A watchful eye...

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          Carmilla entered the room with a content sigh. A nice, warm shower after a chilly evening stroll was perhaps the best reward for the bat faunus. As she opened the door, she was still in her white bathrobe to find a distraught Vanessa.

          “Funny, I thought the only expression you would wear would be haughty, Van.” call it an instinct, but the bat discontinued any further teasing, “… What’s the matter, mon ami? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

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         Carmilla was shocked witnessing her leader in such distress, but what Vanessa confessed was even more distressing. The bat moved to sit beside the girl, a look of pure concern on her face, hands on the other’s shoulders.

        “Vanessa,” the young woman began in a serious tone of concern, “If what you’re saying is true, then we need to act immediately. But before anything else–”

“You’re right. But I can’t let you and the others put yourselves in danger because of my stupidity.” she stood up. “Don’t go after my father. He will not hesitate to kill any of you. In fact if he even knew you were my teammates, that would just paint a bigger target on your backs.”

Yang found herself beginning to question whether or not this girl as actually sane or not, the fact that she just did that was already making her a little bit skeptical. But soon enough she began to slowly look to the Faunus girls and then back to Vanessa.

“I mean…Not all Faunus are bad, I mean I know quite a few cool Faunus. If anything they’re just kinda…different, just because the White Fang is trying to do shit with a revolution doesn’t mean every Faunus is going to be a part of it” The blonde mused as she then began to make her way over to the large castle-looking building.

“Oh but they are, Yang.” she started to walk towards the building but then stopped. “For years they would be outside my family’s home threatening them and yelling at them. Of course my parents, being huntsmen did the logical think and defended themselves from those animals.” she looked back to Yang with a look of anger in her eyes.

“You want to know why I hate the faunus so much?” she asked. “They’re nothing but a bunch of troublemakers. I don’t know if you ever heard of this group I’m in, but here’s their card.” she handed Yang a card. It had a phone number and was labeled. ‘Forces Fighting Faunus Rights.’ “They do peaceful protests and make petitions on a regular basis advocating for the separation of faunus from humans. They threaten us, try to kill us and helped destroy Beacon. I don’t think we can trust their kind anymore.” she argued.

Yang merely pocketed the card and began to sigh, this really as going to be a hard experience considering she wasn’t really any sort of extremist, “I’m not sure if this group is exactly…the most logical thing. I mean the cause if stupid to say the least and if anything it’s doing what the White Fang is trying to do. Or was trying to do.” The blonde state with a small grin on her face before eventually beginning to look over to the dormitory buildings and the classrooms.

“Was trying to do? Those animals attacked my family long before they started to get more violent with things.” she hissed. “They’ve made my life a living hell. Why should they get to be free and have all the rights they want including bullying me.” Vanessa felt ready to just about attack someone, but she knew better, no. Not this girl, not the same girl that had assaulted one of her peers.

“Alright, that’s it I’m gonna stop you there. Shut the fuck up about Sun, he is not a menace! Maybe there’s a reason that he HAS to steal food, or money, maybe it’s because of people like you that claim he’s a menace. The guy’s a bit of a prankster sure, but he’s actually one of the nicest guys that assholes like you wouldn’t ever get the chance to meet!” The blonde seemed offended that Vanessa would insult one of her friends. In fact she was prepared to attack her at this point.

“One more comment on any of my friends and I’m not holding back. I don’t give a shit if your stupid team comes to kill me. You do not. I repeat. Do not! Insult my friends!” The blonde then pushed past Vanessa before briefly turning back.

Vanessa was taken aback by Yang’s harsh words. This girl was no better than them. Than the rest of her teammates. “You’re no better than my teammates.” she stated flatly. “They always tell me the same thing, and they’re wrong!” she was ready to attack this girl at this point. She was ready to just take out either her crossbow or her katars to give this girl the beat down she deserved for being such an arrogant bimbo.

“You don’t know anything about me. The faunus they’ve made my life a living hell since I was toddler. You-You don’t know how it feels to be ridiculed every day by a certain group of people just because you don’t agree with them.” was she crying? There were tears running down her face. “My parents came home every day to a group of those filthy animals following them. My father would take his rifle out and fire warning shots, which typically got them to back off.” she looked down to the razor in her hand.

“One night though, they got really violent. They wouldn’t leave and they started to go towards the house. Molotovs and other explosives in hand, ready to set our house ablaze. I saw what happened. All of it. My father shot through all of those filthy animals. Blew up their explosives in their hands. I saw every detail and I knew they were monsters…” she looked up to Yang again. 

