Master: "01, report. How was our most recent... adventure?" The one that is known as 'Master' spoke to the shadows.
01: "It was as you predicted, Master." 01 appeared kneeling. "The Red Rook took the drones after the battle concluded, however, we were unable to identify where he stored them in the void. He was far too quick with his spell for us to grasp the coordinates."
Master: "I see. He may have a way to store things faster than I thought." Master spoke softly to himself. "Tis' just a minor setback that will not be a problem. How goes the rest of our preparations?"
01: "The spell matrix is being set up precisely on schedule. 02 and 03 are handling the transport of the required materials while 04 and 05 are in charge of writing the runes needed for the summoning." 01 informed his master.
Master: "And what have you been doing all this time, 01?" O1's master asked.
01: "I've been doing as you've asked, Master." 01 spoke religiously. "After all, your word is law to all those who dream the 'Great Dream'."
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The one known as 'Master' nodded his head slightly at 01 devotion to the 'Great Dream' he spoke of. The religious zeal in 01's voice was enough to sway even the most devout believers in any religion. But, the Master didn't care for that. All he cared for was the day when it all came together.
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Master: "Yes." The Master spoke calmly. "The 'Great Dream' is soon upon us, that is true. But, all it takes for it to fail is one tiny mistake. One small oversight. One tiny miscalculation and it all becomes not."
01: "Of course, sir." 01 said.
Master: "Dismissed."
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After 01 left his master alone, the man soon stood up and moved towards his pedestal with its top covered on old and forgotten scripts and symbols. On top were the white Rook, black Knight, blue Queen, the green and brown Queen, and finally the red Rook. After moving a few pieces around, the Master added more.
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Master: "It seems as though Raven has begun to move her camp once again." He said as he moved the blue Queen.
"Alica is once again back up as well, but with a different form." Then he moved the black Knight then changing it to a Queen.
"Glynda Goodwitch will soon become the new Summer Maiden, though I can't understand why he ever named them as he did. Only a matter of time now." He said as he moved a clear Queen next to the red Rook.
"Fria's end is coming closer, soon a much-needed replacement is needed when the time comes." He said as a Queen made of ice appeared.
"Fall has yet to be chosen but a suitable replacement for Logan's fire has been found." The Master spoke as a Queen made from leaves appeared and a bird piece too.
"Soon, all will fall into place and once again start anew. But, I'll have to move a few things around to make sure everything falls into place."
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{RWBY: Fireborn}
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Logan sighed as he moved from the sitting position he had been on for the last seven hours. He had gone through the coding of three different drones from the ones that attacked him in Atlas and found nothing. Other than the normal coding one would need for the drones, besides Asimov's laws which were rewritten as they were anti-personnel drones, nothing out of the ordinary was in their coding. Even the more unique drones out of them were the same.
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Salem had just finished retracing the magic that was cast on the drones and left to find out where they were before the attack and had yet to get back to Logan. Ozpin left after getting a basic understanding and a blueprint of the drone. While Glynda stayed by Logan's side for a while before she had to leave to continue her duties as Vice-Headmistress of Beacon (Ozpin and Salem are Co-Headmaster/Headmistress). Leaving Logan to wade his way through the coding hell of the drones.
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Logan: 'Seriously, I've read through the codes enough to find several redundancies in it and over twenty ways of optimizing it without changing much.' Logan mentally grumbled as he left his parking pod. 'Hell, if it wasn't such a pain I would just make a drone army for myself.'
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As Logan left the pod, he was met with Port and his wife leaving out their date night. Logan bid them a nice and lovely night before heading on his way. He had better things to worry about, Like if his wife was asleep or if there were more missions that the Kingdoms threw on him; that and food.
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Shaking his head, Logan just started walking towards his dorm in hopes of catching Glynda still awake so he didn't have to sleep on the couch again, even if she slept on top of him. As he made his way towards the dorms, he overheard giggling from some nearby bushes. Sighing, Logan sent some ash towards it to scare whoever it was and shout to take it back to their dorm or a hotel. He was far too tired to even care when Jaune and Pyrrha rushed out of the bush while fixing their clothes. He just didn't care.
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Once inside his dorm, he was pleasantly surprised to find Glynda still up reading a book. She smiled and pointed towards the dining area where a plate of food was covered by a lid. Giving her a quick kiss, Logan went over and ate what was left for him, spaghetti, before making his way over to the bathroom after putting his plate into the sink. A speedy shower later, Logan dried himself off and laid down beside Glynda for the night. As Logan felt Glynda's warmth fall next to him, he unconsciously reached over and pulled her close to him. His chest touched her back while his hands held on to her waist, Glynda hummed in content as both Logan and herself soon fell into the bliss known as sleep.
