Team C.R.S.N.'s Dorm
17:48 P.M.
Looking at the assembled three before himself, Colys gave a slow nod in approval of their choices.
"Alright. We know what we need to do tonight, correct?" The coal eyed male asked, looking at Nuada specifically.
"You mean have a good time at the dance?" Rhydwyn inquired, a look of confusion etched onto his face.
"Well, yes there is that but I was referring to plan ΣΟΖΘ. The reason why Nuada was in Vale all day yesterday." Colys replied, motioning to a series of veiled boxes, before surrounding said boxes in ice and using his semblance moving them out the open window to the roof. "Now, You should know the signal now, so there is no need for me to repeat it, correct?"
"Yes Colys, we know your signal." Sinikka deadpanned, giving a low glare at the ice user that was her leader.
"Geez, no need to get all frosty. That's my schtick." Colys joked, rubbing the back of his head nervously. "Now, I need to get going and pick up my date for tonight, so I'll catch you all at the dance, 'kay?" Stating this, Colys dashed out the door not bothering to wait for a response from his team. Exiting the Dorm, Colys slowed his gait to a mere walk, folding his hands behind his back professionally as he did so. Reaching his destination, the noirette readjusted his tie in nervousness, clearing his throat in the process as he ran through various situations that could happen. "Come on now, Colys. Even if you get cold feet you could just use your Semblance to keep moving forward. Heh. puns." Thought the dark eyed male before knocking lightly on the door. Hearing a muffled "I got it." from the other side, he stood taller than his normal slight slouch as the door creaked open, revealing a smirking Yang at the other side.
"Hey Frosty, what are you doing here?" The blonde brawler inquired, a small smirk as ever present on her face.
"Well, in case you couldn't tell, I'm here to pick up my date for the dance." He told his lilac eyed counterpart, a slightly annoyed scowl making its way onto his features at the nickname given to him by said blonde.
"Who would dare go out with a ruffian such as yourself?" Weiss retorted, walking up while leveling a slight glare at the noirette, which was returned in full force.
"First of all, ruffian? Really? What, is this about the shaving gel incident last week? That was intended for Nuada, not you. And to answer your question, Ice Queen, who would you expect? Which member of Team RWBY was gone all morning?" The Ice User answered, a smug look worming its way onto his face.
"Wait, are you saying.." Yang began, trailing off at the thought of it, a smirk on her face from what the two might have been doing.
"Yep. speaking of which, where is she? I told her I would be picking her up around now." Colys then asked, glancing around before noticing a certain weapon fanatic also missing. "And what of Ruby? She still all depressed thinking Blake wasn't going?"
"I may have convinced Ruby I would get Blake to go to dance yesterday, so she's actually out getting some last minute preparations done." The Buxom Brawler responded to the noirette's inquiry, motioning to the closed bathroom door in her team's room. "As for Blake, well she's still getting ready."
"Well, guess I can just wait right here for her. Doesn't mean too much otherwise." The noirette mused, before leaning against the wall outside the room for the time being. Not long after the sound of the bathroom door opening was heard as the Faunus-in-disguise emerged in a cloud of steam, wearing the dress bought earlier that day with Colys. Deciding to continue to wait despite the obvious opportunity to greet his date and then escort her to the dance, Colys kept his spot on the wall as is, closing his eyes as if to take a nap, however he cracked open his right eye as the door across the hall opened, Most of team J.N.P.R. exiting minus their leader who could be heard with grunts of… effort? On the other side. Shrugging at the odd display, Colys closed his eyes once more. Not long after the door at his side that he was waiting at opened up prompting the Ice user to push himself away from the wall.
"Oh, Colys you're here already. I thought you would have been here later." Came from the Feline Faunus that had opened the door to await Colys, said man giving a casual shrug.
"Eh, I try. Shall we get going now?" The boxer asked of his date, holding out his hand in a gentlemanly manner though a sly grin was present on his face...
Beacon Ballroom
Later that night…
The dance was well underway with the music having a more classical theme. "I hope I can get this to work though, I got the instruments prepared while Rhydwyn should be ready at the soundboard. I just need to wait for it to be time…" Colys thought, doing some apparently popular dance move alongside Blake, who was having quite a good time actually.
"You know, Colys," Began said Faunus, who turned to the ice-user momentarily, "I'm glad I came here tonight. This is honestly kind of fun."
