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"Normal talking"
"Thinking"
"Bec Noir talking."
"Bec Noir thinking."
Chapter 2: Be Bec Noir
Trying again are we? *sigh* Fine... but only because he introduced himself as *Bec*.
That could've gone much better. For one thing you could have gotten out with the knife you'd been hiding since 3 years ago. You also could've not threatened her... but where's the fun in that? though, if you hadn't she wouldn't have knocked you out again. But seriously, you're away from your sword, and your ring still needs to recharge- something it's not even supposed to need to do -and can't teleport out or even use the miles!
You regain consciousness, only to find yourself ringless and in a glass tube, all four limbs bound. In front of you and a bit to the left is a smaller tube with your ring in it. You begin to plan your escape, but then you notice the man standing in front of your tube. He wore formal clothes and a dark-green jacket. He had white hair and glasses, and held a cane that reminded you of those emergency-stop levers in old power and water stations. But he didn't scare you any more than the lady before... you're a Noir for crying out loud! Your family's been kicking butt and taking names for centuries!
He then tapped on the glass, seeing that you had drifted off in thought.
"I assume I have your attention, Mr Noir." He said. His voice was a bit muffled by the glass separating you. "We've taken away your ring of power, so you should behave yourself."
"What do you want, gramps?"
"My name is Ozpin, I'm the Headmaster of Beacon Academy."
"Great" you think "guys like him like to flaunt their title and relitive fame. So long as I don't screw this up-
"Never heard of it." -dammit.
"I see." Well, looks like that had no effect on him whatsoever. "Well you see, the Atlas military sees you as just another potential weapon of mass destruction. I however, see you as much more."
As much as the sound of mass destruction appeals to you, you really want to get out of this tube.
"I have a proposal to make. Agree to work for me, and I'll pull some strings to get you out of there."
"You might not be speaking my language, but gettin out of here sounds good right about now. So long as I can kill stuff, I'm in."
"We have a deal then." He turned and left. "You'll want to get a good night's rest, come morning you're a free man."
He then left, turning out the lights.
Be Ruby Rose
You are now Ruby Rose. You are standing outside Dust till Dawn waiting for Yang to pick you up. Looking in through the broken window, you can see the damage caused by those guys earlier. Half the store's Dust supply had been taken, as well as most of their Crystals. If you hadn't been there, they'd've probably taken everything! In the end, you can't really tell who won.
"Ruby!" Yang pulled up beside you on her motorcycle and removed her helmet. "What happened?"
"Well there werealltheseguysrobbingthestoresoIbeatthemallupbuttheirbosstriedtoescapeand-" Yang put her hands on your shoulders.
"Sis, one word at a time! ...Once we get home, I need my beauty rest."
"K." You say and get on the motorcycle with her.
Be Ozpin
Were you ever not Ozpin?
You are in your office overlooking the whole of Beacon Academy and most of Vale. You contemplate that man, Bec Noir. His presence baffles you. He has a Soul, but at the same time lacks Aura... and it's not as if he just hasn't unlocked it, he literally has no Aura. Also, that ring of his. It seems to enhance his power, but doesn't do so like so many Dust users do... but the form he takes on when he wears it worries you. It reminds you of a certain creature you hope stays in the legends...
Be Bec Noir... again
It is the next day. You're a free man just as that Oz guy promised. You even got your ring back! You are currently in Ozzy's office, waiting for him to finish skimming through the records you wrote up. You got flashbacks of paperwork back on Derse while filling it out. You weren't made for paperwork, you were made for killing!
"Well then, Mr. Noir, you are now officially a member of society, and the new professor's aid here at Beacon." He put the papers in an envelope and pushed it to the side of his desk. "With that said, I have a job for you."
He then brought a small rectangular box from below his desk. He opened it, and it was a Chess Board. It, really, brought back some memories of the Battlefield.
"I want you to take this to the specified location in the Emerald Forest, as well killing any Grimm too strong for the students to handle."
