Note: Ruby connects all her parts thru gravity dust, which means if she loses a body part, she can recall it with her core. Also, her head and body we're attached off screen, making her a floating and living bust for the first part of chapter 5.

Chapter 5: Assembly

Atlesian Cybernetics Facility

Ruby floated beside Doctor Oobleck as he explained in an extremely fast pace just how she was supposed to attach the linbs to her torso, which was clothed in a sleeveless hospital gown to preserve some of her modesty. Her head and body had already been attached, with the SoulHome fitting securely in the chest compartment. Her robotic head and lupine ears followed the Doctor's rapid movements as he zipped around the 2 arms and legs that would make up her new body, as well as additional pieces that would give her a more lifelike touch:

"You see Miss Rose, your core consists of a high powered gravity dust core that is so powerful it has to be replaced at least twice a year in case it corrupts and implodes."

Ruby didn't like the sound of that, but she let him continue regardless

"Now, in order for you to attach your new limbs to the main body, you must activate the levitating ports on your torso, and scan the corresponding limb with your now robotic irises." He concluded, only to look to his right and see that Ruby was staring blankly at him. Oobleck then realized that Ruby was still only 5 years old and had no idea how to utilize the built programs in the SoulHome. He looked up, thinking for a moment, and then proceeded to simplify his words in a slower voice:

"Think about attaching your left arm, then look at your left arm with your eyes. If you do it correctly, you will see an indicator that says: ," he concluded with a finger on his glasses, adjusting them to rest on the bridge of his nose. Ruby nodded, and began thinking about attaching her left arm, she then looked at the arm lying on the floor, waiting…

"Miss Rose that is your right arm!" Oobleck stated, with some mirth in his eyes as the child snapped out of her stare and quickly adjusted her gaze to look at the correct arm. A light blue laser from Ruby's eyes scan the arms, and she sees the words at the bottom of her vision.

attachLAexe… 50%...79%...99%...Complete

Ruby's arm floats up slowly, clicking up to her left shoulder, other parts flying in to cover the gaps that would expose the joints. Ruby's ears twitch when she feels her arm, and moves it around, looking up and down at her new arm. It felt, right, and human to an extent. She then thinks about putting her right arm on, and looks at the arm on the floor, seeing the process go to completion a bit quicker than last time. Pleased with herself, she set up her legs in record time and started shakily walking, getting used to being on two legs again.

attachRAexe… Complete

attachLLexe…Complete

attachRLexe…complete

Ruby, now with all limbs attached, walked up to the mirror, and starts straightening out her messy hair. The synthetic strands may feel and look identical to normal hair, but they had never been bent before and because they were new strands some of them rested in awkward angles on her hair. Doctor Polendina briefly stated that it would take a while for the strands to adjust to their proper settings. Ruby also found that her ears were far more sensitive than they were when she was still a "being of flesh" as Oobleck put it. She could now hear every foot tap, every squeak as people made their way around the facility. She could hear Yang conversing with Tai upstairs, about surprising Ruby by patching up her cloak and giving it to her (Heh, and now she knew), she heard doctor Polendina excitedly talking to some woman, something about a breakthrough, she didn't know what was so important about a Penny, but she focused her ears elsewhere, on something much more interesting...

Qrow was sparring with General Ironwood, Sword clashing with Revolver. It had been a stressful week for both of them, Qrow had been occupied with Ruby, and Ironwood had been beset by the council, who were advocating for several Atlesian warships to be scrapped and recycled into new buildings. Both men grunted with exertion as they clashed again and again. Qrow backed off and shifted his Harbinger into scythe mode, opting for a more aggressive fighting style. Ironwood responded by bracing his prosthetic arm, which began glowing a faint red, most likely imbued by fire dust. Ruby unintentionally gained access to the security camera feed, giving her a clear view of the spar. Ruby was so enraptured with the scene that she didn't notice Yang sneaking up behind her. So when Yang suddenly said: "what's up Ruby?" she full on panicked and turned around, the loud voice reminding her of the explosion that nearly claimed her life. Her screen immediately filled up with all types of defense systems initiating.

Ambush response::::: all systems functional

aegis…Online

vulcan2…Online

nebelwerfer…Online

gdrailgun…Online

dddhammer…Online

Yang was sneaking up on Ruby. It was birthday yesterday, but she still liked to give presents to Ruby every now and then. She wasn't expecting Ruby to suddenly turn and have several weapons trained on her. Ruby visibly calmed down and started to store her weapons back in place, not before accidentally letting out a shot from the nebelwerfer. They both cringed when the missile screamed past them and hit the door of the lab, blowing a giant hole through the steel door, just as Doctor Polendina put his keycard to the scanner. Yang, seeing the mess they made, used all of the fanciest words she could muster to try and save themselves from whatever the doctor had in store for them:

"There is a perfectly sound and rational explanation for all of this…"

"Yes yes, I'm sure there is, but we need to get rid of Young miss Rose's body, before it starts to rot." He groused, preparing a gurney and setting Ruby's old body inside.

"I do believe that you would like to say your last goodbyes to this body before we cremate it."

They did say goodbye, watching as they burnt all live evidence of Ruby's organic nature. The family huddled as they saw the body go up into flames and turn into ashes. Nobody said a word, they didn't really have to, and nobody wanted to break the silence. They left the Crematory, holding a jar of ashes, but they smiled once more. It was a new day, and Ruby had indeed lived to see the next week.

Beacon Academy

Blake listened with rapt attention as Ozpin pointed out the basics of making an efficient weapon. She had been listening to the old man talk about fighting styles, pressure points and espionage tactics, the latter being explained further when Blake unlocked her semblance, the ability to make shadow clones to take blows for her. She had felt that it was just a reminder of how she had ran without taking the full responsibility of that incident from a few days ago. Ozpin reassured her, stating that there was still many things unknown to man about semblances, stating that the statement of a semblance resembling character was a threshold, all semblances could be developed further and could evolve into something much different.

Today, someone was coming over to help her train her fighting skills, and possibly build her weapon. She sat in silent apprehension, waiting for the person who would show up soon. Eventually, there was a ring at the door, and Ozpin greeted the person with a nod:

"Qrow, it is good to see you again, how is Ruby faring?"

"The kiddo is doing just fine Oz, she may twitch in fear from any exceptionally loud noises, but she's alive…" the man ended, smiling: "Now, which unfortunate soul am I training today?"

"Ah yes, Qrow, meet Blake Belladonna" Ozpin gestured, extending a hand to Blake. The man took a look, then did a double take, eyes wide. Blake suddenly connected the dots: The name of that young wolf Faunus was ruby, and this man was her relative, brace for impact. However, all the man did was turn to look at Ozpin with an "are you shitting me glance," who simply looked back with a knowing smile. Qrow closed his eyes, took a deep breath, saying "just my luck," under his breath before opening his eyes to look at Blake.

"Welp, my name is Qrow, and I will be your personal combat instructor for the day."

Legitimately thinking of inspector gadget when writing the first half.

Also, poor Qrow: his niece gets blown up by a weird box, and he gets over it just to find out that his boss hired the person who nearly killed his niece, small world eh?

aLSO, trolled me for 1 hour straight, if I wanted to put vulcan2. ...Online only the Online will show,causing all of the program phrases to disappear.