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[combatskirts]

[Ah, mornings. The air is calm, the rays of sun cascade gently onto the planet, a new start to a new day with new opportunities and new things to learn. Usually, Weiss loves mornings. She wakes up early, she drinks some coffee has breakfast with her teammates... Except this one feels strange. Very strange. And she doesn't feel rested at all, it feels more like she slept in a broom closet or on a pile of rocks. Was her bed always so tight? Maybe she forgot to clean up and left her books everywhere, like Ruby always does.

Although, she is breathing a little heavy? did she leave her combat clothes on? must have been a rough night. Weiss shifts her weight until she hits a wall and realizes, this is not her bed. She jerks awake, banging her head on the pod door.]

OW!

[rubbing her head with one hand, she picks up the box in another and squints at it. Weird. She opens the door carefully, peeking outside to asses where she is.

....Which, by her knowledge, is not anywhere at Beacon campus, nor in Vale. Huh. How did she get here? Cautiously, Weiss steps out into the cavern, and makes her way toward the light. she opens the box as she walks, and reads the pamphlets thoroughly. After she finishes, she frowns and looks at the walkie. This is going to be one hell of a ride, she can already tell. She switches the communicator on and starts to talk.]

All right. How do I get out of here? Am I dead? Who brought me here? I demand to know. My name is Weiss Schnee, and if anyone can hear me like this pamphlet says, I want answers. I don't have time for a vacation, or whatever this is supposed to be. Did some one kidnap me in my sleep and put me into our rocket lockers? This isn't funny. Whoever is responsible for my being here instead of Beacon is going to reeally get themselves into trouble. Do you think you can just up and take somebody into a city they never heard of and get away with it?

At least you had the courtesy to give me some money. I can only imagine how much it's going to cost for an airship back to Vale. Does this place even have airships? Come on. Not funny. My team is probably looking for me.

[weiss sighs, and disconnects the feed before venturing into town angrily? if shes here she might as well look for something that can take her home.]

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[voice]

[hellfireshurricane]

[A male voice with a light Spanish accent sounds...rather bored. He hasn't even been here a week yet and he's already 77679803% done with shit.]

We don't know who brought us here.

[Not that he's not planning on trying to figure it out on his own if Skeletor could cut him loose once in a while.]

[voice]

[combatskirts]

[walking angrily when suddenly- a response! thank god, someone heard her. she stops on the sidewalk, somewhat taken aback.]

We don't know? what do you mean we don't know?

[as if theres an answer to that question.]

Re: [voice]

[hellfireshurricane]

Exactly what I said. Something brought us here for a reason, but we don't know what it was, or what the reason was.

[A pause then:]

I intend to find out though. Somehow.

[Voice]

[short_n_sweet]

Wait a minute--

[Jaune hurriedly responds to the voice broadcast.]

Snow Ange-- Weiss! Is that really you? Aw, man, Ruby is going to go nuts when she hears!

Re: [Voice]

[combatskirts]

[nice correction there, buddy.. she'll let it slide. for now. only because shes upset about waking up here.]

Jaune? You're here too? Great. [pause.] Wait. Did you say Ruby? Is she here as well?

[new mission: gotta find ruby]

Re: [Voice]

[short_n_sweet]

She totally is. Listen, she lives at a place called Tupelo Alley. It's on the corner of Oak Avenue and 8th Street. I live there too! It's a big apartment building.

Yang and Blake are there too, and Nora's here... Everyone's here!

Audio

[onecream_fivesugar]

Weiss?

[Uh oh, it sounds like someone got up on the wrong side of the pod this morning.]

I don't think the rocket lockers had anything to do with how we got here, but I think they would have been a lot more comfortable than those pods.

Re: Audio

[combatskirts]

Hey, Ruby. [no, she definitely had a rude awakening. it isn't that shes not happy to see you, but...]

Probably. It was a fair guess though. How else can you explain how we ended up here?

Audio

[onecream_fivesugar]

Uhmmm.

Maybe we were abducted by aliens! ...Wait no, they'd have rockets too. Hm...

