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K: ok just me this time, sorry that we haven't been posting it's just that, right now, we simply have almost no time. I hope you'll forgive us.
Italic = Weapons and sounds
'Italic' = thoughts
Normal = what's happening and actions
Bold = Flashbacks and A/Ns
(Ramer POV)
'...It's time to head home.' Ramer thought to himself as he stared up at the gargantuan military airship.
"HEY, OVER HERE!" a familiar, cheerful voice called Ramer and the rest of the team over. It was team RWBY's leader, Ruby. Ramer and the rest walked over to them.
"So, you are the team that shall be going with us, correct?" Leo asked in realization.
"Yep, it sure was a surprise when Ozpin called us." Ruby replied as she tilted her head slightly and giving an excited smile.
"In fact, we only got the call 2 days ago! Do you have any idea as to how hectic those days have been? Luckily, only Ruby and Yang were not properly equipped for the cold." Weiss complained.
"Well at least it wasn't any later, if not you really would be screwed." Silver smiled as he put his hands behind his head.
"The ship is landing. It would be in our best interest to board it." Bloodraven advised the group to get on.
-On The Ship-
"WOW…" Everyone, except Bloodraven and Weiss, dropped their jaw in awe by the sheer size of the ship.
"Welcome aboard…" the Group turned to find a middle aged man with a white overcoat, over a grey vest, and black shirt with a red tie. it was James Ironwood.
"...As you already know, I'm James Ironwood, General of the Atlesian military. We will bring you to the north of Mistral, after which you shall travel on foot for 2 days to reach the councillor's mansion, as that area is restricted air space. Clear?" General Ironwood asked the teenagers.
"...Crystal." Silver agreed in a joking fashion, while the other nodded.
"Alright. Anyway it's not too important right now, so for now enjoy your stay, I'll have my assistant show you around." Ironwood gestured to a girl, that looked 16, with light blue hair, that in a low braided ponytail that was slung over her shoulder and her fringe covering the left half of her forehead with light purple eyes with slim and curved figure and somewhat 'normal' ...assets. she is also wearing the standard female Atlas military uniform and had no jewelry or a lot of makeup on, If one had to use 2 words to describe her it would be: divine beauty.
"Hello, I'm Lilla Angelika Hellblau, I'm Ironwoods temporary assistant, his actual assistant is in atlas dealing with his paperwork, hope we get along" She introduced herself with a cheerful and innocent voice that rivaled Ruby's and a smile brighter than the sun.
'I kinda feel bad for the general's real assistant.' Ramer felt a bit of sympathy as he imagined the amount of paperwork that she or he had to go through. The image of a person sitting behind the desk almost drowning in paper came to mind. Oh, the horror.
"Well, come on! I'll show you around." Lilla spun around and started leading everyone through the ship.
(Weiss POV)
-After the tour-
"...And here are your rooms!" the optimistic Lilla pointed to the hall which was lined with doors, with each one labelled with their names. Weiss walked through the hall and found her room at the very end on the right side of the hall. She opened the door and found a completely light grey room, a grey bed with a white pillow, blanket and mattress, and a white desk and wardrobe. A small, circular window allowed a ray of sunlight to pour through and illuminate the darkened room. Looking to her left, she found a light switch and flicked it on. The slightly dim lights integrated into the ceiling immediately brightened.
"Well, if you need anything, look for me at the command bridge. Bye!" Lilla shouted out as she left to some other part of the huge ship.
Weiss explored the room a little bit and found that next to the wardrobe was a door connected to the adjacent room. 'I wonder who's next to me?' Weiss wondered as she cautiously grabbed the handle. Twisting it open, she saw Bloodraven, his cloak draped on top of the bed, with his mask and Blutsturm on the desk. Bloodraven himself was currently by the window, looking out to the city below. Turning around, his soulless gaze settled onto her. "Oh, Bloodraven. I had not expected for you to be assigned this room." she greeted.
Bloodraven bowed his head. "Miss Schnee, I see that you are my neighbour for the duration of this trip. What do you require of me?" he asked, his emotionless voice sending a shiver down her spine.
