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Episode 1: Arriving with a Yang! [Video]

The feed pops open to show the face of a rather fetching blonde girl with lilac eyes as she grins at the camera while standing next to the hologram of Weiss. "Yo Weiss! I'd rather you were here in person to get me instead of just a hologram, but I'll take what I can get here." She seems pretty optimistic despite being in a foreign world. Though having a familiar face like Weiss certainly makes it a lot easier as she's still looking around suspiciously.

"So...anyone know of a place where a girl can get a strawberry sunrise? And don't forget the umbrella."

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Armin doesn't respond to the video, but Yang will see him as she and Weiss approach their house - dressed in a semi-formal outfit that bears a striking resemblance to a military uniform. He's talking to someone on the phone while at the same time supervising a repair crew working to fix the damage to the fire hydrant and the surrounding area. It's stopped spraying water, at the very least, and the repairs look well under control. The bike is propped up carefully, off to the side of the driveway.

Armin nods as the girls come closer, wrapping up his phone conversation as he moves forward to greet them. "...then I'll call you back tomorrow. Thank you. Good evening, ladies."

He immediately turns to Weiss. "Repairs here should be done within the next twenty minutes - then I'll take the bike into the shop. They think it should be almost good as new before the close of business Thursday. Insurance will pay for both, but there is a 15% deductible - I've covered that, I'll just bill you the receipts with the expense report this month."

And then he turns to Yang, much less formal. He smiles gently - almost shyly, a stark contrast to the confidence and competence of a moment ago - and offers his hand. "You must be Yang. It's nice to finally meet you. My name's Armin, I'm Weiss' assistant."

Yang raises an eyebrow at seeing several people in front of their house with a ruined fire hydrant and the motorcycle. After Armin speaks she looks the guy over taking good note of his military outfit.

"Nice to meet you. Good to know Weiss has good tastes in assistants." She greets back with a smile taking the proferred hand and squeezing.

"Thank you, Armin. There wasn't a problem with it not technically being my bike, was there?"

She hadn't exactly mentioned that part to Yang, but now that it was going to be better by Thursday anyway, there wasn't much sense in hiding it. It was good news, wasn't it?

"Of course I have good taste!" Weiss said it like she was offended it was even in question.

Armin nods and shakes her hand firmly. "Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you settle in." It was a genuine offer, though it was also simply what he did as both Weiss' friend and as part of the Schnee Company. He blinks at the unexpected complement, face reddening a little. "Th-thank you."

He turns back to Weiss, expression more ambivalent. "Actually, it is technically your bike - I had to get the deed transferred to you in order to get them to cover it. But since the previous owner had been released, and you had been keeping possession of it, it wasn't too difficult to do." That's close to an outright lie, of course though his confidence and professional tone never wavers - those things had made the transfer possible, but it was still a bureaucratic hell. And despite the last half hour he's spent on the phone, the transfer technically still hasn't happened yet. He'll be spending much of tonight going over and figuring out the necessary proofs and paperwork for the transfer.

"I can have the paperwork ready to transfer ownership back by the time the bike's out of the shop. It technically has to be a monetary transaction, when a release is not involved - but any amount will do." He glances between the two a moment, uncertain. "If that's your intention, anyway."

Yang's handshake is quite firm, maybe a little painful too due to her insane strength before she lets go with a grin. "Oh come on, Weiss. I just didn't expect you to go for a cute boy like this."

Yang raises an eyebrow as she listens to their interaction. "So...that was my bike you just crashed. What the hell, Weiss!?" She'd be madder than she currently was if it weren't for the fact that Weiss was paying for the repairs anyway. But that still meant she's out of a bike for even more time.

"What- Armin's not my boyfriend, Yang, and I definitely didn't pick him for his looks. I picked him because he's intelligent and capable. And for the record for everyone's safety here," Weiss flattened her hands as if to make her point that she's laying down the law, "Armin's not cute and I don't think so and sharing that opinion around my actual boyfriend when you meet him is a terrible idea."

Weiss took a deep breath, about to address everything that Armin shared about the bike. Just as she was opening her mouth though, Yang started yelling. Weiss put her face in her hand for a moment, shaking it, then cocked her hip as she looked at Yang.

"According to Armin, it's technically mine. And I could technically ask not to have it transferred back if you're going to get mad about it- Right Armin?"

As if she didn't make Armin's life hard enough by crashing the bike in the first place, she's now going to drag him onto her side of an argument.

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