal cylinder into the back of the container.
"Green, Pink you set the charges yet?" Red asked stepping back from the vehicle.
"Why do I have to be Pink why can't I be Purple I'm good with purple." Pink said as he walked back to the others.
"Look you want a name change take it up with whoever is in charge besides it's not like we actually know each other so why does it matter if you go by Pink?" Green said as he holstered his rifle.
"That's easy for you to say your Green there's nothing insulting about that."
"Hey Pink is a very manly color I even know a few guys with names associate with it."
"Cut the chatter, you two, we don't talk about our personal lives. Now go back to the dropship before one of you breaks protocol." Red said over the comm.
"Alright boss see you two at the dropship."
"You really are too tough on them you know." Blue said as she placed her hand on Red's shoulder.
"They'll get used to it. Want to press the button?" He asked holding up a small cylinder with a large red button at its top.
"I actually get to be the one who presses the button for the charges this time? I guess I was wrong about you being too tough turns out you're a big softy underneath all that armor." Blue said snatching the detonator from his hands before walking behind a nearby tree. "Fire in the hole!"
Red dove to the ground when Blue yelled followed by burning heat and light let off by the explosion. The trees shook as the shock wave passed letting a pissed off Red stand up and walk back to the transport with Blue in tow.
"I can't believe you blew it up without us I love explosions." Pink said using his hands to try and mimic the visual effects an explosion would have.
"Command this is squad 7 we have completed the objective and are returning with what few sample we could recover." Red said ignoring his colleague as he made his way into the pilot seat.
"Acknowledged return to base and debrief upon arrival."
"Making our way back command." Red said as the Atlesian dropship rose into the sky before shooting forward towards its destination.
"I can't believe Ozpin isn't giving us a break after everything we went through." Yang complained while getting ready for the start of another school day.
"Well officially we never went on the mission by the time we wanted to go to Asylum the place was already put on lockdown by Atlas." Weiss putting her hair into her usual off center pony tail.
"Think we should tell JNPR?" Yang asked.
"Telling others will only endanger them Yang." Blake explained looking over to see Ruby still underneath the sheets.
"Ruby please come down from there we're going to be late for class." Weiss nearly pleaded seeing that her partner wasn't getting ready.
"I know you don't like Professor Port's lessons, but neither do we now come on we can tough this out together." Yang said trying to get Ruby to come along.
The covers shifted slightly as the edge lifted up to reveal a pair of silver eyes peeking through the darkness back out at them. Their leader hadn't said much on the trip back to Beacon and ever since returning she had secluded herself from others and seemed to lost the energetic spark she used to hold. Even a plate of cookies couldn't pull her from the makeshift cave to Yang's displeasure earlier in the week.
"Come on let's give her some space." Blake said as she walked out the door.
Weiss and Yang reluctantly gave up on uprooting their leader and followed after Blake to their first class of the day leaving Ruby alone in the room. Hearing the door close Ruby pulled her covers off and hopped down from her bed. Getting sleep had become almost impossible and waking up had become almost painful to the red clad leader as she felt her blood begin to heat up and skin itch. Ruby knew how to alleviate the symptoms and killing something would take care of the problem, but she decided to go about her day.
Walking into the bathroom Ruby began her morning routine by inspecting her teeth for any major alterations that may have occurred over the night. Finding her teeth no sharper than yesterday she began running the shower. When she felt the cold water run over her she let a sigh as she felt her body begin cooling down. The constant itching under her skin stopped and she sat in the shower appreciating the calm it brought her mind and body.
Deciding to try and go to class Ruby left the dorm unfortunately by the time she got out more than three hours had passed along with two classes she was supposed to attend. Noticing the next class was Goodwitch's Ruby made her way to the arena in the hope that some fighting might take the edge off. Walking into the stands Ruby was greeted with the sight of the Professor selecting the next combatants.
"Miss Rose how nice of you finally join us is there a reason to why you're late?"