'How could someone be like that? Even Winter isn't that cold!' she thought as he continued to stare at her. Regaining her composure, she looked him in his soul-piercing eyes.
"I don't require anything, I was simply curious as to who was behind the door. And please, call me Weiss." she curtly replied.
"I see. Well, good day to you, Weiss." Bloodraven said before he went back to staring out the window.
Before she walked off, a thought came to her mind, which caused her to stop. 'Have I met him before?' It was a thought that had plagued her mind ever since she first laid eyes on him. However, she never got the chance to ask, so now was her chance.
"Actually, I have something to ask you…Have we met before?"
Bloodraven froze for a moment, before he asked. "Why do you ask?"
"Well, I just feel like I have met you before." she replied, staring expectantly at the mysterious man, waiting for an answer. After what seemed like a minute, he shrugged his shoulders.
"Perhaps we have met, perhaps we have not. Who knows?" he replied.
Weiss was about to press for a more specific answer before the door burst open. Leo and Ruby stood there, staring at the two individuals in the room. "C'mon guys, the rest of us are going to explore. Want to tag along?" asked Leo.
(Krimsun POV)
Team SKRB and Team RWBY walked through the halls aimlessly as they looked for something to do. Before Ruby pointed something out that no-one thought of asking. "Umm… Leo why don't you use a gun?"
Leo looked around to find everyone looking at him with the same question in their eyes. Sighing he lead everyone to the target range and picked up 2 simple 1911, or M1911 pistols.
"this is why" dual wielding the pistols he aim the right pistol and shot.
*Boom*
The gun exploded. The pieces were sent flying around the room, luckily none of the pieces hit anyone.
Before anyone could say anything Leo aimed and shot the second pistol. Everyone either hid behind something or cover their face with their arms.
…
…
It didn't explode. Peeking out of their cover they found that the gun in the left hand had been completely frozen solid with the slide cocked back.
"Why does that happen?" Ruby tilted and scratched her head.
"I don't know. If i knew, i would have solved it already." Leo shrugged as he smashed his left hand on the wall breaking the ice and placing the gun on the table. Walking out of the shooting range, Leo walked out and continued to roam the halls of the giant airship. Looking out one of the 300 windows of the airship, he stop to take in the view of forest below them only just realising they are still in Vale's territory.
Sighing at how long the trip was going to be, Krimsun headed back to his room. opening his door he walked up to his bag and pulled out a laptop. looking through he scanned his folders looking for a game.
launching the application he blankly stared at the loading screen as he looked at his surroundings….
Looking around his small white room Leo quickly stared at the blank ceiling before he heard.
"(whisper) Are we going the right way…" his sensitive ears picked up whispers up to 50 meters away. Looking around for the origin of the voice.
"(whisper) we should be i snuck onto an atlassian ship before…" The voice of the intruders sounded familiar, searching for a vent above his room he got ready to open it.
"(whisper) ok almost th-" Just when 1 of the intruders was over the vent he pulled it down causing them both to fall down to his room.
"Honey?, Yoshiaki?, what are you doing here?" Leo asked the pair as they looked each other.
"Well it's a long story…" Yoshiaki responded as he remembered the reason why he was on a highly armed, max security atlassian ship.
(Silver POV)
Growl
Silver has hungry so hungry he could eat anything. but what he really wanted was a big juicy steak. he decided it was time to explore the kitchen. Hopping down the ladder through the hatch through a door on his way we heard a scream but then decided, 'Ill help when i'm not hungry on of the others will take care of it'.
Up ladders, through more hatches, and up and down stairs. Silver couldn't find the kitchen
'How hard is it to get a man some food around here.' thought silver as he frowned. Just as he thought that he opened one last final door and finally found the kitchen celebrating in joy silver panned around to find his room at the very end of the hall…
'You have got to be kidding me.' thought silver as he saw all their rooms directly down the hallway beside the kitchen. As he entered he say cans upon cans of anything you could imagine boxes and a entire walk-in deep freezer that stored just meat.
he looked in through the glass window and saw stacks and stacks of meat and a giant box that said fresh frozen meat he laughed at the label that said Caution:Killer Cargo but at the same time he wonded what it meant…
Silver opened the door feeling a fresh cold breeze go past it was nice for a minute but then it got cold he then noticed a label above the door Caution:-80 Degrees.