Yang was about to retort once again but soon turned around and saw Vanessa charging at her with her Katars. She was really going to fight her now? Yang could tell that this battle would be one sided, she also could tell that the story she was telling was…indeed sad, but of course was also something that Weiss said way back in their first year at Beacon. The Faunus of the New White Fang would attack those that disagreed with them. But it was the case of many people that tried to segregate them, attack them, take away their rights.

“You’re an idiot to think that we should be hunting creatures that should be our equals!” Yang then turned and brought up her fist to block the katars, but rather her metallic arm, the clanging sound that echoed throughout the courtyard was almost deafening as soon enough the blonde began to push back.

“You see this you arrogant brat?! This was what happened when I attacked the leader of the White Fang. He is just like you think all Faunus are, a sociopath! But you know why he attacked me?! Because he wanted to get rid of everything my teammate knows and loves! She ran from him, she’s been fighting for Faunus rights since the very beginning! The only reason you think Faunus are evil, is because you’re too dense to see the wider world!”

Yang then let out a yell as her arm began to extend out sideways into a small scythe blade as she then felt her eyes turning a powerful crimson as she spoke words that burnt like acid.

“If it weren’t for some Faunus. You’d be dead where you stand. They fight with us, protect us…and what does humanity do? Nothing. We’re all the reason that they’re trying to do this! And we only have ourselves to blame!”

Vanessa was shoved to the ground with relative ease despite putting all of her force into her attack and was pushed back with enough force that she caused a small crater. 

She looked at Yang and dropped her weapons, this was a pointless fight and she knew it, yet everyone around her was looked at them and some people were yelling at her about how Yang was right. Her, the same girl that had assaulted one of their peers and students, she was right. She was more correct than Vanessa, a student that had been at Haven for 3 years.

“…” she didn’t know what to say or do. She merely stood up and looked in Yang’s direction, avoiding eye contact. “It’s your fault… All of this.” she looked Yang in the eyes. “You’re the reason this whole mess started!” Vanessa had to distract the crowd somehow. She picked up her Katars and charged them up with electricity. “It’s your fault, Beacon fell to begin with!” she hissed as the students then turned their attention to her.

Yang found herself trying to call out but nothing seemed to come out, eventually just walking into the main building, pushing past the crowd as eventually she was able to get herself situated within the dorm rooms. Having her own dorm room that was close to ‘Team RNJR’ which turned out to be her sister’s temporary team.

Of course once the day turned to evening, the blonde soon heard a loud gunshot ringing out from an odd building. Of course at this point she then remembered she had the card of this organization. But she wasn’t really sure whether she should go crash this party.

Vanessa was exhausted, she had just ran through the courtyard frantically after all that had happened... No one was in the courtyard. She looked around and let out a sigh. There was one person she figured she could go to. After asking around, she eventually did find out where Yang was staying.

     “If ya tell ‘em ya witnessed a fuckin’ murder,  hell yeah!  Is kinda their job.”

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     Something was up.  As Julia entered the dorm, she could tell her leader had something on her mind that was far too much to bear on her own.  The brunette extinguished her cigarette in the ashtray beside her bed and looked across the room.  

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          Carmilla entered the room with a content sigh. A nice, warm shower after a chilly evening stroll was perhaps the best reward for the bat faunus. As she opened the door, she was still in her white bathrobe to find a distraught Vanessa.

          “Funny, I thought the only expression you would wear would be haughty, Van.” call it an instinct, but the bat discontinued any further teasing, “… What’s the matter, mon ami? You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”

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Yang found herself beginning to question whether or not this girl as actually sane or not, the fact that she just did that was already making her a little bit skeptical. But soon enough she began to slowly look to the Faunus girls and then back to Vanessa.

“I mean…Not all Faunus are bad, I mean I know quite a few cool Faunus. If anything they’re just kinda…different, just because the White Fang is trying to do shit with a revolution doesn’t mean every Faunus is going to be a part of it” The blonde mused as she then began to make her way over to the large castle-looking building.

“Oh but they are, Yang.” she started to walk towards the building but then stopped. “For years they would be outside my family’s home threatening them and yelling at them. Of course my parents, being huntsmen did the logical think and defended themselves from those animals.” she looked back to Yang with a look of anger in her eyes.

“You want to know why I hate the faunus so much?” she asked. “They’re nothing but a bunch of troublemakers. I don’t know if you ever heard of this group I’m in, but here’s their card.” she handed Yang a card. It had a phone number and was labeled. ‘Forces Fighting Faunus Rights.’ “They do peaceful protests and make petitions on a regular basis advocating for the separation of faunus from humans. They threaten us, try to kill us and helped destroy Beacon. I don’t think we can trust their kind anymore.” she argued.