"No problem. Besides, we have our first missions tomorrow so why not have a bit of fun before the storm, eh?" The noirette responded, a small genuine smile gracing his lips. Moving towards the woman before him, Colys shifted the style they were using to a slightly more intimate one. "You know, I never thought those dance lessons my mother signed me up for years ago would come in handy now."
"Wait, your mother put you in dance classes?" Came from behind the two as Rhydwyn walked up, motioning to the clock on the far wall. "Colys. It's time."
"Oh. I have to go for now. It's something my team and I were putting together for tonight. You'll like it, I bet." Colys explained, walking with Rhydwyn out the back door to where he put the boxes from earlier. "You ready for this? You know which oscillations to change so I sound right, correct?"
"Indeed I have. Now we wait on the other three." The spearman said, leaning against the largest of the four boxes lazily.
"Wait, three? I thought only myself, you, Nuada, and Sinikka were doing this." The boxer asked of his long time friend in confusion.
"Well, I noticed we needed a guitarist rather than have you handle it and singing, so I asked Jaune to aid in that." Rhydwyn explained, a sheepish grin on his face.
"Well, I guess that helps. With that we then have myself as Vocals, you on synth, Sinkka on Bass, Nuada on drums/aux and now Jaune on guitar." Colys counted off, beginning to open up the crates starting with the smallest two containing a gold and blue electric guitar and a dual blue tone bass. "I really wanted to try this out but whatever." Moving to the larger of the two remaining crates Colys unpacked a green and brown drum set before pulling out the twin drumsticks, which were stylized after tree limbs. Finally moving to the last crate Colys took out the yellow and red keyboard and placed it on the ground beside the rest of the instruments. Glancing at the door leading back in, Colys saw the handle slowly turn as Nuada and Sinikka finally walked through followed shortly by Jaune- was that a dress?
"Jaune, why?" Rhydwyn voiced for the other uninformed team member of the blonde swordsman's attire, rubbing his temples in frustration.
"Yeah, I kind of made a bet with Pyrrha that if she couldn't get a date I would wear a dress. Guess you know the rest now." Admitted Jaune, hanging his head in shame.
"Hey man, whatever works. You know what to play alongside everyone else?" Nuada inquired, picking up the drum set like it was nothing.
"Yeah, I was practicing on my acoustic for quite a while last night to make sure i had it down." The blonde said, grabbing the electric with care so as to not damage the instrument.
"Well then, let's get going. We don't want our Debut to be a failure." Colys said before heading in with a bit of a run to reach the stage. Flashing a quick smile at Enkaar who was waiting just inside, the illusionist ran through some quick hand signs which both silenced Colys' movement and made him harder to detect. Reaching the stage behind the DJ, the boxer sent out a pulse of Aura to cancel the illusion placed on him before tapping the man on the shoulder a few times. "Hey, my group and I have something we wanted to do, that alright with you?"
"Sure, that should be fine. Should I announce you guys or…" The DJ trailed off, unsure of what Colys wished for him to do.
"That would be fine. Call us 'Team R.O.C.K.', alright?" The boxer explained, grabbing a mic from who knows where and connecting it to a smaller speaker for a quick test.
"Alright then. You need anything else?" The honestly diminutive man asked, noticing the rest of Team C.R.S.N. and Jaune setting up the procured instruments giving a few experimental sound tests with them.
"Not really, Just let us know when." Colys replied, moving over to the rest of his band, to get into position. "You guys ready for this?" Earning nods including a shaky one from Jaune, Colys nodded to the DJ who moved to the booth set up for him and grabbed the speaker attached.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a special performance for you all tonight! Presenting: Team R.O.C.K.!" saying this the curtain in front of the five performers rose, as a spotlight shined down on the five. Noticing this, Nuada hit the Cymbal a few times before Jaune began to play the first few chords
(Play 'Airman ga Taosenai')
Noticing this, Rhydwyn rose his hand towards Colys to alter his voice to match the one used in the song.
