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[...this is not what he had been expecting at all.

he did not think he would wake in such a place, the last he remembered he was in the white fang headquarters. it was anything but a pleasant surprise to find out that he was no longer in remnant, no longer with other faunus.

adam was angry.

the faunus always had an awful temper, but this was ridiculous. of course, he decided to use the blasted device he was given, just as instructed.]

How delightful. Tell me, is there a reason I was kidnapped and brought to such a realm? I'll get answers one way or another.

[be it through small talk or force, he was determined to find out about his surroundings.]

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[She doesn't say anything after that, just cuts the audio and heads out.

She doesn't go straight to the Bay though, taking a longer, roundabout route to throw off the timing of the trip in case Adam is trying to figure out the distance. She doesn't want him following her back, not for her sake, but....]

[But finally she reaches the Bay and stops, taking a moment and several breaths to compose herself before walking inside slowly.]

.. I'm here.

[he can sense her coming, before she's even walking inside. it was thanks to his aura, able to detect those around him. but blake...he already knew what her quiet steps sounded like.

it was then adam placed a hand against the rocky wall he was leaning on, pushing himself up. he glanced over, finally seeing blake after so long.

it had been months without her. without his partner, his family.

just seeing her sent so many emotions flooding through him, the feeling of betrayal, of loss, hate and anger- all of it. but he knew he couldn't just jump on her for what happened, not now, she was the only person he could rely on right now.

adam took a step forward, his hands at his sides, forming fists.]

...Hey. [it was all he could muster right now, the shock of seeing her still settling it.]

[And then there he was, looking just as he had on that day as if no time had passed at all. He still wore that mask too, the one she'd come to hate so much.

She's quiet as she watches him stand up, just as many emotions warring inside of her. Part of her wanted to run forward, to explain why she had done what she had, to try to make him understand.

But it was too late for that. She knew it.]

Here. [She starts forward, a few patches of snow contrasting with her black hair and coat, and starts pulling a scarf from a pocket.] It's cold out there.

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[adam didn't know what she was about to do either.

he watched her behind that mask, eyes trained on her, ready for anything. he didn't think blake would attack him, but he also didn't know how she felt about being around him anymore. if she had been ready to flee from him, who knows what else she could suddenly try.

it was obvious he was feeling uncomfortable for when blake stepped towards him he took a step back. it was like he was bracing himself, but then she went into her pocket and brought out a scarf for him.

she remembered how much he hated the cold.

adam sucked in a breath and it caught in his throat. he stared down at the cloth then back up to blake, weighing his options here. come on adam, it was just a scarf. but was this a peace offering? he was so confused. regardless, the man stepped towards her, reaching out to her he gently took the scarf in hand. he stared at it for a while before actually putting it on. he wrapped it around his neck and it now covered part of his face, how he always wore it when he was trying to fight the bite of winter.]

Thanks, Blake. [he muttered it behind the scarf.] The cold might have killed me otherwise.

[ah- he always was a dramatic kind of person.]

[She hadn't been sure what she would be getting herself into coming out here alone, but she still didn't believe Adam would hurt her. Not her. She wouldn't believe that he could have changed that much.

That didn't mean she wasn't prepared for it. Gambol Shroud's hilt could clearly be seen over her right shoulder.]

[It wasn't a peace offering. Blake wasn't at war with Adam, she didn't think so at least. Not yet. And she hoped it wouldn't ever come to that. But if it did, if she and Adam found themselves on opposite sides here....

She shook the thought of. She didn't want to think about that.

But then he complains about the cold and for the first time since they'd started talking, she smiles. Faint, almost ghostlike and cautious but it's there.]

Please. As if it could ever be that easy.

[adam has kept his sword at his side the entire time, wilt and blush in his hand and at the ready. but he won't use it on blake, he doesn't have a reason to ever do that. at least, none he can see right now.

so with his free hand he pulls down the scarf from his face, revealing his own faint smirk. this feels so nostalgic, to see blake again and to joke about the cold once more.]

Aren't we going for a walk?

[For just a moment, it feels like old times again. Still so dramatic, especially about the cold. Here they were again, with Adam sulking around and Blake showing up to drag him out into the winter weather.]

We'd better. There's still a lot you need to know about this place.

[old times was such a distant memory now.

adam walked a bit closer to blake so he was standing beside her, and he glanced out to beyond the bay. adam had a feeling that blake's ideals and his no longer matched up, and that in itself was unsettling to him. he knew that she still wanted the faunus to be free to live however they want, but in a different way. he wanted to understand her, so he wasn't about to go on a rampage. not just yet. if he was going to stay here, and at least try and cooperate with blake, he needed to tell her something as well.]

Blake, before you show me around... [he pauses, wondering if this will just cause another argument between them.]

...Weiss Schnee contacted me while I was waiting for you. However, I'm without the White Fang, I have no other backup, I'm not about to go and cause trouble when I'm in the dark.

Do you understand what I'm saying? [as long as he can keep his anger in check, she has nothing to fear.]

We might have some differences, but I'm no lunatic.

[Thinking back, she couldn't be sure their ideals hadn't ever been different. She'd been so young, so naive when they were growing up that she had barely realized how angry Adam was all those years. She'd KNOWN it but she hadn't truly understood.

All she'd ever wanted was a better world for their people, but never this way. All that time, she'd seen the White Fang as a glimmer of hope, but now....

Then he mentions Weiss, and her head snaps up, eyes going wide for a moment. Too late, she realized she had probably just given herself away. If it came down to Adam and Weiss--!]

