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[ A couple of hours had passed since Roman had made his announcement. It took her a while to calm down. After the hard learned lesson about not reacting emotionally from the first time Roman had attacked her, albeit in a very different manner, she knew better than to say anything while she was still reeling. Anxiety, stress, hatred, fear of losing her new friends, and fear of losing what she'd just begun to build on top of what she'd already lost to Torchwick were overwhelmingly keeping her from trying to react without thinking things through first. She'd turned her phone off for a short while- it was probably a mistake, it probably made it look like she was hiding, but the reality was that she was just a teenager who was trying to make some kind of a difference.
But after she'd had a chance to breathe, she worked out what it was she'd wanted to say. Because Torchwick wasn't the one she had to answer to- it was everyone else. The people who had put their faith in Schnee Company here, the people who believed in her and thought she was a good person, and even the people who didn't know what to think yet. They were who was important, not someone using her father's sins to try to destroy her. ]
Here we go.
[ Weiss took a deep breath and flickered the video on, her gaze unwavering as it did. She looked determined, serious. If any member of her family ever came here, she would likely be ruined after this video, but this was the only way to save the life she'd started building here. ]
Many of you may have seen Roman Torchwick's video and accusations earlier. The answer is yes.
Yes, many of those things are true. My father and our company under his leadership have been accused of doing those things and I have personally witnessed some of them. I don't have evidence of some of the things that Torchwick detailed in his apparent report, the source of which I find suspect given that while Schnee Dust Company in Remnant has managed to evade essentially all charges. If a report like that were legitimate, it certainly would've risen much sooner and certainly not in Genessia instead of back home. And I happen to know at least a couple of those are false, but the important ones aren't.
Yes, my family has used money to corrupt politics to get away with.. less than moral business practices. Yes, we...
[ Weiss took another deep breath. This was, honestly, hard for her. She hated the idea that her family's name was being dragged through the mud and that she was confirming it, even if she knew what was true. She wanted nothing more than to scream that Torchwick was a liar, but that wouldn't solve anything. ]
Schnee Dust Company has been known for both Human and Faunus rights abuses, most condemningly the forced labor of the Faunus people. Yes, Torchwick was telling the truth about that, but as usual he ran his mouth without knowing or including the entire story.
My family didn't claim our name in bloodshed or the sweat and tears of Faunus. It was my grandfather's company, and until my father took over it was a moral company. The Schnee family name didn't start off standing for these gross violations of humans rights, and I have no intention of allowing it to stay that way. Perhaps if Torchwick had taken a moment to question why the heiress to the company in question was busy attending a combat school for Huntresses instead of living easily in the comfort of my multiple homes and a plush office on the top floors of Schnee Company headquarters, he would have realized that leveling those accusations here was a mistake.
I chose to become a huntress because I have every intention of taking my family's company back from my father to make certain that the Schnee Dust Company doesn't operate in the dark, because I will need those skills to reclaim it from him. I never brought any of this up here in Genessia not because I had the intent to deceive any of you, but because by saying this publicly, I run the risk of my family finding out if any of them come to Genessia. I don't intend to back down back home, nor do I intend to let Torchwick take Schnee Company down to his level here. Schnee Company in Genessia is going to be a prime example of what Schnee Dust Company in Remnant should operate like.
The entire reason that the people from my world agreed not to start a witch hunt for Torchwick when he first arrived was on the basis of second chances. Torchwick squandered his when he attacked my friend and I, killing her and kidnapping me out of a sick need for vengeance because we've cut a couple of his heists short- a part of our jobs as huntresses.
Don't take Schnee Company and my second chance away from us because Torchwick decided to share what my father is responsible for and I haven't had the chance to fix back home yet.
But after she'd had a chance to breathe, she worked out what it was she'd wanted to say. Because Torchwick wasn't the one she had to answer to- it was everyone else. The people who had put their faith in Schnee Company here, the people who believed in her and thought she was a good person, and even the people who didn't know what to think yet. They were who was important, not someone using her father's sins to try to destroy her. ]
Here we go.
[ Weiss took a deep breath and flickered the video on, her gaze unwavering as it did. She looked determined, serious. If any member of her family ever came here, she would likely be ruined after this video, but this was the only way to save the life she'd started building here. ]
Many of you may have seen Roman Torchwick's video and accusations earlier. The answer is yes.
Yes, many of those things are true. My father and our company under his leadership have been accused of doing those things and I have personally witnessed some of them. I don't have evidence of some of the things that Torchwick detailed in his apparent report, the source of which I find suspect given that while Schnee Dust Company in Remnant has managed to evade essentially all charges. If a report like that were legitimate, it certainly would've risen much sooner and certainly not in Genessia instead of back home. And I happen to know at least a couple of those are false, but the important ones aren't.
Yes, my family has used money to corrupt politics to get away with.. less than moral business practices. Yes, we...
[ Weiss took another deep breath. This was, honestly, hard for her. She hated the idea that her family's name was being dragged through the mud and that she was confirming it, even if she knew what was true. She wanted nothing more than to scream that Torchwick was a liar, but that wouldn't solve anything. ]
Schnee Dust Company has been known for both Human and Faunus rights abuses, most condemningly the forced labor of the Faunus people. Yes, Torchwick was telling the truth about that, but as usual he ran his mouth without knowing or including the entire story.