'Man, what is with this place and all these warning labels?'
He started to go into the freezer he saw jerky, chicken, and then pork but no steak he decided he have to go into the back into the deep freezer as he ventured deeper he realised just how cold it was and started to shiver.
Chatter chatter
Went silvers teeth but then they stopped as silver noticed something strange in the back of the freezer. As he got closer he realised it was a human he went up close
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Silver shrieked aloud as the body spoke
"That's close enough silver" the body said…
It looked up at him but silver couldn't make out who it was as his body was covered by a wintery cloak and his eyebrows and hair and where white completely frozen.
Silver then thought ' How is he not freezing i've only been here about 5 minutes and i'm freezing and it looks like he must of been here for about 5 hours but it seems he's not cold at all'
Chatter Chatter
Thinking that made silver remember how cold he was…
"Who are you silver said" in a serious but puzzled voice
"Don't tell me don't remember your old friend silver…" responded the body
Silver stayed quiet staring at the figure
"Come on silver it's me Glacier"
(Glaciers POV)
"Such a good friend you only left on your mission a few hours ago and you've already forgotten your friends"
"Well i wasn't expecting someone that wasn't assigned to this mission to be hiding in the freezer"
"Well Mandeline wouldn't stop attempting to stab me either in my sleep or just in general"
"So you somehow infiltrated a highly armed and max security ship and hid in the freezer just to get away from Mandeline? Damn she must be hard to live with"
"Yeah she is ,So i thought me and her going on a mission to wherever this is going might help her understand i am a person not for stabbing" Glacier said as he frowned
"What do you mean Mandeline"
"it's hard to explain so i'll just show you!"
Glacier then followed to Shape some of the ice stuck on the freezer floor and shaped it into a crowbar" He then walked across to the create and smashed the crowbar into it the wooden crate then slip in half revealing a big block of ice.
"You are insane, you know that?"
"Yep." Glacier cheerily replied.
"ok let me change my earlier statement you came onto a heavily armed ship on max security with a giant box that has Mandeline in it Frozen solid"
"Basicly"
"I think it's time you thawed her out…"
"Yeah was just about to."
Glacier touched the ice and it instantly melted
(Mandeline's POV)
Hissss
"WE ARE NOT INFILTRATING AN ATLESIAN MILITARY SHIP TO HELP OUT MY SENPAI'S TEAM! THEY ARE PERFECTLY CAPABLE OF HANDLING THINGS THEMSELVES, YOU MORON!" yelled Mandeline, rage burning behind her eyes.
"Oh, and hello Silver. Shouldn't you be on your ship by now?" she asked softly as she noticed the other person in the room.
"We are on the ship..." deadpanned Silver.
Mandeline shifted her icy gaze back towards Glacier.
(Krimsun POV)
"Wait...so let me get this straight..." Leo drawled out as he massaged his head in an attempt to relieve himself of his imminent headache.
"Glacier froze Mandeline and hid in a meat freezer, thus causing Yoshiaki and Honey to follow after them in the vents, which made you guys sneak onto this airship, just so you could know what was going on…" Leo said his headache growing even more painful with every second he tried to understand the sheer idiocy behind their plan.
"...I don't know whether to call you stealthy or insane..." Leo exclaimed with a sigh. Ironwood had asked- *Coughcoughforcedcoughcough* -Leo to help him interrogate team MHGY, as canine-type and feline-type faunus have a good sense of hearing to the point that they could even listen to the heart beat if they are close enough.
"Ok, thats enough. You're free to go. Just...don't do this again." As they finished their interrogation Ironwood ushered everyone one out of the almost bare white room, with a grey, metal table in the middle.
Exiting the room, to the monotone grey hallway they met Lilla again who showed them to their rooms, the rest of the gang met in the officer area.
"Anyway, are you all aware that we are going to one of the coldest places on Remnant?" Silver asked the teams.
"Me and Glace come from a cold region to begin with..." Honey stopped and shifted her gaze to Yoshiaki.