[Actually thinking about it, it'd be great if she actually did know how they got here. She hadn't really thought of how she ended up in that pod.]

I'll get back to you on that, okay?

[Video]

[descendsfromshadow]

[Yep. There's a familiar voice.]

I guess it was only a matter of time.

[Sigh.]

Well, the good news is that you're not dead.

Re: [Video]

[combatskirts]

Thank god. I was going to be disappointed if this is where we end up at the end.

[Video]

[descendsfromshadow]

It would at least be a surprise.

Do you have your bearings? I'm not very close by.

[Judging by the foliage behind her on the video screen, she's out in the forests of Fayren on one of her monster hunting missions.]

Video

[monkeystowaway]

Weiss Schnee? As in Blake's teammate? [He doesn't know the voice well enough to say with complete certainty that she is that same lady that he met before.]

Re: Video

[combatskirts]

[ok, she had decided she would try to get along with him for Blake's teammate. maybe she was a little rude to him.. what was his name again? Blake has said it didn't she? well, if she did then Weiss cant remember. or bother to remember.]

Blake's stowaway friend?

Great! The gang's all here! How did we all manage to get kidnapped? Without a fight even!

Video

[monkeystowaway]

Blake's great stowaway friend. Can't forget the great part.

And beats me. Maybe they got us each while we were sleeping or drugged our food or knocked us out somehow.

[Video]

[imitationsloth]

WEISS!!

When did you get here?

[Video]

[combatskirts]

Like five minutes ago, but who actually knows how long I was asleep in that coffin thing.

[Video]

[imitationsloth]

Good point. [She thinks for a moment.]

You okay? Anyone coming to find you yet?

[Video] LATE TO THE PARTY

[solar_flare]

Whoa, there you are! I was starting to wonder.

[She folds her arms with a smile.]

Need an escort?

[They're going to need more beds.]

Re: [Video] ITS OK IVE BEEN WORKING LIKE A DOG SOOOO.....

[combatskirts]

[wow, everyone really IS all here...]

Exactly how long have you all been kept locked up in here?

[weiss's image flicks away for one second as she checks her map one more time]

There's no need for that, but thanks. I'll arrive at your apartment within a few minutes. You can meet me in the lobby if you'd like.

[Video]

[solar_flare]

I don't know, around a month? I guess?

[She rubs the back of her head, casting her gaze skyward thoughtfully.]

It feels like it's been a lot longer.

[Ruby's going to be thrilled, though.]

Lobby it is! I'll be waiting!

[baconandsnausages]

You're not dead, unless you were killed before you got here. Even then that's.... not a complete certainty. [That has a weird tone to it - weirder than the statement itself, which is saying something. Deal with it.] It's not a vacation, you're not even in the same damned world you came from.

There's no airships, and no way back until whoever runs the damned place decides to put you back. And then it's sudden and without warning.

[Wry smile is wry.] Anything else you need help with? [...You'll have to excuse him being blunt.]

[combatskirts]

Well great. Guess I'm putting my huntress training on hold until they decide they don't want me anymore.

[... she does have more questions actually now that he asks. but asking a stranger means weakness. she's shown enough of it for today. so this is the only one she lets herself ask:]

And who are you?

[Action]

[solar_flare]

[Yang is chilling down in the lobby, one arm slung casually over the back of the sofa. She hasn't told Ruby that she's down here, as she kind of wants to pull Weiss aside first and foremost to warn her about M and update her on the current situation. Of course, she doesn't know Ruby's on her way too, so Yang's plans might have to be put on hold for now.]

[Even so, she seems pretty happy, just smiling away and tapping her foot as she waits for Weiss to arrive. It's nice to have the team back together again.]

[Action]

[combatskirts]

[Finally, the building is in sight. At least, that HAS to be it so she checks her map one more time and decides that it is. Weiss starts running down the sidewalk, eager to see her friends again. She spoke with so many different people on the feed but no one had answers like her friends would.

At least, the answers she wasn't looking for would be offered, or confirmed that what everyone was saying was true.]