The group of three walked away from the stage area and continued walking through the building.

Blake lead the way, pointing out multiple unimportant things here and there to add some filler to the tour as they made their way through the hallways.

"So," Weiss started, "How long have they been involved in the recording business?" she asked.

"Well, they had been recording with another company about a year and a half ago, then we offered them a better deal, and they came over here. Since then, they have risen in the ranks and have gotten more world wide credibility."

"World wide credibility?' Weiss said to herself. 'And they have only been here for over a year? Then depending on the situation, that means I could become world renowned as well.'

"Of course, they had been through a lot at the old company before that, so they had already built up some sort of fanbase. We really didn't have to do much in order for them to rise in the rankings."

"You make it sound like that was easy to do." Weiss commented.

"Of course it wasn't." Ruby replied. "There are many factors that apply into growing the popularity of a group. There's advertising, shows, above everything practice, and then there will always be one song that will turn a band from being nobody's into superstars. But then, afterwards, after making said "golden song", they'll need to keep making music similar to it, or else the band would become a said "one-hit-wonder"." she emphasized her point with hand quotations. "Of course, there would be nothing completely wrong with it. It's just that sometimes, one-hit-wonder bands will go on a rocky slope afterwards before possibly breaking up."

"So you just want your artists to keep making songs like an assembly line?" Weiss asked, as she had interpreted Ruby's point in that way.

"No, no no no no. Of course not." Ruby said, sounding slightly offended by Weiss' assumption. "We want all of our artists song to still hold meaning to all of their works and go off of whatever inspiration has taken them and let their minds go as they please."

"That's very generous of you." Weiss said. "I know that there are some recording companies out there that would tell a band to make a song for a specific topic with no context at all. Just tell them to do it as if it was so easy to make a song."

"Exactly. We wanted to be a company that will allow our clients to work to their whim. And if they end up in a time where they simply can't think of any new songs to write, we will give them their time needed to find a new sort of inspiration, or as a previous client once said "Get back to their grove". Ruby said using air quotes once more.

Weiss couldn't help but smile at the way that it was put.

"That song that you performed at the Vytal Idol tryout, you said that you had written it yourself, am I correct?" Blake asked.

"Yes. I did." Weiss couldn't help but turn her gaze downward slightly. "Wait, how did you know about the song? I didn't see you at the tryouts." she commented.

"Oh no, I was." Blake replied.

"You were?"

"Blake has that thing. She always manages to blend into any situation. She was standing to the side the entire time. Some people in the company call her "the local ninja". Ruby said with a laugh towards the end.

"I've kinda embraced and adapted to the title." Blake said.

"That she has." Ruby said with another chuckle. "Sorry, getting slightly off target, Blake, you were asking her about the song."

"Right." Blake realized. "You said you wrote it yourself. Some people don't just write a song out of the blue. That song should have some sort of connection to you in some way."

"Umm... Yes. The lyrics to the song do hold a meaning to me and my life." she confirmed.

"I would love to know the meaning behind said words. Do you think you could tell me as we walk?" Ruby asked as Blake lead them around a corner.

Weiss thought for a few moments. "Not right now. There are some really... deep meanings to it."

Ruby looked to Weiss with a curious expression, trying to study the white haired woman's emotions without being given much to work with. Eventually, Ruby nodded in understanding. "I get it. This actually happens a lot. The artist has a song that they write that has a ton of meaning to them, but they can't put it into actual words so they end up putting it into the form of song. Which for some, is completely different than talking. But after they write the song, they still can't put it into the right words. They say that it's too embarrassing or too hard to talk about with others."

'Which is why I won't tell.' Weiss said to herself.

Ruby then turned so that she was walking sideways, she stuck out her arm and pointed her finger at Weiss. "But mark my words, Weiss. One day, I will get you to spill the beans about that song." Ruby proclaimed triumphantly. A wild grin was spread across her face and her eyes burned with determination. She seemed like a child who was getting fired up about a main event at a sports game.

Weiss thought for a few moments. 'Why did that declaration seem so out of character for her?" Weiss asked herself.

A second later, Ruby turned back around to face forwards, regaining the composure that she had.

Weiss thought that was very peculiar. Just for a moment, Ruby didn't seem like the high class business woman that she was.

Although the thoughts of this still roamed in her mind, Weiss shrugged it off as they came up on a door that was closed.

