I'm wondering about whether to add Grace and Luke back in. I miss their interactions...And which one to add first? Maybe Luke. Also, thank you for the wonderful idea! A review suggested for Aurae to mess around with those uh, green things—The Drifter carries around—when bored. I call them coins but maybe there's another name. Also, don't worry, Aurae's not leaving. To those who are curious, Aurae is pronounced like Aw-ray.
"Wow, out of all the things I could be doing, I'm going to school. Great. Left...right...left and go all the way down the hall..." Aurae mutters to himself quietly as he reads the paper and goes to his new room. He stops in front of what might be the room.
'This is my room right?'-Aurae.
'I'm pretty sure, according to the paper.'-V.
'What about uniforms? Do you think it's in the room? What if I have roommates? Oh the horror!'-Aurae.
'Stop being so dramatic. Also, the paper specifically said no helmets or any type of garment covering your face. What are you gonna do about that.'-V.
'Oh sh—you right.'-Aurae.
He scratches the top of his helmet absentmindedly. He didn't think about that. He'll have to make do. He forgot to tell Ozpin about, 'oh, my face is really ugly' but it seems he'll have to do something else. He also has to practically cover his entire body, he doesn't want people questions robotic arms and legs after all.
'Or...you could just leave your armor on and not follow the rules. You could tell him that if you can't wear your armor, you'll leave.'-V.
'Right...'-Aurae.
This felt like disobeying the Vanguard again. Felt familiar, like when he went to the Warmind even though Zavala disapproved. His mood lightened up a bit, thinking fondly of his old memories. Then he remembers.
'Shoot! I completely forgot! We still have to find Grace and Luke! They could be anywhere!'-Aurae.
'They might not even be on this planet.'-V.
'For all we know, we could even be in a different dimension. What if they ended up somewhere else? I wouldn't know what to do without them! Grace is probably the only one that can find out how to get back. What're we gonna do?' Aurae thinks and paces back and forth in front of the room he still hadn't went into yet.
V is silent for a moment, Aurae doesn't know what they're thinking, but he could tell they were worried from the tone of their voice.
'I still don't trust this Ozpin guy, Aurae. Maybe we should leave, after what had happened.'-V.
'So...we sneak out? Also, why?'-Aurae.
'There's multiple cameras around. I'm pretty sure you're being watched everywhere you go.'-V.
'Stalker-much?'-Aurae.
'In the news, there's been reports of criminals. You could become a vigilante instead. Like in those old comics we found at that broken down comic store!'-V.
'Now you want me to be a super hero? After you wanted me to enroll for Beacon?'-Aurae.
'Actually, it's because I eavesdropped. I overheard a conversation between Ozpin, Goodwitch, and someone else that goes by the name Ironwood. They want you here to keep an eye on you. I'll say, they did a great job with acting. I didn't suspect a thing before.'-V.
'What?!'-Aurae.
He stares down at his scroll, he couldn't trust anyone here. He might as well leave and change his armor, never to be seen around here again. This scroll could even have a camera or tracker! Well...maybe not a camera. He doesn't know how advanced their technology is yet.
'Pfft, a camera in this thing?'-Aurae.
'Could be more likely than you think.'-V.
'Ahah...very reassuring.'-Aurae.
'But...we could give false information. I have a feeling they were watching us when we arrived in the forest too. They might've saw what you did to the Grimm and are interested but scared.'-V.
'So stay in this school and pretend to be a weakling and no problem to them?'-Aurae.
'Yes, that's the best we can do. You might as well create an identity here, so when we leave, we have an identification.'-V.
'I don't understand your logic at all, but alrighty!'-Aurae.
Aurae holds out his scroll in front of his door like the paper said to, and it unlocks. He grabs the handle, then opens it.
Surprisingly, it is empty. He walks in silently and snoops around. Seemed like what someone would call a hotel room. He opened some drawers to check what's inside and looked at the bed. Didn't Yang tell him that teams shared one room together? Which means four beds. This one only had one bed.
He shrugs then continues to inspect the room. Seemed normal other than the two cameras that V found.
'What if I was changing like a normal person would, yeesh. There's something called privacy.'-Aurae.
'I can turn them off if you'd like. Or I can try to hack them so they can't see you doing whatever.'-V.
'Nah, just leave it. They will question me for not eating or sleeping though. I can just lay in bed for 10 hours sureee.'-Aurae.
That would be really boring, is there a way for Exos to maybe shutdown then turn back on?
'I've never heard of that happening, so no.'-V.
Aurae stares at the bed, what to do?
Then, a flash of light in the shape of handprints where Ozpin had touched appeared again. This time, it is swirling around. Aurae is surprised and swats at it, "Back in my body! Shoo!"
V was about to laugh at Aurae, but he collapses, gasping and coughing. Which sounds like walkie-talkie sounds kinda, since he's an Exo.
'Aurae! What's happening?' V says with lots of worry, starting to panic. They appear and float around Aurae, forgetting about the cameras. Their shell moving and rotating as they moved.
The light swirls around and suddenly dispersed, dissolving into thin air. Aurae laid there, shaking slightly.
"M-...my light." Aurae manages to croak out. He felt weak and vulnerable, very vulnerable. Like how he felt in front of Ghaul. He freezes, and starts silently sobbing.
"No no no! Not my light again. Please no..." Aurae continues with a broken voice, fists clenched and unclenched. He started having flashbacks to when he had been kicked, remembering the fall. All those dead bodies, all those stupid Cabal.
He growls, sounding like a grinder, "V, we have to find our way back. W-we must've l-lost contact to the Travele—" He passes out, more like shuts down, something he never experienced before.
