Chapter 103: Chapter 103: RWBY/Justice League (4)
Chapter 103: RWBY/Justice League (4)
~Third POV~
Elsewhere in Atlas specifically located in the Schnee Manor of Atlas, there was a rich man's party ongoing within Weiss's home as she views the nobles of Atlas talking to each other with Weiss overhearing some topics.
"Oh yes, that poor astronaut – "
"If we can't safely transport Dust by sea, then whatever shall we do…?"
Weiss on the other hand felt bored seeing them thinking to herself in pity seeing people she doesn't wish to interact with thinking to herself, 'It's hard to go home. It's hard to see this place where I was once meant to be and know I never belong. Since training to become a Huntress at Beacon Academy, I've learned that the world is much bigger than what's within our family mansion's many, many, many walls.'
*Pat*
Feeling a pat on her shoulder Weiss turns over to see a fair-skinned with white, slicked-back hair. He has a large, thick mustache and cold blue eyes.
He's seen wearing a pure white double-breasted blazer with a red handkerchief in the breast pocket. Underneath, he wore a light-blue dress shirt, vest, and a white clip-on tie, printed with the same emblem on his shoes and above his study. He had a silver-colored ring on his right hand.
This is Weiss's father Jacques Schnee patting her daughter with a rough tone asking her in a light tone, "Come now, Weiss! Go make our guests feel welcome!"
Weiss reluctantly agreeing went downstairs to her home only saying hellos and whatnot as she thought to herself avoiding any of Jacques' friends, 'I've also learned that the people with whom my father does business are the last I'd ever want in my own home. A bunch of rich, ruthless, selfish barons of the industry – and spoiled orphan heirs to dubious Dust Dynasties.'
While walking to her balcony there was someone else already there wearing fancy clothing signaling, he came to the Schnee Manor party of rich folks.
He appears to be a young man, with short, slicked-back black hair and blue eyes. He has an x-shaped scar on the lower right side of his face, and one diagonal scar on his left eyebrow.
Is shown to be a smart black blazer, waistcoat, and trousers alongside a white shirt and orange bow tie. His bat ears are hidden under a black top hat with gold trim. He also wears a pair of black slip-on brogues and a long blue coat with golden-decorated lapels, hem, and cuffs.
When this person turns around, he soon grew a frowning expression seeing Weiss Schnee, "Ah. Another Schnee."
Weiss feeling the tone of annoyance replied back questioning but felt offended by the boy in front of her, "Apologies. I seem to have interrupted."
The boy turns his back on Weiss looking at the night away from her replying back, "Actually, you've interrupted nothing but silence."
Weiss turns around arguing back to the young boy with mild annoyance for his attitude treating her in her own home, "Silence would be preferable frankly. I'm sure father was trying to play matchmaker when he invited you. Why else would he invite a 17 old to this party?"
At this, the young boy turns around seeing Weiss easily correcting her much to her shock at what he said to her, "I'm 16 years old for your information. And here I thought it was you Schnee's who only wanted me for my money."
Now it was Weiss's turn to be shocked while replying back, "Your money?!"
Next up the boy then talks to Weiss expecting to play out who's richer than who but then instead pulls out his canister giving off a familiar fragrance, "Are you going to tell me how your family has more money than a white wolf has fleas, and how you'd never got out with a gloomy ne'er-do-well socialite like me? Or… can I interest you in some exciting contraband?"
Weiss stopped for a bit taking a whiff of the contraband the boy had she finally realized what it was in shock surprise replying to the boy's answer, "Hot chocolate? Very similar to Ozpin's… Father said it was too childish to have so elegant an affair."
The boy merely smirks taking out from the other end of his canister and pouring Weiss a cup as he explains himself, "My Guardian deemed too humble to invite to Schnee Manor, but never he lets me leave without something that's so good, I'll want to come home again."
Weiss crosses her arms together giving off her smirk to the boy realizing he isn't like those rich nobles in her party in a happy tone, "Well, then, if you're not intent on remaining at Schnee Manor… is this your way of saying you're not a mole whom my father is trying to get me to wed so that our family companies can merge corporations?"
