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"Mama's hooooome!" Nora crowed, throwing open the door to their dorm and striding in, hands on her hips, as the rest of her team meandered in behind her.

The room was simple, but pretty nice by her standards. Two beds against the wall to one side, a bathroom in the corner right by the door, and across from the bathroom space and the door, another pair of beds just to the side of a pair of windows with thick, rich looking curtains. There was a pair of work desks tucked into the corner, with little lamps on them, but other than that and a bookshelf right to the left of the door, it was empty.

Even without anything else, though, it was nicer than most places she and her Ren had stayed at.

"Nora, please." Ren sighed, meandering over to the bed farthest from the door, right by a window like he always preferred. Falling onto it he groaned and rubbed the side of his neck, "Can her highness relax until tomorrow? It's been a day."

"But Reeeeeeen, that's no fuuuuuuun~!" She faux-whined, bouncing over to the other bed by the windows and kicking their night-stands closer so she could scoot the bed over just a bit, right into the middle of the room. Plopping onto it she complained, "I'm the boss, Renny! You can't tell me nothin' no more, no more, no mooooore!"

"That is not how that song goes." He sighed, relaxing on the bed with his hands folded on his chest. "And you're the team leader, not our dictator."

"Yeah." The blonde, Yang, added from where she was fiddling with the pillows at the head of the bed she'd chosen, grimacing at them as if they weren't just fine. Flicking her partner a look she turned, leaned against the wall and crossed her arms. "About that… I'm actually not all that sure how any of this 'leader' business is meant to go."

"I say it you do it?"

"Somehow, I doubt that's what being leader means." Their second quietest said from where she was already filling the shelves by the door with books out of a suitcase. Cocking her head, she said, "At least, not if you want it to actually work."

"Well," Nora pouted, "I'll have you know I made all the calls when Ren and I were in Mistral!"

"She did not." He sighed, "She made precisely a third of 'the calls'."

"And it always went well!"

"You got struck by lightning in more than one of them…"

"Woah, seriously?" Yang laughed, bright and disbelieving, one brow raised. "No way! Even Aura can't protect you against that!"

"My Semblance lets me absorb electricity." Nora smirked, "Hurt, sure. Knocked me on my cute patoot, too. But when I came to-"

"She stumbled around like a drunken toddler." Ren cut in, smirking as Nora turned to pout at him. Waving her off, he added, "It was adorable."

"That's better…" She muttered, shaking her head and sighing, "Look, how 'bout we just… Settle in, and spend tomorrow decorating?"

"Sounds fun." Yang smiled, turning and asking, "Blakey? Sound fun, or… Are you already done decorating?"

"I've just put up books…?"

"Sounds like a plan then!"

"I didn't agree?"

"Tomorrow, we decorate! The Queen has decided." She declared haughtily, putting a hand to her chest in a prim, proper sort of way she'd seen princesses do in the few books she and her Ren had gotten their hands on growing up. "And what I hath decided shalt be the end of thine… Questioning! Yeah, questioning works."

"Um…" She raised an eyebrow, but the brunette only chuckled and asked Ren instead, "Is your, uh, friend always like this?"

"If you mean am I always awesome, then-"

"She doesn't." Ren cut in with a weary sigh, "And to answer your question… No. She's actually being very calm and reasonable right now. Now, if she had sugar-"

"Oh!" Nora bounced in her seat, grinning widely, "Do you ladies like pancakes?"

"Sure…?"

"Love 'em!" Yang beamed, "Dad used to make the best walnut and chocolate chip!"

"Second best you mean." Nora's eyes narrowed and she crossed her arms, "Next to Renny's."

"Oh no…"

"Excuse you?" The blonde blustered, "My dad's were the best! So good Ruby made me learn the recipe so she could have plenty even when he was busy with teacher stuff! And Uncle Qrow says I nailed the recipe, too."

"Oho, are you suuuuure~?"

"Oh, no, no, non…"

"Of course I'm sure!" She laughed, eyes hardening from the other end of the room. "I only speak the true true, after all!"

"Please, Gods, help me…"

"Then I declare a contest!" Nora cheered, ignoring Ren's quiet sigh as she stood, one hand pointed skyward. "Your poor imitations against my Renny's master pieces! Judged by moi, of course. Oh, and Blake, I guess, since she's here, too."

"Gee, thanks." The woman deadpanned, headed for the bathroom and slipping in without more than a sarcastic, barely even audible, "Glad you remembered me, Highness."

