Chapter 4

Dust. The mineral that lead humanity to salvation. After a long period of darkness, mankind discovered a type of crystal that could harness the power of the elements. These crystals gave humanity the power to combat the darkness, and bring light onto their weary world.

As civilizations continued to grow, Dust was being used in different ways. Instead of just weaponry, dust was used as a power source for most technologies used today.

However, with civilization comes an economy, and no other company is higher in economic status then the Schnee Dust company. The Schnee Dust Company is one of the largest sources of energy propellant in the world, and the largest dust distributer. The company is also known for using Faunus labor, and is still rumored to use it today. Strangely, this has had little to no effect on the sales and distribution of their product.

To end these rumors of Faunus labor thriving in the company, Mr. Schnee has arranged a dinner party that will host a young representative from the White Fang. Hopefully this young, charismatic gentleman could convince people that there is no bad blood between the Schnee family and the Faunus anymore.

Adam darts out of the restaurant in a rush to get to his car. He pulls out the phone from his pocket and calls the number he was contacted by earlier.

"Hello? Adam?" The man on the other end replied.

"Damien, what's the situation?" Adam replied, stating the engine of his car.

"Yeah, um. Our little "representative" is having some… Difficulties reading his lines." Damien answered, unable to phrase his opinion correctly.

"What, do you want me to buy him some acting classes. Sorry were on a low budget as is."

"No I want you to smack him senseless, but since that's illegal, could you just come and talk to him?" Damien said, sounding defeated.

Damien was a good friend of Adam, and he was a Faunus who was fighting for the exact same thing he was. Freedom. He was always besides Adam during every event or protest, sometimes even controlling his own meetings. However, when it came to dealing with children, he wasn't exactly best suited for the job. Especially with this case in particular.

"Okay, I'll be right there. I'm about two minutes away from the wreck center."

"Alright, thanks. Hey, where did you run off to anyway? Were you talkin' to that Blake girl again?"

Adam started to get irritated with the conversation. "What!? No! It doesn't matter. I'm right here."

Damien ends the conversation. "Alright, whatever you say… Pedo." The call ends immediately.

That son of a-

Adam parks his car in a fit, slamming on the brakes just slightly passed the point of annoyance. He stepped out into the chill of the winter day, and is reminded of the events of the previous night.

One thing at a time Adam, one thing at a time.

As he opens the door, he sees a young boy sitting in a chair wearing a very agitated look on his face. He stares directly at the door, acknowledging Adam's presence, and gives a relieved sigh.

`"Adam, thank god you here. Have you seen this speech? I've seem Grimm write better lines than this. Isn't the whole point of this speech supposed to be the slightest bit convincing?" the boy said, his British accent making him sound condescending.

Adam then looks to see his friend Damien sitting slightly farther from the boy, and looking as equally frustrated. "I don't see anything wrong with it. It seems fine to me." Damien defended.

"I'm talking to Adam, thank you. Here look at this. Tell me how convinced you are." The boy said. His tone growing in agitation.

The wolf's name was Alexander Lunes, and he has been known for taking part in many of school rallies for Faunus Civil rights. He is a well-known student who achieve the highest grades in his class. Unfortunately, his good grades and political knowledge are mere masks that hide his true nature. A young, self-centered, spoiled brat who cares more about his reputation that the good of the cause.

Adam takes the speech from the Boy's hand and gives it a quick glance. "This seems perfectly fine to me."

"Are you mad!? There's no feeling, no emotion, I can't work with this." Alex spits out.

Adam moves closer to the boy, not intending to bend to his fit. "But what's on this page is the truth. This is the situation that were facing and people need to know this."

"Yes, but it's boring. Shouldn't a speech be just a little more enthralling, and not just a bunch of fact and statistics?" Alex argued.

Adam's patience was growing thin. "The words aren't supposed to "enthrall" the audience, that's the speaker's job. Your, job." Adam replied, sending the boy back a step.

"Wha- How dare you! Ugh! Fine, Have it your way. Just don't expect sympathy if this doesn't succeed." Alex said storming off into the other room.

All that was left were the two friends and an awkward silence. Luckily Damien was able to shrug it off. "So I've been having fun today." He said sarcastically.

"Yeah, laughs all around." Adam joked, taking a seat right next to his friend.

"You really think this kid is our best bet. Why don't you just give the speech, you good at it?" The Fox Faunus offered.

"No. This kid is pretty popular in the Faunus Civil right movement, although I doubt he cares about it anymore. Plus it has more of an impact if a younger generation displays the situation." Adam answered.

"Yeah, I guess." Damien decides to change the topic. "So, if you weren't talking to that little brunet, where did you go?" He questioned.

"I helped out a cat Faunus from getting killed by three idiots in an ally last night. Turns out the kid's homeless. I want to help him. But I don't have any money to provide. Plus, this party is tomorrow, and we've got the most uptight kid in the word to give our speech. I just can't deal with it all." Adam sighed into his hand.

"Hey, calm down. Take one thing at a time. It's not like this is the first time you've had a lot on your plate. I know there are other things going on right now, but we've been waiting for an opportunity like this. We can't let anything stop us now." Damien said, calming Adam's stress.

"(sigh) I guess you're right. Thanks Damien." Adam said slightly relieved.

"Not s problem. Come on let's check up on our little drama queen."

The two leave the rehearsal area and move back stage. Time was slowly running out for Adam Taurus, but all he has to do is make sure he gets things right by tomorrow. Hopefully, nothing unexpected will arise and mess with the objective.

Unfortunate, that just might be the case.

Boom…. Done.

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