"Ki ga tsuitara, onaji men bakari purei soshite itsumo onaji basho de shinu." Sang the ice user, his voice not the same as usual considering what Rhydwyn just did, "Akiramezu ni, kieru ashiba ni chousen suru kedo sugu ni shita ni ochiru yo. AITEMU no gou ga areba raku ni mukou no kishi made tsuku kedo nankai yattemo nankai yattemo, EA-MAN ga taosenai yo ano tatsumaki nankai yattemo yokerenai. Ushiro ni mawatte uchi tsuzuketemo izure wa kaze ni tobasareru. TAIMU renda mo tameshite mita kedo tatsumaki aite ja imi ga nai. Dakara tsugi wa zettai katsu tame ni boku wa E-kan dake wa saigo made totte oku!" Taking a quick breather, Rhydwyn, Jaune and Sinikka took over with the melody, playing the instrumental part with determination "Ki ga tsuitara, RAIFU mou sukoshi shika ni soshite itsumo soku de E-kan tsukau. Akiramezu ni, EA-MAN made tadoritsuku keredo sugu ni zanki nakunaru. RIIFU SHIRUDO ga areba raku ni EA-MAN o taoseru kedo nankai yattemo nankai yattemo, UDDO-MAN ga taosenai yo ochiru konoha wa nankai yattemo yokerenai. Ushiro ni sagatte kyori o tottemo izure wa kyori o tsumerareru. TAIMU renda mo tameshite mita kedo aitsu no janpu wa kugurenai. Dakara tsugi wa zettai katsu tame ni boku wa E-kan dake wa saigo made totte oku!" Letting the others take over once more, Colys breathed deeply to prepare himself. "AITEMU ni gou ga areba raku ni mukou no kishi made tsuku kedo nankai yattemo nankai yattemo, EA-MAN ga taosenai yo ano tatsumaki nankai yattemo yokerenai. Ushiro ni mawatte uchi tsuzuketemo izure wa kaze ni tobasareru. TAIMU renda mo tameshite mita kedo tatsumaki aite ja imi ga nai. Dakara tsugi wa zettai katsu tame ni boku wa E-kan dake wa saigo made totte oku!" Breathing in again, Colys echoed the last lines while giving a bow once the instrumental was finished. Glancing at the shocked crowd, He noticed Blake in the back and locked eyes with the cat Faunus. Not long after she began to clap which caused a chain reaction resulting in the rest of the hall to applaud the group, Colys giving a bashful smile in response. Hopping off the raised dais that was the stage, the crowd parted for the vocalist who made his way through the pathway formed, his teammates having already left the stage by the time he was a ways into the crowd. Continuing to walk through the path the crowd formed for him, Colys ended up back in the smaller side area he and Blake were dancing in while the DJ had set the music back up to how it was prior to his and 'Team R.O.C.K.'s' interruption. "So," Began the ice user a tad bit nervous at the reaction he would get, "how'd you like it?"
"Is that what some of the music where you are from is like?" Inquired Blake, a smile on her face at how the song was earning a slow nod from Colys in response, "Well, I wonder what other kind of music you can recall because it was quite pleasant." This response got a smile on the boxer's face as he bashfully rubbed the back of his neck.
"Well, I know how you guys wanted to know more about where I was from and i figured this was as good an introduction as any." The dark eyed male admitted, noticing an odd amount of commotion coming from behind himself. "Now what is going on here?" turning around, he noticed that the music took a more pop based theme as Team J.N.P.R. did what appeared to be a choreographed performance. "Well, this sure is interesting."
"Indeed it is, my Rival." Came from behind Colys as Raiden walked up in a suit similar to most of the male populace before gesturing off to the side. "Looks like the original Team Dark is planning to challenge them to a dance off though." As the violet eyed albino said this, the rest of Team D.A.R.K. as well as Riley walked out of the crowd and began a dance of their own, taking a more tap based approach in response to J.N.P.R.'s freestyle. Not long after Team V.R.D.T. showed up and utilized a swing style.
"What." Was the confused statement of Colys as he watched what ended up as a three way dance battle erupt in the center of the hall. "I think I'll go get some punch, yeah that will work." The coal eyed male mumbled to himself as he was attempting to process the event in the center of the hall with minimal success. Nuada meanwhile had made his way over to the outer wall of the hall and glanced out the window in boredom, noticing a darkened figure dashing across the rooftops towards the CCT.