My family didn't claim our name in bloodshed or the sweat and tears of Faunus. It was my grandfather's company, and until my father took over it was a moral company. The Schnee family name didn't start off standing for these gross violations of humans rights, and I have no intention of allowing it to stay that way. Perhaps if Torchwick had taken a moment to question why the heiress to the company in question was busy attending a combat school for Huntresses instead of living easily in the comfort of my multiple homes and a plush office on the top floors of Schnee Company headquarters, he would have realized that leveling those accusations here was a mistake.
I chose to become a huntress because I have every intention of taking my family's company back from my father to make certain that the Schnee Dust Company doesn't operate in the dark, because I will need those skills to reclaim it from him. I never brought any of this up here in Genessia not because I had the intent to deceive any of you, but because by saying this publicly, I run the risk of my family finding out if any of them come to Genessia. I don't intend to back down back home, nor do I intend to let Torchwick take Schnee Company down to his level here. Schnee Company in Genessia is going to be a prime example of what Schnee Dust Company in Remnant should operate like.
The entire reason that the people from my world agreed not to start a witch hunt for Torchwick when he first arrived was on the basis of second chances. Torchwick squandered his when he attacked my friend and I, killing her and kidnapping me out of a sick need for vengeance because we've cut a couple of his heists short- a part of our jobs as huntresses.
Don't take Schnee Company and my second chance away from us because Torchwick decided to share what my father is responsible for and I haven't had the chance to fix back home yet.
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But, Weiss seems to understand what this is about, more than just listening to a pretty song. She can tell Blake is trying to cheer her up and share something that she knows Weiss likes: music. ]
Thank you, Blake. It's a beautiful song.
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But hm, how lucky are you to have a song with your name in it for a whole 'homeland'.
[But sadly, distracting can only do so much.] So? What happens from here?
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[ Weiss had been focusing on work so much lately, even more than she already had been. She'd only really been home for a short period before she went to bed, even having Luke walk Frost in the mornings because she ended up leaving too early since she couldn't sleep. She'd started staying late too, after.. ]
Please don't ask me that question. Don't ask me about the future at all, I don't know.
[ The video blurs as she sits down a little heavily for Weiss, exasperation evident in every part of her body language and tone. ]
This Company was the one thing that was easy for me right now, so I'll figure everything out once I'm sure I'm not going to lose it.
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[Raises her brows in an understanding roll of her eyes, knowing perfectly well how touchy that subject could be; even now it was touchy for her as well.]
I'm still fairly sure you won't. Given your popularity around this place it's just smear tactics.
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[ She sighs, straightening her back slightly and looking off to the side. ]
It's not just this. Can I talk to you? And you have to promise not to tell anyone. Not Yang, or Ruby, or Sun. Especially not Sun, actually, though I doubt you'll want to bring it up to him. I can't even decide if I want me to know.
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In all honesty I haven't talked to many people since coming home. Sun's busy with his new cat so I haven't seen him since the hospital; Neptune's been giving me some books he finds and some of the local deli foods; I think Yang's still getting used to being here and I haven't seen Ruby in a while, I'm afraid.
But, I won't tell anyone.
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Zuko asked me something I wasn't prepared for at all and while I have had little fantasies about it, it was something that I had already decided I would never have to actually consider because of every single reason that it's a bad idea. He didn't actually ask me to do it, but he wants me to at least say that it could happen, one day, regardless of our lives back home or the obligations we might have. He just wants me to think about this world, with him, and I don't know if I can do that.
[ Nice actually saying what happened, Weiss. ]
So I've been thinking for.. well, more than two weeks.
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Blinking, she lets her eyes dart around in thought... Okay so she didn't really say WHAT Zuko had asked of Weiss or what's going on really, just that it was something big.
Leaning a bit closer to her feed, she whispers, just in case.]
Are you pregnant?
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[ Weiss narrowed her eyes and shook her head quickly. ]
Marriage, not- Don't even say that, we're really careful and it's not happening. He said he wanted me to consider marrying him one day.
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So you have some part of you that's okay with the idea but then some part of you realizes that- this isn't our world and there's no telling if, or when, we can get home?
Congratulations, of course; it sounds nice to have someone who wants to spend their life with you like that. But I guess it also seems like...well- you're condemning yourself to this world forever.
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[ Those pillows. Weiss just rolls her eyes and hangs up, then marches right over to Blake's room and lets herself in, continuing to talk as if she hadn't changed at all, pacing back and forth and gesturing with her hands as she talks. ]
Yes. It's nice. And the longer I think about it I've settled on the idea that if time really is frozen back home, I would gladly spend an entire lifetime here with him and then just go do everything back home after that. Which is completely insane. I mean- I'm 18. I'm not mature enough to make life-changing decisions like that. I keep thinking what if a year from now, we decide to do it and we do, what if I wake up after our honeymoon and he's gone and a month after that he comes back and he doesn't remember me? I don't know enough about his culture, what if he expects me to quit everything and be a baby machine and a stay at home mom? I can barely do the laundry, and I definitely don't want to do that. I mean, what happens if we do have kids and we both get sent home? I would need to move out of the house and after pushing it so hard, that'd be entirely unfair to you, Ruby, and Yang. There are more reasons it's a terrible idea where that came from.