"I like the cold anyway. I've been with Mandeline for who knows how long and I've gotten accustomed to the cold." he said, smiling affectionately at Mandeline.
"I come from Atlas, so I already had winter gear." Mandeline smiled with pride and raised her chin up, showing a sign of boasting, until…
"Mandeline, we are climbing up a potentially subzero mountain, we may require thicker inner wear then we need in Atlas" Bloodraven, Mandeline's adoptive brother, pointed out the surprisingly obvious fact that she had seemed to have not factored in, due to Glacier dragging her along, as her face was as bright as her red strand of hair due to embarrassment.
"W-Well i'll just borrow someone else's." Mandeline
Turned and look around, however unfortunately for her everyone collective thoughts were voiced out in the form of Glacier, who had been watching her and she glared at him, irritated. "What are you looking at?' she snarled.
"Aren't you pretty flat compared to the other girls here?" Glacier asked, mocking her knowing that she'd get angry.
'Ohh, this is gonna get bad. Glacier you idiot...'
Mandeline was red with anger as Leo thought he saw dark storm clouds surrounding her. "STOP TALKING ABOUT MY FREAKING CHEST YOU TWAT! I HAVE SOMETHING AT LEAST! GOD, WHY DON'T I INSULT YOUR D*** SIZE THEN!? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT!? HUH YOU PENGUIN FACE!" she shouted.
She sprinted at Glacier, rammed him and watched as he fell to the ground. She kicked him in the nuts and stomped brutally on his head, her steel-heeled boots digging into the back of his head, slowly pressing down mercilessly as a bloodthirsty grin threatened to split her face in half.
"Guys! Calm down! Remember, we are in a military ship! People are working!" Leo hushed everyone and made them look around. There were low and high ranking officers looking this way. Obviously irritated at the noise being wrought.
Mandeline took her boot off Glacier and he stood up, groaning and rubbing his sore parts. She started ignoring him, folding her arms across her chest and turning her head away so she didn't have to look at him.
After everyone apologised they left and headed for the break room.
After everyone settled on the black sofa Leo continued. "Anyway, even if you don't like it, Mandeline it's the truth the only other person I could think off is…" Leo paused and turned to face a certain overly proud heiress.
Everyone turned to her direction slowly looking down words, which caused her to blush,"I-I'm not that flat besides…!" Leo saw the Weiss had revealed a hurt and betrayed expression as, much to her displeasure, Ruby had a bigger bust size.
*Thud* *Ding*
Weiss collapsed on her knees, bowed her head and started crying.
Mandeline watched her, a grin spreading on her face. She knew Weiss's pain and yet she still enjoyed watching her suffer.
"Mandeline." Yoshiaki said simply, touching her elbow lightly and egging her to go comfort Weiss.
"Don't worry Weiss. I feel your pain." she said, patting Weiss on the head like Bloodraven does when he's in a brotherly mood.
They all stood there for awhile before getting over it and preparing for the hiking trip ahead.
(? POV)
"Well you seen him, what do you think?" Ironwood asked the girl in the shadows.
"Hmmm, he didn't talk much and he is not the most handsome guy i've seen, but i think he is hiding something, which is very interesting." The girl thought about the 'prince of mistral' as if judging him, "Hmmm…, ok i've made up my mind, i want to make him mine." The girl smiled as she started thinking about what to do with the boy.
(Silver POV)
-2 days later-
Arriving on the landing platform of the artistic city of north mistral. The 3 teams got off and started their 2 day hike up the frozen mountain, breathing a white mist as they surveyed the surrounding trees and grass, that were covered in snow.
"Everyone has all their equipment, Right" Ramer asked however it wasn't the usual Ramer, something was different in his voice.
"Yep."
"Yeah."
"Yes."
"Maybe."
"Affirmative."
"Yeah but…" Silver nodded in conformation but… "WHY THE HELL DO YOU HAVE SO LITTLE CLOTHING" Silver shouted in surprise as he pointed to Leo.
Leo was wearing a red and orange hoodie and a pair of thick jeans with his normal combat gear on top. "Oh didn't i tell you, the cold doesn't bother me to much and if you think I'm wearing too little look at Glace." Leo turned and pointed to his icy friend to find that he was only wearing a light-cyan t-shirt with a pair of torn jeans and leather boots while carrying his white winter cloak on his shoulder.
