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Sans considered himself a pretty smart guy, and while most of the time he wasted said intelligence in over complicated pranks across time and space, he could say with confidence that he wasn't dumb.
However, this somehow doesn't stop him from making dumb decisions, like for example, testing aura in a closed space´s like his home.
"…." Lil bud stared at the hole in the wall and then turned his gaze towards the skeleton now laying face flat on the floor besides said hole.
"… in my defense, i didn't think side stepping while enhancing myself, would result in me being launched through a wall." The cat gave him a flat stare and wandered off somewhere where he would not die a gruesome death by a flying skeleton.
At the very least he was on the second floor so no one will notice it.
Sans got up slowly "ok so, apparently this aura thing is a whole lot stronger than i expected, i guess they teach more than just killing stuff at those academies"
'guess testing aura here is out of the question… welp, there is always the forest.' He didn't open Grillby´s today, he wanted to train his aura a little so that he doesn't punch the head out of some poor guy, like he almost might have done to that guy in mistral.
Lil bud returned after getting some food and sans grabbed him and placed him in his pocket and with a thought, he-
-was in the middle of a forest now, it was somewhere in mistral, he wasn't sure where but it was somewhere harder to find than last time, there was a bunch of stuff scattered around the place, his hotdog stand was covered with a curtain with a crude drawing of a tree and just to make it more believable the words "tree" written on it, a new bunch of chairs that he found on the trash (why do people keep throwing away chairs), emergency cat food, emergency sans food and a mattress in case he wants to sleep here.
He wanted to cover the other stuff too, but he got too lazy and didn't have any more curtains.
he sat down on the mattress and began to think. His research of aura was very interesting and odd, it had many uses to huntsman and that isn't even counting semblances, all though most of these uses were kinda usless on him, like for example protection against cold or similar stuff… he doesn't have skin so it can´t really get too cold or hot for him.
Still, enhancing himself was the thing that called his attention the most, enhancing his attacks made them actually do some damage with out Karma, even if it wasn't much it was better than nothing. although he would have to be careful with those that are affected by Karma.
Enhancing his time stop (or as he likes to call it, his 'Spotlight') didn't do anything, still couldn't move people or things in it, tho he could still shortcut them into different positions and place attacks for when time resumes (it was always funny seeing the kid panic when they suddenly appeared in the middle of a bunch of blasters… until it stopped working) he could move things he brought into his spotlight, but nothing else, and since he needs to concentrate for a second, using it to dodge isn't the best option.
'welp, better get started then' sans sighted and got up, waking up Lil bud from his pocket, he placed him down on the ground and the cant walked into the nearest tree and climbed up to the branches, looking for a new spot to sleep in.
"ok lets try a small jump this time, cant be that hard right?" sans crouched a bit, and concentrated on his aura, the blanket that now always envelops and hasn't turned off ever since he´s got it.
He has never felt so safe before, it made him feel more like himself, he can feel the aura around him like it's always been there, and in a way, it always had been, after all this was pretty much an expression of his soul, except its using his magic to fuel itself.
Sans concentrated on the feeling and its that a bird coming right towar-
"agabsfss" sans got his face full of bird, which made him realized that he may have put a bit too much energy on that jump.
'well, i had high expectations, but this is a bit too high for me' Sans thought while now falling to the ground.
'better take a shortcut before I crack like an egg' He was a bout to take a short cut when suddenly something grabbed him by the leg before he hit the ground.
Sans looked up to see Lil bud sitting on a branch of a nearby tree, giving him an unimpressed stare, his tail seemed to have grown and grabbed sans by the foot.
"… so… you hang around here oft-" Lil bud let go of sans over the mattress.
"oof… that's one way to drop a conversation…." Lil bud threw him a large branch to the face.
Sans kept trying to move using his aura, which may have resulted in more crashes and the fall of a tree or two. After a few hours he decided to go back to Grillby´s.
Lil bud wandered off while sans headed for the Workshop, he needed to work a bit more on the blueprints for the beacon, the design was far from coming along, but he was making a little but of progress, even if it wasn't much.
Tomorrow he figured he would look for a dust store again, the day Neo showed him a dust store happened to be the day it was robbed by some weirdo with a dumb looking hat, something that annoyed to skeleton a bit.
As the night approached, sans went to his room to practice a bit with his aura before taking a nice nap, nothing serious just trying to get a better handle on the output of it, he also wanted to try to create an orange attack, he never tried to use it before (it wouldn't make a difference) but maybe it would be of use in this place.