Yang merely pocketed the card and began to sigh, this really as going to be a hard experience considering she wasn’t really any sort of extremist, “I’m not sure if this group is exactly…the most logical thing. I mean the cause if stupid to say the least and if anything it’s doing what the White Fang is trying to do. Or was trying to do.” The blonde state with a small grin on her face before eventually beginning to look over to the dormitory buildings and the classrooms.

“Was trying to do? Those animals attacked my family long before they started to get more violent with things.” she hissed. “They’ve made my life a living hell. Why should they get to be free and have all the rights they want including bullying me.” Vanessa felt ready to just about attack someone, but she knew better, no. Not this girl, not the same girl that had assaulted one of her peers.

“Alright, that’s it I’m gonna stop you there. Shut the fuck up about Sun, he is not a menace! Maybe there’s a reason that he HAS to steal food, or money, maybe it’s because of people like you that claim he’s a menace. The guy’s a bit of a prankster sure, but he’s actually one of the nicest guys that assholes like you wouldn’t ever get the chance to meet!” The blonde seemed offended that Vanessa would insult one of her friends. In fact she was prepared to attack her at this point.

“One more comment on any of my friends and I’m not holding back. I don’t give a shit if your stupid team comes to kill me. You do not. I repeat. Do not! Insult my friends!” The blonde then pushed past Vanessa before briefly turning back.

Vanessa was taken aback by Yang’s harsh words. This girl was no better than them. Than the rest of her teammates. “You’re no better than my teammates.” she stated flatly. “They always tell me the same thing, and they’re wrong!” she was ready to attack this girl at this point. She was ready to just take out either her crossbow or her katars to give this girl the beat down she deserved for being such an arrogant bimbo.

“You don’t know anything about me. The faunus they’ve made my life a living hell since I was toddler. You-You don’t know how it feels to be ridiculed every day by a certain group of people just because you don’t agree with them.” was she crying? There were tears running down her face. “My parents came home every day to a group of those filthy animals following them. My father would take his rifle out and fire warning shots, which typically got them to back off.” she looked down to the razor in her hand.

“One night though, they got really violent. They wouldn’t leave and they started to go towards the house. Molotovs and other explosives in hand, ready to set our house ablaze. I saw what happened. All of it. My father shot through all of those filthy animals. Blew up their explosives in their hands. I saw every detail and I knew they were monsters…” she looked up to Yang again. 

Yang was about to retort once again but soon turned around and saw Vanessa charging at her with her Katars. She was really going to fight her now? Yang could tell that this battle would be one sided, she also could tell that the story she was telling was…indeed sad, but of course was also something that Weiss said way back in their first year at Beacon. The Faunus of the New White Fang would attack those that disagreed with them. But it was the case of many people that tried to segregate them, attack them, take away their rights.

“You’re an idiot to think that we should be hunting creatures that should be our equals!” Yang then turned and brought up her fist to block the katars, but rather her metallic arm, the clanging sound that echoed throughout the courtyard was almost deafening as soon enough the blonde began to push back.

“You see this you arrogant brat?! This was what happened when I attacked the leader of the White Fang. He is just like you think all Faunus are, a sociopath! But you know why he attacked me?! Because he wanted to get rid of everything my teammate knows and loves! She ran from him, she’s been fighting for Faunus rights since the very beginning! The only reason you think Faunus are evil, is because you’re too dense to see the wider world!”

Yang then let out a yell as her arm began to extend out sideways into a small scythe blade as she then felt her eyes turning a powerful crimson as she spoke words that burnt like acid.

“If it weren’t for some Faunus. You’d be dead where you stand. They fight with us, protect us…and what does humanity do? Nothing. We’re all the reason that they’re trying to do this! And we only have ourselves to blame!”

Vanessa was shoved to the ground with relative ease despite putting all of her force into her attack and was pushed back with enough force that she caused a small crater. 

She looked at Yang and dropped her weapons, this was a pointless fight and she knew it, yet everyone around her was looked at them and some people were yelling at her about how Yang was right. Her, the same girl that had assaulted one of their peers and students, she was right. She was more correct than Vanessa, a student that had been at Haven for 3 years.

“…” she didn’t know what to say or do. She merely stood up and looked in Yang’s direction, avoiding eye contact. “It’s your fault… All of this.” she looked Yang in the eyes. “You’re the reason this whole mess started!” Vanessa had to distract the crowd somehow. She picked up her Katars and charged them up with electricity. “It’s your fault, Beacon fell to begin with!” she hissed as the students then turned their attention to her.