Day 18/30

"Oh, wow!" Velvet Scarlatina gawked as Glynda's vehicle pulled into the penthouse's driveway, "This place looks much bigger in person than it does on TV!"

"Ozpin has a tendency to build things large in compensation for… other things," groaned Glynda as she parked her car, "Now remember Miss Scarlatina, we are not here to sight see. I brought you hear to document anything that may be deemed as an unsafe living condition. You still have your camera with you, correct?"

"Yup!" Velvet smiled, pulling out a small pink digital camera, "Though it feels weird not using my usual one."

"Hopefully you won't have to take any snapshots of weapons today," Glynda opened Velvet's door for her and locked the vehicle. The two inspectors walked up to the front door, Glynda taking notice of the recently trimmed topiary. "Does this hedge look slightly phallic to you?"

"I never knew your mind was that dirty, Miss Glynda!" Velvet giggled, ringing the doorbell. After a few moments and a second ring, the ladies were starting to wonder if anyone was alive inside. "Hm… Maybe they're still asleep?"

"I told Ozpin to inform them I'd be here at noon sharp. I figured my students would be more astute than this. I'll have to discipline them once they return to Beacon, perhaps start class at 5 AM to get the message across."

"That sounds a little harsh don't you think?"

Before Glynda could respond, the front door opened up to greet the ladies to the sight of a 5-star man. A shirtless Mercury gave them his best charming smile as he made sure his abs were in perfect sight.

"Why, hello there ladies," Merc crooned, his eyes glued to Glynda's chest, "I just wanted to apologize for not answering the door at first. Just had to finish up my morning workout, that's all. My muscles are still pulsing from all those one-handed pushups, if you couldn't tell."

"Oh my…" Velvet's face went red as she pulled at her rabbit ears nervously, trying not to look at his surprisingly toned chest. Glynda, however, was less than impressed by this boy's immense ego.

"Could I speak to someone who isn't going to stare at my breasts and try to seduce my assistant?" Goodwitch demanded, her glare sending a shiver up Merc's spine. Suddenly, the tool was pushed out of the way by Weiss, kicking him down when he tried to peek out the door again. Ruby was close behind her, acting as formal as she possibly could.

"Welcome to our humble home!" Ruby announced, giving the teacher a small curtsy, "Weiss and I will be your tour guides for the day… Oh, hey Velvet!"

"Hello, Ruby!"

"I'm terribly sorry about Mercury," Schnee apologized, stepping aside to let the two into the home, "He can be a pest sometimes."

"I can see that," Glynda answered as she surveyed the lounge, handing Velvet a scroll, "Velvet. Inspect around the room, please. Look for anything written on this list."

"Yes, Miss Glynda!"

As the rabbit scurried off to start documenting, Weiss nervously approached Glynda's side. "As you can probably tell, we did a bit of cleaning yesterday for your arrival."

"I know. Velvet has been giving me daily reports of your activity on the live feed since Ironwood visited. She informed me that you recently had a new arrival here as well."

"Oh, you mean Penny!" Ruby said, "She's my other best friend! Me, her and Weiss are like the Three Musketeers-ettes!"

"I see…" Glynda watched as Velvet stuck her head under the couch, looking for any hidden alcohol. She yelped in pain before pulling out with Zwei biting on one of her ears.

"Zwei, no!" Ruby rushed over to help Velvet, doing her best to tug Zwei away from his new favorite chew toy.

"I assumed the dog was well trained," Glynda commented as Scarlatina rubbed her now free ear, "But this says otherwise."

Weiss laughed nervously in return. "Zwei is a good dog most of the time. He just likes to greet new people in certain ways, that's all. He bites Jaune all the time too."

"Can we move on, please?" Velvet begged, glancing over her shoulder nervously at Zwei in Ruby's arms, "I didn't find anything, and I don't really get along with dogs very well…"

Glynda sighed, pinching her brow. "If we must. Miss Schnee, could you please have your friend keep her dog away from us while we continue the inspection? I'd rather not have another incident like this occur."

"Yes, of course," Weiss obliged, "I'll take you to the dining room next. We left some food out for you, in case you were hungry after your trip here." Weiss glared at Ruby as the two visitors made their way upstairs. Ruby shrugged in confusion.

"What did I do?!"

"Just stay here, Ruby. I can handle this on my own."

"Oh, fine!" Ruby huffed, giving Zwei a scolding look, "No dessert for you tonight, got it?"