"Judged by you?!" Yang scoffed, "How is that fair? You'll just pick your boyfriend's!"

"We're not actually-"

"I'll do a blind taste test." Nora nodded sagely, waving the man off and crossing her arms again. "They both come in under the same little metal dish serve-y thing-"

"It's called a cloche."

"-and I can eat both!" Nora finished, smiling widely, "Then, just by taste, I can tell which is better and which is yours."

"Ohhhhh, you are on girly!" Yang laughed, cocking her head as she heard the shower start up and scowled deeply. "Hey! I called dibs, Blake!"

"You took too long!" The woman called back, "I stole it!"

"Oh, you think so?" The blonde laughed, standing, "You really think so?"

"Uh, yes, why- Yang!" The brunette squawked as the blonde tried the knob and found it locked. "I am not sharing! I'll be out in, like, five minutes! You can be patient until then!"

"Patience isn't my strong suit!" The blonde called, rolling her shoulders and grinning widely. "My biceps are!"

"Eh, I'd say your butt."

"Nora!"

"What?" She scoffed, shaking her head as the blonde turned to her, brows furrowed. Rolling her eyes she sighed and said, "It's a nice patoot! Shoot me!"

"Blake!" The blonde squawked, suddenly red-faced and more anxious looking, with her shoulders scrunched up and her eyes blinking rapidly. "I need an adult!"

"We're the same age?!"

"I need a second adult!" She amended, backing up to lean against the main door. Whatever sudden bashfulness had hit her, though, faded. Instead, she smiled widely and called out, fighting down a laugh, "Reinforcements! C'mon, partner, don't leave me Yanging out here in the wind!"

"Did you just-?"

"You like puns, too!" Nora crowed, shooting off her bed and across the room to wrap the blonde up in a hug, cackling as their chests pressed together and the blonde stammered and spluttered in embarrassment anew. Ignoring it, she lifted the woman off her feet, forcing the air out of her in a bone-crushing hug, "Oh, we are going to be best girlfriends, I just know it!"

"You're… Breaking… Me!"

"She does that." Ren chuckled, "You learn to keep your Aura up."

"Help!"

"No." Ren sighed, relaxing again as Nora set her down and backed up, turning to beam a smile at him that, even with his eyes closed, he seemed to sense. "Oh no…"

She landed on top of him and cuddled him close as he sighed and apparently resigned himself to his fate. After a second, Nora rolled over, head on his shoulder, and sighed, "Ahhhhh, this was a good day. And tomorrow, the pancake wars begin!"

"Mhm…" Ren chuckled, playing with her hair with an idle hand like he always did to help her relax and calm down. "You need a shower."

"Bully…"

"Mhm." He nodded, "How are you doing, Yang?"

"I think she cracked a rib?"

"Yeah, she does that." She snorted into his chest and Ren chuckled. "She's not the 'gentle' type. Hasn't been since we were little. You get used to it."

"The fuck I do!" She wheezed, turning as Blake emerged, in her Beacon uniform now and with a towel wrapped around her head. Pointing at her, she hissed,"You!"

"Me?"

"Traitor!"

"W-What?!" She blinked, eyes widening for a second as the blonde grabbed her and pushed her towards Nora. Confused, she turned and watched her partner vanish into the bathroom, then turned back and asked, "What did you do to her?"

"Broke her in a bit!" Nora grinned, trying to sit up before Ren tugged gently at her hair to keep her down where he could play with it. Pouting, she sighed, "Bully…"

"Now is the time for calm." Ren chuckled, "Relaxation. Tomorrow? Chaos. But right now? Relaxation."

"Fine." She sighed, "But only 'cus I like you!"

"Mhm."

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The gloved hands tightened around her throat, squeezing so hard her last dregs of Aura flickered and sputtered and died, fading away from her in a violet mist as the masked man shoved her against the wall. Her back scraped against the wall and Gambol Shroud, broken into pieces, tumbled from her fingers as she reached up to claw at the man's arm. But his Aura was strong, indomitable. Every bit the opposite of her own.

"Now, now." He chuckled, leering at her through the eye-slits of his mask and smiling widely. "Did you really think you could escape? From me?"

"I- Hack!"

"No, no, no talking." He laughed, hand tightening even more, so much she felt the muscles in her throat bruising and straining just to keep her windpipe intact. "Escaping? Abandoning us? Sure you must have been… Dreaming."