Blake took out a key card from one of her jacket pockets and swiped it over the laser scanner next to the handle. The door unlocked and opened.

Stepping through, Weiss noticed that it lead to another long hallway. What was this place, a damn labyrinth?

Down the hall there were about ten doors on each side. Above each door there were large lights, some shining bright red.

"And this is the main recording hall." Blake informed her. "This is where all musicians will spend most of their time during the production of their next single, album, or if they just want to experiment with some new sounds that they can't do at home. Each room is stocked with top of the line equipment, instruments of many different types, someone who knows what every button, slider and switch will do, even a few pieces of furniture so that others can come and go to see how your work is going."

"Or if I just overwork myself and don't feel like going home I can crash on a couch." Weiss said jokingly.

"It has happened before, but so long as you let security know, they don't mind one bit." Blake retorted with that and made Weiss almost do a double take.

"I see..." Weiss trailed off, she began looking through the windows of a few of the doors as they passed by them. Inside, Weiss spotted people tuning their guitars and bases, others doing vocal exercises, she even saw one man cleaning off a shining silver trumpet.

They really did have multiple kinds of music in this building.

Finally, they stopped at a door that had its light shining red. Blake pressed her key card to another laser lock and the door unlocked.

Inside, it was relatively quiet, save for the man with blue hair and large headphones on that had music blasting into his ears.

He sat behind the desk of a large array of switches, sliders, buttons, and blinking and solid colored lights. Every few seconds, he would slid one of the sliders a few centimeters before flicking a switch.

On the other side of the desk, behind a layer of sound proof glass, stood a woman with long red hair and green eyes. She was drinking from a bottle of water that had been sitting on a stool standing right next to her.

Upon seeing the trio enter the room, the woman waved her hand and said a 'hello' that was only heard through reading her lips.

The man behind the desk seemed to be confused for a second as to why she was waving because his head stopped bobbing to the music.

Taking off the headphones, he spun around the chair and looked over to the three that now stood in the room. "Oh, what's up, guys?" he asked.

"Nothing much, Neptune." Blake said. "Just giving the newbie the tour."

"Ohhh, so this is the woman who Ruby had all that fuss about." he said.

"Fuss?" Weiss asked, looking to Ruby.

"I wasn't fussing over it." Ruby said. "And it's really nothing that you need to worry about at the moment, just ignore it."

Weiss wasn't sure how to respond to this.

"Not wanting to let her know? Fine. That's cool. So, I'm guessing that you came by here to show her the studio?" he asked.

"Exactly." Ruby said.

"So, how are you guys doing today? Things going well with the recordings?" Blake asked.

Weiss' mind was still on the whole discussion about the "fuss" that was mentioned. What could they have been talking about? Did people think it was a bad idea for her to be invited to Rose Records?

Neptune turned and flipped a switch and a speaker turned on.

"I feel they've actually been going quite well." Pyrrha's voice came through the speaker as she spoke through the microphone.

"She's been hitting the notes perfectly. One thing that we just need to get down perfectly is pace and tempo. Once we get that down, I think we'll be good for the day." Neptune informed, with Pyrrha nodding in confirmation.

"What's wrong with the tempo and pace?" Ruby questioned.

"I think it's the recorded music samples that we're using." Pyrrha said. "I feel it's a little too fast for the song, to be honest." Pyrrha said.

"Did you want the song to be the speed that it is going?" Weiss asked, injecting herself into the conversation.

"No, I honestly want it to be a little slower." Pyrrha responded.

"Then re-record the music to the pace that you want it to be at. It's your song, so you should try to get it to be as perfect as you want it to be."

"Well, we could do that, but it would require getting a whole new recording session." Neptune informed, running his hand through his hair in slight agitation.

"Then get someone to come and play here. I can see that you have a piano back there, get someone to play the song." Weiss said.

"We could do that." he said, rubbing his bare chin.

"Neptune, do you think you can write up a sheet of notes for the piano?" Pyrrha asked, she sounded as if she really liked the idea, she even had a bit of a confident grin.

"Huh? Yeah, it will take me a few minutes, but I can definitely do it." he said.

"Let's do it then."

Neptune sighed. "Whatever you say." he turned to Ruby and Blake. "Do you guys know where I can find a pianist right now?"

"I think Velvet may be getting ready to go on her lunch break. You can probably catch her if you're quick." Ruby said.

"Awesome, I'll be back. Guess you got a bit more of a break, Pyrrha." he said looking to her before turning towards the door and walking out.

