genessia | yes there may be spoilers

ACTION; at the dream docks
[ The first thing Weiss had done when she woke up, after just sitting for a moment, had been to check her phone. Mayu's text was the first thing that she saw about Torchwick, so that was an issue she had to address as soon as she could. A look back at what she'd missed made it clear that he was going after Ruby and Weiss wouldn't let that happen. She needed to go home and see everyone. Now. She needed to make sure that when she walked in, she'd still be able to see the faces of those they'd lost.

Then.. then she'd figure it out. Weiss didn't have the luxury of sitting home crying, not here. She had work to do. She had to find some way to fix this. Aaand she also needed to make sure that the City Guardian's office hadn't gone to shambles because she left it in the hands of her Deputies who had just met that day. She couldn't mourn. She'd have enough time to do that alone, at home, back in Atlas.

Here she just had to find the people she cared about and protect them. If that meant coming down on crime a hundred times harder than normal, then so be it. Weiss too a deep breath, not checking if Sun and Jaune were awake yet, and turned her device to post. ]

VOICE
This is Nova City Guardian Weiss Schnee speaking.

As of this moment, Roman Torchwick is considered a wanted fugitive. I'll offer level 5 payment as a bounty, direct from the City Guardian office. I would encourage other City Guardians to list him as a high-profile criminal as well. Torchwick's list of crimes includes murder, theft, kidnapping, torture, evading the law and that's just from his previous experience in Genessia. Back home he's done much, much worse.

If you do not have experience fighting, do not approach him. Keep in mind that to keep him alive, you'll need to break his aura but not go beyond that except to disable him. I don't care what state you bring him in provided that he's alive and secure. No one's getting paid for killing him because killing him still means he's free. Anyone found aiding, abetting, harboring, or hiding information about Roman Torchwick is considered a criminal and will be dealt with appropriately.

ACTION; Open to Remnant House / Anyone who wants to visit?
[ Once Weiss had left the Dream Docks, she went home to change clothes and check everyone's rooms. Chances were, those who didn't know what was going on would've just been going about their lives normally, maybe at work or off doing whatever errands, but she still just wanted to see if anyone was home. She wanted to see anyone. She wasn't even bothering with privacy, instead just peeking her heads into doors as she knocked. ]

Hello?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

It surprises people who come from worlds where dragons are extinct most of the time, Professor Ozpin.

[ The devil is in the details, Ozpin! And Weiss finds it in everything. ]

But I also have an ice dinosaur that I revived from a fossil, a giant fire dog, a little thing that changes shape with the weather, a poorly trained singer of a reformed thief snow monster, an ice fox-like creature, a sea monster, and... whatever Hail is. I trained each of them myself.

[ And also basically beat some guy claiming he was the ice master at his own game, but no one needs to know that she literally would've earned the title of ice queen if she hadn't refused it. ]

[ it's funny, really, how weiss can go from militaristic leader (very much like her sister, ozpin thinks) to acting like a teenager pointedly explaining why her collection of weird monsters that apparently breathe fire and ice is both useful and cool. ]

I have absolutely no doubts that you did.

[ with some odd mixture of amusement and pride -- ozpin has absolutely no idea why weiss has a dinosaur, a fire dog, a little thing, a snow monster, a fox, a sea monster, and whatever hail is, but he also isn't terribly surprised.

still, he can't help sounding a bit wry as he continues. ]

Whatever would Beacon do without you, Miss Schnee?

[ with a slight laugh, as he settles back into his newly acquired chair, steepling his fingers ]

Tell me how you revived a dinosaur from a fossil.

[ this, honestly, makes him feel a lot better ]

[ Whatever Ozpin, they're freaking cool and she's going to completely ignore the wryness of that comment and just lift her chin up proudly, opening her mouth to say something and then remembering that Beacon- the real Beacon- is most definitely gone. Apparently not much with her around. She'll just focus on the fossil. ]

I.. may have gone to see a necromancer in Everglade while it was illegal, but in my defense, Everglade's previous Guardian was a dolt who decided to ban any and all forms of necromancy and divination in a place that's practically a walking horror movie. It would've been like banning robots and aliens here.

[ Weiss is going to go take a seat in her desk now. It's nice being taller than Ozpin for once (or anyone) but if he's going to sit, then so is she. It's just polite to be on the same level. ]

[ there's a slight look in her direction -- less scolding, more why are you explaining why you did something quasi-illegal, have you met me? -- and he watches her take a seat, eyes bright.

he loves a good story. ]

And the necromancer brought the fossil to life?

Surely such a thing isn't done for free.

[ Because she's Weiss Schnee and breaking the rules requires minimal persuasion 9/10 times. Even if said persuasion is literally 'ok but it'd be cool and we should do it.' The remaining 1/10 requires explanation. ]

They mostly just wanted to keep the leftover fossils parts. There have been two occasions when the world that Pokemon are from bled into this one. The necromancers who can revive fossils typically want the leftovers to study them or as ingredients for something else they're doing. They have a lot of weird spirit magic over there that supposedly requires odd ingredients. If it was anything bad I wouldn't have done it.

I know you wouldn't.

[ warmly, but ozpin looks interested, all the same. what powerful "magic", whatever the hell that's supposed to be. to ozpin, it sounds just like untested science, but. you know. DUST ISN'T MAGIC signed monty oum. ]

The creature that you summoned from this fossil is perfectly safe and sound, then, I assume?

Of course. I named him Aura. He's gotten pretty strong.

yes there may be spoilers

[action]

[action]

[action]

[action]

[action]

[action]

[action]