"I slept in." Ruby replied with a awkward laugh at the end.
"And your teammates didn't wake you?"
"I really needed my sleep."
"Well then since you're so well rested you won't mind being the first person selected today for practice?" Goodwitch asked.
"I'm ready for anything." Ruby said while making her way down into the arena.
"As for your opponent then." Going over her scroll Ruby's image appeared on the screen showing her picture along with her aura levels. Another picture appeared next to hers shuffling through the faces of the class before coming to a stop on Cardin Winchester. "Mister Winchester would you please step into the arena."
"Figures I get saddled with fighting a kid save my seat this will only take a minute." He joked to the rest of his team before going into the arena. Lifting his mace onto his shoulder Cardin stood facing Ruby ready for the Professor to signal the start of the match.
"Miss Rose would you draw your weapon so I can start the match?" Goodwitch almost sounded annoyed with having to ask something so simple of a student.
"I won't need it." Ruby replied halfheartedly looking over Cardin's stance.
"I advise that you reconsider." If there was one thing that got to Goodwitch it was students refusing to take her lessons seriously and goofing off during class Ruby had somehow managed to do both in four words.
"I'll be fine." The tone was almost mocking something that surprised her team up in the stands.
"Then take a ready stance." Ruby saw the look in her eyes and got low ready to break into a sprint towards Cardin the moment the signal was given.
"Ready!" Goodwitch said starting the count.
"I'm going to enjoy paying you back for what you did in Port's class." Cardin said tightening his grip on the mace.
"I'm going to enjoy picking you apart." Ruby replied as she heard her heartbeats beginning to pound in her ears.
"Begin!"
Ruby shot forward like a bullet towards Cardin as he brought his mace down in front of himself hoping to catch the speedster. The Mace slammed into the ground smashing the arena floor and missing Ruby who was now behind him. Ruby brought her hand up running it along Cardin's throat before she ducked avoiding his backhand and delivering a weak strike against the unarmored joint connecting his fore arm to his bicep.
Despite there being little to no damage against him Cardin swung his mace at her face only to strike air as he felt another hit to the back of his knee. The sheer fact that Ruby a child was landing so many strikes against him was infuriating Cardin causing him to become more violent and aggressive with each failed strike.
"She's playing with him" Pyrrha whispered to herself while watching Ruby tap Cardin in every unarmored and vulnerable location even managing to run her hand over one of his eyes before leaping away from the explosion his mace let off trying to keep her at bay.
"What was that Pyrrha?" Jaune asked watching the bully get toyed with.
"She's not taking the fight seriously she would have already won 3 times over if she was using her scythe to land those strikes."
"Well at least she's winning."
"That doesn't matter Jaune she's not taking the fight seriously that's terribly disrespectful to your opponent even if that person is Cardin."
"She can end the fight at any time then if she has him so beaten."
"Ruby isn't a power house like Nora it's going to take a few good strikes to take Cardin down and the longer this fight goes on the less likely she is to win."
Jaune didn't understand what Pyrrha meant at first until Cardin managed to land a blow sending Ruby sliding across the floor before she came to a stop by hitting the call. Ruby was breathing heavily in an attempt to catch her breath when she looked at her scroll seeing that the blow had knocked off a little over half her aura. Ruby and most the class couldn't believe what they just saw no student should be able to deal so much damage in a single blow and a student's reserves shouldn't be so low that a single blow could take them below half their aura.
"Come on Ruby you can do this." Yang said hoping that her sister could cause a turnabout.
"You've gotten weaker Rose either that or I've gotten stronger." Cardin taunted giving the mace a twirl in one hand mockingly.
Instead of responding Ruby unfurled her scythe and pointed the barrel behind herself while getting low for her next move. Cardin recognized the speedster's startup position and readied himself holding the mace in two hands to catch her as she sped by. The arena and crowd froze for a moment waiting for Ruby to make the first move.
