A/N: Happy New Year everyone. Thank you Timeaccel and Brooke Vengeance for following and favoriting this fic. So I hope you are all doing well. In honor of New Years, we have decided on spilling the beans on the inspiration of the members of ROSE.
First, Roman. Originally my brother and I thought he represented or drew inspiration from a Roman Candle (I guess, he was supposed to be a character off of Pinocchio at least according to Wiki).
Next, Operculina (Olina) Hamilton. Her name is the scientific name for a Morning Glory, both a flower and a firework.
Saturn Rockett. This is fairly obvious. She is inspired by the Saturn Rocket firework.
Lastly, Efin Pommi. His first name translates from Yoburo to Smoke and his last name from Finnish to Bomb. Other words a Smoke Bomb, another firework.
-Mr Ruffles- Thank you for your kind words. My brother always is excited to read your reviews. And yay, Neo. My brother said it would be very funny to have Neo be Saturn's adoptive sister just due to the drastically different personalities. Truth be told, I haven't seen many fics with Junior in it as well. We'll be sure to give Prof. Woods some personality.
Roman woke up to the sound of Saturn chatting with someone. He opened his eyes slowly and sat up. "I'm saying Neo that we can't wake them up. Roman likes sleeping in when there isn't any classes," Saturn's voice said rather loudly. Roman didn't hear another response so he opened his eyes to see why it was quiet. A pair of brown and pink eyes stared back. Above the girl's dual colored hair was a bucket of water. Roman never got of his bed faster getting away from the onslaught of undoubtingly ice water. Neo looked disappointed turning to her next target. Roman leaned back against the desk in the room. He barely glanced at Olina who was reading a textbook and taking notes.
His attention was on Neo who padded silently to Efin's bed and dumped the cold water on the ninja teen who still had the wrapping on his head. The teen jumped to the headboard with a hiss. All four teens paused staring at the teen who was balancing on the headrest. He cleared his throat and stepped to the floor. The other members of the team kept staring at him while the ninja teen tried to act like everything was normal.
Feeling the gaze of the teens, Efin's face turned a bright pink as he started fading from view. "You're disappearing!" Saturn shouted panicking. " Oh wait, I got it. That's your semblance, right? That's cool. You have to be the best at hide-and-seek. My semblance is cool too so is Neo. She has illusions; she can dress up like anyone. It is fun on Halloween."
"Yes, Saturn this is my Semblence," Efin's voice came from the empty space in front of the bed. He didn't sound exasperated, but his voice was clearly embarrassed. "It tends to act up..."
"When you are embarrassed," Roman finished for the bashful teen. The other male made a noise of agreement, grateful that he didn't have to explain fully. "Moving on, I planned a big day in Vale. Since none of you are from Vale, I think it would be great if you saw the neat things around Vale." Roman said this proudly looking around at his teammates' reactions.
"I love that idea. We can go shopping and eat ice cream. You like ice cream, don't you Neo? I love ice-cream. My favorite is rocky road," Saturn began to ramble as Efin started to come back to the visible spectrum. She was bouncing at the thought while the ninja became more opaque. Roman couldn't see Olina as she was behind him, but Neo seemed interested in the idea.
"I actually have plans. I have somewhere to be," Efin responded as he finally appeared in front of the teens. He looked regretful that he had said plans.
"Aww, you're no fun. Do you not like us? Do we bore you? Do you hate us? What do you have to do? Is it fun? Can we go?" Saturn asked quickly her emotions going from sad to curious. She held onto the other teen's arm, tugging him coaxing an answer from the huntsman.
"Saturn, I think what Efin has to do is private," Olina stated looking up from her notes. Saturn looked to the ninja teen looking betrayed. Efin nodded his head slowly but looked apologetic.
"We can hang out next weekend in Vale," Efin stated trying to comfort the sad Saturn. "I promise," he added putting a hand on her shoulder.
"I'm holding you to that," Saturn said. Neo gave the teen a 'I-got-my-eye -on-you' motion in a threatening manner that didn't match her small frame. The ninja looked at from one to the other before looking to his leader for help. Roman chuckled at the scene before getting down to the plans he had created for the weekend.
"Hey Saturn," Roman called drawing her attention to him and away from the ninja teen. "We should head to Vale now before all the stores close."
"How about Neo?" Olina asked stepping to the shorter girl. The girl with the two-toned hair glared at the huntress. "We can't exactly take her out without anyone catching us," she added. Neo didn't look amused at the other girl's stern tone.
"Neo and I already thought of it. Show her Neo," Roman said pointing at the younger girl. With a smug smirk, the girl's hair shifted colors to a dark blue. She gave Olina a wink before changing her eyes into a violet. "See she can pose as you and you get to continue studying. It is a win-win," Roman stated. He smiled at Olina who had an unreadable face.
"I guess you have thought of everything," Olina stated softly, "you have thought of everything." Neo nodded giving the girl a thumbs up.
