"Her face was the first thing I saw....or at least the first thing I remember"
"Her soft rounded face"
"Her black hair which ended in red tips much like my own"
"The same silver eyes I have"
"I....believe she is my mother, because how else would we look alike"
"Except for one thing.....I am a faunus....a bull faunus to be specific"
"Wait....fuck am I narrating to myself again?"
"Blin- fuck!"
*Thud*
Opening his eyes the bull faunus saw the open sky and the sun burning his eyes forcing him to sit up and grab his face "fuck...am I narrating my own blinks now?" He questioned himself as put a hand on the ground as he felt a burning sensation from the sheet metal he was laying on.
Moments after he instinctively reached to his side with his hand resting on the barrel of a rifle as he picked it up and laid it on his lap as a small smile came upon his face. "Sorry about that old friend" He said as he rolled onto his stomach before aiming the rifle and looking down its sight with his vision then being suddenly covered up by white fabric which obstructed his vision.
"Ugh you know for a cloak that's been with me since I was a baby you'd think you could at least be a little less obstructing" He mumbled to himself as he pulled back his hood catching a glint of a silver rose emblem which held his cloak together.
Now with himself properly set up he looked down the sights to see what he came here for dust, and plenty of it. What was in his sights was a warehouse filled with enough dust to arm a small army which might've been an exaggeration but the amount of dust was enough to risk going in by himself.
"Ok two human guards.....I can take this" He whispered to himself as he reached into one of the pockets he had sown into his cloak and pulled out a magazine loaded with combustion dust bullets, rare and his favorite type of bullet due to the massive explosions it can make. Its rarity in bullet form is due to combustion dust being more often used in machinery and vehicles.
He slowly inserted the magazine and licked his lips before putting his finger around the trigger. "Steady steady" He said quickly as he began to squeeze until.
"GO! GO! LET'S GO! WITH MY SHINING MACHINE!"
The sudden sound startled him as due to the angle he was sitting he began to slide down the roof due to it being at an angle causing him to let out a string of curses.
"FUCK FUCK FUCK SHIT!!!" He yelled as he suddenly spun his rifle around grabbing the barrel as the stock begins to make rapid clicking sounds as it swivels and releases a curved axe blade which he immediately uses by lifting up his sliding body as the edge begins to rapidly get close as he flips the entire rifle-now-axe around using the much smaller blade on its back to stick it into the metal halting his sliding.
He, now stuck there thanks to his rifle-axe, lets him have some breathing room as he takes a couple of deep breaths before reaching into one of his many cloak pockets and pulls out his scroll which is still playing the opening to his favorite tv show called Masked Rider.
"Who the hell could be calling me at this time?!" He said aloud anger evident in his voice, as suddenly the sclera of his eyes turned all black with the iris and pupil becoming a solid red where his original silver colored eyes were. Along with that the skin around his eyes also begins to turn an unnatural pale color but suddenly a flash of recognition crosses his face as he reads the contact name.
Brother
"Oh Roman" He says suddenly as all anger seems to evaporate out of his body as his body quickly returned back to normal as he clicked the green button on the scroll's screen
"Enigma!" Are the first words out of his mouth from the other side of the scroll which briefly disorientates him as he didn't expect him to be so loud.
"Ow ow ow fuck, Roman do you have to yell!?" Enigma said loudly as he held the scroll away as far as he could.
"Never mind that did you actually understood what I said earlier?" Roman could be heard saying from the other side as Enigma paused before saying.
"Uhhh, yeah you said to take it easy for the day" Enigma said rolling his eyes like it was kind of obvious.
Roman was then quiet for a hot minute before letting out a long sigh before asking "Yes, and what did you think I meant by it?"
Enigma paused looking confused before replying "To take it easy by taking an easy score" He replied before then stating quickly "you're not gonna believe it there's barely any guards in the warehouse I was planning on robbing before you called" Enigma said only for the sound of a hand hitting skin to come from the other side.