Zwei let out a small whine, the kind his owner just couldn't resist.

"Okay then… I've give you two cookies tonight instead of just one. Only just because you're so darned cute!"

A Corgi's skill of manipulation through cuteness knows no bounds.

"So this is my room…" Weiss said as she showed Glynda and Velvet in, the two holding pastries left out for them by Ren. To her surprise, Penny and Ren were inside, playing a fierce round of Dance Dance Rebellion as Cinder, Emerald and Nora looked on. "What's going on in here?"

"Penny decided to throw a dance party," Emerald replied with a groan from her bed above, Cinder sitting beside her, "I tried to stop her, since Cinder and I were just getting ready to watch a movie on my laptop. It's hard to hear dialogue with their music blaring."

"I really wish Ruby hadn't introduced this game to her," Cinder added, "It's the only things she's been doing since. I'm pretty sure she's obsessed."

"I have already beaten the high score set by Yang and Neo!" Penny exclaimed as the round ended, "And I believe I have just beaten Ren as well! I thank you for the great match!"

Ren fell to his knees, out of breath. "In all of my years I have never met such a worthy opponent… I admit defeat to you."

"GAH!" Nora burst out in rage, grabbing Ren by the arm and dragging him back to her room, "I'm the only redhead Ren can submit too! This isn't over, Penny Polendina! Not by a long shot!"

"And a wonderful day to you as well!" Penny waved goodbye, oblivious to Nora's jealously. She quickly took notice of the two strangers with Weiss. "Sal-u-tations new friends! My name is Penny Polendina! What is yours?"

"I'm Velvet!" Scarlatina smiled sweetly, finding the girl's overwhelming positivity absolutely adorable, "It's nice to meet you!"

"And I am Miss Goodwitch," Glynda followed, keeping formality as she scanned the room. Cinder caught her eye especially, given what she had heard about her recent behavior change. "Comfortable up there with your subordinate, Miss Fall?"

"Subordinate?" Cinder smirked, looking at Emerald out of the corner of her eye, "I don't know what you're talking about. I only see a friend beside me."

"Is that so?" Glynda responded as Emerald covered her face to hide her blushing, "Let's hope things stay that way once this ridiculous game is over. Come, Velvet. This room is up to standards."

Mouthing 'thank you' to Cinder, Weiss's eyes soon widened in horror as she heard Glynda and Velvet shriek from across the hall. She also let out a yelp when she saw just what the two visitors had walked in on.

"Wh-what in blazes?!" Glynda stuttered, having a rare loss of composure.

"Uh…" the Lieutenant stared at the three females, trying to think of a way to explain what he was doing, "This is just a, um, a social experiment?"

"Why are you wearing Blake's outfit?!" Weiss's voice cracked as Blake's top tore open to reveal the big guy's chest, complete with Yang's bra on underneath (Blake's wouldn't fit). Just as that happened, Adam walked up behind the three women and immediately U-turned out of there.

"Nope, nope, nope…" Taurus muttered to himself, the image of his right hand man wearing Blake's bow burned into his mind, "Not dealing with that shit today… "

Deciding it would be best to just skip the rest of the resident's rooms, Glynda asked Weiss to take her downstairs to the movie room. The teacher had been aware of the many shenanigans that had occurred down there, and felt it was the area least likely to not meet her standards.

"Why hello there!" Torchwick greeted Goodwitch, from against the wall "The ticket price for the show is-

"What is going on here?" Glynda demanded as she spotted the numerous darts around Roman's head. Velvet took a snapshot as another dart hit the spot just above the crook's hat, courtesy of Neo.

"Oh, this is just a pastime of ours," Roman said, "Neo really finds it relaxing to throw darts around me. And with her phone dead and no charger to be found, she figured this would be the next best thing."

Weiss was tapping her foot in anger, hands on her hips. "What did I tell you about doing ridiculous things like this today?!"

"Ridiculous? This is normal for us-

*THUNK!*

"Whoa there, Neo. Little close to my ear that time."

"Normal for you two, but not normal for sane people!"

"I've seen enough here," Glynda commented, turning her back on the scene, "Time to go outside, Velvet."

"Coming, Miss Glynda!"

Stomping over to Torchwick as the inspectors left, Weiss dug her heel into his foot making sure he felt every ounce of pain. "If we fail this inspection because of you, then you're going to get it!"

"Ngh! Relax, princess. No one's getting hur-

*THNK!*

"OW! Goddammit Neo, you did that on purpose!"