Mountain Glenn, 1 AM
Jason exited the meeting room with a task, but without his weapon. He had told Cinder about his Semblance and his desire to work with her. She was sceptical about it, so she told him to go to the ruined city and gather some. She didn't specify how many so he was gonna come back with a fair amount. He figured the only reason she was letting him leave was because she thought the Grimm would kill him before he could tell anyone about their location. Roman was waiting outside with his little sidekick Neo. "So, how'd it go?" he asked as he was pulling out a lighter to light his cigar.
"Told her about my Semblance, didn't believe me and told me to prove it," Jason said, still wearing his mask.
"I actually have two questions," Roman said, taking a puff of his cigar.
"A'ight, shoot," Jason said, leaning against a wall with his arms crossed.
"First, how'd you know I was gonna be at that store?"
"I was actually getting ready to rob it myself, you just beat me to it," Jason lied.
"Right," Roman drawled, clearly not 100% believing it but willing to let it go for now. "And second, what is your Semblance?"
"Oh, it's simple. I can control Grimm."
Roman was shocked into silence, not believing this either. "Really? No wonder Cinder didn't believe you," He said, chuckling a little.
"Yeah yeah, laugh all you want. I'm going topside and I'm gonna come back with some Beowolves, maybe even an Ursa or two if I'm lucky," Jason said, walking towards the exit while waving his hand behind him.
The Ruined City
Jason had been wandering around the ruins for about 30 minutes and hadn't so much as heard a growl. "Are you fucking kidding me? Where the hell are they all?" That's when he finally caught a break. He saw an Ursa sniffing around, probably looking for people to kill. Jason started walking towards it and was about to call out before it turned around and looked at him. But that wasn't what shocked him. It was the X carved into its mask that did.
"Chuck? My man, is that you?" He said, significantly happier than before. He walked over to the big bear and started scratching him behind the ears. "Well what a surprise, I was worried you had gotten killed by a Hunter or something. The hell are you doing way up here?" He noticed Chuck was bigger than when he last saw him, his mask had turned into a half helmet and some bone spikes had started growing out of some of his joints. "Got into some fights while I was gone, huh?" He looked at Chuck's claws and noticed they had some dried blood on them. "Good boy, let's head on back to base and I'll introduce you to the others. Just don't attack anyone there."
Mountain Glenn Base
Roman was sitting at a table with Neo, who was, predictably, enjoying some ice cream, when his alarm went off. "Alright, it's been 30 minutes, hand it over," He said, as Neo reluctantly handed him some Lien. But as he was putting it in his wallet, he heard a commotion outside. He was about to get up and investigate, but then Jason walked in. Along with a massive Ursa. "What'd I fucking tell you Roman? I said I'd come back with Grimm." He said, clearly very happy. Roman was standing, looking in awe at a docile Grimm. Neo held her hand in front of Roman and he gave her some Lien.
"Well enough of that, where's Cinder? I gotta show her I wasn't lying," Jason said, looking around.
"I'm right here Jason." He turned around and saw Cinder standing in the doorway, an eyebrow raised at the sight of the Grimm.
Jason laughed a little. "Well, I said I could control these fluffy bastards," He said as he gave Chuck some pats.
"Indeed you did Jason, indeed you did," Cinder said, realizing just how valuable this man was and how lucky she was that he was so willing to work with her. She would have to tell her mistress about him.
"Hey, you wanna pet him? Like I said, he's really soft," Jason asked, giving Chuck some ear scratches.
Neo was immediately there, petting Chuck's side as he lay down. Jason didn't lie, it was like rubbing a giant fluffy pillow. She felt like she could climb on Chuck's back and fall asleep.
"And why are you so fond of this particular Ursa?" Cinder asked, fishing for info.
"Oh, he was my first ever Grimm. Found him in the forest along with a bunch of Beowolves," Jason explained, getting up.
Cinder wondered what the full extent of his abilities were. The possibilities were immense. However, his complete willingness to work with her was a little suspicious she would have to talk to him some more, see if she could figure out more about him.
"Interesting. I would like to talk with you some more before-"
"Yeah yeah yeah, interrogation time." Jason interrupted, irritating Cinder. "Alright buddy," he said, patting Chuck on the side. "Go guard the entrance and stop anyone that isn't wearing a White Fang uniform from passing."
"Follow me," Cinder said, walking down a hall.
Alright, don't fuck this up. Jason thought to himself. It was make or break. And if it was break, he would have to tear his way out of here.
