It only felt like a few minutes, but I could feel the sunlight going through the window. I opened my eyes a bit and got up slowly from my bed. I took a minute to stretch my head around and head towards the bathroom. I took a quick five minute shower. I headed towards the bathroom mirror and wiped the fog off it. Then I noticed the scar across my chest. I didn't remember how I got it, but it was always with me. Even when I was a child… Back with mom and dad.
"I have weird feeling about today." I say to myself.
I decide to get dressed in the suit that Glynda gave me. Now that I look at myself in it; it's not exactly the best looking. I mean sometimes the simple look works, but in this case I don't think I'll appeal to the students. So I took off the coat and replaced it with the coat with my logo on it. Now I look like I'm not simple now. I grabbed my two revolvers and put them inside my coat pocket. I grab my hat and head out the door.
I look towards my left and see Glynda and some other older gentleman talking. Well time to make an impression Uldran. So I decided to head towards them to see what they are doing. I start hearing bits of their conversation from across. From what I can tell they are talking about the recent problems with the Atlas Trade Charter being compromised in some manner. I only knew the small matters in that Atlas supplies Vale with dust and other materials required.
"I'm pretty sure the founders of the charter didn't intend for Atlas having a higher power than our police force." Glynda says.
"True, but that is the price for having security in Vale." I follow up with
"This must be the new blood joining us!" The gentleman said
"Ugh… This is Uldran. Uldran this is Dr. Bartholowmew Oobleck." Glynda says
"A pleasure to meet you doctor." I tell him as I go shake his hand.
"So what do you know about the trade charter?" Dr. Oobleck asks.
"From what I've seen while growing up, Atlas supplies Vale with dust and other materials required to defend ourselves and in exchange they technically put us in a prison." I say
"How so?" Dr. Oobleck asks. His face turns into curiosity as my answer might decide if I'm going to be likeable or not.
"A simple package of bread is how much money 2$? Now a small amount of dust costs at least 10 times as much. Now the choice would be clear that food must take precedence over weaponry, but what you don't realize is that dust prices are starting to skyrocket due to White Fang activity." I say
"Then with those prices skyrocketing defense is going to be more of a priority now. So then that simple 20$ you could have paid is now 60$. So then with those attacks continuing or even rising the prices and need for defense begin to skyrocket; It's only a matter of time before riots take place because the police are unable to defend its citizens. Who's to thank for this? Atlas." I follow up
We were all silent for a bit. I'm pretty sure somewhere along my convoluted explanation I made my opinion clear on the matter. Glynda is face palming her head right now in shame and Dr. Oobleck is weirdly intrigued.
"I like him Glynda." Dr. Oobleck says.
We both then laughed out loud. Not going to lie I was expecting something different like some long lecture on business ethics, but he likes what I've said. Then I realized that I'm going to meet with Ozpin. He sent me a message he wants to meet me about specialized coaching.
"I should probably head out and meet with Ozpin. He's expecting me. Thank you for the conversation though." I say to Dr. Oobleck.
I start running towards the elevator that is past them and I wave back expecting a response. I get a small wave from Dr. Oobleck and Glynda just ignores me. Well with that being done I should see what Ozpin has to say. So I got in the elevator and headed towards the headmaster's office. When I step out of the elevator I take a moment to see the surroundings. It's much roomier than I'd imagine. I could also see outside of Beacon through here. I bet having an office here is awesome.
"You wanted to see me sir?" I ask Ozpin
I walk towards the seat in front of his desk and sit in it. Ozpin takes the mug next to him and drink from it. He puts down the mug and hands me four files. I could only see two of the names. The first name was Ruby's, that girl with the giant scythe that transforms into a gun. The other name is Weiss Schnee. Her name seems familiar, but nothing is coming to my head. So I grab the folders and pile them on top of each other.
"You will have a special job besides being a teacher Uldran." Ozpin says "These are going to be students you will be coaching."
"Coaching?" I inquire "What seperates these students from the others?"
The air gets suddenly colder. Something feels off, but it feels familiar. Ozpin face turns serious. Yeah I probably just asked something I shouldn't have. I have to be calm however, It could always be worse.
"That is not for you to know." Ozpin replies
"So when will I know? After a certain time or after a goal?" I ask
"Everything you need to know is in those folders. I expect you to read them and then give me your lesson plan for the semester." Ozpin says
All of the sudden I hear this loud being noise coming from his computer. That's probably the email I sent about 5 minutes ago. Really should change the tone. That sounds just like a bomb ticking down. Really makes me paranoid. He then pulls out a holographic screen and sees the mail from me.
"So read these folders and I'm good?" I ask
"I suggest you meet with the team you are coaching and lay down some plans." Ozpin suggests.
"Got it."
I then leave the room with the folders in my hand and head towards my room. Inside I'm laying down on the bed and reading over them. These girls are interesting. I got to hand it to Ozpin for giving me a group to work with. From what I can tell they seem to be really connected well to each other. I guess saving a city from grimm has its benefits. Some have weird personalities though. Guess I should probably call Ruby up here and we can talk a bit. Because I still have no idea what I'm exactly coaching them on.
"I should probably take a look in the rulebook and see what I should exactly do." I say out loud.
I head towards the desk and pull out the rulebook and flip towards the page about coaching. Says here I'm supposed to look over them and give them general advice. I'm also supposed to meet with them once a week and train them on ways they can improve. I'll probably do that over a period of 4 days: a day for each person and some team exercise or something along those lines. I log on the computer and look towards the location of where team RWBY is staying at. They are located in room 205 in the south building. That's not much of a walk from here. Guess I should make my way towards there.
I grab my coat and walk outside of my building and start making my way towards where they are staying at. I'm only a few steps from entering the building when I see Ruby exit out the building. She looks towards me and waves. I walk towards her waving back.