Getting a better idea of Weiss the boy smirks at her while handing her a cup of hot chocolate while also apologizing to her for his earlier tone to her, "Miss, I'm sure I'd be another kind of vermin altogether. And while we're on the subject… this is also my way of apologizing for thinking you were going to be cruel and heartless. Though I could see how anyone would become so, if they were told to set their hearts on whoever their father chose, at the drop of an icicle."
Weiss flinches at the cruel and cold part recalling her time of events of RWBY Ice Queendom that the Team Leader of JNPR dubbed to call the event.
Thinking to herself feeling ashamed about that way of thinking scolding herself, 'Yeah… no he would be right. I would've been cruel and heartless if I didn't go to Beacon. And after the Nightmare with everyone even that brute who I disrespected tried to save me… I learned a lot about myself more than I can hope and…'
Shaking her head about the time being an Ice Queen she recalls the events of Team JNPR leader Jack Nights helping Weiss unlock her Summoning with his <Aura Amp> in their free time with a smile on her face present, '… thanks to him I was able to do the hardest part of being a Schnee. My summoning. Even though I can do it now, it was thanks to Jack's push that I was able to do it freely… and it was thanks to him and my friends that I could begin to change…'
Weiss taking the cup of hot chocolate began to change her ways for the better introducing herself to the boy, "My name is Weiss Schnee. And what is your name stranger?"
The boy smiled while leaning closer to Weiss using his coat to shield her in the cold while speaking, "Bruce Wayne."
"Robbed!"
"Robbed!!"
"Mr. Alban of Alban industries –"
Hearing a commotion from the inside Bruce and Weiss both began to enter the Schnee Manor seeing Mr. Alban talk to Jacques and pointing his finger at Bruce accusing him of stealing, "Stolen! An extremely valuable pocket watch! And who has made himself scarce all night? Who has tried to be absent himself of all suspicion? The creeping, sulking, sulking little sneak thief – BRUCE WAYNE!"
Jacques soon comes close to Mr. Alban trying to calm him down remembering his tragic backstory, "Mr. Alban, surely you recall the boy's tragic family history –"
However, Mr. Alban didn't listen as he steps forward to Wayne and swipes his arm at his hat revealing his Faunus Bat ears, "If you can even call what he had a family – and not a disease-spreading swarm!"
*Woosh*
The loud uproar of the racist nobles of Atlas gasped seeing Bruce Wayne Faunus's traits.
"A Faunus!"
"Human/animal hybrid –"
"Bruce Wayne is a Bat Faunus?"
"Disgusting."
"Untrustworthy."
However Weiss seeing this knew she had to stand up to say something about this as she tried to defend Bruce from this incident keeping up with appearances, "Father… I've been with Bruce, for the last hour. There's no way he could've taken Mr. Alban's watch. And… is this how the Schnee family permits its guests to be treated? Bruce Wayne was enough for you to invite, Father."
Jacques merely walks forward only close enough for Weiss to hear clearing a misunderstanding as she glares at him with the response, "Did you think I was trying to throw him in your path? The Waynes have quite the fortune, indeed but a Faunus – I wouldn't even sell you into marriage for that."
Leaving Weiss to return to his guest Jacques leaves making his point making a grand show for his next event, "Friends and patrons! Let's head into the ballroom for the next event –"
The sounds of Jacques left as Weiss helps Bruce out getting his hat in an apologetic tone, "I'm so sorry about my father, and as far as Mr. Alban –"
Interrupting Weiss and getting his hat Bruce began to explain to her he didn't take the watch, "I really didn't take the watch, but –"
It was then the two of them spoke out at the same time of their response to the event, "—it couldn't have happened to a nicer man."
The two looked at each other in the eye before Weiss tries to continue talking to a genuinely good friend in her eyes trying to have a good time, "So… I should probably tell you… I'm in training to be a Huntress at Beacon Academy."
"Whistle!"
Bruce whistles at that impressed making Weiss smile as she shows her Semblance <Glyphs> to him in a good show, "I've been training in the use of my Semblance – in <Glyphs>."
Bruce nods impressed with Weiss as he points a finger at her glyph managing to touch he explains his own semblance to her as she turns it off, "My semblance is nothing so glamorous of an Intelligence Type… but I've always had a knack for detecting patterns and unlocking puzzles."
Bruce Semblance is his <Detective Mode> gives him the ability to detect patterns and unlock puzzles.
