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;DREAM DOCKS

[Pyrrha had been told about what happened to her and a few other things leading up to her demise from the others, but she felt it was better to go see it for herself. No matter how afraid she would be or how painful it might be, she had to see it through. Both her and Yang did. So waking up wasn't exactly comfortable. Not when the last thing she remembered was an arrow to the chest and then turning into dust.

She failed.... Dying hurt, but failing when she could have helped turn the tides around hurt the most. And knowing how Yang's fight with Mercury went seemed so much worse before she found out that she'd lost her arm and all of the other bad things that's happened. She felt a stinging in the corner of her eyes as tears ran down her cheeks. She covered her eyes as she hold her head on her hands.

It hurt... All of this hurt.... Not just what happened to Amber... Not just what happened when Jaune was just cheering her up... Not just the tournament... Or even her death. It was everything. She'd hurt someone she cared about without realizing it. She had the death of Penny on her hands, Ruby's dear friend. Even if it wasn't initially her fault, she was still dead because of her semblence. And then the Grimm breaking in and starting the end of everything....

She wasn't strong enough. Were all of her efforts in vain? And her first and last kiss she'd have with Jaune back home. He was here, but what the hell was she going to say to him? "Sorry I kissed you and then pushed you in a locker like a nerd to protect you?" Now she can see how he was so torn up... How everyone was with her...

But enough with her, she had to check on Yang. Yang was probably in worse shape right now. So wiping away her tears, she hurried over to Yang.]

Yang. Are you... awake yet?

[It was a little longer for Yang to wake up. The girl had more memories to go through too, not to mention her last memories weren’t exactly happy moments. How do you explain to everyone that she really believed Mercury was trying to kick her again after the match was over? At least her teammates believed her, although tentatively from the looks of Blake, but being disqualified like that still hurt. Compared to everything else, it was a small hurt though.

Blake. That one hurt the most. Not only losing her arm trying to protect her teammate, but her teammate up and running. She thought they were partners, that they should be pulling through thick and thin. Instead her teammate ran at the first chance she could, ran and left Yang missing an arm trying to protect her. Well if Blake wanted to run, then so be it, Yang won’t chase her down, but if that kitty ever showed up, Yang had some stern words for her (and a good slugging in the face).

Still she had to remember she wasn’t alone at the docks, and at least she was alive. That was the key thing as she slowly sat upright, tears in her own eyes as she practically leaped out of her chair to tackle Pyrrha in a hug.]

Pyrrha...y-you’re still here….thank god.

[she cried into her friend’s shoulder, only to blink and look down when she realized only one arm was hugging her friend.

And that brought her cold as she looked at the missing stump of what used to be her right arm, gauntlet uselessly lying on the floor, tears springing to her eyes again as she felt the phantom motions of trying to clench a hand that was no longer there, moving an arm that doesn’t exist and hadn’t existed for a month. It almost felt like she could still feel her hand.]

P-Pyrrha...what should we do?

;HOME

[On the walk home, it was a bit.. strange. Between Pyrrha and Yang hugging each other because of the trauma and events that occurred and the silence of trying to really let it all sink in, Pyrrha wasn’t really sure how to approach her friends. Either way, Yang and Pyrrha would make it through, but now facing everyone who had kept things from them previously was a little…. awkward. And Yang definitely looked like she just wanted to say fuck it all and ignore everyone. Not that Pyrrha could blame her really.

Eventually they made it back to the house, both girls staring up at the mansion that housed their friends as they contemplated what they were going to say once everyone knew they were there. Well...Pyrrha might have, Yang for all it was worth was growing steadily more grumpy as time went on, to the point that after staring at the door for a few minutes, she threw Pyrrha a glance, almost apologetically, before a loud crashing noise echoed through the house announcing their return.

Yang kicked down the door.

When she looked to Pyrrha, she wasn’t sure what the look was for until she did it. She couldn’t help but jump a little, but otherwise didn’t react much more than that. Slightly nodding to her, she glanced back towards where her room was. Going to her room and just… flopping onto the bed and doing nothing sounded nice. She was sure that Yang wanted to just go to her room too. The problem was how close Pyrrha’s room was to Jaune’s. Maybe she could… sneak in somehow…?

No… it didn’t seem likely… They were all probably waiting for the both of them.

At that point though, Yang didn’t quite care if they were up, or if Pyrrha wanted her own room. Keeping her hold on the girl, the blonde practically dragged her up the stairs to her own room, where she’d immediately flop on the bed with Pyrrha, not wanting to let her teammate out of her sight until she was sure both were alright from the week’s ordeal.]

[OOC: Feel free to either see them at the Dream Docks or along the way to their home. Otherwise the rest of will probably take place in the house. Pyrhha’s color is this color while Yang will have this color.]

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[She's not even going to touch base on the first part. There was no need to. There were more pressing matters at hand here...]

Well.... Do you.... know the story of the Four Maidens?

[Yang's also turning over to look at Pyrrha, her arm reaching over to hug the redhead as best she could while she settled in. It seemed pretty serious and she thought Pyrrha might appreciate the hug.]