"What the problem?" Glacier responded confused as he looked back down from the sky.
…
"I swear of this team is filled with weirdos..." Silver whispered to himself. as he sighed making a white cloud as big as a balloon.
"HEY SILVER STOP TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF" Leo shouted back at Silvers comment. 'Dammit i forgot he was a faunus' Silver sweared in his head. Looking around he thought of something to get his revenge.
'Hey Mandeline, it looks like you haven't even changed your clothes. What? are you that unhygienic?'' Glacier mocked.
Mandeline rolled her eyes. 'I'm wearing different clothes you sniveling boy. I'm wearing thicker socks, gloves and a trench coat that had soft stuff inside that keeps me warmer. Anyway, I don't care about the cold. If I get cold I can just cut myself and create blood amour, after all blood is warm,' she said grinning. 'Right Birdy? Blood is warm right?' she asked.
Bloodraven gave no response and just stared at her.
'I take that as a yes!' she said.
Crouching down, Silver gathered snow and compressed it into ball.
Smiling Silver drew his arm back and threw the snowball.
(Ruby POV)
As she was walking up with the rest she saw a snowball fly past her and was about to hit Leo in the back of the head but a sudden gust pushed the snowball to the side and hit…
Ramer
It had hit Ramer, who was in front of Leo, in the back of the head and he was not happy about it. turning around snow suddenly floating and compressing itself into balls. However Ruby realized, Ramer didn't know who did it.
"Uh oh" seconds later Ramer indiscriminately launched the hundreds upon hundreds of snowballs at EVERYONE. Fortunately everyone noticed and dodged the barrage of snowballs.
"Hey, Ramer sto-" Leo tried to stop Ramer but was unfortunately hit in the face and was blown back.
"Fine. if that how you make to play, then…" Leo smiled evilly as he formed a snowball out of the water vapour in the air. throwing the snowball. it flew straight and true as it crashed into its target; Ramer's face… well it should have. it turned out that Ramer snapped out of it and dodged at the last second. hitting Glacier instead.
"Why you!" the veins in Glaciers forehead started showing as he stood up and formed a snowball.
"TAKE THAT"
Glacier launched the snowball so fast it split up due to air resistance, hitting multiple people. before anyone noticed, everyone was throwing snowballs at each other, resulting in a giant snowball fight, even Mandeline and Bloodraven was joining the fun. They continued for a few hours and finally collapsed due to exhaustion.
*Pant Pant Pant*
"You know we just wasted 1 day doing nothing but throw snowballs at each other, even though we are only a quarter way there" Ramer being the voice of reason spoke out while staring at the orange sky.
"We'll be fine, i mean we already 2 days early." Silver lazily replied as he slowly got up from the comfy white bed of snow.
"Hey can someone help me up, I'm to tired to stand." Yang complained as she raised her arm up.
*Growl*
"Sorry (Blush)" Ruby apologised as she cover her stomach area with her arms, a universal symbol for hunger.
"Hehehe, I'll make something quick so just sit there and wait... Silver can you help me clear a campsite and set up the fire and tents." Leo offered Ruby and Ordered Silver with completely different attitudes and tones.
"Why me, and also sexism" Silver complained as he slowly got up to do what he was asked to do.
"Well you started it so this is your punishment, and also most of the girls are hungry and tired" Leo explained to his leader in a tone which questioned who was really in charge.
"fine fine" Silver grumbled and reluctantly started setting up.
Everyone laughed at the Silver's misfortune as they laid there in wait for sustenance
While Silver was setting up the site Leo gathered a bunch of dry wood and set it a light with his semblance. Pulling out a pot, a pan, a kitchen knife and a chopping board Leo got to work. after Leo had finished cutting up his ingredients he started heating up the pan and a pot of water.
