Hello again readers, today we continue our adventure with the team and friends…..I got nothing after that so I'm just going to continue on. RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and its associates, my team in my own.
Levina sat in class thinking about how she could help Jaune, it had been close to a week now and Cardin was abusing the power he had over Team JNPR's captain. She had asked Vigil to keep everything she was taking note of secret from the others, Vigil kept all her notes on Cardin and Jaune in a separate folder hidden from the Vigil's loaded on her teammates scrolls.
Sitting in class she saw Cardin flick a paper football at Jaune's head for the sixth time in the last hour, Jaune said nothing as he tried to take two separate sets of notes. Chewing on her ribbon was a bad habit she developed during her time with the Jaegers, but it helped her think and she had gone through three ribbons since the start of this whole ordeal. As she chewed on the silk fabric she had an epiphany, if Jaune's fake papers were found out he would be expelled, but if somehow real papers were swapped in then there would be nothing to worry about.
Having an idea on how to help gave her a starting point, after class she went to the library and reserved a private room as she spread out all of her notes. Propping her scroll on a stack of books she asked Vigil, "I don't know if it's possible but can you find a copy of a blank transcript, and possibly the hunter's exam?" Vigil searched for a minute answering, "I have found the documents you requested, but if I may ask, how do you plan on swapping out the fake papers for these?" "I need to find a computer that's connected to the schools mainframe, from there you can make the switch and if someone should find out about the fake papers Jaune would be fine." Vigil turned into a question mark, "why endanger your place at the school for Mr. Arc? Surely there is another way that you could assist him without resorting to breaking into a teacher's office and hacking into the schools system?" Levina smiled, "don't worry this would not be my first break in," her shoulders sunk at the same time as her face, "I've got plenty of experience."
Downloading the test and the transcript Levina went to work filling in all she could based on what Vigil could dig up about Jaune. The next step was to ask Jaune the questions on the test in a way that didn't raise suspicion, and for him to answer correct enough times to count the test as a pass. The physical portion of the test would have to stay what it was submitted at, not even Vigil could augment that portion in any way that would help.
Waiting till his class ended Levina caught Jaune as Cardin handed him his assignment, "now remember Jaune I want these assignments done before next class." Jaune looked defeated as all he could do was nod, Levina snuck up behind him and cleared her throat. Jaune was startled almost dropping all of his books, Levina helped him steady himself as they walked down the hall. Discretely putting in the ear piece that connected to Vigil Levina started her questions, "Jaune what would you say is a huntsmen's first priority when selecting a mission?"
Levina would question Jaune every chance she could, some answers were acceptable for Vigil to record and others needed a different phrasing. Jaune at times would grow suspicious of her questioning, she would stop and play it off like she was interested in his reason for attending, a fact she learned when inadvertently eavesdropping on his conversation.
After about four days of questioning she had enough information to have Vigil fabricate the answers in Jaune's handwriting onto the new test. After a quick trip to the library she had all she needed in digital format, the next big hurdle was switching the documents. She had no idea where the files might be stored as the school didn't really have a records office, sitting down in her private room she mulled over her next step. Vigil who was a loading screen for the past ten minutes woke up, "Miss Levina I believe I have found the location to which you can take me to make the exchange." Levina perked up, "really where?" "It appears that all student files are stored on the computer within the headmaster's office."
Levina put in face in her hands as her stress levels skyrocketed, "the headmaster's office, so the place I have to break into in Professor Ozpin's office, is that what you're saying?" Vigil confirmed as Levina groaned, "great, that's just great, the one person that could expel me and make it to where I could never get into another school is the same person whose office I have to break into." "Miss Levina, are you ok?" Levina sighed heavily, "Ok I need every single access point, vent schematic, and electrical layout you can find on that building. If I'm going to do this it has to be done right." Vigil agreed turning into a loading symbol again as he went in search of the blueprints she asked for.
The sun had almost completely set when Vigil got her attention, "I have retrieved the files you asked for, I have even taken the liberty of mapping out every entrance point and created a schedule and layout for every security guard. To me it seems like the best chance you have will be tonight in four hours thirty five minutes and twelve seconds from now. That is when the next shift is guards is scheduled to happen." "That really doesn't give me much time…..*sigh* but if this is the best chance I have then I'll just have to work with it."
