Well here we go another chapter.

Jem

Jem was relaxing in his motorhome. He finally had some time to himself. Winter was spending time with Alex, because for some reason Alex figured he needed to get to know Winter better for some reason. He had no idea why. Winter didn't seem too excited about it because Alex was taking her shopping and going to get mani pedis together...seriously he was easily the most metrosexual man he had ever met. Jem didn't care, if that was his lifestyle he didn't give a shit, as long as Alex didn't try to force him into some weird ass thing he didn't want to do. They had a 'You do your thing, I'll do mine.' agreement, but also agreed to try one activity the other liked at least once a month.

For example, Jem took Alex rifle shooting, Alex took Jem flower picking. Jem took Alex hunting, Alex took Jem to a local production of Hairspray. Which Jem couldn't help but feel that was supposed to be some sort of sick joke about him having no hair. But he didn't care. They had a deal. And it was kind of funny, because with more of Jem's influence, Alex was turning into something straight out of a 4chan weapons forum. And by that he meant Alex somehow bought a humvee and put anime decals on it while rigging a loudspeaker to play anime openings...

Jem wasn't sure if he should be proud or horrified.

On one hand, Alex was starting to get more into guns, on the other he was still such a god damned weeb.

Oh well, small small victories.

But as of right now, it was just him, no Winter, No Alex, just him and John Wayne. He had put on Hatari while making himself a small feast of steak, bacon, eggs, and some buttered toast. And to top it all off, Black coffee, and a bottle of whiskey just in case he got a bit thirsty. Overall, it was a good day so far. No problems.

"Hi Jem! Whatcha up to?!" Yang burst into his trailer as he spilled some of his coffee on his shirt and lap.

"AGH! Damn it!" He said as he felt the lot liquid pour onto him.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" She said as by instinct she grabbed some napkins and started to help him clean up.

"Hi Jemmy! We were just...YANG!" Ruby yelled horrified as she saw what her sister was doing.

"Hi Jem, we all thought it would be...THATS MY BOY!" Jem's dad yelled in pride as Jem was confused while Yang was oblivious.

"Why is everyone yelling?" He asked as all that was happening was Yang was cleaning him up.

Until he looked in the mirror and realized from their angle it looked like she was giving him a handjob.

"Yang, I'm good, I'm fine." He said as she backed away revealing the wet napkins.

"Phew..." Ruby said. Her sister wasn't a whore.

"Damn it!" Pa said, his son was still single.

Jem just shot him a look that said 'She JUST turned 18, don't make this weird!"

Plus he wasn't interested. Honestly he decided to take a break from dating, between dealing with Melania, and Winter being such a stick in the mud while she lived with him, he had enough of women for awhile. And to think Alex wanted them to date. Ugh, he didn't see why. He had enough problems. Sure he would be lying if he said Winter wasn't hot, she was, that much was for sure. But he just couldn't see them dating for one main reason.

He was an enlisted man, and she was an officer woman, which meant there was a very big disconnect between the two.

For fucks sake, he was certain she looked at him as the peasantry.

Oh well fuck it, it is what it is.

Meanwhile Back on Remnant

Nala was not having a good day. She tried to go to that new dust store to get a job, but she just got a 'we're not open for business yet, come again later.' So now there went one job opening. She tried to get another job waiting tables at a local restaurant, but of course the owners were those who didn't believe in child labor, so that was a pain in the ass. Seriously, Child Labor laws were ruining this country. She needed the goddam money! Seriously, there should be a rule that if you're homeless, no parents, and no orphanage to go to, you should be able to work if you actually want to!

Ugh, now she was mad because one part of her brain wanted people to treat her like an adult, while in reality she still wanted to be a kid. She hated it.

She sighed as she went to a local food stand, she would feel better once she got a beef bowl.

"Sorry kid, all out of steak, we have tuna though?" And with that Nala realized if she had a gun, she would have gone out and shot a cow herself.

Seriously? This was like that Spruce Willis movie where all he wants is a cappuccino but it keeps getting taken away from him at the last minute.

"All I want is steak..." Nala said as she could handle being homeless, she could handle being wet and cold.

But damn it, a life without steak? That sucked.

"Well, guess I'll try that dust store again tomorrow." She still had two more nights at the hotel left before she had to check out.

Looked like another depressing night of no more money and no steak.

But she kept a positive attitude, she had a good feeling about the future, one day she would have her steak...

Oh yes she would...

Ironwood and Ozpin

"Was it a dick move turning away that homeless kid this morning?" A female atlesian soldier said as the man nodded.

"No shit it was a dick move, how the hell are we going to explain how the reason we're not open for business in a few days is because we're doing something completely shady?" The man said as Ironwood and Ozpin looked on.

The truth is they were discussing the matter at hand. Because the cover for this whole secret research was that people believed it was a legitimate dust store. And considering they picked one of the crappier parts of Menagerie where not a lot of people like to be, they figured it would be the perfect cover. What they weren't expecting was for a homeless girl to come asking for a job. And Ironwood would admit, he felt like a douchebag for having to order his soldiers to turn her away. But then again, they also fucked up by saying 'Come back later' meaning that she was going to eventually come back for a job.

"Oz, eventually that will raise suspicion, if people wonder why we haven't opened despite the numerous amount of equipment we got, they may ask questions." Ozpin merely sipped his coffee.

"Then its simple, we keep the cover."

"...Are you suggesting we actually open a dust store?"

"Well why not? All the research is being done in the lower levels, as long as we keep inventory on the ground level and make it difficult to get to the lower levels, then we're good." He said as simple as that.

"...This all sounds too simple to work."

"You would be surprised...Well that and..." Ozpin took off his glasses and wiped them down.

"Again, it kind of felt bad turning away a homeless girl for work..."

"Agreed, but at the same time, what if she finds out what we're doing here?" Ironwood asked as Ozpin chuckled.

"Oh please James, you're acting like this is a spy movie, what are the odds a faunus girl of 6 or 7 is going to find a top secret research lab?" He asked as he walked away.

"Thats ridiculous!" He laughed as he drank his coffee.

Ironwood himself had a small laugh about it too.

"Yeah, you're right, I'm just being paranoid." He said as he looked towards the actual storefront property they bought.

Well, if they were going to make this look like a dust store, might as well fix it up a bit.