AN: Ok so I haven't slept in 36 hours, this is my brain on insomnia.

On with the story.


"You are being re-assagnied to work as security detail for Jaune Arc, at the insistence of his assistant he is getting new staff. You will be the head of security." Ironwood says to Specialist Winter Shcnee.

Winter Schnee is a specialist in the Atlesian Military's Special Operatives unit. She is a tall young woman, with a fair complexion, white hair and slate blue eyes. Her hair is tied up in a bun at the rear left corner of her head, causing her bangs to fall towards the right side of her face, and leaving a small curled lock of hair that reaches below her left ear. Her attire is blue, white and gray colored. It consists of a white coat with a red brooch, exposed upper arms and black gloves. Her pants have garters incorporated into them.

"It will be nice to meet the genius spearheading our technology." Winter states.

"He did give me a message for you however, before I assigned you to the security detail." Ironwood states.

"What is it sir?" Winter asks.

"He said that you'll hate him." Ironwood states calmly.

"It is too early for such opinions." Winter says calmly.

"Well when you do go to R&D, I have words of advice for you: Steel yourself." With that Ironwood waves her out his office.


As Winter arrives at R&D she opens the door and is greeted with bizzare scene.

"Stay still Stevens, this will only hurt until you stop living!" A Blond haired man chases Stevens, an old man in a lab coat, with a mechanical worm in his hands.

"Sir please put the metaphysical worm back into the test chamber!" Stevens yells as he runs faster than a man of that age has business moving.

"What?! This is the physiological carnage worm!" Jaune comes to a stop and examines the worm "Whoops it seems you are right Stevens! So sorry, let me go get the actual physiological carnage worm!"

"Sir we have a Guest." Stevens pants out.

"Do we?! Why didn't you speak up dear?!" Jaune yells at Sir Pounce-a-little.

"Sir it is Specialist Schnee." Stevens turns Jaune's head to face her.

"Oh! So sorry dear, thought you were coming yesterday. Must be early." Jaune trails off.

"Specialist Schnee reporting for duty Sir, I assume you are Jaune's boss?" Winter asks.

"No, Jaune is my boss, and consequently your boss as well. He is the head of all of R&D." Stevens sighs and explains again.

"He, is our boss? He just tried to kill you!" Winter exclaims.

"What?! No I didn't, the physiological carnage worm reverses aging, or inverts gender. Could never remember which. No matter, would you like to test the worm?" Jaune asks.

"What, no!" Winter yells.

"Your loss then, now why are you here Winter?" Jaune asks.

"Reporting for security detail. Wait I didn't tell you my name." Winter says guarded.

"Oh that, I asked the me that married your little sister in about six years. He told me such interesting things about you, never cared to learn about the sister. He was much more lucid than I however." Jaune says cryptically. "So why are you early? You are supposed to be here yesterday not today, always confuddles the mind when people are early."

"Sir yesterday is Ironwood asking me for updates on our workings. Today is Specialist Schnee showing up and working together with me to get you working again." Stevens just goes along with how Jaune speaks without missing a beat.

"I'm confused, why does he say yesterday instead of tomorrow?" Winter asks.

"Oh she does not know! Well if you must know, and you will need to! Yesterday is the transient passing of time that means what happens next but has already happened in the future! Today means the time that is passing unabated by choice until a choice is made, then it becomes tomorrow! Oh what wonders I will learn with you, trust me when I say you will actually teach me more than I teach you!" Jaune explains.

"That made no sense." Winter deadpans.

"It gets easier with time Winter. The first week will be hell." Stevens soothes.

"EUREKA!" Jaune suddenly exclaims and then explodes again covering the lab in blood and viscera.

"What the hell happened to him?!" Winter screams in horror.

"Give it a moment dear, this is an hourly event." Stevens sighs.

"That was a particularly nasty one, maybe I should have given the metaphysical worm to the Maw of Uncountable Sorrows. Maybe that would have made this one pink! Oh Stevens, give me the metatransient worm of happiness!" Jaune reappears and reaches his arm unerringly towards Stevens and stares at the wall he screamed at when he told Ironwood Winter would hate him.

Stevens just grabs a mechanical worm and hands it to Jaune.

"Thank you Stevens. Oh almighty Maw of Untouchable Touchableness, I offer thee a worm of metatransient hapiness. Enjoy!" Jaune speaks at the wall.

Nothing happens and Winter doubts his sanity when suddenly a massive mouth opens and eats the worm. The Maw flashes purple and the disappears.

"AHA! I knew the Maw's wanted these worms, only took seven hundred years to make the worms, but it was worth it. Oh August, over here, open the chest in the corner, contains your uniform. So sorry that you were stripped by the Maw, they tend to do weird things." Jaune points to the corner then Winter's naked body.

She shrieks and rushes to the chest, the moment she touches the chest it springs open and all her uniform is back on.

"If I had know it would have done that I would have used the transient anger worm." Jaune speaks to Sir Pounce-a-little.


AN: Another chapter of this story.

Guest- Thanks for that buddy, trust that this will have loads of chapters, this idea has been running around in my head for the last 36 hours.

Aiellord- As you see it only gets more confusing, and if you think you understand it now... well you won't next chapter.