The shot echoed through the room as Ruby was closed the distance between her and Cardin in an instant. When his mace finally came down Ruby was on the other end of the arena firing another shot. When Cardin finally registered the blow across his chest Ruby had started pinballing around the arena. Each time she reached the edge another bullet would fire off propelling her back at Cardin who could only fight back by flailing his mace in every direction in a thin hope of trying to hit his opponent.
After the 15th shot Ruby was stood behind Cardin as he was falling to his knees. Her blood began to boil with anticipation over the fights conclusion as she slammed Crescent Rose into the ground letting it stand on its own. Pulling her arm back Ruby flattened her hand giving it the shape of a spear head as a crimson glow encompassed it. Throwing her hand forward to meet her prey Ruby was flung backwards away from Cardin when she suddenly heard her instructor's voice.
"Miss Rose the match is done cease fighting at once." The tone was clearly harsh as Glynda now stood between her and Cardin.
Glynda's weapon was raised at Ruby with a shield glyph raised between them. The sight was either meant to detour Ruby or possibly be a threat to get her to stand down if she didn't follow the order.
"I'm sorry I didn't." The words were mumbled as Ruby came out of her daze seeing Cardin laying on the floor with slash marks going through his armor and some having blood radiate from under them.
"We need a medical team at the arena we have an injured student." Glynda said into her scroll before looking over Cardin's wounds. Removing his armor was too risky since the suit was applying pressure to the wounds and taking them off could result in more blood lose.
When the medics arrived they carted Cardin off the medical ward his injuries didn't appear life threatening so hopes were high upon his departure that he'd recover within a week or two. This left Ruby and Goodwitch alone in the arena while the class chatted in the audience over what they just witnessed.
"Miss Rose if you'd follow me." Glynda commanded as she walked towards the exit.
Following behind Goodwitch Ruby started to recognize the path they were taking and began mentally preparing herself for the berating she was about to receive as she walked into the elevator. The silence was what worried Ruby the most when they began to climb the tower. When the door opened Ruby saw Ozpin going over files at his desk hardly paying mind to who just walked into his office.
"Glynda I wasn't expecting you for"- looking up he saw who standing behind her- "Miss Rose how may I help you today"
"Besides beating one of her classmates half to death."
"I'm sure that Miss Rose here"- Ruby coughed into her hand while using the other to make a 'stop' gesture- "As you were saying Glynda."
"Miss Rose used excessive force and continued to assault a student even after the match was called."
"I couldn't hear you." Ruby argued feeling the embers of anger start to build up under her gut.
"I was yelling at you to stop. The only reason he's still in one piece is because I forcefully separated you from him."
"Well maybe he got what he deserved!" Ruby yelled her hands starting to tighten into fists. "Cardin constantly bullies other students and I'm tired of sitting around doing nothing while watching them suffer."
"This isn't about Mister Winchester's abysmal behavior this about you endangering another student's life." Glynda said her voice starting to get louder.
"Well then he shouldn't have been weak."
"Like the students he bullies Miss Rose?"
"That's different he hurts others to feel big and tough I hurt him to…" Ruby paused thinking of the reason she went after Cardin sure he was a bully, but that wasn't why she wanted to fight him.
"Ozpin you can't overlook this anymore team RWBY has gotten to much preferential treatment from you I refuse to back down this time. There constant disregard for the rules is going to get someone killed."
"Glynda that's enough I will make sure an appropriate punishment is met out if you would leave me to discuss this with Miss Rose." Ozpin said seeing both parties starting to become emotional.
"You can't just let her go this time with a slap on the wrist."
"And I won't Glynda. Miss Rose will face suspension for her actions you have my word."
Satisfied with Ozpin's answer Glynda turned around and made her way to the elevator her heels clacking against the floor with each step. The doors closed and it began the decent down Beacon's tower leaving Ruby alone with Ozpin.
"Now Ruby I have no easy way to ask this, but are you okay?"