"Ummm bro?" Enigma asked as a very tired sounding Roman then said sounding very tired of Enigma's shenanigans.
"I meant for you to take the DAY OFF, not to go around stealing dust by yourself without Neo" Roman said, causing Enigma to let out a very long 'ooooooh!'
Enigma then faced palmed but ended up hitting himself with how own scroll causing him to let out a small "fuck" before shaking his head and clicking a button causing the axe blade to retract as his weapon quickly returned to rifle form. Which caused him to continue sliding down the tilted roof with him falling off and landing down on the ground with a small 'thud'.
"You know Roman, you could've at least have been a little clearer with what you meant so I didn't waste my entire day" Enigma said before letting out a very long sigh as this viscous, tar-like substance slowly forms on the top of his head before solidifying into a small pair of bull horns as is expected of a bull faunus. The reason he doesn't have them out all the time is because they keep getting caught on his cloak so he uses what he thinks is his semblance which he has dubbed 'Self Alteration' to get rid of them whenever he's out on missions.
"Is it my fault you never listen to me?" Roman replied wittily which caused Enigma to roll his eyes before saying quickly.
"Yeah yeah I'm on my way back" Enigma said sounding rather annoyed but what Roman said next made a chill suddenly go up his spine.
"Alright, also Neo said she's waiting for you" Roman said which caused Enigma to pause and look genuinely fearful for his life cause usually that meant one thing..... his groin is in trouble.
Enigma stood there with fear in his heart and literally shaking in his boots and what Roman said next probably didn't help.
"Good luck, oh and she said if you don't come back by midnight then she's going to come hunt you down" Roman said before hanging up as then Enigma took an audible gulp as he then stood there quiet for a long time.
"Fuck....." He said underneath his breath as he looked up at the sky and saw the sun beginning to go down. "And I left my bike back at the warehouse....just great" He muttered before cursing underneath his breath and beginning the long walk back to the warehouse as he'd left his bike there after losing a bet with Roman earlier during breakfast which resulted in him being banned from using his motorcycle for the rest of the day.
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An hour and a half later Enigma could be seen just walking down a random street whilst kicking a can along, why? Because it killed his boredom....and his scroll had died since he forgot to bring his charger.
The sun had already set and he still had a ways to go before reaching the safehouse
"I should've hidden those magazines better or else I wouldn't be in this mess" Enigma complained as he continued to kick the can along the empty sidewalk.
"It's all Neo's fault, she corrupted Trivia and now she's like this....." He pauses to search for the words before continuing "succubus.....every other day it's the same thing" He continues before a small blush crosses his face.
"Though I can't lie she does look amazing in a bunny outfit" He mumbles as he begins to think back to a previous night, only for him to see a guy who he'd previously hadn't noticed looking at him weirdly which causes him to blush even further from embarrassment and speed walk away.
Little ways down the road further he stops before grabbing one side of his cloak and lifting it to look at the many pockets he'd sown into the cloak "No no...damn I'm out of gravity dust" He says before looking at his own hands and flexing them.
Looking at his hands, a pair of gloves could be seen. In the part of the glove around the palm, a circle with a dim purple glow indicating that there was gravity dust inside albeit close to running out.
"Crap....." Enigma could be heard muttering under his breath until he suddenly looked ahead and spotted it, an open dust shop.
From Dust till dawn was the name and luckily for the shop owner, Enigma didn't steal from small businesses.
"I can't believe my luck" He says before mouthing out the word 'wow' before running over. It takes a moment or two but soon he's there.
Walking inside it's about what you would expect from a dust shop, dust here, dust there, a weapons rack in the back, and magazines in their own little section.
"Great in and out, you're just here for gravity dust 'Nigma, you're not here for anything.....and you're already gravitating towards the weapon racks" Enigma said to himself sounding disappointed as he ignored the shopkeeper who was busy with something else that he could care less about.
