Sebastian did just as his Young Master had ordered him to in that very same instant, rushing off so he could gather as much intel as possible. The tall man walked diligently through the narrow halls of Beacon Academy and eventually reached the main campus just outside of the building. He glanced around the rather expansive school and cocked a brow, pondering where he should head for his first investigation. As he did so, he didn't even notice an orange haired huntress make her way over to his side, with what appeared to be a sledgehammer of sorts loosely placed in her palm and slung over her shoulder. She peered up at the butler and smiled, cocking her head to the side as she glazed him over.
"Hey! Are you a new student here or something?" The girl asked in a squeaky, almost high pitched voice that matched her rather non-threatening (sledgehammer not included) appearance. Sebastian was caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the bubbly teenager, although his expression didn't show it as he quickly turned to her and smiled politely.
"Oh, I suppose that my rather 'off-kilter' appearance was certainly bound to raise some eyebrows." Sebastian mused with a light chuckle towards the redhead before placing his right arm over his chest and bowing slightly. "Although, I'm afraid I'm not a new student. Rather, I will be fulfilling the position of the new art teacher. I apologize for the confusion, Miss…?"
"Name's Nora Valkyrie." The teen said happily as she began to bounce around Sebastian, looking over the mysterious looking man's clothes and all around intimidating figure, although she didn't seem intimidated in the slightest, more so intrigued. "These clothes are so fancy and dark! And you're so tall! You had to have been a famous hunter or something!" Nora exclaimed, wondering if this man had any cool stories about being hunter, traveling throughout Remnant and slaying Grimm!
"I'm afraid not, Miss Valkyrie." Sebastian responded, his melancholic yet deep voice serving as a sharp contrast to Nora's loud, almost obnoxiously high pitched tone. "I am but a humble butler to the Young Stanley George Edwards."
"Ohhhh! You mean the newest member of Team RWBY?" She exclaimed as her eyes lit up like a Christmas tree and she almost stood on the tips of her boots.
"Indeed." He said with a small nod of his head. "Tell me, Miss Valkyrie, you wouldn't happen to be acquainted with Team JNPR would you?" The butler inquired, which earned another loud gasp from the Huntress in training.
"Yeah! How did you know that!?" She asked, rather surprised that this enigma of a man somehow knew of both her and her team, yet she didn't even know his first name!
"Nothing more than a lucky guess." Sebastian replied in an attempt to calm Nora's nerves. Of course, this was a lie, as Sebastian had done research on all of the school's teams, so had at least some semblance of those who were on them. "I've heard good things of your team, Miss Valkyrie. Some say that you are even on par with Team RWBY, and even surpass them in some areas." Sebastian replied earnestly, which elicited a happy grin and even a slight giggle from Nora.
"Wow! I didn't think we were famous or anything!" She exclaimed with bright, sparkling eyes as she heard Sebastian's words. She then turned in the opposite direction to head back to the dorms. "I can't wait to tell Ren and the others!" She shouted in glee as she began running in that direction, although she stopped about halfway through and spun on a heel to face Sebastian once more. "Oh! I just got the BEST idea!" Nora exclaimed as she quickly ran back over to the Phantomhive butler and grasped him by his wrist. "I should just take you back to meet the rest of Team JNPR!"
Normally, Sebastian would have denied to do such a seemingly pointless exercise, although as his Young Master ordered, he was to gather as much information on the White Fang as possible and report back to him in the dead of the night. So, with a polite smile, Sebastian nodded happily.
"It would be my pleasure, Miss Valkyrie."
A/N: Heya folks! It's your friendly neighborhood procrastinator here with another update! Soooo… yeah, I said I was gonna update weekly/bi-weekly and… well I clearly didn't. This chapter has actually been in the works since the last one was posted, but when I wasn't procrastinating or doing school work or yard work or being with friends, I was basically rewriting and reworking this chapter a loooooooooot, which is why it's probably much shorter than you all expected, as the original draft was way too long, so I decided it was best to split it up into smaller, bite-sized chapters. But hopefully now that I'm not restricted to writing on mobile, I can start pumping out chapters left and right.