"Then what are we waiting around for?" Saturn said, "Let's go. We're loosing daylight." The yellow-haired girl grabbed the disguised Neo and Efin and pulling them to the door. "Have fun Olina. You can teach us later. Come on, Roman." Roman watched the linked trio exit the dorm room before turning to his partner.
"See you later," Roman stated as she made her way to the desk. She gave him a small wave before Roman followed the rest of the team.
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Olina watched the door close behind her partner and looked down at her detailed notes. It was a schedule of thing to do in Vale. She had been planning this all week, but now it seemed that she would have to hold onto it. She put it neatly in her personal notebook. The blue-haired huntress then opened her textbook and started reading ahead for Grimm Studies. After an hour of note taking, the girl thought it was safe to move to the library to pick out a couple of novels to read and maybe catch the last minutes of Vale's news broadcast.
The girl left the room shutting the door behind her softly. She walked the empty halls knowing that most of the students went to the city and explore their new home. "You seem a bit distress Miss Hamilton," a wise voice said causing the girl to jump and turn to the sound. Ozpin stood his cane in one hand and his mug in the other. "My apologies. I didn't intend to startle you," he added taking a sip from his mug. Olina didn't think he looked apologetic, but she hadn't been around the headmaster enough to know.
The girl smiled at him, "No harm done. I should have been paying attention." She tried not to appear antsy.
"Did you get tired of the city?" Ozpin asked. Olina gave a confused look at the statement. "I thought I saw you leave with your team earlier so I was a little concern when I saw you back so soon."
Olina tried not to panic. Her team was relying on her to keep them out of trouble. It was a simple lie, she told herself and tried not to think it was the headmaster she was lying to. "Oh, I just wanted to see them off. I actually wanted to study in the library maybe catch the last of the morning news," she stated with a stiff smile.
"I see," Ozpin said with a much more natural smile, "I better not take anymore of your time then. Have a good day, Miss Hamilton." The headmaster walked away his boots striking the floor.
Olina let out a sigh before continuing to the library. She pushed the doors open to find that the library was also devoid of students. The blue-haired huntress walked past the empty desk to the viewing room. The room's many televisions had no body in front of them. Olina lowered her head and picked a seat in front of one screen. She flipped on the station to a random news one.
"This just in. Ghira Belladonna, leader of the White Fang has stepped down. He refused to provide us with a statement. With the loss of such a great leader, one has to wonder what will happen to the Faunus Civil Rights Movement." Olina watched the rest of the story with interest; she didn't really have an opinion on Faunus due to her lack of actual Faunus acquaintances.
"Wow, you really are as dull as everyone says you are," a high-pitch voice drawled. Olina turned to face whoever entered. A pink-haired girl leaned against the head of seat Olina was in. Olina blinked a little confused as she looked up at the girl.
"Hello, Coral," Olina replied to the girl getting to her feet. She pivoted to face the girl.
"You are as exciting as watching paint dry. No wonder your team just left you. I would too. I mean you can only handle so much," the girl continued. Olina looked away refusing to let the other girl's words hurt.
"I guess I'll be seeing you around then. Maybe the rest of your team will be there," Olina stated walking past the taller girl.
"No wonder no one likes you. Just an annoyance," Coral stated as Olina retreated from the library.
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Roman watched the two sisters finish their ice-cream cone. The day had started pretty well so far. Roman led the two girls from the ice-cream parlor. "From now on, let's try not to buy anything else," Roman stated making a dramatic scene as he looked at his thin wallet, "My poor wallet won't be able to handle it."
"I'm sorry, but I just had to try a little bit of everything," Saturn said, "it was suuuper delicious and the sprinkles looked so pretty."
Neo tugged on Roman's elbow. "Yes, short stuff," Roman responded looking down at the smaller girl. If looks could kill, Roman would be six feet under. Neo's mismatch eyes spelt death. "I'm sorry about that I didn't mean anything by that statement."
Neo lifted one finger as if to tell him that she would forgive him this one time. "Aww, Neo must like you. If anyone else said that to her, they wouldn't be around to say it again. Maybe because you bought her ice-cream. Either way, you're lucky, Saturn said cheerfully and Roman questioned her mental state to mention murder so flippantly.
Neo tapped her foot to get the two students' attention. The two looked at the dual colored girl who pointed to a wealthy man with a smirk. Roman watched as the small girl walked nonchalantly by the man. Her hand was so fast Roman nearly missed the movement. The girl returned to the pair to show off her prize. "Look, now we can continue having fun. Is there a bowling alley nearby? Or maybe an arcade?" Saturn asked unfazed.
Roman chuckled at the blonde girl. "Nice Neo, but I bet I can do better. Point at a person and I'll show you," Roman bragged. Neo gave a mischievous grin before pointing to a man. The large, muscular man stood intimidatingly crossing his arms across his hairy chest. Roman could tell the man was a Faunus from his yellow eyes. "No problem," Roman responded easily. He was going to show the ice-cream themed girl that he could steal just as well as her.