Walking past the aisles his eyes landed on the many weapons there...and just once the following thought crossed his mind.
'Who the fuck buys weapons at a dust shop?'
That thought is shortly followed by 'my guess random people who think of themselves as wannabe huntsmen only to get themselves killed'
That train of thought continued for a while until he noticed someone humming by him caught him off guard causing to turn and see this girl who seemed to be his exact age, or at least that was what he could determine going only by voice since she had her hood up.
Curiosity getting the better of the local criminal, he walks up and peers over her shoulder which is a little hard since he is only like 2 inches taller than her.
The magazine contained well....weapons, what else could be said, as what else could be said other that word to describe it.
"Oohhh they came out with a new model?" He said as his eyes landed on a page which showed a motorcycle made by the same company that made his own, schnee dust company. His earlier words briefly startled the girl causing her to turn around and the moment the two locked it's like looking into a mirror.
The two just stared at each other for a long time, silver eyes to silver eyes, black hair with red tips to black hair with red tips.
"Woah....."
"You look like me?!" The girl said suddenly pointing at him as Enigma's reaction was nearly the same.
Stumbling back into a nearby rack of magazines he himself pointed at her with his own shocked expression, eyes as wide as saucers. "What the hell?" He says in genuine shock only for the two of them to simultaneously cover their mouths and then ever so slowly look at the shopkeeper.
Somehow, someway the shopkeeper hadn't noticed their outburst from earlier so the two could return to their freaking out in peace.
"Why do you like me?!" The panicked and two inches smaller version of himself said, causing Enigma to stutter out a response.
"I-I don't know, did your parents ever say you had a sibling?" Enigma stuttered still freaking out from the sheer uncanniness of it all.
"I mean I have an older sister but dad never said anything about me having a brother" The girl said whilst looking him up and down repeatedly before Enigma then took a deep breath and exhaled before saying.
"Wait let's calm down I'm....." He began but paused, unsure if to say his real name or his fake name, the latter of which he uses as his criminal name. But that doesn't last long as he decides to trust her and say his real name as he then hesitantly says "Rose.....Rose Taurus"
The girl suddenly stops before snickering and saying "Y-you have a girls name" The girl said before she just began cackling like crazy causing Enigma or Rose to just give her this deadpanned expression. Unknowingly to the two of them this caused them to miss the jingle of the store's front door opening.
"H-hey I'll have you know the name Rose is very manly" He says as an embarrassed blush comes across his face as he grabs her shoulders and begins shaking her to try and get her to stop laughing....unfortunately this only makes her laugh harder.
This continued on for a while until a male voice suddenly interrupted their tomfoolery.
"I said put your hands up" The voice said causing the two to suddenly stop in their tracks and slowly turn to see this.....frankly ridiculous looking man pointing what could only be described....as a tiny ass pistol.
The two rose themed dolts which had Rose as a part of their names looked at each other before looking back at the man before saying in perfect sync "Are you robbing us?"
"Yes" The man quickly responds, causing the two to look at each other and nod as they both begin slowly reaching for their weapons as they then let out a perfectly synced.
"Ooooohhhh"
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Meanwhile in the front of the shop this younger man who looked to be in his early 20's wearing a bowler hat could be seen flicking a lighter until he's finally able to light it as he lifts it to a cigar he had in his mouth and just as he the tip of the cigar begins to burn the henchman from earlier gets launched by him crashing through the shop's window.
The act causes the man's eyes to widen as he looks up to see Ruby and Rose already hyping themselves up which doesn't last long as the man and Rose lock eyes.
"Roman...you've got to be kidding me" Rose said as his left eye twitched with annoyance as out of all the dust shops Roman could've robbed, he just had to rob the one with him in it.
But anyways he couldn't let his new friend find out he was a criminal so he mouthed out the following words to Roman whilst taking a slight step back so Ruby wouldn't notice "play along"
Roman quickly took note of this and relaxed as he looked to his left at some of the random henchmen he'd hired earlier in the evening "Well....get them" He said with full confidence as he knew one thing they didn't, they were too weak.
