Chapter 6: An… Interesting Start
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Ruby's eyes cracked open that Saturday morning. Shifting on her side, the cot loudly creaked under her weight. However, she wasn't too concerned. In all honesty, the cot wasn't that uncomfortable. It was certainly an adequate sleeping surface.
Groaning, Ruby sat up in bed. She looked around over at her teammates. Yang was sprawled out over her bed, with her sheets kicked all the way down at her feet. Blake was curled up under her blankets, lightly purring in her sleep. It was kind of cute, actually. Seeing Blake sleeping reminded Ruby of a cat sleeping in a beam of sunshine. And Weiss was…
Hey, where was Weiss? Her cot was completely empty, and its sheets were perfectly made.
Oh well, it was too early to worry about anything like that. If anything, it was good that Weiss got up earlier than normal. It certainly saved Ruby the headache of getting the near-coma patient heiress roused from her slumber. So, Ruby climbed out of her bed, and made her way over to the bathroom. Nature was calling early this morning.
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Weiss had adopted the mentality of a predator when it came to her current plan. That was the only way to outsmart someone part cat, after all.
"Wait, what type of cat is Blake, anyway?" Weiss thought to herself as she hid in the bathtub/shower combo. Was she part puma? Nah, she would probably have claws or something. Blake was probably part housecat. That explained why she enjoyed lying in the sunshine a lot.
However, Weiss was then pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the bathroom door open and close. Then, she heard someone walk over to the toilet and sit down. This was all going according to plan.
To Weiss, it made perfect sense to ambush Blake while she was using the toilet. It would certainly catch her off-guard, and the sheer embarrassment and awkwardness she would feel would make her agree to any terms Weiss would set. So, now that the trap was set, all that was left for Weiss to spring it.
"AHH HA!" Weiss cried as she threw back the shower curtain. Ha! She could see the fear and surprise in those large, silver eyes! Wait, silver? Oh crap, she scared Ruby by accident.
"AAAIIIIEEEEE!" shrieked Ruby in sheer terror. Well, at least she was already on the pot when she was scared out of her wits.
"Oh geez, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I thought you were Blake!" Weiss apologized profusely, waving her arms in front of her. How the hell did this plan turn on her so quickly?
"WHY DID YOU WANT BLAKE?!" Ruby cried, now feeling rather angry. Was Weiss just getting off to watching people in the bathroom? If she was, then this was more awkward than the one time Weiss accidentally called Ruby 'papa' when they were passionately kissing.
"I just wanted to scare her!" Weiss tried to justify, now blocking her sight from the image of Ruby nervously peeing. Sure, she had already seen every bit of Ruby, but she still didn't need to see Ruby do her private business in front of her.
Ruby wasn't taking this explanation in the slightest. Instead, she began to pelt Weiss with crumpled balls of toilet paper. "Get out! Get out!" she yell as she continued her assault. Weiss was forced to retreat under the unrelenting hail of paper wads. She quickly ducked out of the bathroom and into the hallway.
Slumping against the opposite wall, Weiss sat on the floor. This had gone WAY worse than she thought it would. In the perfect clarity that was hindsight, Weiss realized that it wasn't a very well thought out plan. But before Weiss could further muse on her failings, Yang burst out of Team RWBY's room, extending one gauntlet of Ember Celica.
"What is it? Are we under attack?" Yang asked, still half asleep. Her shirt was incredibly rumpled, and her long, flowing hair was an absolute mess.
Sighing, Weiss replied with, "No… just a horrible mistake,".
Yang calmed down and retracted her gauntlet. "Relationship issues, I take it?" she asked, running a hand through her knotted hair.
"Something like that…" mumbled Weiss.
"Well, I'll just let you two work it out. Oh, and try apologizing with cookies. It never fails," suggested Yang, walking back into the room to go back to sleep.
Weiss sighed again as the door to Team RWBY's door closed. Why did she always have to do something bad and mess everything up? Maybe it was just her nature. In any case, Weiss would have to make it up to Ruby at breakfast.
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Weiss wasn't doing a good job making things up to Ruby over breakfast. Sure, she served her a plate of cookies, which she gladly took from her. However, Ruby was still avoiding her gaze as she munched at the peanut-butter flavored treat. This was really concerning Weiss. Ruby had always been the person to calm her down when she acted that way. How was Weiss supposed to do it herself?
As Weiss mulled over her options, Mr. Brass shuffled out of the hallway and over to the kitchen. Needless to say, he wasn't much of a morning person. In fact, this morning he was so out of it he was only able to get on part of his suit. He was missing his shoes, socks, tie, and coat. What he needed right now was to light up a smoke, drink a cup of coffee, and read the newspaper.
"Mornin' ladies," he mumbled as he shuffled past the seated Team RWBY and over to the coffee pot. He set it to brew, and rummaged around in his pockets for his cigarettes and lighter. Finding them, he lit up a smoke and puffed at it.
"Do you mind?" Blake complained from the table.
"Not particularly," Mr. Brass replied.
Seeing that he was stringing her along, Blake tried asking, "Can you please put that out?".
Mr. Brass inhaled deeply and billowed out a large puff of smoke. Then, he flicked the cigarette into the sink and ran water over it. Those who watched were appropriately annoyed.
"Your wish is my command," he deadpanned, walking over to the table and sitting down. He picked up the newspaper and began to read it. Let's see… orca bites off child's arm… another chunk of the moon leaving orbit… sales on women's shoes… White Fang activities increasing… It just seemed like regular stuff today.
It was at that point that Ms. Han walked into the kitchen as well, and greeted everyone with a hearty, "Good morning!". Her response was a bunch of groans in varying degrees of interest.
