The bustling city known as Vale is known for many things. It was home to Beacon Academy which trained Huntsmen and Huntresses of the future. It also was the capital of the Kingdom known as Vale. It had people walking the street and driving cars in the day time as well as many going out into the light-filled streets to enjoy their night.
Some people prefer to spend their nights at clubs to drink, dance or even more. However with the night awoke the darker part of the city as people moved in the shadows and took care to avoid others lest they be reported to those who wish to keep the streets peaceful.
Ruby Rose was skulking in the shadows as she eyed a night club, one that would normally deny her entry if she hadn't had an appointment there beforehand.
Ruby peeked around, checking to see if there was anyone following her and when none appeared in her eyes she strode over to the club and entered.
The place flashed with crazy disco lights as people hopped and danced on the floor. A few of the patrons sat at tables nursing drinks and talking, possibly sharing stories to impress those around them. There was one guy who was waving his shirt above his head as he downed a drink.
Ruby grimaced at the sight and she pushed forward to the bar where a burly man was wiping a glass down.
"What are you even doing here kid?" the man asked and Ruby looked toward the ground. "I need help looking for someone, can you help me?"
"Sure, do you got a picture?" The man asked and Ruby pulled out her scroll
The man nodded and he waved towards two girl, they both looked as if they were twins, to led Ruby somewhere. One was wearing a white dress with bladed heals and next to her was a girl in a red outfit with wicked claws on her hands.
"Hey its a brat. Why do you want us to babysit this brat." The one in white whined
"Be nice Melanie." the man sighed.
"Ugh fine! Whatever. You can get us some of those nice lattes that the coffee shop down the road sells." Melanie spat
"Ooh get some of those nice cakes too, nothing beats them." the red one smiled.
"Miltia... Melanie... just go take this girl to the room. We'll find her parents soon enough."
The twins both stuck their tongue out at the man and they strutted away.
"Follow me little red." Melanie sneered, dropping the sneer when the man threw her a glare.
The trio walked down a hallway and into the backroom of the club where a spacious red carpet lounge. Several chairs were scattered around a mahogany table and on the charcoal walls hung several pictures of landscapes and pictures.
Ruby took a seat down in one of the chairs and she waited.
The twins that had accompanied Ruby into the room sat down nearby.
"So why are you here little red?" Melanie questioned.
"Business."
"Business you say? You?" The girl in red cackled, Miltia was her name?
"What could you possibly want?" You don't look old enough to give Hei anything... except maybe..." Melanie threw her sister a look and the twins smiled.
"Sorry hun, but I think he likes his girls a little older." they taunted and Ruby pouted, her face growing red.
"I'm not here for that!" She shrieked
"Not here for what?" a male voice spoke and the trio froze.
Ruby turned to the door to see Professor Port and Oobleck as well as the man from the counter.
The twins quickly stood up and the counter man sighed.
"Girls... what did I say about teasing our clients."
They both mumbled and left to stand by the wall.
"Thank you all for coming! Most of you know but for those of you who don't I am Ruby Rose! Introduce yourselves!" Ruby announced.
Junior looked toward the two and then toward the person who agreed to work with. He curled his hands and placed them together. Silence permeated through the room as everyone stared at each other. The two professors also looked at Junior as if observing what he'd do. The twins in the background shut their mouths upon realizing how tense the situation was. After a few minutes the ice as movement drew everyone's attention.
A tall spinly man stood up first, his green hair and round glasses illuminated in the light. A hand to his chest he started to speak. Dr. Bartholomew Oobleck. Professor of History, archaeologist and a professor of Beacon."
Next was the portly man next to him. "Professor Peter Port, Huntsmen extraordinaire and professor of Beacon."
The remaining male in the room looked at the two, eyes narrowed as he tried to find any deceit but upon seeing none he sighed. "Junior, owner of the Club."
