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That's all that could be heard as Headmaster Ozpin drank from his coffee mug. Glynda just shot him a look as if to say 'do you ever run out of coffee?' Which was really a mystery to the professors that approached him as well.
"Ah good you're all here. Seems initiation is close to being over with already." Ozpin smiled looking at the Five professors that approached. Doctor Oobleck, history and legends teacher, a man with glasses and green hair. He had coffee with him as well. A scroll in his hand that was playing the feedback of the initiation. Professor Port, Grimm studies and battle strategy, A short stout man with a mustache and white hair, his eyes seemingly always closed. Nico Goldy, in charge of weapon crafting and maintenance, a woman with sun kissed skin and her brunette hair up in a bun, a pair of glasses, Jean shorts, a crop top leather jacket, and cowgirl boots. "Hey Ozzy! Wassup" She greeted him as he just nodded and smiled back before looking at the last two.
Ein Geck, dust science and semblance studies teacher, a man that always had a tired look on his face. Black hair, he stood shorter than even Port, scaly skin showing his faunus heritage, and a lab coat to go with his appearance.
Lastly, a man with graying black hair. A stubble and a flask in his hand as he staggered up. "Hey Oz." He waved before taking a sip of his flask. The intel gathering and stealth teacher.
"Qrow it's barely before nine AM!" Glynda scowled at him.
"What's the saying? Five o'clock somewhere?" He smiled back. "Anyways how's this year's batch of first years looking?"
"Well…" Ozpin began speaking as he watched his screen as he saw Nora Valkyrie slam her hammer into the Deathstalker they were fighting, driving the stinger into it like a nail. "... They are resourceful so far. The teams have been formed for the ones that have passed so far."
Qrow walked up behind Ozpin looking at his screen leaning on him. The other teachers were looking at their own scrolls. Nico walked over to the edge of the cliff sitting down.
"Oh! Look at those girls! They got good chemistry." She watched the one in the red hood get pulled back like a slingshot before getting released and slamming her scythe into the Nevermore's neck. Running up the wall. "DAMN! She's wild for this!"
Qrow just started chuckling. "That's my Ruby. She was a hellion to teach."
They saw her reach the top of the cliff as the head of the Nevermore got sheared right off. "Well that was mighty impressive HAHAH!~" Professor Port bellowed out as Ozpin and Oobleck both sipped from their coffee.
"Well that's the last of them right?" Qrow spoke, turning away from Ozpin.
"Not…" A yawn in the pause. "...Quite take a look… one more group." Ein spoke slowly. The screen focused on two duos in the middle of a shadowy part of the forest.
"Oh… Oz you see what part of the forest they're in right?" Qrow asked with concern.
"He does." Glynda spoke with annoyance in her voice a glare at them.
"Then… Why does he not get them out of there? That's a bit of a dangerous area for first years." Qrow asked.
"I'm wondering that too." Glynda said as she looked at Whitley and Neo as they moved carefully through the forest.
"Where's that boy's weapon?!" Nico asked, shocked seeing barely anything on him.
"Take a closer look at what is in his hand." Oobleck said, speaking up. "Seems he also has a bunch of homemade dust grenades strapped to him as well. Remarkable to say the least."
Nico squinted at her scroll before finally seeing the hardlight knife in his hand. "THAT'S IT!? That boy has practically no protection! Ozzy what are you thinking? Sheesh if he passes we're fixing that immediately!" She was clearly flabbergasted by the lack of major weaponry.
"Huhah! Don't underestimate the size. I'm sure this boy has got a brilliant plan!" Port boomed.
"Well…" Another yawn. "... I want to see what it is. That boy is on his way to the pair of girls there. With another following behind them. All their weapons are bladed types…" Ein yawned once more.
"Oh no they're gonna get ate alive in there! Ozzy what is going through your mind allowing this! Those grimm sure are squishy but if they get stuck in those webbings they're screwed! Most year three students struggle with this grimm!" Nico exclaimed with plenty of concern.
Another long sip of coffee came from Ozpin before he looked in his mug. Empty. A sigh came from him. "Well. They've been moving for about fifteen minutes now. You know how many times they've been attacked while moving through that webbing?" He inquired of his teachers.