Adam.. [No, he may be many things, but he was not a lunatic. What he was, was careful, methodical, and calculating when he had a goal in mind. She frowned slightly.] Are you saying you're willing to leave her alone?

[...her reactions did give her away.

blake knew of weiss then. she had mentioned that she had friends here, teammates. and it was slowly starting to come into place. blake and the schnee heiress were companions. he didn't know what hurt more, that she really couldn't trust him or that she was fine moving on without him.

or was she? he didn't really know.

adam placed his free hand in his pocket and he walked a little way ahead of her in silence. he was mulling over her choice of words. to leave her alone. that was a difficult situation in itself. if it came down to it, if his assumptions were true and he was kidnapped here thanks to all of these wretched humans, he would want answers from weiss the most.

he's not above kidnapping. he's not above killing.]

Hmm... [he just makes a noise in thought, pausing after a bit and he turns back to her. he had been frowning, but then he simply sighed. he shrugged lightly.]

If we're going to be in the same place for a while, at least until I get some answers, then I'll be honest with you. I'll want to observe her if anything. I don't trust her, and I don't trust anyone else. But I.... yeah, I'll leave her alone. [he was trying at least.]

[Blake watches him closely as he walks past her and mulls over his options. It was a dangerous moment, if he decided to go after Weiss then the rest of her team would undoubtedly spring into action, and that meant she would be caught in the middle of it.

Except, no. If Adam threatened her friends, she knew exactly where she'd be standing. If it was anybody else, she would have accepted his word, but the Schnee Family heiress? That was far too tempting a prize for any White Fang member.]

I mean it. [She steps forward, looking up at those slits in his mask over his eyes, an action that would likely have caused more than one round of nervous gasps back home.

But Blake had always been the only one to never back down from Adam Taurus.]

She isn't responsible for this. She's trapped here just the same as we are.

[and that's the blake belladonna he's always remembered her to be. no one else would have dared stand up to him at HQ, he was far too cruel, too scary. his temper got the best of him most of the time.

but for whatever reason, the cat faunus had some kind of magic that could tame him.

adam stared back down at her, unmoving. he could see her so closely at this point, the way she stared up at him with such determination was an extra edge on her part. she was small, sure, but damn she had a gaze that could make anyone back down. even him.

like hell he'd ever admit that though.]

The White Fang would have my head if they knew about this.

[he frowned at her again.]

Since I'm listening to you. And leaving the heiress alone. You're still the only one that can change my mind.

[And like always, Blake doesn't budge, even when Adam starts giving her a look that would send even older White Fang members scurrying. It didn't even matter if he stood head and shoulders above her. It helped that all she could see of him was his mask, which added a bit more fuel to her glare.]

[When he agrees, some of the tension drains from her shoulders, but just a little bit. But she'll just keep frowning as long as he wants to. She'll even up the ante and fold her arms.]

[Hmph. They'd have his head? She was the deserter who was choosing to stand beside a member of the Schnee family.]

There's no White Fang here. There's no Schnee Dust Company here either, as a matter of fact. Whatever we have to deal with back home, we're all stuck in this together.

[..boy, he really missed just how intense she could get when something was important to her. adam knew it too, just how much it meant to her, how much her team meant to her. he could see it in her eyes now, and he felt distant from her in that instant. she used to feel that way about the white fang.

but she's right, no one was here from it.]

Alright.

[he backed up from her, his hands going up in defense.]

Alright Blake, you win. I won't touch the Schnee girl and I won't touch your friends either. I'll have the biggest problem on my hands anyways if I attempt anything.

[another light shrug.] You're the toughest opponent I've ever faced, and I don't think I've ever won.

[It was still there just... different. She remembered what the White Fang WAS, and what it could have been in her eyes. Before harsh reality had torn it all to pieces in front of her.]

[She sighed quietly and backed up when he gave in. It was good enough, and a relief to hear from him. Now what? She couldn't just leave him on his own out here. He was likely to just pick the first place out of the cold and sulk for the rest of the day.

It was strange how easily she slipped back into the old ways of thinking. She needed to look out for Adam, it was as simple as that.]

I guess we should find you a place to stay. Did you get your pamphlet and money from the pod?

[and she had been looking out for adam for years, she was really the only one that did that.

adam started to walk ahead once more along the bay, glancing around as he did.]

Yeah.... [he frowned.] I guess I already picked a place to stay. A hyperactive human contacted me and pretty much demanded a roommate.

[but wait he really couldn't back down- DON'T JUDGE HIM.] ...She has healing powers, I could use that.

[covers it up by explaining he has something to gain.]

[Okay. She needed to think of a place where Adam could stay. He'd probably need somewhere quiet, without too many people and--

wait, did she just hear that? She must have because she's staring at Adam like he suddenly sprouted a second head out of his shoulder. Did he just say a human offered to be his roommate? And he ACCEPTED?]

Did you just--?

[Okay. Healing powers... sort of explained it. But that's still very odd.]

You're going to live with a human?

[well. that wasn't quite true.]

She wanted a roommate, but I managed to say I'll be living in the same building. Away from her. I'm just using her for her healing abilities if I need it, I'll be inspecting this place entirely after all.

But same building nonetheless.

[did that make a little more sense?]

[That... that seemed somewhat more believable at least. She can't say she likes the idea of Adam "using" this girl for her abilities but... at least he wouldn't be on his own.]

... Alright. Which building is it?

[if he's not using her then he'd just ignore her, honestly.]

Garden Park?

Either way, I probably won't even be there very often.

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