The Markets of Weoeras

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Ryan slumped off the chair, and continued to snore, for he was sound asleep. He remained asleep even on the cold concrete floor, and with the light of the sun beaming down on him. Gavin had left him in the middle of the night, spooked of all the legends of the Altar. Only by Ryan's want for Edgar did he continue his research on the work of the devil, and not chickened like Gavin. He had honestly wanted to just leave, but he could not. Edgar was at the end of the tunnel, a tunnel in which the light was so close….

SMACK.

Yang had charged through the door, and slapped Ryan across the arms to wake him up. He remained asleep. She raised her slipper again, and once again popped Ryan. This time he jolted awake, clutching his arm. He stared at Yang and the others surrounding him. Ruby waved at him, giving a sympathetic and weak smile.

"We're going to the market." She told him. He slowly stood up, refusing Jack's offer to help him up.

"Let's go, then," He replied, wiping himself down. "I suppose we'll need to eat."

They all walked out the door and down the stairs of the hotel, looking like a pack of *organized* wolves. People stared at the odd group, having never seen anyone dress as eccentrically as they were. They ignored these stares, and quickly walked off the hotel courtyard into the busy streets of Weoeras.

The street was full of vivid people, all talking actively to each other. Merchants carried carts and operated small, shoddy shops made from wood. Many of the products sold were fruits and meats never seen by any of them. Most interested in these foods was Jack, who stared in awe at a meat stand.

"That looks good." He concluded. He pulled money out of his pocket and walked towards the stand. The others stopped to allow him time.

"Hurry up! We need to go get some supplies." Yang shouted. Jack gave her thumbs up and bought a slab of freshly cooked meat. He walked back to the group, a huge smile on his face as he devoured the food.

"How'd you get that? Don't they have a different currency?" Weiss asked, pointing at the meat. Jack shrugged.

"I don't know, he just took it. I guess money from Vale might be worth something." Jack replied. As he finished his sentence, a whoop of joy was heard from the meat stand Jack had left. The butcher clutched the money tightly to his chest, his eyes tearing from joy. He jumped up and down excitedly.

"Thank you, bearded one!" He yelled, pointing at Jack. He jumped over the stand suddenly and ran over to Jack, embracing him. Jack jumped back, surprised, but returned the embrace. The man released, Jack, and bowed respectfully.

"Money from Vale is worth fortunes here, anything from Vale is! Now I can pay off my child's college fund!" He shouted, running back to his stand and knocking everything down from it in excitement. Jack chuckled, and turned around, facing a group of Weoerians begging for money. He dwarfed them, for they were small people, and the whole scene looked very odd. Off to the side stood the others, crossing their arms in disappointment as Jack gave away all of his money to the people. As the crowd dispersed, Jack stood pathetically looking at the others. He walked slowly back towards them. They just ignored him and continued to walk through the market.

"If you see any food stands, point them out." Yang told the others.

They nodded, and looked around at all the stands. A whole selection of choices lay in front of them, and none of them were sure what they wanted. Suddenly Geoff pointed out a stand with a man mixing naturally-made alcohol. Blake rolled her eyes.

"We can't have alcohol," She reminded him. "We're too young."

Geoff cursed under his breath and continued to walk on. They looked and looked until Yang found a stand to her liking. Exotic meat and fruits lay across the stand. Yang sighed.

"So many choices." She muttered. She pulled a bill out her pocket, and handed it to the man. "I'll take half of it."

The man took a close look at the money, and immediately nodded. He took out 5 baskets, and began to stuff half of all his stock into them. Yang gladly took them, and handed them to Jack.

"Hold this." She told him. He moaned as the weight of nearly 400 pounds of food weighed his arms.

"Why…?"

Yang slightly tilted her head towards Jack. "Punishment for wasting time and money."

Jack sighed. "It was my money!" He complained. Yang shook her finger, and faced Jack.

"We could've used that for something else, like next week's food, but I had to use all my money." She shot back. Jack sighed.

"Bossy…" He muttered under his breath. Yang pretended not to hear him, but her eyes turned a slight red as he whispered that.

They all walked towards the hotel slowly, as Jack slowed them down.

"It's not my fault!" He said in defense, holding up the bags he was holding. "They're very- Urgh-heavy…"

Yang suddenly stomped her foot on the ground, and spun on her heels to face Jack. She began to strut towards him, anger in her step. Jack froze from fear. She went up to his face, looked him in the eye, and took all the bags from his hands. She turned back around and began to walk to the hotel.

"Let's go."

Jack stared in awe at the girl's strength, and became somewhat jealous. The others had the same reaction. Jack was definitely the strongest of them, and if Yang was stronger that him, that was certainly something. After that incident, they looked at RWBY differently than before, noticing that each member's skill was almost incredulous for their age, specifically the tenacity they showed in a fight. All the Achieve Men knew that Team RWBY was not a group of girls to reckon with.

"I wonder how that Team JNPR is." Geoff whispered to Jack as they looked at Ruby eating all of the cookies.

"Probably just as good, judging from these guys." Jack replied. Geoff nodded.

"These kids are fucking crazy."

*Hope you enjoyed! Have a nice night.