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Ruby's POV
"Congratulations! You completed the quest 'The Devil's Tango'! Now delving out rewards!"
The screen popped up in my face as my world went dark once more, and then was replaced by the familiar sight of the tavern that we have got to know really well over these past few hours.
My clothes were back on me, which was nice. While I certainly did enjoy my time completing this quest, it felt nice to be back in my clothes once more.
I looked around the table and saw that everyone had content smiles on their faces, looking, and probably feeling, serene. I couldn't quite help but to let a smile appear on my face as well, along with a small blush.
It was quite for a moment, with us all just enjoying the silence of the moment. It lasted for a little bit before Yang reached over to the table where that bow that was one of our rewards were.
It wasn't that special looking, with the only noteworthy thing about it being colored pink and having red hearts scattered all across it. It was actually kind of cute to look at.
Her eyes look lost for a moment, probably reading its description. I was proven correct a few moments later.
"As you already know, it's called Cupid's Bow. Apparently, when you knock an arrow and shoot someone with it, instead of hurting them, the next arrow you hit another person with, they both will fall deeply in love." Yang read out to us.
That got a few raised eyebrows from us as she read out the description. That sure is an interesting bow, but I don't see how, or why, we would use it. That was, until Yang continued.
"The bow doesn't work on us, so we don't gotta worry about it being turned on us. It also says that if we use it, we will be awarded with random items, ranging from a plain old stick, to even lottery tokens if we use it right."
Weiss spoke up after that last part, "And how exactly are we supposed to use it?" She said in a questioning tone of voice, one which sounds a whole lot calmer than a few hours ago. It seems that she just needed to 'unwind' to feel better.
Yang then adopted a deadpan stare, like she just read something so incredibly stupid that she just couldn't believe it, "The first way is the 'logical' way. If you fire the arrows at people who just make sense together, like childhood sweethearts or something like that, then that's one way to get rewarded." Yang explained to us. Sensing that she wasn't done and knowing that she left the 'stupid' option for last, I didn't say anything.
"The second way is the 'funny' way. Say, if you hit a freshly new adult and then hit like a 120 year old, then that would constitute a reward as well." The silence was that of absolute confusion. Why would that even be a thing?
"Because funny is funny." The robot voice returned once more. I was about to say something, but I realized that it was a lost cause to argue with it. Besides, I was to tired to argue with it anyway.
Clearly agreeing with me, Yang and the others moved on, "Anyway, what constitutes as a 'bad' match would be something like shooting a Grimm and anyone else on Remnant. So, I don't think we really have to worry about that." We all nodded our heads in agreement at that.
"Also, whenever one of us picks up the bow, we become invisible to everyone else. It only works though when you have the intent to actually go through with your shots, so we got to take that into account." While having to actually commit to an attack sucked, being invisible to people was still pretty sweet all things considered.
"Last, but not least, it says we can upgrade it with the pack-a-punch machine. It doesn't say what it will do then, but it does say that we will get better rewards if we hit people with it." Yang finished up and placed the bow back on another table.
It was silent for a moment before Blake spoke up, "Want to open our chests that we got?" She asked while reaching over for one of the chests. Shrugging our shoulders, we reached over and picked up a chest for ourselves.
*Small chest: loot awaits in this small chest!*
That was what the description read. It was quite small, about 12 inches long, 6 wide and 8 high. It didn't feel like it held a lot, but with this system, that could easily be wrong.
"I'll go first." I said and unlocked the hatches on it.
"Congratulations! You got 'Army Men Production Facility'! Note: To place the facility, think of the building and designate a place to put it.
Congratulations! You got 'Challenge Dungeon: The High Seas'!
Congratulations! You got 'One Lottery Token'!
A blue box appeared in my vision and told me what I got. Out of the air, a lottery token appeared and fell into my hand.
"That's all you got?" Weiss asked me.
"No, I got two other things, one of them being a Challenge Dungeon, while the other one is a army men production facility that I have to imagine to place down." I told her and subsequently the others as well.
"What's the Challenge Dungeon called?" Yang asked.
"It's called 'The High Seas'. It didn't say anything else other than that." I said while imagining the army men facility.
In my field of vision, a factory sort of thing appeared and followed my eyes wherever they went. I couldn't get a good look at it because it was highlighted in red with another box saying, 'Insufficient place to hold facility' right above it. The only discernible thing I could get on it was that it was decently big, with it being as tall as me. Deciding to deal with it later, I cleared my focus on it and it disappeared.
"I can place the facility later, let's see what you guys get." I said and kicked back in my chair, listening to the music Weiss's pianist was playing.
"Guess I'll go next." Yang said and unlatched her own chest. The chest dissipated into nothing while a dagger, token and a potion materialized and dropped on the table.
"The dagger isn't anything special, just made out of iron. The potion, however, is an invisibility potion." Yang said in a surprised tone of voice. I was as well, because I was getting the impression that any potions we got would only be useful for 'naughty times'. I couldn't quite suppress the blush on my face as I thought that.
I reached out and picked up the dagger and found out that it was quite balanced. It would do pretty well as a backup weapon for any kind of traveler going outside the kingdoms.
"I'll go." Blake said and opened up her chest. Just like Yang's and mine, her chest disappeared and in its place, a single token appeared.
A blush appeared on Blake's face and she brought a hand up to her face. I think I could guess what else she got, and I was proven correct a moment afterwards.