Before he exited, Weiss noticed that he seemed to wink in her direction, going unnoticed by others. For some reason, her face seemed to flush slightly and her cheeks burn.

She quickly shook her head to rid herself of the blush.

Another door opened in the room and Pyrrha stepped out of the recording booth. "It gets hot in there sometimes." Pyrrha said, fanning herself off.

"Don't they have AC?" Weiss asked.

"Yes, the AC works just fine. It's more from the nerves of trying to get the songs just perfect." she said before she paused. "That and having the AC on in the middle of recording is bad since they might pick up the sounds from it."

"That's a good point." Weiss commented. "Aside from that, you still get nervous?" she asked. Admittedly, Weiss had heard of Pyrrha Nikos before. Teen idol who still performed to this day. Not absorbed by the large amounts of money that she had accumulated over the years. Many had thought that she would become a hated icon in her later years, but so far, she was still the same as she ever was and even more popular than she had ever been since she expanded her genres of music.

"A lot of people will get nervous. Even the most professional. It's just hoping that you were just as good as you were the day before."

"I can see that."

"So where were you guys coming from? There's a lot to see here."

"We just came from the main stage where Jaune and the others were warming up for their practice."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. We were showing Weiss around and we decided to go there to say hey. We even got them to play that song for us as a bit of a sample of what they could do."

Pyrrha thought for a moment, processing the information. "Oh... that song." Pyrrha said, slightly averting her eyes and a bright red blush complemented the smile that took over her face.

Weiss stood there, thinking about what she had just witnessed. Suddenly, she turned towards Ruby. "You have got to be kidding me."

Ruby looked to Weiss, knowing exactly what she was talking about. "Not kidding. This is as true as the sky is blue." she said as she grinned.

"I'm sorry, what are you two talking about?" Pyrrha asked.

"You're Jaune's fiance?" Weiss asked, her face holding astonishment.

"Umm... Yes?" Pyrrha said, not quite sure how to respond with the way she was asked.

Weiss fought her mouth from dropping to the floor.

Jaune had managed to land this knock out of a woman!?

Weiss couldn't deny that Pyrrha was a beautiful woman. She had been on multiple magazine covers showing a bit of skin at some moments, but never anything too outrageous.

But the sheer thought of Jaune marrying her was... unthinkable to her.

"I don't believe it." Weiss said.

Pyrrha held up her hand and showed off a ring that had a decently sized gem stone glistening brightly.

"Is this enough proof for you?" Pyrrha asked.

Weiss studied the ring briefly. It was a topaz gem and was surrounded by smaller gems, looking to be diamonds.

Weiss grinned lightly. "Topaz aren't that expensive." She commented. A thought went through her mind, why was she trying to find a flaw in the ring?

"So?" Pyrrha asked. "November is my birthday, so he got me the birthstone. It's not about the cost, but more about the meaning behind it and the thought that he put into it." she had gotten defensive and told Weiss just why it wasn't a great expense.

"I'm sorry." Weiss said. "I didn't mean any offense. To be honest, I don't know where the question came from."

"It's fine. Just remember the old saying, look before you leap and think before you speak." Pyrrha said. Now it sounded like she was treating Weiss like a child.

Well, Weiss couldn't really blame her. She had just insulted the ring that her boyfriend had given her to ask her hand in marriage.

Suddenly, an awkward silence took over the four.

"So, Pyrrha." Ruby quickly noticed this and decided to bring up a new subject. "Why don't you tell us the story of how you and Jaune met, just to give Weiss a little more... insight on the relationship that the two of you have shared in the past few years."

"Now that's a story that will take some time." Pyrrha responded.

"Well, I think we have enough time before Neptune gets back with Velvet."

Pyrrha sighed and smiled again. "Fine. Take a seat." she said, motioning towards two white couches in the corner of the room that formed an L shape against the walls.

Weiss sat down on one with Ruby next to her while Blake and Pyrrha took a seat on the other.

"Where should I start."

"From where you met and then speed tell through present?" Blake suggested.

"That sounds like it will work. Let's see. It was about three years ago when the two of us met. Actually, it was at one of my concerts. Jaune's band was one of the opening acts, I found out afterwards that a quarter of the people who had bought tickets left after their band was done on stage. But that's something else. We met backstage when he was tuning a guitar. He broke a string and he was looking for more strings when I brought one over to him. That lead to the two of us talking before he went on stage. But just before he went out, he told me that he had enjoyed talking with me and asked me out for coffee. I know it's a little cheesy and sounds cliche, but that is how it happened."