"Great!" Ruby exclaimed, the noise drawing everyone's attention to her. "Now that we've introduced ourselves. We can start the meeting. My first priority is to talk about the different factions in play. For all we know there are around five factions participating in this "shadow game"
Despite it being a game, the Grim and the White Fang are deep in this and Junior has some news about the White Fang faction. As for the other three factions there is our faction, the Rose Faction, next we have our priority target, the Yang Faction, and finally we have the last faction the Wizard faction." Ruby took a breathe and she waved a hand toward Junior.
"Junior can you tell us what the White Fang has been up to these past few weeks?"
The man stood up as Ruby sat down in her chair. He paced to gather his thoughts and turned to face the table.
"The White Fang has been gathering dust and moving it within the city of Vale. Despite there having been robberies reported in the city the White Fang has an abnormal amount of dust, enough to store to capactiy around five warehouses and much more dust than several stores could have held. This means that they've been procuring dust elsewhere. On another note, there has also been numerous recruitment drives in obscure locations to recruit the disgruntled faunus that has been harassed due to the outbreak of robberies and White Fang activities. Currently my boys can't infiltrate these places but I am working on hiring faunus to work for me." Junior reported
"What are your thoughts about the White Fang." He asked the crowd and the three from Beacon looked at each other.
"I knew the White Fang existed but are they really causing us trouble?" Ruby asked.
"We shouldn't be fighting each other, we should focus our attention on the Grimm" Professor Port declared. jovially
"The White Fang is a group of misguided individuals who resorted to violence to achieve what they want. This is the second coming of the Faunus Wars which we are doomed to repeat if we do not correct it." Dr. Oobleck gave his honest opinion.
"I just want to know where they're getting their dust." Junior growled.
"I believe I have a solution to that question. You see! Although the robberies do procure dust, as you point it the amount of dust you have seen does not fit the amount of dust reportedly stolen and there is an answer to that. For those of you who follow world news there is a general unrest and an outcry for action in Atlas right now. Many dust stores have been reported stolen from over the last few months by a notorious Roman Torchwick as he steals from stores left and right. Many are claiming insurance for stolen goods and the SDC is calling for better security else they cancel dust shipment altogether. Of course the public response to this statement leaves them in a less than favorable light and to think they've finally been able to bury the scandal with their heiress... Alas the main point is that the SDC and other dust elites are pushing for more security in the city where they'll petition to station more Atlesian Knights Model #200 in the city as well as enforce a strict curfew with regular checks and raids. On another note there are those who wish to oppose such measures as it is an invasion of privacy and a showcase of brutality..." Dr. Oobleck proclaims
Ruby was lost as she looked over at the other two, both of them equally glassy-eyed as they tried to make out what the doctor had said.
"Slow down there, put it in simple terms." Junior interrupts with a hand slamming into the table and Dr. Oobleck's glasses flashed as his attention turned to the man.
"To put it simply, the dust must have come from Atlas, stolen by none other than Roman Torchwick, potentially obtaining money from the White Fang."
"Thank you Doctor." Ruby exclaims. "Onto the next issue. We have to discuss about the Yang Faction. As of now we know that a person named Yang Xiao-Long is part of the Yang faction, two of her potential accomplishes are Ilia Amitola and Russel Thrush, both students at Beacon academy where we can keep an eye on them. They are currently out partying alongside team ABYN here in Vale."
"I can have the twins tail them, see if they contact any suspicious individuals. Maybe charm the Russel guy with their womanly ways."
From behind him one of the twins scoffed at the idea while the other just grimaced. "As if Hei, for that you owe us." the white one scolded.
"No, they are only under suspicion, until we get more evidence I'm not going to break apart my team on some whim. Until further notice we just have to be wary of them. They're in Vale right now but its only for a party. If they do go out on more excursions we can do something about it, but until then we hold back."
Junior just gives her a look and he settles back down.
"So we know that there are five factions, the Rose faction, us. The Yang Faction, The Grimm, the White Fang, and the Wizard.
There are four other factions and there are four of us. I'll investigate the Yang Faction since I'm the one closest to their ages as well as having two potential contacts within my own team." Ruby declared
"Junior! You have been putting forth effort in finding out about the White Fang so you shall be in charge of their faction, try to find out what they want with that dust and see if you can take some of it from them." Ruby ordered and the man sighs and retorts. "I'll need to be paid in information. If any of you can provide information on huntsmen who'll be partaking in raids. At least give me a warning so I can make use of my assets to help us." Junior bargained and Ruby turned to the professors.