With that, the two both began to enter the dining room with the guest already sitting down with Weiss asking Bruce stating the obvious, "Do you want to try and find the real thief?"
Bruce nods his head as he activated his Semblance <Detective Mode> the ability to detect patterns and unlock puzzles observing everyone inside, "Hmm… Puzzle pieces… so… who's pockets are bulging? Who's touching his wallet every time a waiter walks by? Whose suit isn't fitting well on account of their new acquisition… and who would benefit from such a crime?"
Asking these questions small yellow circle only on Bruce's view sees that his Semblance <Detective Mode> helps narrow down the people who could possibly fit his description as his eyes narrow on a brown skin man with a green suit with a pocket watch on his upper body.
Weiss sees this as Bruce whispers that it was Mr. Lloyd a compotator of the SDC Weiss activates her <Glyph> directing the energy of her aura to the pocket watch Weiss explains everything, "Mr. Lloyd! You didn't want Mr. Alban's pocket watch. You wanted the unstable Dust Core within."
Mr. Lloyd is found out as the Dust Core reacted to Weiss Semblance threw it down on the table catching the guest by surprise and attempting to run away while Mr. Alban is sweating nervously as Dust Cores are considered illegal in Atlas.
Weiss and Bruce began to chase down Mr. Lloyd as Weiss comments at Mr. Lloyd making him sweat in fear Weiss points out the Dust Core, "An antique, isn't it, Mr. Alban? An illegal and banned creation from Atlas that is no longer in production? Now wouldn't that be a shame…"
Mr. Alban sweats while the guest around him narrow their eyes at him with Weiss activating her <Glyphs> in an attempt to stop Mr. Lloyd from escaping further explaining, "With a core that's now banned for all technology in Atlas. Just the thing you might copy for your own experiments in Dust Energy, Mr. Lloyd!"
Bruce seeing the thief escaping looks at the chandeliers began to whistle using his aura to enhance his voice thanks to his Faunus Biology allowing him to mirror supersonics through whistling being able to shake and bring down a chandelier stopping Mr. Lloyd in his tracks.
*Twkl*
*Twkl*
*Twkl*
"CRSSSH!"
The sounds of the chandelier crashing at the entrance of the exit out of the Schnee Manor Bruce began to finish Weiss explaining how he could be the culprit while providing a show in the process, "Just the thing to give you the edge over… the competition of the Schnee Dust Company."
Jacques sees his daughter Weiss's actions as he furrows his brow at her getting closer to scold her for embarrassing him but the notices of the crowd stop him forcing him to let the matter of Weiss go to save his reputation first.
"How exciting!"
"Like dinner and a show!"
"Mr. Schnee certainly knows how to entertain."
Jacques just goes off stomping to deal with Mr. Lloyds as Weiss takes this moment to gloat at her father feeling to have finally one semblance of control over her life, "Well, father? You said to make our guests feel welcome."
Like that the party at Schnee Manor continued.
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"Is it done Pietro…"
The mind-controlled Ironwood spoke to Pietro one of their leading scientist who both have neon-colored lights shown on their eyes inside Atlas private labs with Penny inside a chamber pod that is stationed for her recharging.
Pietro is an elderly man with dark skin and short, balding white hair. He wears a green cap with oval-shaped glasses. He wears a red vest over a cream shirt with a pink bowtie. His dark mustard pants and leather boots match with his cap and red-brown belt.
Pietro uses a special chair to aid himself with movement. This chair is built to have four moveable legs, and is white and green in color, with yellow accents.
Pietro with neon eyes shown began to speak to Ironwood in a dead tone and replied to his achievements using Penny, "Yes sir… I managed to reprogram the android to our Lord Starro's needs… she managed to be captured noticeable Beacon Students to sea. Team CFVY, and CRDL. She will do our work against the more weaker targets and to let her do our Master work with ease."
Ironwood nodded at this as he glances at the other students nearby he mind controlled as he spoke to Pietro, "Affirmative… our Lord Starro requested to send Penny to capture Team JNPR leader Jack Nights. His semblance <Fusion> will be greatly added for our Lord's army... Isn't that right android..."
*Click*
Opening Penny's eyes to be red crimson coming out from her pod saluting to General Ironwood in a cold calculative tone, "Affermative master! All hail for Starro all life shall bend to our conqueror control! Hail Starro!"
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