"Please…"

"That must have been it." He sighed, bringing his sword around in his other hand, leaning close to whisper in her ear. "But now it's time to wake-"

"-up, Blakey~!" She flinched at the words, whispered way too close to her, and shot straight up in bed, scrambling back and pressing against the wall while she sucked in breaths and absently tugged her Yukata closed. Yang, her new partner blinked owlishly at her, lavender eyes wide in surprise, and then softening in worry and confusion. Slowly, she withdrew and asked, quietly enough not to bother the other two sleeping at the other end of the room, "Blakey, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." She rushed out, conscious of her ears, hidden under her bow, flat against her head. Reaching up, she straightened her 'bow' and used the gesture to massage her ears a bit while she could, while she said, "Just… Bad dream."

"I figured." The blonde chuckled, leaning back in her comfy sleep clothes and eyeing her. "You want a hug?"

"What?"

"Always helped Rubes when she was a Rubaby." Yang shrugged, ignoring even her own pun and smiling softly. "But I dunno if you're the 'physical' type, and I'm not the type to push ya. 'Least, not when your already upset."

"No, I-" She sighed, took a breath, and forced herself to uncoil, legs folded more comfortably in front of her and hands resting in her lap. It was the way her mother had shown her how to sit as a 'proper little girl' years ago, which made her feel… Weird, but it at least looked calm. "I'm fine. I have them, sometimes. Just, uh, don't whisper in my ear like that when I'm asleep?"

"I didn't want to wake the others…"

"Mission failed." Nora moaned from her bed, one arm flopping into the air while Ren rolled over and sat up, turning an amused look on them and then slipping around and into the bathroom. Sitting up, her hair a moppy mess that made Blake chuckle, she turned a sleepy glare on them. "Mission failed hard, sister."

"Um…" She grimaced, "I'm sorry?"

"Uh huh." Standing, and making Blake blink and look away from how high her shirt had ridden, the other woman padded across the room and pushed into the bathroom. "Make room, Renny!"

"Nora…"

The door closed before the exasperated man could say anything else, and Blake chuckled quietly. "Well, she's… Certainly a character. Isn't she?"

"Oh, definitely." Yang chuckled, standing and running her hand through her long locks. "And a cranky morning person, too, looks like."

"You did keep her up waiting for you to get out of the shower, Yang…"

"Hey," she smirked, tossing her hair with a hand and sighing, "perfection takes time."

"And perfection is… Where, precisely?"

"Right here, in my chest." The blonde smirked, laying a hand over her heart, "Right beside the knife you just stuck in me~"

She winced at the wording, which struck just the tiniest bit too close to her dream, and saw Yang's eyes narrow for it. As if she'd caught it, and read it, all in the scant few seconds before Blake caught herself and forced herself to relax again. Pushing all that off, she cleared her throat and asked, "Aren't you supposed to be making breakfast?"

"You mean, aren't we?"

"No…?"

"You're my partner!" Yang protested, smiling warmly, "C'moooon! It'll be good, um, bonding!"

"But I can't cook?!"

"You're just making pancakes." She laughed, waving Blake off as her eyes widened just a bit. "It's not hard! Trust me. And besides, I'll be right there next to you. So you won't burn the Academy down. No worries!"

"But- Yang, I really can't cook!"

"Wait, like at all?" Yang scoffed when she shook her head and shook hers in turn, "Your parents never taught you to cook?"

Again, Blake flinched, just a bit. And again, Yang's eyes narrowed just a bit, and this time her smile thinned, too. But, again, Blake brushed it off and sighed, "N-No. They didn't. So, um, you'll have to… Be patient?"

"Of course." Yang's smile widened and softened a bit as she stood and offered Blake a hand. "So, shall we get dressed and get goin', partner? Ya know, while the competition is in the shower with his… Person?"

"They do have something going on, don't they?" Blake chuckled, rolling her eyes when Yang just nodded and bounced her hand up and down meaningfully. Finally, she took it and sighed, "Fine. But when Ren comes and joins us, I'm taking a break to brush my teeth. Got it?"

"Yep!"

"And if I burn anything down, it's on your head."

"Sure!" Yang laughed, turning and heading over to her piled up uniform to get changed. "Now c'moooon! We're wasting our ahead time!"

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Dragon Blaze :

And amphetamines!

Grenadier :

Ozpin : *watching Nora somehow run into the wall that is 'a basic curriculum' headfirst and somehow make it work*

Arcangel :

*awkwardly looks away*