"Oh ho! We're not exactly close with the police force. What we can do is ask some of our old huntsmen buddies to cash in a few favors! Keep an ear out for any raids and the likes. If it comes down to it we can apply to bail you out." Professor Port spoke.
"For the Grimm faction, Professor Port I'll leave it to you to handle, you're the Grimm Studies expert after all."
"I'll do my best laddy, The grimm won't even know what hit them." Professor Port chortled and she turned to the last of their group.
"The Wizards faction is the most mysterious of the other faction. It might be some sort of fairy tail thingie but it could also mean something... possibly a semblance. I'm sorry for handling you the most difficult task but can you find out more about this Wizard."
"The difference between a researcher and a historian is that one looks at things they do not understand and makes something new of it. The other looks at something and try to understand it. I'll do what I can to understand our mysterious adversary. But remember my duty as a historian and most importantly a teacher comes first. Miss Rose." Dr. Oobleck explained.
Ruby nodded and she looked at everyone in the room, even to the twins who were busy typing away at their own scrolls. As if on queue her own scroll made a sound which she recognized instantly as a text notification. She pulled the scroll out and saw it was from Russel. "Yang gave the go-ahead, pick up Pyrrha and we can do some "Team-bonding".
"Meeting adjourn" Ruby announced and she skipped out of the room, happy with all the progress that they've made.
A.4 observed the people leaving and they took out a scroll. "How was the meeting?" they typed and within seconds a message appeared.
"The general what to do meeting, We have some of our restrictions raised, yet others are restricted."- A.8
"Anyone else missed aside from me?" -A.4
"A.2, A.3 (TBC), A.6, A.8 missed the first half while A.7 missed the second." - A.1
"A.3 is still TBC? Didn't A.2 talk to her?" -A.4
"A.2 has yet to confirm if she is a reliable source or not. For all we know PA.3 might betray us to Cinder." A.5
"A.2 also had been off the radar for now, Atlas is much more technologically advanced than Vale and they can trace his scroll texts and calls if he isn't to careful. Its a new timeline so any instances he knew as absolutely safe is gone in the wind." -A.1
"Bac, can we have fun yet? I'd need a stress relief if this is gonna be a joke line then please what restrictions did we lift?" -A.7
"We agreed on removing the restriction on reputation. If you want to make yourself the worst person possible go ahead. Also we are doubling our restriction on restraint. With these new players at work we cannot allow those who will not work with us to gauge who is able to traverse alongside them." -A.1
"That is our leader. Will you remove the restriction on relationships?" -A.5
"I don't see why not, Its a time to have fun" -A.7
"Alright, just don't go to overboard." -A.1
"Keep your fantasies out of this A.5 and A.7, I don't want to come back to hear about your conquest." -A.8"
"Just message me later about what you've removed and added and I'll accommodate." -A.4
"Deleting the chat again. Any more questions?" -A.1
"Who should I bang first?" A.7
"Ooh how about A.8, she'll appreciate it." -A.5
"How about we take A.7 and stuff him in the biggest grim pool we can find, Maybe then I'll date him." -A.8
"Savage, you gonna take that?" -A.5
"Fight me! Now!" -A.7
"I'll just delete the chat" -A.
Honestly I'm done with this for today... This is like the twelve time I've written this, four of those today alone.
My laptop has the unfortunate condition of broken battery, and the charger port is broken where if i move it the wrong way it stops charging. Lo and behold the few seconds before it dies doesn't allow me to to save and thus all the progress I've made I lost. I've written the Rose Faction meeting scene all of these times, and that was before I changed it due to it not being what I thought it'd be.
On another note, Tuesdays will be changing to any time I can update. School is being particularly harsh and I'm approaching my final year before my transfer. And after posting this I have to go and grab some water on the way home for some babysitting. Early class at 8:30 tomorrow as well... I'll see you all on a date.