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*CRASH*
Just after Roman said that and the henchmen charged at the two teens, Ruby ended up using her semblance to grab Rose and with a large burst of speed, she ended up speed blitzing past the henchmen and onto the street outside.
The two take a quick stumble as soon as Ruby stopped using her semblance as Rose nearly fell on his face but luckily ended up catching himself before that happened.
"Holy shit" Rose whispered underneath his breath as he quickly straightened up, turning to look at the dust shop as he saw the remaining henchmen rush out along with Roman and the only thought going through his mind was.
'Where the hell did Roman get these guys, the bargain store?'
"You ready?" Ruby said from his left as he turned to see her reaching behind herself and pulling out this.....thing, which he couldn't tell what it was until it suddenly began shifting and soon it was this oversized scythe which caused his jaw to drop as he'd never seen a weapon as complicated as that.
But still they're about to be attacked so he has to stutter out a response "U-uh yeah" He stutters, still amazed by Ruby's scythe as he then reaches behind him and underneath his cloak as he then pulls out his weapon in rifle mode.
Ruby meanwhile nearly begins to say something to the henchmen before she ends up seeing Rose's axe-rifle in her peripheral vision which causes stars to appear in her eyes as she then said " AAAhhhh you have a custom weapon too?!" she exclaimed causing Rose to flinch as he is unused to someone so hyperactive as she then ends up asking a bunch of questions in quick succession
"WHATELSECANITTURNINTO?OTHERGUNS?DIDYOUMAKEIT?WHATTYPEOFAMMODOESITTAKE?!WHAT'SITSNAME?!"
"R-RUBY?!" Rose said surprised before quickly looking at the henchmen before flipping around his weapon as he then grabs it by the barrel as it transforms into its axe mode "I-I uhh....S-Sundered Rose is her name and it's sort of been with me since I was a toddler" He stutters out and trying to get out of this situation he rushes in ahead towards the henchmen.
"A toddler?" Ruby questioned before rushing in after him using her semblance to ram into a guy sending him crashing back into the dust shop before clicking a switch causing crescent rose's scythe to flip to the other side as she uses it as a baseball bat to swat some of the goons away before she suddenly gasps putting her hand to her mouth and saying "Wait did you make it while you were a toddler?" She asks, causing Rose to suddenly stop and stutter before exclaiming.
"W-what?!" He exclaimed as he suddenly leaned way back to dodge an attack by a henchman with a blade before kicking them in the shin, turning his axe around and hitting them with the blunt part knocking them out before saying "No I meant I was found with her by my mother" He said which causes Ruby to let out a loud
"Oooooh"
Meanwhile Roman who has been watching all of this tries to act like he normally does with this type of scenarios but something about this causes him to just....smile, a genuine one because to be honest he was worried that Rose who he sees like his little brother would never make friends and this does make him happy to see him socialize with other people other than him and Neo.
But still he needed to focus and get out of there as things had gotten so out of hand that the possibility of a huntsmen or huntress arriving was astronomically high. "Well Red and Blue it's been fun" He says trying to hide his smirk as Rose could then be heard yelling something along the lines of
"I AM WHITE! DO YOU SEE THIS CLOAK BEING BLUE?!" Rose yelled genuinely angry as he quickly flipped his axe around as it turned back into rifle mode which caused Roman search around inside his suit before getting out a large piece of water dust before saying.
"Well looks like playtimes over, later" He says with a smirk as he throws the dust crystal towards them whilst Rose pulled the trigger letting loose a combustion dust bullet which hits the water dust crystal Roman had thrown and the mix of the two caused a massive cloud of steam to suddenly explode outwards from the two.
"Wha-" Was all Ruby could say before she saw Rose throw Sundered Rose upwards whilst running to her as it then ends up planting itself near the roof of a building.