"Probably a dozen times by now tsk." Qrow said with a matter of fact tone.
"Once." Ozpin stated simply. "Miss Neopolitian and Mister Whitley here have only been attacked once since they landed. They've avoided most of the webbing. Whitley seemed to figure out immediately that the Killnids' senses are based on the webbing as soon as they encountered the first one." He swiped on his screen. A frown formed on his face. "Although the Malachite twins are struggling as they just keep cutting the threads, immediately attracting more of the Killnids. They've already killed twenty of them."
"TWENTY?!" Nico screamed.
"HUHAH! MARVELOUS!" Port bellowed out with joy.
"Ugh can you all stop screaming?" Qrow pleaded as he covered his ears. "Sure.. it's impressive but they'll run out of aura before they make it out… not to mention the Queen…" Qrow looked at Ozpin with a stern look.
"We'll… see what happens." A yawn came from Ein one last time before he looked at the two pairs on his screen. It came closer before the grain vanished.
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'Slow and steady wins the race.'
Whitley kept thinking to himself as he could hear the sounds of fighting in the distance towards the temple die out. Seems like that was over. He stepped over the next thread and could hear even more fighting in the direction they were going. The twins slowly came into view.
"Finally…" He looked at Neo. "You did text them that we were on our way right?"
The girl just brought a finger to her chin like she was thinking then just shrugged. So clearly she probably didn't. A sigh escaped from his lips as they kept walking through the black ichor threads. He could see more of the grimm spiders scurrying in the direction they were heading.
"That's not good. Do they not realize what they are doing?" He said a bit annoyed. "No brained brutes…"
He looked as Miltia cut through another spider with claws before jumping back to avoid another as Melanie came down with her heel into the next one.
"Pleeease tell me that's the last of them, Melanie." Miltia complained as she was panting heavily. Seeming like they've been fighting since they landed.
"I- " -Pant- "I don't think so Miltia…" Melanie was getting worn out.
"Hey! Stop hitting the threads!" Whitley shouted out. "They don't have eyes so they can't see! They sense their prey with their threads!"
The twins just looked at him with a quizzical look. They just looked at each other before nodding. "Fine…" Miltia said with a pant. "... we'll try that." Melanie finished though clearly annoyed. More of the spiders were racing at them but they avoided the threads and Whitley eventually threw another grenade at some of the more distant webbing. A handful of the spiders ran at it before it exploded in a bright flamed explosion. What he noticed from that was that some of the spiders not even near the boom died too.
'Odd… why did those die?'
He wondered as Neo jumped over the threading landing near the clearing the twins were in. Whitley just walked through it all. He then bowed. "Good to see you two again."
"Melanie he isn't acting nervous like yesterday." Miltia said as her breathing began to steady.
Whitley just turned red. "I- was.. Just caught off guard by three people I've never met… getting close to me…" He stammered out.
Melanie just scoffed. "Whatever…" She eyed him with a glare. "So like… how are we supposed to get out of here without cutting the threads. We need those relics and it's gonna take forever to get them if we walk slowly." She was clearly not liking that idea.
"Well… we got here just by being careful." Whitley straightened himself up as he looked at the Grimm Spiders that were left clicking their golden maws still trying to find their prey. "Not like there is a time limit. They just said grab the relics and make it to the cliffs. Oh, and to survive. You know nothing major."
He kept eying the clicking spiders. They were doing it in a pattern. Like they were communicating. "These spiders are doing something if we don't leave now we might be in trouble. So we need to leave now. Any complaints?"
Melanie scoffed. "Who put you in charge?"
Whitley glared. "Seri- Seriously? Look I'm just trying to help if you don't want to live, that's fine but if we work together then we have a better chance." He said annoyed now. Clearly this girl didn't understand the situation or didn't like being bossed around.
"Alright alright. Let's just go." Miltia said, waving her hand dismissively. "Besides these things are like, giving me the creeps."
SKITTER SKITTER!
'Well that's not good'
Whitley heard the loud steps of something moving fast around them before he saw a giant spider grimm approaching them bursting through the trees. A loud screech coming from it.