"Well, Jaune was always one to be forward." Weiss commented.

"Oh?" Pyrrha asked curiously.

"He might have had a bit of a crush on me back in high school. Which is one of the reasons why today has been a bit of a mind trip. Back then, he was one of the people that others who were... "higher up on the food chain" I guess you could say, would try to avoid." Weiss admitted.

"So you were one of the popular girls that scoffed at people under you?" Pyrrha asked with a teasing smile.

"Yes, and I regret being that way to this day. It was probably my fifth month in college when I looked back and realized how much of a bitch I had been to people."

"Let's just hope that old personality doesn't come out at all." Blake commented.

"I have been trying my best for the past few years for that not to happen. Whenever I do, I just... I'm sorry, I turned this into a 'me' story. Please, go back to what you were saying."

"Um.. alright. Anyway. A few days after the concert, I got a text message from my manager with a number and he told me to message it. I did, and it turned out to be Jaune's number because we had forgotten to exchange numbers. We made a date and we went out for coffee... we tried to, at least."

"What do you mean?" Weiss asked.

"When we went out, we were both hounded by paparazzi. Constant questions and camera flashes."

"I can understand how you feel. With the position that my father is in, our family is constantly under the watchful eye of the media."

"And yet you decide to pursue a career in which you will attract more media attention." Ruby commented.

"Not the brightest idea, huh?"

"I didn't say that, it's just unusual." Ruby finished, letting Pyrrha continue.

"We then were able to ditch the paparazzi and managed to find a small coffee shop somewhere in the city. We both admitted that we had no idea where we were."

Weiss face palmed lightly.

"What do you expect?" Pyrrha asked. "We were in Vacuo. I'm from Mistral, and Jaune is from Vale. We were both in uncharted territory. So at the coffee shop, we seemed to talk for hours. It wasn't until the sun began to go down that we realized how long we had been there."

"I have to admit, that sounds like a really great time." Weiss said.

"It was." Pyrrha confirmed. "I'm not one to brag, Weiss. But I think you really missed out on something. Who knows, maybe a few years ago you should have agreed to Jaune's date."

"I don't think so." Weiss said.

"Why not?"

"Well, for one, you wouldn't have him today. And second, he really isn't my type." Weiss responded kindly.

Pyrrha's mouth was slightly agape for a moment before once more smiling. "Understandable."

At that moment, the door opened and in walked Neptune and a girl with long brown hair and two large rabbit ears sitting atop her head.

"Alright, I got her. And I already wrote half of the notes on the walk over. Give me a few more moments and we can get this show on the road." Neptune stated as he sat down at the chair at his desk and began writing down the notes onto the sheet.

Velvet looked over in their direction as they entered the room.

"You must be Weiss." Velvet said as she walked over to the ivory haired girl. she held out her hand to greet her. "I'm Velvet, it's nice to meet you."

"Likewise, Velvet." Weiss shook her hand back.

"I saw the clip from your Vytal Idol audition. I should say, I feel they made a bad choice in not giving you a chance. I think you would have made it pretty far in the tournament."

Weiss smiled. "Thank you, that means a lot."

"Don't mention it."

"I can see a lot of work between the two of you in the future." Pyrrha said.

"What?" Weiss asked.

Ruby looked to Pyrrha. "I was thinking the same thing actually." she then looked to Weiss. "What she means is that the pace that both you and Velvet have in your songs are fairly similar. Slow starts, speeding up at some points, and leaving a powerful impact with the beat and the lyrics and notes. I'm sure you can do a lot with your voice."

"I can."

"Perfect."

Weiss and Velvet exchanged a short glance at each other before nodding at each other, both thinking that the idea seemed like it could work.

"Hey Velvet, how do these look?" Neptune asked from his desk.

"Oh, well, duty calls. Once again, nice to meet you, Weiss." Velvet said as she went over and began looking over the note sheet.

"I should probably look over it with them. It was good to see you all." Pyrrha said as she got up from the couch and joined the other two.

Blake was the next one to stand. "We should continue with what we have left of the tour." She said. "There isn't that much left."

"Let's go." Ruby said as she too stood up.

Weiss joined them as Blake opened the door and they left the recording room.

Before the door closed, Weiss heard Neptune call out. "So long, Snowflake."