"Ok going up!" Rose exclaims as he grabs Ruby's right hand before extending his own upwards as both his glove and a small little ring near the middle of the barrel glow purple before the two of them are pulled upwards into the air causing Ruby to let out a yelp from shock.
"Woah! So cool!" Ruby says as one could almost see little stars in her eyes before she then asks quickly "How does it work? Is it gravity dust?"
Unfortunately Rose was too worried about not getting splattered on the side of the building to really answer her question as he then with surprising force threw her up so she landed on top of the roof whilst he had grab onto both his axe and the roof before pulling himself up onto the roof with him rolling onto his back.
"Do you see him anywhere?" Rose asked as he used sundered rose to help himself up back onto his feet.
Whilst Ruby after hearing that began looking around frantically before she suddenly yelled "There he is!" before grabbing Rose's shoulders which only left him with a moment to react before he was suddenly swept up in Ruby's semblance as she moved fast across the rooftop and jumped to another one nearby where Roman was standing.
The two landed on the rooftop with Ruby almost immediately deactivating her semblance unfortunately this also sent Rose tumbling to the side before steadying himself as he then said "You know you could've at least warned me" He said as he turned his head to look at her whilst reading sundered rose.
Ruby meanwhile couldn't help but sheepishly smile before saying a quick "sorry" before she herself readied crescent rose and looked at Roman.
Meanwhile Roman who was standing near the edge of the rooftop couldn't help himself let out a small smirk as suddenly a bullhead rose up behind him being piloted by a woman he despised more than everything, known to him and Rose, as Cinder Fall.
The moment Rose's eyes landed on Cinder it was all bets off as he immediately switched the combustion bullet magazine he had put in earlier with an ice dust one just as Roman climbed into the bullhead before turning around and yelling "End of the line kids" before he then as sneakily as he could winking at Rose before mouthing out "shoot that bitch" whilst making a quick head motion towards Cinder.
Rose on the other hand nodded as he knew that this was a chance the two didn't want to pass on as it could mean they didn't have to work with that woman anymore after she basically strong-armed herself into forcing them to work with her and her little group.
Roman immediately after having done that got out a red dust crystal and chucked it at them before pointing his cane as this little scope popped out from the end "c'mon" Rose said underneath his breath as Roman fired an a combustion dust round from the end of his cane which struck the red dust just as this purple blur came out of nowhere.
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Coughing could be heard afterwards from Ruby as the entire area was now filled with smoke which moments afterwards was shortly followed by the firing of three rounds.
Though the smokescreen didn't last long as the smoke cleared and the only words from Roman and Rose's mouths were "fuck.....a huntress."
As at the last possible moment this blonde haired woman seemingly came out of nowhere and was now standing in front of both Ruby and Rose.
'SHIT SHIT SHIT FUCK!' Were the only thoughts going through both Roman and Rose's heads at the time as Roman quickly went to the cockpit of the bullhead and said to Cinder "It's a huntress!"
The two quickly switched positions as Roman took over piloting as Cinder went to fight.
Moments after Cinder entered Rose's line of sight which caused all panic to leave his body as he pointed his rifle and began firing as fast as he could towards Cinder which ended with all of his shots getting deflected much to his disappointment.
Meanwhile the huntress began to lift the debris caused by the explosion from earlier but just then for a brief moment she looked to her left at Rose which caused her eyes to widen as she then whispered "Summer?" but she couldn't let this distract her for too long as she had a fight to get too.
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It wasn't a particularly long fight with not much of note happening other than Rose's multiple attempts to kill Cinder by just firing every type of dust bullet he had on him.
But that didn't matter at the moment as the bullhead could be seen getting away as the huntress cursed underneath her breath before turning to look at the two nearly identical dolts who had different expressions.
Disappointment for Rose.
And Amazement for Ruby.