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Huh, didn't know you were older than me... Being 18 doesn't sound too bad or too young but remember, we're often burdened at home. When's a foreseeable chance of finding something this happy and great feeling with everything we have to prepare for. Sadly, we're children who have grown up too soon...[Their torture and death certainly didn't help things. They experienced more in their short lives than most in their entire lifetimes.]
I doubt Zuko expects you to be a baby machine. But...the forgetting thing I understand... There are too many factors that come with such a thing that- it almost doesn't seem worth risking the heart break... [That was also more an underlying fear of her own; another reason she's considering breaking things off with Sun.]
The future is uncertain no matter how we look at it. But just live for the now. Maybe think a month or two ahead of now. And it sounds like those are some worries you need to open up and be honest with Zuko about. Who knows, maybe he wants to be a stay at home dad and be the man behind the woman who runs a great company.
Have you talked about your worries with him?
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[ She moves over to sit down next to Blake on the bed once the other girl clears room for her, then narrows her eyes at Blake at that comment about not being worth risking heartbreak. Weiss already knows that Sun feels it's totally worth it- they actually talked about that once, though for a far different conversation. ]
Some people would say it is worth it. I think it's worth it, or I wouldn't have gone this far already. Zuko thought he was being stupid just for bringing it up and I don't want to teach him that yes, bringing things up to me while I'm stressed is stupid, because I want him to think I can handle it because I want to be able to handle it. What if I end up talking to him and convince him it's a bad idea and he takes it back?
[ Because she doesn't want him to take it back, as weird as that sounds. Weiss is definitely leaning against the headboard now and looking like she absolutely wants to slump down on the bed like a lump of confusion- but she's too disciplined for that. ]
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[She shakes her head at that.] No. I don't think that will constitute as 'cheating' on Zuko. I told this to Yang because, well, she was rather emotional about another 'her' being here.
Right now, in this moment, you are you. Nothing will change that. The dream dock? That's-- you at home, I suppose. That's you continuing your life in a world where things like this are impossible. But you're still you here. You're living your life, just in a different story.
And from everything you've said, Zuko doesn't seem the kind to take it back. He loves you more than anything even with your moodswings.
Just...speak from the heart and mind; voice your true concerns and however he reacts, well, take it from there but as calm as you can.
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[ Out of everything she said, that was the only thing that Weiss could find something to argue with. ]
If he's already decided that he might want to one day, doesn't that mean he's already thought about all of this and decided we should anyway?
[ Which is, in its own sense, slightly comforting. If he actually thought that through already. Zuko was the type of person who had decided before she'd even brought it up that they couldn't have sex because he didn't know about birth control, so maybe he had thought about all of this. ]
Torchwick started focusing in on me, too, so there's a huge chance that none of this is even going to matter.
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Or he could just be that lovestruck. Maybe he's not thinking too much about the technical details and only realizes that you're the one he wants to be with no matter what.
[There's a small twitch and a twinge of pain over her heart at the mention of Torchwick.] I fairly sure he's doing nothing more than showing his true colors and soon people will see just how crazy he is. It could be a blessing in disguise.
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Are we supposed to just hope that blessing doesn't come at the cost of any more lives than it already has?
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So if he's the type to think about it, then it seems like he's in for the long haul. If you keep worrying about the negatives, you deny yourself the happiness you deserve and often those things lead to far more pain than just living in the moment.
Hope all you want, it might help,but still denying yourself your own happiness won't do any good. I do understand your fear and share it and maybe it's a good incentive to train harder so we can protect everyone we can.
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[ To use Blake's word. ]
I feel like that coming from you is something of a contradiction, but I think you're right.
[ She knows how Blake tends to doubt herself and focus on the negatives of situations, denying her own happiness in the process, after all. ]
Thanks, Blake.
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The 'very vigorous made her give a small snort since, well she knew what that meant.] So I guess after the big deed was done it became a bit addictive?
[She gives a small shrug at her thanks, only nodding at the thanks.]
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[Rubs the back of her head awkwardly.] Oh well. With the scar over my heart it's probably for the best.
So have you and Zuko become closer since doing-- that.
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Of course we have.
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We were on the roof as soon as Roman appeared, trying to scout out where he might of been..but uh,we had to do something to keep warm. I tried the--..[Taps her mouth.] -- thing too. That was the last time we really spent time together.
Then he seemed...mad when I was in the hospital but- I'm sure it was at the situation. [Gives another shrug.] I'm not about to push him with my needs and- keep chasing him for attention.
That is good at least, between you two. The soundproof walls seem to help a lot in that case.
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Also, chasing him with attention is exactly what he wants. If Zuko ignores a text for too long I get upset with him. But with you, it always seems like if people bother you then they're actually bothering you. So go be needy with him and tell him what you need.
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