Do you mean...the fairytale?

[She'll let out a small sigh.]

Yes, that would be it. I.... was asked to visit Professor Ozpin and he asked me what fairytales that I enjoyed. He asked me if I knew about that particular one, but then after recapping it with him, he insisted that it wasn't merely just a story. All fairytales are ringed with truth....

I found out that.... These four maidens... They're real people and.... they're in danger. They led me to the basement and that's when I saw the Fall Maiden, Amber, in some sort of machine to keep her alive. It seems that Cinder and her crew [Although, she didn't know who it was at the time.] attempted to steal her powers from her, only succeeding in taking part of it.

As we can obviously gather from this.... it's not power that she should be allowed to possess. In the right hands it could save Remnant but.... you've seen the results of if it gets in the wrong hands.

[ Weiss listens quietly, recalling the fairy tales she studied as a kid. Her father had insisted she shouldn't waste her time on them, but she still would read them under the covers just because she wanted to read something other than history back then. Turns out she was reading 'history' all along. ]

And he chose to give it to you, and you agreed to that for some reason.

[ Weiss wasn't going to begin to pretend to understand why Pyrrha would agree to that. ]

As far as I can tell, everyone from our world is named after some kind of fairy tale from another world. I haven't figured out all of them, but Sun found his counterpart in a book a while ago and I started looking into them. Snow White, Joan of Arc, Little Red Riding Hood [ which only clicked with her after Roman started calling her "Little Red"- before that there was another book actually called Ruby Rose that she'd considered. ], Sun Wukong, Neptune God of the Sea, Mercury- a god who guides souls to the underworld, Glinda the Good Witch... Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose victories had losses so great they could hardly be considered victories. [ That's exactly what that was. ] Which makes an actual fairy tale being real not sound all that crazy.

[Yang huhs softly as she listens to the two speak. So they were fairy tales? And the story of the seasons was real? Made her wonder, where were the other three maidens in a time like this?]

So...what? Then you were suppose to just bear the burden like that and that's it? Yeah...I'm gonna need to find Ozpin and I'm going to punch him in the face.

[Treating her friends like they're disposable tools like that certainly doesn't sit well with her at all.]

It wasn't just Professor Ozpin who was privy to it... Professor Goodwitch, General Ironwood, and Qrow all knew about it as well and were working to protect her from any further dangers. Professor Ozpin thought that I was the most likely to use the powers for good and he had faith in my skills. In the end, he simply asked me if I would take over as the Fall Maiden, but he never forced me into the decision.

I'm the one who agreed to it in the end because I wanted to be able to do what I could to save everyone... If there was something I could do to protect the people I love and the world we lived in, I wanted to do do it. They looked like... this was their last chance and I guess they weren't kidding. Things happened so quickly so... in the end, it didn't turn out.... favorably... [Obviously.]

But Professor Ozpin... He feels terrible about it, but I don't have it in me to say that it was all just his fault. We thought we had more time....

[ Well there were the names Ozpin left out right there. ]

Ruby and Yang's uncle knew about this? That drunkard? --No offense, Yang. [ Weiss is livid again, but it's not because of Qrow. That's just the first thing she manages to react to. It's simple to react to. Much simpler than the rest of this. She hears what Pyrrha says, she's listening to it, but it doesn't mean she agrees with it. ]

Pyrrha, he singled you out and made you feel like you were the only one he could trust. They chose a student- not an adult, not someone who had experience fighting wars, they chose someone who wasn't ready nor should they have been ready yet and then you went off on your own in blatant disregard for everything we learned at Beacon in the first place. I can't say whether he was wrong because we never got the chance to see what happened if we were actually informed about any of this, but his way obviously didn't go ideally. Every last one of us wants to protect something and protect the world we live in- that's what a huntress is. Our job is to protect people. I know he thought you were the best choice and I couldn't tell you whether you were or weren't, but he made you suffer through that choice alone to the point that you chose to send your partner away from you instead of trusting him to have your back. Don't you dare defend their choice or yours as though it were the right thing to do for anyone.

[ She takes a deep breath, but it's obvious she's still mad. She just recognizes it and knows that anything else she says is just going to be petty frustration rather than how she actually feels. Well. She'll let one thing in since Yang brought it up. ]

I may not agree with punching him in the face, but Yang isn't wrong- he deserves to feel bad about this.

[Yang snorts softly as she waves her good arm a bit at the mention of her uncle.]

Weiss, Ruby and I both know he's a drunk. He was probably completely drunk when he had that fight with your sister Ruby told me about.

...Come to think of it I don't recall ever seeing him not drunk.

[Weiss...pretty much said everything Yang wanted to about that. No matter what it really was Ozpin's fault. And Glynda's and Ironwood's, and even her Uncle's if he was allowing this too.]

Well punching him would make me feel better at least. But, Pyrrha. You got to understand that just because someone wants you to do a thing, doesn't make it your fault if everything gets messed up. Weiss is right. They were putting it on you when you might not have been ready. I don't think any of us would have been ready really. We're just hunters and huntresses in training, not people who have already graduated and spent years doing the work.

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