"Ahhh that was amazing, could I have your autograph?" Ruby said with literal stars in her silvery eyes meanwhile Rose could be seen trying to get away by slowly walking backwards towards the fire escape behind him.
"Summer?" The huntress said once more allowed as to her, Rose looked exactly like whoever this Summer person was, especially now that Rose had his hood up.
Meanwhile Ruby just looks around trying to find someone who isn't there before saying "Who?" As she doesn't quite understand the situation at hand.
"Uhhh my name is...Juan" Rose said before turning to run only to be suddenly lifted midair as Sundered Rose is ripped away from him, both because of the huntress's semblance.
Sundered rose slowly floated up to the huntress before dropping into her hand, who suddenly gets this angry look in her eyes before saying something that makes the two young teens flinch.
"You two are in so much trouble"
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Minutes later Ruby and Rose found themselves in an interrogation room as the huntress from earlier walks up and places sundered rose on the table before looking at Rose and saying "Where did you get this weapon?"
Which Rose quickly responded by saying "I'm not gonna say anything until I get my lawyer" Rose said before leaning back against his chair whilst Ruby beside him could only laugh nervously.
Meanwhile the huntress just lets out a loud sigh before saying "fine, there's someone here who wishes to speak with you anyways"
Moments later this older looking guy who was carrying two plates of cookies walked in before setting them down on the table.
"Ruby Rose and Rose Taurus, you two have silver eyes " The older man said and the immediate moment he said those words Rose flinched as the only people who knew of his real name were Ruby, Roman, and Neo.
He knew Ruby couldn't have told him since she's been with him the entire time so how could this person know.
Meanwhile Ruby was just sitting there awkwardly as all she could say was a little "U-ummm" before staying quiet.
"My first question is to Ruby" The older man said as he turned to the huntress from earlier who pulled up footage of the earlier fight on her scroll.
"Where did you learn to do this?" He said, emphasizing the footage from the fight from earlier.
"Umm.....Signal Academy" Ruby said quietly all the while Rose looked around the room for any escape opportunity with his heart speeding up as he saw none.
"Signal Academy taught you to use one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed?" The older man asked before following it up with "It's just I've only ever seen one other person of such skill....a dusty old crow" He said before Ruby who was stress eating cookies responded with
"Thash ma uncle" She responded with a mouth full of cookie which Rose responded by having this weirded out face before Ruby continued "I was complete trash before he took me under his wing, and now I'm like-" She began to say before making this weird noises and poses which Rose couldn't help but snicker at her since he found it adorable before he ended up clearing his throat to regain composure.
"I see and I take it, you want to be a huntress?" The older man asked before Ruby quickly nodded rapidly and all the while the huntress seemed to be taking occasional glances towards Rose during all of this.
"Very well no more questions to you Ms. Ruby and thank you.....but now for you" The older man said before turning to look at Rose who gripped the table with it warping slightly underneath his surprisingly strong grip.
"Actually I have a question first" Rose said suddenly which caused the older man to nod before putting his hands together
"Alright Mr Rose ask your question" The older man responded before Rose then said with a completely serious look.
"How do you know my name? No one is supposed to know of my real name.....except Ruby" He said adding the last part hurriedly before making a head motion towards the smaller one between the two.
The older man wasted no time before pulling out his own scroll and pulling up something on it and handing it over. Rose took the scroll and looked at the contents of it before his eyes widened like saucers as he then read the contents aloud.
"Missing"
He could only really say the first word before his voice began to tremble but still he carried on. "Please help us, our little boy went missing, any help is massively appreciated. We are worried terribly. He's 5 years old with black hair with red tips and a pair of very small horns. He's wearing a black t-shirt with red shorts...and an oversized white cloak....reward...10,000 lien"
By the time he stopped reading it he had to wipe away his tears as they were blurring his vision before then shakily saying "Below is a picture of him" and low and behold at the bottom of the photograph was an old picture of him with the same cloak he has on wrapped around himself, he was in the middle of dragging sundered rose behind him at the time the picture was taken.