:::
The next day, he noticed that there were a bit less costumers than before, which was… fair, considering his menu wasn't really that good right now, the fact that he was understaffed didn't help much.
He was considering looking for a cook on the internet, when suddenly a familiar face walked through the front door.
"… Oh hey! you work here?" Asked Cole, sitting close to sans.
"hmm? me? oh yeah, im the janitor." said sans.
"… Wait, really?" asked Cole looking at sans with a confused expression.
"nah, just messing with ya, I wouldn't get paid well enough if I was a janitor here, the boss is kinda of stingy."
"Huh, who´s the boss then?" asked Cole while looking around the place.
"me, anyways what did ya want to order?" Sans handed a confused Cole the menu, which he took and looked inside, only to get even more confused.
Inside a page was filled with various 'Nice cream' flavors, and the another was just filled with the words 'Hotcat' 'Small Hotcat' 'Hotcat?' and 'Hotcat but it's a dog' repeated multiple times.
"Uh, this menu is a bit…"
"awesome I know, but I am trying to expand it bit, tho im having a bit of trouble finding a cook"
Cole scratched the back of his neck "Well I guess ill take a hotcat" said Cole, handing back the menu.
"So, this is what you came to Vale for eh? that's cool. Lisa has been wondering where you went, looking around Vale and asking around… err that came off a bit weird."
"eh, guess I just made a good first impression on her, guess she would count as my number one fan" or stalker, but they were the same thing. Sans was preparing a hot cat when Cole asked.
"Actually, ive been wanting to ask about that… are you really an… weird skeleton grimm thing? I never tend to question Lisa, ive trusted her ever since I first started working with her, but well… weird skeleton grimm…" sans just shrugged.
"pretty sure I told her I ain´t a grimm, and ive never seen myself on a mirror so, I dunno"
"… I am not sure what to make of that so ill just eat my hotcat." Said hotcat was now finished and handed over to Cole, who seemed to have enjoyed it.
"This is pretty good! I can see why people recommended this place, although it seems like there aren't as many as I thought there would be…"
"eh, I can handle it" well, he hoped he could, he didn't want to start stealing money or stuff like that to keep this place open.
"… say, you need a cook right? well, I happened to know an old friend that's coming to Vale tomorrow! he is pretty good at cooking, and can cook a lot of things, and also happens to be looking for a new job!"
"really? well then, it would be great if you could introduce me to this guy" sans won´t deny some help.
"Sure! im sure you would like him, he used to be a hunter before you know? not sure why, his semblance was more useful for cooking, but I guess he just really wanted to be a hunter." Cole said while finishing up his hotcat.
"well, people tend to do things that are different to others things they are good at sometimes, not going to judge him for it." although he sounded a bit familiar.
"Yeah, I guess, tho I feel bad for the guy, he lost his team recently, which is kind of why he isn't a hunter anymore."
…weird, suddenly sans had a bad feeling about this guy.
"Now that I remember, I think he told me something about looking for someone here on Vale, I was going to help him find him once he got here, since I know my way around Vale pretty well. Maybe you can help us when he arrives!"
and now sans felt at danger, better change topics.
"hey, why don't ya invite Lisa here sometime? i´ll give ya a full date discount" said sans while winking at him (not that he could see that).
Cole tilted his head in confusion "I mean sure, but why a date discount?"
… Well, the last topic might have been better.
:::
A figure stood on top of a cliff, looking at the old ruins from the distance. An initiation was about to begin, and while sounding interesting, it wasn't his reason for being here.
Another hooded figure appeared behind him.
"Ok, ive looked around, and I managed to find a few objects of interest, but getting to them won't be easy, even less considering this place isn't ruled by numbers."
The first figure said nothing.
"… I also found the interloper, I was surprised but that just means this isn't an original timeline, so we won't have to be as careful, but I don't expect any of the object to help us a lot."
The f̸i̸r̶s̵t f̵i̸g̵u̴r̴e̷ s̴a̷i̸d̴ n̴o̷t̶h̶i̶n̴g̵.
"… Ok look, I´m trying my best here, could you at lea-" d̶i̴s̶a̵p̵p̴o̸i̷n̶t̵i̷n̷g̶ ̷
"…Huh?"