"I'm fine nothing wrong here, what makes you think I'm not okay." Ruby awkwardly asked trying to find something to do with her arms before throwing them at her side.
"Something has clearly unsettled you if your mind is elsewhere during a sparring match."
"I'm angry, confused and sad okay! I'm feeling all these things again and it hurts!"
"I understand that when a teacher, friend, or family member passes it can have effects on those around them and that those wounds take time to heal. So why haven't you gone to Beacon's therapist for help? Letting go can be difficult, but if you want to move on with your life it's something that has to be done."
"I've seen a therapist for this before I don't want them to talk to me telling me everything is going to be okay. I don't want to let go I want to remember everything about them with what little time I had to know them."
"There is nothing wrong with remembering them the problem arises when it starts affecting you and your team."
"I didn't want to lose anyone ever again and I was standing right there when it happened this time unable to do anything. I became a Huntress to stop this from happening and I still couldn't save him."
"Ruby I know that this isn't easy for you and that you won't see the therapist. Is there anything you need to do to help you get past this?" Ozpin asked trying to encourage Ruby towards a quicker recovery.
Pausing Ruby thought back to how she handled another's death and how she had nightmares for years following her death. She made sure to visit the grave yearly to keep her mind at peace. She needed something solid that would finalized the event something to force her forward and she came to a conclusion.
"I'd like to hold a funeral." Ruby asked her voice shaking.
"That can be arranged which graveyard in Vale do you want to use?"
"Not here back at the workshop where all the others' names were carved."
"Your suspension can be lifted for a day so you can go do you want to invite others?"
"I'll bring JNPR and my team they deserve to know that he died."
"I can have the bullheads ready for Friday is it alright if Port and Oobleck attend they've started to get worried over my recent departures and would want to know where I've been going. It would help put them at ease and they were always the type to want to pay their respects to someone who dedicated their life to fighting beasts even if they weren't a Huntsman."
"They can attend if you want."
"I have to tell you that while you are on suspension you can only go from your room to the cafeteria unless asked by a teacher otherwise." Ozpin said as he started going over the screen to make arrangements for a two bullheads.
"Thank you Headmaster." Ruby said as she made her way out of his office.
When Ruby left Ozpin turned back to his scroll. "You now it's impolite to listen in on a conversation."
"Yes it is and you're inviting two people who we don't know we can trust." Glynda's voice talked back from the scroll.
"It's time we start laying out some bait and see if anything decides to take it."
"And if they don't?"
"Then we lay out something more appetizing to see if we get a response and if not we continue to observe them. If I'm right it's neither of them and we can gather more help without worry of a traitor."
"I just hope your right." Glynda said as she ended the call.
Stepping off the bullhead team RWBY and JNPR made their way over to the flowery graveyard behind the workshop. The metal gates creaked as they were pushed open allowing them to walk over the mound of tombstones that stood as an obelisk dedicated to the departed. Every stone had a name carved into it and sometimes the names would to be listed one underneath another likely due to a lack of available empty gravestones.
Near the bottom of the list they spotted the freshest name 'Gehrman the First Hunter' the title made little sense to the students wondering how the first Hunter could die after so many others. To the professors it was a sight all too familiar with teachers usually far outliving the students they taught and having to bury them. It was likely that Gehrman carved out each name of his deceased students into the stone before finally dying leaving the task to Dunstan. The sheer number is what shocked the Professors most with the amount rivaling that of Beacon's own student body.
Ozpin and Glynda only knew the man in passing and felt it best to stay silent during the procession. Oobleck and Port attended only out of respect for the death of an apparent ally who Ozpin had vouched for. This left the students in charge of the arrangements with there being no body to recover as was the usual case for Huntsman another name carved upon the stone would be the last mark of Dunstan's existence.
Ruby was the first to step forward being the closest to Dunstan. "The short amount of time I spent with Dunstan changed my life. He taught me so much about his old life and it was nice to see another side of him that wasn't a fighter and instead a scholar. Laying out all the weapons he acquired he let me work on nearly all of them even letting me test fire and operate them. In the end he gave his life to save mine and my team that night."