"H-how.....I thought they were dead....fuck.." Rose said before just putting down the scroll on the table before just placing his hands on his head as he was trying to process this information.
"Rose...." Ruby said and not really knowing what to do just placed a hand on his back and he stayed that way for a hot minute before sitting up and wiping away tears before speaking in a much clearer voice.
"The picture is over a decade old.....so....where are my parents?" Rose said an underlying threat as he looked the older man in the eyes without an ounce of fear or nervousness.
"The last thing I was able to discover when doing research on you is that your parents moved to Menagerie a few years ago" The older man said and Rose just let out a sigh of relief as that considerably narrowed down his search but then what the older man said next caused him to freeze.
"Along with you being the prime suspect in the disappearance of Trivia Vanille" The older man said which caused Ruby's head to suddenly look in his direction whilst pulling her hand back as Rose looked at the older man with both fear and hatred in his eyes.
"I.....while yes I did help Trivia disappear, but it was because her parents had her trapped like a prisoner in her own home" Rose said before slumping back against his seat and crossing his arms "And it doesn't help she was being both physically and emotionally abused" Rose said as he looked down whilst the older man's eyes soften before he once again spoke
"I see...and is she alright?" The older man asked carefully and he took a sip of what Rose presumed to be coffee before he himself responded.
"Yeah she's.....fine, she has food and clothes.....though she is vertically challenged" He said and laughed at the last part as he then also smiled, unable to keep it off of his face.
"I see that's good" The older man said with a kind smile before looking at the huntress from earlier and then back at Rose and Ruby before asking.
"Do you two know who I am?" The older man asked, causing Rose to shake his head but luckily for him Ruby did know.
"Yeah you're Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy" Ruby said, causing Rose's eyes to widen slightly as he himself said 'Beacon?' underneath his breath.
"That's right and this is a question for the two of you," Ozpin said, letting it hang for a moment as the two teens looked at each other before Ozpin continued "Would you two like to come to my school?"
"YES!" Ruby responded the moment the question was asked meanwhile Rose did his third slumping into the chair as he then looked down and said.
"I....don't know.....I can't exactly leave Ne-.....Trivia alone" He said looking up at both Ozpin and the huntress who then looked at each other before Rose continued. "She likes to stick by me you know, plus she would probably want to come with me if I did end up going to beacon" Rose said as he rubbed his own left arm.
After a bit he goes to refuse but he's unable to before Ozpin speaks up "That's fine, then this invitation also extends to Miss Vanille" Ozpin said which genuinely shocks both him and the huntress who leans in and whispers to Ozpin.
"You can't be serious, these two I understand but...we don't know if Trivia Vanille even has the skills to-" She begins to protest but Ozpin responds pretty much immediately.
"Relax Glynda, if she's anything like young Rose over here, then I am confident in inviting her to my school" Ozpin response which causes Glynda to go quiet and just go back to standing there.
"I.....don't know I'd have to consult with her first" Rose said unsure as he looks down in thought before his attention is brought back to Ozpin who nods and says,
"That's quite alright" Ozpin says before standing up and walking to the door and making a gesture pointing towards it with his left hand.
"Very well you two may leave now, and Ms. Ruby I'll be in contact with your father to handle your transfer from Signal into Beacon" Ozpin said and he looked to go to say something but stopped himself as he watched the two get up with Rose quickly grabbing sundered rose as he looked to physically relax now that he had it in his hands.
Ozpin watched as he flipped it with sundered rose making quite a few clicking noises as it switched from axe to rifle mode as he then strapped it to his back so it was hidden underneath his cloak.
"Thank you professor!" Ruby said excitedly as she rushed out of the room leaving a trail of rose petals behind her before Rose could even call out, leaving him alone in the interrogation room with Ozpin and Glynda.
"Yes....thank you professor" Rose said as his face showed an expression of unsureness before he then began to walk out of the room before being stopped by Ozpin putting a hand out which caused him to freeze.