The aroma of bacon filled the campsite, even Yang, who said she needed help getting up, rose from the ground impatiently waiting for their food. When Ruby walked over and looked in the pot she could not help but growl and drool from the smell of salty bacon and sweet pumpkin.
ladling the contents into a bowl, Leo passed it to the famished Ruby, "Try it, it may not look like much but the taste is guaranteed" Leo urged Ruby to try it. nodding Ruby stuck a spoon into the bowl to bring out a spoonful of smooth and rich pumpkin soup with bits of crispy bacon floating inside and crispy croutons seasoned with sesame.
As soon as the creamy concoction touched her tongue an explosion of flavor and varieties texture made her lose all strength in her knees. Sighing in bliss Ruby collapsed on to the pure white carpet of snow and let the warmth of the dish creep into her body, as Ruby sat there everyone was lining up to have their portion of the rich and sweet soup.
Everyone marveled at the quality of their meal.
"Wow this is great!." Honey exclaimed as the warmth of the soup, warmed her body from head to toe.
"This is 5-star restaurant quality!" Glacier complimented the chef
"This is even better than the chefs back home!"
"Sorry mom, but this is better than your soup"
"It's pumpkin… BUT WHATEVER IT'S FOOD!' she said wolfing the meal down.
As everyone polished off the last of the soup, they began setting up the tents. Ruby stared at Le- no Krimsun as he was cleaning the dishes and thought,
'Maybe i really do like him'
And blushed at the thought.
(Ramer POV)
Ramer opened his eyes as he slowly and painfully lifted himself out of his sleep bag. The exhaustion of the snowball fight had finally gotten to him. Ramer exited the tent looking like a zombie, the others were in similar situations. Excluding…
"Hey Glacier, how are you not tired" Ramer wondered as he rested up against a fallen tree to keep him upright. Glacier, how had been attempting to cook something but ended up turning into a disgusting burnt mess, turned to face the tired, half dead esper replied.
"Oh, like this" standing up, ice formed on his feet and, as If by magic he started floating.
"I was saving energy by making "hover" boots because i can create any amount and shape of ice and control it freely…" Glacier paused for a moment then realised...
".. Wait... can't I just float everyone there on a giant platform." everyone looked at Glacier dumbfounded before…
*Facepalm*
They all face palmed in unison as they all murmured, "We're dumber than Glacier..."
"Hey, what the hell does that mean!" Glacier yelled at the group of laughing teenagers. Grumbling, Glacier got to work. After 5 minutes of concentration and boredom, he finally managed to form a platform that looked similar to hexagon with multiple stair cases coming out of it. It was about 20m long, 20m wide and was as thick as a car.
"Welcome aboard Air Glacier, please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for takeoff!" Glacier said proudly
"There are no seatbelts you idiot! Maybe we aren't as dumb as Glacier after all." Silver mocked as the giant ice structure floated up and started moving towards its destination.
"I will drop you..." Glacier responded while staring at Silver with soul piercing eyes. Small holes in the ice started forming around Silver.
"It's Ok! You're the boss! Please don't drop me!" Silver frantically yelled as he balanced on the 5 cm wide plank of ice. Glacier kept staring for a moment, until he let out an explosive sigh. Snapping his fingers, the ice reformed as Silver slumped down in defeat.
Ramer saw that Weiss and Leo were looking about, the expressions on their faces that of a worried parent. "What is it you two?" Ramer asked as they looked around the icy platform, and the surrounding forest.
Leo scratched his head as he asked Ramer and the rest of the teams. "Anyone know where Bloodraven went?"
(4 hours ago)
(Bloodraven POV)
Leaning against a tree, Bloodraven looked up towards the dark sky. The shattered moon shone brightly against the black sky as he stepped into the shadows. Melting into the darkness, he reformed atop the treetops, kneeling on the branch of the highest tree he could find. Slowly rising, he grabbed onto a nearby branch to steady himself as he scanned the region. Within mere seconds, he found what he was looking for: a rather large mansion atop a mountain.
Closing his eyes, he let go of the branch, leaned back and fell.
Black smoke wisped off of his body as it started to flake apart as he hit the ground and exploded into a small mist of dark smoke, red electricity crackling wherever the smoke went before they faded from existence. Miles away, tendrils of shadows ruptured from the ground in front of the mansion, and interlaced with each other. Thousands of transparent tendrils interlocked, and eventually, a transparent body formed. Bloodraven opened his yet-to-exist eyes. Willing himself to solidify, colour soon returned to his body as he walked towards the door.