Sneaking into the room she grabbed her duffle bag that had most of what she would need, putting on the cloak she received from Donna she snuck out the open window as Carmine and Delilah were to engrossed in each other's eyes to notice her even enter the room. Omar was most likely in Yang's room so she didn't have to worry about him bursting in tonight.
After a few minutes she was standing beneath the tower, putting on the sunglasses they flashed before the image corrected itself. Vigil connected to the sunglasses showing her an almost x-ray vision of the interior, he was able to remotely tap into the security camera feed to confirm the location and path of each security guard. Loading sleeping darts into her guns she changed them to the rifle as she hooked up the grapple taking aim at the vent closest to her. A well placed shot and she began climbing the side of the tower.
One of the functions that her cloak had was it could turn into a long coat, it had a hidden zipper that when zipped up revealed the sleeves. After zipping it up she crawled into the vent, her glasses gave her a path to follow. As she neared the exit vent looking out into the lobby she paused, "that's weird, there should be more guards patrolling right now." Not wanting to miss the new luck she was having Levina readied herself. Vigil flashed on her glasses for a second before talking, "the cloak disrupts your digital presence, and while a physical visual will give you away you will not be spotted on the cameras." Levina took a breath as she popped the grate off sliding it into the vent slowly.
Looking around she saw a guard pass before she leapt down, her semblance taking effect to mute the noise. Sneaking around the guard she made it to the elevator, putting on a pair of gloves that had magnets sewn into the palm she climbed the outside of the elevator quickly as another guard walked dangerously close. Reaching the roof on the main lobby she pushed one of the ceiling tiles to the side entering the space in-between the floors, there she saw the small opening to the main elevator shaft. Putting the ceiling tile back she entered the shaft grabbing onto the service ladder, looking up Vigil scanned the area displaying the various floors. The final count was one hundred and five, Levina checked the time, 'It's 10:28 pm….I should be able to make the switch and be back before everyone wakes up.' Digging into her duffle bag she pulled out a hand held motorized rope ascender.
The accent up the hundred floors went by uneventful thankfully, there would have been a problem if someone had decided to use the elevator at any point when she was climbing up. Reaching the top floor she took a breath trying not to look down, Vigil remotely opened the door for her as she swung into the office. The glasses swapped through several views checking for any inferred alarms, when it seemed all clear she took a small step forward. Hearing no alarms she quickly went to the professor's desk, she looked all over for any kind of access port for the scroll. "Miss Levina?" "Yes Vigil?" "Perhaps simply placing me on the desk would be sufficient?" Levina nodded placing the scroll flat on the desk.
Vigil flash on the scroll before his sound wave appeared on the main screen in the desk, after a few seconds he spoke, "My, my, it seems like the security for the schools main frame is more difficult than previously anticipated." Levina getting worried asked, "Can you get in or not?" "Yes of course I can, it will just take longer. You needn't worry I am still monitoring the cameras in the building as well as all elevator activity." Levina sighed, "Ok, can you hurry though I don't like being here." "I understand, I will also make a backdoor that can be accessed later should you need to do this again." Levina laughed mockingly, "ha, ha, very funny."
The main screen was a confusing mess of windows and files as Vigil was trying to find the correct file to switch. Levina paced around the office for some time as Vigil continued his search for the file, taking a breath Levina went to the window overlooking the school grounds. Vigils flashed for a brief second before elating, "I have found the files, I must say, they were very well hidden in a secure folder. I will be making the switch now." Levina sighed in relief until Vigil sounded worried, "Oh dear," "What?" "It seems that that the professor is making a late night trip to his office." Levina went pure white as she panicked, "Do something! Stall him as long as you need to, I'm going to try and find a way out."
Levine searched the entire office, the only vent she could find had a fan that was spinning too fast for her to slip safely through. Vigil got her attention, "Miss Levina I have transferred the files, we must exit quickly as the professor is nearing this floor." Levina quickly grabbed the scroll as Vigil shut everything back down and went to the elevator, hiding behind the closest pillar she went invisible and waited. After a few second she heard the elevator rise up and stop, the doors opened and professor Ozpin walked out. She waited until he was near the middle of the room before she made an attempt to get in the elevator. Just as she was about to set foot in the elevator the professor turned around and spoke, "Please Miss Vulpes, take a seat."
