Power testing was more annoying than dealing with Glenn Chambers, Weiss had decided. At least with the ugly man she had some form of entertainment in seeing what horrible costume he had come up with. Power testing on the other hand, was extremely boring, dull, tedious, and stale. The highlight being that fight with that mech in the beginning, which ended in disappointment as Myrtenaster easily tore through its metal armor. The tests were simple, punch that concrete brick as hard as she could, stab another brick with Myrtenaster, see how much weight her glyphs could hold, run laps around the room with and without her glyphs, over and over again. At least the few PRT officers that tried shooting rubber bullets at her tried to make things interesting.

Luckily testing was over by the time Armsmaster realized that she could turn any object into a weapon thanks to her aura. Now Weiss found herself in the safety, relatively, of Ward HQ, Glenn's list of names in her hands, flipping through it casually. Some of these were just plain terrible, or extremely cheesy.

"Tsk, Snow White." Weiss muttered as she flipped the page. The strange man had came up with hundreds of names, yet none of them were useable. "Definitely not Sailor Snow or Snowflake." Good thing Weiss negotiated the rights to decide her image, it would've been horrible being stuck with some of these.

Her thoughts were interrupted with the sound of footsteps. Hopefully it wasn't Shadow Stalker again, Weiss didn't have the patience to deal with the brute.

"Hi Weiss!" Missy said, wearing a green outfit that was covered in a few matching pieces of armor. She held a helmet in her small hands. Next to her was what seemed to be a boy, one covered from head to toe in silver and gunmetal armor attempting to give the impression of a knight. "Whatcha reading?"

"A list of names that Glenn wants me to choose from." Weiss shrugged as she closed the folder without another thought. These were all horrible names. She would rather just go by her own given one.

"Glenn? As in the Glenn Chambers, head of PR? Damn, one of his assistants handled my debut. I guess you caught his eye somehow." Missy plopped onto the seat beside her. "And you get to choose your own name?! Lucky!" Missy said that last sentence teasingly, which made Weiss smile. She was so cute.

"I suppose." Weiss shrugged as she eyed the knight suspiciously. She had seen his posters around the base, something Valiant. "And you are?" There were still Wards that she hadn't gotten the chance to meet, such as Triumph and Aegis. If they were avoiding her, then such rudeness would be hard to forgive, especially since they were acting as the team lead.

"Gallant." He said, taking off his helmet in one movement, revealing a rather plain boy with a charming smile. "You can call me Dean when we're out of costume though." He stood to the side of the couch, the piece of furniture likely not strong enough to support the weight of his armor.

"Weiss Schnee." Weiss gave him a polite nod.

"Oh, like edelweiss?" Dean's attempt at speaking Atlesian, uh German, was atrocious, and any more words would have been considered a crime.

"Edelweiss." Weiss corrected, sounding the strange word correctly. Missy and Dean gave her a strange look. "And no, what is it?" She doubted that he meant the phrase noble white.

Dean pulled out his phone from one of his armor's compartments, tapping it gently before turning the screen towards Wess. Missy stretched her neck to see the photo of a beautiful white flower.

"Edelweiss is a flower that grows high up in the Alps. Its meaning differs from person to person, but I hear that for some bravery, in order to see it you have to risk your life climbing the mountains." Dean explained, putting his phone away once Weiss was satisfied.

Edelweiss,hm, she liked the way it sounded, and it should be able to get Glenn to stop bothering her about choosing a name. She didn't even have to use it, just in an official capacity.

"I see." Weiss turned to her folder. Yup, Edelweiss was way better than the insults to the English language that were etched onto the papers. She would rather die than be called Frostbite.

"Your English is pretty good." Dean said, placing his helmet back on. Weiss frowned, but said nothing in response.

That sounded like an insult somehow.

"Miss Schnee's test results have come in." Chief Director Costa-Brown said evenly, her face neutral. Emily knew she was going to have to struggle to be able to keep Schnee in Brockton Bay, especially with how diverse her skills were. Emily would have to fight with everything she had. "Trump seven, ten if she's able to unlock auras, and several pages worth of classifications from Thinker to Shaker. Even her damn sword has a rating."

Of course Emily and Armsmaster knew this, they were the ones that submitted the report. If Schnee was able to replicate aura, that would change everything. Elite PRT squads equipped with aura meant a new world, raids on gang hideouts would have less casualties, villains would be more wary about trying to free their brethren on the way to the Birdcage. They just needed to convince Schnee to try.

Emily had to admit that she felt glad their interdimensional guest was on their side.

"Director Chambers has been instructed to have her debut as soon as possible, while refraining from antagonizing her." That last part Emily really doubted, especially from the few times she met the Director of Public Relations. Director Costa-Brown kept speaking, her voice remaining even. "Once Miss Schnee has settled in, encourage her to teach classes about her world, starting with the Wards."

Emily frowned, but bit her tongue. She would have preferred loyal officers being first.

"Ensure that she gets along with them, and if they don't, have them transferred." Chief Director Costa-Brown said ominously. "Schnee's worth several teams of Wards."

"So she's to reveal her true story about her background?" Armsmaster spoke up from his screen.

"Only to the Brockton Bay Wards, for now. We already have the contingencies in place if Miss Schnee's true origins are revealed."

Now that was surprising. Emily knew that Schnee would be important, but to have the Chief Director involved to this extent was almost unheard of.

"Of course Ma'am." Emily said, pressing her large hands together. "Armsmaster and I will ensure that everything runs smoothly."

Aura was going to change the world.

A/N

When I first published chapter 3 after a several month hiatus, I never expected it to get this much love. I was going through a slump, reading to give up on writing Worm fanfiction. The Stag's Daughter and Schnee's Bay helped to stop that.

Thank you all for reading and I hope you continue to enjoy future update!