"It's been a bit hasn't it Ruby?" I ask her.
"Yep." Ruby says "So… where are you going?"
"I actually need to talk to you about something." I tell her. "Let's go to the cafeteria?"
I hear her stomach growl and she laughs. Yep she definitely wants some food. So we make way inside the cafeteria and grab some food. We find a spot across each other and we sit down. I then look at Ruby eating really fast. Damn she eats pretty fast. I should probably tell her about me being her coach.
"Ruby?" I ask
"Mhmm?" Ruby says with her mouth full.
"So apparently besides me teaching survival tactics to students I'm also going to be your coach." I tell Ruby.
Ruby swallows the food in her mouth and gasps for air.
"What's a coach?" Ruby inquires
"I'm just the guy to make sure your team stays in top shape. So I'm here to make you guys look more awesome." I tell Ruby.
"YAY!" Ruby yells out. "We get to become good buddies, talk about guns, cheat on our papers…."
At this point Ruby is just spouting out things I could do for her, but I'm afraid to stop her. I should mention that I have to meet her friends and have to interview them separately. I just need to get to know them better. Besides they probably have questions for me.
"… Then you can tell us the meaning of life and" Ruby babbled.
"Ruby!" I yell. "Sorry it's just that sometimes you are really loud. I need to talk to your friends. I'm pretty sure they have questions about me."
"Alrighty then." Ruby says.
We both get up and then Ruby grabs me by the hand and we run towards her table where her team is sitting at. I see a blonde woman with purple eyes, a long black haired woman with a bow and a white haired woman with a ponytail.
"Hey guys guess what?" Ruby yells out as we get closer to her friends.
We get to the table and Ruby sits down next to the blonde woman.
"This is Uldran… the guy I was talking about with the two giant cannons." Ruby says "He's going to be our coach. He's going to make us awesome."
"A pleasure to meet you all. I'm going to be teaching survival classes and this would be my first teaching job." I say to them
"The lovely person I'm sitting next to is my dear sister Yang." Ruby says
"Didn't know we had a stud for a coach." Yang flirted out.
"Thanks." I responded
"Next the sister in a bow Blake." Ruby says
"So you're our coach?" Blake inquires "We should talk later."
"Planned on doing so later today anyway." I tell Blake.
"And lastly the Ice Queen…" Ruby says
"My name isn't Ice queen." The white haired woman says "My name is Weiss Schnee. Heiress to the Schnee Dust Company."
"A pleasure to meet you Weiss." I say
"We'll see about that." Weiss says. "So tell me why are you our coach?"
"Because it's part of my job." I respond to her. "Any way I have to go to a workshop for teachers in about 20 minutes. Meet me in room 402 in the central building. Say about 7:00? I'll explain more to you guys and get to know all of you better."
They all nod in agreement and I make my way towards the exit. I over hear Ruby yelling out "Don't forget to bring food!" I give her a thumb up and head towards the workshop. I thought that workshop would never end. After two hours of constant lecture on how to teach, I felt wiped out, but I had those interviews I had to do. Therefore I double timed it back to my room and waited inside. Inside I took off my suit and put on a regular shirt and jeans. Only after that I hear the door barge open.
"Come on in. I'm just changing into something more comfortable." I yelled out.
I walked towards the door to see that team RWBY was walking through my living quarters.
"So can I grab you guys anything?" I ask
"Some water would be nice." Weiss says
So while they take a seat on the table, I go grab the glasses and fill them with water. I pull up the desk chair and sit at the end that oversees them. Really feels like I'm a corporate badass when I'm like this. I give them a glass each and wait for them to get comfortable.
"Okay so I have no idea what exactly coaching is, but from what I read it's just making sure you guys are at top shape. So I'm going to interview you all separately if that's fine." I ask
"But first you all should get to know me. Ask any question you guys have about me and I'll answer it."
Team RWBY was silent for the next few minutes. They were trying to think of questions they wanted to ask me. Then Ruby just gives me this awkward look and motions me to just give a basic introduction of myself.
"The name is Uldran. I don't know much about my past other than the fact that at the age of 10 I was being raised in the wild with a group of scavengers. Ever since then I have honed my ability to survive out in the wilderness because if I didn't, I wouldn't be here to tell you guys about it." I tell them
"You forgot to show them your guns Uldran!" Ruby yells
"I don't think having people show guns is necessary to meet people" Blake says
"But it's awesome." Ruby says
"Okay I have a question for ya coach." Yang says "You said that this is your first teaching job. Is that true?"
"Yep. First time applying for the job. One day I just got a flyer for job applications for an extracurricular teacher and on the qualifications test I aced it." I tell her "After that they did a background check and surprisingly enough I passed through for some reason."
"So how did someone like you get to become a teacher at the most prestigious school in Vale?" Weiss asks.
"Did you see the news two days ago about a guy saving some prisoners from the White Fang and stopping their production of weapons?" I ask "That was me."
"Didn't you have an interview to go to Uldran?" Blake wonders
"Well right after that I went up to Beacon. You should have seen me. My suit smelled like gunpowder and bad booze. It also looked like I lost a fight with 50 Ursai. The funny part was that they hired me right on the spot after showing them what I did." I tell Blake.
I yawn out loud. At this point it is safe to say that there is no way I'm able to interview them late at this night. Besides I have to make sure my study plan is finalized and submit it to Ozpin.
"Hey listen can we do the interviews over a progress of two days?" I ask them "I'll do Blake and Yang tomorrow then Weiss and Ruby the day after. Does that sound good?"
They all look at each other and nod. We all get up and I let them out the door. We wave at each other and they head off. I close the door and crash down on my bed face first.
"Too tired to think… Need to… get… some." I murmer.
Then just like that I fall straight asleep.