Hello everyone and welcome back to HellFall!
So the Oscars happened last night, and Leo finally got his for best actor in a leading role in 'The Revenant'. Honestly I was surprised that 'Spotlight' won best picture though. I haven't seen it yet, but it just kind of floated to the back of my mind, despite the fact that I knew that it was a major candidate for the award. I'd heard that 'The Revenant' and 'Room' were the leaders at the time. Personally, my favorite movie of 2015 was 'Room' (so far at least), so I was definitely rooting it to win. But oh well, at least Brie Larson got an Oscar for best actress in a leading role for her performance in 'Room', which was pretty great. If any of you feel the need to drop a review, mention what your favorite movie of 2015 was (or one of them if you can't decide).
Anyways, Oscars aside, here's the next chapter, which I actually had fun editing today. Enjoy!
"Hey, Octavia. Wake up" I heard someone saying.
I opened my eyes to find myself looking into Azure's face.
"Come on, Nello made dinner and I want to sit somewhere"
"You're so beautiful Azure" I mumbled, closing my eyes again.
"Oh my gosh," She said, "Were you drinking when I left?"
I sat up, "No," I replied, "It just never really stood out to me as much as it did just now"
She sighed, dropping onto the couch next to me with a bowl of orange stew in her hand.
"What's in the stew?" I called, asking Nello, "Never mind, don't tell me"
"You don't have to raise your voice so much." He said, coming out of the kitchen with two bowls of stew, "I'm right here"
"No your there" I pointed out.
"I can still hear you from there" He said, handing me a bowl of stew.
"How did you ever become our leader?" Xeyrus suddenly asked.
I leaned forward, seeing him seated in his papasan chair and knitting, "Oh, good evening Xeyrus, I didn't see you there"
He sighed, shaking his head.
"Ozpin thought that I was a good fit for the job, plus what words can you spell with an O, A, N, and X? That's pretty difficult"
"ONAX isn't even spelled correctly." Xeyrus pointed out, "It's spelled with a 'y', as in onyx"
"Really?" I asked, "I always thought that it was with an 'i', as in onix. Like that monster or whatever"
"You mean that serpent in that video game you used to play?" Azure asked.
"Yeah, that one" I replied.
"So what're we doing tomorrow?" Nello asked, changing the subject.
"Well, we should get back to work." I said, "So start looking for Sheng. Let's make sure she doesn't die, I want to see if I can actually get out of this with my semblance"
"Isn't that what we're trying to achieve?" Nello asked, "Is get your semblance back? I assumed this wasn't just for revenge"
"My semblance is the primary focus." I replied, "But I can't say that I'm happy about them taking it away"
Nello didn't reply. Most likely he was surprised that I had revenge on the mind.
"Hey," I said, turning to face him. He turned back to me, "I'm not enjoying this." I stretched out my arms, putting one around Azure's shoulder, "I mean, I enjoyed today, but working is blegh" I pointed my finger in my mouth and stuck out my tongue.
He snickered at that, then averted his eyes to the television screen. "That's why she's our leader, Xeyrus" he said.
The green-haired man sighed quietly.
I thought about asking him what he meant by his sigh, but decided against it. Xeyrus wasn't the best at talking, plus I didn't want to start an argument. Xeyrus had a history of being rather feisty when he did argue.
"So where do we start tomorrow?" Azure asked, changing the subject back.
"Well," I started, "I met with Lleu Thunder today. He's the Atlas military commander. Guess who he's working with?"
Azure sighed, "Gazini?" She asked.
"Correct!" I exclaimed with fake enthusiasm, "You're so smart. Well anyways, he kind of took to me if you know what I mean"
"I don't want to" Azure said.
"Oh hush up," I said, "It wasn't what you're thinking"
"You don't know what I'm thinking" She pointed out.
"I know what your little mind is capable of though, you dirty rascal." I said, "Anyways, I'm sure that if I went tomorrow I could squeeze some info out of him"
"That's basically just another day off" Nello pointed out.
"Oh please." I started, "If watching people beat the crap out of each other is considered work for a military commander, then for a couple of unemployed hunters like us it's like carrying a fat man across America"
"What's America?" Azure asked.
I sipped at my stew, "I don't know" I replied, altering my voice to make it sound like it was obvious. I was a little out of breath too, so it likely came out sounding differently.
"And if that doesn't work?" Nello asked.
I shrugged, "Then we get another day off. We get to watch some people beat the snot out of each other. So who's excited?" I pounded my own fist into my palm.
"But we're not doing anything" Nello pointed out.
"And you're complaining why?" I asked, "This isn't a group project. We don't all have to do equal amounts of work"
"Actually this is exactly like a group project." Xeyrus put in, "One person does all the work, and everyone else sits around scratching their butts"
"Right you are." I said, "But this time there aren't any teachers to get after us"
"I know that" He replied.
"Good on you Xeyrus" I said simply.
"Wait," Nello started, "why don't we look over that old base of theirs?"
"We looked through everything." Azure pointed out, "There's nothing else"
"We could have missed something" He pointed out.
"Oh trust me, we didn't." I started, "Xeyrus looked through it all"
Nello looked over at him. He hadn't even glanced up at the mention of his name. I smiled at his lack of response.
"You think this Lleu Thunder will know anything about Sheng though?" Azure asked, "Gazini's knowledge was pretty thin"
"Who's to say Gazini knows everything though?" I pointed out, "Lleu is the commander, not some mindless soldier"
"He definitely didn't seem like a soldier" she said.
"Well, it's been what, a few months?"
"Not even one I'd say"
"See? They're bound to have found something new by now"
Azure frowned.
"Anyways, we'll give it a go. Unless anyone has any better ideas?"
"Let's go back to the base" Xeyrus said.
"We already went over that." I said, "We scoured the entire thing"
"The entire floor." He pointed out, "By what Azure said a while ago, there's more to it"
I thought for a second, remembering what she'd told us. "Alright." I finally said, "You and Azure can head over there. Unless you'd rather not"
"I think that I should go." He said, "You said it yourself, we missed nothing thanks to me"
"Then it's settled!" I announced, clapping my hands together. "Azure and Xeyrus, explore the rest of the base. Nello and I'll head to the tournament and seduce Lleu!"
"I'd rather you didn't say it like that" Nello said.
"I'm not sure how much I want to return to that place" Azure said.
"You know the place the best." I said, "The best that you can do is try to prepare Xeyrus for what is to come. Besides, Nello can't do anything but cook"
"Hey!" He exclaimed.
"I don't need preparation." Xeyrus said, finally putting down his knitting, "I'll allow Azure to come as back-up, but that's all"
Azure glared at him, but didn't say a word.
"So we're good?" I asked. When no one responded I smiled, "Great! Tomorrow, we work! Today, we sit."
So there you have it. ONAX's plans for their next work day, but overall a pretty laid back chapter.
I was debating whether or not to put the America joke in there, just because of how out of place it'd be, but I figured that it fit Octavia's character relatively well, so I stuck with it.
Also, Pokemon reference. I'm sure that plenty of you spotted it.
I don't know how many of you read my RWBY volume 3 review last week, but if you did hopefully you understand where I'm coming from, and took at least some pleasure it reading it, whether you agree with me or not.
Anyways, that's about it for this chapter. As usual, favorite, follow, review, tell your friends, tell your enemies, or don't if you don't want to, and I'll see you all in the next chapter!