Atlas:
Formerly formed from Mantle, Atlas originated from its prior city many years ago during a set amount of years after Mantle had finally expanded itself. Due to the harsh environment Solitas had, alongside mountain range, Grimm attacks were less frequent than other locations. Using human adaptivity also allowed the people in Solitas to slowly expand themselves and create technology, developed out of necessity and at faster progression than the rest of the world, creating what came to be known then as the Kingdom of Mantle.
Some time after the Great War though, which Mantle started, the kingdom attempted to reinvent itself. During this time, an incarnation of Ozma would come and attempt to help the kingdom by giving Atlas the Relic of Creation, to lift an entire city into the air in an attempt to bring hope to everyone. While this has allowed those living in the city to be safe, even help in creating new technology without being hounded by the Grimm, unfortunately, this act to bring hope only caused a divide in later years between Atlas and Mantle.
One where the upper-class live on Atlas with everyone else below with Atlas being seen as taking things from Mantle with the latter falling behind. Tensions grow between the two cities as the years grow by. Not helped by actions such as the SDC, broken promises and later on after the Fall of Beacon when Atlas forcibly shut its borders being dictated by James Ironwood. However, while still devastating, the disappearance of James Ironwood has allowed a potential chance to mend the two kingdoms through the act of Mantle fighter Robyn Hill.
The trip to Atlas and Mantle wasn't too rough. If anything, it was rather pleasant as for once there was no need to travel on foot or land where most Grimm were at. Oh, sure there are flying Grimm, those are concerns naturally. Though considering how the ship Robyn rode had weapons on it while being escorted by ships with more weapons, the trip went much more smoothly than expected.
"Now this is the life." Jaune himself is already enjoying it. No more sleeping outdoors, fighting Grimm every two steps along the way, no worries about paying for the bill at a hotel. Just a nice comfy ride on a flying ship.
"I can agree with that." Yang is with her fellow blonde. "You know how hard it is to take care of this," A finger pointed at her hair. "In the outdoors?"
"A lot." Weiss was in agreement.
"And this ship even has some good beverages." AKA, drinks for grown-ups for Qrow to eagerly try out. "Gotta say Hill, you chose a nice ride."
"Yes. For all of Atlas's faults, they do make good ships." Robyn chuckled before she got a more serious look on her face. "One I intend to share with everyone." Not just hogged by Atlas, but Mantle as well. Seeing her expression made Ruby herself look concerned.
"Is it that bad in Atlas?" Robyn rolled her eyes.
"Atlas is fine. It's Mantle I'm more worried about." Stepping away from the bar stand, Robyn faced everyone in the room inside, which was all of them. "Tell me, what do you all know of the current situation in my home?"
"Not much truthfully." Ren answered honestly out of respect for Robyn. "However, thanks to Argus being closer to Atlas in general, we do know that Ironwood and a few others went missing."
"Right. Missing." Hearing Weiss looking down, Blake patted her on the back while Oscar looked regretful.
"That's one of them." Robyn acknowledged. "But that's also recent news. Look, I'm not saying what happened to Ironwood and his group was good. But, ultimately you all probably forgot that a general going missing is the least of Mantle's worries."
"I can agree with that." Qrow doesn't look happy, knowing what Robyn meant. "Despite claims of how good Atlas is, that's just Atlas. I've been to Solitas before, so I know how as nice and shiny Atlas looks, it sure loves not cleaning up Mantle."
"Are things really that bad there?" Blake had a good inkling of what Mantle is like. Her own friend once mentioned how her parents died in the mines while living it rough in a city that, while advanced, is outdated compared to Atlas. With the floating city leaving a literal shadow beneath them all. Needless to say, many White Fang operatives actually came from Mantle.
"It is and worse." Robyn sighed while looking none too happy as she did before. "For years my home has been left to slowly rot while Atlas takes all our efforts and production for themselves. Then giving us the scraps leading to some poverty, inequality, not to mention anger." Things might have been different had Atlas treated them with respect, kept their promises and fixed the broken down parts in Mantle. Instead, they acted like anything in Mantle never happened.
"Talk about a turn of events." Oscar, Ozpin, admitted. The former getting regret from Ozpin and knowing why. While small and a bit vague, Oscar could tell Ozpin had some kind of hand in making Atlas the way it is. Or more like, tried to make it into something good only for someone else to twist it another way.