Waiting for his fingers to become solid once more, he looked around. The place hadn't changed much since he was last here. Shaking his head, he ripped off the solid grey scarf that hung around his neck. 'When Ramer said it was going to be cold, I thought he meant the sub-zero temperatures of the Mistralian Alps, not the pleasant 4 degrees celsius of Mistral's smallest mountain.' he thought as he knocked on the door with his now solidified hand.
Many moments passed since he knocked. Eyebrows creasing, he knocked harder.
"I'm coming, I'm coming! Have some patience, will you?!" yelled the inhabitant of the mansion. Bloodraven glanced at the clock on his HUD. The clock read 04:18. Shifting his gaze, the door opened and the glaring bright lights made his eyes ache, before Krieg filtered the brightness through the mask to more manageable levels. In front of the door stood a very familiar face. The look of recognition and shock on the Mistralian Councillor as he stared at the Spectre quickly changed into a grin. "Bloodraven! What a pleasant surprise!" he greeted as Bloodraven waved. "As silent as ever! What brings you to my not so humble abode?" he chuckled out. Delving a hand into a pocket, Bloodraven whipped out a letter. Handing it to the Councillor, he watched as the older man sliced the seal and took the note out. Eyes skimming over the words, he glanced up at the assassin. "Ah, so that is why you are here. Well, what are you waiting for? Come on in!" he ordered as he turned on his heels and power-walked in. Bloodraven followed suite, hands clasped behind his back as he strolled in. The door slammed shut behind them as the two old friends got reacquainted with one another.
(Present)
(Weiss POV)
After what seemed like ages, they finally reached the mansion. It was certainly a grand structure, with intricate decorations adorning the house and marvelous statues of heroes standing guard over what look like a garden to her left. They still had no idea where Bloodraven was however. 'What happened to him?' she wondered, dread filling her heart as she thought of the worst case scenarios. Shaking her head to dispel such horrible things that plagued her mind, she reassured herself. 'I'm sure he'll be fine! I mean, it's Bloodraven! He can't possibly be dead.'
They eventually reached the door just as she finished her train of thought. The massive doors were quite the sight to behold, engraved with gold pictures of huntsmen and huntresses standing triumphantly over hundreds of Grimm.
Ramer walked forwards, the art before him ignored as easily as a mundane wall. Knocking on the door.
"Come in!" a voice called out. Opening the door, they stepped into the home of the Councillor and marvelled at the sight. Paintings, statues, suits of armour and the like decorated the room. The walls were a creamy white that stretched high up, holding the roof above them. A gold chandelier dangled in the middle of the room, hanging from stained glass pictures of Oum himself. Below that, seated at a small table and enjoying a cup of tea was the Councillor and…
Weiss blinked in confusion, before her eyes widened. Sitting at the table with his back facing them, was Bloodraven, a cup of tea in his hand and his mask resting on the table. Without even looking back, he sipped, swallowed, and calmly greeted them. "I have been waiting here for approximately 5 hours." Turning his head to the side so that he could see them from the corner of his mysterious red eyes, he continued. "You are late...sip…"
Snapping out of her shock, Weiss wiped her incredulous expression off of her face as she calmly asked the 1 question on all of their minds. "HOW IN OUM'S NAME DID YOU GET HERE THAT FAST!?" she yelled out, disregarding her normally strict persona.
Taking another sip of his tea, Bloodraven locked eyes with her as he turned around in his seat. Weiss froze as the red orbs stared back at her. Those wonderful red orbs that entranced her, drawing her in like moths to a flame. She almost didn't hear him say "Teleportation...sip."
…
Silence enveloped the room, and it was not until the councillor greeted them, that speech resumed. Snapping out of her daze, Weiss concentrated on the conversation.
"Pleasant to see you once more, Ramer." The councillor greeted with a friendly smile gracing his lips.
Ramer stood there quietly, before finally opening his mouth to utter words that would shake the world as they knew it.
"Nice to see you again-" He sighed out.
"-Dear Brother…"
-End of Chapter 7-