I was waiting
to see how long until you noticed
and I am still waiting
perhaps I was expecting much from you
"… Oh…. I see…. *ahem* that's embarrassing… sorry but in my defense, I´m not familiar with the rules of this place"
Yes I can see that
it is best that you give me your report after the spotlight passes
they may know we are here
but I would like to hide our actions from their view
at least for as long as possible
"I guess that's fine, even if it's just petty"
I am not petty
or perhaps I am
It doesn´t r̷e̸a̶l̷l̵y̵ ̵m̷a̵t̶t̸e̷r̴
"Ah, you are-"
I̶´̶m̵ ̷a̴w̵a̷r̶e̷
̶I̵ ̵s̸p̸e̵n̴t̸ ̶m̸u̴c̸h̷ ̴t̵i̸m̶e̴ ̵h̴e̸r̶e̷
̷I̵ ̷h̸a̵v̴e̸ ̶t̶o̵ ̵v̶i̸s̸i̴t̵ ̷s̵o̵m̴e̸o̸n̴e̸ ̸b̵e̷f̶o̵r̷e̸ ̶ ̴I"̶r̷e̸s̴t̸"̷
"Ok, I'll keep digging around, ill tell you my findings later, maybe i´ll make it a poem to annoy you since you like to be so petty"
The hooded figure finished talking to itself and disappeared.
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"Come on dude, can't you make an exception for us? Ruby and I are going to need the energy for the initiation later today!"
"uh, no I kinda cant, i´ll be pretty busy today, im expecting to meet up with a guy and hire him… or die, so yeah I uh can´t open today, sorry."
"Dude, look at ruby, how can you say no to that face!"
"… I mean, she currently has her face planted on the ground, crying so its pretty easy"
Said girl hadn't taken the news of Grillby´s not opening today very well, sans felt a bit bad for the girl, but he needed to meet up with Cole and his friend, which he was pretty sure he knew who it was.
"You just have to sell us two cookie flavored nicecream´s really quick! or at least be open later today to celebrate when we inevitably get accepted into beacon!"
"while i´d normally have no problems handing out free food, ive found myself pretty low on currency, and I already closed the place, aaand im to lazy to open up again."
Sans thought he heard Ruby curse his laziness, but most likely she was just crying harder.
Yang sighted "Who are you meeting up with anyways? it can't be that important"
"weeell he´s an old… friend I guess, and I was looking to interview him to hire him as a cook."
although he was hoping that he didn't hold a grudge for throwing him under the bus.
:::
"Ozpin, the initiation grounds are ready"
"Ah, thank you Glynda, I´m looking forward to this year´s students"
Glynda raised an eyebrow "Surely you aren't also excited to throw them off a cliff"
"You can´t prove anything" said Ozpin while giving her a small smile.
"Also, could you please call Oobleck for me? There is something I wished to talk with him"
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She jumped slightly and dropped her scroll.
"Glynda? is something wrong?"
"Sorry, my scroll its just… acting weirdly, called Oobleck but got some garbage sound instead, might need to check that later, I´ll just look for him." She then walked away to look for him.
"…Quite strange…"
:::
After searching for a while, Glynda finally spotted the man from afar in one of the more obscure areas of beacon, a place surrounded by trees.
As she approached, she noticed that Oobleck was speaking with someone she couldn't see, as they were being blocked by a tree, Oobleck seemed to be holding a few papers.
"-credible! I don´t even know where to begin! and you say you found this in buried away? you must tell me more! the amount of data we could gather from this place could reveal the lost history of remnant! we would be making history thanks to you by revealing old history!"
'Who is he talking to?'
"No need to be modest my friend! if your claims are true then-"
"Oobleck?" she said carefully approaching Oobleck.
"Ah, Glynda! come i´ll introduce you to my friend here! He-" Oobleck looked back at the tree and frowned.
"where did-" he looked around.
"He left! I know he said he didn't like to be around others, but this is ridiculous!" Oobleck looked exasperated.
"Who were you talking too?" She asked looking around wearily.
"Oh, I was talking to a man that seemed to be looking for Ozpin… I think…. well he was looking for someone, but no never mind, I have work to do! if you see a strange man around please inform me! i´ll be in my office! I must analyze this at once!"
"Wai-" aaand he is gone, Glynda sighted and looked around once more and decided to walk back to Ozpin. She didn't know what that man had showed Oobleck, but she knew she wouldn't be able to stop him once he gets like this.
She will report this to Ozpin and hope that this stranger had actual business with Ozpin.
Oobleck meanwhile hurried to his office as fast as he could, holding the papers given to him. He also looked at the strange looking dust crystal given to him by that stranger, a strange dark crystal that almost looked like the shadows casted by the light. It was a strange crystal indeed and quite a thing to look at. He looked closer.
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This will do
A bit of chaos
Would be
Very interesting to watch.
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Short chapter.
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next time it all begins.