"Yep." Robyn nodded to the farm boy's words. "However," Raising her finger, a small smile came onto Robyn's face. "After Ironwood vanished, alongside the new openings for the Council, I can finally change things."
"Right, you mentioned that." Ruby herself then felt happy as she knew what Robyn meant. "You got yourself a spot on the council in Atlas."
"That I did." A thumbs up is thrown in Ruby's direction.
"So then," Yang began to comment. "Safe to say things are improving."
"Mmm, yes and no." Robyn replied and explained herself. "Politics isn't done in a day after all."
"Ha! I can agree with that." Qrow snorted as he knew all about the minefield and navigation known as politics. Never being one to take a shine towards all that crap.
"Yeah!" Nora laughed to herself. "I'd rather be punching Grimm than doing some speech. Much easier." Way more fun to than figuring out what promises needed to be kept and worrying about votes.
"On that I can agree with." Heck, Robyn knew her girls back home would feel the same. Even Robyn sometimes wished the game known as politics could be thwarted with an explosion arrow. "But the world is what it is. At the very least I managed to make some improvements. Like getting rid of that stupid blockade."
That got everyone's attention, with Jaune saying, "That'll be a huge leap forward." The Arc thought back to how hard it was to buy Dust. "Like it or not, Atlas sells the most Dusy anywhere on Remnant. Since that blockade happened, it's become tougher to find or buy Dust unless you know a guy."
"Certainly a way to help others out too." Blake has seen how the economy took a bit of a hit since that blockade. With her island home having trouble when they couldn't buy Dust as easily because of Atlas's choice.
"And a way for my father to get money again." Weiss mumbled a bit upsettingly. Yes she knew that lifting the blockade is for the better, but she couldn't help but feel annoyed as well. Knowing her father would now start earning his revenue again and so much more. Most money being made by the mine workers in rather unsafe conditions.
Robyn heard Weiss and crossed her arms. "Right. That bastard." She then sighed. "That was really the one thing he agreed with me, since he got a spot. On the council."
"I'm sorry, what?!" Weiss then looked startled with everyone else cringing. They all knew about Weiss's dad, knowing he's far from an honest person. If at all.
"You didn't know?" Right. Cut off communications. Best Robyn explains a little more. "Originally the council had an opening for a new seat, to counter Ironwood's two on the four man council." A rather unexpected one that for a time, didn't really cause much problem. But around the time the Vytal Festival occurred and certainly after, the council realized a man holding two spots may not be such a bright idea as it made Ironwood too powerful at certain moments. Mainly, his two seats countered the other members' own seats to overrule the embargo. "But after his disappearance, the remaining council decided to give Jaquess and I spots in an instant." Which only left the seat for general. One taken up by one of the commanders below Ironwood, though he won't be given a seat as he's just a temporary general until the council can find a suitable one later.
"So then it's you, Jaquess and the last two huh." Qrow took a sip and drank until he finished. "Safe to say things are running a bit more smoothly?" Qrow didn't hate Jimmy, but the man was too bull headed at times and way too much of a stickler for the rules.
"Yes." Robyn smirked before shaking her head. "Not that there aren't any problems of course. Such as we, the council, discovering you guy's little secret."
"Right, you and-Hold up. The council!?" Qrow nearly spat his drink with everyone else in the room freezing.
"You said you…and the council?" Blake then asked nervously while Jaune quivered.
"Oh boy." He said. "That can't be good, right?" A look at Ren and the boy shakes his head. Not a good sign. "Aw man."
"On that I actually agree with you there." Weiss then scowled, realizing that this meant her father knew which she didn't like. Having little, if any, good memories at all of the man. For good reason to, considering the Jaquess is far from a family man.
"Welp…at the very least you council folks aren't just blabbing." Not that Qrow felt any better knowing more people knew about Salem. So much for keeping this whole shadow war a secret.
"Our reactions did vary." Robyn admitted, as the council had been there together when they learned the news. "Still, we all, even Jaquess, agreed not to just talk about something as big as this." Robyn won't deny learning about a castle in the darklands was a bit surprising. Then the memory of Ganeesh showing notes written by this Salem person and evidence of other criminals connected to the Fall of Beacon was more surprising.
