Ozpin's office was quiet but the tension within the air was palpable. Every single member of within Ozpin's circle was there, Qrow, Glynda and James. Qrow and Glynda glared at the Atlesian general and what irritated them the most was James' unchanging face under their venomous stares. Ozpin's back faced the general looking over Beacon academy through the office's windows. With a mug filled with caffeine on his hand he took a sip before turning to face his old friend.
"James, I specifically told you to assemble a search party." Ozpin said.
"And I did."
Qrow gave out an obvious scoff. "You call that a 'search party'? James, what you sent out there was a witch hunt."
The fact that the seasoned huntsman was completely sober and wasn't throwing nicknames further made the entire atmosphere thicker than earlier. James didn't say anything which further enraged Qrow, he walked up to James' face while fishing in his coat for his scroll. Pulling it out, he tapped on his screen a couple of times before shoving the screen on his face. On the screen was a video footage, two people vlogging their experience in Vale when all of a sudden, their camera recorded a loud sound.
"BOW DOWN BEFORE ME MORTALS! FOR I AM GOD!"
The camera fell from the person's hand, it tumbled around for a bit before the camera stopped and faced the sky revealing ripples that parted skies. At the end of that loud declaration, the video was cut short, Qrow retracted his scroll back and tapped a few more times before heading over to Ozpin's desk, he placed his scroll flat on its back and with one final tap it displayed another video, this time it was a news report that has gotten viral.
"This is Lisa Lavender of Vale News, at exactly 2:47 PM a loud voice pierced the sky, from what our contacts from other kingdoms mentioned, it was said that all of the kingdoms have heard the declaration. Now many wondered, who owned this voice and what did they mean about being a god?"
The report went on, but it was immediately cut off when Qrow took the scroll back. "We were supposed to keep this under wraps Jimmy, what happened to being discreet!?"
"What do you want me to do Qrow? Sit there and do nothing while my best lieutenant gets killed!?" James fired back.
"What you should've done, leave it alone! Don't you get it? Amber reported to us hours ago telling us that she was fine and that the one who took her had actually helped her! You could've left it alone, have Amber bring the so-called 'god' here to Vale so that we can talk but no, you had to go soldier boy on us and send an entire fleet at them! Well look what your decision brought us now! A pissed off god and dead soldiers!"
"That's enough Qrow." Ozpin said making the old bird back off. "I'm sure James regrets his decision as we speak, there is nothing we can do, it has already happened, the best we can do right now is to calm the populace. Tell them that we're working on finding who made that declara-"
The computer on Ozpin's desktop lit up, a ringing tune echoed in the office making everyone's attention turn to the computer. Ozpin walked up to his desk, he moved his mouse and chose to answer the call. Everyone's eyes widened when the caller revealed them out to be Amber Autumn.
"Amber… I wasn't expecting you to call this soon."
From the video call, Amber shifted uncomfortably, it was clearly obvious from the four of them. "Amber, are you okay?"
Amber opened her mouth and with a stuttering voice she spoke. "I-I'm scared Ozpin. I… I've never seen such power before, it's… it's terrifying."
Ozpin looked up from his screen to see the concerned faces of everyone in the room, the Fall Maiden, afraid and from what she said, inferior to her saviour. That is something you don't see every day. Ozpin placed his elbows on the desk and crossed his fingers.
"Tell me everything up until now."
Amber spoke.
"We need to save her now, if she's that close to someone like him-"
"We won't do anything James." Ozpin retorted. "You heard her, your ships attacked first and our godly friend here simply retaliated. And don't forget, he rebuilt an entire village and saved Amber from a life threatening position."
"Please, whatever you do, do not approach him with the intention of being hostile. His words are true. I only managed to save one ship…" Amber begged.
Upon hearing that last bit, James's head rose up and walked around the desk to face the camera. "Did that ship hold Winter Schnee?"
Amber's eyes widened slightly before answering back. "Y-Yes"
James gave a sigh of relief, at least there was some silver lining.
"Amber, stay right there, I'll send Qrow to your position." Ozpin said, regaining control of the microphone.
The immortal wizard gave the old bird one look before nodding and left the room through an open window. Amber said her thanks before ending the call. Silence graced the room once more, this time, the tension wasn't as thick as it was before, nevertheless they still were tense. An actual living god with the power to annihilate mountains, rend the land asunder and grow broken limbs. Ozpin looked at James one last time.
"James, I'm sorry to say this but I want you to stay away from this interaction."
"Ozpin I-"
"This is not an order James; this is for the betterment of humanity. If this god figures out that you're the one who sent that attack then he might not be so forgiving… if what Amber said is true, if we angered him, we might risk losing not one but all of the kingdoms."
James' face contorted into one of hesitation. Ozpin continued. "Don't worry, we'll keep you posted on what is happening. If it helps, I want you to prepare something that could go against this god."
"I…" James took a sharp intake of breath. "I understand."
"Hey Em, seen the latest news?"
"I don't need to see the news to know what the hell is going on. Everyone heard it."
"Not going to lie, I kind of want the meet the proclaimed 'god'." Mercury chuckled.
"We will…"
The sound of high heels on hard concrete echoed in the small and decrepit house that they're using as a hide out. Emerald Sustrai stood up from her broken couch and Mercury Black turned to face their leader. Her bright orange eye glistened in the dark room, she brought up her hand and made a small spark of fire.
"Let's see if his declaration is any true and if it is… I will take it from him." She closed her hand immediately snuffing out the little flame.
I couldn't wait anymore, I wanted to show you guys the whole world's reaction to Sir BoinkGeminid's words!