"MOVE!" He shouted grabbing the two twins as he pulled them out of harm's way as two of the Giant spider's front legs slammed down where the twins were. He then let go of them as he pulled off another grenade loaded with blue dust being thrown at the Giant Spider's legs. A second later a boom of ice came and froze it in place. It, struggling to move.
"We got to go now! Cut through the threads if you must but don't stop moving!" He pointed northwest towards where the temple should be, as he started running. Neo jumped up in the air and stabbed the giant spider in its main portion of its body with her Parasoul before doing a backflip off. "NEO! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? LET'S GO!" Whitley shouted with concern. If his partner died he would fail. Oh and because he didn't want her to die at all. Not really heroic if he wasn't worried about her safety.
He grabbed another grenade from his pouch as he threw it at the arachnid as he pulled Neo by her collar back. The grenade beeped as he threw it. It exploded in flames. The giant arachnid hissed as it finally broke free from the ice and scurried into the trees. The fire burned bright and a lot of the nearby baby spiders died.
'Why?'
He started to wonder as he saw the spiders dying as they got close to the flames.
"So like… are we going to run or fight?" Miltia asked as he looked at what was happening. He then saw massive golden maws reaching for the girl in red. "WATCH OU-" He started to shout as a spin kick collided with the head of the giant grimm.
"Tsk. Miltia! Pay attention you dummy!" Her sister berated her. She then looked at Whitley. "Alright make up your mind Schnee boy! Are we fighting or running!?" She glared at him wanting a firm answer. Neo just shrugged as she kicked away more of the smaller grimm spiders towards the fire. More of them disintegrated before they even got close to the flames but were in the light.
'The light…'
"Ok… change of plans. We're fighting." He looked at the girls. "Don't cut the threads. Cut the trees." He explained as he pulled another grenade out and threw it at a group of trees before it exploded in a blaze catching them on fire. Bright light coming from it. He looked at his grenade count.
'One fire grenade, two ice, one stasis, three gravity.'
"Ok better make these count…" He mumbled as he saw a baby spider running right at him. "Crud…" He said bracing to block it before he saw a blade go right through it. Then saw the pink haired girl. "... thanks Neo." She just bowed before she slashed down the tree next to him. It fell as more daylight began to pour into the dark forest. The spiders caught in the light burning up and dying. The big one still wasn't dying fully from the light as it kept rushing around trying to get in the shadows. The twins began to get the idea and started slicing through more of the trees.
"We can't do this forever… you know!" Melanie exclaimed as she cut down another tree as the giant spider grabbed for her before she backflipped away.
"Better got a plan… these small spiders are dying from the sunlight but the big one seems to not be caring as much!" Miltia shouted as she clawed another tree down. The golden maws of the big one biting into the tree before shaking it like a chew toy and throwing it loose. Another loud screech that was deafening.
"Ya… but…" He looked at his tools. If they ran out he'd be screwed if they ran into more grimm when they grabbed the relic. But they would die if they didn't take care of the Giant Spider. "Grrr… Fine screw it." He growled in frustration. "NEO!" He pulled off the fire grenade and tossed it to her. She caught it, giving him a puzzled look. "On my signal get it as close to that thing as possible!" He shouted as he ran at the thing pulling out another hard light knife from his projection box before sliding under the Giant spider grim.
"Miltia its legs!" He shouted out as the girl came through cutting at the legs of the beast as he stuck the knife into its stomach. As he finished sliding he rolled out of the way as its golden stinger came down trying to nail him to the dirt. He pulled out the two gravity grenades as the Giant Grimm began struggling to stand up. He threw the grenades under the creature and they exploded in a tremendous weight of gravity glyphs pulling it against the ground. "MELANIE IT'S HEAD!" He shouted as the girl scoffed and flipped into the air before stomping down onto its head. Another screech from the beast.
He then threw the stasis grenade above the beast which exploded into a glyph that strained against its body causing it to squirm between gravity glyphs pulling it down and a stasis glyph forcing against it.
"NEO!" He shouted as the girl flipped with elegance and grace right to the creatures head clicked the button on the grenade and shoved it into the maws of the Spider before flipping back into the air opening her parasoul as the grenade exploded into massive flames giving her an updraft lifting her up in the air as she looked over the tree line. She then pointed, which he had to presume was the objective.