Undaunted, Ms. Han pretty much skipped over to the refrigerator and looked inside. Reaching inside, she pulled out a carton of orange juice and unscrewed the cap. Then, taking a glass out of the nearby cabinet, she began to pour some into the cup.
"So," she said, still pouring, "Since this is the weekend, I think it'll be a GREAT idea to go over and practice the script I wrote for our first school visit! What do ya think!".
"Ms. Han," Weiss said flatly.
"Jade, call me Jade," the lady in a green robe insisted.
"Jade, your cup is overflowing," pointed out Weiss. Jade looked down and noticed that orange juice was spilling out of her cup all over the counter.
"Huh! So it is!" Jade said as she stopped pouring and put the carton back in the fridge. Before she picked up her cup, she sucked the pool of orange juice off of the counter. That proceeded to kill the appetites of anybody looking in her direction.
Ms. Han was undaunted as she picked up her glass and joined the others at the table. "Anyway, I have your costumes in my room, so you should probably get in them as soon as you all are ready," she said further.
That made Yang raise an eyebrow. She asked, "Costumes?".
"Well, DUH!" Ms. Han replied, "We need to show the kids how hip we are!". Jade said that as if it was the most clear and obvious thing in the world. That look made Team RWBY nervous. Given the long, drawn out adventure that made up their previous musical plans, it made old concerns come to the surface.
"I know I'm going to regret asking this… but what do you have in mind?" Weiss asked. Nobody noticed Mr. Brass shudder slightly as he remembered the sketches Ms. Han showed him.
A large grin was plastered on Ms. Han's face before Weiss could even finish her question. "Oh, you'll LOVE it! Now, come on, eat quickly! We have a lot to accomplish today!" she declared, before standing up and dashing over to her room. There was no way that this was going to end well for Team RWBY.
Ruby tried to look on the bright side. "Come on, it can't possibly be THAT bad, you guys!" she chirped, trying to sound positive.
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About an hour later, Ruby realized that she could have never been more wrong in her life. It wasn't that her clothes didn't fit, but it was what they looked like. It was abundantly clear that Ms. Han tried (and failed) to go for an 'edgy' and 'street' look. If she got these ideas from some neighborhood she had visited, then Ruby regretted that such a place could even exist.
Ruby was currently wearing an overly baggy pair of shorts, with an absurd amount of hip chains hanging near her pockets. Well, at least the large hoodie she was given was red and had a hood. But that small point of positivity was balanced out by the fact that the graphic on the front read 'Rad 4 Lyfe'. That one phrase was even lamer than a blind, deaf cripple.
Blake was taking the state of her dress with large amounts of restrained anger. She had made plenty of friends in the White Fang, so she had actually met people who had lived on the streets. This was like some bizarre insult to those people who lived in slums. Blake was wearing short purple overalls, with one strap unfastened. Underneath that, she was wearing a tight black t-shirt that had strategically placed holes and paint stains. And, to add insult to injury, she was wearing a baseball cap cocked to the side of her head, also colored purple and black. At least the colors were right for Blake.
Yang was looking around awkwardly. To be honest, she didn't know how to feel about what she was wearing. On the one hand, she had worn some pretty weird costumes for Blake during their 'private time'. On the other one, if somebody looked at them and didn't know she was wearing a costume, then she could be easily mistaken for a modern art masterpiece. She was wearing a neon orange sweater/poncho… thing, and ripped up jean shorts. Also, for some reason, Ms. Han insisted on wearing a lot of neckerchiefs and bandanas. Yang was wearing a black one on her head, a yellow one around her neck, and a orange one on each arm. She looked like some sort of disco hobo.
As for Weiss… she was refusing to come out of the bathroom, where she had changed. Now, Weiss was a girl of regular, if somewhat refined tastes. But the day she wore this getup in front of an audience was the day she personally invaded hell to freeze it over herself. She was wearing a light blue sleeveless shirt with the word 'THUG' written on the front in large, black letters. And these long, black cargo pants with an absurd amount of zippers just looked absolutely absurd. Weiss was pretty sure that most of those zippers weren't attached to pockets at all. The final insult was the stupid beanie she had to wear. It was shaped like a cat's head, for god's sake! No, there was no way she could ever let anyone see her dressed like this. She needed to burn this abomination unto man with a purging fire.
"Weiss, just come out already!" Ruby pleaded as he knocked on the bathroom door.
"No, absolutely not!" Weiss shot back from behind the door.
"We just need to get this over with!" was Ruby's attempt at reasoning.
"Are you even looking at what you're wearing?!" Weiss cried incredulously. Yet again, it would be understandable if Ruby went blind from looking at these costumes.
Now getting a little frustrated, Ruby replied with, "I know, but it could be worse!".
"How?! Just… how?!" Weiss cried.
"Velvet could have made them and written the script," Ruby swiftly replied. Weiss had to admit that her girlfriend had a point. Nobody could forget that PSA nightmare Velvet had made a while ago. There was still some smoke damage to Beacon Theater.
"I guess that's true…" admitted Weiss.
Ruby believed that Weiss had finally seen reason. "See?" she exclaimed, "It can't possibly be that bad! Now come out already!". When there was a brief silence, Ruby thought that Weiss didn't listen and refused to stay in the bathroom. However, Ruby felt a little relieved when the lock snapped open and the door opened.
Looking a little downcast, Weiss said, "Fine, fine. Let's just get to practice,".
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Whew! That was a challenge to type up quick! Regardless, I hope all of you like it! Also, thank my sensational editor, JimboYokimbo! And be sure to leave a message to me, just like in Dark Souls! Well, maybe not on the floor. I don't feel like bending over to read something. Anyway, this is The Draigg, signing off—(backstab from black knight)
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