"Grimm?"
"You'll know it when you see one." He closed the box and held it out. "Can I trust you are capable?"
"Don't underestimate me, Oz." You grab the box and warp out of the room. You don't know where this "Emerald Forest" is, but you can probably assume you'll find out quick enough. You exit the warp on top of the tower and look around. Off in the distance is a rather large forest, so you take to the sky and fly in that direction.
-Short timeskip-
You land on a cliff overlooking the forest. It'd probably be an amazing vantage point to overlook the goings-on in the forest, but you don't have all that much time before the initiation Oz mentioned earlier. You jump from the cliff and glide as far as you can into the forest. You aren't looking where you're going and ram head-first into a large, black, feathery wall. It turns out to be a massive bird!
"This is probably one of those Grimm Oz mentioned..." You transfer the box to one of your tentacles and unsheathe your sword from your chest.
- a minute later-
"Well, that didn't take very long." You sheath your sword. Out of the corner of your good eye, you see some ruins through the trees and decide to look around.
On a pedestal in the center of the ruins is a yellow sticky-note. It reads:
"Mr. Noir,
Set up the Chess board and pieces here, then return to my office."
You do as the note says, double checking that the pieces are in the right places, and knocking over the Black Queen piece a few times. Looking back towards the cliff, you can just barely- with your enhanced senses -see Ozpin and another man overseeing a team of workers setting something up on the cliff. You decide to warp there and surprise them.
Now, from a 3rd person view, a "warp" used by any of the 4 entities capable of using it, looks like an outline of the entity going outwards, changing the scene around it. From Bec Noir's view, it looks significantly less cool, as the scenery abruptly changes, and he tends to close his eye as part of a knee-jerk reaction.
You exit the warp standing in front of the two. The one you don't recognize took a step back and reached for the large sword on his back.
"Heh Heh, what's wrong? Come face-to-face with something stronger than you?"
"That's quite enough Bec." Ozpin said, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Wait, this is Noir?" He eased up slightly. Slightly.
"Yes." "Yes."
"Bec, this is Qrow. Qrow, Bec Noir." Ozpin introduced you two.
You extend your hand.
"Sorry, but I'm not shaking hands with that."
"Fine, be that way."
Ozpin cleared his throat.
"Now, if you are done here..."
"Oh, yeah. Your note said to go to your office. Still want me there?"
"Not quite. Things came up and I need to be here to oversee the installation of the new launch-pads. I need you to go back to the Academy and oversee the arrival of the new students." He took another sip of his coffee.
"Fine." You warp away, appearing on the roof of Ozpin's office. From there, you glide down to one of the shorter buildings in between the skyport and entrance to the academy. Not really seeing any trouble, you decide to take a short nap.
-Short timeskip... amount unknown-
You wake to the sound of someone yelling. You sit up and see two girls down on the large path- one of them the one from yesterday.
"Isn't she a little young compared to everyone else here?"
The other girl had white hair and wore mostly white- go figure -and had a large, wheeled rack of baggage behind her. One of the bags was open and there were several viles of colored powder on the ground. The white girl was waving around an open vile of red powder at Red. You watch the scene play out.
Red was looking kinda dizzy and White was yelling a lot, shaking that vile around. Red then took in a few sniffs, then sneezed... causing an explosion!
You jump down there to see if they're ok. Not out of your own nonexistent kindness, but to avoid a major headache later. You flap your wings a few times to clear the smoke. The two girls seemed perfectly fine, a little scorched, but fine. You look around and see another girl close by, wearing black and you guessed it, black hair.
"Go get a teacher or something. I'm not very qualified." You admit. Killing's easier than possibly saving a life. You're sure that the girls are just unconscious, but you know you'll have that Goodwitch woman breathing down your neck if you don't at least check.
I admit, I'm not very good at ending a chapter. I tend to do a lot of cliffhangers in my stories... but this just ends abruptly. Sorry.