"I think we're getting a bit off topic." Oscar then said while getting the others' attention. "I mean, don't get me wrong. Hearing how more people know about Salem is a shock, but you were continuing about Mantle if I'm correct."
"Right, I was." With a sly smirk, Robyn continued. "All I'll say is that I've been making some good changes for Mantle. Slow coming of course, as nothing gets done in a day. But hey, better than nothing."
"Congrats then." Qrow felt a bit happy for Robyn. "Nice to know that someone is doing their best for Mantle. I know Jimmy wasn't exactly the cause of Mantle's inequality in the beginning, but he sure didn't help either."
"You can tell me that again." Truthfully, Robyn didn't hate Ironwood. He's a decent person and a fine military commander. However, Robyn noticed that the man also focused too much on Atlas. While it's true that a general would never have purview over the fixing and repairs of Mantle, as that's someone else's job, he never got involved with Mantle either. If anything, he was considerably indifferent to Mantle's problems. Someone who didn't actively cause Mantle suffering, even disliked it…but never made attempts to give some form of support to Mantle.
Nearby Ozpin, within Oscar, also sighed. Regretting the way they had assumed those of Mantle would find hope in a floating city. Oscar thinking, 'Was the inequality always that bad?'
Considering how the boy never visited Mantle, Ozpin answered him saying, "Not always. If anything, when I raised the city many years ago, people were genuinely happy. It's just…times change and what can be seen as hope is twisted into something else."
Had Atlas just shared some of their glory with Mantle, then maybe the tensions between the two cities would never have happened.
Regardless, time flew by and as everyone talked, everyone also took this time to relax and find the peace at this moment. No Grimm, to crazy machines, none of Salem's agents thankfully. From Blake reading her books to Jaune playing on his scroll with Nora and Ren. Robyn herself also spoke with Ruby about their weapons while everyone did their own little thing. In a way, a well relaxed break is what everyone needed from the craziness and danger they've been in.
Of course in due time, a small little ringing is heard with everyone looking up.
"Looks like we're here." Leading the others to the window, everyone then saw their destined sighed. With Robyn waving her hand and said, "Everyone. Welcome to the Kingdom of Atlas."
"Woah." Is everyone's collective response, mainly for those who have never seen the floating kingdom before. Now, while they have already heard of the inequality between the two kingdoms, seeing a floating city was still an incredible sight that made everyone full of awe. The only ones not affected by the view are those used to it such as Robyn and Weiss, though they understood everyone's amazement by this. After all, from this height and distance, the city of Atlas did indeed look beautiful.
"I'll say!" Suddenly a voice popped up. An old one who yawned soon after. "So we're here already."
"Yikes!" Jaune jumped back as the old lady in tow with them chuckled at his fear.
"Still got it!" The elderly chuckled.
"Uh, who ar-wait a minute. You're the old lady we keep seeing." Yang then said with everyone else realizing the same thing as well.
"How in…" Robyn looks at what is clearly a stowaway. "How'd you get here?" She was certain she only grabbed Qrow and all the students, not some old lady.
"I just asked." The old lady then chuckled. "And maybe fibbed that I was part of your group." She then poked her digital goggles which were in truth, her ability to see properly. "I need these blasted things checked and I figured why not come with you all. Been napping in some room. A fancy one with little stuffed robins in it.
"H-Hey!" Robyn then blushed a little while shouting at the old lady, who had clearly taken her room. Qrow and the others giggling which furthered to make the Mantle defender blush more. Growling, Robyn just huffed and turned around, trying to compose herself. "Just get out of here once we leave." Robyn's eyes then widened. "Wait, did you hear-"
"All this stuff about crazy robots getting intel from some unknown witch, yeah." The old lady revealed, unabashed with Qrow himself already liked this woman. "Hehe. Don't worry." Then, as if treating Hill like a child, the old lady patted Robyn on her leg. "I won't tell."
"Ph." Nora giggled with Ruby doing the same. "I like her."
"You and I both." Qrow grinned while Robyn had to remind herself that this is an old lady. Not a criminal she could punch. Then again…she did bust in here…
"Whatever. We'll be landing soon. So I expect you gone Miss…?" Not knowing the elderly's name, the woman revealed it.
"Maria. Maria Calavera." The old lady then spun a walking stick which had a rather interesting symbolized skull on the top. "And I don't need no fancy politician telling me what to do." Like a rebelling daughter, Maria then slammed the bottom of her staff onto Robyn who yelped at the sudden strike with Maria chuckling. "Maybe we'll all meet again. See ya."