"Huh, don't see that everyday." The crew-cut brunette muttered to himself before heading over to a nearby door to pursue. While doing so, he had his rocket locker sent to just outside the tower to meet him there as he ran. Glancing to the side as he made his maddash, he saw a trail of… rose petals heading towards the CCT as well. "Looks like my fellow weapon nut noticed as well." Deciding he wasn't going to make it in time at his current pace, the hammer wielder increased the mass of his legs in proportion to the rest of his body which increased his running speed significantly. Arriving outside the communication's tower, Nuada ran over to where he sent his locker before pulling out Armageddon. Flipping open a hidden panel on the handle of the warhammer, he pushed a small switch that caused the melee weapon to shift into a secret, secondary form. Holding onto the handle of the still transforming weapon, Nuada increased the length of his legs so as to reach the upper floors of the tower faster. Bashing in a window of the upper floor with what used to be the head of Armageddon, but was now a canister for charged Burn Dust of its second form, a LMG esque flamethrower. Stepping into the darkened room, he noticed that on the central screen an uploading screen with a black queen piece displayed as the obvious hacker turned around to see the flamethrower wielder as he gained a hardened look to his face. "Alright, it's obvious you aren't up to anything good." Nuada stated walking forward menacingly as his finger lay just above the main trigger of Armageddon in preparation. "Now, why don't you go play somewhere else, eh?"
In response, the masked female took out a canister of Burn Dust before creating a line of it and launching the now hardened dust crystals at Nuada to attempt to incapacitate the man. It was at this moment that the elevator door opened and in walked Ruby, wielding Crescent Rose in its primary Scythe form. Nodding to the markswoman, Nuada pulled the trigger of the flammenwerfer, resulting in a stream of flames interrupting the flight path of the Dust crystals with a fiery explosion. Dashing forward out of the cloud caused by the explosion, Nuada hoisted Armageddon over his shoulder, having already shifted it back to a warhammer, in preparation to strike the infiltrator. Bringing the hammer down in the most literal of ways, Nuada barely missed the masked assailant who created a bow and set of arrows utilizing more Burn Dust to do so. Seeing the obvious danger in the projectiles, Nuada held his hammer in front of himself defensively so as to block the evident explosion. As the invader took potshots at Nuada, Ruby prepared Crescent Rose to fire at the female, sticking the scythe head into the ground in front of herself before taking potshots of her own, striking the currently airborne woman which resulted in her target to be grounded. Seeing his chance, Nuada extended his right arm out and grabbed the masked female in a near bone-crushing grip with his oversized fist, gaining a smirk of satisfaction at having captured the infiltrator. As he did this, the Elevator rang and in walked the headmaster of Atlas, General Ironwood.
"Well, this looks incriminating, doesn't it?" Nuada joked, his grip on the cat burglar dressed woman not slacking in the slightest. "Now, I know the broken window may look bad, but it has a reason. You see, this woman," The rage titan user motioned to his enlarged right arm and the trapped woman inside of it's steely grip, "was hacking into the CCTS and from what I saw prior to her attacking me was uploading a virus of some sort." While Nuada continued to explain what had occurred to the General, a sharp stinging sensation was building up in the palm of his still enlarged right hand before he noticed a sharply increasing heat inside the closed fist before a burst of pain erupted from the limb, followed by darkness…
A few days later...
Slowly waking up from unconsciousness, Nuada noticed his surroundings be those of Vale urgent care which, unsurprisingly, the hammer user ended up in a few times from testing the limits of his semblance.
"Wha- what happe-" Nuada cut himself off, as having reached for his forehead with his right hand, he noticed the condition of the limb, or it's lack thereof. "What the hell happened to my hand!?" The brunette screamed out, staring wide eyed at the stump of that was where his hand used to be. Scrambling to get out of the hospital bed, the hammer user tripped over his own feet and fell flat on the floor as the feeling slowly returned to his legs. Shakily standing back up, Nuada grabbed onto the bed stand beside the hospital bed he was previously in, stabilizing himself before walking over to the nearest bathroom and looking in the mirror provided. "Well, at least I only lost my hand, so it could have been worse." The brunette mused, walking back out into the room and laying back on the bed he woke up in, sighing in resignation. "Well, guess this will be fun to explain to my parents if I ever make it back…" Nuada reasoned, closing his eyes to hopefully fall back asleep, but it was at this point in time Colys burst through the door, the rest of Team C.R.S.N. not far behind him.