Weiss shook her head as she heard that.

"Not that nickname." she remembered how that had been one of the many nicknames that she was titled with in high school.

The rest of the tour only took another twenty minutes.

The last room that was left to show was, of course, Ruby's office.

Walking into the room, Weiss found that it was a very calming place.

She would have thought that an office of the head of the record company would have been a little dull and hardly decorated.

But there was plenty there.

To the right, there was a square of red couches surrounding a coffee table that had a few magazines spread across. To the left, there were two large red chairs that were right next to an electric fireplace. A single small table sat next to each of the chairs. Along the walls, there were more framed pictures, posters, and albums of bands. Some Weiss weren't even sure that they had been a part of Rose Records in the past or present.

They must have just been collectibles.

There was a liquor bar close to the fireplace that seemed to be untouched because all of the bottles of liquor were either still completely full or their wax cover was still keeping it closed.

'Not a drinker is she? Well, it's not like that's a bad thing.'

She could tell from the way that her feet slightly sunk into the floor that the carpet was made of something very soft and plush.

A desk sat towards the back of the room. Obviously Ruby's. It was a gray, thin, yet sturdy desk that had a small computer monitor sitting atop along with a keyboard and mouse. Other small papers, pencils, and other knickknacks that are usually on desks also rested on it. A plain black desk chair was what completed the set.

To the right of the desk sat a trio of guitars. One in the color of red and black, another in white and red, and the third being colored gray and black.

'She plays guitar. A lot of people here seem to do that. I guess it is one of the more popular instruments to learn along with the bass.' Weiss said to herself.

Ruby walked into the door behind Weiss and the door closed, Blake staying outside.

'Ah, business time.'

"Take a seat at one of the couches there." Ruby said.

Weiss did just that and sat up right.

Ruby went over to her desk and grabbed a piece of paper that was laying there and swiped a pen from it as well.

Quickly making her way over to the couch adjacent from Weiss, Ruby sat down and rested the paper on the table.

"Now I know that the decision for you is probably not final for you just yet. But I want you to know that the offer is literally on the table right now." Ruby said.

"That it is." Weiss said, looking over the document. Weiss knew that deep within her that she wanted to do nothing more than to snatch the pen from Ruby's hand and sign her name to the company.

This is what she had wanted for years now. To make a living singing. The thing that she loved to do more than anything.

"But first, I would like to know exactly what I would be getting myself into." Weiss informed Ruby.

"Of course. I guess the first thing that we can go over is that you will gain access to our studio one hundred percent. You can make music to your hearts content."

"But what about living situation? I can't jet to the island and back every day. It would be easier for me to have a place on the island close to the studio."

"We've already thought of that." Ruby said.

"You have?"

"Yeah, where do you think everyone here lives?"

"Homes around the island?"

"Yes and no. There are some that own actual homes in the town. But for those who couldn't get a home, they live at one of the resorts on the coast. Half of one of the complexes there is devoted to the living of everyone at Rose Records."

"Seriously?" Weiss asked.

"I am. We denied it at first, but they said that they wanted to repay the company for bringing them hundreds of thousands of tourists every year, and this is they way they wanted to do it. So we finally broke when more and more people began running into living situations."

"I see."

"Now for me, all this business stuff is boring as all hell. Everyone here knows it, and I'm not going to keep it a secret. But Weiss, I can tell that you want this a lot. I'm a people person in that sense. So Weiss, I'm going to ask you. What do you want to do? Are you going to sign this contract? Or not?"

Ruby held out the pen to Weiss.

Weiss looked at the paper, the pen, and Ruby.

And she made her decision.

Yo!

Once again, been a while guys. Sorry about that, school is finally winding down and I am getting back into the writing mood :D

Before I say anything else, I want to say one thing.

I'm sorry.

Not for the chapter taking so long. But for going against one of the rules of FanFiction and posting something that was not story related and was related to me and the rest of the writers from Legion 205 beginning streaming. Of course, I got a few messages and reviews from some people and I will admit just made me feel horrible.

So, here I am, apologizing to you all. I'm sorry that I lead you on and got all your hopes of another chapter being released.

But, now there is really a chapter! :D

And before I get a review or PM asking about it. Yes, I have heard the new soundtrack. Yes, I will be working some of the songs from the soundtrack into the story. And I loved, absolutely, loved the soundtrack. Best one yet.

That does it for this chapter guys.

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