With Ruby walking back into the group Jaune stepped up to say his farewells. "Dunstan seemed like a man of honor. From the moment I met him he helped me, was friendly, and even saved me from getting blasted by Yang." Jaune said with a light laugh. "He wasn't the kind of person who held a grudge he even forgave my team and I after we accidently fought him. In the end I wish I could have talked to him more and gotten to know him better."
This continued for the next few minutes with each member saying their peace to the recently departed before Ruby walked towards the grave a knife in hand. She began meticulously carving out each letter right below Gehrman's name. As she was finishing up the last letter rain began to fall from the sky causing a few people that brought an umbrella to pull them out.
The rain continued to fall as they as Ruby sat in front of the grave looking over what she had just done. It felt final having the name carved into the stone something that couldn't be changed or erased. With her hair getting soaked from the rain it began to extend down obscuring her eyes.
"Come on Ruby lets head back you'll catch a cold if you stay out here any longer." Weiss said holding an umbrella over her leader.
"I'd like to stay."
"Farewell Dunstan." Jaune said giving a slight bow towards the tombstone. "Now that I think about it we only met three weeks ago, but I'll never forget you for the rest of my life."
"Hey everyone I'm back." A man said walking up behind the group. "I make it here and no one welcomes me? I waited for days and no one shows up and I come back from catching my dinner to find you holding a funeral. So who died? Whose funeral is it?"
"But you are…" Weiss mumbled overtaken with what she was seeing.
"No way…" Jaune said beginning to pale at the sight.
"Do you have no manners Sir?" Oobleck said stepping between him and the students.
"Show some respect in this place." Port bellowed stepping up next to Oobleck puffing out his chest. "Please go on we'll handle this individual."
"Respect? You're telling me to show some respect in my graveyard." He said walking up to the professors until they were inches apart from each other.
"Dunstan!" Jaune yelled seeing the man alive.
"Dunstan is Alive!" Everyone else said seeing him among the living.
"Still alive? There must be a misunderstanding why are you so surprised to see me? It looks like you all just saw a ghost." Dunstan said looking past Ruby and to the tombstone seeing a name engraved upon the once pristine stone 'Dunstan Arkwright'. Before he could continue his thoughts Dunstan was tackled to the ground in a flurry of rose petals.
"You're alive!" Ruby yelled with tears streaming down her face.
"Of course, I couldn't leave my best student by herself." Dunstan joked standing back up before leaping back with Ruby in tow to avoid a gauntlet clad punch.
"We all thought you were dead do you even know what that did to Ruby?" Yang said getting back into a fighting stance while Dunstan set Ruby down onto the ground before getting into his own stance with his cane and gun still hanging off the belt.
"She's fine now see." Dunstan said while Ruby wiped the tears from her eyes. "Who brings weapons to a funeral anyway?"
"When it's in the middle of a Grimm infested forest we tend to be cautious."
"There's no need to fight we're all friends here remember." Jaune said running between the two.
"I wasn't going to hurt her." Dunstan said his body no longer tensed. "Much."
"I'd like to see you try." Yang said tauntingly as her gauntlets retracted back into bracelets.
"See no one wants to hurt anyone so can we take this somewhere where we won't get soaked?" Jaune asked his nice suite starting to get drenched.
"Okay, Everyone inside the workshop." Dunstan said making his way up the stairs leading to the front door.
Getting inside the place surprisingly had no leaks and the interior was completely dry. The space clearly wasn't designed to hold more than a handful of people at a time, but it served its purpose giving shelter to everyone. Everyone found a spot to sit with most using the sealed coffins as seats.
"So are you going to tell us how you survived?" Weiss asked starting to get impatient.
"Sure, I didn't survive." Dunstan stated as a matter of fact.
"But you clearly did otherwise you'd be dead."