The named Maria then left with a whistle, having a lot of spunk for an old lady. Everyone kinda likes her, with Qrow the most impressed by her attitude. Robyn just grunted but said no more. "Alright then." She then decided to focus once more. "We're going to land. I suppose it's there I'll show you what we know. "Robyn then whispered. "Then get back to my friends."
Being a councilman was nice, but man was it dull. Everyone inside felt a little disappointed, but knew they needed to get back to work. The ship itself already passed by Atlas's security and was allowed to dock near Atlas Academy itself, which is currently closed considering the loss of headmaster Ironwood, though allowed students to enter to train under supervision if they wished to.
'Alright everyone." Robyn then spoke to all inside the ship. "We're here. Let's go inside, have a nice drink, maybe show you around a little and-"
"Uh, miss." Robyn is then interrupted making the woman sighed.
"Yes?" She growled.
"Um. Well…you have a guest." The man then whispered something to Robyn's ear where everyone then saw Robyn's face contort to both annoyance and fatigue.
"Great. This again."
"What's wrong?' Ruby asked, a bit worried for Robyn. Not knowing it wasn't anything that involved great trouble. But instead, more of a great headache.
"Let's just say I'm dealing with a gut that doesn't know how to quit." Robyn then looked through a window with some of the others doing the same. As they all checked to see what it was, most saw a figure down below on the Atlas Academy landing spot along with a specialized small airship of sorts nearby the figure. One that is white and has a snowflake on the side.
"Oh no." Weiss said, also getting the same headache as Robyn.
"Oh yes." Rubbing her head, Robyn then just got ready to deal with this nonsense as always.
"Is that…your dad?" Blake asked while showing some slight hostility. Not to Weiss of course, but to who that is down there. Knowing of that man's reputation as someone that all faunus disliked to outright hate. Weiss could only nod while everybody else suddenly felt sorry for Weiss as they all knew her story.
"If I were you, just stay here until he's gone." As far as Robyn could see, Schnee here didn't seem as bad as her father. Admittingly, Robyn won't deny she has a negative view on all nSchnee's considering their position in society. However, after seeing how one of them had been helping out against a giant machine all the way in Argus, Robyn decided not to judge Weiss too much. At the very least, the girl didn't seem to like her dad let aside act like him.
"Oh I plan on it." Weiss wanted no business with the man as the ship soon landed. The former heiress stayed out of sight as the ship's doors opened once it finished landing and letting one business tycoon man to see Hill in all her glory.
"Well it's about time you got here." With Schnee already getting into business mode. "Thought you could get away with your duties to pick up some runaways from across the continent. How typical."
Inside while staying out of sight, everyone felt the urge to punch Jaquess in the face. None more so than Robyn herself who had to restrain her fist. "Aw, Schnee." A smirk formed on her face. "How 'lovely' to see you. Making noise already?"
"Don't play games with me, Hill." Jaquess huffed. "You didn't think I, or the other council members didn't know about your little trip to Argus?" She actually thought she did. Sadly, it seems Jaquess wasn't that dumb and figured it out. Robyn supposed he wasn't that much of an idiot, just really arrogant.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Robyn blew him off. "So I went on a trip to pick up some people. Big deal?" Narrowing her eyes, Robyn glared at Jaquess. "After what we learned, don't you think it's important to act?"
Her answer then came in the form of a snort. Followed by the words, "As if." Taking out his scroll, Jaquess tapped on it where it showed graphs and charts. "Like some supposed witch is going to stop me from focusing on actual work that can be done. With the blockade done, I can start up my business again and start earning income from selling back all the Dust stockpiled in my warehouses."
Inside, Weiss clicked her tongue. Others frowning. Granted, it wasn't as if Jaquess was wrong entirely. At the very least, him selling Dust again would help improve the situation quite a bit in the other kingdoms. As the shortage of Dust has made prices in other places go up for everyone which isn't fun. It was just how he seemed more focused on Dust and ignored everything else.
"Uh-huh." Robyn didn't seem all impressed. "Look. While allowing Dust to be up on the market is…ugh, a good thing," How Robyn hated admitting this. "You do realize we still have a witch to focus on."