"Oh and one final question Mr. Taurus" Ozpin said as he looked down to the smaller boy before asking "Do you really not know where that weapon came from or who it belonged to?" Ozpin asked carefully.
This caused Rose to think for a bit before shaking his head and saying "No, but apparently when my parents found me, I was drifting on his piece of driftwood with sundered rose stabbed into it to it and my cloak here wrapped around me like a swaddle....despite I was like 1-2 years old at the time" He said before letting out a chuckle but then he got serious as he furrowed his brow which caused both Glynda and Ozpin to focus more on what he was about to say next.
"But there is one more thing" Rose began carefully before continuing "my cloak and sundered rose were.....soaked in blood....so much so that they actually thought I was dead" Rose said grimly as Glynda had to hold her emotion to stop herself from reacting.
Ozpin on the other hand looked down before letting out a quiet "I see, and thank you" He said quietly as he and Glynda's thoughts immediately head to the worst possible conclusion.
"Yeah no problem and if me and Trivia do end up taking you up on the offer we'll call beacon" Rose said before hurrying out the door
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It takes a few moments for Rose to leave what he would moments later found out to be the vale police department as he's now sitting on a bench outside just taking in that information he just learned as he is both overjoyed that his parents are alive yet worried as he just exposed himself and Neo's existence to two huntsmen.
"Fuck.....I've got to tell Roman" He says quietly as he stands up and begins walking but not for long as he suddenly feels a tug on his cloak making him stop and turn and look down to see....Neo?!
"N-Neo?!" He exclaims as the short ice cream colored girl just smirks whilst looking up at him who then makes a head motion to the police station which he quickly understands due to him having known her since he was 10.
"O-oh yeah I was somehow able to talk myself out of getting arrested" Rose said normally with a nervous smile though unfortunately for him Neo sees right through it as she just squints at him causing him to sigh before saying.
"Yeah something did happen but it's a long story" He admits causing Neo to just smile whilst shaking her head as she then grabs his hand and begins leading him somewhere before making the head motion for talking before pointing forward which he takes to mean 'we'll talk while we walk' before she then pulls out her scroll to show him something.
It's a message from Roman and the message reads.
-Rose I'm assuming you're reading this, and if you are, then I need you and Neo to head over to Junior's aka the nightclub you and Neo frequent in order to pay him for burrowing a couple of his henchman-
That is followed up by another message.
-Neo has the money-
After reading that Rose looks at Neo just just smiles before pulling out a very thick wad of cash from one of her pant pockets causing Rose to sigh "of course" Rose said weakly in defeat which caused Neo act like she's giggling before pulling him along behind her....well it's not like she can giggle as she's mute.
The two soon go around a corner as the last thing Rose can be heard sighing once more before saying is "It was supposed to be a normal day"
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Meanwhile back with Ozpin and Glynda, the two are still in the interrogation room as Glynda walks back and forth as the two are trying to think of their next move.
"What.....do we do?" Glynda asks, showing rare vulnerability as her now puffy red eyes showed that she'd been shedding tears for a decent bit of time after Rose and Ruby left their separate ways. As the truth is Glynda and Summer were friends during their time at Beacon together.
"We contact what remains of team STRQ" Ozpin says, sounding serious as he walks out the door shortly followed by Glynda who is right on his heels as the two walk together.
"Tai and Qrow should be easy enough to contact but what about....Raven?" Glynda asks as Ozpin responds without missing a beat.
"If she doesn't respond to our call then we'll send a message" Ozpin says as they walk up some stairs to the roof of the police department where a bullhead is waiting for them which they soon seat in across from each other.
"And what should I say" Glynda asks looking at Ozpin who has a rather thoughtful expression on his face as he then looks at Glynda with focused eyes before he then says.
"Tell her, that Mr. Taurus may be the clue to finding out what happened to Summer Rose."