"Let's go now!" Whitley exclaimed as he threw his last two ice grenades chucking them at the giant Spider as it burned the light from the flames causing it to writhe in pain as he saw the ice explode at it's legs locking it in place while it still burned before finally throwing his last gravity grenade at the creature locking it down for even longer to keep it from struggling against the flames so it could hopefully burn alive. He then turned and began to run as the girls waited on him to lead. Neo landed by him smirking. They just cut through the threads that were left along the way as most of the spiders seemed to be avoiding the area and finally they reached the clearing of the temple area. It was in shambles from a clear big fight that had happened.
He stumbled to the ground breathing heavily as Miltia just fell over tired.
"That was like… totally exhausting…" Miltia stated the obvious as a breath came out from her twin nearby. "... Not bad Schnee boy…" Melanie complimented him, clearly exhausted herself as Neo just patted him on the back. He wondered how come she didn't seem tired.
"Yeah… Well we're out of the woods… sure but we need to finish our goal and get to the cliffs." He said stumbling up as he looked at his lightened gear. Only his hard light dust box remained. A press of its button gave him a knife. He walked towards the temple and seeing only two chess pieces left Melanie followed behind him. He looked at them. The Black King, and the Black Queen. "Well… Guess these are the ones we take." He spoke tired as he grabbed the black king. Melanie grabbing the queen.
"You didn't do too bad, Schnee boy…" Melanie said, looking at him, her eyes staring with a strong intent.
"Ju- Just Whitley is fine…" He said with a tint of red coming onto his face as he received the compliment.
"Alright, Whitley. Let's get out of here." She looked over at her sister as Neo was helping her up. "Come on, you two stop messing around, let's go."
If Whitley didn't know any better he'd say that Melanie seemed to have lightened up. He smiled as he walked over to Miltia and Neo before helping support the twin in red. "Seems like it's all calmed down. Should be a nice walk back."
Neo just nodded to him as they began walking towards the cliffs, the group worn out.
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"Remarkable! Truly remarkable!" Oobleck exclaimed in a satisfied shock.
"Well I'll be. They actually took it out." Nico smiled then scowled. "That boy still needs a better weapon though. He got lucky he over prepared on his tools."
"I'm impressed they were able to figure out the weakness. HUZZAH!" Port bellowed out as he usually did. A loud booming voice.
"Eh, it looks like it was the Ice Prince that figured it out first." Qrow scoffed as he watched Ozpin's he took a swig of the last of his flask. "Kid is smart like his sister… Ugh can't believe I have to teach the brat now. He's gonna be correcting me all the time. Should've just stayed at Signal."
"Then just make sure you don't say anything that needs correcting." A chuckle came from Glynda as she eyed the group making their way to the cliffside.
"So…" -Yawn- "... Ozpin you knew they could do it… How?" Ein said with a tired expression. "Their… transcripts aren't that impressive… The Malachite Twins being the closest to the Mister Schnee…" Eyes looking from his scroll then to the Headmaster. "... this Neo girl's transcripts are almost fully flunked."
The teachers looked at Ozpin as he stared into his empty mug.
"Well. I simply seen they had all the possible tools available to them. Mister Schnee was loaded to the teeth with explosives. The girls all had the acrobatics for it. Just a matter of having a good leader." A smirk on his face as he saw the tired Schnee on his screen.
"I'd say… three criminal daughters and an heir to the largest company in the world. Taking down the most dangerous grimm in the test. That wasn't even supposed to be a part of it." Glynda spoke as she looked over the footage from the fight. "Still can't believe we're allowing three criminals into our school." Glynda spoke looking over their combat abilities.
"Tsk who cares if they're criminals. Last I checked Branwen here used to be in a tribe of bandit murderers." Nico smirked. "Besides I'm less worried about that and more worried about their gear… They need better stuff." She explained looking over their armed profiles.
"We'll worry about that later. For now let's get the students to the initiation ceremony and finish their first day." Ozpin said, still looking into his mug.
"You just want more coffee." Qrow chuckled before he got elbowed by the headmaster.
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They reached the top of the cliff and a sigh of relief escaped him as he just collapsed on his back.