"Yes, yes. Supposed witch. Because the memories of a clearly deranged machine are ever so reliable." Jaquess snorted while giving a mocking look at Robyn. Clearly not giving a care of what the memories showed under the belief that not everything was true as they saw it. "A big scary castle in the Darklands. Proof that there's a witch…Or idiots who tried to live there and got killed." Not like it was the first time people have tried living in that damn continent.
Never worked out well for anybody.
"Of all the-" Before Robyn could berate Jaquess, the man beat her first.
"And one other matter." Raising his voice, Jaquess then shouted, "Get out her Weiss. Now!" Inside Weiss actually looked surprised with Robyn being the same as well. Chuckling, the tycoon man just grinned. "You were picking up those people fighting that tin can. Didn't think I'd recognize my own daughter?"
Right. Jaquess and the council had been there when the memories were being shown. Obviously he saw Weiss being one of the fighters. It actually made sense in hindsight. With the former heiress sighing as she then walked and showed herself. Jaquess then frowning.
"And I see you've come back. Running from home. Shameful." Despite Jaquess's harsh words, Weiss didn't seem to care one bit. If at all. "Honestly. To think after I grounded you, you'd run away from home like a child." Already Team R_BY didn't like Weiss's father.
"Right." Muttering sarcastically, Weiss resigned on the fact her father would be upset. However, she wished to move on from this ridiculous play from going on any longer. "If that's all you have to say father, then I'm going."
"Going?" Frowning further, the tycoon man growled a bit. "And where do you think you're going? Last time I checked, I punished you."
"By keeping me stuck in that mansion for months." Weiss shot back, having been stuck in her home since her father nabbed her after the fall on Beacon. Behind her, the others cringed while Qrow, Robyn and Oscar gave disapproving looks at Jaquess who simply ignored them.
"I did it to ensure you didn't get into any funny business. Clearly that didn't work." Becoming rather infuriated, Jaquess continued on. "To think my own daughter, instead of obediently listening to me, you'd rather travel around with these plesbians for some silly adventurer."
"Oho. Plebeian." Cracking her knuckles, Yang glared at Jaquess, unamused. "Try saying that again. I dare you." Near Yang, Blake showed no attempt to hide her anger while Nora seemed ready to use her hammer.
"Dear heavens." Speaking in a mocking tone, Jaquess gave the teams a mirthful gaze at them. "Now I see where my daughter got her rebelliousness from." Then, with a distasteful spat Jaquess said, "From a rag-tag bunch of misfits with nothing worth to their name."
"You-!" Before Weiss could say anything back for her father's clear disrespect to her friends, Ruby beat her to the punch.
"Look, sir," With a hardened gaze and clearly forcing herself to say sir, Ruby said, "I'm just going to say that Weiss is with us."
"No. She isn't." As if to prove his point, Jaquess began walking forward and outstretching his hand. "Now get back over here Weiss otherwise-." Then, moving in front of the business tycoon man before Jaquess could even get any closer to his daughter, the rest of Ruby's teammates got in front of Weiss. None of them willing to let Jaquess threw.
"What in-G-Get out of my way!" Jaquess growled while looking very unpleasant. Attempting to get past the girls who kept blocking him. Robyn and Qrow enjoyed it very much as it didn't take a genius to realize the jerk's unhappiness.
"No." Ruby defied Jacquees without hesitation.
"Do you not realize who I am?" Jaquess then attempted to threaten the girls, using his new title as leverage.
"We don't care." Yang uttered with clear disrespect.
"At all." Blake added.
"Yeah! Get out of here!" Nora got in on this while Jaune booed with Ren, shrugging, then decided to do the same.
"My, my." Then, a familiar voice came and out came Maria who laughed. "Are we shooting out the clowns. Let me join in." Maria then got closer to Jaquess who hissed.
"Listen old lady. Stand asi-"
"Rude!" Then Maria slammed her walking stick/weapon onto Jaquess's unprotected auraless foot which made him shout in pain. "Quit being a baby." Maria then slammed her weapon on Jaquess's side. "A woman can take this better than you."
"Y-You little-" Another hit made Jaquess stop talking. Where Weiss, having a smirk on her face, decided to walk up to her father where she decided to give her answer to him.
"I think you know my answer. Father." Realizing that Weiss wasn't kidding at all with her damnable friends getting in the way, Jaquess, with great reluctance, realized he could do nothing at this moment on.