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As the morning sun rose, the two love birds that are known to others as Glynda Goodwitch nee Scarlett and Logan Scarlett steadily woke up. One waking up to a pleasant feeling in the crook of her posterior while the other felt his 'little brother' getting attention from his lovely wife. Feeling the ache starting to get too much, Glynda helped herself to scratch her itch. Logan's eyes snapped open when he felt his 'little brother' be encompassed by a warm and slightly wet, velvety embrace. Seeing that his wife started to scratch her itch by herself, Logan helped himself to her very generous melons while nibbling on her neck. Once they were satisfied with their morning routine, they took a shower and played for a bit then got dressed for the day.
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Today, being a Friday before a two-day weekend break, all students were excited. As Logan walked the halls to his first class, he could hear numerous students making plans for the weekend and not even worrying about their classes. He sighed quietly as he remembered that most of the students were still teens with lives outside the classroom.
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Logan: 'Maybe I should take a week for myself? It would do my nerves good and release some of the tension I've been feeling as well.' Logan thought as he took a sip from the thermos he was carrying with what he called 'Liquid Death with a dash of coffee powder'.
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'Liquid Death with a dash of coffee powder' is a coffee blend that Logan made himself that even Ruby fears. The amount of caffeine in one cup was more than two thousand milligrams of caffeine in one cup. The smell alone was enough to give anyone a caffeine high and Ruby was similar to Logan with how much coffee she would drink if she was pulling all-nighters, high-tolerance and low-sensitivity. She had it one and wasn't able to sleep for four days, which she spent creating things to help deal with all the time she was awake. Tai pretty much banned Logan from making it anywhere on the property since even he had trouble sleeping after sniffing it, Summer wasn't far behind him either. But she was a coffee addict herself and even she couldn't stand it.
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Dr. Oobleck on the other hand very much enjoyed his creation. Having the job as a Professor as well as a historian cleaning up records and digging up lost history, the amount he had to sift through is monstrous. The blend is a welcome addition to his collection as the energy it gives him is stronger than his normal go-to. Though he had admitted that even three coups of the blend a week is his limit. Logan casually drinks around ten if it's a long week; six if it's a short one.
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Even as Logan walked around with the lid of his thermos opened, several Faunus were screaming about seeing sounds from the sent of the coffee alone. It brought a small smile to his face as he sipped the dangerous concoction as he made his way to his first class. As he walked into Port's class, his once slouching figure trying and failing to wake up, shot up and looked as if he was shocked with a cattleprod. Port's eyes shot towards the door and saw the thermos in Logan's hand and started to shiver.
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It didn't take long to put two and two together to see that Dr. Oobleck gave some to Port.
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Deviously, Logan gestured 'kindly' with his thermos at Port. Who promptly shat himself and ran out the door.
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Logan just cackled to himself and sat behind Port's desk and waited for the class to fill. As it filled, all the Faunus students that had the class heard and brought gasmasks to block the smell from getting to them. Most were rebreather-like, but Blake had brought a full facemask one since she and the rest of Team RWBY had the class. That and she once had a sniff of it and bounced off the walls worse than a normal cat. On a side note, all the Faunus that had this class sat at the very back with all the windows open.
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Logan: "Well Class, Port had to run to the bathroom and asked me to teach in his stead." Logan said once the class filled. "And from his notes, today's class was gonna be about how he slew a Grimm jackalope at the age of 3, with a pinecone."
Random Student: "Please teach us something useful!" A student shouted from the back, their plea echoed by a few others.
Logan: "I will, I will." Logan calmly spoke out as he brought down the smartboard Port never used. "As we all know how Port's classes normally go, I do this like mine so pay attention."
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The class quieted down and got serious. After nodding his head when he saw they all were paying attention, Logan started going over the specifics of Grimm and their rankings. Starting with the bottom-most rank, Logan started going over which Grimm, why they were placed there, how to combat them, and who could easily dispatch them when needed. As the class went on, every student was taking a copious amount of notes on everything Logan said with a few having set up their scrolls to record the lesson.
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Logan managed to finish his thermos off around two-thirds of the way through the lesson. When he did, he stopped for a bit and had one of the students with a semblance that could make great gusts of wind air out the classroom after everyone held onto their papers. Once the class was well aired, and one of the Faunus took their mask off to check (he was the sacrifice), Logan continued with the lesson. By the time the class finished, almost every single student had nearly thirty pages of notes with each full sheet (Front and back) being dedicated to a single Grimm. While there were many, many more that fall into the bottom ranking of Grimm, that was all the time they had to go through.
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Meanwhile...
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The sounds of a grown man crying were echoing inside of the bathroom he held himself up in. To those who walked by could hear the man crying in fear of something he called the 'Devil's Drink'. Cursing the one who had it to high heaven and back followed by an explosive and wet sounding fart. After that, no one dared to go anywhere near that bathroom for weeks to come. But that was a story for another time.