"Nope I took two of those explosives to my face after I put that Huntsman to rest. Wasn't painless I can tell you that. What do you put in those things anyway they leveled an entire block with one?" The curiosity in his voice betraying the severity of what he just said.
"Did you say you killed a Huntsman?" Glynda asked a bit of anger behind her voice at the death of an ally.
"Yes apparently it didn't stick the first time and he managed to find his way back to Ruby and me so I finished it then and there."
Reaching for their weapons Ozpin raised his hand stopping his associates from drawing. "Let's hear him out. What made you decide to fight and kill this Huntsman Dunstan?"
"He tried to kill Ruby so when she rang for aid I provided it. I was actually curious as to what could be giving her trouble and a Huntsman made sense though I only knew his occupation after our first encounter."
"Would all of you please return to the Bullhead I have something I wish to discuss with Dunstan in private?" Coming from Ozpin it was less of a request and more or a order, but they chose to follow anyways.
Leaving the building Ruby gave a wave before closing the door behind her leaving Dunstan and Ozpin to their conversation.
"Sorry about that despite having Port and Oobleck work alongside me for years after current events it's tough to trust anyone." Ozpin said while adjusting his glasses.
"No need for apologies I understand just how important information is. I assume you don't want them knowing I came back from Asylum after those machines in the sky destroyed it." Dunstan said thinking back on how devastating the explosives they dropped were.
"You would be correct the only people who are aware of you and team RWBY's involvement is Glynda and me. I would prefer it stays that way for the moment."
"I doubt that is the only thing you want?"
"I am curious as to how you survived and made it back here in one piece. The General in charge of those 'flying machines' as you put it is quite thorough and that city is little more than rubble now."
"You won't take 'I didn't' as an answer?" Dunstan asked while watching Ozpin's reaction."When Ruby rings the bell I answer and in response am summoned to her aid."
"A teleportation semblance that uses the unique sound waves of the bell to mark the destination?" Ozpin questioned wondering how Dunstan could even perceive when the bell was rung.
"That bell Ruby has now isn't just some memento or toy passed down from old to new. It holds a unique power that allows this to happen and while I hold no power trigger this phenomenon on my own it does have its uses."
"Is that how you escaped then?"
"Unfortunately no my exit was forced. My body couldn't take the strain and crumbled under the force of the explosion forcing me to return back to where I departed from."
"You're going to have to explain that part to me. I'm unclear on how you can teleport to one location and return upon your apparent death."
"When I ring my bell in response to Ruby's it causes me to slip between this world and the dream projecting a shell or phantom if you would to the destination letting me provide help. This phantom is me and is less durable being only a projection of myself. Upon its death or Ruby's the phantom vanishes forcing me out and back to where I departed from." Dunstan said while holding up the bell in question it was smaller than the one given to ruby and almost resembled a small chime.
"You said our workshops should work together what would this entail if I agreed to have us co-operate further?"
"We would share knowledge that could interest the other and share techniques that would be of benefit to the members of each workshop. Of course it's a give and take relationship with one workshop giving something of value first then the other reciprocating something they think is equal in value. This usually continues back and forth until someone decides it's no longer worth working together."
"I have entire libraries worth of gathered knowledge from fiction to nonfiction including techniques and skills Huntsman have used through the ages. What would you be willing to give in return for access to such information?"
"If what you say is true then I believe we can work out a deal of sorts. After all we both know the importance of preparing for the future." Dunstan said reaching out his hand for Ozpin.
"I believe we can come to an agreement." Ozpin answered as he took Dunstan's hand.
So many references strung throughout this chapter I can't believe I managed to fit so many in and they're all from different forms of entertainment too. We got a look into the mysterious Order behind the scenes with them trying to keep the plague on the down low. Not to mention the return of Dunstan I'll tell you what folks I've been meaning to get the story to this point for a while like about since Chapter 6 awhile and now that everything is together Beacon can participate in some jolly co-operation.