"Two Erotic Dungeons. One of them being a quite literal Sex Dungeon while the other one is called 'Valley of Flowers'. It doesn't give me a description, but I could guess what they are." Yang, Weiss and I chuckled a little bit at her misfortune, though I did silently admit that the sex dungeon sounds quite 'good'.
"Guess it's my turn." Weiss said and unlatched her chest as well. Just like the rest of ours, it disappeared and in its place a lottery token and a steel sword appeared.
"It's just a steel sword, nothing special about it." She said with a little bit of a sour look on her face.
"No Dungeons to speak of." I asked her and she nodded her head.
It was silent for a moment before I spoke up, "Want to open some tokens before heading back to Beacon?" I asked them while reaching out for the token I got from the chest, twirling it around my hand.
They looked to one another and shook their shoulders in a 'why not' kind of gesture and nodded their heads yes to me. I smiled as my heart started racing a little bit, the thrill of possibly getting something really good set off all the right receptors in my mind.
"Alright," I started with a happy tone, "let's do this!" And with that, I broke the token.
Ruby's POV
Come to find out, we had pretty terrible luck all things considered, and because of that, we decided to stop when we only had two tokens left each. Though, I guess you could say Weiss was the luckiest out of us this time, but the opposite could also be true depending on how you look at it all.
"Ok," Weiss started off, sweat pouring down her face as she stared at the thing next to us, "it isn't all that bad." Yang was about to speak up about that but Weiss raised her hand, silencing her for the moment.
"Let's talk about this first." She said and raised a token in the air, this one different from the lottery token altogether with it being red in color.
"Summoning Token, Clone Trooper Starter Kit: The perfect way to start your clone army! Summon everything, from the troopers themselves, to the equipment they use, this token is perfect to get your fledgling army off the ground!"
Description: Clone Troopers work in a square army setting, giving them much mobility on how to fight. In this kit, you get four Clone Commandos making up a Fire Team, four Fire Teams of ARC Troopers, making up a Squad, and sixteen Squads of regular Clone Troopers, with four Squads making up a Company and four Company's making up a Platoon. In total, you have 276 Clone Troopers to call upon, with them being fully kitted out. Also included in this package is sixteen clone vats, giving you the option to make more clones. And much more to offer as well!
Note: Just because they are clones, it is highly recommended to regard them as their own person.
That one wasn't bad whatsoever, infact, we were nearly jumping for joy when we got it, because who doesn't want a personal army? No, what she got next was what really got us worried.
Fully realized Tsar Bomba: It's not called Emperor Bomb for a reason! When detonated, it will release a explosion worth 100 mega tons of tnt!
Description: Developed by the USSR during the Cold War on Earth, it was the pinnacle of nuclear destruction. Before the bomb was to be dropped for testing, it was determined that the yield of the Warhead should be halved to give the pilot any kind of chance to escape the blast radius.
Warning: Use with extreme caution.
Why someone would make a bomb this big, I have no idea, but we have it now. We know that it won't go off prematurely, heck, it will only explode if all of us, or if we give permission for other people to use it, agree that it should be detonated. That didn't mean though that we didn't have that little feeling in the back of our heads saying that it could explode at any moment. Stupid, yes, but it was still a thought that we couldn't shake.
"What would we even use this for? Unless we find wherever the Grimm spawn, then this thing would be worthless to use." Blake said while eyeing the truly gigantic bomb cautiously.
When I say big, I mean big, on its side it gave us its proportions and it was 26 feet long and 7 feet wide, nearly taking up the whole entire living space.
Yang shrugged her shoulders, "I'm sure we can find some kind of use for it." She said, while still cautiously looking at the bomb.
It was silent for a little bit before I broke it up, "So, you all ready to go back to Beacon now?" I asked them while getting up from my seat, making my way over towards the little green tank I have. I'm sure it can get rid of some pests in our room while we're at school.
I turned around after I picked it up and saw that the others were also getting ready to depart. Weiss was picking up her Pokémon egg, Blake was taking that Dragon Ball Saga dvd and Yang retrieved the double barrel shotgun we got from the Nacht der Untoten Dungeon. All and all, we were going back with some pretty interesting things.
"How are we going to explain all of the stuff that we got to everyone else?" Yang questioned us. That was a very good question, one that I didn't have an answer for, thankfully, the robot voice saved me.
"After you return, I would go to Professor Ozpin's office. He is the only person on Remnant that knows you all have the system. He can further explain stuff to you when you wake up back at Beacon."
Well, that wasn't ominous whatsoever. Why would Professor Ozpin know about the system and what could he explain to us? Shaking my head and letting out a massive sigh, I spoke up, "Ready to go now?" The others, looking just as tired as I was, only nodded their heads and made their way to the tavern doors, though Yang did pick up Cupids Bow along the way.
Deciding that was a whole different can of worms that I didn't want to unpack right now, I just brushed it off for now.
"Would you like to leave The Hub? Y/N?" The prompt appeared in front of us. Giving each of them one last nod, I counted down from three for us all so that we all can leave at the same time. When my last finger went down, I mentally selected the 'Y' button and my world went dark once more.
Well, that took way longer than I thought it would, but here it is! I hope you enjoyed it!
As you can see, I lied to you, we in fact did not go to Beacon this chapter but the next one is going to be, so look forward to that.
Weiss got some very interesting things and the others did as well, I wonder what some of those Dungeons are like?
If you have any suggestions, like clone names or something of the like, then please, shoot them my way, I would love to hear them!
But, that is all I got for you for now, so until next time and have an wonderful day!