"Nuada! You okay buddy?" The ice user asked of his partner, his voice laced with evident concern. Glancing at the stump that replaced the hammer user's right hand, Colys' eyes gained a more wild look before calming down quickly as he sat down in the chair beside the bed while sighing in defeat. "Guess not. Looks like Team C.R.S.N. had a good run but looks like we need to slow it down a bit." Sighing again, the noirette nodded to Rhydwyn and Sinikka to usher them in.
"Hey Nuada, I tried to slow the Frost Emperor over here down a bit, but when the news came in mid dance that you were hospitalized he made a maddash here as fast as he could." Rhydwyn said, small smile on his face that soon fell again into seriousness. "You were lucky Ruby managed to get ou here as fast as she could. That Semblance of her's is a real Godsend. Or is it Oumsend here?" The spearman revealed, sitting down in another one of the chairs provided.
"Yeah, her speed may have been what saved your life." Colys began, "That and the healing properties of Aura. no doubt you would be in here for a few weeks if you didn't have it. Apparently you're supposed to be discharged sometime Thursday though, so that's great."
"Wait, don't we have missions tomorrow?" Nuada inquired, causing a downcast look to cross Colys' face.
"Nuada, we were supposed to leave yesterday, but Ozpin excused us due to, well, your condition. He says we can make it up next week though." Sinikka revealed, breaking the news to the hammer-user after a brief silence. The quite literally otherworldly team's moment of sadness was interrupted when an Atlas Soldier kicked open the door, escorting General Ironwood in with the usual emotionlessness most members of the Army display.
"What." The entirety of the Team stated, staring in shock as the General strode up to the bed, before removing his right glove, revealing a robotic one instead of flesh and skin.
"Nuada Hurdanis. I witnessed you attempt to restore the security of vital data, however as you know you lost your right hand in the process. However for this act of bravery, I would like to offer you a replacement of sorts." Ironwood said, looking the Rage Titan user in the eyes with determination.
"Huh?" Came the intelligent reply of Nuada as he assumed that he was being arrested for breaking into the CCT despite attempting to stop what he initially assumed was an attack of some sort.
"Nuada, the good General here is trying to offer you a replacement for your currently, ahem, disposed hand." Colys mock whispered to his partner, a smile on his face at the possibility of his team being able to return to active duty much sooner than anticipated.
"Wait, really? Well then I accept!" The brunette exclaimed, excitement creeping into his voice from the possible upgrades he could give his new robotic hand once it is properly attached. "I think I may need my old clothes back, though."
Blueghast: Well, this took what, a month to get done?
Colys: Yes, it did.
Blueghast: I'm sorry it took me so long to get this done though. Personally when it comes to fluff styled stuff like most of this chapter, I am at a loss.
Nuada: Well, it gets the better of us all at times. Also what the hell man?
Blueghast: What, you mean your hand? You'll get a cool bionic one soon enough. Anyways, here's the next part of C.R.S.N. Chibi!
Beacon Courtyard, Alternate Dimension…
Sitting in the center of the pathway, a small tricolor corgi stared down the form of Kaito's Gryllus phyllodes, now named Bach due to it's odd musical feats.
"What do you think they're doing?" Colys whispered to Kaito as he watched the silent exchange between the two team pets, a look of confusion and almost worry at what the small dog would do to his friend's companion.
"Looks like a staredown. Most likely to assert dominance." The albino responded, his face a stony mask of lack of care. "Besides, Bach is capable of dealing some damage when he's backed into a corner."
"I hope you're right, cause Zwei does have an Aura unlike most domesticated animals. Though considering Ruby is his owner I shouldn't be too surprised." Colys revealed, moving his hand slightly forward as if to grab Bach and pull him closer as Zwei, the Corgi, moved closer to the Violin Cricket though as this occurred, Kaito noticed the red insect moving it's two scythe like limbs near each other.
"Colys! Cover your ears!" The beetle mage shouted, before a loud screeching, almost like a violin being played out of tune erupted from Bach causing Colys to fall to the ground in pain from the sound and Zwei to pass out due to his enhanced senses. Noticing the two presumed threats were incapacitated, Bach stopped rubbing his arms together before making an almost pleased chirp walking over to Kaito, and hooping into the albino's extended arm. "I tried to warm him. But wasn't that a little too far, Bach?" Kaito asked of the cricket, who gave of an almost sheepish chirp, before heading onto his master's shoulder.
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