'We did it. We passed the test'
Was all that rang through his mind as he stared up into the sky wondering when he started thinking 'we'. Eventually the view of the sky was replaced by Neo leaning over him before she just pulled him to his feet. "Right… Still have the ceremony to get to. Thanks Neo." He thanked as she just rolled her eyes slapping him on his back. He saw the Twins staring at him.
"Melanie Malachite." The one in white spoke.
"Miltia Malachite." The one in red followed. "That one who is your partner is Neopolitian. Just call her Neo." A smile on Miltia's face.
Neo herself just gave a bow. A smile appeared on his face. He already figured their names out a while ago but it was nice to get proper introductions.
"Whitley Schnee." He bowed to them with his hand across his chest.
"Yaaa we kind of figured that out after a while." Miltia said but clearly her sister didn't believe that as she just scoffed. He was about to speak as the blonde teacher approached.
"Come along children. We have to get to the final ceremony and you all are running late." Glynda eyed them with a smile as she waved them to follow. The twins just groaned as they followed. Neo just did a cartwheel as she moved along the group of them, letting the teacher lead.
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"Blake Belladonna, Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, and Yang Xiao Long. The four of you retrieved the white knight pieces. From this day forward you'll be together as team RWBY. Led by Ruby Rose." The Headmaster spoke as he saw the four girls celebrate. Eventually being ushered off the stage wondering who else could be left.
"And Lastly the group that just finished up." A bunch of murmurs came from the audience as the group walked up on stage. "Melanie Malachite, Miltia Malachite, Neopolitan and Whitley Schnee." The four stood as the audience watched carefully. "You four retrieved the Black Queen and Black King pieces. From this day forward you'll be together as Team WMMN (Woman). Led by… Whitley Schnee." A smile on the Headmaster's face.
"WHITLEY!" A girl in white off stage exclaimed as she looked up to see her twin brother. A scowl on her face clearly annoyed. The Headmaster ignored it.
"Congratulations you four. It was well earned." Ozpin spoke to them in a gentle tone. "You all will be starting your first classes tomorrow."
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Melanie looked at Whitley as he was announced the team leader. Team Woman or Team WMMN. A weird name to say the least but she didn't really care. She eyed the Schnee boy. He looked like he was trying to stand tall and proud. Then came someone yelling his name off stage and he seemed to freeze up his eyes glancing down to her but not moving his head. A fun idea came to her mind as she walked over to the boy and placed her hand on his chest. "Oh our new fearless leader." She then leaned forward whispering into his ear. "I can't wait to see how you lead us." A smirk on her face as she looked down at the Ice Princess. Whitley's face turned flush. She then saw Neo grab the other side of Whitley holding his arm.
'This was gonna be too much fun now.'
Was all she could think as Miltia leaned against his back. "Like I can't wait to see what happens next. Right Melanie?"
A smile on her face. "Right Miltia." She spoke as she looked at him trying to keep his composure. The boy maybe wasn't too bad. Rich, seemed to be smart in a fight, wasn't totally stuck up, and fun to tease. She could get behind teaming up with him.
She looked down to see Weiss' jaw drop as she turned off stomping. A giggle came from the twins as they saw that. "Alright let's go Sky Boy. We need to get to our dorms."
"Ri- right…" He mumbled out as he walked away with Neo still clinging onto him. A chuckle coming from Melanie and Miltia followed along.
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Grimm Files:
Killnid - C Class - An Arachnid Grimm that has no sense of smell and vision. It senses its prey that hits its webbing. If the Grimm is close to its target it can feel the vibrations of the prey's movement through the earth. The Killnid's are weak to light but are in hoards and infestations together. Typically where there is one there will be many and not far behind that is the Killnid Queen. A Killnid has a black body with white armored legs, golden maws and stinger. A Queen Killnid is a Killnid that has lived for at least ten years and evolved gaining red eyes on its head.
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Author's Note:
And here we have it. I know there wasn't much perspective changes between the girls and Whitley in this chapter but I felt it important to try and convey what the teachers are seeing and what the newly formed team were seeing. I wanted the focus to be mostly on Whitley but towards the end I wanted to show off the fact that Miltia has grown a little more respectable towards the Heir. This chapter also shows the issues that Whitley is gonna have if he keeps using the gear he has now.