Levina went pure white, her heart stopped as her blood froze, there should be no one that could see her when she's invisible. Even Omar who could see aura could not see her, but professor Ozpin not only knew she was in the room he knew exactly where she was standing. Slowly turning she saw him standing in the middle of the room wearing a set of green silk pajamas, he didn't look mad and he was holding his signature mug no doubt filled with coffee. Taking a sip he asked, "If you would please reveal yourself it would make this conversation a lot easier." Levina swallowed back her heart that had risen to her throat, dropping her invisibility she followed the professor to his desk.
Taking a seat she sat in silence as Ozpin activated his desk scrolling through various files. Lowering her hood she fiddled with her thumbs as she tried to think of an excuse as to why she was in his office this late at night. Taking another sip of his coffee he commented, "It seems like your teammates were a very busy bunch tonight." Levina looked confused as he mirrored the screen for her to see. There were three screens that had commotion happening, Ozpin selected each screen detailing the scene.
"Here we have your team leader throwing what appears to be a large metal disc in the main hallway of the dorms, he is hitting every surface he can. The guards were called as he tried to run." Tapping the second screen he explained, "Here your teammate Delilah is vandalizing the side of the main hall, she is quite artistic if I must say. She also waited for the guards to show up before running, given her speed she could have out ran them but she gave up after some time when she was a good distance away from this building." Tapping the final screen showed several guards being tossed around, "this is perhaps the most blatant misuse of skill, your teammate Omar burst into the guard's office claiming that he was bored and needed someone to spar with. If it had not been for Glynda's involvement the situation might have progressed to him hurting someone." Levina asked, "So no one was hurt?" taking another sip Ozpin nodded, "correct, despite the look of it many of the guards only sustained mild bruises. In fact not a single person was injured tonight while your teammates created a diversion for you."
Levina shook her head, "I have no idea what you're taking about professor, I acted alone," "and proceeded to hack into my computer to switch a student fake transcript with a legitimate one?" Levina let her mouth hang open, 'how in the world did he know?' Ozpin could see the confusion on her face, "I know all about Mr. Arc's dealings with the document forgers, in fact the same people he acquired that papers from also work in the school. It was a sort of gambit if you will, students can acquires the means to get into school but if they are found out they are expelled and never allowed to enter another school ever again. It's a way to motivate weaker students to push themselves harder to rightfully earn their place at this school." Levina understood, Jaune was desperate to stay in school, but being Cardin's lackey was probably not something he thought would have happened.
Levina took a breath, "sir…..am I going to be expelled?" Ozpin gave a small smile, "normally actions such as this would warrant complete expulsion, but since your intentions were not to alter your own scores or download the exam answer keys I will give you some leniency." Levina was about to sigh when he continued, "I will still need to give you all a punishment….so….how about a months' worth of detention to be overseen by Glynda?" Levina nodded as she accepted the terms.
Ozpin left the files where they were as he sent her back to her dorm, when she got there she saw Glynda outside looking exceptionally furious with the way she was holding her riding crop. Everyone else was asleep so she followed suit after changing out of her clothes.
In the morning Glynda threw the door open levitating a metal gong, when she saw no one stir she gave a crooked evil smile as she raised her riding crop. Bringing it across her chest she swung slapping the direct center, the deep throbbing sound resonated throughout the whole room as everyone got up. Delilah shot up slamming her head into the ceiling before falling out of bed, Omar spun around flipping over backwards as he tumbled to the floor. Carmine almost leapt out of his mattress landing on upper back, Levina shot up into a sitting position. Everyone slowly corrected themselves turning wearily at the person standing in their doorway. Glynda pushed her glasses up as she spoke, "now children for the next week I will be in charge of overseeing your punishment, after the week is up another teacher will take over. Until then it is my responsibility to ensure that you are properly educated on the consequences of your actions last night. Now each of you has five minutes to get ready and changed before I start assigning thesis papers." As everyone just stared at her she looked at her watch, "four minutes and forty eight seconds."
The amount of panic and speed at which the team moved with surprised even her, in less than four minutes everyone was standing in front of her in full uniform. With all of them ready she turned on her heels ushering them to follow her. As they did Levina asked, "how did you guy's figure out what I was doing?" all of them answered in unison, "what are you talking about, we were just board last night." Levina giggled which turned into outright laughter, "thanks anyway." Carmine patted her on the head, "we're partners and teammates, we'd have helped you out had you just asked." wiping away a tear she laughed again, "yeah, I'll remember that next time."