"Tch. Fine. Ungrateful brat." With this, Jaquess knew he should leave. Though not before he did one last thing. With a sneer, Jaquess then said, "Oh, but one last matter Weiss." With a cold voice Jaquess says, "It seems you're dear mother hasn't been taking your leave well. Drinking a bit more."
That made the smirk on Weiss's face drop. While Weiss had clear parenting issues, compared to her strained relationship with her dad, the relationship Weiss has with her mother isn't as horrible. As such, Weiss did feel something at that cold remark. Which Maria wasn't willing to take.
"And you're her dad? What a rude thing you are." Maria instantly slammed her weapon across Jaquess's back making him yelp again in pain. The man seeing a glare at Maria while the old lady just made a face at him. A bit immature for her age, but then again, nobody cared as the tycoon man showed himself away bitterly. Leaving everyone alone.
"What an ass." Qrow scoffs at the so-called dad of Weiss Schnee. Tai would have pummeled the bastard for being so rude to his own daughter.
"You should see him in the council." Acting all arrogant and like he's all important. True, Ribyn can't deny that Jaquess on the council has improved certain things here and there. But ultimately, he's mainly doing those things for the sake of his greed. "Wish I could shove an arrow where the sun doesn't shine."
"I wouldn't mind helping out." The blonde busty brawler agreed with Robyn.
"And me." Maria joins in. As for Ruby, while giggling at the enthusiasm, she then gave a worried look to Weiss.
"You good?" She asked her partner, who, while still appearing a bit upset, nodded.
"I…am." Weiss spoke slowly. "Just thinking about other matters. But that's not important right now. The stuff with Salem is." Alongside the portal which could help in perhaps locating Winter. Speaking of which, Weiss turned to Robyn and asked, "Was a rescue party sent out for my sister and the others like Ironwood?"
Surly Robyn must know something, seeing as she's part of the council now.
Unfortunately, the answer wasn't what anybody expected.
"That's the problem." Deciding to explain herself, Robyn gave them the information. "While everyone knows Ironwood went somewhere with his Ace-Ops and one of our best scientists and the previous protector of Mantle, nobody actually knows where. It was a classified matter that Ironwood apparently decided not to write down."
"You've gotta be kidding me." Qrow laments with Jaune also surprised.
"But, hold up. Shouldn't there be soldiers or whatever that went with him that then came back empty handed?" Then those guys might have known something.
"That's the thing," Robyn began walking forward with everybody else following her. "None of those men who went with Ironwood came back." Drones have been sent but no body was found. This made everyone think the worst.
"This is a tricky situation." Ozpin speaks himself within Oscar. "Yet the fact that none of those men came back is more than a little suspicious."
'Maybe Salem attacked with the Grimm.' Oscar gave his thoughts with Ozpin admitting it's a possibility. Thankfully, it seems that Robyn had more to say.
"However, we should find out soon enough what's happening as I got a report a while ago. One that should help us greatly." Taking out her scroll, a message is sent to the rest of the Happy Huntresses to let them know Robyn is back. "It involves the portal device. And as of this moment, we have almost everything we need to get it up."
Explanations on the portal will be given in the next chapter, as we're THIS close to finally getting Ruby and everyone else where Salem, Ironwood and their respective forces are at. Which will change things by a lot.
What didn't change was Weiss giving that jerk Jaquess the satisfaction of taking her away. In his face! He might be powerful, especially as a councilman, but Ruby, Yang and Blake won't let him take their friend. So yeah, take exit stage left Jaquess!
Plus we get some good news that Mantle is improving. While I can't say I hate Ironwood, as up until the end of Volume 7 he felt pretty decent as a person, there's no denying he wasn't giving full focus on Mantle and protecting it properly as he should. Oh sure he's a military commander, so it makes sense he can't do stuff like updating Mantle as easily since he commands soldiers, not civilian workers. But as we see in Volume 7 and 8, he put Mantle in a tough spot, while for good reasons in some respects, also made the citizens of Mantle live harshly.
Thankfully, Robyn is changing that. She's pretty good at her job, even if it does cause her some stress here and there along with how dull a councilman's duties are. Being a leader of a kingdom is no easy task after all. No wonder she decided to take a small break in bringing in the heroes. Anyway, until next time.