Thankfully our new teachers are gonna be helping fix the issues that the team has with their weapons. Nico, I'm especially excited to write. I decided to bring Qrow over to Beacon from Signal in this world so that way we can use the character to his fullest. Ein is gonna be fun as I believe having a teacher to go over semblances for those that didn't is important. That being said, the next part of the story is gonna be a student drama and you can already see that Whitley has now been spotted by Weiss. She's clearly flabbergasted by the girls hanging onto her brother. Question is gonna remain though… Who's gonna stand on top for the girls?
So in the next few chapters expect a few things. Team bonding in the dorm room(Whitley is the only guy and he already has a clingy Neo. How is the changing and shower scheduling gonna work?), their classes and the disadvantages of multiple of the team's weapons, Whitley having to design his own weapon, Family drama, The Twins and Neo sneaking out, eventually Whitley gets dragged to a club, then lastly a huntsman mission to close out the first arc of the story and the first half of the school semester. I'm not gonna rush to the Vytal festival. The Vytal Festival is something that seems to be the closing out of a school year. So it's gonna happen at the end of their first year of beacon. Which means I have about 6 months to tell a story of school life. Perhaps the fall of Beacon will still happen? Maybe. Remember there is no Salem, Relics, or maidens in this universe. This is crime bosses, crime wars and politics, school life, and grimm monster hunting. So the fall of Beacon can still work as maybe Cinder taking control over Vale but I'm not sure if that route is even worth exploring.
Would you all like to explore that route or would you rather just make Cinder a crime boss trying to take over the criminal underworld rather than the world? Would allow Whitley to get glimpses into criminal life/politics and possibly have him get involved. What do you all think?
Overall I'm happy with this chapter. It really allowed me to explore some flaws with the characters as well as finally get the dynamics in combat worked out. Introducing these new and original teachers.
I'll be doing
'Grimm Files' 'Huntsmen Files' every time a new Original Grimm/Huntsman/character is introduced at the end of every chapter so you all can learn the new lore and world building. New Crime Boss introduced? Well what do the Huntsmen Files say about them?
I think I know what I'm gonna do for the relationship wise with Whitley, probably the Harem route for a majority of the story but if there is a final girl I think I know who it will be! Nothing wrong with Poly couples tho!
Just want to respond some reviews here now.
Miltia's Semblance when she unlocks it will be kind of symbolic over the fact that she takes a lot of hits and isn't as great in combat planning as her twin. Miltia is gonna get hit a lot in future fights with her. She's gonna struggle being in her twin's shadow and feeling like she always has to rely on her to help her in a fight. Miltia is gonna want to learn how to stand on her own. That's the story I have in mind for her.
Melanie's semblance when she unlocks it will be more about her becoming more capable no matter the situatuation. She currently is a better fighter than Miltia but limits herself to only heel kicks with her blades which she'll find to be limiting. Her story will be about over coming those limits.
I seen a lot of people on reddit and here saying I should give them a semblance that works together like mind reading or polarity between the two of them but I feel like that makes them rely more on each other and they already have a strong sibbling bond together able to fight without even trading words with each other. So there has to be a story for both of them to help them grow.
Whitley's weapons and gear. This is something a lot of you were confused about. "Why grenades" Well it's not like Whitley had a full weapons school showing him how to build weapons that would fit him perfectly. He never got that chance like Ruby, Yang, Weiss, etc. He had to work with what his brain could scrounge up and make on his own ability. Which homemade explosives are easy enough since he grew up in a family of the biggest Dust Company in the world. Now that he is at a combat school he can have that opportunity. Typically the weapon's class is used for students to study their weapons and do maintenance on them. Rarely is it to make new weapons and the weapon's class isn't a mandatory.
That's all for responding to the reviews! Feel free to leave any other thoughts or comments on what you want to see! I'm open to ideas so please don't be afraid!
Thank you so much for all your support! Just this morning we hit over 500 views on the story and 14 follows and 6 favorites. 7 reviews too! You all are awesome!
See you all in the next chapter. Dear god it could very well be out tomorrow or tonight if I start writing it right now before work.
~Cawme